Close relatives?

My father said that they had no relatives except for his family of four.

When his father was very young, he was the master of the clan and passed on to the Tao family in Shangqiao Town, and since then, his parents have not even written a letter to him. After the death of his grandmother, his father returned to his hometown for burial, but his father's biological parents and brother suddenly appeared and asked his father for a large sum of silver......

Later, his father went to the capital to study, and no one in the Huang family regarded him as a young master, they just regarded him as a poor relative who came to take refuge.

The titular cousin in front of him is the granddaughter of the Huang family, and of course, she is not his relative.

Tao Songzhi's brows moved, and he pursed his lips tightly and did not speak.

Shen Tong sighed and stretched out her fist, her fist was very white and small, and she shook her fist in front of Tao Songzhi.

Do what? Do you want to hit someone? With her?

Tao Songzhi was stunned, he had not learned martial arts, but he would not be afraid of the fists of an eight-year-old girl.

At this time, the small fist spread out in front of him, and on the snow-white palm was a jade Guanyin.

Tao Songzhi knew this jade Guanyin, which was his father's, and it is said that after his father asked for this jade Guanyin, he went all the way. Therefore, since he can remember, this jade Guanyin, his father has never left him.

How could it be in the hands of this little girl?

"Where did it come from?" Tao Songzhi asked, his voice was guarded against his age.

"Why should I tell you?" Shen Tong said with a smile.

"This is my father's, why is it in your hands?" Tao Songzhi continued to ask.

"Why? I want to know why you followed me secretly, you didn't answer me, why did I answer you? Shen Tong put away the smile on her face, she had a straight face and no expression, but in anyone's eyes, she looked like a child quarreling.

Tao Songzhi took a deep breath, the family mansion would not go to the water for no reason, his father would not be burned to death for no reason, the bandits would not kill his mother for no reason, and his younger brother would not disappear for no reason.

When his father sent him away, he said that if something happened at home, let him not come back, and leave for Shao'an Mansion next spring to find the old Hanlin to study, and his father arranged everything, but his father didn't expect that he would come back after hearing that Shili Pu Zhang's family had an accident.

Since this little girl has her father's relics, maybe she also knows the cause of her father's death.

Thinking of this, the lines on Tao Songzhi's face eased, and he lowered his voice and said, "Good cousin, don't be naughty, give me Jade Guanyin, be good." ”

"If you don't give, if you don't give, you don't give." Shen Tong hid the Jade Guanyin behind his back, you treat me as a child, I will show you as a child.

"Did your cousin teach you to take other people's things? Hurry up and give it to me! Tao Songzhi's patience is limited, especially for Shen Tong in front of him.

Shen Tong smiled: "Compared to your cousin, you are far behind." ”

Tao Song was stunned, far from it? What does Tongtong mean? Of course, he is not as good as his father, does this need to be asked? Besides, he doesn't like Tongtong either.

One year, his father took him to his cousin's house as a guest, and on the way he bought two kites, the butterfly one for his cousin Tongtong and the eagle one for him.

He didn't like flying kites, and he didn't like eagles, but his father bought it for him, and he wouldn't say no.

But he didn't expect that when his father gave Tongtong the butterfly kite, Tongtong didn't even look at it, but pointed to the eagle kite in his hand and said, "This eagle kite is so beautiful." ”

Without saying a word, his father gave the eagle kite to Tongtong.

On the way home, he looked at the bells and whistles of the butterfly kite, the more unpleasant it became, although he also didn't like the eagle kite, but it was his, his thing was his, even if it was torn and burned by him, it couldn't be given to others.

He asked his father, "That kite is mine, why do you give it to Tongtong?" ”

His father said to him earnestly, "Remember, you have only given her a kite today, but you will get more from her later." ”

"Can you get more?" He was puzzled.

"Yes, the family that can't be blown down by the wind is shaded, the splendid reputation of everyone is well-known, and the glory and wealth that can not be enjoyed in a few lifetimes, just like the Huang family back then, no, it is like the Shen family."

He wanted to say that the Shen family and the Huang family had already fallen? But when he saw the excitement in his father's eyes, he didn't ask any more questions.

Tao Songzhi took a breath again and squeezed out a smile: "Tongtong, I'm sorry, it's my brother, my family is gone, I'm in a bad mood, don't be angry." ”

Did you realize you were wrong so quickly?

Shen Tong wanted to laugh.

Tao Shiyi is a person who does not leak, this kind of person will always leave a hand before doing things, he replaced Tao Songzhi with a small servant, so the hand he left must be on Tao Songzhi.

"Oh, that's the case", Shen Tong nodded, the family is dead, and it is understandable that he is in a bad mood, "Cousin, I heard that the bodies of my cousin and my cousin are in Yizhuang, will you go and pick them up for burial now?" ”

Tao Songzhi was stunned again, he hadn't thought about this problem yet.

Will you bring back the bodies of your parents and bury them in peace?

Of course not, everyone thought that he had been killed, even the enemy who killed his mother thought so, they thought that the dead Lan Cai was him, but if he went to collect the body, those people would know that he was still alive!

"This matter is not trivial, I still have to tell the elders of the clan to make a decision." Tao Songzhi found a good excuse. The Tao family's home is in the north, thousands of miles away, and when the elders of the clan spread the word, the corpses in Yizhuang had already been hastily buried in the mass grave.

However, this kind of excuse is more than enough to perfunctory a little girl like Tongtong.

Sure enough, Shen Tong nodded, his face full of concern: "Cousin, you don't have a home now, why don't you go to my house, my mother will definitely hurt you." ”

To her house?

Is this little girl stupid?

Tao Songzhi looked at Shen Tong with a little more doubt in his eyes, but soon, he smiled again: "I still have some things to deal with, don't go first, Tongtong, aren't you living in my house?" Where were you when you walked on the water? ”

Tao Songzhi really knew a lot of things, he knew that his cousin's house could no longer go at this time, and he also knew that when he walked the water, she should be at his house.

Shen Tong looked around, put his index finger to his lips and "shhh

"Cousin, the day before I walked on the water, my cousin asked Rong Niang to take me to the Qiaohe Inn...... Let's find a place where no one is around, and don't let people hear it. ”

Tao Songzhi also looked left and right, there were still many people around the old locust tree, no one paid attention to them, yes, there was a tragedy of more than 20 lives, who had the leisure to pay attention to the two children.

However, Tao Songzhi still decided to take it safe, in case he wanted to use force against Tongtong, it was also to hide people's eyes.

"I used to come to Zhangjiapu often, and I knew that there was a secluded place in front of me, and there must be no one there at this hour."

"Okay, cousin, let's go together." Shen Tong said, and naughtily threw the jade pendant up and caught it.