Chapter 41: Oath of Brotherhood

  Zhou Lang leaned against the stone horse, shaking his whip in his hand, staring at the crowd coming and going on the street, lost in thought. Qin Langjun poked him with the cane in his hand.

  "What are you doing?" Zhou Liu Lang frowned and said, "What are you still doing here? Go back."

  Qin Langjun smiled and pointed in that direction with his hand.

  "Find you," he said.

  A maidservant came out of the alley in a hurry, looked around and soon saw Zhou Liulang on this side, then walked over with a smile.

  Zhou Lang stood up straight, shaking his whip as he looked at her.

  "Master has rushed out without bringing any money, would you happen to have some that I could borrow for the time being?" The maid servant said with a hint of a smile as she curtsied.

  Qin Langjun smiled and turned his head, Zhou Liulang looked at this maid's smile, couldn't help but sneer too.

  "What can I do if you won't lend it to me?" he asked.

  The maid is neither anxious nor annoyed.

  "That's alright." She turned her head to look at Qin Lang Jun, "This young master has a noble bearing, I wonder if he can lend me some money?"

  "Your wife praises me so much, I naturally have to borrow it." Qin Langjun laughed, "A thousand gold for a smile, now I spend a thousand gold for a compliment, it's worth it."

  He said and indeed signaled the young servant to take the money.

  Zhou Lang had already thrown over a bag of money on Saturday, and the maid caught it with her hands.

  "Thank you, young master." She said with a smile, "The mistress and the masters will return after dinner, why don't you go back first?"

  Having said that, he hastily stepped out onto the street and left.

  Gentlemen?

  Those few rascals are Lang Jun? Aren't they ashamed of being rascals themselves?

  Zhou Lang frowned.

  "Look, this woman humiliates people with just a few words and doesn't let go," he said.

  Qin Langjun shook his head.

  "She's not the kind of person who would use such words lightly, if she calls him Lang Jun. There must be a reason for it." He said, gazing at the mansion on the other side and sighing softly. "Unfortunately, I have no chance to enter."

  Zhou Lang hummed.

  "I'm sorry, it's my fault that you can't get close to beautiful women now," he said.

  Qin Langjun burst out laughing.

  "Come on, I know a great place with delicious and exotic food, let's go try it out." He said, "Your sister doesn't care about you, but I do."

  At noon. In Cheng Jiaoniang's mansion, a fragrance wafted out from the half-open paper door of her room.

  Several men in the house were holding bowls and eating hastily. Brother Jin rushed over from the kitchen with a plate of meat.

  "It's great to have a sister..." Xu Bangdun said vaguely, while picking up meat slices from the pot with chopsticks, "...eat well..."

  Compared with others, Big Brother Fan Jianglin and Third Brother Xu Maoshu are more dignified.

  "Sister, don't bother anymore, this is enough." they said.

  Jiang Yao was busy dividing the dishes with her maid when she heard this and merely glanced over, a slight smile playing on her lips.

  "Brother, don't be polite, how can this be?" she said.

  Fan Jianglin and Xu Maoshou glanced at the brothers next to them, who were wolfing down their food. A plate and a bowl were quickly emptied, and they smiled awkwardly.

  "Besides, I'm also very happy." said Jingniang, while lowering her head to carefully trim and arrange the vegetables, "It's been a long time since it's been so lively."

  After lunch break, all the dishes and meat bought were eaten up.

  "It's a pity there is no good wine." said Cheng Jiaoniang.

  Fan Jianglin smiled and patted the wine jug beside him.

  "This is still called no good wine, sister said so again, we are really uncomfortable." he said.

  Jiang Nang smiled but did not speak.

  "When a man encounters joyful events, even water can make him drunk." Xu Maosheng said, finishing off the last cup of wine in one gulp.

  Jiangniang got up.

  "Well, I'll take my leave first," she said.

  The men were somewhat puzzled and hastily followed suit.

  "Yes, yes, we're leaving now, we've disturbed sister for too long." They said in a flurry.

  "No, brothers live here, I live in my maternal grandmother's house." said Cheng Jiaoniang.

  The men were stunned again and immediately waved their hands in a flurry of activity.

  "This is great, eating sister's food and drinking sister's drink, and also living in sister's place." They said in a mess.

  Jiang Yao's mouth curved into a gentle smile.

  "You call me sister," she said, "since we are a family, why be so distant?"

  Xu Maoshou stopped everyone's commotion and looked at Cheng Jiaoniang with a solemn expression.

  "Sister, I just heard Brother Jin's idle words. You were originally going to stay here." He said, with a dense beard on his face and a faint flash in his eyes, "Since you call me brother, then there must be something that needs to be said directly, don't let brothers worry."

  Jin Ge'er was "rescued", and people from all sides were in a state of confusion, among whom there were some members of the Chen family who made some sarcastic remarks.

  "If our daughter is taken away and you lose her again, we, the Chen family, will no longer be able to stay in the capital..."

  "...it's all because of that Zhou family kid, causing everyone to be in an uproar, and forgetting about you, Brother Jin..."

  "...your wife was taken away by them..."

  These inferior little servants pulled Jin Ge's words out of thin air, just a few sentences, but unexpectedly this man also noticed.

  The other men also came back to their senses, looking at Xu Maoshou and then at Cheng Jiaoniang.

  "What's going on? Is someone bullying our sister?" everyone asked, their faces turning red one by one.

  Jiang Yao's mouth curved into a smile.

  "Don't worry, brother," she said. "No one is bullying me, or rather, it's just that others think they are bullying me."

  Having said that, he looked at Xu Maosheng and smiled again.

  "I said, I just want an older brother, that's all." she said.

  Xu Maoshou and others saw them off, watching as the woman took her maid and got into a carriage to leave. Jin Ge'er was left behind, busily tidying up.

  "Lao San, it's not good for you to make such assumptions about your sister," Fan Jianglin suddenly said.

  Xu Maoshou let out a wry smile.

  "It's just that I think this is also a bit too unbelievable," he said.

  This thing is quite unbelievable...

  They escaped from the northwest, Lao San was so ill that he almost died. On the way, they met a woman who saved him and not only didn't ask for money but also gave them money to spend. Until now, this lifesaver has become sworn brothers and sisters with them.

  This girl is beautiful and although she didn't say it, you can tell that her family background must be good, and also has the medical skills to bring people back from the brink of death.

  They are worlds apart from these plebeians, and it's impossible for them to intersect.

  Unexpectedly became their sister?

  Who would believe it if I told them? They don't even believe it themselves.

  "Ma Xiu, she just said that she only wanted an older brother," Fan Jianglin said. "Don't think too much about it, if she was going to use us for something..."

  He smiled wryly at this point.

  "What else can we do for her?" He spread out a pair of rough hands and said, "This life? It was she who saved it anyway, take it if you want."

  Look at Xu Maosheng here.

  "Your life is not ours." He added.

  Xu Maoshou burst out laughing.

  "Yes, I thought too much. Having read a few books and encountered some unfair things, I thought I could see through people's hearts, but most of them are just self-deception. If I hadn't made wild guesses about Qīzi, I wouldn't have caused this misunderstanding." He said with a hint of self-mockery.

  Behind him came the loud shouts of several other brothers.

  "Wow, there are so many rooms here... we can each have our own room..."

  "It's great, no more being disturbed by lao si's snoring..."

  "Nonsense! Your snores are what's keeping people awake!"

  "...I want to stay in this room..."

  "I'll stay in this one, you go find another..."

  Fan Jianglin and Xu Maoshou exchanged a glance, both bursting out laughing.

  They actually have a little sister and a home now...