After holding back for a long time, I finally feel comfortable now. Tao Huainan fixed his trousers, and Chi Cheng took him down with his arms. The two came out of the small shed, smelling the air outside, Tao Huainan took a deep breath and said, "I was so excited when I heard the door knock and knew you were back."
It sounded like he was thinking about them too much, but in fact he was panicked and couldn't wait to come back. My brother took him to the toilet.
"Don't care who looks at you or not, what do you care about so much." Chi Cheng said to him again.
"That's too ugly," Tao Huainan quickly shook his head and refused, "Why don't you teach something better."
Tao Huainan is a child who is very afraid of ugliness. He always looks good wherever he goes, and he will not do any inappropriate behavior just because he is blind. This is also related to Tao Xiaodong and Chi Cheng's good teaching. The reminders of "one can't do it at the first level, second level and third level" when they were young made Tao Huainan behave like normal children, even better than them.
"Auntie is so enthusiastic, she kept letting me eat fruit last night, and I wanted to go to the bathroom when I lay down at night." Tao Huainan didn't wash his hands after going to the bathroom, and he didn't hold hands with Chi Cheng at the moment, he just followed in a low voice. He was talking, "Did you stay up all night last night? Can you rest later?"
Chi Cheng said yes.
Tao Huainan said, "Then I'll sleep with you for a while."
Many things often have accidental coincidences, which are very interesting under the coincidence.
For example, when Tao Huainan and Chi Cheng met at the beginning, it was because his brother didn't come back that he panicked again, so he said the first sentence to Chi Cheng, asking Chi Cheng to find him a bottle.
Now I have also returned to this village, and I am also doing the same funeral. The first thing Chi Cheng did when he came back was to hug Tao Huainan, but the first thing Tao Huainan whispered eagerly into his ear was because of this incident.
Tao Huainan himself laughed and said, "Why do I always want to pee?"
Chi Cheng also smiled softly, stroking Tao Huainan's pouted lock of hair: "Who knows you."
My hair hasn't been washed, so I can't press it now. After washing his hands, Tao Huainan said to Chi Cheng, "Can you pour water for me, I want to wash my hair, I always feel it smells."
Living in the village is the real "smoke gas". Firewood is used to burn the kang, so there is always a faint smell of burning straw around, and the smell is all over the pillows and quilts. It doesn't matter if I can't change my clothes, but I still want to wash the smell of my hair.
Chi Cheng boiled water in a pot, mixed half scoop of hot water and half scoop of cold water, and poured the water continuously and slowly. Tao Huainan held the basin under his head and carefully washed his hair.
The little boy is always clean and delicate, and he feels uncomfortable if he doesn't wash his hair for a day, and he is fine with small things. Chi Cheng is not so troublesome, when he washes his face with an inch head, he will wash it with the crown of his head, and it doesn't matter if it is cold or hot water.
My aunt is not that careful, or there is no new towel at home, so Tao Huainan dried it naturally after washing in the morning. Tang Shu’s family are all simple workers. There are not so many people in the village, and towels are not changed frequently. Tao Huainan's hair was still dripping with water, and he pouted there and said, "How about I go out and shake it? It will dry after a while."
Chi Cheng looked around and saw nothing, took off his coat and put it on Tao Huainan, then raised his hand to take off the T-shirt inside. The T-shirt covered Tao Huainan's head and he scratched and wiped it back and forth. Tao Huainan turned back and touched Chi Cheng's bare waist. Tao Huainan even sighed and said, "I'm such a big trouble."
Chi Cheng wiped Tao Huainan half dry with his own clothes, patted his buttocks and said, "Okay."
Tao Huainan touched the clothes in Chi Cheng's hands, he definitely couldn't wear them. Chi Cheng didn't care about this, he just wanted to put it on his body. Tao Huainan called him to stop with an "hey", took off his clothes for Chi Cheng, then put on his brother's coat and zipped it all the way to the end.
Chi Cheng simply dipped some washing powder on his clothes and rubbed them. In fact, after two days, his clothes were smoky and smelled bad, but Tao Huainan didn't care.
Tao Xiaodong was still talking outside, and Chi Cheng came out to put the washed T-shirt on the clothesline. Tao Xiaodong was quite puzzled: "What happened to the clothes?"
Tao Huainan said, "Wipe my hair."
Tao Xiaodong was speechless for a while, and said, "I really convinced you two."
Today's time has passed, and the ashes cannot be buried even if they are brought back. We have to wait until tomorrow. In the end, keep watch for another day. As soon as the old man's ashes are buried in the ground tomorrow morning, the three brothers will go back.
Chi Cheng had to be at Chi's house today, and he didn't set up any coffin, so he didn't prepare in advance. In the yard, an altar was simply set up with a table, and tributes and portraits were placed.
Chi Cheng hadn't slept for two days and two nights, so he went to sleep on the kang in the house for a while. No one sleeps on the kang. The old man only slept on a single bed during his lifetime. A piece in the middle of the low kang has collapsed. There is a low cabinet on one side of the kang, and some sundries are placed on it.
Chi Cheng didn't take off his shoes, and had Tao Xiaodong's bag under his head. Tao Huainan originally thought that there would always be people coming in, and it wouldn't be good for the two of them to sleep here, so he didn't go up, and just sat next to Chi Cheng's lap, with his hands on his lap. Later Chi Cheng closed his eyes and called out "Tao Huainan", Tao Huainan responded and slowly climbed up.
Tao Huainan leaned on Chi Cheng's arm, and Chi Cheng lay on his side to protect him in his arms. Tao Huainan hadn't slept for almost two nights, and now he was next to Chi Cheng, although there was the smell of fireworks and dust around him, it still couldn't beat the sense of security that Chi Cheng's breath gave Tao Huainan.
They fell asleep in this position, both deeply asleep. Tao Xiaodong also came over after a while, and found an empty space next to the two of them. He took two pillows from the car and got them down, one was under Sai Tao Huainan's head, otherwise Chi Cheng's arms would be numb later, and the other fell asleep on his pillow.
Tao Huainan woke up once in the middle, and was startled awake by the sound of something falling to the ground outside. When he woke up and heard that he was still breathing, he frowned and tentatively stretched out his hand to touch it. He touched his wrist and knew it was his brother, and his expression immediately relaxed.
With his brother on one side and Chi Cheng on the other, this small space is too safe.
The three brothers slept in it for half an afternoon, Chi Cheng woke up first, Tao Huainan would wake up after he woke up, so Chi Cheng patted him casually.
Chi Cheng got up, and Tao Huainan turned back to a warm place in his sleep, and slept for a while next to his brother.
In the evening they went to their uncle's in their hometown for dinner, and the table was full again. Tao Xiaodong was talking to his uncle, and Chi Cheng and Tao Huainan went back to Chi's house after eating. The morning laundry was already dry, so Chi Cheng took it away and put it on for Tao Huainan. In addition to the unpleasant smell of paper ashes and cigarettes, Tao Huainan finally had a slight fragrance of washing powder.
That night, Tao Huainan stayed by Chi Cheng's side all the time, and he would accompany Chi Cheng quietly when he did whatever he did. They had long been accustomed to this way of getting along with each other under their long-term company.
The night in the village was very dark and cool, Tao Huainan was not afraid of the dark, they sat in the yard holding hands, Chi Cheng put Tao Huainan's hand in his hand and played with it. Squeeze your fingertips and rub your fingertips, the warmth between your fingers is transmitted to each other, making the cold autumn night much softer.
The next morning, the old man's ashes were buried in the ground.
Chi Cheng was wearing a white linen filial cloth, and kowtowed several times following the instructions.
After all this was done, Tao Xiaodong led them to Tao's parents and burned some paper. Tao Xiaodong bought two cemeteries in their cemetery, which contained the old things of his parents, and the portraits were pasted on the stele. Usually they seldom go back to their hometown, and they always send flowers there during the Qingming Festival.
The graves of my parents are very clean and there are no weeds. It can be seen that my cousin often comes to clean them up. Tao Xiaodong led the two brothers over to have a look. Tao Xiaodong sat on the ground and chatted with his parents for a while.
Tao Xiaodong was twenty-five when he buried his parents here, and now Tao Xiaodong is thirty-six. In the early ten years, his changes were neither small nor big. Tao Huainan grew up to be a handsome boy from childhood.
Time seems to fly by quickly, from there to here in a blink of an eye, but they are all piled up day by day. After Tao Huainan lost his eyesight, his parents told Tao Xiaodong that they were sorry, that his younger brother would drag him all his life, and Tao Xiaodong never thought about it that way. He glanced at Tao Huainan, turned around and asked with a smile, "How is it? Does your youngest son make me handsome?"
Tao Xiaodong glanced at Chicheng again, and said, "This is the third son of our family."
Thinking about it, I feel wrong: "He is one year older than Xiao Nan, so he must be our second child. Most of Xiao Nan's growth is not due to me, it is all brought by Xiao Chi, I am the one who pays, no matter what Son."
Tao Huainan rarely has any scars on his body, and he doesn't bump into them often, which is very difficult for a blind person. The last time Tao Xiaodong medical aid took him, his brother fell and got injured all over his body, and his forehead was also bruised. There are dangers everywhere in the lives of blind people, and if they are not careful, they will be injured.
Tao Huainan had never been seriously injured, and he was delicate and afraid of pain, and Chi Cheng was used to that delicateness. Only when someone takes good care of them can they be afraid of pain, otherwise the pain will come out early.
For almost four thousand days, Tao Huainan grew up in Chi Cheng's hands, every inch of his growth was watched under Chi Cheng's nose, Chi Cheng held his hand and grew up slowly. Even Tao Xiaodong can't get in the intimacy between them, they have always had a small world that belongs only to the two of them, which Tao Xiaodong acquiesced.
So many things may not be appropriate, but Tao Xiaodong never cared about them, just be happy. It's not easy for a person to live, no matter what he should or should not, Tao Xiaodong has always been used to children, and he has been used to it for so many years, and it will be like this in the future.
Tao Huainan and Chi Cheng took a total of three days off, and Pan Xiaozhuo gave Tao Huainan a stack of notes when he went to school on Thursday. Tao Huainan was puzzled when he touched the thickness, and asked, "Why are there so many?"
"Bondo, there are not a few pages in each of them. I have compiled some of them into documents for you and will send them to you at night." Pan Xiaozhuo pushed his glasses and said to Tao Huainan, "You ask your little brother to print them out for you. Press the frame back."
"Okay," Tao Huainan nodded, "Thank you Xiao Zhuo."
He thanked him solemnly, and Pan Xiaozhuo also said that you are welcome. After talking, both of them thought it was funny, Tao Huainan said with a smile: "Why do we both pretend to be polite every day?"
Pan Xiaozhuo said, "It was all started by you."
Tao Huainan added: "When I say thank you, I mean it. You don't need to reply. After replying, it will look like we are fake."
After speaking, the two of them laughed softly again. Tao Huainan's hands felt cold when they touched each other, so Pan Xiaozhuo stood up and closed the window.
He is always like this, he is very careful about some small things, but when he does something, he is silent and doesn't make a sound. Tao Huainan was quite used to not talking to him, and Chi Cheng didn't like to talk either. Most people don't like this kind of silent people, they think they are cold, and it is easy to misunderstand their emotions.
Pan Xiaozhuo is not very popular, and others don't dare to talk to him. If you don't like to communicate, you don't know others well. When he is around, others don't come to talk to Tao Huainan very often, for fear that Pan Xiaozhuo will get angry. In the eyes of his classmates, this is a typical academic bully who is a bit weird, and he doesn't like to get in touch with him.
But the two at the same table talk every day. In fact, they are the same after getting acquainted. Even ordinary boys have normal emotions and can joke.
When Tao Huainan came back from vacation, Pan Xiaozhuo was warmer to him than usual. Although it was not obvious, Tao Huainan still keenly caught him.
"Why are you talking so much today? You don't usually talk so much." Tao Huainan turned towards his tablemate, "You... do you miss me?"
Pan Xiaozhuo quickly turned his face to the other side when he said that: "What!"
"I think you are!" Tao Huainan said with a little slyness on his face, and said quickly in a low voice, "I won't come for a few days, do you feel bored? No one talks to you, right?"
Pan Xiaozhuo "shushed" him and asked him to keep his voice down: "It's class, the teacher will see us later."
"Look at your shyness," Tao Huainan "tssed", "You're awkward."
Pan Xiaozhuo was originally an idiot, he was more than a year younger than Tao Huainan. Both Tao Huainan and Chi Cheng went to school late, and they just skipped a grade, otherwise they would be older than the students in the same grade. Pan Xiaozhuo went to school early again, when he was just six years old, he was the youngest in the class.
Because Tao Huainan asked if he missed him, Pan Xiaozhuo's face became hot for a long time.
The little boy never expressed himself, and never said such things to anyone. He was embarrassed by Tao Huainan's words, and wanted to pretend to say something naturally, but he didn't say it for a long time.
During class break, Ji Nan tiptoed to show his head at the window in the corridor, and called out "Tao Huainan".
Tao Huainan heard it, turned to that side, and Ji Nan said, "Come out and get something."
The class bell just rang, and it took several minutes for Tao Huainan to move out and come back. As soon as Pan Xiaozhuo heard the bell, he rushed out quickly, and his movements were very agile. Ji Nan smiled and said, "Oh, you are very clever now?"
Pan Xiaozhuo looked at him and said, "Hurry up, the teacher in my class will not allow contact with people from outside the class."
Ji Nan laughed, but refused to give it to him: "Didn't your class teacher come?"
Pan Xiaozhuo, a typical good student, was in awe of the teacher, looked back and forth with a frown, and urged Ji Nan: "Hurry up."
Ji Nan then gave it to him and said, "I just went downstairs and brother Kai gave it to you, you two can eat together."
Pan Xiaozhuo hurried back to the classroom after receiving it, trotted back to his seat, put the thing on Tao Huainan's lap, and said, "Brother Kai gave it to me."
He just relayed Ji Nan's words without thinking about it. After finishing speaking, I felt uncomfortable, and followed up: "That's what he called, it should be that Kai in your little brother's class... Brother Kai."
"Brother Kai, I'll be Brother Kai," Tao Huainan said indifferently, and reached out to feel it. It was two boxes of desserts cut into pieces. He touched Pan Xiaozhuo's arm and asked him, "Are they the same?"
Pan Xiaozhuo took a look, shook his head and said, "One is black and the other is green."
"Then you pick one."
"I don't want it," Pan Xiaozhuo said hastily, "You eat it yourself."
Tao Huainan casually stuffed one into his table bucket, and said, "Brother Kai's food is delicious. His little sister runs a dessert shop, and the little desserts she makes are amazing."
When Pan Xiaozhuo wanted to say something, the teacher had already entered, and Tao Huainan whispered "Shh".
After going back to his hometown, he missed three days of class, so he must make up for it according to Chi Cheng's requirements for himself. Chi Cheng has always been self-disciplined, and after he came back, he studied late every night.
There are no new lessons to learn in the third year of high school. The whole year of high school is reviewing, and the courses are all completed in the second year of high school. It takes more than two hours to do the comprehensive papers, and it will be midnight if you do an extra set of papers after the homework is done.
Tao Huainan didn't sleep either. After Chi Cheng finished studying, Tao Huainan would sit on Chi Cheng's back and give him a massage for a while.
Brother is on a business trip again, he is always busy during this time, Doctor Tang is a bit dissatisfied with this, last time Tao Huainan heard brother and Doctor Tang talking stickily there.
People are really different when they are in love, the rough people are more delicate, and the cold people are not cold anymore.
Tao Huainan thought about his brother and Dr. Tang, and felt that it was really good now.
Tao Huainan pressed for a while, Chicheng pulled him down and said, "Go to sleep."
Chi Cheng turned off the light, and the two kissed for a short while. Chi Cheng put Tao Huainan's stomach on his stomach, and then fell asleep separately.