bayedsolid Chapter 107 Not one was left behind
Chapter 107 Not one was left behind
Lin Lanshan chuckled, stepped forward and patted her head, then said, "Listen carefully to my voice again, who am I?"
Ahua's eyes immediately lit up as she looked at her and excitedly shouted:
"It's Sister Lanshan! You're Sister Lanshan... Sister Lanshan, what happened to you? You're different from last time..." She started to hesitate as she called out.
Because her nine-year-old brain could only think this far, she felt dizzy.
"Ah Hua, you haven't returned my bamboo cup yet~" Lin Lanshan cleared her throat and spoke properly.
Bamboo tube cup...
Ahua finally recognized the person in front of her; he was the one she had been waiting and hoping for every day to come down from that mountain path.
She excitedly reached for Lin Lanshan's sleeve, but then, remembering her own appearance as a beggar, she pulled her hand back and said happily:
"Sister Lanshan, come in quickly. This is Sister Chunyi next to you, right? Sister Chunyi, please come in and sit down."
The bamboo cup has been wiped clean; I'll go get it for you. No, I should go call my brother and Yang Yu back first.
They watch the crossroads every day during their rest period, waiting for you to come down the mountain... No, wait, let me go get you some water first!
Ahua was very excited, her words were incoherent, and her feet were pacing back and forth, not knowing where she was going.
Lin Lanshan placed her hands on her shoulders, then pulled up her withdrawn left hand, led her inside, and asked:
"Where did Yang Yu and Ashu go so early? Why did they leave you home alone?" The backyard isn't even fenced off yet. If some wild animal came down, she'd probably snatch it away.
At this moment, Lin Chunyi dropped the reins and told Taozi to go to the shed and squeeze in with her little brother to rest.
Peach naturally went to find her own territory.
The two sisters entered through the back door, crossed the narrow path between the two houses, and arrived at the front yard.
The front yard is immediately visible.
The main house is in front. To the right is a mud-brick house, with a narrow passage about two people wide between it and the main house; this is the path they used to come from the backyard.
On the left side is a thatched shed.
Although the backyard wasn't fenced off, the front yard was enclosed by an earthen wall, about two meters high.
"Yang Yu and his brother went to carry stones to build a wall for the backyard."
"I'm fine at home alone. I can cook, do laundry, clean, and move stones," Ahua replied, skipping along.
The two sisters followed her into the main room, where there was only a low wooden table and five small wooden stools.
Ahua took two stools, wiped them with her sleeve, and placed them beside them.
"Sister Lanshan, Sister Chunyi, please sit down. I'll go boil some water for you."
She and her brother bought water in the county but didn't drink it much. Fortunately, they can use it now and give it to their two benefactors.
Lin Chunyi stopped her, "We're not thirsty. Sit here and tell us how you've been lately."
Half a month is not a long time, and naturally it cannot make a thin and weak child become rosy and healthy.
But Ahua seemed more cheerful and talked more than when they first met.
Ahua obediently moved a small wooden stool over, sat down in front of the two sisters, and then told them about what had happened in the past two weeks.
After the two benefactor sisters left, Yang Yu took her and her brother to find the most beautiful big house with blue bricks.
Then, after fabricating some stories with the village chief, he spent a few taels of silver to buy a large plot of wasteland by the roadside down the mountain as a homestead, and even went to the county government to obtain a deed.
Then they continued to spend money, asking the village chief and fellow villagers for help in building houses and making furniture.
Yang Yu said that he built the house by the roadside where his two masters would come down the mountain, so they could see it as soon as they came down.
Moreover, this place is far from the villagers' houses, so people generally don't come here; it's quiet. They also won't be seen running towards the man's house.
When building the wall, since the front yard faces the village road and there is no danger, it is fine to just fence it off.
The backyard faces a mountain, posing a danger of wild animal attacks. Therefore, a high and thick stone wall must be built using clay and stones.
This is what they've been working hard on these past few days.
Lin Lanshan sighed, "Yang Yu used to be a rich young master, right? How could he know all this? I underestimated him."
Ahua didn't understand what embarrassment meant, but she felt awkward. She said, "Sister Lanshan, those last few words weren't said by Brother Yang Yu."
The village chief tried to persuade him to move to another place, but after failing to convince him, he reluctantly taught him.
"..." The two sisters could almost imagine how furious Uncle Lin must be inside.
Being a village chief is really not easy.
He couldn't understand why such a young man with two children would insist on living in such a place.
"knock knock"
"Ahua, open the door."
Ahua jumped up from the stool, "My brother and Yang Yu are back! I'm going to tell them!"
Lin Lanshan smiled slyly and said to Ahua, "Don't tell them yet. We won't say anything for a while, let them guess."
Ahua remembered how she had been teased in the same way, then covered her mouth, squinted her eyes, and laughed, whispering:
"Mmm, I won't tell, I'll scare them!" She was startled, and her brother and Yang Yu couldn't be left out either, hehe.
"knock knock"
"Ahua? Isn't she home? The door is locked from the inside, that shouldn't be the case," Yang Yu said from outside, puzzled.
"Coming, coming!" Ahua quickly hid her smiling face and ran to open the door.
Seeing her covered in sweat, Ah Shu asked, "Ah Hua! You went to move stones again?"
"No, I didn't move it. I didn't hear anything inside." Ahua shook her head in denial.
Then, with a quick glance, she changed the subject. She said to Yang Yu, "Brother Yang Yu, we have guests at home."
Yang Yu, carrying a large basket of stones on his back, paused as he walked in. "What guest? Is the village chief here?"
"No, it's someone I've never seen before. Brother Yang Yu, you guys go and check on them. They say they're looking for you two."
She wasn't lying; she really hadn't seen what Sister Lanshan and Sister Chunyi looked like now.
Ashu, who was carrying a small basket of stones on his back, was also confused. He looked for Yang Yu and him at the same time.
Yang Yu and Ashu put their baskets down on the ground and strode towards the main house.
Ahua covered her mouth and chuckled softly as she followed them inside.
The two sisters had excellent hearing and heard that Ahua had seriously fooled Yang Yu and Ashu.
He turned around, suppressing a laugh, and stood with his back to the door.
Yang Yu and Ashu walked to the entrance of the main house and saw two people standing inside with their backs to them. Their figures and backs...
They were somewhat excited.
"Master, Second Master," "Sister Lanshan, Sister Chunyi"
The two sisters exhaled, then turned around and looked at them expressionlessly.
Yang Yu and Ashu were stunned.
Ashu was still young, and the surprise on his face turned to disappointment as quickly as his sister's.
Yang Yu's first reaction was that he had mistaken someone for someone else, and then he became somewhat suspicious:
These two people, apart from their appearance, are exactly the same as his two masters...