Chapter 17: The Warmth of Home
The warm lamp at the door is the fire in the heart of the wanderer when he goes home.
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Xu Liuli saw that there was still a road that was his home, so he happily supported the somewhat heavy schoolbag with his hand and walked forward quickly.
From a distance, there was a yellow light at the door of the house, and there was no need to think about it, it must have been her parents who were worried that she would be afraid, so they put a lantern at the door to drive away the disturbance in their hearts and the filth in the dark.
They have a custom here, that is, before the long-term wanderer returns home, the family will always hang a flaming red lantern at the door of the house, which means: remove the dust and go home in a hurry. Stimulates the desire of the absent to go home.
Xu Liuli trotted to the door and knocked on the door, but in an instant the door opened from the inside. I saw my mother wearing a thin dress, panting slightly, and there was a thin sweat on her head, she must have been waiting anxiously for a long time, and when she heard a knock on the door, she ran out without caring about anything.
Xu Liuli's eyes couldn't help but be sour, and tears dripped down in strings.
"Mom, I miss you. Xu Liuli cried and hugged her mother's waist, maybe she was a little homesick at school for a long time, or maybe she was really frightened just now, at this time, she didn't care about her image, and she cried.
"Liuli, what's wrong, is it being bullied at school? Bai Li patted her daughter's back gently, watching her daughter cry so fiercely, with a trace of pain in her heart, and hurriedly comforted her gently.
"It's okay, I just miss you so much. Xu Liuli listened to her mother's words, realized how misunderstood her current behavior was, wiped her tears, sniffed, and said embarrassedly.
"Ah Li, what's wrong, why are you crying. Father Xu was serving food in the hall, and suddenly heard his daughter's cry outside the door, put down the food in his hand, and ran over anxiously, anxiously asking.
"It's okay, it's too cold at night, and mom is still wearing so thin, let's go in and talk about it!. Xu Liuli watched her father run over quickly from the house, thinking about how old she was and still so hypocritical, and looked at her mother wearing thin clothes, and forked the road.
"Okay, then let's go in first, you wash your face, then have a meal, calm down, and we'll talk about it." Father Xu heard his daughter say cold, and hurriedly hugged his wife and daughter and walked into the house.
Xu Liuli returned to the room and gently put the schoolbag on the desk, went to the bathroom to wash her face, looked at herself in the mirror, and couldn't help laughing.
It's been so long since I wanted to be reborn on my own. Although I have always been influenced by the beauty of the outside world and constantly changing myself to adapt, I still have a feeling of being outside the world. Tonight, she may have been frightened and warmed by the warm embrace of her parents, and she could feel something slowly detached from her body until it gradually disappeared, maybe it was resentment and reluctance to linger!
At this time, Xu Liuli didn't know that she had escaped a catastrophe invisibly. Even though she said that she was isolating herself from the previous life, the pain was still in her mind and heart, how could she say that it would disappear and dissipate? If resentment exists for a long time in her spirit, sooner or later, she will go insane or fall into a demonic state. Thankfully, she let herself go!
Xu Liuli silently pulled the corners of her mouth, smiling with relief and liberation.
Thinking that his parents below were waiting for him to eat, he wiped his hands, closed the door, and walked down in a hurry.
"Liuli, come, this is your favorite braised fish. I didn't eat at school, and I was hungry and thin. Father Xu put the fish into Xu Liuli's bowl and muttered in his mouth.
"Indeed, it looks like there is not so much flesh on the face, and it is still so tanned. Come, eat another piece of chicken, this is what I started boiling in the middle of the night, you see how delicious this soup is, drink more. Xu's mother didn't let her daughter eat much.
"No, how can I lose weight. You also eat yourself, Mom eats more meat to replenish your body, and Dad eats more vegetables and vitamins. Xu Liuli listened to her family's words of concern, and told some interesting stories she encountered in school with a smile on her face.
After eating, after washing the dishes with He Lele, the family sat on the sofa and looked at the legal forum and chatted.
"Ah Li, why did you cry just now? Since you started to remember, it's rare to see you cry so embarrassed. Father Xu glanced at his daughter who was watching the TV, and found that the child's face was okay, so he asked cautiously.
"Nothing, it's just that I've probably been too squeamish lately. I have been away from home for so long, and I am still so tired from military training, and I miss you very much, so when I saw my mother, I couldn't help but feel a little wronged, so I naturally cried. Xu Liuli knew that this stubble couldn't get by, so she explained honestly, but she didn't know why she silently hid the matter of meeting that handsome young man.
"Do you have anything to communicate with us in a timely manner, you are now grown up, some things have been able to make independent decisions, although we are reluctant as parents, but we will not restrain you from going your own way, young people always have a little bit of hard work. We don't want you to live richly in the future, we only want you to be able to live happily and happily. Father Xu looked at his beautiful and excellent girl gently.
Xu Liuli looked at her father with tears in her eyes. She always knew that her parents loved her, but she couldn't imagine that her parents could be so profound. She couldn't help but think of her arrogance, self-sufficiency, self-righteousness, and tendons to the end, thinking all day long that she would mix well and then go back to glorify her ancestors, so that her parents would forgive her.
But they forget that parents are never rare these things outside the body, they just want their children to live happily and have a harmonious family.
"Yes, okay. It was late, so I went to bed first. Good night!" Xu Liuli felt that if she listened to them any longer, she would cry out in a shameless way, and hurriedly said that she was going to go to sleep and ran upstairs like a run.
Father Xu looked at his daughter's slender figure, opened his mouth, but still held back the words that had been in his mouth for a long time, and thought, 'My daughter just came back, and her mood is not very stable now, let's talk about this matter tomorrow!'"
"Wife, it's late at night, and you're not alone now. Let's go to bed early, you need to rest more. Father Xu looked at his still beautiful wife with love and said affectionately.
"Okay, then I'll turn off the TV, you go close the door, and we'll go upstairs together." Mother Xu touched her stomach and replied happily and sweetly.
Xu Liuli felt that she was very tired from today's day, whether it was going to class, crowding the bus, or the person she met late at night.
After washing up, he lay on the bed obediently, his mind filtered what happened today, his thoughts gradually condensed on the man's handsome face, sighed, and complained in his mouth, "Xu Liuli, Xu Liuli, when did you become such a nymphomaniac." ”
Stretched out his hand and took the bear at the head of the bed into his arms, turned off the small purple lamp at the head of the bed, and fell asleep quietly on his side.
In the dark night, I saw a gentle breeze, the curtain of the window floated, and a black shadow could be vaguely seen floating, a sigh disappeared with the call of the wind, and a faint fragrance of orchids floated in the air.
Behind Xu Liuli, a faint colorful light suddenly appeared, which was very strange in the dark night.