Epilogue 1 Brothers

"Sister, sister, wait for me, wait for me and my second brother!"

"Don't wait, you two are ass worms, why do you have to follow me wherever I go! I went to a girls' school, and I heard that it was a girls' school, and there were no boys in it! ”

"But my second brother and I can also pretend to be girls!"

The girl who was walking in front of her violently turned around, just with picturesque eyebrows, but at this time she was angry. And as soon as the two little boys with pink makeup behind him saw her cold face, the two identical faces had a sobbing expression. Faced with such a scene, she only felt that one head was two big, and she had to recite the four words that her father and mother had taught her repeatedly several times in her heart.

The eldest sister is like a mother, she can't be angry, she can't be angry...... It's all because my mother was the youngest in the family when she was in her mother's house in the past, so after her husband gave birth to her daughter, he wanted to let the whole world know that she was the eldest sister, so after the twin brothers Zhang Xun and Zhang Ze, who were four years younger than her, were born, people actually threw the two younger brothers to her!

It is also claimed that it is to let her sister, the elder sister, experience the feeling of being a mother as soon as possible, so she has to manage them not to run around, she has to manage them to read and write, and she has to be responsible for beating and scolding lessons, anyway, her eldest sister is half a mother! God knows that she has long wanted to get rid of these two followers, and now she is old enough to go to a girls' school, which is justified!

Moreover, she can even get rid of the affairs of the upper and lower servants and subordinates! It's all the mother who sees that she can write and calculate, this lazy person even let her learn the housekeeper's things, even if the father said that this is the exploitation of children, the mother still doesn't care.

So, Zhang Luo, who was carrying a schoolbag, could only cross his waist and say: "I have already said, I am going to study at a women's school!" The two of you are going to go to your father's public school in the future, don't mention the stupid words of men pretending to be women, this is not when you were a child, your mother dressed you up on a whim, so the family laughed for a while, this is going to spread in the capital, you don't want to marry a daughter-in-law in the future! ”

Before the meeting, the two faces were extremely ignorant, obviously they didn't understand, and it was estimated that they didn't even understand what the word daughter-in-law meant, Zhang Luo could only reprimand with a straight face: "A manly man, you have to be courageous, don't cry and cry, now let me honestly go back to the garden to find Uncle Ah Liu to practice martial arts!" ”

As soon as they heard about the martial arts practice, the two brothers who were exactly the same made even more bitter faces. Just like their father's martial arts that can only barely protect themselves, their brothers are the same, every time they practice martial arts, they complain bitterly, and once they are lazy, they are either taught hard by the uncle Ah Liu, or they are severely reprimanded by the talented eldest sister, and they come and go and have a psychological shadow.

Therefore, the brothers could only watch their sister walk away. Standing in place and staring at each other for a while, Zhang Xun, who was an elder brother, finally spoke: "My sister went to school alone, and my father and mother went to be their teachers, but the two of us were left to take care of the house, which is so unfair!" ”

Seeing that his younger brother Zhang Ze didn't say anything, Zhang Xun looked around, then picked up the person and said in a low voice: "Uncle Ah Liu, this teacher is too strict, why don't we run away from home?" ”

Zhang Zedeng's eyes widened, and his first reaction was to object, but his eyes rolled and he came up with a better idea. So, the little guy put his arm around his brother's shoulders and whispered a few words, and when he finished speaking, he smiled shyly when he saw Zhang Xun shouting a good idea in a row.

Growing up, he was the one responsible for picking up the gaps in his brother's bad ideas that didn't work out...... Of course, the last one who was beaten the most was the brother who proposed it first, as for him, after crying and admitting his mistakes, his mother would always open the net, although he would soon be exposed by his father, and then punished with his brother, but he could suffer less.

Today too, if you really run away from home according to my brother's words, not to mention whether I will meet the flower party or something, even if I don't have anything to do, I will not be able to escape a beating when I turn around and be caught by my father and mother! But if he follows his idea, it will be a false alarm if he stands up to the sky, and there will be no major incidents, and there will always be fewer beatings...... He's so smart!

So, when a group of little guys were trained in the martial arts training field - even if these people are now married, but in Ah Liu's eyes, they are still young little guys - Ah Liu found that Zhang Xun and Zhang Ze brothers were delayed, and he knew that this pair of lazy brothers had fled again.

This is already a daily routine that he is used to, so when he saw Yang Hao's bitter face when he came to report, he said indifferently: "I'll look for it, you continue." ”

Seeing that Ah Liu left after saying this, the sweaty young people on the martial arts training ground breathed a long sigh of relief, and they couldn't help but talk about what happened to the two little young masters this time.

Unlike Zhang Luo, the eldest lady whose martial arts talent was perfectly inherited from her mother, the twin young masters, who had been waiting for a long time before being born, were really bad except for their appearance, which really combined the advantages of their parents. Practicing martial arts is tired, arithmetic is often wrong, reading and reading stumbles, but laziness and slippery are first-class.

Obviously, his mother is a martial arts genius and his father is an arithmetic genius, but these twins were born with a golden spoon, so they can't inherit this garden by the eldest lady in the future, right?

Ah Liu didn't care what other people thought, he walked on the wall like a falcon, his eyes fell on the corners like a falcon, and his condescending patrol has been in Zhang Yuan for a long time, so no one dared to hide in the corners and do anything to be a traitor. Everyone who looked up and saw him sweated for the two little young masters in their hearts.

When the news reached Wu's ears, she walked around the room for a while, and then couldn't help but curse twice: "Why can't these two naughty little things be as worry-free and sensible as their sisters?" After a long time, I thought that when they landed, Mrs. Zhao Guotai saw it in person and then smiled, but fortunately I didn't see them so useless! ”

scolded and scolded, but Wu still instructed Jin's mother: "Hurry up and go to the public school to send a letter to Ah Shou, just say that Xiao Xun and Xiao Ze are missing again, and Ah Liu is looking for them at this time." He didn't bother to teach his students, and his two sons were thrown aside! ”

Mother Jin couldn't help laughing, and agreed repeatedly, but she thought in her heart that these two brothers could find a little sense of security in Zhang Shou, as for Zhu Ying and Zhang Luo's mother and daughter...... It was a relentless relentless suppression of them. When the child was two or three years old, Zhu Ying often dressed people up as girls to play, but when she was older, she disliked them, and Zhang Luo often trained people fiercely.

Of course, the most ruthless lesson for the brothers in this family is Ah Liu. People got the permission of Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying, and since they were young, they called the two little young masters by their names, and they should be beaten, as if they didn't care that they were the future masters of Zhang Yuan.

Today, Zhang Xun and Zhang Luo brothers suddenly disappeared, and it must have been a good beating to be caught by Ah Liu, and Wu's grandmother couldn't stop him, but people feel sorry for their grandson!

However, although Jin's mother's letter was sent, Ah Liu, who was able to quickly bring out the two of them in the past, still found no trace of the brothers after patrolling the entire house today. In view of the large number of houses in the house, he pondered for a while, and then went to the various rooms to find it, but in the end there was no clue.

It was not until at last that the boy walked around the walls that he found a few words in a corner of the wall that were drawn with branches: "Don't look for us." ”

Glancing up at the high inner courtyard wall, Ah Liu easily jumped to the top, and after carefully examining the various traces, a smile appeared on his lips. The two little ones have learned to be suspicious, but if they want to make the illusion of climbing over this wall and sneaking outside, it is not enough to climb the wall here, and then lie down on the wall for a while.

These two lazy little guys didn't even want to jump off the ground and make a slip away, but worked hard to climb the wall and then returned the same way...... Do you think it's too much trouble to climb over the wall and then climb back on? Speaking of which, at this point, he is really too similar to the young master, as lazy, should he be said to be worthy of being the young master's son?

Even if Zhang Shou is getting older and married and has children, even if he is unwilling, he is no longer called the young master in this family, that is, Ah Liu still has not changed his old name, and the two brothers in the family who are called the little young master are not much different from other little guys in his place, so that Zhang Shouqiang insisted on pressing him to take care of the children at home, and he finally had no choice but to obey.

"Heh, play hide and seek with me......"

As a result, the servants up and down Zhang Yuan soon encountered a baptism like a storm. The wine, dice, and even all kinds of interesting gadgets that Ah Liu single-handedly searched for on weekdays appeared, so that many people beat their chests and paused, but they also immediately joined the ranks of help, intending to pull out the brothers.

Don't let people be beaten in Ah Liu's hands, is it worthy of their unjustified disaster?

However, Zhang Yuan is too big, and compared to this area, the servants used are much less than those of the same specification, and the brothers Zhang Xun and Zhang Ze have no other skills, they have been running around in this huge home since they were children, and they are just a little big, so they have a natural advantage in hiding from people's sight.

Therefore, a large group of people were grouped together, and it took a while to sort out the trajectory of the sighting. And after Ah Liu casually sketched out the map on the ground, his face immediately darkened. It's not just him, but the other people who came around to join in the fun are also scattered like birds and beasts. It's very simple, they are very sure that as long as the two young masters are caught, it will definitely be a ruthless bamboo shoot barbecue!

When Ah Liu came to a seemingly inconspicuous courtyard, immediately activated the secret door, and saw the clear steps, he knew that the two little ones had indeed come here.

After all, this is not the main entrance of the Tiangongfang, but an emergency escape route, which is not a particularly big secret at home - because of the experiment of some things a few years ago, the Tiangongfang will be evacuated urgently every once in a while, so it can't be kept secret at all. Therefore, this is not to prevent foreign enemies, but purely to leave an escape door......

As for the secret door of the Tiangongfang, which used to lead to the outside of the mansion, it was also recorded with the emperor, and it was later invaded from outside the mansion, and it has long been completely blocked again. In order not to happen again, Zhang Shou even used soil cement.

So, because a specific key is required to activate the secret door mechanism, no one usually walks through it, so the steps will inevitably be dusty. But now, the continuous little footprints simply told him that the brothers were here!

And this secret door was set up later, the stone key to open the mechanism, he and Zhu Ying Zhang Shou each had one, and the spare one was locked in the box by the Wu family. It was hard for him to imagine that the brothers could get the key from Zhu Ying and Zhang Shou, and the Wu family had always spoiled them, maybe they turned the key out of the bottom of the box, and there was a secret door here......

Maybe someone in the family has a broken mouth! And the brothers are happy to touch here and knock there, so they found the clues. It's just that this secret door doesn't just sneak in!

Thinking of this, Ah Liu didn't go in immediately, but directly closed the secret door silently outside, and then dropped another machine lock. Although this secret door is not a secret, the road leading to the Heavenly Workshop is pitch black, and the forks are like a labyrinth - of course, there will be no danger, it is all flat ground, but it escapes from it, and after activating the mechanism, there is only one way.

Just a lesson for this pair of daring brothers!

Although he received an urgent message from Wu, Zhang Shou still calmly waited until the end of class, and then went home a little earlier than usual. His two sons knew that he really didn't think that people could make a big deal out of it under Ah Liu's nose.

As for running away from home...... The inner courtyard wall is better, the outer courtyard wall is sad, is it really the alarm bell mechanism on the outer courtyard wall arranged by Hua Qi to bluff people?

And hiding in some kind of carriage and horse luggage to slip out, it is even more impossible, in a place like a carriage and stable, these two brothers who are exactly the same can't get into it at all!

So, when he arrived at home, he saw Ah Liu coming forward with a black face, and said bluntly: "Zhang Xun and Zhang Luo quietly ran to the Tiangongfang!" ”

This was an answer that was a bit unexpected for Zhang Shou, especially when he learned that people entered through the escape door. However, when he asked with a smile if the two of them were lost in the dark labyrinth, Ah Liu didn't answer at all, or Yang Hao on the side said cautiously: "They are fully prepared, they even brought a Mingwa lantern, and then they didn't know where to find a dozen thread groups to carry them." ”

"The two young masters said that the reason for bringing the light is that I heard you say that if the light gets smaller or even goes out, it means that there is not enough yang energy to breathe, then you should immediately return the same way, and the thread group is used to mark the way."

Although Yang Hao said that oxygen is yang energy, Zhang Shou still roughly understood what Ah Liu's black face was for at this time - the daring lover originally planned to teach the two brothers a lesson, but he didn't expect that people really touched the right place in the Tiangongfang!

The more he thought about it, the more interesting it became, he suddenly laughed, and after nodding to Yang Hao, he hooked his hand to Ah Liu and motioned for someone to follow. After entering the gate, he asked if the brothers were still in the Tiangong Workshop at this time, and he went directly to find them.

When entering from the main gate of the Tiangongfang, which also leads to the underground, and only a few steps down, Zhang Shou heard a crisp voice: "Brother Ang, this steam engine is so powerful, can it really be loaded with a carriage than a horse-drawn carriage?" ”

"What are railroad tracks? You just said that you want to pave the road with railroad tracks, and you have to lay a pillow of wood in the middle, how much does it cost? ”

"Uncle Guan, is this really a ship made of steel? Why doesn't it sink in the water? ”

Listening to this Brother Ang, Uncle Guan, Zhang Shou couldn't help but rub his chin gently, thinking that his two sons couldn't do anything else, but the ability of these 100,000 whys was not weak. It's a pity that all the talents in mathematics and writing are a little wasted, and their sister's mental arithmetic ability is already very strong at this age, but when it is their turn, they are stumbling.

Anyway, just like practicing martial arts, the two of them don't see any talent.

Therefore, it was not until he quietly appeared behind the two of them that he coldly grabbed one of them by the collar. And after the kid panicked and called the sixth uncle to spare me twice, he caught a glimpse of him, and that face suddenly became extremely honest and honest, and he knew that this was Zhang Ze who came out of his mother's womb a little late.

It's the brother who arches his brother in front of him for everything.

As soon as he saw his father's meaningful smile, Zhang Ze knew that things were not good, and as soon as Zhang Shou let go, he quickly knelt down and hugged his father's thigh directly: "Dad, you haven't brought me and my brother to the Tiangong Workshop for a long time, we want to come and see!" ”

It's definitely not because you're afraid of practicing martial arts and skipping class!

In the second half of the words, Zhang Ze didn't say anything, but Zhang Xun shouted directly in his voice, but as a result, Zhang Shou didn't answer, and Ah Liu took the big one aside and roasted the bamboo shoots. And Zhang Ze also failed to escape, and when the brother who cried for his father and mother was beaten and thrown back, he was also picked up by Ah Liu, and he received no more than ten slaps on his buttocks.

And when he came back pitifully rubbing his buttocks, he saw Zhang Shou talking to the two people he had just talked to. As the future owner of Zhang Yuan, the Tiangongfang is a curious but almost impossible place for them to enter, so whether it is Guan Qiu, who has black hair and black eyes like himself, or Wu Dawei, who looks strange, this is the first time they have a close contact.

I've seen it from afar, even if I follow my parents to visit two or three times, it's not their turn to speak.

Therefore, since he had been beaten, Zhang Ze had to quietly pull the corners of his brother's clothes, so that the brother who couldn't speak would not speak, and then pricked up his ears to listen to the side. When he heard Zhang Shou ask about the progress, and then said a bunch of things that he didn't understand at all, he took a look at the gap and shouted: "Dad, I want to learn from Uncle Guan and Brother Ang!" ”

What rails, what steam engines, and rebuilt blast furnaces for steelmaking...... This is much more interesting than practicing martial arts and arithmetic!

Zhang Xun's eyes widened, but out of the same mind as his younger brother in everything, he also quickly parroted his words. However, it was not the father's opposition or ridicule, nor was it simply approval and support.

"Learning something? You think the things in the workshop are interesting and you want to learn that, right? But did you know that to make something, you need to learn arithmetic, which you hate the most? Do you want to study physics, which is more difficult than arithmetic? ”

"Knowing that when the lights go out, there is no oxygen, people can't survive, and knowing that holding the ball of thread all the way to release the line, this can at least find a way out of the maze, but this is just a little cleverness. And small wisdom is not the same as great wisdom, great wisdom is not only an innate talent, but also an acquired learning. Even me, in fact, I have only learned a little bit of the fur of the skin,"

Zhang Ze's mouth suddenly opened wide, he never thought that these things that seemed so interesting still had to be learned! He glanced at his brother next to him, who was also confused, but muttered in a low voice, "Dad, don't coax us ......"

Zhang Shou did not reprimand directly, but beckoned Wu Dawei, who had now transformed from a blonde boy to a blonde youth, to come over, and then said slowly: "Come, you, Brother Ang, tell your two junior brothers, what have you learned?" ”

If he were in Florence, David Wu would be sure that he would be the brightest morning star at balls and parties. Because of his good diet, good education, and the various martial arts training he was forced to undertake, he was now extremely tall, and now he has both the ability of a knight and the elegance of intellect.

However, at this time, he was most happy that Zhang Shou said that this pair of twin biological sons was his little junior brother, that is to say, he who officially followed Zhang Shou to learn arithmetic very late, was indeed regarded as a disciple by the other party.

Therefore, when facing these two little guys who came into close contact with him for the first time, seeing his appearance completely different from Mingren, he did not show the slightest fear and awe, the corners of his mouth gradually rose, revealing a very gentle smile, and then he said earnestly: "Two little junior brothers, it is indeed necessary to learn a lot to make these things you just saw. ”

"In addition to arithmetic and physics, there are also aerodynamics, fluid mechanics, materials science, metallurgy, ......."

Wu Dawei, who also perfected kung fu and learned from Zhang Shou, has a dazzling list of names in one mouth, and as a result, he successfully made the eyes of the two brothers who were exactly the same full of little stars. When the final report came to an end, he said amiably: "The two junior brothers are sure, do you really want to learn?" ”

"I don't want to!"

"Yes!"

These two completely different voices sounded almost at the same time, not to mention Wu Dawei, even Zhang Shou couldn't help but be stunned. As a result, he saw that the two sons were also staring at each other suddenly, and after a while, he found that the little one shouted angrily: "Brother, why are you so unproductive!" ”

"I'm so tired that I don't want to learn so much!" Zhang Xun retorted confidently, seeing his younger brother looking at him with a sad gaze like an adult, he suddenly felt a little weak, but after hesitating again and again, he still straightened his chest and said, "Dad once said that in this world, some people are scholars, and some people are scumbags, no matter how hard you try, it's useless!" ”

"And I'm a scumbag!"

At this moment, thinking that he had indeed comforted his wife who hated iron but not steel with such words in front of Zhu Ying, Zhang Shou couldn't help but want to cover his face. It was the first time he had really seen such a scumbag...... It's just that this scumbag is still his son! What a sin, he saved a lot of scumbags in his life, and now it seems that he is likely to save his son!

Therefore, he stared at Zhang Xun for a long time, until he looked down on the little guy, and then he said helplessly: "People are self-aware, and it is better to know that you are a scumbag than to think that you are invincible." All roads lead to the capital, and there are many other options in this world, even if you plan to sit and lie down for the rest of your life......"

"Really?" Zhang Xun was overjoyed all of a sudden, and even interrupted Zhang Shou's words in a hurry. But when he heard a loud cough from behind him, and realized that it was his twin brother reminding him, he was slightly stunned, and his face gradually turned white.

He actually revealed to his father that he planned to work hard for the rest of his life!

Zhang Xun subconsciously turned around and ran away, but he forgot that he had just been beaten on the buttocks, so he didn't run out two steps before he hit a person directly with his head. Raising his hair and realizing that it was Ah Liu, he immediately looked like a wilted cabbage, squatted directly on the ground with his head in his hands, and shouted repeatedly: "I was wrong!" Dad, Uncle Ah Liu, I was wrong! ”

Ah Liu directly picked up the little guy, but then he felt that someone was hugging his thigh, and when he looked down at Zhang Ze with a pleading face, he was slightly stunned, but he ignored it, raised his head and looked at Zhang Shou, his eyes were as serious as ever.

Zhang Shou believes that as long as he shows a little, Ah Liu can beat the one of the twins who is the elder brother again. So, he shook his head unmistakably: "Everyone has their own ambitions, they can't be forced, Xiao Ze is willing to learn these, then Wu Dawei, you come and take your little junior brother with you, and see what kind of talent he has, if he doesn't have talent, he can only rely on hard work." ”

"As for Xiao Xun, it's okay to eat and wait for death for the rest of your life, but I set the rules of this family with your mother. How much ability, how big things to do, and how much property to share. If Aze has the ability to inherit the Heavenly Workshop with his sister in the future, but you don't know anything, then you won't have a share in this. ”

"And if you don't study, don't be an official, and you can't keep this big mansion in the capital, then you can only give you your mother's Zhuangzi, and you go to the countryside to be an honest small landlord, and lead the tenants to farm the land......"

Zhu Ying, who had just come back outside, pulled her daughter Zhang Luo, who frowned at first, was already laughing and trembling at this moment, but she still couldn't hold back and didn't make a sound. As for Zhang Luo behind her, she covered her eyes, as if she felt that the scene of her younger brother being taught by his father was simply miserable.

Sure enough, when I heard that I was going to leave the capital in the future, I had to stay at home honestly, so as not to be picked on by others, and my sister and younger brother would be affected, and I heard that my good friends in the future - in fact, they were his cousins and cousins, and the two little ones in Senior Brother Lu's family that he could call his nephews - would gradually become estranged, just because they were not from the same world...... Zhang Xun's face finally changed.

Zhang Luo couldn't help muttering that her father was fooling people like this, but as soon as she turned her head, she found that her mother, who was almost uncontrollable from laughing just now, was gradually stunned at this time. She was slightly stunned, and then whispered in disbelief: "Mother, isn't Dad coaxing Xiao Xun, is he telling the truth?" ”

Zhu Ying, who had just laughed out of her tears, wiped her eyes gently, and then did not answer Zhang Luo's words, but appeared and walked forward, when Zhang Xun finally found out about her arrival, she saw the brother of the twins crying with a sad face, looking at herself pitifully, as if praying that she could overturn Zhang Shou's previous words.

has always been quite simple and rude to her two sons, but this time Zhu Ying gently rubbed the little guy's head, and then smiled slightly: "I actually have uncles and uncles, and your grandfather actually has two uncles, but now, they are not in the capital, but in a distant place as an insignificant petty official." ”

"Even if they are such petty officials, there are people who always monitor whether they make mistakes and whether they are corrupt, because they are burdened with the status of relatives, but they do not have much talent, so in order to avoid unrealistic ambitions, this can only be the case. My grandmother told me on her deathbed that they hated her, hated the Queen Mother, and probably hated my father and me and all the people who enjoyed the glory and wealth of the capital. ”

"Ah Xun, if you don't have talent and don't want to work hard, then in the future, you can only be like those elders you may never see."

Although the young Zhang Xun couldn't understand Zhu Ying's words at all, his mother confirmed that his father's words just now were not a scare, but he still understood this! So, when the elder brother was finally stimulated by the great desire to survive, he got up and shouted busily: "I will learn whatever the second brother learns, I was just lazy and didn't work before!" ”

"I just thought, if I couldn't learn anything, my parents and sister wouldn't force me so hard!"

"Brother, you big idiot!"

Hearing the words of his brother Zhang Xun who said unscrupulously, and the next brother Zhang Ze scolded, he jumped up and covered people's mouths, Zhang Shou was stunned for a moment and then laughed. Glancing at Zhu Ying again, I saw that the child's mother was already so angry that her eyebrows were raised, as if she was about to explode on the spot in the next second!

Although as a father, he should persuade two sentences at this time, but seeing that Zhu Ying took people away one by one without saying a word, he glanced at his eldest daughter who was stunned in place, and then added casually: "Luo Luo, your two younger brothers are monkeys, you must have more eyes in the future, don't be deceived by them." ”

"I really didn't expect that such a pair of living treasures born to me and your mother would pretend to be stupid for laziness!"

Wu Dawei was already squatting there with a smile and pounding the ground, and Guan Qiu, who was more kind, also turned his back to hide the smile on his face at this time. And Ah Liu's originally rigid face looked even darker at this time. He took a deep breath, like a military order, and said word by word: "There is no future." ”

These are five words that will cause ambiguity, Zhang Shou heard it in his ears, but he couldn't help but mourn in silence for the future of his two sons, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, fortunately, otherwise, the setting of a pair of scumbag sons can really make people vomit blood!