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Xu Yan went to the kitchen to pour the packed food into the plate. When he brought it out, Xie Zhuo and the two boys had already cleaned the table in the yard.

"No one plays with Lin Dong," Dabao continued, "Xiaobao and I see him playing alone every day and not going out during breaks, so we take the initiative to find him to play."

"Lin Dong?"

Xie Zhuo took the plate from Xu Yan and put it on the table. Hearing Dabao's words, he was a little confused, "How come I didn't know there was such a person in your class?"

"He's new here," Dabao said. "He said before that he didn't have the money to register, so he squatted by the window and eavesdropped while we were in class."

Having said that, Dabao suddenly reached out and hooked Xie Zhuo's neck. Xie Zhuo was about to stand up and serve the dishes, but he almost staggered when he was hooked by him.

"Third Uncle," Dabao hugged Xie Zhuo's neck tightly and refused to let go.

"What's wrong?" Xie Zhuo didn't force himself to straighten up. He held the corner of the table with one hand and rubbed Dabao's head with the other.

"Thank you, Third Uncle." Dabao tilted his head and kissed Xie Zhuo on the side of his face, then let go of him and ran over to hug Xu Yan's legs. "Thank you also Third Aunt for spending money for Xiaobao and me to go to school."

Xu Yan was still holding the dishes he had just taken out of the kitchen. When he heard what he said, he said "Oh", then looked at Xie Zhuo, "Why are you suddenly saying something like that?"

"Because Lin Dong said that going to school would cost a lot of money," Xiao Bao also hugged Xu Yan, "His grandparents took a long time to collect the money for him to go to school."

On the way back, the two guys had already told Lin Dong about his life experience.

Lin Dong was a child from a village far away from the town. He ran to the school several times. His grandparents probably saw that he really liked going to school, so they collected money to let him come.

"You're welcome," Xie Zhuo put the plate in Xu Yan's hand back on the table, then sat down and pulled the two kids to his side.

"It's as if you suddenly grew from a little kid to a big kid. You don't have to think too much about it."

"The four of us are a family. You two are the favorite children of Uncle and Aunt. We spent money to send you to school. You don't need to thank us specially."

Xiao Bao hugged Xie Zhuo's neck and rubbed his little face against his, "Uncle San, Aunt San and Da Bao are also Xiao Bao's favorites."

Xu Yan watched the three of them talking to each other for a long time before he reached out and tapped the table. "Eat first, then continue talking to each other after you finish eating. The food will get cold soon."

Dabao came out of Xie Zhuo's arms, hugged Xu Yan's neck, and kissed her on the face, "What do you mean by confiding in each other?"

Xu Yan was amused by him, "Confessing your true feelings to each other is what you and your third uncle do, hugging each other to express your feelings."

"Then we should also talk to Third Aunt about our true feelings," said Dabao.

"Okay, okay, but we have to eat first. We can talk after dinner," Xu Yan pinched Dabao's ear.

There is no rule of not talking while eating in Xie Zhuo's family, and Xu Yan is not the kind of person who doesn't allow talking while eating. As long as he swallows the food in his mouth before speaking, it's fine.

During the break in their meal, the two kids took a moment to chat with Xie Zhuo.

"Classmates say Lin Dong is a puppy," Dabao was confused, "but he is obviously a human being, and Kai Xin is the puppy. I don't know why they call him a puppy."

When Xu Yan heard this, he frowned slightly.

"The classmates don't want to play with him just because he's a little bastard?" Xie Zhuo asked from the side.

"Yeah," Xiaobao nodded, "They still bully him, but now that Dabao and I are playing with him, they don't dare bully him anymore."

Xu Yan listened very seriously, but her focus was still slightly off, "Xiaobao, you keep calling me Dabao, why don't you call me brother?"

Xiaobao probably didn't expect her to ask this out of the blue. He was stunned for a second before looking at Dabao and saying, "We are the same age."

Xie Zhuo raised his eyebrows.

"A classmate asked him why he was shorter than me even though he was born in the same year as me. He wondered if it was because he didn't grow taller because he was called brother every day," Dabao said first.

"……this."

Xu Yan didn't expect this to be the reason. He wanted to laugh, but seeing that Xie Zhuo was also trying to hold back his laughter, he thought about it and decided not to laugh.

"Although you two were born in the same year, one was born at the beginning of the year and the other was born at the end of the year, a whole year apart," Xu Yan explained.

"I don't care, I want to be taller than Dabao," Xiaobao said reluctantly with a pout. Then he started to shovel rice into his mouth, even the dishes he disliked the most.

"That's impossible," Dabao replied, and then started eating with big mouthfuls.

Xu Yan was still afraid that the two of them would have a conflict over their height, but after dinner, when he looked again, he saw that the two kids were playing together affectionately again.

Except for Xiaobao, no one ever called me brother again.

A few days later, Xie Zhuo finished his work early and took some time to go to the commune primary school to see the two kids and Lin Dong, whom they were talking about.

Lin Dong is a good-looking man with fair skin. In the entire classroom, except for Dabao and Xiaobao, he is the only one who doesn't look like a black coal ball.

However, he was incredibly thin, his clothes didn't look very clean, and there looked like someone had kicked him on the back.

Xie Zhuo looked around and then retracted his gaze. There was no special expression on his face. This was the main reason why it was like this now. Children of rich peasants and landlords would be treated differently.

Everyone hated the landlords and called their children "bastards".

If the brat walks on the street, anyone can come up and kick him a few times, let alone go to school. I guess he was taken in by the old math teacher.

After Xie Zhuo made sure that his child had not suffered any injustice at school, he went home.

The weather has been hot recently, and Xu Yan doesn't like to go out much. The farthest place he has gone is Li Aihua's house and Yang Shulan's house.

When I went to Yang Shulan's house, I would occasionally explain the questions to Liu Mancang.

I heard from Yang Shulan before that Liu Mancang started reading seriously as if he was possessed by a demon. Xie Zhuo thought it was just a three-minute enthusiasm. After all, he also knew Liu Mancang's character.

I also thought about going over and knocking on it from time to time.

Unexpectedly, he actually persisted. Not only did he read books when he got home from work in the afternoon, but he also did some homework before going to bed at night.

On weekdays, Zhao Jisheng spent the most time with him. Occasionally, Zhao Jisheng felt bored staying at home and would go to Liu Mancang's house to stay for a few days. Now, seeing how hard Liu Mancang worked, he was influenced and started to look through the high school textbooks.

From time to time, the two of them can help each other solve a problem or something.

Seeing Xie Zhuo coming to find Xu Yan to go home, Zhao Jisheng pulled Xie Zhuo's arm, took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.

"Third brother, are you teasing that silly boy Mancang?" Zhao Jisheng asked.

"What?" Xie Zhuo glanced at him.

"Just wait until next year to tell him the secret of making a lot of money or something like that," Zhao Jisheng also glanced at him, "Given his current state, if you can't tell him next year, he'll probably tear the roof off his head!"

"Who said I was teasing him?" Xie Zhuo narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhao Jisheng. "If you don't believe me, you can try it."

Zhao Jisheng: “…”

"I don't really have any doubts about it," Zhao Jisheng said, "It's good to read a book occasionally."

Xie Zhuo didn't say anything and just kept looking at him.

"Well, I'm also waiting to make a lot of money," said Zhao Jisheng.