Nan Xiaonan was silent. Has he ever made money? No, Nan Xiaonan has never worried about money. He always has a lot of money on him. The eldest and second brothers always give him enough money when he goes out. Until now
Nan Xiaonan even has a vague concept of money. Even so, Nan Xiaonan also knows the importance of money to normal people. Mom, dad, elder brother and second brother work so hard just to make money.
"No." Nan Xiaonan shook his head sincerely, he really didn't.
Only then did Xu Chengze notice what he said and moved his mouth: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that."
"You're right." Nan Xiaonan sat beside Xu Chengze's bed, looking at her eyes that were red from the sadness caused by the fever. This person must be very fragile now, "I have never experienced the hard work of making money, because the eldest brother and the second brother
Because I have never been short of money, and I don’t think I have any need to make you feel balanced. You are more mature than me, may have better grades than me, are more sensible and can tolerate loneliness better than me, and I
No, I can’t do without my eldest and second brothers, I can’t do without my parents, and I can’t do without my grandma. All of them are very important to me, and I definitely don’t want to be without them in the future.”
Xu Chengze looked at the ceiling and listened to the young man talking in his ear. The young man's voice was very soft, not quite like the other male students in the class who were always making noises. He seemed to be holding sweet sugar in his mouth.
It makes people feel annoying.
"So you are actually very strong, and I admire you very much, but I don't envy you." Nan Xiaonan hugged her knees with her hands and curled up on the chair, "I absolutely cannot bear to live without them."
Everyone in this world is different, so there is no need to compare. Xu Chengze is very independent, and he may never learn to be independent.
"It's just that I think there's nothing wrong with this, because you actually envy me." Nan Xiaonan said this without any malice. He just stated the facts he saw, "If you envy me, then you can work hard.
Although your parents are very busy now and have no time to take care of you, there will definitely be a day when things get better in the future, and you will be able to take care of yourself. In the future, you will also have people who love you more, and everything will get better.
Have expectations for the future.”
"What about you?" Xu Chengze asked, "What are your expectations for the future?"
"I hope my grades will be better and I can be admitted to the same university that my eldest and second brothers went to. Like my eldest and second brothers, I can also join the company to help my eldest and second brothers in the future. I can also impress everyone else like my eldest and second brothers.
I admire you endlessly, and I love you just like my eldest brother and my second brother love me."
"You can't even say a word without your eldest brother and second brother. How are you going to grow up like this?"
"Why do you have to grow up?" Nan Xiaonan tilted her head and leaned on her knees, "You are forced to grow up, do you feel good about it?"
Xu Chengze was choked and couldn't answer the call at all. How could it be okay? If it was okay, why would he envy Nan Xiaonan.
"Look, right? I also know that I am living a good life now, so I am very grateful for the life I have now. I want happiness to last longer. My starting point is different from yours. You may be better than me.
It will be a little harder, but one day when you can feel happiness, you will realize how I feel now. Everyone's happiness is different. Maybe your happiness is not the same as mine?"
Xu Chengze was stunned for a moment, what is his happiness?
"What is the closest happiness you can think of right now?"
Xu Chengze's feverish and uncomfortable brain was thinking at the moment. Although it was chaotic, he was still thinking that his parents would be busier than usual during the Chinese New Year. He couldn't hinder his parents. Their family was in difficulty, and family reunion was also difficult.
, but what about beyond that?
"I want..." What is the nearest happiness? Xu Chengze suddenly cried.
"what do you want?"
"I want to be able to eat a whole roast chicken by myself during the Chinese New Year." Xu Chengze covered his eyes, feeling ashamed of his hopeless wish, but he didn't know why he said it. This is what he is doing now
The most simple happiness I can hope for is, "I have thought about it before. Since I can't celebrate the Chinese New Year with my parents, I must have a good meal. I saved up money for myself and decided to spend the Chinese New Year on the night of the Chinese New Year.
I ordered the biggest roast chicken in the store to eat. The roast chicken there is very expensive, but I just want to eat it, and I also want fragrant and shiny rice. It’s Chinese New Year, and I also want to indulge.”
Nan Xiaonan raised her lips: "I actually want to eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year. I saw on TV that many families eat dumplings or glutinous rice balls during the Chinese New Year. Everyone mixes dumpling fillings, rolls out dumpling skins to make dumplings, or rolls glutinous rice balls. But,
My eldest brother and my second brother don’t like eating glutinous rice balls, so I want to make dumplings.”
Xu Chengze and Nan Xiaonan met their eyes for a moment, and both teenagers were full of expectations for the New Year.
"Do I have to have the roast chicken from that restaurant?" Nan Xiaonan suddenly asked.
“The main thing is which restaurant’s roast chicken is the best.”
"How do you know it's the best?"
"I heard what others said."
Nan Xiaonan thought for a while: "But the roast chicken made by our chef is also delicious. Our chef's skills are more exquisite than the cooking uncle. He specializes in cooking and has a chef qualification certificate. Maybe what he cooks is also good.
It’s delicious.”
"Is your chef so good?"
"Well, the eldest brother and the second brother are actually very foody people. And because I like sports and always want a balanced nutrition, I hired a chef. In the beginning, our family didn't actually want a chef, but later I found that cooking was too troublesome.
Yes, the rice cooked by grandma is high in oil and salt. Ever since my eldest brother ate it, he had a bellyful of food, hahahaha."
"Why are you laughing?" Xu Chengze asked.
"You won't believe it, but my eldest brother pays attention to his figure. His muscles are super beautiful. But during the time when grandma was cooking, he was very busy and neglected to exercise, so his abdominal muscles almost disappeared. One day I woke up and touched my eldest brother's abdomen.
So soft, after talking to the eldest brother, the eldest brother’s face turned green, and then he went to hire a chef without saying a word and started to exercise more every morning and evening.”
"Well... your eldest brother does look very powerful." Xu Chengze was embarrassed to say that he was not just strong, it should be said that he was a bit too strong. He was tall, and his body gave people an oppressive force.
It was really too big, and although Nan Xiaonan was not tall, he was definitely a boy. The eldest brother hugged Nan Xiaonan like a little chicken.
"The eldest brother is a very hard-working person, and he also likes hard-working people. The people under the eldest brother are all workaholics. The eldest brother has a secretary named Mu Zixuan. Mu Ge works like a life-threatening person. He works hard every day.
It’s too late to get into money’s eyes and you can’t get out.”
Xu Chengze listened, feeling envious in his heart, but he didn't say it out loud like before.
"I hurt my hand, and the convenience store may have to resign. You just said you would take me in during this period, right?"
"Yes." When the personal doctor came, he also changed the medicine for the two of them. Nan Xiaonan also saw Xu Chengze's arm. There were obvious bruises on the shoulder blades, which hurt just looking at them.
"Then can you let me work here?" Xu Chengze said, this may be an opportunity, "I will do my best here to do the work I can do. Can you pay me according to the amount of my work?"
"Well, you might want to ask the housekeeper about this matter and see if there is any shortage of people there now."
"Can't you make the decision?" Xu Chengze asked abruptly.
"I don't need anyone to take care of me?" Nan Xiaonan tilted her head, "I have hands and feet and I can clean the room by myself, don't I need someone to take care of me?"
"What about the others?"
"The eldest brother has always been very self-disciplined, and his room has always been well kept. Although the second brother is a bit sloppy, he will do whatever he is told." Then Nan Xiaonan frowned as he spoke, "So
It seems like I’m the only one who eats and waits to die every day?”
Xu Chengze laughed.
"Don't laugh, I'm serious, wait a minute." Nan Xiaonan reached out and pressed the bedside bell, "Brother Butler, come here!"
Is it really a call bell? Xu Chengze feels complicated. Being a housekeeper in this family is too hard. If there is a call bell, then he has to be on call 24 hours a day?
The butler arrived soon. The butler of Xiaonan's family did not need to pay much attention to dressing. In addition, he was a young man, and his appearance was much more youthful than that of the old butler. However, the butler's brother had received professional butler training, and his etiquette was better than that of the old butler.
The old housekeeper is much more formal.
"Are we short of someone at home now?" Nan Xiaonan asked the housekeeper to sit down aside.
"Young Master, we do not currently employ any servants."
"Uh?" Nan Xiaonan was stunned for a moment, "You're lying, I've seen someone cleaning the house many times!"
"Those are temporary cleaners who were hired. I am responsible for maintenance most of the time. As long as maintenance is done frequently, there are not many places that really need to be cleaned."
"Ah!" Nan Xiaonan seemed to remember something and hugged her head, "I remembered that my eldest brother said he didn't like that there were too many people in our space, so he didn't hire a servant! Brother Butler, aren't you usually like this?
Is it hard? I have to do laundry and clean the house every day.”
"As long as you find the order of doing the work and practice makes perfect, it's actually not complicated. Most of the tasks are relatively mechanical and I can do them all by myself, so it's worthy of the salary I'm paid."
"Look, it seems that there is no shortage of people in our family." Nan Xiaonan looked at Xu Chengze who was still having a fever next to him, "So you can just rest and recuperate. Since you have some relationship with us, it is natural for us to take care of you.
"
"Are the homes of rich people actually so simple? When I heard that the housekeeper is called the eldest young master or the second young master, I thought there would be many servants in the house. It seems to be no different from ordinary people's homes."
Xu Chengze's words made the housekeeper couldn't help but look up at the other person. He didn't find any malice in the other person's eyes, so what he said was basically unintentional.
"As for servants, yes, but not here." Nan Xiaonan obviously did not receive any malice. His experience of malice was basically based on his feelings.
"There are a total of ten servants in the main house where the master lives, including a chef, a housekeeper, two drivers, and a gardener." The housekeeper's voice was very decent, and Nan Xiaonan was also surprised after hearing it, "Dad
Did you hire so many servants?"
"It is not always necessary to have so many people in the mansion. It is basically a shift system. The servants are basically on call 24 hours a day, and the skills of the servants also need to be relatively comprehensive. Basically every servant has
At least know how to cook in case of emergencies."
"Oh..." This was the first time Nan Xiaonan heard of such a thing, and she felt very strange.
"So awesome." Xu Chengze was stunned for a moment after hearing this.
"I heard from the young master that Mr. Xu has the idea of working here?" the housekeeper asked.
"Yes, but it doesn't seem necessary."
"If it is Master Xu's suggestion, it should be possible through the old lady." The housekeeper then began to ask some questions, "Then Master Xu, can you tell me what special skills you have?"
Xu Chengze was stunned for a moment: "I... I'm just a high school student, and I haven't learned any skills. If it's cleaning, I can still do it."
"Cleaning is not an innate skill. It also requires training. So let me ask a simple question. What should I do if the young master's clothes are stained with oil?" The butler's expression can be said to be quite serious.
, Nan Xiaonan looked at the housekeeper helplessly. He always felt that the housekeeper seemed to be in a bad mood. Is it his imagination?
"Um, take a shower?"
"How to wash?"
"……washing machine?"
The housekeeper shook his head: "Every piece of the young master's clothes was carefully selected by the second young master. The price is high and the materials are different. First of all, we should distinguish the material of the clothes and what method is suitable for washing, dry cleaning, machine washing, hand washing, and what is needed.
What kind of detergent can ensure that the clothing materials are not damaged, and which clothes are disposable clothes that need to be saved or discarded after being worn. These need to be taken seriously, and it is not just a matter of washing them when they are dirty.
Simple."
Xu Chengze: "..."
Nan Xiaonan: “???”
It was also the first time that Nan Xiaonan knew that his clothes were so difficult to operate. Today, he really learned a lot.
"If I do simple physical work, I can do it. If it's complicated work that requires physical strength, you can just leave it to me. If you need something more detailed, you can tell me how to do it, and I will learn it," Xu Chengze said.
"I'm afraid that Master Xu will not stay here for long. He should only start school in high school. This way, there is too little time to study. I am afraid that you will no longer need this skill just after I teach you. Besides, if it is physical work,
I'm afraid it won't be good for your wound recovery, and the severity will be even more difficult than working as a cashier outside."
Xu Chengze fell silent.
Nan Xiaonan also fell silent.
Suddenly the two teenagers present felt that they were actually useless.
"Master Xu, everything has its own complexity. If you don't understand the rules, you shouldn't make random comments."
After the butler's words fell, both young men came to their senses. The butler was refuting Xu Chengze's unintentional words just now.
"He is still sick." Nan Xiaonan reminded.
"Sorry, young master, I was too talkative."
Nan Xiaonan looked at the housekeeper in front of her and suddenly said, "What are the housekeeper's plans for the Chinese New Year?"
"Ready to go home."
"I remember your home is in this city, right?"
"Yes."
"Well..." Nan Xiaonan tilted her head and thought for a moment, "Then turn off your mobile phone during the Chinese New Year! I allow it!"
There was a smile in the butler's eyes: "Okay, young master."
Seeing the butler smiling, Nan Xiaonan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The butler's brother was so serious just now, which made him a little uncomfortable.
Xu Chengze, who was on the side, was obedient and silent, but at this moment, he turned his back. Nan Xiaonan was in a very subtle mood. He had finally managed to coax the person, so why did the housekeeper make the person unhappy again? He
Remember the housekeeper's regulations don't say that the host should not make irresponsible remarks to the host's guests? Why did you suddenly become so angry today?
In the end, Nan Xiaonan didn't know what to say, so she could only leave the room, hoping that grandma wouldn't say that he made people unhappy.
"Butler, do you know that a certain restaurant's roast chicken is very delicious?" Nan Xiaonan asked.
"Well, that restaurant has always been famous for its roast chicken, but in fact it also sells brand names. If the young master wants to eat roast chicken, he can tell the chef, and the chef will choose the best one for the young master from the beginning to the end.
Make roast chicken.”
"Will it taste better than a certain restaurant?"
"The taste of food should depend on personal taste, but I believe that the chef's skills at home will not be worse than theirs."
"You seem very confident in our chef?"
"After all, there is a difference between food cooked with care and food produced on an assembly line outside."
Nan Xiaonan pretended to touch his chin, feeling... as if the housekeeper was a little defensive?
"Are you unhappy?" Nan Xiaonan never likes to keep questions in her heart.
"Young Master." The housekeeper finally showed a helpless smile, "Sure enough, nothing can escape the eyes of Young Master."
"He didn't mean to say that." Nan Xiaonan explained.
"Maybe, but I also hope that he knows that everyone needs to be responsible for what they say. The young master is indeed a rich man. There is no doubt about it, but being rich is also the hard work of the family. He should not criticize from the perspective of a weak person.
others."
"But in comparison, I'm really useless." Nan Xiaonan lowered his head, he couldn't make money very well.
"Young Master, don't belittle yourself in anything." The housekeeper was always very gentle when facing Nan Xiaonan. Nan Xiaonan always thought that he was doing it for the sake of his eldest and second brothers.
"I don't study well, I don't look good, and I don't know if I will make money in the future. I still spend my family's money on buying things, playing games, and wasting electricity..."
Suddenly the housekeeper laughed in a low voice. Why was he laughing?
"Young Master, money is not the only thing that can be used in this world. Young Master's ability is unmatched by anyone."
"Don't compliment me." He really knows how much he weighs.
"No, young master, I don't like to compliment others. Young master, your position in this family is much more important than you think. You are the cohesion of this family."
Nan Xiaonan was confused when he heard it: "It doesn't sound like it has any special effect."
"You just have to make sure you're important."
Nan Xiaonan nodded in understanding. The butler stretched out his hand to cover the smile at the corner of his mouth. He did go a bit out of line today. He offended the guest and asked the young master to make him laugh. It was indeed a bit unprofessional, cough cough.
Nan Qinse and Nan Heming didn't show any concern at all about Xu Chengze's illness. Xu Chengze also stayed in the room, saying that it was difficult to spread the cold to others, so he stayed in the room and ate without caring about the surroundings.
How is the person? Grandma would occasionally go in and chat with her. Every time her grandma went in, Nan Xiaonan wanted to follow him. Then, listening to her grandma despising him and praising Xu Chengze, she got jealous and threw herself into the arms of her elder brother for comfort when she left the house.
This actually allowed Nan Qinse to enjoy the pleasure of being spoiled.
Nan Heming looked at him with a half-smile every time, and then Nan Xiaonan would step forward and tug at the corner of Nan Heming's clothes, and he would be fine immediately.
Fortunately, Xu Chengze's cold came and went quickly. Although the injury on his arm was serious, the boy's body recovered very quickly, without any problems like weeds. However, the bruises on Nan Xiaonan's body recovered very slowly. Every day
At night, the wounds on his knees would be carefully taken care of by Nan Heming, who said that ugly scars should never be left on Nan Xiaonan's body. It was obvious that Xu Chengze was the sick one, but it made it seem like he was the sick one.
"I'm so squeamish all the time." Every time she saw Nan Heming doting on Nan Xiaonan, grandma would get angry. "Look at Xiao Xu, did he say a word when he was hurt so badly?"
Leaning on the dining table, Xu Chengze's position has always been closer to his grandma, and he has always been closer to her grandma.
"Xiao Nan has been coquettish since she was a child. It's not like you don't know." Nan Heming didn't think there was anything wrong in saying this at all, and was even very proud. "I worked hard to raise Xiao Nan to be so coquettish, not just to make him
It’s not like we can’t afford to take care of it after being exposed to the wind and sun outside and becoming rough and thick-skinned.”
"..." Nan Xiaonan, the center of the topic, "You are so cute. I am a rock climbing expert and the third runner-up in the first-class sprint and long-distance running in tennis. I am also on the school team. I also dance very well!"
"Ahem..." Nan Qinse who was on the side couldn't help laughing when she saw Nan Heming being brought down, and immediately covered it up, "Yes, how can we, Xiaonan, an all-around athlete, call him cute? Right, grandma?"
"What's the use of this? Are you going to carry bricks on construction sites in the future?"
Nan Qinse knew that the old man was not dissatisfied with Nan Xiaonan but with them. Every time Nan Xiaonan was innocently taken as the center of the topic and provoked provocation from both sides, he was used to it.
"Being good at sports is also a strong point. Physical education students can get extra points in the college entrance examination." Xu Chengze suddenly said this out of nowhere, "I wish I was also a physical education student."
Nan Xiaonan giggled and scratched her hair: "Yes, I joined the school team to get extra points at first, hahahaha, I forgot."