Chapter 19 Acceptance
Outside the window, the sky was blue in late autumn, and large clouds floated from the southern sky, constantly changing various shapes along the way, just like the fate of man. The courtyard of Lao Cheng's house was obscured by a large haze that slowly passed, and the light in the room suddenly dimmed.
Li Chunhua kicked Lao Cheng under the table, Lao Cheng hurriedly took his leg away, didn't see the look handed over by his wife, paused a little to brew his emotions, and then said to Xiao Nan: "Your mistake is that you didn't give a little news to your family before and after the incident, and you haven't revealed a word to your family in the past half a year when such a big thing happened, Xiao Nan, if you died on the cliff at that time, where would you let our old couple find you?"
Listening to his father's increasingly stern tone, Cheng Xiaonan felt that his heart was slowly contracting, so that he could barely breathe......
The wall clock on the wall was ticking, the leaves outside the window were rattling, and Xiao Nan's heart was fluttering.
There was an unbearable silence, Xiao Nan felt that even her breathing had become difficult, and her father Cheng Weiguo's stern gaze seemed to have an invisible pressure, pressing on Xiao Nan's shoulder, making her feel that she was shrinking in the chair.
Cheng Weiguo looked at Xiao Nan like this for several minutes, his eyes changed from stern to angry, from angry to helpless, from helpless and finally gradually became gentle.
Taking a deep breath and soothing it, Cheng Weiguo finally broke the silence: "Xiao Nan, if you encounter something outside that is difficult for you to bear alone, why can't you go home and talk to your parents? You have to wait until now, you yourself have become like this, and then you come home, don't you think this makes us parents very chilling? Xiao Nan, in your heart, what position do you put your parents in? Do you still regard yourself as our children?"
These words seem to be very harsh at first glance, but they are all painstaking parents, and the initiative of reconciliation has been put in the hands of Xiao Nan between words, Li Chunhua lightly stepped on Xiao Nan when she heard it. Xiao Nan is not stupid, how could she not understand the meaning?
"Dad, Mom, I know what I did wrong, please forgive me......"
Xiao Nan left her seat and bowed deeply to her parents, and the long hair draped behind her was like a flowing stream, hanging down from her back along her shoulders to cover Xiao Nan's teary eyes.
"Okay, hurry up and eat, or the dishes will be cold. Lao Cheng quietly moved his chopsticks. Li Chunhua hurriedly gave Xiao Nan a look, Xiao Nan wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, and ran over to fill the wine glass for her father. "Dad, ...... you drink?"
"Well, sit down. Hey, a good son has become a daughter, I can't imagine that I am almost fifty years old, and I have inexplicably fulfilled the dream of having both children and daughters, I really don't know if I should cry or laugh...... Forget it, Xiao Nan, since you have become a girl, there is no way to do it, anyway, there is your eldest brother at home, don't think about it so much, you can be a second girl with peace of mind in the future!"
"Dad————" Xiao Nan was overjoyed when she heard this, and deliberately dragged out a long voice and shouted coquettishly: "Why do you follow them and shout two girls, it's ugly!"
"Go! Before you went to elementary school, your family always called you the second girl, have you forgotten, don't you believe it, ask your mother, ask your brother to go...... Besides, this is also very much in line with your current status, hehehe......"
"That'...... That doesn't count, if you call me that in front of outsiders, I won't have to live......"
The dinner table of Lao Cheng's family returned to their usual laughter and laughter, whether it was reluctant or sincerely accepted, Xiao Nan's heart that had been hanging finally let go. As long as her parents didn't kick her out of the door, the emotional gap is not irretrievable as long as she tries to make up for it with her heart, after all, the bond of blood cannot be broken by any force.
The light outside the window gradually brightened, and the clouds that covered the sunlight slowly drifted to the north, still changing various shapes all the way, and the haze reflected on the vast land drifted farther and farther away with this cloud, and for a time the bright noon sun illuminated the small courtyard of the Cheng family.
After lunch, Li Chunhua took Xiao Nan to the county No. 2 People's Hospital where she worked. I went for an X-ray first.
"Well, it doesn't look like there's a problem......" Li Chunhua took the X-ray negative in her hand and looked at the lamp tube carefully a few times, and nodded with satisfaction. "Good, everything seems to be working fine. ”
"Mom, everything is normal...... What do you mean......" Xiao Nan asked timidly.
"Everything is normal, that is, you are a complete girl, inside and out, understand?" Li Chunhua looked very happy holding the X-ray negative in her hand.
"That'...... Then can we go back?" Xiao Nan also breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that he was sure that he was not a human demon, which was great.
"No, there's still a place to go...... Li Chunhua pulled Xiao Nan and left, turning around in the corridor and aisle of the second person Xinmin Hospital, and finally walked to the second floor, the second floor was crowded with patients and their families like other places, the medical staff were busy walking around, and there was a big sign on the wall of the corridor with two big words written on it: Gynecology.
"I'm not going, you let me die......" Xiao Nan grabbed the railing of the stairs with both hands and didn't let go.
"Why are you so disobedient! Don't play tricks on me!" Li Chunhua is worthy of being a woman from the family of martial arts, and she dragged Xiao Nan away with her arms......
After nightfall, the lights are lit up on both sides of the street, and the exhaust fans in the kitchens near the street send out the smell of stir-fried food.
The kitchen of Lao Cheng's house stands alone in the two-story main building, next to the gate on the east side of the courtyard, Li Chunhua wears an apron and prepares dinner with her hands and feet, while Cheng Xiaonan rolls up her sleeves and gives her mother a hand.
"Xiao Nan, you are a girl now, you live alone outside, you must pay attention to safety, don't go home too late at night, don't be alone with boys at will, and remember to close the doors and windows before going to bed......"
"Oh, I know, it's ...... long-winded," Xiao Nan complained while peeling the garlic: "You told me 10,000 times when you came back from the hospital...... Don't worry, when did the children of the Lao Cheng family suffer outside!"
"That's different!" Li Chunhua looked at Xiao Nan with a smile: "You won't understand your parents' thoughts, such a beautiful daughter lives alone outside and no one takes care of her, how can parents not worry about it......"
"You don't have to worry about it, I'm such an adult and can take care of my own affairs......" Xiao Nan washed the peeled garlic and put it on the cutting board, turned around and walked out of the kitchen, and met Lao Cheng head-on.
"Xiao Nan, I just called your brother, and he will bring your sister-in-law over for dinner later. ”
"Ah, Dad...... You told my brother about me, and my sister-in-law also knew?" Xiao Nan felt that his scalp was numb, and the less people knew about this kind of thing, the better.
"I told your brother, I won't let him tell your sister-in-law, only that you are the child of your distant grandfather......"
"Ahh
At this time, there was a knock at the door, and a loud and energetic male voice shouted at the door: "Dad, Mom, open the door, I'm Xiao Song!"
"It's over...... Xiao Nan covered her face and fled.