It was Saturday, and four-year-old Tong Yan woke up early as usual. Tong Liqin had to work overtime, and Tong Yang went to a hobby class. It was agreed yesterday. Today, brother Zhuo Xiangming next door came to take him. Brother Zhuo Xiangming, like Tong Yang, is both thirteen years old.
Tong Yan was thinking about these boring questions, lying down and not wanting to move.
In the past, his mother would come to wake him up, and before he opened his eyes, he would be hugged and kissed, saying good morning baby, and then he said good morning mother.
Then his mother helped him change his clothes. He hid everywhere on the bed, but he would still be caught in the end. His mother hugged him and asked, "Tongtong, are you my mother's good baby?"
He would say yes, and then Mom would ask him to be good, change his clothes, wash his face, and eat breakfast.
But he hadn't seen his mother for a long time.
Tong Yan turned over and lay face down on the bed, burying her face in the pillow. He cried again because he missed his mother.
Four years old is not the age to be ashamed because of crying, so he made a little noise following his sad emotions, until the door was opened, and the big brother next door called him "Tongtong, are you awake?"
Because she was sad, Tong Yan didn't answer. He thought, he's not a good kid anymore.
"Tongtong?" Zhuo Xiangming heard a faint whimper, and when he walked to the bed, he saw the face of the kid in the little fox one-piece pajamas was covered with tears.
The hostess of this house passed away less than two months ago in a traffic accident. All the nearby residents attended the funeral. The two of them were closest to each other. Of course, Zhuo Xiangming's grandparents were also invited.
Zhuo Xiangming still remembered that the weather was very good that day, a rare sunny day in winter. Tong Liqin took Tong Yang and Tong Yan to stand at the door to greet those who came to express their condolences, which was different from his father and elder brother. He also took off the black veil, but his face was full of innocence, and he had no idea what was going on.
Every adult who saw him sighed with regret.
It was only after the funeral that he was often heard crying, wanting his mother, brother, and father.
Zhuo Xiangming has a withdrawn personality, and he didn't have much contact with people in this family before, but Tong Yan's mother would send some fresh food to his grandparents, and he would say a few words when he was at home.
One day, Tiantongyan was crying again, sitting in the yard, crying loudly, just in time for Zhuo Xiangming to finish his homework and come out to run errands, when he heard it, he thought he had fallen, it seemed that there was no one at home, so it was hard to ignore him, he was going to hug him He stood up, unexpectedly he was hugged around the neck, his tear-wet face was pressed against Zhuo Xiangming's, and he called out to his brother.
Zhuo Xiangming had some obsession with cleanliness, he froze for a moment, and then found that he did not reject it. This child is beautiful, and he is always kept clean at ordinary times, and he smells like milk in his arms, which is not annoying.
He asked for a while before he understood that the child was playing with the remote control car by himself just now, and he didn't come out after driving into the lawn, so he couldn't find it.
"I'll buy it for you." Zhuo Xiangming couldn't help it from his crying, "I'm going to buy soy sauce now, after I'm done, can I take you to the supermarket outside to buy a remote control car?"
Tong Yan grabbed his hair and nodded, whispering yes.
So he took the child to buy soy sauce, and after taking it home, he rode a bicycle to buy a remote-controlled car. The child sat in front of him, and he held the handle with one hand and protected the child with the other. In winter, the wind was strong, and Tong Yan was shivering. The adults who passed by yelled and told him to be careful.
Since then, he has often brought Tong Yan home. The child is actually very good, he doesn’t like to cry, he does his homework, gives him a piece of paper and a pen to play with, and puts some snacks that adults can eat without looking at him. .
Zhuo Xiangming sat on the edge of the bed, reached out to hug him, and asked while wiping his tears, "Stop crying, do you want to pee? Brother will take you there."
The child's body was soft, and he was very obedient when he held him in his arms. He choked up and called out to his brother, nodded and said, "I want to."
Zhuo Xiangming took him to the small toilet in the bathroom, and he would unzip the pajamas himself, while Zhuo Xiangming stood aside and poured water into the children's washbasin.
The toilet flushed, and Tong Yan came over and pulled Zhuo Xiangming's hand, "Brother, I'm fine."
There is still moisture in the two big eyes, and the face is white and tender. I put on the hat of my pajamas again. The fox ears are pointed, really like a wronged little fox.
Zhuo Xiangming took him to wash his hands, then hugged him and sat on the sink, stuffed a toothbrush into his mouth, and then washed his face again.
Tong Yan stopped crying, and sat on the edge of the bed shaking his short and fleshy legs. Zhuo Xiangming looked for clothes for him, and he kept chattering, "Brother, aren't you going to school today?"
Zhuo Xiangming said, "Today is Saturday, rest."
"Rest, sleep."
"Resting doesn't necessarily mean sleeping." Zhuo Xiangming walked over with new socks, a thin sweater and pants, "To play with you today. What do you want to play?"
Tong Liqin had just bought him a bicycle, but before he had time to teach him, Tong Yan couldn't help but secretly went to ride it by himself. For some reason, he lost a small wheel and fell down himself.
"Bike." Tong Yan said.
"Do you have a car?" Zhuo Xiangming had never seen him own a car before, so he said while putting on socks for him, "If we want to ride, let's buy it first."
Tong Yan said anxiously, "Yes! I'll hide it!" He pointed out the window.
Zhuo Xiangming said, "First floor?"
"no."
"backyard?"
"No." Tong Yan said, "Brother is stupid."
Finally got dressed, Tong Yan took Zhuo Xiangming's hand downstairs to find the bicycle. In the piano room, it seemed that no one had visited it for a long time. The piano was covered with a white cloth, and the floor was covered with dust.
Zhuo Xiangming frowned, quickly pushed the bicycle out, and closed the door.
He saw the bad place, squatted down to observe, Tong Yan also squatted down, put his hands between his body and legs, held his chin in a serious manner, and whispered to Zhuo Xiangming, "I accidentally broke this, what should I do?" Ah, don't tell my dad."
"Don't say it." Zhuo Xiangming touched his head, and couldn't help pinching his face, it was so soft, so cute that people couldn't let go, "Let's just fix it."
Tong Yan asked nervously, "Can it be repaired?"
Zhuo Xiangming affirmed, "Yes."
One of the small wheels supported on both sides of the rear wheel fell off. Zhuo Xiangming looked at it and found that it was not broken by Tong Yan. I thought it was impossible. It was not that heavy, but the screws were loose. I guess it was like this when I bought it. Did not check.
How could his dad throw such an unsafe toy to a child
Zhuo Xiangming went home and took the toolbox, screwed all the screws on the car with a wrench, and finally installed the small wheels.
Tong Yan was stunned, and felt that Zhuo Xiangming was simply too powerful, touched the car seat with his hand, and said stickily to Zhuo Xiangming, "Thank you brother."
After breakfast, Zhuo Xiangming hugged him in one hand and carried the car in the other, locked the door and went to the square in the community where children ride bikes and skateboard.
The temperature picked up in early spring, and there were a few children flying kites nearby. Tong Yan looked up, and Zhuo Xiangming said, "Ride a bike today, and let's fly a kite next week."
Tong Yan wore a little fox's scarf, half of his face was hidden in it, his round eyes rolled around, "Brother Zhou will also come next week."
"Which day will I be away?" Zhuo Xiangming brought him knee pads and wrist guards, and put on his helmet, "I'm holding on to the handlebars, and the wheels won't fall off again, don't be afraid, just pedal this. "
The two rode around the square three or four times. Zhuo Xiangming let go of his hand and followed. Tong Yan rides slowly, but he can keep up with a few quick steps.
Tired after playing the children's banquet, the two of them pushed the car to the bench. Originally, Zhuo Xiangming told him to sit and wait while he went to buy food, but he finally took him with him. Holding a child and carrying a car in one hand.
He bought a pack of fried chestnuts and a large cup of freshly squeezed pomegranate juice, found a place in the wind, held Tong Yan in his arms, and kept peeling chestnuts in his hands. Tong Yan was slow-mouthed, Zhuo Xiangming ate two He couldn't swallow a single one.
But Zhuo Xiangming didn't like sweets, so he slowly fed some to Tong Yan, and put away the remaining half bag, seeing Tong Yan still staring at him, he said, "If you eat too much, your stomach will hurt if you don't digest it."
Tong Yan hugged her stomach and said quickly, "Don't have a stomachache."
Zhuo Xiangming suppressed a smile, "What do you want for lunch? Let my grandma make it for you."
"I want to eat chestnuts." Tong Yan thought for a while, then said excitedly.
Zhuo Xiangming said helplessly, "The one I just ate was chestnuts, I'll think about it again."
After a while, Tong Yan said again, "Eat chestnuts!"
Zhuo Xiangming had no choice but to reopen the package, and peeled off a few more for him to eat. The child leaned warmly in his arms, poking pomegranate juice into his mouth like a dog, "Brother is tired, brother drink water."
Playing until noon, the family called for dinner, Zhuo Xiangming and Tong Yan started to go home.
This time Tong Yan didn't ask him to hug him, he rode ahead by himself, wearing a black helmet on his head, he looked pretty decent, Zhuo Xiangming smiled.
Zhuo Xiangming's grandmother greeted them both at the door, and immediately exclaimed exaggeratedly when she saw Tong Yan, "Oh, look who this is, why is Tong Tong so handsome?"
Tong Yan nodded happily, "I'm just very handsome, grandma, I can also ride a bicycle, my brother taught me."
Zhuo Xiangming put his car at the door, called grandma, and took Tong Yan to wash his hands and face.
Tong Yan began to doze off after eating, Zhuo Xiangming had already gotten used to his routine, and carried him to the bedroom to sleep.
The child put his two fleshy arms on his stomach, blinked his eyes, and kept them on the bed.
Zhuo Xiangming touched his face, "Sleep quickly."
"I want mom." Tong Yan whispered, "Mom puts me to sleep."
"Brother can also coax you to sleep." Zhuo Xiangming's tone was much better, he covered Tong Yan with a quilt, and said softly, "Do you want to hear a story? Brother, can I tell you a story?"
Tong Yan said with red eyes, "Where is my mother? I want my mother."
Zhuo Xiangming thought for a while, went to bed with him, put his arms around him and said, "Tongtong, have you ever seen a star?"
Tong Yan said, "I've seen it."
"Many people will become stars." Zhuo Xiangming said, "Those who do good deeds will become stars. Stars are very powerful because they are in a very high place and you can see many things. Your mother has become a star. , In fact, she has been looking at you, and has not left you."
"Then I ride a bike today, did she see it?"
"Of course I saw it." Zhuo Xiangming said, "She must be very happy that you are so powerful. Do you want to learn a lot and let your mother see it?"
"Yes." Tong Yan was already very sleepy, he couldn't open his mouth, and his voice was soft, when Zhuo Xiangming looked again, he was already asleep.