Chapter 256 Family Members
The courtyard gate was not closed, so Wei Jingyuan and the other two walked in directly. There was no one in the yard, and the sound of reading could be heard from the house.

Wei Jingyuan walked into the kitchen and quickly brought out half a bucket of water.

Tao Qiuyi walked over and poured water from the bucket to wash her hands. After she finished washing her hands, Wei Jingyuan began to wash his hands, also pouring water from the bucket like Tao Qiuyi did.

Watching the two men’s actions, Tao Qiusi blinked and quickly understood. She walked over, waited for Wei Jingyuan to wash his hands, and then imitated them by pouring water from the bucket to wash her hands.

“This is hot water!” Tao Qiusi was surprised.

He lived in the cave for more than three years and never washed his hands with hot water. Not to mention washing his hands, he had never even drunk hot water.

“It’s cold in winter, so wash your hands with hot water to avoid feeling cold.” Tao Qiuyi was very pleased with Tao Qiusi’s imitation and shouted as he walked, “Lizi, Xiaohuai, we’re back.”

After saying this, he walked to the door of the house.

There was a cry of surprise from inside the house, and soon the door was opened. It was Li Zi who opened the door. Seeing Tao Qiuyi, she pulled her into the house. “Come in, sister-in-law, it’s cold outside.”

Tao Qiuyi was pulled into the house by Li Zi, and Wei Jingyuan and Tao Qiusi followed behind him.

As soon as he entered the house, Tao Qiusi froze in his tracks, surprised by the warmth inside. He stood at the door, not daring to go any further or look around.

Li Zi pulled Tao Qiuyi to sit at the table, and Xiao Huai placed a glass of water in front of Tao Qiuyi. “Sister-in-law, drink some water.”

“Thank you, Xiaohuai.” Tao Qiuyi thanked Xiaohuai with a smile, picked up the water cup and took a sip.

Wei Jingyuan put down his backpack and walked to the table, about to sit down. Suddenly, he paused and turned around to see Tao Qiusi standing at the door, bewildered.

“Brother, drink some water.” Xiao Huai also placed a glass of water in front of him. When he looked up, he accidentally saw a figure standing at the door. He paused and stared at the person in a daze.

Tao Qiuyi noticed Xiao Huai’s expression and followed his gaze. Seeing Qiusi standing at the door without coming in, he waved at him, “Qiusi, come in!”

When Tao Qiusi heard his sister calling him, he didn’t move this time, but looked at her with a very confused look.

Seeing Tao Qiusi standing there motionless, Wei Jingyuan walked over. Qiuqiu didn’t know how to greet people, so he had to do it.

First, he took the sack from Tao Qiusi’s hand and placed it on the ground. Then he took the bag from his back and placed it on the ground. Then, he took his arm and walked towards the table.

There was a stranger in the house. Li Zi opened her eyes wide and approached Xiao Huai cautiously. Xiao Huai was also confused as to why his elder brother and sister-in-law brought a stranger back home.

Seeing his elder brother’s attitude towards the stranger, Xiao Huai began to feel sour for no reason.

He wasn’t jealous of the stranger who was being taken care of by his elder brother. Rather, it had been a long time since his elder brother had been so kind to anyone other than his elder sister-in-law.

Arriving at the table, Wei Jingyuan withdrew his hand from holding Tao Qiusi’s arm. He then picked up the thermos and, with his other hand, took the bamboo cup and poured half a cup of water into it.

Handing the cup of water to Tao Qiusi, Wei Jingyuan said gently, “Drink some water to warm your body first.”

“Thank you…thank you, Brother Wei.” After saying thank you with a choked voice, Tao Qiusi took the bamboo tube water cup, tilted his head back and drank the whole cup of water in a few gulps.

“Do you want more?” Wei Jingyuan asked.

“Thank you, but no thanks.” Tao Qiusi shook his head, holding the bamboo water cup with both hands, looking very restrained. But in his heart, he was very grateful to Brother Wei, very grateful.

Wei Jingyuan glanced at Tao Qiuyi and sat down on the long bench next to her. With his bony hands, he picked up the water Xiao Huai had poured earlier and drank it slowly.

“Li Zi, Xiao Huai, let me introduce you two.” Tao Qiuyi stood up and walked over to Tao Qiusi, standing shoulder to shoulder with him, looking at Li Zi and Xiao Huai. “His name is Tao Qiusi, he’s my adopted brother, and he’ll live with us from now on.”

After introducing Tao Qiusi to Lizi and Xiaohuai, Tao Qiuyi looked at Tao Qiusi again. He raised his hand and pointed at Lizi and Xiaohuai and said, “Qiusi, they are the twins I told you about. They are over eleven years old.”

“The girl’s name is Wei Jingli, and we all call her Lizi. The boy’s name is Wei Jinghuai, and we all call him Xiaohuai.”

After Tao Qiuyi finished the introduction, he waited for the three teenagers to greet each other and get to know each other.

Seeing her introduce them so carefully, Tao Qiusi understood that his sister wanted him to integrate into this family and become a member of this family.

“Li Zi, Xiao Huai, hello.” Tao Qiusi greeted them first, looking at Li Zi and Xiao Huai sincerely.

“Hello.” Xiao Huai nodded kindly, showing her sincerity. The eldest sister-in-law said that Tao Qiusi was her younger brother and would live with them in the future.

He would observe Tao Qiusi for a while to make sure he had no ill intentions, and he would try to accept him as a family member.

Although the sister-in-law didn’t say Tao Qiusi’s age, looking at Tao Qiusi’s height, it is not difficult to guess that he is older than him and Li Zi.

“Hello, Brother Qiusi.” Li Zi also responded with a smile, and then asked Tao Qiuyi in confusion. “Sister-in-law, did you forget to tell me how old Brother Qiusi is this year?”

“He doesn’t remember how old he is, so I naturally don’t know how old he is either.” Tao Qiuyi spread his hands and said helplessly, “He used to live in the mountains and has forgotten everything and everyone in the past.”

“Including his name and age.”

Li Zi had forgotten her own name and age. This was the first time she had heard of such a thing. She stared at Tao Qiusi with eyes wide open in surprise, speechless.

“He forgot his name, so his name is…” Xiao Huai frowned.

Knowing what Xiao Huai was going to ask, Tao Qiuyi replied, “Your last name is mine, but your eldest brother gave you the name.”

The two words “Qiusi” were actually the name given by his eldest brother. Xiao Huai suddenly didn’t know what to say. He felt a sense of sympathy in his heart, probably because his and Li Zi’s names were also given by his eldest brother.

Tao Qiusi didn’t know if it was his illusion, but he felt that the twins looked at him with… pity.

It’s not sympathy, it’s pity.

After greeting each other, we knew each other. We would get to know each other slowly and get to know each other better. Tao Qiuyi said happily: “Young men, we will be a family from now on. We must love each other.”

“I don’t ask you to take care of each other, just respect each other.”

“To celebrate the addition of a new member to our family, how about we have pheasant mushroom soup and braised rabbit tonight?”

“Okay.” Li Zi was the first to cheer out of respect.

Xiao Huai had a cool expression and didn’t say anything, but his eyes were filled with happiness.

Subconsciously, Tao Qiusi also said, “I’ll listen to my sister.”

Seeing that no one had any objections, Tao Qiuyi began to assign tasks to the group. “Wei Jingyuan, go get some hot water. The three of us just came back from the mountains, so we all need to wash ourselves clean.”

“Xiao Huai, go skin the rabbit, Li Zi and Qiu Si, clean up the pheasants. Everyone, get busy.”