Jiang Xiaomian is going to take Mianmian back to London from Changnan.

In the car, Mianmian pouted and was a little unhappy, leaning on her mother's shoulder and still holding the camera lovingly, and repeating the pictures of kapok she took to her mother.

Jiang Xiaomian looked at it seriously without blinking, and those photos slid into the line of sight in all directions, like flowing red flower letterheads. After the Kapok photograph came some paintings from the Red Square Gallery, including those two paintings.

Xiaomian's mother and daughter went to the Red Square Gallery as a guest before, and Mianmian visited the gallery while her mother was chatting with adults, and no one told her the story of these two paintings.

Jiang Xiaomian smiled and asked: "Mianmian, you and Wen Luo are really interested, did he take you with these photos?"

"Well, Wen Luo is very humorous and funny. Tell me about the background of each painting in their gallery, it's funny, he talks about the other paintings with relish, but when he comes to these two paintings, he can't tell anything, and even the author doesn't know who it is. Mianmian said and stopped the camera screen on the cotton map, "I teased him again, 'The other paintings are finished, and it is the turn of the last two paintings to be made up blindly', Wen Qian scratched his ears and cheeks in a hurry, and he said, 'The author is so careless, he forgot to write his name after painting, what is the difference between us students forgetting to write their names and student numbers in exams.' No wonder he didn't become famous as a painter 'hee-hee, the essay is funny! ”

Jiang Xiaomian smiled casually when she heard this, not wanting to publish anything, and Mianmian went on to tell the stories of some other paintings.

Mianmian pressed the button and brought up the portrait of the bench, "Mom, I think this girl sitting on the bench reading a book looks like you, I have seen the photos of you when you were young, and they look very similar." ”

Jiang Xiaomian pursed her lips and smiled slightly, "Since these two paintings are special, it should be where it should be, you shouldn't shoot it in, it's not interesting." ”

"I just saw that the painting was related to kapok, so I took a picture. I guess the author must be as much in love with kapok as you are, Mom. Mianmian deleted the two paintings as she spoke, her daughter thought so in her heart, her mother probably didn't see that people loved kapok as much as she did.

"Mother, why doesn't England grow such a beautiful kapok tree?" Mianmian looked out of the car window, and the clusters of kapok stretched out along the branches, and the whole tree was reflected in the blue sky, as if it was a girl in a red dress dancer.

Mianmian is always chattering at this age, Jiang Xiaomian smiled and replied: "Because the terroir is different, kapok can't survive in a snowy climate."

Mianmian said to the driver again: "Uncle, I will come back to see you and your aunt, grandma, and grandpa at this time next year."

"Okay, Mianmian is the cutest, and when she comes back next year, she will grow into a big girl!"

"No, I'm a big girl now!" Xian Xinchen smiled like a loving father's peaceful face, and his head tattooed in a circle, like an alarmed lake. He had become a father and had both children.

Xian Xinchen's acquaintance with his wife is very simple, they are partners in the business, and they are also flash marriages. Jiang Xiaomian is in London, and his brother's flash marriage was learned about in a chat with his sister-in-law.

Well, that's right, it's a flash marriage. Although Jiang Xiaomian was more surprised, he could understand Xian Xinchen very well, after experiencing some things, he couldn't think about marriage anymore.

After all, the speed of marriage is like lightning slashing, and Jiang Xiaomian is inexplicably worried about whether there will be any changes in their marriage. Unlucky words must not be said directly, Jiang Xiaomian talked to her in a roundabout way: "Sister-in-law, you became his wife before you got to know my brother well, have you ever regretted that you were too impulsive?"

The sister-in-law replied, "Haha, no, we are married first and then loved."

Haha, Jiang Xiang also laughed with his sister-in-law.

Instead, the sister-in-law asked, "Do you regret your marriage?" ”

Jiang Xiaomian waved his hand hurriedly, smiling happily and proudly, "I think if London holds a model couple, Yang He and I will definitely be selected." ”

The sister-in-law nodded, "I look at it too." ”

……

Because Changnan is just a small city, and when you go to London, you have to transfer to Hong Kong or Beijing, so Jiang Xiaomian suffered from backache and numbness all the way to the plane. Unlike her daughter, her young bones and flesh always contain a heart of joy and joy.

Mother and daughter sat on the plane, and the distance towards London was getting shorter and shorter. Because people are very bored on the road, Mianmian contacted some small problems and opened his mouth to ask:

"Mom, grandma's house is so far away, where did you and dad meet?"

"Your father came to Changnan and met in a spring full of kapok."

"Oh, although Changnan is not as big as London, it is more humane than London, and I am quite reluctant to leave. Mom, were you as happy when you first came to London as I was when I first went to Changnan? ”

"No, it's the sad autumn of parting, and it's not as warm as the current spring." Jiang Xiaomian didn't hide it, and didn't deliberately find happiness to perfunctory when he answered. Even if the daughter doesn't understand.

Mianmian muttered: "Kapok, Kapok, Xiao Mian, Mianmian,..." She muttered and asked formally: "Mom, some classmates said that my Chinese name is a stacked word, it sounds like this name is very casual, I used to think it was very casual, but now I don't think so......"

Oh, it's just a mother and daughter, Jiang Xiaomian suddenly remembered that he just knew how to read, and hated that his name "Xiaomian" was too ordinary, just like "Xiaohong, Xiaoli, Xiao...". In short, "Xiao" and "Xiao" are too common to use in personal names. Later, when I grew up, I liked Kapok and felt that my name corresponded to my preferences, and I thought that if I was a daughter's family in my next life, I would still choose this ordinary name.

"Mother......" Mianmian nudged her mother.

Jiang Xiaomian was distracted, and didn't pay attention to what Mianmian said later, "Yes, every name, whether it sounds good or not, is poured into the strong love of our parents, and we should not criticize or dislike it according to our own preferences." After saying that, he stroked his daughter's hair. Her hair is soft and thick, which is a symbol of good fortune.

"Mom, why did you and Dad give me that name in the first place?"

"How was I when I was a child?"

Her daughter's mention of the past questions drove Jiang Xiaomian's vaguely complex emotions in her memory, Jiang Xiaomian didn't answer her immediately, closed her eyes slightly and brewed her mood.

Mianmian quieted down very interestingly and did not quarrel with her mother again.

When the child grows up, the questions will go from shallow to deep. When they were younger, they would ask their parents, "How did I come to be?" and as they grew up with a gradual knowledge system, now they ask "How was I when I was a child?" and this time their mother asked, "What kind of person do you want to be in the future?"

"When you are young, you are very smart...... Jiang Xiaomian saw that her daughter was a little sleepy when she wanted to answer, and turned her head to lean over and saw her with a sleepy face, her eyes slightly closed. Heh, she should be tired of chatting.

Mianmian's eyes are very similar to Chi Yanghe, when she lowers her head seriously, her eyes contain a wise light, and her long eyelashes inherit Xiaomian's thick and thick, so Jiang Xiaomian especially likes to see her daughter's appearance when she does her homework. Mianmian smacked her mouth and smiled in her sleep, every mother would grin with her child when she saw this scene of her daughter, and Jiang Xiaomian was no exception.

The beauty of Mianmian is that she did not inherit her mother's dimples, and she obviously has a half-probability advantage, but she is inclined to the regret of the other half.

For this regret, Jiang Xiaomian really wants to give birth to a daughter again.

Chi Yanghe said: "God didn't have time to light dimples for our daughter, it must be because my daughter can't wait to meet us, so as to pass by God's kindness."

When her daughter asked about her childhood, Jiang Xiaomian moved her eyes to look out of the window, and the white clouds in her eyes slowly passed through the airflow. The picture gives Jiang Xiaomian the feeling that the destination of the whole person following the plane is not London, but the past.

The year Mianmian was born. It was three years after Jiang Xiaomian got married.

In the past three years, Jiang Xiaomian has become a well-known fashion designer in the London fashion industry. Talents who already belong to the design industry are expected to rise rapidly. Of course, this is inseparable from the foundation of the Chijia garment factory, which is understandable. Because of this, the public comments when people are famous have two sides, Jiang Xiaomian remembers a peer commented: "If I am also next to a clothing company, any white can become a top fashion designer."

This kind of comment is very speechless, Jiang Xiaomian has to despise it, and will always be jealous of the light of others when they stand at the top, but they do not reflect on how inferior they are.

For people who have this kind of thought, after a long time, Jiang Xiaomian laughed. And Chi Yanghe doesn't take this kind of comment seriously at all.

When deciding on the name of the clothing brand, Jiang Xiaomian was very surprised that Chi Yanghe would say the word "cotton thought". She didn't show surprise, she looked at Chi Yanghe and wrote three candidate names on a piece of paper, which were "Cotton Si, Warm Cotton, Cotton Shadow"

Chi Yanghe's choice is Miansi. Jiang Xiaomian thought for a while and suggested: "Do you want to change it to 'Miansi'?" The words translated into English are a constant longing. ”

He shook his head, said that it was not good, and said that if he had his daughter's Chinese name in the future, he would take "Mianmian", which could not only be staggered with the mother's "cotton" character, but also said that his feelings were pinned on Kapok, symbolizing the fruit of Kapok, the endless wisp of silk.

Chi Mianmian, Jiang Xiaomian listened to it inexplicably, but she couldn't remember that someone once said that she would give her daughter a superimposed name.

As a result, Chi Yanghe's words were a good omen. Three years later, Chi Mianmian came to report.

When choosing an English name for Mianmian, Chi Yanghe quoted the protagonist of a book he liked "Jane Eyre" and named Mianmian in English: Jane Eyre

Jiang Xiaomian doesn't like this name very much, thinking that this name is ordinary and popular, but he can't look at the culture of Western countries with Chinese thoughts, and the repetition rate of Western names is often very high, like bamboo shoots growing up one by one. It seems that the more hot the name, the more it will be "touched". In response to this problem, Chi Yanghe said to Xiaomian that if you go to the bustling street and call "Jack", there will be many people who turn back when they hear the voice. He also took Jiang Xiaomian's favorite "Jinghua Smoke and Clouds" as an example, and commented that Mr. Lin Yutang's name is very convenient, and some of the female names in it are ready-made, such as Mulan, Mochou, and Hongyu, even if the names of their predecessors are borrowed, they portray unique characters.

In order to keep the name of "Jane Eyre", Chi Yanghe took a little effort to persuade Jiang Xiaomian. Jiang Xiaomian was a little skeptical that Chi Yanghe was born to study fashion design, and he didn't pay attention to innovation.

But her mind still doesn't like to pick up ready-made things, and in order to respect Chi Yanghe's ideas, Jiang Xiaomian will not eliminate this name. She thought about it and proposed to remove the word "love" and name it "Jane", transliterated by Jane, Chi Yanghe happily accepted, and also thought that "Jane" sounded better.

On the day Jiang Xiaomian became a mother, the first time she saw the child in the incubator, she realized that she had really grown up. The same is true for every woman, who is truly mature when she becomes a mother. As for men, the first time Jiang Xiaomian saw Chi Yanghe, he was always mature.

After Mianmian joined in the family, Jiang Xiaomian had a little fun with Chi Yanghe and making a little guess. She thinks that Chi Yang and holding the child will be very jerky, and it must be awkward with unfavorable hands and feet. I don't know if I want to stubble, Chi Yang and Ming Ming have a good look. A man who has just become a father, nine out of ten men who hold their children will not be able to hold them, and Chi Yanghe is the one with the exception.

Jiang Xiaomian laughed at him when he was doing confinement: "Why are you so handy with your child?" It shouldn't have been practiced with an embroidered pillow! ”

Hahaha, Jiang Xiaomian couldn't bear to look at the picture after he said it himself.

"Where, when did you see me holding an embroidered pillow! You forgot I have two little nephews! Chi Yang retorted hehehe.

The truth of Tie Zheng Zheng is right in front of him, and Jiang Xiaomian still makes fun of him with that joke.

Chi Yanghe's maturity is not only manifested in his work and affairs, but also in taking care of children. When he got up one morning and found that the child had jaundice, Jiang Xiaomian was in a hurry, and Chi Yanghe took care of it as if a doctor had diagnosed him, and there was no question about any taboo precautions coming out of his mouth.

Taking care of the children in the first few months is a very hard thing, Jiang Xiaomian doesn't like to hire a nanny, and has to do everything herself. It is common for children to cry in the middle of the night, when Jiang Xiaomian gets up at night, Chi Yanghe will never cover his head and fall asleep, at the beginning, the two of them often appear with a pair of panda eyes, but later only Chi Yang and one person are panda eyes.

Jiang Xiaomian was occasionally woken up by her daughter in the middle of the night, she lazily turned over, and noticed that the quilt next to her was lifted, and the next time was quiet after a sound of footsteps.

She didn't know when Chi Yanghe did his parenting homework, and she had never seen him open a parenting book, but he always knew a lot of relevant infant knowledge before her. The daughter seems to be more willing to be close to her father, crying a little less often in his arms than Jiang Xiaomian.

provoked Jiang Xiaomian to wonder if Chi Yang and his previous life were the elite of the parenting world, and whether he had hidden any tricks that his mother did not know.

Haha, elite, very apt idea.

So much so that during that period of time, Jiang Xiaomian gave Chi Yanghe a nickname, often calling him "Daddy, Daddy". Chi Yanghe laughed because of this title, and the flesh on the two cheeks became richer, and he almost didn't hang down.

No matter how handsome a man is, if he is married, he can hardly escape the gift of blessing. We call this gift "time is a knife to kill pigs", and the knife urges people to grow old.

Sally likes children very much, and always says that the two nephews in the family are not so interesting when they grow up, and now it seems that it is raining in time to usher in a little life. Jiang Xiaomian thought that Sally had some secrets to taking care of children like Chi Yanghe, but Sally was tired after coaxing for a few days, looking forward to Mianmian growing up quickly, and said that kindergarten-age children are the most interesting.

Jiang Xiaomian knew Sally's thoughts, corresponding to the sentence on the Chinese Internet, "Why don't you play with it when you have a child." ”

Jiang Xiaomian smiled and said: "Sally, you are still a little girl playing with the mind, and in the future, when you become a mother, you will wish that the child would grow up quickly." ”

"No, I want the Dink family in the future."

Sally replied very abnormally, Jiang Xiaomian was startled, "Why?" Having children is complete. ”

"I don't know why, even I wonder what I think, sometimes I have fun with a bunch of children, but I don't like to have children. I think it's troublesome. ”

Jiang Xiaomian sneered at this girl with strange ideas, and she couldn't understand Sally's thoughts. I think Sally hasn't grown up yet, and something happens to her in the future that might change her Dink's mind.

When Sally first saw Mianmian, she complained with her tongue, "This kid looks a little clown." ”

Chi Yanghe smiled and said, "Sally, blame you for not being a mother, children will change." ”

In fact, as soon as she heard Sally say that the child was ugly, Jiang Xiaomian suddenly became anxious, but she took Chi Yanghe's explanation as a guideline, thinking that everything he said was right. Sure enough, in the month after Mianmian was born, the child looked the same day by day, and the changes were not even recognized by the real mother. Sally also admired Chi Yanghe for being so detailed about this little thing, and bluntly said that she would also find a husband like Chi Yanghe in the future.

Jiang Xiaomian glanced at Sally, and after giving birth to a child, she wanted to do a backflip, and quipped: "I'm afraid you don't need it, I said Dink before!" ”

Mianmian inherited his father's IQ gene, although he is not a genius child, but his language development and ability to act are much more advanced than children of the same age.

Later, Jiang Xiaomian did not have a second child. According to the Chinese thinking, men and women must be patriarchal. Not to mention China, I think most countries are like this. Jiang Xiaomian grew up in China, and naturally believes that the patriarchal phenomenon in China is more serious than in other countries. For example, when the firstborn gives birth to a daughter, they will be ready to welcome the son. What's more, in the towns and villages of Changnan, anyone who does not have a son will be looked down upon by the villagers. Jiang Xiaomian vaguely remembered that she heard Lin Shen say that Li Xiaohuan's birth was treated like this, so Xiaohuan's mother couldn't bear the divorce.

In the UK, it seems to be a preference for women. Since ancient China, there was no female emperor in the old society, and Wu Zetian was only the first and last female emperor, while Britain had at least several queens. According to the BBC, the results of organizing eleven-year-olds across the country to take regular exams showed that girls were outstanding. Although Chi Yanghe is Chinese, he has never said anything like "regret not having a son", and he has never told Jiang Xiaomian about the second child, as if he feels more sorry for Jiang Xiaomian.

When Chi Mianmian was three years old, Jiang Xiaomian took the initiative to mention the second child with Chi Yanghe, and asked him if he wanted to add a younger brother to Mianmian, if he didn't hurry up, he would pass the best age, Chi Yanghe said with a disdainful face: "It's good to be a daughter slave!" ”

"Ah, Daddy, my cards are upside down."

When Jiang Xiaomian heard the sound and looked over, he saw Mianmian squatting on the ground with his little face hanging down, babbling and looking up at his father, and the long dragon domi bone card stacked on the ground poured a row of small tails.

Mianmian really prefers her father, her mother stands with her father, and the first person she called was Chi Yanghe. Chi Yanghe went over and re-stacked the little tail with his daughter. The father and daughter were so cautious about the dominoes that their foreheads almost collided.

Although Mianmian reversed the cards, Jiang Xiaomian was still quite proud, and her daughter had successfully stacked independently before this. A child who has just entered kindergarten can fumble this thing neatly, and the mother should indeed be proud.

The prouder ones are still to come, and there is a wall of honor after growing up and going to school.

As an only daughter, Chi Mianmian enjoys the love of her parents alone at home. Both parents are well-known figures in the clothing industry, and there is never a lack of anything in material life, plus Mianmian is a proud daughter of the sky, and her childhood life could not be better. Suddenly, one year, a small incident happened that made Jiang Xiaomian a little distressed.

In the end, it's entangled in some kind of fate.

Jiang Xiaomian borrowed her daughter's computer one day, and when she was about to close the computer after everything, suddenly a QQ message box popped up unceremoniously, and she read the chat history between her daughter and the other party.

found out that her daughter was in early love.

The early love object is even more surprising, it is actually a literary wanderer 108,000 miles away from London. The two of them have only met once, and they don't know whether to count it as an online relationship or a long-distance relationship, Jiang Xiaomian is like a big enemy, and his line of sight suddenly breaks off.

Jiang Xiaomian immediately realized that Mianmian often mentioned going to Changnan during the holidays, and it turned out that he was a drunkard, not drinking.

It was also because of this incident that the mother and daughter had a fierce quarrel for the first time.

Undoubtedly, Jiang Xiaomian said that this was not allowed, and made a promise that the two of them were children playing at home, and their efforts were fruitless. Mianmian, on the other hand, believes that her mother has violated her personal privacy and has no right to express her opinion.

Mianmian didn't go home for the first time because of this incident. Jiang Xiaomian said that he would go out to look for someone, but Chi Yanghe was not worried at all, indicating that he believed that his daughter would handle this matter well and would not make too outrageous moves.

The reason why Jiang Xiaomian stacked up the cruel words that Mianmian and Wen Qian had no result was because he saw his former self in his daughter, and suddenly remembered that he was the same age as his daughter when he liked Xian Xinchen.

On the night when Chi Mianmian didn't return home at night, Jiang Xiaomian had a long talk with Chi Yanghe all night. The biggest difference between her and Chi Yanghe over the years is that in terms of parenting, she is too nervous and used to taking the child too closely; Chi Yanghe likes the loose type, and the premise of his loose raising is that he understands and has confidence in the child enough. The two Shari'ahs are diametrically opposed, and the husband and wife did not have any quarrels and conflicts because of this matter. Suddenly, one day something about puppy love broke out. Jiang Xiaomian realized that his control over the child was far inferior to Chi Yanghe.

No wonder Mianmian will kiss her father and mother.

The next day, Chi Mianmian came back and apologized to her mother. The daughter's practice verified Chi Yanghe's conjecture.

Jiang Xiaomian knew that the child had grown up, and he didn't want to be known by others for so many secrets. She wrote a letter to her daughter, giving her a precautionary note against the bad development. At twelve o'clock in the night, it was inserted into her room through the crack in the door.

So, this little turmoil passed like this, and nothing happened peacefully the next day. Jiang Xiaomian didn't know what kind of contact Mianmian still maintained with Wen Xuan, and later everyone forgot about this unpleasant episode.

Book Keju Reading Website: