How can someone travel through time and space and become a beggar?

Chapter 122

After dinner, the family sat in the courtyard to enjoy the cool air. Dong Xiaohuan said, "Another matchmaker came to the store today."

Xia Chu was about to tease someone about whose daughter had taken a fancy to the brothers, but she noticed Dong Xiaohuan's eyes on her. She immediately pulled Wang Qiuyu over and asked, "Have you finished your homework?"

Homework? Isn't it usually done after dinner? Wang Qiuyu opened his eyes wide and blinked, looking confused and said, "No?"

Xia Chu took advantage of everyone's lack of reaction and pulled Wang Qiuyu away, "Why don't you go quickly? Don't you know how to do it? Sister will teach you. Go, go, go."

Zhang Zhou was the first to laugh, and Wang Yong shook his head. Dong Xiaohuan didn't mean to force her daughter, but seeing her like this made her a little annoyed, she pushed Wang Yong and said, "Look at your good daughter!"

"You're using me as a shield again!" Wang Qiuyu came to his senses and said angrily.

"Go do your homework." Xia Chu stuffed a lotus seed candy into his mouth and went back to her room to play the pipa.

The next day, Xia Tian was on leave, so he returned, bringing Zhao Huazhang with him. Ever since Xia Tian joined the barracks, the relationship between the two had improved considerably. After hearing that Zhao Huazhang had saved his sister and that they had beaten up He Suowei together, Xia Tian now considered Zhao Huazhang a brother.

Zhao Huazhang brought a jar of good wine and a roast goose and came to the house to have a free meal.

Wang Yong loves to drink, but Dong Xiaohuan usually keeps him under strict control and doesn't let him drink too much. But when a guest comes today, he doesn't care who it is, as long as there's wine.

Dong Xiaohuan prepared a table full of delicious dishes, including braised pork and peanuts to go with the wine. She warmly invited Zhao Huazhang to sit down, "Don't be disgusted by these home-cooked dishes."

"The dishes cooked by my aunt are delicious, how can I dislike them?" Zhao Huazhang said half-seriously.

Dong Xiaohuan was delighted by his praise. This child from a wealthy family was really good at talking. "Then you guys eat. Call me if you need anything."

"Aunt, eat together, and also my brother and Madam Wang." At the end, he paused, and the three words seemed to burn his mouth, and his voice became softer.

Dong Xiaohuan was stunned, and Wang Yong and Xia Tian looked at Zhao Huazhang with scrutiny almost at the same time.

"I, I mean, eating together as a family," Zhao Huazhang said, thinking quickly. "I often hear Xia Tian talk about the warmth of their family, and I envy them very much. I shamelessly came here just to experience this harmonious atmosphere."

Wang Yong seemed to believe it and happily poured the wine, "Then let's eat together."

Dong Xiaohuan responded, brought out the dishes left in the kitchen, and asked Daan to call people to eat.

Xia Tian glanced at Zhao Huazhang and said nothing.

At the dinner table, Xia Tian, Wang Yong, and Zhao Huazhang chatted primarily, with the others occasionally chatting. Wang Qiuyu didn't understand and wasn't interested. After finishing his meal, he swung his legs in boredom. He watched his father's face, enjoying the wine, and he was curious: What did the wine taste like? Was it really that good?

He rolled his eyes and quietly put his chopsticks into his brother's wine glass. Just as he was about to put it in his mouth, his brother grabbed his wrist. "Children can't drink."

Wang Yong waved his hand, "Qiu Yu wants to drink? Give him a taste first. Men have to drink."

Because of the guests present, Dong Xiaohuan didn't get angry. She smiled and twisted Wang Yong's thigh hard, "The child will become a fool after drinking. Don't tease him."

Wang Yong almost jumped up. Under Zhao Huazhang's worried gaze, he slowly sat down and chuckled, "Just kidding. The child is young and shouldn't touch this stuff. As the saying goes, alcohol is poison that penetrates the intestines."

Xia Chu gritted her teeth to hold back her laughter. "I'm done. Go heat up some of the dishes and make some hangover soup." She casually carried Qiu Yu away. "Qiu Yu, come and help me light the fire."

Xia Tian let go of his hand upon seeing this, but Wang Qiuyu was so quick to put the chopsticks soaked in wine into his mouth. He smacked his lips, and his little face immediately wrinkled up. "Hiss, so spicy, so spicy, so spicy~" Wang Qiuyu jumped up and down, sticking out his tongue, spinning around in place like a headless fly.

"I told you not to be greedy!" Xia Chu quickly poured him some water.

Wang Yong laughed heartily. After being pinched again, he gasped and rubbed his thighs vigorously. "Excuse me, excuse me. Kids are very curious."

Zhao Huazhang kept saying it was okay and praised Wang Qiuyu for being innocent and cute.

When Xia Chu finished heating up the dishes and brought them over, she discovered that Wang Yong seemed a little drunk. He looked dazed and a little depressed.

"What's wrong with Dad?" she asked her eldest brother in a low voice.

"I don't know." Xia Tian was also a little worried. The children rarely saw Wang Yong like this. He always looked upright and capable of handling anything.

"Qiuyu?!" Dong Xiaohuan patted her husband's back in silent comfort. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of something staggering towards her. She looked closely and saw Wang Qiuyu's face flushed red, which startled her. "What's wrong with you, Qiuyu?"

Zhang Zhou hadn't drunk much, and sober people react faster. He went forward to support Qiu Yu and found that his hands were normal temperature, but his face was red and hot. Then he saw that his eyes were hazy and smelled of alcohol, and guessed, "Is he drunk?"

Dong Xiaohuan checked her son's back and found it was at a comfortable temperature, without a fever. "Drunk? Didn't he just get a chopstick on him? Did he drink again?"

"No? Everything was fine in the kitchen just now. There is no wine in the kitchen." Xia Chu also came over.

Zhao Huazhang took a closer look and speculated, "Maybe he can't hold his liquor. There are people like this in the barracks. They pass out after just one drop and break out in a rash. The military doctor says it's an allergy."

"Should we go see a doctor?" Dong Xiaohuan was angry and anxious. She was going to spank the kid twice when he woke up to make him greedy.

Zhao Huazhang recalled the military doctor's treatment. "It was only a small amount, so it shouldn't be a big deal. Give him more water and a bowl of hangover soup."

"Okay, I'll excuse myself for now." Dong Xiaohuan felt relieved and helped Wang Qiuyu to the room.

In early summer, I would serve sobering soup.

The person he wanted to see left, and it was already late, so Zhao Huazhang said goodbye. "Thank you for your hospitality. Let's stop here for today. Brother Xia, help Uncle Xia to rest first. I'm going back."

"I'll take you there, waiter. Help dad into the house." Xia Tian gave an order and sent Zhao Huazhang out the door.

"Please stay. I'm not drunk. Brother Xia, go back and take care of your father." Zhao Huazhang stretched out his hand to stop him.

"Inspector..." Xia Tian hesitated about his next words.

"Outside the military camp, we can just call each other brothers." Zhao Huazhang vaguely guessed what he was going to say.

"Brother Zhao..." Xia Tian didn't know how to start. He was his immediate superior, after all, and refusing outright would be irritating. But the two of them weren't a good match. If she married up, no one would stand up for her if she was wronged in the future. But if she married down, it would seem like she was wronging her sister even more. His sister was so good, she was worthy of being a patrol inspector.

"I know what you want to say," Zhao Huazhang smiled. "It's embarrassing to say this, but when I was little, I often wondered why such a lovely little girl wasn't my own. I even tried to get grandma to take your sister home to raise her. Now that I haven't seen her for years, the little girl has grown into a graceful lady."

Xia Tian had a look on his face that said, "As expected," and it was clear that this kid had bad intentions from the beginning! As expected, he had wanted to kidnap Xiao Chu since he was a child.

"I kind of have that in mind, but Madam Wang doesn't seem to have any such intentions," Zhao Huazhang said, his expression becoming serious. "If I were to marry, I would only ask for mutual love and a lifelong companionship."

He had experienced the pain of his parents being apart in spirit, and he didn't want to go through it again.