Chapter 001: Token of Love
The sky in City D was still so blue, there was not even a trace of floating white clouds, as if all the colors had been filtered out.
"Manman, is it so difficult to go back to the New Year with my mother?" At the mouth of a narrow alley, a rare Hongqi business car was parked.
A middle-aged woman in a burgundy mink coat was talking bitterly to her daughter Shen Man.
"Mom, I told you, as long as you don't agree with me being with Ye Yuan, I won't go home with you. Shen Man was dressed plainly, which was completely inconsistent with the temperament of this middle-aged woman, Fu Qingyun, and looked so out of place.
"Manman, your father has been in poor health since you left......
Before Fu Qingyun could finish speaking, Shen Man bowed deeply and said, "I'm sorry, Mom, I will go back to City A to see you when I have the opportunity in the future, you and Dad take care of your body!" Shen Man stepped on the snow, turned around and left.
"Manman ......" Fu Qingyun looked distressed, returned to the car, and after crying for a while, he let the driver drive.
The next day was Chinese New Year's Eve, and every household was very lively.
Ye family, Ye Xin'er is helping Ye's father paste couplets, while Ye's mother is holding dumplings to be eaten on Chinese New Year's Eve in the house, going door to door to put up lights, and the children are shuttling through the alleys before and after, lighting firecrackers.
Ye Xin'er, who had just finished pasting the couplet, was called away by the neighbor's brother Si Hang and went to play.
Before leaving, Ye's mother, Shen Man, did not forget to instruct: "Don't make trouble for Aunt Mu!"
The Mu family and the Ye family have been good neighbors for many years, and Father Ye and Father Mu opened a small noodle restaurant together, and the two families lived in great harmony.
"Husband! Xin'er's grades this year are not bad! Let's take her to City A to play for a few days after the New Year! I promised the child before! You are usually so busy, you can finally rest and rest during the New Year, and Xin'er has just finished the exam. "City A is a coastal city in the south, and the Chinese New Year is much warmer than in the north.
After a pause, Shen Man remembered again, yesterday her mother came over and seemed to tell her that her father has not been in good health recently.
"And, husband, I still want to go see my father, yesterday my mother came over and said that my father is not in good health......" Shen Man's voice was a little stalking.
It's been eight years, I haven't seen my father in eight years, and that man must still be angry with her now.
"Okay! Listen to you! wife!" Father Ye felt that the happiest thing in his life was to be with his family.
"Husband, I'm sorry, it's been ...... years"
"Hey, wife, what are you sorry for! Our family, how happy you have been in the past few years! It's your husband who has wronged you!" Father Ye hugged her, in his life, having Shen Man and Xin'er was his most successful thing.
"Husband, I'm not wronged!" Shen Man hugged Ye's father's waist, in this life, she was very content to have a man who loved her so much.
"Dad, Dad, Brother Si Hang gave me a little bear, it's so beautiful! Let's give him a gift too!" Ye Xin'er took the coffee-colored bear and went home happily.
"Okay! Brother Si Hang is about to go to junior high school, what do you want to give him?" Since Ye's mother gave birth to Ye Xin'er, the Mu family has treated Xin'er like a future daughter-in-law, delicious and fun are given to Xin'er first, and Si Hang is the same, treating this girl is really good.
They are 4 years apart, Ye Xin'er has just entered the second grade of primary school, Si Hang is going to junior high school, this kid has excellent academic performance, and when he was in the fourth or fifth grade, he has already begun to study junior high school courses, so he has to junior high school one year earlier than others.
"Dad, let's give Brother Si Hang a fountain pen!" Ye Xin'er ran to Dad Ye's bookcase, Dad Ye had a lot of pens, and the one he took was treasured by Dad Ye for many years, "Dad, just give this one, okay?"
Ye Yuan was also a businessman back then, but the company just started small, and later, for Ye's mother Shen Man, he gave up the company, returned to his hometown, and opened a noodle restaurant.
Mother Ye saw that Father Ye was fascinated by the fountain pen, and quickly stopped, "Xin'er, don't touch Dad's fountain pen!"
Father Ye came back to his senses, squatted down, and rubbed Ye Xin'er's head, "Xin'er wants to send it, Dad has another one, it's also very good, Dad will find you, okay?" Ye Xin'er was obviously a little lost.
Father Ye whispered in Ye Xin'er's ear and said jokingly, "Baby, that's a token of love from my mother to my father, if you give it to Si Hang, it will be a token of love from you to Si Hang!"
"Oh, Xin'er don't give Brother Si Hang's love token!" Ye Xin'er covered her mouth with her little hands, her eyes narrowed and she smiled, it was exactly the same as Shen Man.
After a while, Father Ye took a fountain pen from the drawer again, "Just give this one!"
Ye Xin'er happily took the pen handed to her by her father, and kissed Father Ye on the face, "Okay! Thank you, Dad!"
As soon as she ran out of the house, Mother Ye looked at the pen with a sense of sadness, Ye Yuan saw Shen Man's sadness, and gently imprinted a kiss on her forehead.
"Wife, let's go make dumplings, okay?"
"Hmm. Shen Man nodded, in fact, every year, Shen Man would be homesick during the New Year, back then, she was indeed very ignorant, but with Ye Yuan, she never regretted it.
Ye Yuan looked at the little woman in his arms, for his own sake, the good lady didn't do it. What right do you have to be nice to her?
Mu family, Ye Xin'er gave the precious fountain pen to Mu Sihang, "To you, Brother Sihang, New Year's gift, I wish you a happy New Year!" Ye Xin'er held the pen with two small hands, and looked at Mu Sihang with big eyes.
"Is it for me?" Mou Sihang took the pen, this is a blue and white porcelain fountain pen, very high-end appearance, it is the best fountain pen Mousihang has ever seen.
"Xin'er, thank you!"
Ye Xin'er looked at him with a smile, "You're welcome, Brother Si Hang, this is the token of love I gave you!" She didn't know what the token of love meant.
Mu Sihang looked at her with a strange expression, childish words, absolutely childish words, the love token was sent between lovers, this little girl, eighty percent didn't know what the love token meant.
"Xin'er, come over and eat dumplings? Your Aunt Mu has cooked the dumplings!" Uncle Mu hurriedly walked over, this little girl just sent Si Hang's love token?
"No, Uncle Mu, Uncle Mu, Happy New Year!" Ye Xin'er hurried home after paying her New Year's greetings.
The family spent Chinese New Year's Eve lively, on the third day of the new year, Father Ye took the family to City A, Ye Xin'er sat in the back, and Mother Ye sat in the co-pilot, "Xin'er, sing a song to Mom and Dad!" Father Ye has been driving on the highway for more than two hours, and Ye Xin'er has been watching the scenery along the way.
"Okay!' The dark sky is low, the bright stars are with each other, the insects are flying, the insects are flying, who are you missing, the stars in the sky are crying, the roses are withering, the cold wind blows, the cold wind blows, as long as you accompany you, the insects fly and the flowers sleep, a pair of pairs are beautiful, not afraid of the dark, only afraid of heartbreak, whether you are tired or not'"
"Xin'er sings so well!" Ye's mother applauded, her daughter's talent for singing is really with herself, where is it like Ye's father singing is never in tune.