Rebirth alone

Xu Manning sat up on the mattress, frowned slightly and asked, "Why did you come back so late?"

"Yunxi's birthday, I told you yesterday that it will be later..."

"Understood." Xu Manning interrupted his son impatiently, stretched out his hands and was carried by his son to the bed, glanced at the food on the tray and couldn't help but frowned again, "Why noodles?"

"Yunxi's birthday noodles, it's inappropriate not to bring them back. If you don't want to eat them, just leave them alone. I'll have someone else prepare them, and they'll be delivered in a while." Zhou Yunyang went into the bathroom while talking, and wet a hot towel for his mother .

Xu Manning's legs and feet were inconvenient, so Zhou Ziqian sent a strong maid to take care of her. Although she took good care of her, she was a bit rough. Xu Manning didn't like her, and she was not allowed to come to the back room when she was free. .

"Isn't he seriously ill? Why is he still in the mood to celebrate his birthday?" Xu Manning wiped her face, and smoothed out the broken hair on her forehead. She was a beauty when she was young, with exquisite appearance and gentle personality, but now she has a withered complexion and a sallow face. Pinguli, because he always frowned, a layer of gloom formed between his brows over time, which could not be erased.

"It's gotten better these two days." Zhou Yunyang replied politely.

Xu Manning was noncommittal: "Sit down, and eat some more with mom."

Zhou Yunyang moved a stool over and sat on the other side of the wooden table. Not long after, the servants from the front yard brought food over. The maid who took care of Xu Manning took the food and brought it into the back room, set the dishes and went out .

Ye Tao ate two extra mouthfuls for dinner. Although Zhou Ziqian hoped that his nephew would eat more, he was afraid that his delicate stomach would be uncomfortable, so he asked someone to make a pot of wheat tea for digestion and brought it to Ye Tao's room in person.

Ye Tao didn't dare to go to bed immediately after eating and drinking, so he sat at the tea table and chatted with Zhou Ziqian. Zhou Ziqian seemed to be in a good mood. He drank a little wine during dinner, and his red lips looked more moist A little bit, the heroic face also added a bit of relaxed leisure.

"Uncle, let me go for a walk when the weather gets warmer?"

"It's nice and playful, what attracts you so much outside?"

Zhou Ziqian thought that his little nephew would act coquettishly, but in fact he didn't. He was just stunned for a while, then looked out the window, looking longingly and lonely.

Zhou Ziqian felt distressed, hugged Ye Tao beside him on his lap, and said in a gentle voice: "Be good, take care of your body, and I will take you out to play."

Ye Tao snuggled into the man's broad and warm arms and let out a "hmm", feeling helpless in his heart. Even though your nephew is thin and small, he is still a 16-year-old boy. You are not afraid of affecting the child's body and mind if you are either kissing or hugging him like this. development?

The weather is getting warmer day by day, and it has been more than a month in the blink of an eye. The vegetation in the yard has sprouted new green, and the goldfish that moved to the house after winter also returned to the lotus tank. Ye Tao picked up a few fish food and threw them into the tank. All the goldfish came up to compete for food, and the mouths of the fish opened and closed like small pockets.

Ye Tao can't go out and doesn't have to go to school. Zhou Ziqian hired a tutor for his nephew. The teacher came to teach. Zhou Ziqian didn't have any requirements for his nephew's grades. want.

Recently, Ye Tao's health has improved, and he has resumed classes. He has to study for two hours a day, and the rest of the time can be allocated by himself, but only in the house, and he cannot use electronic products such as computer game consoles, so he can only use Sleeping, reading, and raising fish to pass a lot of time, the bookcases in Zhou Yunxi's room are full of books, there are many kinds of books, and Ye Tao even found a few Buddhist scriptures.

"Hey, why did you come here?" Xiaocheng's voice came from outside the Chuihua Gate into the courtyard.

The so-called hanging flower gate is the second gate in the old saying "the gate does not go through the two gates". It separates the front yard from the middle yard. The lotus petal-shaped pendant bead is called the hanging flower gate. From the outside, it looks like a gorgeous gatehouse. From the inside, it looks like a square pavilion. The hanging flower gate connects the Chaoshou corridor in the courtyard. There is a screen door that is mainly used to isolate the sight outside the door and protect the privacy of the courtyard. Unless there are funerals, weddings and other ceremonies at home, the screen door will not be opened, and people entering or leaving the hospital will pass through both sides of the screen door. Ye Tao, who was watching, didn't see what happened outside the door.

"It's running farther and farther, let's see what you can do." Xiaocheng said as he bent down to pick up a kitten that was not much bigger than a slap. The little kitten originally wanted to enter the yard, but it was too small and the door was hanging. The steps and threshold are a bit high, and it struggled with its short legs for a long time but failed to go up. It was caught by Xiaocheng when it was squatting in front of the steps and getting angry.

"Mi!" The little black cat screamed childishly in Xiaocheng's hand, struggling to scratch, not as fierce as a kitten, Xiaocheng was accidentally scratched, and let go of the pain, the little black cat fell to the ground.

Ye Tao, who came out to check, was seeing this scene. He remembered reading a post about raising cats a long time ago. In the post, it was mentioned that no matter how high a cat falls from, no matter how it rolls in the air, it always lands on all fours. , but this cat fell on all fours, and was a little stunned. Is it because the cat is too small?

"Don't touch it, scratch it..." Before Xiao Cheng could finish speaking, Ye Tao had already held the little black cat in his hands. When he passed the person holding it, the little paws that had been stretched out were retracted again, and he looked up at Ye Tao's milky "Mi~" with his little head, and Xiaocheng heaved a sigh of relief.

Ye Tao asked Xiaocheng while smoothing the kitten's fur, "Where did the cat come from?"

"Heidou'er has given birth to a litter of three. It's the prettiest, and it's also the skinniest. No, it's just a full moon and it's been running around, and it's been caught several times a day."

Heidou'er is a diner of Zhou's family. At first, he came here secretly and ate it secretly. After a lot of times, he was discovered by the kitchen staff. At that time, he had a leg injury, walked with a limp, and had a big belly. Master Hou looked at it. It was pitiful and kind enough to take it in. Anyway, there are a lot of people in the house, and any leftover vegetables and rice are enough for it to eat. Heidou'er lived like this. It has been living here for more than a year, and his stomach has grown bigger for more than a year. People thought that its pregnancy was a fake, and its body fat was real, but it gave birth to a cub. Some people joked that abnormality is a monster, and asked Master Hou to deal with this litter of little monsters quickly. Master Hou couldn't help being happy when he heard that Yes, said with a smile, what do you know?My Heidou'er is pregnant with Nezha, the third prince of the cat.

Ye Tao gently flipped the kitten, and murmured: "It's a little tomcat, no wonder it's naughty."

The cat cub who had seen his balls said "Mi!", and his expression and tone revealed a bit of shame and indignation.

Ye Tao looked at its small appearance, and rarely showed a smile: "Do you still know how to be shy?"

The kitten hadn't been weaned yet, and Ye Tao didn't have anything to feed it here, so he let it play for a while and then sent it back.

The next day the kitten came again, climbing the steps in front of the Chuihua Gate at three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and was still discovered by Xiaocheng, and finally sent back by Xiaocheng.

On the third day, the kitten came to the door again. Ye Tao dragged it in his palm and asked if it wanted to live longer.

When Zhou Ziqian came back from get off work, he found that there was an extra cat in Ye Tao's room, and asked Ye Tao what was the matter, Ye Tao said flatly: "Master Hou and I want it, but it hasn't been named yet, uncle, what would you like to call it? "

Ye Tao likes cats, and he thought about raising one before, but he lived with Li Mingjuan not long after the idea was born. Li Mingjuan has a Yimin physique, so he couldn't develop it. This time he picked up a ready-made one. Tian Bo had nothing to do in the house, so he simply left this little guest who came to visit frequently.

"You are not in good health, don't keep these things, they are too dirty and disturb you to rest."

"The cat is very clean and well-behaved. I want to keep it as a companion."

Zhou Ziqian looked at the little black cat and frowned slightly: "Are you good?"

Xiaocheng cut out a small cardboard box, stuffed some old clothes in it, and was teaching the little guy how to recognize the cat nest, but the little guy didn't like the temporary cat nest, he was forced into the box and crawled out, one by one. The cat tossed back and forth, and the kitten got impatient and gave Xiaocheng a paw. The red marks from being scratched at noon disappeared, and a few new ones were added.

Xiaocheng withdrew his hand and took a sneak peek at Zhou Ziqian, but he didn't dare to say anything. He knew that Zhou Ziqian didn't agree to keep cats. He also persuaded Young Master Sun, but Young Master Sun didn't listen, and he couldn't help it.

"Good boy." Ye Tao bent down and picked up the little black cat, dragged it to Zhou Ziqian to show him, opened his eyes and said nonsense, "very obedient, not noisy."

The little black cat looked at Zhou Ziqian with its two round eyes open, said softly "Mi~", and stretched out its paw towards Zhou Ziqian, as if begging for a hug.

Ye Tao looked at the cat and then at Zhou Ziqian: "It seems to like you, give it a hug."

While speaking, the kitten fell into Zhou Ziqian's hands. Zhou Ziqian frowned slightly, and looked at it coldly. The kitten didn't recognize his life at all. It rubbed its head in his palm twice, and looked up at him: "Mi ~"

Ye Tao nodded and said, "It just likes you."

Zhou Ziqian pondered for a while, then returned the cat to Ye Tao: "Take care of it for a couple of days, and send it back if it's too noisy."