Tangning's place was still a bit far from here, about forty minutes by car. The two of them didn't talk much on the road, and the car was quiet. When he arrived at the place, Tao Xiaodong helped him unload the things. Tangning said, "Thank you, Mr. Tao for sending me here. I'm going to ask you to go around so far to send me here."
"You're welcome, Dr. Tang, it's not easy for you to take a taxi at this point." Tao Xiaodong asked him, "Are you going back? I'll wait for you for a while?"
"No, no," Tangning shook her head, "I'm not going back."
Tao Xiaodong then nodded: "Then I'm leaving."
"I won't invite you to do it until the house is cleaned up. Next time I have a chance to invite you to a cup of tea." Tangning smiled and thanked Tao Xiaodong again.
Tao Xiaodong waved his hand and got into the car.
When they got home, the two kids had already finished their meal. Tao Xiaodong opened the door and came in. Tao Huainan sat on the sofa with his knees and listened to TV, while Chi Cheng was reading in the room.
Tao Huainan called out "brother" and asked him, "Have you finished dinner with Dr. Tang?"
"Well, have you two eaten?"
"I've eaten it," Tao Huainan nodded, "Brother Ku cooked me noodles."
"It smells." Tao Xiaodong said.
After Tao Xiaodong changed his clothes, he came out to watch TV with his brother for a while. Tao Huainan reached out and touched him, and after a while, he lay down on his side gently with his head resting on his legs.
Tao Xiaodong then put his hand on his brother's head and lightly scratched his soft hair.
"What are you talking about?" Tao Huainan asked warmly.
"Talk about nothing, talk about everything." Tao Xiaodong said.
Tao Huainan said "Oh".
After a while he asked again, "Did you talk about me then?"
Tao Xiaodong smiled and said, "Yes, I said I would take you to dinner next time."
Tao Huainan squinted his eyes with a smile, and put his hand on his brother's lap obediently: "Okay."
He grew up with Tao Xiaodong since he was a child. After his parents passed away, only Tao Xiaodong took him. Tao Huainan was actually very attached to his brother. It's been better in recent years. In the first few years, as long as Tao Xiaodong was at home, he basically stuck around him.
He was not naughty since he was a child, he was easy to handle, but a little clingy, but when Tao Xiaodong wanted to go out to work, he didn't make trouble and was always obedient. Lying at the moment Tao Xiaodong was quietly scratching his legs with his fingers from time to time, a bit like when he was a child.
Tao Xiaodong brushed his hair and asked him, "What are you thinking about in your head?"
"I didn't think about anything," Tao Huainan pointed to his head and said softly, "It's empty."
Tao Huainan was very clingy to him that night, Tao Xiaodong had been listening to TV with him, and later Tao Huainan fell asleep on his lap. Tao Xiaodong took him back to the room, Chi Cheng asked in a low voice, "Are you asleep?"
"Sleep." Tao Xiaodong asked Chi Cheng, "Still studying so late?"
Chi Cheng said, "I'll read the book for a while."
"Don't be too tired, rest early." Tao Xiaodong touched his head before going out, "Xiao Nan is sometimes self-willed, don't hold grudges if it makes you angry."
Chi Cheng didn't look up, just said, "I've never really been angry with him, brother, don't worry."
"I know," Tao Xiaodong smiled, "you are sensible."
Having a Chi Cheng made Tao Xiaodong save a lot of heart, otherwise he would have to worry a lot more than this for so many years.
This younger brother was born when Tao Xiaodong was in college. He hadn't been home for a year. When he went back, there were suddenly more people in his family. Tao Xiaodong was stunned at home, unable to speak for a long time. After being stunned, his mother put the small thing in his hand and asked him to hold his neck while holding it.
Baibaijingjing is a small meat dumpling, and the teeth have not grown yet, and it took less than a minute to pee on Tao Xiaodong's hands.
At that time, Tao Xiaodong's father's eyes were already bad, and he was almost blind. The family has to rely on his mother alone, and this adds another person, all on his mother's shoulders.
Tao Xiaodong was actually angry and helpless, feeling that his parents were too confused. But looking at the little thing lying on the cot and gesturing his arms and legs, it was his own brother. He is almost eighteen years younger than him, almost a generation apart. But since they have come, they are brought by life.
The next day Tao Huainan and Chi Cheng were on holiday, and Tao Xiaodong took them both with him when he went to the store.
When I came here the day before yesterday, my uncle's face was still stubble. Today, he has all been shaved. The shopkeeper was still a little uncomfortable when he saw it, and asked him, "Brother, your look has changed?"
Tao Xiaodong said "Ah" and asked, "Are you handsome?"
"Handsome, just looks small."
Huan Ge looked at his brother and looked at Xiao Nan, and said with a smile, "I didn't think so before, but it feels like you two after shaving."
"What you said," Huang Yida patted Tao Huainan's head, "the two of them are brothers."
Tao Huainan clenched his brother's arm, nodded and said, "This is my brother."
Tao Xiaodong still has to go out this month. There are still two phases of medical aid before, and it will be ten days and a half months after leaving. Recently, Tao Huainan has been very attached to him, and one day said that he wanted to go out with Tao Xiaodong.
Tao Xiaodong asked him, "Are you not going to school?"
Tao Huainan said: "Come back and make up."
Tao Xiaodong told him not to be self-willed, saying that he would take him out during the summer vacation. Tao Huainan only said that he wanted to go to many places.
He really had something on his mind during this time, and Tao Xiaodong had always been used to children. It didn't matter if he missed a few days of class to watch at his place, so he should take him out to have some fun.
But after all, it was a hospital project, Tao Xiaodong still told Tang Suoyan. One night, I sent a message to Tang Suoyan and called "Brother Yan".
Tang Suoyan replied to him: Yes, what's wrong
Tao Xiaodong asked: Will you lead the team next time you go to Gansu
Tang Suoyan: It's me.
Tao Xiaodong: Xiao Nan is in a bad mood recently, I want to take him out for a walk.
Tang Suoyan: What happened to Xiaonan
Tao Xiaodong: It's alright, it's just that the child has reached the age and has some worries from time to time, it's alright.
Tang Suoyan: Are you okay? Bring him to see me when you are free.
Tao Xiaodong: I'm not in a good mood when I'm healthy.
They are indeed familiar with each other, so you and I chatted for a long time. It was impossible for Tao Xiaodong to talk to Tang Suoyan like this before it was released. At that time, he tried to say everything in one sentence.
In the end, Tang Suoyan said: It's good to take him out for a breath, don't keep trapping him because he can't see.
After Huang Yida knew about this, he said that Tao Xiaodong was too used to children. His younger brother wanted to go, but he asked for all the leave.
Tao Xiaodong was drawing a sketch at that time. When the tattoo artist always has a flash of inspiration, he designs a picture according to his feeling when the inspiration is the most magnificent, and then puts it in the Curry and waits for someone who is destined to take it away. Tao Xiaodong's library is quite plump. He can draw pictures as long as he holds a pen in his hand, without relying on inspiration. Brushes and tattoo machines are too skilled in his hands.
"My child, it's been a good few years. In another two years, I'll let him be self-willed and he won't have that childish spirit anymore." Tao Xiaodong's hands kept moving and he only spoke.
The picture he was drawing in his hand was an eye the size of a slap, not a very beautiful eye shape, and even at first glance it looked a little crooked and the proportions were wrong. There is a lot of content in the eyeball, messy lines, scattered small objects, the stream of light flowing into the eye like a river, with those broken images.
Huang Yida said: "This picture is beautiful, and the arm in the tattoo is suitable."
Tao Xiaodong said: "Anywhere is fine, don't pick a place."
Huang Yida watched him draw. In fact, he enjoyed watching Tao Xiaodong's drawings and tattoos. He said before that Tao Xiaodong was born to do this. His hands always complete a work in one go, very smooth. You watch a blank piece of skin or drawing paper gradually change into another shape in his hands. This process is amazing and enjoyable.
Huang Yida said: "This picture will soon have to be picked out."
Tao Xiaodong laughed and said nothing.
Eyes are a common element used by Tao Xiaodong, and he has tattooed many eyes. Tattoo artists are very particular, some tattoo artists talk a lot, no matter what pictures they don't point their eyes. Tao Xiaodong is not, he likes to draw eyes.
"I still think this picture should be done on the small arm, an inch above the wrist, and work hard." Huang Yida sighed.
Tao Xiaodong said after a while, "It should be tattooed on my lower back here."
"Back waist?" Huang Yida raised his eyebrows.
"Two inches above the waist." Tao Xiaodong kept writing, lowered his head and said slowly, "The narrowest part."
In this field, Huang Yida never argues with him, he is only half an insider, Tao Xiaodong is right.
After painting, Huang Yida admired it for a long time and said, "I sweep it out? Pass it on to Curry?"
Tao Xiaodong picked up the paper and put it in the book: "This is not a library."
Huang Yida looked up at him: "what's the matter?"
Tao Xiaodong said: "It's nothing, I drew it by hand, and I won't pass it on."