Dead after eight years [rebirth]

When Cheng Shuibei led the people back home, the courtyard was brightly lit, and Cheng Wenqiu and his son were already busy with work.

A layer of pink plastic bags was solemnly spread on the large iron basin that was used as a table, and four plates were fully placed on the table.

Cold cucumbers, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, braised octopus in brown sauce, and fried pork with garlic moss. Although they are home-cooked dishes, they are already the highest standard the Cheng family can afford.

There are so many dishes, Cheng Wenqiu is still busy at the stove in the corridor.

Xiao Cheng felt a little jealous, because he didn't even have such a big fight at home for the first time, and it seemed that Zhang Ci'an was much more popular than him in the eyes of his father.

It's not just Cheng Wenqiu, Cheng Nan even put on his baby Ultraman short-sleeved exaggeratedly during such a meal together, holding half a cut watermelon and stuffing it into Cheng Shuibei's arms: " Cheng Shuibei, you go ahead first, I'll get brother Ci a spoon."

Ordinary people don't pay much attention to eating watermelon. They don't need to cut it into a fruit plate with a fork like the rich people in Linjiang Bieyuan. They usually just hold a piece and eat it.The way Cheng Nan treated the half watermelon was really sincere.

Cheng Wenqiu saw Cheng Shuibei leading Zhang Ci'an into the door, and hurriedly said hello: "Teacher Zhang is here, Xiaobei asks him to sit down first, I have some soup here, it will be ready soon!"

Cheng Shuibei was sour, so he shrugged his shoulders helplessly: "Sit down and wait, Teacher Zhang."

"I'm not a teacher, just call me Ci'an," Zhang Ci'an refuted Cheng Shuibei solemnly, and then walked towards Cheng Wenqiu politely, "Uncle Cheng doesn't need to be so troublesome, I can just eat whatever I want, do you need my help?"

After finishing speaking, he really rolled up the sleeves of his shirt to help Cheng Wenqiu, but naturally he was flatly rejected by the kind father Cheng.

"Where can I get Teacher Zhang to do it? It will be ready soon. Hey Xiaobei, what are you doing blankly, get a stool for Teacher Zhang."

Cheng Shuibei was so amused by this, he put down the watermelon for the time being with a suppressed smile, and brought a clean small bench to "Teacher Zhang", which was still covered with cotton cushions. It is a "treasure stool" that Cheng Nan can only sit on when he is studying.

The stool was placed in front of him, so Zhang Ci'an could only sit down.

Cheng Nan also ran back with a clean spoon in his hand, handed the fork to Brother Ci, and started to treat him with a watermelon: "Brother Ci, eat it, my dad just picked it, it's so sweet."

The kindness is hard to give up, Zhang Ci'an took a shallow bite and put it in his mouth, making a gesture of criticism: "It's very sweet, Cheng Nan can eat it too."

Cheng Nan's proud little chest immediately stood up, wishing he could do somersaults to his brother Ci on the spot.

With this situation, Cheng Shuibei couldn't help thinking, if his brother and father were still alive when he was with Zhang Ci'an, would the family have dinner together as happily as they do now?

But this conjecture obviously has no chance to be verified in reality, because when he lived with Zhang Cian, his father and brother were not around, and when he was with his brother and father, he couldn't live with Zhang Cian anymore.

Good fortune tricks people, and has been teased a lot, Cheng Shuibei has learned to be content.

"It's dinner time!"

Cheng Wenqiu brought the last pot of soup and invited everyone to sit down.

As a guest, Zhang Ci'an was surrounded by Cheng Wenqiu and Cheng Nan to entertain him attentively. Cheng Shuibei watched the play with his head on the opposite side, and he didn't even bother to take a bite of the food.

Professor Zhang seldom went out to socialize in the past, and he probably never dreamed that he would be persuaded by children to eat and drink soup one day.

Zhang Ci'an blocked Cheng Wenqiu's meat on the left, and Cheng Nan's eggs on the right side of the bowl.

"No, no, Uncle Cheng, I'm not too hungry, you and Cheng Nan can just eat."

"How about it? You are the number one scholar. The number one scholar used to be a high-ranking official. Cheng Nan likes to learn from you. If you eat more, you will be thanked by Uncle Cheng. Eat, eat, if you don't have enough..."

……

Zhang Cian was at a loss left and right, Cheng Shuibei couldn't help laughing when he saw his embarrassed appearance, but was greeted by the three opposite him.

Cheng Nan thought he was laughing at himself, and immediately asked fiercely with a straight face: "Cheng Shuibei, what are you laughing at?"

"No, I didn't laugh at anything. After eating, the food is cold. Your brother Ci is starving, so let him eat more." Cheng Shuibei suppressed a smile, and quickly changed the topic back to Zhang Cian, hoping to learn from his father and brother. The burning eyes escaped.

Zhang Ci'an has probably never eaten so full in his life.

The Cheng family has no money, and the best meals they can serve are all in front of them. Young Master Zhang is not picky, and he is ashamed to say that what he eats at home is all delicacies. I had to bury my head and eat hard.

This meal lasted until the moon climbed over the window sill.

Cheng Shuibei was embarrassed to watch the show from the beginning to the end. When Cheng Wenqiu was packing the dishes, he glanced at Zhang Cian, who was restless, coughed twice and said to his father: "Then what, Uncle Cheng, clean it up. I'll take Zhang Cian Send it back."

Cheng Nan also wanted to follow, but was driven back by Cheng Shuibei on the grounds that "it's not safe for children to go out at night".

He knew that Zhang Ci'an had appeared near the newsstand for no reason, so he must have come to look for him.

The alley at night is quiet and silent, and occasionally there are two barking dogs, but it doesn't cause much disturbance.

Zhang Ci'an has always been reticent, Cheng Shuibei felt that he was here to see off the guests, so he had to be polite no matter what, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "I was embarrassed at the dinner table just now, Cheng Nan and the others..."

He wanted to say that there was nothing good in the house, and Zhang Cian laughed at him, but in the middle of his embarrassing words, Zhang Cian suddenly turned his head and stared at him for a long time, leaving Cheng Shuibei at a loss for what to say.

Zhang Ci'an's eyes were as bright as stars, he slowly looked back in the direction of the Cheng family, and said, "Your family is very good."

Professor Zhang had never met Cheng Shuibei's father and elder brother before. The only person he had ever met who was related to Cheng Shuibei was He Mingsui, Mrs. Shao's wife in Linjiang Bieyuan.

Apparently, at this time, he, who had not experienced any wind and rain, regarded the Cheng family father and son who were staying together as Cheng Shuibei's family members.

Cheng Shuibei lowered his head and said "Mmm", this is Zhang Ci Anmeng right, anyway, he didn't know how to explain all this to the young man in front of him.

"They've been nice to me, and they've been nice to you."

Zhang Ci'an added another sentence for no reason.

Cheng Shuibei was amused: "They are my family, isn't it reasonable for them to treat me well?"

"No," Zhang Ci'an retorted, "What I mean is, you should treat Cheng Nan better, and stop attacking him."

Feelings came as a lobbyist for Cheng Nan.

Cheng Shuibei patiently explained to Zhang Ci'an: "I'm not being mean to him, but I want him to study hard. The school will start soon. He has written less than half of his summer homework, and he still has grades. Apart from mathematics, he has 20 points and is in every subject. There are only single digits, and if I don’t tell him a few words, he won’t know how to learn…”

As soon as Cheng Shuibei talked about his brother's study, he was very excited, but Zhang Ci'an didn't even show any expression.

Zhang Ci'an just looked at him quietly, listened to him finish, and then asked solemnly: "Then have you read that 20-point math paper?"

"What?" Cheng Shuibei didn't understand why he asked this suddenly.

The footsteps of both people stopped.

Zhang Ci'an looked into Cheng Shuibei's eyes, and said in the same preaching tone as Professor Zhang: "Cheng Nan scored 20 points in the math test because the extra question beyond the syllabus only got 20 points."

Cheng Nan only wrote additional questions.

Amidst Zhang Ci'an's explanation, Cheng Shuibei looked up at the moon and smiled heartily.

He knew that his elder brother had always been smart and eager to learn, how could he be a stupid kid who failed in the exam?

The author has something to say:

Cheng Nan: I didn't expect that, I'm a little genius.There is only one idiot in this family, I won't say who it is.

Happy Valentine's Day, it's such a good day, Xiao Cheng and Professor Zhang go out for a walk and it's considered a date even if it's rounded up, that's great!