Chapter 19: The Father
"Nuan Nuan, let's go, have a good rest at home."
"Sister, see you later."
Shu Nuan looked at the two relatives who said goodbye to him, smiled and waved his hand: "Okay, you guys walk slowly on the road, and come back quickly when you get to someone, don't be cold by the mountain breeze." ”
"Okay."
"Got it."
The two men over there answered, and gradually walked away.
Shu Nuan kept looking at the two people over there, until he couldn't see the shadow, and then slowly withdrew his gaze.
At her feet, a big cat in a sweater vest was licking its new clothes.
"Ah Huang, now there are only you and me left in the house."
As Shu Nuan spoke, she reached out and pinched the tip of the cat's ear, the big cat Ah Huang squinted at her slightly, and made a purring sound from her throat from time to time.
"You."
Shu Nuan smiled and reached out to point the tip of the big cat Ah Huang's nose, then sighed, and looked at the green mountains in the distance with a faint look.
It's in the middle of the mountains, surrounded by mountains, so you can't even if you don't want to see those peaks.
After looking at it for a while, she said to herself with some distraction: "What is there in the mountains this season?" There doesn't seem to be much ...... in winter."
It is said that they rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, but in fact, although the people here will go up the mountain, they all go up to dig a wild vegetable and pick a fruit or something.
As for those birds and beasts, all kinds of mountain delicacies, because they didn't dare to go too deep into the mountains, there really weren't.
At least she had lived in the village for so many years, and she had never set foot in the mountains once.
The big cat Ah Huang waited for the round cat pupils to look at her for a while, and after seeing that she didn't stretch out her hand to smooth her hair again, she moved her position closer to each other, and continued to comb her hair.
Shu Nuan here is thinking about things in a distraction, and on the other side of the mountain road, a group of people are looking forward to the return.
"Tick Tick ......"
The alarm clock on the cabinet in the room moved slowly, and the time passed quietly.
After stretching her waist, Shu Nuan looked up at the sun in the sky.
At this moment, the sun was already hanging directly above her head, and she estimated the time slightly, and had a rough idea in her heart.
"It's this time, and people haven't come back yet."
When I received the notice yesterday afternoon, I said that I had arrived in the town outside the mountain, and I would definitely return this morning.
But it's almost noon now, and it doesn't seem to have been picked up yet.
"Would you like to go over and have a look?"
Shu Nuan muttered to herself, stood up with her cane, and looked into the distance with her head tilted.
After she maintained this action for five minutes, two people slowly appeared on the winding and rugged village road.
"It's finally back."
At this point in time, whether you pick up someone or not, you should come back.
"You're back, have you picked it up?"
Shu Nuan limped over and asked with a smile.
"Got it."
Wu Huihong replied lightly, and then walked straight into the room.
Shu Nuan saw that the old man was depressed, frowned slightly, and turned his head to look at Shu Zheming behind him.
"Obviously, what's going on?"
Shu Zheming rubbed his eyes, revealing a pair of eyes like red rabbits: "Eldest sister, it's not my mother and sister yet." ”
When Shu Nuan heard this, a trace of irritability flashed in his eyes: "Are they embarrassing you again?" ”
"Hmm."
At the moment when Shu Zheming nodded, Shu Nuan couldn't help but feel a burst of anger in his heart.
She knew that now was not the time for her to sulk, so she asked, "Did Dad come back, and he didn't help you speak?" ”
Shu Zheming thought about his father, a touch of loss flashed in his eyes, and he replied with some grievances: "Dad is back, but he only likes them, not me." ”
As soon as Shu Zheming spoke, a mist surged in his eyes.
Shu Nuan looked at the young brother's aggrieved and uneasy expression, and hugged the person into his arms in distress.
That feeling of being ignored by her relatives, she can be said to be fuel-efficient. Therefore, at this moment, she fully understands her younger brother's feelings.
"Okay, big sister is here, let's not cry."
In the soft voice of Shu Nuan, Shu Zheming quickly recovered after a short period of depression.
After coaxing the younger brother into the room to read the writing homework, Shu Nuan began to think about whether to prepare for lunch, when the door of the small courtyard was opened from the outside.
"Mom, are you at home? Come home for lunch in a moment. ”
Shu Guoqiang shouted loudly as he stretched out his hand to push open the fence of the yard and walked in.
Shu Nuan was standing in the small vegetable garden at the back of the house thinking about what to eat at noon, and after suddenly hearing a familiar voice, he hurriedly turned around and looked back.
When she saw the middle-aged man wearing an army green coat, stepping on rubber shoes on his feet, and walking in with a smile on his face, the whole person was slightly stunned.
"Dad......" she shouted in an inaudible voice, and then continued to shout loudly, "Dad, you're back." ”
"I'm back." After Shu Guoqiang replied, he looked at her crutches and frowned. "Nuan Nuan, what's wrong with you?"
Shu Nuan lowered her head and glanced at her feet, and replied lightly: "Dad, I'm fine, I just broke a leg after being hit by a car." ”
"What do you mean by breaking a leg? Why didn't you call me if you were injured? Shu Guoqiang's eyes were full of disapproval when he looked at her, and walked over quickly to hold her arm. If the injury is not healed, don't stand all the time. Hurt your muscles and bones for a hundred days, you have to take care of it. ”
Shu Nuan felt the broad arms from his father, lowered his eyes slightly, and his attitude suddenly softened.
"Dad, I see."
"It's good to know, the body is the capital of the revolution, take good care of your body." Shu Guoqiang helped her to sit down on a bamboo chair, then slowly raised his eyes to look at the environment in the courtyard, and asked in a low voice, "What about your grandmother and your brother?" ”
Shu Nuan stretched out his hand and pointed to the house behind him: "They are in the house." ”
"Okay, you sit here for a while, and I'll talk to your grandmother for a while."
Shu Guoqiang rubbed the top of her hair and admonished, then walked towards the house.
Shu Nuan tilted her head and watched her father walk into the room, only then did she slowly retract her gaze and stretch out her arm.
In the past few days, she has been using crutches, and the most tiring thing is her arms.
"Dad is still the same."
She muttered in a voice that she could only hear, and as soon as she lowered her head, she saw Ah Huang sitting at her feet.
At this moment, her mood was much better for no reason.
After reaching out and pinching Ah Huang's pointed cat ears, she whispered to Ah Huang: "Ah Huang, you said that I am closer to my father now, will he protect me a little more in front of my mother in the future?" ”
Although her father did not care much about her, he always had a very important place in her heart, which is a fact that cannot be changed in the past or in the future.
In fact, she sometimes wonders, saying that the child is a piece of meat that falls from the mother's body, and there are many ruthless fathers, but there are few ruthless mothers.
And her various experiences made her feel that all this seemed to be reversed.