Early in the morning on the weekend, Mu Xiaoya and Bai Chuan went back to her parents' house. Before leaving, Li Rong packed a bunch of gifts in the car and explained that Mu Xiaoya must give to Mu's father and Mu's mother. Mu Xiaoya was not pretentious, she thanked her parents and loaded them all into the car.
An hour later, the two arrived at Mu's house. Mu Ruozhou and his wife Shen Qingyi had already been waiting at the door, watching the Audi car approach from a distance, and greeted them with a smile.
"Xiao Chuan." As soon as the car stopped, Shen Qingyi went up to help Bai Chuan open the passenger seat door.
Bai Chuan got out of the car, looked at Shen Qingyi for a while, and slowly spit out three words.
"Thank you, Mom."
Although he said these three words in two paragraphs, this kind of autonomous conversation is extremely rare for Bai Chuan, who has autism. Shen Qingyi understood, and was naturally very excited.
"Oh, Xiaochuan thanked me. Laomu, did you hear me just now?" Shen Qingyi turned to ask her husband who was standing beside her.
"If you hear it, just act fast." Mu Ruozhou was very depressed, obviously he was standing closer to the car, if he went to open the door just now, this thank you should be his.
Bai Chuan paused, glanced at his father-in-law, and called out, "Dad."
"Hey!" Mu Ruozhou was instantly healed, and smiled as happily as his daughter-in-law.
On the other side of the car, Mu Xiaoya, who didn't see her parents talking to her after getting off the car for a long time, couldn't help but "eat it": "Look at the attentiveness of the two of you, I know that your son-in-law is here to see you, I don't know and think that It's the leader's visit."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Shen Qingyi only gave her daughter some attention at this time.
"Where am I talking nonsense? The car hasn't stopped yet. You always went over to help open the door. How could a mother-in-law open the door for her son-in-law."
"Can Xiaochuan be the same?"
"Why is it different, won't our Xiaochuan open the door?"
"Yes!" When Shen Qingyi, who was about to slap her daughter, was actually robbed by Bai Chuan.
"… "
When the steps were demolished, Mu Xiaoya bent down on the spot, the second elder of the Mu family was stunned for a while, and then laughed. Their son-in-law is special, but his daughter's reaction speed is really fast and no different from ordinary people. Thinking about it this way, the worries in their hearts became lighter.
Shen Qingyi even admitted her mistake to Bai Chuan: "It's all my fault, I shouldn't let you open the door."
"It's okay." Although he wasn't angry, his mother-in-law apologized, and Bai Chuan felt that he still had to forgive her.
Mu Xiaoya was happy enough, she opened the trunk, and pulled out a lot of gifts from it. She took out a dozen or so bags of different colors.
"Why did you bring so many things back?" Shen Qingyi saw it and went over to help with the things.
"Don't wrong me." Mu Xiaoya pointed to two of the most crudely packaged plastic bags and said, "I brought back these two bags, and the rest were all prepared by my mother-in-law and your own mother."
"This..." Shen Qingyi and her husband looked at each other and frowned, "Then how can you accept them all? Our family has never given gifts to your in-laws, so it is inappropriate to hold Yu Lili like this."
"Yeah." Mu Ruozhou looked at the gift bag that the three talents had just finished, and couldn't help but say, "Our family and the Bai family have a gap in their economic strength. Although we don't want anything, we charge more for this thing. It's not good, it's not good for you in the Bai family."
With the economic strength of the Bai family, such a little thing might not matter to them at all, but for the Mu family, every gift here is too expensive. Mu Ruozhou didn't want to accept too expensive gifts, which would make them feel very stressed.
"I said you two are thinking too much." Mu Xiaoya knew her parents best, she was arrogant and arrogant in her bones, and she cherished her reputation very much. I was afraid that there would be a little inconsiderate in interpersonal communication. The thinner you are, "I'm already married, and you've done so much, so I can't explain it there."
"This..." When the second elder of the Mu family heard this, he suddenly felt that it was not a gift to accept it, and it was not a matter of not accepting it.
"Otherwise, you can tell my mother-in-law in person." Mu Xiaoya was about to make a phone call.
"Okay, what Xiaoya said is right, they are in-laws, and there is nothing to do with human relations, as long as they are worthy of their hearts." Mu Ruozhou hurriedly stopped his daughter from calling.
"That's right, when it's a big deal, I'll give you a gift in return."
"With so many things, what should we return to?" Shen Qingyi said with a frown.
"I think the jar of chopped peppers in our refrigerator is pretty good. I'll take it back in the evening." Shen Qingyi is from Sichuan Province, she likes to eat peppers, and she likes to cook by herself. She has a habit of making Make chopped peppers at home. Therefore, in the refrigerator of the Mu family, the chopped peppers made by Shen Qingyi will be prepared all year round.
"How much is that thing worth?" Shen Qingyi asked angrily.
"But the Bai family doesn't have it. I want to eat your daughter, but I can't."
"Okay, okay, I'll get you a few more jars at night."
While joking, the four of them entered the house with gifts.
As soon as Mu Xiaoya entered the living room, she threw the gift in her hand on the coffee table, and then collapsed on the sofa.
"Look, you're too lazy, you wouldn't be like this in the Bai family." Shen Qingyi hardly looked at her daughter's seat.
"Almost." Mu Xiaoya returned lazily and sighed comfortably in her heart. Sure enough, no matter where she went, the most comfortable place was her parents' house.
"Xiaochuan, Xiaoya is like this in your house?" Shen Qingyi turned to ask her son-in-law, but her son-in-law would not lie.
"Yeah." Bai Chuan nodded, in his eyes, Mu Xiaoya was Mu Xiaoya, and it was the same everywhere.
Seeing that Bai Chuan was actually nodding, Mu Xiaoya immediately began to reflect on her behavior in Bai's house. She definitely wouldn't be like this in front of others. Could it be in the bedroom
"Like what, I have to talk about you today." Shen Qingyi shouted, but she was not willing. After a few words, she went with her, and then she went to the kitchen to pick up the dishes that her daughter liked.
Bai Chuan was taken by his father to solve the math Olympiad problem, his mother was preparing lunch in the kitchen, and Mu Xiaoya, who had nothing to do, had to sit in the living room and use her mobile phone to screen a movie. When a movie was about to be finished, Mu Xiaoya's cell phone suddenly rang. She glanced at it and ran out of the living room with her cell phone in her hand. After a while, a few staff members in overalls were brought in.
There was a sudden uproar outside, and the two elders of the Mu family were disturbed and leaned out from the study and the kitchen respectively. Bai Chuan finished the math Olympiad problem in his hand, and then walked out slowly behind his father-in-law.
"What is this?" Mu Ruozhou looked at the three workers who suddenly appeared in the living room.
"Put it here, yes, just put it here." Mu Xiaoya pointed to the open space beside the sofa to let people put things down, and then turned to answer her father's question, "Massage chair."
The workers moved quickly. After putting down the massage chair, they quickly unpacked and debugged it. After confirming that there was no problem, they asked Mu Xiaoya to sign for it.
"One-month refund, three-month replacement, call us anytime if you have any questions," the worker said.
"OK, thanks."
After Mu Xiaoya signed the words, the workers packed up the garbage and quickly evacuated Mu's house.
"Xiaoya, what's the matter with this massage chair?" Shen Qingyi asked her daughter while standing beside the massage chair with a green onion in her hand.
Mu Xiaoya winked at Bai Chuan who was standing beside her father.
However, Bai Chuan gave Mu Xiaoya a blank expression.
"..." It's over, I explained it yesterday.
"What are you doing, what wink to Xiaochuan?" Mu Ruozhou couldn't help but glance at his daughter when she saw her winking there.
wink
Bai Chuan extracted the key words, and his memory instantly recovered. He remembered what Mu Xiaoya explained to him last night.
"Xiaochuan, I used your salary card to buy a massage chair for my parents, but this massage chair is a bit expensive, and my parents will definitely scold me for spending money. So tomorrow, you can say that you gave them to them. Is it good to buy?"
"it is good."
"I'll give you a wink then."
"Yeah." Bai Chuan agreed without hesitation. However, he didn't understand the meaning of winking at all, until his father-in-law "winked" at him.
"I bought it." Although it wasn't Xiaoya who "winked" at him, Bai Chuan cooperated perfectly.
Mu Xiaoya looked relieved, and quietly gave Xiaochuan a thumbs up.
"You bought it?" The two elders of the Mu family were all surprised, "Why did you buy a massage chair?"
"My salary, I'll buy it for you." Xiaoya only asked him to say that he bought it. As for why he bought it, he didn't tell him, so Bai Chuan could only talk about it.
However, Bai Chuan didn't say that, the two elders of the Mu family would automatically make up their minds, and soon they found a suitable reason for Bai Chuan.
"This was bought by Xiaochuan to honor us?" Shen Qingyi looked at her husband with joy, they really didn't expect that they would be able to enjoy the honor of their son-in-law so quickly
"Your salary?" What surprised Mu Ruozhou even more was that Bai Chuan was able to earn his own salary.
"Mine." Bai Chuan nodded.
The two knew that this gift was most likely bought by their daughter, but the money was Bai Chuan's salary, so the meaning was completely different. Thinking of this, the two of them looked at the brand-new massage chair and suddenly felt that everything was good.
"Dad, Mom, this massage chair is great for massaging the cervical vertebrae, you can try it out quickly." Mu Xiaoya pushed her nearest mother and pressed her onto the massage chair. The two elders of the Mu family are both teachers. They spend all day preparing lessons or grading exam papers. Their spine has never been very good. This is why Mu Xiaoya bought a massage chair.
The massage chair has been debugged. Mu Xiaoya selects the mode and clicks the button to start it with one click.
The two took turns to massage for half an hour, and I don't know if the massage chair really works against the sky. Anyway, the two elders were all comfortable, and the sun was shining brightly on their faces. Even the lunch dish, Shen Qingyi couldn't help but make one more. .
After lunch, Mu Xiaoya and Bai Chuan went next door because Bai Chuan said he was going to find some books.
Although the yard next door has not been inhabited for a while, the Bai family has always had people come over to clean it regularly, and the green plants in the garden have also been carefully trimmed, so it doesn't look messy at all.
Walking into the living room, Mu Xiaoya was stunned for a moment.
In her memory, she has not been here for many years, but the furnishings here have not changed in the slightest. The sofa is still rags, the curtains are still milky white, and even the tea cups on the coffee table seem to be the same.
Mu Xiaoya picked up one of the teacups and saw at a glance that there was a small gap on the blue-and-white porcelain cup. It was not big, but a little awkward.
Mu Xiaoya looked at this gap and felt somewhat familiar, "The shape of this gap is pretty good, it's heart-shaped."
Bai Chuan glanced at it, as if he remembered something again, and a smile suddenly flashed across his eyes.
"Is this missing a long time ago?" She hadn't been to Grandma Bai's house for a long time, but she would feel familiar with this gap, it must have been a long time before she had an image.
"Eight years, three months, and five days."
"... I remember it so clearly." Although she knew that Bai Chuan had a good memory, Mu Xiaoya couldn't help but sigh every time she heard such an accurate report, "It's been so long, why not another?"
"This gap is heart-shaped. If you use this cup to drink water, then every sip of water will lie down in your heart, and the water will be more drinkable. If you drink enough, you will find happiness." Bai Chuan looked at Mu Xiao tenderly. elegant.
Mu Xiaoya looked back at Bai Chuan with a confused expression.
This kind of silly white sweet lines that only appear in girls' cartoons can't be said by Bai Chuan, nor can it be said by a wise old man like Grandma Bai, so after counting, Mu Xiaoya started self suspect.
"I said?"
"Yeah." Bai Chuan nodded.
"When I was in high school, I seemed to be more interested in shoujo manga and romance." Mu Xiaoya scratched her chin awkwardly, and at the same time guessed another possibility, "I made this gap."
"Yeah." Said, Bai Chuan pointed to a place in the corner of the table.
Mu Xiaoya understood, what Bai Chuan meant was that she knocked on the corner of the table and knocked a gap in the teacup.
Mu Xiaoya looked at the cup, imagining the scene when she was fooling Bai Chuan in a serious manner, she felt a little funny just thinking about it.
"I lied to you at that time." Mu Xiaoya smiled.
"No." Bai Chuan shook his head, "If you drink too much, you can really get happiness."
"Happiness? Do you know what happiness is?"
"I know, happiness is being with Xiaoya." Mu Xiaoya asked casually, but Bai Chuan answered extremely seriously.
This answer was like an unopened sharp blade, and Mu Xiaoya's heart ached after one knife at a time.
"You've been drinking from this cup."
"Um."
Her nose suddenly started to feel sour, and Mu Xiaoya's eyes instantly turned red. She believes that many people have said or heard a lot of nonsense or deliberately bluffing people when they were young. Some of you don't believe it, and some even if you believe it is only temporary, because the innocence will recede, and the growing rationality will make They distinguish between true and false. But Bai Chuan is different. In his world, as long as he believes in something, he may believe it for a lifetime.
For more than eight years, Bai Chuan had memorized her nonsense words to this day, but she herself had forgotten it, and she didn't even remember it at all.
"Sorry, I forgot."
"It doesn't matter, your memory is not good." Grandma said that his memory is a gift from God, not everyone has it, so Xiaoya forgets it doesn't matter, he can remember it.
Mu Xiaoya was about to cry because she felt guilty, but Bai Chuan suddenly complained, and she couldn't help laughing: "Yes, my memory is not very good. But, this time, I will definitely not forget."
Mu Xiaoya turned her back and wiped her tears from crying and laughing with the back of her hand.
"It's okay, I remember."
"Xiao Chuan, I will remember." Mu Xiaoya turned around, looked directly at Bai Chuan, and said firmly.
"Yeah." Bai Chuan nodded in response, as if seeing the girl who was always doing wrong math problems again.
"Ah, this question, why did I do it wrong again." Mu Xiaoya in the school uniform rubbed her hair frantically, "Xiaochuan, teach me again, I promise, I will remember this time."
"Yeah." The boy Bai Chuan skillfully raised his pen and began to explain the usage of the same formula for the fifth time.
In fact, Bai Chuan had a secret that he had never told anyone. In his heart, he secretly hoped that Mu Xiaoya would never remember the formula, so that she would come to find him after school every day.
"Come on, let's go to the study to find books."
Although it is the same type of house, the study room of the Bai family is much larger than that of the Mu family. Because only Bai Chuan and Grandma Bai lived in the Bai family, Grandma Bai opened up all the bedrooms on the first floor and built a small room for Bai Chuan. library. I collected all the books that Shirakawa had read and wanted to read and put them in it.
In this study, every time Mu Xiaoya entered, she would be deeply shocked. The bookshelves, which are almost the same height as the wall, are inlaid on the wall in rows, and they are densely packed with books. Grandma Bai even has a movable staircase next to the bookshelf, which is convenient for Bai Chuan to climb up and down. In the center of the study is a desk that is not too small or too small, surrounded by a sea of books on all sides. It seems that as long as one sits here, even an illiterate person can immediately gain an aura of knowledge that is consistent with the past and present.
"What book are you looking for? I'll help you find it together." The number of books here is almost too many to count, and it will be a waste of time to find them. Mu Xiaoya just looked at several rows of bookshelves and found that the books here do not seem to follow the rules. placed. In this case, it will be a waste of time to find it in a while.
"found it."
Mu Xiaoya turned around and saw that Bai Chuan was holding a book with a green cover.
"You found it as soon as you looked?" So lucky
"I remember."
"You mean, where do you remember the books here?" Mu Xiaoya said in shock.
"Um."
Mu Xiaoya thought it was a little funny, so she couldn't help but say, "Then you can help me find a book too."
"it is good."
"Have I put any books with you in the past?" Before high school, Mu Xiaoya was addicted to comics, and she read it here in Baichuan under the guise of studying during the holidays. Whenever a parent came in, she would put whatever she had in her hand on the bookshelf. Stop, no one can find it. Although she is not very sure, she thinks that maybe she will drop one or two comics here.
"Pure school grass." Bai Chuan replied.
"what?"
"Pure school grass." Bai Chuan repeated it in the same tone.
"Girls manga?" Mu Xiaoya vaguely remembered, this seemed to be a manga she was particularly fond of when she was in junior high school.
"Um."
"Where is this set of comics with you?" Mu Xiaoya asked.
"On the east bookshelf, the sixth row from bottom to top, and the 128th to 136th books from left to right." Before Mu Xiaoya finished speaking, Bai Chuan clearly reported the specific placement.
"There are nine volumes." Mu Xiaoya followed Bai Chuan's instructions and started looking for books, "East, one, two, three, four, five, six, this row, from left to right... Ah, found it."
Comic books are always smaller than ordinary books, so she knew that after picking up a row, Mu Xiaoya quickly found a whole set of "Pure Love School Grass".
"The cover is so new and well preserved." Mu Xiaoya casually flipped through a few pages, and found that the comic characters inside were so gorgeous that it gave people goosebumps. The protagonist's eyes were actually diamonds, and they were blue and glowing. When you smile, gorgeous rose petals appear in the background. Really, it's such a special Mary Sue, how could I have liked this kind of thing before
Thinking about it this way, it's actually quite strange for people sometimes. One day, things that you once liked so much will feel meaningless.
"Are you looking for another book?" Mu Xiaoya shook her skin and put the comic back.
Bai Chuan shook his head.
"Okay, let's go."
When they came in, they went straight to the direction of the study. When they came out, they walked towards the door, in the opposite direction from before, which made Mu Xiaoya see a portrait on the wall of the living room at a glance.
That is the portrait of Grandma Bai. In the portrait, Grandma Bai is wearing a dark cheongsam, with neatly combed hair in a bun, with pearls on her ears, clasping her hands, and sitting gracefully on a mahogany chair. Lovingly looked at everything in front of him.
"I drew it." Bai Chuan followed Mu Xiaoya's line of sight and saw the oil painting as well. It was drawn by him for grandma. Grandma liked it very much, so she specially hung her on the stairs so that she could see it every time you went downstairs or went upstairs.
"You drew it?" That's no wonder, it turned out that Grandma Bai was looking at Bai Chuan, so she had such loving eyes in her eyes.
"Yeah." Bai Chuan nodded, "On the third day after the painting, grandma was hospitalized."
Mu Xiaoya was stunned for a while, a feeling of distress flooded her heart, in fact, her memory is too good, sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing.
"Did you miss her?" Mu Xiaoya couldn't help asking.
"I think." Bai Chuan nodded.
Yes, how could Bai Chuan not want to? Bai Chuan's memory is so good, and there are so few people in his world to remember. He just wanted to forget, but he couldn't.
Suddenly, the body was embraced into a familiar embrace.
Mu Xiaoya raised her head in surprise and found that Bai Chuan had put down the book at some point, and was hugging her gently at this time: "Don't be sad."
sad? Did you feel sad just now
No, she was obviously afraid that Bai Chuan would be sad, how could she be sad.
"Xiao Chuan, do you still feel sad when you think of your grandma?" Mu Xiaoya asked sullenly.
"No." Bai Chuan shook his head. "Grandma said that everyone's life has a time limit. She has it, and so do I. Grandma's time limit is up, so she has to leave. I'm reluctant, but I'm not sad."
"Grandma is right."
Perhaps only autistic patients like Bai Chuan can face the departure of their loved ones so calmly and rationally.
However, this is actually quite good. When the time is up and he should leave, he can do the same.