Traveling through the ages with the hotel, being doted on by four brothers

Chapter 173: More protective of older brother and younger brother

Zhou Ji was assigned to weed in the cornfield today. When he first picked up the hoe, he didn't know how to use it. After using it for a while, he became a little more proficient. He lowered his head and hoeed for a while, and felt that his neck was sore. He raised his head and twisted his neck to make his neck more comfortable.

As a result, when I looked up, I saw a male villager not far away, and I was stunned.

Because the male villager in front of him is so much like his father, even more so than him. In fact, he himself is not like his father, nor much like his mother, but everyone thinks he is like their mother.

Zhou Ji was very confused. Why was there a male villager in the countryside who looked so much like his father?

What is the relationship between his father and this male villager?

"Uncle, who is that comrade over there?" Zhou Ji came to the uncle who taught him today and curiously pointed at Xia Qi not far across the way and asked.

The uncle looked up and said with a smile, "That's Xia Qi from our village, the brother of the tractor driver Xia Chan."

Zhou Ji responded thoughtfully, and then asked, "How old is he this year?"

"You must be twenty-two, right?" the uncle said uncertainly.

Zhou Ji was a little surprised when he heard this. He is twenty-two years old and the same age as himself. Could it be that Xia Qi is the illegitimate son raised by his father in the countryside? Dad had another woman before he got married, and he had a child with his mother in the same year?
Otherwise, how could he and Xia Qi be the same age?
"Then is he married?" Zhou Ji asked.

"No, their family is so poor, who would want to marry into their family?" Then the uncle told Zhou Ji everything about Xia Qi's life, from her mother's death to her stepmother coming into the family, from being abused to being cut off from her family, and how their family had a lot of debts that hadn't been paid off after several incidents...

The uncle told Zhou Ji almost everything, big or small, that was well known to the villagers.

Since everyone knows this, it is not just a rumor.

After hearing this, Zhou Ji felt very strange. If Xia Qi was really his father's illegitimate child, then his father would not have ignored him, and would not have lived like this. What was going on?

Zhou Ji couldn't figure it out at all, so he decided to write a letter to his mother when it was his turn to rest in a few days, letting her know about the matter and investigate it thoroughly. If his father had really betrayed his mother a long time ago, he would always stand by his mother and would never allow anyone to hurt her.

After the bell rang for the end of work, Xia Chan brought out the main dish from the space and placed it on the dining table. He then brought over the other dishes next to the stove and placed them in order. There were both meat and vegetables, which was much more sumptuous than what other families had on New Year's Eve.

Xiao Fengfeng, Xiao Tiantian and Yuan Bingbing came back with their brothers.

Xia Chan got them some water and asked them to wash their hands and faces. Then, after they sat at the table, she introduced them, "This is my eldest brother Jin Pengfei, 22 years old this year. My second brother Xia Qi is 22 years old. My third brother Xia Bin is 21 years old. My fourth brother Jin Pengyuan is 20 years old. My name is Xia Chan, and I am 19 years old this year."

"Hello comrades, my name is Xiao Fengfeng. I am also 22 years old this year, the same age as you, so I will call you comrades." Since they were the same age, there was no way he could follow Xia Chan and call them brothers.

The brothers nodded and said, "Hello, Comrade Xiao." "My name is Xiao Tiantian, I'm nineteen years old, the same age as Xia Chan." Xiao Tiantian also smiled and said, "Xia Chan, I envy you so much, you have four brothers, and they are all so handsome, unlike me who only has one brother."

Xiao Fengfeng's mouth twitched, "You still have many cousins!"

"But they are far away and not that close to me." Xiao Tiantian pouted, then looked at Xia Chan, "Xia Chan has a good relationship with her brothers. It makes her look happy."

"Bingbing and the other brothers all know each other, so there's no need to introduce them. Let's eat quickly. Some of the dishes will taste fishy if they're cold." Xia Chan urged.

I made a lot of delicious dishes today. Although the taste does not change when they are cold, the flavor is a little different, especially the fish, which tastes a bit fishy when it is cold.

"Comrade Xia Chan, I'm sorry for spending money today." Looking at so many delicious dishes on the table, I knew that Xia Chan had been busy in the morning. He probably took out all the stock at home. It would be justifiable to buy something for Xia Chan next time we go to the town.

"We caught these ourselves. It took some time, but it didn't cost any money. You can eat them with confidence!"

As Xia Chan spoke, she reached out and took a piece of cassava, peeled it and started eating. She ate the cassava first, mainly because she wanted them to see how to eat cassava. Otherwise, if they got it but didn't know how to eat it, they would probably feel a little embarrassed, right?

The meal was a great pleasure for both the host and the guests.

Xiao Tiantian rubbed her belly and smiled embarrassedly, "Xia Chan, you cook so well. I have never eaten such delicious food. I couldn't help but eat too much."

"Thank you for the hospitality." Xiao Fengfeng is not as lively and cute as Xiao Tiantian. He is a relatively taciturn man.

"From now on, during the holidays, the three of you can come to our house and eat with us. Because usually, during the holidays, we will go to the mountains to find something edible and bring back so that we can improve our meals together." Xiao Yunfan had sent Xia Chan a lot of good things before. The meat Xia Chan sent was not enough to repay the favor. Now that Xiao Fengfeng and Xiao Tiantian are here, if she treats them better, it can also be considered as repaying the favor, right?

After dinner, Xia Chan didn't ask the three of them to help pack up, but asked them to go back quickly so that they could rest for a while before going to work.

After sending the three of them out of the yard, Xia Chan came back to help clean up with his brothers, but his brothers didn't let him. It was just a matter of dishes and plates, and it would only take a few minutes to finish, so Xia Chan didn't need to be involved at all.

On the way back to the educated youth camp, Yuan Bingbing walked in front, and Xiao Fengfeng and Xiao Tiantian walked behind. Xiao Tiantian said, "Brother, we ate a lot of good things from Xia Chan's family today. What should we give to her family?"

"Next time we go to the supply and marketing cooperative, let's buy some cloth for Xia Chan. The weather is getting hot soon and it's time to wear summer clothes. What the country folks lack most is cloth coupons. I think it's most appropriate to give them cloth." Xiao Fengfeng expressed his opinion.

"Then just buy summer clothes for Xia Chan, get cloth from her brothers, and let Xia Chan handle it herself." Xiao Tiantian said with a smile.

Xiao Tiantian felt that girls in the countryside tended to protect their brothers and sisters. If she were asked to buy cloth for her, she might just make clothes for her brother and completely ignore herself. But if she was given the clothes directly, she probably wouldn't refuse.

Xiao Fengfeng thought about it and nodded in agreement, "Okay."