pretty lady in disguise

Chapter 98

The 14-year-old Zhan Zhihan passed the scholar examination, and his aunt and grandma's family of three came from Luoyang to congratulate him.

The Zhan family has been in business for generations, and no one has thought of becoming an official. Getting a job is just icing on the cake.For their businessmen, the title of scholar is still very beneficial. Among other things, if there is a scholar in the family, there is no need to pay taxes on the fields, and there is no need to kneel down to see parents and officials, and the waist is straight.

There are not many rules in the Zhan family. There is a banquet at noon, and the two families, regardless of gender, gather together for dinner.

Compared with the huge Zhanfu, the Zhanjia is really sparsely populated.

No, counting the three members of my aunt's family, there are only seven people at the banquet, four big and three small, barely enough for a table.

Master Zhan and Uncle Shen sat side by side, with their wives next to each other, leaving three seats for their children.Eight-year-old Zhan Huaichun disliked that his cousin was left-handed, and the chopsticks always touched him when eating, so he took the lead in sitting next to his mother and let his elder brother eat next to his cousin.Zhan Zhihan naturally didn't care about children, and sat down calmly.

Shen Tang glared at Zhan Huaichun unhappily.

Two cousins, the eldest cousin is seven years older than her, and she rarely sees him when she visits her uncle's house, so they are not considered close.The second cousin is only one year older than her. When we were young, we played together like a brother and sister. But in the past two years, the second cousin doesn't like to accompany her more and more. He always hangs out with the young master of the magistrate's family. To keep up, the two of them would either bully her together, or slip away quickly while she was not paying attention, preventing her from going out with him.

Now the second cousin avoids her even when eating, Shen Tang is very upset.I think she is a girl, hum, if she is a boy, I must beat my second cousin!
Zhan Huaichun saw his cousin staring at him, and smiled smugly at her.

Shen Tang felt tight in his chest, looked at his second cousin diagonally opposite, and kicked him with his legs under the table.

It's a pity that she has short legs and didn't kick the right person. Fortunately, the seven-year-old girl didn't know it, and felt that she had really kicked it, so she kicked twice in a row.

Zhan Zhihan put down the bowl, looked down at the little cousin sitting on the right, and saw that she was staring at his second brother angrily, so he understood, picked up the bowl and continued eating.They are all children, and Ding has to fight about things, anyway, she is weak and doesn't hurt, just change clothes after dinner.

After the meal, Zhan Zhihan bid farewell to his elders and was the first to leave.

The adults talked while eating, and they ate slowly. Zhan Huaichun also finished eating quickly. He didn't want to sit here and listen to the adults talking, so he left too.

Shen Tang immediately put down his chopsticks and chased after him.

After walking a certain distance, Zhan Huaichun suddenly stopped, turned around, and looked impatiently at the little girl behind him: "What are you following me for?"

Shen Tang had long forgotten the unhappiness before the meal, and smiled flatteringly: "Where is Second Cousin going to play, I want to play with you too."

Zhan Huaichun didn't want to play with her, "I'm going to take a nap, you go back to your room." He turned his head and left.

He didn't have the habit of taking a nap at all, Shen Tang knew that his second cousin was perfunctory her again, so he continued to follow him.Zhan Huaichun didn't turn his head back, Shen Tang gradually remembered what happened at the dinner table, and quickly grabbed Zhan Huaichun's sleeve to apologize: "Second cousin, I didn't kick you on purpose at that time, don't be angry, take me to play together, okay?" it is good?"

Zhan Huaichun stopped to look at her: "When did you kick me?"

Shen Tang lowered his head in embarrassment: "You don't want to eat next to me, didn't I kick you three times?"

Zhan Huaichun blinked blankly: "Why don't I know?" He looked down at his clothes, they were clean and there were no footprints.

Shen Tang was also looking at him, it really didn't look like she had been kicked, but she really kicked someone at that time...

Did you kick the wrong person?

Shen Tang shuddered suddenly, the seat between her and the second cousin was the eldest cousin, if she really kicked the wrong person, it would only be the eldest cousin!
Thinking of her eldest cousin's unsmiling face, Shen Tang no longer had the mood to play, and ran to her own yard, ignoring the second cousin calling her behind.

Because of fear, Shen Tang didn't dare go to the front for dinner.

The next day, the aunt and grandmother were going back to Luoyang, and Mrs. Zhan had no daughter, so she left her niece to stay at home for a while.This was agreed a long time ago, and Shen Tang had happily agreed to it before, so it is natural not to go back on his word now.After saying goodbye to her parents, she nervously stood beside her aunt, not daring to look over at her cousin.

Mr. Zhan was going out to do business, Mrs. Zhan made an appointment with several wives to play leaf cards, knowing that her niece didn't like it like her mother, so she asked her two sons to take good care of her cousin.

Zhan knew that Han was the boss, so he answered, and after his mother went out, he asked his second brother to take his cousin to play, and went to the study by himself to read.

After watching it for a quarter of an hour, he stopped to rest, stood in front of the window and watched the spring scene in the courtyard, his heart moved slightly, and went to the garden to look for the two children.

I didn't expect to go to the garden. I only saw my cousin standing under the tree crying, and my second brother was nowhere to be seen.

Zhan Zhihan looked up and found a kite hanging on the tree, and the maid beside Shen Tang was not there, probably looking for help.

Zhan Zhihan frowned, walked over to her and asked, "Tangtang, where's your second cousin?"

When Shen Tang heard his voice, she was instinctively afraid, but she felt wronged, and now that relatives finally came, she couldn't help crying even more fiercely: "Second cousin doesn't play with me, he ran away early, I fly the kite by myself, the kite It got caught on a tree and couldn't be torn off..."

The seven-year-old child was wearing a pink dress, with two buns on top of her head, her little face was flushed from crying, and the big teardrops that could not be wiped away by her little hands rolled down her cheeks.

This is his cousin.

Zhan Zhihan took out the handkerchief, leaned over, supported her shoulder with one hand, and wiped her tears with the other hand, his voice was gentler than when he coaxed his second brother: "Don't cry, second cousin, don't you?" I will accompany you, my cousin will accompany you. Tangtang will not cry, my cousin will go up and pick the kite for you."

Shen Tang's eyes widened in shock, and he stared eagerly at the young man in front of him.

He was tall and bent over to look at her. It was the first time he was so close to her, and it was also the first time she looked at her big cousin so close.

The eldest cousin is not as good-looking as the second cousin. Every time my mother comes, she will exaggerate that the cousin is sensible, and then praise the second cousin who grows up and looks like a little girl.But the eldest cousin is actually very good-looking, with slender eyebrows and bright black eyes.Shen Tang didn't pay much attention to how her elder cousin looked at her, but now, her elder cousin's eyes are gentle, just like when her father coaxed her.Although he didn't hug her, and he didn't occasionally coax her with a smile like his second cousin made her angry, but his eyes made her feel more comfortable than any other.She seemed to have turned into a flower and plant in the garden, and the big cousin was the light shining on her, warm and warm.

Suddenly she was no longer afraid of him, and looked at him foolishly.

The little girl was dumbfounded, her eyes were clear and moist after crying, and she looked more and more wronged.Zhan Zhihan couldn't help blaming his second younger brother for messing around, and when Shen Tang stopped crying, he touched the top of her head, stood up straight and said, "Tangtang is waiting here, cousin will pick you a kite." Go under the tree.

Shen Tang followed him curiously, raised his head and asked, "Don't cousin need to step on the bench?"

Zhan Zhihan smiled, told her to step back, took a run-up and then jumped, Shen Tang didn't see what was going on, he had already reached the tree, and after standing still, he reached out to grab the kite.

Shen Tang lifted his heart up, and looked at the person on the tree without blinking. My cousin stretched out his hand, the hand was slender and beautiful, the sleeve was blocked by the branch, and the white arm was exposed.Shen Tang was stunned, and looked at his cousin's face along his arms. The sun was dancing among the leaves, and the light and shadow on his face floated. She couldn't see clearly, but she still couldn't take her eyes off her.

He jumped down quickly, landed firmly on the ground, turned around, and walked towards her with the kite, with a gentle smile on his face.

Shen Tang didn't know where the courage came from, and after taking the kite, he asked nervously, "Does my cousin want to read today? The second cousin won't play with me, can my cousin fly the kite with me?"

Her eye circles were still red, not to mention that he was fine, even if he did, how could he reject his cousin?

"Okay, my cousin will play with Tangtang." Zhan Zhihan replied with a smile, and helped her straighten out the kite strings.

The two played in the garden for a full hour.

As the sun was getting higher, Zhan Zhihan put away the kite and prepared to send Shen Tang back to the house to wash his face.Shen Tang didn't want to go, so she whispered: "I'm the only one in the room, I want to go play with my cousin." When she was young, she was always stuck with her second cousin, but now her second cousin doesn't want to accompany her. It's not that the cousin doesn't like her as much as he imagined, Shen Tang just wants to be with the big cousin.

The elders were not at home, and she was really lonely as a child, Zhan Zhihan didn't think much, and led Shen Tang back to his plum garden.

There was no maid by his side, so Zhan Zhihan washed his cousin's hands himself.

Shen Tang obediently watched the eldest cousin take care of herself, and smiled after washing his hands: "Cousin is so kind."

Zhan Zhihan patted her head as a response, and led her to eat pastries.

After lunch, Mrs. Zhan was going to take a rest and wanted to take her niece with her.

Shen Tang shook his head, looked at Zhan Zhihan and said, "I'm going to my cousin."

Zhan Zhihan froze for a moment, but he couldn't refuse his cousin's delighted eyes, so he couldn't help but look at his second brother.

Zhan Huaichun wished his cousin would stop pestering him, so he ran away.

Zhan Zhihan had no choice but to lead his cousin into his room again.

"Is Tangtang sleepy? Go sleep in the room?" Zhan Zhihan didn't know what to do with his little cousin, so he decided to put her to sleep, and he took a rest in the outer room.

Shen Tang held him with one hand and rubbed his eyes with the other: "I want to hear a story, can my cousin tell me a story?" Mother and maids would tell her stories.

Zhan Zhihan was silent and did not refuse in the end.

The second brother was also like this a few years ago, and he stopped listening to stories after he was seven years old. My cousin is also seven years old this year, but she is a girl, so she is naturally more delicate.

Zhan Zhihan carried Shen Tang to the couch, and he pulled the chair to sit by the couch and tell her.Shen Tang felt sleepy at this time, and her charming temper came up, she took his hand and begged him: "Cousin lie down, and while patting me, tell me..."

Zhan Zhihan was stunned again.

Shen Tang tugged at his sleeve and continued to shake it.

Zhan Zhihan froze for a while, thinking that this was his cousin, still a child, he followed her, took off his shoes and went up.

As soon as he lay down, Shen Tang got into his arms, hugged him tightly, closed his eyes and urged him to speak.

After a short period of unaccustomed, Zhan Zhihan quickly calmed down, and whispered to her his second brother's favorite childhood story.While talking, he was also sleepy. He lowered his head and saw that the little girl had fallen asleep early, breathing lightly. He smiled helplessly and closed his eyes.

After this day, the cousin that Shen Tang liked to pester became Zhan Zhihan.

Zhan Zhihan was not used to such sudden changes, but his cousin was too young, and if he spoke a little more seriously, the little girl would be aggrieved and shed tears. Zhan Zhihan pretended to be an adult, how could he make a child cry?I had to try my best to meet all her demands.But after all, he was busy with a lot of things, it was impossible to follow Shen Tang in everything, and gradually he became expressionless doing his own thing, and Shen Tang just stayed by and watched him quietly.

At first Zhan Zhihan would feel guilty, blaming himself for neglecting a child like this, so he would accompany her every once in a while, never thinking that if he softened, Shen Tang would immediately stick to him, Zhan Zhihan immediately regretted it, and his heart would never soften again.In this way, he thought that Shen Tang would think he was boring and go to play with his second brother again soon, but Shen Tang didn't, she would rather sit with him all morning without talking, and would not walk away.

Zhan Zhihan couldn't figure out why his cousin suddenly fell in love with his big cousin.In the past, when my cousin came over, she would look at him timidly after meeting her and then ran to play with her second brother, as if he would be aggressive with her. Could it be that just because he picked a kite for her once, she was no longer afraid?

He wanted to ask, but he couldn't ask her eyes full of dependence and intimacy.

The cousin is too obedient, although Zhan Zhihan still treats her coldly, he will still be soft-hearted and accompany her when he is free.

For example, my cousin likes to sleep with him, no matter at noon or at night.After he refused several times, thinking that his cousin was still young, he acquiesced.

When Shen Tang came back when he was eight years old, Zhan Zhihan hesitated, but Shen Tang insisted on sleeping with him, and his mother spoiled her, so Zhan Zhihan had no choice but to continue coaxing the child.

Until that night when he woke up from his dream and looked at the cousin in his arms, even though he looked the same as his second brother, he still didn't dare to take a second look, and asked his cousin to return to her Chunfangzhai the next day, and No matter how much Shen Tang cried and pestered him this time, he did not let go.

The cousin is still a child, he is not.

(End of this chapter)