The little man on the apex

"Hey, it's time to cook, what are you waiting for?"

As soon as Yuan Xi and Yan Heyi entered Niu Er's house, they heard Niu Er's mother yelling at Brother Sheng.

"Mother, I'll wipe his body." Brother Sheng's voice was as hoarse as a rusty gong, "I'm going to cook now."

Niu Er's mother leaned on the railing at the end of the bed, gritted her teeth and gnawed the melon seeds in her mouth, "Stop pretending, who will show you this vixen look?"

"Yo, Madam Niu is sick again?"

Yuan Xi stepped into the room, without any politeness on his mouth, "Eat melon seeds lightly, and flash your mouth carefully."

At that time, it was Zhou Hongxi who was covered in blood who brought Brother Sheng back. The officers and soldiers behind him escorted the bandits, accompanied by a team of pungent girls with long guns. Butcher Zhou also carried a butcher's knife, a pair of The look of being unprovoked scared Niu Er's mother into not daring to speak at all, so she took Brother Sheng home.

During the past few days when Niu Er was in a coma, Yuan Xi and Yan Heyi came every day. Niu Er's mother felt that they had so many backers behind them, so she was very afraid of both of them. Dare to talk back.

Yuan Xi believed that Niu Er's mother was bullying and afraid of being tough, and he was not polite, and told her several times harshly, so she didn't dare to hit Brother Sheng casually.

When he came back for the first time, Niu Er's mother was holding a bamboo broom upside down and hitting Brother Sheng, who knelt down in front of the bed, holding Niu Er's hand silently.

Yuan Xi was on fire at that time, and stepped forward to snatch the bamboo broom from Niu Er's mother's hand, and pushed the old lady staggeringly. The daughter-in-law Niu who had been sitting next to him, seeing the excitement, hurried over to help her mother-in-law .

The old lady wanted to go up and grab Yuan Xi's sleeve, but was blocked by Yan Heyi's stride.

This time, seeing Yuan Xi and the others coming, Niu Er's mother simply remained silent, and continued to sit at the table, crackling the melon seeds.

"Yuanxi, you're here." Brother Sheng raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot, his lips were chapped and peeled, and blood was faintly oozing out.

"How is Second Brother Niu?" Yuan Xi put his hand on Brother Sheng's shoulder and asked in a low voice.

"Still not awake," Sheng Geer groped Niu Er's callused hands, "The old doctor came in the morning, got the needle, and didn't say anything."

Yuan Xi gently pinched Brother Sheng's shoulder, "It's okay, he is resting, and he will wake up when he has enough rest."

"Did you stay awake at night? Go to sleep for a while, my brother and I will take care of you for you."

"No, I'm not tired." Brother Sheng propped himself on the edge of the bed to get up, "I'll cook."

He just stood up when his legs went limp and he couldn't stand still, and fell into Yuan Xi's arms.

"What are you cooking for?" Yuan Xi hugged Brother Sheng, and deliberately raised his voice, "The idlers in this room, why do you need to cook without sleep for days?"

Niu Er his mother coughed without embarrassment, raised his head and glared at Niu Da's daughter-in-law, who pursed her lips and went into the kitchen to cook.

Brother Sheng sat down on the edge of the bed supported by Yuan Xi, and smiled at him forcefully, the corner of his mouth seemed to have burst open, he frowned slightly, "I'm fine, Yuan Xi."

Yan Heyi put the basket in her hand on the bedside table, and took out a covered porcelain bowl wrapped in cloth, "Last time Zhou Yuanwai brought a root of wild ginseng, I boiled a few slices on the stove, you drink it Some, it’s going to be unbearable if it goes on like this.”

Brother Sheng didn't refuse, and drank the ginseng soup in one gulp, "I'm sorry to bother you, I'm running here every day."

The three of them were talking in low voices, when Brother Sheng stopped suddenly, and turned to stare at Niu Er's hand, "He moved just now."

"Second Brother," Sheng Geer whispered in Niu Er's ear, "Are you awake?"

When Niu Er's mother heard the sound, she hurried over, but she didn't dare to get too close, she just grabbed the railing at the end of the bed and looked here.

"Sheng...Brother Sheng," Niu Er slowly opened his eyes, "why are you crying?"

He raised his other hand and wiped away the tears from Brother Sheng's face, "Okay, stop crying."

"Well," Brother Sheng kept nodding his head, "are you hungry?"

"I'm hungry," Niu Er smiled weakly at Brother Sheng, "Is sister-in-law cooking?"

Niu Er's mother hurriedly responded, and turned to call his sister-in-law loudly. The sister-in-law came from the kitchen wearing an apron, and when she saw Niu Er woke up, she was very happy.

"Mom," Niu Er looked up at his mother, "I want to eat your baked pancakes, you and sister-in-law can make some for me."

"Okay, mother will go now." Niu Er's mother nodded, grabbed the sister-in-law's sleeve and went to the kitchen.

When the two of them went out, Niu Er held Brother Sheng's hand to his lips, kissed it lightly, and then turned to Yuan Xi, "Why are these mother-in-law and daughter-in-law so good-natured? It seems that someone Cure them."

Yuan Xi pursed his lips and smiled embarrassedly, "They always bully Brother Sheng, I can't see it."

"Thank you," Niu Er held Brother Sheng's hand on his chest, "Brother Sheng has suffered a lot for so long, it's all because of my incompetence, it's all over now."

He squeezed Brother Sheng's finger, "I've listened to everything you whispered in my ear these days, but I just can't wake up, it's driving me crazy."

"You...you heard everything?" Brother Sheng was a little embarrassed.

Yuan Xi and Yan Heyi turned their heads to look at each other, and said at the same time: "Success, we're going home, you guys should get tired of it."

-

It was Yan Heyi's birthday in the middle of the twelfth lunar month. Because of the bandit incident a while ago, Yuan Xi prepared a birthday gift for Yan Heyi hastily. For several days, he went to Aunt Zhou's house under the pretext of going out with Gouwa and the others. Aunt Gu quietly called over to teach herself how to embroider.

I wanted to learn how to make a wooden hairpin with Zhao Jing, but my hand hurt when I held the hairpin for the first time, and Zhao Jing said that according to the difficulty of the blueprint drawn by Yuanxi, even he would have to make it for several days, so I decided I gave up making hairpins.

He took out a piece of smooth silk and let Aunt Gu stare at it. Yuan Xi's hands were very clumsy, and he embroidered for several days before he finished the purse.

The day before Yan Heyi's birthday, Yuanxi carried a bamboo broom early in the morning and drove the dumplings all over the yard, but he was reluctant to beat him, so the bamboo broom slapped on the ground.

Seeing this posture, Yan Heyi didn't dare to go forward, for fear of being hurt by his bamboo broom, she stood at the door of the house and watched from a distance, feeling that Yuan Xi's head was about to burst into flames.

Yuan Xi went crazy for a while in the yard, then angrily left the house with a cloth bag in his arms.

Yan Heyi looked at Tuanzi who was panting on the ground with exhaustion, couldn't help laughing, and was going to the kitchen to make some sugar buns for Yuan Xi to coax him.

"What's the matter?" As soon as Yuan Xi entered Aunt Zhou's yard, Zhou Ziyu ran over to grab his arm, "Why are you so angry, did you quarrel with your husband?"

Yuan Xi took out the cloth bag in his bosom, shook it off and took a look, only to see that the embroidered purse had become crooked, and there were only a few tassels left.

"Little... Tuanzi bit it." Yuan Xi panted heavily, "I got up together, and when it saw me, it turned around and ran away. I felt something was wrong, and then I found this purse in the kennel."

"Ziyu, what should we do?"

"Tomorrow is my brother's birthday."

"Ah, I want to eat its meat!"

"Where are you willing?" Zhou Ziyu took him by the sleeve and led him into the house, "I'm afraid you can't even bear to beat him?"

Yuan Xi sat down with puffed cheeks, "Why am I so happy to see you?"

Zhou Ziyu quickly brought him a bag of dim sum, "Where is it? Chestnut cake, try it?"

Yuan Xi picked up a piece of chestnut cake and took a big bite, "Is there any water?"

"Yes, yes," Zhou Ziyu took out the honey jar, and poured him a bowl of steaming honey water, "Hey, angry bag."

"Who is the angry one?" Yuan Xi frowned and glared at him, picked up the bowl and poured a mouthful of honey water into his mouth.

"Okay," Zhou Ziyu sat down next to him, "Then what should we do now? Is there anything ready-made that can be used as a birthday gift?"

The two of them thought for a while, but they didn't think they were satisfied. Zhou Ziyu said that he would accompany him to the town to pick some, but Yuanxi said that he wanted to make things for Yan Heyi himself.

"I..." Yuan Xi hesitated for a moment, "The last time I went to the mountain to pick fruit, I picked a vine of Vajra Vine and made a bracelet, but...it was very rough."

"Don't be afraid of roughness. You can bring it and let Xiaojing help you grind it. It will be Chinese New Year soon, and he will come back from town in the morning."

Yuan Xi thought for a while, then ran home and quietly fetched the bracelet, while Zhou Ziyu called Zhao Jing to his house and taught Yuan Xi how to grind the bracelet.

After tossing and tossing all afternoon, it was finally done, Yuan Xi carried the bracelet and the broken purse, humming a song and went home.

Yuanxi ate lunch at Zhou Ziyu's house, so Yan Heyi reheated the sugar buns, staring at Yuanxi who suddenly looked excited, his mind was full of doubts.

The next morning, Yuan Xi got up early, and put his hands on his hips to prevent Yan Heyi from getting up, saying that it would take him a while to get up.

Thick white steam wafted from the kitchen, and after a couple of moments of tossing about jingling and palm nuts, Yuan Xi came to the bedside wearing an apron and called him, "Brother, get up and eat."

Yan Heyi let Yuan Xi put him in a good coat, and was flattered to follow him out of the room, only to see a hot bowl of noodles on the table, lighted with fragrant sesame oil, and two poached eggs on top.

"It smells so good." Yan Heyi was pushed by Yuan Xi to sit down at the table, "I'm good at Yuan Xi's cooking skills."

"Brother, happy birthday."

"Birthdate?" Yan Heyi didn't react for a moment.

"Today is my brother's birthday." Yuan Xi put the chopsticks in Yan Heyi's hands, "Hurry up and eat the longevity noodles I made myself."

Ever since his parents left, Yan Heyi hadn't celebrated his birthday for many years, and he also forgot about it. When he looked up and saw Yuanxi's bright eyes, Yan Heyi's eyes suddenly turned red.

"Brother, why are you crying?" Yuan Xi gently kissed Yan Heyi on the cheek, "Hurry up and eat."

He grabbed Yan Heyi's hand again, took out the bracelet from his pocket, and put it on his wrist, "Birthday gift, I made it myself."

Yan Heyi rubbed the bracelet, feeling full of joy in her heart.

"Actually, I originally embroidered a purse for my brother." Yuan Xi took out the broken purse, "it was eaten by Xiao Hei."

Yan Heyi took the purse, although it was gnawed badly, but two rabbits could still be identified on it, "The embroidery is really good, I want this too."

He put his purse into his arms, hugged Yuan Xi, and let him sit on his lap, "Thank you, Yuan Xi."

"Brother," Yuan Xi wrapped his arms around Yan Heyi's neck, "Hurry up and eat noodles."

"Okay," Yan Heyi grabbed Yuan Xi's head, "However, Mr. Xiang wants to eat you first."

The two kissed stickily for a long time before Yan Heyi picked up the bowl of noodles and ate them seriously.

Yuan Xi rested his chin on the side and stared at Yan Heyi, his face was full of warm sunshine.

A whole stick of longevity noodles went into his husband's stomach intact.