Chapter 17: The Last Time I See the Swallows
On the last day of the holiday, I took my daughter to the hospital to have the stitches removed.
The daughter's cracked scalp has grown new flesh, leaving a clear scar, and the original appearance of the thread is still deeply engraved on it, like a mark, recording the daughter's naughtiness and suffering.
The daughter began to jump up and down again, returning to the appearance of the little monkey in the past, as if what had happened before had not happened and had nothing to do with her.
It's a good scar, forget the pain, I laugh in my heart.
The hospital is still a lively scene, with people coming and going, with similar expressions, going back and forth between the registration and payment windows and the doctor's office, their eyes weak and dull.
"Mom, I don't want to come to the hospital again!" the daughter touched the wound on her head, suddenly took my hand, looked up at me and said, it turns out that this little head is not without memory.
"Then you have to pay attention to safety, don't do dangerous actions! Like this time, my mother will be scared to death!" I squatted down, put my hands on her shoulders, and looked her solemnly into the eyes.
"Got it, Mom, I'm going to have to be very careful in the future!" she said loudly, expressing her determination to "change her ways".
"yes, yes!" I gave her an appreciative thumbs up on her forehead.
"Mommy, let's go, I want to go home. "My daughter saw a doctor coming in the distance, and pulled me and trotted out, like a little rabbit seeing a hunting eagle, and her eyes were full of fear, and she would tremble even if she looked at it twice.
"Haha, baby, what are you running? you're all right!" I laughed as I followed her.
She didn't seem to hear me, and she didn't bend down until she reached the entrance of the hospital, her little face was already red, and a slight sweat stain could be seen on her forehead and the tip of her nose.
Just as she was about to take out a tissue to wipe her, her phone rang.
"Hey?" I pulled my phone out of my bag and answered it.
"It's me, Swallow. "It's the voice of a swallow, and it sounds a little tired.
"I was just going to look for you, are you free today? I just took Chenchen out and have dinner together at noon, I'll please! I was still thinking about calling you just now, we really have a good heart!" I said happily before she could speak.
"Okay, where is it?" said the swallow happily and heartily.
"If it's convenient, come to the rain near my house, quiet, don't get tired of talking. After speaking, I found that I couldn't help but think of Yuhua again, I don't seem to know much about food for so many years, and I don't know many places to eat.
I can't be so extravagant in the future, I have to save money and open source, thinking of my husband who is still looking for a job, I reminded myself that this time it should be a celebration of the reunion of friends after a long absence.
"Okay, we'll see you at 12 o'clock!" we agreed to the same time, then hung up with a laugh.
People say that friends have been together for a long time, and the other party can guess each other's minds through a look, and we should be the most typical example.
At 12 noon, we arrived as promised. There are only a few diners in the restaurant, and "Concerto of Love" is playing, and the familiar melody evokes ripples in the heart.
The swallow is still dressed in the same costume as when they first reunited, but the whole face is more pale, as if it is still a little swollen, there are sporadic red blood in the eyes, and there is always a faint bitterness in the bright smile I look at somehow. We found a window seat and the restaurant was on the second floor, just overlooking the street.
Ordered, we started chatting.
"Swallow, what's wrong with your face? The first time I saw you, I felt that something was not quite right with your face. "I'm a little worried.
"What's wrong with your face?" she said, touching her hand, a little nervous.
"It's a little white, it seems to be a little swollen. I continued.
"Oh, it's okay! Maybe I haven't had a good rest lately, so I drink too much water at night." She picked up the glass of water in her hand, took a sip, and then turned her head to her daughter, revealing two drinking nests, "Chenchen, come! Auntie take a look!"
"Hurry up and call Auntie! this is Aunt Swallow!" I said, taking the cup away from my daughter's hand, making her face Swallow, and pointing to Swallow.
"Hello Auntie!" the daughter looked at the swallow and squashed politely, then lowered her head to fiddle with the cup, and the slight sound of the glasses colliding on the table was a little crisp.
"Good morning!" Swallow's eyes revealed the brilliance of motherhood, "The child is so cute! Don't worry about getting married!"
"How old are you, can you tell that? I don't even feel like me, like his father. I don't want her to be pretty, just normal, ordinary people can live happily!" I said as I looked at my daughter, who was immersed in the world of cups.
"It's like you, two people in the same mold! You're a good mother, everyone else wants the child to be beautiful, you come against others, and you worry about being ugly!" she said, unconsciously touching her face again as she spoke.
"Hehe, I've seen through the world. By the way, don't just talk about me, let's talk about you. You see that you have gained a lot of weight now, and your heart is wide and fat, let's be honest, I was too busy to ask you last time. I shifted the conversation to her.
"What do I have to say, the old girl has one, and no one wants it. In the future, I am ready to be next to you, for the rest of my life, will you take it in?" she began to lose her shape again.
"Don't, I'll come to this set as soon as I ask! I'll take me and I'll have to find out the details, don't you?!" I teased deliberately.
"Or you hapless bastard, he hasn't harassed you since last time, has he?" she asked with concern.
"No, I didn't even go to the company, I have been on vacation, and the intermediary company asked me to go back and do an interview with him, and I directly refused. I said hatefully.
"No, that's fine!" she seemed to let go of a big concern, looking at the empty table and calling the waiter, "Let's have a glass of wine and steak quickly, we're already hungry." ”
"Don't worry, I'll be fine. I want her to relax, "You rolled up your sleeves that day like a man, don't be impulsive in the future, I look scared, it's more terrible than a bad guy." ”
"Haha, I just want to be more terrible than the bad guys, this is called a demon is a foot higher!" she looked at me and laughed, a wisp of cunning flashing in her eyes, with a vague and unfathomable look.
"Well, I'm scared of you, my eldest sister!" I shook my head helplessly.
The waiter brought the wine, and the swallow took the glass and drank it all without raising her head. After drinking, place the glass heavily on the table.
"Swallow!" I called her name, and she stunned me.
"I'm happy today!" she threw an ambiguous look.
"You can't drink like this when you're happy, it's easy to get drunk! And our main meal hasn't come up yet! Do you have anything on your mind?" I asked tentatively.
"What can a man like me do?" said the alcohol, her face began to flush as it worked, "you should worry about yourself, I'm worried about you." ”
"Find a man to marry!" I said again, though she hadn't heard of it, and she didn't like to hear it.
"I'm so old that I don't want to accommodate anyone. I'm doing well myself, what's wrong, I'm annoyed? I just said that I followed you, and I'm disgusted for a while!" she was so stubborn every time.
"You're not still thinking about him, are you?" I deliberately poked her in the sore spot, hoping that she would face reality.
"No! I just figured it out, I don't want to. Don't mention him in the future, or I'll be in a hurry with you. "She's sensitive when it comes to a person.
"Well, I don't say, I shut up. I hope that someone knows the cold and the hot and takes care of you. I continued to ramble.
At this time, the waiter came over with a dining cart, and two large pieces of beef on two black plates made a sizzling sound, white smoke rose upward, and a familiar aroma rushed to the face.
"Okay, I got it. I'm hungry for a long time, the steak is here, hurry up and eat!Do you two have enough one? Chenchen, come!" She took the opportunity to change the subject.
"I'm serious, Swallow!" I added bitterly.
"Uh-huh, I know, it's delicious, it's good, you can taste it, come to Chenchen, Auntie's you can taste it....." The swallow quickly put it into her mouth while cutting, and she was busy taking care of her daughter.
"Slow down!" I looked at her and couldn't help but want to laugh, "Just like a child, hey!"