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At this time, Cheng Er Gui also came to the door with a walking stick. He looked at the people at the door with reddened eyes and muttered, "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back."

The people outside were puzzled. Wasn't he being a little too excited? Cheng Cai was someone who could not hide anything, so he directly asked the question that was on his mind, "Father, Mother, do you all need to be so agitated?"

Hearing Cheng Cai's words, Lady Wu and Cheng Dagui's eyes flashed with a trace of anger, Lady Wu steadied her emotions and called for a few people, "Let's talk inside." After that, he went up to help a few people carry their stuff.

Seeing so many new years, Lady Wu finally had a smile on her face. From the looks of it, these two kids must have gone out to earn some money.

After moving all the items into the house, Cheng Chen also settled the bill with the ox-cart driver, and sent the ox-cart maker away. Then, the group entered the house.

With regards to the change in Cheng Xi and Xu Sanlang, Cheng Er Gui and the Wu family were not as shocked as the villagers were. Furthermore, with Xu Sanlang's huge change in attitude, the two seemed to still be satisfied, and Cheng Er Gui, who had always disliked Xu Sanlang, did not throw his face towards Xu Sanlang like before, and even greeted him in a rare manner to quickly enter the house.

When the whole family entered the house and sat around the charcoal brazier, Lady Wu finally explained why they were so excited, "This Xu Family Member is not a thing, she spread rumors everywhere that you and Xu Sanlang have gone missing in the county, and Xu Xiusheng couldn't even find you after using the yamen's people. She even said that A'Chen and A'Ling did not go to the Prefecture City, but were tricked and sold off to the borders to be laborers, and did not come back."

Cheng Xi and the others were all speechless when they heard this. Cheng Cai asked, "You actually believe it too?"

Lady Wu glared at Cheng Cai and complained, "You guys didn't bring back any news, we are not clear about it, if we ask everywhere and can't find out anything, how can we not be worried?"

Cheng Xi asked doubtfully, "How can that be? Didn't I often get the Master Wang to bring things back for you? "I even brought you news that big brother and the others will be back before New Year's."

"Xu Family said A'Chen and A'Ling were tricked away by that Old Man Wang's son-in-law. Besides, he hasn't appeared since that time when he brought us news, so how can we believe him?"

Cheng Xi frowned, and said, "I asked Master Wang to bring back at least five times, and news of brother and the others, are you sure that Master Wang has only come here once?"

Lady Wu nodded and complained, "It must be the thing that the Old Man Wang brought back for us, so we didn't send you any news."

Cheng Xi shook her head decisively, "Impossible, Master Wang isn't that kind of person, moreover, with his daughter and son-in-law's background in the county, he probably won't be lacking anything, there must be a problem with that."

Cheng Chen's reaction was fast, he remembered the Eldest Aunt in the crowd earlier, seeing that not only did they not move forward, but instead turned around and left quickly, with Cheng Chen's understanding of Eldest Aunt, this was definitely not her style, so she asked, "What's wrong with Uncle's family recently?"

Hearing Cheng Chen's question, he recalled and said, "Your uncle doesn't seem to be much of a problem, your Eldest Aunt's days are getting more and more comfortable. It is said that your brother finally had some news and brought her a lot of things. "She could actually do such a thing."

Cheng Ergui let out a cold snort, "Her daughter-in-law was forced to death by her and her grandson was forced to death. Her own son was even forced to leave home, what can't she do?"

If it were any other time, Cheng Er Gui would probably lie down and say things too much because he was still his sister-in-law, but this time, when he thought about how Lady Zhang's greed might have hidden his son and daughter's situation, they couldn't help but say some harsh words after worrying them for so many days.

However, it was Cheng Xi's first time hearing this news, and she asked curiously, "Then what did Lady Zhang do that actually forced the death of her daughter-in-law and grandson, and forced her son to leave?"

Since the Xi had forgotten about her memory, there was no need to say anything to pollute her ears. Thus, she shook her head and replied, "There's no need for you to know about the old days, I'll go and find my mother later. If she's really involved in this, then we can't just let her see through it."

Seeing that her father was unwilling to say more, although curious, Cheng Xi did not ask any further. She wanted to ask the same of her brothers in a bit, so she did not bring it up, and only said, "I'll go over with her in a while, I'll trick her, and everything will naturally come out."

Cheng Er Gui knew that the current Cheng Xi's brain was extremely agile, even her mother that she had always disliked her was able to take care of her, thus he did not reject her and nodded in agreement.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Lady Wu stood up and said, "I'll go cook dinner. You two can continue chatting."

Cheng Xi also stood up, and replied, "I'll go help you."

Cheng Ergui didn't forget to tell Lady Wu who was on her way out, "It took a lot of effort for a large family to reunite and get some good food."

Cheng Xi smiled and replied for Lady Wu, "Okay, we came back with a lot of delicious food."

Upon hearing that there was delicious food, Cheng Qiang happily stood up and followed behind Cheng Xi as he shouted excitedly, "I'm going as well."

Cheng Xi waited for Cheng Qiang to come over and rubbed Cheng Qiang's head before he scolded his with a smile, "You greedy little cat."

Cheng Qiang refuted, "I'm not a greedy little cat, how can a cat grow up to be as big as me, big sister is bullsh * t."

The people in the room watched the two sisters as they went out, and couldn't help but smile.

Because of the food they brought back from the county town, this lunch was even more sumptuous than the New Year's Day meal from before.

Cheng Xi and Cheng Cai followed Zhao Ke, and their food was even better. On the other hand, Cheng Er Gui, Lady Wu and Cheng Qiang, on the other hand, originally had very tight families, and during the past half year, they did not touch any meat or meat.

Cheng Qiang and the other children, seeing how delicious the table was, could not hold back. They ate until their mouths were dripping with oil, Cheng Er Gui and the Wu family knew that Cheng Chen was doing well outside, the two earned a lot of money and ate contentedly.

The family was happily eating and talking around the table. They didn't notice that the door to the courtyard was pushed open. They only noticed it when the shadow at the door blocked the light in the room.

Seeing that the Old Madam Cheng at the door did not have anyone behind him, Cheng Xi's eyes flashed, and hurriedly stood up to greet him, "Milk is here, quickly come and sit. Xu Sanlang, quickly go and get milk for the dishes."

In these half a year with Xu Sanlang, it was natural for Cheng Xi to be at ease with what he had to do. Without saying anything, Xu Sanlang got up and went to the kitchen to get the tableware for the old lady.

If one did not hit a smiling person, Old Madam Cheng would not be happy. But now, being treated so passionately by Cheng Xi, it was hard to flare up.

After Cheng Xi enthusiastically supported him to the table and sat down, she looked at the sumptuous meal on the table and was even more satisfied.

After sitting down at the table, he said in a severe tone, "A bunch of little bastards. You don't know how to send a message to your family when you're away. Look at your father, he broke his leg for you little bastards, yet you still let him worry so much about your family."

Cheng Xi replied, "You are accusing us wrongly, we had the Master Wang in the village deliver a letter to our home almost every month, along with other things. "Hmm, milk, isn't your clothing the same as the one I brought back? I remember the dress very clearly, it looks suitable for you, so I picked it for you."

The cloth that the Old Madam Cheng was wearing was actually bought by Cheng Xi, but not for the Old Madam Cheng. It was bought for the Wu family, but in order to please the old lady, Cheng Xi did not even need to draw a draft of the cloth, she just opened her mouth and said everything. At the same time, Cheng Xi was sure that this matter was related to the Eldest Aunt.

Cheng Xi didn't doubt the Old Madam Cheng at all. Although the Old Madam Cheng was sometimes confused, she wasn't as black-hearted as the old lady from Xu Family. Towards her second son, she still felt pain in her heart, it was impossible for her to hide the news from them, and make her own son worry about them everyday.

The Old Madam Cheng stared at Cheng Xi and said, "Nonsense, this is something big brother Hong brought back for me."

Cheng Chen's brain tensed up, and hurriedly pretended to be suspicious, "Eh, how could it be? When I was at the Prefecture City, I specially sent people to find out about Big Brother's whereabouts. I just heard that Big Brother sent troops to go with the Eastern Expedition Army to go to the border turf at the beginning of the year. The distance to the east is not ten days to half a month, it would take at least two to three months.

These words were not deliberately made up by Cheng Chen. Cheng Chen had indeed heard of the whereabouts of his big brother Cheng Hong from the Prefecture City, and did indeed know that he had gone to join the army.

After the Old Madam Cheng heard Cheng Chen's words, she said excitedly, "Is what you said true? Did you really find out about Brother Hong's information?"

Cheng Chen nodded his head, the originally excited Old Madam Cheng thought about how his grandson had gone to join the army, or had followed the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and his eyes immediately turned red, "Why would he go join the army? If he doesn't come back, how can I, an old lady, live?"

Cheng Chen quickly said, "Big brother will definitely be fine, it has always been quiet in the east, there will never be any war. You can relax and see that big brother is still thinking about milk, remember to bring something back for me during these two months."

After following Zhao Ke for a while, Cheng Chen's communication skills had improved by leaps and bounds. With just a few sentences, he managed to divert the old lady's attention to the issue of taking things.

Sure enough, after the old lady heard what Cheng Chen had said, she opened her mouth and said, "That's not right.

Then, the old lady came back to reality and asked Cheng Xi: "Who do you think you are bringing news to every month?"