Chapter 155 If we can get wet in the snow together one day, we can grow old together in this life

Zhou Yanli studies hard every day.

His classmates all said he was hardworking, and his teachers also praised him for his good writing. Whenever he encountered a banquet with his classmates, he would always refuse it if possible, preferring to review his homework at his desk rather than waste time on other things.

Everyone said he had a bright future, but no one knew the torment and urgency in his heart.

How can I not be urgent?

Without the ability, how can he compete with Nian Xi?

How to protect Nianxi?

He hates his age.

If he were Lu Wensheng's age and possessed power and status, he would dare to express his feelings to Nianxi in public.

Yes, he is too cowardly.

When around Nianxi, he dared not say or do anything that might be inappropriate or intimate.

He was afraid that once he said and did it, he would not even have the chance to stay with his sister.

He only wanted Nianxi's sympathy, but his identity as a "younger brother" trapped him where he was.

He is not even as good as Pei Jian.

Although Nian Xi was blunt with Pei Jian, at least Pei Jian had always expressed his feelings openly and honestly.

Zhou Yanli knew better than anyone that there were only two options before him.

One is to let go.

One is to wait.

He could never let go and could only stay where he was, waiting for Nianxi to turn around and see himself behind her.

He saw wolves in front and tigers behind on this road, each one more cunning and treacherous than the other.

Zhou Yanli had seen how Nian Xi and Lu Wensheng got along. Lu Wensheng was very good at manipulating people's hearts and knew when to advance and retreat.

Even if Nianxi is not moved now, who can guarantee the future?

Nianxi admires him.

There are more than one way to express love. Appreciation and love are intertwined. Who can explain it clearly?

So he found Wen Qingheng.

At first, they talked about academic matters. After finishing the serious business, he did not leave in a hurry, but asked some random questions:

"Last time I heard Auntie talking about matchmaking, has Big Brother met the person of your dreams?"

What bothers Wen Qingheng the most right now is the word "starting a family", which is roughly the same effect as Wang Muyi hearing the word "tonifying soup".

"Don't talk about this anymore," he waved his hands impatiently, changing the subject, "Just now I saw you hesitated to talk, what's wrong?"

Wen Qingheng is still very caring towards Zhou Yanli, after all, he is his younger brother who he has watched grow up.

"I don't know whether I should say it or not."

Zhou Yanli was confused for a while, "Brother, you know that in my heart, you are no different from my relatives. These things are weighing on my heart, and they always make me feel uneasy."

Wen Qingheng was filled with doubts at his words. "It's okay. Just tell me."

Zhou Yanli had no choice but to say helplessly under Wen Qingheng's urging, "It's okay to tell my elder brother, but I can't let my elder sister know about this. I'm afraid she will be sad."

Wen Qingheng suddenly became serious when it came to his sister, "Is it related to Nian'er?"

Zhou Yanli should be correct.

After Wen Qingheng repeatedly promised not to tell Nianxi, Zhou Yanli simply said:

"Uncle Lu was very protective of my sister in the previous incident with Prince Jing, but because of the relationship with the Empress, there was a lot of criticism towards my sister in the palace. I don't go back to my aunt's house very often now, but when I do, I always hear Uncle Lu and my sister gossiping. I also know that Uncle Lu and my sister are innocent, but they are being gossiped about by the servants."

He always called him Uncle Lu, which made people feel that he was a greasy middle-aged man who was coveting an unmarried young girl.

Wen Qingheng frowned, "We don't have the ambition to climb high branches."

"I know. I know."

"It's just that Xiao Qi often comes to look for his sister."

Zhou Yanli hurriedly explained, "Xiao Qi had been involved in so many marriages before, but everything changed when it came to Sister. It was inevitable that the people in the Fuguo Mansion would misunderstand. I know that Sister is gentle and patient, and it's impossible not to love a child, but those people don't know that and just say that Sister is scheming."

"Uncle Lu is a very good man. Anyone who sees him would say he is a bandit. There are many women in the city who admire him."

"I know my sister is grateful to Uncle Lu and has no bad thoughts. I'm just afraid that she will be sad after hearing these idle words."

"So, big brother, don't let your sister know."

Wen Qingheng was silent for a while, "Whoever marries into their family will suffer!"

Zhou Yanli poured him a cup of tea and said, "That's why I rarely even go to see my aunt there now."

Wen Qingheng nodded with a cold face.

But I made up my mind to have less contact with the Lu family in the future! Especially that Lu Huai, a sly sly guy, who knows what evil ideas he has in mind.

Zhou Yanli said a few more words, then took the book and left.

After he left, Wen Qingheng looked at the steamless teacup in his hand and snorted:

This is also a lot of thought!

No one can easily marry his sister!

Stinky man!

snort!

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After the Chinese New Year, the weather has yet to warm up.

It's getting colder.

During this period, many children fell ill with typhoid fever.

Those who are well-off can consult doctors and seek medicine for treatment and recuperation, but poor families cannot even afford to eat enough, let alone buy medicine.

This time of year, when there is a shortage of food, is always the hardest.

Therefore, Liuji Hall recently set up a new soup kitchen and bought a lot of herbs for treating typhoid.

There was a poor woman holding a child with a high fever and asking for medicine. When Nianxi saw this, in addition to giving her medicine, she also asked Cuilian to take two cotton clothes donated by the capital for her to keep warm.

The woman was filled with tears of gratitude, and she knelt on the ground with her child and kowtowed. She was so simple and honest that she even asked the child to call her Nian Xi Niang instead...

Nian Xi didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Cui Lian stepped forward and pulled the woman and the child up from the ground, "Go back and make medicine for the child, why are you calling me mother?"

Her daughter hasn't married yet.

Pei Jian stood aside at a distance.

He saw Nian Xi's head slightly lowered, with a faint smile on her face.

Because of the distance, he couldn't hear what she said, but he could imagine that it must be a gentle whisper.

He felt something cold on his cheek and looked up. Snowflakes were falling from the sky.

It's snowing.

This is the first snow in spring, which means a good harvest and good luck.

He saw Nianxi childishly stretching out her hand. She was not afraid of the cold, so she went to catch the snowflakes falling from the sky, with a look of surprise and joy on her face.

She has a beautiful smile.

Pei Jian just watched silently from a distance. His heart ached and felt warm at the same time. He didn't realize that a smile had appeared on his face.

Thoughts fill my whole body with the vitality of life.

On this snowy afternoon, she shone brightly among the crowd, and he stood behind them, admiring her quietly.

Until the porridge stall was dismantled and she left in a carriage, she didn't notice that he accompanied her and was caught in the snow.

There was a layer of snow on her hair.

So does he.

Pei Jian looked up at the falling snow.

If we can get wet in the snow together one day, we can grow old together in this life.