Chapter 21： brother

Although Qi Haoran has always looked down on the cowardice of the royal family, he is still very loyal to the emperor. Since he was a child, he has heard his father say how charitable the emperor is. Hearing Mu Yangling's words at this time, it is inevitable that he cannot accept it.

Fan Zijin also widened his eyes, looked at Mu Yangling in disbelief, and said, "This is just one side of your words, maybe it was done by local corrupt officials?"

"He is the emperor. Whether it is a corrupt official or his original intention, isn't it all his responsibility?"

Although    was a rogue, the two teenagers could not refute it.

Qi Haoran frowned, caught in the tangle that my emperor was not the good person I imagined.

Fan Zijin was also depressed, but he quickly grasped the point and asked, "You said just now that grain is cheap in the countryside, but rice is expensive in the city?"

Mu Yangling nodded, "I don't know if it was the local gentry, or the government, or whether they colluded, and they all participated. Anyway, our life is very difficult now. Fortunately, the apportioned soldiers receive food. They also ask to receive money, so the people really don’t have to live.”

The four of them had eaten. Mu Yangling was very grateful to them and said, "Thank you for this today. If you come to the mountain village another day, I will invite you to eat mountain delicacies."

Qi Haoran said with a hearty smile: "This is what you said, you are not allowed to deny it when I go to you."

Mu Yangling patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, there is nothing else, Shan Zhen takes care of it."

Mu Yangling didn't talk big, Shanzhen was nothing in Mu's house, but unfortunately, Shanzhen is not too rare here because it is backed by mountains.

Fan Zijin saw that the father and daughter were far away, so he asked Qi Haoran, "Why are you being so nice to her?"

Qi Haoran looked at Fan Zijin strangely, "We are friends."

Fan Zijin twitched the corners of his mouth, "We've only met her twice, how did we become friends?"

Qi Haoran frowned slightly and said disapprovingly: "Zijin, you are too suspicious. She helped us yesterday, and we helped her today. Are you friends?"

"Her ancestors have Hu people blood, and she has good skills. I think we should be more careful."

Qi Haoran pouted in disapproval, and slapped him on the head with a slap behind him. Qi Haoran felt the wind, tilted his head, avoided the slap, his eyes widened, his left hand pulled Fan Zijin behind him, and his right hand grabbed the hand , Li Yan glared at the hand, only to see the big brother standing behind him.

Qi Haoran was stunned, and quickly let go of his eldest brother's hand and called out, "Brother, why is it you?"

Qi Xiuyuan didn't expect his younger brother to be so alert. Seeing his series of actions, his heart ached. This kid ran all the way from Lin'an Mansion to here, and he didn't know how much he had to suffer to become so alert and sensitive.

Qi Xiuyuan suppressed the pity in his eyes and said, "Who do you think it is?"

Shi Jian behind Qi Xiuyuan said with a smile: "Fourth Young Master, the eldest son has been upstairs long ago. I ordered dishes and waited for you. Seeing that Fourth Young Master and Young Master Biao have guests, that's why I didn't show up."

"Have you finished all the dishes you ordered?"

Shijian was stunned for a moment. He didn't quite understand why the Fourth Young Master asked this, but he still shook his head and said, "No, we ordered a lot of dishes, how can the eldest son finish it all by himself?"

"Have you settled the bill yet?"

"I haven't had time yet..."

Qi Haoran breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "That's right, I'm not full yet, let's go eat again, we'll pack it back if we can't finish it."

Shijian and Feibai were stunned, it was the first time they saw the Fourth Young Master like this.

Fan Zijin frowned, but when he saw his partner smiling, he knew that he was hungry some time ago, and he hadn't changed his state, and felt even more guilty. If it wasn't for him, they wouldn't have suffered so much along the way.

Qi Xiu's vision was that his younger brother, who had always been a lawless overlord, would even pack food. His heart was suddenly broken into several petals.

He reached out and touched Qi Haoran's head, suppressed the tears in his eyes, and nodded: "Okay, let's go to dinner, you can order what you want, and after eating, we will order your favorite food and pack it back."

Qi Haoran looked at his elder brother ignorantly, and always felt that something was wrong, but he really wasn't full when he ate with the Mu family's father and daughter just now.

He didn't know that Mu Yangling had such a big appetite. When he saw that she was eating deliciously, he was obviously not too hungry. Considering her poor family background, he didn't stretch out his chopsticks very much. After running for a long time today, he was hungry early. The front is on the back, so it's more important to go to dinner quickly.

Qi Xiuyuan felt sorry for his younger brother, so he sat down at the dinner table, and then asked Xiaoer to add two more meat dishes, and said to his little brother who was gobbling up: "You eat slowly, we don't have enough to order more."

Qi Haoran nodded while eating, glanced at the dishes on the table, and said, "I guess enough."

Fan Zijin rolled his eyes, ate with chopsticks, and said, "It's almost time for the rice bucket."

"The more you eat, the faster you grow. Now I'm taller and stronger than you." Qi Haoran said proudly.

Fan Zijin choked and retorted, "No, it only grows on the limbs, it can be said that the limbs are developed." He just doesn't have a brain.

It's a pity that Qi Haoran didn't hear what he was hiding, so he was very proud of his mouth.

On the contrary, the sarcastic Fan Zijin was choked.

Qi Xiuyuan sat on the side with a smile and watched the two bickering, it was no surprise that he had long since seen it.

When they had almost eaten, Qi Xiuyuan said, "Take a break, we will go back to the barracks later, the horses are ready."

Fan Zijin said sternly: "Big cousin, shall we enter the camp like this?"

Qi Xiuyuan snorted coldly and said, "Xiying is my territory, who would dare to say bad? You can just live in the barracks, I'll go and invite you to a gentleman, and study in the camp."

Qi Haoran opened his mouth wide and wailed: "I still want to study? No, brother, I want to join the army to train, I don't want to study anymore."

Qi Xiuyuan snorted, "How old are you? What kind of army are you in? Let me study honestly, and let me know that you don't listen to your husband, and I won't beat you up."

Qi Haoran stalked his neck and said, "I'm not meant to study. What's wrong with me wanting to practice martial arts? In short, I just don't study."

Qi Xiuyuan's hands were itchy, but he thought that he was outside, and he had just reunited with his younger brother. He gritted his teeth and said, "We'll talk about it when we get back to the military camp."

Qi Haoran, like a concubine, stuffed something into his mouth like a vent, with bulging cheeks and round eyes staring at his brother.

Not to mention Qi Xiuyuan, even Fan Zijin was soft-hearted, and could not help but say good things for him, "Big cousin, Haoran is indeed not a material for reading, I think it is better to let him study for half a day and practice martial arts for half a day, otherwise even if he is detained in the study, I'm afraid he doesn't care."

Qi Haoran nodded with his bulging cheeks, his round eyes looked at his big brother expectantly, he just regretted that his mouth was so full that he couldn't speak, so he could only nod "woohoo".

Fan Zijin supported his forehead and couldn't bear to look at him.

A smile flashed in Qi Xiuyuan's eyes, but he said straightly: "I will consider it."

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