He Yu came to Jiang's house for a week, and one sentence has become the mantra of Jiang Mingzhen's parents.
"Xiaozhen, if you don't eat it, we'll give it to He Yu."
This sentence can be transformed and applied to other similar scenarios.
"Xiaozhen, if you don't want to take a bath, Aunt Fan will give He Yu a bath first."
"Xiaozhen, if you don't pack up your toys, all your toys will be given to He Yu."
"Xiaozhen, if you are disobedient, Mom and Dad will hurt He Yu. He Yu is much better than you."
Sometimes they just talk casually, try to see if it works, they don't want this trick to Jiang Mingzhen's tried and tested, and it won't work.
As long as he can't get past He Yu, Jiang Mingzhen will have endless energy. Every time she snatched something from him, she was as excited as if she had been beaten with chicken blood.
All the grown-ups were delighted at her "conscious" state. Only He Yu felt uncomfortable.
If he was robbed of food halfway through eating, halfway through playing with toys, or even staying in a small corner of the yard to bask in the sun, Jiang Mingzhen might find out and order him to move away.
Instead of going to the yard, he honestly stayed in the room, still unable to get rid of Jiang Mingzhen.
The adults would come to the room to look for him and drag him to "set an example" in front of Jiang Mingzhen.
Sometimes he gets an expensive little cake, a bowl of nourishing soup that has been boiled for hours, sometimes he is dragged into the bathroom without thinking, and the girl's toys are stuffed into his arms by adults... At first He Yu was puzzled, seeing the delicious food given to him, he hesitated whether he could eat it; they asked him to do some strange things, and he wondered if he should cooperate.
After a period of observation, he came to a conclusion: not to eat, but to cooperate.
The delicious food is reserved for Jiang Mingzhen, the things Jiang Mingzhen should do, and her adults don't really want to give him her things.
Going around in a circle with him, everything that belongs to her returns to her hands. In it, he needs to cooperate with the adults and play the role of a good boy who will not refuse anyone who comes, and will not cry or make trouble even if his things are robbed.
Everyone agrees that He Yu is a good boy, and he is indeed.
He is more sensible and calm than Jiang Mingzhen, and he is the son of a nanny from the countryside. His well-behaved is a natural thing, no one will be surprised.
When Jiang Mingzhen lost his temper endlessly, he was also a five-year-old child, helping his mother with work.
He Yu got up early and went to the vegetable market with Aunt Fan to buy vegetables. After Aunt Fan finished cooking, the child followed his mother's instructions and carried the garbage bags from the kitchen to throw outside. At this time, the young lady of the Jiang family who had just woken up sat on a chair and opened her mouth wide, needing to be fed.
When Aunt Fan cleaned up, He Yu helped wipe the table with a small rag. Jiang Mingzhen was responsible for messing up the house and dirtying the table.
They are not the same.
The young He Yu still couldn't understand where this difference came from.
He just felt that the longer he lived here, the more he hated Jiang Mingzhen.
Everything she does is disgusting...
Jiang Yuan brought fresh big crabs back from the restaurant, but the crab legs fell off while steaming. Aunt Fan put it away and took it to her room, and let He Yu eat it quietly. He had never eaten such a big and good crab before. The crab meat was eaten clean, and even the shell was licked until the taste was gone before he was willing to throw it away. As for Jiang Mingzhen, when she saw the crab, she yelled, "Eating crabs again, why do you eat this every day?" Aunt Fan said it out loud, but she didn't even want to take a bite.
Xu Meiyin bought a new set of shoes and clothes for He Yu, which were famous brands. Aunt Fan led the child to thank and bow, expressing her gratitude. The next day, He Yu saw Jiang Mingzhen in the toy room. She makes clothes for her Barbie dolls and cuts her own clothes. Those clothes were still very new, and they were ruined as soon as they were cut off, and the fabric was thrown all over the floor. After a while she got tired of playing and left the mess to play other things. Those garbage-like pieces of cloth had the exact same logo as his new clothes.
Taking a bath in the country, there is no water heater, and the hot water for He Yu's bath is made by his father after boiling the water, which is very limited. Now living in Jiang's house, the bath water is always warm, so He Yu can't understand why Jiang Mingzhen doesn't like to take a bath, it's so comfortable.
One night before going to bed, looking at the quiet sky outside the window, He Yu couldn't help asking his mother in a low voice.
"Mom, when can we go home?"
"You said, go back to the countryside?" Aunt Fan was puzzled that he would ask this question: "What's wrong? Is it not good to live here?"
He Yu thought for a while, but couldn't deny it: "It's good here."
Jiang's house is big and beautiful. They have hot water for bathing and delicious food every day.
However, many times when Jiang Mingzhen yelled at him, "This is my thing", He Yu would think in his heart: Jiang Mingzhen's things are actually not that good, and he doesn't want to take them. You don’t need to eat small cakes and big crabs, you don’t need to wear new clothes and shoes, and you don’t even need to take a bath with ice water from the tap. He wants to go back to his own home.
He didn't have time to say his "but".
"Of course it's the best here," Auntie Fan laughed after he said, "This is a city, so it can't be compared with the countryside. Besides, we live in a rich man's house."
Like her son, she looked out the window.
From the position of the nanny's room, you can see the door of the neighbor's house. Like Jiang's house, their door is tall and grand. The exterior wall of the villa is painted a beautiful blue, and there are two lampposts at the door. The lights in their house are really bright, as if they are much brighter than the moon in the sky.
"You are doing well here, to please Uncle Jiang. In a few years, we will ask him to let you go to school in the city."
She stroked the little boy's head with a soft voice, as if she was on a big boat with him, floating in a dream.
"When Ayu, my family, finishes school, finds a good job in the city, becomes rich and lives in such a beautiful house, then I won't have to work so hard every day."
He Yu heard his mother say something similar, and she said it to his father.
"You work more and save some money. When life gets better in the future, I won't have to work so hard and work in the city all day long."
He Yu withdrew his gaze and stopped looking at the sky outside.
Now that my father is gone, only my mother and Ayu are left at home.
Swallowing everything he wanted to say, he quietly closed his eyes.
…
He Yu hopes to coexist peacefully with Jiang Mingzhen without disturbing each other, but Jiang Mingzhen obviously has no such plan.
During these difficult days with He Yu, her enthusiasm has not diminished but instead increased, and she even found strange pleasures in it.
No matter how hard he tried to make things difficult or tease He Yu, he always had a kind smile on his face. Occasionally, that chubby steamed bun face would wrinkle, when He Yu was really wronged.
Even then, he wouldn't fight back against her.
He behaves like a puppy.
So she provoked him time and time again, watching his aggrieved expression, in order to gain happiness.
Bedtime is the most comfortable time for He Yu in Jiang's house. He thought that Jiang Mingzhen would at least not steal his sleep... no wonder.
Jiang Mingzhen is here again.
Xu Meiyin praised He Yu to Jiang Mingzhen all day long, how obedient and independent he is, and how he can help adults with things. Unconvinced, Jiang Mingzhen carefully investigated and finally found that he was not as good as her.
He slept with Aunt Fan!
Xu Meiyin obviously vacated a room for He Yu, but he slept in Aunt Fan's nanny's room every night.
As delicate as Jiang Mingzhen, she can sleep with her parents in separate rooms, but that He Yu can't do it. When Jiang Mingzhen found out about this, her chin almost went up to the sky with pride.
"Did you know?! He's so shy, he asks Aunt Fan to sleep with him every night."
She told everyone about He Yu's embarrassing story, and wanted everyone to laugh at him together.
Jiang Yuan was reading the newspaper, but he didn't lift his head when he heard what she said.
"He went to a new environment and couldn't sleep well. It's normal to sleep with his mother."
"Huh," the audience didn't give her expected reaction, Jiang Mingzhen was very dissatisfied: "I can even sleep by myself, but he dare not sleep by himself when he is five years old, he is so timid."
Her words did not get any echo, and the only sound in the living room was the rustling of newspapers.
That night, Jiang Mingzhen suffered from insomnia.
She loves to provoke He Yu, to what extent.
"Aunt Fan, I want to sleep with you."
The little girl in a princess nightdress hugged her pillow and knocked on the door of her nanny's room in the early hours of the morning.
"Okay, Miss Zhen, wait for me in the room." Rubbing her sleepy eyes, Aunt Fan immediately carried out her order: "I'll bring a story book up and tell you a story."
"No need," Jiang Mingzhen pushed her away without any explanation, and went into the room: "I want to sleep here."
She pushed her own pillow onto the bed, and the original big pillow and children's pillow were pushed apart from the middle by her.
He Yujue hadn't woken up yet, and in a drowsy state, Jiang Mingzhen, who saw him the most, jumped onto the bed and crawled beside him.
This scare made me sober up.
Aunt Fan also didn't know what her young lady wanted to do at night, so why not: "Miss Zhen, our bed is too small, it's not comfortable for you to sleep here."
"I can sleep wherever I want." Jiang Mingzhen pulled He Yu's quilt over.
His quilt had already been warmed by him, and her cold feet stretched in and rested on his lap.
He Yu was terrified by the cold, and he didn't dare to call out for her to move away, so she pressed against him icily.
"Miss, you sleep here, and He Yu and I go to sleep somewhere else?" If she likes this nanny's room, Aunt Fan will help her tidy it up so that she can sleep comfortably.
If they left, it would be meaningless for her to sleep here alone, and of course Jiang Mingzhen refused.
"I want Aunt Fan to sleep with me, so I can go."
Her words caused He Yu to show resistance to her for the first time.
"I don't want to sleep alone." He said this very loudly, and after he finished speaking, word by word, the volume became smaller and smaller.
"I would have nightmares," he said.
According to Jiang Mingzhen's usual practice, she must be making a fuss now, and she will not let it go until she sees He Yu sleeping alone.
For the first time, she didn't.
Probably because of his rather pitiful expression.
Like a puppy afraid of being thrown away, very weak and helpless.
"Okay," she let him go with great kindness, "it doesn't matter where you sleep, I want to sleep here anyway."
It ended up being three of us sleeping together.
Aunt Fan brought an extra quilt to Miss Jiang, and the small bed suddenly became crowded. Fortunately, there are two children who can barely sleep.
The adults lie in the middle, the children lie on both sides, and Jiang Mingzhen wants to listen to the story.
Aunt Fan's bedtime stories are not very good. She is not very literate, and only a few fairy tale books can be read. Jiang Mingzhen has heard the stories she told many times.
By the time the story was over, the two children had fallen asleep.
Aunt Fan turned off the light.
Probably because of Jiang Mingzhen's arrival, He Yu still had nightmares at night.
It was a nightmare he had often had lately.
The dusty construction site, the father who works in the high place, He Yu desperately waved to his father.
—It’s too high, Dad, come down quickly.
— Dad, it's very dangerous.
Jiang Mingzhen was awakened by He Yu's dream.
She lifted the quilt, tiptoed around to his side, and wanted to hear what he was talking about.
The little boy was wrapped in a quilt, and his head was sweating profusely.
It seemed to be deeply haunted by a dream, and Yuanyuan's face was in pain.
"Dad" he said aloud in his mouth.
Jiang Mingzhen tried to shake him awake, but he didn't respond after shaking him twice.
He Yu sweated even more, and his face was frighteningly pale.
"Snapped!"
After the crisp applause, he opened his eyes.
Beside him, his mother was snoring steadily, and his cheek was a little sore.
The eyeballs turned to the side, and before He Yu realized what had happened, Jiang Mingzhen picked up the collar of his pajamas.
"Hello."
The girl's tone was as annoying as ever.
"You live in my house. You belong to me too. Do what I say."
After several seconds of silence, He Yu finally responded.
He stretched out his hand and touched his face, which was hot from the beating.
"Got it?" She stared at him with threats in her eyes.
He Yu could only nod his head.
"I command you not to have nightmares."
Jiang Mingzhen's tone was really fierce, so fierce that others couldn't see it at all. She was frightened by his nightmare just now, and she was quite frightened.
"If you have another nightmare, I'll beat you up!"
She showed He Yu her fist, clenched tightly.
"Very flat."