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When Tao Cheng returned home, he felt like he was on a stage when he first entered the house. He covered his lips, not knowing whether he was sighing or laughing, and Tao Che looked sideways. He said, "My brother didn't set an example for you. I'm really disloyal." Unfilial, if you can forget me in the future, forget it."

Tao Che was puzzled, he didn't know what to do, he patted Tao Cheng on the shoulder, "The hero is still sad about being a beauty, and the mother is just too high-sighted, so please beg her."

"You don't understand." After a pause, Tao Cheng said again, "I don't understand either. It is often said that 'children are innocent', but the jealousy between women can always be blamed on children. It is ruthless and unreasonable, and there is no way out. .”

Tao Che couldn't understand at all, "Why have you been saying things so puzzling to me since last night?"

Tao Cheng smiled, without answering, and walked side by side with him to visit Second Grandma Qiao.

Master Tao waited all morning, but he didn't get a straight look. When Tao Cheng came, he gave a few instructions and left for the time being. Qiao Qing dangled with the baby in her arms, and finally looked up at the back with sneering eyes.

The two sons pretended to be blind, Tao Cheng sat by the bed and pleaded guilty, "Mother, I'm such an asshole, but luckily you mother and son are safe."

Qiao Qing cut to the chase, "What's going on with Liang Zhi?"

"She... She was a lovely person before, but she was assigned to a tailor's yard and has been working until now."

"Why?"

Tao Cheng pursed his lips, seemingly hesitating, but in fact he hadn't figured out how to make it up.

Qiao Qing said, "The reason for being dumb? Can't make a sound?"

Tao Che took the red bean porridge brought by the waiter, and after listening to it for a while, he understood the reason. He also walked to the bedside with the bowl in his hand, and took a peek at his brother. Somewhat displeased, too, no one would feel at ease if their sweetheart was speculated like this.

He blew on the porridge and handed it to Qiao Qing's lips, "Mother, I don't have the same knowledge as my brother. He was misled by his beauty. You can't be angry. Give him another twenty boards for his smoothness, ah."

Qiao Qing whitened him, and suddenly gasped again, "Beauty? How can that girl's beauty be called 'beautiful'? Last night you also said that she looks juicy. Are there any problems with the eyes of the men in your Tao family?"

After poking at the thorn, Tao Che put down the bowl and waved his hand quickly, "I'm talking drunk, I'm probably joking, but it's actually just mediocre."

Qiao Qing got upset and yelled at him to go out, leaving only Tao Cheng in the house.

The little baby slept soundly, leaving a large patch of hala, Tao Cheng wiped it gently with a handkerchief, "Mother, did you name it?"

"Your father said to find a fortune teller to pick it up."

Tao Cheng nodded, wondering if he would find Qingmo's head again, he asked, "Both you and dad believe in fortune-telling?"

Qiao Qing didn't answer, she got up and sent Xiaobao to Tao Cheng's arms, and she picked up the bowl to drink porridge. Lou's sisters can all share a bowl.

"It's better to believe what I have than to believe what I don't have." Qiao Qing said, "When my mother was still in her teens, Mr. asserted that I had a hurdle that I couldn't get over, couldn't compare to."

Tao Cheng made some guesses in his heart, but asked, "How did you break it, sir?"

"Others can't help, I can only think about it myself." Qiao Qing swallowed a mouthful of porridge, "During the delivery last night, I was in pain, thinking that at my age, I still suffer like this, maybe I will go to hell as soon as I close my eyes. In my whole life So far, I still can't think it through, I don't know if I was tortured by her or by myself."

Tao Cheng just listened quietly, then gently put the baby on the bed, took the bowl, "Put another bowl, eat more, and recover quickly."

Qiao Qing nodded, and touched Xiaobao's delicate face with her fingertips, "Cheng'er, give your brother a baby name."

Tao Cheng felt guilty, he was afraid that he couldn't watch this little guy grow up, and suddenly thought, maybe his mother can accept Qingmo?Together they can...

Forget it, it's impossible.

Even if it was possible, it would be impossible for him to bury the unethical relationship between him and Qingmo.

If both are incomplete, it is not beautiful.

Tao Cheng sighed faintly, "Call Tao Che to wake up."

Qiao Qing didn't ask questions, and didn't say good or bad. The two were silent for a while. Seeing that the porridge was about to bottom out, Qiao Qing said, "Marrying your father is already a bit regretful. Don't call your mother to regret giving birth to you." you."

Putting the bowl and spoon back on the table, Tao Cheng supported Qiao Qing to lie down, and he knelt on one knee at the head of the bed, "Mom, I also have things in my heart that I don't want to regret."

Qiao Qing closed her eyes wearily, "Go out."

When Tao Cheng walked to the door, Qiao Qing said again, "Break clean with that girl, and then go see Miss Yang."

The door was gently closed and the sound fell, the maid stood quietly by the tea table, only the little baby smacking her mouth from time to time in the room.

Qiao Qing slowly opened her eyes, her eyebrows frowned slightly, and the slight strange feeling in her heart became more and more intense.

Outside the courtyard, Tao Che jumped down from the flower bed, met Tao Cheng and dragged him away to a place where there was no one else, "Brother, I have carefully thought about what happened last night, and I have an incredible guess! "

Tao Cheng was in a bad mood, and waved him away, "Keep your voice down, my head hurts."

"After you listen to my conjecture, your head will hurt even more."

Tao Cheng smiled again, seeing the child's bravery, "After I tell you the truth, it's your turn to be hurt."

The two brothers said that hiding was not an exaggeration. They climbed over the wall from the backyard kitchen and hid in the grove.

There was no one around, and Tao Che still kept his voice down mysteriously, and he didn't worry about the walls having ears, "Brother, you must be steady, don't scream out loud."

Tao Cheng just looked at him calmly, to see what novelty he could come up with.

"Yesterday my parents quarreled, and my father said that before my mother... my mother was a lovely person before!"

Tao Cheng broke a branch and pulled it towards Tao Che's thigh, "How did you mess with me? It's as if you're not a human."

Tao Che was wronged, but he didn't dodge, hissing in pain, "I didn't dislike my mother! I didn't dislike Liang Zhi either. Don't get excited, just listen to me."

Tao Cheng hugged his chest.

"The two were arguing. When it came to what kind of child, I was in the dark at the time. Now that I think about it carefully, my mother called him a 'unlucky thing', and said who he killed, and what was his name...what. ..”

Tao Cheng answered, "Hua Ting."

"Yes, Hua Ting," Tao Che clenched his fist in one hand and hammered his palm to make a statement, "so I boldly speculate that Hua Ting is the grandma of our family, and that unlucky child is the one who has been sent to Taizhou. .”

Tao Cheng swayed the branch, staring at the emerald green leaves above.

Seeing that his brother had no mood swings, Tao Che said eagerly, "Brother, aren't you surprised? Then who turned out to be our elder brother, father's eldest son, and he is the real eldest son of the Tao family! Although it was my guess, There is no real evidence, but it is impeccable...”

Tao Cheng slightly raised his lips and interrupted him, "I was thinking..."

"What are you thinking?"

"I was wondering if the real eldest son of the Tao family would break another willow branch and grab the leaves on it to count whether I can't go back today."

Tao Che seemed to be listening to a book from heaven, with a dazed expression on his face.

Tao Cheng pressed a branch on his shoulder, signaling him to sit on the ground, and the two faced each other, as if they wanted to have a deep heart-to-heart talk.

Tao Che was confused, "Brother?"

"Sit down, lest you lose your standing later." Tao Cheng raised his chin again, "Cover your mouth, lest you scream out loud later."

Overwhelmed by curiosity, Tao Che tilted his body, put his elbows on his knees, covered his mouth with one hand as he said, and waited eagerly for his brother to tell a story with a pair of eyes.

Tao Cheng said, "You guessed right, Qingmo is our elder brother. His mother and our mother were sworn sisters in the brothel courtyard back then, and mother's jealousy and hatred have been vented on Qingmo for many years. The fortune tellers who beat their parents were all ordered by my mother."

"The last time your parents quarreled, you went to persuade them to fight. It wasn't because Dad picked up Qingmo's embroidery and got moldy, and Changzhou was flooded, but because Mom found the handkerchief that Dad hid in his clothes, which broke the porridge that Dad wanted to marry. It is only because the woman's appearance is similar to that of the deceased eldest lady."

"Mother used the child in her belly as a threat to drive Qingmo out of the house. She didn't go to Taizhou, but sold it to a brothel courtyard. What a coincidence, when I returned home, I met the dealer counting the money, muttering , I thought it was some daring little thief."

"The Keren you saw in the teahouse that day was not Liang Zhi, but Qingmo. She was dressed as a girl so that people in the Tao Mansion would not recognize her."

"Liang Zhi is someone else. She is indeed a mute, and she is indeed a tailor in the courtyard of the brothel. When you and father are not at home, I will show it to my mother."

Tao Che has changed from a crooked body to a straight back. Fortunately, he covered his mouth, just looking at those eyes, they have opened like copper bells.

Tao Cheng fiddled with the branches across the back of his hand, "Slow down?"

Tao Che grabbed the branch with his backhand, and it turned out that his mouth was also opened into a round egg under the cover of his palm.

He hurriedly licked his lips, breathing unsteadily, "Brother...you, you and..." His mind was wandering, Tao Cheng sent Qingmo Wanwan, patted Qingmo's back and coaxed, "Don't be afraid I can't get married." He bought rouge for Qingmo, and said in front of his mother that Qingmo was so beautiful that he was not good enough for her.

Tao Cheng understood, and said frankly, "I am with Qingmo, it is the kind of long-term relationship you think, and cares about the day and night."

"Don't be petty with me!" Tao Che gasped, he couldn't say he was more surprised or angrier, "Let me take it easy!"

Tao Cheng snatched back the branches, with a smile in his eyes, "Okay, I won't say anything." After saying that, he picked up the leaves one by one, thinking "he fell asleep, he didn't fall asleep", and his thoughts turned around, thinking of light Every time Mo was bewitched to the point where he passed out, his heart was burning hot.

The last leaf left the branch, and Tao Che said, "I found you in the waterside courtyard this morning, who is that in the house?"

Tao Cheng nodded, "Last night was too noisy, if you hadn't come, we could have slept a little longer."

Tao Che feebly covered half of his face, and dared not think too much with trembling hands.

"He...does he know? Knows that he is actually..."

"I know. Dad told him himself."

Tao Che was shocked again, listening to Tao Cheng narrating about Qingmo pretending to be a fortune teller in the courtyard of the brothel, how he lied to Li San but hit him wrongly, and how he was led by the servants to the restaurant to face Master Tao. Listening to the mouth can swallow the egg again.

After a while, Tao Che murmured, "No coincidence is a book." Then he said, "Mother is so pitiful."

Tao Cheng said "hmm" in a low voice, "Isn't Qingmo pitiful?"

Tao Che couldn't utter bad words. A gust of wind blew by and the leaves rustled, making his head swell and hurt even more.

"Then what's going on with Liang Zhi, who replaced that...replaced Qingmo?"

Tao Cheng was a little helpless, "It was an accident. I met my father. I just wanted to let others see me, thinking that I was hanging around the brothel, and spread some rumors. I ruined my reputation and paved the way for the official daughter to regret the marriage. I didn't expect that when I met my father, my mother would know. I simply sent Liang Zhi to the door and let her beat the mandarin ducks. Even if she was suspicious and went to investigate, she could indeed find out that Liang Zhi was in the brothel."

After thinking for a while, Tao Che gritted his teeth and asked, "And then?"

"Then...when the mother is born, the body is better, and the officials come to annul the engagement, Liang Zhi no longer needs to be a cover. I will take Qingmo and leave here, wandering and wandering, maybe I will run into the Peach Blossom Land by chance, and just disappear."

Tao Che stood up suddenly, his chest was pounding like a drum, he paced back and forth very anxiously, kicking up the fallen leaves on the grass, Tao Cheng also stood up, leaning his back against the tree trunk to see him on the verge of eruption, decided to Do you want to pre-emptively knock him down to calm him down.

With a sound of "bang", Tao Che punched another tree trunk with his fist. The tree was too thick to shake.

Tao Che turned around, the corners of his eyes were red, and he was so angry that he asked, "Elope?"

Tao Cheng was inexplicably pleased, and the bastard went to the end, "Elope."

"You just protect him like this? Protect him from the beginning to the end, even if you let a girl replace him?"

"It has been more than ten years, and the obsession is too deep, and he cannot be wronged again."

Tao Che growled, "Didn't you part ways with him because he received a top ten punishment? Don't you hate him too?"

Tao Cheng was silent for a while, "I pretended, my heart hurts. Qin Liang is my eyeliner. After he left, no one talked to me about Qingmo... I once went to the roof of the courtyard in the middle of the night Lift the tiles to peek at him."

Tao Che was completely speechless.