"Little Uncle, who’s coming to play with me?" Tang Jun hopped in excitedly, looking towards Tang Mingli with anticipation.
Tang Mingli, seeing Tang Jun, immediately said, "Xiao Jun, you came just at the right time. It’s your little aunt’s brother who is coming, and we’d like him to stay in the county for a while."
"How old is he?" asked Tang Jun.
"Just your age."
Wei Jiajia answered with a smile.
Tang Jun immediately said, "Then he’s the same age as Zhang Qiang too. Come on, the three of us will have even better company."
Three of them?
Tang Mingli thought he was talking about Tang Yue and was about to say that girls and boys can’t really play together when in came a reluctant Zhang Qiang.
"Xiao Qiang, you guys are back?" Zhang Hualian, seeing Zhang Qiang return, went to cook in the kitchen with peace of mind.
Wei Jiajia, knowing that Zhang Qiang was going to live with Tang Jun too, and when it was Tang Yue’s turn to manage, volunteered, "Mingli, let’s not inconvenience them."
"No worries, what’s the fuss about boys playing together?" Tang Mingli whispered back to Wei Jiajia, "Jiajia, didn’t you say that Jiajie stays at home, doesn’t like to study, and likes to play games? Zhang Qiang is just like that, why not let Tang Yue give it a try?"
"But Xiao Yue already has a lot on her plate," Wei Jiajia replied with concern.
"Don’t worry, I asked Xiao Yue especially about this." Tang Mingli reassured with a smile, thinking that if Tang Yue didn’t agree, he definitely wouldn’t bother her with it.
Tang Yue’s exact words were, "Little Uncle, if you’re not afraid your little brother-in-law will tattle on you, just send him over."
Upon reflection, Tang Mingli thought that although it might be a thankless task, he believed in Tang Yue and was sure she would surprise him in this half month.
A day later, in Wangjiang County, Tang Yue specially went to buy some wool, giving part of it to Zhang Hualian and keeping the rest to knit a sweater for Mo Siyu.
And so, the three boys of the same age, Tang Jun, Zhang Qiang, and Wei Jiajie, also met.
Tang Jun’s appearance was sunny and handsome, much like Tang Mingli.
Zhang Qiang had a gentler look.
Wei Jiajie had two large dimples, looking every bit the young master from the city, who had never seen a vegetable field in his life and probably couldn’t recognize crops in a vegetable garden either.
The three boys had totally different personalities; as they all sat together, Tang Yue suggested, "We can play a game."
"Sure!" Tang Jun was the first to echo enthusiastically.
"What game?" Zhang Qiang asked.
"What kind of game can you play in this lousy place?" Wei Jiajie said in disdain, wondering how his second sister ended up marrying into such a poor place.
"Qi." Tang Yue tossed out a book.
"What kind of game is that?" Wei Jiajie’s eyes widened. He had played all sorts of games, but playing with a book, what kind of game was that?
"Pick any text, memorize it in half an hour, go round, one sentence each. Whoever fails to recite has to do ten push-ups," Tang Yue said, her voice clear.
"I’m out," Wei Jiajie refused without a second thought.
"I..." am out too.
Before Zhang Qiang could finish his sentence, Tang Jun abruptly stood up and said, "I’ll play. If any of you don’t want to join, beat me first and then we’ll talk."
Tang Jun had a vague idea of what Tang Yue was thinking and faced her approving gaze.
"Fine, let’s fight then." Wei Jiajie, tall and sturdy, didn’t think he would lose to Tang Jun at all.
Five minutes later.
Wei Jiajie fared even worse than Zhang Qiang; he was no match for Tang Jun at all.

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