Rebirth alone

"I slept well last night." Ye Tao stepped on his shoes, gathered the coat that was on his body, and looked up at Zhou Ziqian, "Uncle, I have been in good spirits for the past two days, should I stop taking the medicine?"

In the past two days, Ye Tao's mental state has indeed improved a bit. He has used this energy to think about some things. In the future, he will have to replace Zhou Yunxi's identity. This child has been weak and sick since he was a child. He lives in seclusion and lacks playmates of the same age around him. Coupled with the early death of his parents, it is impossible to develop a cheerful personality. Considering that his uncle spoils him, he will take advantage of these two points. Ye Tao The imagined Zhou Yunxi should be a young man who doesn't talk too much, has an arrogant temper, and is more negative and gloomy than his peers. If his guess is not very wrong, then he can be a little willful in small things.

Zhou Ziqian looked at Ye Tao's complexion, and gently pinched his face: "Stop making noise and go out to play, and try not to take medicine."

"If it's any better, I'll make a fuss and go out."

"Be honest with me!" Zhou Ziqian laughed angrily, holding the corners of his rosy lips, his smile showed helplessness and indulgence, "The day after tomorrow is your birthday, what gift do you want?" He sighed softly He took a deep breath, "I've been in a hurry to patronize you these few days, and I'm not in the mood to think about it, otherwise I should be ready."

Ye Tao is about the same age as Zhou Ziqian, Zhou Ziqian has a nephew, he has a niece like the little girl of the Sun family, he can understand Zhou Ziqian's mood, he was silent for a few seconds before saying: "Then punish me for not accepting presents this year. "

"You can't think of what you want, right?" Zhou Ziqian smiled, "I'm going to the company, think about it for yourself, and let me know when you're done."

"Yeah." Ye Tao paused, and added, "Be careful on the road."

Zhou Ziqian smiled and said, "Good boy."

After breakfast, Mr. Liu, who came here every day, came again. After seeing and asking about everything, the old doctor tactfully expressed that even if the body is getting better and the complexion is getting better, the medicine should not be stopped for too long.

Ye Tao nodded in response, this body is too poor to maintain without taking medicine, but he couldn't drink those medicinal soups in a daze. Although he was in good health before, he was not delicate in eating habits, shouldn't I can’t eat anything that tastes sour. It’s mainly because I’m not used to it, right?I don't know if it will improve over time.

In the evening, Zhou Yunyang, who came back from school, came to sit down as usual. Seeing that his complexion was a little better than yesterday, he seemed happier than him. He held his face and kissed him, and asked with a smile: "Baby, what do you want?" birthday present?"

Baby is Zhou Yunxi's baby name, and even Zhou Ziqian only calls it that occasionally. Zhou Yunyang is probably afraid that his uncle will find out, so he always calls him Yunxi in front of people.

"Can I ask for anything?" Ye Tao's face was indifferent, and he really couldn't pretend to be a sweet and happy expression. Although the child was tall and handsome, and looked cute, he was still a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old. He doesn't like to talk about love with children, and he doesn't have the energy and leisure.

"As long as I can get it, you can choose whatever you want."

"Mobile phone." Ye Tao pondered that Zhou Yunxi didn't even have a landline in this house, presumably because of his infirmity and personality, he didn't need that kind of thing, so he added, "It's boring to be bored in the house, what do you do?" I'll choose one with more functions, and I'll play games with it."

"I'm afraid this won't work." Zhou Yunyang, who had boasted about Haikou just now, showed embarrassment again, "Last time you secretly stayed up late to play games and made my uncle very angry. Computers and mobile phones are not allowed to be touched by you. You Get another one."

"That's right, then you can choose according to your choice." Ye Tao gathered up his clothes, and opened the distance between the two of them.

A strange emotion flashed across Zhou Yunyang's eyes, but it disappeared quickly, replaced by gentleness and concern: "Are you tired?"

"Well, for a little while, I want to lie down for a while."

"Then you rest, I won't bother you." Zhou Yunyang stood up and flattened the pillow behind Ye Tao. After Ye Tao lay down, he tucked the quilt again, and then turned and went out.

It took another day before Ye Tao was allowed to walk out of the room and take a walk in the yard. The house of the Zhou family was built after the cultural movement. The courtyard house with three entrances and three exits kept the general layout during the renovation, only the main house had some changes. Looking around, blue bricks and jade tiles, carved columns and painted columns, houses like this that are not cultural relics and have not been converted into private clubs are rare in the capital.

In the past, the north was respected, and the main house facing south in the central courtyard should be lived by the elderly, but Mrs. Zhou became ill because of the loss of her eldest son. The dirty air in the capital city, moved back to Huizhou for the elderly a few years ago, there were no elders in the family, so Zhou Ziqian and his little nephew lived in the main house of the middle courtyard, with three rooms in the east and west rooms, with a porch in front of the house, and the courtyard was full of green bricks. , put a painted lotus vat, set up a set of stone tables and benches, and plant a few pomegranate trees. When the weather is warm, the flowers will be red and the trees will be green. The scenery should be very good.

Ye Tao was in better health, and he didn't dare to blow the wind for too long, so he went back after a walk in the yard. The servants brought ginseng tea and snacks. There were three servants who often walked around the inner courtyard, and one was taken by people. A middle-aged man called Uncle Zhou, with some relatives in the Zhou family, took care of the Zhou family's chores for Zhou Ziqian. He was regarded as the housekeeper of the Zhou family. The other was a woman in her forties, with quick hands and feet and decent handling. Everyone calls her Sister Ma, and the other is Xiaocheng with a happy face in front of me. The youngest of the three is Xiaocheng, who is only in his early twenties. He is quick and thoughtful, but his only shortcoming is his greedy mouth, but he also followed a master who "eats cat food", and he was full when he touched the chopsticks with delicious food, so when he first came to Zhou's house, the thin and flexible town spent three years Time ate himself into a still flexible little fat man.

Ye Tao has opened two dessert shops, and he can see the diners for sure, and he understands the psychology of such people very well. Real diners, no matter men, women, young or old, famous or mediocre, as long as they see delicious food, they will eat it. Try to taste it, if he can't eat this one, he can't forget it for a long time, and he will regret it when he mentions it.

Ye Tao took the tea and said: "I have no appetite, take it out."

Xiaocheng responded, and asked Ye Tao if he had any other orders. Ye Tao shook his head, and he went out with snacks.

Ye Tao stared at that chubby back, with inexplicable emotions in his eyes. He is in such poor health that he is not allowed to go out at all, so he needs someone who runs errands for him. This person can't be too shrewd. Easy to control, but not too stupid, too stupid to handle.

It will be Zhou Yunxi's birthday soon, and it stands to reason that Jingui's young master should have a few tables to celebrate his birthday even if there is no big feast, but Zhou Yunxi is a sick child, and noise is taboo at home, so the Zhou family doesn't often have visitors. Even if guests come, they won't bother them in the inner courtyard. Zhou Yunxi's birthday is just a meal with the three of his uncle and nephew.

After dinner, Zhou Yunyang went back to his own yard. He lived in the back room of the third yard. According to the old principles in the past, the back cover was a residence for female relatives who could not show their faces. There was a pond of lotus and two crabapple trees in the yard. , the scenery in summer is better than that of the central courtyard, but the courtyard is deep and there are few people, so it inevitably looks deserted.

Zhou Yunyang did not go back to his own room first, but entered the east room with a tray. Xu Manning on the bed only opened his eyes when he heard the sound. Zhou Yunyang put the tray on the wooden table beside the bed and said, "Mom, get up and eat .”