Adopting a Daughter to Become a Concubine in Red

Chapter 40

"This..." Thinking about the two titles in her heart for a moment, Su Hongcang bowed to Chen San with a long heart, "Then thank you third brother!"

"Hey! Since I called you third brother, why do you say thank you!" Seeing that Su Hongcang chose the title 'third brother', Chen San also smiled wrinkledly.

"Hehe..." Seeing that Chen San was so out of touch, Su Hongcang immediately smiled, "Then Hongcang met the third brother here!"

"Red wrap?"

Before Su Hong's lingering smile fell from his face, he saw that Chen San's eyes became a little strange.

"Sister Hongtang is from Yunzhou City?" Chen San looked down at Changxin who was pulling Su Hongtang's sleeve, and frowned.

"What's the matter?" Realizing that Chen San's eyes were wrong, the smile on Su Hongcang's face also froze, "But what happened in Yunzhou City?"

"Is there someone with the same name as my sister in Yunzhou City?" Chen San looked up into Su Hongtang's eyes.

"This..." Seeing the sincerity in Chen San's eyes, Su Hongtang struggled for a moment.There will definitely be no one with the same name as her in Yunzhou City - she has been a lowly citizen.This matter has affected the name given to her by the master, but... Judging from Chen San's reaction, it seems that something major has happened in Yunzhou City.

"Of course there are. After all, Hongzang is such a common and cheap name..." Steady her mind, Su Hongzhang looked at Chen San pretending to be confused. A person who does not listen to others."

"Heh, that's a long story." Chen San heard that Su Hongzhang said 'Hongzhang' was a bad name, and his expression immediately eased, "A while ago, I went to Zhenxi City to see the government posting a list saying that there is a restaurant in Yunzhou City. It was burned, and it was rumored that the owner of the Huanguan was born handsome, which caused the fire to the Huanguan..."

"What?" Su Hongzhang was startled by Chen San's words, and her heart trembled, "You mean that there was a Huanguan in Yunzhou City that was burnt... so there were no casualties?"

"Casualties? It's not just casualties! The government said that no one in the Huan Guan escaped, and all of them died in the Huan Guan..." Seeing that Su Hong was entangled and unstable, Chen San stretched out his hand to help, but was snatched by Chang Xin. first.

"Hahaha... Sister Hongtang, why are you not as good as your little girl!" Chen San looked at Changxin who was supporting Su Hongtang with satisfaction, and thought that the woman he met today was indeed an ordinary woman. people.Even if you go to Zhenxi alone with your daughter, you will still be intimidated by this kind of gossip.

"Third Uncle, don't laugh at Mother!"

Chang Xin looked at Su Hongtang's expression, and gave Chen San a hard look.

"Hahaha...you little girl, you are so fierce!"

Chen San belittled the little girl in front of him, but he praised Changxin in his heart. He hadn't seen such a powerful little girl for a long time!

"Hehe... Third brother laughed!" Seeing that Chen San didn't become suspicious because of his reaction, Su Hongcang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.Slowly holding Chang Xin in his arms, Su Hongcang gave Chen San a suggestive look, "Third Brother, Hongzhang is a little tired after walking for so long today..."

"Ah! The red-stalked girl should hurry up and rest!"

As soon as Su Hongzhang opened his mouth, Chen San immediately realized that it was impolite for him to stay in the room late at night, and immediately retreated from the room with a silly smile.

"Then I won't send it away."

Watching Chen San open the door and go outside the thatched cottage, Su Hongzhang immediately pulled Chang Xin to the door, raised his hand to close the door, after closing the door, Su Hongzhang instinctively scanned the house for a week, and found a wooden table inside.Without hesitation, Su Hongcang quickly moved to the wooden table and pushed the wooden table behind the door to block it.

She has never dared to live in a room without a lock.

"Mother..."

Chang Xin stared at the table against the door for a moment, then glanced at Su Hongzhang disapprovingly: "If the third uncle comes back later..."

"Shh!"

Su Hongzhang put her ears on the door and listened for a while, and when she saw that there was no movement outside the door, she took the oil lamp from Chang Xin and put it on the table.

"Xin'er go to sleep first!"

Signaling Chang Xin with his eyes to go over there to the bed made by Chen San, Su Hong turned over and sat on the table with his back against the door.

"Mother!"

Seeing that Su Hongtang didn't intend to go to sleep, Changxin quickly got on the table and sat beside Su Hongtang.

"Mother doesn't sleep, and Changxin doesn't sleep either!"

"Don't worry!"

Su Hongcang remembered how sleepy she was when she walked towards the house with her long heart on her back, and Xin'er obviously wanted to sleep.Besides, it is the time when children sleep too much. If they don't sleep, they will not be able to cheer up tomorrow.

"Mother! Xin'er wants to accompany you!"

Chang Xin shrank secretly into Su Hongzhang's embrace.

"Aren't they in the same room?"

Su Hongcang slightly put her arms around Chang Xin who was hiding in her arms, and sighed softly.

"Hmm..." Chang Xin looked at Su Hongcang in the candlelight, and whispered, "Mother, my heart is afraid of the dark!"

"Then take this oil lamp and go to sleep quickly." Su Hongcang heard that the reason why Chang Xin didn't want to go to sleep was because he was afraid of the dark, so he immediately handed the oil lamp on the table to Chang Xin's hand.

"What about the mother?"

Chang Xin looked at the oil lamp in Su Hong Chan's hand for a moment, and frowned slightly.

"Mother is not afraid of the dark."

Su Hongtang patted Chang Xin's back lightly.

"But... my heart is afraid..."

Chang Xin writhed in Su Hongtang's arms.

"Isn't there an oil lamp?" Su Hong responded with a long heart.

Changxin didn't like Su Hongtang's reply very much: "What if the oil lamp goes out?

"It should be light that day." Su Hong entangled Chang Xin.In fact, she knew in her heart that when the oil lamp was extinguished, Xin'er should also fall asleep.

"How does mother know?" Chang Xin didn't quite believe Su Hongzhang's words.

"Why are you so talkative?"

Su Hongchan couldn't dodge the long-hearted questioning eyes.

"Because my mother lied to me!" Crying in Su Hong's embrace like a long-hearted fool.

"Hush... Don't cry, my mother will accompany you there!"

Standing up from the table neatly, Su Hongtang held Changxin in one hand and the oil lamp in the other, and walked slowly towards the corner.

"So you're not afraid?"

Sleeping with Chang Xin under the blanket, Su Hongzhang blocked Chang Xin in the corner, staring straight at the door blocked by the table.

"I'm afraid..." Changxin stretched out her hands and tightly grasped the quilt, and closed her eyes tightly.

"Why?" Seeing Chang Xin's closed eyes, Su Hongtang couldn't help laughing, "I'm afraid if I have mother by my side, if mother is gone in the future..."

"Why is mother not here?" Hearing Su Hongtang said that he was gone, Chan Changxin immediately leaned against Su Hongtang's side, "Changxin is just afraid of the shadow on the wall..."

"What's so scary about having a shadow?" Su Hong pulled the quilt around her feet, and the feeling of sleeping on the thatch didn't seem as bad as she imagined.

"Hmm..." Changxin hesitated for a moment, then glanced up, and then quickly closed his eyes, "Mother...it just looks scary... If you don't believe me, just look up and see I can see..."

"Huh?" Seeing that Chang Xin closed her eyes again, Su Hong felt a little nervous for a while.

And then there was a knock on the door.

"Red tangled girl! Red tangled girl!"

Chen San's voice made Su Hong's whole body tense up.

"Third brother, what's the matter?"

Su Hongtang stabilized her mood, pretended to be sleepy and said to the door, "Hongtang has already rested..."

"Oh! When the third brother was sleeping, he suddenly realized that the door of the thatched house was unlocked, and realized that he had been negligent. My sister, a woman, is not as rough as the third brother... The third brother just ran over to remind the girl that the door was unlocked. Peace of mind To save it, the girl should push the table in that room to the door to resist..."

"Ah! I'm troublesome, third brother..." Su Hongzhang got up slowly, making the sound of thatch rubbing, "Third brother, go back to sleep, Hongzhang will take care of the door lock."

"Hmm..." After hearing Su Hongtang's response, Chen San added worriedly, "If the girl Hongtang wants to defend herself, there are more than a dozen kitchen knives hanging from the beams of the room, so she can choose one at will."

After saying that, Chen San left his thatched hut with satisfaction and walked towards the iron shed.

But Su Hongchan heard Chen San's footsteps getting smaller and smaller, and then slowly closed her eyes.She almost shot Chen San just now.She felt uneasy after Chen San said that everyone in the Spring Breeze Pavilion was burned to death.She seems to be caught in a conspiracy.

If the Spring Breeze Hall is still there, then she is a pariah with a name and a surname, and she can enter the city at will.But if everyone in the Spring Breeze Hall was burned to death, then who was she?She had no paperwork and could not prove her identity.

If she said that she was entangled by Su Hong, how did she escape from the fire? Why didn't she show up for so many days after the official made the list?Did she set the fire herself...

Thinking about these messy questions, Su Hong's head got a little big.But she had to find Master... Even though she didn't know where Master was, she could be sure that Master was definitely not in Chenzhuang.She needs to have an aboveboard identity, and so does Xin'er.

But how easy is it?

Su Hongtang looked up feebly at the beam, but couldn't take her eyes off.

sky!How could there be such a person as Chen San!

Staring at the gleaming sharp knife hanging on the beam of the house, Su Hongtang secretly felt her scalp go numb.She suddenly understood why Xin'er was lying on the bed but did not dare to sleep.What kind of strange person did she meet...

With a sigh, Su Hong leaned over and took Chang Xin into her arms, and patted her on the back gently to comfort her to sleep.

"Xin'er, go to sleep..."

……

Morning always comes sooner than people think.

"Mother...Mother..." Chang Xin woke up from sleep before Su Hongtang.

Not knowing when she fell asleep, Su Hongtang opened her eyes and looked at Chang Xin in a daze: "Xin'er?"

"Its daybreak!"

Changxin's joyful voice brought a smile to Su Hongtang's lips, and also caused her to open her eyes and look around Chen San's thatched cottage.

After sizing it up, Su Hongcang realized that the thatched cottage that Chen San was talking about was actually his self-effacing words.I lived in a brick house no matter how I looked at it last night.But where did the thatched cottage she saw at the head of the village yesterday go?

Enduring the doubts in her heart, Su Hongsang carefully observed the place where she lived last night - the big window was beside her and Chang Xin.And beside the window was a wooden cabinet with a lot of dust, beside the cabinet was a large water tank, next to the water tank was a stove, and next to the stove was the table she pushed to block the door last night...

Staring at the window beside her for a moment, Su Hongcang secretly laughed that she made a fuss over a molehill last night—the window didn't have any bolts, did it?

"Hehehe..." Lowering her head and chuckling for a moment, Su Hong touched the top of Changxin's head, thinking through a truth that a master told her earlier: door locks can only guard against gentlemen but not villains.

Master sincerely does not bully her!