Chapter 237

As soon as he saw Liu, master Bai quickly asked about it.

Liu asked someone to serve him tea and asked the kitchen to prepare some sweet soup for master Bai to fill his stomach temporarily. Then he said, "you may not believe it. I think they came for my Bai family."

Master Bai couldn't understand and asked, "why?"

Instead of answering, Liu asked, "Lizhi, they seem to want to find someone in the village. It should be a young man. In Zhou Jin's house, both sides have a great reaction. Do you know that he has a brother named Zhou yin?"

Master Bai was surprised, "are they for Zhou yinlai?"

Liu couldn't help but sit up straight and asked, "do you know?"

Master Bai coughed a little uneasy, turned his head and asked, "why is my aunt suddenly interested in these things?"

Liu said, "tell me first and I'll tell you again."

Aware of Liu's wariness, master Bai was not sad, but even more shocked. How big it was, my aunt didn't even believe it.

Master Bai pondered for a while before saying, "Zhou Jin has a brother. When my family moved here, he was not in the village, but he can often listen to people in the village talk about him."

But in the past six years, everyone subconsciously avoided Zhou Yin, as if it was a taboo, in fact.

Master Bai organized a speech and said, "in the 11th year of Dade, the drought was serious. The family of Zhou Jin was not well at that time. Because the population of their ancestors was small and there were many children of their generation, it was very difficult for their family. Their family was the most affected."

Only after the founding of the people's Republic of China began to divide people and land. So far, it has only been divided into three generations.

So Zhou Jin's father only left a piece of Yongye field for their brothers.

But Zhou jintaineng had six sons and a daughter. At that time, Zhou Dalang had just married, but he had not yet married, so another person was added to the family.

A drought directly forced their family into a desperate situation.

Master Bai said, "it is said that Zhou Yin was brought up by Qian, Zhou Jin's daughter-in-law. He was very filial and clever. He was only 14 years old at that time. When people didn't pay attention, he sold himself to a caravan and returned a bag of grain to the Zhou family."

Liu listened in silence.

"Not only that, he was also very righteous and read about the villagers. Not to mention what he had done for the village, he said that he followed the villagers and came back with the caravan after a short time. He won a short-time job for the young and middle-aged people in the caravan, and introduced several families to do coolies in the county and city. With that little food, many people survived."

"But after that, he followed the caravan and never came back." in order to ask Master Bai for help to cover up, the village head said all these things about Zhou Yin like a bamboo tube pouring millet. Master Bai was also very impressed by Zhou Yin. In addition, he kept remembering it all the time. "Later, the Zhou family went to find it, including the caravan passing by here, It is said that he suffered from the cold and got the epidemic shortly after he left. At that time, the people of the caravan left him some money and left. There was no news after that. "

Liu said, "it's lucky that people who get the epidemic can still live."

"Yes, Zhou Yin was really alive at that time. The first time my nephew saw him was in the early summer six years ago. At that time, he returned home with his wife and children. I talked to him for a while and thought he was a clear and bold man."

Therefore, at that time, he invited each other home to drink. Master Bai thought that if Zhou Yin could live at that time, they might become good friends.

When Liu heard the word "early summer", he couldn't help holding the handle of the chair and asked, "what happened later?"

Master Bai lowered his eyes and said, "the second time we met, they were dead."

Master Bai paused and said, "Zhou Jin said that his brother wanted to go back to live in his hometown and entrusted someone to send all his furniture to the county. At that time, he and his wife went to the county to get things, but they didn't come back that day. The villagers went up the mountain to find mushrooms and found them lying on the mountain. Their bodies were covered with blood and their faces were scratched, but the villagers knew them very well and recognized them at a glance, So they brought people back. "

"At that time, they had nothing on them, and all the donkey carts they bought were gone. Therefore, the Zhou family decided that they met the robbers and wanted to report to the county. Who knows that some officers and soldiers came to the village first."

Master Bai said, "I received them first. At that time, they didn't do much. I saw the portrait of Zhou Yin and his wife first, so I asked more. They said they wanted to arrest the bandits, but how could Zhou Yin be a bandit?"

Liu asked, "do they have a donkey cart?"

Master Bai was stunned and nodded in a daze. "Yes, it was brought back by Zhou Yin. He took his wife and children home and couldn't walk back, so he bought a donkey cart. What's the matter?"

Liu shook his head slowly, "and then?"

Master Bai was a little embarrassed. He had just lived in Qili Village for more than a year. Although the villagers were very enthusiastic, he always felt out of place with his identity there.

For the sake of Zhou Yin and improving the relationship between the two sides, he delayed the official and asked someone to inform the Zhou Jin family first.

Then, when the officer asked again, almost everyone said they didn't know the two people on the portrait.

Master Bai said, "almost all the villagers are surnamed Zhou. Even if they are not from one ancestor, they are all related by relatives. Moreover, everyone in the village has received the favor of Zhou Yin, and these officials are not local officials in Luojiang county. It's easy to hide them."

"But just like this, the Zhou Jin family didn't dare to erect a monument for the Zhou Yin couple, but quietly buried it on the mountain."

Liu seemed a little uncomfortable. He leaned his elbow against the table and asked, "what about their children? Didn't you say it was his wife and children? "

Master Bai paused and whispered, "that man's aunt has seen it too."

A bright light flashed through his mind. Liu asked, "yes, is it Zhou man?"

"Yes, it's the child, but she doesn't know."

Liu nodded, tears could no longer stop, and began to fall.

Master Bai was startled. He hurried forward and handed her the handkerchief, "aunt, are you..."

Liu wiped his tears and whispered, "this may be fate."

Master Bai:

"Qi'er didn't die in the hands of mountain bandits."

Master Bai was startled and hurriedly asked, "how could it be?"

"Why not?" Liu said excitedly, "Qi'er should not come to Luojiang County even if he wants to suppress bandits. Shu county is not close to Luojiang county."

"Didn't Ziqi kill the bandits in Shu county?"

"No," Liu said with certainty, "they transported Qi'er's body to Shu County for camouflage."