Before noon, the reef slipped out quietly, and rode a fast horse to the Zhou family's three-room village in the suburbs.

It is also said that he was lucky, after his cousin Xie Wenzai went to the Zhenguo Mansion, he never went home, and sent someone back to deliver the letter, saying that he wanted to stay in the Zhenguo Mansion for dinner and come back in the evening. Haitang had obviously brought the small note that was going to be given to him at noon to the front yard, but he pounced.

The two elders, Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian, had already said that they would invite friends to dinner outside, so naturally they would not come back.

Haitang reluctantly took the notes and prepared to go back to the main courtyard, but met Ma Li who went home to report that the main mother Ma had stayed at her mother's house for dinner. He hurried back and left in a hurry. Haitang hurriedly ran to the kitchen, saying that he would eat alone at noon, and he only needed to bring a few hot buns back, saving trouble and time, and there was no need to set a table with small plates and large bowls.

Naturally, there's nothing wrong with the kitchen. Haitang took away a small basket of hot buns and a pot of hot mutton soup, and the kitchen only needed to cook for Hai Chang'an's family, which was very trouble-free. However, when Haitang returned to the main courtyard, he happened to meet Hai Changan coming out of the room, and saw that his niece was about to enter his nephew's house, so he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Haitang smiled and greeted him: "Second uncle, are you going to the kitchen?" There's mutton soup today, it smells so good! ”

Hai Changan had already learned about today's recipe in the kitchen from his wife, and smiled when he heard this: "You are bringing food to your brother?" That's too little, isn't it? ”

"Enough is enough, how much can one person eat?" Haitang smiled and snorted, dodged into the house, and quickly locked the door. She saw Hai Changan go to the front yard through the crack in the window, and wondered that he should not be suspicious, so she returned to the kang with confidence and began to eat her lunch.

It was only not long after lunch was over, she opened the window and was trying to breathe, when she saw Hai Changan standing under the porch, staring at herself, and subconsciously laughed dryly: "Second uncle, what are you doing standing here?" ”

Hai Changan didn't answer, but pointed in the direction of the door: "Open the door." ”

His instructions were succinct, but clear and clear. Haitang hesitated for a moment, knowing that he couldn't hide this pass, so he obediently opened the door.

Hai Chang'an went into the house and walked around, but he didn't see the figure of the reef, so he knew what was going on: "Where did your brother go?" It's only been two days of work, and I can't sit still? ”

Haitang said a fair word for the reef: "My brother worked for half a day, and he didn't go out until lunchtime." Naturally, he has important things to do, and he doesn't mean to delay his work, and he will be back in a while. ”

Hai Changan raised his eyebrows: "I didn't find out when he went out, he must have sneaked away while I wasn't at home, right?" At that time, it was at least half an hour before lunch! If he can calm down and stay at home to do things, how much more work can he do in half an hour? The Zhenguo Mansion is still waiting for the result, where can he be lazy all the time? If he thinks this errand is too hard, some people can help the old man, and he doesn't have to have to be on the reef! ”

Haitang hurriedly said: "Brother really didn't delay the serious business!" The second uncle doesn't believe it, just look at these. She pointed to the dozen or so account books stacked on the side of the kang table, "These are all things he checked this morning." At Grandpa's speed, this was enough for his old man to work all night. When my brother comes back in a while, he can work for another half a day, and even the part that grandpa will do at night can be prepared, and it will definitely not delay the major events of the Zhenguo Mansion! ”

Hai Changan leaned over to look at it a few times, and then flipped through the half-written notes on the kang table. Although he has not learned to settle accounts seriously, he has also been a son of the Hai family for more than ten years, and he still has the eye to read the accounts, and he soon judged that the efficiency of his nephew's work on the reef is indeed not low, much faster than his father and cousin expected.

It's just that...... He flipped through the notebook and immediately noticed that something was wrong: "This is what your brother wrote?" How is it only half written? The remaining half, is he planning to come back and write again? How anxious was he to go out and refuse to finish even half a sentence? He is not afraid that when he comes back from a circle outside, he has forgotten what this sentence is about. ”

Haitang blinked, and looked away with some weakness: "Ah, that's me...... I'm helping my brother copy the notes on the small note into his notebook...... I had just finished eating, and I had only written half a sentence, and I felt that the smell of buns in the house was too strong, and I wanted to open a window for ventilation, so I delayed it......"

Hai Changan was surprised: "You copied it?" How do I look like your brother's handwriting?! ”

Haitang raised his index finger and "shhh It's just that after my cousin got these notes, we definitely couldn't let him find out that I copied them, so I imitated my brother's handwriting......"

Hai Changan was surprised: "When did you learn such a skill?" You can even learn your brother's handwriting like that? ”

Haitang said: "I used to study with my brother, and I watched his homework every day, and I was familiar with it. In fact, what I imitate is not ten percent, but the words are written in a hurry, as long as my cousin doesn't look too carefully, he should be able to hide it. As she spoke, she took another blank piece of paper and wrote a few words on it, "Second uncle, look, I rarely see you writing on weekdays, and I can only see you writing less, so I can barely have three points of similarity." ”

Hai Chang'an looked at it, and the few words written on the paper clearly had the meaning of five or six points of his own words. The little niece said that there are only three points of similarity, which is too modest! He is not as studious as his cousin and nephews and nieces at home, except for teaching his son Xiaoshi to enlighten, he can hardly turn a page of a book - what do you do? His life experience, not good for the imperial examination, and can not enter the army, there are many old people in Chang'an who recognize him, just started the idea of doing business, there will be countless people who come out to persuade him not to insult his own lintel. In his spare time, he can only fiddle with the bow and arrow and teach the children.

What chance will my niece Begonia have to see his handwriting? It's nothing more than a manual for the little stone's enlightenment. It was written by Hai Changan himself, and the things recorded above were all things that his father taught him when he was a child, which was very different from the enlightenment textbooks used by the Chang family. Due to Xiaoshi's young age, the words on the enlightenment manual are very simple, and a lot of patterns drawn by Hai Chang'an himself have been added to it. He himself was embarrassed to show it to others, but he didn't expect his little niece to see it.

To be able to imitate his handwriting to such an extent according to the words in that manual, the little niece is really talented. In this way, it seems that it is normal for her to imitate the words of her nephew Reef so similarly.

But even so, counterfeiting is not something to be commended.

Hai Changan taught his niece: "Although you want to help your brother, it's always bad to cheat, let alone deceive your elders." Uncle Cousin has always loved you, if your brother really has something important and needs to go out for an hour or two, just talk to Uncle Cousin, will his old man still not agree? What is there for your brother to worry about? Even pulling you to lie? ”

Haitang pursed her lips: "But if my brother really opens his mouth, my cousin will definitely ask what the reason is, right?" My brother is now older, and he will have a little secret in his heart. He didn't mean to do anything bad, he just wanted to help his friend. It's a matter of his friend's private affairs, so he doesn't want to tell his grandfather and cousin. Second uncle, you just hurt him once, right? Can you stop talking about this? ”

Hai Changan sighed: "What does it matter if I say it or not? But there are still suspicious people watching outside, and he has thrown so many account books to you a female doll, and he is too big-hearted! ”

(End of chapter)