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Ruan Tang wronged Baba and called him "bad brother", then wrapped himself in a quilt and rolled towards Zhou Jincheng.The bed wasn't that small, but it wasn't that big either. After turning it over twice, his forehead touched Zhou Jincheng's hand.

He raised his head and looked at Zhou Jincheng from bottom to top. If there was any flesh on that face, it should be round.However, she was too thin at this time, with a sharp chin.

But the eyes don’t change shape according to the fatness and thinness of a person. The little fool’s round cat eyes are black and shiny, and they are paired with a small nose and red lips. Such a beautiful face is soaked in In the moonlight, it is easy to soften people's hearts.

He looked at Zhou Jincheng for a while, then lowered his head again, and touched the back of Zhou Jincheng's hand with his forehead again.A little cool, very comfortable on a stuffy summer night.

"My brother is not a bad brother, but a good brother."

Did the three words "good brother" be called casually? Zhou Jincheng didn't take away the hand rubbed by Ruan Tang, but instead used his other hand to tap his index finger on his forehead: "Do you know how to be ashamed?"

Ruan Tang shook his head twice and said, "I don't know. What are you ashamed of?"

Zhou Jincheng didn't answer, but closed his eyes and went to sleep.

But tonight's little fool was not forgiving, he didn't seem to be so afraid of Zhou Jincheng - although he hadn't been so afraid two days ago, he kicked his legs a few times, and jumped up to the position where Zhou Jincheng was at eye level, Getting very close, and talking to Zhou Jincheng about what Yinger said that night, it brought a warm milk-like smell.

"Sister Ying'er said, the young master wants to be friends with the book boy. Fourteenth Five-Year will make it, Ruan Tang sixteen, even better."

"Hmm." Zhou Jincheng replied sleepily.

Ruan Tang asked him, "How is it?"

Zhou Jincheng covered his mouth with his hand, and said, "It's none of your business."

Ruan Tang was still struggling, and the voice came out vaguely: "Brother is the young master, and Ruan Tang is the book boy, it's better."

Zhou Jincheng said: "Master, I don't agree with you. You are so stupid. Go to sleep. If you talk more, I will throw you out."

Half of Ruan Tang's face was covered by his palm, and he could barely breathe, so he whimpered.The voice was thin and soft, like the sobbing of a milk cat.

Zhou Jincheng was a little irritable, peeled Ruan Tang's quilt and stuffed it into his arms, so that the child's back was against his chest, his arms and legs were shackled up, and he was bound tightly, and he said in a low voice: "Okay, sleep."

Ruan Tang was not afraid of being hugged, nor did he struggle. After opening his mouth and exhaling a few times, he shrank happily into his brother's arms.

Zhou Jincheng's hand fell passively on his stomach, the little fool was obedient this time, he closed his eyes and was going to sleep.

Zhou Jincheng said, "Fool, where are you from?"

Ruan Tang was not sleepy, Zhou Jincheng wanted to talk, of course he was happy, thought for a while, and said, "I came from Ruan's Village and walked for a long, long, long time before I came here."

Ruanjia Village belongs to Pingcheng, and it is separated from Yuncheng by three cities.So when the locust disaster spread here, not many people really knew about it.

It's been a long time, really a long time.

Zhou Jincheng felt the slightly bulging stomach under his hands, and the emotion in his chest was inexplicable. He obviously couldn't bear to listen, but he asked uncontrollably: "What do you eat on the way here?"

As if the memories were too unbearable, Ruan Tang immediately trembled a few times after hearing this, and flinched in Zhou Jincheng's arms.

But just as Zhou Jincheng was about to say forget it, he seemed to have finished his memory and organized his words, and replied obediently in a low voice: "There is a lot to eat, and the corn bread I brought at home is gone. Mother and sister are going to beg for food. Wait in front of someone's door." Waiting, there are a lot of people waiting, someone pours slop, sometimes they can share a bowl. Where there is no house, they eat grass, the grass is unpalatable, and it carries soil, and it hurts the stomach after eating...Eat the soil, eat the bark, The night before I came to my brother’s house, my mother ate two bites of bark, and my teeth bleed, and my hands were covered, so my mother took the bark away.”

He is still ignorant, he knows that it is suffering, but he is not so clear, and he does not know that he has suffered an innocent natural disaster.Therefore, there was not much pity in his tone, he was just answering Zhou Jincheng's question seriously.

Speaking of this, Ruan Tang wanted to turn around to look at Zhou Jincheng, but Zhou Jincheng was too strong to turn around, so he could only turn back and nod his head, and continued: "I woke up the next day, hungry, but there was no bark left. Mother said that if you go to a good person's house, you will be full, so she asked me to come."

He was reminded of his mother again, with tears in his eyes, he asked Zhou Jincheng for his mother: "I want a mother, brother... woo woo woo... I want my mother..."

Zhou Jincheng couldn't help being cried by him, and wanted to get angry as usual, but the little fool under him had an abnormally swollen stomach because of being too hungry for a long time. The fire was like touching wet firewood, like a squib, and couldn't burn , also can not explode.

"As I said last time, they sold a fool who was too slow to run. Where can I find it for you?"

Ruan Tang always smiled on weekdays, and Zhou Jincheng was narrow-minded towards him. He didn't know whether he didn't understand or didn't care, and he didn't even look aggrieved.

It was the rare two times that I cried because I missed his mother, and I didn't need anyone to coax me, and it stopped after a while.Only wet marks remained on his face, and his long eyelashes were wet into thick clusters.

He sniffed tearfully, and pursed his mouth. Regardless of whether his face was sad or not, two dimples came out anyway, "Brother." He asked, "Young master and the book boy, how are you doing?"

Zhou Jincheng lifted the quilt and got up, hugged him inside and put him in a good position, then grabbed the small quilt and covered it, and said, "I don't know. When you grow up and understand, come and teach me."

Ruan Tang blinked twice, the wet eyelashes pierced his eyes uncomfortable, he stretched out his hands to rub them again, a little sleepy, and softly agreed to Zhou Jincheng: "Okay, brother."

In a few days, it will be Zhou Jinzhong's birthday.

As in previous years, Zhou Linfu didn't do anything big, he just invited some of his family members to the mansion for dinner and a lively theater.The rest of the side branches didn't invite them, let alone the official colleagues they had made friends with in the past.

He is the magistrate of Yuncheng, and he is not a big or small official. He is a very famous person in Yuncheng.

In the past few years, he was praised by all the towns and cities for his honesty and integrity. Since the sequel, the second wife gave birth at the wrong time, and his reputation has only declined.

However, for the family affairs of the rich and powerful, the ordinary people just closed their doors and muttered a few words, who would dare to stir up trouble face to face.

Zhou Jinzhong was the second young master who was born after the second wife came in. He was nine years old at the time.

Because he was weak from birth, Mrs. Zhou went to the temple and begged for a life-locking talisman for him to wear close to his body every day.Everyone in the mansion called his name "Jin Zhong", and he didn't dare to make a big deal on his birthday every year.It's all because he was afraid of going too far, and reminded God to think of him and took him there early.

Zhou Jincheng didn't have to study that day, and Yinger woke him up early in the morning to put on new clothes.

We were going to have breakfast together in the main room. It was not yet dawn, and he was about to start preparing to meet people at the door with Zhou Linfu.

The little fool on the bed was still asleep, and Zhou Jincheng pinched his nose and pulled him up, "Go to the kitchen to get food, it's never too late."

Ruan Tang was still very confused, but he was very obedient.Hearing this, she immediately closed her eyes and fumbled for clothes to put on, sat on the edge of the bed and looked for shoes with her feet, kicked her feet down, and ran away.

The cook originally didn't prepare it for Zhou Jincheng, but Ruan Tang came to pick it up. She asked the boys outside, and they all said that the young master hadn't left the room yet. Quickly prepare a copy and send it back to Ruan Tang.

Zhou Jincheng waited at the door, and saw Ruan Tang coming back with something from a distance, turned around and left the yard without saying a word.

Ruan Tang called his brother twice to no avail, and stayed at the table for a while, not knowing what to do.

Yinger tidied up the bed and came out, said with a smile: "Master, this is for your own use. He will leave later, don't you have to go back to the servant's room to snatch it?"

Ruan Tang nodded blankly, so many... are all his?

The cook knew that there was nothing to do with Ruan Tang all day, so she called someone to help him in the kitchen just as she was done with breakfast.

As soon as the sun got up, the kitchen was extremely hot, especially the place near the stove. After a while, sweat broke out all over the back, soaking the close-fitting small clothes, and slowly soaking the small jacket outside.

Ruan Tang couldn't do anything else, so the cook arranged for him to squat under the stove and fan the fire.

In just one cup of tea, Bai Shengsheng's face was covered with a layer of black ash, his body was sweating, and he was in a terrible state of embarrassment.

Ruan Tang didn't feel that it was hard work, but he just wanted to be unhappy when his brother saw him like this, so he was a little scared and thought about where to go to wash.

Lunch is arranged in the back garden, and a stage is set up along the lotus pond for the women to play.The men's banquet was held in the main hall. They didn't like to watch theatre, so they only invited a few girls raised in the mansion to sing and dance.

Zhou Jincheng stayed with Zhou Linfu for half a meal, and all the uncles at the same table greeted him, and when he was about to go back, Zhou Linfu said to him, "Go to your wife's place in the backyard to see, Jin Zhong is also here, the day before yesterday he said that homework was a bit difficult , was scolded by Mr., you can ask him by the way."

In front of so many people, Zhou Jincheng had no choice but to agree with him with a low eyebrow, and went out to the back garden.

The few servants who followed him didn't dare to say a word, and desperately lowered their heads, thinking that if there was a crack in the ground, it would be best if they could get in at this time.

But Zhou Jincheng didn't get angry like before. He greeted all the wives who came from various families, and asked Lin Sulan how he was before he said he would go back to study.

Lin Sulan nodded quickly, her eyes were full of concern and said: "Xia Li is prone to heatstroke, Cheng'er studies hard, but also take care of your body."

He lowered his eyes and nodded, and replied: "Jincheng remembers it."

His second aunt smiled and said: "Jincheng looks more and more outstanding as he grows, and he seems to be more handsome than when he met at the Dragon Boat Festival. I'll just wait and see what kind of character the eldest brother and sister-in-law will choose for us in Jincheng." Only then can it be matched."

Lin Sulan dared to reach out to Zhou Jincheng's marriage. She was afraid that Zhou Jincheng would misunderstand her, so she hurriedly said, "Cheng'er is all about the autumn exam. It's important to study and study. Other things are not in a hurry for a year or two."

When the two of them talked, Zhou Jincheng walked away without answering, but just stood aside with his head bowed.There was a natural alienation in his eyebrows and eyes, and his figure was tall and straight, appearing noble and proud.

The woman talks a lot, and after this talk, he should be able to leave, but he was stopped by a hesitant voice: "Brother...Brother, Dad said, let me ask you about your homework."

Zhou Jincheng frowned slightly, but quickly calmed down.He lowered his eyes to look at Zhou Jinzhong, today's birthday star, wearing a brocade suit specially made for his birthday, with a red gauze coat over his coat, he is very energetic.

"If you don't understand anything, just come to the study. I'm definitely not as good as Mr. You have doubts, but we two brothers can talk about it."

After he said such a long sentence, Zhou Jin was so overjoyed that he squeezed his cuffs and took a step towards him, and said helplessly, "Then, today I..."

"I'm going to finish an article today and send it to the teacher's house, and I'll be free tomorrow."

"Okay." Zhou Jinzhong nodded vigorously, and couldn't help but look at his mother with a smirk, and said, "I'll go find my elder brother tomorrow morning."

Zhou Jincheng went back to his study, but Ruan Tang was not there.Thinking of the way he and Ying'er Yan'er were whispering together two days ago, it was just that the three of them took advantage of his absence and went somewhere to play.

He didn't pay much attention, after washing his hands, he poured a cup of herbal tea and put it on the desk, and took out a book to warm up.

But I didn’t see Ruan Tang until the sun went down. Ying’er and Yan’er came to deliver dinner. After listening to his question, she said, “It’s the second young master’s birthday today. Help out in the kitchen."

This kind of thing happens, which boy is not a boy, Ying'er just told Zhou Jincheng the usual words.

After Zhou Jincheng listened, he raised his cup and drank some tea, paused for a while, and said, "Go and tell him to come back, let's just say dinner."

Ying'er and Yan'er looked at each other, said hello, and went out to the kitchen.

Ruan Tang was forcibly brought into Zhou Jincheng's study by Ying'er and Yan'er like a dirty cat. When he entered the door, he still said, "Let me wash it..."

But now that he had entered the house, he didn't say any more, and walked up to Zhou Jincheng with his head down.

"Brother, I'm going to wash it up right now." He clenched his fists, feeling a little scared in his heart, afraid that his brother wouldn't let him go to bed and sleep together. "Wash it twice, clean it, really."

There was no displeasure on Zhou Jincheng's face, he just asked him, "Are you hungry?"

"Not hungry."

Even if it was just fanning the fire, people were exhausted after fanning for a whole morning, and they sweated so much, Ruan Tang only felt thirsty.

"Brother, I want to drink water."

After being teased by Zhou Jincheng that day and wet his clothes, there was an extra Ruan Tang's cup in the study.

He didn't wait for Zhou Jincheng to speak, he went to the shelf to get a cup, poured a cup and drank it up, panted heavily, smiled with lips pursed, his eyes squinted, and said, "It's hot."

He moved uncomfortably. Zhou Jincheng looked at him and said, "If you're not hungry, go wash and change your clothes."

Ruan Tang hummed, stopped before going out, and turned around to ask, "Is brother angry?"

Zhou Jincheng smiled at him for the first time, and rolled Ruan Tang's eyes nicely, "Why are you angry, go quickly."

He really wasn't unhappy, the lady in the kitchen thought she liked Ruan Tang and asked him to help, and she must have kept feeding him some good food.

Zhou Jincheng guessed like this, and asked after sleeping at night, and it was indeed so.It’s just that people look very tired, so it’s better not to do it in the future.

Zhou Jincheng was still studying in the study, but Ruan Tang never came.For some reason today, he held the book in his hand, but he couldn't read it.

It may be because of meeting Lin Sulan and Zhou Jinzhong.Thinking so, he put down his book and prepared to take an early night's rest.

After entering the dormitory, I saw Ruan Tang sitting cross-legged on the bed, wiping his hair with a large soft towel in his hand.It was almost finished, when he heard him come in, he raised his head and smiled and shouted: "Brother."

Zhou Jincheng hadn't washed it yet, so he stood by the bed first and didn't sit down. Ruan Tang held his hand in that position, looked up like him for a while, and then said: "Today, I've been busy all day. I didn't see my brother."

Ruan Tang was only wearing a white coat, which was newly made, and the material was quite wide, not so docile.If the movement is too big, Zhou Jincheng can see a little bit of the thin chest under the folded collar.

"There is a kitchen lady who will give you delicious food, which brother do you still remember in your mind?"

Ruan Tang stared slightly, and said in disbelief, "How did brother know..."

Without waiting for Zhou Jincheng's answer, he let go of his hands, put on his clogs and jumped under the bed, pulled out the stool under the table and pushed it in front of Zhou Jincheng. look.

On the round stool was half of the breakfast that was left from the morning, a chicken leg, two pieces of crispy candy, and a piece of duck meat, half of what Ruan Tang earned from a day's hard work in the kitchen.

"This is for my brother. I haven't eaten the chicken legs yet. Can you give me two bites later?"