I studied abroad in modern times

"Brother! You said this room will be for me from now on?" Zheng Shan asked Zheng Fa dizzily, her mouth stretched to her ears, as if she couldn't believe what Zheng Fa had just arranged.

"Why? Don't you dare to sleep alone?" Zheng Fa laughed.

"Dare!" the younger sister hurriedly said.

Their new home in the Zhao family was not really big, but compared to the mud house they lived in before, it was too spacious.

There was a small house on each side of the small courtyard, which Zheng Fa planned to use as a kitchen and a firewood room.

There were a total of four rooms in the main house, not to mention the living room in the middle.

The remaining three rooms, Zheng Fa planned to give one room to each of the three people in the family.

This made Zheng Shan very happy, and she pulled Zheng Fa's index finger and looked at her room.

She nodded seriously: "My new room is so beautiful!"

Zheng Fa looked inside, and the room was empty, with nothing but dust on the floor.

I don't know how the younger sister saw it as beautiful.

"Your sister is still young, so this room should be left for you as a study." Mother Zheng hesitated for a while before saying, "You are the young master's book boy now, and studying is a big deal. Your sister should just sleep with me." Zheng Shan lowered her head when she heard this, but she didn't say a word, just pouting her little mouth, looking very aggrieved. Zheng Fa knew that Zheng Shan and her mother had always felt uncomfortable sleeping together: since her father's death, her mother had been overworked, couldn't stay up late, and slept lightly, while Zheng Shan was energetic, slept late, but was sensible and knew how to feel sorry for her mother. Every time Zheng's mother fell asleep, the little guy didn't dare to move, for fear of waking up her mother, which was really a bit tormenting for her lively and active mother. This was also the reason why Zheng Shan's biggest wish before coming to the new home was to have her own bed. "Although my little sister is small now, she will grow up after all. Since there are extra rooms, it will save her from moving again in the future if she sleeps there." He said to his mother. The little sister raised her head suddenly and smiled at Zheng Fa. Seeing that Zheng's mother wanted to talk, he continued, "I want to study. I can study in Mr. Shen's classroom and in the seventh young master's study. Even if I go home, can't I study in the living room?"

"This... I saw that after Wang Gui entered school, the housekeeper Wang set up a study room, saying that scholars should have a room dedicated to books."

Zheng Fa waved his hand and smiled, "Poor students have too many stationery... Um, I mean, it's useless to put books on the shelf, you have to put them in your mind."

"But..."

"Mom, he has studied in Yanyu Tower, and his father's position as a housekeeper has been lost. If we want to study, we should learn something good."

"That's right!"

Thanks to Wang Gui, Zheng's mother has become very obedient...

Zheng Shan raised her hands above her head and cheered, "Mom! I want to decorate my own house!"

"Then clean it yourself." Zheng's mother saw her daughter so happy and smiled.

"I'll sweep it myself! I'll sweep my brother's room and my mother's room too!"

The mother and daughter were so happy that they put their heads together and started to discuss how to arrange the furniture sent by the Gao family. Zheng Fa looked at the sun and said to them, "Mom, you guys discuss it first. I have to go to Master Xu to practice martial arts."

Mother Zheng waved her hand without even looking at Zheng Fa. She was immersed in the joy of decorating the new house, which made him feel a sense of loss of favor.

...

In the room in the training ground, Master Xu sighed while stroking several thick books in front of him.

His rough face was filled with delicate sorrow.

Xu Jiaotou's apprentice, who was also his nephew, came over and saw his master's expression. He couldn't help but ask with concern: "Uncle, what's wrong with you?"

"Alas, the lady sent me "Spiritual Crane Body" and asked me to teach it to Zheng Fa."

"Spiritual Crane Body!" Xu Jiaotou's nephew exclaimed and looked at the book in Xu Jiaotou's hand. Sure enough, the three big words "Spiritual Crane Body" were written on the cover.

He couldn't move his eyes away: "Uncle, can I take a look?"

"Do you want to die? I worked for the Zhao family for 20 years before I was appreciated by the lady and let me learn this Spirit Crane Body. Unfortunately..."

"Uncle, it took you 20 years to get this qualification," Xu Jiaotou's nephew lowered his voice a little: "It's too biased..."

"Shut up, you are getting more and more daring, and you think the lady can talk nonsense?" Xu Jiaotou slapped his nephew on the head.

Xu Jiaotou's nephew touched his head and grinned: "I saw you sighing, uncle, and I feel sorry for you!"

Xu Jiaotou's face looked much better, and he said: "I'm not here for this, but... Didn't I want to take Zheng Fa as my apprentice before?"

"I can't do it now!" Xu Jiaotou's nephew suddenly realized.

"Yes, he has won the favor of the lady now, how can I be so bold! What will the lady think of me?" Xu Jiaotou nodded: "It's just that I should have told Zheng Fa about taking a disciple earlier."

"Tell him earlier that he is my junior brother!" His nephew understood.

"Even if we can't become apprentices, telling him earlier can still make a good relationship!"

Xu Jiaotou seemed very regretful, and didn't see his nephew's eyes rolling and quietly walking towards the outside of the training ground.

……

When Zheng Fa walked to the gate of the training ground, he saw a young man squatting there as if waiting for someone. This person looked familiar, and seemed to be one of the people standing next to Xu Jiaotou last time.

He stopped, bowed slightly to the other party, and prepared to walk into the door.

He saw the other party jump up, looked at him with joy, and said enthusiastically: "Brother Zheng!"

"Hmm?" Zheng Fa stopped and looked at the other party in confusion: "Who are you?"

"We met last time! Coach Xu is my uncle."

"Brother Xu, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"No big deal!" The other party walked up and enthusiastically pulled Zheng Fa's arm: "Last time we met briefly, I felt that Brother Zheng and I hit it off right away. This time is even more coincidental. We met here by chance. It's really fate!"

Zheng Fa glanced at the two shallow pits on the ground where the man squatted, tilted his head back, and avoided the other party's enthusiastic saliva: "It's really a pleasure to meet!"

"How about this, let's become sworn brothers!" Before he finished speaking, Zheng Fa looked at the place where the other party had just squatted, took out an incense burner, inserted three incense sticks on it, and three wisps of green smoke rose.

"Isn't this... a bit hasty?"

"As the saying goes, we are close friends. This is how I felt when I met Brother Zheng."

The other party was so enthusiastic. As the saying goes, you shouldn't hit someone who smiles at you. Zheng Fa could only say politely: "This... there is no need to become sworn brothers. How about you and me call each other brothers every day?"

"So..." Seeing that he was not willing, the nephew of Coach Xu seemed to feel that it was difficult to force him. He could only nod reluctantly and said sincerely: "You have to remember that I regard you as my brother in my heart, Brother Zheng!"

"Brother Xu, I have something else to do. I'm leaving first!" Zheng Fa replied and ran away in a hurry.

The other party was still standing there shouting: "Let's talk about brotherhood another day!"

...

Zheng Fa walked into the training ground and found the room where Coach Xu was.

He saw Coach Xu standing in the room with his hands behind his back, looking at him with tears in his tiger eyes and a deep affection on his face, as if he was looking at an old friend.

"Coach?" He asked cautiously.

"Xiao Zheng, do you know what day it is today?"

"What day?"

"When I was young, I had a younger brother. We had a very good relationship, but unfortunately he died young. Today is his death anniversary..."

Zheng Fa whispered, "Master, please accept my condolences."

Master Xu wiped his face and said, "To be honest, when I first saw you, I felt that you looked like my younger brother who died young."

"..."

"Let's become sworn brothers!"

"Wait, this... sounds a bit familiar." Zheng Fa looked at the incense table behind Master Xu and frowned.