Siheyuan, I want to lie down but I become a tool

Zhang Xingwang was lost in thought when he heard the curious voice of his fourth sister behind him:

"Brother, what on earth are you doing here?"

Zhang Xingwang, who was thinking about something, was frightened by the sudden voice. His face turned black and he replied unhappily:

"Didn't I tell you not to talk behind me? Can't you make some noise when you walk..."

"Brother, I forgot~"

"Can you please speak properly? Why are you running here?"

The fourth sister looked at the rapidly flowing river in front of her and her brother who was staring at the river just now, and remembered the hundreds of kilograms of food that suddenly appeared yesterday.

The physics and mathematics in my mind began to spin like crazy, creating sparks...

She rolled her eyes, came over, pulled Zhang Xingwang's sleeve, shook it, and asked in a tender voice:

"Brother, you haven't told me what you are doing here?"

"Um... I want to learn how to swim, I'm researching it..."

"Here? The water here is not even up to my calves. Even if you are trying to trick me, you have to use your brain a little bit... Uh, be careful.

Bro, just tell me..."

"Believe it or not, you sound like you know how to swim. Are you free?"

"I believe you, but you have to tell me if you have a lot of subordinates."

Zhang Xingwang was completely confused, but seeing that Fourth Sister looked like she had expected this, he still spoke slowly with a gentle tone and a ferocious expression:

"You'd better shake out the mush in your brain before you talk to me."

The fourth sister was frightened by Zhang Xingwang's tone and stepped back a little, but she still said without giving up:

"Brother, you must be a big boss now..."

"You really have nothing to do. Starting tomorrow, I will buy you some shoe uppers. You can learn from your second sister and make a few new shoes for mom. Then clean up the house. It's time for you to do something within your ability..."

Zhang Xingwang was preaching enthusiastically when he noticed that his fourth sister, who had a sad face, was walking towards him. She suddenly hugged his waist, leaned her little head against his chest, and said softly:

"Brother, please stop. You've done good enough. Please don't do anything dangerous again, okay..."

Zhang Xingwang was stunned. Although he didn’t know what his fourth sister was fantasizing about, the concern from his dear sister still made him feel warm inside.

Just when I was about to decide to exempt her from housework, I heard the fourth sister's words with a strong nasal voice:

"Brother, I have guessed it all. Although I can't figure out the details, you should quit as soon as possible. Our family is already doing well. It's really not worth it for you to take any more risks. What will you do if something happens to you?"

Zhang Xingwang listened to the fourth sister getting more and more excited, and was still making random statements. He immediately frowned and changed his words. He said impatiently:

"What are you talking about? Just study hard. I know what's going on..."

"I didn't say much, but you are like this. It's easy for me to say it, but if something really happened to you, leaving the orphans and widows at home, I'm afraid you would cry your heart out..."

Zhang Xingwang pulled the fourth sister away, held down her hand that was groping in his pocket, and said frantically:

"Have you been reading some stupid books recently? Can't you just talk properly? Why are you secretly picking my pockets?"

Seeing Zhang Xingwang's unfriendly eyes, the fourth sister quickly changed her heartbroken expression to a face full of curiosity, and said in a tender voice:

"Brother, I just want to know where you hid the sweet potatoes just now?"

"You were following me?"

"Um... I was just passing by and saw it by accident..."

"Alas... you really have too much free time, why don't you start making shoes tomorrow..."

"No, if I take away my second sister's shoemaking job, she will hate me to death."

"Then you can teach my little sister some basic skills, at least she should be able to do simple addition and subtraction and recite poems..."

"Brother, the little girl is so confused and playful. What should I do if she can't learn?"

"If you can't learn, it's because you didn't teach me hard. My family will keep you for a few more years. I've discussed with mom about marrying you off early. Isn't that what everyone does? Anyway, keeping you around will only make me angry..."

"Ah! How can you blame me for my sister's poor academic performance? Brother, why are you so unreasonable?"

"What you said is really strange. Do brothers need to reason with their sisters? It seems that you still don't understand that the eldest brother is like a father..."

"Brother, you must be lying to me, right?"

"Maybe……"

.........

The family used to have lunch happily together, but now many people go to the village canteen to bring the food back to eat at home, and Uncle Yougen turns a blind eye to this.

There is no other way. If we all rely on the food in the canteen, we will probably be too hungry to go out. Those who can afford it will just eat at home.

However, the crops this year look good, except that there is more rain than in previous years. However, no matter how good the crops are, they cannot be eaten now. The old lady said seriously that two days ago, two people in the village worked for a whole morning and finally fainted in the field.

Wang Xiulan was enjoying her meal, thinking that her cooking skills had improved recently, but she was still defeated by the little girl's words:

"Grandma, my brother's cooking is still the best. I like his cooking the best."

Seeing the old lady's inquiring eyes, Wang Xiulan was unwilling. This really had little to do with cooking skills. She put down her chopsticks and quickly curled her lips and said:

"Mom, don't listen to this little girl's nonsense, Xingwang's cooking is different from ours.

Take stir-frying for example. When we stir-fry the same cabbage, what’s left in the dish after we finish cooking is soup, but for him, what’s left is all oil. How can it not taste good?

The stir-fried meat is even more outrageous. If he stir-fried vegetables with meat, you would have to search for the vegetables for a long time if you wanted to eat them. Every time I watched him cook, my liver ached..."

The old lady was also obedient. She first signaled Wang Xiulan not to get too excited, and then said calmly:

"Before? Then your liver stopped hurting? You probably eat more than the little girl. You really don't know how expensive firewood and rice are until you run the household. I see that you and the other girls have gained several pounds recently. Nowadays, every family has to tighten their belts to make ends meet. My liver hurts when I see you..."

"Mom... I really haven't gained much weight. Didn't you notice that Xingwang is the fattest?"

"Isn't it normal for my dear grandson to be a little fat? You have given birth to a good son, which is a blessing. Look how you and your daughter have become fat and white."

The old man in the background finished his meal while the two were talking. He looked at his grandson with complicated eyes, then turned to the old lady and said:

"That's because the grandson is filial. It's normal for a mother to be a little fat. After all, the son born to my wife is more capable than the ones born to us. Xiulan has suffered a lot since she got married. Anyway, I can't control her.

I have to catch up on some sleep. I couldn’t fall asleep after eating some grapes. I don’t think I’ll be able to enjoy life. I have to take good care of myself. I’ll feel at ease when I see my great-grandson…”

The fourth sister was ready to complain, but after listening to her grandparents, she thought it would be better to keep quiet for now. After all, her brother had a poor brain and memory, so if he forgot about it after a few days, everyone would be happy.