As long as they have a house, the brothers will at least have a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and at least they can earn some food for themselves.

They didn't dare to go directly to the old lady Liu. After all, they had heard before that the old lady Liu was not easy to deal with and was not a good person to talk to.

However, it was different with her beloved third daughter...

After thinking for a day and a night, Gu Jiaan's sons packed up the little things they had and rushed to Gujiagang from the county town overnight.

Gu Jiaan and Chen Xuanxuan's cheap husband, Gu Yanzhang, are strictly speaking relatives who are not even five degrees of mourning. However, his family married a refugee girl who could make tofu a few decades ago, and their family became prosperous.

Since his family bought a house and a shop in the city more than ten years ago, they didn't like to come back to the countryside. They would occasionally show up at Gujiagang when the Gu family was repairing the ancestral hall, offering sacrifices to the ancestors and slaughtering pigs on New Year's Eve, and the whole family would sit together for dinner.

Hearing the boys in front of her say that they were all Gu Jiaan's children, Chen Xuanxuan carefully looked at the memories in her mind and nodded lightly.

...

After learning from this child named Gu Decong that something had happened in their family recently, Chen Xuanxuan sighed.

Someone had died in the tofu shop, and it was probably seen by everyone at the time, and the neighbors had all seen it.

Now, the parents of Gu Decong and his brothers, as well as their grandparents, have been imprisoned... What will happen in the future is not up to her alone.

Chen Xuanxuan did not try to be strong, nor did she think she was particularly capable, so she just took care of this matter.

She just looked at the brothers tenderly, and said to them softly, "It's getting late now. I guess you brothers haven't had a good sleep these days, let alone a full meal."

"Come on, drink a bowl of ginger water quickly, our eight-treasure porridge will be cooked soon. After we are full and have enough water, we will have the energy to sit together and think of a solution..."

When Gu Decong heard these words, his eyes turned red and he cried, "Auntie, whenever I think of my parents, my grandparents, who are so old, being locked up in that dark prison, without food or water, and even being beaten and lynched by government officials, my heart hurts so much."

"Auntie, it's all because of us, the unfilial children, and we have no ability. If we were capable, or even had connections with government officials, why would they do this?!"

"If I had known it would be like this, I would have worked hard to study when my parents forced me to go to a private school..."

Seeing that Gu Decong regretted his decision, Chen Xuanxuan smiled lightly and said nothing more.

How should he respond to this? !

This person is always like this!

After all, who knows what will happen in the future?

Since they don't know what will happen in the future, then these children were ignorant when they were ignorant before. There is nothing to say.

Chen Xuanxuan and Gu Decong sat by the warm stove. After a while, they smelled an extremely strong aroma coming from the pot.

This eight-treasure porridge is so fragrant!

Even if a lot of grains are put in the eight-treasure porridge, it still smells fragrant.

Chen Xuanxuan felt that she had not eaten eight-treasure porridge for a long time.

This time when she ate the eight-treasure porridge, she also secretly put a little brown sugar in it.

The eight-treasure porridge was particularly thick, and the other fruits in the porridge were all cooked into pieces and soft.

Chen Xuanxuan fed a spoonful of the eight-treasure porridge into her mouth.

It melted in the mouth, the aroma was compelling, and it was especially delicious.

Seeing Chen Xuanxuan nodding from time to time after taking a bite, the two brothers Gu Sanzhu and Gu Sizhu couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

They pretended to be reserved and asked, "Mom, is this eight-treasure porridge delicious?"

Chen Xuanxuan smiled and replied, "Of course it is delicious! When did you find that the food I cooked was not delicious?"

Hearing Chen Xuanxuan say this, her youngest son couldn't help but speak.

"Mom, since it's delicious, why don't you share some with all of us? I don't know if this little bit of porridge is enough..."

At this moment, Gu Decong quickly replied, "Auntie, this eight-treasure porridge is too expensive. When we brothers came here, we actually brought a lot of cakes. We ate them all. You don't have to share it with us."

Hearing such polite words, Chen Xuanxuan couldn't help but glare at them lightly.

"Don't be polite to me, kid! If you're polite to me, it means you don't treat me as your aunt."

"It's just Eight Treasure Porridge, not something precious. I don't believe that you have never eaten Eight Treasure Porridge in your county. Here, we actually eat mixed grain porridge, Eight Treasure Porridge, quite often. Things like soybeans, sorghum seeds, and other things are all put in a pot and cooked. When cooked, it's almost like Five Treasure Porridge or Eight Treasure Porridge."

"Come on, I'll give each of you a bowl. After you're full and have enough to drink, you can take a nap here. When you get up tomorrow morning, you'll be full of energy. Then, I'll answer some detailed questions for you..."

Gu Decong was happy for a moment when he heard this.

Do you want to ask detailed questions?

Does this mean that she wants to help them with this matter?

Whenever he thought that Chen Xuanxuan would help him, Gu Decong was so happy that he said thank you several times and asked his brothers to take the bowls of steaming eight-treasure porridge from her hands.

The eight-treasure porridge is so fragrant! It tastes sweet

.

It feels like a lot of brown sugar has been put in it, and Gu Decong couldn't help but praise Chen Xuanxuan in his heart.

Gu Decong now feels that his aunt is quite generous to them. This person is really a kind person as he expected.

It seems that she would most likely lend a hand to help with the matter at home.

With this thought in mind, Gu Decong calmed down at that moment.

He didn't seem to be panicking anymore.

After eating and drinking enough, he accidentally burped.

Seeing Chen Xuanxuan still looking at him and preparing to add another spoonful of porridge to his bowl, Gu Decong politely declined, "Auntie, that's enough, I'm full. There's not much left, we have to save it for other people at home!"

Gu Decong had actually done some preparations before he came here.

How many people are there in Uncle Seven and Aunt Seven's house now? What kind of livelihood does the family have, whether they have money, how many children do they have... Gu Decong had already figured out these questions when he came here.

As soon as he entered the house with his brothers, he found that Chen Xuanxuan's eldest and second sons were not at home. He guessed that the two brothers must have gone out to find food .