In the afternoon, when Qin Xiaoxiao woke up after taking a break, Dabao and Erbao were lying on the dining table writing big characters with a frown on their faces. Qin He was holding a book to supervise them. If he saw where the brothers made mistakes, he would use the book to point them out.

correct.

"Third uncle, eldest brother, second brother!" Qin Xiaoxiao was so excited that she rushed towards him in three steps and then climbed up the bench using both hands and feet.

"Sister!" Dabao and Erbao were also very happy to see their little cousin. They put down their pens in unison, and both stretched out their hands to carry the little girl to the bench and sit down.

Dabao still had long hands. He picked up Qin Xiaoxiao first and put her on his bench. He pinched her little nose and said, "We haven't seen you for half a month. Do you miss my brother?"

"I think about it, I think about it, I can't sleep well!" Qin Xiaoxiao grabbed the edge of the table with both hands, blinking her big eyes with a sincere expression.

Originally, the little girl had lost weight, but these days she was fed all kinds of delicious food by Jing Heng. Not only did she not lose weight, Qin Shan put her in a basket and weighed her two or three days ago and she gained two or three pounds.

Damn, she doesn't have the nerve to say such things.

"Humph, you are trying to coax people with these words again! As soon as your brother got home, he came to your room to see you. You were sleeping like a little pig, and you couldn't wake up even if you pinched your nose." Dabao knew his little cousin's temperament very well, and maybe he really thought about it at first.

, you can do whatever you need to do for ten days and a half at most, and you won’t be able to sleep because of your thoughts.

"Hehe~" After being exposed by her elder brother, Qin Xiaoxiao hugged his arm and acted coquettishly: "Why don't you call me? If you call me, I'll wake up."

Dabao said disgustedly: "Who doesn't know you? If you don't sleep well this time, you might cry. I don't want your ears to hurt!"

"Bad brother, I don't have one!" Qin Xiaoxiao firmly refused to admit that she was a bad-tempered child. After rolling her eyes, she suddenly turned to Erbao and asked: "Second brother, is the eldest brother good in school? Confucius.

Did you hit your palms?"

"Um, uh uh..." As soon as the honest Erbao nodded, Dabao jumped up and covered his mouth.

"Don't say it!" Dabao glared at his younger brother fiercely, without any of the sibling friendship he had for his younger brother before.

"Eldest brother, why don't you let the second brother say it?" Qin Xiaoxiao was puzzled at first, and then suddenly realized: "Oh~ I know, it must be the master who slapped the palm of the eldest brother's hand. The eldest brother is too shy to let the second brother say it.

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"Nonsense! It's too late for Master to like me, how could he slap my palm?" Dabao didn't want to refute his sister's words, and didn't want her to know that on the first day of school, he couldn't sit still and tried to sneak out of the school, and was hit hard by Master.

He slapped his palms three times.

"Really? Big brother is so awesome!" Qin Xiaoxiao believed it, as if he was liked by his master: "If the fierce master who knows how to slap his palms likes big brother, he won't hit big brother's palms. It's great!

"

Being looked at by his sister with such proud eyes, Dabao felt uncomfortable all over, and had to pretend to be in front of his sister: "Then, your brother is so powerful, how can there be someone he can't defeat? Don't look at how fierce the master is, in fact, as long as he is not here

If he makes a mistake in front of him, he will not punish people indiscriminately."

The last sentence is true. The master is strict, but he will not punish the students indiscriminately. This is the experience and lesson Dabao has summed up after experiencing a small amount of beatings for three days and a large amount of beatings for five days in the past half month.

Erbao watched with wide eyes as his elder brother deceived his little cousin without a blushing face and his heart skipped a beat. He saw that his silly little cousin believed his elder brother without hesitation. He wanted to expose his lie and tell him that lying was wrong. What?

How can you bully your little cousin like this?

"Er Bao, come and tell your sister, are everything I said true?" Dabao noticed Er Bao's confusion and quickly gave him a wink to tell him not to expose himself.

"Yes, that's right, it's the same as the elder brother said." Under pressure from Dabao, Erbao lied to his younger cousin against his will, feeling extremely guilty.

"Well, the second brother should also listen to the master like the elder brother. In this way, the master will also like the second brother and won't hit the second brother's palm." Qin Xiaoxiao had no doubts at first, and saw Erbao saying the same.

He no longer had any doubts, and even encouraged Erbao cheerfully.

The second child, who has never been beaten by his wife, is extremely helpless. The younger cousin should tell his elder brother this!

Qin He looked at his chirping nephews and nieces with a smile. It was easy to see that Dabao was lying. But he would not expose Dabao's lies. As long as he felt ashamed in front of his younger brothers and sisters, it meant that he still wanted to be a good brother.

Progress is a matter of time.

When Qin Xiaoxiao and Sanbao went to the fields to pick shepherd's purses again with baskets in their arms, and Qin He left temporarily because of something, Erbao said seriously: "Brother, why did you lie to your sister? It's wrong to lie to others!"

Dabao's face was not thick-skinned after all, and he started to blush when his younger brother said this: "I am the eldest brother, and I am your role model. If my sister knows that I am not liked by Master Yan, and I am often pressed and beaten by Master Yan, my sister will definitely feel

Master Yan is too bad, then I will set a bad example."

Master Yan is the enlightenment master of Dabao Erbao. Whether in class or behind class, he always holds a ruler in his hand. Whoever dares to break the rules of the school will be severely punished by the ruler.

There are no exceptions.

Erbao thought for a while and felt that what his elder brother said made sense, but he still couldn't agree: "Then you can't lie to your sister and say that Master Yan likes you. You have to really make Master Yan like you and won't slap your palms again before you can say that."

When Dabao heard this, his face was full of distress: "You think I don't want to please Master Yan? But look at his coffin face. It makes people hate it. If I am asked to please him, I might as well please the smelly one."

The toilet, at least the smelly toilet won’t blame me for being unruly and not writing in big letters.”

Erbao persuaded: "Can't you just listen to Master Yan and abide by the rules of the school? Besides, the homework given by Master Yan is not difficult. Master Yan won't beat you if you finish it honestly."

Dabao rolled his eyes: "I know what he taught me in school, why do I have to practice it after school? Isn't this a waste of paper and pen and delays my time to play?"

Erbao scratched his head and felt that what his elder brother said made sense: "But, if you don't listen to Master Yan and practice hard, Master Yan will beat you! We have been in school for less than a month, and you have been beaten no less than ten times by Master Yan.

The first blow, doesn’t it hurt?”

Dabao said disdainfully: "It's just a coward like you who doesn't dare to resist. Only the old stubborn Master Yan thinks he is right. I, Dabao, will prove to him that even if he doesn't do what he says, he can still become the most powerful in the enlightenment class."

student!"

Become the most powerful student? Erbao's eyes were bright and he looked at his eldest brother with admiration: "Brother, if you become the most powerful student, maybe Master Yan will not care about you."

Dabao snorted: "I don't care. Anyway, as long as I study in his school for one day, I will fight him to the end and let him open his eyes and see who is right!"

"Hmm, eldest brother is doing a great job. You can do whatever you want!" Erbao's heart was filled with excitement and he no longer advised his eldest brother to obey his master's words.

In the afternoon, when the adults came back from pulling weeds, they also asked about the performance of the brothers in school. When they learned that they were very popular with the master, they felt that there might be two more scholars in the family, so they were naturally very happy.

Zhao Cao'er, who had not seen his two precious sons for more than half a month, even hugged the two brothers exaggeratedly and called them "lovers" until they suffered in school and turned into a circle of flesh raised during the New Year.

It’s all gone, so I need to take advantage of these few days to replenish my body, so as not to overwhelm my body.

Dabao and Erbao are indeed growing, and the Qin family will not treat them badly with food. Qin Shan went to the city to pick them up and bought a large piece of pork that was hung on the beam. After dinner, the women of the family were in the main room.

Dumplings were made lively.

Qin Xiaoxiao was thinking about Jingheng, fearing that the adults would forget her brother Li's share of shepherd's purse and pork filling dumplings, so she reminded her over and over again at the dinner table, which annoyed Lin Qiuniang and asked Qinshan to take her back to her room.

sleep inside.

Dabao didn't know that Jingheng had come all the way from the capital and was having so much fun with his sister when he was being pushed down on a stool and beaten by his master.

It wasn't until Qin Xiaoxiao repeatedly clamored to make more dumplings for brother Li to eat that he learned about this from the adults. He suddenly felt sour and angry. He grabbed Qin Xiaoxiao and asked whether it was better to be the elder brother or the carp.

Hello brother.

Qin Xiaoxiao had a deep companionship with Jingheng, but it was far less than the brotherhood he had with Dabao for three or four years, so he said without hesitation: "Of course it's the eldest brother, but Brother Li gave us

We have a lot of delicious food at home, and if we have delicious food, we should give it to Brother Li."

Dabao still understood the principle of courtesy and reciprocity. Seeing that his sister didn't seem to be coaxing him, he became happy again: "My brother's love for you is not in vain! You have to remember that among the brothers in this world, only the eldest brother loves you the most, and all the other brothers do.

You're wild, you're definitely not as close as I am to you, don't let them deceive you."

Dabao, who has not yet shed his childishness, does not know that there is a saying that domestic flowers are not as fragrant as wild flowers. He firmly believes that he is the best brother to his sister, and her sister should also be the closest to him.

"Hmm, I'm smart and won't let Brother Ye lie to me." Qin Xiaoxiao was convinced by Dabao's words and agreed with a smile. At least for now, Brother Li's status in her mind is not as good as that of her eldest brother.

"Good boy~" Dabao was extremely satisfied and let Qin Xiaoxiao go back to his room to sleep. He decided that when he saw Jingheng tomorrow, he would let his sister speak clearly in front of him so that he could rest completely and fight for the most important thing in his sister's heart.

brother's heart.

The next morning, Qin Xiaoxiao stood at the gate and looked around. Dabao had nothing to do and waited with her.

Not long after, Jing Heng and the others appeared in the field of vision, and Qin Xiaoxiao greeted them happily: "Brother Li, are you done with your work?"

"No, I'm still busy in the afternoon." Jingheng's eyebrows hadn't relaxed much since yesterday, until he saw Qin Xiaoxiao's cheeks showing two shallow dimples: "Where are we going to play now?"

Qin Xiaoxiao had already thought about where to go last night, pointed to the back mountain and said, "Shall we go to the mountains to play? I will take you to see Chubby. Last time I scolded Chubby and he was angry, and he ignored me~

"

Chubby? Jing Heng saw that the little girl was so nervous and mistakenly thought it was another partner she valued, so he felt a little unhappy: "Who is Chubby?"

Qin Xiaoxiao stretched out his hand and drew a circle larger than himself: "It's a big cat. Its home is in the mountains. You have to go to the mountains to find it."

Jing Heng couldn't guess what kind of big cat it was, but seeing that it was not an ordinary bobcat in size, he frowned: "Lynx cats are wild and untamable, how can you be friends with a bobcat? What if it hurts you?"

"

Qin Xiaoxiao was about to say that Chubby doesn't hurt anyone, but Dabao, who was ignored by Jing Heng, suddenly interrupted: "Sister, Mr. Jing is a stranger. Chubby and they don't like strangers appearing in their territory. What if they hurt Mr. Jing?"

?”

Jing Heng glanced at Dabao, ignored Dabao's provocation, took Qin Xiaoxiao's hand and walked towards the back mountain: "When you see Chubby later, don't get close to him yet. If he is still angry with you, he might

I’ll stretch out my paw to scratch you.”

Qin Xiaoxiao saw her elder brother's face darken, and quickly stretched out her other little hand to hold his: "Brother, please hold Sanbao's hand quickly, and let's go up the mountain to see Chubby!" After saying this, he turned to Jing Heng, who also had a dark face.

Said: "Brother Li, Chubby is a good cat. He won't stretch out his claws to scratch me."

Jing Heng stared at the proud Dabao and did not listen carefully to Qin Xiaoxiao's words.

It has been a sunny day these past few days, and the vegetation on both sides of the mountain road has not sprouted or branched out, so it is very easy to walk. The group of people and animals soon arrived at the top of the mountain where the black raccoons have taken root.

Qin Xiaoxiao didn't know if Chuangchu was there, so she could only follow the old path to the place where she first met Chuangchu. She shouted a few times to the foot of the mountain at the top of her voice, and it didn't take long for Chuangchu to lead more than a dozen of them.

The black raccoon ran up to them.

"Chubby, are you still angry?" Qin Xiaoxiao let go of Jingheng's hand and ran towards Chubby without waiting for Jingheng to react.

"Meow!" But the black raccoons seemed to have seen a very terrifying enemy. Suddenly they lay prone on their front paws and stood up, ready to attack at any time, and let out a threatening roar from their throats.

"Chubby, what's wrong with you?" Qin Xiaoxiao was startled, staring at Chubby with big eyes, and realized that it was her good friend Chubby, not the big cat queen she had mistakenly admitted, and she suddenly became anxious: "

Chubby, please don't be angry, okay, I won't scold you again!"

"Meow!" The black raccoons ignored Qin Xiaoxiao. Their round cat pupils were extremely large. This was a reaction after being frightened.

"Sir, be careful, these beasts are hostile to you!" Rock, Paper, Scissors quickly stood in front of Jing Heng, pulled out the long knife from his waist and stared at the black raccoons who were ready to attack.

Jing Heng also saw it, and was not afraid of these flat-headed beasts who were bigger than Qin Xiaoxiao. His first reaction was to cross the rock-paper-scissors and pull Qin Xiaoxiao behind him: "Don't go there, it's dangerous.

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Chapter completed!