It turned out that according to Bai Mengwan's explanation, after she and her sister Bai Junwan rented a house in Zhoufu, they didn't have much money in their hands, and in order to live, her sister Bai Junwan embroidered day and night, but she couldn't help a little, so Bai Mengwan often blamed herself.

At dinner today, Qingqing wanted to eat meat, but her sister Bai Junwan didn't agree with tears, which made Bai Mengwan's heart twist. But at this moment, she suddenly thought of one thing, that is, there was a pond in the garden of Zhou's mansion, and she and Bang'er had come to the garden before, and found that although the pond was frozen, there were fish swimming under the ice.

Thinking that there were fish in the pond in the garden, Bai Mengwan made a decision, that is, to take advantage of the fact that there was no one at night, she ran into the garden to smash the ice open, and fished a few fish for Qingqing to improve her food, so the scene tonight appeared.

After listening to Bai Mengwan's narration, Zhou Zhong couldn't cry or laugh, he never thought that the other party came to the garden in the middle of the night to catch fish? However, he also admired Bai Mengwan a little, after all, as a weak woman, she dared to run into the desolate back garden at midnight, this kind of courage alone was enough to make people admire.

"Miss Bai, today Bang'er told me that she heard the sound of someone knocking on something in the garden at night a few days ago, that person should also be you, right?" Zhou Zhong suddenly remembered something and immediately asked again.

I saw that Bai Mengwan had heard the movement in the garden a few days after hearing the bracelet, and was immediately startled, then nodded, and said a little shyly: "Well, in fact, I had this idea a few days ago, but I was not prepared enough that night, and I didn't find a good tool, so I couldn't smash the ice open, plus I was timid, and I was scared after a few smashes, so I threw down my things and ran back!" ”

Hearing Bai Mengwan admit that he was timid, Zhou Chong didn't laugh dumbly, just now he was still admiring the courage of a little woman on the other side, but he didn't expect that she would also be afraid. But after thinking about it, Bai Mengwan knew that she was timid, and she dared to come to the back garden late at night, which made people even more admirable.

At this time, Bai Mengwan saw that Zhou Chong did not speak, and finally begged with courage: "Zhou ...... Zhou Gongzi, I know that it's not good for me to steal the fish in the garden, but please don't report it to the official, and don't tell my sister, otherwise she will really be sad to death! ”

Looking at Bai Mengwan's pitiful appearance, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted, because he saw a little bit of his own shadow from Bai Mengwan, when the Zhou family was just bankrupt, why didn't he rack his brains in order to let his family improve their living conditions.

Zhou Chong thought of this, and finally sighed and said: "Okay, since we have met again and again, we can be regarded as fateful, I can treat this incident as if it never happened, but I have one condition!" ”

Hearing that Zhou Chong didn't pursue this matter, Bai Mengwan couldn't help but feel happy on her face, but when Zhou Chong said that there were conditions, it immediately made her nervous, especially thinking of Zhou Chong's peeping at herself just now, which made Bai Mengwan involuntarily tighten her clothes, and at the same time took two steps back vigilantly.

Seeing Bai Mengwan's vigilant appearance, Zhou Chong couldn't help but be a little speechless, thinking that if he was really a pervert, he would have stripped the other party naked and thrown him on the bed just now, and now it is estimated that what should have happened has already happened.

Although he was a little depressed in his heart, Zhou Zhong still spoke: "Actually, when I just came back today, Bang'er proposed to let your sisters move to the inner house with Qingqing, after all, in this way, whether it is Bang'er or Duo'er, you can have a playmate and someone to talk to, and I have already agreed." ”

Hearing that Bang'er wanted them to move to the inner house, Bai Mengwan couldn't help but be very moved, after all, they hadn't known each other for a long time, but Bang'er had completely regarded them as good sisters, and now let them move to the inner house, it can be said that they have completely treated them as family members.

I saw that Zhou Zhong finally said his conditions: "I hope that after your sisters move in, they can chat more with Bang'er, after all, she stays at home all day, and there is no one around her to talk to before, and now she can get along with your sisters, which can be regarded as everyone's fate, this condition is not too much, right?" ”

Hearing Zhou Chong's original such conditions, Bai Mengwan was also relieved, but then she thought of one more thing, and asked for some embarrassment at the moment: "Zhou Gongzi, I usually don't have anything to do, and it naturally has nothing to do with my sister Bang'er, but my sister has to embroider every day to support her family, I'm afraid I don't have time to accompany Sister Bang'er, so please forgive my son!" ”

"Ha Luha, no problem, I just want you to spend more time with the bracelet, usually you have something to do, I won't force it!" Zhou Da said with a smile. In the future, he will be busy with the affairs of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, and he will definitely be away from home often, Bang Er and Duo Er naturally need someone to accompany them, the Bai sisters in front of them are knowledgeable and courteous, and their behavior is very good for everyone's ladies, which is much better than buying a few illiterate maids to accompany the two younger sisters.

At this time, Zhou Zhong saw that Bai Mengwan was almost recovered, so he stood up and said: "It looks like the sky is almost dawn, and your clothes don't have time to dry, you wear my clothes first, and I'll send you back!" ”

Bai Mengwan nodded after hearing this, blushing and tidying up her clothes, Zhou Zhong took off her clothes just now, and after she was able to move, she took her clothes to the fire to roast, but now they are still wet and can't be worn at all.

Waiting for Bai Mengwan to pack up her clothes, Zhou Chong also prepared the lantern at this time, and then the two of them went out of his small courtyard together, originally going to the courtyard where Bai Mengwan lived to go west, but Zhou Chong took her directly to the east, which made Bai Mengwan very strange and asked: "Zhou Gongzi, are we going in the wrong direction?" ”

However, Zhou Zhong said without looking back: "The two of us tossed in the middle of the night, and almost fell into the ice cave and drowned. ”

Hearing Zhou Chong say this, Bai Mengwan felt strange in her heart, I don't know what Zhou Chong is going to do in the garden? However, at this time, she already trusted Zhou Chong very much, and she was not worried that the other party would hurt her, so she had to follow Zhou Chong with doubts.

I saw Zhou Zhong carrying the lantern to the pond again, and then asked Bai Mengwan to stand on the shore and wait for him, while he took the lantern down to the ice, and soon came to the ice that they smashed open. Bai Mengwan watched Zhou Zhong look on the ice for a while, and soon came back with the lantern again, but at this time, there were a few more big carps that had been frozen popsicles in his hands.

"I found a total of four big fish, only Bang'er likes to eat fish in our family, so it's cheap for you, these three are for you, I'll just take one!" Zhou Chong smiled and stuffed three carps to Bai Mengwan and said. After the water freezes in winter, the water below does not freeze, but it is in a state of lack of oxygen, so when the ice is opened a hole, the fish under the ice will not only gather at the mouth of the hole, but even jump on the ice, and Zhou Zhong only needs to pick up the fish.

"You...... Where did you get the fish? Bai Mengwan was holding three big carp in her arms, and asked a little dumbfounded, she didn't know that the fish would jump out of the ice in winter, so she was naturally very surprised.

"You don't care about that!" Zhou Zhong didn't bother to explain, and then smiled again, "Speaking of which, your head melon is quite smart, some time ago when our family was about to run out of food, I didn't expect to catch the fish in the pond to eat." ”

Bai Mengwan was also very curious when she heard Zhou Chong's words, and asked, "Your Zhou Mansion has also encountered a time when there is a shortage of food before?" ”

"Of course!" Zhou Chong didn't hide it, and introduced it very generously, "Something happened to my father before, and all the family's property was used to pay off debts, and in the most difficult time, there was not a penny in the whole family, and even Steward Xu's private money was taken out to buy rice, at that time I was also racking my brains to find a way, you may not believe it, once I brought dozens of catties of pastries to Duo'er at once, all of which were exchanged with my face!" ”

Hearing what Zhou Zhong said was interesting, Bai Mengwan couldn't help but "giggle" out loud, but then she sighed faintly and said: "I really envy Sister Bang'er for having such a good brother as you, although Sister she is also working hard to support her family, she is a woman after all, and it is inconvenient to do whatever she does." ”

The two chatted and walked, and soon came to the door leading to the front yard, but Bai Mengwan was reluctant to go out of the door, because if she went out from here, she would have to go to the front yard and ask her sister to open the door for her, and she didn't want her sister to know about going out to catch fish at night.

Zhou Chong smiled when he heard this: "You don't want your sister to know about your night out, but how do you explain how these three fish came from tomorrow morning?" ”

"This ......" Bai Mengwan also showed a distressed look when she heard it, her brain ran out as soon as it was hot before, and she didn't think about it at all.

Seeing the other party's careless appearance, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but laugh again: "Forget it, I'm a good person to the end, I'll do you another favor, you get up early in the morning, then open the door, and then take out the fish and tell your sister, just say that this is what I asked Steward Xu to send, I will say hello to Steward Xu, and I won't let you be exposed!" ”

"Xie Lu, Xie Zhou, Gongzi!" Bai Mengwan saw that Zhou Zhong was willing to help her lie, and she was also excited to thank her again and again. Then Zhou Zhong sent her to a wall, outside this wall is the courtyard where Bai Mengwan lives, and there is a ladder on the wall, it seems that she climbed over the wall through the ladder.

Seeing Bai Mengwan climb up the wall and sit down, Zhou Zhong helped her turn the ladder over the wall, and handed over the clothes and fish in her hand, and then Bai Mengwan showed a sweet smile to Zhou Chong, and then followed the ladder back to her yard.