XXXVI. A Realistic Mother's Portrayal (3)
Shen Xi pondered whether "two days later" was a polite word or a big truth, and she was inexplicably a little afraid in her heart.
always felt that Cao Xiu was here to snatch Xiaohe.
Sending Cao Xiu to the door, Cao Xiu was reluctant to leave, stood outside the door and said, "Xiaohe plays the piano so well." ”
Which pot is not opened, Shen Xi is uncomfortable: "It's okay." ”
"It costs a lot of money to learn the piano, it is said that children who study well are helping their parents make money, children who play the piano well, then the parents are equal to usurious debts, and the better they play, the more money they cost. I have a friend's child, the teacher who followed the piano is a world-class master, 100,000 yuan for a class, but don't say it, it's different, the child has been studying for two years, and he has won the award and got a soft hand, and the tuition fee is worth it, and he must be willing to invest ...... for the child."
The child was afraid of being compared with others, and so did the parents, as if countless ants had crawled onto Shen Xi, she had to echo vigorously, hoping that Cao Xiu would leave quickly after finishing her verbosity.
"I say something you don't like to hear, with your income, you can't afford to hire a top teacher, I'm willing to pay, I cover all the piano learning expenses of Xiaohe. ”
Taking a step back, even if Cao Xiu had good intentions, her words still stabbed the heart of a mother.
Shen Xi snorted and didn't make a statement, just when Xiaohe called her and broke the siege.
"Mom, my aunt is gone?"
"Gone. ”
The mother and daughter looked at each other, and Xiaohe spit out a sentence: "The homework is finished." ”
"Mom is going out to do something soon, you go to bed early, and your homework will be checked when Mom comes back", after thinking about it, Shen Xi added: "You can watch TV, don't watch it for too long." ”
Xiaohe responded obediently, after hearing the sound of closing the door, she tried the clothes brought by Cao Xiu one by one, and repeatedly turned in circles in front of the mirror to appreciate, which little girl does not love beauty, these clothes are more beautiful than the girls in the class, she is a little fairy when she wears it, looking at herself in the mirror as if she has a new look, imagining that she may become the most beautiful girl in the class, Xiaohe is very happy.
But this kind of happiness is like a school organization activity, other classmates' parents are coming, and she only has her mother participating, and other classmates are in a mess, and she doesn't have the heart to laugh along. It's like wandering around the neighborhood with Lu Xiang, the children on the side, and the adults who always stand next to them to take care of them, Lu Xiang says, "You see the ants moving, it's so fun!"
Xiaohe shouted, "It's fun, it's fun!"
She couldn't stop laughing.
"It's so good-looking, it's so good-looking!" Xiaohe jumped on the bed, waving her old clothes around her fingers and throwing them away.
Shen Xi seemed to hear Xiaohe's cry downstairs, his heart twitched, and he waited for a few minutes, but he couldn't hear any other sounds, and then hurried to his brother Shen Ming's house. On the way, her heart was beating non-stop, and she couldn't tell whether she was affected by Cao Xiu, or she was panicked for the purpose of this trip, and she jumped up and down, as if she was about to suffocate.
The moonlight sprinkled among the flowers, as bright as day, in a trance many years ago, she had been on an empty road many years ago, rushing to study at night, going to the night market with friends, going to a lover's appointment, or simply rushing home? She didn't remember, but she clearly remembered that there was such a road, and she once walked on it vigorously, with her head held high, her chin cocked, and she was proud and proud.
At that time, his father had not yet died, and Shen Ming had not yet started a family. My brother loves her, and if he eats an orange, he will share half of her, and her relatives praise her: This girl will definitely have a future and a bright future.
If you look at the appearance, compared to Shen Ming, she is doing well now. According to the eyes of the secular public, Shen Ming is not very good, he is three years older than Shen Xi, he was admitted to the vocational university, after graduation, he first drove a crane at a construction site, it seemed that he was too bitter, he quit, went to a car repair shop to learn to repair cars, and did it for a while, I heard that he resigned and opened an online store.
Shen Ming is very serious when he reads, unlike other students with bad grades, greedy for play, playing games, skipping school, he goes to school on time every day, does not talk during class, does not desert, does not read extracurricular books, does not go anywhere after school, goes home to write homework safely, is not urged to sleep where to read, has never been called parents, because in addition to his bad grades, the teacher can't find any other problems with him.
It's like I don't know why I'm so diligent, I still can't read well, and Shen Xi can't figure out what kind of profession her brother is doing now. But I don't think there's any need to ask, sometimes I feel like her and my brother, like life or something, that's it, it's just struggling from one place to another, running back and forth on a low-lying surface, and everyone is not happy when I ask, it's not interesting.
Shen Ming's biggest achievement in this life may be to find a good wife, but this good is only for "making a fortune". Shen Xi's sister-in-law Zhou Yao is an accountant who knows how to manage money, and Shen Xi doesn't know what method she used, making money through money, and then turning it into a big house on the outskirts of the city, and later bought a small set in the city to rent it out and collect rent.
In practical terms, they are much better off than Shen Xi.
Why didn't Shen Xi ask her for advice on how to make money, because she said "just like that" to Shen Xi, and Shen Ming followed Shen Xi "just like that". People often say that they are nostalgic for a beautiful first love, and people who are not only children may miss their childhood brother-sister and sister-in-law relationship more, after all, the two people you humbled me at that time were in love with each other under the same roof during the long growth time.
Shen Xi sighed, he was in too much of a hurry, in order to save the rental fee, this section of the road without buses and subways also went farther, sweating profusely while walking, his back was completely soaked, and the sky hanging with the moon seemed to be falling little by little.
Shen Ming's house is on the first floor, there is a small open yard, and when Shen Xi walked outside the fence of the community, he saw Shen Ming and his twin sons playing with small plastic slides in the yard. Her mother, Qian Xinmei, sat on a rattan chair, behind which was a small vegetable garden with all kinds of vegetables, and a stool was placed in front of the rattan chair, and the radio on the stool was playing the news, which was the news that a rich man wanted to divorce and divide the property among his illegitimate children.
Shen Xi didn't think Qian Xinmei was listening, she shouldn't be interested in such news, and she might have turned on the radio purely to make some noise. Qian Xinmei is like this now, such as educating Shen Xi, purely for education, but she can't come up with any substantive methods.
If it weren't for Xiaohe, Shen Xizhen didn't want to face this mother who had always instilled traditional ideas in her, not because she didn't fulfill her daughter's obligations and didn't honor her, but because she couldn't stand Qian Xinmei's "purity".