reborn stepfather

A few months after returning from the autumn outing, this winter solstice is another year, and it is actually colder than the previous year.

It snowed for the first time last night, and it fell for a whole day and night the next day. It was more than a foot thick on the ground. When the sun came out and the new wind blew, the whole sky and the earth seemed to be frozen into a piece of suet white jade.

At night, I was called by my mother to eat glutinous rice balls. I surrounded Chiqian tightly with a long neckband, only revealing two big black eyes.

The eldest brother and sister-in-law also brought Pengpeng back, and the house was quite lively, so I asked Chi Qian to play with them.

My mother was making glutinous rice balls in the kitchen. When she saw me coming in, she held the pot on top of the pot and directed me, "Third brother, bring in the briquette stove at the door."

I moved the stove into the room, put a pot on it at the behest of my mother, and threw the beef bones and radishes that my second brother brought back into it to cook. My second brother squatted aside and sliced ​​lamb, and my father We were summoned to make wine and sencha, and we sat around together, with the steaming bone soup in the middle.

After thinking about it, I still told my parents what happened in the car during the autumn outing. I helped my mother throw the glutinous rice balls into the boiling water, and I was a little hesitant: "Do you think Chi Qian's character will be Not so good? Although that little fat man is really annoying, but Chi Qian knows how to calculate people at such a young age, will he go on the wrong path in the future? Should I teach him to be kind to others? "

"Fart." My mother gave me a very contemptuous look, "Others have bullied you, why should you bear it?"

The second elder brother also shook his head and said, "Third brother, if you teach the child the way you do, the child will be taught to be useless in the future. Your own character is too weak. When you were young, someone beat you and you came back and still didn't say anything. I really don't know." I've convinced you, and my elder brother and I have fought for you many times behind the scenes, do you know? What's wrong with the man being tough, I think Chi Qian is fine like this, and he won't suffer when he grows up. "

"Really..." I was a little shaken by what they said.

"Isn't it?" Mom gave me a sideways look, "Tell me about it yourself, who's daughter-in-law gave you a cuckold for a divorce, and ran away? The first thing you think of is to escape, you say your own Is there something wrong with your personality? I don't even know how you gave birth to such a soft son, oh, don't be wrong in the hospital..."

I was run on by my mother and I was speechless.

In fact, what she said is right, escape is always the best way I can think of to protect myself.

"I think Ah Juan really loves you, and he probably wouldn't bother with someone else." Dad cheerfully poured the cooked rice wine into a glass bottle to smooth things over, "And it's someone else's fault first , It makes sense for us to pay it back. You don’t want to teach him patience, you want to teach him to pay attention to the method and scale, and the small punishment is to seek justice for himself. If you don’t break the law and commit crimes, you won’t go on an evil path.”

Dad's words are also very reasonable.

I sighed, I really can't teach Chi Qian like me. I imagined Chi Qian who looked cowardly and timid in doing things, and he was shocked immediately, and his whole body was not good...

If I want to teach him how to do things, I will definitely bring my own values ​​and outlook on life, so it is better not to use my way to tell him the principles of life, just let nature take its course.He is not a child without his own opinions. He has to walk some roads by himself. None of us can be responsible for his life.

Sometimes when I think back, being with Chi Qian for more than a year seems like I had a very long dream.

I use the "Water Saving Star" to drive him to class every day, eat together, I prepare lessons and correct homework, he watches TV or reads, and occasionally teases the neighbor's fat cat who sneaks over to play. For some reason, I think This past year was like the pages of a book being turned by a strong wind, and the life was much lighter than before.

In fact, Chi Qian has a cold temperament in his bones, like a frozen rock on a snow mountain. He has nothing to say and is not very lively, but when he is with me, he deliberately covers it up. He doesn't bother to say a word to people he doesn't know well.

However, sometimes it would be good for him to just be there quietly, or read with a book in hand, or bow his head to write, but it makes people feel that this long and difficult winter is not so deserted and empty.

Sometimes when it was late at night, I rubbed my neck and raised my head to look around. The warm light was on in the corner, and the room was bright and peaceful. The pool was beside me, and the soft profile of my face was surrounded by the warm light. Like being covered by a soft gauze, a kind of soft tenderness blooms.Strangely enough, that tenderness suddenly made me feel a sense of peace that I had never felt before, like a fiery sea tide flowing over my limbs bit by bit, making me feel like I had become the neighbor's cat in soft clothes. The old fur cat is lazily dozing off next to the warm electric heater.

It was cold and windy outside the window, and the snow was like dust, but we lived quietly and unknowingly.

I feel so happy.

So when I received Xu Huina's call, I was a little reluctant in my heart.

It happened to be Christmas that day, I only had classes in the morning, and the afternoon was empty, and Chi Qian was still in class.I was planning to buy some delicious food and cook a big meal to surprise Chi Qian in the evening, and by the way, spend a Christmas Eve with him that I have never had in my previous life, when I walked to the door, the phone rang.

"dad."

My steps froze: "Chi Qian? Whose phone is this? What's the matter?"

"I called on the teacher's phone. In the evening, the teacher said that there was a Christmas party and I wanted to stay and decorate the classroom. A Liang said that he would treat me to chicken noodle in the evening, so I would not come back for dinner." Chi Qian said, "The teacher said I'm afraid it's not safe, so the party ends at 07:30, Dad, you can pick me up later."

"Huh?" I couldn't help being a little disappointed, I had my wallet in my hand, but the child was out of time, so I sighed secretly and said, "Okay, then you and Lin Ziliang should be careful when crossing the road when you go to eat noodles. "

After hanging up, I looked at my wallet, threw it back, kicked off my shoes and walked back.

Alas, I don't want to cook without my son, let's eat instant noodles.

What a funky elementary school, and a Christmas party.I muttered sullenly as I picked up the water and boiled it.

"Buzzing—"

The phone vibrated again.

"Oh, who is it again?" I wiped my hands and glanced at my phone, it was an unfamiliar number.

Could it be another call to sell insurance or real estate? I hesitated for a while, but I still answered: "Hi, hello."

"Mr. Chen, it's me." Xu Hui's soft voice came.

I was taken aback for a moment, and immediately remembered that Qiuyou asked her to help as a substitute teacher, and then logically recalled the matter of inviting her to dinner.

Just as she was about to say something was wrong, Xu Hui said, "Does Teacher Chen still remember our agreement?"

It can't be said that I don't remember, so I just laughed dryly: "Hehe, I still owe Teacher Xu a meal."

"That's right, I'm here to collect debts." Xu Hui said playfully, "Mr. Chen can't refuse."

After all, she did me a favor, and I should pay her back, although I really don't want to spend Christmas with a woman I don't know very well.

Anyway, since my son won't come back, why don't I just go and have a meal with her.At least you don't have to team up with instant noodles for Christmas.

Even if Chi Qian was used as an excuse to decline, he would still have to find a chance to return the favor in the future, so it's better to end it now.

So I made up my mind and agreed to her: "Okay, what does Teacher Xu want to eat?"

"Today is Christmas, and I'm afraid there are no reservations for restaurants outside." Xu Hui said, "Why don't you eat at Teacher Chen's house? I heard that Teacher Chen's cooking is very good, and I have wanted to try it for a long time. "

"As long as Mr. Xu doesn't dislike it." It's just what I want without having to go outside, so I nodded: "Then what does Mr. Xu want to eat? I'll go shopping."

"I happen to be near the vegetable market. Teacher Chen, come over and let's pick together." Xu Hui said with a smile.

I breathed a sigh of relief again, at least I don't have to worry about whether or not it suits her appetite when shopping for vegetables. If I go shopping with her, I can carefully consider her taste.

After this phone call, I have a much better impression of Xu Hui, she is such a trouble-free girl.

When I went shopping for groceries, I also felt a lot more cordial. When I asked her what she liked to eat, she would answer, instead of vaguely saying, "Whatever, I like to eat." I think she is very straightforward and easy to get along with.

It’s also the same when eating, Xu Hui is a person who is very good at talking, she doesn’t just talk about her own things, she always smiles and listens to me most of the time, responding to my words, when I am about to finish talking about a certain topic, she He talked about another topic without any trace, and he didn't have to worry about being awkward when he was with her. If he had nothing to say, he had to find something to say, which was very comfortable.The slight reluctance to get her call in the first place has disappeared without a trace.

After eating, she offered to help wash the dishes, and I quickly stood up and said, "That's so embarrassing, Mr. Xu, please sit down, I'll be fine."

"Ms. Chen cooks for me. I'm already very happy. Why don't you do anything?" She smiled and acted coquettishly: "Let me come, don't let me sit alone Then watch TV~"

How could I ask the customer to wash the dishes? I put the fruit on a plate and gave it to her: "Then Teacher Xu can wash the fruit for me."

She hugged a basin of fruit and said yes.

The kitchen was small, and the two of them couldn't move around, so Xu Hui took the initiative to open the door and go to the public sink in the corner of the corridor to wash fruit.

After she went out for a while, the door opened, and I poked my head to look: "Juan, you're back?" I looked at the clock on the wall again: "It's not 07:30 yet, how did you mention it?"

Chi Qian rolled his eyes, ran over and said, "It's boring in the future. I was afraid that Dad would be bored at home alone, so I sneaked out."

I patted his head lovingly: "You are so good, have you told the teacher?"

"Say it." He bent his eyes and smiled, under the slightly yellowed light in the kitchen, it looked like a river floating with morning light, warm and soft.I couldn't help touching his little head again.

Chi Qian was obviously a lot happier today, he lifted his schoolbag up, lowered his head to take things out: "Dad, are you hungry, I have..."

"Crack—" The door was suddenly opened.

Xu Hui, who was wearing a lotus-colored chiffon skirt and a white suit jacket, bent over to take off her shoes, and said, "Mr. Chen, I've washed all the fruits. Would you like to eat one and check?"

Chi Qian's body froze obviously, and he raised his head in disbelief.

I felt a little embarrassed when he saw it, and touched my nose: "This is a colleague from Dad's school, Teacher Xu Hui."

Xu Hui walked in with a bowl of fruit in her hand, and she was stunned when she saw Chi Qian: "Mr. Chen, this is..."

"This is my son." I introduced to her, then turned to call Chi Qian, "A Juan, Auntie."

"Ah, you are Mr. Chen's son. Have you eaten yet?" Xu Hui greeted Chi Qian with a smile, and took out the biggest apple from the basin and handed it to him: "I want to eat apples for Christmas, here, take it Bar."

Chi Qian looked at her silently, as if he had suddenly returned to the boy with cold eyes in his previous life.

Xu Hui couldn't hold back her smile. She turned her head and winked at me for help. I was also at a loss. Didn't I act like a baby just now? Ah, is it heavy, let it go quickly."

"No." Xu Hui is a gentle and cheerful girl, and immediately laughed again, "I just ate the Christmas meal made by Teacher Chen, and I feel full of energy..."

"Father." Chi Qian took a step back suddenly, "A Liang said he would take me to the park to watch the fireworks, so I just came back to tell you."

"Oh? Are you still going out?" I was very surprised.

"I'm leaving." Chi Qian backed away repeatedly with his head down, without even looking at me, and ran out with his schoolbag.

"Bang—" The door was still slamming loudly.

Xu Hui and I looked at each other with a look of surprise that we hadn't had time to clean up.

Didn't you just come back to see me because you were afraid that I would be bored?Why are you running away now?Moreover, the cold and hard tone just now was too scary, right?Where did I offend him?

Kids are kids, moody.

Although I really want to go out to chase Chi Qian, but there is still a guest sitting at home, so I can't leave the guest and run away by myself.

Fortunately, after only talking for half an hour, Xu Hui planned to go back.I walked her downstairs, and she had a white Volkswagen, although it wasn't a fancy car, it was a 20th birthday present from her father.She can also be regarded as a girl who grew up in a wealthy family, but she has no temperament of a young lady at all and is easy to get along with.

Watching Xu Hui's car drive away from the small ramp, I thought about it, and then called Lin Ziliang's home, wondering if his father knew which park they went to.

"Hey?"

I was taken aback, it was Lin Ziliang himself who answered the phone, he was at home? !

"Ah Liang, didn't you go to the park with Chi Qian to watch the fireworks?" My heart jumped.

"No, he left as soon as school was over, saying he was going to the cake shop." Lin Ziliang was at a loss.

"Huh? Don't you have a Christmas party?"

"That's right, but he didn't go." Lin Ziliang said, "He said he would make a cake for you to eat himself. For Christmas, he has saved pocket money for a long time."

I froze in place.

"Uncle, what's wrong?"

"Nothing..." I stared blankly ahead.

At another intersection ahead, under the dim streetlights, there seemed to be a figure that looked like Chi Qian squatting.

I approached quietly without disturbing him.

Chi Qian squatted there, with an open cake box at his feet, which contained a poorly made cake, the cream on it was spread unevenly, and even the fruit dotted on it was cut in a mess.

It's just...just full of fruit that I like to eat.

A few stray cats meowed around him. He dug some fruit and threw it to them, and occasionally put a piece in his mouth.

My eyes stopped at the schoolbag he threw on the ground casually, and two plates and two forks slipped out of the schoolbag.

I prepared it specially, do you want to share it with me?

His throat seemed to be blocked by something, and he opened his mouth, but he still didn't know what to say.

I had no choice but to watch him from a distance. On the empty long street, he just squatted on the side of the road. The flickering street lights stretched his small and lonely shadow very long.

What a fool.

The author has something to say: Tomorrow I will accompany my best friend to buy clothes...

It may be late when I come back, so the update will be a little late, but it will definitely be updated. I will try not to be late after the blue queen, just to give you a vaccination, okay.