In Shanghai, in this small courtyard, Fluttershy is changing the bell for her bicycle.

Remembering that Liu Jing once gave Yun Yun a string of Sichuan incense beads, Fluttershy was very envious and wanted Zhuang Yuncheng to give her a gift, and Zhuang Yuncheng gave her this bicycle.

When Zhuang Yuncheng first arrived in Shanghai, in the British and French concessions, he especially saw many rich young masters riding bicycles through the streets, and he was in a trance, fantasizing that Fluttershy and Yunyun were speeding on bicycles, and the wind blew their sideburns, and they were smiling brightly in the wind, which must be beautiful, so he bought a bicycle despite the high cost.

Inspired by this, when Fluttershy arrives, they start a bike shop that rents rickshaws, buys and sells bicycles, and swaps parts, which they call "Butterfly Bikes".

Up to now, the car dealer has more than a dozen rickshaws and more than 20 bicycles, and life can finally get by, but this is far from enough. Zhuang Yuncheng experienced the bankruptcy of the match factory and fled to Shanghai, and he understood one thing - money and power are necessary, especially in the situation of rampant warlords and invasion by foreign forces, this is the basic capital to fight against them.

Fluttershy sets up the bell and flicks it lightly, and the crisp sound of the "jingle bell" fills through the small courtyard.

Zhuang Yuncheng was sitting at the table next to the window in the house, and when he heard the melodious bell, he looked up to see Fluttershy in the small courtyard.

"Got it?" He asked.

"Well," alright. She smiled contentedly, and flicked it a few more times, and the sound echoed through the alley.

"Let's find some time to play." Fluttershy walks over to the window edge and says to Zhuang Yuncheng in the room.

"How to play?"

"Ride a bike to play, to the outskirts of the city, where there are fewer people."

"Okay, let's see when it's free, there are people coming to this car shop every day." Zhuang Yuncheng frowned and said, "Wang Er rented a car to pull it just before yesterday, and the money hasn't been earned yet, and he broke the wheel yesterday, and he can't afford to pay for it, what do you say?" ”

"What can we do if we can't afford to lose, we are also a small business, tell him to pay it back slowly, we just don't rush."

Zhuang Yuncheng smiled and asked, "Have you also learned to be careful?" ”

"There's no money, you think this business is easy to do, like the match factory in Beiping, let you waste it at will, don't make any money, don't say it, you will lose your family." Fluttershy came in through the door, walked to the table, sat on it, and said earnestly: "This world still can't be too willful, you have to have capital and ability, it's right to be kind to others, but you can't do anything nonsense, it's not wrong to be righteous, but you can't easily take your own life, otherwise it's all counterproductive, you see, we fought the Japanese and the British like that, and we ended up losing our fortune, not only putting ourselves in a dangerous situation, but also almost harming Yun Yun, and the result was just killing a few Japanese and British, which is not worth it." ”

"Makes sense, go on." Zhuang Yuncheng looked at her with admiration.

"You must know that there are countless foreigners in China now, most of them are invaders, not good people, we can't kill them all, what we can do is to stand on the side of justice and confront them for a long time, and act under the condition of ensuring their own food, clothing and safety, to put it bluntly, if we can't even afford to eat, what can we do to fight these bad guys, in short, don't be willful."

"That's what I thought, too."

"Okay, I'll be in charge in the future, you will be my little follower, and all actions will be listened to me, okay?" Fluttershy says with a grin.

"Okay," Zhuang Yuncheng grinned, "Then you are the eldest lady, and I will beat your legs." ”

"Come on." Fluttershy moves back, Zhuang Yuncheng thumps her leg, and the two continue to chat.

At this time, it was almost dark, and Su Beicheng came back.

"I'll cook, Beicheng is also back." Fluttershy jumps off the table.

Su Beicheng has followed Yuan Sheng for a year, and a few months ago he was officially assigned to the Finance Bureau, working for the Shanghai government, and with his outstanding ability, he was all over the concession and the capital invaded Shanghai with natives and foreigners.

"Beicheng." Fluttershy yells, "You came back early today, I haven't cooked yet, you'll have to wait." ”

Su Beicheng smiled, "Fluttershy, are you really ironic of me?" You cook all my food, how can I be too slow, don't bother me. ”

"Hehehe......" Fluttershy laughs like a silver bell.

"Cousin-" Tao Ye suddenly appeared behind Su Beicheng.

Fortunately, the voice arrived first, Su Beicheng was not frightened, he turned around and asked, "Xiao Ye?" Why is this time coming? ”

Tao Ye was out of breath, out of breath, hunched over and blushed, and said, "He's back." ”

"Who?"

Fluttershy and Zhuang Yuncheng are curious and come over to take a look.

Tao Ye took a few deep breaths, brushed his hair, gasped and said, "That's the person." ”

Su Beicheng saw that Tao Ye refused to call that person by name, so he guessed it, and asked tentatively: "Is it a cousin-in-law?" ”

Tao Ye nodded.

Su Beicheng was stunned, his cousin-in-law Tao Buren had not taken care of this family for nearly two years, and he hadn't even sent a penny to his home in the past year, and then he disappeared, why did he come back at this time?

"My mother is still soft-hearted and wants him to stay, I don't want him to stay, so I quarreled with my mother for a few words, I don't know what to do." Tao Ye said confusedly, his eyes full of anger and helplessness.

"Let's go, go back." Su Beicheng called Tao Ye to go back and have a look, and said to Zhuang Yuncheng and Xiaodie, "I'll go to my cousin's house, you don't have to wait for me to eat." ”

"Hmm." The two nodded.

After Su Beicheng and Tao Ye left, Fluttershy muttered angrily, "The man who abandoned his wife and children dares to come back?" If it were me, I'd break one of his legs and see where else he could run! ”

"Stains, you're too ruthless." Zhuang Yuncheng shook his head and said.

"The kind of person he deserves your sympathy?" Fluttershy asks rhetorically, "If you don't go home for two years, keep your lover outside, and abandon your wife and three children, is this still human?" ”

"You're right." Zhuang Yuncheng said with a smile.

"Originally," Fluttershy said, "for more than a year, if Bei Cheng hadn't helped them, they wouldn't have been able to survive with Tao Ye's little money anyway, so Tao Xin didn't study anymore, and came to our car shop to make money as an apprentice in a car repair shop, and his father was really a sin." ”

"yes...... But we can't take care of it, let Beicheng deal with it," Zhuang Yuncheng said, "I'm hungry, I have to solve this problem first." ”

"Hungry? Well, cook and go. Fluttershy pulls him to the kitchen and says, "Wash the dishes, brush the pots, and set the fire for me." ”

"Huh? What am I doing? Zhuang Yuncheng asked, "Then what are you doing?" ”

"I'm stir-frying."

"Bullying me can't stir-fry, you really have a good calculation." Zhuang Yuncheng sneered.

"You promised me just now to be my little follower, and at this time you won't be able to wash vegetables and brush pots?"

"I didn't say or do it, I'm happy to do it." Zhuang Yuncheng stretches out his arm, Fluttershy helps him roll up his sleeves, and he goes to wash the vegetables.

Fluttershy watched him wash the vegetables, and a strange feeling rose in her heart, so she asked meaningfully, "Brother, isn't it good to live like this, live in a small yard, be a small trader, have no subordinates, cook by yourself, and do everything you can ......"

"It's good, but I see you're very restless in your bones, you want to trick me, right?" Zhuang Yuncheng glanced up at her, and then lowered his head to wash the vegetables.

"No, I just asked you."

"I know you're not one to live such a small life, and you're testing me." Zhuang Yuncheng washed the vegetables by himself, he knew that Fluttershy had a strong sense of justice, right and wrong were very clear, she couldn't get used to the evil in this world, so she was restless, "I used to have the final say, you always said, 'Whatever you do, accompany me', didn't you just say, in the future, you will be in charge, then of course I will accompany you, and we will walk together in the future." ”

Fluttershy is speechless, hugging him from behind, muttering, "You're so nice. ”

"You're better."

Fluttershy let go of him and rolled up her sleeves to wash the vegetables, and Zhuang Yuncheng pursed her lips and smiled.

On the way, Su Beicheng and Tao Ye were rushing home.

In more than a year, Tao Ye's paranoia, indifference, and loneliness were slowly corrected by Su Beicheng, and she returned to the state that a girl in her prime should be, and her two years of work experience and responsibilities on her shoulders made her mature and brave.

"Xiao Ye, after all, it's your own father, don't want it if you don't want it?"

"He's not worthy, cousin, don't speak for him," Tao Ye complained, "You know how we've come over the past year, he wasn't around us in the most difficult time, the person next to us is you, you are a thousand times better than him, ten thousand times." ”

"Well, do you know why he came back?" Su Beicheng asked.

"Looking at his appearance, he must be desperate, as soon as he comes back, he has to eat without saying a few words, and he doesn't want to leave."

Su Beicheng was speechless, listening to Tao Ye's muttering complaints all the way.

When he arrived at home, Jin Jiu'er had already cooked food for Tao Buren, and he was sitting alone at the table devouring it.

Tao Xin dropped out of school and became a primary apprentice in Zhuang Yuncheng's car dealership, helping to take care of the car dealership and repair the car, and earn some pocket money for the family.

"Cousin." Tao Xin saw Su Beicheng coming and greeted him warmly.

"Hmm." Su Beicheng replied, and at the same time saw Tao Buren eating in the house.

Tao Ye stood here hatefully, knowing that his mother was soft-hearted, so he left him and cooked for him.

Tao Buren took a mouthful of rice in his mouth, raised his head, and stared at Su Beicheng.

"Beicheng, you're here." Jin Jiuer said.

"Cousin," Su Beicheng walked into the house, looked at Tao Buren, and called coldly for a while: "Cousin-in-law." ”

Tao Buren lowered his eyebrows and continued to chew the food in his mouth, lowering his head slowly, he only felt that he had no face to see.

Tao Ye was so angry that she was so anxious to cry, she really hated this person, but her mother was still so partial, had she forgotten all the suffering? She felt sorry for herself and her mother, so she sat on the steps and cried.

"Xiao Ye..."Su Beicheng went over to sit with her, he actually understood his cousin, and he also understood Xiao Ye, although they are both women, they are not the same age, and the relationship with this man is not the same, Jin Jiu'er's tolerance and Tao Ye's unforgiveness are both reasonable.

"Woo woo woo ......" Tao Ye buried his head and cried.

"It's okay, I'm here, everything can be worked out." Su Beicheng put his arm around her shoulder, and Tao Ye slowly leaned over and buried himself in his arms and cried.

"You've survived all the ups and downs, haven't you, you didn't cry in the hardest days......" Su Beicheng only comforted.

Taubren swallowed the bite and sat down at the table, not daring to look up.

Jin Jiu'er cleaned up the dinner table and went to the kitchen to wash the dishes and chopsticks by herself, her mood was also very complicated, but she couldn't watch this man be homeless and have nothing to eat, even though he betrayed herself.

A long silence followed, and in the gray-black night, all could be heard as the "dingding" of the porcelain bowls in the kitchen.

Tao Ye's eyes were red, leaning on Su Beicheng's shoulders and looking at the endless dark night in front of her with hazy tears in her eyes, her mind also stretched into deep darkness.