After returning to Port City for a week, Qiao Bowen gradually adapted to this small seaside town, and the memories of his early childhood gradually came alive. His "dog friend" Jobertty was too old to jump up and down with him, and spent most of the time just lazily lying at his feet. His grandparents were also old, and they often couldn't catch up with him, so they had to tie a rope to him to hold him.

Jixianglu is never lonely, but as the children leave home one after another, the old people can still feel that time is like an arrow. After Qiao Bowen came, the neighbors' grandparents all said that he and his father were really carved out of the same mold, and it felt like little Qiao Nan was back again, which was so good!

On the night of the fire, Old Joe's back injury was not light, but he carried it and did not tell his son. Xiao Tong gradually became responsible, he was not so tired, and put most of his energy on his grandson. This little guy has lacked his father's company since he was a child, and his mother can't take care of him, although he is not short of food and clothing, but he is indeed a little pitiful!

Old Joe found the big golden deer bicycle from the basement of the old house, and Qiao Bowen still vaguely remembered that it was the "BMW" made by his grandfather for him. Lao Qiao parked his bicycle at the door of the wonton restaurant every time, asked the little boy to pick up his grandson, and then he pushed the car back and forth in the old street.

Qiao Bowen likes to go to the old market with his grandfather the most, and he also likes all kinds of small snacks sold there, especially sugar cakes. Grandpa said happily, "You are exactly the same as your little aunt, you like to eat snacks!"

On warm sunny afternoons, Old Joe occasionally takes his grandson to the beach. When he was with his mother, he didn't have the opportunity to take the bus, so the first time he sat with his grandfather, he was so excited that he looked around. Children, you probably think this "big iron box" that can run is amazing!

The seaside is very cold in winter, and the sea breeze blowing from the north is cold and humid, so Old Joe always checks the weather in advance and wraps his grandson tightly. He took his grandson's hand and said to him, "There weren't so many people in the port city before, and every time I came to catch the sea, I could pick up a lot of clams." When your dad was in elementary school, he could still pick it up. Now, I don't know if it's because there are more people or less seafood, it's hard to pick it up again!"

Qiao Bowen couldn't understand his grandfather's words, but he happily chased the waves and drove away the seabirds. Old Joe held his waist and watched him run around with satisfaction. The little guy finally stopped looking for his mother, and he lived happily in Port City.

But Qiao Bowen couldn't figure out why his grandfather always bent over, and when he came home at night, he had to change the plaster with bared teeth. Grandma often reprimanded him with a straight face, saying that he didn't take his body seriously. Grandpa didn't talk back, lying on the bed, listening to cross talk happily.

When he arrived in the port city, he was exposed to a completely different culture. When he arrived in Hong Kong City, his grandmother liked to listen to the red songs sung by the soprano singers, and his grandfather liked to listen to storytelling and cross talk. Qiao Bowen didn't know what his taste was, but he liked to lie in bed and drink milk powder, and when he was done, he would roll and laugh with his grandfather.

Grandpa smiled and became sad when he laughed, "When your father was a child, he also liked to play with me like this." ”

Grandpa always mentions his father inadvertently, he doesn't say it, but he must miss his father very much, right?

When her husband is busy, she often takes her little grandson to teach him ancient poems, and puts him on her lap when she prepares for class

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on, hold him and prepare it together.

Qiao's living room has a long dining table, which was specially made by a carpenter when they moved, because there will be more and more families in the future, so they simply made the dining table bigger. Usually the children don't come back, and the long desk becomes the desk where Li Lanzhi teaches.

In Qiao Bowen's eyes, different people came to his grandmother every day, although he couldn't understand it, but he could see that they were coming to beg his grandmother, knowing that he had returned to Hong Kong City, and those people also bought him clothes and toys, wasn't that "bribing" him?

He didn't know how popular his grandmother's tutoring class was, and many parents wanted to send their children in. But Teacher Li adheres to her own principles, one hour of class at noon and one hour in the evening every day, and a day off on Sunday, with ten people in each class, and she does not accept one more.

Her reason is simple: "There are too many students, and I can't take care of them, so I can't provide adequate guidance." If I accept so many students, what is the difference between my tutoring class and a normal class, and what is the point of me running this class?"

The tutoring class run by the gold medal teacher has this advantage, and experienced parents will judge it. As soon as many tutoring classes became famous, they recruited students on a large scale, and the teachers recruited were all inexperienced graduates, how could they be compared with old rivers and lakes like Li Lanzhi?

Whenever someone begged her to open a few more classes, Li Lanzhi would simply refuse: "I've lived to this age, what else can't I understand? Making money and working is not a thing, I have to set aside time for myself to spend time with my family and do what I want to do." ”

Qiao Bowen didn't understand any of this, but sometimes as soon as his grandmother started class, he would be sent to a foreigner's house to learn English from an aunt with blue eyes and yellow hair. Auntie has several children in the family to study together, no one asks him why he doesn't have a father anymore, and Qiao Bowen has become the lively and laughing child again.

He still misses his father, but he can only occasionally video with his father, and every time he sees his father on the other end of the phone, he always cheers and jumps "Dad!

Videos often snap into slideshows, but that's okay, just see him. My grandparents always said that the family was very good, and my father also said that he was fine there...... Anyway, grandparents are lying, and Qiao Bowen doesn't think it's good at all.

So, when his father asked him, he said in a milky voice, grandpa has a back pain.

Just this sentence made Dad nervous instantly, "Is Grandpa's waist injured? How long has it been in pain? Is it bad?"

Qiao Bowen didn't know how to express it, and simply said, "It always hurts." ”

Grandpa hurriedly told him to stop, but the father on the other end of the phone asked a lot of questions, "Dad, what's the matter? Did you go to the hospital? Don't be reluctant to spend money." Don't work yet, your waist is like this, so let's raise it first. ”

"I twisted and went to the hospital every day. My waist is also an old problem, and it can't be cured in a day or two. I won't do heavy work, just do some light work, and it's even more uncomfortable to be idle all day. Qiao Nan, you must protect your waist, or you will be offended if you are old. ”

Qiao Nan is not yet old, but he has already suffered because of his back injury. He echoed his father's words, and told his son, "Grandpa's back hurts, don't run around, or he will hurt even more." ”

"Hmm!"

Although this little doll is naughty, she is still very obedient. He was reluctant to hang up the video because he didn't know when he would see his father again. Joe

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Nan was also very melancholy, "Commander, you can beat your grandfather's back every day and insist on it for a week, and you will be able to see your father." ”

Qiao Bowen happily agreed to this agreement, and beat his grandfather on the back that night, just to see his father again in a few days. The old couple was very pleased, but they were a little confused - what kind of ability did Qiao Nan have, even though he had not been with the child for a few days, he could make the child so unforgettable.

That time, Qiao Bowen saw his father again smoothly, and his father also praised him for being a good baby with filial piety. Hearing that he was learning English, Qiao Nan made another agreement with him: "Commander, if you can count from one to twenty in English, you can see your father." ”

Dad's order was given, and Qiao Bowen happily carried it out. His current English teacher used to be a foreign teacher in No. 2 Middle School, and Qiao Nan was slightly surprised. After all, his impression of the English class in No. 2 Middle School was that the teacher spoke oyster-flavored English and asked them to memorize it by rote. Pronunciation doesn't matter, as long as you can understand grammar.

More than ten years after he graduated from high school, the second middle school actually hired a foreign teacher. Li Lanzhi said proudly that there are now three foreign teachers, and there will be speaking classes every week. Qiao Bowen's teacher used to teach at No. 2 Middle School, but after the contract expired, she went out with her Chinese husband to start a tutoring class.

Foreign teachers' classes are generally expensive, but Li Lanzhi let her son not have to worry about tuition: "I used to help the two of them a lot, and they didn't take my money, but I didn't want to go, so I gave a symbolic little." Qiao Nan, the little commander is here, you don't have to worry about anything. We didn't help you buy a house and decorate it, and now I am happy to spend money to take care of my eldest grandson. ”

With the backing of such parents, Qiao Nan can work hard outside. Qiao Bowen would soon be able to count to twenty in English, but he only saw a fifteen-second video sent by his father, and his expression changed instantly.

"Jo Bowen, you are very smart, congratulations on completing your mission. Dad is also going on a mission, and when you and grandma finish reciting "Spring Dawn", let's meet again!"

Qiao Bowen didn't know the difference between a video call and a small video, but he knew that his father had only appeared for a while, and his full expectation was disappointed, and he frowned, and tears fell. Li Lanzhi hurriedly coaxed him, "Your mission this time is too simple, so you can only see him for a while." After reciting Tang poems with grandma, Dad will come out again, okay?"

Qiao Bowen twitched, but nodded sensibly, and in order to complete the agreement with his father, he memorized Tang poems again. He wished he could see his father for a while, but he seemed to be performing very simple tasks, because the time he spent seeing his father was getting shorter and shorter, and sometimes he could only hear his voice.

Dad also gave him some other rewards, he liked tanks, and Dad did send him another model of a tank. Dad also promised him that when he returned to China, he would take him to see the real tank. But the premise is that he has to be obedient and can't make his grandparents angry.

Time slipped away in this agreement, and it was almost the New Year, and Dad recorded a video for him again, Dad said, "Qiao Bowen, I heard my grandparents say that you always cry, this is not good, you are a little man, you must learn not to cry." One day you learn, Daddy will come to you. ”

For Joe, the task was too difficult. But in order to abide by the agreement with his father, he seems to restrain himself without knowing how to be a child who does not cry.

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