Knowing that he wouldn't get any news if he stood here for a while, Shen Qiaochen continued to walk out.
But I heard someone shouting "Fourth Girl" from behind me. Looking back, I saw Nanny Su next to Mrs. Shen.
Aunt Su is not young, but her actions are quite agile. She walked to Shen Qiaochen's side in a few steps. She was about to say something, but she paused and looked at Shen Qiaoqi's brothers. Shen Qiaoran thought that her grandmother had forgotten to tell Shen Qiaochen something, so she nodded to Aunt Su, said goodbye to Shen Qiaochen, and left first.
Shen Qiaoqi looked at the two of them, smiled and turned to leave.
When the two brothers walked away, Shen Qiaochen smiled and asked, "Aunt Su, what can I do?"
Seeing that there was no one else around, Grandma Su said eagerly: "Fourth girl, what you just asked Ju Bai to say to this old slave is true?"
It turned out that when Ju Bai left during lunch just now, he went to find Nanny Su.
Shen Qiaochen looked around. Everyone in Jinghetang knew that the old lady had the habit of taking a nap, and they were afraid of disturbing the old lady's rest. Therefore, the courtyard of Nuo Da was almost empty at this time.
Shen Qiaochen nodded, and the anxiety in Nanny Su's eyes deepened. Seeing that this was not the place to talk, Shen Qiao said in a low voice: "Believe me, mama, this matter is related to grandma, and Xiao Qiao will never talk nonsense. Let's do this, after grandma goes to bed tonight, you can find time to come to Yilan Courtyard, let’s talk in detail. Just as it happens, I also have something I want to ask Nanny Su.”
After saying that, she saw Nanny Su nodded, and then turned around and left with Ju Bai. When I turned around, my eyes scanned the corridor, but there was no one there.
The master and servants left Jinghe Hall and were about to go back to Yilan Courtyard through the small garden when they saw a person standing at the entrance of the garden, facing this way, obviously waiting for them. Looking at the familiar figure, Shen Qiao sighed and walked forward with Ju Bai.
Taking a closer look, it turned out to be Shen Qiaoqi, who happened to be looking at her leisurely.
So Shen Qiaochen raised his head, showed him a sweet smile, and called Nuonuo: "Second brother."
He looked at the girl in front of him with a bright and cute smile, and her crooked eyes were full of innocence and dependence.
In a daze, Shen Qiaoqi vaguely saw that she was still a child years ago. She had been frail and sick since childhood and walked slower than others. At that time, he was still a proud young boy. Facing the clumsy but more favored sister than himself, he naturally lost a little patience.
That day, Shen Qiaoqi passed by the garden, where Xiao Qiao was catching butterflies. He didn't catch the butterfly, but he saw him. So the young Xiao Qiao shouted "Second Brother" and stumbled towards him.
That day he got the first place in the exam and was praised by his master. At that time, Shen Congyan and his wife returned to Beijing. He was anxious to go back and wanted to be praised by his parents.
So facing the little tail following behind him, Shen Qiaoqi ignored it and strode away anyway.
So he didn't know that after he left, the sister behind him couldn't keep up with him, and she fell heavily before she even ran far.
Shen Qiaoqi broke her leg with this fall. Seeing her delicate and tender little daughter lying on the bed with a pale face, Shen Congyan was furious and gave Shen Qiaoqi a severe whip and was imprisoned. Ancestral hall.
Shen Qiaoqi was punished very badly that time. He had a bad foundation when he was young and could not practice martial arts. The ancestral hall was cold and damp. He was whipped 20 times by his father. In the end, he was completely bad.
He was seriously injured and suffered from hunger and cold. He had been a proud man since he was a child and felt extremely wronged. In despair, Shen Qiaochen, who had broken a leg, secretly came to the ancestral hall to see him on a crutch.
He would always remember that rainy night when the little girl pushed open the heavy door of the ancestral hall with difficulty, limped in front of him, and untied the bundle she was holding, which contained the steamed buns and medicine for him.
Shen Qiaoqi originally complained about her, but when he saw the child's pale face covered with rain and sweat, he could no longer complain.
"Second brother, eat quickly. I can't carry the food box, so I have to ask Yunling to go to the kitchen to get some steamed buns." The girl said in a soft childish voice, while picking up a steamed bun and trying to deliver it to Shen Qiaoqi's Around the mouth. But she was stunned after getting the steamed buns, and her eyes turned red instantly, but she didn't dare to cry loudly, so she could only sob in a low voice, "Woo... Wu... What should I do? The steamed buns are wet. Xiao Qiao is not good, the second brother is going to starve to death..."
The little girl cried seriously. The tears mixed with the rain stained her face, and melted the young man's proud heart.
He had never hated himself so much. Even when he was beaten, punished, or scolded by his father, he did not feel that he was wrong. He just complained in his heart about his family's preference for Shen Qiaochen.
But at this moment, looking at his sister whose face was red from crying, Shen Qiaoqi felt sincerely regretful and distressed for the first time in his life...
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"Second brother, are you waiting for me?"
A soft voice interrupted Shen Qiaoqi's thoughts. He lowered his head and looked at the girl who had grown to his shoulders, as if he could still see the little girl crying in the ancestral hall.
Seeing Shen Qiaoqi looking at him with a complicated expression, Shen Qiaoqi was about to speak, but saw him suddenly raise his right hand and slowly reach towards Shen Qiaochen's head.
She was startled, but then she felt the hand on top of her head just pat her gently.
Shen Qiaoqi was stunned for a moment, then frowned pretending to be angry, and shook his fist at Shen Qiaoqi, "Second brother, I'm not a child anymore. Don't pat me on the head like this. Grandma said I won't grow taller." .”
Shen Qiaoqi came back to his senses, looked at Shen Qiaochen's angry look, and smiled with relief. He opened the folding fan in his hand with a "swipe", and he looked like that gentle and elegant young man again.
Shen Qiaoqi looked confused. He was about to ask his second brother what was wrong with waiting here, but he heard Shen Qiaoqi across from him suddenly said: "Xiao Qiao, you have grown up."
Shen Qiaochen's heart moved slightly. Since he woke up, he has heard many people say the same thing to him. But only what Shen Qiaoqi said just now made her realize that there was a different meaning in the words.
She knew that Shen Qiaoqi was naturally smart. If she wasn't smart enough, how could she have become the youngest number one scholar in the Jin Dynasty in the past century? However, facing Shen Qiaoqi's question, she didn't know what to say, and she didn't dare to think about whether he would. believe.
Thoughts were surging in Shen Qiaochen's heart, and heaven and man were at war, but Shen Qiaoqi suddenly said: "There are some things, if you don't want to say them, that's okay."
Shen Qiao was stunned and looked up at him.
Shen Qiaoqi smiled fondly and raised his hand to pat her on the head. Thinking of what Shen Qiaochen said just now, he tapped her forehead with a folding fan and continued,
"Xiao Qiao, you have to know that I am your brother, this is your home, and there are your relatives. We are all the people in this world who love you the most. You have to believe that no matter what time, we are you Your support, your confidence."
"I don't know what happened to make my sister change like this, but no matter what, we are here. When you are ready, you can come to me anytime."
After saying this, Shen Qiaoqi patted her shoulder, turned around and wanted to leave, but heard a silent voice behind her.
"There are some things. It's not that I don't want to say it, but that I don't know how to tell you."
Shen Qiaochen spoke very slowly, as if it was very difficult for him to say it.
"Grandma wants me to live an innocent and smooth life, but how can I really be heartless and hide under the wings of my parents and brothers all my life? I am also a member of the Shen family, and I also want to contribute my strength to the family."
Shen Qiaoqi looked back at her, then gently hugged his beloved little sister into his arms,
"Okay, let's go together."
