Zhang Chunxue frowned, sizing up the three of them. "What bad things have you done to deserve such attention?"
The three brothers looked at each other again.
Zhong Chengyi spoke cautiously: "Mom, aren't you angry?"
Zhang Chunxue's voice was cold: "What did you do to make me angry?"
"That's right..." Zhong Chengfa answered hesitantly, "You were arguing with someone in the west of the village, and we didn't go to help..."
Zhang Chunxue sneered when he heard this: "You want to help? What kind of help can you offer? You three losers!"
She said and went straight to the kitchen.
Zhong Chengren heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this, and a smile appeared on his face: "I said Song Xingzhi was really overthinking it. Mom won't get angry about this kind of thing!"
Only Zhong Chengyi frowned, and after a while he spoke: "Why do I feel like Mom doesn't care about us at all?"
Zhong Chengfa, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhong Chengren, who was grinning, both froze in expression.
For a moment, the only sound in the yard was the rustling of leaves in the wind.
Zhong Chengyi sighed: "Didn't you notice? In the past, if we didn't go to help Mom, she would have scolded us when she came back, right? But what about now?"
"That's impossible, right?" Zhong Chengfa was a little confused. "Mom used to love us the most! Even if we made a mistake, she would just give us a beating or make us kneel down. How could Ze not care about us anymore?"
Zhong Chengren curled his lips and said, "It's true that she loved us the most before, but isn't Xiaoxiao the one that Mom treasures the most now? What do the three of us mean to her?"
Zhong Chengyi licked his dry lips and said, "No matter how much I love Xiaoxiao, I can't say that I don't care about my three sons! No matter how capable Xiaoxiao is, and how much she brings honor to me, who in the countryside wouldn't care about three sons?"
Zhong Chengfa reached out and patted Zhong Chengyi on the shoulder: "Since you said that, I think you are overthinking it... Mom might be sulking because we didn't help!"
He pushed Zhong Chengyi and urged, "Let's go! Hurry up and go in and help Mom, otherwise Mom will definitely be even angrier!"
Although Zhong Chengyi was also worried, he still followed his elder brother to the kitchen.
However, after entering, they saw Zhang Chunxue boiling water with an indifferent expression on her face, and they still felt a little uneasy.
"Mom~" Zhong Chengyi smiled broadly, "Is there anything I can help you with?"
"Help? How can you help?" Zhang Chunxue glanced at him and said, "It's good enough if you don't make things worse!"
Zhong Chengyi choked.
Zhong Chengfa also quickly spoke up: "Mom, how about I go get some firewood?"
"Don't you see the huge pile of firewood over there?" Zhang Chunxue said impatiently. "What have you been doing today? What have you done to deserve such attention?"
Zhong Chengren originally wanted to join in, but when he heard what Zhang Chunxue said, he immediately dodged and quickly left the kitchen.
It was obvious that his mother was going to be angry. The eldest brother and the third brother were still hiding in the kitchen, and they would definitely be scolded by his mother.
Sure enough, Zhang Chunxue's roar came from the kitchen after a while.
"Get out of here! You're in the way!"
Zhong Chengfa and Zhong Chengyi walked out and looked at each other, both with a look of grievance on their faces.
Zhong Chengren couldn't help but shook his head.
After a while, Zhong Xiaoxiao came back carrying Zhong Yuanyuan on her back and holding Zhong Hongqing's hand.
She was holding a pile of books in her other hand and humming a song, looking very happy.
As soon as Zhong Chengren saw her, he immediately became sarcastic.
"Hey! Isn't this our college student? Where did you go to play again?"
Zhong Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment: "Second brother, I'm not a college student, I haven't even started high school yet!"
Zhong Chengren immediately rolled his eyes. "Seeing you holding a book all day, I thought you were a highly educated person! But you're still a junior high school student, aren't you? It's like no one else is!"
Zhong Xiaoxiao came back to her senses at this moment and couldn't help but frown: "Second brother, did you take the wrong medicine?"
Zhong Chengyi poked his head out of his room, also speechless: "Second brother, I'm afraid you really took the wrong medicine. Didn't eldest brother say that Xiaoxiao went to borrow a book from Liu Yaru?"
Zhong Chengren rolled his eyes at Zhong Chengyi and retreated into his room.
Zhong Chengyi was speechless. He walked over to help take off the baby carrier from Zhong Yuanyuan, and then held Zhong Yuanyuan in his arms and shook her.
"Second brother is really something. Yuanyuan is his daughter, but he doesn't care."
Zhong Xiaoxiao curled her lips: "Second brother is patriarchal, he doesn't like Yuanyuan."
While holding Zhong Yuanyuan, Zhong Chengyi winked at Zhong Xiaoxiao: "Xiaoxiao, do you know what a big deal our mom did today?"
Zhong Xiaoxiao was stunned: "What's the big deal?"
Zhong Chengyi was about to tell her in detail when Zhang Chunxue came out of the kitchen.
Seeing Zhong Xiaoxiao, a smile immediately appeared on her face: "Xiaoxiao is back?"
"Mom!" Zhong Xiaoxiao called out with a bright smile, handed Zhong Hongqing to Zhong Chengyi, and hurried to the kitchen. "Mom, is there anything I can help you with?"
Zhang Chunxue patted her head lovingly: "No, no, just go and rest for a while, and just sit aside and read a book!"
Zhang Chunxue's differential treatment left Zhong Chengyi speechless.
But what made him even more speechless was that he was holding a baby in his left hand and holding another baby in his right hand.
But the key point is, neither of these two children is his!
How could he, an unmarried young man, end up in this state?
"Big Brother, Second Brother! Take your children away!"
Zhong Chengfa did come out, but he winked at Zhong Hongqing: "Why are you still standing here? Don't you want to go play with your aunt?"
Zhong Hongqing ran to the kitchen.
Zhong Chengren pretended not to hear and stayed in the room without coming out.
Zhong Chengyi was holding a hot potato and handed it to Zhong Chengfa without thinking.
Zhong Chengfa is unwilling to take care of his own son, let alone a baby?
He immediately stuffed it back to Zhong Chengyi.
Zhong Chengyi: “…”
"Brother, I don't even know how to hold a baby!" He handed it to Zhong Chengfa again, "Your son is over three years old, you definitely know how to hold a baby!"
"You..." Zhong Chengfa's face darkened and he quickly put his hands behind his back, "I only know how to hold boys, not girls!"
"There's no difference between a boy and a girl!" Zhong Chengyi pushed Zhong Yuanyuan against Zhong Chengfa's chest, "They're all just hugs..."
“No, no, no…” Zhong Chengfa retreated repeatedly.
Zhang Chunxue just happened to come out and saw this scene. He was immediately furious: "Boss Zhong! Third Brother Zhong! What are you doing?"
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