Chapter 147: Differently bad Gan
Tian saw Gan Huaibi's eyes.
Although the second brother was more obedient than the average naughty kid, he was still one of the naughty kids after all. His eyes were full of bad intentions.
[The little heroine is pitiful enough, don't bully her.]
Gan Tian cried in her heart, but Gan Huaibi couldn't hear a word. He ran to Shen Chutang in a mean way.
"Hey, what's your name?"
Shen Chutang looked at the little boy in front of her and felt a hint of malice on his face.
However, she had seen too much malice like this in the Xiangfu, so she naturally didn't think it would be a big deal.
She pursed her lips and whispered, "Shen Chutang."
She hugged herself tightly, trying to make herself less conspicuous, but she was the only one sitting by the stove, and there was no way to avoid it in the empty kitchen.
Pan Niang glanced at Gan Huaibi and said fiercely, "Don't bully her, or I'll let your uncle spank your butt."
Spanking!
Gan Huaibi covered his butt in horror. The spanking he received last time was just right, and he didn't want to be spanked again.
Gan Huaibi groaned, "Aunt is partial to
me, I didn't bully her." While Pan Niang wasn't paying attention, he stepped on the edge of Shen Chutang's stool with one foot, and said fiercely, "Don't think that just because your aunt is on your side, you can be domineering in this family. If you offend me, you will suffer the consequences."
Looking at the clothes on Shen Chutang, he snorted coldly and took out a notebook from his arms.
"Do the homework for me, or I will let my aunt fire you."
Shen Chutang opened the notebook and saw that it was full of beautiful small words, and he frowned his delicate eyebrows unconsciously.
"I, I can't read."
"You can't read?"
Gan Huaibi screamed, as if he saw a monster, staring at Shen Chutang for a long time: "How come you can't read?"
"Didn't your family give you any enlightenment?"
Shen Chutang shook his head awkwardly, holding the notebook.
Gan Huaibi was really not a good student, and was very annoyed by these poems. In order to get rid of it once and for all, he came up with a "smart" method.
"I'll teach you, I promise you'll learn it."
Gan Tian, who originally wanted to make some noise to attract her aunt to save the little girl, stopped.
Teaching the little girl to study doesn't seem to be bullying, right?
She thought, quietly observing the two little dumplings getting along.
Although Gan Huaibi had an arrogant look on his face and always complained that the heroine was stupid, he never gave up teaching the little heroine.
Knowing that the little heroine's family had no pens and ink, he took out his own pens and ink.
"Use mine."
"Write well and write more realistically, understand?"
Shen Chutang couldn't understand Gan Huaibi.
She could feel Gan Huaibi's malice, but it seemed that he was different from her brothers and sisters in a bad way. Not only did he not beat her or humiliate her, but he also taught her to read and gave her expensive pens, ink, paper and inkstone.
Pan Niang was also worried that Gan Huaibi would bully Shen Chutang, so she hurried back after finishing the work at hand. Unexpectedly, the scene she saw was different from what she imagined.
Not only did the two not fight, but they were also in harmony.
Seeing Gan Huaibi teaching Shen Chutang, Pan Niang rewarded Gan Huaibi with a piece of maltose. Gan Huaibi wanted to eat it himself, but hesitated after feeling Shen Chutang's eager eyes.
After all, Shen Chutang was helping him now, so he could be considered his younger brother. He couldn't let his big brother eat it and let Shen Chutang watch, right?
Not right!
He felt that it was not right no matter how he thought about it, so he handed the candy in his hand to Shen Chutang.
"Here, it's for you. It's too sweet and not tasty at all."
It's delicious. It's so delicious!
Gan Huaibi's mouth was watering, but in order to maintain his big brother's face, he still handed the candy over.
Pan Niang, who wanted to give Shen Chutang another piece of candy, smiled and stuffed the candy back into the cabinet, whispering, "Hurry up, thank you, little brother."
"Why don't you eat it? You don't like candy, do you?"
Gan Huaibi was a little anxious when he saw Shen Chutang didn't eat it and stuffed the candy into his arms. He was embarrassed to eat the candy, so if he didn't eat it, he would have to give it back to him.
Shen Chutang was afraid that Gan Huaibi would be unhappy, so he whispered, "I like it, but I want to save it for the wet nurse."
"The wet nurse is sick, and she is very sick."
Shen Chutang lowered her head. Because no one had taken care of her for a long time, her hair was messy, just like the little master.
Thinking of the wet nurse, her mood was low again.
When she came out this morning, the nurse didn't get up to see her off. It seemed that her illness was getting worse.
"If you are sick, go find Sister Nanxing. She is so powerful that she can even cure epidemics."
Gan Huaibi stood up suddenly and pulled Shen Chutang.
"Come on, I'll take you to find Sister Nanxing."
Shen Chutang was caught off guard and was almost pulled down by Gan Huaibi.
"I, I can't leave now. I'm still watching the fire."
"I'll let my eldest brother help you watch the fire."
Gan Huaibi rushed to find his eldest brother who was reading a book.
Gan Huaizhong had long been accustomed to Gan Huaibi's irritable temper. Seeing Shen Chutang running out of breath, he couldn't help but give one more instruction.
"Be gentle to the little girl."
He bent down, smiling: "Sorry, Huaibi is just so reckless. Didn't he scare you?"
Shen Chutang.
He had been curious about the heroine in his sister's mouth for a long time. Thinking of his sister's words yesterday, his smile became more gentle.
He was very curious, if Shen Chutang felt the warmth in advance, would she still choose the hero?
He reached out and gently rubbed Shen Chutang's head: "I heard my aunt talk about you. Your name is Tangtang, right?"
Shen Chutang felt that the big brother in front of her was so gentle that she couldn't help but stare at him.
A small sachet was stuffed into her arms.
"My brother only rests for one day every ten days. I haven't had time to prepare a gift for Tangtang, so I can only give this to Tangtang."
The sachet was small and delicate, and the material was slippery and comfortable. Shen Chutang touched the sachet around her waist carefully.
She felt Gan Huaizhong walking past her, bringing a cool breeze.
Then, the cloth on her shoulder was pulled by someone: "My big brother is going to help you watch the fire, now you can rest assured."
Gan Huaibi carried her and went to find Su Nanxing.
Thinking of his big brother's words, he slowed down his pace.
Su Nanxing was drying herbs in the yard.
Since she had been with the Gan family, herbs would appear in front of her door every day.
She could use some herbs, but not others. Every day, she would sort the herbs into different categories, dry them in the sun, and then put them in the stone path under the rockery.
The stone path was very long and could hold a lot of things.
When she saw Gan Huaibi, she smiled, but when she saw the little girl next to Gan Huaibi, her smile faded.
The little girl had dry and yellow hair, and it was obvious that she was not strong enough.