reborn stepfather

I originally planned to go to see Chi Qian very spinelessly, but I changed my mind.

My mother who gave birth to me at the age of 27 will celebrate her 61st birthday. This age is no longer called a birthday, but a birthday.

Mom doesn't like birthdays very much. She is definitely the most disobedient woman in the world. A few years ago, if someone dared to mention the word "birthday" to her, she would immediately lose her temper.But she compromised after all. In our country, women are different from men. Men usually celebrate their birthdays at 60, while women live at 61.The hurdle of sixty is extremely important. Speaking from a superstitious point of view, one must properly pass one's birthday in order to have a good fate in the future.

After flipping through the calendar for a long time, the closest good day happened to be this weekend, so I asked Chi Qian to take the fastest car back early.

But my mother still doesn't want to make a big deal, so I can say that I just let her book a dozen or twenty tables in the hotel.If she doesn't want to, she is willing to do it in her own home.I bought five or six new large round tables, and I am only willing to invite close relatives and friends.

I couldn't hold back her, so I had to go to my parents' house early to help out. It's so tiring to hold a banquet at my own home. I have to prepare everything by myself. Chicken, duck and fish meat have to be slaughtered temporarily, steamed and served on the table by myself. It's such a big birthday Still not exhausting people to death?

Even if her wish was fulfilled, my mother still held a small mirror with a blue background, touched her face for a while, stroked her hair for a while, and muttered: "It's strange, how do days go by so fast? old?"

The second brother is the least afraid of death when he speaks, with a playful smile: "How can anyone grow old in the blink of an eye? Mom, you will grow old by tomorrow."

Before I finished the last "yes", I kicked my mother out the door.

"Hey." The second brother patted his buttocks and laughed, "Mom, I was wrong. With your strength, you really are not old."

My mother picked up the kitchen knife for chopping pork and green onions on the chopping board and chased it out. I sat in the room and continued to peel the garlic, shaking my head again and again.The second brother is also considered a god-man. He spits out three sentences, and two of them can make my mother jump in anger. I have seen this kind of running since I was a child, and sometimes I think that my mother's strong body is thanks to the second brother. .

But after a while, my mother came back. She was really old, and she couldn't catch up after a while. The one who used to drive the second brother into a fish pond in a panic, and shouted so loudly in the street that people trembled at the end of the street. The fiery woman who was shaking could no longer catch up with her still naughty child.

I hurriedly washed my hands and poured a cup of tea for my mother, and helped her sit down at the table, before I could take a few breaths, my second brother poked his slack face in again and asked with a smile: "Mom, are you not tired? "

I looked at my second brother helplessly, this guy just doesn't stop.

My mother was panting while drinking water, and could only stare at him.

The second elder brother ran in quickly to give mother a back, and beat her shoulder: "Mom, would you like to invite Wei Heng today?"

"If you want to invite him, please invite him. He has also helped our family a lot, so you should invite him." My mother glanced at the second brother suspiciously, "When did you get so good with Wei Heng? Isn't Wei Heng old? Three's friend?"

"Hey, what you said, isn't the third brother's friend my friend?" The second brother laughed dryly.

He has been pestering Wei Heng for the past few years but he didn't dare to let his mother know.

"You won't still be entangled with others, right?" The mother's eyes were really vicious.

I saw that my second brother would probably sacrifice if I continued, so I quickly changed the subject: "Mom, you said it's getting late now, why hasn't Chi Qian come back yet?"

My mother was interrupted by me, and she turned her head to look at the sky outside: "Yeah, why haven't you come back yet, third child, please call and ask."

"Wow, when it comes to Chi Qian, this kid is really promising." The second brother took the opportunity to continue, trying to divert the topic farther and farther, "I just took the exam with my eyes closed and got into the No. [-] Middle School in the city. He is so good at studying, it looks like Tsinghua University and Peking University."

When my mother mentioned Chi Qian, her whole body felt comfortable.Including what Chi Qian brought back halfway, she has only three grandchildren in total.As a result, the eldest grandson was transferred from the city hospital to the provincial hospital. He had to undergo an operation from time to time, and he couldn't even stand up.When my mother thought of Pengpeng, she felt very distressed. She used to take the train to see Pengpeng, shed tears every time she came back, and then she stopped going, saying that she felt too uncomfortable watching it.

Tiantian is a little younger than Chiqian. For her brother, she stopped studying just last year when she just graduated from junior high school.At first, such a young child didn't dare to accept it anywhere, but later she asked an acquaintance to work secretly in a relative's garment factory, earning a little wage and saving it all to her brother's medical expenses.

A 14-year-old girl who hasn't bought a headband or new clothes for several years, goes to work early.Sometimes the benefits in the factory are not good and there is no class, so she goes to the school gate to set up a barbecue stall.In my memory, she had beautiful long hair, but I found out later that she had cut it off. She said this by the way when she called back to pay New Year's greetings during the Chinese New Year. She said, "Third Uncle, what's the matter, my parents work I'm too busy, I can only do the housework, so short hair is convenient and saves shampoo."

My heart was so sore.The rest of the monthly salary will be remitted to their families. Although it is not much, it can help a little.

So my mother dare not think of the eldest brother's family, and she would sigh when she thinks of it. She is only happy when she talks about Chi Qian. .”

The second elder brother played a good sign, and my mother laughed at once: "Yes, our Chi Qian is very promising. Now our family is looking forward to him, and we are looking forward to him." Mom smiled a little more, and turned to ask the second brother, "Remember to clean up the pebbles, broken bricks, cans and other garbage on the road at the door later, your eldest brother will bring Pengpeng Tiantian back to see me, Pengpeng needs a wheelchair, don't trip him."

"Oh? Really?" The second brother's eyes lit up. The eldest brother hasn't been home for many years. One is that Pengpeng can't live without someone, and the other is because he wants to save that little money.

"Why is it not true? Your sister-in-law said that Pengpeng said he must come back. He is in better health now, and wants to come back to see me, and said he would stay for a few more days." Mom laughed, and the fine lines around her eyes piled up. On both sides, they looked very kind, "I'm really happy, my grandson and granddaughter are coming back."

"Then I'll go now." The second brother was also very happy, picked up the broom and rushed out.

I can’t express the excitement in my heart. My elder brother loved me when I was a child. Wasn’t my family poor at that time? Secretly dug it out and stuffed it in my mouth.I was young and greedy, but I knew I couldn’t eat it, so I put it in my mouth and said to him: “Brother, I don’t want to eat it. Mom gave it to you.” He patted my head and said, “You are going to go to college in the future. ,you eat."

For his words, I have been studying hard, and I think I can't let my brother down.

Although he is not good at words, he has always been like a mountain in my heart, tall and unshakable.

"You also call to remind Chi Qian." Mom took the basket of garlic from my hand, "Tell him to hurry up, don't let your elder brother come back, he hasn't come back yet."

I nodded, and only took two steps outside when I heard Chi Qian's loud shout: "Grandma, Dad, I'm back."

The mother was so excited, she threw the garlic basket on the ground and ran out: "Juan, ouch, my Juan has grown taller again, ouch, grandma will come to talk to you on stilts from now on, Otherwise, the neck will be sore."

I imagined my mother walking on stilts and talking to Chi Qian, and I was so amused.

The eldest brother and his family came back before the banquet in the evening. Both the eldest brother and the eldest sister-in-law were very emaciated. People in their early forties actually had a lot of gray hair, and they looked very hard-working.Tiantian pushed Pengpeng to walk behind, a 14-year-old girl with short ear-length hair, tall and extremely thin, with surprisingly big eyes.

I can hardly recognize Pengpeng, this boy who is only one year older than Chi Qian, who used to love to play football, is now sitting in a wheelchair with a pale face, and his eyes move very slowly when looking at people, using a kind of Looking at you with eyes that are so calm that people are afraid, like a pool of stagnant water that will never make waves again.

At that moment, my heart was very sour. I thought of that terrible time. I could only stare at him as if I was enduring severe pain, and I couldn't say a word.

But he was smiling, especially a breezy smile, and he called me gently: "Third Uncle."

"Hey." I trembled, "Go in."

This evening was when our Chen family was most well-organized, and we invited many relatives, Wei Heng was also invited by the second brother, and even two tables were set up in the courtyard, which was very lively.The warm light shone on everyone's faces with smiles. My mother was very happy, and she took out her daughter Hong who had been hidden at home for more than ten years. Yes, I have been waiting for you to come back to drink."

The sister-in-law nodded repeatedly with tears in her eyes.

The wine helped people cheer up, and the scene became lively. I didn't dare to drink such an old wine, so I opened a small bottle of beer.When the relatives invited at home finished eating and left, the second elder brother was already drunk and drunk, running wild in the house, picking up the broom, twisting his buttocks and singing loudly in the middle of the room: "Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!" Swish Swish, huhu, Swish Swish Swish, Swish Swish Swish, Swish Swish Swish, 1, 2, 3, go! Hmm~ Hurt, Huhu~ Mmm~ Shake, Shake~ Mmm~ Pretend, pretend..."

I couldn't take it anymore, I chased him out, caught Wei Heng who was about to go home, and put him in front of my second brother.The second brother squinted his eyes and saw that the person sitting on the sofa looked familiar. He looked again, hey, Wei Heng.Immediately stopped singing, sat on a stool with a broom in his arms and smirked at Wei Heng.

I knew that the only people my second brother could recognize after he was drunk were Wei Heng and my mother.Needless to say the reason for recognizing Wei Heng, the recognition of my mother is entirely due to the reflexive nerves of wanting to escape after years of physical training.

The eldest brother's family still lives in the same house as before. Even though they have been away for many years, my mother still cleans his room every day, sweeps the dust, wipes the table, and mops the floor.Everything on the table is the same as it was when the eldest brother left, and it is still the same now.

As long as you stand at the door and take a look, you will know how much you miss the person who comes to clean the room every day.

As soon as the guests at home left, the cups and dishes were messed up, so Chi Qian and I naturally didn't leave. We stayed to clean up the dishes and slept in the room I lived in before we got married at night.

While washing the dishes, Chi Qian suddenly said, "Dad, I ran into grandma on the way here."

grandmother?That's Li Qiu's...mother?

I shook my hand, and the washed dishes fell into the water again.

"Standing on the street and chatting with her for a while, that's why I came back late." Chi Qian kept moving his hands and washed a handful of chopsticks, "I was walking on the street when she stopped me suddenly. She didn't recognize her, but she recognized me at a glance, she said I look like my mother."

"And then..." When it comes to things related to Li Qiu, my mood is very complicated, sometimes my head becomes dull, and my thinking speed is slower than usual.If possible, I still hope not to think of her as much as possible.

"She asked me if I was free, if I would go to offer incense to my mother together." Chi Qian put the chopsticks into a clean washbasin and said in a low voice, "I promised her."

"Oh, that's it, it's nothing, you can go." I breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

Just for a moment, I thought that Chi Qian would say that Li Qiu's mother wanted him back, and I was so scared that my heart almost stopped.

"Is dad going?"

I shake off the water on the last plate, stand up and shake my head: "I won't go."

"Oh..." Chi Qian didn't force it.

I rubbed his hair and pulled him up: "Let's go, let's put the bowls and chopsticks in together, oh yes, the other set of floral bottoms is borrowed from a neighbor's house, pick them out later and return them together .”

He walked behind me holding a washbasin, bowls and chopsticks, and asked softly, "Dad, do you still hate Mom?"

I was silent, and after a while I said awkwardly: "No, I never hated her."

In the first few days after the divorce, I tried to hate her, but for some reason, I always remembered her smile in the end.

Later, she left forever, and time has worn away too many things. Gradually, I can't even remember her smile.

Hearing my answer, Chi Qian seemed to relax a bit. On the way we walked back from the neighbor's house together, he took my hand and leaned against me tightly. He didn't know what he was laughing by himself.

I turned my head curiously: "Did you find the money? Laughing all the time?"

His eyes flickered, and suddenly he took advantage of the night to quickly kiss me on the face, and whispered: "Father, let's sleep together tonight."

Yes, there are so many people in the family and there is no spare room, so what if we sleep together.

His voice became softer, and he murmured ambiguously in my ear: "Dad, do you remember that you still owe me one more time?"

"What?" I widened my eyes, with blood rushing to my face, I pushed him away, and ran into the house.

Chi Qian laughed softly from behind: "Dad, wait for me on the bed."

Wait for your sister!

I ran upstairs angrily, and stopped when I passed Pengpeng's room. The door of his room was closed, revealing a crack, and thin light leaked out.In the gap, Tiantian squatted in front of him with her sleeves rolled up, soaking his feet and massaging the soles of his feet.I stood at the door, watching Tiantian's movements with just the right strength, and I could almost see how she massaged her brother like this every night in the past few years, how she went from being unfamiliar to being proficient.

There was still a faint smile on the elder brother's face, as if there was something supporting the corners of his lips. Yes, even the raised arc was exactly the same as when he entered the door, and it hadn't changed at all.

"Tiantian, it's okay." His voice was tired but gentle, and he wiped Tiantian's forehead with the back of his hand, "Don't do it, are your legs sore from squatting? Get up and take a rest. Your head is sweating."

"It's okay." Tian Tian raised her head and smiled at him, "I heard people say that it takes half an hour to press it for the effect, we have to stick to it."

My nephew sighed and stopped talking. He just lowered his eyes and wiped his sister's sweat one after another.

The younger sister lowered her head to help him press his feet, with thin shoulders and pitifully thin wrists, the older brother was silent for a long time, and suddenly reached out and hung the Jade Guanyin hanging around Tian Tian's neck.

Tiantian was taken aback: "Brother, what are you doing?"

"Give you."

"Don't mess around. Mommy went to the temple to ask for this for you. It's specially used to bless you." Tiantian hurriedly raised her hand from the water to take Jade Guanyin off her neck. Buddha, brother, you take it yourself, I don’t need it.”

I watched him hold Tiantian's hand, and at that moment his expression became sad, and he smiled softly: "This is to protect you for my brother."

My heart trembled, Tian Tian looked up at him in disbelief, tears were about to flow out: "Brother, what are you doing?"

But his eyes became blurred: "I still remember that you go home with certificates every year. I still remember that the walls of our house are covered with your certificates. The drawers are full of notebooks given to you by the teacher. There are three good students. There are learning activists and the first prize in the hard-tipped pen calligraphy competition, so I thought, my sister’s beautiful handwriting is also very beautiful, which is great.” He gently held Tiantian’s hand, “Such a beautiful hand should Holding a pen, how can I get my hands full of cold in winter? How can I be burned by the charcoal fire of the barbecue? My sister should sit in a warm classroom and study with her classmates. How can I stand in the wind of two degrees below zero? Where do you sell grilled skewers?”

Sweet tears rolled out big and big.

"I still remember when you were just learning to walk, my mother took you by the hand and told me, you are an older brother, you have to remember that you are an older brother, and you have to protect your younger sister. No matter what happens, I will hold you Sister, don't let people bully her. My mother asked me several times, and I promised several times before she let me hold your hand. I dare not hold your hand hard. Your hand is so small and soft. I thought, so this is my younger sister, and I want to protect her."

"But instead of protecting you, I dragged you down."

He bent down and held his sobbing sister in his arms, he didn't cry, his face was as calm as stagnant water.

"You want to study, girl, if you want to study, my brother will let you go back to study."

He repeated this sentence over and over again.

"Brother will protect you, you don't have to work so hard, you don't have to work so hard anymore."

he said softly.

My heart was pounding uncomfortably.

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