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In the evening, Ruan Tang, who was sent back to take a bath, came just in time for dinner.When he entered, Zhou Jincheng had already sat down at the table, but he hadn't moved his chopsticks yet.

Ruan Tang's hair was only half dry, and it was tied up, but not tied into a bun.Most of them tied a moon-white hair band behind their heads, and a few strands ran to the front and hung on their shoulders. The roots were jet-black, and the red lips and white face of the little fool seemed to look a little better.

He pursed his lips and smiled slightly, and approached Zhou Jincheng. Seeing that there was still only a pair of bowls and chopsticks on the table, he asked Zhou Jincheng, "Brother, don't you have mine?"

Zhou Jincheng said, "No."

Ruan Tang scratched his head, "But sister Ying'er said she brought mine."

After Ying'er and Yan'er delivered meals twice, they knew that Ruan Tang would use this house in the future.

He is too thin, and looks too kind, so they don't have to go back to the servant's room to fight for food with those wolf-like servants, the two of them feel relieved.

It's just a little strange that the young master who has always been unreasonable is willing to show kindness.

Just now Ying'er took Ruan Tang back, and she said a few gossips on the way, "I'll bring you an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks tonight, what's the matter with always using the old and young master's? Let Uncle An listen and insist on admonishing you. you."

Now Ruan Tang looked around on and under the table, but he couldn't find his own pair of bowls and chopsticks. He smiled with frustration, "Sister Ying'er must have forgotten."

His voice was so soft that it sounded like he was being coquettish when he complained: "Let Uncle An listen, he insists on training me."

Zhou Jincheng temporarily put down the piece of green vegetables he just picked up, and asked Ruan Tang, "Who do you know is Uncle An?"

Ruan Tang really didn't know, he just remembered Ying'er's words and said them again.

Zhou Jincheng showed a "really so" expression, just now he thought he really knew that someone was controlling him.

"Fool." Zhou Jincheng said.

He picked up a bowl, pushed the one on top of it to Ruan Tang, and gave him a pair of chopsticks in his hand.He really wanted to say "Hey, let's eat", but it was too bad, surpassing his own badness, so he didn't say it in the end.

Zhou Jincheng held back this, and he was going to make trouble in other places later.

In front of him was a dish of soft-shelled turtle soup. Ruan Tang picked up a chopstick, probably freshly cooked, and the gluttonous cat ate one piece after another, completely forgetting the "half" rule he set.

Zhou Jincheng had a serious face, but he generously pushed the celadon bowl towards Ruan Tang, and let him scoop up two spoonfuls of soup into the bowl to make rice.

He poked the rice leisurely by himself, and then ate two bites of vegetables. In one meal, he just watched Ruan Tang eat the soft-shelled turtle.

In the evening, Ruan Tang got Zhou Jincheng's permission to wash up and climbed onto Zhou Jincheng's bed before turning off the lights.Same as last night, curled up at the bottom of his feet, planning to sleep like that all night again.

The eldest young master is actually not used to having people on his bed, and he is still a servant.

It's just a cute and beautiful servant like a long tender bun, and what's more, he's a fool, so he's different from others.

They don't know how to flatter, and they don't know how to spread rumors inside and out.It's good to tease, but it doesn't hold a grudge.

He took out a small quilt and a soft pillow from the closet next to the bed, threw them into the innermost part of the bed against the wall, and said, "Go to sleep there, don't lie under people's feet and get in the way."

Ruan Tang hurriedly crawled over like a puppy, hugged a soft pillow in his arms, covered his shoulders with a small quilt, and looked at Zhou Jincheng eagerly: "Brother, sleep too."

Zhou Jincheng raised his eyebrows, and after lying down, he warned him without squinting: "Don't move around at night."

"I remember." Even if Ruan Tang slept in it, the space was much more spacious, but he still curled himself up, occupying only a little space.He closed his eyes, and murmured again: "Brother."

Either to call Zhou Jincheng for something to say, or just so softly.

Zhou Jincheng didn't respond either, the brocade-like moonlight shone on the blue tiles, and then back into the room, he remembered a common saying between brothers, "Daizu listens to funny stories".

It's just that Ruan Tang is so far away from him that he can't reach it with an outstretched arm, let alone the word "reach".

There was no interesting talk, only Ruan Tang, who was waiting for him, made a fool of himself.

Zhou Jincheng waited in the middle of the night, and Ruan Tang in the bed took a long breath, not waiting for the little fool to be suffocated by the heat of the turtle.

But the next morning, Ruan Tang sat up with him one after the other, and two nosebleeds flowed out of his nostrils.

Ruan Tang was carried out of the bed by Zhou Jincheng with his chin pinched and his head raised. He ran two steps to stop the bleeding and wash his face. Zhou Jincheng was left standing by the bed alone, looking at the few bright red drops of blood on the mattress.

This child is too young to react to soft-shelled turtle soup like an adult, let alone make a fool of himself because of it. Instead, he ended up paying for a bed sheet left by Zhou Jincheng's mother.

It was him who was not authentic, Zhou Jincheng thought and thought, and finally had no choice but to swallow his sulk.

When he was in the study in the morning, he didn't have a good attitude towards Ruan Tang.

To wipe the table and sweep the floor.Brushes of both thickness and hardness must be washed, and paintings must be dried.

There is no time for the little fool to doze off secretly.

The little fool didn't notice it, and thought his brother was teaching him how to work, with a sweet smile on his face, he was very happy.

Every time he finished a task ordered by Zhou Jincheng, he would immediately return to Zhou Jincheng, call out to his brother, and then ask, "It's done, isn't it?"

Zhou Jincheng took a look and remained silent, and Ruan Tang knew he was right. When he laughed, Baozi's face puffed up, and Zhou Jincheng lost his temper at all.

At noon, the little fool went to the kitchen with Ying'er and Yan'er to get Zhou Jincheng's food, but was stopped by the kitchen lady, who looked at him for a long time, and seemed to like him so much that he stuffed a freshly marinated pig's trotter into the little fool's hand.

There was no such thing in the few dishes they served.

The food boxes were all carried by Ying'er and Yan'er, and Ruan Tang only held the stewed pig's trotter given by the aunt in one hand.It was hot and fragrant all the way, so he just couldn't bear to eat it.

When he arrived at the study room, he grabbed Zhou Jincheng's hand first, regardless of whether he had oil or not, eager to let him have a bite.

The pig's trotters were hot, and when Ruan Tang came back, he took turns holding them with both hands, and the hand that touched Zhou Jincheng was also greasy, sticky to hold.

Ying'er and Yan'er lowered their heads to set the meal, and they said it was not good.

Zhou Jincheng didn't say anything, and didn't shake off Ruan Tang's hand, just lowered his head and took a bite as he handed it over.

Half a palm-sized piece of meat, bones accounted for most of it.After serving it to Zhou Jincheng, Ruan Tang withdrew his hand in satisfaction, and continued to eat the rest deliciously.

"Is it tasty?"

Ruan Tang nodded again and again, "It's delicious, it's delicious."

Really like a puppy.

Zhou Jincheng told Yinger: "I want this tomorrow."

Yinger quickly agreed.

Zhou Jincheng doesn't like meat, and he never eats such things.In the evening, he was reading silently in the house, and when Ruan Tang was driven out, Ying'er and Yan'er happened to have some small talk with the new book boy, telling him how kind the young master was to him, and so on.

In a somewhat sultry late summer, the air is filled with unknown scents of flowers and grasses, and insects are constantly chirping.

Their three and a half children sat under the stars all over the sky, throwing two smooth pebbles in their hands to play, and gossiping a few or two times, very comfortable.

Yan'er said that, Ruan Tang deeply agreed.But he remembered what Zhou Jincheng said, and he didn't talk too much to others, so he just nodded, at most two hums, which counted as an answer.

Yan'er only thought that he was shy by nature, and said to Ying'er: "Zhou Yuan probably talked too much in the past, so he didn't please the young master."

Ying'er lowered her head to look at Ruan Tang, and said with a smile: "The appearance is also worse."

Masculinity is prevalent in this dynasty, and some people marry men as their main wives.

Seeing Yinger's malicious smile, Yan'er easily thought of several new things that happened suddenly in Yuncheng in the past two years, so she smiled and spat: "Lang Tiaozi, how old is he?" , you just think about these dirty things!"

"How young is it?" Ying'er was still smiling, and said, "When the second young master of the Liu family brought his book boy into the house, the book boy was only fourteen or fifteen. Little Tang was sixteen."

Yan'er rested her chin and looked around Ruan Tang, "It's also..."

The two looked at each other tacitly, and then began to follow Ruan Tang's words.

It's just that Ruan Tangyi was not here, he was playing with throwing stones in his hand, but his eyes were fixed on the study window, waiting for Zhou Jincheng to come out.

Yan'er said: "The autumn test is coming soon, the young master usually works hard, but recently he has worked harder."

Ying'er looked forward to it, "If he can pass the exam this time, then our young master should be the youngest Jinshi."

"What's the rush?" Yan'er said: "My wife said that when a child from other people's family becomes a scholar at the age of seventeen or eighteen, he will worship the sky and the earth. In the past few years, let the young master practice his skills."

Ying'er shook her head, and whispered: "No one in the house knows that the young master's examination of merit...is not just for examination of merit."

Yan'er was most afraid of her being so unrestrained, and there was Ruan Tang beside her, so she twisted the corner of Ying'er's mouth and said, "You know, who else knows?"

"Oh, you're just pretending to be confused."

After saying a few words, Zhou Jincheng was really looked forward to by Ruan Tang.

As soon as he opened the door, he stepped out with only one foot, and the jelly that was sitting on the boulder ran over like a rabbit, and whispered: "Brother..."

Zhou Jincheng looked into his slightly watery eyes, "Sleepy?"

Ruan Tang obediently nodded a few times, and Zhou Jincheng said, "Let's go."

Ying'er stuck out her tongue at Yan'er, and the two hurriedly followed.

After resting at night, even the bugs stopped screaming outside.Ruan Tang slept inside, covered Zhou Jincheng with a small quilt, and stretched out his hand to grab the corner of his quilt, "Brother."

"What?"

Ruan Tang discussed with him: "Go to bed earlier in the future, okay?"

Zhou Jincheng said, "Not good."

"I don't grow taller if I sleep late." Ruan Tang was a little anxious, "My mother said."

Zhou Jincheng said: "You are stupid, what's the use of growing so tall?"

Ruan Tang followed with a guilty conscience, as if there was really no reason, he had to be so tall.He was easily led away by Zhou Jincheng, nodded in the dark and said, "It's useless."

The corners of Zhou Jincheng's mouth curled up slightly, but his voice was cold, "If it's useless, don't talk so much nonsense."

Ruan Tang remembered what Ying'er said, and asked Zhou Jincheng: "Why does my brother need to take the test for fame?"

Zhou Jincheng replied quickly, "To move out of Zhou's house."

He kept it in his stomach, and the whole Zhou Mansion kept it in his stomach. If he didn't say it, he said it very ordinary to a little fool.

It's just that the little fool didn't understand the importance of this, so he just groaned and begged Zhou Jincheng in a low voice: "Then brother also take me."

As soon as Zhou Jincheng turned over, he saw his side face half illuminated by the moonlight, which was white and soft, so he couldn't help but treat him badly: "I bring a fool and ask others to laugh at me?"

Ruan Tang's mouth was puckered, and he said aggrievedly, "Bad brother."