Cao'er is eight years old and has just entered the second grade.

"Grandma!"

As is customary, Cao'er shouts when she arrives at the door.

"Oh, the grass is back? I'm going to call my mom when I get home from school! ”

At the door of the living room sat two village women, washing celery. Cao'er knew them, but she didn't understand why they were sitting in front of their house washing vegetables today.

And, also said such inexplicable words: Mom? What mom?

"Cao'er, you have a mother from now on."

One of them, a middle-aged woman who was a little fatter, said with a smile when she saw the grass walking on the large stone slab in front of the porch.

Cao'er's face was full of doubts, but she was silent, just went to her grandmother to ask what happened.

"Grandma!"

"Oh, my granddaughter is out of school! Good granddaughter, do your own homework, grandma is busy today. “

"Grandma, what's wrong today? So many people? “

"Do something for your dad today."

Yun Xiu, the little aunt who was squatting in the kitchen while washing chili peppers, replied.

"You're going to have a mom in the future!"

Yun Yi, the little uncle who was squatting next to the stove and adding firewood, also said.

"Grandma? What's going on? “

Cao'er ran to her grandmother's side and helped hand over the leaves.

"Oh, it's your dad who did things today and found you a mother. In the future, you will have a father and a mother. “

Grandma explained to her granddaughter while chopping vegetables.

"Oh, grandma, am I still going to school tomorrow?"

"Come on, you have to be good to your mother when she comes in the future, you know?"

"Well, got it. Grandma, then I'll do my homework. “

"Good granddaughter, go ahead."

Cao'er was not too touched, she didn't have much concept of parents, and she didn't know what marriage represented.

Her life is only centered on her grandmother, and there is one more person in the family, as long as she is sure that her grandmother is still the same as before, then no matter what happens, she can't imagine what will change, and the impact on her will not be too great.

Therefore, although it seems that so many people are busy with it together, it seems to be very important, but it will not even be affected by the next day's school, so it is nothing at all.

Two days later, it was the weekend, Cao'er was playing with her uncles and aunts in the living room, and heard the eldest uncle Yungang say, "Sit down quickly, your father and mother are back." “

Cao'er was stunned for a moment, although she didn't know why, but she also sat on the small bench next to her uncle.

I only heard the backyard door squeak open and was pushed open, and my father walked into the living room with a young woman, and the Yunxin brothers and sisters in the living room were all sitting, making way for the newlywed eldest brother and sister-in-law.

"Cao'er, call my mother quickly."

Uncle Yun Gang and Yun Jin were smiling and urging at the grass beside them.

"Well, Cao'er, call Mother."

Grandma also came out of the kitchen and stood at the kitchen door and said from afar.

Cao'er stood up, walked in front of her father and his new wife, just blocking the way of the two of them, looked up curiously at the woman everyone called her "mother", and hesitated.

"How?"

The father's tone was inquiring, perhaps he didn't expect his daughter to speak. After all, as a father himself, his daughter has never screamed so far.

"Mother."

Cao'er let go of the finger that was biting her mouth and screamed.

Everyone exclaimed, and then praised.

After Cao'er finished her task, she sat back in her place as if she hadn't heard anyone else's words, and continued to play with the small bamboo stick in her hand.

The father's face seemed to move, and he didn't say anything, so he took Cao'er's mother back to the room.

After all, it was the first time for my mother to really come into contact with grass, and the strangeness in her eyes was understandable. Cao'er called her, she was not mentally prepared yet, and she had not yet responded, which was understandable.

Little grass, of course, can't think of this, but he just thinks that he should be called, so he calls, and the rest is not his own business, so he naturally no longer pays attention to the reaction of his father and mother, and he doesn't care whether his mother should respond to him at that time.

She only remembered that she wanted to see if this woman, who would be called "Niang", would be as warm and loving to herself as her grandmother, so she looked up and met the strange but still clear eyes of this young woman.

What she remembers is the gaze she looks at her.

In the next few days, Cao'er's sister-in-law, younger siblings, and nephews all came, Cao'er's father and uncles accompanied the guests, and Cao'er played with her mother's little nephew.

The little nephew is two or three years younger than Cao'er. In the morning, Cao'er Niang came over to help her little nephew wash his face. Cao'er sat on the threshold of the living room and looked at it, waiting for her little nephew to come and play with her after washing her face.

Yunxiu, the little aunt who came from the room, saw the new sister-in-law washing her nephew's face, but Cao'er was left to dry and ignored, so she said to Cao'er:

"Cao'er, your mother doesn't like you."

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

Cao'er continued to lower her head and play with the gadget in her hand, not thinking much about it.

"You see, she washes her nephew's face, but she doesn't wash you."

"Oh, my face was washed for me by my grandmother."

Cao'er explained.

"Then she can ask if you wash it?"

The little aunt continued.

"Well, I'm done washing, don't ask."

Cao'er really can't think that she has already asked her grandmother to wash her face, why should her mother ask again? It doesn't matter if she asks or not. The simple grass is like a pool of clear water in my heart, clear to the bottom, and there is no dust.

In the past month, Cao'er has not had much contact with her mother. Although grandma will match each other during meals, they do not take the initiative with each other.

During the summer vacation, Cao'er was at home every day, and she had a lot more opportunities to contact her mother. The mother began to comb Cao'er's hair, put her short black hair on top of her head, and tied a big red flower the size of Cao'er's palm, Cao'er giggled happily and shyly, and looked out the door.

"Go out and ask the brother and sister next door and let them see if it's good?"

"Hee-hee-hee, well, I'm embarrassed to ......"

Cao'er was actually quite willing to bear the big red flower of Niangzha, but after all, it was the first time to be so conspicuous, and she felt embarrassed, so she was a little shy and didn't dare to go out. The mother saw that Cao'er really didn't dare to go out with flowers, so she beckoned her over:

"I'm embarrassed not to wear it, wait until I'm embarrassed to wear it again!"

As he spoke, he removed the big red flower on the top of Cao'er's head and combed Cao'er's hair neatly.

Seeing the safflower being plucked, Cao'er felt a little lost in her heart, but after all, it was the same as before, and she would not attract too much attention, so she went out with a smile and went to play with her brother and sister next door.

In this way, the mother and daughter began to get acquainted with each other, and the mother would also take the grass to work in the field, or go to the drying field to clean up the dried grain together. Grandma and the family also encouraged Cao'er to have more contact with her mother.

But in Cao'er, as long as you can eat and sleep together with your grandmother in the same space every day, and your mother is good to herself, she also listens to her mother. Subconsciously, she felt that she should listen to her mother, but why she should listen, she couldn't think deeply. However, she is not familiar enough to take the initiative to stay with her mother, but she is used to doing whatever her mother asks her to do.