In the face of everyone's questioning eyes, Mo Zhengyan could only choose to be silent. The group of people here also saw the situation clearly, and they also returned to the living room and dispersed. Chu Xiaoxin's pace was a little slow, he looked at Mo Zhengyan coming from the other side of the corridor.
Mo Zhengyan whispered, "I didn't do anything."
Chu Xiaoxin glanced at him, the expression in his eyes was "Who believes you", which made Mo Zhengyan frown.
Mo Bai was so wronged, and the group all turned back to the living room.
The living room is connected to the dining room. The dining table is already full of dishes and the dishes and chopsticks are already set. It is the result of the joint efforts of Shanshan and Shao Yu.
Everyone sat down one by one. Here Su Nan and Xiao Mobai sat together, Mo Baiyao and Chu Xiaoxin sat at random, Shao Yu sat between Song Qiyue and Mo Zhengyan, and Luo Zheng on the other side. With Shanshan, there is only one person next to Shanshan who has not yet seated.
"Uncle Sinian, come sit down." Shanshan shouted again, and Mo Sinian came forward.
When Luo Zheng saw Mo Sinian taking her seat, she looked at the Shao Yu family of three opposite, and at Xiang Shan Shan and Mo Sinian, a strange feeling arose immediately.
"This fish is delicious, Shao Yu."
"I think this is delicious."
When the children commented on the dishes, Song Qiyue noticed that during normal meals, his son didn't talk so much, and always ate quietly without being noisy. It was just that when he met Shanshan, Shao Yu became more lively. It seems that the relationship between the two siblings is really better than expected.
Immediately, another dish came up, a big pot full of cooked shrimp. As soon as the lid was opened, the aroma came out. September is the season for eating shrimp, and it is also a seasonal food, which naturally makes people move their index fingers.
The group started to move, Su Nan even ate one after another. Seeing that she was too late, Xiao Mobai simply came to help her.
Luo Zheng smiled, "Xiao Mobai, are you Su Nan's third hand?"
"Mom, it's four hands." Shanshan added.
Shao Yu was puzzled, "Why does Auntie have four hands?"
Everyone laughed again. Xiao Mobai was teased. He was not in a hurry. Instead, Su Nan swallowed the vinegar-dipped shrimp, and suddenly couldn't speak. Xiao Mobai patted the back, and Su Nan could speak, "Shao Yu, auntie only has two hands."
"What about the other two? Did the uncle's hand reach the aunt?" Shao Yu asked.
"Aunt Nan doesn't have enough hands, so I asked my uncle to help." Shanshan replied.
"But don't you have to do your own things?" Shao Yu taught that since he was a child, eating and the like were all done independently early.
"Because my uncle loves Aunt Nan very much." Shanshan is nine years old after all, so she still understands, "Shao Yu, don't you think?"
"Oh, I think too." Shao Yu said, "My uncle loves my aunt very much. Last time my aunt took me to play, my aunt yelled in the room, and my uncle pressed her on her body, but the uncle said that he was loving my aunt. Aunt said the same."
"Shao Yu..." Su Nan was faceless, and the child kept talking outside, causing her to not know how to deal with herself.
The group of people on the table looked at them more fashionablely, and Song Qiyue teased more meaningfully, "Xiao Mobai, you really love Su Nan."
what--! Su Nan shouted in her heart, and she looked at Xiao Mobai bitterly!
Xiao Mobai could only appease, "Nan'er, eat shrimp."
Everyone was smiling, Mosnian just silently started peeling the shrimp. When Shanshan lowered her head, she saw several whole shrimps in the small bowl in front of her, "Thank you, Uncle Sinian!"
"Eat," Moss called young.
Luo Zheng took a look. She didn't know whether she should be happy or hesitate, but she didn't have time to clear her thoughts. She turned to look at Shao Yu, and she said, "Shao Yu, don't you want to eat shrimp?"
"En." The child nodded.
"Shao Yu is too troublesome. He doesn't like shelling shrimps." Shanshan explained.
Several people here know that Shao Yu doesn't like to peel shrimp shells by hand. Although he is a child, he already dislikes eating shrimp is too troublesome.
"Mom will peel the shrimp shells for you." Song Qiyue said.
"In July, your nails are so long, you should be careful to break them." Luo Zheng reminded that when everyone saw her nails, it turned out to be white and long.
At this moment, Mo Zhengyan had already rolled up his sleeves, "I'll do it."
He took the shrimp in a slow motion and peeled it off again. What Mo Zhengyan has always done is slow and effective, and this moment is no exception. A shrimp is peeled off, the outer shell is still attached, and the shrimp meat inside is also cut through.
"Daddy peels it quickly." Shao Yu praised, and Mo Zhengyan quickly peeled a bowl.
The bowl of shrimp meat was placed in front of Shao Yu, and the child started to eat with his chopsticks. This was the shrimp that his father had peeled for him.
Song Qiyue saw that Mo Zhengyan was already stripping, and she did not fight with him again.
"Auntie, don't you eat shrimp?" Shanshan asked Song Qiyue not to eat shrimp. She curiously asked, "Do you not like shrimp?"
"No." Song Qiyue replied, "It's just..." She was embarrassed to say the following words.
Because, in fact, she also--
"Aunt she also thinks it is troublesome to peel shrimp." Luo Zheng answered the question and answered his daughter.
Why did Luo Zheng know that it was also by chance. That time Mo Zhengyan took Shao Yu to the UK for a tour. His aunt was still there and cooked shrimp, but Shao Yu refused to learn to peel the shrimp. The little guy felt troubled at the time. In private, Luo Zheng talked about Shao Yu and even laughed at him and didn't know who Shao Yu was like.
At that time, Mo Zhengyan suddenly said softly: She didn't like it either.
That was the first time Mo Zhengyan mentioned it a year after Song Qiyue left. Just such a sentence, I passed it quietly.
Luo Zheng was surprised by what he mentioned at the time, but he was even more aware that some things are too difficult to forget. Some people don't talk about it, but it doesn't mean letting go.
"Then let Dad peel it." Shanshan understood, she smiled and said, "Daddy peels it fast anyway."
As Shanshan was talking, Song Qiyue also put a bowl of shrimp meat in front of him. Mo Zhengyan handed it over. He just peeled the bowl.
Shanshan yelled, "Auntie, try it. This shrimp is delicious, isn't it, Shao Yu?"
"En!" Shao Yu had already concentrated on eating shrimp, and finally responded. Turning to look at her mother again, seeing that she hadn't moved yet, the child directly picked up the shrimp in front of her and put it to her mouth, "Mom, you eat."
When the son fed her, the shrimp was put to her lips. Song Qiyue couldn't refuse her son's love gesture, so she opened her mouth to bite. Sure enough, the fresh shrimp was tender and juicy, and it melted in the mouth at once.
"Aunt, is it delicious?" Shanshan asked.
But remembering that he peeled the shrimp again, Song Qiyue just nodded slightly, "En."
In an instant, another bowl of shrimp meat was placed in front of Song Qiyue.
Su Nan shouted, "Brother, you peel it too fast, save some, I can't keep up with you."
"Aunty, don't you have four hands? Why can't you keep up." Shao Yu asked, and everyone laughed again.
The lunch was originally a good meal, but suddenly it turned into a shrimp peeling contest. Several men peeled one after another there. It didn't take long for a big pot of shrimp to see the bottom. This last one was Moss Nian caught Mo Zhengyan's chopsticks together.
"Your hands are so slow!" Su Nan complained to Xiao Mobai, and Xiao Mobai replied, "It's a little farther from my position."
"There is only one left." Mo Baiyao said, while Chu Xiaoxin was watching.
Seeing the shrimp between the two pairs of chopsticks, Mo Zhengyan and Mo Sinian both refused to give up. Mo Sinian said, "Big Brother, the story of Kong Rong Rangli, it seems that you have forgotten it."
"I think you don't understand the term "respecting the old" too much."
Respect the elderly? How old is he? Thanks to what he said! Everyone was speechless, Song Qiyue was also stunned, and even for this shrimp, the two brothers were in a stalemate there.
Just when the two were fighting over the chopsticks, the shrimp fell into the pot from mid-air.
In an instant, a pair of chopsticks entered and quickly took the shrimp as his own.
When they saw it, it turned out to be Shao Yu!
The child moved quickly, and immediately caught the shrimp, and Chu Xiaoxin smiled, "In the end, I lost to a child."
"Shao Yu, is it okay to take advantage of the danger?" Mo Sinian asked.
"Uncle Sinian, what does it mean to take advantage of others?" The child didn't understand, he only knew that he got the shrimp.
"..." Mosnian was sacked by an army, and was speechless at the moment.
Mo Zhengyan said, "Shao Yu, is this shrimp for dad?"
"En." Shao Yu nodded, but he said, "It's for mother."
A second, Mo Zhengyan still smiled at Mo Sinian, and a second later, Mo Sinian raised his eyebrows and smiled.
Shao Yu didn't like to peel shrimps, but at this moment he was serious about peeling shrimps, with his hands upside down, finally peeled one, dipped in some soy sauce, and delivered it to Song Qiyue's mouth. When Song Qiyue ate it, Shao Yu watched expectantly. Song Qiyue said, "The shrimp that Shao Yu peeled off is so delicious, it's the best one has ever been eaten by my mother!"
The child immediately said, "Mom, I will peel a lot of shrimp in the future!"
Mo Zhengyan frowned. In this way, didn't he take away all his work
"It seems that I will buy double portions next time. One pot is not enough." Luo Zheng came to the conclusion that anyone here would like to peel shrimps.
After a delicious meal, everyone moved to the living room to rest. After the meal, fruit came up, and Shanshan began to tear down the gifts from everyone. One by one, Shanshan received a beautiful schoolbag. She was very happy, "This is my favorite color!"
"Sister Shanshan, I told my mother!" Shao Yu immediately asked for credit.
"Thank Shao Yu, thank you aunt, thank you dad." Shanshan thanked immediately.
Shao Yu said again, "Sister Shanshan, my mother bought me a schoolbag today, and when my schoolbag is broken, I will carry it on my back."
"You're so happy. Aunt bought me a gift. You want a copy too." Shanshan smiled. She continued to open the gift. Su Nan and Xiao Mobai gave two beautiful dresses, while Mo Baiyao was Choosing a set of books, Chu Xiaoxin collided with Mo Baiyao, which is also a set of books. Fortunately, it is a different book.
This last gift was given by Mosnian. As soon as Shanshan opened it, she was very pleasantly surprised, "It's one hundred and sixty-eight colors of oil paint!"
Shanshan was very talented when she was learning to paint. She always wanted this kind of paint box. This gift was simply perfect for her. She held the paint tray and ran to Mosnian. Hugged him, "Thank you Uncle Sinian!"
"You like it." Moss Young patted her on the back.
"Look, Shao Yu, I have one hundred and sixty-eight oil paints!" Even though I was nine years old, Shanshan became a little girl again when she came across something she liked.
"A lot." Shao Yu also smiled, "Sister Shanshan, let's paint."
"Okay!" Shanshan responded immediately, but the paint couldn't be touched, because it was necessary to use a brush, she immediately took out the oil pastel, "Shao Yu, let's use this to paint."
The two siblings were on the coffee table in the living room, sitting cross-legged together and started drawing. Su Nan joined the children as soon as they were drawing, and even took a few men to see it from time to time. Chu Xiaoxin was sitting behind Shanshan, and he smiled, "Shanshan, what are you painting?"
"Which one?" Shanshan asked.
The two of them started discussing the picture album even more. Chu Xiaoxin became interested and picked up the paint color to compare, "This color should be this one."
"Uncle Xiaoxin, your ability to distinguish colors is so good." Shanshan couldn't help but praise.
Song Qiyue was by Shao Yu's side, and of course all heard the conversation between Chu Xiaoxin and Shanshan. She looked up and couldn't help staring at it for a while. It was Chu Xiaoxin's gentle smiling face.
That kind of cold stare again! Chu Xiaoxin felt it again. He looked for it, but when he saw Song Qiyue looking at him like this, he suddenly felt a little unhappy.
After a while, Song Qiyue got up to pour the juice. Chu Xiaoxin also stood up and walked to the table in the side hall, which was filled with various drinks.
"Song Qiyue, where did I offend you?" Chu Xiaoxin asked.
"No." Song Qiyue replied.
"What do you always do with Lengjian." Chu Xiaoxin really couldn't figure it out. Song Qiyue poured the juice, and she turned her head, "When did Lengjian put on the Lengjian, I just saw you love your child so much. Unexpectedly."
"I love Shanshan, so what makes you displeased?" Shanshan is Luo Zheng's daughter. Luo Zheng and Chu Xiaoxin also have a small friendship, and his love is the same as that of others, and it is not particularly prominent. Chu Xiaoxin really didn't understand.
Song Qiyue smiled and said, "I just thought, if you have children, you must be a good father. However, President Chu is always alone, which is probably difficult."
What she said was plain and unremarkable, but the feeling made Chu Xiaoxin more uncomfortable. She always felt that there was something in her words, and Chu Xiao believed, "Today is a party, you don't need to call me by such an official name."
"I'm used to it, it's hard to change." Song Qiyue replied, and she picked up the juice and left.
Chu Xiaoxin frowned, but he saw Mo Zhengyan coming and passing Song Qiyue. When Mo Zhengyan saw Chu Xiaoxin's expression, he asked, "What did you talk about."
"She just saw me not pleasing to the eye, I didn't think much about it, I was sure." Chu Xiaoxin said affirmatively, but what did her words mean
The two children were painting, and the group of people wanted to appreciate it. At the moment, it was just an impromptu painting, but Shanshan was so vivid that he painted all the people present. Shao Yu helped her sister to color together, and the two of them completed it together.
Everyone was looking at the paintings on the coffee table, and Shao Yu pointed to the past one by one, "This is Uncle Bai Yao, this is Uncle Xiaoxin, this is Auntie, this is Sister Shanshan, this is Dad, and this is Mom. , This is Uncle Sinian, this is my aunt and uncle..."
"This is me." Everyone read a circle, and Shao Yu pointed to the last self in the painting.
"The painting is really good." Su Nan smiled and praised, "but next time remember to paint the little aunt more beautifully. As for the uncle, just do it whatever you want."
The little guy nodded, pointed his finger like this, but suddenly asked, "Dad has a mother, and my aunt has an uncle. Then, Uncle Xiaoxin, Uncle Bai Yao, and Uncle Sinian, why didn't you stay with your aunt?"
The children are concerned about the matching problems of adults, Su Nan said, "That's because they are all single."
"What is single?"
"Single means not getting married or having children." Su Nan explained.
"What about the big aunt?" Shao Yu suddenly asked again, "Aunt, where is the big uncle?"
If in the past, the child was confused about the relationship, but now, Shao Yu has seen his mother, and the child suddenly confused the aunt.
When Shao Yu asked, she looked at Luo Zheng. Everyone was startled, and they all looked at her.
Suddenly, Shanshan froze, and Mosnian froze there even more.
Luo Zheng didn't know how to answer, and faced children's questions like this.
It was at this moment that Song Qiyue saw Shanshan looking at Luo Zheng's face, with a hint of longing in his surprise. The look was the same as Shao Yu once she had seen, and it was the same questioning gaze. In fact, children want to know.
"Shaoyu, it's fine if you have a younger-uncle. Doesn't the younger-uncle love Shaoyu?" Su Nan hurriedly broke the deadlock and guided the children to talk about other topics. You should be pretty, and your face should be thinner and smaller, do you know?"
The child didn't persevere in exploring, but began to explore the painting again, "But sister, you have a round face."
"Shao Yu, you are stupid, Aunt Nan wants to be beautiful, then we will draw thinner next time." Shanshan replied.
"But the teacher said, you have to paint what you see." The child was inexplicable, and Su Nan complained.
After taking this topic, Luo Zheng was obviously relieved, and the atmosphere relaxed. Mosnian sat aside, but he was thoughtful.
In the afternoon, several men played Go, while the two children were playing together. Song Qiyue accompanied the children. After the afternoon tea time, Luo Zheng went to prepare the ingredients for dinner.
Shao Yu got up for a while and ran to watch them play chess. In the hall next to the cloister, the sun was shining outside, and Shanshan sat on the promenade facing the garden, painting by herself.
As soon as Song Qiyue brought the tissues, she saw Shanshan alone.
The girl, sitting there docilely, drawing by herself, her back fused in the shadow of the sun, she looked so lonely and lonely. This made Song Qiyue think of Shao Yu coming. He didn't know that he was not sitting like this in the past.
"Shanshan." Song Qiyue walked over and sat down beside her, "Why sit here alone?"
"Shao Yu went to see Dad and they played chess." Shanshan replied with a smile, but after saying that, she paused and said again, "Aunt, I know, you are a godmother."
Song Qiyue was silent suddenly, and Shanshan said, "You are exactly the same in the picture that your mother showed me. When I first saw you, I recognized it. It was a picture of my brother's Hundred Days Banquet."
Song Qiyue smiled, "Shanshan is very smart and has a good memory."
"Well, but I also know that godmother you are aunt, because father is actually mother's younger brother." Shanshan said again, the child's frank words will make people's hearts calm and soft.
However, how could the child know so clearly? Song Qiyue couldn't help thinking, maybe it was because Shanshan was an older child, but how did she accept these truths. The "dad" she thinks is not really her father
Song Qiyue couldn't find out, and Shanshan smiled and said, "However, my brother is really good. I don't call my uncle to call my father. Shao Yu also agreed. Aunt, it's great that you are back, so that Shao Yu also has a mother."
"I told Shao Yu before, let him call my mother and mother, but Shao Yu refused." Shanshan replied, "He said that the aunt is the aunt, why is the mother? It's great now."
An aunt is an aunt, why is it a mother
Song Qiyue felt sorry for her son, but she looked at Shanshan and couldn't help thinking about how many times she had asked herself: Uncle is uncle, why is it father
Thinking of the days when Shao Yu and Shanshan were dependent on each other, Song Qiyue gently lifted her hand, she caressed Xiang Shanshan, and hugged her in, "Shanshan is also a good choice. Child, just like Shao Yu."
"Do you like painting very much?" Song Qiyue asked.
"Yep."
"I heard you got a prize?"
"Yes, it's the second prize for the pupils in London, England."
"It's great, mom must be very happy that day."
"Mom is so happy." Shanshan nodded, also proud, she said, her voice softened, "Aunt, can I ask you a question."
The siblings are really the same, Song Qiyue said, "Yes."
"Auntie, have you met my father?" Shanshan asked suddenly.
The child is really sensitive and wants to know the existence of his father. Song Qiyue meditated, "Does Shanshan want to see his father too?"
Shanshan shook her head, "I want to see Uncle Long Legs."
"Uncle Long-legged?" Song Qiyue was confused by the existence of this person, and said Shanshan, "Uncle Long-legged always writes to me, will send me a lot of things, and postcards, but he has never called me. On the phone, he said that he lives in China and I really want to come back, but I don't want to live in the UK anymore."
"Auntie, um..." hesitated, and asked after all, "I want to ask you, is Uncle Longlegs uncle Sinian?"
"Why do you think so?"
"Because I wrote to Uncle Long-legged last time and told him that I wanted the paint tray very much. Uncle Sinian gave it to me today. I only told Uncle Long-legged one, not even my mother." Shanshan Said, "Are they the same person?"
It was the child's eyes, always so clear and unsullied, that people couldn't lie, Song Qiyue was there in shock. While staring at each other in silence, Song Qiyue said, "Shanshan, do you actually want to ask me if Uncle Sinian is your father."