Luo Yue'er started talking relatively late. Other children could call "Mom and Dad" when they were eight or nine months old, but Yue'er is almost one year old, and Zhan Xi has never heard her call anyone.
The little girl has her own pronunciation logic. When she wants to find her mother for milk, she will call out "Ah Yi Ah Yi". When she is sleepy and wants to sleep, she will call out "Ah Pu Pu". For other things, such as wanting to go out to play, peeing, or pooping, she always uses completely unrelated syllables to express herself. Zhan Xi can understand them all, but he can't figure out the reason.
Luo Jingyu was a little worried and asked Zhan Xi if he wanted to take Yue'er to see a doctor
Over the past year, Zhan Xi had to go to the teahouse to work from time to time, and it was inconvenient to bring the child with him, so most of the time he asked his parents-in-law to take care of the child.
Two years ago, Luo Mingsong and Yan Yajuan sold their small supermarket to someone else, and the two retired officially, living a leisurely life with their pensions every month. Their grandchildren are taken care of by their in-laws, so they help take care of their granddaughter when their son and daughter-in-law are busy at work.
The two elders can't speak, they can only make "uh uh ah" sounds, so Yue'er will lack language stimulation when she stays with them. Luo Jingyu even saw Yue'er "talking" to the gifts. Maybe in the little girl's mind, grandparents are similar to kittens
Luo Jingyu also can't speak, so Huanhuan is the only one who tells Yue'er stories and sings nursery rhymes. He wonders if this is the reason why Yue'er starts speaking later than other children
Zhan Xi told him not to worry, there was absolutely no problem with Yue'er's hearing and language ability, every child is different, and she isn't even one year old yet, so why rush
The first time Luo Yueer called out to someone was one evening in early October.
During the National Day holiday, the teahouse was very busy. Zhan Xi was watching over there, and Luo Jingyu went home early in the evening to take over from her parents. Seeing their son coming back, the two elders gave a few instructions and left, leaving their granddaughter to their son to take care of.
Luo Yue'er is very attached to his father. Yan Yajuan has already fed the child dinner, but Luo Jingyu hasn't eaten yet. She heats up the food and brings it to the dining table, letting Yue'er play by herself on the crawling mat beside the dining table.
While he was eating, his eyes never left his daughter. After playing alone for a while, the little one stood up, staggered over to Luo Jingyu, and grabbed his legs for a hug.
Luo Jingyu put down her chopsticks and held her daughter on her lap. Yue'er tilted her head to look at her father, her little mouth moving as if she was making a sound. Luo Jingyu didn't know what she was saying, so she could only lower her head and touch her forehead with hers, smiling at her gently.
Her daughter's body was so small and soft, her skin was white and tender, and she smelled of milk. Luo Jingyu was reluctant to let go. She held her in her arms and quickly finished a few mouthfuls of rice. After washing her hands, she sat cross-legged on the mat and played with her.
He helped Yue'er build a house with building blocks, but after only a few layers, Yue'er would push the house down. Luo Jingyu looked at her helplessly, and she handed the building blocks to her father to let him continue to build. He built it, and she pushed it again, then clapped her hands and laughed with her little mouth wide open.
Luo Jingyu couldn't help but sign to her: Little rascal, you always bully your daddy.
Yue Er didn't understand and blinked her big eyes at him. There was no one else at home, so Luo Jingyu simply plucked up her courage and pointed at herself and said, "Wo, Baba, yoer, Wo, Baba."
Yue'er looked at him blankly, crawled over and snuggled into his arms, her mouth moved twice, as if she said a word.
Luo Jingyu stared at her little face, frowning slightly. Did he see it wrong? What did Yue'er just say? Was it "Dad"
He spoke to her again: "Yo er, baba, wo, baba."
Yue'er's mouth moved twice again. This time Luo Jingyu was sure that she was not mistaken. Her heart beat faster and she asked using sign language: Baby, are you calling daddy
How much he wanted to hear his daughter call him "Dad", but he knew that it would be impossible to do so no matter what.
Luo Jingyu calmed down, smiled at her daughter, pinched her little face, and signed again: Your brother Xingxing also learned to call dad first, because his dad talked to him more. Why did you also learn to call dad first? Is it because dad is easier to call than mom? Your mom said that I learned "dad" faster than "mom". Baby, you will learn to speak soon, dad can't beat you, you will say a lot of words in the future, but dad can't speak, will you dislike dad
Yue'er is used to her parents' daily communication through sign language and can even understand some simple sign language words. At this time, she found it very interesting to see her father's hands gesturing in front of her like dancing, and she also raised her two little hands and gestured in a mess.
Luo Jingyu felt sad and happy watching this, knowing that her daughter could learn sign language in addition to speaking, just like Ji Hongzhe when he was a child, and could naturally accept "bilingual education".
Who made her have a different father
Luo Jingyu stood up and picked up her daughter, holding her under her arms and lifting her high. Yue'er opened her mouth and laughed, her eyes were so bright. Luo Jingyu imagined her voice, which must be like her mother's, sweet, crisp, like a bird singing.
He held his daughter and spun around a few times. He couldn't help laughing out loud. As he laughed, his eyes became wet.
When Zhan Xi returned home late at night, Yue'er had already fallen asleep.
Her little bed was in the master bedroom, next to Luo Jingyu. Zhan Xi bent down and looked at his daughter's sleeping face. Luo Jingyu tucked the quilt in for the child. After thinking for a while, he used sign language to tell his wife that Yue'er seemed to be able to call dad. Zhan Xi asked in surprise: How did you know
Luo Jingyu's face was slightly red, her fingers were pressed on her lips, and her eyes were particularly deep.
Zhan Xi understood and said excitedly in a low voice: "Wow! I'll listen to it tomorrow morning and help you confirm it!"
Luo Jingyu gestured uneasily: But she doesn’t seem to know how to call me mom.
Zhan Xi didn't care at all: "People on the Internet say that 'dad' is easier to say than 'mom', so it's normal for Yue Er to call dad first. Great, our daughter is finally going to speak. Xiaoyu, are you happy?"
Luo Jingyu pursed his lips and smiled lightly, feeling indescribable satisfaction in his heart. He looked into his wife's eyes and nodded gently.
Luo Yueer really learned to call "Dad". Zhanxi told Luo Jingyu that she called him very standardly, using the fourth tone, not an unconscious pronunciation. She knew who "Dad" was, and when she called him, her eyes would follow Luo Jingyu, and she was very happy to call him "Dad Dad".
From that day on, Yue'er seemed to have opened her mind and quickly learned to call "Mom", "Grandpa and Grandma", "Uncle", "Aunt", "Brother"...
After discussing with Luo Jingyu, Zhan Xi invited an aunt who spoke standard Mandarin to come to the house during the day to help the parents-in-law take care of the children. The aunt's job was not much, and Zhan Xi's biggest request to her was to talk to the children more.
Unexpectedly, my aunt is from Northeast China and sometimes has catchphrases. Yue'er learned a few words of Northeast China without realizing it. The one and a half year old girl would say "what should I do?", "I miss you so much" and "let's chat"... Zhanxi was so amused that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
She would specifically teach Yue'er sign language, starting with the simplest words. She would add gestures when speaking and teach Yue'er to do it so that at least she could understand it.
When Luo Jingyu uses sign language to talk to his daughter, Zhanxi will help translate and tell Yueer what daddy just said.
After learning day after day, Yue'er can gradually communicate with her father in sign language. When Luo Jingyu asks her "Have you eaten?", she will answer "Yes" in sign language; when Luo Jingyu asks her "Do you want to go out and play?" Yue'er will nod and gesture "Yes".
Yue'er grows up day by day, becoming more and more lively and lovely, a little girl that everyone loves.
Zhan Xi would occasionally take her to Xiyu Tea House. She would run up and down the stairs non-stop and no amount of persuasion would stop her. Sometimes she would accidentally fall and burst into tears. The waiter on the first floor would quickly send a WeChat message to the work group: Teacher Luo, Sister Zhan, the little princess fell down!
In a few seconds, Luo Jingyu ran down from upstairs, and Yue'er threw herself into her father's arms crying, not forgetting to sign in language: Dad, it hurts!
Luo Jingyu squatted in front of her daughter, looking her up and down anxiously. The waiter sighed beside her, "I told you not to run away, but you refused to listen. Go upstairs with your dad and stay there obediently. Don't come downstairs to make trouble."
Yue'er was sobbing. Seeing that she was not hurt, Luo Jingyu's face darkened and she said in sign language: You can't play on the stairs, it's dangerous, and you can't run around anymore.
Yue'er said while signing: Dad, please draw with me.
Luo Jingyu nodded, took her daughter's hand and went upstairs. Zhan Xi was busy working on the computer in the office. When he saw them come in, he turned around and asked, "Little troublemaker, are you hurt? We heard your crying on the second floor."
Yue Qi was laughing secretly on the side, Yue'er pouted and followed her father into the workshop. Luo Jingyu found the drawing paper and oil pastels, and the father and daughter sat down side by side. He asked his daughter: What are you drawing
Yue Er said, "Painting flowers."
Luo Jingyu narrowed her eyes and asked again: I know how to draw, but what do I draw
Unlike other children who hold their chins with both hands to pretend to be a flower, Yue'er put the five fingers of her right hand together, moved her fingertips upwards and then released her five fingers. This is a word she learned very early, and it is the sign language for "flower".
She repeated: "Painting flowers!"
Luo Jingyu smiled, picked up a green oil pastel, and started drawing leaves on the drawing paper.
Yue'er likes to draw with her dad because he is very good at drawing. She also likes to do handicrafts with her dad. Dad will make origami for her in the shapes of various small animals! Make beautiful kites that fly high! Make pumpkin lanterns that light up! Make small clothes and skirts for dolls... Dad's hands are omnipotent and can do anything. He even made a small house for her with a large cardboard box.
Yue'er took the gift and went into the house. The house had a door, windows and a chimney. Yue'er felt like it was a castle. She clung to the small window to let her father in as well.
Luo Jingyu squatted in front of the house and waved at her, using sign language to say that the house was too small and her father couldn't get in.
Yue'er's little hands also signed: Dad, please build a big house for me in the future!
Luo Jingyu nodded and raised her hand to answer: Mom and Dad are going to buy a big house with a yard, and then Dad will make you a swing, okay
Yue Er clapped her hands and cheered: "Wow! Great, great, I want a tree house!"
The lip language of “tree house” was difficult to understand. Perhaps seeing that her father’s expression was confused, Yue’er kindly repeated it in sign language: house in the tree.
Luo Jingyu understood and made an “ok” gesture to indicate that there was no problem.
He and Zhan Xi did plan to buy another house, a townhouse in the suburbs. It was not considered an investment, but they wanted to use it as a retirement home in the future.
Luo Jingyu was impressed by Mr. Chi Jiang's villa and envied Zhan Xi's self-built small building in his hometown. Lying side by side with his wife on the bed, he told her in sign language with great longing that he wanted a yard full of flowers and plants. When he gets old and his eyes are blurry, and he can't do the flower embossing anymore, he can take care of flowers and plants, write and draw, and do less labor-intensive handicrafts. Maybe he will even help Yue Er take care of the children, so that his retirement life can be rich and colorful.
Zhan Xi almost died of laughter: "Teacher Luo, you are only in your early thirties, why are you thinking about retirement? We are not as financially free as Sister Shen, we still have to struggle for many years! Hurry up and get up and move bricks!"
She patted Luo Jingyu on the butt, and the man could only sigh and got up from the bed silently.
Luo Yue'er had never attended early education classes before going to kindergarten because there were so many people to play with her. Her father taught her to draw and do handicrafts, Uncle Zhong Peng taught her to make cookies, Uncle Pipixia taught her to sing, and her mother not only taught her sign language but also simple English. This can be called "trilingual teaching", so the little girl never felt bored.
After being raised in the Xiyu Tea House for more than a year, Yue'er finally went to kindergarten.
Her performance when entering the kindergarten was very different from Xingxing's. She cried so hard and hugged Luo Jingyu's thighs as if they were parting forever.
"Dad! Mom! I don't want to go to kindergarten! Wuuuu wuuu wah wah wah..." The little kid who was used to being domineering and free in Xiyu felt like the sky was falling when he was sent to the classroom.
Luo Jingyu felt so distressed. He had never been to kindergarten and didn't know that the child's reaction would be so intense. Looking around, all the children in the room were crying. He squatted in front of his daughter to wipe her tears and promised in sign language that he would be the first to pick her up after school. Yue'er cried and gestured with her little hands: Dad, promise!
Luo Jingyu nodded heavily with red eyes: I promise.
As Zhan Xi pulled him away, he looked back three steps and saw Luo Yue'er trying to chase him out, but was carried back in by the teacher. The little girl waved her hands at him and cried bitterly.
After leaving the kindergarten, Zhan Xi took Luo Jingyu's arm, and the two walked towards the car on the side of the road together.
Luo Jingyu was in a daze and forgot to fasten his seat belt after getting in the car. It was Zhan Xi who leaned over to help him fasten it. He looked up at her and saw that Zhan Xi looked normal. He couldn't help asking: Aren't you sad
"Ah?" Zhan was happy, why should he be sad? Every child has this day, this is just the beginning.
She touched Luo Jingyu's face and signed slowly: "Children will grow up, and we will grow old. One day, she will leave her parents and start her own life like you and me. I am not afraid of that day at all, because I know that when she can stand on her own, she will be very happy, and I will be proud of her."
Luo Jingyu lowered his eyes and pondered Zhan Xi's words. Thinking about what would happen in ten or twenty years, he still felt reluctant. His little girl was not even four years old yet, so why was she talking about leaving her parents
Zhan Xi shook his hand, looked into his lost eyes, and said, "Sit tight, I'm driving. Oh, don't think about it, didn't we agree that we'll grow flowers and grass in a small yard in the future? You'll be an old grandfather, and I'll be an old grandmother. When the gifts are gone, we'll raise another cat, or a dog, or fish, or birds. Yue'er will come back to see us on weekends, bringing her boyfriend with her, and you can make delicious food for them, how nice!"
Luo Jingyu: “…”
Oh my god, Yue Er’s boyfriend… is not good at all!
The child has a strong ability to adapt. After only one week, Yue'er was already jumping and skipping when she went to the kindergarten. She is one of the older children in the class. She has strong self-care ability and seems to have inherited her father's true teachings. She eats well and quickly, can dress herself after a nap, and can pee by herself. She does not need the teacher's help to do anything. In addition, she has a lively personality and looks pretty, so several teachers like her very much.
However, children have a small worry after living in a collective life, that is, they get sick very easily. Even if Yue'er has always been a healthy child who rarely goes to the hospital, she may still accidentally be infected with the disease in kindergarten.
In the spring of the second semester of the junior class, a child in Yue'er's class was infected with the norovirus and vomited in the classroom. The vomit contained the virus. Most of the children in the class were infected, and Yue'er was unfortunately also infected.
Luo Jingyu and Zhan Xi took their daughter to the hospital for emergency treatment in the middle of the night, and they met several children from the same class. Yue'er vomited all day, vomiting everything she ate, and couldn't even drink water. She was so weak that she could only nestle in her father's arms. When the nurse put an IV on the back of her hand, she was terrified and cried loudly: "I don't want the injection! Dad, I don't want the injection!"
Luo Jingyu couldn't hear her daughter's crying, but she couldn't bear to see her expression. She had no choice but to hold her together with Zhan Xi so that the nurse could insert the needle.
After the IV drip, Yue'er finally calmed down. Luo Jingyu held her in her arms and sat on the chair, looking at her with pity. Yue'er touched the light pink scar on the back of her father's right hand, looked at him with her big watery eyes, and asked, "Dad, is this from an injection?"
Luo Jingyu shook her head.
Yue Er asked again: "Does it still hurt?"
Luo Jingyu shook her head again. Yue'er sniffed and said, "Dad, talk to me. I want to hear you talk."
The little guy was very sick and his lips moved only slightly. Luo Jingyu didn't understand what she said and looked to his wife beside him for help.
Zhan Xi covered his daughter with a small blanket and said to Luo Jingyu using sign language: Yue'er asked you to talk to her, she may be sleepy.
Luo Jingyu understood, and then looked down at her daughter in her arms, and spoke softly: Youer, Youer, Wo de, Bao Bao, Gua Bao Bao, Baba Mama, Aini. Youer, Youer…
Amid her father's murmurs, Yue'er closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Before the summer vacation this year, Luo Xiaomei asked her brother on WeChat if he would like to travel with them during the summer vacation. Another child and her parents would also go with them.
Luo Xiaomei: Your brother-in-law is going too. He hasn't been away from home for many years. I always take Xingxing with me when we go out to play. This time, Xingxing really wants her father to go with her, so your brother-in-law agreed. I want to look after Xingxing. Your brother-in-law can't use a cane and can only sit in a wheelchair. I'm afraid I can't take care of him alone. If you and Huanhuan go together, you can help me. Brother, are you going
After asking Zhan Xi for his opinion, Luo Jingyu agreed and told Yue Er that she would take her out to play by high-speed train with brother Xingxing. Yue Er was so happy. She and Xingxing were very close. She counted the days on her fingers every day and boasted to her grandmother on the phone: "Grandma, my parents are taking me out to play!"
Chi Guilan said, "Grandma went out to play with your grandpa last month! Did your mom show you the photo? The mango that grandma ate was bigger than your head!"
Yue Er asked: "Grandma, do I have anything to eat?"
Chi Guilan smiled and said, "Come stay at grandma's house for a few days during the summer vacation, and grandma will buy you some food. Grandma's house has Clucking Chicken!"
Live poultry is banned in the city now. Yue'er was so excited to see the live hens in her grandmother's yard that she chased the hens all over the yard. The hens were going crazy. Playing with hens is the biggest attraction of her grandmother's house for Yue'er.
On the day of departure, the three families gathered at the high-speed rail station. Zhan Xi and Luo Jingyu met Gao Wenxing's friend, a little girl named Zhang Zimeng, who had a round face and was very cute.
She and Xingxing are both seven and a half years old. They are in the second grade of elementary school. They are in the same class. It is said that they were also in the same class in kindergarten. They are very good friends and often go out to play together.
Zhan Xi laughed out loud when he saw Xingxing: "Xingxing, why did you lose so many teeth? Oh, you're not handsome anymore!"
Gao Wenxing closed his mouth in depression. There were indeed several holes in his mouth, which looked really ugly, and air leaked when he spoke.
Compared with the two older children, Luo Yueer, who is less than five years old, is like a little carrot head, with two pigtails and a lot shorter height. She is only in the middle class of kindergarten at the beginning of the school year. She is holding a little whale doll in her arms, staring blankly at her brothers and sisters chatting and playing there, unable to join in for a while.
Zhang Zimeng's parents were already familiar with Gao Wenxing's parents' situation, and they knew in advance that Luo Jingyu was also deaf, so they behaved very friendly at this time.
When Zhang's mother saw Luo Jingyu and Zhan Xi, she looked confused. She was stunned for a long time before she reacted and asked, "Is this Teacher Luo? The Teacher Luo and Xiao Zhan in the documentary? The work partners?"
Zhan Xi admitted shyly, and Zhang's mother was very happy: "I like that documentary so much, I have been watching it for many years! My favorite is the episode with you! I knew you were in Qiantang, but I didn't expect you to be Xingxing's uncle and aunt? It's so unexpected, Xingxing's mother didn't even tell me!"
The two families, who were originally strangers, suddenly became closer.
Zhang Zimeng's mother is a nurse in the pediatric intensive care unit. She is used to seeing life and death, and she looks at everything calmly. While waiting for the bus, Zhan Xi chatted with her for a while and asked her curiously, "Will it be very stressful to work in a place like the intensive care unit?"
Mother Zhang smiled bitterly and said, "Of course it's old. Many people in our department have resigned, including doctors and nurses. Some things are unbearable after seeing them too much."
Zhan Xi asked in a low voice: "Will there be parents who give up treatment?"
"Too many." Mother Zhang shook her head and said, "Every day I'm inserting and removing tubes, and watching those young couples sign to give up. In fact, some children can be cured, but the financial pressure is too great, and the parents can't bear it, so they give up and try to have another child while they are still young. Some children are really incurable, but the parents insist on treating them. The children suffer, and the parents are not easy either. I don't know who to feel sorry for. In short... If you don't have a strong psychological endurance, you really can't work in our place."
Mother Zhang looked at the three children not far away. Luo Jingyu was looking after them. She turned back to look at Zhan Xi and said with a smile, "So, my mentality towards children is different from others. When Xiao Meng was in kindergarten, she told me that she had made a good friend who wore little ears on her head. I didn't understand it at first, but when I picked her up from school, I found out that Xingxing was a cochlear implant baby. I told Xiao Meng that she could be good friends with him and play with him more. Children... It's not easy to come to this world. Many children have never experienced anything and are gone. Everyone who is alive is a little angel."
Zhan Xi agreed with this and looked at the three children.
Luo Yueer is introducing herself to Zhang Zimeng: "Sister Xiaomeng, my name is Luo Yueer. My parents gave me this name because they hope that I will have a pleasant voice. I am five years old this year, and my nickname is Yueer."
Zhang Zimeng pointed at the little whale in her arms and asked, "Yuer, why are you holding a doll?"
Luo Yueer looked at the little whale and said, "This is a whale. It has a name, Yudan! I always take it with me when I go out to play. I also have a big whale at home, it's very big! I can't take it out, it's too big!"
Gao Wenxing opened his arms and added, "It's really big! Because my uncle's name is Whale, so his family likes whales!"
Zhang Zimeng corrected him: "It's 'most', not 'fall', you got it wrong again!"
“Zhi…zhi…” Gao Wenxing pouted his lips and tried to make a sound. Zhang Zimeng taught him: “Zi! Ziwei, best! Best!”
"Zhi, zi... zui." Gao Wenxing held it in for a long time and finally said it right.
Zhang Zimeng jumped up happily: "Oli Gei! You have to remember this, don't forget it during the summer vacation, or Teacher Liu will be angry when school starts again."
"Oh." Xingxing touched his head and smiled shyly.
Luo Yueer didn't understand, so she looked up at her father and asked in a low voice: "Dad, what is Aoli Gei?"
Luo Jingyu: “…”
He rubbed his daughter's little head and used sign language to fool her: You are still young, you will understand when you grow up.
Zhan Xi doesn't allow his daughter to play with mobile phones or iPads, so Yue'er is illiterate whether it is pinyin or Internet slang.
Actually... Luo Jingyu doesn't understand much either, she is a complete illiterate.
With Luo Jingyu around, Gao Yuan had someone to help him get in and out of the car and get on and off the seat, so he was not so worried even when he had to go to the bathroom on the way.
The high-speed train was heading south, and we arrived at our destination after more than six hours. It was a coastal city with a long history, and it had a huge ocean park, including an amusement park, a water park, and an oceanarium, which was a paradise for children. We would stay in the park for three days and two nights, and then go to the city to play, eat local delicacies, and stroll around the old streets.
On the first night of staying in the hotel, the three small families had a big meal in the hotel’s Chinese restaurant. The children all took a nap on the way. When they heard that the hotel had an indoor children’s playground, they clamored to go there and play, and refused to go back to their rooms.
After the parents discussed, Zhang's mother, Zhan Xi and Luo Jingyu took the three children to play. Luo Xiaomei entrusted her son to her younger brother and accompanied Gao Yuanxian back to the room to take a bath and rest.
Without Luo Xiaomei's help, Gao Yuan would not be able to get into the bathtub. Even if he got in, he would not be able to climb out, which could easily put him in danger.
The hotel's children's playground is neither too big nor too small, with slides, ball pools and climbing frames, which are a bit childish for children of Gao Wenxing and Zhang Zimeng's age. However, the children still have a lot of fun with their friends. Yue'er follows her older brothers and sisters like a tail, Zhanxi and Zhang's mother follow them inside, and Luo Jingyu watches from outside.
Summer vacation is the peak tourist season. The hotel is full of families with children. The playground is very crowded at night. In addition to watching his daughter, Zhan Xi also has an important task, which is to prevent Xingxing's cochlear implant device from being lost or damaged.
Children play without counting. When Xingxing was younger, he had lost his head in this kind of indoor playground. He didn't know whether he dropped it accidentally or someone took it down on purpose. Later, Luo Xiaomei flipped in the ball pool for more than an hour before she found it. Fortunately, it was not stepped on.
There were several children aged eight or nine playing in the playground. When Yueer was moving foam blocks to build a house in the building block area, two older boys deliberately knocked the house down. The first time, she didn't say anything and quietly moved the blocks back to continue building. After she built the house again, the two boys ran over and knocked it down again. Yueer couldn't help crying.
Luo Jingyu, whose eyes never left his daughter, stood up outside the fence. Zhan Xi looked at him and gestured to him not to worry, saying she would handle it.
In the building block pool, Gao Wenxing rushed to the two boys and asked them loudly: "Why are you bullying my sister?"
"Who bullied her?" a boy said with a grin, "This isn't your family's place, anyone can play here!"
"But my sister is building blocks, why did you push the house paper away!" Gao Wenxing became excited and his speech became increasingly unclear, as if he had a lisp.
Another boy noticed the difference in his speech and saw the headpiece on his head and the device behind his ear—Xingxing had been replaced with a behind-the-ear speech processor, and the black device was installed on his ear, very conspicuous.
"Huh?" the boy asked in surprise, "Are you deaf?"
Xingxing's face changed and he shouted, "I'm not!"
"Then what's on your ear?" The boy reached out to take it. Zhan Xi, who had been watching, was about to stop him, but Zhang's mother stopped her and whispered, "Wait a minute and see how the children deal with it."
Luo Jingyu kept staring at the building block pool and was so anxious to rush in, but was once again persuaded by Zhan Xi using sign language.
Xingxing dodged the boy's hand, raised his hand to protect the device on his ear, and glared at them angrily. The boys looked at each other, and one of them wanted to touch his ear again, and said while stretching his hand: "Hey, hey, can you hear me?"
Xingxing dodged again, but was pushed by one of the boys and fell to the ground. Fortunately, the floor of the building block pool was soft, so Xingxing rolled over and got up, covering her ears with her little hands.
Zhang Zimeng ran over and saw the two boys surrounding Gao Wenxing and trying to touch his ears. She immediately rushed over, pushed the leading boy, and shouted, "What are you doing?!"
When the boys saw that it was actually a short girl, they went up to her and asked, "Why are you hitting someone?"
Zhang Zimeng stood in front of Gao Wenxing like a little hen, not afraid at all: "You were the ones who bullied me first!"
"Is he deaf?" A boy laughed wickedly. "If he takes that thing off his ear, he'll be deaf, right?"
Gao Wenxing was so angry that he was shaking all over: "I'm not! I can hear it!"
At this moment, Luo Yueer, who had been crying loudly, stopped crying, picked up a foam block and threw it at the boy, shouting: "You are a bad boy! My mother said! You can't say that about others!"
Being hit by foam didn't hurt at all, but the boy was still angry and glared at Yue'er fiercely. Zhang Zimeng quickly pulled Yue'er to her side, and the three children huddled together, trying hard to glare at each other.
"Tsk, that's weird." The two boys felt bored and prepared to leave.
Zhang Zimeng said: "You haven't apologized yet!"
Yue Er followed up by shouting, “Apologize!”
The boy ignored them. Zhang Zimeng wanted to rush forward again, but Gao Wenxing held her back and said, "Xiaomeng, tie him up."
Zhang Zimeng looked back at him, feeling wronged and angry. Yue'er was so angry that her face puffed up. Gao Wenxing looked at the two girls, one big and one small, holding one each in his hand, showing a smile with many missing teeth, and said, "Stop it, let's continue playing. I'm not angry anymore."
Zhang Zimeng thought for a long time, and then seemed to have figured it out. He said, "We don't play with bad kids!"
Yue Er already admired Sister Xiao Meng so much that she agreed, "Yes! We don't play with bad kids!"
From beginning to end, Zhan Xi and Zhang's mother did not show up, but they saw everything.
Luo Jingyu didn't even know what was going on inside. She only sat down again after seeing that the children were fine.
Adults cannot be with their children all the time. There are many things that they need to face and solve on their own.
Zhan Xi actually wanted to hold the two boys back and ask them to apologize to Xingxing, but Zhang's mother said that their parents seemed to be away, and if she forced them to apologize as an adult, the apology she would get would not be sincere.
The children started playing happily again, as if they had forgotten the unpleasantness just now. But this time, the three children stayed together and never separated.
Mother Zhang whispered to Zhan Xi, "Xingxing may encounter something like this again in the future."
"Yeah." Zhan Xi responded and said nothing else.
Mother Zhang continued, "Xiao Meng told me that Xingxing sometimes feels sad and is bothered by his ears because people always ask him what he wears on his head. Some naughty kids in the class occasionally laugh at him, but most of his classmates like him. In fact, Xingxing can speak very well now. Xiao Meng said that he can also take music classes and is very brave when singing. In my opinion, there is no difference between Xingxing and Xiao Meng."
Zhan Xi lowered his head: "Well, my husband really envies Xingxing. He and Xingxing's mother can't get cochlear implants, so... it's a pity, my husband... never had the chance to hear Yue'er call him 'Dad'."
The children were tired of playing and finally wanted to leave the children's playground. Zhan Xi and Luo Jingyu sent Xingxing back to her room first. Zhan Xi privately told Gao Yuan what happened in the building block pool and asked him to comfort the child. Then he took Yue'er back to her room.
After Zhan Xi helped Yue'er take a bath, the family of three lay down on the big bed. Yue'er slept between her father and mother, with her long, fluffy black hair loose and a cartoon nightgown on. Maybe she was too excited from playing, so she talked a lot and refused to go to bed.
She hugged the little whale with her left hand and touched Luo Jingyu's ear with her right hand. She thought of a question that she hadn't figured out for a long time and asked, "Dad, why can't you have a small ear like Brother Xingxing?"
Yueer knew that Xingxing couldn't hear without wearing the earplugs, just like his father, aunt, grandfather and grandmother. His father said that their ears were all sick, but Xingxing's ears were healed by the doctor, and he could hear and speak with the earplugs.
Yue'er thinks that Xingxing speaks exactly like her, but why can't Daddy have little ears? Yue'er also wants Daddy to be able to hear and speak.
Zhan Xi held his head and watched the father and daughter chatting without interrupting.
Luo Jingyu turned sideways and smiled at her daughter, saying in sign language: Dad told you that my ears are sick and cannot be cured. Unlike the stars, the stars are luckier than you.
Yue'er felt very sad. She continued to touch her father's ears with her little hands and asked, "Dad, does your ear still hurt?"
Luo Jingyu shook her head.
Yue Er came closer and said, "Let me blow it for you."
Luo Jingyu turned to lie on his back, and felt his daughter lying beside him, blowing gently into his ears with her little mouth, and then rubbing them. Luo Jingyu turned his head to look at her, and Yue'er grinned: "Dad, I'm going to sleep, good night."
Good night, baby. Luo Jingyu finished her sign language and kissed her cheek. Yue'er closed her eyes obediently and said to Zhan Xi: "Mom, turn off the light. It's too bright."
Zhan Xi glanced at Luo Jingyu and nodded. She turned off the bedside lamp and the room fell into darkness in an instant.
After a while, Zhan Xi heard his daughter's long breathing. The little girl was tired after a day of work and fell asleep almost in a second.
The other man was not asleep. She reached out her hand through her daughter's small body, and as soon as her hand touched his body, he held it.
His hands were very warm. He held her hands tightly in the dark, and his fingers stroked the back of her hand again and again, as if to reassure her.
She was naturally relieved. As he caressed her gently, Zhan Xi closed her eyes and soon fell asleep.
It took Luo Jingyu a long time to fall asleep.
It seemed like I had a dream.
The scenes in his dream were intertwined with reality, making it difficult for him to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
At the beginning, he was alone, sinking in the pitch-black sea. It was dead silent all around him. He couldn't touch anything, and there was no one around him.
He didn't know how long he stayed in such a chaotic environment. Later, his left hand was held by a warm hand. He opened his eyes and a ray of light seemed to appear on the water above his head.
Then, his right hand was held by another hand. It was a very small and soft hand, with very little strength, as if it was very dependent on him.
He smiled in his dream, dragging one person in each hand, and felt that he was tied to these two people for the rest of his life.
But it was so strange. Dragging someone, his body should have been heavier, but why did he feel like he was getting lighter and lighter
Looking up, the light seemed brighter, and the water surface was separated by the sunlight into ripples, rippling in front of his eyes. He narrowed his eyes and clenched his hands tightly. He thought, he must rush up, rush up, rush up! Rush out of the water, be with them, and be with them forever...
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Standing in front of the huge aquarium in the aquarium, Luo Yueer excitedly cried out: "Dad, look! It's a shark! Mom, there's a big turtle too!"
The little girl saw many marine creatures, but she didn't see the one she had been longing for. She held her father's hand, looked up and asked him, "Dad, are there any whales here?"
Luo Jingyu shook her head after seeing her lip movements. Yue'er then asked Zhan Xi, "Mom, have you ever seen a swimming whale?"
"Whales? No, you have to go to the sea to see them! Whales are too big to fit in the oceanarium." Zhan Xi answered her seriously.
Yue'er signed to Luo Jingyu, her chubby little hands making very skilled gestures: Dad, can you take me to see a whale? A whale that can swim, really big!
Luo Jingyu replied: Okay, but we have to wait until you grow up a little bit, then we can take a boat to the sea.
“Oli Gei!” Yue Er jumped up, stretched out her little hand to Luo Jingyu, and said coquettishly, “Daddy, hold me, I can’t walk anymore!”
Luo Jingyu picked her up, thought for a moment, and simply let his daughter sit on his shoulders with her two little feet hanging on his chest.
Yue'er hugged her father's head obediently. Luo Jingyu took Zhanxi's hand and looked at her tenderly. Zhanxi smiled sweetly at him: "Let's go, they are waiting for us in front."
Extra Three Stars & Yue Er Wan