When Chen Tang returned home, the fourth watch was almost over.

He pushed the door open.

There was an oil lamp on the table, and when the wind blew in from the door, the flames suddenly became faint, and the light in the room dimmed.

Chen Tang's eyesight was not affected by the darkness, and he saw two figures lying on the table, one of them was Qing Mu, and the other was Zhiwei.

The fat old man ran to the outhouse, laid a bed on the other side of the stove, and fell asleep on his side.

The yellow dog also found a warm and comfortable place by the fire and closed his eyes to rest.

When Chen Tang saw this scene, he unconsciously felt a trace of warmth in his heart.

It's been a long time since he's felt this way.

Even in his previous life, he worked outside the home all the year round, lived alone, and when he returned home, he was only faced with an empty room.

No one waited.

The only thing waiting for him is a cold cat who ignores him.

The scene he saw at this moment made him a little unfamiliar.

Is this home?

Zhiwei heard the movement at the door, reflexively stood up, opened his sleepy eyes, stretched out his hand and rubbed it, confirmed that it was Chen Tang who came back, and then smiled happily: "Brother Tang, you are back!" ”

"Thankfully, you're finally back."

Qing Mu heard the movement at the door, and also glanced up at Chen Tang, relieved.

"Why don't you sleep, what are you doing here?"

Although Chen Tang was moved in his heart, he still frowned and asked.

"It's not just not sleeping."

Qing Mu said: "This kid has cooked a meal, but seeing that you never came back, you haven't even eaten a bite of rice, no matter how much I persuade the master, it is useless." ”

"It's a good thing you didn't stay out for a month this time."

At the end, Qing Mu glanced at Chen Tang, like a little daughter-in-law, with a hint of resentment in her tone.

Chen Tang looked at his nose, nose and mouth, and mouth and heart, turning a blind eye and hearing but not hearing.

"Brother Tang, you haven't eaten yet, have you?"

Zhiwei came to the stove lightly, lifted the lid of the pot a little awkwardly, put it aside, touched a few dishes inside, laughed again, and whispered: "It's still warm." ”

Zhiwei said this, Chen Tang really felt hungry.

Zhiwei took out a few dishes inside and placed them on the table in turn.

There are meat and vegetables, and the color and fragrance are complete.

There were people waiting for them when they came back, and there were warm meals.

There is also a charming woman sitting next to you, who plays a joke with you from time to time.

Chen Tang didn't dare to dream of it.

Qing Mu said: "During the day, Zhiwei also blamed Xiao Huang, saying that he almost had a big accident. He also asked me, is it because of Xiao Huang that you didn't say goodbye and refused to come back. ”

The yellow dog leaned over to Chen Tang, shook his head and waged his tail, seemed to really realize his mistake, and whimpered softly.

"Well, I don't blame you."

Chen Tang stretched out his hand and rubbed Xiao Huang a few times, and said, "I also know a big cat in the mountains, called Xue Tuan'er, which matches your name quite well, and I will introduce it to you later." ”

Xiao Huang was very happy when he heard this, and screamed.

Chen Tang showed a strange smile.

Zhiwei filled Chen Tang with a big bowl of rice, put it in front of him, and then sat back, and said with anticipation: "Brother Tang, you can taste it." ”

"Eat!"

Chen Tang's greedy index finger moved, picked up the rice bowl, and made a wild meal.

"Delicious, delicious!"

I don't know if it's because I'm hungry, or if Zhiwei's craftsmanship is really good, Chen Tang feels that this meal is extraordinarily fragrant, even better than the big meals he ate in his previous life.

"Didn't you eat at night, let's eat together."

Chen Tang saw that Zhiwei didn't move his chopsticks, but just watched him eat from the other side, and couldn't help asking.

Zhiwei said: "I'll eat it when Brother Ah Tang finishes eating." ”

"What are you doing, you can eat well when you eat together!"

Chen Tang said: "I eat it myself, it's boring." ”

Zhiwei hesitated, and saw that Chen Tang's tone was unquestionable, so he had to get up slowly, take a bowl, and return to the table with some rice.

Over the years, she has been sold as a maidservant, and in everyone's home, she has to wait for the master's house to finish eating before she can eat, which has long been a habit.

What's left, what she eats.

Zhiwei took the bowl, put a few vegetable leaves on several plates and covered the rice, then picked up the bowl and ran to the stove next to it, and ate it in small bites.

"What are you doing?"

Chen Tang was stunned for a moment, then seemed to think of something, pointed to the table, and said with a straight face: "Come and eat!" ”

"This, this is not good, the ...... that does not conform to the rules"

Zhiwei hurriedly shook his head.

Chen Tang didn't talk nonsense with her, got up directly, picked up Zhiwei in the past, pressed her to the table, and said, "This is my house, there are no bullshit rules." What I say is the rule! ”

Zhiwei's eyes were slightly red, and he said in a snort: "But, but I'm ......"

Chen Tang waved his hand and said, "No one here treats you as a maidservant, don't have any burden." ”

"Brother Tang, but I want to repay you...... Repay you. ”

Zhiwei looked at Chen Tang and then at Qing Mu.

"You cook for everyone, even if you repay it, eat quickly!"

Chen Tang urged, and then saw the few vegetable leaves in Zhiwei's bowl, directly picked up large pieces of meat from the plate, and piled them up in Zhiwei's bowl, like a small mountain.

"This, that's too much......"

Zhiwei was a little overwhelmed.

"Not much!"

Chen Tang said: "At your age, it's time to grow your body, eat more!" By the way, this meal is still made by you, you must eat more! That's the first rule in the house! ”

Zhiwei didn't speak.

She just hung her head and pouted, tears rolling down the bowl like pearls.

She pulled the food from the bowl and swallowed it with her own tears.

The tears were a little salty.

The food was very fragrant.

Qing Mu looked at this scene with a smile, got up and came to the fat old man's side, and said with a smile: "Master, don't pretend to be asleep, I'll win!" ”

"Okay, you see that people are more accurate than Master."

The fat old man still didn't turn around, and muttered something in his mouth.

This kid is really a bit different, different from everyone else, and has a temper with me.

I didn't show it last time, but he pretended to be a big one.

I'll have to find an opportunity tomorrow to show him one more time, and show him what I'm up to.

It didn't take long for Chen Tang and Zhiwei to finish eating.

"I'll clean it up tomorrow and go to bed first!"

Chen Tang was lazy and sick, and waved his hand.

I want to talk and stop.

How can the dishes and chopsticks be left overnight.

If she is in someone else's house, if the used dishes and chopsticks are not washed immediately, she is afraid that she will be beaten again.

Then she thought about it.

This is Ah Tang's brother's house, or listen to him.

Qing Muwan smiled, took Zhiwei's little hand, and entered the back room.

When Chen Tang saw this scene, he understood why the fat old man ran to the outhouse to sleep.

"Yo, came out to be with me?"

Chen Tang asked with a grin.

The fat old man snorted lightly and said, "It's just that the three of them sleep too crowded, I like to be clean, so I came out by myself." ”

An old man and a young man gathered around the stove, laying on the floor, and soon fell asleep.

Zhiwei in the inner room was lying on the hot kang, but he couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

In the dark, her eyes were open and her thoughts were full of thoughts.

She hadn't felt this happiness in a long time.

Is this home?

When I was a child, I was accompanied by my mother, but the memories at that time were already a little blurred.

She couldn't even remember what her mother looked like.

And here, she felt that long-lost warmth again.

Is this true?

Zhiwei, from now on, you have a home, and you don't have to wander.