in spring

Chapter 309
Ye Bincheng was shocked: "You, what are you doing?!"

Zhou Nian held onto his collar tightly, staring at him for a while, then let go, and smiled lightly: "I think I've indulged you too much, always thinking that you are my only remaining relatives, and I'm outside again. I have suffered for so many years, so I only want to make your life better, I have never refuted a word of yours, and I have never moved a single finger of yours, but I did not expect that it would make you feel better, and your words were out of proportion.”

"Who is out of proportion?!" Ye Bincheng raised his neck in disbelief, "Don't you think you should treat us well?! Pooh! When we were suffering in Yazhou, when my mother and my eldest sister died of serious illness, you You are eating, drinking, and living a comfortable life in the capital, and now our brothers and sisters are just enjoying a little favor from you, don’t you want to?!”

Zhou Nian stared at him coldly, but didn't speak.Ye Bincheng was flustered by his stare, but he was unwilling to back down, still pulling his neck: "What? Am I wrong?! How am I worse than you? Why should our brothers and sisters suffer like that, but you..."

"Brother!" Ye Xiuzhen rushed out of the house in a hurry and stopped her brother, "Stop talking, thanks to my cousin, we can return to the capital. Now my cousin is still taking care of us everywhere, how can you say such a thing? ?!"

Ye Bincheng pouted: "You just know how to help him! I don't see anyone missing you!" Ye Xiuzhen's cheeks flushed, she stomped her feet and said, "Brother!"

Zhou Nian walked into the house silently, and said: "Uncle Zhou, Aunt Zhou, please drive the horse-drawn carriage and send the packed things to the new house. I will let Sanqing clean up the rest."

Those who helped in the house were the family members that his mother released early back then. Zhou Linxia and his wife have been taking care of the small village for many years. It was not until a few years ago that they contacted the young master. Now they are naturally coming back to continue. Worked.The couple had just heard the cousins' quarrel, and when they heard Zhou Nian's order, they responded winkingly, put down what they were doing, washed their hands, and walked out the door.It was just that Zhou Linxia glanced at Ye Bincheng with some disgust when passing by the brothers and sisters of the Ye family, and then went out to get in the car.

Sanqing closed the door and stood guard outside.Ye Bincheng looked a little flustered, forced himself to stare wide-eyed, and asked Zhou Nian: "What are you doing?!" Ye Xiuzhen also looked anxious: "Cousin, please talk carefully, we... are not a family. people?"

"The Zhou family is the Zhou family, and the Ye family is the Ye family. When did the two families become one family?" Zhou Nianduan sat on a chair in the room and looked up at the two siblings.

Ye Xiuzhen's face turned pale, Ye Bincheng's face darkened, and said with a sneer: "Is this trying to draw a line with us?! Let me tell you, no way! You owe us this..."

"The Zhou family has never owed the Ye family!" Zhou Nian stared at them without flinching - this time, he really couldn't back down anymore, "I asked myself that I never owed you the slightest! Even if you were old I'm still young, so I don't know the ins and outs of the elders' cases, but in these years, didn't my aunt mention it?! When you lived in the village, didn't Uncle Zhou mention it?! Although my father, it is because he always remembers the mission of being a minister. Dao, the way of a friend, just wrote a letter to defend his uncle, to stop the late emperor’s fallacies, and thus bring trouble to his upper body, but everything started because of his uncle’s careless words! At that time, uncle was not the only one who wrote a letter against the late emperor’s abolition of the reserve? He was the first one to be punished! Calculated in this way, it is the Ye family who has implicated the Zhou family! But I have never mentioned a word since I met you, do you think I know nothing about this matter?!"

Ye Bincheng's face turned pale again, but he was a little flustered: "You...what do you mean?! Could it be...do you still want to settle accounts with us?! You know, we are...but your only relatives !"

Zhou Nian slightly slowed down his tone: "That's right, because in my heart, you are my only remaining relatives, so I pamper you everywhere, and I understand that you have encountered unexpected disasters at a young age, and grew up in that remote and remote place. After suffering countless hardships, I finally overturned the case and took it back to the capital. Now my family has also been rehabilitated and is in a better situation than yours. As long as I can do it, I will try my best to compensate you."

"Then what are you trying to do by putting on such an air?!" Ye Bincheng's tone hardened again, but Ye Xiuzhen was still tugging on his sleeve uneasily, trying to stop him from continuing.

Zhou Nian stared at him again: "Although I hope to compensate you, it doesn't mean that I really owe you! My situation is no better than yours. To be honest, although my uncle died unfortunately, my aunt and your siblings A few, they all went to exile safely. Although your aunt and cousin died later, you still have a younger sister! Now there is my cousin who is willing to take care of you everywhere. And what about me?! Both parents died suddenly, and my sister also died. I committed suicide. I am the only one left in the whole family. Apart from the old friends of the Li family, how can I have a relative?! Do you think that I have lived comfortably in Beijing for 18 years?! Throughout the year, I would not see many people. With Sanqing, I don’t even have anyone to talk to! But when someone gets close, I don’t even dare to breathe. I only dare to come out at night to breathe. I live like... like a mouse in the ditch! Anytime, anywhere, be on high alert, in case outsiders find you. Once you show up, you will be approached by your enemies immediately, and you will be almost burned to death. Even Lord Hou can’t keep me! Although you are far away in Yazhou, at least you can talk if you want to I can talk, I can see the sun when I want to see it, and I have relatives to accompany me, what do I have?!"

After talking about it, he stood up excitedly, and recalling those years, he couldn't help but blushed: "Don't say that my mother and sister don't need to die, they are just sarcastic remarks that I can't take care of. Cousin Xiuzhen is just Calling a military officer in Yazhou to take over as a concubine, my cousin can't stand it anymore. If you were me, how could I still endure my mother and sisters living in the teaching workshop?! They looked for it early To die is to be liberated!"

Ye Xiuzhen swayed, her face was as white as paper.She also had fantasies, but now it turns out that her cousin has always known.It was right to think about it, the people from the Hou Mansion were the ones who picked up their brothers and sisters to Beijing, and they were also the ones who negotiated with the Husband Lord before leaving, how could the cousin of the Zhou family not know?She shed two lines of tears silently, only feeling that the future was dark.

Ye Bincheng calmed down instead, and said with a sneer: "I know, you have already blamed us in your heart, thinking that our father harmed your family. I was only six years old at that time, how did I know this? Now what do you say, I will naturally How do you listen. Since you have spoken out, I will not continue to stay here with the cheek, is it possible that there is no place for us brothers and sisters in the world?!" Pause, and said louder and louder, "I know You look down on my sister, thinking that we are helpless and unable to help you. Go and hug the thigh of the Marquis of the Kingdom of Qing, maybe they will marry the young lady to you!"

Zhou Nian wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, expressionless: "This is so unreasonable. I also contributed to your family being rehabilitated. Whether I brought you to Beijing, let you recuperate in the village, or picked you up a few days ago. You came to live in a new house, or now I have bought a new house and brought you to move there together. I have never disliked your share. It’s just that there are some things I have to say first.” He sat down straight again, staring at Two brothers and sisters from the Ye family: "I have today, it was given by Uncle Li and Li You, the Marquis of the Qing Dynasty, and it is also the benevolence of the sage. I will never abandon them in my life. I can't decide my marriage yet. No matter what you think, my future has already been determined for me. All I can do is to do my best. However, no matter how hard I try, the only thing that can revitalize the Zhou family's reputation and the Ye family's business , You have to rely on your brothers and sisters to earn it yourself. In any case, there is no reason for my Zhou family to win glory for your Ye family!"

Ye Bincheng could not help but take a step back: "You... In short, you think we are holding you back! What are you talking about about the Ye family and Zhou family? You said that we are a family at the beginning, and we will live together in the future. Otherwise, we would still be together. They are raised in the farm!"

Zhou Nian just said in a deep voice: "Couldn't that Zhuangzi belong to the Zhou family? When I said that we are a family, I really treated you as younger brothers and sisters, but now it seems that I am too conniving, which delays you. Although the life here is unsatisfactory, it has not missed the study. Cousin Bincheng has learned the thousand-character prose, right? In the two years since returning to Beijing, have you ever read a sentence? Uncle Zhou told me that you have nothing but Wandering around and not doing any business at all, how will the scientific research be done in the future?! You are obviously rehabilitated two years earlier than me, don’t you think about the future at all?! Since I am an elder brother, I can’t watch you continue wasting your time! Wait till it’s over Xinzhaizi, from tomorrow, you will get up early to memorize one chapter of the book, practice five hundred characters every day, and memorize the four books first. After I pass the childbirth test, I will invite a gentleman for you, whether it is ten years or more. In 20 or 30 years, you must at least come back with a successful examination!"

Ye Bincheng panicked and said, "You...you are bullying! I haven't touched a book for more than ten years..."

"Your Ye family has been scholarly for generations, and your uncle was a second-class Jinshi back then! You haven't touched a book for more than ten years, so you have the nerve to say such a thing?!" Zhou Nian seemed to have finally regained his elder brother's prestige, "Stop fooling around! As long as I send a message, no one in the whole family will give you any money, not to mention the Hou Mansion, Hou Ye and Brother You don't want to see you at all, and you won't be able to play the slightest bit of prestige when you go outside. If you call I know you left your homework and went out to mess around, I would rather break your legs than let you embarrass my uncle's family! When you get fame, you can move wherever you like, and I don't care about you anymore!"

After saying that, he flicked his sleeves, then turned around to leave, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Ye Xiuzhen's teary eyes, Zhou Nian stopped and didn't look at her, but said indifferently: "After moving to the new house, my cousin will change to a woman's attire, right?" , I just said that I am a widow at home. I will find an honest scholar's home for my cousin, and from now on... just treat the past as a dream and live in peace." After finishing speaking, he suddenly felt relieved. I hope he is safe and healthy, right?They wouldn't want him to be entangled in these mundane things and live in the quagmire all his life.

Maybe his future life has already been decided, maybe what he wants will never be obtained, but...he will try his best to make himself live a better and happier life, even if it is just to comfort his parents and relatives under the spring... …

Ye Xiuzhen watched him open the courtyard door and walk out without looking back at her, so she couldn't help crying.But Ye Bincheng was at a loss.Are you talking too much?Why, Cousin Zhou, who was originally under his control, changed from being docile in the past and became so tough?This is not like the usual him at all... He just said something sour about that girl, why... He completely changed his attitude? !
Sanqing stood outside the door, guarding silently, not letting anyone approach him, and avoiding letting anyone hear the conversation in the courtyard.Zhou Nian came out and told him: "Put the rest of the boxes into the car, we're leaving." He lowered his head inadvertently, but saw a grasshopper in Sanqing's hand, and couldn't help but startled, thinking After saying something, it finally turned into a smile: "Hurry up, let's go home early."

Sanqing grinned, nodded heavily, carefully put the grasshopper into his arms, and went to carry the rest of the luggage.

Zhou Nian smiled wryly and looked at the screaming children who accidentally saw Sanqing's grin at the entrance of the alley. He looked up at the sky, took a deep breath, and suddenly felt that the sky today was actually quite blue.

Chunying knew nothing about what happened in Zhou's courtyard.She was happily chatting with Shi'er, and was even more amazed at Shi'er's big appetite.

Shi'er rolled his eyes and said, "Idiot, I eat with two people now, so naturally I can't compare with when I was alone. No matter how much I eat, after an hour, I will be hungry again! You think I want to eat So much?! Isn’t this hungry?!”

"Okay, eat what you eat, eat more, so that the child can raise well!" Chunying coaxed her, "But don't eat too much, especially in the last two or three months, lest the child is too big to have a baby, you You will suffer!"

Shi'er spat at her: "Where did you hear these words? Don't be ashamed!"

How could Chunying say that it was heard in modern times, so she could only say: "My sister also gave birth, and she mentioned it when she talked with mother. In short, ask more experienced nuns, they probably won't There is something wrong."

Joking for a while, Chunying remembered that Shi'er was about to have a baby, she was not even married yet, and the groom didn't know when he would be back, so she couldn't help sighing.

While chewing the snacks, Shi'er asked her, "Why are you sighing? Could it be..." She smiled narrowly, "Did it remind you of your little brother Fei?!"

Chunying blushed, and argued: "What nonsense?! How could I think of him?! I am... I am..." Looking at Shi'er's playful eyes, she had an idea, "I'm worried about my uncle What!" Then he said what Aunt Xu had mentioned, and added the good show that uncle and aunt performed in their own house.

The more Shi'er listened, the more he laughed, and he called it wonderful: "It's really a good show! Even the best theater troupe in the capital can't make such a wonderful show!"

Chunying gave her an angry look: "I'm getting bored to death, you're still talking sarcastic here!"

Ten'er sneered: "What's so difficult about it? Let me tell you a way to make sure you get what you want."

Chunying blinked, and asked in surprise: "Really?! What's the way?!"

(End of this chapter)