12. Homecoming
The night was deep, Shu Han's footsteps were walking on the way home, on both sides of the street, many shops had closed, but there were still some stalls still open, which were full of working-class people who had just gotten off work, pushing cups and changing lamps, expressing the fatigue accumulated throughout the day, and all kinds of dialects blooming in them with the bitterness or grumbling of the day.
If it had been placed in the past, Shu Han would not have cared about it at all, but now, listening to this sound full of fireworks, although he was still as usual, he couldn't understand what these brothers and uncles were talking about, but it was such a very ordinary picture, but he was moved.
Walking back to the neighborhood where their home is located, it is already about twelve o'clock in the evening, most of the lights in the house have been extinguished, many people have fallen asleep in the dark, but there are still lights from many windows, in this metropolis, many young people have become night owls, in the small garden under the building, a little silver star blooms, cicadas chirp in the treetops, and occasionally there are night runners passing by.
In the depths of the garden, you can even hear the laughter of men and women, the conversation between brothers, Shu Han walked all the way home, sat in the elevator, listened to the familiar and unfamiliar electronic sound "Welcome home", Shu Han only felt that all this was too beautiful.
Standing at the door of his house, he took out the key from his pocket, just opened the key and inserted it into the keyhole, before the door was opened, he heard the sound of hurried footsteps in the room, and then the lock was twisted open, and a middle-aged woman who was familiar to Xia Shuhan could not be more familiar with it, stood inside the door.
"You kid, how did you come back...."Zhao Mingmei looked at her son standing at the door, and said very angrily, but before she finished speaking, Xia Shuhan hugged her mother in her arms, which made Zhao Mingmei a little at a loss, since junior high school, her son has not had physical contact with herself.
Every time he wanted to hug and kiss like when he was a child, Xia Shuhan either reluctantly pushed it away, or quickly slipped away, for him, he was already a big child, and then kissing and hugging his mother always made him feel like a child, Zhao Mingmei also understood the child's thoughts, so he never took the initiative to do such an action again.
But she didn't expect that before her lesson was spoken, the child took the initiative to hug herself, which made Zhao Mingmei's wise words unspeakable, as a mother, she could feel that something must have happened to her child.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Mingmei asked softly.
"Not much, it's just to see you, happy." Shu Han said, holding his mother, he was also a little embarrassed at this time, slowly let go of Zhao Mingmei, looking at his mother standing in front of him, Shu Han was like a world away, ten days, he seemed to have not seen her for a long, long time.
"What, are you causing trouble outside? You see, the clothes are so dirty, fighting with others? Zhao Mingmei said.
"Well, I'm going to beat someone up." Shu Han said that his experience was too legendary, and he was afraid that his mother would send him to the police station the next day, so he followed his mother's wishes, and Zhao Mingmei reached out and patted the dust on his son's body.
"Heh, it's really fake, it shouldn't be that you were beaten by someone else, let's be reckless now." Zhao Mingmei rolled her eyes and said, her son knows that he has been polite since he was a child, and he is slow to talk to others, if he is yelled at, he can slow down for a long time and beat people?
Zhao Mingmei didn't believe it.
"If you don't believe it, forget it, I'm telling the truth." Shu Han didn't want to explain more, anyway, it was just an excuse.
When Zhao Mingmei saw Shu Han's attitude, she took it for granted that Shu Han couldn't make it up, so she didn't ask more, her own children knew that they wanted to save face, so she said: "Okay, hurry up and enter the house, come back so late, I don't know how to make a call." As she spoke, Zhao Mingmei stepped out of the way so that Shu Han could come in.
followed her mother into the house, looked at the familiar home, and Zhao Mingmei on the side said: "You came back so late, I can't find anything to cook for you, just eat some of the remaining meals, if it's not enough, there are dumplings in the quick-freeze, you cook some by yourself." ”
"Oh, I see, Mom, Where's Dad? In the room? Shu Han said.
"yes, you don't want to look at what time it is." Zhao Mingmei said.
"Did you sleep?" Shu Han asked.
"Just lay down." Zhao Mingmei asked strangely.
"Oh, I'll go say hello" Shu Han said, and walked towards his parents' room, Zhao Mingmei on the side was a little confused, and a thousand thoughts flashed in her heart, is her son evil? was still brainwashed, and at this time Xia Shuhan had already appeared in his parents' room.
Xia Yang was reading a book on the bed, and suddenly saw the door open, Xia Shuhan stood at the door, before he could speak, he saw Xia Shuhan walk to his bed and give him a big hug, Xia Yang had a frightened expression on his face, and said, "What? Troublesome? ”
"Tsk, why are you the same as my mother, I just love you, can't I hug you?" Xia Shuhan said very dissatisfied, seeing that his father looked like a ghost, Shu Han also understood that his actions made them all a little surprised, so he stopped inking, let go of Xia Yang and walked out, Zhao Mingmei immediately walked in and said:
"I mean, something must have happened to my son outside."
"Well, why don't I ask?" At this time, Xia Yang didn't dare to say anything like that, if it weren't for Xia Shuhan in front of him, he would be sure that he was indeed his own child, I am afraid that he would have to wonder if the person had been replaced, but Zhao Mingmei on the side said:
"Forget it, I guess this kid should have suffered some grievances outside, since he doesn't want to say it, let's not ask more, it's not good to let him lose face when the time comes, a boy of this age, let him solve the problem by himself, our child is not a fool, let's just watch, wait for him to really can't do it, it's not too late to ask."
"Well, you're right, but I'd better call the teacher and ask, don't have an accident then." Xia Yang opened his mouth and said, this time Zhao Mingmei did not refuse, and said: "It's okay to ask the teacher, but don't say too much, otherwise when the teacher asks, you also know Xiao Han's temperament, which is very sensitive, and will definitely notice." ”
"I know, okay, go to sleep." Xia Yang said.
The husband and wife went to sleep, Xia Shuhan sat in the living room, took out a hot meal from the microwave and pot, and devoured it until he couldn't eat it anymore, and then stopped, after all, this body belonged to Xia Shuhan, not the fifteen-year-old slave, so Shu Han's hunger only stayed on the spiritual level, not on the real feeling of the body.