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Jiang Yu was not satisfied with Qi Nuliang's job.Going out early and returning late every day, the top spins like a spinning top, not to mention dirty and tiring, which makes people very worried. The construction site is always not so safe.

But he couldn't say anything, he knew that Qi Nuliang had to do it.The only thing Jiang Yu can do for him is to prepare meals and boil water every day, and wait for his return.

The working hours at the construction site are from 40 am to [-] pm, and with the [-]-plus minutes of cycling on the road, it stands to reason that I can go home before [-] am.But in fact, it is good to be back before seven o'clock.In winter, the days are short and the nights are long, and before there is even a glimmer of light in the sky, Qi Nuliang leaves, and when he returns home, it is already dark.

After seven o'clock, the door lock rang, and Jiang Yu raised his head from his homework.

Coming in with Qi Nuliang, there was a gust of cold wind, mixed with some strange smells of sweat, cement, and dust.

Jiang Yu put down his pen: "Brother, you are back, the water is ready."

"Well, I'll take a shower first." As he said, he took off his dirty cotton coat and safety helmet, and threw them on the stool at the door, because he had to wear them tomorrow anyway.

Jiang Yu hurriedly went to the coal stove on the kitchen balcony to carry the kettle to the toilet, and put the iron pot back on.Qi Nuliang took a shower quickly, he took the time to take a bath, and returned the cold dishes that had just been cooked to the pot.

After washing off the smell of sweat and dust, Qi Nuliang sat on the sofa, lazily leaning on the cushion to smoke, his eyes only focused on Jiang Yu who was busy serving food on the table.It's not that he didn't help, but that he was so tired that he couldn't even lift his arms.

The work on the construction site is labor-intensive, especially for small workers. The master will instruct the apprentice to do any dirty and tiring work.In the beginning, Qi Nuliang was so sore after get off work that he almost couldn't get up the next morning.After working for a few more days, after getting used to this intensity, you can still stand it.

Only this moment is the moment of comfort for him after a tiring day, the reward he got after hard work, and the momentary consolation for his soul numb by the burden of life.

Jiang Yu is such a nice kid.

I think Yao Huilan should have been very happy in those days when she was alive, she had such a good child.

Since Jiang Yu knew that he was working on the construction site, and no one asked him, he took over the housework of cooking and boiling water on his own initiative.After school, I go to the market to buy vegetables, and cook when I get home.He also learned from his neighbor to use a coal stove in winter, so that the room is warmer, and Qi Nuliang can have hot water to take a bath when he returns home, which is cheaper than gas.

Qi Nuliang didn't stop Jiang Yu from doing this, because he knew that he couldn't take care of him, he just felt ashamed to let a child take care of him.Even if you have tried your best, you still can't even provide what ordinary families can provide to their children.He failed to fulfill his promise to Yao Huilan, and even failed to take good care of a child.

The dishes are already set up, a plate of fried potato chips, and a plate of fried cabbage.Jiang Yu put a bowl full of rice into Qi Nuliang's hand, feeling a little embarrassed.

Qi Nuliang had been hungry for a long time, and took a few mouthfuls: "Today's stir-fried dishes are not bad." Compared with before, it is at least passable enough to be eaten.

"Not very tasty."

Qi Nuliang took a few more bites: "Except for your mother who used to cook for me, no one cooks for me anymore."

Hearing what he said, Jiang Yu also fell into memories: "My mother's cooking..."

"Well, it's not as good as you did."

After a moment of silence, the two laughed together empathetically.

Laughing for a while, the fatigue of the body seemed to dissipate with the laughter, Qi Nuliang said: "You can't always eat vegetarian dishes. You buy two catties of meat tomorrow, cut it first, and I will fry it when I come back."

Jiang Yu is also greedy for meat, but it's a pity that he can't cook it himself. Hearing what he said, he nodded quickly.

After eating, Qi Nuliang went to bed and rested, and had to get up early tomorrow.

Jiang Yu cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks. In order not to disturb Qi Nuliang's sleep, he also went to bed quickly and lay down on the other side.

"Did you go to bed so early today? Finished your homework?"

"Not yet. Get up and call me tomorrow morning, so that you can clear your mind in the morning."

"Okay, I'll get up and call you."

Qi Nuliang knew that he didn't want to disturb his rest, so he adjusted his schedule.

It was still very early, before the usual bedtime, and both of them were still awake.Those respective goodness, respective thoughtfulness and devotion are like a pot of hot soup simmering in the heart, but they cannot be appealed to.

Neither of them could tell what kind of relationship it was, as if two vines were entangled with each other and supported to grow upwards. Without one, the other would not be able to grow toward the sun like that, and would collapse into the miscellaneous vines. In the grass and bushes, there is no longer any sunlight.

It's time for dinner, and in the upper, lower, left, and right rooms, the noise of children, the sound of the TV, the sound of husband and wife arguing...all come through the thin wall panels of the old building.Only their house was quiet, and there were only two breaths in the darkness, one heavy and one light.

Qi Nuliang accidentally touched Jiang Yu's cold feet and pinched them: "Why are your feet so cold?"

"I ran out of hot water for washing the dishes, so I rinsed it with cold water." Jiang Yu flinched in shock.

But Qi Nuliang grabbed his feet, stuffed them into his arms, and wrapped his arms around his legs, not allowing them to be taken away.

"Come to sleep and stay warm next to each other."

Jiang Yu fell asleep according to his words.

Qi Nuliang is like a stove, his palms are always warm, even in snowy weather, he doesn't seem to be too cold.Jiang Yu didn't know if it was because he was severely frozen two years ago, he didn't feel much at the time, but now that he has warm clothes to wear and a thick quilt to cover him, he is very afraid of the cold.I always involuntarily think of those freezing nights, those winter nights when my hands and feet were cold and I couldn't warm up all night, and I couldn't sleep because of the cold.

Now, his feet are in Qi Nuliang's arms, and the man's hot palms are pinching the soles of his feet, which is both comfortable and embarrassing.

"It's your birthday soon. I checked the calendar and it's next Monday. It's a pity that you have to go to school that day, otherwise I'll ask for leave to take you to play." Qi Nuliang pondered for a moment, "You can't play anymore, you have to have a birthday present, What do you want?"

"I don't want anything." Jiang Yu shrank into the quilt, hugged Qi Nuliang's leg, and pressed his whole body against it.

"There are still a few days, think slowly, and go to school tomorrow to discuss with friends."

"no need."

Qi Nuliang knew what Jiang Yu was worried about, but he was unwilling to wrong him again and again: "This is my first birthday with you, I should give you something."

Hearing what he said, Jiang Yu heaved a sigh of relief: "Then buy me a birthday cake. Small ones are fine."

You can make a wish by putting candles on the birthday cake. Jiang Yu suddenly had a wish. After wishing that Qi Nuliang would be with him forever, he also hoped that Qi Nuliang would spend every birthday with him.

"It's easy to talk about the cake, I'll order it tomorrow." Qi Nuliang enthusiastically arranged for Jiang Yu's birthday, "I'll try to come back as early as possible, first pick you up at school, and then go get the cake together, how about it? "

"it is good."

In the past few days, apart from studying make-up lessons every day, Jiang Yu has added a layer of hope, hoping that his birthday will come soon.

He rehearsed in his mind many times how the two of them would get the cake together, how to make a wish when they got home, and what kind of wish they would make, including blowing out candles and eating cake.Every time the rehearsal is performed, it seems that I have really experienced the same happiness.

However, the sky is not beautiful, and we look forward to the days when the stars and the moon are looking forward to, but there is not a sunny day.When I went out early in the morning, the sky was frighteningly gloomy, with gusts of cold wind, which seemed to be a harbinger of rain.

As he expected, it started to rain halfway through the day.The rain was fine and dense, rolling down on the umbrella cloth, and it was only some small sugar-like snow particles that could be seen clearly. No wonder it was so cold this day.

At noon, the small snow particles turned into flying snowflakes, the world outside was gray and foggy, and a white layer had accumulated on the plants in the flower beds.The students were very excited. After class, they all huddled by the window to watch, or went outside to pinch the snow and put it in the neck of the classmate. The break between classes was noisier than usual.

Jiang Yu watched the snow outside fall more and more heavily without any intention of stopping, and his heart became more and more heavy.When Qi Nuliang left in the morning, he said that he would pick him up after school, but with such a heavy snowfall, would he still come?The road is slippery in the snow, I hope he can be more careful when riding.

Fortunately, near the end of school, the snow finally stopped.

It was getting dark earlier in Xuetian. By the time Jiang Yu finished his English lessons, it was already dark.He was afraid that Qi Nuliang would be anxious to wait, so he ran out of the school all the way, but he didn't look at people by the flower bed.

It was probably because the road was bad and the car was riding slowly, so he waited at the place where Qi Nuliang usually stayed.

It was really cold. After a while, my feet became numb from the cold, and the cold wind blew through my down jacket and sweater.The security at the door saw him wandering here alone, asked what was going on, and led him into the security room.

In the small security room, Jiang Yu was drinking hot tea, roasting the stove, looking at the direction where Qi Nuliang would appear, and waited until seven o'clock, but he still couldn't find anyone.

He felt uneasy, because he was very busy with work today, did Qi Nuliang fail to ask for leave?

The school has closed the gate, Jiang Yu decided to go home first.Maybe Qi Nuliang saw the time was late and thought he was home, so he didn't come.Thinking of this, Jiang Yu walked faster and faster, and finally ran.

However, when he rushed back out of breath, the house was also deserted, and at first glance it was the same as when he left in the morning, and Qi Nuliang had never returned.

Jiang Yu threw down his schoolbag and sat on the sofa blankly, looking at the clock on the wall at 07:30, feeling more and more uneasy.Even if it's not his birthday, Qi Nuliang usually goes home at this time, did he ride too fast on the road and have an accident?

No, no, there were a few days when Qi Nuliang didn't come back until after eight o'clock, maybe he got off work late today, and he rode slowly, which delayed time on the road.

Jiang Yu stared at the clock and waited anxiously until nine o'clock, but he still hadn't come back.

He really couldn't wait any longer, he knew where Qi Nuliang's construction site was probably, so he decided to go there first to find him.

He put on his hat and gloves and hurried out, but when he crossed paths with someone in the corridor, he was grabbed by the arm: "Jiang Yu?"

He looked up and saw that it was the owner of the canteen downstairs.

The boss is fat and out of breath at this time, and he can see that he is in a hurry: "I was looking for you. Your family is Qi, Qi..."

"What happened to him? Where is he?" Jiang Yu grabbed him with his backhand and asked eagerly.

"He fell and is now in the county hospital..."

Before the boss finished speaking, Jiang Yu let go of his hand and ran away.