"Mom, come on." Ji Sibei held a matcha-flavored meringue puff in her hand, with cream in her mouth, and said vaguely.
She was standing at the door, while Jiang Ling was squatting, holding a chalk to write and draw on the fluorescent board. Her handwriting was cute and her drawing skills were good.
"Wash your hands after eating." Jiang Ling said softly while writing.
"But Beibei still wants to eat one more." Ji Sibei took the last bite, licked her fingers, and looked at her acting like a baby.
The puffs made by my father are delicious.
"No, you ate two, and if you eat any more, you won't be able to sleep today." Jiang Ling refused her without looking back.
"Beibei can sleep." Ji Sibei wiped her hands, walked over and leaned on her back, drawing out her voice, "Mom, Beibei just eats one."
"Can't."
"Mother… "
Jiang Ling finished writing the activity, checked it again, erased the dissatisfied word, and wrote it again. After she finished writing, Ji Sibei was still leaning on her to grind.
"Eating too much will damage your teeth and cause tooth decay. Moreover, children who eat too much butter will become fat." Jiang Ling stood up slowly and walked into the store.
"But Beibei knows how to brush her teeth, and Beibei will brush her teeth seriously." Ji Sibei followed her in, with short legs and trotting to keep up.
"That's not OK."
She eats too much, it's late at night, and she has to restrain her diet.
"Mom... Dad..." Seeing Ji Yang come out, Ji Sibei pouted and looked at him, pleading, "Can Beibei have another puff?"
Dad is easier to talk to than mother, and she feels that Dad is very tolerant to her and will obey her.
"No, you've already eaten two." Before Ji Yang could say anything, Jiang Ling shook her head, her words were non-negotiable.
She loves Ji Sibei, but there are some things that cannot be tolerated. Puffs are not small, and two are quite a lot for her.
The child is smart, even if she disagrees, Ji Sibei is not discouraged, and looks at Ji Yang pitifully.
"Mom said no." Ji Yang also shook his head.
Ji Sibei lowered her head in frustration, hanging her little head.
"Daddy will make it for Beibei tomorrow, okay?" He walked to her side, looked down at her, and said softly.
"But tomorrow's ones will be sold." Ji Sibei muttered in a low voice, and those that were to be sold could not be eaten.
"The food for Beibei is different from the one for sale. Dad will make better food for Beibei, even better than today's." He coaxed her gently.
"Really?" Ji Sibei raised her head, staring at him with much less disappointment in her small eyes.
"real."
"Beibei will be back after school tomorrow afternoon, and Dad won't be home by then." She puffed her cheeks.
Hearing what she said, Jiang Ling felt uncomfortable in her heart. She knew that her father was not here at this time, which shows how deeply Ji Yang left her before.
"Beibei knows that Dad will not be there? Dad will be here today and tomorrow, and he will make puffs for Beibei to eat when Beibei comes back." Ji Yang pursed his lips and looked at her, speaking seriously.
"Then dad and I hook up." She stretched out her hand covered with cream, and seemed to realize that it was dirty, and quickly wiped it on her chest twice, so fast that Ji Yang didn't even have time to stop it.
"Dirty." Jiang Ling frowned, but didn't say anything about her.
"Come on, pull the hook." Ji Yang continued to squat, looked at her hands that were still covered with cream, and stretched out his little finger.
"Lagou Lagou, the liar's father is a puppy, and Beibei wants to eat five puffs." She grinned and took the opportunity to make a request.
"Five, so many?" Ji Yang exaggerated.
"That's right, if you pull the hook, Dad must do it, otherwise Dad will become a puppy." She raised her chin slightly.
Jiang Ling found it funny and helpless, "Beibei, you can't eat so much."
"It's okay that Dad promised Beibei, and Dad will become a puppy." Ji Sibei raised her voice and emphasized.
Dad doesn't need to sell what he cooks for her, he has to eat a lot.
Ji Yang stretched out his hand to pinch her little nose, and raised the corner of his mouth, "Then who said that Dad is going to become a puppy? Isn't it you, a little villain?"
"Hey." Ji Sibei smiled innocently.
Jiang Ling looked at the two people who got along harmoniously, and Ji Sibei had no grudges against him, as if she had returned to the days when the family got along with each other half a year ago.
Children don't hold grudges and forget quickly, but how can she let go of the harm that was caused to her
Moreover, how long can he maintain this state
When her daughter was away, Jiang Ling looked at Ji Yang with a serious expression, "Beibei believes in you very much, you can't lie to her just to coax her, it will hurt her, and she will be very sad."
"No, I'll make the egg tarts smaller tomorrow, so she probably won't notice, right? Use better cream." Ji Yang was cutting bread and said with a smile.
Originally, she thought that the two of them would have to argue, but when the other party said this directly, Jiang Ling felt speechless for a while.
Meaning he will still be here tomorrow
To be honest, she thinks she can try the idea he just said, as well as the new product that is being practiced, but it is difficult for her alone to realize it.
"Don't worry, I won't lie to her." Ji Yang quickly sealed the bread and looked towards the door, "Someone is here."
Jiang Ling turned around quickly, smiling, "What do you want to buy?"
"I want a bag of bean paste bread."
"Okay, just made it, and it's still warm."
…
When the door was about to close at night, Jiang Ling was preparing the ingredients for squeezing the soy milk tomorrow, this time preparing a little more.
Ji Yang is also preparing the ingredients for tomorrow, "Tomorrow, there will be a wave of publicity when the breakfast is sold, and there will be a lot of traffic at that time."
"Um."
When the two of them went up, Ji Sibei had already gone to bed and fell asleep, she was very obedient, she would watch TV for a while, and then she would go to sleep by herself.
In the past two days, the two got along pretty well. When they arrived in the living room, Jiang Ling felt a little embarrassed to say nothing, and said, "Then what are you talking about tomorrow, do you need me to wake you up?"
She didn't care about him, but she was afraid that he would sleep like a dead pig. The planned tomorrow would be her busy work alone. A person who was so hardworking in the past would be lazy if he said he was lazy.
"Okay." Ji Yang smiled, "In case I don't get up."
"Then you wash up first, and then go to bed early." Jiang Ling said.
"Go ahead, I'm in no hurry."
Jiang Ling didn't argue with him any more, went into the house to get clothes and went to wash up.
When Ji Yang walked to the bedroom, he took out his mobile phone. There were many missed calls and many messages on it. He turned off the mute, so he didn't hear them.
"Brother, what's the matter? You don't answer the phone?"
"Where did the person go?"
…
"Ji Yang, I saw you and your wife picking up your daughter today."
"Shall we go to dinner together? Go to sing at night."
"It's been a long time since I came out to meet and chat."
…
Lu Jiao sent a lot of messages, especially at eight or nine o'clock, it was a bombardment, and he made several voice and video calls, and his words were also very anxious.
He ignored it, and sent a message to a so-called "brother" who was hanging out with him before, "I have a bad cold recently, and I don't want to do activities."
The other party replied in seconds, caring for a while, and once he returned, the other party began to make appointments for the place to go tomorrow, and said to pick him up, but he was too lazy to deal with it. Ji Yang sent a sentence, "I don't want to go, the rent in the store can't be paid, and recently Borrowing money."
It was quiet now, and no more messages came.
Aren't all fox friends like this? When you can pay for eating, drinking and having fun, don't mention how good your relationship is. I can call you every day. If you have the ability, try borrowing money from him
With them, all the savings on the card were used to settle the bill. He had suffered a lot in the past few years, and he devoted himself to making money without any improvement.
Ji Yang opened the online shopping software, just placed two orders, Jiang Ling was at the door, her hair was still wet, "Go take a shower."
"Yeah." He got up and put the phone aside.
When he came out of the wash, she was still blowing her hair, and just in time, she handed him the hair dryer with a tacit understanding.
When Ji Yang picked it up, she walked to the second bedroom without looking back.
In such a small space, the husband and wife are separated.
Why.
Jiang Ling still has insomnia tonight. She felt that she must have given up her mind and would no longer have extravagant hopes, but she still wanted Ji Yang to work harder to make money, raise children, and support the family.
It's not that she's lazy, it's that there are many things that one person can't do, if divorced...
She had thought about this question too, but she hadn't reached that stage yet.
Ji Sibei rolled a couple of times, then hugged her in a daze, dreaming of something funny, and chuckled lightly.
The child doesn't think much, and is easy to be happy. She also reached out to hug her, and stroked her hair with her hands, gently and lovingly.
"Ring ring ring..."
Before the alarm clock rang twice, Jiang Ling hurriedly reached out to turn it off, twisted her hands and feet, got up, went to wash up, and then walked to the bedroom.
Knock twice and push open the door.
The bed was empty.
She was dazed for a moment, and walked to the bed, but there was really no one there.
Left in the middle of the night
fraud!
She walked downstairs angrily, her whole face was ugly. When she reached the stairs, she heard a voice from the back kitchen, and her mood eased down again.
That feeling was like a fire that was burning fiercely, and then a plate of ice water was poured from it, and it was extinguished in one fell swoop. She felt guilty for her thoughts just now.
Walking in, Ji Yang had already put the egg tarts in the oven. Seeing her wake up, he said softly, "Are you awake? You can go to bed later, I realize I can do it all by myself."
She walked over and found that he had put the beans in the juicer, almost ready to cook.
"Why do you get up so early?" She walked over to see if there was anything that needed help.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to finish it, so I got up early and found it's okay. Would you like to go to sleep for a while? I'll call you later?" He opened the oven and put the prepared dough into it.
"I'm awake." Jiang Ling didn't go to sleep, but when he said that, her heart still throbbed a little.
Except when he was just married, he would tell him that when Huai Ji Sibei was a month old, but he never said that after that, she sometimes takes a break, and when there are too many things, he has a bad face.
She has always been very considerate of him, and she has not been idle in the past few years, and she has devoted herself to this family.
"Anyway, you can't help much, just put the beans in the juicer, no one needs to watch." Ji Yang was making puffs, without turning his head.
"I'm happy to stay." She was dissatisfied with what he said, as if someone had stepped on her tail, with a sullen face, "You can do it, and I didn't see you do it a few months ago."
It's only been two days since I started working again, and I started talking about her.
She let him take care of the business of the store before, but he scolded her, saying that she still had to rely on him, without him the store would have to close down, and she wouldn't know anything.
I think it's great that I can make pastries, ignoring her dedication to this family.
Ji Yang stopped what he was doing, looked sideways at her who was suddenly angry, and softened his tone, "What did I say wrong?"
Without looking at him, Jiang Ling poured out the cooked soybean milk, washed it briefly, and added ingredients again.
Not a word was said.
Ji Yang slowed down his movements, walked over and took out the baked egg tart, replaced it with puffs, and looked at her with a gloomy face, "What's wrong? Get angry all of a sudden."
Jiang Ling couldn't hold back her temper, and put the rag aside, making a lot of noise, "Okay, I can't, I can't do anything, you said, you can do everything, except making pastries, sanitation didn't see you Cleaning, who cleans up these things? Who does the cleaning?"
"Do you think you earned all the money? I'm useless and took advantage of you for nothing, so it's all money you earned. I shouldn't blame you after squandering it. That's your freedom."
"Do you ask for money every month for the cleaners? Don't you want money for washing, cooking and tidying up, and looking after the store?"
She couldn't help raising her voice, staring at him with red eyes, venting her frustration during this period.
The value is not affirmed, but belittled. Is it worth paying for so many years
She has had enough.
"That's not what I meant." Ji Yang quickly explained, "I'm afraid that you don't have enough rest, and I think I can do it, so I want you to rest."
"You know if you mean that." Jiang Ling turned around. During the quarrel, he didn't say much. Anyway, he was married and had a child and couldn't run away. He just did what he wanted.
"The money I spent some time ago, I know it was wrong." Ji Yang turned sideways, with guilt on his face, "I spent all the money in the card."
She knew it a long time ago, but she was still so angry when she heard him say that. She really felt aggrieved and sad, and her voice choked up, "You said we worked hard. We worked hard to earn things that we didn't have before. Houses and cars. There are all of them, but what about the money? How many years will it take to get up and down?"
"Last month, Beibei couldn't even afford the interest class in the kindergarten. It was only three hundred yuan. Ji Yang, all the classmates in the class attended, and she was the only one who didn't."
When talking about her daughter, she burst into tears, with some sarcasm at the corner of her mouth, "This is the good life you promised me. It's really a better life."