Bai Chao was humming a song and sucking on the popsicle that Yang An had just bought for him. He didn't get off Yang An's back until they were almost at the door of his house.

The smell of food was already coming from the house. Yang An and Bai Chao went in together, but there was no one in the main room. Bai Chao shouted, "Mom, Dad, I'm back!"

"Hey, here we come." Mother Yang and Father Yang came in from the vegetable garden together. Mother Yang picked a basket of green vegetables: "Wait for mom to cook the vegetable soup for you and then you can eat."

"Okay." Bai Chao nodded obediently.

The system suddenly said: "Mother Yang's eyes are a little red."

Bai Chao bit his popsicle and said, "Yeah, I saw it."

Yang's father is a beekeeper, but in recent years the bees in his apiary have become sick and the harvest has been poor.

The family has always been in a state of making ends meet, but fortunately they have a piece of land, so the family will not starve.

Thirteen years ago, the Yang family spent most of their savings to buy little Yang Chao. Children are easy to raise, but as they grow up, they need money to eat, wear and wear, and the family savings have been stretched.

Yang An is about to take the college entrance examination and has always had good grades. However, Bai Chao, who has just entered the first year of high school, has mediocre grades. Considering Yang An's future college tuition, Yang's father and mother are discussing whether to let Bai Chao drop out of school, but they have always had disagreements and have argued several times behind the backs of their two children but have not made a decision.

Yang's father secretly gestured to Bai Chao to let him go over.

Bai Chao ran over and saw Yang's father mysteriously take out a small jar with a piece of honeycomb honey in it and asked him to eat it.

Bai Chao held the small jar in his hand, lowered his head and took a bite of the honeycomb. The honey burst in his mouth, sweet and with a floral scent.

Seeing that he liked it, Yang's father asked him to eat more. Bai Chao shook his head: "Dad, I still want to drink the vegetable soup made by Mom."

Father Yang smiled and scratched the tip of his nose.

The dishes cooked by Yang's mother are very delicious, and Bai Chao can eat several bowls of rice every time.

After finishing a bowl of fragrant rice, Bai Chao held up the empty bowl and said, "Mom, I want another bowl."

But Yang's mother didn't indulge him like usual: "No more. If you want to eat more, go ask your dad for some honey."

There seemed to be silence at the dinner table for a moment, and then Father Yang slammed his chopsticks on the table.

Yang An took the initiative to pour his rice into Bai Chao's bowl: "Honey can't be eaten as rice, brother, just eat mine."

Bai Chao didn't care about the little incident at the dinner table. He ate his lunch carefreely and went back to his room to take a nap.

Yang's mother dragged a small stool and sat at the door, sewing insoles in silence, while Yang's father smoked a pipe outside the house.

Yang An cleaned up the dishes and walked over to sit next to Yang's mother: "Mom, did Dad make you angry?"

Mother Yang pulled the thread and said nothing.

Yang An glanced at his father who was smoking outside, and patted his mother on the back: "Mom, Dad also gave me a can of honey. I'm tired of it."

Mother Yang stopped threading the needle and said unhappily, "It's not about the honey!"

Father Yang didn't move. Seeing him like this, Mother Yang was furious and couldn't hold back what she was saying: "I think he has forgotten who his own son is!"

Yang An was stunned and stood up: "Mom, what do you mean?"

Yang's father also stood up, looked at Yang's mother with a warning look, and pushed Yang An to go into the house.

Yang's mother knew that she had said something wrong and didn't want to say anything more.

Yang An did not move. He had been very energetic since he was a child. He calmed his father down and said, "Dad, let Mom finish her words. I'm already this old. What can't I say?"

Yang's father and mother looked at each other and stopped pushing Yang An.

After a long silence, Yang's mother finally spoke: "You were young at the time and have no memory. Erwa was brought to our home when he was three years old."

"Your leg disease is something you brought with you from the womb. It can't be cured. The doctor said that you won't be able to walk when your thighs grow."

"I suffered a lot to give birth to you, but later I couldn't have children. We were worried that no one would take care of you when you grew up, so we found someone to buy your brother."

"My family has no money, so I want my second child to drop out of school and learn to do farm work. You have good grades, and my teacher said you can definitely go to college. The money we save can just support you to go to college."

"After all, you are our biological son."

Father Yang sighed heavily and began to sign with his fingers.

Inside the house, the bedroom door was closed with a slight gap.

Behind the door was Bai Chao, who should have been fast asleep. He closed the door gently.

The system asked: "Don't you want to continue listening?"

Bai Chao lay back on the bed: "That's enough for 'Yang Chao' to hear."

Keep listening, how can he turn evil?

outside the house.

Yang's father signed: "Only by studying can you have a future. I will support them both to study and they will not drop out of school."

Yang's mother said, "What are you going to offer? Your sick bees are almost dead."

Father Yang was not convinced: "I talked to Boss Wang and he took me to a big city to work."

Yang's mother was so angry that she twisted his leg: "Boss Wang is a liar everywhere, and you still dare to believe him?"

Yang An, who had been silent the whole time, finally stopped his parents' quarrel: "Dad, you don't have to go. My schoolmates also have bees at home. They know how to treat them. I'll come back and treat our bees when I figure it out."

Father Yang's worried face suddenly lit up as if he saw hope, and he nodded repeatedly.

Yang An took his mother's calloused hand and said, "Mom, I may not be able to go to college yet. I heard that colleges require physical examinations for admission, and it's not certain whether they will accept lame people."

Yang's mother never went to school. Both of her children had to be brought to the county school by someone else. Hearing this, Yang's mother burst into tears: "Why is my son's life so miserable?"

Yang An helped his mother wipe her tears: "It's good like this now. Xiao Chao is still young, but he's smart. He will definitely be able to get into college in the future."

Mother Yang sighed and shook her head, then handed the insole she had sewn to Yang An: "Erwa's insole is torn, you can change it for him."

Yang An hummed, put away the insoles, and chatted with his parents for a while before returning to the house.

The two brothers have slept together since they were young and have never been separated even when they grew up.

Yang An walked lightly to the bedside and changed the insoles for Bai Chao's shoes. He looked quietly at his brother's sleeping face. Bai Chao was sleeping soundly with his mouth slightly open, his black hair scattered on his forehead, and his fair skin emitting a soft luster.

Unlike his tanned skin, Bai Chaotian is naturally not tanned and looks glowing white under the sun. In fact, if you look closely, his facial features don't look like him at all. He has a small face the size of a palm and dimples when he smiles, like a soft little white rabbit, which always makes people want to protect him.

Only then did Yang An truly feel that Achao was not his biological brother.

Yang An's heart suddenly trembled. He suppressed the strange feeling, gently covered Bai Chao's stomach with the small blanket that he had kicked away, sat on the edge of the bed, and fanned Bai Chao with a large cattail leaf fan.

Bai Chao's brows, which were furrowed due to the heat, relaxed in the gentle cool breeze and his breathing became steady and slow.

The next day, before dawn, the two had to prepare to go to school. It took two hours to ride a bicycle from the village to the county town. They were from the same school, and every week Yang An rode the bike and Bai Chao sat on the back.

But today Bai Chao suddenly became unhappy and refused to go with Yang An.

Yang An was still waiting for his brother to get on the bike. He looked back and saw that his brother had already walked away. He was stunned for a moment and hurried over: "A Chao, what's wrong? Hurry up and get on the bike?"

Bai Chao pulled the strap of his schoolbag and walked forward with his head down: "I'll go by myself!"

Yang An grabbed Bai Chao with his big hand and said, "Do you know how far the school is?"

Bai Chao turned his head away: "I don't want to go with you."

Yang An's hand tightened: "Why? Did I crush you when I was sleeping last night? If you are angry about this, I apologize to you."

Bai Chao struggled to free his hand: "I just don't want to!"

Bai Chao was walking forward when he heard the sound of a bicycle kickstand being kicked behind him. Then the backpack on his back was lifted up. Bai Chao hurriedly turned back to grab the backpack, but found it was placed in the bicycle basket.

Yang An carried his schoolbag and said, "Since you don't want to go with me, then just ride over by yourself."

Bai Chao stopped moving, and this time it was Yang An's turn to walk forward.

After a moment's silence, Bai Chao got on his bike and rode away like the wind.

Yang An looked at his back, with a helpless smile on his face: "You little heartless guy."

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like