The Founding of the Red Chamber

Zhang Biao and Situ San made a decision, while inquiring about the way to join the Cao Gang, while consolidating the acquired territory, he also worried about the arrangements of his brothers.

With the expansion of the territory, Situ San, Jia Yuan, Jia Yan, and Situ Si all have a lot of things to take care of.

What satisfied Situ Si the most was that since the opening of the casino, the family had stewed meat every day.Even the little cow who used to eat once and pull once, his poor stomach that day has adapted to the good life of eating meat every once in a while.

The little cow sucked the bone marrow oil from the big stick bone, licked the oil from his mouth from time to time, and said, "I didn't think meat was so delicious before."

Situ Si said to him, "You used to eat it once and pull it once. It is better than croton. Who would think that croton is delicious?" Woolen cloth.Therefore, Situ Si had a deep resentment about Xiao Niuzi's diarrhea.

The little Niuzi threw away the big stick bone that was full of teeth marks, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and asked, "Brother Biao sent the monthly money, Xiao Si, shall we go shopping in the street tomorrow?"

"Okay." Situ Si was young at first, although he had gone through ups and downs, the boy hadn't escaped yet, so he opened his mouth to answer.

Xiao Niuzi smiled, saw the water on the kitchen stove boiling, and said, "Eat slowly, I'll soak my feet first."

Situ Si raised his head from the meat bowl and said, "Don't soak your feet all the time, you even wash your face, you don't look the same every day, it's embarrassing to go out with me."

"I can't see it anywhere." Xiao Niuzi found a copper basin, poured some cold water, pulled out Zhang Muzi and sat down, then took off his shoes and socks in the kitchen, ready to soak his feet.

Situ Sihao was not smoked to death by him, and said, "It stinks to death, I haven't finished eating yet, you go out and soak."

"Keep the stove warm, I'll soak here." As he said that, Xiao Niuzi had already lifted the copper kettle to adjust the water temperature, dipped his feet in the foot basin, let out a comfortable breath, and chanted, "Ah, yo, It's so cool."

Situ Si stared at him twice and asked, "Where are you wiping your feet? You didn't take any!"

Xiao Niuzi smiled apologetically, "Fourth Brother, Fourth Brother."

Situ Si turned his face away, ungrateful, "I won't care about you!" I've never seen Xiao Niuzi so bad at serving others, he was supposed to serve Situ Si, it was fine at first, but now that he's getting to know each other well, he forgets about it all day long , and often asked Situ Si to bring him a foot cloth or a face towel or something.

The little Niuzi smiled, and he had an idea in his heart, and said, "Tomorrow, I will treat my fourth brother to fried sesame seed cakes when I go out on the street, okay?"

Situ Si's heart was moved immediately, and he said, "Then I must eat enough."

"Sure, the fourth brother takes care of me like this, so what if I invite the fourth brother to eat a sesame seed cake." Xiao Niuzi was very generous.

Situ Si chuckled, "That's great, why don't you treat me to two bunches of candied haws?"

"Is there still a burning elbow?"

"Caramel rings?"

"Pancake Lee's pancake?"

"I also want to buy a better knife, little Niuzi, will you give it to me?" Situ Si asked.

Xiao Niuzi angrily said, "Whether you want money or not, you want to die! I'll treat you to some biscuits, whether you like it or not!" Silly little four who wants to make more money!

Situ Si chuckled, took the delicious pork belly with his chopsticks and stuffed it into Xiao Niuzi's mouth.The little cow ate it and said, "Although ordinary knives are not very expensive, I don't have enough money now. Even if you give me meat, I don't have any money to buy it for you. I will save more money later. How about buying you another good one?"

"Then it's the year of the monkey and the month of the horse. Your monthly silver taels are not as much as mine." Situ Si said.

The little Niuzi glanced up, stared at Situ Si, then withdrew his eyes, picked up the kettle and continued pouring hot water into the foot basin, and the ten feet still slapped small water splashes, "Then you wait It’s the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.”

Smelling the stinky feet of the little cow, Situ finished the stew in the bowl in two bites.As soon as he stood up and put the bowl on the table, Situ Si urged, "Hurry up, I want to soak it too."

The little cow snorted, "Let's go clubbing together, so we don't have to boil the water twice. Look at the fire in the stove, it's half dead. If we boil water separately, it won't be until the year of the monkey, before the water boils." .

Situ curled his lips, "Your feet stink to death."

Xiao Niuzi taunted, "You still talk about me, don't you have smelly feet? The third brother smoked you and moved to another house to sleep! I don't hate you yet, you still hate me!"

"I just hate you, what's the matter?" With a strong mouth, Situ Si still rolled up his trousers and took off his shoes, and the whole kitchen was filled with the smell of stink bombs.The little cow quickly covered his mouth and nose, and rolled his eyes, sooner or later he will be poisoned to death by Situ Si's stinky feet!

Situ Si laughed happily, stepped on the little Niuzi's feet with his bare feet, and the little Niuzi stretched out his hand to hit his calf, and he directly splashed the water on his feet, and the two started to fight each other.

Little did he know that at this time, Chef Li, who was cooking in the small kitchen, couldn't bear it anymore, and ran to Zhang Biao and Situ San to complain, and said with a mournful face, "Boss, third brother, you can take care of it. Little fourth brother and little Niuzi He's soaking his feet in our kitchen, it stinks, the little six got smoked before he even entered the door! Oh, how can you cook like this."

In the end, Situ San carried their feet out before soaking them well. One of them got kicked on the buttocks several times and was sent back to the room to sleep.Situ San cursed a few times, to the effect that if he dared to soak those stinky feet in the kitchen in the future, he would kick them away.

After being beaten, Situ Si felt upset, and sat on the bed and said to Xiao Niuzi, "It must be Li who complained."

The little Niuzi said, "If you sue, just sue, let him go."

"He still makes stinky tofu in the kitchen, but now he thinks our feet are smelly, huh!"

Xiao Niuzi took out the monthly money from the quilt roll and counted it, then pulled the quilt away, "Sleep, sleep."

Situ Si took off his jacket, slipped into the blanket naked, and frowned, "You've pulled the wrong head, why can't you tell the difference between your head and your feet!"

The little cow was undressing slowly and said, "What's wrong?"

"Smell it, it smells like your stinky feet, it must be the end of your feet!"

"I didn't see me taking off my clothes, so you can change them."

Situ Si muttered, "Tomorrow I'll get some fragrance powder from Jia Yuan to put on the quilt, and cover the quilt with you, the more you cover it, the more smelly it will be."

The little cow refused to accept it, "It seems that you are very fragrant."

"At least it smells better than you."

"It's the sissies who always make scented powders." After loosening his hair, Xiao Niuzi just lay down when Situ Si pinched his waist.That was his Achilles' heel, and it was very itchy when he touched it.Xiao Niuzi giggled and grabbed Situ Si's hands, "Little Si, stop making trouble. Think about something delicious to eat on the street tomorrow?"

"Anyway, what do I eat, what can you buy me." Situ kicked him, "Go blow the lamp, although the family has more money now, don't waste it."

"You're so annoying, don't tell me earlier."

The little cow had to lean out to blow out the candles.

It was cool in autumn, and it was still like this at night. The two little guys were close to each other. Situ Si was very dissatisfied.

Xiao Niuzi said, "I thought they were all like you, sleeping naked every day, and urinating at night, is it cold?"

Situ Si proudly said, "I don't pee at night, I sleep until dawn."

This idiot, is it something to be proud of not peeing all night?The little Niuzi had no choice but to say perfunctorily, "I want to scatter, so of course I need to wear more clothes."

"Little Niuzi, you eat meat every day, why are you still so skinny?" He touched the little Niuzi's rib bones again, each one was clearly visible.

"Who knows." Xiao Niuzi also went to touch Situ Si's stomach and asked him, "Are you full?" These days, Situ Si is always hungry in the middle of the night, so they will go to the kitchen to find food before going to bed Woolen cloth.

Situ Si said, "I'm not hungry anymore."

While talking, the two fell asleep in a daze.

On the second day, after breakfast, I went to the casino for a while, told Situ San, and the two went shopping hand in hand.

Originally, in their line of business, it cost a dime to go out to buy food and eat!

In the end, I don't know how Situ San and Zhang Biao negotiated. The protection fee was a protection fee, but they strictly ordered their brothers not to give money to take advantage of the shops on the street.Someone once violated this rule, and Zhang Biao directly chopped off the boy's hands. Since then, no one has dared to refuse!

Therefore, when Situ Situ, the fourth little boy, went shopping, he had to bring his own money to go shopping.

First, each person held a candied haws in his mouth. After eating the candied haws, Xiao Niuzi bought two more biscuits. After eating mutton noodles, it was already noon. Situ Si touched his round belly, satisfied, and smiled, "Little Niuzi, let's go back. My brother told us to go back early at noon when we came out." .”

The little cow stretched out his hand for Situ to pinch the chopped green onion sticking to the corner of his mouth, and said, "I still want to go somewhere."

"Where! Let's hurry up, if I go back late, my brother will be kicked by him again when he gets angry." Having said that, Situ Si followed the little Niuzi anyway.

Bookstore!

In the past, Situ Si had studied with a scholar in the village for half a year. Although he was still illiterate, there were books inside and outside, and there were scholars coming and going.Literacy is not necessary at all, Situ Si also knows that this is the place where books are sold - the bookstore.

"Little Niuzi, are you alright?" Situ Si went to touch Xiao Niuzi's forehead, thinking he had a fever.Why come to the bookstore if you have nothing to do, the protection fee has already been paid.

The little cow knocked off Situ Si's hand, and stared at him blankly, "I can't buy a book to read."

"Are you literate? Buy books?"

Xiao Niuzi ignored Situ Si and directly grabbed Situ Si's hand and went in.The clerks at the bookstore all recognized them, and they came up to greet them with a smile, "Hey, Fourth Master, Niu Master, I'm here today..."

Situ Si pointed to the little Niuzi, "Master Niu is here to buy books."

The buddy immediately asked, "What kind of books does Master Niu want to buy?"

When leaving the bookstore, Xiao Niuzi was carrying books in his arms, while Situ Si was full of anger, his whole face was black.The little Niuzi said, "I will pay you back the money I borrowed from you."

"It turns out that there is a purpose for inviting me to eat delicious food today." Situ Si was furious, pointing to the torn book in Xiao Niuzi's hand, "It costs two taels of silver for these few pieces of paper, hmph! Burn it with money!"

Xiao Niuzi followed Situ Si unhurriedly, and said, "Little Si, I will really pay you back the money. I will pay you back when the monthly money is paid next month."

Situ rolled his eyes, "Of course you have to pay it back. You thought I was giving you the silver envoy for nothing! Remember, besides the silver, you also owe me a precious sword."

"I remember, I remember." Xiao Niuzi laughed.

"Hurry up, my brother must be waiting." Situ Si took the little Niuzi's hand and smiled suddenly, "From now on, I will call you Niu Xiucai."

"You're going to disgust me."

Situ Si grinned happily, suddenly hearing the sound of a gong in front, the crowd on the street avoided one after another.Xiao Niuzi shook Situ Si's hand behind his back, dragged him to the side of the street to avoid him, and saw a grandiose party passing by.The Lu book, the guards, and the eight sedan chairs walked straight for a quarter of an hour before they went far.

Situ Si was dumbfounded and said, "Is this the magistrate's pomp?"

"No." Xiao Niuzi frowned, and said, "The magistrate is a fourth-rank official, so he can't sit in a big sedan chair. Only officials with a third-rank official and above can sit in a big sedan chair."

Situ Si nodded and said, "The official who just passed must be older than the prefect?"

The little Niuzi said, "Let's go back quickly, it's too late, the third brother is really going to be angry."

"It's all your fault." Complaining a few words, the two hurried back to the casino and told Situ San about the arrival of the high official from Jinling City. Situ San said, "I know, that's the new imperial envoy. Maybe they came to investigate the person surnamed Li."

Situ Si himself had no interest in studying at all, but Situ Si was very proud of Xiao Niuzi's sudden transformation into an educated person, and immediately told his brother about Xiao Niuzi's purchase of books.In order to show his generosity, Situ Si said, "Xiao Niuzi doesn't have enough money, so I still use my monthly money for him."

Situ San glanced at Xiao Niuzi, but said nothing.

On the other hand, Situ Si couldn't keep things going, and he showed off to others everywhere, "My little ox can read."

Jia Yuan was slightly startled, and said, "Xiao Niuzi, are you still literate? Have you ever studied before? Are you the young master of a rich family?" However, if Xiao Niuzi really came from an extraordinary background, how could he be so secure? What about staying with them?It's been half a year, and I haven't seen him running away or resisting.

In fact, after Situ San and Zhang Biao knew that Xiao Niuzi could read, he felt a little suspicious in his heart, but he didn't ask.Fortunately, Jia Yuan has a big mouth, so he asked directly for them.

Xiao Niuzi pursed his lips and said squarely, "I used to study with my brother at home. Later, my aunt couldn't tolerate me, so she sent someone to give me a bowl of soup. I was not prepared, and I didn't remember anything after eating the soup. Now, when I wake up, it will be in the hands of the kidnapper Li." Then, the kidnapper Li sold it to the group of beggars—Zhang Biao and others.

With Xiao Niuzi's background, everyone doesn't know what to say.

Imperial City.

Children in the world, like Situ Si and Xiao Niuzi, naturally have their own sufferings and desolations.In fact, a child like Lin Jing and Xu Nian who was born into a wealthy family doesn't just soak in honey pots every day.

There is no need to mention your homework, and you must not delay it every day.Like Lin Jing, in addition to serious schoolwork, he also has to study medicine with Shu Jingyun, even with Lin Jing's aptitude, he has to put his heart into it.

It's so easy to look forward to a rest day, go out to have a meal, and get beaten when you come back, what a sad thing it is.

Of course, what Lin Jing and the others ate was not an ordinary meal, but an Overlord meal.

In Lin Yi's view, the most hateful thing about Lin Jing was not the shameful eating of the Overlord's Meal, but the fact that Lin Jing refused to admit it no matter what Lin Yi asked him after eating the Overlord's Meal.

Lin Jing had a good reason, and there was no guilt on his face, "What kind of overlord's meal? It was obviously Guan Xiaoer's treat, and he didn't bring any money with him. He agreed to send someone to the store the next day! Huh? Could it be that Guan Xiaoer Didn’t send money to others! How could this be possible, Guan Xiaoer is really embarrassing! If so, I’ll send someone to send money to the store!”

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have believed Lin Jing's nonsense!Lin Yi sneered, turned to look at Xu Nian, and asked, "Nian'er, tell me! What's going on today!"

Xu Nian hesitated, and then whispered for a long while, "That's it, that's it, that's it..." In the middle of talking, Xu Nian really didn't have Lin Jing's psychological quality of making up a set of lies and not flustered and blushing. Convincing Lin Jing with a face, "Little uncle, let's admit it. Uncle must have definite evidence." Looking at uncle's appearance, he is almost going crazy, right?

Lin Jing felt that he was dragged to death by Xu Nian, a useless guy. Seeing that his elder brother's face was getting darker, he said, "I really don't blame me, elder brother. It was Guan Xiaoerfei who asked me to eat If I don’t want to go to Bawang’s restaurant, they will insist that I’m as cowardly as a mouse. This is me, I have to go—” Lin Jing screamed.

Lin Yi didn't bother to reason with this kid any longer, so he took off Lin Jing's pants and beat him to the point of crying.