June 1st falls on Sunday, although there will be no holiday tomorrow, Peng Jiahui and Du Wenjuan still ask for leave together, intending to play with Peng Xingwang for one more day.
They try their best to accompany him as much as possible, as if no matter what the child wants to buy or where he wants to go, they will try their best to satisfy him.
Shame is like a thin layer of water mist on the outside of an ice soda bottle.
The tentacles are wet, and the body feels cold, but it just rises again, it looks inconspicuous but it is difficult to disappear.
Peng Xingwang watched Wanying Chuhe with his parents in Yuhan during the day, and went back to his brother's house to sleep at night. After two days, it was like a dream.
Whether it's going to the playground or the botanical garden, he sometimes wishes he didn't have these deliberate gifts.
If it was my father who accompanied me to do my homework, and my mother who picked me up from school, how nice it would be to see you every day
However, such a plain request is actually a luxury.
He has always been very clear in his heart.
When it was time to part, Jiang Wang hosted the guests and had a meal with them.
Ji Linqiu felt that he was an outsider and refused to go, but Du Wenjuan specially called him up, completely treating him as a family member.
"Xingwang has been fostered by your two families, we are really sorry." Du Wenjuan stood up and toasted: "I discussed with his father that in the future, he will either be seconded to Yuhan to work and take care of the children, or I will rent a house Come to accompany Xing Xing to study in junior high school and high school, there is always a way, and it won't trouble you for too long."
Sitting among them, Xingwang seemed a little silent, just smiled and continued to eat.
Sensing the child's subtle emotions, Peng Jiahui raised his voice and laughed, "Mom and Dad are coming to see you on weekends, aren't you happy?"
"In the future, when Dad is free from work, he will come to see you more. We can also live in a big house together in the future. Every day is getting better!"
Du Wenjuan answered: "Xing Xing, Mom and Dad have always missed you very much, you still have to listen to Brother Jiang and Brother Ji carefully, don't be naughty, be good!"
Jiang Wang drank beer, looked at his young self, and suddenly felt that the two of them were still very similar.
It's easy to write on his face when he has any worries. Although he has been trying to change a little over the years, he hasn't changed much.
It is reasonable to say that a meal should be a feast for the host and guest, but it is a bit dull to eat.
When the song ended, Peng Jiahui went to start his car, Chang Hua came to pick up Du Wenjuan with Yin Yin in his arms, and the two returned to their car one after another to wave to them.
"Let's go, goodbye!"
"Xing Xing, Mommy will come to see you next time, come to Yinyin, and say goodbye to my brothers!"
The three of them watched the two families leave separately, and then they got back in the car and turned around to go home.
Ji Linqiu slept for a full twelve hours yesterday. Today, the notification light on the mobile phone kept on continuously, and there were frequent calls and messages, but he did not answer them, and leaned against the car window to rest with his eyes closed.
Jiang Wang concentrated on driving. There was a section of the road under construction for the subway. The wires were dug up and it was pitch black. It was necessary to distinguish the road carefully.
In the darkness, Peng Xingwang suddenly spoke.
"Do you have to learn to act like this before you grow up?"
There was no beginning or end to this sentence, but Jiang Wang could understand everything he wanted to say.
He opened the car window to breathe, and it took a long time before he answered.
"probably."
He wanted to smoke a cigarette at this moment, but only glanced back at the child in the rearview mirror, and stepped on the brake steadily.
The child still knows.
He had worried about this matter before, but he was still unable to deal with such unsolvable problems.
An ordinary family is like a train running on the track. For a star-watching family, the head of the car faces south and the rear of the car faces north. Leaving him alone is like a lonely train track.
Even if it exists, it is too abrupt to know what to do.
He should have a lot to say to this child at this moment.
Xingwang is himself when he was young, and he always wanted to give him overflowing love, meticulous care, and clarity in all areas.
But at the moment when the premonition came true, Jiang Wang went through his mind full of comforting words, and finally decided not to say anything.
If the child understands, then he understands.
The traffic lights are still in poor contact, and only half of the arc light seems to flicker, which is particularly blurred in the night.
At some point, Ji Linqiu opened his eyes and handed him a cigarette.
"Let's smoke it."
Jiang Wang looked at him, raised his hand to catch the light, and took a long breath.
The tobacco breath was inhaled deeply into the lungs, choking people a little dazed.
Xing Wang was bored for a while, then shook his head.
"I don't want this kind of ghost problem in the future."
A short break of two days does not seem to be enough.
Ji Linqiu didn't have a safe weekend for the past few months, and now he finally got enough sleep to stop work for a while, so he simply took two days of annual leave.
The personnel department was dumbfounded when they received the news.
"Mr. Ji, aren't you just kidding with us? You were either working overtime or studying on a business trip the weekend before. You have saved up half a month of vacation time. You don't need to deduct your annual leave, even if you take a break!"
Ji Linqiu was used to hard days, so he didn't realize it for a while, so he nodded in agreement.
He went back to his parents' house to do housework for half a day, then went to the garden to feed the fish and water the flowers, inexplicably thinking about the days after retirement.
...Even if Jiang Wang is in his seventies or eighties, he is probably a bad old man with constant tricks.
He could even imagine that after this person retired, he would drag him all over the world, the two of them would be wrinkled and unable to walk, and their lives would not be any different from today.
Hey, why do I like this person so much
There was the sound of keys turning outside the door, Ji Linqiu looked around with a flower shovel, and saw Ji Changxia coming back with big bags and small bags.
"You didn't go to work today?" The two asked in unison.
"I took a leave of absence for two days."
"Oh," Ji Changxia put the kraft paper bag on the cabinet in the entrance: "I want to make some bread, bro, would you like to come with me?"
Ji Linqiu readily agreed.
"Your unit rested so early?"
"No, I've already resigned."
"Are you going to be a housewife?"
"Brother," Ji Changxia pressed his head and said, "How long has it been since you've been home—Mom's tailor shop is so busy right now that she's too busy, and I just happen to be able to do some too, so come over and do it with her." Customized private servers are coming."
The two washed their hands and sifted flour and poured milk respectively. First, they talked about the changes in the family in the past few months, Peng Xingwang's violin playing skills, and finally they talked about Ji Linqiu.
"Brother... Will you try physical marriage in the future?"
Ji Linqiu was kneading bread, and looked sideways at the sound: "Did Jiang Wang tell you?"
He remembered that he had never spoken about it.
"No," Ji Changxia said with a smile: "You are my real brother, how could I not see it."
At first, she wondered why there were so many excellent female teachers in the company, but none of them had a good eye for Teacher Ji. Later, when she was chatting with her friends, she thought about it carefully, and realized how special Jiang Wang's existence was.
Once you have this idea, and look at their words and deeds when they get along, everything is completely logical.
Ji Linqiu frowned slightly, and thought about it: "We have thought about going abroad, or finding a safe opportunity to talk to our parents slowly, but physical marriage... is easy to cause accidents, and it is also risky for girls, so we still can't do it."
"Then have you considered having a child?" Ji Changxia whispered, "I heard from my friends that there is adoption... and surrogacy."
"I heard that many people go abroad for surrogacy, and they can choose the color of the child's eyes and hair—Brother!!"
Ji Linqiu stretched out his hand to pinch her face, playing like when he was a child, until the two of them were covered in flour.
"What are you thinking?"
"What are the two men doing as surrogates? I have a good time with him. Forcing others to join in and give birth to us, whose fault is it?"
Ji Changxia became distressed: "The reason is this, even if the child is born, it is strange that the blood of a stranger is flowing... But if this is the case, will it be more difficult for parents to agree to the two of you being together?"
Ji Linqiu handed her the dough, and turned around to get the coconut powder.
"I always feel like Mom already knows something."
"No way?!"
"It's hard to say the specific reason." He looked at her: "Do you still remember when you fell in love early?"
"Obviously they only met in school, and they never even came home from school together, but Mom knows it, and she can guess it for no reason at all."
Ji Changxia was stunned: "Mom has always known about my puppy love?! Brother, didn't you say to help me hide it!!"
"I didn't say anything, you can trust me on this, not to mention how many years you and that kid have broken up." Ji Linqiu said in a low voice: "But when my mother was washing the dishes during the Chinese New Year this year, she cheerfully told me about how she took care of me in the past. Everything about you and what she guessed can be matched with the situation at that time."
Even if there is no clue, she can guess that her daughter is secretly in love.
Ji Changxia's breath stagnates: "Then you're done now, I'll ask Brother Wang to pick her up and go home!"
Ji Linqiu's movements paused: "Is she not at the tailor shop today?"
"She has a class at the University for the Elderly today!! I don't want Brother Wang to get acquainted with her, you should send him a message to remind her!!"
At the same time, Jiang Wang stood outside the classroom, watching intently.
I didn't expect that there were foreign teachers in the university for the elderly, and it was very true that the lectures were decent.
As soon as the get out of class bell rang, grandparents in their 50s, 60s or even older stood up one after another. Some waved goodbye to the teacher, and many crowded around the teacher to ask questions. They were friendly.
"Mr. David! Come back and have a meal with our daughter!"
"What are you eating! Teacher David, please tell me again, what is going on with this comparative and superlative—"
Chen Danhong was also waiting outside the crowd, when she turned her head and saw Jiang Wang inadvertently, she waved her hand with a bright smile: "Wang Zi! Come pick up Auntie!"
Jiang Wang smiled and waved his hand, and was about to speak when Ji Linqiu sent a message.
[My mother may know about us, so be careful when you speak:]
Jiang Wang was startled, but still forced a smile on his face to help Chen Danhong get the clothes, the more he thought about making no mistakes, the more he talked.
"Mom—no, Auntie, let's go out to eat tonight!"
Chen Danhong still didn't know anything about them, so she just patted her shoulder boldly: "It's okay to be called mother! You have long been a godson in my heart!"