It was obviously difficult for a five-year-old child to understand what seniority was. Su Li'an hesitated and did not speak. In his understanding, old men all had beards, but this uncle did not. Why should he be called uncle? Uncle means old man, right
He pinched Sue's two fingers and turned to her for help.
Su Yi was also stuck. She asked Su Li'an to call him uncle, but she just said it casually. She didn't think that far. Although Uncle Gu was right, Sheng Yunzhou was young and not much older than the male protagonist's father Sheng Yanzhou, but according to the Sheng family tree, he was indeed his uncle, the great uncle of Sheng Hengrong. But if she explained this to a child, would his little head understand it? I'm afraid he would ask more whys.
She was just about to ask Su Li'an to follow what Gu Shu said and go back to the house to slowly resolve his doubts, but Sheng Yunzhou said first: "Just call me uncle."
After saying that, he coughed again. Uncle Gu wanted to say something, but seeing this, he had to put it aside for the time being.
Su Li'an obediently called him uncle. When it was Uncle Gu's turn, the child stared at his gray hair carefully and said in a firm tone, "Good night, uncle."
Uncle Gu: “…”
With Su Yi by his side, the little brat finally slept through the night. Because of the incident at night, he didn’t get enough sleep. The next morning he was whining and didn’t want to get up, so he was pulled up by Su Yi.
After seeing Su Lian off, Su Yi changed her clothes and went to the greenhouse. She also had to start working.
The glass greenhouse is located on the side of the villa and is usually taken care of by gardeners from the ecological park. The greenhouse is full of lush vegetation and bright flowers. The glass walls around it are open for ventilation. Although the sun shines directly, it is not too hot.
Sui was wearing a white shirt, a straw hat on her head, and overalls that showed off her slender waist. Her fair skin almost reflected the sun.
Her workbench is in the shade of a crabapple tree, and the large solid wood tabletop is scattered with red petals.
Last night, Uncle Gu asked about her needs and found some bottles, pots, tubes, etc. as containers for flower arrangement. They are now placed on the wooden rack together with the tools for easy access.
She looked around and was very satisfied with the working environment.
Although this job was just a status arranged by Ms. Xu for her to live in the ecological park, since she had done it, Su Yi did not intend to be perfunctory and set her own working hours and content.
She knew that the entire villa, including all the rooms, bathrooms, living rooms and dining rooms, would require about twenty vases of flowers in total. Even if she changed them once a week and worked five days a week, she would need to design and make about five flower arrangements every day, each one had to be different, which also included picking flowers, trimming thorns, changing water, pruning branches, etc. For her, the workload was not large, but at least she had something to do to pass the time.
There were not many people in the villa, except Uncle Gu, Aunt Qin, and a driver. The staff of the park only appeared during the day to do some cleaning, purchasing, maintenance and other things. In addition, medical staff would come to check on Sheng Yunzhou's physical condition every day.
Occasionally, people from separate families or good friends would come to visit, but what surprised Su Yi was that Ms. Xu didn't come often. Even if she did, she didn't always meet her son. Sometimes she would only learn about Sheng Yunzhou's recent situation through Uncle Gu or Qin's mother.
But every time, she would chat with Sue for a while.
In the first few days after Su Yi and Su Liyan moved in, except for meeting Sheng Yunzhou once on the first night, they never saw him again. Su Liyan even asked Su Yi privately whether the uncle had moved away.
Until the morning a few days later, it was a good day. Although the sun was shining, the temperature was not high because of the wind and was quite comfortable.
Su Yi was cutting the thorns of a rose when she looked up inadvertently and saw Sheng Yunzhou sitting on the balcony of his room.
The two looked at each other across the glass roof of the greenhouse. Su Yi waved at him as a greeting, and Sheng Yunzhou also nodded slowly.
That night, Sheng Yunzhou appeared at the dining table. He was still pale and looked sick, but at least he stopped coughing.
Mother Qin's face was filled with joy, and even her steps were much lighter than usual. She wanted to show off her culinary skills, but unfortunately Sheng Yunzhou's weak stomach prevented her from fulfilling her wish. Only a bowl of porridge and a few light side dishes were placed in front of him.
Su Liyan was very curious about him and several times he secretly looked at him when he thought no one was paying attention.
It is true that environment and experience determine character, and this is especially true for children.
Su Yi remembered that when she first came, the little brat had just lost two relatives, the Su family's elders, and was almost abandoned by her own mother. She was a pitiful little thing, taciturn, introverted and stubborn. Now, not much time has passed, but she is becoming more and more lively.
"Is uncle sick?" Su Li'an asked in a low voice, "When I was sick before, I could only drink porridge."
"Uncle is not sick, he is cured." Su Yi scooped a spoonful of shrimp for the child, and saw that he only ate the shrimp and left the corn kernels, so he said: "Talk less, eat more, and don't be picky about food."
Su Liyan said "oh" and obediently picked up the corn kernels and ate them one by one.
Sheng Yunzhou sat at the other end of the dining table, drinking his porridge slowly and glancing at them occasionally. Before he knew it, the porridge in his bowl was empty.
After Qin's mother cleaned up his dishes, she turned around and called Ms. Xu to report: "… He looked energetic this morning, and even basked in the sun for a while. He went downstairs for dinner and drank a whole bowl of porridge."
"Is Miss Su here?" Ms. Xu asked.
"Yes, Miss Su has been working in the greenhouse recently." Mother Qin looked up and thought, then suddenly exclaimed, "The direction that Third Master sat on the balcony this morning seemed to be facing the greenhouse? Just now at the dining table, Third Master sat on this side, and Miss Su and Young Master Su sat on the other side. I saw him looking at Miss Su a few times. You don't know, Miss Su has a very good appetite and eats deliciously. I watched her eat, and I felt like I could eat one more bowl of rice. I think your method is really useful."
Ms. Xu curled her lips slightly, with a hint of helpless joy.
No matter what method, no matter whether it works or not, she is willing to try. She does not dare to ask for longevity or good health, but only hopes that her children can feel a little happiness every day. That is enough.
Since that day, Sheng Yunzhou went downstairs more often.
The more they met, the less unfamiliar they felt. Now when Su Liyan saw Sheng Yunzhou, he would politely call him "Uncle" without being reminded by adults, leaving Uncle Gu with a conflicted expression.
Fortunately, after a few uses, he became numb.
In the evening, Su Yi took the child for a walk as usual. They took a walk and after coming back, Su Lian ran to pile sand. Su Yi saw Sheng Yunzhou was also in the garden, sitting at the table where she usually sat.
She walked over and greeted him, "Mr. Sheng, are you enjoying the cool air?"
Sheng Yunzhou nodded slightly and asked her to sit down.
It was already midsummer and most people would still feel hot even wearing short sleeves and would rather wear nothing at all, but he was still wearing a shirt with the buttons buttoned all the way down to his neck. The amazing thing was that there wasn't a drop of sweat on his face.
The two of them sat opposite each other. Su Yi turned to look at Su Lian. She could feel Sheng Yunzhou's gaze falling on her from time to time. She just thought that he was peeping at her "vigorous vitality" again and didn't care.
To be honest, people who don't know Sheng Yunzhou would only think that he is gentle, elegant, and has good manners. Although he is in poor health and is bedridden, he does not have the strange temper of ordinary patients. Instead, he is quite well-mannered.
And over the past few days, Sue discovered that apart from his small problem of liking to observe secretly, he really had no other problems, which was not easy for a man who had been sick for most of his life.
"Are you used to living here?" Sheng Yunzhou spoke first.
Su Yi smiled and said, "Everything is perfect. Thank you Mr. Sheng for your hospitality."
Sheng Yunzhou's pale lips curved into a gentle arc, "Ms. Su, you deserve to work here."
Su Yi didn't think that the other party didn't know what her real 'job' was, but since the other party said so, she pretended to be confused and smiled.
Su Lian played for a while, then came over with a clatter. It turned out that he had built a bridge and asked Su Yi to go and admire it.
Su Yi looked for a long time, but only saw an arch and a bridge hole, and did not find anything worth appreciating. However, under the gaze of the child's bright eyes, he still lied and praised it as great.
The child was sweating all over his face. He was so happy to receive the praise that his face turned red. He was full of confidence and said he wanted to dig a river. Su Yi pulled him back by the collar and said, "Dig a river tomorrow. Today's time to play with sand is over. Either sit down and get some fresh air or go upstairs to take a shower."
"Okay..." Su Liyan didn't want to go back upstairs for the time being, so he had to sit down next to Su Yi. He looked at Su Yi for a while, then at Sheng Yunzhou, kicking his short legs alternately, looking bored.
Seeing this, Su Yi stood up and walked to the bush nearby, picked up a few thin grass leaves, thought about it for a while, and prepared to weave a cricket. At first, the movements were still unfamiliar, but gradually he became more skilled, and soon a big green cricket took shape.
"Mom is so awesome!" Su Lian jumped off the chair happily, holding the grass cricket in both hands, jumping around in the garden imitating the cricket's posture, and having a lot of fun alone.
Su Yi originally wanted him to rest quietly for a while, but unexpectedly, with the cricket, he played even more enthusiastically. Helpless, she once again missed the quiet and well-behaved little boy.
As if he could see what she was thinking, Sheng Yunzhou said gently, "He is very energetic."
Su Yixin said, in your eyes, which one is lifeless
Of course, I just thought about it in my mind and said a few humble words like "the child is naughty".
Su Li'an jumped a few times, then ran back dragging a few blades of grass, and begged Su Yi, "Please make another one for me. A cricket is too lonely."
Su Yi couldn't help but poke him on the forehead, "At such a young age, do you know what loneliness is?"
Having said that, I still helped him weave it. The slender white fingers with rosy fingertips jumped among the green grass leaves, and as if by some magic, another cricket gradually appeared.
Su Liyan looked expectant and watched without blinking. Sheng Yunzhou seemed to have a smile on his face and was also watching her movements.
When the night wind got cooler, Su Yi took Su Lian upstairs.
At night, everything was quiet, except for a light in a room on the second floor.
Sheng Yunzhou sat under the lamp, twisting a few grass leaves on his pale fingers. He followed the steps he had seen not long ago, moving slowly but seriously. Slowly, the third cricket of the night took shape.
He played with it in his hand for a while, and somehow something went wrong, and the cricket suddenly fell apart.
His expression remained unchanged as he stared at the weeds in his hand, and after a while he threw them into the trash can.
Dead things are dead things and cannot be compared to living people.