The iced milk was placed next to it, and because the person who was supposed to drink it was busy with other things, the cold air recondensed into water droplets, which slowly or quickly slid down the glass surface.
Ana is sewing the last bits of fabric.
This is tomorrow's gift for Tanya - a huggable bear.
She was so absorbed that she didn't know when Karenin entered the room.
If not necessary, Karenin's footsteps are always very soft, which is different from the sharpness of his confided words. People like him, regardless of gender, are more introverted and quiet in character. It seems that even the sound of footsteps has become a kind of restraint in their characters.
When he came in, he saw his wife's back at first glance, and then he confirmed his son who was taking a quiet afternoon nap on the bed. After arriving at a place, it is habitual to look at the layout in order to observe and obtain information. Since getting married and becoming a husband and a father, the wife and son have become the first choice, and have been meticulously stored in Karenin's daily habits.
Karenin walked over and saw those small hands moving on a pink and purple puppet. That looks like a bear, probably.
He waited for Anna to temporarily put aside the needle and thread, and then tapped lightly on the table next to him, indicating that he was in the room.
Anna raised her head when she heard the noise. She blinked at Karenin, half stood up again, leaned over and looked outside.
"It's about this time," she said, as if realizing how long she'd been sitting like this.
"What are you doing?" Karenin asked, carefully picked up the puppet and looked at it.
Anna laughed and tapped the puppet's nose.
"Birthday present for Tanya."
"Bear?"
"You can see it!" Anna was a little happy.
After confirming that it was a bear, Karenin carefully looked at the finished product again, hesitating a bit, "But it doesn't look very realistic, and if it is used for teaching, it may be misleading."
After listening to Karenin's words, Anna was a little surprised, and then she seemed to realize something, and became gentle again.
Her series of expressions made Karenin realize that there must be something wrong with his words.
"Isn't it used for teaching, to let her know the body structure of bears?"
"No, it's not." Anna pinched the puppet bear's round ears.
"It's cute, isn't it? In terms of function, it can hug people, listen to your heart, and sometimes, it can become a good friend who can't speak. Although its appearance cannot be used as a biological Teaching, but I guess it's still useful."
After Anna finished speaking, she saw that Karenin was staring at the little bear carefully. She smiled and said encouragingly: "You can try talking to it."
"I can't." Karenin refused.
Anna was a little disappointed, but it was understandable. Just like Karenin doesn't like sweets very much, he doesn't seem to have any interest or preference for this kind of thing.
"It will be Tanya's friend." As if seeing what Anna was thinking, Karenin explained.
"I figured I'd better not just say hello to her friends until she introduced us."
Ana blinked, then laughed.
"a joke?"
Karenin nodded affirmatively.
Ana wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Okay ok..." she laughed, "I think you want to tell me it's 'unique' right?"
"Maybe I can't fully understand its cuteness, but the 'only' is indeed." Karenin put the puppet bear back on the table, and his fingers seemed to caress the puppet's fluff.
Ana saw it, she had an idea, and then it decided to make that idea a little different from the previous ones.
"Do you know that you are really lucky today?" Anna said suddenly.
Karenin was stunned for a moment, and he seriously recalled today, but he didn't find any difference.
"I just seemed to be having a normal day," he said.
"The day is not over yet, sir." Anna blinked, "Because you will also get a hugging bear."
Karenin blushed a little when he heard this.
"No, I don't need it," he refused.
"Why?" Anna didn't accept it, and said angrily, "You obviously like it too, but you were a little bit reluctant when you let it go just now. Don't argue, I'll just watch."
Karenin choked, he did, and finally he could only say with some difficulty: "I think that belongs to children, and I am already an adult."
"I'm an adult in my thirties." He rarely emphasized his own age, and seemed to very much hope that he could be a few years older at this moment, in order to reject the possibility that he would have a cuddling bear.
"Oh." Anna nodded.
Karenin breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Anna had given up on this idea, but the other party looked at him slyly.
"But you can't stop me from giving you a cuddly bear."
"Even if you tell me now that you concealed your age when we got married, it's the same, as if you are over forty and old enough to care about your rheumatism." She added cheerfully.
Karenin heard this and knew that no one could stop his wife except by force.
However, looking at Anna's narrow smile, this man who always compromised with his wife unconsciously had no choice but to compromise again.
"Because of time constraints, I can't give you one as big as Tanya's cuddling bear. I can only make a smaller one." Anna deliberately looked at Karenin with an apologetic look, and the latter said helplessly He doesn't mind.
In fact, Karenin believed that the smaller the better, the kind small enough to fit in a buttonhole.
"Let's choose a color first." Anna said, "Pink and purple are not acceptable, do you want a boy's color?"
When Karenin's hand was about to pick up a piece of black cloth, Anna lightly slapped the back of Karenin's hand.
"No, no. The black hugging bear is really scary." She pushed Karenin's hand away, then chose from the blue series, and finally picked up one, put it in the corner of Karenin's eyes, and bent his eyes.
"It's the closest color possible."
Karenin realized what "color" meant, and he blinked.
"The eyelashes are nice too."
The sudden praise made Karenin a little uncomfortable. He lowered his head slightly and coughed lightly.
"Just use this color."
Seeing his wife's understanding expression, Karenin could only touch his palm to ease his mood.
"Are you busy?" Anna raised her head and asked.
"Not really."
Hearing Karenin's answer, Anna smiled again. This kind of expression of hers sometimes makes this calm man trance, thinking in his heart: Why does she have so many smiles on me, as if I am a beautiful thing, which makes her feel happy and at ease.
And after this sentence, what followed was that although he didn't want to show it, he couldn't control it. The tenderness flowing from the bottom of his eyes seemed to be conveying—"I am willing, for this smile And become that vain beauty."
"Then you have to watch me do it."
"Sometimes I secretly prepare gifts, and sometimes I want you to watch them with me." Anna explained. She didn't grow up in a normal family, because she lacked parents, she was always alone, so a long time ago, she didn't know where to understand the truth, she firmly believed that "communication" was of great importance.
Anna is not used to relying on it, but in her heart, there is a wall called trust, once it is crossed, it is unreserved trust.
She knew that Karenin did the same. They are also people whose families are not perfect, so she wants to cherish each other even more, as if she also cherished her past self.
So every time she said an affirmative sentence, she always had to tell the other party the reason again, because she was afraid that people who clearly loved each other would leave some bad marks in each other's hearts because of some inadvertent misunderstandings.
"Okay," Karenin replied as usual.
He can't fully understand his wife's tender and meticulous psychological activities, just like Anna occasionally misses his thoughts and feelings. After all, no matter how close people are, they are always two complete and independent individuals. But people who love each other, people who cherish each other, even if there is no magic, but subtle movements, or some kind of affirmative answer, inadvertent support, can always convey that love.
From the selection of fabrics, to the selection of needles and threads, and the sewing process, especially at the end, the needles and threads pass through the hands of my wife like flying butterflies. But no butterfly can compare to the serious and calm appearance of the person in front of him.
The afterglow of the setting sun is still touching the glass on the window, the color seems to be the same as a person's hot heart.
Karenin remembered an article at this moment, but he couldn't remember the specifics. It must have been read by chance when he was a child. But that scene seemed to sneak into his heart silently, and he didn't know what moved it, so Karenin gave it a corner in Karenin's heart like grace.
And now, it's being remembered. She came out from the corner a little timidly and shyly, looking up at him expectantly, as if urging him to share it with others.
other people. No, no one else.
Only his wife, Anna.
Karenin looked at his wife and said in a low voice, "I read an article before, but I don't remember what it was about, but I remember that the mother of the main character was mending clothes for her son."
Anna listened and laughed.
"Are you wondering why the torn clothes continue to be mended, or why the mending is not done by the maid?"
"Although I can't say that I fully understand the lifestyles of poor families, 'why not eat minced meat' can't be fully applied to me, Anna." Karenin made a small excuse for himself. Despite the early death of his parents, Karenin did not really worry about money.
"It's just a joke." Anna continued to tease. "So you think of me as your mother, Alexei dear."
After she finished speaking, seeing that Karenin seemed dissatisfied, she laughed out loud, wiped away her tears and said, "I know, I really know."
She lowered her head and continued to sew, her long eyelashes covered her, and the corners of her eyes were like willow branches hanging by the lake.
"You're saying, 'You love me'." During the last few words, Anna raised her head and looked at the other person with a wide smile, who, after a long stare, nodded slightly.
Later, when the little cuddling bear was discovered, its owner, in order to maintain his dignity, told a fib, saying that it belonged to Seryozha.
And one day after Seryozha finally grew up enough to move freely and express himself clearly. Tao Li and the others remembered the hugging bear that belonged to Seryozha, and asked him if the hugging bear was okay.
After the dumbfounded Seryozha finally understood which cuddling bear the adults were referring to, he just blinked innocently and said that the cuddling bear belonged to his father.
"That's Daddy's Hugbear, he's fine, a bit worn, but that just shows he's been treated well doesn't it? He's always been in Daddy's life."
The adults here suddenly heard the truth, and laughed out loud after being surprised. After laughing, everyone felt a faint sense of envy. For the little boy was looking at them with an expression of disapproval, and speaking earnestly, looking at them with his young, soft voice, and the bright blue eyes he had inherited from his father. them.
"I don't think that's funny, everyone needs a cuddle bear, even if he's an adult."
"If a grown-up doesn't get a cuddly bear when he's a kid, he can definitely get one when he grows up!"