Chapter 78 Missing

Hu choked and said, "I have told you this. Lao Wu asked me to ask you out of consideration for our relationship. Don't regret losing the chance to make a lot of money."

Then she stood up and left angrily.

When she left, the mood of the whole family fell to the bottom. Wang said worriedly, "Hu Laowu is a scoundrel. He didn't accomplish what he wanted. He won't come to our house to cause trouble, right?"

Chen Ming sighed, "After Dabao comes back, don't let him go out alone these days. Today, my elder brother and Agui went to the county to sell grain. They won't be back until the afternoon. I'll go and talk to him in the evening." She also said to Chen Afu, "You should go out less."

Wang said, "After I finish the embroidery work, I won't take any more work. I will do the work of picking firewood, carrying water, watering the land, and washing clothes."

Chen Afu said, "Don't worry, mom and dad. I'll go to Tangyuan to tell Luo Guanshi in the afternoon. After all, his young master also likes Qiqi and Huihui, and now our family has a very good relationship with them. Ask them to do a favor and go and knock on Hu Laowu."

After hearing this, Chen Ming and Wang were relieved. No matter how arrogant Hu Laowu was, he didn't dare to provoke Luo Guanshi.

Chen Afu stood up again and said, "I'm going to find Dabao now."

Wang pulled her and said, "Don't go out, I'll go find him."

As soon as Wang went out, she saw Chen Dabao carrying a large bundle of firewood and leading Zhuifeng back. The bundle of firewood seemed to be bigger than the little man, as if it was going to bend his waist.

Wang rushed over to take the firewood and said distressedly, "Dabao, why did you pick up so much?"

Dabao said, "I want to save more firewood for grandpa."

Chen Afu picked him up, wiped the sweat from his head and said, "Don't carry such heavy things in the future. It won't look good if you don't grow tall."

Chen Ming and Chen Afu solemnly told Dabao not to pick up firewood or go out casually in the next few days. If you see someone from the old Hu family or Chen Aju, stay away.

In the afternoon, Chen Afu saw that Dabao was still sleeping soundly, so he took the small clothes made for Luo Mei and took Zhuifeng to the old courtyard. Wang was waiting for her, and they went to Tangyuan together.

Although Zhuifeng is still small and may not be very strong in combat, its loud cry can show courage.

After passing through a large paddy field, which is now planted with rapeseed. After passing through a forest, they came to the noble and mysterious Tangyuan. The vermilion gate with large nails and inlaid lion faces was closed. Beyond the white courtyard wall, you can see the eaves and corners of the garden hidden among the lush trees. Even outside, you can faintly smell the sweet and sour aroma of crabapples.

They walked back along the courtyard wall. I heard from Dabao that Manager Luo's house was behind Tangyuan, where there was a row of courtyards where the servants of Tangyuan lived, and the first courtyard was his home.

Turning to the back of Tangyuan, there was a row of small courtyards connected together. The first courtyard was the largest, several times the size of the other courtyards.

It was Xiaoqing who came to open the door.

Xiaoqing smiled and invited them into the yard, and then raised her voice and shouted, "Madam, Sister Afu and Aunt Chen are here."

This is a large courtyard, very bright. The ground is bluestone, the house is blue brick and tile, there is a strange rockery in the middle of the yard, and there are two pomegranate trees on both sides, with many big red pomegranates on the trees. Such a decent house, in Xiangluo Village, only Gao Lizheng's house can compare.

Aunt Luo came out from the upper room to greet them. She smiled and said, "Hey, Chen's brother and sister, Afu, what wind brings you here, please come in quickly."

Several people entered the house and chatted for a while. Chen Afu took out the small clothes and smiled, "It's just a little gift, don't dislike it, Madam Luo."

This small dress is a scarlet vest, a moon-white stand-up collar undershirt and trousers. The collar and cuffs of the vest are not pressed with long strips of cloth like in modern times, but with lace cut from blue satin, and small knots twisted with red ribbons are sewn at the center of the flower. A yellow dog face with big ears is sewn on the lapel, and a red tongue sticks out of the dog's mouth, laughing happily, unique and funny.

The cut of the small shorts is more unique, the crotch is not that big, simple and beautiful, and there are a few small flowers and a small dragonfly embroidered on the trouser legs.

Aunt Luo looked at the clothes for a long time, and she was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth and kept praising it for being beautiful.

After that, Chen Afu said that she wanted to ask Manager Luo for help, whether he could help her family and Hu Laowu to make peace. Because Hu Laowu was thinking about her family's parrot, and her family didn't give it to him, she was afraid that he would retaliate and cause trouble, and the most worried thing was that he was afraid that he would find someone to attack Dabao.

Aunt Luo didn't want Qiqi and Huihui to get into trouble, let alone Dabao. After all, the young master liked the child and the two parrots, and the master had asked her family to take care of the Chen family. Besides, her grandchildren played well with Dabao, and they ate a lot of Chen's food, so this set of small clothes was even more to her liking.

Said, "Oh, what a coincidence. My head of the family is still in the prefecture. We have to wait until next month after my little mistress' birthday, and then bring her back with us. However, my eldest son is at home, so it's the same if I let him go to negotiate. My eldest son went to the county this morning and will be back in the evening. Let him go to meet that Hu Laowu tomorrow. He is a gangster, but he is too frivolous. Don't be afraid, just don't let Dabao leave the house today."

This is the only way for now. Chen Afu and Wang Shi thanked him profusely.

When they returned home, they found that the door of the new courtyard was wide open, and Chen Dabao was not at home. Chen Ming and A Lu in the old courtyard didn't know when he went out.

The whole family was panicked. Except for A Lu who was sitting on the kang and couldn't move, the other three went out to look for him. Zhuifeng was very abnormal, nudging Chen Afu and shouting hard outside the village.

Chen Afu said, "Maybe Dabao went out of the village. Let's follow Zhuifeng to find him."

Several people ran out of the village and went west to the grove, but they didn't see Dabao. Zhuifeng continued to push Chen Afu to the west.

At this time, Chen Ming was exhausted and pale.

Chen Afu hurriedly supported him and said, "Dad, go home. If you get tired again, the house will be even more chaotic. Mom and I will go to find him." After saying that, he was very embarrassed because Chen Ming couldn't walk home by himself in this state.

As he was talking, he saw the brothers Wu Changgen and Wu Changsheng driving a bullock cart from far away. They had just delivered furniture to the neighboring village.

Wu Changsheng heard about it and volunteered to go with them to find him.

They asked Wu Changgen to take Chen Ming to several houses with his cart, and Wu Changsheng, Chen Afu, and Wang took Zhuifeng to find him. Chen Azhu also told Chen Ming that if they didn't come back in an hour, he should ask relatives in the clan to help find him together.

They followed Zhuifeng all the way west, through Guqiao Village and then north, passing a large field, a small river, and a wasteland, and came to the black pine forest four or five miles away from Xiangluo Village.

Zhuifeng led them into the forest again.

Thank you Jane, Rose, and Hera x-on:Qianlin for the purse.