Chapter 173 Protecting the older brother and younger brother
Zhou Ji was assigned to weed in the cornfield today. When he first picked up the hoe, he didn't know how to use it. After using it for a while, he became a little more proficient. He lowered his head and hoeed for a while, and felt that his neck was sore. He raised his head and twisted his neck to make his neck more comfortable.
As a result, when I looked up, I saw a male villager not far away, and I was stunned.
Because the male villager in front of him is so much like his father, even more so than him. In fact, he himself is not like his father, nor much like his mother, but everyone thinks he is like their mother.
Zhou Ji was very confused. Why was there a male villager in the countryside who looked so much like his father?
What is the relationship between his father and this male villager?
"Uncle, who is that comrade over there?" Zhou Ji came to the uncle who taught him today and curiously pointed at Xia Qi not far across the way and asked.
The uncle looked up and said with a smile, "That's Xia Qi from our village, the brother of the tractor driver Xia Chan."
Zhou Ji responded thoughtfully, and then asked, "How old is he this year?"
"You must be twenty-two, right?" the uncle said uncertainly.
Zhou Ji was a little surprised when he heard this. He is twenty-two years old and the same age as himself. Could it be that Xia Qi is the illegitimate son raised by his father in the countryside? Dad had another woman before he got married, and had a child with his mother in the same year?
Otherwise, how could he and Xia Qi be the same age?
"Then is he married?" Zhou Ji asked.
"No, their family is so poor, how can anyone marry into their family?" Then the uncle told Zhou Ji everything about Xia Qi from childhood to adulthood, from the death of her mother to the entry of her stepmother, from being abused and beaten to breaking off the relationship. In addition, their family had several accidents and owed a lot of money that has not yet been repaid...
The uncle told Zhou Ji almost everything that was well known to the villagers.
Because everyone knows this, it’s not just spreading rumors to cause trouble.
After Zhou Ji heard this, he felt very strange. If Xia Qi was really his father's illegitimate son, then it was impossible for his father to ignore it, let alone live like this. What on earth was going on?
Zhou Ji couldn't figure it out at all. He decided that when it was his turn to rest in a few days, he would write to his mother to let her know about this matter and investigate it carefully. If his father had really betrayed his mother early, , he will always stand by his mother's side and will never allow anyone to hurt his mother.
After the bell rang, Xia Chan took the big dishes out of the space and placed them on the dining table. Then she also brought the other dishes next to the stove and put them on the table. There were meat and vegetables, which were better than others. Eat sumptuously on New Year’s Eve.
Xiao Fengfeng, Xiao Tiantian, and Yuan Bingbing returned with their brothers.
Xia Chan gave them water, asked them to wash their hands and faces, and then sat down at the dining table before introducing them to them, "This is my eldest brother Jin Pengfei, who is twenty-two years old this year, my second brother Xia Qi, who is twenty-two years old, and my third brother Xia Bin is twenty-one years old, and my fourth brother Jin Pengyuan is twenty. My name is Xia Chan, and I am nineteen years old this year.”
"Hello comrades, I am Xiao Fengfeng. I am also twenty-two years old this year. I am the same age as you, so I will call you comrades." At the same age, there is no way to follow Xia Chan and call them brother.
The brothers nodded and said, "Hello, Comrade Xiao." "My name is Xiao Tiantian, I am nineteen years old, and I am the same age as Xia Chan." Xiao Tiantian also smiled and said, "Xia Chan, I envy you so much, you actually have Four brothers, and they are all so handsome, unlike me who only has one brother.”
Xiao Fengfeng's mouth twitched, "You still have many cousins!"
"But they are far away and their relationship with me is not that close." Xiao Tiantian pouted, then looked at Xia Chan, "Xia Chan still has a good relationship with her brothers, and she looks very happy."
"Brothers Bingbing all know each other, so I won't introduce them. Let's eat quickly. Some dishes are too cold to taste fishy." Xia Chan urged.
I have cooked a lot of good dishes today. Although it does not affect the taste when it is cold, the taste is a little different, especially the fish, which tastes a bit fishy when it is cold.
"Comrade Xia Chan, I've spent a lot of money on you today." Looking at so many good dishes on the table, I knew that Xia Chan was very busy in the morning. She probably took out all the inventory at home. Next time she goes to town, she will give Xia Chan Buy something to make it through.
“We caught these ourselves, it just took us a while, but we didn’t spend any money, so you can feel free to eat them!”
As Xia Chan spoke, she reached for a piece of cassava, peeled it and started eating it. She ate the cassava first, mainly because she wanted them to see how to eat it. Otherwise, she would not know how to eat it after she got it. Feeling a little embarrassed?
A meal is a feast for both the host and the guest.
Xiao Tiantian rubbed her belly and smiled sheepishly, "Xia Chan, you are so good at cooking. I have never eaten such delicious food. I ate too much without holding back."
"Thank you for the hospitality." Xiao Fengfeng is not as lively and cute as Xiao Tiantian. He is a relatively taciturn man.
"In the future, the three of you will come to our house to have dinner with us during the holidays, because usually, during the holidays, we will go to the mountains to find something to eat and come back, and we can all improve together. Food." Xiao Yunfan sent a lot of good things to Xia Chan before, but the meat Xia Chan sent was not enough to repay the favor. Now that Xiao Fengfeng and Xiao Tiantian are here, she can treat them better. Is it a return of favor?
After the meal, Xia Chan did not let the three of them help pack things, but asked them to go back quickly so that they could rest for a while before going to work.
After sending the three of them out of the hospital, Xia Chan came back to clean up with her brothers, but her brother didn't let her go. She just ordered bowls, chopsticks and plates, and it was done in a few minutes, without Xia Chan at all.
On the way back to the educated youth point, Yuan Bingbing walked in front, Xiao Fengfeng and Xiao Tiantian walked behind. Xiao Tiantian said, "Brother, we ate a lot of good things from Xia Chan's family today. We will send them to her family." What should I order?”
"Next time when we go to the supply and marketing cooperative, let's pull some cloth for Xia Chan. The weather is getting hot soon and we need to wear summer clothes. What the country people lack most is cloth tickets. I think it is most appropriate to give cloth." Xiao Fengfeng expressed his thoughts Opinion.
"Then just buy summer clothes for Xia Chan, pull the cloth for her brothers, and let Xia Chan handle it by herself." Xiao Tiantian said with a smile.
Xiao Tiantian felt that girls in the countryside were more protective of their older brothers. If they pulled the cloth for her, they might only make clothes for her brother and completely ignore herself. But if they bought the clothes directly for her, she would not refuse.
Xiao Fengfeng thought for a while and nodded in agreement, "Okay."