The richest man reborn
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In fact, if it was the sixth day, he would really like to go.
And not long ago, Fang Lin placed another order in Ji Guojun's factory. As a middleman, he got some kickbacks. Fang Lin also made some money for himself by investing the money there. Although he handed over the money earned and the rebate this time to Fang Lin, he still kept dozens of dollars on him in case of unforeseen needs. Yes, so he can still afford the money to go to the meeting.
After the deal was made, Xu Minghua went to look for Ji Tao early the next morning before he had eaten, and Li Peng and Wang Yun came with him.
After getting along for a while, although his relationship with Li Peng and Wang Yun is not as good as that of Xu Minghua, they are still good friends, and they usually play together or play basketball or something.
So Ji Tao was not too surprised by their arrival.
Originally, Ji Yuan wanted to stay with them and eat at home, but Xu Minghua insisted on going to the meeting to eat.
At the meeting, several people ordered a bowl of tofu nao, Xu Minghua went to buy four more tofu, and cut some beef in it, four people one by one.
In fact, Xu Minghua said that donkey meat is more delicious in the fire, but it's a pity that I didn't buy it at the meeting.
After eating, Xu Minghua dragged a few people around the meeting, playing darts for a while, and shooting guns for a while, but I don’t know if a few people were unlucky or something, which one (ten bullets, flying guns) There are only [-] in the frame) and they only won six or seven, and they only won some allegro, rings, etc., which can be bought for a few cents on behalf of the dealer.
In the end, Xu Minghua was not reconciled, and he pulled a few people to go to the circle, but this time Xu Minghua was very lucky, and got several toys in a row.
Even Ji Tao, Li Peng and Wang Yun got some tricks.
It was almost noon after playing, because several people had a lot of things in their hands, so they decided to go home and eat.
"Squad leader, how about we eat your baked scallion pancakes for lunch today? I haven't eaten for a long time, so I really want to eat it." Holding the toy caught by the ferret in his hand, Xu Minghua blinked at Ji Tao and said.
"Squad leader, you don't even know, this kid will show off in front of Wang Yun and me every time after eating." Li Peng who was on the side interjected after hearing the words.
Hearing what the two said, Tao laughed silently. Ever since he ate the scallion pancakes he baked at his own home, this kid asked him to make them for him every other day. Some of them were at his own home. Some are at his godmother's house.
Oh, by the way, his godmother is Xu Minghua's mother, Fang Qing. At first he thought that Xu Minghua wanted to be his younger brother, but he thought he was just joking, but he didn't expect him to do it. So formal.
It happened that Xu Minghua's grades were surprisingly good during the exam. Fang Qing was already grateful to Ji Tao, so when her son mentioned it in front of her, she agreed.
Now I officially recognized Fang Qing as a godmother, and the two families even walked around each other during the Chinese New Year.
"Ok."
After Ji Tao agreed, they turned around and prepared to go back to his house, but they didn't expect Ji Tao saw a woman that he didn't really want to see, and made him unable to lift his head for a long time.
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Ji Tao frowned, and wanted to turn around and walk in a different direction, but Zhao Ping had already seen him at this time, and when he saw that he was about to leave, he quickly called out: "Xiao Tao."
After hearing this, Xu Minghua asked Jitao in a low voice: "Who is she?
Ji Tao replied with a sullen face: "I don't know."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Ping had already walked to his side, and she stretched out her hand to hold his clothes and said with a smile, "Are you here for the meeting? Do you have any money with you? Mom, can I give you some?"
Seeing that Ji Tao didn't make a sound after speaking, the smile on his face became a little awkward: "You have gained a lot of weight? By the way, are they your classmates?"
Hearing Zhao Ping's words, the few people who had heard about the situation of Ji Tao's family almost knew the current situation at this time, and they all consciously walked aside.
Xu Minghua frowned and wanted to say something, but Wang Yun pulled him aside and whispered, "This is a family matter, so leave it alone."
Xu Minghua's expression changed, but he didn't come forward after all.
Seeing that Ji Tao was still ignoring her, Zhao Ping couldn't help but sink in her heart. She didn't expect this child to hate herself so much that she didn't even want to talk to her.
Seeing Zhao Ping's cautious look towards him, Ji Tao couldn't help flashing a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.
In her previous life, this woman also looked for her, but not now or here, but not long after, and the place was her school.
At that time, although I hated her, I missed her even more. Maybe she didn't live well in that person's house, maybe she would come back.
But the entry of Zhao Hong and her daughter cut off all his thoughts, which is why he never waited to see their mother and daughter.
Of course, he knew this woman later and never thought of coming back, but he didn't know it at the time, so seeing his mother looking for him, although his face was cold, he was very happy in his heart.
When she went to see her that time, she brought some money for herself, which she took.
It's not greedy for money, but he thought that his mother's willingness to give him money at least meant that she still had his son in her heart. It was only later that he realized that it was just his self-indulgence. Maybe there was a little reason for her to give him money It is because of guilt towards oneself, but more of it is to achieve one's own goals.
She was too anxious when she left home, so she didn't bring any documents, including her ID card.
She just wanted to get the ID card from herself, and after she got it, she never appeared in front of her again.
At that time, she was stupid, but now she wanted to get anything from herself.
"Xiaotao?" Seeing Ji Tao's unsteady expression, Zhao Ping couldn't help calling out again.
This time Ji Tao finally spoke, looked at Zhao Ping and said with a sneer, "What do you want me to do? Do you want to go back with me?"
Unexpectedly, Ji Tao would say this, Zhao Hong was stunned, with a confused expression, unable to say anything.
Ji Tao didn't care about these things, and continued: "By the way, why did I forget, my dad has married a stepmother, even if you want to go back, you can't go back."
After finishing speaking, regardless of Zhao Hong's reaction, she pulled Xu Minghua aside and left, and the other two quickly followed after seeing this.
Probably knowing that he was in a bad mood, the three acquaintances along the way didn't say a word, and Xu Minghua only said aloud when he reached Ji Tao's house: "Otherwise, don't make green onion pancakes, just let my aunt make some casually. Anyway, there will be plenty of time in the future." After speaking, he glanced at Li Peng and Wang Yun.
After receiving Xu Minghua's wink, Li Peng and Wang Yun quickly followed suit.
"Yeah, it doesn't matter if you eat or not."
"That's right, you can actually eat scallion pancakes anytime.
Knowing what Xu Minghua was worried about, Ji Tao smiled and said, "It's okay, besides, I want to eat too."
In fact, that woman really can't influence him now.
Hearing what Ji Tao said, Xu Minghua and the others didn't say anything more.
When he got home, Ji Tao made noodles and pancakes as if nothing had happened.
And this time because there were so many people, he baked a whole pot, and finally sent some to his third aunt. She is not convenient to do anything because she is about to give birth recently.
And his third uncle is good at cooking other meals, but he is not very good at pancakes, so he will send him some every time he bakes them.
After the cake was baked, Ji Tao fried some chili oil and cooked millet porridge, but this time the millet porridge he cooked was salty, with raw peanuts, dried beans, salt, monosodium glutamate and sesame oil in it.
After it was cooked, Ji Tao took a sip by himself, and the taste was not bad, and since he hadn't eaten for a long time, Ji Tao drank a big bowl with one meal.
The others did not drink less, and besides those who had been eating all morning, such as Ji Yuan and Zhao Hong, there were those who were growing up, such as Ji Tao, Ji Song, Xu Minghua, Li Peng, and Wang Yun. And Zhao Hong's daughter Liu Nan.
Anyway, everyone did not eat less, including Liu Nan, the only girl present, who also ate more than usual. After a meal, there was a pot of scallion pancakes, and most of the pot of salty rice was eaten up by everyone.
After Li Peng and Wang Yun were full, they kept praising Ji Tao's delicious food. They no longer felt that Xu Minghua's praise of Ji Tao was exaggerated.
From then on, there were two more people who came to Ji Tao's house for dinner from time to time.
After eating and playing, the four of them went to the meeting for about an afternoon, then Li Peng and Wang Yun went home.
"Why don't you go with them?" Ji Tao asked Xu Minghua after the two left.
Stretching his arms around Ji Tao's neck, Xu Minghua smiled and said, "Didn't I tell you to invite you to the circus?"
Ji Tao frowned upon hearing this: "Then you want to go home after watching the circus?"
One must know that Xu Minghua's town is much farther away than Zhangzhai's.
"I didn't say I was going back."
That's right, Ji Tao just remembered that Xu Minghua's aunt is from this village.
Leaving from Ji Tao, Xu Minghua said again: "Let's go, let's eat Liangpi."
At this time, the Liangpi was only [-] yuan a bowl, and it was all made by hand. It was much more delicious than the machine-made Liangpi later on. Ji Tao and Xu Minghua asked for a bowl for only [-] yuan.
After eating the Liangpi, it was still early and the circus didn't start until eight o'clock, so they went back to Ji Tao's house first.
After reading at home for a while, the two of them didn't go to the meeting until 07:30, because they were afraid that if they went later, there would be no seats inside.
After the two bought tickets, they bought some melon seeds and snacks like sugarcane before going in.
Although the current circus is not as good as those big circuses in the city, it is still quite good in the countryside. Difference.So the two watched it with great relish.
It was almost nine o'clock when the first show was over, because the circus is not cleared. If you didn't watch the first show or didn't watch it enough, you can watch the second show, so Xu Minghua suggested that you should watch it again. Ji Tao, however, was a little reluctant. It would be boring to watch the same program twice.
Probably because he could see that Ji Tao didn't want to stay any longer. Although Xu Minghua wanted to watch it again, he went out with Ji Tao after all.
Because it was quite late, and both of them were tired after playing all day, so they went home without continuing to hang out at the meeting.
In the end, he didn't know until he returned to the village that Xu Minghua said that if he didn't go home, he was not going to live in his aunt's house, but in his house.
"My house may not have a place for you to live in." Ji Tao said very tactfully.
"Then where do you usually live?"
"I always sleep at my uncle's house, sharing the bed with my brother."
"Then I'll be with you." Xu Minghua concluded after hearing this.
"But..." Ji Tao said with some embarrassment, "Is it too crowded?"
"It's okay." Xu Minghua said he didn't care, "Anyway, it's just one night, let's make do."
After Xu Minghua said that, Ji Tao couldn't refuse, "That's fine, as long as you don't feel crowded."
After the deal was made, Ji Tao took Xu Minghua home, but he didn't expect to find that his brother hadn't come home yet.
"Probably went to the meeting and hasn't come back yet."
After Ji Tao finished speaking, he began to make the bed. Xu Minghua watched from the sidelines, hesitant to speak, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.
As soon as Ji Tao turned around after making the bed, he saw Xu Minghua's appearance, and asked involuntarily, "What's wrong?"
"That..." After hesitating for a while, Xu Minghua asked, "Is the woman we met at the meeting this morning your mother?"
Hearing this, Ji Tao nodded with his expression unchanged.
Nothing could be seen from Ji Tao's expression, Xu Minghua asked again: "Then do you hate him? I mean..."
This time he was snatched away by Ji Tao before he finished speaking: "I don't hate."
"Oh, then you want to..." Xu Minghua still couldn't finish his sentence this time.
"The bed is made, go to sleep."
Probably it was obvious that Ji Tao didn't want to bring up this topic, so Xu Minghua had no choice but to stop.
When sleeping, the two of them slept at the same end, but because both of them were still too young, even if Ji Tao was the same, he didn't think much about it.
When he was about to fall asleep in a daze, Ji Tao vaguely seemed to hear the sound of a motorcycle, but he didn't care and continued to sleep.
After sleeping for about half an hour, his brother Ji Song came home.
Hearing the door knock, Ji Tao woke up.
"Brother, family planning has taken our third aunt away." Looking at Ji Tao, Ji Song said with a grim expression.
At first, Ji Tao didn't hear clearly, but when he understood, he sat up immediately.
"What did you just say?" Looking at Ji Song, Ji Tao asked with a trembling voice.
The current family planning is not like what it was later on. If you are caught, you can be fined some money. Once you are caught, no matter what you say, and no matter what the month is, all people will be forced to abort.
One of them was aborted just a few days before the due date in the village.
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"Our third aunt was taken away by family planning." Hearing what Ji Tao said, Ji Song repeated, "I heard a lot of people say that on the way home just now."
Ji Tao's face turned pale when he heard the words, what should he do now?
I remember that when I was about to fall asleep, I heard the sound of a motorcycle. According to Ji Song, maybe his third aunt was taken away by others at that time.
Thinking of the little cousin who will be born in a few days, the proud cousin of my aunt's family who was later admitted to university.
no!Ji Tao secretly made a decision in his heart, he must not let the third aunt have an accident!
Trying to stabilize his voice, Ji Tao asked, "Did you go to our third uncle's house just now? Did you see our third uncle?"
Ji Quan shook his head when he heard the words, and then said, "Shall I tell my dad?"
"What's the use of telling him, he doesn't know anyone." Ji Tao said a little annoyed.
No, Ji Tao lifted the quilt and sat up from the bed, he can no longer just sit and wait for death, his cousin is the only hope of the third uncle's family, he can't just be lost by those people, he must stop them.
It may be that he moved too much, and Xu Minghua who was sleeping inside him was woken up by him.
Rubbing his eyes, Xu Minghua saw that Ji Tao was squatting on the ground to put on his shoes, with a very ugly expression on his face.
And Ji Song only found out that there was an extra person in his family at this time, but he didn't have time to think about it, he was waiting for Ji Tao to figure out a solution.
Maybe it's because Ji Tao's changes in the past few months are too obvious, sometimes he can't help but rely on his younger brother.
"Why didn't you sleep and came down again?" Xu Minghua asked after yawning.
"My third aunt was taken away by family planning. I have to go out." Ji Tao said that he had already put on his shoes, and was about to open the door and go out after a few steps.
"What?" Xu Minghua also sat up when he heard the words, "Your third aunt was arrested by family planning?"
He knew Ji Tao's third aunt, because Ji Tao mentioned it many times in front of him, so he also knew that Ji Tao's third aunt was just like his own mother in his heart.
"Hey, where are you going?" Seeing that Ji Tao didn't answer his words, he put on his shoes and left. Xu Minghua hurriedly got out of bed, ignoring his shoes, and ran barefoot to greet Ji Tao.
"Of course I went to find someone." Ji Tao said impatiently.
"Go to someone, who can you go to?"
"Of course I'm going to..."
Halfway through the conversation, Ji Tao froze there, yes, who could he go to?He is not the salesman who has many connections in his hand after more than [-] years, he is still just a child now.
When it comes to contacts, the only one he knows is Xu Minghua's... family.
Ji Tao turned his head suddenly, walked up to Xu Minghua in three steps and two steps, and said out of tune while pulling his sign language, "Why did I forget you, you can definitely help me, isn't your father the deputy mayor?" , you definitely won’t let my third aunt have a miscarriage, right?”
Seeing Ji Taoyu's appearance, Xu Minghua reached out and patted him on the shoulder to comfort him: "Don't get excited, I'll figure out a way."
"Okay, I'm not excited, I'm not excited, then can you call your dad? Doesn't your aunt have a phone? Go and call your dad. Isn't your dad the deputy mayor?" He said It should be useful in family planning, right? Okay, brother?" At the end of the speech, Ji Tao's words already contained some pleadings.
"Okay." Seeing Ji Tao's appearance, Xu Minghua felt very unbearable and distressed, and nodded in agreement almost without thinking.
"Then go now, okay? I'm afraid it will be too late later. My cousin can't have an accident. You don't know how important that child is to third uncle and third aunt."
"Okay, I'll go right away." After Xu Minghua finished speaking, he picked up the clothes on the bed and ran out while putting them on.
"Brother." Ji Song, who watched all this without any words from the end, reminded: "Your classmate doesn't seem to be wearing shoes."
Ji Tao was taken aback when he heard the words, then picked up the shoes on the ground and ran out, only to catch up with him when he was almost at Wang Yan's house.
"Shoes..." Handing the shoes in front of Xu Minghua, Ji Tao kept panting.
Only at this time did Xu Minghua realize that he forgot to put on his shoes because he left in such a hurry.
Putting the shoes on in a hurry, Xu Minghua grabbed Ji Tao: "Let's go quickly."
"En." Ji Tao nodded, and then the two ran towards Wang Yan's house together.
As a result, when he arrived at the place, he found that the door of his house was unlocked.
The two looked at each other, then walked in directly, pushed the door of the main room, but found that it was not locked, and also saw no one when they pushed the door.
No one was seen in the main room, so Xu Minghua led Ji Tao directly into the room where they pressed the phone, but when he opened the door, he found that his two cousins and one cousin were sitting on the bed watching TV.
"Cousin, Ji Tao?" Wang Yan's eldest son, Wang Zhen, said in a daze, "Why are you here so late?" Because he already knew that his cousin and his elementary school classmate Ji Tao were very good friends, and Ji Tao He also recognized his aunt as a godmother, so he didn't find it too strange that they came here together.
"I want to borrow your phone." Panting, without asking why his aunt and uncle were not at home, Xu Minghua asked directly.
"Oh, use it."
As soon as Wang Zhen finished speaking, Xu Minghua quickly walked to the phone and dialed the number at home.
Fortunately, it was not too late at this time, and the phone was connected after a few rings.
"Hey?"
"Mom, it's me."
"Minghua?" Fang Qing couldn't help being puzzled when she heard the words, "Didn't you say that you slept at Xiaotao's house today? Why are you calling now?"
"I'm looking for my dad, mom, can you ask my dad to answer the phone?"
"Okay then, just wait a minute."
Not long after Fang Qing finished speaking, Father Xu's voice came from over there; "Hello, son."
"Hey, Dad, the third aunt of the small squad leader was arrested by family planning. Can you help me?" Xu Minghua said immediately when he heard his father's voice.
"Squad leader?"
"Well, it's Ji Tao, my mother's godson."
"Oh, it's him, I know, but what's his third aunt's name?"
Xu Minghua looked at Ji Tao after hearing the words: "What's your third aunt's name?"
Ji Tao, who had been waiting anxiously, quickly replied after hearing the words: "My third aunt is called Geng Li, and my third uncle is called Ji Zhou."
After hearing this, Xu Ming conveyed the answer to his father.
"It's Geng Li." Xu's father heard the words and replied, "Then you tell him not to worry, your uncle has already called me just now, just for this matter of Geng Li, I have already contacted the family planning office. I have said hello, and the forced flow of people will definitely not happen, the most is a fine."
Hearing this, Xu Minghua breathed a sigh of relief, coughed and said flatteringly, "Dad, let's discuss something with you."
"Say."
"Well, look, Ji Tao is my younger brother now, isn't his third aunt's problem the same as my third aunt's? You see, his third aunt's family is also quite poor, and the fine is too much They can't get it out, can they?"
"Say what you want to say."
"I just want to say, or you can help intercede and let the Family Planning Office reduce the penalty."
After Xu Minghua finished speaking, he held his breath and waited for his father's answer, but there was no response. After a while, he heard what his father was talking to his mother. After a while, his father finally spoke: "Okay, then I'll go with your mother."
After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone without waiting for Xu Minghua to reply.
"How is it?" Seeing that the phone was hung up, Ji Tao said anxiously, "What did uncle say?"
Xu Minghua smiled and said, "It's all right."
Hearing these three words, Ji Tao felt relieved, and then his legs softened and he almost sat on the ground. Seeing this, Xu Minghua hurried forward to help him: "What's the matter?"
Ji Tao smiled and replied: "Maybe it was because I was too nervous before, but just now I was relieved when I heard you said it was okay, so my legs were a little soft. By the way, what did you say to your dad on the phone just now?"
"Oh." Xu Minghua repeated what his father said just now.
"That's right. It seems that my third uncle asked Uncle Yan to help."
"Yeah." Hearing what Ji Tao said, Wang Zhen, who was sitting on the bed, continued, "Just now my dad and my mom went out with your dad."
Ji Tao smiled when he heard this, thinking that his third uncle made a good friend despite his poor appearance.
"Since it's all right, let's go back to your house first, I'm a little cold now." Xu Minghua said suddenly.
It was only then that Ji Tao discovered that Xu Minghua was wearing a long-wearing autumn jacket, a coat, and long johns on his lower body. He didn't even wear a pair of socks on his feet, just shoes.
In fact, Ji Tao himself was not much better, and he was only wearing long johns on his lower body.
The weather is not very warm now, don’t mention it at night, you will feel cold if you wear it like this during the day, it can be said that both of you are shivering from the cold, just now because your heart has been hanging and you don’t feel it, now you feel cold when you relax .
After talking to Wang Zhen's younger sister, the two went home. When they got home, Ji Song was still up, probably because he was worried about his third aunt.
After hearing from Ji Tao that there should be nothing wrong, he closed his eyes and began to sleep.
The two people over there also got into the quilt directly. After all, they were freezing, so they came out with a pair of long johns each.
"Brother, thank you." After warming up in the bed for a while, he heard his brother's soft snoring, and after making sure he was asleep, Ji Tao turned around and looked at Xu Minghua who was sleeping beside him and said.
Although Xu Minghua forced Ji Tao to recognize him as his brother at that time, except for him calling him a few times at that time, he didn't call him anymore. They were all called by his name directly, so when he heard Ji Tao call him brother, Xu Ming Can't help grinning.
Especially Ji Tao's face is less than ten centimeters away from his face at this time, and the lights in the room are still on, he can even see Ji Tao's eyelashes clearly, although they are not too curled up, nor are they so long , but I don't know why it looks very good-looking in Xu Minghua's eyes.
So, he smiled and smiled, his face blushed slowly, probably aware of his blushing, he coughed, pretending to be okay and said: "Thank you, how can we brothers use the word thank you. "
"I still want to thank you, it's none of your business, just make sure my third aunt is okay, but you still asked your uncle and godmother to go there in person, it's so late..." Ji Tao said Eyes started to turn red.
Ji Tao is actually not a crying person, he didn’t cry when his mother ran away with others, he didn’t cry when he learned that his mother visited him from time to time just because he wanted to use him, he didn’t cry when he fell out with his family Crying, I didn’t cry when my career was not going well...
But he didn't expect that today he would be called a boy by a boy who was much younger than his mental age... he couldn't even be called a boy, he could only be called a boy and made him cry.
In fact, he has always known Xu Minghua's kindness to him. Although he did have some teasing mentality at the beginning, the later kindness is also true.
Because of his malnutrition, he would force himself to go to his house for dinner because he was malnourished and asked him to help him with his homework. He would ask his godmother to make different kinds of delicious food to supplement his nutrition, and he would give him cotton wool in winter. Gloves, warming his own hands, and the down jacket, he thought he didn’t know, but he knew that the down jacket was not worn by him at all, but that his godmother replaced it with a new one for his cousin. Yes, and that down jacket was actually only worn by his cousin for a few days.
And today's matter, in fact, the third aunt's matter has nothing to do with him, but in order to help himself, he didn't even bother to put on his pants and shoes, so he ran barefoot to his aunt's house, and even Knowing that the third aunt may be fine, he made his parents go out so late for the third aunt's extra birth fee.
He can be said to be the only and purest person in this world who treats himself wholeheartedly without any purpose.
But he has done so much for himself, but he approached him with the purpose of using him at the beginning, and even the fight that made him truly accept himself was not entirely out of his sincerity.
Ji Tao couldn't help but be moved by such a boy, after all his heart is not made of iron.
He was feeling emotional in his heart, but Xu Minghua was terrified. It was the first time he saw Ji Tao like this since he knew Ji Tao, so he was a little panicked.
"Xiao Tao...you, are you okay? What's the matter? Is it uncomfortable or in a bad mood? If you have something to do, tell brother, don't be bored in your heart." Reach out and help Ji Tao wipe some wet eye sockets , Xu Minghua said incoherently.
"I'm fine." Ji Tao replied with a smile, "I'm just a little worried about my third aunt. Although my uncle said I'm fine, I still don't feel relieved if I don't see anyone. Can you accompany me to see my third aunt?"
The author has something to say: I want to say something, because last time a relative asked when the junior high school period would pass, I thought about it for a while and asked if some readers felt that the progress was too slow, so I originally planned to remove this stalk, But after thinking about it, I added it.
Because this chapter can be regarded as a breaking point of the relationship between the two protagonists.
After all, without this incident, I think that although Ji Tao would be moved by Xu Minghua, it would be difficult to fall in love with him. One is because Xu Minghua is too young, and the other is that the relationship has not reached that point~
Of course, the current Ji Tao still hasn't fallen in love with Xu Minghua, the reason has already been said, after all, Xu Minghua is still a child in his twenties, as long as Ji Tao doesn't have pedophilia, he won't fall in love with him, at least not for the time being.
But the two have been getting along like this, especially when he found that Xu Minghua can actually give him a shoulder to lean on at critical moments, so there will always be a day when they will fall in love for a long time.
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As long as Ji Tao can stop crying and return to normal, Xu Minghua will naturally wish for everything.
Because most of their hearts were relieved, this time the two of them didn't go out in disheveled clothes like before, but only went out with their hands covered.
Among them, Xu Minghua didn't bring any clothes when he came, and because he was handsome, he only wore a very simple top besides the autumn clothes. In the end, Ji Tao picked up a thicker top from his brother and let Xu Minghua wear two Talent goes out.
At the beginning, Xu Minghua was a little displeased, because the style and quality of the one that Ji Tao picked up were not his favorite, but Ji Tao insisted on letting him wear it, and it was the kind of non-negotiable, must-wear kind.
For some reason, Xu Minghua felt that he had sensed the deep concern in Ji Tao's eyes, and then he put it on in a hurry.
When going out, Ji Tao glanced at his watch, it was almost 10:30, today is the sixth day of the lunar new year, the moon is still crescent, but with the twinkling stars in the sky, the sky is not too dark, At least the road is visible.
Uncle Ji Tao's yard is quite close to his third uncle's yard, and it takes less than a minute to get there.
Pushing the door of the main room, and finding that it was locked from the inside, Ji Tao reached out and patted on the door.
Almost immediately, the door was swung open.
"Dad, Mom, you're back." Accompanied by a trembling voice, Ji Wen poked her head out of the room with a smile on her face, but when she saw who was coming, the smile on her face disappeared immediately up.
"Brother Tao, are you here?" Asking Ji Tao, Ji Wen couldn't hide her disappointment.
"I'm worried about my third aunt, so I came here to take a look." Ji Tao said and dragged Xu Minghua into the room.
There are also three rooms in Ji Zhou's house, separated by a curtain in the middle. The three sisters Ji Wen slept in one room inside, and Ji Zhou and his wife slept in the other two rooms.
I didn't see the two little ones in the two rooms outside, so Ji Tao wondered if he was asleep, but he opened the curtain and looked at it, and sure enough, he saw two sleeping little faces.
Looking at the two people who were sleeping soundly, Ji Tao couldn't help feeling sour. One of these two children is six years old and the other is only four years old. I'm afraid they don't even know what it means for their mother to be taken away?
After covering them with the quilt, Ji Tao came out. Seeing that Ji Wen was neatly dressed and looked like she had slept, she couldn't help but ask, "Why aren't you asleep?"
After closing the door, Ji Wen replied, "Well, I couldn't sleep because I was worried that something might happen to my mother."
Hearing this, Ji Tao sighed, saying that the children of poor people are already in charge of the family. His cousin is only eight years old, but she already knows how to worry about her family members.
He touched Ji Wen's head, and Ji Tao said, "Don't worry, just now Xu...my brother has already called his father, and he said he has spoken to the Family Planning Office, so Third Aunt should be fine." , I'll be back in a while."
When Ji Wen heard Ji Tao's words, she scratched her head in doubt. She didn't understand, isn't Brother Tao's elder brother Song Ge? Isn't Song Brother's father the second uncle, or Brother Tao's father?Why did Brother Tao talk about his father?
Seeing his cousin's expression, Ji Tao knew that she had misunderstood him, and then explained: "I said that brother is not your brother Song, but him..." Ji Tao pointed and stood on his own Xu Minghua beside him said, "You know, I have a brother and a godmother, and my godmother is his real mother."
"Oh." Ji Wen nodded, this time she finally understood.
Hearing Ji Tao mentioning himself, Xu Minghua smiled, then walked up to imitate Ji Tao and patted his head, and said softly: "Little sister, don't worry, my dad is the deputy mayor, he said your mother is fine , then it should be fine."
Although Ji Wen is only eight years old, she also knows that the deputy mayor should be a very important official. Since he said that her mother is fine, then she should be fine.
"Then when will mom be back?" Looking at the big brother in front of her, Ji Wen raised her head and asked expectantly.
"Hmm..." Xu Minghua silently estimated the distance from the town to here, "Twenty to ten minutes at most, your parents should be able to go home."
"Really?" Hearing that her parents would be back soon, Ji Wen finally had a smile on her face, "You won't lie to me, will you?"
"Of course not." Smiling, Xu Minghua replied.
"This brother won't lie to you." Ji Tao heard the words and continued, "Now you know that Third Aunt will be fine, why don't you lie on the bed and sleep first, you must be drowsy after staying up so late."
Ji Wen shook her head: "I'm not dozing off, I'm going to wait for my parents to come back."
As a result, she had just finished speaking when she yawned big.
"Sister, be good." Seeing this, Xu Minghua stepped forward and patted her head again, "Why don't you see if this is okay, you go to bed and sleep well, and your brother and I will sit here and wait, your parents will come back later , let's cheer you up again, do you think it's okay?"
Ji Wen is usually a very introverted girl, although she looks like her aunt, she is a very pretty girl
And not long ago, Fang Lin placed another order in Ji Guojun's factory. As a middleman, he got some kickbacks. Fang Lin also made some money for himself by investing the money there. Although he handed over the money earned and the rebate this time to Fang Lin, he still kept dozens of dollars on him in case of unforeseen needs. Yes, so he can still afford the money to go to the meeting.
After the deal was made, Xu Minghua went to look for Ji Tao early the next morning before he had eaten, and Li Peng and Wang Yun came with him.
After getting along for a while, although his relationship with Li Peng and Wang Yun is not as good as that of Xu Minghua, they are still good friends, and they usually play together or play basketball or something.
So Ji Tao was not too surprised by their arrival.
Originally, Ji Yuan wanted to stay with them and eat at home, but Xu Minghua insisted on going to the meeting to eat.
At the meeting, several people ordered a bowl of tofu nao, Xu Minghua went to buy four more tofu, and cut some beef in it, four people one by one.
In fact, Xu Minghua said that donkey meat is more delicious in the fire, but it's a pity that I didn't buy it at the meeting.
After eating, Xu Minghua dragged a few people around the meeting, playing darts for a while, and shooting guns for a while, but I don’t know if a few people were unlucky or something, which one (ten bullets, flying guns) There are only [-] in the frame) and they only won six or seven, and they only won some allegro, rings, etc., which can be bought for a few cents on behalf of the dealer.
In the end, Xu Minghua was not reconciled, and he pulled a few people to go to the circle, but this time Xu Minghua was very lucky, and got several toys in a row.
Even Ji Tao, Li Peng and Wang Yun got some tricks.
It was almost noon after playing, because several people had a lot of things in their hands, so they decided to go home and eat.
"Squad leader, how about we eat your baked scallion pancakes for lunch today? I haven't eaten for a long time, so I really want to eat it." Holding the toy caught by the ferret in his hand, Xu Minghua blinked at Ji Tao and said.
"Squad leader, you don't even know, this kid will show off in front of Wang Yun and me every time after eating." Li Peng who was on the side interjected after hearing the words.
Hearing what the two said, Tao laughed silently. Ever since he ate the scallion pancakes he baked at his own home, this kid asked him to make them for him every other day. Some of them were at his own home. Some are at his godmother's house.
Oh, by the way, his godmother is Xu Minghua's mother, Fang Qing. At first he thought that Xu Minghua wanted to be his younger brother, but he thought he was just joking, but he didn't expect him to do it. So formal.
It happened that Xu Minghua's grades were surprisingly good during the exam. Fang Qing was already grateful to Ji Tao, so when her son mentioned it in front of her, she agreed.
Now I officially recognized Fang Qing as a godmother, and the two families even walked around each other during the Chinese New Year.
"Ok."
After Ji Tao agreed, they turned around and prepared to go back to his house, but they didn't expect Ji Tao saw a woman that he didn't really want to see, and made him unable to lift his head for a long time.
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Ji Tao frowned, and wanted to turn around and walk in a different direction, but Zhao Ping had already seen him at this time, and when he saw that he was about to leave, he quickly called out: "Xiao Tao."
After hearing this, Xu Minghua asked Jitao in a low voice: "Who is she?
Ji Tao replied with a sullen face: "I don't know."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Ping had already walked to his side, and she stretched out her hand to hold his clothes and said with a smile, "Are you here for the meeting? Do you have any money with you? Mom, can I give you some?"
Seeing that Ji Tao didn't make a sound after speaking, the smile on his face became a little awkward: "You have gained a lot of weight? By the way, are they your classmates?"
Hearing Zhao Ping's words, the few people who had heard about the situation of Ji Tao's family almost knew the current situation at this time, and they all consciously walked aside.
Xu Minghua frowned and wanted to say something, but Wang Yun pulled him aside and whispered, "This is a family matter, so leave it alone."
Xu Minghua's expression changed, but he didn't come forward after all.
Seeing that Ji Tao was still ignoring her, Zhao Ping couldn't help but sink in her heart. She didn't expect this child to hate herself so much that she didn't even want to talk to her.
Seeing Zhao Ping's cautious look towards him, Ji Tao couldn't help flashing a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.
In her previous life, this woman also looked for her, but not now or here, but not long after, and the place was her school.
At that time, although I hated her, I missed her even more. Maybe she didn't live well in that person's house, maybe she would come back.
But the entry of Zhao Hong and her daughter cut off all his thoughts, which is why he never waited to see their mother and daughter.
Of course, he knew this woman later and never thought of coming back, but he didn't know it at the time, so seeing his mother looking for him, although his face was cold, he was very happy in his heart.
When she went to see her that time, she brought some money for herself, which she took.
It's not greedy for money, but he thought that his mother's willingness to give him money at least meant that she still had his son in her heart. It was only later that he realized that it was just his self-indulgence. Maybe there was a little reason for her to give him money It is because of guilt towards oneself, but more of it is to achieve one's own goals.
She was too anxious when she left home, so she didn't bring any documents, including her ID card.
She just wanted to get the ID card from herself, and after she got it, she never appeared in front of her again.
At that time, she was stupid, but now she wanted to get anything from herself.
"Xiaotao?" Seeing Ji Tao's unsteady expression, Zhao Ping couldn't help calling out again.
This time Ji Tao finally spoke, looked at Zhao Ping and said with a sneer, "What do you want me to do? Do you want to go back with me?"
Unexpectedly, Ji Tao would say this, Zhao Hong was stunned, with a confused expression, unable to say anything.
Ji Tao didn't care about these things, and continued: "By the way, why did I forget, my dad has married a stepmother, even if you want to go back, you can't go back."
After finishing speaking, regardless of Zhao Hong's reaction, she pulled Xu Minghua aside and left, and the other two quickly followed after seeing this.
Probably knowing that he was in a bad mood, the three acquaintances along the way didn't say a word, and Xu Minghua only said aloud when he reached Ji Tao's house: "Otherwise, don't make green onion pancakes, just let my aunt make some casually. Anyway, there will be plenty of time in the future." After speaking, he glanced at Li Peng and Wang Yun.
After receiving Xu Minghua's wink, Li Peng and Wang Yun quickly followed suit.
"Yeah, it doesn't matter if you eat or not."
"That's right, you can actually eat scallion pancakes anytime.
Knowing what Xu Minghua was worried about, Ji Tao smiled and said, "It's okay, besides, I want to eat too."
In fact, that woman really can't influence him now.
Hearing what Ji Tao said, Xu Minghua and the others didn't say anything more.
When he got home, Ji Tao made noodles and pancakes as if nothing had happened.
And this time because there were so many people, he baked a whole pot, and finally sent some to his third aunt. She is not convenient to do anything because she is about to give birth recently.
And his third uncle is good at cooking other meals, but he is not very good at pancakes, so he will send him some every time he bakes them.
After the cake was baked, Ji Tao fried some chili oil and cooked millet porridge, but this time the millet porridge he cooked was salty, with raw peanuts, dried beans, salt, monosodium glutamate and sesame oil in it.
After it was cooked, Ji Tao took a sip by himself, and the taste was not bad, and since he hadn't eaten for a long time, Ji Tao drank a big bowl with one meal.
The others did not drink less, and besides those who had been eating all morning, such as Ji Yuan and Zhao Hong, there were those who were growing up, such as Ji Tao, Ji Song, Xu Minghua, Li Peng, and Wang Yun. And Zhao Hong's daughter Liu Nan.
Anyway, everyone did not eat less, including Liu Nan, the only girl present, who also ate more than usual. After a meal, there was a pot of scallion pancakes, and most of the pot of salty rice was eaten up by everyone.
After Li Peng and Wang Yun were full, they kept praising Ji Tao's delicious food. They no longer felt that Xu Minghua's praise of Ji Tao was exaggerated.
From then on, there were two more people who came to Ji Tao's house for dinner from time to time.
After eating and playing, the four of them went to the meeting for about an afternoon, then Li Peng and Wang Yun went home.
"Why don't you go with them?" Ji Tao asked Xu Minghua after the two left.
Stretching his arms around Ji Tao's neck, Xu Minghua smiled and said, "Didn't I tell you to invite you to the circus?"
Ji Tao frowned upon hearing this: "Then you want to go home after watching the circus?"
One must know that Xu Minghua's town is much farther away than Zhangzhai's.
"I didn't say I was going back."
That's right, Ji Tao just remembered that Xu Minghua's aunt is from this village.
Leaving from Ji Tao, Xu Minghua said again: "Let's go, let's eat Liangpi."
At this time, the Liangpi was only [-] yuan a bowl, and it was all made by hand. It was much more delicious than the machine-made Liangpi later on. Ji Tao and Xu Minghua asked for a bowl for only [-] yuan.
After eating the Liangpi, it was still early and the circus didn't start until eight o'clock, so they went back to Ji Tao's house first.
After reading at home for a while, the two of them didn't go to the meeting until 07:30, because they were afraid that if they went later, there would be no seats inside.
After the two bought tickets, they bought some melon seeds and snacks like sugarcane before going in.
Although the current circus is not as good as those big circuses in the city, it is still quite good in the countryside. Difference.So the two watched it with great relish.
It was almost nine o'clock when the first show was over, because the circus is not cleared. If you didn't watch the first show or didn't watch it enough, you can watch the second show, so Xu Minghua suggested that you should watch it again. Ji Tao, however, was a little reluctant. It would be boring to watch the same program twice.
Probably because he could see that Ji Tao didn't want to stay any longer. Although Xu Minghua wanted to watch it again, he went out with Ji Tao after all.
Because it was quite late, and both of them were tired after playing all day, so they went home without continuing to hang out at the meeting.
In the end, he didn't know until he returned to the village that Xu Minghua said that if he didn't go home, he was not going to live in his aunt's house, but in his house.
"My house may not have a place for you to live in." Ji Tao said very tactfully.
"Then where do you usually live?"
"I always sleep at my uncle's house, sharing the bed with my brother."
"Then I'll be with you." Xu Minghua concluded after hearing this.
"But..." Ji Tao said with some embarrassment, "Is it too crowded?"
"It's okay." Xu Minghua said he didn't care, "Anyway, it's just one night, let's make do."
After Xu Minghua said that, Ji Tao couldn't refuse, "That's fine, as long as you don't feel crowded."
After the deal was made, Ji Tao took Xu Minghua home, but he didn't expect to find that his brother hadn't come home yet.
"Probably went to the meeting and hasn't come back yet."
After Ji Tao finished speaking, he began to make the bed. Xu Minghua watched from the sidelines, hesitant to speak, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.
As soon as Ji Tao turned around after making the bed, he saw Xu Minghua's appearance, and asked involuntarily, "What's wrong?"
"That..." After hesitating for a while, Xu Minghua asked, "Is the woman we met at the meeting this morning your mother?"
Hearing this, Ji Tao nodded with his expression unchanged.
Nothing could be seen from Ji Tao's expression, Xu Minghua asked again: "Then do you hate him? I mean..."
This time he was snatched away by Ji Tao before he finished speaking: "I don't hate."
"Oh, then you want to..." Xu Minghua still couldn't finish his sentence this time.
"The bed is made, go to sleep."
Probably it was obvious that Ji Tao didn't want to bring up this topic, so Xu Minghua had no choice but to stop.
When sleeping, the two of them slept at the same end, but because both of them were still too young, even if Ji Tao was the same, he didn't think much about it.
When he was about to fall asleep in a daze, Ji Tao vaguely seemed to hear the sound of a motorcycle, but he didn't care and continued to sleep.
After sleeping for about half an hour, his brother Ji Song came home.
Hearing the door knock, Ji Tao woke up.
"Brother, family planning has taken our third aunt away." Looking at Ji Tao, Ji Song said with a grim expression.
At first, Ji Tao didn't hear clearly, but when he understood, he sat up immediately.
"What did you just say?" Looking at Ji Song, Ji Tao asked with a trembling voice.
The current family planning is not like what it was later on. If you are caught, you can be fined some money. Once you are caught, no matter what you say, and no matter what the month is, all people will be forced to abort.
One of them was aborted just a few days before the due date in the village.
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"Our third aunt was taken away by family planning." Hearing what Ji Tao said, Ji Song repeated, "I heard a lot of people say that on the way home just now."
Ji Tao's face turned pale when he heard the words, what should he do now?
I remember that when I was about to fall asleep, I heard the sound of a motorcycle. According to Ji Song, maybe his third aunt was taken away by others at that time.
Thinking of the little cousin who will be born in a few days, the proud cousin of my aunt's family who was later admitted to university.
no!Ji Tao secretly made a decision in his heart, he must not let the third aunt have an accident!
Trying to stabilize his voice, Ji Tao asked, "Did you go to our third uncle's house just now? Did you see our third uncle?"
Ji Quan shook his head when he heard the words, and then said, "Shall I tell my dad?"
"What's the use of telling him, he doesn't know anyone." Ji Tao said a little annoyed.
No, Ji Tao lifted the quilt and sat up from the bed, he can no longer just sit and wait for death, his cousin is the only hope of the third uncle's family, he can't just be lost by those people, he must stop them.
It may be that he moved too much, and Xu Minghua who was sleeping inside him was woken up by him.
Rubbing his eyes, Xu Minghua saw that Ji Tao was squatting on the ground to put on his shoes, with a very ugly expression on his face.
And Ji Song only found out that there was an extra person in his family at this time, but he didn't have time to think about it, he was waiting for Ji Tao to figure out a solution.
Maybe it's because Ji Tao's changes in the past few months are too obvious, sometimes he can't help but rely on his younger brother.
"Why didn't you sleep and came down again?" Xu Minghua asked after yawning.
"My third aunt was taken away by family planning. I have to go out." Ji Tao said that he had already put on his shoes, and was about to open the door and go out after a few steps.
"What?" Xu Minghua also sat up when he heard the words, "Your third aunt was arrested by family planning?"
He knew Ji Tao's third aunt, because Ji Tao mentioned it many times in front of him, so he also knew that Ji Tao's third aunt was just like his own mother in his heart.
"Hey, where are you going?" Seeing that Ji Tao didn't answer his words, he put on his shoes and left. Xu Minghua hurriedly got out of bed, ignoring his shoes, and ran barefoot to greet Ji Tao.
"Of course I went to find someone." Ji Tao said impatiently.
"Go to someone, who can you go to?"
"Of course I'm going to..."
Halfway through the conversation, Ji Tao froze there, yes, who could he go to?He is not the salesman who has many connections in his hand after more than [-] years, he is still just a child now.
When it comes to contacts, the only one he knows is Xu Minghua's... family.
Ji Tao turned his head suddenly, walked up to Xu Minghua in three steps and two steps, and said out of tune while pulling his sign language, "Why did I forget you, you can definitely help me, isn't your father the deputy mayor?" , you definitely won’t let my third aunt have a miscarriage, right?”
Seeing Ji Taoyu's appearance, Xu Minghua reached out and patted him on the shoulder to comfort him: "Don't get excited, I'll figure out a way."
"Okay, I'm not excited, I'm not excited, then can you call your dad? Doesn't your aunt have a phone? Go and call your dad. Isn't your dad the deputy mayor?" He said It should be useful in family planning, right? Okay, brother?" At the end of the speech, Ji Tao's words already contained some pleadings.
"Okay." Seeing Ji Tao's appearance, Xu Minghua felt very unbearable and distressed, and nodded in agreement almost without thinking.
"Then go now, okay? I'm afraid it will be too late later. My cousin can't have an accident. You don't know how important that child is to third uncle and third aunt."
"Okay, I'll go right away." After Xu Minghua finished speaking, he picked up the clothes on the bed and ran out while putting them on.
"Brother." Ji Song, who watched all this without any words from the end, reminded: "Your classmate doesn't seem to be wearing shoes."
Ji Tao was taken aback when he heard the words, then picked up the shoes on the ground and ran out, only to catch up with him when he was almost at Wang Yan's house.
"Shoes..." Handing the shoes in front of Xu Minghua, Ji Tao kept panting.
Only at this time did Xu Minghua realize that he forgot to put on his shoes because he left in such a hurry.
Putting the shoes on in a hurry, Xu Minghua grabbed Ji Tao: "Let's go quickly."
"En." Ji Tao nodded, and then the two ran towards Wang Yan's house together.
As a result, when he arrived at the place, he found that the door of his house was unlocked.
The two looked at each other, then walked in directly, pushed the door of the main room, but found that it was not locked, and also saw no one when they pushed the door.
No one was seen in the main room, so Xu Minghua led Ji Tao directly into the room where they pressed the phone, but when he opened the door, he found that his two cousins and one cousin were sitting on the bed watching TV.
"Cousin, Ji Tao?" Wang Yan's eldest son, Wang Zhen, said in a daze, "Why are you here so late?" Because he already knew that his cousin and his elementary school classmate Ji Tao were very good friends, and Ji Tao He also recognized his aunt as a godmother, so he didn't find it too strange that they came here together.
"I want to borrow your phone." Panting, without asking why his aunt and uncle were not at home, Xu Minghua asked directly.
"Oh, use it."
As soon as Wang Zhen finished speaking, Xu Minghua quickly walked to the phone and dialed the number at home.
Fortunately, it was not too late at this time, and the phone was connected after a few rings.
"Hey?"
"Mom, it's me."
"Minghua?" Fang Qing couldn't help being puzzled when she heard the words, "Didn't you say that you slept at Xiaotao's house today? Why are you calling now?"
"I'm looking for my dad, mom, can you ask my dad to answer the phone?"
"Okay then, just wait a minute."
Not long after Fang Qing finished speaking, Father Xu's voice came from over there; "Hello, son."
"Hey, Dad, the third aunt of the small squad leader was arrested by family planning. Can you help me?" Xu Minghua said immediately when he heard his father's voice.
"Squad leader?"
"Well, it's Ji Tao, my mother's godson."
"Oh, it's him, I know, but what's his third aunt's name?"
Xu Minghua looked at Ji Tao after hearing the words: "What's your third aunt's name?"
Ji Tao, who had been waiting anxiously, quickly replied after hearing the words: "My third aunt is called Geng Li, and my third uncle is called Ji Zhou."
After hearing this, Xu Ming conveyed the answer to his father.
"It's Geng Li." Xu's father heard the words and replied, "Then you tell him not to worry, your uncle has already called me just now, just for this matter of Geng Li, I have already contacted the family planning office. I have said hello, and the forced flow of people will definitely not happen, the most is a fine."
Hearing this, Xu Minghua breathed a sigh of relief, coughed and said flatteringly, "Dad, let's discuss something with you."
"Say."
"Well, look, Ji Tao is my younger brother now, isn't his third aunt's problem the same as my third aunt's? You see, his third aunt's family is also quite poor, and the fine is too much They can't get it out, can they?"
"Say what you want to say."
"I just want to say, or you can help intercede and let the Family Planning Office reduce the penalty."
After Xu Minghua finished speaking, he held his breath and waited for his father's answer, but there was no response. After a while, he heard what his father was talking to his mother. After a while, his father finally spoke: "Okay, then I'll go with your mother."
After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone without waiting for Xu Minghua to reply.
"How is it?" Seeing that the phone was hung up, Ji Tao said anxiously, "What did uncle say?"
Xu Minghua smiled and said, "It's all right."
Hearing these three words, Ji Tao felt relieved, and then his legs softened and he almost sat on the ground. Seeing this, Xu Minghua hurried forward to help him: "What's the matter?"
Ji Tao smiled and replied: "Maybe it was because I was too nervous before, but just now I was relieved when I heard you said it was okay, so my legs were a little soft. By the way, what did you say to your dad on the phone just now?"
"Oh." Xu Minghua repeated what his father said just now.
"That's right. It seems that my third uncle asked Uncle Yan to help."
"Yeah." Hearing what Ji Tao said, Wang Zhen, who was sitting on the bed, continued, "Just now my dad and my mom went out with your dad."
Ji Tao smiled when he heard this, thinking that his third uncle made a good friend despite his poor appearance.
"Since it's all right, let's go back to your house first, I'm a little cold now." Xu Minghua said suddenly.
It was only then that Ji Tao discovered that Xu Minghua was wearing a long-wearing autumn jacket, a coat, and long johns on his lower body. He didn't even wear a pair of socks on his feet, just shoes.
In fact, Ji Tao himself was not much better, and he was only wearing long johns on his lower body.
The weather is not very warm now, don’t mention it at night, you will feel cold if you wear it like this during the day, it can be said that both of you are shivering from the cold, just now because your heart has been hanging and you don’t feel it, now you feel cold when you relax .
After talking to Wang Zhen's younger sister, the two went home. When they got home, Ji Song was still up, probably because he was worried about his third aunt.
After hearing from Ji Tao that there should be nothing wrong, he closed his eyes and began to sleep.
The two people over there also got into the quilt directly. After all, they were freezing, so they came out with a pair of long johns each.
"Brother, thank you." After warming up in the bed for a while, he heard his brother's soft snoring, and after making sure he was asleep, Ji Tao turned around and looked at Xu Minghua who was sleeping beside him and said.
Although Xu Minghua forced Ji Tao to recognize him as his brother at that time, except for him calling him a few times at that time, he didn't call him anymore. They were all called by his name directly, so when he heard Ji Tao call him brother, Xu Ming Can't help grinning.
Especially Ji Tao's face is less than ten centimeters away from his face at this time, and the lights in the room are still on, he can even see Ji Tao's eyelashes clearly, although they are not too curled up, nor are they so long , but I don't know why it looks very good-looking in Xu Minghua's eyes.
So, he smiled and smiled, his face blushed slowly, probably aware of his blushing, he coughed, pretending to be okay and said: "Thank you, how can we brothers use the word thank you. "
"I still want to thank you, it's none of your business, just make sure my third aunt is okay, but you still asked your uncle and godmother to go there in person, it's so late..." Ji Tao said Eyes started to turn red.
Ji Tao is actually not a crying person, he didn’t cry when his mother ran away with others, he didn’t cry when he learned that his mother visited him from time to time just because he wanted to use him, he didn’t cry when he fell out with his family Crying, I didn’t cry when my career was not going well...
But he didn't expect that today he would be called a boy by a boy who was much younger than his mental age... he couldn't even be called a boy, he could only be called a boy and made him cry.
In fact, he has always known Xu Minghua's kindness to him. Although he did have some teasing mentality at the beginning, the later kindness is also true.
Because of his malnutrition, he would force himself to go to his house for dinner because he was malnourished and asked him to help him with his homework. He would ask his godmother to make different kinds of delicious food to supplement his nutrition, and he would give him cotton wool in winter. Gloves, warming his own hands, and the down jacket, he thought he didn’t know, but he knew that the down jacket was not worn by him at all, but that his godmother replaced it with a new one for his cousin. Yes, and that down jacket was actually only worn by his cousin for a few days.
And today's matter, in fact, the third aunt's matter has nothing to do with him, but in order to help himself, he didn't even bother to put on his pants and shoes, so he ran barefoot to his aunt's house, and even Knowing that the third aunt may be fine, he made his parents go out so late for the third aunt's extra birth fee.
He can be said to be the only and purest person in this world who treats himself wholeheartedly without any purpose.
But he has done so much for himself, but he approached him with the purpose of using him at the beginning, and even the fight that made him truly accept himself was not entirely out of his sincerity.
Ji Tao couldn't help but be moved by such a boy, after all his heart is not made of iron.
He was feeling emotional in his heart, but Xu Minghua was terrified. It was the first time he saw Ji Tao like this since he knew Ji Tao, so he was a little panicked.
"Xiao Tao...you, are you okay? What's the matter? Is it uncomfortable or in a bad mood? If you have something to do, tell brother, don't be bored in your heart." Reach out and help Ji Tao wipe some wet eye sockets , Xu Minghua said incoherently.
"I'm fine." Ji Tao replied with a smile, "I'm just a little worried about my third aunt. Although my uncle said I'm fine, I still don't feel relieved if I don't see anyone. Can you accompany me to see my third aunt?"
The author has something to say: I want to say something, because last time a relative asked when the junior high school period would pass, I thought about it for a while and asked if some readers felt that the progress was too slow, so I originally planned to remove this stalk, But after thinking about it, I added it.
Because this chapter can be regarded as a breaking point of the relationship between the two protagonists.
After all, without this incident, I think that although Ji Tao would be moved by Xu Minghua, it would be difficult to fall in love with him. One is because Xu Minghua is too young, and the other is that the relationship has not reached that point~
Of course, the current Ji Tao still hasn't fallen in love with Xu Minghua, the reason has already been said, after all, Xu Minghua is still a child in his twenties, as long as Ji Tao doesn't have pedophilia, he won't fall in love with him, at least not for the time being.
But the two have been getting along like this, especially when he found that Xu Minghua can actually give him a shoulder to lean on at critical moments, so there will always be a day when they will fall in love for a long time.
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As long as Ji Tao can stop crying and return to normal, Xu Minghua will naturally wish for everything.
Because most of their hearts were relieved, this time the two of them didn't go out in disheveled clothes like before, but only went out with their hands covered.
Among them, Xu Minghua didn't bring any clothes when he came, and because he was handsome, he only wore a very simple top besides the autumn clothes. In the end, Ji Tao picked up a thicker top from his brother and let Xu Minghua wear two Talent goes out.
At the beginning, Xu Minghua was a little displeased, because the style and quality of the one that Ji Tao picked up were not his favorite, but Ji Tao insisted on letting him wear it, and it was the kind of non-negotiable, must-wear kind.
For some reason, Xu Minghua felt that he had sensed the deep concern in Ji Tao's eyes, and then he put it on in a hurry.
When going out, Ji Tao glanced at his watch, it was almost 10:30, today is the sixth day of the lunar new year, the moon is still crescent, but with the twinkling stars in the sky, the sky is not too dark, At least the road is visible.
Uncle Ji Tao's yard is quite close to his third uncle's yard, and it takes less than a minute to get there.
Pushing the door of the main room, and finding that it was locked from the inside, Ji Tao reached out and patted on the door.
Almost immediately, the door was swung open.
"Dad, Mom, you're back." Accompanied by a trembling voice, Ji Wen poked her head out of the room with a smile on her face, but when she saw who was coming, the smile on her face disappeared immediately up.
"Brother Tao, are you here?" Asking Ji Tao, Ji Wen couldn't hide her disappointment.
"I'm worried about my third aunt, so I came here to take a look." Ji Tao said and dragged Xu Minghua into the room.
There are also three rooms in Ji Zhou's house, separated by a curtain in the middle. The three sisters Ji Wen slept in one room inside, and Ji Zhou and his wife slept in the other two rooms.
I didn't see the two little ones in the two rooms outside, so Ji Tao wondered if he was asleep, but he opened the curtain and looked at it, and sure enough, he saw two sleeping little faces.
Looking at the two people who were sleeping soundly, Ji Tao couldn't help feeling sour. One of these two children is six years old and the other is only four years old. I'm afraid they don't even know what it means for their mother to be taken away?
After covering them with the quilt, Ji Tao came out. Seeing that Ji Wen was neatly dressed and looked like she had slept, she couldn't help but ask, "Why aren't you asleep?"
After closing the door, Ji Wen replied, "Well, I couldn't sleep because I was worried that something might happen to my mother."
Hearing this, Ji Tao sighed, saying that the children of poor people are already in charge of the family. His cousin is only eight years old, but she already knows how to worry about her family members.
He touched Ji Wen's head, and Ji Tao said, "Don't worry, just now Xu...my brother has already called his father, and he said he has spoken to the Family Planning Office, so Third Aunt should be fine." , I'll be back in a while."
When Ji Wen heard Ji Tao's words, she scratched her head in doubt. She didn't understand, isn't Brother Tao's elder brother Song Ge? Isn't Song Brother's father the second uncle, or Brother Tao's father?Why did Brother Tao talk about his father?
Seeing his cousin's expression, Ji Tao knew that she had misunderstood him, and then explained: "I said that brother is not your brother Song, but him..." Ji Tao pointed and stood on his own Xu Minghua beside him said, "You know, I have a brother and a godmother, and my godmother is his real mother."
"Oh." Ji Wen nodded, this time she finally understood.
Hearing Ji Tao mentioning himself, Xu Minghua smiled, then walked up to imitate Ji Tao and patted his head, and said softly: "Little sister, don't worry, my dad is the deputy mayor, he said your mother is fine , then it should be fine."
Although Ji Wen is only eight years old, she also knows that the deputy mayor should be a very important official. Since he said that her mother is fine, then she should be fine.
"Then when will mom be back?" Looking at the big brother in front of her, Ji Wen raised her head and asked expectantly.
"Hmm..." Xu Minghua silently estimated the distance from the town to here, "Twenty to ten minutes at most, your parents should be able to go home."
"Really?" Hearing that her parents would be back soon, Ji Wen finally had a smile on her face, "You won't lie to me, will you?"
"Of course not." Smiling, Xu Minghua replied.
"This brother won't lie to you." Ji Tao heard the words and continued, "Now you know that Third Aunt will be fine, why don't you lie on the bed and sleep first, you must be drowsy after staying up so late."
Ji Wen shook her head: "I'm not dozing off, I'm going to wait for my parents to come back."
As a result, she had just finished speaking when she yawned big.
"Sister, be good." Seeing this, Xu Minghua stepped forward and patted her head again, "Why don't you see if this is okay, you go to bed and sleep well, and your brother and I will sit here and wait, your parents will come back later , let's cheer you up again, do you think it's okay?"
Ji Wen is usually a very introverted girl, although she looks like her aunt, she is a very pretty girl
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