It's the beginning of November in a blink of an eye, and Zhou Zhi has been busy preparing for the exam in February next year.

Qu Renbin has been guiding Zhou Zhi's articles, because the small exam is approaching, and for a while, even Zhou Zhi's nominal teacher Chen Guangyao is also very concerned about Zhou Zhi, and from time to time he has to review and comment on Zhou Zhi's articles and give guidance to Zhou Zhi.

There is also a literary meeting of Fan Jin, Lu Xingchuan, Che Lang and others, and everyone has gathered together for a while to discuss how to write a good article. Zhouzhi's progress is obvious to all, and everyone almost has a consensus that it is not surprising that next year's county examination will be ranked well according to Zhouzhi's level and even the first case in the examination.

Although Zhou Zhi also felt that he had made great and rapid progress, he still did not dare to relax at all in reading and writing. Qu Renbin originally asked him to make an article of eight shares every day, but Zhou Zhi has now set a goal for himself, to complete three articles and eight shares every two days, and each article of eight shares must definitely strive for excellence.

Qi Yanwu saw Zhou Zhi studying very hard every day, and he became more and more in awe of Zhou Zhi. Although he usually doesn't talk much, he understands very well in his heart that he is secretly glad that he chose to be a slave in the Zhou family in the first place.

If Zhou Zhi is developed in the future, he will naturally rise as a slave of the Zhou family, or even a scholar of Zhou Zhi. originally thought that in this life, he would be satisfied with finding a home and eating well, but now he is very much looking forward to Zhou Zhi's ability to make a name for himself.

With such a mentality, he works harder every day and is more respectful in front of Zhou Zhi.

After such a period of observation, Zhou Zhi felt more and more that Qi Yanwu was kind-hearted and an honest person, so he liked Qi Yanwu even more.

Zhou Zhi sometimes even thinks that he is glad that he did not strongly insist on driving Qi Yanwu away, and now that the Zhou family has Qi Yanwu's help, life is even better, not to mention, he has a very sensible scholar who knows how to advance and retreat. What a blessing this is!

His ears do not listen to what is going on outside the window, and he only reads the books of the sages. That's the way nerds do, Zhou Zhi is not a nerd, and he naturally has to care about things outside from time to time.

These days, Baiyue Village does not seem to be peaceful, this remote village that has been quiet for many years could have been described as not closed at night, but recently there has been constant news that someone's house has been robbed by thieves.

It's just that in the past ten days, almost every household in Baiyue Village has been patronized by thieves. Even big families like the Yue family and the Chen family, although there are a lot of domestic slaves and thugs at home, they can't be prevented, and a lot of things are stolen.

Rich families like them can say that even if something is stolen, after all, the family background is too thick to be affected too much. But those poor people's homes, there was not much food in the house, and the thieves stole a lot of food, and life was even more difficult, and they couldn't eat enough, and now they were even more hungry and cold, and they were in a state of near death.

Baiyue Village suddenly became panicked.

On this night, the sky was overcast, black as ink, the north wind howled wildly, and it was almost impossible to see the five fingers, and the people had already closed the door tightly, trembling and not daring to sleep, lest the thieves take advantage of this opportunity to visit again.

The strange thing is that the Zhou family is very peaceful these days, and every family is robbed, but the only Zhou family is very safe. I don't know if the thieves forgot the Zhou family, or what the reason is. This night, Zhou Zhi closed his eyes and went through the time and the text he read today, and at this time he didn't feel the slightest sleep, so he simply dressed and went out of the house.

The workshop for making vermicelli is a simple house built of adobe in the backyard, and the area is not small, about forty or fifty square meters. Qi Yanwu lived in the workshop, and it was very cold, so Zhou Zhi was worried about Qi Yanwu, so he walked towards the workshop.

Because the Zhou family still lived in the original adobe old house, Qi Yanwu was arranged to sleep on a kang with Zhou Zhi and Zhou Shaocheng's brothers. But Qi Yanwu firmly guarded his duty as a slave, and resolutely did not agree to sleep with the two brothers, but asked to sleep in the workshop, so that he could still play the role of guarding the workshop.

Qi Yanwu is still a teenager after all, although he knows martial arts and his physical fitness is not bad, but Zhou Zhi has always felt that he still suffers from sleeping in a cold workshop.

The door of the workshop was tightly closed, Zhou Zhi knocked lightly, and Qi Yanwu heard a hurried voice inside, "Who?" ”

This little guy is awake when he sleeps, people who know martial arts are different, Zhou Zhi secretly slandered.

"It's me!" Zhou Zhi said.

Hearing that it was the master's voice, Qi Yanwu hurriedly got out of the quilt and opened the door.

The cold wind in the workshop was blowing, and it seemed to be colder than outside, and Zhou Zhi couldn't help but shiver.

Qi Yanwu was shorter than Zhou Zhi, and his figure was thinner than Zhou Zhi, and he was only wearing a single coat at this time, standing there trembling and looking at Zhou Zhi, and asked, "Is there something wrong with my brother?" ”

Qi Yanwu originally called Zhou Zhi a young master at first, but Zhou Zhi resolutely refused to allow it, and reprimanded him fiercely with a cold face, and he later changed his mouth to call Zhou Zhi his brother.

"It's okay, just come and see, in such a cold weather, you must cover the quilt, and if you can't go back to the house to sleep."

"The villain is not cold!"

"It's not cold, hurry up and lie down!" Zhou Zhichao's Qi Yanwu, who was shivering from the cold, said with concern.

Qi Yanwu first took the lamp before getting into the bed.

Seeing that Zhou Zhi obviously had no intention of leaving immediately, Qi Yanwu had just shrunk into the quilt and immediately wanted to dress.

"Xiao Wu, don't get dressed, I'll sit and leave!" Zhou Zhidao.

After speaking, he looked at Qi Yanwu intently, and Qi Yanwu couldn't help but be a little inexplicable. In his impression, Zhou Zhi seemed to have never seen him like this, and Qi Yanwu's face couldn't help but be a little embarrassed.

How many times has Qi Yanwu secretly congratulated himself that he found a good family, everyone in this family is very good-hearted, except for Brother Zhou Zhi in front of him, who is more scheming and thinks about things more, but he is also very kind to himself.

Qi Yanwu's most respectful person was also Zhou Zhi, so he asked in fear, "Brother, the villain knows that you have something, so you can say something." ”

Zhou Zhi's face was calm and said, "Actually, it's nothing." Xiao Wu has ever heard that our Baiyue Village is not peaceful these days, and every family has been robbed? ”

"Xiao Wu knows!" Qi Yanwu replied immediately.

"Then Xiao Wu knows the origin of these thieves?" Zhou Zhi still asked with a calm face.

Qi Yanwu heard this and said, "Brother, the villain doesn't know the origin of these thieves, hum!" If one day the villain discovers them, the villain must ...... You can't get around them. ”

Speaking of this very angrily, he was suddenly stunned, and then seemed to understand something in a trance, he was so frightened that he sat up and said to Zhou Zhi, "Brother, don't you suspect that the villain has something to do with those thieves?" ”

Zhou Zhi immediately shook his head and said, "No, how could Xiao Wu think like this?" Since you have entered my Zhou family, you are a member of my Zhou family, Xiao Wu must not think too much. I'm just wondering why these thieves have stolen many homes in Baiyue Village, but they have never been to our Zhou family! ”