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Do me this favor, I will...call you brother in the future;

A coal fire was simmering in the middle of a low wooden table without a cover, and a fat-mouthed tin pot was set on top, whining whitely.

The toilet and kitchen are separated by a wall, and a simple plank bed is built next to the window of the only bedroom in the back room. There are three people staying in an area of ​​less than [-] square meters. I am afraid that if you turn around, you will bump into someone.

The ashes from the burnt briquettes shattered all over the floor, and Bai Jiang was sweeping them into the dustpan with a broom. Perhaps it was warm in the room. Warm the fire on the ground.

"You are Xu..." Bai Lu poured Xu Ziqin a cup of warm water.

He was shrunk from the cold outside just now, and he didn't care whether the mouth of the ceramic cup was dry or not, he drank half of it in one gulp, and his cousin snatched the other half and drank it clean.

"Xu Ziqin!" When Bai Jiang helped the young master answer, he even glanced at him, "That young master of the Qin family with slender arms, thin legs, and thin skin and tender flesh."

Xu Ziqin gave him a gouged look, this man holds a grudge!Do not speak human words!I had to smile awkwardly.

There was also an old man in the room, but the wooden door was closed tightly, and he seemed not happy to see guests.The young master is not a big shot, so naturally there is no need to talk about dropping by, he has to line up to welcome him.

Just before entering the door, the old man's voice was brisk and lively, not like an unkind master.

However, the young master was quick-witted, and after glancing at the composition of the family, he made a rough guess.

Eighty percent of them are old men who are old-fashioned and unwilling to send their own grandchildren to other people's homes to see their face. It just so happens that "other people's children" come into the house with the right ones, so naturally they can't hold back this old face to welcome guests.

"Cousin, does their family live here?" Xu Ziqin's voice was not too loud, but it just fell into the ears of Bai Jiang who was helping Bai Lu fold the sheets.

He just paused for a while, helped Bai Lu take off her shoes and went to bed to drink the medicine.

Although Bai Lu is sick and her movements are weak, her figure and appearance are not bad. She must have been a gorgeous beauty when she was young.

"That's right, our family is like this." He joked, "Phoenixes can't grow out of grass chicken coops!"

Bai Jiang sarcastically retorted, the young master was stunned for a long time, but he always felt that the words were familiar.

It was the Shiba Inu rubbing its fur at his feet, and it was only when he remembered that he had said this on the snowy street an hour ago.

He overheard his conversation with his cousin?Is he the black shadow climbing the windowsill?

Thinking about it carefully, the figure of that black figure was much thinner than Bai Jiang's, and his posture was much worse.

Xu Ziqin usually looks out of the window in a daze and studies his body shape and posture. Although he has never been a teacher, once the body shape of an acquaintance catches his eye, he can't go wrong.

The black shadow's shoulders drooped slightly, and his steps were not sensitive when walking. He limped, probably because he was frightened, and the snow slipped and fell.

This person had a clever mind, and he knew that if he was caught two-on-one, he would definitely not be able to get out, so he took the risk and resorted to tricks.

Forgive Baijiang, a little bastard who doesn't have that IQ, and can use tactics skillfully.

"Did you hear that?" The young master stretched out his hand to warm himself by the fire, carefully probing.

Bai Lu was instructed by the doctor to go to bed early, and Bai Jiang fed her medicine and put on the quilt, so she beckoned in relief and asked him to take care of the guests.

Bai Jiang extinguished the incandescent lamp on the ceiling, and lit a weak desk lamp: "Broken gong voice, I can hear you shabby from far away."

"Don't listen to her nonsense! I just asked him to buy soy sauce, maybe I met him." Bai Lu added something sideways before falling asleep with her eyes closed.

The Old Town neighborhood is unsettled at night, and even taxis dare not pass passengers nearby.It was freezing and snowy outside, Xu Ziqin finally experienced what it meant to live under the fence in this small household.

Occasionally, there was a slight coughing sound from the bed curtain. My cousin covered his mouth and nose for fear of catching the disease.

The snow turned into ice particles, and the coughing sound in the room gradually weakened. Bai Jiang turned off the stove, got up and patted the dust, and when he stared at the young master, his face was full of reluctance.

Xue just wanted to drive people away?Do not care……

As soon as Xu Ziqin took his cousin's arm, he heard a knock on the door from the other side of the bedroom, and Bai Jiang said something to the people inside.

The door opened a crack wide enough for a person, and after a while something came out with a slap in the face.

The light from the desk lamp was soft and could only illuminate a small part, and when his hand was dyed with light, the thing he held in his hand showed its true shape.

A handful of shelled peanuts, there is still dust when you look closely.

"Why?" Wang Zijie was stunned, and turned his ear to his cousin and said, "This local product looks dirty. He will give it to you later. Don't stretch out your hand. I'll throw it all into the stove and burn it."

Xu Ziqin pouted, and he didn't bother to do anything.Even if the peanuts are peeled off, there is still a layer of red inside, so you should clean them up when you eat nuts.

Bai Jiang was holding a bag of peanuts, and before Wang Zijie could pick it up, he threw it into the stove by himself.

Wang Zijie was stunned, isn't this playing out according to the routine?

The young master was dumbfounded. Seeing that the peanut shells in the stove had turned from white to black, and they were about to burn, he was so frightened that he quickly picked them up: "Even if my cousin said something ugly, you can't waste it like this, right? It's grown out of hard work." The things that are said to be burnt will be burnt?"

Twirling his fingers one by one on the red-hot coals, Wang Zijie beside him was so frightened that he lost his soul and hurriedly clutched his fingers for fear of hurting his hands.Seeing that the peanuts were smoking, his expression changed drastically: "Are you all right? Cousin."

On the other hand, Bai Jiang watched the two brothers nervously match each other, and he couldn't hold back his sideways smile. The young master whose finger was a little reddened suddenly felt that this person was heartless and extravagant. It was worse than turning on the air conditioner all night by himself. shameful.

"Little bastard, are you trying to order us around?" Wang Zijie put his arms around his cousin, with an expression of righteousness and swearing to defend His Royal Highness, "At any rate, my cousin even pleaded for you, why are you so ignorant? Look at him Young and good-looking, easy to bully, isn't it?"

Wang Zijie was really angry. Since he was a child, Xu Ziqin was worshiped by his family as a treasure. He wished he could eat with a spoon. Only when his father died a few days ago did he suffer from filial piety and knelt down.

In fact, before the filial piety, there was something that Qin Yang silently pressed down. Grandpa asked the young master to go back to the old house during the mourning period, so that he didn't have to kneel down to that man.

Thinking about it, after Xu Shangwan's death, he didn't keep a low profile. The son of the Bai family lifted his coffin boards, and the son of the Xu family even held down the mourning.

The large room was divided into two peacefully by the light from the desk lamp. Sitting in the middle of the fusion of light and dark, Bai Jiang unhurriedly searched for a shovel by the side of the stove, turned over the scorched peanuts and shoveled them back into the plate , peeling off the shell and chewing on his own.

This situation really puzzled the two brothers.

Bai Jiang lowered his eyes, Yu Guang?Looking at the two young masters who don't eat the fireworks of the world, I really felt that it was boring to tease, so I lowered my head and kicked two small benches over. After the two sat down, I pushed the roasted peanuts towards them: " Try it?"

It's not dark, it's pitch black, and it's sloppy.

His uncle made a fuss about the dinner, and the whole family was not in the mood. They led the Shiba Inu around, and all the whole grains in their stomachs entered the intestines.

Although the young master protested fiercely in his stomach and swallowed again and again, he still didn't make up his mind.

"Hungry?" Bai Jiang peeled off the peanut shell, revealing the white peanut flesh, full of fragrance, when the two of them took a bite of two, chewing vigorously, he stretched out his arms, "Do you want to eat?"

Xu Shi caught a glimpse of the Shiba Inu drooling, and he threw the peanuts away. The rebellious dog jumped to catch it, swallowed it in one gulp, and begged him for mercy.

It can be seen that the young master's face is crimson, and his eyes are like cold knives.For some reason, he actually saw his own shadow on the begging dog, and was about to lean towards his cousin with his arms around the Shiba Inu.

Whoever thought that whoever had food for this dog would be his master, completely disregarding the old relationship, he even barked at the young master, and stuck out his tongue at the bastard.

"Looking at it like this makes me cautious and unappetizing. If I eat it today, I will go to the hospital for gastric lavage tomorrow!"

As soon as the young master finished expressing his lofty aspirations, he saw his dog-legged cousin disarming and surrendering in front of him, surrendering to the enemy with gusto.

traitor!

On his 17th birthday, he swore to the cake that he would never leave him for the rest of his life, but now he has lost his soul because of these broken peanuts.

"Do these peanuts still taste salty? It's delicious!" Wang Zijie's hands and face were pickled, but he couldn't stop his appetite at all. Even if you do gastric lavage, I will stand in front of you, don't be afraid."

Regardless of whether it’s delicious or not, he loses his appetite when he looks at it. Xu Ziqin’s heart swells and he closes his eyes. It’s all as a practice to resist temptation, but the living Buddha also said, “Wine and meat pass through the intestines, and the Buddha’s heart stays in it.” He is a cold and hungry person. How could a mortal be able to withstand such temptations.

Fuck you bastards!Let's talk on a full stomach.

As soon as the young master put the down jacket on his lap, he was just about to touch it when Bai Jiang swept away all the burnt peanuts.

Xu Ziqin couldn't grab it, and he uttered nonsense: "Tempting me and not letting me eat, I know you have no good intentions!"

The two people on the opposite side were very anxious when they first met, but after eating roasted peanuts, they became friends without knowing each other.

Unexpectedly, the two of them peeled a whole plate of peanuts and put them in a bowl, and asked the young master to pour them into his mouth twice and eat them clean.

Xu Ziqin rubbed his hands and nodded contentedly: "I just saw that you took raw peanuts from the house, how come they still taste salty after roasting?"

Bai Jiang led his cousin to wash his hands, and sprinkled some water on his face: "The way we eat in our hometown, the newly unearthed peanuts are soaked in brine, dried naturally, roasted, boiled, fried, or fried. "

To put it bluntly, I should have done it.

Suddenly, the bedroom door was kicked open with a bang.

"Bai Jiang!" The cold-faced Rakshasa-like old man leaned on his crutches and shouted red-faced, "After staying in Qin's house for a month, I really think of myself as their family, right? Lead the young master to run to my house! Greet them Just eat peanuts!

He was stripped clean, take a look, is he missing an arm or a leg?

Want you to serve him?Your father is a coward and cowardly flattering them. Fortunately, he is a young master. If he is a big lady, don't you have to rush to be a door-to-door son-in-law and serve tea and water? "

The three of them were shocked, Wang Zijie looked tough, but he was actually a coward, he was taken off by the old man's aura, and his legs were shaking when he stood in front of Xu Ziqin.

Bai Jiang's little gangster's temper is probably inherited from the old man.

"Grandpa, what are you doing?" Bai Jiang went up to meet him, but was hit on the arm with a cane.

The pain caused him to withdraw his hand, and the old man Xu pointed his stick at Xu Ziqin: "Your Qin family is also shameless, our Xu family's species has nothing to do with your Qin family! One mouthful and one brother call each other so kindly, and they are coquettish. Yes, that peanut also entered your stomach! You are so young, you have such deep thoughts about the city, and you are the same as your grandfather!"

The young master was dumbfounded by the opening and closing of his upper and lower lips, and he was still sorting out where did he get the conclusion from what he said?

elder brother?When did he call?Just before entering the door, he jokingly said, "Brother is here to visit." Does this make him a brother and friend?

This old man is very bad. Although he was not present when the peanuts were roasted, he must have squatted by the door and listened. He held his breath and waited until they were full before scolding. The coffin is settled.

"I..." The young master was anxious and angry. Usually he was so talkative that he would avoid him three points, but now he didn't know how to respond. First, he was taught to respect the old and love the young since he was a child, and second, although this old man Shit, but it's a bit unreasonable, "You...you...I...I..."

Xu Ziqin said "I, I, you, you" for a long time, blood was about to spurt out.

Fortunately, Bai Lu, who was lying on the field, was awakened, and persuaded the old man to go back to the house. When Bai Jiang sent them out, the scolding was much quieter.

Xu Ziqin went to the neighborhood next door to return the dog, and by the way, Mrs. Jin carried a bag full of brown sugar plums.

One person gave a candy, and Bai Jiang spoke: "I'm not going back today, I'll stay here overnight, and I'll study on the weekend and prepare for next week's final exam."

There was a lot of trouble at home, and it was likely that he would be scolded even worse by the old man when he went back.It's better to wait for him to calm down and pass his anger.

The three of them went back to the community together, and the snow stopped, but the strong wind blew hard.

Once the cold air is blocked by the door curtain, the corridors of the community will look warm.Wang Zijie took out the brown sugar Huamei that the young master gave him just now, patted Bai Jiang's palm with a serious face, and exchanged candies with him.

Xu Ziqin, who was waiting for the elevator, turned his head to see his cousin and Bai Jiang shaking hands to make peace. The cousin said: "From today onwards, we will form an alliance of blood for three years, and three sworn brothers in Bishuiwan. We will live and die together, we will share weal and woe!"

After finishing speaking, Wang Zijie released "Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water" with a sense of ritual, opened the packaging bag in unison, and put the brown sugar plum into his mouth, expressing the ceremony, and avoiding the red tape of worshiping heaven and earth.

One had a bright smile, the other was as cold as ice, and the young master beside him was inexplicable.

It was only when the three of them took the elevator that the young master realized that he had been tricked: "What is a three-way alliance?"

"Let's be three!" Wang Zijie slapped him on the shoulder, "The rituals are all done, have you seen which lady in ancient times can complete the marriage after entering the bridal chamber?"

Those words were mixed with my cousin's unscrupulous tone, so eerie as if being penetrated by someone!

perfect?The cousin showed off his frivolity to the innocent young master again.

As soon as Wang Zijie entered the door, he received a call from his father.

"Grandpa was practicing Baduanjin with some old ladies, and accidentally broke a bone, and he was still taking CT scans in the hospital."

"Which hospital?" Xu Ziqin snatched the phone.

Qin Yuan stammered, "It's not a big problem, don't be so nervous, your grandfather specifically asked you not to meddle in it."

It took the young master half an hour to take a bath, and the living room was completely dark after washing. My cousin was drying his hair in the room. Xu Ziqin looked at his cousin's room, and all the preparations he had made before were completely destroyed.

His own room was already the biggest, if he had to share the bed with his cousin, he would cause trouble if he caught a cold, he didn't want other people to accommodate him.

Qin Yang once said that at home, he is the baby in the hands of the whole family, but when he goes out, he is just an ordinary high school student, and no one will let him do everything.

He used to think that these were meaningless, but what the old man said today pierced his heart.

The squeamish one hates this, doesn't that peanut also enter the stomach?

It is true that Xu Ziqin felt his teeth itch and palpitations in retrospect, but it was really uncomfortable to poke the pain.He hugged his legs, his head in the crook of his arms, and his heart was in a mess.

He raised his head when he heard footsteps in his ears.The neon light outside the window made Bai Jiang's whole body glow with soft fluorescent lights, and he said, "Grandpa is so confused, he couldn't choose what to say, I apologize to you on his behalf."

The young master turned his face sideways, and the words of apologizing made him even more petty.

He poured a glass of water from the coffee table and drank it: "I don't want you to act like a substitute here! It's fine for him to scold me, but I can bear it, but I can't bear it when he calls me grandpa."

After drinking the water and losing his temper, he continued: "Your grandfather is eloquent, and every sentence he speaks is like a knife piercing his heart."

Bai Jiang took his words and went down the donkey along the slope: "Little young master is not bad at talking. I can't blame my grandpa for scolding you. Back then at school, you scolded my whole family all at once. This time it's considered a good one." Get it back."

Xu Ziqin snapped angrily: "You can't grow old if you're young, you're worthless."

The phone's WeChat vibrated, and the bright light broke the mutual choking between the two.

[Qin Yang: Xiaoqin, your uncle and aunt and I are taking care of grandpa in the hospital these few days, you guys go to bed early and don't stay up late. 】

He said hello, and a few more words of greeting to grandpa, before turning off the phone.After heaving a sigh of relief, the young master could only stare blankly at the busy traffic outside, and he thought to himself: Tonight, he is destined to stay on this sofa until dawn.

The night watchman at the hospital didn't know what time he would be back in the morning. What if he fell asleep on the sofa and got caught? How would he explain it?

To be unwilling to accept Bai Jiang after such a long time, even refusing to sleep in a room, sleeping on the sofa, in Qin Yang's view, this is ignorance, and he is still a brat who only knows how to act like a baby and wants sweets, and will not grow up.

[Cousin: Cousin, are you asleep? 】

Wang Zijie's wechat flashed, his eyes met with Bai Jiang's, and his head suddenly turned.

Didn't these two just get married?Let's eat brown sugar together and talk about plum friendship. Isn't this easy to handle?

The young master said to Bai Jiang in the black shirt in the dark night, "Can you do me a favor?"

"That depends on what's busy." Bai Jiang suddenly looked at the young master with great interest, and began to cheat with him. "You have to pay for your favor."

He leaned forward and sat down next to the young master, Xu Ziqin trembled in fright with his wolf-like eyes, and was about to move his butt to the side when he suddenly found this person sitting on his thin pajamas;

The young master couldn't bear it anymore, because he could only endure it again and again: "You...what do you want?"

Bai Jiang outlined his body all over with a lewd and man-eating gaze.

As soon as Xu Ziqin stretched out his hand, Xu Ziqin's body shrank, and the hand that was supposed to land on the hair was deviated and landed on his shoulder: "Don't your family pay attention to bartering things? Back then, your mother didn't know what conditions were used to exchange me. come to your house.

Now, if you want me to do this business with you, naturally you have to follow your family's rules. I'll do me a favor. What do you promise me? "

I……

The young master was at a loss for words, he didn't expect that the other party would blatantly ask him.

The bell rang twelve times, and at the end of the sound, the young master blushed and said in a low voice, "You...do me this favor, I will...call you brother from now on."