During the first National Day holiday in 1999, Wang Junyang's mother was busy visiting the store.
During the holiday, the beauty salon has many customers.
Dad Wang's editorial department had to work overtime, and the entire Wang family was occupied by the "Little Five Gang".
This grand military parade for the 50th anniversary of the National Day is like taking 520 glue and sticking five pairs of small eyes firmly on the screen of a 40-inch LCD TV.
Ding Yi, who was still "Ge You paralyzed" on the sofa just now, saw the beginning of the military parade, and he sat up straight and was stunned.
Even Song Qiaoxi, who has never been very interested in the "aircraft cannon" that boys like, sees it with gusto.
Holding the package of Shanghaojia shrimp strips that Chu Jin had torn apart in his hand, he didn't even bother to eat it, and stared at the screen intently.
The sky in the capital Beijing was as blue as wash, and the bright red city buildings were full of flowers. Listening to the TV commentary, more than 500,000 soldiers and civilians participated in the military parade that day.
good guy!
More than half a million people, so many!
Watching the live TV footage, accompanied by the majestic sound of military music, one by one neatly lined squares walked across the square, making Song Qiaoxi feel the blood boil, her face was always hot, and a sense of pride came out of her heart.
I want to shout, amazing, my country!
"Look, look, such a big tank has a machine gun on it!"
Wang Junyang patted Ding Yi on the shoulder, excited.
Ding Yi pushed his glasses, leaned forward a little, frowned and said, "I don't look like a machine gun, how can a machine gun be so big?"
"This is an anti-aircraft tracked armored vehicle with a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun." Chu Jin said lightly, his eyes continued to stare at the screen, but he couldn't hide his pride, "I read in the newspaper that this is the armored regiment of the Qizhou Military Region. squad."
"Chu Jin, you can even remember this, you have an incredible memory! I didn't expect our Qizhou to be so powerful, oh, look, this squad is all girls!"
Ding Yi danced with excitement, stretched out his head and said to Song Qiaoxi and Ding Miao.
Song Qiaoxi looked at the screen, the beautiful and heroic female soldiers in the square team, wearing army green uniforms, dark blue skirts, black leather boots, kicking forward, looking heroic and majestic.
She even felt that the female squadron was even more powerful than the male squadron!
"Miaomiao, you're really handsome. Didn't you say that you want to be an astronaut when you grow up? Do astronauts also want to be soldiers?"
Song Qiaoxi thought of Ding Miao's dream and asked, pulling her arm.
Ding Miao focused her head, her big eyes shining with starlight behind her glasses, she said softly, "Well, astronauts want to enlist in the army, they want to join the Air Force, the selection is very strict and it's very hard, but... But I'm not afraid of hard work. ."
"Miaomiao is so cool, sure!"
Song Qiaoxi leaned her head on Ding Miao's shoulder and felt that Sister Miao was really the coolest girl she knew.
After watching the military parade, it was already twelve o'clock noon.
The phone of Wang Junyang's house rang several times, and it was Song's mother who told them to go home for dinner.
Uncle Wang also came home with dumplings packed from Ding's restaurant, and the children were ready to "return to their own homes and find their own mothers" before dispersing.
Ding Yi and Ding Miao were going to eat at Mom and Dad's shop. At half past eleven, the siblings left first.
Before they left, Song Qiaoxi and Chu Jin cleaned up the leftover snack bags and fruit peels on the coffee table in the living room, and went downstairs with the garbage.
"Xixi, do everything, you two don't do it, I'll clean it up later."
Uncle Wang poured the hot dumplings onto the plate, shaking them and talking to them.
"We cleaned up soon. Mom said, you can't make such a mess when you go to other people's houses. If you mess up, you have to clean up."
Song Qiaoxi replied obediently, lowered her head and picked up a small plastic bag.
As soon as he stretched out his hand, Chu Jin snatched the plastic bag in his hand before his hand touched the melon seed peel, hazelnut shell, orange peel, and banana peel on the coffee table.
"Well... ... "
He looked up at Chu Jin with doubts.
He just glanced at himself casually and shook his head slightly.
"Don't make trouble, I'll do it."
Chu neatly put all the husk paper scraps on the surface of the coffee table into a small plastic bag, took a rag, and wiped off the stains on the glass coffee table.
Ugh... ...
Xixi scratched her head and smiled embarrassedly at Uncle Wang who was looking here.
Sure enough, it was rejected again.
Chu Jin always felt that she was struggling with housework and work, and her hands and feet were not easy.
In my own home, I just don't let her do anything.
Often when I just pick up the broom and dustpan, it is taken away by Chu. . . .
"What delicious food do you two have for lunch today? Since the two of us don't live in the same building, the sweet and sour pork tenderloin made by your mother hasn't been eaten for a long time."
Uncle Wang asked, took a sea bowl from the kitchen, and poured the seafood nugget soup from a plastic bag.
Ding's mother's seafood nugget soup is a must. The soup base is made with shrimp shells to fragrant, and the scallop water is prepared in advance. There are not many lumps, and the soup is relatively clear.
Inside were squid rolls, clams, fresh shrimp, oysters, black fungus, shiitake mushrooms, celery, peeled diced tomatoes and minced ginger.
There is a layer of beautiful egg flowers floating on the surface, and the entrance is smooth, moist and smooth, not the feeling of sticky paste in the mouth.
Every bite can bite into the fragrant seafood and small gnocchi, which is very satisfying.
Song Qiaoxi smelled the strong seafood smell in the air, swallowed her saliva, and looked away.
I meditate in my heart, I am not greedy, I am not greedy, I am not greedy...
I'll have dinner soon when I go home. My mother said on the phone just now that I made flavored eggplant, fried mushrooms, bean and potato stewed spareribs and mushu meat.
The flavored eggplant made by my mother is the best. Although Song Qiaoxi still can't hold the pot, she has seen her make it several times in the kitchen.
Cut the tender eggplant into a hob, wrap it in starch, and fry the eggplant in a frying pan. Mom's fried things are always crispy and crispy, and they are not greasy at all.
Put the fried eggplant aside for later use. Leave a little oil in the pot. Sauté the onion, ginger and garlic until fragrant, pick it out, add soy sauce, sugar and a little vinegar, and put the eggplant in the pot.
Fresh out of the pan is the best. The shell of the eggplant is as hard and crunchy as the sugar shell of the candied haws.
Wow, I'm going to have another bite of rice at this time, it's like a fairy!
Woohoo, Xixi felt so hungry that she was about to leave her body.
"Wang Junyang, go to the kitchen and pour a small dish of vinegar over here. Seeing my memory, I forgot to pack some Laba vinegar from Lao Ding's house, and bring me some garlic."
Uncle Wang waved his hand and directed Wang Junyang, who had just washed his hands from the bathroom.
"Oh, eating garlic again..." Shaking the water in his hand, Wang Junyang glanced at the dumplings on the table and made a face at his father, "Dad, you still eat garlic at work in the afternoon, no wonder you are the only one in the office, No one else dares to come in, right?"
"Hey, you kid, you are a real man, you must dare to eat raw garlic. It is my own son, so I will eat it with me today."
"I don't, just a little bit!"
Uncle Wang rubbed the back of Wang Junyang's head, walked to the coffee table, and took away the garbage bag in Chu Jin's hand, "Okay, okay, the children go home quickly, don't throw the garbage, Uncle will take it with him when he goes to work in the afternoon. Come home for dinner, don't make Teacher Qiao wait."
"Then let's go back first. Goodbye Uncle Wang. Bye bye!"
Song Qiaoxi ran to the door to change her shoes and waved to Wang Junyang.
Chu Jin politely bid farewell to Uncle Wang, glanced at Wang Junyang, and nodded.
As if suddenly thinking of something interesting, Uncle Wang looked at Song Qiaoxi and laughed, "Oh, by the way, Xixi, have your two little chicks grown into big roosters? Did you hear from your father that your chickens are crowing at dawn now?"
"Yeah, I'm so big now, but listen to me," Song Qiaoxi squatted on the ground to tie her shoelaces, raised her head and grinned at Uncle Wang, showing her little white teeth, "Thank you Uncle Wang for giving me the little chick. "
Uncle Wang was stunned for a moment, and then he made an expression of crying and laughing, "What are you thanking me for, girl, the chicks were not given to you by uncle, uncle just asked your aunt to help bring them up that day, those two chicks Chu Jin bought it for you."
Stopping her shoelace hand, Song Qiaoxi stared at Uncle Wang with wide eyes.
She heard it right!
It turns out that the chick was not sent by Uncle Wang, but by Chu Jin? !
"Jinjing, you didn't ask your uncle to help you go upstairs that day. Later, when my uncle had something to do, and just when your aunt came back from get off work, I asked her to take her upstairs." Uncle Wang said to Chu Jin.
"Yeah." Chu Jin nodded.
Song Qiaoxi turned her head and looked at Chu Jin in confusion.
The boy still had a calm expression on his face, his handsome face was clear and light, he squatted on the ground and put on his shoes, straightened up, and glanced at her with a slight smile in his eyes.
Since going down the stairs, Song Qiaoxi has been chasing behind Chu Jin, chatting endlessly, "Why didn't you tell me earlier, it's a shame I dragged you to watch the chick for a long time that night..."
Chu Jin stopped, turned around and grabbed her wrist, and said word by word, "Concentrate on going down the stairs and pay attention to your feet."
"Oh... ... "
After eating, I had no choice but to nod my head obediently, shut up and walk down the stairs.
Wang Junyang's family lives on the third floor, and he goes down the stairs quickly.
Coming out of the corridor of Building No. 1, Song Qiaoxi continued to be in Chu Jin's ear, asking over and over again like a little grinder: "Hey, hey, if Uncle Wang doesn't tell me today, are you not going to tell me for the rest of your life? "
"No..." Chu Jin turned his head to answer her.
"Then tell me quickly, why didn't you tell me?"
Song Qiaoxi asked reluctantly.
Chu Jin quickened his pace and arrived at the door of Building No. 5 within a few steps. He pushed open the big iron gate of the corridor and turned around and said to her, "Who gave it away, is it so important? You can do it if you like it..."
"Of course it's important!" Song Qiaoxi clenched her fists and stared at him with wide eyes.
This is a big thing about the identity of the two chicks, how can they be fooled
"Why is it so important?" Chu Jin held the door.
Song Qiaoxi walked into the shady corridor, raised her head and said solemnly, "It's very important, if you gave it away, you're the chick's father! I almost made the chick recognize Uncle Wang as his father, it's not important. ?"
"..."
Chu Jin's heart is also mixed.
Just know, this little girl's magical brain circuit will think so
He's real, not ready to give two chickens, be a dad...
Song Qiaoxi raised her chin, looked at Chu Jin's expression of crying and laughing, put her index finger beside her face and said, "I don't care, anyway, the two cubs have your surname now, you are their biological father, in the future you will Come walk the chickens with me."
Chu Jin bit his lip and frowned slightly, "Huh? Walking the chicken..."
"Yes, it's your responsibility as a father, and you can't escape. I'm hungry, let's go upstairs to eat." Xixi turned around and started to climb the stairs, she added as she climbed back, "I'll teach you when I go back. The cubs call them daddy!"
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Throughout the November holiday, Chu Jin would accompany Song Qiaoxi to walk the chickens every afternoon.
This kind of skin, as long as you walk the chicken a few more times, it will thicken.
At first, the little boy was somewhat embarrassed and embarrassed.
But later, I saw that Song Qiaoxi was holding the rope around the chicken's ankle arrogantly every time, walking around the compound with two baby roosters, and kept letting the big rooster learn to "call Dad" along the way. Chu Jin's mentality quickly returned to calm like water.
What makes Song Jianguo and Qiao Qin feel amazing is that these two chickens of their daughter are very obedient and human.
Said to be like a chicken, it is more like a chicken with a dog living in its soul. It protects the owner and recognizes people.
During the Chinese New Year, Song Qiaoxi was playing with the cousin of the second uncle's house, but then the cousin flicked her forehead, and the little chick rushed up and pecked at the cousin.
On the last day of the National Day holiday, the Song family had an early dinner and "ended the battle" at 5:30.
After dinner, Song Qiaoxi tied ropes to the legs of the two chickens. Like the female soldiers at the National Day military parade, she took the two big babies out for a walk.
Behind her, Chu Jin followed.
Song Qiaoxi handed a rope in her hand to Chu Jin, now it's all right, each of them has a chicken.
On autumn evenings, the elderly in the compound generally eat early. Several retired grandfathers set up a small square table and play chess while sitting on a pony.
This year, the street lamps in the courtyard of the newspaper office have been replaced with high-wattage ones, which can illuminate the family's courtyard at night, without fear of not being able to see clearly.
Song Qiaoxi and Chu Jin held the chicken one after the other, and the little girl stopped and looked at it for a while.
"Xixi, will you and grandpa have a game?"
An amiable white-bearded grandpa raised his head from the chessboard and asked her with a smile.
Grandpa Sun is a retired art editor of a newspaper office, and he can draw especially finely-crafted flowers and birds. He watched them grow up.
It's okay to retire, so I play chess with a few old buddies every day.
The children in the courtyard all like to play with grandpa grandpa. The old grandson is humorous, like an old urchin, and it is easy to get along with the children.
But Song Qiaoxi also heard from her parents that Grandpa Sun's wife passed away eight years ago. Since then, Grandpa Sun has been alone and has always lived by himself.
But what puzzled her was that with such a sad and sad thing, she never saw Grandpa Sun sad and sad. Even when he mentioned his wife, he would always look happy.
"Grandpa, I'll just take a look, I don't play, I only know that horses are walking on the road, like walking in the fields, and the cannons are running rampant, and I don't know about the rest..."
Song Qiaoxi shook her head and shyly hid behind Chu Jin, the big cock in her hand also followed her pacing obediently.
"Does Xiao Chu know how to play chess? I remember that your father was very good at chess. He used to accompany some of our old buddies to kill two games."
Grandpa Li said to Chu Jin with a smile, as if he was talking about a very ordinary thing.
"I will." Chu Jin hesitated and nodded.
Most of the uncles and aunts in the courtyard, in front of Chu Jin on weekdays, would hardly mention their parents' past, for fear of making the children sad.
Over time, it became a habit. Song Qiaoxi was so smart, she soon discovered this matter, and she followed the way of adults, and never dared to mention Uncle Chu and Aunt Sun easily.
She heard Grandpa Sun say what happened to Uncle Chu so naturally, and gave Chu Jin a nervous look.
His face was calm, and because of the backlight in his eyes, he did not see any emotional fluctuations.
"Come on, old Zhangtou, you go and fight Lao Fan next door, and I want to play two games with Xiao Chu."
Grandpa Sun "drives away" Uncle Zhang who is sitting opposite, and greets Chu Jin to come over and sit down.
Chu Jin walked over generously and took the seat that Uncle Zhang had just vacated.
Song Qiaoxi took the initiative to take the rope from Chu Jin's hand, and watched the battle with one chicken in one hand.
"You are a red chess player, you go first." Grandpa Sun rearranged the chess game, recalling as he sorted out, "Your father was a celebrity in our courtyard at the time, and he said that an aristocratic son-in-law came to Beijing, the capital, and put us in the courtyard. The most beautiful girl was kidnapped, and Xiao Sun was the dream lover of many young men at that time."
Song Qiaoxi stretched her neck, trying to understand the layout of the chessboard, and was deeply attracted by the "story of the past" told by Grandpa Sun. She still had two big roosters in her hands. Get yourself in a hurry.
Grandpa Sun continued: "At that time, we all thought that your mother was going to follow your father in Beijing and would not come back. Who knew that they would return to Qizhou together as soon as they graduated from college. Your father is an excellent police officer with an honest man. She works conscientiously and conscientiously. Your mother is the best livelihood reporter in our newspaper. Where there is unfair treatment, she will always be at the forefront. Let me tell you a little secret, do you know what your mother likes to eat?"
"I don't know." Chu Jin shook his head.
"Your mother likes to eat the sweet and sour fish fillets made by my wife the most. When she was a little girl, she loved to eat it. Later, when I had you, when I was pregnant with you, I just craved it. Your father was busy catching it at that time. The bad guy doesn't have time to do it for her.
My wife prepares it for Xiao Sun every week, but I can't completely cover it with the lid of the lunch box. I'm afraid that the fish fillets will not be crispy, so I have to cover the lid of the lunch box halfway. At that time, I was joking, saying that you should be named 'Xiaoyuer', which little baby in her mother's womb likes to eat fish so much? "
Grandpa Sun's eyes were full of love, and he took a deep look.
Song Qiaoxi was fascinated when she heard it. She poked Chu Jin's arm with that finger and replied, "It's this little baby Chu Jin! I'll call you 'little fish' from now on."
Grandpa Sun raised his head and winked at Song Qiaoxi, "And you, Xixi, when your mother was pregnant with you, she especially liked to eat the crispy pot made by my wife, the kelp and elbows inside. Pot, I also learned from my wife, tell me, isn't my wife particularly good?"
"Ahaha, that Grandpa Sun, you discussed with my mother, why didn't you give me a nickname 'Little Kelp' or 'Little Elbow'? Grandma Sun is so powerful, I don't even know it, I only see it in the photos After her, Grandma Sun is so beautiful."
Song Qiaoxi laughed until she put her hands on her knees, and the two big roosters around her croaked happily.
She smiled and looked at Chu Jin with concern, and found that Chu Jin was also smiling slightly, looking at Grandpa Sun's eyes.
Grandpa Sun's eyes are not as cloudy as ordinary grandpas, but they are very clear.
"That is, my daughter-in-law, can't she be beautiful? Don't look at the fact that Xiao Chujin's mother was a flower in our compound at that time. In the next few decades, the most beautiful girl in the compound was your grandmother. "
Grandpa said proudly, the joy blossomed, and the folds on his face were folded together like buns.
"Pfft, grandpa, you are so funny."
Song Qiaoxi was so amused by Grandpa Sun that she giggled.
I like listening to Grandpa Sun talk the most. Whatever he says is interesting.
Laughing and laughing, Xixi suddenly heard Chu Jin call out clearly: "Grandpa Sun?"
The boy's slender pale fingers held a chess piece and stopped in mid-air.
"Well, what's the matter, little Chu Jin?" Grandpa Sun still smiled and pinched Chu Jin's wrist mischievously. "Want to regret chess? That's not good. You can't bully grandpa even if you play chess with grandpa."
"No, I meant to say..." Chu Jin shook his head, staring at the chessboard with a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes, stunned for a few seconds, then raised his head again, as if he had taken a lot of courage, yes Grandpa Sun said, "Grandpa Sun, you, can you tell me more about what happened to my parents before?"
"Of course, it must, yes! Tell grandpa what you want to hear. Grandpa has a good memory. Don't worry about anything, remember Men'erqing."
Grandpa Sun loosened his wrist, took the two ropes from Song Qiaoxi's hand, and tied the two big roosters to the legs of the small square table, making a snap.
With a wave of his hands, he said to Song Qiaoxi, "Xixi, go to your grandfather Li and bring me a tea jar, and then move a horse to sit here and listen to it. Tonight, as soon as your grandfather's words are opened, they will be closed. Not up."
"Okay, come right away!"
Song Qiaoxi was wearing a powder blue dress, turned around and flew like a little blue butterfly and ran to get a tea jar for Grandpa Sun.
That night, Chu Jin and Grandpa Sun played chess very slowly.
Song Qiaoxi sat on the pony, dragging her cheeks, listening to the past of Chu Jin's father and mother with great interest.
She knew how dangerous Uncle Chu's job as a police officer was, but he could always save himself from danger. She knew that Aunt Sun made unannounced visits and investigations alone in order to help those who were unfairly treated. She also knew that the relationship between them was enviable. The love story, all kinds of little fun things that I have never experienced.
Grandpa Sun's story is thrilling and fascinating, as if he really saw Uncle Chu and Aunt Sun with his own eyes, it's more like watching a wonderful drama.
Chu Jin's father and mother were only two vague figures in Song Qiaoxi's mind before.
And now, it is two fresh uncles and aunts.
As if looking up, you can see them standing not far away, smiling and waving at himself and Chu Jin.
until... ...
It was completely dark, and the two big roosters fell asleep under the table.
On autumn nights, "chi-chi--" sounded all around, with the verve of insects.
But she and Chu Jin still listened with gusto, even if they knew it was very late, they were still reluctant to go home.
Grandpa Sun held a large enamel tea jar, took a sip of the tea leaves, and said to the two children, "Okay, that's all for today. You two go home. If you want to hear what happens next, let's hear the breakdown next time."
"Ah..." Song Qiaoxi dragged her end in disappointment and said coquettishly, "Grandpa Sun, let's talk about one more thing, just one more thing! Just one more thing, we'll go home immediately after we finish talking!"
"Haha, then tell you the last one?"
Grandpa Sun put down the tea jar and pinched Xixi's fleshy cheeks.
"it is good!"
Sitting down obediently, Song Qiaoxi put her hands on her knees and glanced at Chu Jin.
He also nodded, his always calm face full of anticipation.
Finally, Grandpa Sun told a story about Father Chu's outwitness against gangsters. It is said that this incident was later published in the newspaper.
Before leaving, Song Qiaoxi and Grandpa Sun waved goodbye, and made an appointment to come back next weekend to listen to his story.
Crouching down and untying the rope tied to the big cock, she heard Grandpa Sun lightly pat Chu Jin's shoulder twice, as if whispering something in his ear
But when I looked up to see them again, I saw Chu Jin pursed his lips and nodded lightly to Grandpa Sun.
Holding the big rooster's rope in his hand, Song Qiaoxi and Chu Jin walked slowly in the direction of the boiler room and Building 5.
"Little Straight Ball" can never hold back. She grabbed Chu Jin's wrist and tilted her head to ask, "Did Grandpa Sun whisper to you just now? What did Grandpa tell you?"
Chu Jin stopped and was silent for a while.
When Xixi thought he didn't want to tell herself, she was ready to run home by herself.
Chu Jin grabbed his wrist with his backhand, raised his eyes and grinned at her, and said softly, "Grandpa Sun told me to always remember my parents and how happy they looked..."