The elder brother who travels through is hard to do

Seeing Xia Shan whimpering at first, the chopsticks in Xu Bei's hand hit him on the head in reverse: "You really have to worry about it, eat vegetables, eat vegetables, so many dishes can't stop your mouth."

Xia Shan rubbed his head, blinked his eyes reluctantly, and lowered his head to eat the food. Brother Xu is so fierce.

He forgot that his martial strength was much higher than Xu Bei's. Although Xu Bei had started training, he couldn't concentrate and started late, so he could deal with ordinary people.

The others laughed when they saw this, and changed the conversation. They haven't seen Xu Bei mention the matter of finding a wife in the past few years. He doesn't look shy and embarrassed to mention it, so he probably doesn't want to get married yet. Bar.Sitting together with a few big men, there are many topics to talk about, talking about everything in the south and north, and somehow they talked about the things in the south, but it happened that someone under Zhang Meng came back from the south.

"The situation in the south is very bad," Zhang Meng sighed and shook his head. "Many places are in a mess. Although major floods have not happened again, small-scale floods occur every year. Many people leave their homes and leave their homes. It is really difficult to survive. Those who got together smashed the wealthy households and government offices and rushed in to grab food. The government's troops were of little use, but they were extremely effective in dealing with these rioting refugees, and they were suppressed silently. I didn’t hear the slightest sound of the wind.”

"Land mergers in the south are also fierce. The common people have no land in their hands and can only rent the land of the big landlords. They have been working hard for several months, but they can't even support their family." Thinking of the people who came back. Zhang Meng secretly sighed in his heart for the miserable situation around him and the extravagant life of a big landlord with a background. If he had encountered such a thing when he was young, he would probably be like the common people who made trouble, and would pick up a hoe and smash it. At the gate of the government office, take a knife and chop off the head of the corrupt official.

Xu Bei smacked his lips. Isn’t that a rebellion? The common people are going to rebel if they can’t survive. Repression alone is of no use. If you don’t pinch the root cause of the disaster, sooner or later there will be even bigger disturbances.Thinking about it now, I was lucky enough to devote myself to the Northland back then. Compared with those in the imperial court, Prince Xiao's Mansion and the Fourth Young Master should not be too wise.

Two years ago, King Chen's group forced Grand Master Fu to almost rebel, but because of the exposure of King Chen's power, King Qi found himself being used by King Chen, hated him greatly, and the brothers also started fighting, which gave Grand Master Fu a respite In this way, with the backing of the emperor, Grand Master Fu was still able to fight evenly with King Qi and King Chen, but because of The latter two both held part of the military power in their hands, and Grand Master Fu couldn't help them fight.

In the past two years, he has not let go of his job as a porter. At the beginning, he still transported food from the south. Later, he transported the precious fur, gems, spices and other luxury goods exchanged from the exchange market in the North to the capital. More practical supplies, no one expected that a large number of luxury goods suddenly appeared in the capital, and the leader behind it was Xiao Wangfu in the Northland. In the past two years, the treasury of the Xiaowangfu has been constantly enriched, and there is spare money to speed up the construction of the Northland , the main official roads have been reinforced and paved with cement pavement.

After nightfall, Xu Minqing followed Xu Bei like a tail. Xu Bei climbed onto the kang and patted the position beside him. Xu Minqing's eyes lit up and he leaned over and sat beside his brother, lying on his knee like a boneless .

"What's the matter? I haven't seen you say a few words all night." Xu Bei stroked Min Qing's hair and asked. Although he talked lively with other people, he never ignored Min Qing's situation. Abnormality naturally caught his eyes.

"Brother..." Xu Minqing's voice was muffled.

"Huh?" Xu Bei touched it one after another.

"Brother, do you really want to marry me a sister-in-law?" Xu Minqing bit his lip and asked.

Xu Bei's hand hung in mid-air for a moment, then landed on the hair below, and let out a low laugh, even his knees trembled with the laughter: "Who said I'm looking for a wife? I don’t want to find someone to come back and control me.”

This is the truth. In my previous life, I was over 30 and never thought of finding a wife, let alone in this life.It's not that he doesn't know what the outsiders say about him. The people who come to him are just because they think that his family has no seniors and no encumbrances. He has earned a lot of silver and is valued by the fourth son. Such a husband can become With the great help of his natal family, the family who looked down on him before also directly or indirectly expressed the intention of getting married through the intermediary, Xu Bei directly rejected it on the grounds that he was not good enough for those official ladies. , not afraid of offending people.

He was so tired of those people's schemes, what did he think Xu Bei and Min Qing were?He only wanted to get the best benefit from them, but he still disliked his vulgarity in private. Those people probably thought that Xu Bei had gone to some kind of dog, and shit luck climbed onto the lap of the Fourth Young Master, so that he could have everything he has today.No matter how open-minded he is, he will be very angry when he hears these words and knows these calculations.

And even if there were no such calculations, he would feel uncomfortable at the thought of a woman living in this house and taking care of everything. Way to imagine that there is another person who can get along with him like Minqing.

"But..." Xu Minqing turned his head and looked up at his brother from below, his bright black eyes were moistened by the candlelight, "Brother will get married one day, right?" There was worry in his eyes color.

Xu Bei pinched the back of his neck and said with a smile: "We'll talk about the future, anyway, as long as Min Qing is by my side for a day, your brother and I will take care of you if you don't get married, okay?" This kid is worried that he will fall out of favor. Smiling secretly, this is jealous of people who haven't appeared yet, which brother is so sticky with the eldest brother.But he likes this intimacy, no matter how good Min Qing has been in the past two years, his affection for him as a brother has never diminished, and he still relies on him like that.

If others treat him well, he will be very good, not to mention that in the days when they depended on each other, Min Qing has long been extraordinary in his mind. Others may be able to replace him, but Min Qing, the younger brother, cannot be replaced by others.He basically has no secrets about Min Qing now, except that he has lived his whole life without saying anything, but he also knows that Min Qing is extremely intelligent, so there are some things that he doesn't need to say.

When he went to the capital with Minqing, he told Minqing about the existence of space, what he said to the fourth son back then, and what he had done for the fourth son in the past two years.Originally, he didn't want to tell him that he was worried that Min Qing would be hurt if the secret was leaked out, but after more than two years, he didn't fully understand the mind of the Fourth Young Master, but he could figure it out a little bit. As long as the Fourth Young Master lives well, he doesn't have to worry about it. Worrying about his own life, he also didn't have to worry about implicating Min Qing, so when Min Qing wanted to go on a study tour with him, he confessed the matter.

"Really?" Xu Minqing's eyes flashed brightly when he heard the elder brother's words, and asked for proof.

"Of course it's true. When did your brother lie to you?" Some things are at best kept secret.

"Brother!" With Xu Bei's promise, Xu Minqing threw himself into Xu Bei's arms, covering his face with joy that he couldn't hide, "Brother, then we've made a deal, as long as I stay by my side for a day, I won't be able to get married. "

"What a domineering boy!" Xu Bei didn't pay attention to the trap in the words, just patted him on the back twice, and laughed and cursed in a friendly tone, but did not refute.

Xu Minqing was overjoyed, he never thought about getting married, no, except for his brother, he never thought about living with another person, no matter who it was.Then he and his brother will be together forever, and no one will leave anyone, and he will tie his brother up for the rest of his life.

Xu Bei also felt that the intimacy with this kid was a bit too much, and Lao Qiu and the others often laughed at him in private. At first, he didn't think it was a big deal when Min Qing was young, but rather complacent, thinking that Lao Qiu and the others were jealous of him.

But once an extremely embarrassing thing happened, two people who have long been used to sleeping in the same bed, Xu Bei woke up from the heat one night, and Min Qing, who was held in his arms with blushing cheeks, rubbed against him , also as a man, I don't understand what he looks like, not to mention that there is a stick underneath him.

Xu Bei didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the time, realizing that his younger brother had finally grown up, maybe they should sleep separately, otherwise wouldn't they have to be rubbed back and forth every time, and he, a big man full of firepower, would also get up He reacted, watching the kid sleep soundly after feeling refreshed, but he only closed his eyes and fell asleep when it was almost dawn.

Before he and Min Qing mentioned the matter of sleeping separately, Xu Bei, who got up late in the morning, found that the boy had gone to the academy without waiting for him to see him off. Brother, I hid back to the academy.

But the next time he came back to Xu Bei and mentioned this matter, Min Qing didn't agree at all, he asked Mama Hu to prepare another room, but when it was time to go to bed, the kid just lay in front of his bed with his pillow in his arms, staring Looking at him intently, the pitiful look made him feel soft-hearted, so he nodded and agreed to let him go to the kang, and never mentioned sleeping in another bed since then.

Xu Minqing, who got the promise, happily made the bed with his brother, leaned in his arms, and felt that he could completely confess some things to his brother.

"elder brother……"

Here it is again, Xu Bei couldn't bear Min Qing's soft voice the most, he stared at him and said, "Did you do something bad again? Did you cause trouble?"

Xu Minqing shrunk his neck. What he did was indeed a little sorry for the elder brother. The elder brother even told him about the magical space, but he still kept the matter of the book shop from the elder brother. No, the elder brother should have vaguely noticed that he was outside With his own property, the only thing he hides is his own background.Before, he was worried that his elder brother would alienate him if he found out, but Xu Minqing, who had just received the promise, felt that it would not be good to lie any longer. It would be the same for him.

Xu Minqing got up from the quilt, gathered a small box from the kang cabinet, handed it to his brother, and at the same time handed him a key, and said without hesitation: "Brother, open it and have a look."

Xu Bei glanced at him. This small box had been placed on it all the time, but he never thought of opening it to take a look. In fact, the lock couldn't stop him. This kid thought a lot.Smiling secretly in his heart, with a tense face, he took the key and opened the box, thinking to see how much money this kid has accumulated in the past few years. In terms of money, he has always been generous to Min Qing, and the money box at home is never locked. , and since he entered Yanyang Academy, he has to give him another sum of money every month.

"Yo, you've earned a lot." On the top were several bank notes, worth several thousand taels. Seeing the little boy's uneasy expression, Xu Bei almost couldn't hold back.There is still paper under the bank note, I took it out and looked, yo, there is more than one place in the house deed, I saw the address on it, thought about it, and understood.

Xu Bei snorted coldly, pretending to be angry, brother is angry!This kid has acquired such a large property outside, but he didn't tell him at all.Well, in fact, he knew more or less, because of the improvement of printing technology, the price of books has been reduced. It’s not that he hasn’t heard people praise Shen Zhi Shu Si, saying that Shen Zhi Shu Si has developed a new printing method to reduce the cost of books. , it is of great benefit to the students all over the world, and it is also said that this book shop is involved with Lord Lu Yunzhi and even the fourth son, so no one dares to take it by force.

In addition, there were people who came to him to ask for books, and he didn't bother to care about others, but he couldn't refuse Master Yang Zhen's request, so he came back and told Min Qingyi, and he brought the books with him when he came back the next day. After giving it to Master Yang, he was overjoyed.

Xu Bei thought about it secretly at the time, always felt that the improvement of the printing technique might have something to do with Min Qing, and then he noticed that the bookboy Jiang Hong next to him was also diligent in going to the book shop, and he didn't bother to investigate. , just watched Min Qing act more and more unscrupulously, which was almost equivalent to telling him that the book store had something to do with him.

"elder brother……"

"What's your name? You're so capable. I thought you were only a small player, but I didn't expect you to be a major player." His younger brother's name was written on the house deed, and he couldn't help feeling proud that Min Qing was much more capable than him. , he relies on a lifetime of accumulation to get ahead, but Minqing is not, he is a real teenager, and he has saved such a family business at this age, no wonder those people outside They all set their eyes on Min Qing of his family.

"Brother..." Xu Minqing actually saw all his brother's little tricks, but these were not the highlight, the key was still below, so he looked up and then lowered his head, as if obediently admitting his mistakes.

"Anything else?"

Another guilty glance.

Xu Bei's tooth hurts. Doesn't this brother seem to be too incompetent if he is too patient? He patted the bank deed that was thrown on the kang and said loudly: "If you have anything else to do, tell me honestly, or your ass will bloom!" It's so disrespectful.

"Brother!" Xu Minqing rushed over to hug his arm, "Brother, I told you you can't drive me out."

"Is it going to be against the sky?" Xu Bei gritted his teeth, "Quickly confess, and deal with it according to the circumstances!" His subordinates forcefully rolled the man onto his lap, and slapped his fleshy buttocks with a "pop".

When doing this in the past, Xu Minqing always had to struggle for a long time, but this time he honestly lay on Xu Bei's lap and beat and scolded, but the roots of his ears still turned red, Xu Minqing closed his eyes and said honestly: "Brother, I know that I of life."

What? !Xu Bei was taken aback, and quickly turned him over. Seeing him closing his eyes nervously, his heart softened. Besides, there was nothing to be angry about. This kid took home all the money he earned outside.

It's not that Xu Bei never thought about finding out Min Qing's life experience. It's actually very simple to find out. The original owner clearly remembered how Min Qing was brought back. As long as he sent someone to ask someone from his natal family, even if he couldn't find out the result. At least he can know the clues to look for, and his grandmother's behavior is also a bit suspicious, especially his aunt, who has never come out in memory, and grandpa hurried over when his parents passed away, and cried a lot. Go back and let him take good care of his brother.

He sometimes doubted whether Minqing was his aunt's child.When Min Qing grew older, his exquisite eyebrows and increasingly outstanding temperament made him hard to miss. At the same time, he also felt that his brother's birth was probably not ordinary, not like what ordinary people could have. Inheritance is really bad.

Every time he asked someone to send a gift to his mother's house, he wanted someone to pass along a message to ask, but the words stopped when he got to his mouth, why should his raised brother be taken away by others.Later, after learning more about the outside world, I learned that some places in the border are places of exile. Some officials and their families who committed crimes will be exiled to those places where the environment is difficult. Most of the descendants of those people are not allowed to re-enter official careers. I put my mind down even more.The reason for this association is that he dug out a situation from the depths of the original owner's memory. The original owner's aunt was actually a servant in a rich family in the early years. Because it was too long ago, the memory was a little fuzzy, and the family no longer mentioned it. this aspect of things.

Now after hearing Min Qing's words, Xu Bei's face changed again and again. This time, he was not in the mood to make a laugh, and his voice was a little heavy. He grabbed Min Qing's shoulder and asked, "Did you ask grandpa, aunt, and the others? When did you know?" of?"

Xu Minqing shook his head, opened his eyes and saw his brother's worried expression, couldn't bear to say: "Brother, I already knew, I was afraid that my brother would drive me away, so..."

It turned out that he was worried about this, so Xu Bei breathed a sigh of relief, hugged him and patted his back comfortingly: "No, brother just said, as long as Min Qing doesn't leave, brother will be here."

Xu Minqing lay on his brother's shoulders, his eyes were a little red, and he told how he met Jiang Feng back then, and how he determined his life experience. In fact, he wanted to say it a long time ago, and he didn't want to have any barriers between him and his brother. .

Xu Bei patted him repeatedly, like coaxing a child. He felt wetness coming from his shoulders, and his heart ached immediately. Min Qing still cried when he was bullied just after he left Shangpo Village, but he never shed tears again.

What surprised him even more was that Minqing was actually a member of the Jiang family. When he heard about the Jiang family when he first went to the capital, he never thought that one day he would get in touch with the Jiang family. Min Qing, who was born, was probably also very scared and uneasy, and he didn't realize it, so he was quite careless.

It turned out that Jiang Hong was a servant of the Jiang family, and his father, Jiang Feng, managed the bookstore for Minqing in the bookstore. How much thought did the 12-year-old child have to hide to plan the property without telling himself.Xu Bei didn't feel how deep his brother's thoughts were, but he just felt pity for this child and felt sorry for him.