Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, May is a thing of the past. The divorce agreement dragged on for three weeks, and by the time Tao Yaping got the divorce certificate, it was already "June 1st".

On the night of Children's Day, the two took their children to see a play, the fairy tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Liu Zhehao was very happy, and after the show, he kept shouting that he wanted to watch it again tomorrow.

"You have a Go lesson tomorrow afternoon. Tao Yaping rejected him directly, "And I played all night today, and I didn't write a word of my homework." ”

"Mom, I don't want to go to Go lessons. Liu Zhehao said aggrievedly.

Tao Yaping stopped, looked down at the child, and asked, "Why don't you want to go, how many classes have you taken in total?"

"Go is so difficult. I don't understand the purpose of a few glances. Hao Hao tugged at the corner of the adult's clothes and begged: "Mom, let's not learn Go, okay?"

Although Tao Yaping was not happy when she heard this, she did not get angry. Just teach the child in a very upright tone: "The last time you learned the recorder, you just stopped learning it after half of it." The flute is still sitting upstairs. Why, do you want to give up halfway this time? Do you remember how you promised me before?"

Hao Hao immediately defended: "Then don't I still have calligraphy and Lego robot classes? I like both of these courses, and I will always take them." But Go is really too difficult, and it's not fun at all. I really don't want to learn anymore. ”

Tao Yaping stiffened her face, not wanting to let go easily.

"Okay, Mom, please. Hao Hao continued to be coquettish.

Without waiting for Yaping to speak, Yatong took the lead: "Go and withdraw from class, I don't want to learn." ”

"Auntie, you're so nice, I like Auntie the most!" Hao Hao was so happy that he slapped while jumping.

As soon as she released the water, Tao Yaping would not be able to refuse again. Because the child will think that he has a backer in his heart, he will be more fearless.

"How can you be so used to him?" Ya Ping turned her face and said to Ya Tong with a little complaint.

Tao Yatong had an indifferent expression: "Aren't there still two interest classes, that's enough." What do you do with such a small child, learning so much? squeezed out all the fun of childhood. ”

Yaping firmly disagrees with this point of view, arguing sternly: "It's not a question of how many classes or how much time you spend, but a question of cultivating his character qualities." This is already the second time. If it becomes a habit, then he will become unfortitious and shallow in learning everything in the future. This will have a very bad impact on his personality development in the future. ”

Tao Yatong's eyes were deep, and she said softly: "You think really long-term." I couldn't tell if it was a compliment or a sarcasm.

"Cultivating children to grow up is not an overnight thing!" Tao Yaping believes that Yatong has not taken a child for too long, and there is a serious lack of educational philosophy.

"Three-year-olds look young, seven-year-olds look old. Even if you want to say yes, you shouldn't say it so easily in front of him. You have to explain the reason to him first. I know you once owed him and now you want to make up for it. But love doesn't mean you have to be indulgent. ”

Tao Yatong listened quietly, did not argue, and finally only threw out a sentence lightly: "You'd better listen to me, go and withdraw from class." ”

"You'd better listen to me" - this sentence is a killer feature.

Speaking from the mouth of a person from the future, without any need to say anything, seems to imply a power that can force people to "obey orders".

Tao Yaping was stunned for a moment, thought carefully about the differences between the two, and asked nervously based on her previous experience: "Why do ......you want to retreat? What's the matter for me to hide? Will there be any problems with him taking Go lessons?"

Tao Yatong glanced at her with a cold expression, turned her back and continued to move forward, and said in her usual indifferent tone as she walked:

"You're thinking too much. There is no problem with Go lessons. I just want to give my kids more time to play. ”

The 2nd and 3rd happened to be the weekend, and many merchants launched various promotional activities in order to continue the popularity of "June 1st". Tao Yaping and the others took the opportunity to buy a lot of discounted goods in a supermarket and went home and made a hearty dinner.

When cleaning after the meal, Tao Yaping suddenly found that the leftover fish bones and meat scraps were thrown into the trash and thrown away.

"Hey, why are you losing all these things?" she asked.

"What's the use of keeping that?" Yatong replied casually.

"I'm going to feed the big flowers. ”

Big Flower is a stray cat in the community, yellow and white, very affectionate. Settled in a rough villa with no inhabitants. As long as Tao Yaping's mother and son buy fish, they will take the leftover fish bones and other things and throw them to it, and they will never get tired of it.

"You...... I should have fed it before, right?" Yaping asked Yatong tentatively.

"Hey. But then I didn't care about it. ”

"Why not?"

"It doesn't make sense. Tao Yatong said indifferently.

"How can it be meaningless?" Tao Yaping couldn't agree, and immediately retorted righteously: "It's a mother now, and it has a kitten to raise." You see, in order to nurse the baby, it has obviously lost a lot of weight recently. If you can give it something to eat, maybe this little one will grow up. Isn't saving lives the most rewarding thing?"

"I know what you're saying. ”

"I know you still threw away all the fish bones?" Tao Yaping complained while looking at the residues in the trash can, her face extremely regretful.

Unexpectedly, Tao Yatong suddenly asked: "Then do you remember how many litters it laid last winter?"

"Uh......" Yaping thought back, "there should be four, I think I've seen them once." ”

"Why is there only one left now?"

"Because the other three are dead. Tao Yaping didn't understand the purpose of the other party's question, so she just said to herself: "In the cold winter, the female cat can't eat enough, and of course she can't feed these little ones." If one of the four survives until spring, it's already good. That's why I should feed it more so that this one can survive. ”

"Then I'm sorry to tell you that this one didn't survive in the end. ”

Tao Yaping was stunned for a few seconds before she came to her senses and explained: "Even if this is the case, as long as I feed it often, at least I can ensure that Dahua will not starve to death." It's a living life, too. ”

Tao Yatong didn't refute her point of view, but still said numbly: "I can tell you that it won't be long before Dahua will have another child, and there will be four, and none of them will survive." By the end of this year, on a cold day, it will have another child, or four. None of them lived. ”

Tao Yaping listened quietly, with mixed feelings in her heart. It seems that my mind is instantly stuffed and I can't turn it.

"Do you still think you're doing good deeds?" Tao Yatong asked sharply. "Cats can give birth to two or three litters a year, ranging from 3~6 litters per litter. Stray cats, in particular, are even more unrestrained. You can give birth to 10 cubs a year. However, most of these kittens do not survive. So, on the surface, it looks like you're saving a cat, but in reality, more and more lives are quietly dying in places you don't realize. That's why I never bothered to feed it afterwards because there was no point. If you let it die, you can die only one one, but if you force it to live, many more will die. ”

Tao Yaping listened to these words very carefully. After thinking about it for a while, I didn't know if I was really convinced, and I couldn't find an argument to refute it at all, so I had to play a trick like I was angry: "You ...... You're completely crooked. Everything has an instinct to survive, so how can it be wrong to help the weak? I can't tell you to be reasonable, but no matter what, if you keep those fish bones in the future, I still have to feed them. ”

"Whatever you want. Tao Yatong smiled disappreciatively, "It's not a big deal, you can do what you like." ”

Yes, not a big deal.

Tao Yaping suddenly felt that in the eyes of this person, there was no so-called "big thing" at all. Divorce is a trivial matter, and educating children is also a trivial matter. For so long, I have never heard her mention family or friends, and presumably family, friendship, and love are also trivial things to her. This is a person who is extremely withdrawn, in her heart, what is worthy of being called a "big thing"? Is it a big deal only if the child dislikes her, resents her, and refuses to admit this mother?

Tao Yaping stared at Yatong for a while, and suddenly couldn't help but squeeze out a few words in her mouth: "You are cold-blooded." ”

Yatong obviously heard it, and the expression on her face froze suddenly, but she still asked slightly, "What?"

Tao Yaping slowly walked to her side, approached her, and repeated word by word: "I said, you are cold-blooded!"

There was a suffocating silence.

"A change in a person's personality will not come for nothing. Tao Yaping said angrily: "Eleven years, from me, to you." I'm going to find out why!"

Tao Yatong returned to the rental house, she didn't seem to be in a good mood, lying motionless on the bed.

The table was filled with many glassware of different shapes and sizes. There were two small sealed bottles, each containing some faint white powder.

She glanced at the two small bottles and frowned. Then he closed his eyes, turned his face, and made a difficult decision in his heart.

On Wednesday, June 6th, Hao Hao had an art class.

Tao Yatong bought a long chain lock and came to the villa early. She first hid the chains in the basement, and then cleaned up all the rooms upstairs and downstairs. Seeing that the time was almost up, he found the cup that Yaping usually used on weekdays, washed it, and took out a small sub-bag from the bag, and poured the white powder in the bag into it.

The clear glass was stained with some white powder, which was obviously too eye-catching. So she added about 10 ml of water to the cup, and after stirring it with a spoon, the potion was basically dissolved and slightly cloudy. But she didn't seem to care. Cloudiness is due to too little amount of water. When you drink it later, pour half a cup into it, and it will naturally become clear and transparent.

Everything is ready, now just wait for Tao Yaping to go home from work.