When Li Guanyi and Yao Guang found her.

Xu Huilan was doing laundry. Downstream, she used a wooden board with convex and concave surfaces to soak the clothes and rub them on it. Plants that could remove stains were placed inside, and then they were beaten with a wooden stick.

Finally, smash the small fruits that can remove stains, and then rub them vigorously with your hands.

Yuan Zhi said that the gentle and beautiful woman's hands were much rough at the moment, and her palms had been soaked in water for a long time, maintaining an abnormal redness. When she saw Li Guanyi and Yao Guang coming, she was still a little confused for a while.

The young man cupped his hands and smiled and said: "My surname is Li. I am a Confucian disciple and a disciple of Confucius Wang Tong. I have a good relationship with Yuan Zhi. He knows that I am here, so he asked me to bring something to you."

So Xu Huilan was stunned for a moment. She didn't even care if the thing in her hand fell into the water. She sat up, then took a few steps forward, stopped again, wiped her palms on her clothes, and then her eyes turned red and she said

:

"That kid Yuan Zhi, why did it take so long for news to come?"

Li Guan looked at Xu Huilan and said, "Yuan Zhi has been writing to you all the time."

"He copied books for people in the academy and earned some money. He also sent it back to you. Have you never received it?"

So Xu Huilan was stunned, and then she seemed to understand something, and she gritted her teeth and said: "It's that official Zhao... The people who sent the letter are all familiar with him! He, he blocked all Zhi'er's letters."

She raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corner of her eyes, but with a smile, she said softly: "But it's okay. I thought Yuan Zhi had forgotten his mother, but it's okay, it's okay..."

She raised her head. She was probably in her forties, but she looked older and tired. Her hair was wrapped up, with silver threads pulled out one by one, and she smiled:

"Come on, please come and sit at home!"

"I also want to ask Yuan Zhi how he has been during the past ten years."

Li Guan took the heavy barrel and clothes from Xu Huilan's hand. When he returned, he saw a man with a broken leg sitting there. He had thick fingers and was weaving bamboo baskets. His hair was white and his face was bitter, but his movements were...

Very fast.

This is Yuan Zhi's uncle, his name is Xu Yunxia.

He has a strong temperament and knows a few swordsmanship. Yuan Zhi's martial arts was initially taught by him.

Knowing that Yuan Zhi had not disappeared, he had been writing here for the past ten years. He also guessed that it was probably the handwriting of the Zhao official. Li Guanyi wrote down everything one by one and recorded it in his notebook.

They smiled warmly and then went to cook. Xu Huilan and Xu Yunxia were from poor families.

However, Li Guanyi and Yaoguang brought a lot of things. The man asked his wife and sister to cook, and then he used one leg and a wooden stick to pick wild vegetables and sunflowers in the yard, and peeled the sunflower seeds.

Open and make soup.

"This is blown by the wind. I don't know where it comes from, but it can be regarded as a treat..."

Xu Yunxia hesitated for a moment and said: "Yuan Zhi, how are you doing recently? He has not come back for so many years. It is probably because the letters we sent were suppressed by the official Zhao."

"That kid has a straight temper. He probably thinks we think he is worthless and won't let him come back..."

Xu Yunxia was silent for a while and said: "There are no relatives in the world who don't want their children to be safe. Look at my sister..." He turned sideways, looked at the woman making soup, and said softly:

"I haven't seen her smile for a long time."

"Ever since the child left and I have become like this again, it seems that all she has left is to take care of me and wait for Yuan Zhi to come back. These two things support her survival. There has been no news for ten years, and everyone feels that Yuan Zhi is coming back.

I hold on to it to death, but she doesn’t recognize it.”

"Before, there was a goddess who said that Yuan Zhi was gone and had become a lonely ghost. She asked her to buy a memorial tablet to summon the souls. My sister beat her out. But when she came back, she still cried, crying so hard that she couldn't breathe..."

Xu Yunxia said: "Among the mothers in the world, who doesn't love their children?"

When Li Guanyi said yes, he raised his palm and put it on his heart, thinking of the gentle woman. Yao Guang next to him just didn't speak. The relationship between the two of them as parents was extremely shallow.

Xu Yunxia didn't know this and just said: "He can make her so happy just by getting the news back. Why doesn't he come back himself?"

Xu Yunxia lowered his voice and said hesitantly: "Did you encounter some trouble? Or did you fail to break out? What does it matter?" He moved forward and said: "A man, let's forget about the temporary difficulties.

Nothing."

"If it doesn't work, come home."

"Which parents despise their children for not living up to expectations? If they can come back, the whole family can just eat some Lukui Lianggeng. What does it mean to be alone outside?"

Li Guanyi smiled and replied: "Yuan Zhi is very good. He is currently developing his ambitions, so he is too busy to leave, so he asked me to help. He also hopes to be reunited with you."

"I am also willing to help him."

Xu Yunxia breathed a sigh of relief and said softly:

"Yeah, that's good, that's good..."

Xu Huilan brought out many bowls and plates, but her family did not have such many tableware, and the things were simple. The bacon Li Guanyi brought was cut and steamed, and placed in the bowls. Xu Yunxia went over and called his grandson to come closer.

Then he gave him a piece of meat. Xu Yunxia's son died early and had a broken leg. His daughter-in-law ran away to another place and left his grandson behind. Xu Yunxia gave the meat to his grandson and put it in his mouth. The child swallowed it in several mouthfuls.

He licked his lips with unfinished content.

Xu Yunxia whispered: "You have eaten meat, right?"

The child nodded vigorously.

Xu Yunxia said: "Then when you go to the table later, you can't eat meat, do you understand?"

Although the child still wanted to eat meat, he still nodded and said: "I know, grandpa." At this time, Xu Yunxia came out on crutches. The food on the table was very simple, with large pieces of cooked root food.

, steamed rice, soup made with wild vegetables and sunflower, meat, vegetables that are blanched and eaten with vinegar sauce, and bacon in the middle.

For the working people of this era, this is already quite rich.

There are two staple foods. In addition to rice, there is also a paste-like rice mixed with brown rice, corn, and radish. The polished rice brought by Li Guanyi was handed to him and Yaoguang. Li Guanyi lowered his eyes, and Xu Huilan said

:

"My family is poor and I don't have anything extra to entertain you two."

Li Guanyi responded softly: "It's rich enough."

He used chopsticks to pick up the meat, put it on top of the rice, and then handed the rice to the little kid over there. After several refusals, the kid accepted it.

Li Guan said: "Yuan Zhi and I have an irreversible friendship. My aunt doesn't have to be like this."

With gratitude in Xu Huilan's eyes, she asked about Yuan Zhi's situation. Li Guanyi still answered Xu Yunxia just as he had just said. Xu Huilan just sat there. As soon as Li Guan said something, she nodded and listened carefully, not caring about her meal.

Not allowed to eat.

As if he wanted to make up for what he had been lacking over the years, with a quiet smile on his face, he finally wiped away his tears and said: "I knew Yuan Zhi was talented. He is busy now and has no time to come back.

"

Xu Huilan said: "Please tell him, little brother, that everything is fine at home. He is fine outside and doesn't need to come back."

This woman in her forties with half white hair held the bowl and chopsticks and said:

"Just say that I am old and have no abilities and can't help him."

"We are fine with everything..."

Suddenly there were bursts of noisy sounds outside, including the neighing of horses and the sound of iron hitting the wall. Someone laughed: "Oh? I heard that Yuan Zhi's friend is back?!"

"Ha, he dared to touch my sworn brother before. When he comes back today, does he have to apologize?!"

When Li Guanyi stood up, Xu Yunxia held Li Guanyi's hand firmly: "I'll do it..."

The smile on his face was forced, and he said: "This matter is a local snake, and it involves a lot of things. I heard that it has something to do with the county magistrate's master in the county where this town belongs. He is also in charge of the laws in our town.

Adjutant, a member of the imperial court."

"You are here to help Yuan Zhi deliver the letter. Don't get involved in trouble."

The young man said softly:

"They have detained Yuan Zhi's letters, and they probably haven't read them."

Li Guanyi stood up: "Yuan Zhi has long been the core disciple in the academy. If they see the letter and have some brains, they won't dare to mess with you. Unfortunately, the academy has not been born, and they don't know its weight.

."

"I'm here today to take you all away. Yuan Zhi also hopes to reunite the whole family..."

Li Guanyi got up to comfort Xu Huilan, Xu Yunxia and his wife.

The young man turned around and opened the door. Outside the door were a dozen gangsters. The leader was wearing a military uniform and riding a horse. He looked askance at Li Guanyi and saw that he was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy. Although he was quite tall, he looked at Li Guanyi.

But he didn't bring any weapons, so he looked around and smiled, saying:

"Hahaha, Yuan Zhi, Yuan Zhi, the longer you live, the more you go back. Ten years have passed, why are you still hanging out with teenagers?"

"Are you that Yuan Zhi's friend?"

"You don't know, he offended Mr. Zhao and my brother. He was my half-brother. He just stabbed him to death. If I didn't do anything, wouldn't I have to give in to my brothers in the world?

Can’t stand it? Hahaha!”

"You are here today, not Yuan Zhi. Master Zhao, I will give you face. Kneel down and kowtow seventeen or eight times. Grandpa, I will let you live and get out of here!"

"Otherwise, hehe, Mr. Zhao will tie you up and throw you out of this city!"

Li Guanyi hasn't spoken yet.

Yao Guang, who was sitting on the bench, reached out and pressed his hands on the chair.

One click.
To be continued...