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Then, I just woke up listening to my second brother's voice.

"It's rare for you to come back to bed so early today." The second brother knocked on my door three times, and then pushed the door into the room. "Where did you go crazy today?"

I rubbed my eyes and sat up, still not sober, my head felt drowsy as if it was filled with stagnant water, and I asked in a daze, "Second brother...? What time is it now... ?”

"It's already Xu time." The second brother dragged a stool to my couch and sat down, glanced at me and said, "When did you come back today? Why do you look like you have been asleep for a long time?"

I was quite shocked and said: "Is it already Xu time? It should be noon when I came back, so I have slept for four hours?"

The second brother was also very surprised: "You... came back so early today...?"

I didn't know what to say for a moment, I just nodded slightly.

Fortunately, the second brother didn't see anything unusual, and didn't ask me why I lost my clothes.

"At the family banquet today, my father and mother said that they are old and don't want to worry about the affairs of the clan anymore. They want to leave the Northern Wilderness to travel, and the patriarch will be succeeded by the elder brother." After the second brother finished speaking, I I felt a "buzz" in my head.

I said with a sad face: "Ah...? When? Why..."

You know, the eldest brother said that he was like a man made out of a stone when he was young. Family banquets go everywhere!

The second elder brother probably saw my small thoughts, so he smiled helplessly and said: "The elder brother is the eldest son, he is excellent in every aspect, and he is an example in the clan. Besides, the elder brother has already married, and Jing Ning is now eight years old. There is no other suitable candidate for this patriarch other than Eldest Brother. Father said that he and Mother will leave next month."

I was concentrating on worrying about how to escape the family banquet in the future, when my second brother suddenly asked, "Where did you come from?"

I followed his gaze, and my gaze finally settled on the jade pendant next to my pillow.

I know that my second elder brother has always been aware of every detail, and it is impossible to prevaricate this matter casually. Besides, there is nothing he can't know about the relationship between my second elder brother and me.So I told him what happened this morning in detail.

After listening, the second brother also picked up the jade pendant and looked at it: "This is indeed not an ordinary jade. It is a bit exaggerated to say that it is priceless, but in this world, a family that is worthy of this thing is at least a very prominent family of officials. And this jade looks like it has been around for a long time, so it might be from a great family."

I said: "Then this is a little strange. If you are really a son of a prominent official family, why did you end up working as an accountant in a small inn in a bitter cold border city?"

The second elder brother shook the folding fan and said, "If you are curious, you can ask yourself when you go to return the jade."

I waved my hands again and again: "No, no, I don't want him to see me. I plan to return the jade pendant in my original body. If I return his jade pendant in human form, maybe I will pull out something Other troubles come. And these kind of things are mostly sad things that people don't want to mention. If people take the initiative to talk about it, I can listen to it. If they don't talk about it, I can't take the initiative to ask. "

The second brother smiled and said: "That's fine. It's you, it's rare that you are so considerate."

I said: "That's not because the second brother teaches well. The second brother is the most considerate, the second brother is the gentlest, and the second brother is the best brother in the world. I have followed the second brother for so many years. Hua Piao can also learn a ten-thousandth of the goodness of the second brother."

The second brother put away the fan, knocked on my head and said: "Okay, okay, when did I teach you this, your flattery is getting more and more unreal. But it's useless how much you praise me this time Well, I can’t help you with my elder brother, he even hates me, saying that I can play with books, calligraphy and painting all day long, and I’m not good at it, as for you, you have to ask for more blessings. Ha ha ha ha."

We were talking and laughing when the eldest brother opened the door and came in.

"..."

I immediately shut up, and my second brother hurriedly straightened his sitting position, and the room became as silent as if it had been frozen in an instant.

"What are you talking about me behind my back?" The eldest brother walked to my couch, stood with his hands behind his back, and asked us both with a sullen expression on his face.

I said, "Hey, it's nothing, we're just saying that elder brother is about to succeed the patriarch, so I'm happy for elder brother."

The elder brother sneered and said, "I don't even believe the nonsense, right? What's so good about succeeding the patriarch? The burden of a big family is all on him, and he doesn't have time to deal with his own affairs. I haven't seen my father until half a century ago. Are you planning to resign and take Auntie to go sightseeing in the mountains?"

I said: "That's natural, but such a heavy burden can only be picked up by someone as capable and prestigious as Eldest Brother. Eldest Brother is the one who can do more work. If it were us, we wouldn't be able to take care of ourselves."

The eldest brother said: "Okay, okay, I will count your mouth. I didn't come here to tell you this, but I thought that I would be very busy after succeeding to the patriarch. I guess the child will have no time to take care of it. Your sister-in-law's health It's not good either, so I thought, hand over Jingning to your second brother."

This time I didn't speak, but the second brother frowned and pointed to himself, "Ah...? I...?"

The eldest brother said again: "Jing Ning is easy to take care of, obedient, and not noisy. Besides, he is eight years old, and he is not a baby who has not been weaned. You can just watch him read and study. He usually does exercises and so on. know to go."

I said: "Second brother takes him to study, then I can watch him practice. I want to take him too!"

The eldest brother gave me a sideways look and said, "You? You should forget it. If you take him with you, how can he still practice? Maybe he will go somewhere with you to play slingshot and hunt snow rabbits."

I was wronged and said: "Yes, yes, it is good for the second brother to take care of the children. If I take care of the children, I will lead the children in a wrong way."

The second brother couldn't listen anymore, and laughed and scolded: "Come on, you are ashamed to be wronged. Jingning usually likes to pester you the most, like your little tail. Big brother won't allow you to take him, he is afraid I can't help but pester you to play."

The eldest brother said: "That's enough, that's enough for both of you, Wen Yan hasn't eaten yet, right? Qin Yan doesn't feel well at noon and doesn't eat much, I asked someone to prepare some snacks, you two go to bed quickly after eating. "After that, the eldest brother went out.

My second brother and I looked at each other, wondering if there was something wrong with our ears. It stands to reason that every time the eldest brother chats with us, he only cares about literature and not practicing kung fu, and just reprimands me for not reading. The boy didn't scold us, and said that he had prepared food for us. It's been a long time.

Or should I come back to my senses first, I looked at my second brother and said, "Just now my elder brother said that my second brother is not feeling well at noon today?"

The second brother said: "It's nothing. I just feel a little bored and can't eat. It's much better now."

I breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, since this is the case, second brother and I can have an extra meal together."

The second brother was silent for a moment and said: "Brother is uncharacteristic today, are you not afraid that he will poison us?"

"Hahahahaha I never thought that second brother would be so good at joking!" I couldn't help laughing immediately and said, "The two of us are at most not up to date, but it's not because the eldest brother is too reliable and capable. Since we come to worry about the family business, that's why we are so lazy, after all, this is what the elder brother is used to, so why is he dissatisfied."

The second brother put away the folding fan in his hand and knocked on my forehead, saying: "You are so talkative, if you don't talk about books, you will be blind in vain."

After this extra meal, the second brother also went back to his room to rest. I looked at the small hourglass on the desk, and it was already Haishi.

But I just slept for four hours and had another meal. Right now I can say that I have no sleepiness and no energy. When I was very young, I gave me the white jade and hole flute "Yuehua", which is said to be the treasure of our township. The son is also a customary rule.I got this thing at an age when I don’t know what I like, and it’s just a great honor. I’m so proud that I practice desperately, but now I can’t tell whether I really like it or I’ve become it. I got used to it, in short, there are basically recorded songs, without which I would not know how to play.

I was flipping through the sheet music in my hands bored, but I kept thinking about how to return the jade tomorrow.

Drowsy and unconscious, when I woke up again, it was another early morning.

I must be very anxious if I find out that such a precious thing is missing, so the longer the delay, the worse it is, so I didn't use breakfast, so I got dressed and went out.Teng Yun flew to the edge of Beihuang, I transformed into my original body, and tied the jade pendant on my front leg so that he could see it at a glance.

Based on yesterday's impression, I ran to the big rock where he was sitting yesterday, and looked at the house opposite, thinking that there should be nothing wrong, so I went there.

This place is already a border area for ordinary people, so if you walk ten miles and eight villages, you may not be able to find any people, so I recklessly wandered here in my original body.When I walked over, I realized that the distance from the big stone to this small inn is quite far, because the inn is not small, and it is actually a small two-story building, covering an area of ​​two acres many.I drilled in and took a look. The first floor is a restaurant, and the second floor is a few houses.

Strangely, I didn't see the cashier at the counter, nor did I see any mean proprietress.

I strolled around here a few times, and suddenly heard what seemed to be an uneasy sound coming from the backyard.

"You can do whatever you want, even if you don't pay wages, or don't give food, but that jade pendant is something handed down from my ancestors, please return it to me!" I could tell that it belonged to Mr. Shen. His voice sounded like he was annoyed and aggrieved now, but he still suppressed and tried his best to talk to the proprietress.

I didn't expect that my momentary mistake would lead to such a farce. It's really a sin. I said a few words of "I'm sorry" in my heart, and looked at where the entrance to the backyard was.