Chapter 33: Poor One-One
Early in the morning of August 31, the small courtyard of the Chen family was occupied by guests from all sides. Since Chen Yizhou retired from the position of chief engineer of the former petrochemical department, and is also a senior talent and senior cadre who enjoys the allowance of the State Council, his working relationship has been retained in the veteran cadres management bureau affiliated to the State Council.
During the holidays, including his birthday, the staff here will appear on time in the Chen family's courtyard. Chen Yizhou's birthday, of course, will not be neglected by them, early in the morning sent two staff members to send flowers and birthday cakes, of course, there is also a small red envelope, just to show the meaning.
Their red envelopes are small, but whether it is CNPC or PetroChina, most of the senior leaders here have various working relationships or personal friendships with Chen Yizhou. Although it was not a big birthday, his old friends would not come to the door, but those former subordinates and students naturally wanted to visit the door, and left a big red envelope and flower basket one by one, and then left again.
From the morning until lunch, the Chen family could rest for a while, and all the people were exhausted by this kind of entertainment. Chen Yizhou didn't even eat lunch, drank a bowl of soup, and lay down in the bedroom to rest.
In the afternoon, CNPC and PetroChina both sent office leaders, sent flower baskets and red envelopes in the name of the company, expressed condolences to Chen Yizhou, and got up to leave. There were few guests in the afternoon, but Chen Mo and Chen Zheng, the two juniors, were even more tired, because the two of them had to prepare for the evening banquet.
Although I don't entertain guests or set up a banquet today, I have to sit at two large tables just by myself. A few women went out shopping in the morning, and when they came back in the afternoon, they began to work in the kitchen.
At five o'clock, all the preparations were finally arranged, and Chen Mo returned to his room and took a good shower in the bathroom. Before he finished washing, Li Shan walked in from outside, took a set of Zan Xin's suit and said, "This is a set of Zegna that Aunt Rong specially picked for you today, although it is not the most expensive, it also costs more than 10,000 yuan!" β
"More than 10,000?!" Chen Mo couldn't believe his ears. "Is this made of gold?! More than 10,000, more than 1,000 I think it's expensive. β
"When you go to work, you also need a good set of clothes as a faΓ§ade. I know you don't like cold or heat, so this ultra-thin suit specially selected by Aunt Rong will not feel too hot even if you wear it in summer. β
"Forget it! How many people in the country wear such good clothes?! I'm a small soldier, and I'm better dressed than a leader, is this like words?! It must be your bad idea again, why do you want Aunt Rong to spend so much money?! β
Li Shan threw her clothes on the bed in the bedroom and sat on the edge of the bed sulking. "Are you unreasonable?! How could I have thought of asking Aunt Rong to buy you such expensive clothes?! If I hadn't persuaded her, she would have almost picked out a thick suit of more than 30,000 yuan, I am so fond of vanity in your heart?! β
Chen Mo also felt that his words were a bit excessive, although Li Shan has now switched to interior design because she studied art, and has high requirements for dressing up and quality of life, but she is not a snobbish person, this matter, I am afraid it is really Aunt Rong's meaning, and it is indeed a bit too much to blame her.
Deliberately to lighten the mood, he threw his panties into the water and shouted, "Oops, the panties I took fell into the water, Shanshan, help me get another one." β
"You take it yourself, I don't care if you don't wear it."
Li Shan turned her head and sat on the edge of the bed, but Chen Mo really walked out of the bathroom and hugged her. Before she could react, he picked her up and threw her on the bed, and then her body was pressed by him.
"As you said, I really don't wear it." As he spoke, he kissed him.
Li Shan smelled his freshly cleansed and fragrant body, felt the vigorous strength of his body and the breath that sprayed straight to his cheeks, and his body didn't feel weak. "Not right now......"
gave Li Shan a lingering kiss, feeling her body change from stiff to soft under him, Chen Mo let go of her. "I was too anxious just now, more than 10,000 clothes, why be so extravagant?! Your husband and I are the size of more than 100 yuan of clothes, and they won't look cheap when they are worn on the body, right?! β
"Stinky beauty!" Li Shan glared at him, feeling his hardness, and the little unhappiness in her heart had long since disappeared.
"Oops...... Bare fart, Da Mo is a big bad guy......"
Chen Mo turned his head to see two little girls standing side by side at the door of the bedroom, both covering their eyes with their hands. However, the cracks between the fingers were greatly cracked, revealing two pairs of large, curious black eyes.
Chen Mo was just about to die of embarrassment, and pulled the air conditioner next to him to cover himself, and then turned over from Li Shan. "Why did you forget these two little girls, I'm really going to have no face to see people."
Li Shan glanced at him, stretched out her hand and said, "Xiao Mo'er, one by one, come, come over to my sister's side." β
Chen Mo was eccentric, and hurriedly explained: "We didn't mean to watch you kiss, we like the electronic piano one by one, and I want to take them to play the electronic piano for a while." Isn't it one by one?! β
Yiyi nodded shyly, "Brother Da Mo, my mother said that you can play the piano, and she also said that Yiyi can also learn the piano!" β
Chen Mo looked at Yiyi with a childish and shy face, and smiled softly, for fear of scaring her. "I want to learn one by one, will my brother teach you well in the future?!"
"Good ......"
Li Shan took out a pair of clean underwear from the wardrobe and stuffed it into Chen Mo's hand. "You go to the bathroom and get dressed, and I'll help them get the keyboard."
Seeing Chen Mo wrapped himself in an air conditioner, the two little girls couldn't help laughing. Chen Mo is a little older, he is only six years old this year, and Yiyi is only five and a half years old, and he doesn't know how to be shy, but he just thinks his style is very cute.
For Yiyi, Chen Mo's feelings are very complicated, every time he sees her very similar appearance to Roujia, Chen Mo always feels that this is the biggest torture for himself. He has to always remind himself that Yiyi is not Rou Jia, she and Rou Jia are two completely different people except for their appearance, but in front of her, he is always uncomfortable.
Seeing her innocent little face, he can always clearly remember everything that Roujia experienced when she was so old. This kind of good memory always makes him feel happy, but also sad.
Although it was about to enter September, it had rained again in the past few days, so the temperature had dropped, but Chen Mo was still only wearing a long-sleeved shirt. He has not been afraid of the cold since he was a child, but he is afraid of the heat, and he ran to Houhai for three or nine days to skate, he dared to wear only a woolen sweater, but every year in summer, he longed for time to pass quickly.
When Chen Mo came out, Li Shan had already left the room with Chen Mo, sitting on the small bench next to the bed one by one, pressing the keys of the electronic piano with her hand, making a ding-dong sound, she smiled happily, her eyes narrowed into a crescent moon. Her mother, Liu Xia, sat on the other side of the bed, looking at the various knick-knacks on the Bogu shelf by the wall, and walked in a daze.
Seeing Liu Xia, Chen Mo knew why Li Shan went out. Facing her, Li Shan always felt a little unnatural, thinking that she had robbed Chen Mo.
"Aunt Liu, you haven't talked to my aunt anymore?!"
"I don't like the hustle and bustle, I haven't come to your side for a long time, come in and be quiet for a while."
"Do you drink water? I'll get you a drink. β
"Don't be busy, I'll just sit down."
Chen Mo looked at Liu Xia, who had a thin face, and felt a sour feeling in his heart. She was two years younger than her mother, but she looked older than her own mother. Roujia's death, coupled with Yiyi's poor health, made her bear heavy psychological pressure. Now she has taken a leave of absence without pay for the sake of her children and has become a full-time mother, but Yiyi's body is still not improving.
Whether it is Roujia or Yiyi, their bodies are not good, this is mainly because her physique is not good, so it is inherited. Roujia has leukemia, which makes Kang Xuedong and her very concerned about Yiyi's body, but the results of various examinations are fine, but this congenital internal deficiency is really difficult to regulate.
"You still have all the toys from your childhood, Li Shan doesn't say?!"
"I didn't tell her about the memorial significance of these things, she just thought they were ordinary gadgets."
"Well, it's better not to say it, it's better to forget the previous things, people always have to look backwards. I originally wanted to buy an electronic piano for Yiyi, but thinking that you have another one here, and you are useless now, I thought that Yiyi would use this piano to learn first, and when I was almost done, I was buying a new one for her. β
"No problem, if you want to learn one by one, of course I want to support it strongly. One by one, tell my brother whether you like to play the piano or not?! β
"I like ...... and play the piano well." She thought for a moment and added. Mom laughs.
Liu Xia was still laughing, but when she heard this, she suddenly turned her head away and didn't let the two children see the tears that came out of her eyes.
Chen Mo pretended not to see it, and said to Yiyi: "Yiyi, come, my brother will teach you how to play the piano, don't curl your fingers, stretch them all out, come, just like my brother, stretch your fingers out." Yes, don't just press with one finger. You're still young, you just need to practice the seven keys of this scale. β
A four-and-a-half-year-old child, whose hands have not yet grown, certainly cannot be expected to be as skilled as she can be played. Teaching her now is just for her to master more musicality.
A row of keys always confuses her, saying that she is playing the piano, which is more like a joke. "Brother can help you paint the keys in the colors of the rainbow?!"
One by one, clapping his hands and laughing: "Okay, I like rainbows the most, and there are so many rainbows on the books my mother bought for me." β
"Doremi's hair swishing Lassi, these seven sounds, my brother will help you paint them in different colors, so that our little one can quickly remember which button represents which sound, right?"