Chapter 12: Don't be a stepmother

Lu Xiaomei is a full twelve years younger than Lu Zhenjun, when she was a child, Lu's father and Lu's mother were busy, and it was almost the two brothers who brought up Lu Xiaomei, even if Lu Zhenjun was admitted to college early and enlisted in the army, it didn't make the relationship between the brothers and sisters weaken, especially after Brother Lu was gone, the pain of missing a corner of the triangle made the relationship between the two brothers and sisters stronger and stronger.

The serious Lu Zhenjun can only be a little lenient and kind when facing his little sister, which is a treatment that even Lu Zhenxing, who is the youngest and has been favored by Lu's father and mother, has not had.

Lu Xiaomei didn't care about the second brother's jokes at all, but she still laughed and said: "Okay, okay, call sister-in-law, call sister-in-law, I'll keep my mouth shut, okay?" ”

As soon as the words fell, a voice next to him suddenly sounded: "I don't want a stepmother!" ”

"It's supposed to beβ€”what?" As soon as Lu Zhenjun's head tilted, he saw Dabao hanging on his arm, "What did you just say?" ”

The child pursed his mouth, lowered his head, and then raised it again, "I don't want a stepmother, Dad, I don't want a stepmother!" In order to emphasize, he said it again, looking at Lu Zhenjun's eyes full of seriousness and stubbornness.

Seeing the stubbornness on the face of a child who was not yet six years old, Lu Zhenjun himself felt funny, but he didn't take it seriously, but handed the sleeping milk doll in his arms back to Lu Xiaomei, and scooped the child into his lap: "Why? Looking at the child's eyes, he paused for a moment, thinking that a child was nothing more than listening to what others said, and then changed the question, "Who did you listen to?" Don't you want a stepmother? ”

The child looked stubborn: "I just don't want a stepmother, and neither do my younger brothers!" Glancing at Lu Zhenjun, his eyes flickered, and he turned around to look at his younger brother who was sitting on the bench playing, as if he wanted to find an alliance, "Brother, tell your father quickly, you don't want a stepmother!" ”

The three-year-old Erbao is obviously more naughty than the big treasure, and he doesn't need to be taken by an adult, he sits alone and rummages things, pours out all the bits and pieces, picks and chooses, and has a lot of fun. Hearing my brother shouting a few times, he raised his head: "Huh? ”

"Say it quickly, you don't want a stepmother!" Dabao was a little anxious and stared at his younger brother. Erbao tilted his head and glanced at him, then at his father, at his sister-in-law, and unconsciously repeated: "Dad, mother, stepmother!" ”

"Not this!" Dabao was even more anxious, slipped directly from Lu Zhenjun's thigh, ran to Erbao's side, and pulled him up with great effort, "It's to tell Dad, don't be a stepmother, you learn from me, don't be a stepmother!" ”

"Brother?" Erbao was ignorant, and was half-hugged and half-dragged by Dabao in front of Lu Zhenjun, "Don't want stepmother?" Don't be a stepmother! Dad, don't be a stepmother! Looking at the affirmation in his brother's eyes, he said louder and louder, and finally shouted directly at Lu Zhenjun.

Lu Zhenjun looked at these two boys, obviously the second child didn't understand anything, that is, what the boss taught and what he learned! As soon as he stretched out his hand, he scooped the two boys together on his lap, and sat on one side: "Boss, don't teach your brother to speak!" Don't stepmom who takes you and your brother? ”

The child was not convinced: "I didn't teach my younger brother indiscriminately, my younger brother is the same as me, and he doesn't want a stepmother!" We don't want stepmothers! ”

He first stated his position in righteous words, and then grabbed his brother's hand: "My brother and I don't need anyone to take it, I can take care of myself, and I can take care of my brother!" ”

"Can you cook? Can you do laundry? Can you tidy up your home? Lu Zhenjun didn't have a good breath and said, "When I am not at home after training, you are not afraid to take care of your younger brothers and sisters alone?" Can you do it? ”

"That's right! Dabao, don't forget that there is also a little brother, can you take care of the little brother? Can you coax him to sleep with milk powder and not make him cry? Although Lu Xiaomei was also worried that her stepmother would not be good for a few babies, she couldn't help but be worried when she saw Dabao's strong opposition, and hurriedly followed.

Dabao saw the little brother who was still spitting bubbles sleeping in her arms, and he wanted to talk with his neck in his arms, but he suddenly died down, he really had to admit that this little doll was too noisy, when he just went to their house, it was such a small group, and when he cried, it was earth-shattering, every night and night, even his mother broke down and cried...... Thinking of his mother, the child's shrunken neck was another stalk: "Anyway, I don't want a stepmother!" Grandma Li, Grandma Li can take care of us! ”

When he said this, he felt that he had thought of the best way: "Grandma Li took care of the little brother before, she also cooked for us to eat, washed our clothes, and ......" The more he said, the more confident he became, "Dad is not at home, if I can't take care of my little brother, I can go to Grandma Li!" Dad, I'll grow up quickly and take care of my younger siblings, don't you find us a stepmother, okay? ”

In the end, the stubbornness in the child's tone went away, but there was a little pitiful begging.

This made Lu Zhenjun feel a little mixed in his heart, the boss has always been a sensible and worry-free child, but there is an unusual insistence on this matter, which also makes him have to make it clear to him: "Let me ask you, who is Grandma Li?" ”

The child's face was "Dad, don't tease" look: "Grandma Li is-"

"I'm asking who she is in our family?" Lu Zhenjun interrupted him directly, with a serious face, "Why does she want to take care of you?" Why do you need to do laundry and cook for our family? Why should we help our family with children? ”

asked three times in a row, and the serious tone shocked the child, biting his lip and unwillingly defending: "But Grandma Li has been helping us before, she also made clothes for me and my brother, gave us delicious meals, and washed diapers for my little brother......" He counted Grandma Li's goodness, but he couldn't talk anymore.

Lu Zhenjun looked at the child's depressed appearance, shook his head helplessly, but also relaxed his tone: "Grandma Li helped us before, that's right, you should remember these others are good to us." However, it is a duty for others to help us, not to help, you can't just because Grandma Li is good to you and takes care of you, you take it for granted that you can let her take care of you in the future, understand? ”

The child seemed to understand whether he understood or not, but he also realized that he was thinking too simply, and his tone was inevitably wistful: "Oh. I know. Can't keep bothering Grandma Li. ”

Lu Zhenjun just breathed a sigh of relief, and the child said again: "But I still don't want a stepmother." I don't have to let Grandma Li take care of it all the time, can't I go to her again? The voice was small, and it seemed that even he could not convince himself.

Although Lu Xiaomei felt that this kind of thing couldn't be explained to the little doll of a few years old, she also felt that it was still necessary for the second brother to reason with the child like this: "Dabao, you listen to what the little aunt told you." Grandma Li has her own home, and you can't go to her whenever you can't. But the stepmother is different, the stepmother and the father, and you, and the younger brothers and sisters are a family, living with you, no matter when, she can take care of you, especially the little brother is still so young, and he makes trouble at night, if there is no stepmother, can you take care of him without sleeping all night? ”