Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 365

At noon on the second day, someone brought a letter and carried a box.

The man who delivered the letter was a slightly hunched man, who looked to be in his thirties.The man was a bit short and thin, and when he saw Li Xin on the slope, he yelled "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" at her.

Li Xin didn't understand what he said and just looked at him suspiciously.The mute simply took out the letter from his pocket, pointed to the words on the letter, then to Li Xin, and then to the words on the letter.

Li Xin looked at the letter, and it said "Brother and Sister-in-Law", but at the bottom right of the vertical line, there was a personal name——Guan Quan.

Li Xin immediately looked at the mute again, and now he understood that the mute was asking if she was the person who wrote on the envelope.

Li Xin nodded immediately, and said at the same time: "Guan Quan is my fourth uncle, his elder brother, who is also the head of my family, and is busy in the mountains at the moment." Then he asked: "He asked you to send a message to us. ?”

The mute hurriedly stuffed the letter into her arms, then hugged the box he brought up, and pushed it into Li Xin's arms.

The action was a little rough, but it was not intentional to see him like that.But even so, Li Xin staggered back two steps.

A-mei came out of the house and saw it, hurried over to support Li Xin, and looked at the middle-aged man with a little annoyance.Seeing Amei's dissatisfied expression, the man immediately shrank his neck back and looked innocent.

If it wasn't for Li Xin being the direct "victim", maybe she would have laughed.

This mute behaved like a naughty boy!
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Li Xin's heart moved slightly, his voice softened a little, and he asked, "What's your name?"

"Ahh..." The mute opened his mouth a little excitedly and said "ahhh" twice, which sounded like the second and fourth tones of the word "ah", but he still didn't know what his name was.

Unexpectedly, after the dumb "ahhh" twice, he picked up a branch on the ground and wrote a big "Cen" character on the ground.The latter character has a lot of strokes, and it looks like there is a three-dot water radical, but his writing is a little messy, and Li Xin really can't recognize what the character is.

If so, I also know that the mute's surname is Cen.

Li Xin tentatively called him "Brother Cen", and the mute narrowed his eyes and grinned happily.

A-mei whispered in Li Xin's ear: "Sister-in-law, is there something wrong with him?" She pointed to her head as she spoke, and the original dissatisfaction in her eyes was replaced by sympathy.

Li Xin naturally thought so too.

Li Xin squeezed A-Mei's hand, and said to her: "Pour a bowl of water for Brother Cen." After thinking about it, he said: "Get something to eat."

Because it was already past noon, they had already eaten, and it was impossible for Cen Dumb to have such a good meal.

But Cen Dumb looked very happy, and kept talking "ahhhh".Even though Li Xin didn't know what he was expressing, he could tell that he was in a good mood.

Li Xin invited him to sit in the main room, but Cen Dumb refused to enter. He waved his hands at Li Xin with a face of disapproval. When he saw a small stool, he ran over and brought the small stool, and sat down on the small stool. , raised his head and smiled at Li Xin Mimi.

... Well, if you don't go in, don't go in.

Li Xin could only smile at Cen Yaba, seeing Cen Yaba babbling and pointing at the letter from Guan Quan in her hand, looking impatient, Li Xin could only comfort him and said, "I see, I'll watch right away."

Cen Dumb was relieved, said "ahhh" twice, and gave Li Xin a thumbs up.

Li Xin was helpless and amused, and Cen Duan pointed to Li Xin's box on the side, put his hands together, then opened it, made a gesture of opening, and said "ahhh" to Li Xin twice, and pointed to the box , and repeat the action just now.

Li Xin hurriedly said: "I'll open it, I'll take it in and open it, okay?"

Cen Dumb nodded and gave Li Xin a thumbs up.

Li Xin took the letter, carried the box into the house, put it on the table, and opened it in no hurry.Whether it's a box or a letter, Guan Quan brought it back, and it said that she and Guan Wen were to read it. Compared with Guan Quan and Guan Wen, the relationship between Guan Quan and Guan Wen is always closer.

But then again, the box is a bit heavy.

After leaving the house, he turned back and closed the door, and saw Amei holding a sea bowl of steamed buns, Cen Duba was holding another sea bowl of soup in one hand, and a steamed bun in the other, eating happily.

He didn't procrastinate at all when he ate, he ate the steamed buns in a few bites, and drank the soup, as if he still couldn't finish it, he pointed to the sea bowl containing the soup, licked his mouth, and made something to drink As soon as he moved, he shoved the bowl towards Amei without any sense of proportion.

A-mei was startled. His movement was too violent and powerful. He reached out to take out the bowl and hit A-mei's waist. A-mei could feel the force.

Li Xin hurriedly stepped forward and said, "My sister, go, and get Brother Cen another bowl of soup."

A-mei hurriedly agreed, took the bowl and ran towards the kitchen.As usual, Cen Dumb turned around and gave Li Xin a thumbs up with a smile.

After finishing the second bowl of soup, Cen Yaba burped, said "ahhhh" to Li Xin, pointed in the direction of the slope, and waved to Li Xin with a smile, and went downhill without looking back.

Li Xin hurriedly called out: "Brother Cen!"

Cen Dumb turned his head, looked at Li Xin suspiciously, then looked at the sun, suddenly became anxious, jumped up and down, pointed at the sky twice, shook his head and hands at Li Xin continuously, and then Pointing to the sun, with a bitter face, then ignored Li Xin, and walked down with a big step.

"Is this person an idiot?" A-Mei teased Li Xin with lingering fear: "He, what does he do..."

"I delivered the letter for your fourth brother."

Li Xin glanced at Pokou, patted Amei and said, "It's really a bit wrong to see him like that, forget it, let's not talk about him, it's quite pitiful not to be able to speak."

Amei suddenly felt a little guilty: "I didn't mean that..."

"I didn't say you meant that." Li Xin smiled: "Did he hit you just now? The waist? Does it still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt." A-mei squeezed her waist: "It's just a little scared."

"It's all right."

Li Xin comforted her, thought for a while and said: "You have nothing to do right now, go to the stone field to see if your elder brother is free, if you have time, let him come back, just follow him Said, your fourth brother has sent a message back."

"Ai."

A-mei hurriedly responded, tidied up and went to the stone field.

Not long after, Guan Wen came back with A-mei, Guan Wen seemed a little excited, he opened his voice and shouted towards the house while he was still walking beside the chicken shed: "Xin'er, did your fourth brother send you a letter?"

Li Xin responded softly in the yard and asked Guan Wen to scoop up water from the kitchen to wash his hands.Guan Wen did as he said, and walked quickly to their room after drying his hands.

Sitting on a stool, Li Xin pointed to the box and the letter on the table: "This should be sent by someone from your fourth brother, but the person who brought the letter and the things was a mute, and his mind still seemed a little unclear."

Guan Wen frowned immediately, took the letter and read it twice, then handed it to Li Xin, patted his head and said, "Read it and listen."

Li Xin laughed immediately.

"It's not that you don't know, I can only recognize some simple characters, but I can't recognize complicated ones." Guan Wen didn't have much embarrassment or inferiority complex on his face, and he spoke frankly, "Look at this character, I'm sure It’s a letter that my fourth brother asked someone to write for me, so I’m sure I don’t know it very well.”

Li Xin smiled and nodded: "I didn't say anything, usually when Yang'er was writing, if you bumped into her, wouldn't you just glance at her?"

It was a little embarrassing to be told Zhongguanwen by Li Xin.

Li Xin opened the envelope, took out two thin pieces of letterhead, read it once, and the expression on his face became a little loose.

Seeing her expression, Guan Wen knew whether the content of the letter was good or bad, so he felt relieved and said with a smile, "What did you write?"

"Your fourth brother rented a shop in the town and started to be a middleman." Li Xin laughed and said, "He said that he has no capital right now, and he doesn't know what to do, so he might as well do something first." Er does not need capital to buy and sell, relying on his familiarity and understanding of Hui County, he can be a middle-aged person. For example, introducing helpers, guiding people, contacting people with cars and horses, etc., is equivalent to interspersing between people. line to make a little money."

Guan Wen's face looked a little dazed.

"He wrote his current address in this letter." Li Xin said, then paused: "He also told us not to tell others where he lives... He wrote in the letter not to tell your father and sixth brother. .”

Guan Wen was silent for a moment, then nodded, and asked, "What else did you write?"

"I also wrote that the money in this box is to help us sell honey. He left in a hurry and didn't have time to give it to us. There was trouble at home, and he forgot about it for a while, and went to the town. I only remembered it after packing up the new house, so this was sent back to us."

"Oh, that's right." Li Xin said: "He has hired a helper in the town now, and he can provide food, so you don't have to worry."

The helper is Cen Dumb. Guan Quan said in his letter that he has known Cen Duba for some time. He is pitiful. Although he has a house to live in, he can’t live alone, so he is invited to do things with him and run errands. It's okay to contribute a little effort, and he just doesn't care about the daily food and drink of this Cen mute.

Guan Wen nodded, sighed slightly, glanced at the box on the table, and said, "Then you should collect the money carefully."

After a pause, Guan Wen still asked, "Where do they live?"

Li Xin said the address, Guan Wen nodded again, and said, "When I have free time, I'll go to town to see them."

Li Xin was silent for a while, but still said: "In the letter, the fourth brother said that he is running outside every day, and he may not be at home. I don't know if the fourth brother and sister have also found work."

Guan Wendao: "Always go and have a look. If it's a big deal, we'll wait until night. The couple won't be away from home late at night."

Li Xin could only nod.

(End of this chapter)