"Well, my sister and I were going to wait for your brother to come back and eat together, but we didn't expect to fall asleep!" Bang'er said in a weak voice, looking embarrassed.

Zhou Chong's heart was even more moved after hearing this, but a smile appeared on his face, he stretched out his hand and rubbed the bracelet's little head and said, "What's so embarrassing about not eating, hurry up and eat with my brother!" ”

After hearing this, Bang'er agreed, sat up happily and got dressed, and then helped Zhou Zhong sit the pot on the stove, and when the soup boiled, the two of them put the dishes on the table into the soup around the stove. Bang'er kept talking about some interesting things that happened today, such as the two sisters building a snowman in the yard, and Duo'er using rouge to paint Baiqiu's face red, etc.

Speaking of rouge, Zhou Zhong suddenly remembered something, and immediately stood up and took out a small gift box from the corner of the bed and gave it to Bang'er and said: "Bang'er, I almost forgot to give it to you, this is the last time Miss Xie came to talk to me about the manuscript, I asked me to pass it on to you, and she said that this is the rouge that I promised to give you before." ”

After Zhou Chong talked to Xie Lingyun about the manuscript last time, he asked him to help transfer the box of rouge to Bang'er, but later because of the disaster victims, Zhou Chong forgot about it, and put it in the corner of the bed when he slept at night, and he didn't remember it until today.

"Sister Lingyun gave me rouge?" Bang'er was also stunned when she heard this, and when she took the gift box and opened it to see the rouge box, she immediately exclaimed in surprise, "Ah, it turned out to be Yuyanxuan's rouge, when the poetry club gathered this spring, I just casually mentioned it to Sister Lingyun, but I didn't expect her to remember it until now." ”

However, after seeing the surprise of the bracelet, there was a hesitation on his face, and he reluctantly put the rouge back into Zhou Chong's hand and said: "Brother, I can't ask for this rouge!" ”

"For what?" Zhou Zhong is very strange, this is Xie Lingyun gave the bracelet, and it can be seen that she also likes this box of rouge, why not?

"This ...... This ......" The bracelet was a little slurred, as if there was something that didn't want Zhou Chongzhi to know.

"What's wrong, what is the reason?" Seeing the appearance of the bracelet, the center of the week is even more strange.

For Zhou Chong's inquiry, Bang Er refused to say at first, but after the last question, he still couldn't resist Zhou Chong's questioning, and finally said: "Brother, the rouge of Yuyanxuan in the capital is too expensive, and the rouge that Sister Lingyun gave me is definitely not an ordinary rouge, I estimate that it will be at least a dozen taels of silver, if it was placed in the past, it would be accepted, but now with the situation in our family, it is a little inappropriate to receive such a valuable gift." ”

"What kind of reason is this, how to receive gifts depends on family background?" Although Zhou Chong had also been in contact with many women in his previous life, most of them were physical, and as for the delicate thoughts of a girl's heart, this was the first time he had contacted, so he was naturally confused. Seeing that the eldest brother didn't understand, Bang'er had to sigh and explain again.

It turned out that when Bang'er used to get together with those daughters, they often gave gifts to each other, noting that it was "mutual giving", that is, one party gave gifts to the other party, and the other party would give gifts back after a while. Of course, the gifts given and given back do not need to be of equal value, as long as the intention is there, after all, the identity of these young ladies is almost the same, and the weight of the gift does not matter at all.

Now if Bang'er accepts Xie Lingyun's gift, then according to the unwritten agreement, she will give the other party a gift in the future, but now that the Zhou family is defeated, Bang'er's identity has also plummeted, if the gift returned in the future is too light, it will seem that the Zhou family is too shabby, and Bang'er seems to have deliberately taken advantage of Xie Lingyun. If it is a gift of similar value, the bracelet is very reluctant, after all, a dozen silver is enough to make Zhou rewrite for several days. It is precisely because of the above considerations that although the bracelet likes this box of rouge very much, she still chooses to give up after the end.

Zhou Zhong never thought that a girl's mind would be sensitive and complicated to such an extent, if it was him, no matter how valuable something someone gave him, he would dare to accept it cheekily, as for the return gift or something, is there a provision in the Ming Law? No! So I'm sorry, what was given to me is mine, and whether I return the gift or not depends on my mood.

"Brother, you return this box of rouge, tell Sister Lingyun that I appreciate her kindness, but I want to keep filial piety for my father at home, and I won't need rouge in a short time, so I still ask her to take back this gift!" The most reluctant bracelet looked at the rouge in Zhou Chong's hand, and his face was full of reluctance. For Bang'er, this box of rouge from Yuyanxuan in the capital is actually the same as the top perfume in the eyes of later girls, and it is their most beloved cosmetics.

Zhou Chong's eyes were not blind, and he naturally saw the reluctance of the bracelet, only to see him reach out and stuff the rouge into the bracelet's hand again and said: "Since it was given to you by someone, then you can take it, as for the return gift, it just so happens that I have something very suitable for you girls, and I am about to find a time to make it, and then you will take such a thing as a gift in return, which must be worth more than this box of rouge!" ”

Hearing Zhou Chong's words, Bang'er still showed a little hesitation on her face, but out of confidence in her brother, she didn't refuse anymore, silently put the rouge in her arms, and then began to desperately give Zhou Chong vegetables.

After Zhou Zhong and Bang'er had eaten, the second half of the night had already passed for a while, and Bang'er wanted to go back to his mother to sleep, but Zhou Chong saw that the snow was so heavy outside, and after he had eaten, he was no longer sleepy at all, so he let Bang'er still sleep in his bed with Duo'er, and he went outside to continue writing Journey to the West, and it was not too late to sleep after breakfast.

Time passed quickly, and when Zhou Zhong finished writing a Journey to the West, it was already dawn outside, and the heavy snow had stopped all night, but at this time, the snow was nearly two feet deep, and a child like Duo'er walked in the snow, barely showing his head.

After a while, Bang'er and Duo'er also woke up one after another, Zhou Chong helped Duo'er get dressed, hugged her and Bang'er and went to Aunt Wang's for breakfast, and then Zhou Chong sent another one to Steward Xu, by the way, take a look at Wu Shan, but unfortunately the whole night has passed, Wu Shan still doesn't have any signs of sobriety, and naturally he can't know how he was injured?

"Young master, Wu Shan was injured so badly, do we want to report to the official?" Steward Xu suddenly said at this time.

"Reporter?" Zhou Chong thought about it after hearing this, most of the things he did in his previous life were not visible, and he has always been respectful of the police, even after being reborn, he still has a distrustful attitude towards the government, so when he saw Wu Shan covered in blood yesterday, Zhou Chong did not think of reporting to the official when he was saving people.

"I think it's better to forget it, now Lao Wu is still in a coma, even if he reports to the official, it is useless at all, it is better to wait for him to wake up, he can explain what is going on, and it is not too late to report to the official then!" In the end, Zhou Zhong still didn't want to come forward to deal with the government, so he said.

Steward Xu also felt justified after hearing this, so he nodded. After he had breakfast, Dr. Cheng stepped on the snow yesterday to come for a follow-up, but after he inspected it, he said with a surprised expression on his face: "Great, thanks to the strong body of this injured little brother, it has only been one night, and the pulse is much stronger than before, according to this situation, this life should be fine!" ”

Hearing Dr. Cheng's words, Zhou Chong and Steward Xu were overjoyed, and then they helped Dr. Cheng change the medicine for Wu Shan, and then sent Dr. Cheng back to the hospital.

"Young master, the situation in Wushan has begun to improve, I don't have to guard him all the time, I will take the time to clean up the snow at home, you better go back and rest quickly!" Steward Xu also knew that Zhou Chong hadn't slept all night, so he persuaded him to go back at this time.

Zhou Chong also felt that he couldn't stand it anymore, so he didn't hold it anymore, and after a few words of explanation to Steward Xu, he returned to his bedroom, but fell asleep with his head on the pillow.

When he woke up again, it was already afternoon, and there was a note on the table from the bracelet, telling him that the kitchen had left him lunch and that he should not forget to eat.

Zhou Zhong smiled and read Bang'er's note, got dressed and went to Aunt Wang's place for dinner, but as soon as he walked outside the courtyard, he heard the laughter of Bang'er and Duo'er. When I entered the yard, I just saw two girls having a snowball fight, one of which Duo'er and the white ball were a group, the white ball was responsible for attracting the bracelet's firepower, and Duo'er was responsible for attacking, but unfortunately she was small and short-handed, and the snowball thrown couldn't hit her sister at all.

As soon as Zhou Chonggang entered the yard, Baiqiu immediately whimpered and drilled into the house, and then Duo'er immediately knew that her brother was coming, so she shouted loudly: "Brother, come and help, Duo'er can't beat my sister!" ”

"I ...... Bah~" Zhou Chong just wanted to speak, but he didn't expect the bracelet to strike first, a snowball just hit Zhou Chong's face, and the flying snow fell on his neck, and his whole body trembled.

"Okay, you little girl, today let you know how powerful Brother Dao is!" Zhou Zhong was suddenly attacked, and he was also playful at the moment, bending down to grab two handfuls of snow and kneading them into snowballs, and went into the yard to fight with his two sisters.

Accompanied Bang'er and Duo'er to play a snowball fight, until the three of them were all sweating profusely, Zhou Zhong was worried that Duo'er would catch a cold, so he stopped and carried Duo'er into the back room, but he didn't see Aunt Wang, and asked a little strangely: "Bang'er, where did Auntie go?" ”

After playing for a long time, Bang'er's little face was also red, and she said delicately: "Steward Xu went to the teahouse, the injured tenant in front of me wanted to be taken care of, I originally wanted to go, but my mother didn't agree, so she ......"

Before Bang'er's words were finished, she heard someone walking quickly into the courtyard, and then saw Aunt Wang hurriedly breaking into the house and shouting: "Chong'er, the Wu Shan in front has woken up, and said that he wants to see you!" ”