Zhao's house is not big, the front house is a medical hall, there is a small courtyard in the back, the yard is planted with a few tufts of greens, raising more than a dozen chickens, and there are a few wooden shelves, and the plaques on the shelves are covered with medicinal herbs; a kennel is set up in the northwest corner, and a big black dog with oil and water is sleeping in front of the kennel. To the north of the courtyard are three blue brick houses.

Xiang'er followed behind Shen Xingluo to take in all this, and whispered to Shen Xingluo: "Raising chickens and dogs, can't chickens and dogs often jump in this house?"

Dogs don't always love chickens, but they do like to chase chickens and ducks and even bite them to death.

"Shh," Shen Xingluo whispered in her ear, "That's not an ordinary dog, it's the second senior brother's spirit beast canine mastiff, spiritual, don't talk nonsense, the dog's ears are smart." ”

Xiang'er was startled, and quickly covered her mouth and nodded violently, indicating that she was no longer talking nonsense.

Zhao Chunyang was very busy when he came back, first put away the medicine plaque on the medicine shelf to prevent the night dew from getting wet again, and beckoned the fat dog mastiff who didn't even seem willing to go one more step to drive the chickens into the chicken coop, and he rolled up his sleeves and took a half-worn broom and began to clean the yard.

But his chickens and dogs were quite uncooperative, and the canine mastiff shook his fat body and chased from the left, and the chicks ran to the right, and the chicks ran to the left, and the chicks ran to the left, and from the back. A few desperate ones flew over the garbage heap that Zhao Chunyang had swept together, kicking up a yard of dust.

Shen Xingluo and Xiang'er took a few steps back in unison, avoiding the oncoming dust.

Zhao Chunyang seemed to sit on his own affairs unconsciously, as if he had forgotten that there were two little guests at home.

After waiting for a long time and seeing that he really didn't seem to remember the appearance of the two of them, Shen Xingluo finally couldn't hold his breath anymore and said, "Senior brother, have you forgotten something?"

"Oh?" Zhao Chunyang swept the ground unhurriedly.

"Senior brother, you see that Xiang'er has just started, are you ......" Shen Xingluo twisted his finger and said meaningfully.

Zhao Chunyang continued to sweep the ground and let out a casual "oh".

Seeing that the senior sister was in a hurry to ask for a meeting gift for herself, Xiang'er couldn't raise her head. Desperately tugging at the hem of Shen Xingluo's clothes, saying that he didn't want it, how could anyone chase others for gifts as soon as they met.

When she was at home, her grandmother told her that it was his kindness for the elderly to give gifts, but if they didn't give it, they couldn't ask for it, and they couldn't make people think that they were shallow. You can't even ask for it, because it is someone else's will to give or not to give.

Shen Xingluo patted her hand lightly and said in a low voice: "Fool, he is a senior brother, if there is no meeting gift, then wouldn't he not recognize you as a junior sister, then how can he do it." "The master has recognized it, how can there be a reason that the senior brother still doesn't recognize it.

"But senior sister ......" Xiang'er's face was even more red, and the second senior brother didn't tell her anything except to help her up and say a few words about the scene, didn't he say anything to her, didn't he just say that he didn't like this junior sister, and now he was still rushing to ask for gifts, wouldn't that be even more embarrassing?

Xiang'er's face was so burning that she was about to force tears out.

Shen Xingluo touched her face and sighed: "Don't be sad, the second senior brother doesn't like you?"

"Huh?" Xiang'er didn't believe it.

"It's my fault, alas. Shen Xingluo said apologetically, then walked towards Zhao Chunyang with a sad face, lowered his head and said sadly: "Senior brother, I was wrong. ”

"What did you say?" Zhao Chunyang looked intently at the broom that swept one after the other, as if he really didn't hear what Shen Xingluo said clearly.

Shen Xingluo gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and said loudly: "Senior brother, I was wrong. ”

"Oh," Zhao Chunyang finally stopped his broomstick and looked at her with a smile, "What's wrong?"

Shen Xingluo said: "I shouldn't have entered the house without the consent of the master's family. ”

"What else?" said Zhao Chunyang.

Shen Xingluo was stunned for a moment, as if there was nothing else wrong. Xiang'er was also at a loss, did the senior sister do something wrong?

Zhao Chunyang didn't speak, and began to wave the broom again, and the sound of "hmm-hmm-" became longer and longer.

What else? Shen Xingluo racked his brains to think and think, and at a glance he caught a glimpse of the fat and lazy black shadow, and his inspiration flashed.

"I shouldn't have pretended to whisper bad things about Dahei knowing that he could understand people. "This is a strategic mistake, if Da Hei is not the pet of the second senior brother, but someone else's or an individual, it is narrow-minded and can't listen to the rights and wrongs of the tower behind the backs, won't it lead to an unwarranted disaster?

"Hmph. The second senior brother was very satisfied, threw away the broom in his hand, pinched a trick and hit the ground, a small tornado rolled up in an instant, and the dust and fallen leaves on the ground were swept away, and the chickens were like marionettes lined up automatically and consciously into the chicken coop, and the chicken coop door "snapped" and automatically closed.

"Come in. Zhao Chunyang was the first to walk into the house.

It all happened very quickly, in the blink of an eye. Xiang'er was dumbfounded, and a sour feeling surged in his heart: The second senior brother really did it on purpose, he really didn't like himself.

Because there was something in her heart, when Shen Xingluo lit a cup of tea that suddenly appeared on the table with her eyes and motioned for her to serve tea to Zhao Chunyang, her always clever little head slowed down for half a beat before she brought the tea cup to Zhao Chunyang with both hands.

Zhao Chunyang quietly took the tea and drank it, and nodded with satisfaction in his heart, at such a young age, although he was wronged in his heart, he knew that he could endure and not complain, and he could serve tea in a regular manner, and his eyes were clear and there was no resentment, he was a child who knew the general situation.

Zhao Chunyang put down the cup, and a carved box one foot long, four inches wide, and three inches high appeared in Xiang'er's hand.

"This gift has been prepared for my brother for ten years, but I didn't expect that the master accepted another female doll. Zhao Chunyang smiled and motioned for Xiang'er to sit down.

"Brother just now didn't mean to embarrass you, this handbell should be a gift from senior brother. As he spoke, a crisp "jingle bell" sounded, and a pair of golden bracelets appeared on Xiang'er's white and tender hands, the bracelets covered most of the back of the hands and wrists, and each bracelet was decorated with nine delicate small bells, and also embellished with many fine rubies carved into roses.

"It's so beautiful!" Xiang'er exclaimed, looking through it with love, but when she heard Zhao Chunyang's words, she was so frightened that she hurriedly stood up, "Senior brother, I didn't ...... No...... I'm just a little ......" she was in a hurry, afraid that she wouldn't explain clearly, and she didn't know how to say it so as not to cause misunderstanding.

"It's okay, I know you're a good boy. Zhao Chunyang touched her head and comforted her, "Sit down, it's also Senior Brother who didn't think about it." ”

"Your senior sister has been very eccentric since she was a child, and she won't have a long memory if she doesn't knock her on the head. Zhao Chunyang glanced at Shen Xingluo.

Shen Xingluo hurriedly sat upright, as if she hadn't heard Zhao Chunyang say about her, and concentrated on tasting tea, although this tea was only white water, and there was not even a tea foam.

But Xiang'er felt that such a senior sister seemed to make her feel more amiable.