Chapter 412 Missing My Brother
Chapter 412 Missing My Brother
The people who were chatting animatedly seemed to be suddenly poured with a bucket of cold water.
Someone looked at the man who was speaking with displeasure, "Liu Zhong, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but why are you saying such unlucky words for no reason?"
Liu Zhong, Damao's father, laughed sinisterly upon hearing this: "I'm not saying this to be unlucky. I'm just thinking about you guys a little more, so that you don't end up working for others for nothing and getting nothing in return."
"Come on, come on. We can think about it ourselves. You don't need to bother with me." Another enthusiastic person said unhappily.
Liu Zhong said, "I'm just saying this in a nice way. Why don't you understand? Have you forgotten that they adopted a child with heterochromia? Keeping such an ominous person around will only bring bad luck. This business will definitely not last long."
"You mean that kid? I think he's fine. My Zhuzi often plays with them. How can he be unlucky?" said a young man who looked like Zhuzi.
Liu Zhong was once sabotaged by someone, and he was furious and gnashed his teeth: "How long has your son been playing with others? I told you that as a father you don't care. I'll see what you will do when something happens!"
"Ah, bah, bah, you crow mouth, my son is fine." Xiao Zhuzi's father glared at Liu Zhong and said bluntly, "Also, don't say bad things about other people's children everywhere. First, the child doesn't eat your rice, and second, he has never offended you. As for the fight last time, it was not the child's fault."
As soon as he mentioned children fighting, not only did Liu Zhong feel a little embarrassed for no reason, but some people also sneered.
Yes, there were many witnesses to the incident of Liu Zhong being slapped, and the news spread like wildfire, so many people knew about it.
After seeing this smile, Liu Zhong suddenly felt ashamed and wished he could find a hole to crawl into.
"What are you laughing at? Your kindness is taken for granted. Then go ahead and see how much money you can make!"
Liu Zhong walked away with a gloomy face.
The others laughed a few times, shook their heads, and then skipped the topic about him and continued what they had just interrupted.
In fact, not everyone is like this group of people who don't mind, but those who mind can't get a word in at all, just like Liu Zhong, who doesn't agree with what they say and then leaves in a huff.
No matter how they view this matter, Xia Mo doesn't care. If the villagers don't want to come, they have their own brothers who can also go to work.
After trying to make a batch of sugar, there were no major problems with the sugar factory, but there were some small details that needed to be adjusted. However, it was not a difficult task, so it was done quickly.
"Brother Chuan, shouldn't we have someone transport the firewood collected from Qingshan in Shilipu some other time?" Xia Mo leaned his head on the man's exposed strong chest, on which there were still marks left by him.
Ling Chuan stroked his black hair, lowered his eyes and looked at him and said, "The money has been given to them, they will take care of these things."
What money? Of course, it’s the money for the firewood and the transportation.
Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly. You can't just take all the benefits for yourself while your brothers don't even get a sip of soup.
"That's good. I wonder if Yingying and the others have arrived in the capital." Xia Mo's topic jumped a bit, but Ling Chuan still answered him calmly, "It shouldn't be that soon. Are you worried about them?"
"Yeah." Xia Mo responded.
Ling Chuan put his hand on his back and said, "It'll be fine, don't worry. After the sugar factory opens, Xiao Anyu should be able to adapt to the new environment. Then we can harvest the rice and go to Beijing."
Although many things are different, the princes and princes are still there, which means that Jin Xuhua's plan has not reached the final step. After all, one thing like holding the emperor hostage to control the princes is enough. If there are more, it will be very disadvantageous to him.
That was the case in my previous life.
A cold light flashed in Lingchuan's eyes.
Xia Mo was a little tired, and said sleepily: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
"Then go to sleep."
Xia Mo hummed softly. After working during the day and doing activities at night, he really wanted to sleep.
Ling Chuan pulled the quilt for him, and after he fell asleep, he closed his eyes too.
The courtyard was silent at night, accompanied by the lingering breathing and swaying lights in the room.
Another day.
As soon as the sun rose, Xiao Anyu, who had made up his mind not to stay in bed, also got up.
After getting dressed, I folded the quilt and went straight to the kitchen to boil some hot water.
Xia Mo, who knew it was him as soon as he heard the footsteps in the kitchen, turned around and said with a smile: "Good morning, Xiao Anyu, how did you sleep last night?"
As soon as he came in, he was met with Uncle Liu's smile. Xiao Anyu was in a good mood. He was used to being greeted every morning and he naturally replied, "Good morning, Uncle Liu. I slept well last night and the quilt was very warm."
"That's good. It's already late autumn, and the weather is getting colder day by day. If you feel cold, you should tell the uncles, okay?" Xia Mo said and turned around to continue folding beans.
"I got it, uncle." Xiao Anyu glanced at the firewood burning in the stove and knew that no one was needed to watch the fire for the time being, so he walked over to Xia Mo to help fold the beans and remove the silk.
The water had only been boiled for a short time, so it was probably not hot yet. Therefore, Xia Mo could not let the child wash up, so he let him sit and fold.
Then ask: "Has anyone bullied you recently?"
It is impossible to completely eliminate the gossip. After all, he can't shut up all of them or mute them all. So the question is whether there are any idiots who would run up to the kids and poke their hearts out.
Xiao Anyu shook his head, "No one bullies me."
He originally thought that only Uncle Liu and Uncle Ling would be willing to accept him, but this place is more tolerant than he had imagined. They are all very nice, unlike the previous place where everyone except his grandfather disliked him.
"If you have any, tell uncle and I will help you bully him back. I am very powerful."
How could he not be amazing? Even Da Mao's father, who was taller and stronger than him, was no match for Uncle Liu.
Xiao Anyu grinned and said okay.
Seeing his reaction, Xia Mo felt relieved. Everything was moving in a good direction.
"Where's Uncle Ling?" Uncle Ling would usually be here at this time.
"He, he went out to buy some pork. He will pick a time in the morning to go to Zhang Xian's house and ask him to help us calculate a good day for opening."
After Xia Mo finished speaking, he asked the child, "Do you want to play with us or at home?"
Xiao Anyu didn't really want to go to a stranger's house, "Can I not go?"
Xia Mo smiled, "Of course, if you don't want to go, you can go and play with Tiedan and the others."
Xiao Anyu nodded, "Then I'll stay at home."
"Okay." Xia Mo didn't force him.
After chatting for a while, the beans were picked and the water was boiled.
Xia Mo took a wooden basin, scooped some hot water and added some cold water, and asked the child to wash first, while he washed the vegetables with warm water...
When Ling Chuan came back with a chicken, a few pounds of pork and offal, the meal was ready.
Xia Mo was worried that the child was hungry and wanted to let him eat first, but the child insisted on waiting for Ling Chuan to come back.
Now I see pork tripe and pork liver, so I decided to cut some lean meat and stir-fry the pork liver. It won’t take long. As for the pork tripe, it can be used to make soup or stir-fry. Chicken tripe soup and stir-fried spicy pork tripe are very good.
The small family is very casual, and there is no requirement to keep silent while eating at the dinner table. Xia Mo told Ling Chuan about the child at home. Ling Chuan nodded slightly to show that he understood, and then told the child to go to Tiedan's house to find Qi if he had any problems.
Xiao Anyu, who was eating egg custard, nodded repeatedly and said he would.
Xia Mo satisfiedly picked up a piece of meat and put it on his rice. "Eat more. A child of this age is still growing." Then he picked up another piece for the man, stared into his eyes and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Chuan."
"It's not hard." Ling Chuan raised the corners of his lips slightly, and picked up the food with his chopsticks and ate it.
Xiao Anyu looked at Uncle Ling, then at Uncle Liu, and then smiled as he lowered his head to eat the egg custard.
The uncles have a really good relationship. Uncle Ling seems to smile unconsciously only when he is facing Uncle Liu.
Xiao Anyu likes this kind of warm life very much, so he won’t take it to heart when those people say that his uncles will not want him after they have their own children.
Grandpa said that people should be grateful and repay kindness instead of repaying evil with evil. Even if his uncles have children, he will help them take care of them and take them out to play.
Xiao Anyu felt very happy just imagining a pink and tender baby calling him brother.
Xia Mo saw the child grinning and thought it was rare, so he asked, "What is Xiao Anyu thinking about?"
Ling Chuan also looked over.
The child who was suddenly asked was off guard and blurted out "I miss my brother". It was too late for him to cover his mouth, so he could only open his eyes wide and observe the expressions of the two uncles.
Missing your brother? What brother?
The two adults who slowly savored the experience, one was like a melting glacier, smiling as proudly as a spring breeze, while the other had an embarrassed look on his face, but soon smiled with relief.
"You kid, isn't it enough to have Tiedan and the others playing with you? No, why did you suddenly think of this?"
Could it be that someone told him something behind his back? As soon as this thought came to his mind, the smile in Xia Mo's eyes faded.
Ling Chuan also stared at him.
"No." Xiao Anyu couldn't understand why he denied it, but when he saw that his uncles were not angry, his heartbeat, which had been disrupted at that moment, returned to normal.
"Really?" Xia Mo looked suspicious, fearing that this child was too tolerant and was secretly suffering in secret.
Family harmony is not called harmony if one person is wronged. That is called planting a bomb. When the unhappiness and anger in the heart become too much to be adjusted, they will explode completely.
He didn't want this to happen. Since he brought the child back, he should take responsibility.
"Yeah." Xiao Anyu nodded heavily, his eyes pure and clear, "No, I just feel it's different. Zhuzi has a younger brother, and he will call him brother sweetly."
Although Ling Chuan didn't say anything, he looked at the child for a moment. Seeing that he had no negative emotions, he glanced at the little brother with his dark eyes and said, "Since Xiao Anyu wants a younger brother, let's try harder. Give him a... hmm."
"Eat yours." Xia Mo picked up some beans and stuffed them directly into his mouth.
The man smiled and chewed twice before swallowing, "Are you shy, Mo'er?"
"I'm not shy at all, I asked Xiao Anyu, not you." Xia Mo glared at him, then looked back at Xiao Anyu, "Xiao Anyu, if you hear others say that uncles don't want you anymore because they have brothers and sisters, don't believe it, okay? Otherwise, your uncle will be sad."
Although the child said no, Xia Mo still said solemnly that this was a very serious issue and could not be ignored.
When Xiao Anyu heard that his uncle would be sad, he immediately said, "Uncle Liu, what they said is all nonsense. I don't believe it. Don't be sad. If you are sad, Uncle Ling will be sad, and I will be sad too."
It was the first time for Xiao Anyu to coax an adult, but it must be said that Xia Mo was coaxed by him and smiled again, "Okay, we don't believe their nonsense."
Ling Chuan was in a good mood. He looked at the child with appreciation and decided to save a big chicken leg for him when he killed the chicken in the evening.
"Let's eat, let's eat. The food won't taste good if it's cold, especially the pork liver." Xia Mo said as he picked up another piece for the child and started eating himself.
It was still early after dinner, so Xia Mo didn't plan to cook the pork tripe immediately, so he soaked it in cold water. Then he went to the vegetable patch in front of the house to weed and water it. Then he and Ling Chuan took the gifts to Liu Xian's house.
At this time, Zhang Siyuan was also happily rushing to Liujia Village. Like a sparrow spirit, he chattered endlessly to Mrs. Zhang, who had a helpless look on her face, and from time to time he pulled open the side curtain to see where she was.
It's completely different from the half-dead look he had before he came.
Especially last night, when it got dark, Zhang Siyuan was still wandering the streets like a lonely ghost, which made Mr. Zhang's face turn green with anger. Unfortunately, he wouldn't listen to scolding, and he couldn't bear to beat him. Oh!
This story begins in the last chapter when Zhang Siyuan said goodbye to Yingying. Because he couldn't see anyone, he squatted at the door of the store every day. Unfortunately, he squatted for twenty days in vain. He was so depressed that he found all the delicious food and drinks boring and became increasingly depressed.
In just twenty days, he lost weight at a rate visible to the naked eye, which made Mr. Zhang very angry.
Therefore, every time he got angry, he couldn't help but pull out Zhao Xier who had escaped and scold her. If it weren't for this woman, his grandson wouldn't have ended up like this!
Mrs. Zhang was a wavering person to begin with, and after her grandson’s pitiful plea last night, she finally couldn’t resist her deep love for her grandson and agreed to stay in the village today.
Mr. Zhang, who came upon hearing the news, was fuming and glaring, calling his grandson a bad example. But looking at his grandson who was so thin that he was almost unrecognizable, he finally stopped trying and left in a huff.
Now, Zhang Siyuan, who had thought that he would be able to see his wife soon, felt like there were needles under his butt and he couldn't sit still at all.
"Yuan'er, don't move. What if you get disfigured?" Mrs. Zhang raised her hand lightly to stop him from moving around.
"No." Zhang Siyuan didn't care.
Seeing him like this, Madam Zhang made up her mind and used her trump card: "But if Master Ying saw that you were bruised here and swollen there, he would probably not like it."
These words successfully evoked Zhang Siyuan's past memories, and he immediately became much more obedient.
Seeing this, Mrs. Zhang didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
"Grandma, my wife Yingying likes a clean and good-looking husband. I know that. I won't move." Zhang Siyuan said.
Mrs. Zhang took a deep breath and said, "Yes, our Yuan'er is the cleanest and best looking."
"Grandma is the best. When we get to Yingying's wife, Siyuan will tell her that grandma likes him too..."
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