Chapter 487 I am very good at it
Liu Wangxue held Youyou and walked towards the living room. Youyou didn’t forget the Youzi he carried all the way. He just put it on the ground. He twisted around and pointed back: "Sister , Pomelo, grapefruit! I got it for you, it’s very sweet!”
Liu Wangxue turned around and saw that Xu Qingsong had picked up the grapefruit, so she teased you and told him. Sticking to his face, he pretended to bite, and said with a smile: "I think the little grapefruit in my arms is sweeter, I want to eat this one, ah-haha..."
Youyou laughed loudly and hid. She shouted: "Ah - I can't eat it, I can't eat it, I'm not sweet at all hahaha..."
Youyou doesn't look fat, but the texture is very solid, maybe Qingsong had hugged her in the summer, but she was worried that Liu Wangxue wouldn't be able to hug her if she was making such a fuss, so he stretched out an arm to protect her.
Jing He carried the gift box and followed with three others.
Entering the living room, Liu Wangxue put Youyou on the sofa and teased him for a while. Seeing that he was smiling so much that his forehead was sweating slightly, he quickly stopped and took out a tissue. Give him a rub.
Next to him, Xu Qingsong was talking to Jinghe and asked him when he came back.
A few days ago, the primary schools in the village were on holiday, so Liu Wangxue sent a message to Gu Qingyue and asked them when they planned to come back. Gu Qingyue said that Youyou and Jinghe over there were also on holiday, but she and Shen Nianan still had some unfinished work at school, and it was estimated that it would take two days. Liu Wangxue was worried that it would be inconvenient for her family of four to take a taxi if they had a lot of luggage, so she asked Gu Qingyue to tell her in advance before she came back, and she and Xu Qingsong drove to pick them up.
Gu Qingyue promised well, but she didn't expect them to come back like this. Liu Wangxue didn't receive any news.
Jinghe said: "Youyou didn't let you say it, he wanted to create a surprise."
Liu Wangxue pinched Youyou's face: "Oh, little Youyou, you even know the surprise."
Youyou dragged Xiaoci who was lying next to you and hugged her, with the words "I'm awesome" written all over her face: "Yes! I'm very good at surprises!"
Liu Wangxue couldn't help but hug him again.
Jing He said: "The foreign teacher in their class taught the word 'surprise' before New Year's Day, so he gave them holiday homework and asked each of them to prepare a surprise for their family."
Youyou doesn't understand what "surprise" means. The teacher explains that it means preparing something or doing something for him when others don't know it. This thing or thing will surprise him and make him happy.
Youyou doesn’t understand what “surprise” means, but he knows “happy”. His happiest moment in kindergarten was when he got a beautiful sticker representing a reward from the teacher.
However, when the teacher distributes stickers, they always stick them directly on the children's clothes. After Youyou returns home, he will carefully tear off the stickers and stick them on the small notebook Shen Nianan prepared for him. , now the notebook is filled with many pages.
Youyou doesn’t have teacher stickers, what should I do? After much deliberation, I could only ask my brother for help. But in this way, my brother will know the "surprise" in advance. Alas, Xiaoyouzi sighed, his brother's "surprise" was gone, and he had to ask him to keep it a secret for him. He was so pitiful. But it doesn’t matter. When the time comes, he will give one piece to his parents and grandparents, and two to his brother!
So, after school that day, Youyou waited for Jinghe to come home and went to his room to "plot". The next day, Jinghe took Youyou to several stationery stores and boutiques. You picked out a lot of beautiful stickers.
New Year's Day is spent as a family together, and Youyou's "surprise" lasts from morning to night before going to bed.
Grandpa's flowers bloomed, so he posted a picture to him: "Grandpa, your flowers are blooming so beautifully, you are awesome!"
Grandma wore new clothes. Post a picture to grandma: "Wow, grandma is the most beautiful grandma in the world!"
Dad I made his favorite rice with chicken wings and posted a note to his father: "Thank you, Dad, Youyou loves you!"
My mother prepared afternoon tea, with delicious drinks and delicious food, for my mother. Post a post: "Thank you, Mom, Mom is awesome, Youyou loves you too!"
His brother helped him finish his unfinished paintings and posted two pictures to his brother: "Brother, you are such a genius. You are Youyou's favorite brother!"
Youyou can always find all kinds of things. She would send stickers to her family for a reason, and every time she would send them, she would ask, "Are you happy?" The other person would say they were happy no matter what, and Youyou would just shake her head and feel happy. Including himself, if he does something that makes him very satisfied, he will also send himself stickers, and then ask himself "Youyou, are you happy? I am so happy."
At the end of the whole day, the chests of the family of six were covered with stickers, and at the end they took a family photo as a souvenir. After the holiday, Youyou took this photo to kindergarten and handed it in as homework. It also received a lot of praise from the teacher. Youyou was very happy.
After the winter vacation, when she was about to return to Taojiacun, Youyou thought of the "surprise" again, so she told Shen Nian'an and Gu Qingyue not to tell Liu Wangxue yet, and she would definitely appear in front of her when the time came. Will be very happy.
At this moment, Youyou asked Liu Wangxue: "Sister, are you happy?"
"I'm so happy!" Liu Wangxue said in an exaggerated tone, raising his hand to draw a big circle in the air, "There is so much happiness that I can't even count it!"
Youyou giggled. Asked: "Am I really good at surprises?"
Liu Wangxue nodded heavily to cooperate with him: "Really, you are good at it!"
Youyou happily kicked her legs and shook her body, and asked Xu Qingsong: "Uncle, are you happy? ”
Xu Qingsong was also very cooperative.
Youyou asked the three little ones one by one, and the two of them who couldn't speak naturally didn't answer him, so he asked and answered by himself. The one who could talk, "has read random replies", he forcibly interpreted as "happy".
Liu Wangxue asked Jinghe again: "Then when did you arrive?"
She and Xu Qingsong had been in the sunroom upstairs, where the view was very good, and they were directly there They could see the road at the entrance of the village, but they didn't notice any cars entering the village.
Jinghe replied: "An hour ago, around three o'clock."
It's no wonder, Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong were still in the sunroom at three o'clock I was taking a nap on the sofa chair inside.
Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong asked Jing He a few more questions. When they learned that there was a lot of luggage, they said they should call and tell them in advance. Anyway, they had nothing to do today, so they could pick it up. Just pretending to be a "chance encounter" doesn't conflict with the "surprise" Youyou wants to create.
Mainly because Shen Nian'an didn't want to trouble them. This time not only the four of them came back, but also the two old people. Six people and seven or eight suitcases couldn't fit in their car. Shen Nian'an contacted the car rental agency in advance and rented two cars, one for luggage and one for people. The one with people was rented for a month so that he could keep it at home for his own convenience.
Liu Wangxue heard this: "Your grandma and grandpa are here too?" Then this Spring Festival should be very lively.
Jinghe nodded, but before he could speak, Youyou preempted him.
Youyou said: "Because grandma and grandpa want to eat fried lotus root boxes and barbecue."
This was a joke made by the second elder when they first returned to Beijing and talked about their daily life here. , said that he would come to Taojia Village again if he had the chance, and taste the food that the two children had eaten.
The two elders have been to Taojiacun before. The first time was the wedding of Shen Nianan and Gu Qingyue. Their wedding was held first in Beijing and then back to Taojiacun, but they were all friends and relatives. Gathering together for a simple meal simplified all those tedious processes.
The second time the two elders came was the funeral of Shen Nian'an's mother. Before Shen Nian'an and Gu Qingyue got married, his mother had some physical problems. The old man didn't want to cause trouble to the child, so he kept silent. Later, Gu Qingyue became pregnant, and Shen Nianan's mother suddenly called him and said that she wanted to visit her daughter-in-law in the capital. Shen Nianan took her parents over and discovered the clues, but it was too late to find out. Shen Nian'an and Gu Qingyue forced him to stay in Beijing for treatment. They stayed in the hospital for the last few months until Jinghe was born. They looked at the photos and left. The funeral was held back in Taojia Village.
The third visit was also a funeral. Seven years after Shen Nian'an's mother passed away, his father also passed away. After her mother's funeral, Gu Qingyue proposed to take the old man to live in the capital, where everything would be convenient, and if anything happened, they could take care of her in time. But my father disagreed, saying that he didn't want to go at all, saying that he couldn't get used to living there and that it was more comfortable at home.
Shen Nian'an was also busy with work at that time, writing papers, evaluating professional titles, teaching, and sometimes going on exchanges and studies. Gu Qingyue is not as busy as Shen Nian'an, but her winter and summer vacations are full, either taking domestic students abroad, or taking a group of international students to study tours, summer camps, and winter camps all over the country. At the end of the year, Shen Nian'an could only spare a few days to bring Jing He back.
Jing He didn’t have much impression of his grandfather. He remembered that he didn’t speak Mandarin very well. If Shen Nian’an wasn’t there to translate, the communication between the grandfather and grandson would be a little bit like a chicken talking to a duck. Naturally, the one who left the deepest impression was Grandpa has a kind smile on his face every time he sees him, and a variety of snacks appear from time to time like magic.
When Jinghe thought of his grandfather, he naturally recalled that winter afternoon. He remembered that he must have been a little older than Youyou at that time. Not long after lunch, his grandfather took his hand and walked to the kitchen, saying that he would take him on a "treasure hunt", and then used the tongs to go out from the stove hole. Take out three roasted sweet potatoes. It was filled in when I was cooking and lighting the fire at noon. The fire was probably a little too strong and the baking time was a little longer. One of them had completely turned into charcoal, and the remaining two were also half charred.
The grandfather and grandson sat on the wooden pillar at the entrance of the courtyard, each eating half-burnt sweet potatoes one by one. Grandpa had black ash on his hands, but Xiao Jinghe had black ash on his hands and face. Both grandfather and grandson had varying degrees of black stuff stuck to their teeth. They looked at each other and laughed happily. Jinghe can still recall the smell of the sweet potato, the aroma of charcoal mixed with the burnt aroma and the sweet aroma of the sweet potato itself.
By the time Youyou was born, grandpa was long gone. Just as Jinghe’s impression of grandma was dictated by Shen Nian’an and Gu Qingyue, Youyou’s impression of grandpa was also dictated by Jinghe.
It was late autumn when grandpa left. That day, Shen Nian'an felt uneasy for no reason. During the break, she took her mobile phone and called her family one by one. When he called his hometown, no one answered. He felt panicked and called his neighbor's house. It happened that my neighbor had just picked some fruits and vegetables from the vegetable field and wanted to deliver them to the old man. After receiving the call, he went over with the vegetable basket. I shouted several times through the courtyard door but no one answered. When I pushed the half-open door open, I saw the old man sleeping on the lounge chair in the main room.
On the day of the funeral, people in the village came to help and comforted Shen Nian'an, saying that the old man was not sick or in trouble, and passed away peacefully, which was very good: "After your mother left, your father also lived by himself for so many years. , I guess I just miss her, or she misses your dad. , the two of them were reunited."
Shen Nian'an thought of the day before his father passed away, and he suddenly received a call from his father. The father and son chatted for a while, and when Jinghe came back from school in the evening, his father came back. He called again and talked to Jinghe for a long time.
There is a landline at home, and Shen Nian'an even bought a mobile phone for his dad, but his dad usually doesn't use it very much. He always calls Shen Nian'an when holidays are approaching or during winter and summer vacations, asking him when he will bring Jinghe back. . The time of this call was neither a holiday nor before the winter and summer vacations, so Shen Nian'an felt a little strange. However, his father has always been in good health. After his mother died of illness, he took his father for regular physical examinations every year, and there was no problem at all. He thought that the old man probably missed his grandson, and said that he would take Jinghe with him as soon as the winter vacation was over. Go back and spend the New Year at home before leaving.
Shen Nian'an remembered what his father said: "I dreamed about your mother, she was still young."
Shen Nian'an didn't sleep all night and stayed in the mourning hall all night.
After that, Shen Nian'an suddenly slowed down. He still did things step by step at work, but he was not so anxious mentally. After careful consideration, she and Gu Qingyue discussed having a second child.
The two of them had never planned to have a second child from the beginning. No matter it was a boy or a girl, they only wanted one child, Jinghe. But after his parents passed away one after another, his mind changed. He himself is an only child, and he feels that after his parents passed away, some connection between him and this "family" seemed to be severed. He wondered if it would be better if he had a brother or sister here. He and Gu Qingyue would have to leave one day, and he didn't want Jinghe to feel the same as him in the future.
Gu Qingyue understood him very well, so after getting Jinghe's consent, she became pregnant with Youyou, and from then on there was a family of four.
The summer vacation of the year when Liu Wangxue came to Taojiacun was also the first time that Shen Nian'an came back to live with his two children for a long time.
That morning, several children from the neighbor's house got together and said they were going to pick lotus pods. An older child took the lead. When they were leaving, they saw Yuyou sitting on the threshold of the courtyard drinking milk, and asked him if he wanted to come with them. go.
Youyou asked them to wait a moment. He wanted to go back to the house to call his brother first, and then ran out again: "My brother is going to the toilet, shall we wait for him?"
The children in the village all run and play in groups, and there is no one who is not familiar with this area. They usually say hello and tell them the location. If they can't walk together for the time being, they can just go there on their own.
A little chubby guy told Youyou the location and asked him to tell his brother: "You can go with us first."
Youyou thought it made sense, so she turned around again He ran back to the house and told Jinghe through the bathroom door.
Unfortunately, Jinghe probably caught a cold at night, had diarrhea, and was in terrible pain. He was separated by a door, so he didn't hear what Youyou said very clearly, so he responded vaguely.
Youyou ran out and went to pick lotus pods with everyone, and drank the half-box of hot milk shared with the other kids.
When he returned after falling all over the mud, he met Shen Nian'an who came to look for someone as soon as he reached the intersection of the road home. Shen Nian'an was making breakfast in the kitchen. After taking care of Jinghe, he found that Youyou was missing. He also heard from Jinghe that someone seemed to come to him to pick lotus pods. Shen Nian'an almost became anxious, fearing that something would happen if no one was watching.
Shen Nian'an hurriedly went to the neighbor's house to ask, then hurriedly walked to the lotus field. Then I saw several children holding lotus pods, and my little son who looked like a clay monkey. He directly picked up Youyou by the back collar, carried the little boy home with half of his body covered in mud, and gave him a serious scolding.
Youyou was carried to the bathroom to take a shower by Shen Nian'an, and said that she did not run out casually: "Little Fatty and the others came to call me. I told my brother, and he said 'ok'."
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Jinghe had already taken the medicine and was lying on the bed. After hearing this, Shen Nian'an really couldn't laugh or cry. It turned out that there was some trouble between the two brothers: "Then you can't just tell your brother. He can't accompany you if he has something to do. You have to come to dad. Only with dad's permission can you go out. You know? "
"Okay." Youyou said he understood and was obedient. While taking a bath, he told Shen Nianan that he met a sister on the road who had a beautiful cat. He asked Shen Nianan, "Dad. , my sister said I can go and play with cats, can I go? ?”
Shen Nian’an has heard from neighbors that the house of Xu Qingsong’s second master’s house was sold to a girl from out of town. The girl settled here with her parents. I heard that the whole family is very supportive. Not bad: "Then when my brother recovers from his illness, I will ask him to take you there. "Play."
Youyou was happy when her father agreed. She grabbed the lotus pod placed by the bathtub and opened it with all her strength: "Dad, I will help you peel it. Yaya taught me." I can peel it, it’s delicious!”
(End of this chapter)