"It seems that my uncle and aunt are here."

Suxiao took out most of the firewood used to boil the water and patted the flour on his body. "You still don't know that your uncle is getting married. Come on, my second brother will take you out to meet your aunt."

The two of them walked out of the kitchen and met Lu Shubai who was about to enter.

"Stop cooking, your aunt and I brought you a lot of dumplings and dried meat."

Lu Shubai opened Su Xiao and looked at Su Sheng with somewhat distressed eyes.

He stretched out his hand and made a gesture on his waist and abdomen: "I didn't expect you have grown so big. I thought you were only this big back then and just came to my place."

Apart from his body size and skin color, his appearance had not changed much, and Lu Shubai could recognize him at a glance.

Seeing her obediently following Su Xiao, Lu Shubai couldn't help but think of his sister, Su Sheng's mother.

They are all so well-behaved, sensible, and not good at words.

He wanted to touch her head like he did when he was a child, but he felt it was inappropriate. Lu Shubai's itchy hands could only fall to his sides and pinch his fingertips.

Just come back, just come back, so that even if he dies, he can still explain to his sister.

"Come on, are you all hungry? Come and eat first."

Lu Shubai calmed down and looked around as he walked, "Where is Muzi? Aren't he and Xiaowu at home?"

"Lao San and the others are going up the mountain." Su Xiao took over and led Su Sheng and Lu Shubai back to the courtyard.

In the courtyard, my aunt (Zhang Xiuli) was talking to Su Mo, her voice was soft, and her innocent face was slightly red from anger.

She sat sideways facing the door of the restaurant. Her hair was covered with black hair, only fixed with a green hairband, leaving only two bunches hanging softly on her chest, occasionally being blown by the wind.

Seeing Su Sheng and Su Xiao approaching, she quickly stood up, took out a piece of cloth from her arms, opened it bit by bit, and took out the pair of earrings from the cloth.

"As a meeting gift, my aunt has just learned that you are back and hasn't had time to prepare yet. These earrings are not valuable items, but they are a little bit of my heart. Please accept them."

She gently grabbed Su Sheng's hand, put the earring on her hand, and then slowly closed her palms.

Noticing Zhang Xiuli's eyes glancing over her slightly rough hands, Su Sheng calmly lowered her eyes and said, "Thank you, aunt."

"You're welcome, we're all one family." Zhang Xiuli's eyes narrowed, she turned around, walked to the table, and opened the soup bottle.

"Your uncle came back with a lot of things last night. Seeing that there was meat and vegetables, I made some rice balls and brought them to you. They were still hot."

Lujia Village is right next to Daxing Village. You can reach it by turning right after exiting the village and walking a few hundred steps.

She had just made the rice balls and used a soup bottle to keep the rice warm.

The soup bottle made of ceramics has a double layer inside and outside. The inside can be used to hold food, and the outer layer is used to hold hot water. This insulation effect is much better than wrapping it in cotton cloth and putting it in a food box.

Now when I open it, a hot aroma comes out.

Su Sheng sniffed and was about to speak when she heard Su Hong shouting at the top of his lungs: "Sister! Brother! We are back!"

"It smells so good!" Su Hong shook off Su Mu's hand outside the door and rushed in with the basket on his back.

"Uncle, aunt, what delicious food did you bring?"

"Rice ball." Zhang Xiuli pushed him away with a smile, put aside the backpack in his arms, and wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, "Wash your hands and see how sweaty your head is."

"I'll go right away. I actually love being clean the most." Su Hong blushed in embarrassment and turned around to wash his hands.

Su Mu walked back with something on his shoulder and dragging a bunch of things with his left hand.

"This brat ran so fast. He just said he couldn't walk anymore and asked me to pull him. As soon as he got home, he threw my hand away. The next time he complains about being tired, don't even think about letting me pull him again. "

Zhang Xiuli smiled and wanted to go up and help him unload the basket on his back, but Suxiao and Susheng were one step ahead of her.

She couldn't help, so she and Lu Shubai bent down and used thick branches to move the things Su Mu had dragged back inside: "Why did you bring back such thorn vines?"

"Wrap it around the fence and reinforce it." Suxiao replied, "This can also prevent wild animals from coming in."

"Oh, that's it." Zhang Xiuli nodded, "We just happened to be here. Let's help you get it done before we go back."

"No need, aunt." Su Mu smiled, "We can handle this little thing ourselves."

"We'll talk about this later." Lu Shubai changed the topic, "Xiaowu and your eldest brother are still waiting to eat. Don't be stunned. Let's eat first."

Hearing this, Su Sheng turned her head and saw Su Hong sitting on the stool, looking eagerly at the food on the table. The wind in March was very cool. Everyone was sitting around the table, and the atmosphere was warm and lively.

Susheng looked at the scene in front of her silently, feeling unprecedentedly happy.

Suddenly, her aunt turned around, smiled at her and said, "Susheng, would you like to try on those earrings to see if they fit? If not, I will give you another pair later."

Su Sheng was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

She took out a pair of light-colored jade earrings and slowly put them on her ears.

The material of the earrings is as warm as jade, which contrasts with her skin tone, making her look even colder.

"It's nice. The color suits you very well."

At first, she was a little worried when she saw that Susheng's skin color was a bit dark.

Zhang Xiuli looked at the others, "What do you think?"

Lu Shubai was the first to speak, "The one you chose will naturally look good."

Zhang Xiuli glared at him angrily.

"Hehe, it looks good. My sister looks the best in anything she wears!"

Su Hong picked up the rice balls and praised him very sincerely: "That day, my sister fell from the sky and kicked down the door like a heroic girl, saving... uh..." from my grandma.

Su Hong patted his chest desperately, and hiccupped in the speechless eyes of Su Mu and others, "I almost choked."

Susheng: "..."

Su Sheng was thinking about something and didn't eat much.

Her uncle and her mother had been dependent on each other since childhood, and they were notoriously miserable siblings in Lujiacun.

In the previous life, after my uncle passed the scholar examination, he followed the example of his deceased grandfather and opened a private school in the village to become a master.

My aunt's family favored sons over daughters, and she tried to use her aunt in exchange for money to marry her son several times.

The uncle didn't want his aunt to wait too long for him, so he gave up and continued to take the examination. After saving enough money, he hurriedly brought the matchmaker to his door and hired him.

It just happened to be the funeral of her parents. Not only did the wedding fail to take place, but after her aunt came in, she had to follow her uncle to worry about their brothers and sisters.

After my uncle was framed and fell into a river and drowned, my aunt followed him not long after.

It can be said that my aunt never lived a good day in her previous life.

Susheng's eyes wandered over her aunt, mechanically biting the dumpling in her hand.

Suxiao ate faster than her. She had rice balls with dried meat and snacks, and even picked up some fruit after finishing the meal.

Just thinking about what he heard in the kitchen, he gently put Tao Zi down again, "Auntie, what did you hear just now? How could you be so angry?"

Zhang Xiuli became angry when talking about this: "It's not like those chatty women in your village, who just listen to the wind and spread rumors without any basis."

Under Su Xiao's puzzled expression, Lu Shubai frowned and said helplessly, "When we came here, the family was organizing a funeral for Su Ziqing. Maybe your auntie felt angry when she saw you didn't come, so she followed a few A woman said something random.

Shengsheng has been missing for several years. Those people listened to your aunt's words, half-listened to and half-believed them. They squatted at the gate and said some nasty words to your aunt, but we happened to hear it. "

The deceased was a big one, so he originally wanted to go in to offer condolences, but when he heard this, he became angry and did not go in.

"Just say what they say and ignore them."

Su Sheng ate the rice ball in small bites, her expression unchanged, "There are so many ignorant people in the world. If I were to go and take care of everyone, why should I be as knowledgeable as them if I don't want to die from exhaustion?"

However, Su Mu obviously couldn't let it go. He gritted his teeth, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes: "These people are so idle, they only know how to gossip all day long."

Seeing Su Mu's reaction, Su Sheng paused and said, "Third brother, they don't deserve your anger. It's actually very simple to solve this matter. We just need to find the person who is really talking behind the scenes."

"Sister, are you talking about the eldest uncle?" Su Mu's eyes flashed slightly, "Why don't my second brother and I go put a sack on her and beat her up some other time?"

"I'll go too!" Suhong was not to be outdone.

Su Sheng gave a thumbs up: "Okay, just don't let anyone see it."

Lu Shubai/Zhang Xiuli/Su Mo: "..."


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