In August 2005, the scorching sun in Huayang City was dazzling and dazzling everywhere. The whole mountain city was quiet, as if entering a state of sleep. Few people appeared on the street, and occasionally only cars roared past with tail smoke.
Yanbo Garden on the west side of Yuehu Lake in Jiangbei is in an ordinary multi-storey building. Across the curtains embroidered with light green four-leaf clover, the room was dark and quiet, and only a slight air blowing sound was heard from the air conditioner. Some people were unaware of the heat outside, and huddled under the cool blanket and slept happily.
This is a small bedroom with a very simple layout.
The only decoration is the warm and pleasant little floral wallpaper on the four walls. Regrettably, even with such a little decoration, the two walls must be covered by two special wardrobe cabinets. The closet is closed, so you can't see what's inside. The upper half of the cabinet is inlaid with glass, and at first glance, it is full of interesting gadgets.
Obviously, the two oversized cabinets are matched with the only two pieces of furniture in the room—the bed and the dressing table. They are all fresh and natural in wood colors. The homemade wooden furniture is painted with clear oil, revealing the unique texture of the logs, beautiful and comfortable, and looks very homely.
If it's a shortcoming, it is that the whole room is too tidy and empty, except for the ridged part of the bed, and the ivory white flip phone lying on the dressing table, and the rest, there is not even the slightest amount of cosmetics.
The person on the bed seemed to sleep unsteadily. He squirmed a few times, and slowly stretched out a white and tender foot from the cool quilt. In sharp contrast, the toenails were painted in a gorgeous deep purple, which looked very charming.
The doorknob opened softly, Qian Liqin came in, and she couldn't help laughing at this scene.
"This kid is so old, he sleeps with his head covered, and he doesn't feel too hot..."
She muttered, put down the soup bowl in her hand, walked over and sat down on the edge of the bed. Reaching out and gently pulling down the quilt, a sober and delicate sleeping face appeared in front of her.
After growing up, Latent Wheat has slender eyebrows. At this moment, he is closing his eyes and Meng Zhougong. The long eyelashes temporarily cover the dark and flexible pupils. On the tender and bright red lips, there are beautifully curved nostrils in greed. Breathing the cool air.
Qian Liqin looked at Wei Liqin, and hadn't seen him for more than half a year. Except that her face was not ruddy enough, her eldest daughter's condition looked good, and she became more and more patient. Although it's not as beautiful as her little daughter, she is better than her complexion like snow, and after a long time, she also has a unique and charming temperament.
This child is obviously exquisite and delicate, but he is so restrained and stubborn that adults feel distressed.
Since she went to Hangzhou to study in high school, she has been in charge of everything she has done. Reading, living, making friends, drawing, even earning tuition, going to college, looking for a job, all without having to worry about half-distraction at home.
Parents have to supervise their children to learn from time to time, and their families never need to do this. There are good role models for the elder daughter, and the younger daughter and son study hard on their own initiative. Last year, although the youngest daughter was the tail of a crane, she went to Huayang University to major in flower art. The son was admitted by Zhejiang University A with a high score. Since then, following his sister, he has also begun the journey of leaving home to go to school.
Parents should always talk about letting their children save money, which is never needed in their own family. The eldest daughter has been self-reliant since junior high school, and even saved money to buy a house and shop. Driven by her, after the youngest daughter and son went to university, they insisted on work-study in any case.
Therefore, although the family is for three children to study, it is not financially strenuous. There was plenty of work. In the past few years, their husband and wife bought a house in Yanboyuan with their eldest daughter. Opposite the door, they had three bedrooms and two halls. 601, their husband and wife come to Huayang from time to time to live here, and at the same time they have the functions of eating, living and receiving guests. 602, living with three children, the living room and dining room were slightly modified, and it became almost a study and studio.
Others’ homes are the bridges that parents walk, and there are more roads to walk than children, but when they move to their own homes, it’s the other way around. When the eldest daughter was in high school, she often went out sketching with her classmates during winter and summer vacations. In addition to famous tourist attractions, he has also been to Heilongjiang in the east, Dali in the south, Tibet in the west, and Mongolia in the north. After I was in my junior year, I even ran the factory behind my instructor. Every time I went there, I took photos and sent them back. I told my family in the email about the local customs, making people read as if they were on the scene. .
Of course, there are gains and losses. The eldest daughter's field of vision has increased, but she only has ten days left at home each year.
I and my husband are well aware of the eldest daughter's personality of "reporting the good but not the worry". They are very worried about her being a girl alone, but they are helpless. What they can do is to make a few more phone calls and care about them.
In the winter of last year, watching news reports on TV, Beijing’s snow was gone, and my husband hurriedly called to inquire. When I heard that there was something wrong with her voice, she knew she had caught a cold and sick for almost a month in Beijing. She was at the perfunctory house when she called the previous few times. The weather was bad, the old illness was not gone, and the new illness was added. At that time, it was so serious that it was almost silent.
With the trepidation the year before, when a foreign company offered to sign a contract, the husband immediately objected and decided on the spot to let the eldest daughter return to work in her hometown after graduation. At least, they were not going to let her go out alone until she was taken care of by her family.
Now, in a hurry to end all the affairs of Beijing, after seven years of wandering outside, the child finally returned.
In his sleep, Qian Mai turned over slightly. A lock of long hair fell on his cheek indiscriminately.
Seeing Qian Liqin, she gently stretched out her hand and stroked it behind her daughter's ear.
"Mom." Smelling a familiar smell and feeling a warm rub, although she still slept in a daze, Latent Wheat murmured affirmatively.
"What time did you get home yesterday?" Qian Liqin couldn't help but stroked her elder daughter's black hair a few more times.
"Four o'clock in the morning. Both Xiao Mo and Xiao Hai came to pick me up." Qianmai moved closer to his mother silently.
"Wake up, get up and eat something first."
"Xiao Mo has prepared the food in advance, I only ate it before going to bed." After the long journey in the car, Qian Mai was sore and feeble, lying lazily beside Qian Liqin motionless.
"Then get up and eat a little bit. It's two o'clock in the afternoon. Mom made you white fungus and lotus seed soup. These lotus seeds were picked up by your dad in the Hejia pond in the west of the village after receiving a call from Xiaohai in the morning. ."
"That's so hard to peel, it's sticky." When Qianmai heard this, he rolled up without brushing his teeth and washing his face. He ate the soup bowl Qian Liqin had handed him, and said vaguely: "It's a hot day. Yes, mother will not run around in the future. I was going to return to Nanjiang to see you in the evening."
"Your dad doesn't worry, let me bring some fresh fruits and vegetables to see you. I don't know if Xiao Mo and Xiao Hai are in Huayang, do they have a good meal and sleep?"
"Don't worry about it. They are all such big people, and they have to eat, drink, and sleep like dolls?..."
Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be there.
The mother and daughter were chatting, and the phone that Qianmai put on the dressing table rang. Lifting the quilt and grabbing it over, it was Qian Xiaohai.
"Hey?"
"Sister, are you up? Have you eaten yet? Uncle Wu and aunt said that the family gathers at night and will catch the wind for you." Qian Xiaohai asked a series of questions.
Qian Mai Mai directly ignored the first two sentences, without covering up the microphone, and asked Qian Liqin: "Mom, uncle and aunt said to invite me to dinner?"
Before Qian Liqin could answer, Qian Xiaohai asked at the other end: "Mum came to Huayang?"
Qian Maimai said softly, and Qian Liqin also signaled her to agree to go back to Nanjiang tomorrow. So, after an appointment was made, Qian Xiaohai hung up the phone.
Latent wheat continued to eat the white fungus and lotus seed soup in the bowl, which was obviously iced, soft and waxy, cool, sweet and refreshing. Unknowingly, there was no appetite in the first place, but now a bowl has bottomed out. I don’t know when, every time I go home, my parents start to do their best to cook for themselves. Later, when she thought of the word "go home", she thought of delicious delicacies directly.
"One more bowl, right? There are many more in the refrigerator." Qian Liqin persuaded.
Qian Mai waved his hand and signaled that he couldn't eat anymore: "I will give Xiao Mo and Xiao Hai back from work as a supper."
"Look at you, it's okay on the face. When the quilt is lifted, the body is full of ribs..." After I was idle, Qian Liqin randomly touched the Qianmai body and started to think about it again.
Latent Wheat was itchy to the touch and wanted to snorting, so she took the initiative to open the collar of her pajamas to show Qian Liqin: "Mom, my weight is pretty standard, okay? This bone is called the clavicle, which is outstanding for anyone. My classmates When Angie designs off-shoulder dresses, she likes to make me wear them for a trial effect. She said that my neck is very elegant and my collarbone is very sexy..."
Before she finished her words, Qian Liqin snorted directly: "You're so awesome, right? Just your'three-inch tall' figure, and you want to try on a dress? You think I don't watch TV, a model. At least 1 meter tall."
"I'm not short, 1.6 meters." Qianmai loudly protested his mother's "three inches high" banter.
No way, this height problem has troubled her for two lifetimes. In this life, after tireless exercise and exercise, I can finally lie about 1.6 meters without wearing high heels. But this still cannot change the fact that she is the shortest adult of Yang and Qian.
The trouble caused by height is not just the joking of relatives intentionally or unintentionally. Whenever the manuscript walks the show, the tall Anqi only needs to put on the clothes she designed to go into battle, and she has to look at her, and when she finishes walking, she will help herself when she is free. Suffer.
What's more tragic is that when I ran the factory behind my tutor, I was always said to my face from time to time: "Classmates, go and call your tutor and brother, we have to talk to them." There was even a show when a model pointed at it. She said, "Hey, little girl, pour me a glass of water."
And so on, the past can't bear to look back on the moon.
"You, that is, a general in a short man." Qian Liqin made a final conclusion, took the bowl and went to 601 to wash.
Qianmai jumped up to wash, then opened the two bags in the living room, and picked up the luggage he brought back with him. These are relatively important materials, and she has checked all other minor items, and it will take a few days to arrive.
When Qian Liqin came over from 601, Qian Mai had already cleared up more than half of it: "Don't worry about these, let's just sort them out slowly."
"Urgent! Back to Nanjiang tomorrow, I have to take the time to visit a few teachers, and I will return to Huayang on Sunday evening. I will go to work next Monday." Qianmai continued to tidy up, explaining his schedule and time to his mother by the way.
"How is this anxious? A private company can't compare to a state agency: it's a heavy job, a lot of work, and time is tight. You said, how good was it that you accepted your fifth uncle's arrangement to work as an American editor at the newspaper?"
"Secretly tell you, they don't make as much money as me." Qian Mai pretending to be mysterious, winked at Qian Liqin.
"You kid, you've lost money all the time... You have a house, a shop, food and drink, why do you need so much money? You are talented, so you can make money at a young age, and you are invincible in studying and taking exams... Old saying Both said'Hui Ji must hurt.' Your dad and I are both happy and worried... In short, after you go to work, let us converge in everything." Qian Liqin couldn't help but blurted out another earnest admonition.
"Obviously!" Seeing her mother's face in fear, Qian Mai pursed her mouth, and squeezed her smile back, respectfully saluting Qian Liqin, the "Director of Discipline". (To be continued, if you want to know what is going on, please visit www.qidian.com, there are more chapters, the author is supported, and the genuine reading is supported!)