Father Zhou looked at his eldest daughter and said, "You are eight years older than me. You are not good at doing things, and you are not good at seeing things. What can you do? I spent more than 900 yuan to bring you back, just to bring back an ancestor like you?
If you don't cook, don't eat. If you insist on cooking, you eat it yourself. You have to buy your own food and you are not allowed to touch anything at home."
Zhou Yu was scared, "I'll do it, I'll do it right away."
"Okay, I want to eat in half an hour. There are two stoves! If you think about it, you can have food in ten minutes. I'll see how fast you can do it."
Zhou Yu immediately became nervous and hurriedly steamed buns on the new stove and boiled water to cook porridge on the old stove.
Father Zhou looked at her taking those buns, and said angrily, "How many people are there at home? Do you know? How many people can you feed by making ten buns?"
"Don't be stingy like your grandma. Don't you know how many buns you can eat in one meal? Ling Ran is coming to help today. Have you taken that into account? Can you even think about others?"
Zhou's mother watched her eldest daughter being scolded without saying a word or joining in. This eldest daughter was too stupid and also too fussy.
Zhou Yu finished breakfast with difficulty while his father was nagging him. Zhou's father drank the porridge that didn't taste right and looked at his eldest daughter, sighing. Without the youngest daughter at home, he felt that everything was wrong.
When Zhou thought of the county town, Zuo Heng and Zhou Hua had just finished their meal and were cleaning up the dishes!
"Why did you just finish breakfast? Did you get up late?"
"No, sister, I was slow in doing things, and I also made Zuo Heng slow down." Zhou Hua answered first.
"Then you should hurry up next time. If school starts, won't you cause Zuo Heng to be late for class?"
Zhou Hua nodded. "Yes, I need to speed up and not drag down Zuo Heng. Then I won't go home with you. I want to train here and practice speed with Zuo Heng."
"Great! The house is a mess, it's uninhabitable."
"What happened at home?"
Zhou Xiang mentioned the renovation of his home, and Zhou Hua asked, "Will there be a place to stay when I go back for the summer vacation?"
"Yes, you can go back anytime you want. I will make you a new quilt. My eldest brother's kang is very big. When you go back, you can take the quilt and sleep on the kang with him."
"I don't want to go back now. Zuo Heng and I are fine here."
"Okay, I won't go back. I'm here today to transfer you to another school. Someone will come to find me later. Are you two going to the five small buildings on the west side?"
Zuo Heng and Zhou Hua both nodded.
"Sister, wait a minute. I'll go get the rhubarb I re-carved to show you."
Zhou Xiang nodded, and after seeing him leave, he asked Zuo Heng in a low voice how his third brother was doing these past two days.
"It's okay, but sometimes he gets too dazed. When I call him, he takes a while to respond before answering me. He gets along well with me. He doesn't want to sleep in the west room and wants to sleep in the same room with me."
"Let's do it this way for now! Take your time."
Zuo Heng nodded. "With him here, I feel at peace because I'm not the only one at home anymore. It doesn't feel empty anymore."
"If he comes home, you can go play with him. As his classmate, my dad won't suspect anything."
Zuo Heng nodded. Zhou Xiang had told him about the Zhou family’s situation.
Zhou Hua came in with the wood carving and said, "Sister, do you think it looks very similar this time?"
Zhou Xiang looked at the wood carving handed to him. It was indeed very similar. His third brother had this talent.
"Yes, very much so."
Zhou Hua laughed happily, "Zuo Heng also said it's very similar."
The three of them chatted for a while, and then Zhou Yizhou came and said as soon as he entered the door that he had not eaten!
Zuo Heng went to make him a bowl of noodles and an egg.
Zhou Yizhou finished eating and said with emotion: "I didn't expect Zuo Heng's cooking to be so delicious. It tastes like home."
Then he looked at Zhou Hua and asked Zhou Xiang, "Is this your third brother?"
Zhou Xiang nodded, "Yes, his name is Zhou Hua."
"Third brother, this guy is Zhou Yizhou. I call him Brother, but you can also call him Fatty Brother."
Zhou Hua nodded. "Hello, Fat Brother! My name is Zhou Hua."
Zhou Yizhou looked at Zhou Xiang in confusion, something was wrong.
Zhou Xiang blinked hard at him.
Zhou Yizhou understood and said to Zhou Hua, "Hello! My name is Zhou Yizhou. Just call me Brother Zhou or Big Brother, don't call me Fat Brother."
"No, listen to my sister."
Zhou Xiang took his brother's hand and said, "Yes, listen to me, it's absolutely right. Let's go, let's go to the school to check out the environment. If it's not good, we can change to another school. Fatty brother is very good."
Zhou Hua nodded and said, "Let's go. I'll carry the schoolbag."
"No, I don't have classes today, so I don't need to carry my schoolbag."
Zuo Heng took his household registration book and went out together.
Zhou Yizhou's big jeep was parked not far from the door. He sat cross-leggedly on the passenger seat, and Zhou Xiang and Zhou Hua sat in the back seat.
"Let's go to Spark Mall first. I need to get my brother's household registration book."
Zhou Yizhou nodded and started the car.
Zhou Hua sat in the car, looking around and touching things everywhere.
"Third brother, don't touch it. Your hands will get dirty. What's so special about a broken jeep? You can only be special about it when you have a car."
Zhou Hua said "oh" and then sat up straight.
Arriving at the back alley of Xinghuo Shopping Mall, Zhou wanted to get out of the car and said, "Third brother, wait for me. I'll be out soon."
Zhou Hua nodded.
Zhou Yizhou pulled out the car keys and said, "Sister, I'll go with you."
Walking beside Zhou Xiang, he asked in a low voice, "What's going on with your third brother?"
"My grandmother beat me with a stick every day for five years. I've become a little autistic. Now I just go to her to get my household registration book."
Zhou Yizhou didn't expect this answer. He thought he had an intellectual disability! It turned out he was being controlled too much. He wanted to see for himself what kind of old man was beating people with a stick every day.
The door to the courtyard was open, and Zhou Yizhou followed Zhou Xiang in. He felt like he was standing alone in the courtyard, and it was already full.
"Just wait here! You can't get in there."
Zhou Xiang went into the outer room and saw Liu Shan. He wondered what he was mumbling at the door of his grandmother's room! They always spoke in the language of Jiang Province.
"Grandma, I'm here to get the household registration book." Zhou Xiang shouted inside.
"Come in!"
"Uncle, please move your noble body aside."
Looking at Liu Shan's malicious smile and his unwillingness to move at the door, Zhou Xiang wanted to kick him away.
In his previous life, this beast would often sneak up on me from behind while I was doing my homework.
"Grandma, my cousin is standing at the door and I can't squeeze in. Please hand me over the household registration book!"
When Old Lady Liu heard what her younger granddaughter said, and thought of what she had said about her nephew harassing her older granddaughter, she immediately moved her small feet to the door.
Looking at Liu Shan's standing posture, if the little granddaughter wanted to come in, she would have to squeeze in past him.
He can take advantage of both his body and hands. It seems that what the little granddaughter said should be true without verification. No wonder he often stands at the door and talks to himself!
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