When he arrived in the corridor, Zhu San moved a chair for Liu Jian to sit with him, expressing his embarrassment.

After all, he drove Zhu Qi out to take a shower.

I have been running for a day. Who is not tired and who doesn’t want to stay in the house to rest?

It’s just that Liu Jian is good at talking, otherwise who wouldn’t be upset if he listened to this matter?

"You brothers have a good relationship!" Liu Jiantong looked envious.

"It's all born to the same mother, how can you have bad feelings for brothers?" Zhu San said with a smile, "Besides, Lao Qi is still the one I saw with my own eyes. I have helped take care of him since I was a child. I have been used to it for a long time.

.”

There are many brothers in the family, and Ye Yuran has been unable to give birth to a daughter for a long time. There is no way to be a brother. He can only take over the responsibility of "careing" his younger brother.

Among them, Zhu Da and Zhu Er were older than him and could go to the ground to help. Then Zhu San, who had no physical strength at that time, became the main target of taking care of his younger brothers.

Since Zhu Wu, there has been nothing he hasn't taken care of.

Why start with Zhu Wu, not Zhu Si?

Because when Zhu Si was born, he was still young and had his two brothers taken care of.

However, Zhu Da and Zhu Er started to go to the field to help, and Zhu Si started to hang out with Zhu San, and their relationship was even better.

Liu Jiantong showed some strange looks: "Whether your brothers have a good relationship, I'm afraid it has nothing to do with whether they are born to the same mother..."

Zhu San's mind was spinning so fast that he had guesses in an instant.

But he couldn't say it directly.

So he asked carefully: "Well? Why did Brother Liu say this?"

"Oh..." Liu Jiantong shook his head gently, not knowing where to start.

Zhu San said: "If it is not convenient to say it, forget it. If one day Brother Liu wants to say it, I can come to me at any time, and I will listen carefully."

"I just don't know what to say," Liu Jiantong said, "our three brothers, my eldest brother, second brother, and two married sisters..."

He told his own story.

Unlike the Zhu family's harmonious brotherhood, Liu Jiantong, as the youngest son, received "preference" from his parents since childhood and even gained the right to study.

Logically speaking, this is a kind of "luck" and he should feel proud.

However, he often felt sad because their family's conditions were not very good, and it was even more difficult to send him books.

Last time I took the county exam, I spent money in vain and had not passed the exam yet, which made my two sisters-in-law dissatisfied and felt that the money was spent on him.

"Last year, my sister-in-law and second sister-in-law wanted to split up because they felt that sending me to study would have dragged them down."

"I can understand the idea of ​​my two sister-in-law. The one-year repair fee and the county exam fee require a lot of money. If these money is used to supplement the household income, the family will be much easier."

"I dare not say that there is meat every meal. It is enough to pull a few new cloth for a few nephews during the Chinese New Year and make a new outfit."

"You can also taste some meaty smell every few days."

...

Liu Jiantong sighed, regretting that he had added so much burden to his family.

He is almost twenty years old, but he has no power to tie up a chicken. He does not have to give birth and has to rely on his family to raise him. He is simply "waste".

So, he envied Zhu Qi very much.

While studying, Zhu Qi not only received support from his brothers, but also had a brother who personally took care of him. Unlike himself, he ended up being criticized by his "brother and sister-in-law".

He didn't even know whether he would continue to "study" if he couldn't pass the exam this year.

Zhu San reached out and patted his shoulder and said, "Each family has its own difficulties. No matter how difficult it is, we still have to live this life. I think that at the beginning, your brother and sister-in-law agreed to send you a study, but in fact, I hope you will be well.

, It’s just that life is too tiring, they can’t see hope, so…”

He comforted Liu Jiantong and said that he used to be the same as Liu Jiantong, without seeing hope and feeling despair.

The conditions of their Zhu family were not good from the beginning.

When they were at their worst, their family had more than ten people, with only a few acres of thin land, and their lives seemed to be over.

"You don't know that in such days, we have so many brothers, but our father's land is only a few acres, and each person can't share it. It's so terrible!"

"For this reason, my sixth brother has 'run away from home' and there is no news yet."

"Once upon a time, Lao Qi was a 'drag' for our family, because he couldn't farm and was a little stunned. I'm afraid he wouldn't even get a wife in the house in the future."

...

Those old secrets were revealed little by little in front of Liu Jiantong.

Liu Jiantong couldn't even believe it: "How is it possible? Shunde people are pretty good. Although they were a little bit stunned, they had a very good memory. Anything he had learned would not be forgotten. I admire his memory very much. If I had him

With such a skill, this county is afraid that it will be almost certain to win."

"You really think too much. In the past, Lao Qi was not like this..." Zhu San was not very comfortable talking about his seventh brother's embarrassing things.

After all, if the name "fool" is spread, it will be suspected of "deceiving" the examiner - who is brave enough to let a fool go to the imperial examination and isn't he afraid of being cut off his head?

He could only vaguely say that because Zhu Qi has been stunned since childhood, he is often bullied.

The other brothers were often worried when they saw him like this.

"You can also see that Lao Qi is actually quite careless about life, except for his ability to study. If I hadn't been watching, he wouldn't even take good care of himself." Zhu San said, "If this kind of thing is placed in a wealthy family, it is not easy for him to take care of him."

, It's nothing, there is a maid, the old woman stares at and serves, but she is born in a poor family like ours. She can't even be busy with herself, who will serve you?"

Liu Jiantong thought about it, although Zhu Shunde was okay to study, he did feel a little "inattentive" when it comes to life.

If it weren't for Zhu San's care and Dabao, and Erbao staring at him, he would probably make a lot of jokes.

Liu Jiantong's lips moved slightly and said with a smile: "That's really lucky. Although he was not born in a wealthy family, he met your good brothers. Without your care, he wouldn't be able to read and write like now.

Can participate in the imperial examination."

Zhu San waved his hand and said, "This is not my credit, it is my mother's. I don't know if you have heard of the rumors about my mother. If you go to our place, you will know, I

My mother’s reputation is simply a big mother insect.”

Liu Jiantong was surprised. Did anyone say this about his mother?

"In the words of you literati, you are a fierce wife. As long as it is my mother's decision, no one can object," Zhu San showed a smile that was not a bitter smile or a funny smile, which was a bit complicated, "So, when my mother decided, she decided

When I was going to send Lao Qi to school, even if everyone disagreed and she did it, we still had to cooperate..."

Liu Jiantong: “…”

So, when you first came, weren't you actually happy?

Next, Zhu San began to praise his mother. He said that although his mother's reputation was not good, for their family, he was like a "protective umbrella" that supported the entire family.

It is precisely because of his mother that their family is like this, getting better and better.

When I go back to see the past sufferings, I will no longer feel "pain" and I just think that it is a "test" given to them by God.
Chapter completed!