Su Qingjia spent a huge sum of money to buy four ice creams. After buying the ice creams, the four children returned to the small town by car.
Because Han Miao and Han Jun were not allowed to eat ice cream at home, Su Qingjia asked the driver to park the car on a small road outside the manor. The four little guys slipped out and squatted in a neat row by the side of the road.
"Come on, you can eat."
Su Qingjia bought ice cream in cups. She divided the ice cream among the hands of her three younger brothers and sisters, and then took the lead in uncovering the lid of the cup, sticking out her little tongue, and licking off the milk froth on the lid.
Seeing Su Qingjia's actions, the three little guys all imitated her, licked off the ice cream stained on the lid of the cup, then picked up the small spoon and ate the ice cream bite by bite.
"It's delicious!" Han Miao was a glutton, and finished her box of ice cream in a few minutes. Seeing that Han Jun was eating slowly and there was more than half left, she turned her head to stare at the ice cream in Han Jun's hand, and asked with a smile, "Sister, what's yours like?"
Han Jun bit the small spoon, looked at Han Miao vigilantly, and said, "Mango."
Han Miao giggled, and she said, "The matcha-flavored one I ate just now was a bit bitter. Can you give me your mango-flavored one?"
Han Jun silently took a step aside, covered the ice cream bucket with her hand, shook her head and refused, "No, this is mine."
They are all children, who doesn't love ice cream
Han Jun is not a glutton, she likes to eat ice cream, she can see Han Miao's real intention at a glance. Han Miao was really greedy for her sister's ice cream, and she was a little anxious when she saw that her sister refused to even try it for herself.
Suddenly, Han Miao pointed at Han Jun and said loudly, "Sister, do you think that looks like your mother?"
Because they are still young and their gastrointestinal function is weak, Song Ci does not allow the Han Miao and sisters to eat frozen food. So hearing Han Miao's words, Han Jun thought her mother was coming, panicked, quickly hid the ice cream, and turned her head to go behind her.
As soon as she turned around, before seeing Song Ci's shadow, the ice cream in her hand was snatched by Han Miao. Holding the ice cream, Han Miao ran towards Cecilio's manor.
Han Jun stood up angrily, ran after her, and shouted, "Han Miao! Give me back the ice cream! I beat you!"
Han Miao's chubby short legs ran faster.
Don't look at Han Miao who is usually active, while Han Jun is lazy, but when he really runs, Han Miao is not as good as Han Jun. As soon as Han Miao ran into the gate of the manor, she was caught by Han Jun.
"Give me back the ice cream!" Han Jun grabbed the back of Han Miao's clothes.
Han Miao couldn't run away, so he quickly stuck out his tongue to refill the ice cream in his hand. Seeing this scene, Han Jun was furious. Without saying a word, she raised her right leg and kicked Han Miao's ass.
"ah!"
Han Miao fell to the ground with his ice cream, and fell to the ground.
Han Miao sat down on Han Jun's back, picked up the ice cream that had rolled down next to Han Miao's head, and wiped all the ice cream that was about to melt on Han Miao's head!
"Let you grab my ice cream!"
Han Miao was crushed by her younger sister and couldn't get up at all. Her head was still stuck to the soil. She burst into tears and cried out for help: "Mom! Dad! Han Jun hit me!"
Song Ci and Su Huanyan were playing chess. Han Zhan was sitting in the courtyard reading a book. Hearing Han Miao's cry for help, Han Zhan quickly closed the book and said to Song Ci, "I'll go and see."
When Han Zhan found Han Miao and Han Jun, Han Jun was still sitting on Han Miao's back, and had already wiped all the ice cream on Han Miao's hair. Han Miao grabbed the mud with both hands, wanted to resist but couldn't turn over, and kept crying.
Seeing this scene, Han Zhan was extremely angry.
"Get up!"
Han Jun got up from Han Miao's back when he heard his father's roar.
Han Miao stood up crying, touched her dirty hair with her hands, pointed at Han Jun, and told Han Zhan aggrievedly: "Father, Junjun bullied me!"
Of course Han Zhan would not believe Han Miao's one-sided words, he said: "Follow me into the house!"
The two sisters stood side by side in the living room, one crying and the other full of disbelief. Holding a feather duster in his hand, Han Zhan asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter? Tell me carefully."
Both Han Miao and Han Jun refused to speak.
Han Zhan asked Su Qingjia: "Qingjia, tell me."
Seeing that Han Zhan was angry, Su Qingjia did not dare to lie, and whispered, "Miaomiao lied to Junjun and robbed Junjun of ice cream."
Han Zhan believed what Su Qingjia said was true.
Han Miao is greedy for food, and although Han Jun has an arrogant personality, he is not a child who bullies others at will. In all likelihood, Han Miao provoked Han Jun on his own initiative.
Han Zhan stared at the dirty hair of the elder daughter, then looked at the disconvinced expression of the younger daughter, and said, "Sister hits ten times! My sister hits eight times!"
Hearing this, Han Miao cried even louder.
The two little guys were stripped of their pants, only wearing their underwear, lying on the sofa. Han Zhan slapped Han Miao's chubby butt with a duster, and he asked Han Miao, "Do you know what's wrong?"
When he was really punished, Han Miao didn't dare to cry anymore. She said tremblingly, "I was wrong! Dad."
Han Zhan asked again: "What's wrong!"
Han Miao glanced at Han Jun secretly, and said in a low voice, "I shouldn't have lied to my sister, I shouldn't have robbed my sister of her things, I was dishonest, I didn't love my sister, I was wrong."
Because the family has a big business, Han Zhan has seen many cases of brothers and sisters fighting against each other, and he is afraid that his children will fight each other, so he has instilled in his children the idea that brothers and sisters should help and support each other since childhood.
It is said that three years old is eighty. When children are young, children can turn against each other over a bite of ice cream. When they grow up, they will naturally evolve into a company, fighting openly and secretly for inheritance rights. At the least, the brother-sister relationship is broken, and at the most serious, life-threatening.
So today, Han Miao and Han Jun really angered Han Zhan.
Han Zhan saw that Han Miao had accurately recognized his mistakes, and his anger subsided a little.
He hit Han Miao ten times, each time with great force. After ten blows, Han Miao's buttocks were already red and swollen. Her eyes were full of tears, and she looked at Song Ci who was sitting beside her with aggrieved eyes, and conveyed her sadness to Song Ci.
Seeing Han Miao's eyes, Song Ci pretended not to see them.
Song Ci has never been a loving mother. The children made mistakes, and Han Zhan wanted to educate them, but Song Ci would never help.
Seeing that her mother didn't feel sorry for her, Han Miao didn't dare to cry anymore knowing that she had no hope, so she lowered her head and wiped her tears sadly.
After beating Han Miao, Han Zhan started beating Han Jun again.
Han Jun was hit by a feather duster, and there was a red mark on her buttocks. She didn't cry or make trouble, she gritted her teeth and was punished silently, she didn't look like a two-year-old child at all.
Han Zhan asked her: "Do you know your mistake?"
Han Jun raised her head, stared at Han Zhan stubbornly, and said, "I'm right!"
Hearing this, Han Zhan felt troubled.
He knew that Han Jun's answer would be like this.
Han Jun's character is aloof and a bit paranoid. She believes that Han Zhan is hard to change. Han Zhan slapped Han Jun three times, and then asked her, "Do you know what you did wrong now?"
Han Jun frowned in pain. She clenched her small hands into fists and clenched her teeth. Her soft voice revealed a paranoid firmness. She said, "I just want to protect my things. I am right."
When Han Miao heard Han Jun's answer, she admired her very much.
This is one that is not afraid of death.
"Can't you say you're wrong?" Han Miao was afraid that Han Jun would be beaten a few more times by Han Zhan if he was so stupid. Although Han Miao robbed her sister's food, she still loved her sister and couldn't bear to have her sister beaten severely.
Han Jun lay on the sofa, and she said, "Father, I was right, you can hit me if you want."
Han Zhan had already hit eight times. Hearing this, he put down the feather duster.
Han Zhan squatted in front of Han Jun, holding Han Jun's shoulder, making Han Jun look directly at him.
Han Jun looked at Han Zhan, and gradually tears came to his eyes.
She looked at her father, she was full of grievances, but she didn't say anything.
Han Zhan wiped off Han Jun's tears, and said, "Junjun, protect your own things, you are indeed right."
Hearing this, Han Jun's tears flowed even more fiercely.
She said, "But you hit me."
"Yes, Dad hit you. I hit you for a reason."
Han Jun looked at Han Zhan with a stubborn expression, her small fists were creaking. She wiped her eyes and asked Han Zhan, "What's wrong with me?"
Han Zhan asked her: "Who is your closest person?"
Han Jun said without thinking, "Mom." She said awkwardly, "And Dad."
Han Miao found that Han Jun didn't mention her name, so she hiccupped in tears and said, "There's my sister!"
Han Jun looked back at Han Miao, and stayed on Han Miao's dirty hair for two more seconds before adding reluctantly: "There is still Miaomiao."
Han Zhan nodded, and he said: "Junjun, do you know that although your parents are the closest people to you, your parents are dozens of years older than you. When you are still very young, your parents may leave out of this world.”
Han Jun hurriedly asked, "You guys are going to die, aren't you? Just like my great-grandfather."
Han Zhan was silent for a while, then nodded. "Yes Junjun, Mom and Dad will die one day. When Mom and Dad die, who is your closest person?"
Han Jun pouted and remained silent for a long time before saying, "Miaomiao."
"That's right." Han Zhan slowly let go of Han Jun's fist. He stared at Han Jun's hand and told her: "Junjun, you and Miaomiao are close relatives, twin sisters, and you are still in your mother's belly." We knew each other when we were here."
"You are the closest relationship in this world. The intimacy between you is inseparable. You see, you and Miaomiao are like your fingers. You grow together and you are connected by blood. .”
Han Jun stared at her five fingers and was dumbfounded. Han Zhan's words sound a bit esoteric to a two-year-old child, but she can understand the relationship between fingers.
The human hand has five fingers, they are inseparable, they work together, they are indispensable!
"Miaomiao and I are as close as fingers, aren't we?" Han Jun asked half-understanding.
Han Zhan nodded, "Yes. That's what Dad meant." Han Zhan wiped away the tears on Han Jun's face, and told Han Jun: "You did make a mistake today, and it was too much when you took revenge on your sister. "
"In the future, if my sister robs you, you can find other ways to retaliate. For example," Han Zhan glanced at Han Miao threateningly, and told Han Jun, "You can take away her favorite Barbie doll, or secretly hide her. Favorite chocolate, but you shouldn't let your sister get hurt."
"Junjun, you are sisters, you should love each other."
Han Miao burst into tears when Han Zhan said that she would hide her Barbie doll and chocolates, "Wow, Dad doesn't love me anymore! Dad loves my sister! Partial!"
Han Zhan: "."
Han Miao was crying, but Han Jun understood what Han Zhan meant. She turned around and walked in front of Han Miao, reached out to take some ice cream off Han Miao's head, and said to Han Miao, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have hurt you."
Han Miao stopped crying, and she responded with a sob: "I, I forgive you."
Song Ci said to Han Miao, "Then should you apologize to your sister?"
Han Miao blushed that chubby face, and said shyly, "I'm sorry, sister."
"Okay, okay." Su Huanyan saw that Han Zhan had finished cleaning up the pair of sisters, and quickly handed an ointment to Song Ci, "This ointment is very effective, you should rub it on them quickly."
"Thanks."
Song Ci took the children back to the room to apply the medicine. While applying the medicine, Han Jun suddenly asked Song Ci a question. She asked Song Ci: "Mom, am I not cute?"
Song Ci was very surprised, she asked Han Jun: "Why do you think so?"
Han Jun was lying on the bed, playing with a small Rubik's Cube in her hand. She said, "They all say I'm a freak."
Song Ci was taken aback, turned cold and asked, "Who said that?"
Han Miao told Song Ci: "Students, they all say that my sister is a freak." The classmates refer to those children in the early education class. Every Saturday morning, Han Miao and Han Jun will go to the early education class to participate in children's gatherings.
But how could children know such words as freaks? The parents behind them must be secretly describing Han Jun like this.
This reminded Song Ci of what happened to Song Fei when she was a child.
It was the first time Song Ci learned about this, and she attached great importance to it. After applying the ointment, Song Ci lay on her side on the bed. She looked at Han Jun who was playing with the Rubik's Cube, and asked her, "What do you think, Junjun? Do you think you are a freak?"
Han Jun asked Song Ci with a confused face: "Mom, what is a freak?"
"Freak is not a good word." Song Ci stood up from the bed, walked to the window, opened the window, stared at the camellias in the yard downstairs, and said to Han Miao and Han Jun, "Come here."
The two sisters walked over together, stood on the stool, and stood with Song Ci to look at the camellias downstairs.
Song Ci asked them: "Look, which of the flowers below is the most beautiful?"
Han Jun and Han Miao pointed to a bright red camellia by the roadside in the garden at the same time.
Song Ci nodded, and she said, "Yes, that camellia is the prettiest."
She touched Han Jun's head and told Han Jun: "Junjun, you are the camellia. Because you are more beautiful than other flowers, they will never be as beautiful as you, so they feel uncomfortable, and they just leave Calling you. Calling you a freak, calling you a misfit, calling you uncute."
"But Junjun, no matter what others say, you are always that beautiful camellia, and you are always the most special one among the crowd."
Seeing both Han Miao and Han Jun showing confused expressions, Song Ci asked them, "Do you not understand?"
Han Miao nodded, and she said, "My sister is a human being, not a camellia."
Song Ci knew that the children might not understand, so she said concisely: "A freak is the most special, smartest, and most unique person."
Han Jun seemed to understand Song Ci's words, she raised her head and smiled slightly at Song Ci, and said, "I love you, mother."
Song Ci was stunned.
From the eyes of the children, she saw sincere love, and for the first time, she felt the return of love from her children.
"I love you all too."
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The next day, Song Ci and Han Zhan were going to France to visit Coleman. Su Huanyan has not been busy with work recently, so Song Ci temporarily left her two daughters with Su Huanyan.
Coleman's hometown is not in Paris, the fashion capital, but in Lyon, the second largest city in France. His home is in the fifth arrondissement of Lyon, an old city on the west bank of the Saone River at the foot of Fourvière.
Stone paths, retro buildings, and a slow-paced lifestyle cast a veil of mystery on this old city.
Han Zhan rode a bicycle and carried Song Ci on the stone path. He rode very slowly, firstly, to avoid passing pedestrians, and secondly, to protect Song Ci.
After riding for a while, Han Zhan parked the car in front of an old orange-red building. The iron fence in front of the small building is covered with all kinds of thorny plants, and the pink and red flowers are all in full bloom.
Song Ci reviewed the address, and after confirming that the address was correct, he went up the stairs, came to the door of the small building, and rang the doorbell.
The doorbell thought for a long time but no one came to answer the door. Song Ci thought that Coleman was not at home, and when she was about to leave, she finally remembered a slow French: "Who is that?"
It was the voice of a strange man, not Coleman's.
Song Ci said in English: "Hello, I am Cherry Song Ci, and I am here to visit Mr. Coleman. Excuse me, is Mr. Coleman in?"
Inside the door, after Coleman's life assistant heard Song Ci's words, he went to Coleman's side, leaned into his ear and shouted: "Sir, there is a woman named Cherry outside the door who wants to see you."
Coleman is severely deaf. He wears a hearing aid, but he can only hear very soft sounds.
"Cheey, Song Ci..." Coleman stood up holding the piano by himself, and said, "Go and prepare coffee, my friend is here."
"Good sir."
Holding a cane, Coleman walked slowly behind the door.
He stood at the door and asked loudly, "What are you doing here, Cherry?"
Song Ci knew that Coleman couldn't hear her, so she replied loudly, "Your roses are blooming beautifully. I'd like to treat you to a cup of coffee."
The closed wooden door was slowly opened from the inside.
Coleman's appearance appeared in Song Ci's eyes. He was cleanly dressed, with a white shirt, black trousers, and a black tie in a serious manner, as if he was about to perform on stage.
Coleman's eye sockets are deep, and they are also gray-blue eyes, but the color of his pupils is lighter than Han Zhan's eyes. They are gray, like a valley after the rain.
But now, those eyes were out of focus and hollow.
The door was opened, and a scent of flowers slipped into the room through the crack of the door, and got into Coleman's breath. Coleman stood behind the door, took a deep breath of the fragrance, and asked, "Cherry, tell me, what color are they?"
Song Ci smiled and said, "I think they should be colorful in your heart."
Coleman was stunned for a moment, then slowly raised his affectionate lips, and said sideways: "Cherry, welcome to my house."
Song Ci took Han Zhan's hand and said to Coleman, "My husband is here too."
Coleman thought for a while, and then said: "Han Zhan?" His Chinese pronunciation was very substandard, and Song Ci had to guess before he realized that he was talking about Han Zhan.
Han Zhan took the initiative to communicate with Coleman in French, and he said: "Hello Coleman, I am Cherry's husband, Han Zhan." Han Zhan's French pronunciation is not pure, but he can clearly express his meaning .
Coleman nodded, "Welcome, Mr. Han."
Han Zhan and Song Ci entered the room together.
After entering the room, Song Ci saw many photos hanging on the ancient wall in the living room.
Among the dozens of photos, there are only three people who appear frequently, one is the owner Coleman, and the other is a blond old woman who looks very similar to Coleman, with a very similar hooked nose. This should be Coleman mother.
The other is Jiang Shiyu when he was young.
But among them, there was a strange man's face. Song Ci pointed to one of the photos and asked Coleman: "In the sixth photo in the third row, who is the man standing with you and my mother? Coleman."
Coleman had long memorized the contents of the photos on the photo wall. He guessed which photo Song Ci was asking about, and he said, "That's Jiang Shifeng, your uncle."
There is another update, the update time will be relatively late, everyone can come back tomorrow morning. It will be updated at about eleven o'clock
(end of this chapter)