Zhou Yan

In the next few days, Shen Xian didn't wait for the city lord and his wife to come to Xingshi to question him. If they didn't come, Shen Xian would not dare to go to the main courtyard to look for them.

Finally one morning, the maid next to Madam knocked on Shen Xian's courtyard door: "Master, Madam asked you and Young Master Zhou to have dinner."

coming!

Shen Xian pulled Zhou Mingchao and ran into the courtyard of the city lord and his wife: "Brother Zhou, let's go."

When he came to the door, Shen Xian stopped and looked around in the garden.

Zhou Mingchao nodded his forehead: "What are you looking at?"

"Should we find a stick?" Shen Xian picked up the flowers and searched around inside, and he didn't have time to think about Zhou Mingchao's pointing his head: "It's a little sincere to apologize, maybe my father looks at me pitifully, so he should be more gentle , leave me a way out."

Shen Xian, who wanted to be sincere, was not satisfied with looking at the thin branches. He rubbed his chin and looked aside, and made his mind on the pines and cypresses that had grown in the garden for more than ten years and were older than him: "Big Mao, help me!" Get an ax."

He wants to chop a tree and carry it on his back to plead guilty.

Then, Shen Xian was dragged away by Zhou Mingchao's collar.

When they were in the yard, the dishes had already been served, such as stewed braised in soy sauce, pork roasted in sauce, and roasted duck, all of which Shen Xian loved to eat. The wife and the city lord were sitting at the table waiting for them.

As soon as Shen Xian entered the door and saw this posture, he felt apprehensive, slipped behind Zhou Mingchao, and followed in small steps.

"uncle and auntie."

"Come on, sit down, are you hungry?"

The city lord and his wife called them to sit down, watched Shen Xian adjust his robe, and then sat down next to Zhou Mingchao implicitly. Although they were not on the same stool, Shen Xian's body always involuntarily turned towards Zhou Mingchao, When Zhou Mingchao sat down, he also paid attention to Shen Xian's movements, and even adjusted the sleeves of Shen Xian sitting on the stool.

I didn't think of it before, but looking at these two people now, there are clues everywhere.

It was the first time for the city lord and his wife, and they didn't know how to deal with it. They could only try their best to ignore the lingering atmosphere between the two of them and treat them as usual.

"Both of you have a bowl of soup," the lady brought them some vegetables: "This matsutake is picked fresh from the mountain, and the stewed soup is delicious."

The city lord hurriedly filled soup for the two people: "You drink, you drink."

However, the more the old couple wanted to behave like usual, the younger couple just looked at me and I touched you, making small movements and unconsciously irritating people.

"Brother Zhou," Shen Xian winked at Zhou Mingchao after eating for some reason.

Zhou Mingchao glanced at him: "Eat."

Well, Shen Xian picked up the spoon and drank the soup.

So obedient, the city lord and his wife just pretended not to see it, as usual, as usual.

Seeing that Shen Xian only ate what he liked, the Madam didn't take a bite of the dish in front of him, so she put a few slices of stewed radish in the small plate in front of him.

One of Shen Xian's most hated dishes is stewed radish, which is delicious, but also bitter and astringent, but this time he dare not make a mistake in front of the city lord and his wife.

He picked the radish in the bowl, and quickly put it into Zhou Mingchao's bowl while the city lord and his wife bowed their heads to eat.

Zhou Mingchao was stunned for a moment, looked at Shen Xian and raised his eyebrows. Normally, he would not condone Shen Xian's picky eating, but today, Zhou Mingchao ate that piece of radish to save Shen Xian's face.

Eating at the same table, there is no shelter, the city lord and his wife who have been watching their every move from the corner of their eyes: "..."

The old couple patted their chests and breathed, it's fine as usual, it's fine as usual.

But Zhou Mingchao would not just indulge Shen Xian like this, he picked up a chopsticks of green vegetables and put them in Shen Xian's bowl, with a calm face and a natural attitude, even the city lord and his wife didn't see anything wrong.

But Shen Xian didn't like it, now he didn't dare to refute Madam, but he had the courage to make a fuss in front of Zhou Mingchao: "I..."

As soon as he made a sound, Zhou Mingchao stopped his chopsticks and raised his eyes to look at him. There was no impurity in his pale eyes, and the brilliance flowed.

Shen Xian immediately faltered, and stuffed the vegetable leaves into his mouth, like a little rabbit eating weeds, sipping small mouthfuls, feeling wronged and weak, he just wanted to eat meat.

This is flirting, right?The city lord and his wife clutched their chests, took a deep breath and told themselves, it's fine as usual, it's fine as usual.

They wanted to finish the meal safely, but Shen Xian was not going to let them go just like that.

Lunch was coming to an end, Shen Xian swallowed the leaves of the vegetables, this meal made him anxious, he didn't eat all the dishes on the table, whether it was salty or bland, but the meal was almost finished, and he didn't see what his parents said, Shen Xian Can't help it.

"Father," Shen Xian knew people's faces, and carefully chose his words: "In the past few days, our house has quite a lot of guests."

"Well," the city lord doesn't like to eat too greasy food, and he has to drink every mouthful of food. He put down his teacup and picked up his chopsticks.

"Then..." After waiting for a long time, Shen Xian paused for a while, but didn't see that the city lord had any intention to continue, and asked bravely, "Did they say anything?"

Following Shen Xian's words, the room fell silent for a moment. The city lord was holding chopsticks, and he didn't pick up vegetables, nor did he pick up vegetables. Madam also stopped her movements without making a sound. Zhou Mingchao sank calmly. Xian stood by his side to prevent the city lord from suddenly bursting out and beating someone.

For a while, there were only the breathing sounds of a few people in the room, which was very light, making it even quieter.

Shen Xian stared at the ground, twisting the patterns on the sleeves with both hands. The clothes were embroidered with green bamboo, which was pinched by Shen Xian into grass under the tree, the kind that was blown by the wind and rain.

Before speaking, he was lawless, but after he finished speaking, he was afraid. Zhou Mingchao looked calm, but quietly passed a hand from under the table, and held Shen Xian's sweaty hand.

"It's nothing." When the silence in the room was about to suffocate, the city lord sighed, pretending not to see the hands of the two boys folded: "Your mother and I are getting older, and we can't control some things, as long as you think so It’s the right thing to do, just be happy in your heart.”

Madam sat beside her without saying a word, she just rubbed the corners of her eyes and forced back the tears.

They sat in the room all night yesterday, and they didn't fall asleep until dawn. The old couple looked at each other, and they both saw the tiredness and vicissitudes in each other's eyes.

They are all old and getting older, no matter how well maintained they are, the fine lines at the corners of their eyes will still betray the years they have experienced. When they were young, no one was too tired, but they survived and gritted their teeth. What he looks like today, the things that he worked so hard to earn in the past, isn't it just to make his life better in the future!

Later, I had Shen Xian, and as a parent, I always had a child in my future plans. I wanted the child to be healthy and happy. The touch of their fingers is so soft and beautiful, I can't wait to put all the good things in the world in front of him, make him smile happily, and spit out a transparent bubble.

After sitting for a whole night, the time when Shen Xian was a bully was automatically eliminated from the minds of the city lord and his wife, all they thought about was Shen Xian raising his head and smiling with crooked eyebrows and eyes.

If they insist on doing something that makes Shen Xian unhappy, then the words they said before to protect the children and hope them to be safe will become farts. Neither the city lord nor the wife are such people.

"Are you serious?" The city lord and his wife are still afraid, afraid that they are young and don't know the depth, and afraid that the two children are young and ignorant, and they are at a good age. regret.

"Brother Zhou and I..." Shen Xian's heart was beating fast, seeing his parents' posture, it seemed that he could do it without being beaten.

The city lord and his wife were tactful, and Shen Xian also wanted to be tactful, but the next moment the hand was held by someone, Zhou Mingchao took his hand and put it on the table, shining brightly, with his hands overlapping.

"Uncle and aunt, I will treat Shen Xian well," the young man looked solemn, as if swearing: "He took care of me a few years ago, and I have to pay him back for the rest of my life. I can't live without him."

Shen Xian's face slowly turned red, he lowered his head, flexed his fingers and slipped them on Zhou Mingchao's palm, pretending to struggle to withdraw his hand, his parents are still there, what are you talking about!

Zhou Mingchao clenched his hands even tighter.

Although they were well prepared, the city lord and his wife were still slowed down for a while seeing the two people make such an intimate move in an open manner.

"Let you go, let you go," the city lord waved his hands, one or two of them were worried, and he was also quite troubled when he saw it: "Have you finished eating? Let's go after eating."

"Thank you, Mom and Dad!"

Shen Xian pulled Zhou Mingchao to run away.

"Ming Dynasty!" The two ran to the door, but the city lord suddenly stopped them.

Shen Xian's heart skipped a beat, and he turned around: "Father?"

"Don't be led astray by Shen Xian." Without looking at Shen Xian, the city lord stared at Zhou Mingchao and instructed: "You, pay attention."

As time went by, the city lord was afraid that Zhou Mingchao would be assimilated by Shen Xian.

In the clear sky, Shen Xian staggered on the spot.

"The two of them," looking at the two people walking and getting tired of getting together outside the window, Madam was in a complicated mood, and felt a little relieved: "In the future, will they be like this?"

"Let's see." After not sleeping all night, the city lord leaned on the chair and rubbed his eyebrows: "Who can say for sure what will happen in the future, maybe these two boys will get tired of it in a few days."

Having said that, the city lord couldn't help thinking of the incident in the yard where he saw Zhou Mingchao sleeping in his arms all afternoon, but he didn't look impatient at all when he looked at Zhou Mingchao, instead he hugged and hugged each other. Baby can't get enough.

"Then what about the parents in the Ming Dynasty?" Mother was always the one who worried: "We don't say anything, but there is no guarantee that they won't have any opinions."

"Aren't we, Shen Xian, worthy of his children?" Usually he disliked him so much, but now he would protect him again, and the city lord sighed: "Let's talk about it at that time, they are still young, and there are still a few years left."

The city lord also felt sorry for Shen Xian, but he was not forgiving. That night, the city lord didn't drink a sip of water. Seeing this, his wife stopped talking and picked other things to talk about: "I heard that the ranking of the imperial examination this time has come down. Now, guess who No.1 is?"

"Who? Old Duge's student?"

"No," Madam shook her head and said a person's name: "Li Wei."

The author has something to say:

Residents of Linzhou City: Brother, you two are afraid, don’t worry about falling in love, we will take care of things!