Chapter 64

"Huh? What do you want to eat, I'll buy it for you. It's useless if you pester him, all his money is with me."

Lin Huan was holding Du Heng's arm and shaking it back and forth like a baby, making Du Heng feel uneasy. Seeing Du Heng frowning, he gave up before meeting him. On the contrary, he thought that Du Heng had no way to compromise with him.

Until a not-so-friendly voice came in.

"Xiao Man? Why are you here?"

Before Lin Ye could speak, he heard Du Heng's voice beside him.

"What's the matter, I still have to do it? It's a good thing for both of you?"

"Where did you say that?"

Hearing the sound, Du Heng hurriedly pushed Lin Huan away and went forward to help Qin Xiaoman, but instead of helping him, a food box was stuffed into his arms.

"You hide aside, I'll talk to him first."

Du Heng hugged the food box, looked at the fierce Qin Xiaoman, wanted to speak but was warned by stern eyes, then closed his mouth.

Lin Huan looked at the aggressive man with a big belly. He had asked Zhou Wanqing about Qin Xiaoman a long time ago, but the others didn't pay much attention. Anyway, he remembered that he was born in the countryside and had a reckless temper.

Not only that when saw it today, also felt that this brother was born tall and vulgar, with a mediocre appearance.

I really don't understand how Du Heng, who is so outstanding in appearance, can be matched with such a country guy. A big man with money is under his jurisdiction, and he is even called around.

He sighed sentimentally for Du Heng's fate.

"This is Brother Xiaoman, right? My name is Lin Huan, and I'm Cousin Zhifeng's younger brother."

Qin Xiaoman stopped Du Heng behind him, facing Lin Huan who was half a head shorter than him.

Looking at the smiling brother in front of him, his words and deeds seemed to be coquettish, Qin Xiaoman felt goosebumps all over his body, and asked, "Is it a relative of Uncle Xiaotang's family?"

"Exactly."

"A distant relative?"

"Yes."

Qin Xiaoman raised his eyebrows: "I said, why have I never seen such a bad-boned cousin like you?"

Lin Huan quickly said, "I'm not in poor health."

"Ah? No? I just saw that you were struggling to walk steadily and entangled my husband like a water snake. I thought you were weak."

Qin Xiaoman asked back: "Since you don't have a healthy body, why are you grabbing my husband's arm?"

Lin Huan's face changed slightly, he didn't expect this person to be so fierce.

He explained pitifully: "In the past, the Qin mansion brought meals to Cousin Feng and Brother Du Heng. When I came to see Brother Feng, I sent them to the mansion a few times. Brother Du Heng is generous and treats me well.I usually like to read a few books at home, and I would like to ask Brother Du Heng if I don’t understand something.”

"I admire learned people."

"I don't know if Brother Xiaoman misunderstood this? Don't be angry with Brother Du Heng. I'll just make it up to you."

As he said that, he glanced at Du Heng aggrievedly. Lin Huan was careful, and he couldn't tell whether it was brother-sister friendship or other thoughts.

If you can attack, if Du Heng is interested, the two can flirt; if you can retreat and defend, if he is not interested, he can also say that he treats Du Heng like a cousin. If others misunderstand, it means you have a dirty mind.

Xiaoman didn't know what green tea was, and he didn't know so many twists and turns. He just felt that this guy was pretentious. He looked back at Du Heng: "Really?"

Du Heng opened his eyes wide and shook his head hastily.

Qin Xiaoman didn't express his belief or not, he stared at Lin Ye:

"Indeed, my husband has always been kind to people. Since he treats you well, and you like to ask him about his poems, it's not a good idea to pester him on the street. People who don't know will think you are not a woman..Or why don't you marry him and come over and be a kid for him? If you don't understand anything, you can ask enough."

"Anyway, he also serves me at home. After you marry him and become a child, there will be two people serving me. Usually, he cooks, and you serve me tea and water to wash my feet. I'm not stingy like that.If you are a good person, you will definitely allow you to ask him about his poems, if you are so considerate, everyone will be happy."

As he spoke, a look of excitement gradually appeared on his face, as if the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was a good deal. Lin Huan turned pale in fright, stepped back two steps, and smiled dryly: "Brother Xiaoman, you really know how to joke, I,I don't have that in mind."

"Ah? You don't want to? Then what did you think at the beginning? Knowing that everyone is married and posting it so eagerly, could it be that you don't want any status? Ah! You, the city people are really too enlightenedAlready!"

Lin Ye was told that he didn't know how to agree, so he turned to Du Heng for help.

"Don't invite me to do anything in the future. It will cause people to misunderstand. We only met twice and had a face-to-face meeting. As a brother, you have to pay attention to the distance from people. If cousin Zhifeng finds out, I'm afraid.It's not a week either."

"Why does Brother Du Heng think so? I just treat Brother Du Heng as an older brother, and I don't usually communicate much. Why are you two like this?"

Seeing Du Heng like this, Lin Huan changed his words and began to complain. He caught a glimpse of Qin Zhifeng coming out of the academy.

He quickly ran over, his steps were messed up, as if asking for help: "Cousin!"

Qin Xiaoman saw the man who fell into Qin Zhifeng's arms, who looked like a juggler on the street and changed his face. He was smiling just now, but now when he saw Qin Zhifeng, he was so weak that he was about to cry, looking like he was being bullied miserably.look like.

"What are you crying for?"

"Brother Xiaoman said he wanted me to be a baby boy for Cousin Du Heng, which frightened Miner."

Qin Zhifeng looked at the couple standing not far away, and Qin Xiaoman sneered when he heard this: "I'm just joking, Brother Min said he likes learned people, so I asked himHow much I like it, if you want to make a small wish for a learned person, it won't be taken seriously, will it?"

After finishing speaking, he continued: "Just now I came to see Brother Ming pulling Du Heng. I thought Du Heng found a vixen in the county behind my back. It turned out to be my cousin's old friend. I almost misunderstood."

"Since the misunderstanding has been resolved, Du Heng and I will leave first."

After saying that, without waiting for anyone to say anything, Qin Xiaoman dragged Du Heng away.

"cousin!"

Seeing Qin Zhifeng nodding at Qin Xiaoman, Lin Huan didn't decide what to say for him, and was scolded by Qin Xiaoman as a vixen, feeling very uncomfortable.

"He bullies me so much, why don't you speak up for me?"

Qin Zhifeng said: "It's common sense for brothers and sisters of the same age to quarrel. Zhiwen and I also have a few words. Besides, Xiaoman hasn't read much. He grew up in the countryside and speaks straight. Don't youTake it to heart."

Lin Huan gritted his teeth, seeing that Qin Zhifeng was going back to the mansion, he hurriedly followed.

This side failed to file a complaint, and if he didn't believe it, he couldn't go to Zhou Wanqing's to file a complaint.

"The little cousin likes that brother very much. I'm afraid he is a daughter-in-law who was chosen on purpose. You said that in front of your cousin just now. Will your cousin be overwhelmed?"

Qin Xiaoman said: "I just know that my cousin's family treats me well. That brother's temperament may not be a good daughter-in-law. I said that just to remind my cousin."

After speaking, Qin Xiaoman stopped, and he gave Du Heng a look: "When you open your mouth, you are blaming me for not listening. People can say that you treat him very well. What's the best way? Give food and drink, or hold himhug?"

"You don't want me to talk about it in detail? Why don't you explain?!"

Du Heng was also wronged: "I didn't..."

"I don't want to hear a word from you!"

"..."

Looking at the person who really shut his mouth, Qin Xiaoman puffed up his eyes: "If I don't listen, you really don't want to talk?"

Du Heng pursed his lips, seeing Qin Xiaoman stretched out his hand to cover his ears, and suppressed his eyes.

"Your ears are blocked. If I tell you, you won't be able to hear."

Qin Xiaoman raised a finger, and Du Heng laughed.

He stretched out his hand to take Qin Xiaoman's hand away: "That brother is always obsessed, and he talks about things with his relatives. I am also troubled. Fortunately, you are here today, otherwise I really can't get away. My husband is Mrs.Killing the Quartet, I had no choice but to hide behind and cheer."

Qin Xiaoman kept his mouth shut and didn't answer, his little face still slumped.

Du Heng stretched out his hand and squeezed his hand: "It's really not even a little bit of distance. I usually want to avoid him, but he is always annoying. I can't smell the powder on his body at all. I feel like sneezing."

Seeing that Qin Xiaoman was still indifferent, Du Heng said again: "I only have you in my heart, and I haven't seen other people's noses and eyes clearly."

He pulled people and said soft words for a long time, Qin Xiaoman was a little overwhelmed: "Come on, come on, let's eat, I brought you chicken soup. Believe it or not, I can't stop your mouth. I'm still shy on weekdays. This is in the street.You can be glib on the outside. No wonder people come to pester you, they speak so nicely, but it doesn’t make people feel elated."

Du Heng said: "I haven't spoken to him a few words, his skin is like dough, you can pester him even if you ignore him."

Qin Xiaoman was afraid that someone would pester Du Heng shamelessly, but he didn't know that he was the one who pestered him, and if others did the same thing, he would be so embarrassed that he would be sobbing in the latrine if he pestered him away.

The two found a gazebo to sit down. The weather in May was already warm, and the chicken soup was still warm. Du Heng lifted the lid and boasted: "It smells so good!"

Du Heng filled a spoonful and put it to Qin Xiaoman's mouth: "You drink first."

"I still have it at home. I'll eat it when I get home. You can eat it."

Qin Xiaoman folded his arms, looked at Du Heng's fair face, and said, "Fortunately, you have nothing to do with that little fox."

Du Heng squeezed the spoon: "What's the matter? If it's really a little bit tricky, won't you cry?"

"You have a good idea!"

When he suddenly saw that vixen pestering Du Heng earlier, he also lost his mind, but he soon came to his senses.

"It's him who came to pester you, then I'll repel him. It's you who are flirting outside to attract people's attention, then I'll go back and tell my second uncle and my cousin."

Du Heng laughed when he heard the words, he touched Qin Xiaoman's head: "Are you scaring me?"

"Who scares you, I'm telling the truth!"

Qin Xiaoman raised his neck: "Although when I brought you home, I wanted to use force at first, but later on you voluntarily stayed to live, that's your love and my wish. It's only been a year or two since we got married.If the bees attract the butterflies, it means that the character is not good, so it should be beaten!"

Du Heng felt that what he said was very reasonable, and responded: "You just need to rest assured, I will definitely not have other thoughts."

He got everything today through Xiaoman's connections and family business. Without Xiaoman's support and help, he might still beg for food.

It is impossible for him to do such a thing while eating people's soft rice and showing off.

"I only think about you and your child. If you get some merit in the exam earlier, it will also make your child's life easier. I don't have the time to think about it."

Qin Xiaoman pushed the food box: "Stop talking about it, eat it quickly, the chicken soup will be cold later."

"I'll take you home when I'm done eating."

"No, Da Zhuang sent me here. I'll just go back in a bullock cart. What do you do when you go back. Go back to the academy after dinner. It doesn't need to be so troublesome."

The two sides fought for a while, but Du Heng was defeated.

After eating chicken soup, Du Heng led Qin Xiaoman to the nearby bookstore to buy some new pens and inks, and sent Qin Xiaoman to the gate of the city before returning to the academy.

Qin Xiaoman sat on the bullock cart and waved to Du Heng, watching the city gate disappear in his eyes.

He rubbed his belly, let out a little breath, and said he would go to his cousin's house, and thank him for taking care of Du Heng, but if something like this happened today, that little vixen would definitely go if Qin Zhifeng was pestered.The Qin family.

When the time comes, he will go there, but he is still making a fuss.

It was pure heart to send a cup of chicken soup to Du Heng, but I didn't expect to encounter such a thing. I have to worry about earning money to support Du Heng, and I have to guard against those wicked little goblins, but it's exhausting.human.

With a muffled bang, Xiao Man, who was sitting on the scooter, could not help but fall backwards due to the resistance. He quickly grabbed the baffle with quick eyesight and hands so as not to fall, but his body was also bumped.

"How did you drive the car!? Our master is pregnant with Liujia, you can afford to pay for it!"

Qin Xiaoman got up slowly from the cart, only to realize that the bullock cart pulling goods head-on hit their cart.

The driver was an old man. Seeing that he had bumped into someone else, he quickly jumped out of the car: "I'm sorry, the cow didn't eat much fodder to get angry, so it accidentally bumped into someone else's cart. Is husband okay?"

Qin Xiaoman supported his waist. It hurt a little from the shock just now, but he didn't feel any serious problems, so he said, "It's okay."

"Da Zhuang, come back."

On the way back, Da Zhuang was more and more careful in driving the ox cart. Seeing the ox cart approaching, he started to avoid it from a long distance.

The next day, Du Heng had a rare extra sleep, and had breakfast in the academy first, the exam was at the end of Mao's time.

There are more than 50 candidates this time. The Bairong Academy occupies a large area, and there are exams in the academy from time to time. There are also numbered rooms for this purpose.

Du Heng entered the numbered room early, waiting for the distribution of test questions.

After all, the academy's exam is not a grand exam for the imperial court, and it will not be as complicated as many sessions, with only one exam question per session.

When the exam questions were in hand, Du Heng glanced at them. Although there was only one exam question, there were still a lot of questions, and it was not like children's exams, which were usually basic knowledge that could be obtained by memorizing 80% of the questions.up.

The original simple poetry test questions are no longer a trick for you to fill in.

The poems on the children's test are excerpts from the Four Books and Five Classics. Perhaps the test questions come from the above, and you fill in the following.

Furthermore, it is the theory of examination and policy, with several questions in a row.

Du Heng looked at the topic, and after several long rows of babbling narrations, he extracted the central idea and asked if the imperial court tends to change, and the forces in the imperial court are intertwined. At this time, a powerful party offers you an olive branch..

Holding a pen, he seemed to be asking why he refused to stand in line, but in fact he wanted to answer the way of being an official.

There is another question that is also very interesting, saying that if a scholar's family is poor, and his classmates and colleagues are all wealthy people, how should he deal with himself.

Du Heng rubbed his chin, he felt as if this question was specially given to him, but he just thought about it that way.

This question is quite standard. After all, most of the students who came to take the exam are in good condition. It might be embarrassing for them to pretend to be poor and put themselves in this question.

He wrote poems first, and then began to answer many essay questions eloquently. This essay question does not require writing a long essay, and most of them are limited to two or three hundred words, which makes people feel a little bit bound.

This end was answering the test in an orderly manner, but Du Heng was completely unaware that the family was in chaos at this time.

Qin Xiaoman was still gray in the morning, lying on the bed suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, a faint pain came out, he thought he was dreaming in his sleep, only to realize it was real pain when he woke up.

He hurriedly called Brother Qin to invite the midwife to come. After a quarter of an hour, someone arrived, followed by Sun Dongmei.

The midwife looked at Xiaoman's body and was convinced that he was about to give birth, but the baby didn't intend to come out.

When Qin Xiaoman heard that he was about to give birth, he was puzzled and said, "Isn't it still due?"

"It seems to be frightened and hit by a collision."

Qin Xiaoman wailed: "Yesterday, I was indeed hit by someone on the bullock cart and got off the cart and was jolted."

He rubbed his belly as if to comfort a child: "You bastard, you didn't lose your temper yesterday, why did you think about it today, it must have been too long."

"I'm afraid it won't work if you wait like this. You can't just call the pregnant woman like this. Regardless of the pain, the child will be suffocated to death in the stomach. I have to ask the doctor to give acupuncture to induce labor!"

Qin Xiaoman panicked when he heard this: "Ah! Then go and invite Dr. Cui!"

Sun Dongmei has never given birth to a child, but she has seen a child at home, so she hurriedly went to boil hot water.

"I'm afraid I have to hurry and call Du Heng back. Having a baby is such an important matter."

Li Wanju heard the wind that Qin Xiaoman was about to give birth, so she ran over to take a look.

"Having a child is not a very common thing. There is nothing to make a fuss about. I think I was still working in the field when I gave birth to the eldest child, and the child was born in the field. It is very good to be able to give birth at home."

"What can Du Heng do when he comes back? Why don't you just leave it at the door and worry about it, and he can't help you with anything."

Sun Dongmei knew that people in rural areas would not be as careful and thoughtful as those in the city. It can be seen that Xiao Man would not be able to give birth for a long time.Don't you want to make people regret for life.

"Let's call it back, in case something happens, someone will call the shots."

Before Li Wanju could speak, Sun Dongmei asked Da Zhuang to rush to the county town to bring Du Heng home.

Qin Xiaoman was lying on the bed and screaming, his body was in pain, and he couldn't help but feel worried when he saw that the child would not be born.

At that time, his little father was giving birth to a child, and the house was in a mess all afternoon. His child ran around in the yard, thinking that he was about to see his little brother, he was full of joy in his heart, but in the end, he got tired of waiting.Again and again went to ask why it was still not good.

He suffered until the night, and in the end he didn't wait to hug his little brother, but saw his father rushing into the delivery room, and he didn't remember who told him that your little brother was gone.

At that time, he was not very old, and he didn't know much about what it meant to be gone. He saw his father crying, and a sense of fear rose in his heart for no reason.

Thinking of what happened to his little father, how can he not be afraid.

"Mrs. Chen, am I having a difficult labor?"

He gritted his teeth and endured the pain and asked the midwife.

"Brother, don't be afraid. Giving birth to a baby is hard work. Some people take a long time to live. It's only a while, so don't worry."

Qin Xiaoman didn't know if it was words of comfort or the truth, and perhaps he couldn't ask any truth from this side, so he said to Brother Qin who had been wiping his sweat and anxious red eyes: "You, you goTell Da Zhuang to run, I want to see my boss."

Brother Qin coaxed his eyes and sobbed: "Sister-in-law has already asked Da Zhuang to go to the county seat. He drives the ox cart fast and his legs are also agile. He must be back soon. Master can rest assured that he will have a baby."

When Da Zhuang rushed to Bairong Academy in a hurry, it was just after school at noon, and he wanted to go straight in to find Du Heng, but was stopped by the concierge: "The students in the tail room are taking the test today, and the idlers are taking the test.You can't go into the academy until it's over, too much noise in the academy will affect the exam."

Da Zhuang said anxiously: "Isn't it time for school to end? There is an urgent matter at home that needs to be decided by the boss. Please help me."

"What I said was told by the superiors, and it's not that I deliberately didn't let you in, so why bother to make it difficult for us, the gatekeeper, little brother."

Da Zhuang was anxious and didn't know what to do, when suddenly a familiar and gentle voice fell into his ears: "How did you come here? But Xiao Man asked you to come pick me up?"

Du Heng happened to come out after the exam, and the academy allowed him to hand in the paper in advance. He finished answering the questions early, and he had already put pen to paper on the exam paper.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he went out, he saw his long-term worker.

Seeing Du Heng, Da Zhuang was overjoyed, and hurriedly led Du Heng to the side and said: "The master is about to give birth, and the family sent a villain to come and pick up the master!"

Du Heng panicked: "Hurry up, hurry up, where is the bullock cart!"

Da Zhuang hurriedly took Du Heng over there. The outside of Bairong Academy was spacious and clean. Usually, in order to prevent cattle from being dragged by, Du Heng usually stopped far away and walked over.

Da Zhuang panicked today and drove the ox cart to the fast gate.

Du Heng didn't say much, he was worried about Xiao Man, and hurried to the bullock cart, not even seeing his classmates calling him at the gate of the courtyard.

"Why did Du Heng get into an ox cart?"

"I also asked him how he answered today's questions, and he left the examination room so early."

"By the way, whose family is he a child of?"

"I never asked."

The two scholars in the tail room watched the carriage disappear from sight before leaving.

Du Heng asked about the detailed rules along the way, and the more he listened, the more helpless he felt. He had never felt that the journey on the road was so tormented.

When hurried to the house, there were already many people gathered in the yard. My relatives and neighbors, when they saw Du Heng came back, they all went up to greet Du Heng and said something in a hurry.

Du Heng got off the carriage, and before he staggered to his feet, there was a cry of a baby in the room, everyone subconsciously fell silent, and turned their heads to look at the delivery room.

"Oh, this child is really timid. He has to have both fathers around before he dares to be born, otherwise he is still afraid."

I don't know who said that, but the thrilling production made people feel a lot of comfort.

With a smile on Du Heng's face, he quickly flung his sleeves and ran into the delivery room in his green shirt.

"Xiao Man, I'm back."

When Du Heng entered the delivery room, he didn't dare to speak loudly, for fear of disturbing Brother Man. Seeing the man who was sweating profusely and collapsed, his heart ached even more.

Seeing Du Heng, Qin Xiaoman stretched out his hand quickly, and when the palms and backs of his hands were grasped, he felt at ease, as if he had been sedated, and immediately said: "It hurts me to death."

"It's hard for you."

Du Heng quickly took out a towel from his body and wiped his sweat.

"Look at the child."

Wen Po hugged the wrapped little guy and said with a smile: "It's a little brother, very well-behaved."

"Is it really my brother? But I made a lot of clothes for my brother to wear."

Du Heng asked with some doubts.

"yes."

Du Heng smiled happily, took the child over gently, took a look at it, and then hugged it to Qin Xiaoman, showing him that the child is very delicate and fragile, very small.

"This little guy is too light, I'm afraid it only weighs five catties."

"Brothers are always lighter than boys."

Qin Xiaoman held the child in his arms and pasted it through the swaddling clothes, and only he knew the love he had painstakingly born.

Du Heng also wanted to hug the child and Xiaoman, knowing that there would be more opportunities in the future, so he first took care of those who came to help at home.

I gave the midwife and the doctor a lot of happy money, and went out to thank the relatives and folks next to me.

Li Wanju wanted to ridicule that she only gave birth to a brother after tossing for a long time, but found that Du Heng was still very happy.Come for a wedding.

She didn't want to say any more, watching everyone congratulate, Shui Xiancai took out a bag of loose candies from home and distributed them to everyone, the yard was full of joy.