Yu Jinhuai’s pupils slightly dilated after seeing him disappear. He ran over to touch his quilt in disbelief. A moment ago, there was still someone sleeping here, but in the blink of an eye, he disappeared out of thin air. He stared blankly at the place where Meng Yunshu had lain. In disbelief, he opened the quilt and searched inside and out. He ran out of the bedroom like crazy, and came back with a chill after a long time.

He walked with heavy steps as if he was sitting like a stone statue. Yu Zhining muttered in his sleep, and then he got into the quilt as if awakened.

After a while, he closed his eyes and heard a gentle breathing sound. He almost opened his eyes to question Meng Yunshu. The bright moonlight shone on his face through the mended curtains. Meng Yunshu moved his body and yawned. He fell asleep quickly due to sleepiness.

 After a while, Yu Jinhuai opened his eyes, turned his head and looked straight at his sleeping face. He listened to his breathing, his sharp eyes gradually calmed down, and his hands tightly clenched in the quilt slowly loosened.

Who are you? What is your purpose?

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When the rooster of the neighbor’s house crowed, Yu Jinhuai opened his eyes. His eyes were clear, and it was obvious that he had not slept all night.

The big and small beside him slept soundly. After lying flat for a quarter of an hour, he sat up quietly and took out his clothes from between the two quilts. The clothes were buried in the quilt, and they were still warm in his hands. After putting on the clothes, Yu Jinhuai glanced at Meng Yunshu, pulled the quilt for him. He looked at his sleeping face, and a feeling of irritation rose.

Daqing, who was lying in the main room, heard the movement in the room with his sharp ears. It rubbed his ears with his front paws, slowly stood up and walked to the door. Then it squatted on the ground, gently swept the ground with his tail, narrowed his eyes, and waited for his master to come out.

 Yu Jinhuai opened the door from the inside. Daqing happily rubbed his legs, waited for him to come out, and followed him closely.

There was nothing much to do early in the morning. Yu Jinhuai went to the backyard and took out three eggs from the chicken coop, then fed the chickens and horses at home. While it was still early, he closed the door and took Daqing with a machete to the foot of Xiaoqing Mountain to cut some bamboo.

The room was too empty, so he planned to make a bamboo shelf to put in it. Now that he had a husband, there would be more things in the family in the future. He couldn’t wait until later when he couldn’t find a place to put them.

It was dawn. The sun rose from the east, shining warmly on people.

When Meng Yunshu woke up, he met Yu Zhining’s round almond eyes. Seeing him wake up, he shyly pulled the quilt to cover his head, which made Meng Yunshu chuckle.

There was a noise coming from the kitchen, which was only separated by a wall. Feeling the sunlight coming in through the window, he knew it was late. He put on his clothes first, walked to Yu Zhining’s side, and patted him through the quilt, “Ah Ning, uncle will help you put on your clothes?”

Yu Zhining, who was hiding in the quilt, responded shyly when he heard the voice, and then came out from inside. The heat made his face red, and he avoided looking at Meng Yunshu.

“Okay.” Yu Zhining responded slowly.

Meng Yunshu, who grew up in an orphanage, helped the director take care of his younger brothers and sisters since he was sensible. When he saw Yu Zhining’s appearance, he was not nervous at all. He skillfully helped him put on his clothes and tied a bun.

 The door of the room was not closed tightly. Meng Yunshu, who was making the bed, suddenly heard the sound of the door being pushed open. He looked over and saw a blue-gray dog ​​head poking in from outside. It ran in familiarly and squatted by the kang. It looked up and hummed like a child.

“Daqing.” Yu Zhining ran to the kang and sat down. His little hand touched Daqing’s head again and again, smoothing its fur. Daqing rubbed his palm directly and made a pleasant cry.

Meng Yunshu tried to get off the kang while his eyes were always on Daqing. He found that it just tilted its head slightly to look at him and did not move. He put down his heart and stepped on the shoes on the ground with his tense toes.

The shoes were new like his clothes. It was not difficult to guess that Yu Jinhuai bought them in the county yesterday.

 He carried Yu Zhining off the kang, and without his help, he put on his shoes by himself. After running a few steps, he realized that there was also his new uncle, so he slowed down his pace and waited for Meng Yunshu to catch up before walking with him.

Seeing this, Meng Yunshu smiled and gently touched his head. He pushed the door and went out, and then he learned about the situation of the Yu family.

As soon as he went out, he saw the main hall. In the middle of the main hall was a table and a bench. It looked like it had been used for a long time. There was also a shelf against the wall, which was full of small things, and a washstand.

Opposite were two rooms, and the doors were locked. Meng Yunshu, who was not very curious, did not explore too much. He looked back and saw that there was another room behind the room they lived in, which was not locked.

Although the whole house looked broken, it was very clean. After walking out of the main hall, Meng Yunshu found that the front yard of the Yu family home was very large. To the south was a small vegetable field where seasonal vegetables were planted. There was also a jujube tree in the middle of the yard. Near the main hall, a dog shed was built with loess and straw, and straw was laid inside.

 The kitchen and bedroom are connected. There is a well in front of the kitchen. The road from the gate to the main hall, kitchen, vegetable garden and the well is paved with large stones. When you walk into the yard and look up, you will find that although the walls of the Yu family home are made of earth, the roof is covered with green tiles. It seems that the Yu family had some wealth at the beginning.

He was watching with great interest. Yu Jinhuai came out of the kitchen with a basin of warm water. Seeing him standing in the yard and looking around, he pursed his lips and called Yu Zhining to wash his face.

“Ah Ning, come here.” Yu Jinhuai put the basin on the shelf under the eaves, bent down and called Yu Zhining who was following Meng Yunshu.

His voice woke Meng Yunshu up. He turned around embarrassedly and took Yu Zhining over.

“You do your thing, I’ll wash Ah Ning’s face.” Meng Yunshu put the dry towel in the basin and gently washed Yu Zhining’s face.

Yu Jinhuai saw that there was nothing for him to do, pointed to the new dry towel on the shelf and said, “I prepared it for you.”

Meng Yunshu nodded.

In his weak cognition, farmers rarely used tooth powder or green salt, and most of them used willow branches and locust branches, but now he was holding a toothbrush, looking at the green salt jar on the windowsill and fell into deep thought.

 Could it be that he saw it wrong? Is the Yu family is very rich? Shu ger’s memory told him that the village he lived in used willow branches, and there were absolutely no toothbrushes and green salt. He thought of the days when Shu ger was at his uncle’s house. Maybe his uncle’s house also had them, but Shu ger had never seen them.

Meng Yunshu suppressed his doubts and started brushing his teeth.

Yu Jinhuai was busy cooking in the kitchen. Meng Yunshu led Yu Zhining in. Seeing his busy figure, he couldn’t help but say, “Let me do it, let Ah Ning taste my cooking skills.”

Yu Jinhuai kept putting firewood into the stove and turned his head to look at them. He met Meng Yunshu and Yu Zhining’s expectant eyes, thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Seeing that he agreed, Meng Yunshu rolled up his sleeves, inadvertently revealing the scars on his forearm. He asked him about the location of the food in his home without much care, but the scarred forearm made Yu Jinhuai feel dazzling.

 “Where’s the food?” Seeing that he remained silent for a long time, Meng Yunshu couldn’t help but pull his sleeve to ask.

Yu Zhining, who was afraid of the cold, had been squatting in front of the stove. He squinted his eyes and warmed himself comfortably. His little face was roasted red. Hearing his uncle’s voice, he wanted to get up, but when he saw his uncle move, he moved forward again.

Yu Jinhuai was stunned for a moment when he noticed his little movement. His eyes swept across his forearm and said in a deep voice: “Follow me.”

He took him to the place where the food was placed and pushed open the lid on the small jar. Without his reminder, Meng Yunshu had bent down and scooped out what he wanted from the untied bag.

This year’s harvest was good, and farmers were not short of food. The food bags in the small jars were full.

With sorghum rice, red beans, millet and yellow rice, a meal of multi-grain porridge was ready in the morning.

Worried that Yu Zhining was hungry, Meng Yunshu moved quickly. After a while, multi-grain porridge, cold shredded radish and multi-grain steamed buns were served on the table.

 After taking a sip of the hot multi-grain porridge, his body instantly warmed up. Meng Yunshu looked at Yu Zhining eating sweetly across from him with a faint smile on his face. Of course, he did not forget Yu Jinhuai. He glanced at him cautiously and saw him eating heartily, which instantly gave him confidence.

After breakfast, Yu Zhining went to the Sun family house to play with Sun Ming. Meng Yunshu, who was still not fully recovered, moved a chair and sat in the yard to bask in the sun. Daqing and Dahei lay on the left and right in front of the food bowl licking their porridge.

Yu Jinhuai, who disappeared after breakfast, came out of the backyard with a few bamboos. The sound of bamboo leaves brushing against the ground attracted Meng Yunshu’s attention. He looked at Yu Jinhuai curiously. He sat aside and chopped the thin branches on the bamboo with a knife. After cleaning, he split the bamboo and placed it beside him. Meng Yunshu looked at him and his thoughts gradually drifted away.

Yu Jinhuai had noticed him when he looked over. At this time, he saw him staring at him without blinking. His body stiffened instantly. He sat straight, and his movements became more and more stiff. It took him a long time to recover. After chopping the bamboo, he found that he was in a trance. An inexplicable emotion surged in his heart, making him sit unsteadily.

Suddenly remembering something, he stood up, patted his clothes, cleaned the bamboo leaves and bamboo shavings, and strode into the main room.

 His sudden action brought Meng Yunshu back to his senses. He buttoned his pants awkwardly, thinking, could it be that he was angry because he had been looking at him for too long?

On the other side, Yu Jinhuai ran to the main room and opened the locked door. After a while, he came out with a piece of cloth in his hand, which seemed to be wrapped with something. Yu Jinhuai’s starry eyes sank, and he looked at the cloth bag in his hand hesitantly. He looked up and glanced at Meng Yunshu who was sitting in the yard, and made a decision in his heart.

Meng Yunshu, who was basking in the sun, heard the footsteps and turned his head to look at him. He licked his lips. He didn’t communicate much with Yu Jinhuai and didn’t know how to start.

Following his figure, he realized that he was walking towards him. He was shocked and nervous. He watched him stand in front of him nervously, then squatted down and put his right hand in front of him. On the palm was a piece of gray cloth, and he didn’t know what was wrapped inside.

 Meng Yunshu quickly lowered his eyes to scan, then raised his head and bumped into a pair of deep starry eyes, which reflected his own face. The man’s eyes made Meng Yunshu blush, and he pointed and asked: “What is this?”

Yu Jinhuai said nothing, raised his hand, and motioned Meng Yunshu to open it himself.

At his signal, Meng Yunshu hesitated for a moment, and finally picked up the cloth bag, and his fingertips passed across the man’s palm. They both trembled, as if they had touched something that could not be touched.

The inadvertent contact made both of them panic. Meng Yunshu quickly took the cloth bag and opened it carefully. Inside was a bracelet with full and round beads. The whole bracelet exuded a rich fragrance. Meng Yunshu leaned in to smell it, and was deeply attracted by the fragrance. He couldn’t let go of the bracelet.

 “This is an agarwood bracelet. My father got it by chance and made two bracelets. My brother and I each have one. His was given to my sister-in-law, and mine will be yours in the future.”

From the moment he spoke, Meng Yunshu’s mind was on him. His words made the bracelet more important, not only because of its value, but more importantly, it contained the deep feelings of a father for his son, which made it tinged with scorching temperature.

Just as he was about to speak, the sound of the system suddenly rang in his ears.

–The key has been found, the store is being opened, and the countdown is nineteen…

With the arrival of the jade bracelet in his hand, he disappeared in the blink of an eye.