CHAPTER XXXV
If you think about it, that thing should have started seventeen or eighteen years ago. At that time, Qian's mother was just an innocent and romantic girl, and she was like an ordinary young girl all day long, fantasizing about the future and fantasizing that she would be able to marry a wishful husband in the future.
At that time, the town was still very lively, and Mayor Wu had just been in the town for a short time. Occasionally, though, there are people curious about the world beyond the fog, but because of the legends handed down from the older generation, no one wants to leave the town.
It was at that time, by chance, that the fate of Qian's mother was changed by a man, and she also left sixteen years of missing.
I still remember that it was a not too hot summer afternoon, I knew that I was lazily lying on the tree and kept chirping, and Qian Mu sat under the tree with two double ponytails and read the novel, which I borrowed from Mayor Wu before.
Speaking of which, Mayor Wu is really a good person, not only did he help the people in the town in various ways as soon as he took office, but also took out his free time to teach the people in the town to learn literacy.
Mother Qian held a book in her hand and drew a lot of symbols in circles, which contained words that she didn't recognize. There are also words that I don't understand, and I plan to find them all out, and wait for the next time Mayor Wu is free, take them over and ask.
At this moment, under the tree, which she was the only one carrying, walked in, a man, with a lean build, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his knife-like face.
Mother Qian secretly looked at the man next to her in front of her with a book, and as soon as she saw it, she sank. I felt my heart pound all of a sudden.
Maybe it was love at first sight. Many years later, she thought so.
"Hello." The man under the tree suddenly spoke.
"Huh? Yes! Hello. Mother Qian almost threw away the book in her hand in a panic, she greeted awkwardly, thinking about whether she had been discovered by the other party when she peeked just now, and whether the other party would be angry.
"Do you know what time it is?" The man asked gently, and a dimple appeared on his face when he smiled, and he felt very cute in his coldness.
"Ah, fairy." It turned out that he was just asking the time, Qian Mu breathed a sigh of relief, but her heart was also lost, she raised her hand and looked at the watch on her wrist, "It's three o'clock in the afternoon." β
"Oh, thank you." The man smiled, and had no intention of leaving, but found a stone and sat down.
"Your watch looks good." The man said to Mother Qian.
"Ah, yes." Qian Mu looked at the watch on the wrist of the card, and also sat on the stone and replied, "This is when I was in class before, because of my good grades, Mayor Wu rewarded me." β
She touched the mechanical watch on her wrist, the silver strap, the white dial, the wide dial almost covered the entire wrist. Only two people got this watch at the time, and she was one of the lucky ones.
"I can see you like this watch very much." The man said with a smile.
"Hmm." Mother Qian nodded shyly.
In this way, on this not too hot summer day, the two young people went from strange to familiar, from embarrassing each other to talking about everything. Until before leaving, the man made an agreement with Qian's mother to continue chatting here next time.
The days passed quickly, just like the peach tree planted by himself in the spring, sprouting, branching, flowering, and bearing fruit. At the beginning of the second year, Qian's mother was surprised to find that she seemed to be pregnant.
At that time, if the eldest girl did not have a matchmaker to introduce her, it was considered immoral to engage in a private match, not to mention, she had a big belly before she got married.
For a while, Qian's mother panicked and didn't know what to do, she suddenly found that she didn't even know what the other party's name was and where she lived.
Worried that day by day, Qian Mu, who faintly felt that her stomach was fighting, was scared, and she finally told the other party when she was on a date with a man.
"What, you're pregnant?!" The man's expression was shocked when he heard the news.
"Yes." Mother Qian nodded and asked the man, "What should I do?" β
"Thisβ" The man scratched his hair irritably, obviously not thinking about it. It took him a long time before he said, "Why don't we get rid of this kid?" β
"Knock it out?" Although Qian's mother, who doesn't have this kind of common sense, doesn't know what the other party means, she also feels that thinking about her is not a good thing for the baby in her belly.
"Shall we get married?" Mother Qian asked the man.
"Nope." The man firmly refused, and then softened and explained, "Not yet, I ....."
The man swallowed and vomited until the sun set, he put his hands on Qian Mu's shoulders and stared at her eyes, and said solemnly, "You wait for me, I'll go back and talk to our leader, so that he agrees to marry you!" β
At that time, she didn't understand, didn't understand why men would say it to the leader instead of talking to their parents, just waiting for each other stupidly,
However, the man never returned, and a day, two days, and one day passed.....
looked at the stomach that was becoming more and more unconcealable, and listened to the parents keep saying that the aunt next door had come to the house to propose marriage to her son for the first time.
Mother Qian's heart was horizontal, she gritted her teeth and got married.
Life after marriage is also very warm. My husband treats him very well. Mother-in-law and father-in-law treat themselves well, just like bringing their own daughters to raise, especially when they know that they are pregnant with a child. It is also taken care of, and it is not allowed to do a little heavy work.
This day passed slowly and leisurely, but sometimes, when she was alone, Mother Qian would think of that man, and the thought of the child in her belly was like a thorn, piercing her heart from time to time.
thought that life would go on like this, watching her son grow up little by little, Qian's mother gradually let go.
But fate is so capricious, just when Qian Duoduo was just three or four years old, when Qian's mother took her son for a walk on the streets of the town again. She saw the person she missed the most, and the person she didn't want to see now.
The man was still the same as before, but the beard he grew was not cleaned up much, and he looked a little old-fashioned. But Qian Mu still recognized it at a glance. The man stood not far from him, looking at himself quietly.
"Zhuhua...", the man softly shouted the name of Qian Mu.
"......" Even Mother Qian herself can't figure out what's wrong with her, she wants to turn around and leave but her legs and feet can't move disobediently, she wants to speak and tries to open her mouth, but she can't make a sound.
The man gradually got closer and closer to himself, and he thought that he had the same gentle smile back then.
"I'm sorry." The man approached and apologized, saying, "I didn't mean to abandon you, I just later... I'm sorry. β
The man kept apologizing, his expression sincere. Mother Qian couldn't say a word.
"Mom!" This is still a little Qian Duoduo ran over from the side of the road, holding a lollipop in his hand. The child hugged his mother's thigh and looked at the man in front of him with fear and curiosity.
"Huh." The man couldn't help but sigh when he saw Qian Duoduo, and then looked at the woman clearly, "Is this my child?" β
"It's not!" Mother Qian could finally speak, she held the child in her arms, "This is not your child." β
"Mom." Little Qian Duoduo didn't understand what was going on, he just looked at the stranger across through his mother's wrapped arms.
"Baby, come here." The man suddenly squatted down, took out a handful of candy from his arms and put it in the palm of his hand, "Come here, uncle will give you candy to eat." β
Sugar?! The little money Duoduo was attracted by the sugar cube in the other party's hand, and wanted to go over to take it but was afraid of being scolded by his mother.
"Come, Uncle will give you another piece." As he spoke, the man took out another piece of candy and put it in the palm of his hand.
βοΌοΌβ For the temptation of candy, Qian Duoduo couldn't care about his mother's face anymore, and trotted over.
"Good boy." The man peeled the candy, stuffed it into Qian Duoduo's mouth, put the rest into the pocket of the child's pants, gently touched Duoduo's hair, and asked softly.
"Baby, can you tell your uncle what your name is?"
"My name is Qian Duoduo." Qian Duoduo said in a milky voice that he remembered the name, and his pink and tender cheeks were bulging, which was very cute.
"Oh, a lot. Very nice name. After speaking, the man took off a jade pendant from his neck and hung it on Qian Duoduo's neck, "Come, this is a gift from my uncle to Duoduo, don't lose it~"
"What?! You say that person is my dad?! β
This time it was Qian Duoduo's turn to be shocked, he grabbed his mother's hand too tightly, and asked in a panic, "Is what you said true?" Current.... Not my biological father. β
"Yes." Mother Qian nodded. "Later, he came to see you a few more times, and then he disappeared and never saw you again."
"I thought he was dead." Mother Qian sighed for you. "It's unexpected."
"The one around your neck is the jade pendant given by your biological father." Mother Qian pointed to the jade pendant that her son had been wearing around his neck and had not taken off.