Early in the morning, Zhoujia Village.

Zhou An was squatting by the drainage ditch in front of the door to brush his teeth, his mother was making breakfast in the kitchen, the second uncle Zhou Taiqing next door was sitting in front of the door drinking tea and smoking as always, the village head and village tail were cooking cigarettes, the woman who went to the river to do laundry, the man drinking tea or smoking in front of the door, the people and dogs walking around the village leisurely......

Everything is no different from usual.

Until Zhou Jian, who was carrying a schoolbag and a big red plastic bag, came over, Zhou Taiqing, who was smoking and drinking tea in front of the door, saw it, glanced at it and frowned slightly.

"Xiaojian, why did you come back so early in the morning? Does your mother know?"

"Second Uncle Zao!"

Zhou Jian said hello honestly, Zhou Taiqing, who served as the director of education at Zhuyuan Primary School, still had a deterrent effect in his heart since he was a child.

Zhou An, who was brushing his teeth by the ditch, heard Zhou Jian's voice, turned his head to look, and saw the schoolbag on Zhou Jian's back and the clothes in the big plastic bag in his hand, so he smiled.

"You're back so early, haven't you had breakfast yet, are you?"

"Hey!"

Zhou Jian agreed with a smile.

By the way, he turned his head and answered Zhou Taiqing's question, "Second uncle, I don't plan to leave when I come back this time, and my mother doesn't know, don't tell her, okay?"

Zhou Taiqing's brows furrowed even tighter when he heard this, he stood up and held a teacup and a cigarette, and asked, "What? You won't leave when you come back this time? Your mother still doesn't know? What? Did your father ask you to come back first? Is he also ready to come back?"

Zhou An's mother Tian Guifang heard the movement outside in the kitchen, and wiped her hands on the apron around her waist suspiciously, while stepping out of the door, and saw Zhou Jian who was questioned by Zhou Taiqing, Tian Guifang was stunned at first, and then smiled, "Ah, it's Xiaojian who is back! You kid hasn't been back for a long time, and you'll have breakfast at Auntie's house for a while!"

"Hey, thank you, Auntie!"

Zhou Jian responded with a smile, and then replied to Zhou Taiqing.

"Second uncle, my dad doesn't know that I'm coming back, I'm the only one to come back this time, as long as you don't tell my mom that I'm back!"

"What? Your parents didn't know you were back? What? I listen to you...... When you come back this time, you don't plan to leave? You come back alone, what do you eat and drink? Don't you read any books? Isn't this nonsense? No! You better go back to me quickly, or I'll go to the county seat to find your mother and ask her to take you back! Really! Your father is not at home, what are you doing when you come back? Go back! After having breakfast at your aunt's house for a while, you will go back for me, do you hear?"

Zhou Taiqing was completely an elder at this time, stern and unquestionable, and as he spoke, he made a decision and ordered Zhou Jian to go back today and not to live in Zhoujia Village.

"Second uncle, I don't want to go back......"

Zhou Jian blushed and defended, his momentum was completely suppressed by Zhou Taiqing, after all, he was only 14 years old, and Zhou Taiqing was nominally his second uncle.

After arguing, he subconsciously looked at Zhou An, who had already brushed his teeth and got up.

This time he was called back by Zhou An, and Zhou An, the eldest brother, invisibly became the backbone of his mind.

Zhou An sneered slightly, he was not in awe of Zhou Taiqing like Zhou Jian, and in the face of Zhou Taiqing's patriarchal style, Zhou An was very disdainful in his heart.

Zhou Taiqing's words just now sounded like they were thinking about Zhou Jian at first glance, but Zhou An, who had long known Zhou Taiqing's true face, knew very well in his heart that the reason why Zhou Taiqing was angry when he heard that Zhou Jian was coming back this time and didn't plan to leave, and ordered Zhou Jian to go back today was nothing more than that Zhou Taiqing was afraid that Zhou Jian would come back alone, and from then on, he, as the second uncle, would have to take on the responsibility of raising Zhou Jian.

After all, no matter what, he is Zhou Jian's second uncle, the best of the three brothers, and he works in the education system, if Zhou Jian really doesn't leave this time, if Zhou Jian's father Zhou Taiming never comes back.

He, who is the second uncle, can watch Zhou Jian starve to death in the village?

If that really happened, would he still have the face to sit in the position of the dean?

"Second uncle! Xiaojian can't stay with his mother anymore, his stepfather treats him very badly, I asked him to come back this time!

After Zhou An finished speaking, he tilted his head at Zhou Jian and motioned for Zhou Jian to enter the house with him.

Zhou Taiqing was stunned, looked at Zhou An, and shouted: "Anzi! You're too bold, aren't you? Can you take care of Xiaojian's affairs? Besides, can you control what Xiaojian eats and drinks in the future? and you can control what you study? No! Xiaojian must go back today! Nonsense, isn't it!"

At the kitchen door, Tian Guifang also frowned at Zhou An at this time.

She knows in her heart that her family still owes tens of thousands of foreign debts! Her husband is still lying in bed to recuperate, and recently he has relied on Zhou An to sell snails to earn a little subsidy for the family.

She didn't know how much Zhou An could earn every day, and she never thought that Zhou An's business of selling snails could last long.

Therefore, hearing Zhou An just say that Zhou Jian was called back by him, Tian Guifang also complained about Zhou An in his heart at this time, how can the family have the ability to raise another Zhou Jian?

Zhou An stopped, turned his head and frowned at Zhou Taiqing, who looked at him with an angry face, looked at it for a moment, then pointed at Zhou Jian, and asked Zhou Taiqing in an accentuated tone, "Second uncle, didn't you hear clearly just now? I said, Xiaojian can't stay with his mother anymore, his stepfather treats him very badly! You still let him go back?"

Zhou Taiqing snorted coldly, "Otherwise? Who let his own Lao Tzu not be angry? He Lao Tzu doesn't raise him, who the doesn't raise him? What if his stepfather treats him badly? This is his own life! Who can blame him for his bad life? Anzi, you are so bad now, you dare to talk back to me? Who did you learn from? I said that Xiaojian must go back today, he must go back! Do you dare to listen to what I say?"

"Anzi! you ......"

At the kitchen door, Tian Guifang wanted to speak and stopped.

Zhou An glanced at her, shook his head slightly, and motioned for her not to speak.

Taking a deep breath, Zhou An barely suppressed the anger in his heart and chuckled at Zhou Taiqing.

"Second uncle! This is what you say as an uncle? Is it human words? This is Xiaojian's life, so he must accept his fate and must go back? No matter how he is doing there, whether he is dead or alive, he must go back? You don't care? Is it that if one day, I can't go on, please pull me, and you will also tell me to accept my fate? Hmm? Isn't it? Is there an uncle like this? Just like you, you also have the face to call yourself our uncle? Are you worthy? Hmm?

The more Zhou An's questioning came to the back, the more unkind his tone became, and the more excited he became.

His face turned red.

Because of this questioning, he couldn't think of how Zhou Taiqing stood by and watched when his father was seriously ill before he was reborn, and he begged Zhou Taiqing.

For a while, Zhou Taiqing's face was red and white, angry and angry, his face changed several times, but he opened his mouth and pointed at Zhou An, "You, you" for a long time, but he couldn't say a complete sentence.

Zhou Jian, who was standing behind Zhou An, also pursed his lips at this time and glared at Zhou Taiqing angrily.

At the kitchen door, Tian Guifang was dumbfounded, her brows were tightly locked, and she subconsciously glanced back at the direction of the master bedroom, what she was most worried about at this time was that Zhou Taihu, who was cultivating in the house, heard the quarrel outside the door and was angry.