The world is broken, the cubs mend it

But the conflict between him and the child was not resolved. After coming back from taking a shower in the main room, the little kid's face slumped again as he held the bottle.

The light green light reflected on the face looked particularly creepy in the dark night.

"Why aren't you sleeping yet?"

Chen Jiahe had never been afraid of ghosts or gods since childhood, but he was still frightened by her appearance and took several deep breaths.

"Dad, you haven't apologized to me yet."

Yuanyuan held the bottle and looked at it for a while, then suddenly remembered that the conflict with her father was not over yet.

"Why should I apologize to you?"

"You lied. Lying is wrong. If you are wrong, you should apologize."

"..."

Chen Jiahe sat on the edge of the bed, his slightly long hair still a little wet.

He has never seen parents apologize to their children. Usually, the children would cry and say they would never do it again after being beaten.

He lowered his eyes and looked at the firefly in the child's hand. This was originally a very small matter and perhaps could not be elevated to the level of an apology.

"..."

Seeing that her father didn't say anything, Yuanyuan lay on the pillow holding the bottle in her arms.

"It's okay if Dad doesn't want to apologize. I forgive Dad."

With the dim light, she could only see the blurry profile of Chen Jiahe's face and couldn't guess what her father was thinking.

"I just don't understand, why should I apologize for such a small thing?"

Chen Jiahe turned his head and looked at the child seriously. If there was a light at this moment, he would be able to see the gleam of curiosity in his eyes.

"Because I believe in Dad. If he lies to me, I won't trust him anymore."

Yuanyuan thinks that if her father doesn’t apologize, she might not believe what he says next time.

"Is that right?"

Chen Jiahe thought carefully about what his child said. He didn’t know what qualified parents were like, but he could try to be one.

"Yeah!" Yuanyuan nodded.

"Then I shouldn't have lied to you today. I won't lie to you next time."

"Why did Dad lie to me?"

"I'm very busy and don't have time to watch you slowly feed the pigs."

Chen Jiahe took off his shoes and lay on the bed, resting his head on his arms. He seemed to feel much better after saying this.

"Dad, I won't feed the pigs slowly next time."

Yuanyuan didn't know that doing so would bring burden to her father, so she moved closer to him with the bottle in her hand.

"Um…"

Chen Jiahe closed his eyes and responded calmly. It felt good to communicate with a child in such a calm and peaceful manner. It was something he had never experienced before.

Due to family reasons, he has been a loner since childhood and seldom gets along with others. For some things, he is in the budding stage and is willing to learn and change slowly.

007 glanced at the scrolling numbers on the panel and saw that the target's favorability had risen to percent.

The little one loves the glowing firefly bottle and holds it in his arms when he sleeps.

The next morning, Chen Jiahe was feeding chickens in the yard when he heard a scream coming from the house.

The bottle that was sparkling last night was now filled with a bunch of black insects, densely packed on the glass.

Yuanyuan was so scared that she pushed the jar aside, covered her still dazed face with her two little hands, screamed, and fell back to sleep.

When Chen Jiahe came in from outside, she sat up again and found that the jar was still dark.

"what happened?"

"It's not bright anymore. It's full of ugly bugs."

Yuanyuan pushed the jar with her toes and moved it back a little.

"How can insects look good?" Chen Jiahe picked up the jar and shook it: "I'll catch you some brighter ones tonight."

"No more..."

Yuanyuan shook her head. Such ugly bugs didn’t need a second can.

These glowing bugs are most common in pig pens and dry toilets. Even if she doesn't want them, Chen Jiahe is happy to have some free time.

After planting corn, there is relatively little time left, and then it is time to pay the grain tax.

Each family had to hand over a corresponding amount of grain according to the area of ​​farmland they were allocated.

Every household pushed a wooden cart and went to the town. Those with more fields paid more grain, and the grain was piled high on the cart, which looked quite spectacular.

Yuanyuan sat on a cart and was pushed forward by her father, looking curiously at the overlapping figures in front of her.

Children love to join in the fun, and she saw Wang Yingying and Wang Lele with their parents.

The two families had more people and were given more land, so they naturally paid a lot of grain, so there was no extra space on the cart for them to sit.

When we got to the town, there were even more people, and we waited in line until noon before we finished handing in our taxes.

The weather was already getting cold in early August, and the children only had two sets of thin summer clothes.

Chen Jiahe took her children and followed the villagers to the clothing store. Looking at the thick clothes hanging in the store, she began to hesitate and feel conflicted again.

"Buying new clothes for the children again?"

Aunt Li's eyes were not on the ready-made clothes, her rough fingers were stroking the fabric beside her.

"Um…"

Seeing this, Chen Jiahe also moved his gaze over there. The price of the fabric was relatively cheaper.

In the late 1980s, cloth coupons were no longer needed to buy cloth. Textiles were freely available, and it was more cost-effective to measure the cloth yourself and make clothes.

"Jiahe, can you make clothes?"

When Aunt Li saw that he also came to look at the fabric, she couldn't help but tease him.

"No, you can learn."

Chen Jiahe also picked out the fabrics seriously. The child was young and grew up fast, and his wallet could not afford to buy clothes for him all the time.

"What kind of needlework can a man do? It's more practical for you to marry a wife. There will be someone to take care of the children."

Aunt Li seemed to be very keen on matchmaking. Seeing that he was in a good mood when she mentioned this, she said she would introduce the widow from Huangjiazhuang to him.

"..."

Chen Jiahe glanced at her, picked out a few pieces of cloth with nice patterns, paid for them, and left first.

Then he took the children to collect oil and grain coupons. These coupons could be accumulated, and there were still a few scarce meat coupons at home.

You need to show your tickets to buy some things. He doesn't like to spend money at all, and most of the time he won't save money unless it is necessary.

After having a child, he felt that his tickets were used up quickly, so he bought two kilograms of meat when he went back.

“Dad, I want to eat that.”

Yuanyuan pointed at the colorful candies on the stall and looked at him with her sparkling eyes.

"Mom, I want some candy, too."

It is a rare opportunity for children to come to town, so everything they see is new to them. Seeing this, Wang Lele also asked his family to buy something for him.

The price of candy is not too expensive, you can buy a piece of candy for one cent.

"Children, what candies are you eating? Be careful not to damage your teeth."

Wang Lele's request was ruthlessly rejected, and the adult took his hand and walked quickly forward.

"..." Yuanyuan watched his friend being dragged away, then turned to look at his father: "Can I have one?"

Chen Jiahe's eyes wandered back and forth between the child and the stall, and he felt a pang of heartache when he looked at the cloth on the cart.

The cold wind blows loudly in winter, and children cannot survive without thick clothes, so cloth must be bought.

If you don’t eat meat often, you can use the refined oil to cook dishes, so it’s no big deal to have this extra expense occasionally.

sugar……

He hesitated for a long time, until the child had given up the idea of ​​eating candy and was lying on the cart waiting to go home before he spoke.