Comrade Xu took advantage of the time while boiling the bath water to answer a lot of questions from his mother, brother, and sister.
Tonight he jumped into the river to save someone. Although he had changed his clothes, the river water was turbid and he felt very uncomfortable. So as soon as he got home, he went to the kitchen to boil water and prepare to take a bath.
Xu Tonglin was frightened by a snake and fell into the river. When Xu Tongdao told him, Ge Xiaozhu, Xu Tonglu and Ge Yuzhu were shocked.
Especially when he heard that no one dared to go into the water to save people, but Xu Tongdao jumped into the river to save Xu Tonglin, Ge Xiaozhu's face turned pale with fright.
Even though Tongdao Xu was right in front of her right now, she still couldn't help but worry and kept asking what happened next...
Comrade Xu had no intention of scaring them, so he naturally told the result in an understatement.
"Mom, has your fever gone?"
Comrade Xu remembered this and asked quickly.
Ge Xiaozhu smiled with relief, "I'm much better, you don't have to worry!"
Xu Tongdao was worried. He stood up and touched his mother's forehead, and then his own forehead. His brows wrinkled slightly, because his mother's fever had not gone away.
"Did you take your medicine tonight?"
"Well, eat! It will definitely be fine tomorrow. You don't have to worry about me! By the way, why don't you go to Shangwei tomorrow? Mom doesn't dare to let you go."
"No! Mom! Go to bed quickly! Yuzhu! I'll give you a task. You will sleep with mom tonight. Remember to touch mom's forehead at night. If you find that mom's body temperature is too high, remember to inform me as soon as possible.
And your second brother! Remember?"
In the last sentence, Comrade Xu gave his instructions to his sister Ge Yuzhu.
Ge Yuzhu was very obedient and nodded quickly in agreement.
Ge Xiaozhu frowned, "No need! I took medicine and the fever should be gone tonight, that's all! I'll go to Shangwei tomorrow, and you, your brother, and your sister will be fine at home."
Tongdao Xu shook his head, "Mom! Don't argue with me. Don't tell me that your fever may not go away tonight. Even if it goes away, you will definitely not have enough strength tomorrow. So, leave the matter of going to the fair to me.
Come on! I'm different from Xiao Linzi. I'm not as timid as him, and I'm not as good at paddling as he is. Well, that's it! Yuzhu, help mom go to rest quickly. I'll take a shower and go to bed later.
Already."
"Hey, okay, brother!" Ge Yuzhu quickly held her mother's arm and whispered to her mother to go back to her room to rest.
Ge Xiaozhu still wanted to argue, but Comrade Xu just shook his head.
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After the mother and sister left, only Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglu were left in the kitchen.
Xu Tongdao sat at the mouth of the stove with his head lowered to light the fire. Xu Tonglu sat on the water tank cover, his feet dangling in the air, his brows furrowed, looking at Xu Tongdao silently.
Tongdao Xu raised his eyes and glanced at him, and said calmly: "If you haven't gone to bed yet, what are you doing here? Go to sleep!"
Xu Tonglu was silent for a few seconds, and then suddenly said: "Mom said you are going to work to make money..."
After a pause, he added: "What if you get admitted to high school? You don't plan to go to high school?"
Comrade Xu lowered his head, casually took a piece of firewood, put it into the stove, and hummed lightly.
Xu Tonglu frowned even more, suddenly jumped down from the water tank, raised his voice, and said: "No! I don't agree! It's okay if you don't get into high school, but if you do, then I'll go work
Make money and I will provide for you!"
Hearing what he said, Comrade Xu was not excited.
He looked up at Xu Tonglu with a calm expression, and his tone was still very calm, "I didn't discuss it with you, whether you agree or not can't change my decision, and... I'm your brother! It's not your turn to make money.
! Unless I, Comrade Xu, am incompetent and cannot support you with the money I earn, then I will have no objection to whatever decision you make!"
"No! Why do you pretend to be a big brother to me? You are only one year older than me! I don't need you to earn money for me to study, and I don't want to study anymore!"
Xu Tonglu objected categorically and looked excited.
Xu Tongdao stared at him with squinted eyes for a while, then stood up slowly, walked over, walked up to Xu Tonglu, his eyes became sharp, he stared into Xu Tonglu's eyes at close range, and whispered: "I told you, I didn't discuss it with you.
!Tonglu Xu! I'm warning you, if your grades drop drastically in the future, I'll break your legs! I'm the boss! Making money is my responsibility, and your responsibility... is to study hard! If you fail the exam next year
In high school, I will break your legs as well!"
Xu Tonglu had obviously never seen Xu Tonglu with such sharp eyes.
Therefore, under Xu Tongdao's sharp eyes at this time, Xu Tonglu couldn't help but take a half step back, but the unruly nature in his bones made him feel ashamed, so his face quickly turned red, he held his neck and shouted
: "Stop coming!! Why do you care about me? You are not my dad! Besides...you may not be able to beat me..."
He was very angry and shouted loudly.
But he didn't understand the temper of the reborn Xu Tongdao. Before he finished speaking, he saw Xu Tongdao suddenly stretched out his right hand, pinched Xu Tonglu's neck with five fingers, and stared fiercely.
Xu Tonglu quickly used both hands to break off Xu Tongdao's hand, but before he could do so, Xu Tongdao also used his left hand and strangled Xu Tonglu's neck with both hands. No matter how much Xu Tonglu struggled, he couldn't break it open.
He yelled intermittently and with difficulty: "You, let go!! Comrade Xu! I ask you to let go! Don't force me!"
The more he shouted, the tighter Xu Comrade pinched him.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?"
"Brother? What happened?"
There were footsteps in the hall, as well as suspicious inquiries from my mother and sister.
In the kitchen, Xu Tongdao pushed his younger brother Xu Tonglu away, causing Xu Tonglu's legs to hit the water tank behind him and he almost fell down.
"Don't think I'm joking with you! Xu Tonglu! Remember, I will have the final say in this family from now on! If I ask you to study hard, you will study hard for me! If you dare to disobey me, I will whip you!"
After lowering his voice and scolding Xu Tonglu, Xu Tonglu turned to the hall and shouted: "Mom! It's okay! You go to bed quickly! It's really okay!"
Mother Ge Xiaozhu and sister Ge Yuzhu were still worried. They came to the back door of the main room and looked into the kitchen.
Comrade Xu, who had just finished taking care of his younger brother, gave them a smile.
Xu Tonglu, who had just been punished, kept a straight face, tilted his head and said nothing because he wanted to save face.
The mother and sister saw that the two brothers were doing well. Although they were still suspicious, they did not come to the kitchen.
"Then you should go to bed early! Our family is already in dire straits. You two brothers should stop having conflicts and save your mother some trouble, okay?"
Mother Ge Xiaozhu couldn't help but tell them.
"Don't worry, Mom!"
Tongdao Xu responded with a smile.
Xu Tonglu glanced at him coldly, curled his lips, and remained silent.
Mother and sister went back to sleep.
Xu Tonglu looked at Xu Tonglu with anger and fear, gritted his teeth, turned around and strode away.
As a result, Tongdao Xu was the only one left in the kitchen.
He actually didn't want to do anything to his brother like he just did, he really didn't want to.
But he also knew very well how rebellious his brother was, especially after his father disappeared. He was completely lawless and would not listen to anyone.
Xu Tongdao had no confidence that he could control this troubled brother with his own words. In a few days at most, he would go to the county to find a job to make money, and he would definitely not have time to look at Xu Tonglu every day.
So, seeing Xu Tonglu's unruly look just now, he couldn't help but take action.
At that time, he thought: Since it doesn't make sense logically, let's do it! It's better for this kid to be afraid of me in the future than for him to be afraid of no one and continue to be lawless.