Chapter 90: Old Father
Chen Jiaqi received a call from his sister Jiaying, saying that his father Chen Shengli had driven away the new male nanny, and the nanny called her just now, not only asking for his salary for the past few days, but also asking the Chen family to pay him for lost work.
Jiaying has been busy dancing for the Spring Festival Gala in the city recently, working overtime all night, and she really can't spare time to go back.
"Brother, I'm about to collapse! This is the third nurse that our dad has taken away, what the hell is he going to do, always making trouble like this, torturing us, is it interesting! Jiaying on the other end of the phone had a hoarse voice with a thick crying tone.
Chen Jiaqi got up from the stones on the bank of the Yellow River and walked back, "Don't worry, I'll go back now." ”
"Brother."
"Hmm."
"Our father's temper is like that, it's very bad, you bear with it, don't talk back to him......" Jiaying felt that she was running out of words, originally she wanted to persuade her brother not to worry too much about Chen Shengli not letting him come to the door, but when she said it, it was always awkward and deliberate.
"Hmm."
"Where are you? I heard the sound of water. ”
"By the river."
"You...... I went to see Beibei again...... "Jiaying is distressed."
She knew that her brother would go to Waigao every night to see Beibei, and if he couldn't see a real person, he would look at the students shuttling and playing in the corridor, look at the lights in the classroom, and then go to the nearby bank of the Yellow River to sit and listen to the sound of the water.
After her brother's divorce, her whole person changed, she became thin, depressed, and she barely had a smile on her face, she still remembered the last time she met, when she pointed to the white hair on her brother's head and screamed in surprise, but her brother pushed her hand away with an indifferent look and said: It's normal, what is it called.
This is her brother, from childhood to adulthood, in her heart, in the hearts of many girls who can't even name them, Chen Jiaqi, who has always been the most handsome, the most handsome, the most gentle, the best and the best, is old.
Looking closely, the corners of his eyes have grown fine lines, and his forehead is also there, but it is not as obvious as the eye area, and the piercing white hair on his head really makes her uneasy.
Life is too cruel, it took away his home, his happiness, and now time has come to the ground, trying to take away his face.
She knows that people grow old, but she wants her brother to be happy when he gets old. But now, he really has nothing.
Chen Jiaqi went home to buy some vegetables and meat at a supermarket near the community, and he had called his father before, but his father did not answer.
Afraid that something would happen to him at home alone, he quickened his pace and entered the house.
He had the house key, but after his father didn't let him into the house some time ago, he didn't come over to disturb him for fear of making his old father angry.
The living room lights are on.
"Dad—" He changed the shopping bag from his right hand to his left.
His father, Chen Shengli, was watching TV in a wheelchair with a calm face, and when he heard the voice, he glanced back at him, and then turned his head to look at the TV screen.
He just breathed a sigh of relief, "Get out!" Chen Shengli's voice was as powerful as ever.
The TV screen is playing a provincial TV station's people's help column, the host took the parties to the door to ask for arrears, the two sides were arguing with each other, and the words were sharp, and finally they fought hard......
He clenched the bag tightly, begged with a smile, and said, "Dad, why do you see that you are so angry, I was wrong, I am here to apologize to you and make amends." Don't be angry, I'll cook for you. ”
"Get out!" Chen Shengli roared.
He lowered his eyes and looked at the floor beneath his feet.
A long leek tucked between the white tiles half a foot from his shoe, and the room was filled with the dull wheezing of his father and the hoarse quarrel of television shows.
He closed his eyes, and for a short moment, he opened them, raised his head, and still smiled at his father, "You dissipate your anger, and it's not too late to beat me when you're full." ”
He went to the kitchen with the bag.
Closing the door, he reached out and pressed his eyes, and stood in the doorway for a while, hearing that there was no sound outside, and then he walked to the cupboard and took the food out of the bag in the same way.
The kitchen was full of traces left by the unqualified male nanny, dirty and messy, and it seemed that there was a reason why my father was angry.
He cleaned up briefly, washed out the vegetables to be fried, and put them on the cutting board and cut them carefully.
The neat knife work at a uniform speed, piece by piece, every thread, finally becomes a work of art on a plate.
Only at this time, he is relaxed, he doesn't think about anything in his head, his hands are all based on his feelings, those ordinary public ingredients, in his eyes are alive, are valuable, he is willing, more willing to turn them into delicious food that people praise, so that exquisite and delicious dishes become a bond of family, friendship, and love.
Now, he only hopes that his father can let go of the resentment in his heart against him, eat more, and eat a little more.
When the meal was ready, he was afraid of affecting his father's mood, so he hid on the sofa to watch TV and let his father eat first.
When he went to call his father for dinner, he thought that he would have to persuade him for a long time as before, but who knows, this time without saying a few words, his father came out in an electric wheelchair.
The dining table at home is highly customized for wheelchairs, making it convenient for father to eat. Fortunately, my father's arm function was normal, otherwise, he was afraid that his temper would be worse.
The sound of the TV was turned to the right level, and he leaned back on the sofa, glancing back at his old father at the dining table from time to time.
The lights in the dining room were not on, and under the dim yellow light, my father's back was lying on his back, and he was drinking porridge with his head down.
The porridge is millet porridge, he added steamed and crushed pumpkin when he boiled it, so the taste should be slightly sweet, his father likes sweetness, he used to like to fry sugar when he went home to cook, red pork belly pieces, sweet and sour pork ribs sticking to white sesame seeds, red bean peanut porridge on the rock sugar crumbs, my father liked it very much.
Chen Shengli put the bowl on the table, put the spoon in the bowl, picked up the thermos cup at hand, and took a sip of water.
The water was just the right temperature, and he took another big sip, left it in his mouth for a few seconds, and swallowed.
This is his habit, he is used to drinking water after meals. His wife thinks he is unhygienic and always likes to talk to him, but he has never broken this habit.
He navigated his wheelchair back to his bedroom.
As he passed by the living room, he saw his son, who was leaning motionless on the couch.
He lifted his finger and the moving wheelchair stopped.
This electric wheelchair was given to him by his son, it is powerful and of good quality, and he can't do without it.
The son fell asleep.
His posture looked awkward, his lower body was facing the TV, but his upper body was twisted, especially his head, twisted to the left to the extreme, his chin drooped on his shoulder, and he fell asleep like this.
He looked in the direction of his son's head.
He saw the dark brown solid wood dining table, and the warm yellow light.
"Bang!" The sound of the door slamming awoke the man who was sleeping on the couch.
Chen Jiaqi opened his eyes, and for a moment his brain stopped working, and he didn't know where he was. When his eyes gradually focused, he turned his head sharply to look at the dining table, something slipped on his body, he looked down and froze.
It was actually a thin quilt that my father used to cover his legs.
Now it is on his body.
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