Cross-country exchange

Xie Yun's sudden proposal made Xia Yu stunned for a long time. Ever since he met this white monkey on the mountain, he had never thought about this question.Although he has fed it occasionally, Xia Yu thinks he also raises chickens and pigs...but it always feels a bit awkward for him to raise monkeys in the future.

Maybe it's because the white monkey is too persuasive, Xia Yu never treats it as an animal, but like a mischievous and unattended child.

"Brother Xia, what do you think?" Xie Yun felt a little regretful after speaking, and looked at Xia Yu nervously.

"Well, let's mention it when Grandma and the others come back." Xia Yu rubbed his chin and said, neither refusing nor replying immediately.

The white monkey didn't know that it would be the protagonist tonight, so it just kept drooling into the pot.

"Little brother, what delicious food did you make for Xiaoyun today, why is it so delicious?" Xia Lei's voice was heard from a long way away as the donkey dragged the cart.

With the sound of wheels rolling, they soon arrived at the door of Xia's house.

Xia Yu poked his head out to take a look, only Aunt Xia and Xia Lei came back, Aunt Xia was nowhere to be seen, probably left there by the Chen family again.

"Why didn't Grandma come back?" Xie Yun also came out, seeing three people going and two returning, he asked quickly.

Xia Lei smiled and said, "Second Brother is pulling Grandma to live there. Anyway, Grandma will be fine when she comes back, so we will let Grandma stay there for a few more days and chat with Second Brother for a few days."

Pregnant couples have to follow suit, this is the experience Xia Lei has learned from several older brothers.

Father Xia saw the white monkey running up and down behind Xia Yu with sharp eyes, and asked in surprise, "Why is this little thing back?"

After the white monkey left last time, he didn't come back for several days.Father Xia thought that the monkey was used to being wild, and maybe he was still used to its previous life.Unexpectedly, it came back again, and it still looks like a human being.

"Hey, don't these clothes belong to Grandma?" Xia Lei led the donkey to the place where the pigs were raised before, and threw some food for it.

Almost everyone in the White Monkey knew the members of the Xia family, seeing them surrounding him one by one, he was not afraid of strangers and let them scrutinize him.

Xia Yu served the prepared meals one by one, and said, "It's time for us to have dinner at this point, Dad, Sixth Brother, you go wash your hands and come over to eat."

When they sat down one by one, the white monkey followed their example and sat down beside Xie Yun obediently.

"Father, Sixth Brother, I just wanted to tell you something." Seeing that the white monkey was honest, Xia Yu put away the chopsticks he just raised in his hand and said.

Xia Lei was half-starved, he ate two pieces in big gulps, and said inarticulately, "What-what's the matter?"

Xia Yu glanced at Xie Yun, and then said, "Actually, it's not a big deal, but I personally want to take in this white monkey. I see it is quite pitiful. Do you have any opinions?"

Xia Lei froze for a moment, a mouthful of food was still in his throat.On the contrary, Aunt Xia put down the chopsticks, hesitated for a moment and said, "I think this monkey is a wild monkey, is it used to the simple food in our family?"

As far as he knew at that time, the monkey liked to eat meat.For this alone, it cannot be supported by other people's families.Moreover, this monkey is rebellious and rebellious, so keeping it at home may cause a lot of trouble.

"Well, it should be able to. It's actually pretty smart, and it can learn quickly." When he was on the mountain, Xia Yu discovered that the white monkey has a strong ability to imitate.It's just that there is a lack of control, so the character is a bit wild.

"Then let's keep it, I think it's very fun, and it only comes to our house every time, obviously you have recognized the little brother?" When the white monkey left their house, Xia Lei asked around, everyone Said he had never seen this crazy monkey.

"I'll teach it something to make it less troublesome." Xia Yu nodded.

Aunt Xia opened his mouth, but didn't say anything in the end, anyway, his kid has grown up and is capable of earning money now, so let's forget about this small request, just follow him.

Thus, the White Monkey officially settled in Xia's house.

When Xie Yun was bored, he gave the white monkey a very humane name—Xia Feng (Xia Feng).

It was about three or five days after Grandma Xia came back from Second Brother Xia's side. At that time, everyone was eating lunch, and Xia Feng was sitting there upright. From behind, she thought she was alone.

"Hey, I'm not here for a few days, and you guys are living a fulfilling life. Who is this guest? And you won't introduce me?" Aunt Xia started to question her as soon as she put the things away.

Xia Lei helped Aunt Xia tidy up her things in the inner room, and almost laughed out loud when he heard this.

Xie Yun looked at Grandma even more blankly, "Grandma, where are the guests?"

Grandma Xia smacked her lips, gave Xie Yun an inexplicable expression, and said, "Hey, why does this dress look so familiar?"

Now even Xia's father couldn't help laughing, Xia Yu watched the group of people teasing grandma, and explained with a smile, "Grandma has no visitors, this is the white monkey that came to our house last time. I discussed it with my dad and decided to adopt it, and it will live in our house from now on."

When Aunt Xia heard this, she immediately realized it, and when she looked at Aunt Xia's appearance, she was so angry that she went back to the inner room.

The days passed day by day, the third brother Xia Qiu and the fourth brother Xia Dong who were far away in the county spent a few days in fear, seeing that Grandma Xia didn't come to the county immediately, they thought that the marriage turmoil was over.

The two suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

The division of labor in the entire Xia family's local restaurant is very clear. Xia Zhi controls the lifeline of the entire local restaurant, and all income and consumption have to go through Xia Zhi's hands. As for Xia Qiu and Xia Dong, they do the purchasing work. Xia Qiu and Xia Dong will take over when it’s the waiting room, and the two chefs, Cao Peng and Qin Chang, respectively control the kitchen, so without Grandma Xia and Yu Xia, the whole local restaurant can be operated. It's still delicious.

Every late at night, Xia Zhi would rack his brains to calculate the numbers from the whole day. In fact, Xia Yu’s teaching was relatively general, and he taught Xia Zhi what the first ten characters represented. I went back.

So during this period of time, the summer solstice was suffering, and the hair on his head was almost pulled out.He was pretty good at counting with his fingers, but asking him to fill things out on paper would kill him.

"Come on, finish the soup first, I specially left it for you." Cao Bing brought out a large bowl of steaming soup from the kitchen, and placed it in front of Xia Zhi.

In the summer solstice, you can count today's balance with your fingers. If you don't count your fingers, you will almost use your toes.

Cao Buing couldn't help laughing when he saw it, and he put away the things in front of Xia Zhi.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Xia Zhi was a little annoyed, as soon as he was interrupted, he had to start all over again.

Cao Bing ignored it, and pushed the bowl in front of him, "I saw that you didn't eat anything tonight, so drink this first, and I will teach you how to count later."

When Xia Zhi heard this, his pupils lit up, and he suddenly remembered that before their Xia's local restaurant opened, the Cao family's rice business was managed by Cao Bubing.

"That's what you said, can't you play tricks?" Xia Zhi drank a bowl of soup very quickly, and drank it in a hurry, almost scalding his tongue.

"Ah."

The residual halo of the downstairs hall hit Xia Zhi's side face, and Cao Buing couldn't take his eyes off it with a sacred feeling.Xia Zhi was so hot that she stuck out her tongue playfully. The bright red tip of her tongue was like a seductive poppy flower, tempting people's hearts, making people want to get closer, and get closer.

When Cao Buing realized it, he couldn't help but stretched out his hand, touching the beautiful softness.

Both were stunned.

"You, you, what are you doing?" Xia Zhi moved back and almost fell off the stool. Fortunately, Cao Buing reacted very quickly and caught him.

This time, the distance between the two of them got closer, and they could even hear the beating of each other's hearts.

"I..." Cao Buing's ears turned red, and the eloquent man suddenly ran out of words, and his whole face turned red.

Xia Zhi pushed him angrily, "Let me go."

Cao Buing didn't care about the strength, recalling the things they had known each other before, as if he had made up his mind, he hugged him firmly in his arms, "Xia Zhi, I think I can teach you how to count these boring things every day in the future. I want to make a lot of things for you to eat, and I want to... take good care of you."

Cao Buing didn't dare to look at Xia Zhi's face, but felt that the strength of the struggle in his arms became weaker.

Xia Zhi's face suddenly turned red, then turned pale, and he was in a messy mood. He pushed Cao Bing and said, "Release me, if the third brother and the others see it, they will beat you to the ground."

Cao Bing also felt that something was wrong, just now he was afraid that Xia Zhi would run away, so he hugged him in a moment of desperation.He immediately relaxed, and said eagerly, "Xia Zhi, I was serious about what I said just now, you, what about you?"

Xia Zhi frowned, looked at him for a while, and then said, "Didn't you just say that you would teach me how to count, are you still teaching me now?"

"Teach, teach." Cao Buing stuttered instantly.

Next, one of the two devoted themselves to teaching and the other to learning. The atmosphere was quite harmonious, but both of them were a little absent-minded.

The day was over in a hurry, and the two of them went to bed separately.

Xia Zhi tossed and turned but couldn't fall asleep. Logically speaking, at his age, if someone said they wanted to take care of him, he should feel very happy, and then directly agreed to him.But now he doesn't feel any joy at all, and his mood is still heavy.

"Forget it, go to sleep."

Xia Zhi comforted herself in this way, she didn't think about the things she couldn't understand for now.

He thought that everything was as usual and it was enough for him to do his own thing, but the man in the kitchen always appeared in front of him intentionally or unintentionally.

At night, everyone usually goes to rest first, and it will be late in the summer solstice to calculate the daily balance.Recently, Cao Buing had been with him, but he didn't feel anything.But thinking of the two of them yesterday... Xia Zhi was a little dazed when they settled accounts.

Cao Bing has a habit of leaving a large bowl of newly stewed soup at night as a supper for Xia Zhi. This habit has lasted for a long time, and he didn't understand why before, but yesterday he pierced the layer of paper and understood It turns out that this is the feeling of wanting to take care of a person.

"Let's do it after you drink it." Cao Buen is sometimes very domineering, especially when feeding, he has to watch Xia Zhi drink it to be satisfied.

Xia Zhi has been quite confused recently, and he will put aside things that he can't figure out, but there is a person with such a strong sense of presence, it seems that he can't ignore the things that are ignored.

"Xia Zhi, what are you worried about?" Cao Bing doesn't say he knows Xia Zhi very well, but he still understands the other party's temperament in general, including the character who shrinks back into his shell like an ostrich when he encounters something he doesn't understand... It was the only place where Xia Zhi broke through.

Xia Zhi became dazed while drinking the soup, but he didn't know, probably because he was afraid that his parents would object, and he was also afraid that his younger brother would be sad.

After all, everyone in Hexi Village knew about the troubles between Xia's family and Cao's family. If he were with Cao Buing, grandma would probably be so angry that she wouldn't recognize him, right?

It definitely will.

Just when Xia Zhi wanted to pretend that it didn't exist, Grandma Xia appeared in Xia's Local Restaurant.

Xia Qiu and Xia Zhi were so frightened that they almost ran away again. In fact, Xia Zhi was the most guilty one. When he saw Grandma Xia, his face turned pale with fright.

"Hey, I said fifth brother, what's wrong with you? Why is your face so bad?" Aunt Xia thought that Xia Zhi was uncomfortable, and after comforting her, she directly took over Xia Zhi's job and asked him to go and rest.

Xia Zhi looked at the kitchen anxiously, afraid that Grandma Xia would find out.The Cao family is no longer what it used to be. After the Cao family's rice line was suppressed by the rice line community, the Cao family fell into a slump.Cao Bingchen, the second son of the Cao family, is nowhere to be found, Li Mo also left the Cao family, and Cao Peng, the eldest son of the Cao family, does not go back often. Only Cao Jingtian and his wife are left in the big Cao family.Probably because he felt that he had committed too many crimes, Cao Jingtian often stayed behind closed doors.

Xia Zhi was going to see Cao Peng, and the people in the kitchen seemed to have a good understanding, and they looked at Xia Zhi, showing a simple and honest smile.

"Fifth Brother, what are you looking at?" Xia Dong patted him on the shoulder lightly, Xia Zhi was almost so frightened that his heart jumped out.

The two obviously look the same, but they have different personalities. Xia Dong is more active and agile.The summer solstice belongs to the kind of muffled voice, if you don't sing, you will be a blockbuster, and you often do things that make people's jaws drop.

"I didn't see anything, I was just wondering why grandma came here suddenly. Could it be because of your marriage with the third brother?" Xia Zhi didn't open his mouth, but he poked at Xia Dong's pain as soon as he opened his mouth.

Xia Dong shivered, and said, "I don't know, but I'm thinking whether to go back to Hexi Village now."

"Hey, little four, little five, hurry up and help." Xia Qiu shouted, and the two of them didn't dare to think about anything else.

At night, it is the time when several people are more difficult to bear.

Grandma Xia had something to say, and all the three brothers of the Xia family sat upright, listening to the teaching.

"Now, your eldest brother already has a baby, and your second brother and Xiaoyun are both pregnant. Xiaoyun is going to give birth in a month or so. The three of you are not young anymore. When I am like you, The eldest brother and the second brother both have..."

Xia Qiu knew that Grandma was coming to talk about these things, but he wasn't mentally prepared yet?He really wanted to plug his ears, but under Grandma Xia's piercing gaze, he could only act like a quail honestly.

The three quails were nodding their heads in agreement, but they were thinking about the opposite.

Xia Qiu—I really want to go to bed, when is Grandma going to talk about it?

Xia Dong—see how many days Grandma will stay, if it takes longer, he will go back to take care of Xiaoyun tomorrow morning, doesn't it mean that there is still more than a month to give birth?

Summer Solstice——Grandma is here, so tomorrow I'd better ask Cao Buing not to stay with him so late, if Grandma finds out, it's over.

"Third brother, tell me, when do you plan to get married?" Aunt Xia bababa was too tired to speak, and directly threw the right to speak to Xia Qiu, who was almost dozing off, and poured herself a glass of cold water.

Xia Qiu, who was named, immediately raised her head, "Grandma, Xiao Yun is about to give birth, and you must go back to take care of him when the time comes. If I remarry, our family will be overwhelmed. I think this matter , It’s not too late to say next year.”

"Why not late? Let's talk next year. Do you know how old you are next year?" Aunt Xia felt a little headache thinking about the ages of her brothers. He wished he could marry all four brothers in the family this year.

Xia Qiu lowered her head dejectedly and continued to be a quiet quail.

"Fourth brother, what about you?" Aunt Xia glanced at him and immediately saw Xia Dong sitting in the middle. He still remembered that the fourth brother ran away from home to the county.

Xia Dong, who was named, immediately sat up straight. He glanced at the third brother, and then at the fifth brother who had nothing to do with him, "Grandma, isn't the third brother not married yet? You should finish your work first." The third brother's marriage will come to me again?"

Aunt Xia had expected him to say this, "Don't worry, I'll take a look for you, if you like it, let's get to know it first..."

Xia Dong swallowed, feeling a bad premonition.

"As for fifth brother, if you are not feeling well, you should go to rest early." Aunt Xia saw that Xia Zhi was not in good spirits.

When Xia Zhi heard this, he wanted to go upstairs immediately, but he thought that he hadn't settled the accounts yet and said, "Grandma, I haven't settled today's accounts yet, my younger brother said that I have to do the calculations every day."

When Grandma Xia heard this, she immediately waved everyone to go to bed, and left Xia Zhi alone, "Xia Zhi, you should go to bed early when you are done."

Xia Zhi nodded, like a diligent little bee, began to work hard.But I don't know what's wrong, and the calculations are not accurate.

The lights were getting darker and darker, but Xia Zhi didn't notice that his eyes were still fixed on the things he wrote, and then he poured all the income of the day on the table without giving up, and started to count again.

"What's the matter, have you encountered a problem again?"

As soon as Xia Zhi looked up, he saw the person who should have fallen asleep appear in front of him.

Seeing that his eyes were turning red, Cao Buing rubbed his messy hair with some distress.