In fact, this time is the busiest time in the store, and Cheng Jiahua would rather come back at the busiest time, which is enough to prove how determined he is. He himself was a little hesitant in his heart, Cheng Yan had just finished the exam, and he should have stayed at home for a while to accompany the two children, but the matter of Hetu made his heart unbearable, and he couldn't calm down. He held on to a glimmer of hope, maybe the two of them stayed alone together for a while, and the relationship would be better, maybe Hetu would listen to him, break off with that person, and the family would live a good life again. It was this glimmer of hope that made his heart, which had not been impulsive for a long time, become impulsive, and he wanted to leave the place where he was in right now with Hedi.

Today is the day when Cheng Yan's exam is finished, and the store has called several times to urge him to go back quickly. Cheng Jiahua even prepared her luggage, fidgeted, and walked out of the door from time to time to see if the mother and daughter were back.

In the distance, he saw the two of them. Hedi's pace dragged and slow, and Cheng Yan strode towards him after seeing him, and before he could speak, Cheng Yan said with a smile: "Dad! I'm done! ”

"Well, how did you do on the test?" Cheng Jiahua asked absentmindedly, glancing at Hetu in the distance.

"It's good." Cheng Yan said, "Dad, do you want to take my mother with you?" ”

Cheng Jiahua retracted his gaze, glanced at his daughter, hesitated for a second, and then nodded.

"Then take me with you, I just finished the exam and want to have fun!" Cheng Yan hurriedly said, she looked at her father expectantly, waiting for his father's answer.

Cheng Jiahua glanced at her in surprise, smiled, and said, "What are you doing with a girl?" Stay home and take care of your brother. ”

"Then my mother can go ......" the corners of Cheng Yan's mouth drooped and muttered dissatisfiedly.

"Your mother is a woman." Cheng Jiahua said, and gently pushed his daughter, "Come in." ”

Cheng Yan looked at his father and wanted to say a few words, but he opened his mouth and never said it. She grabbed the strap of her school bag, turned around and walked towards the house, looking depressed and aggrieved.

He Tu looked at the expressions of the father and daughter, and saw that Cheng Yan was pushed into the door by her husband, and knew that it was not done. The last glimmer of hope in her eyes vanished, and her expression became cold and gloomy.

"Hurry up, pack up and go to the car, the store is urgent." Cheng Jiahua didn't wait for her to approach, and stepped in front of her in three or two steps. He Tu exhaled in annoyance and said, "What is urging, and then urging is like this." She deliberately slowed down her pace and slowly walked into the door behind Cheng Jiahua, who was like a burning butt.

Unexpectedly, there was a small package next to their packed luggage, Cheng Lin stood next to the luggage with his hands behind his back, and said solemnly: "I want to go too." ”

"What are you going to do? Don't mess around. Cheng Jiahua was in a hurry, and he stepped forward to leave with his luggage.

"Dad! I'm going too! If you don't let me go, I'll go too! I'm going to follow you and learn from you! Cheng Lin's eyes widened, and his voice became louder.

"What a skill!" Cheng Jiahua was impatient, he turned his head to look at his son, "Stay at home with your sister, remember to do your homework, don't start school and ask the teacher to call your father to school." ”

"I don't want to do my homework! I don't want to go to school, I want to learn from you! Cheng Lin picked up the small package, strode to his father and stopped, with a great momentum of not giving up.

Cheng Jiahua was stunned, he looked at his son, he was about to catch up with him, although the expression on his face was still a little childish, but he already looked like an adult, there was a stubbornness in his eyes, his thick brows were tightly wrinkled, and there was a trace of Cheng Tielong's aura. He couldn't help but laugh and asked, "You really want to go?" ”

"Hmm!" Cheng Lin nodded vigorously.

Cheng Jiahua thought to himself, anyway, the school is on vacation, it is better to take his son to see the world, and let him learn some skills as he said, which is not a bad thing to think about, but after going there is one more person to eat. In addition, the relationship between him and Hetu is now stiff, and one more person can adjust the adjustment, so it doesn't have to be so embarrassing, thinking about it, his mouth relaxed, nodded, and said, "Okay, I'll take you there." ”

Cheng Lin heard that his father agreed, as if he was happy, and hurriedly turned around to help his father carry his luggage. Cheng Jiahua smiled with satisfaction, turned around to go out, and suddenly saw Cheng Yan hiding behind the door, looking at them aggrievedly.

Cheng Jiahua's heart softened, and he suddenly felt guilty. He remembered that Cheng Yan had just begged him, if she was younger, she could take it, but she was old, and it was inconvenient for her to live anywhere. Cheng Jiahua sighed and said, "Wait for Dad to come back and buy you a gift." ”

Cheng Yan nodded and did not speak. She had heard this kind of thing many times, but she also knew that the result was either forgotten or had no chance to achieve it. For her, her father's promise was like a blank piece of paper, which could be broken with a light poke. But even so, she couldn't bear to touch her father's wishes, so she had to pretend that she believed it. At this moment, she felt very uncomfortable in her heart, they had already abandoned themselves once, and this time they were going to abandon themselves again.

"Xiao Yan." He called, reached out and searched in his pocket, found a hundred yuan, and stuffed it into his daughter's hand, "After the exam, I will also go out to get together with my friends and have a good time, you will live at your grandmother's house during this time, I have already told your grandmother, and when we leave later, you can also pack up and pass." ”

Cheng Yan stared down at the money in his hand, and after a while, he nodded silently.

"Going to her grandmother's house." He Di opened his mouth and said, "Xiao Yan, you go to clean up, go to your aunt's house to live first." ”

Cheng Yan felt like a worthless rag doll, discarded at will.

"My daughter is so old, let her go to her aunt's house to live, where is it convenient." Cheng Jiahua said again, "Go to your grandmother's house." ”

"Is it convenient to live in your house?" He Tu sneered, "I have already told her aunt that when the notice comes down, I will send Xiao Yan to her grandmother's house." ”

Cheng Jiahua frowned and said, "You have to go against me?" Where did my parents treat you and Xiao Yan badly? ”

"I don't know if it's good for Xiao Yan, but you still don't know what to do with me?" He Tu sneered.

Cheng Yan saw that his parents were about to quarrel about where he was going, and hurriedly said: "Don't quarrel, I'm such a big person, I know where to go, so you can set off with peace of mind." ”

He Di threw down the bag in his hand, walked to Cheng Yan's side, his eyes wandered, and he said in his mouth: "I don't know what some people are doing in a hurry to reincarnate, and they can't even wait for their daughter's exam results." ”

Cheng Jiahua snorted coldly and said, "Because why don't you know it yourself?" ”

"Okay, okay, aren't you going to catch a car?" Cheng Yan stuffed the money into his pocket and said to his parents, "Hurry up, I'll go to my grandmother's house later." ”

"Yes, this is Dad's good daughter." Cheng Jiahua smiled at this time, lifted his luggage with Hetu, and said, "Let's go." ”

The room soon became quiet as the three men left.

At first, because of this unusual quietness, Cheng Yan felt a little flustered, she couldn't sit or stand, and she was at a loss. She soon missed her parents, her eyes moistened, and her heart felt very uncomfortable, but it was not long before her head suddenly brightened, and the discomfort disappeared in an instant, and she stood up, closed the door, and began to ponder what to eat for dinner.

She made her own noodles, and when she smelled the fragrance of her own hands, she felt so satisfied that she couldn't help but take a deep breath and say to herself, "This is what it feels like to be free." ”

Mother and brother are gone, no one restricts her movements, and no one uses her as a punching bag at every turn, how beautiful it feels, she can even call her classmates to play at home, she can go to her classmates' house to play, and she can spend the night, and no one nags. After dinner, she didn't even wash the dishes, and excitedly ran to the wardrobe in her parents' bedroom, opened the cabinet door, took out her mother's clothes and skirts from it, changed them one by one, and looked at herself in the mirror. After a while, she smiled shyly: "It's so good-looking." ”

Immediately afterward, she ran to her mother's dresser, took out all kinds of cosmetics and smeared them on her face, painting a young and childish face like a white-faced female ghost, she couldn't help but smile in the mirror, poked her reflection on the mirror with her index finger, and smiled: "It's ugly!" How did you paint yourself so ugly! ”

Tired of dressing up, she sat down in a chair, took the hundred dollars out of her pocket, and thought about what to buy for something delicious and fun. But she couldn't figure out what to buy and play, so she had to put the money back up, pouted and looked in the mirror for a long time, and began to wipe the things on her face.

In the silence, there was a knock on the door.

Cheng Yan was so startled that he almost jumped up from his chair. Her first reaction was that her parents were back! She looked down at the clothes on her body and the makeup on her face, and she was about to cry in a panic. But the more panicked I became, the strap of the dress seemed to be tied with a dead knot, and I couldn't untie it. At this time, the knock on the door rang again, Cheng Yan took a few deep breaths, forced himself to calm down, moved his steps and quietly walked out, leaning on the window and looking out.

There was no figure in sight, so she untied the strap with her hand and pressed her face to the glass again.

"Xiao Yan?" There was a human voice outside the door, very small, it was a man's voice.

As soon as Cheng Yan heard this voice, his heart was settled. This was Uncle Zheng's voice, she breathed a sigh of relief, the strap of her clothes was suddenly untied again, she took off her coat, walked to the door with her clothes in her arms, and asked through the door, "What's wrong?" ”

"You open the door." Zheng Xi said, "Your mother asked me to send you something." ”

"My mom is gone, what are you sending me?"

"I'll bring you something to eat."

Cheng Yan pursed his lips and said, "You wait." She went back to the house, quickly washed off the makeup on her face, changed into her own clothes, and then went out and opened the door, and couldn't help but be surprised to see Zheng Xi carrying a big bag of snacks in his hand.

"Is this all for me?"

"For you." Zheng Xi handed her the bag and said with a smile, "Today's exam is over, your mother is not at home during this time, you take care of yourself by yourself, and your uncle doesn't know what to send you, so he bought some food, you see if you like to eat." ”

Cheng Yan took the bag, feeling a little embarrassed and a little moved, she sniffed and said, "I love to eat." ”

"That'll do." Zheng Xi said, glancing around, "It's also dark, you lock the door before going to bed at night, pay attention to safety." By the way, did you have dinner? ”

"Eat." Cheng Yan looked at Zheng Xi's face in the dark, and there was some concern on that gentle face.

"Then I'll go, you lock the door." After speaking, Zheng Xi turned around and left, took two steps, turned around and waved at her.

Cheng Yan stood in the door and looked at him fixedly, not knowing what it was like. Her father had never cared so much about her, but a strange man, who was just a friend of her mother, cared so much about her. When he was flattered, Cheng Yan felt cold in his heart, as if someone had poured a bucket of hot water, and the hot water instantly became cold again.

After two or three days at home, the beautiful sense of freedom that made her feel was gone, her mother was not at home, no one cleaned the house, and no one cooked delicious meals. Although she can make some herself, her skills are much worse, and she is lazy, so she has to eat only one meal a day, and when she is hungry, she eats the snacks that Zheng Xi bought for her. Although her father asked her to go to her grandmother's house, she didn't want to go, and secondly, after she felt that she was governor, her grandparents' attitude towards her was much colder, and they treated Siwen and Siyi much better than her, and this feeling gap made her reluctant to go to that house. After staying up for a few days, it was finally time to send the notice, and she got up early that day, freshened up and went straight to her classmates, and went to school with her classmates to get the notice.

Although he had expected the result, Cheng Yan still felt very excited when he got the notice from the key middle school. She was anxious to tell her parents the good news, so she found a small shop and called her from a public phone when she left the school gate.

Of course, the parents were very happy, especially the father, who praised himself again and again, saying that his family finally had a student from a key school. Under her father's praise, Cheng Yan's complaints about her father gradually dissipated, she smiled shyly, listened carefully to her parents' instructions, and felt unprecedented joy and happiness in her heart.

Hung up the phone, she rushed to the house, she didn't want to stay alone in the empty and silent home, she wanted to go to her grandfather's house!

I just ran to the door, but I saw a boy waiting there. Cheng Yan stopped, looked at him suspiciously, and recognized it for a long time before he recognized it as Keyi's cousin. It's just that they haven't seen each other a few times, and they haven't spoken a few times, Cheng Yan couldn't help but be a little shy, moved his steps to him, and shouted, "Cousin? ”

Ke Yi lowered his head and glanced at her, he had grown very tall, a head taller than his peers, white and pure, with a calm look between his eyebrows. After glancing at Cheng Yan, he stopped looking at her and said, "My mother asked me to pick you up." ”

"Huh?" Cheng Yan looked at him suspiciously, not understanding what he meant.

"Your mother asked my mother to take you to grandma's house." Keyi explained, and he turned his head away, "You go and clean up." ”

Cheng Yan suddenly said "You wait" quickly, she ran past him and ran towards the house, hurriedly cleaned up, because she only brought a few clothes and nothing homework, her luggage was much simpler, locked the door, she ran to Keyi and said, "Let's go." ”

The two men walked side by side in silence, neither of them saying a word. The atmosphere was a little awkward and a little awkward. finally got to the aunt's house, and when he saw the aunt waiting at the door, Cheng Yan breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had just been freed from some difficult place.

As soon as Hexin saw her, she smiled and shouted, "Come in." ”

Cheng Yan was a little shy, although she was in a place, she rarely saw her aunt, and when she came to her aunt's house at this time, she couldn't help but feel even more cramped when she looked at the magnificent home decoration.

"Here, eat some fruit first." Hexin let her into the living room, brought a pot of fruit in front of her, looked at her again, and said with a smile, "I haven't seen her for so long, Xiao Yan has grown up." ”

"Hmm." Cheng Yan smiled shyly, and his face couldn't help but blush.

At this time, a person came in noisily outside the door, it was his cousin Ke Qin, he saw Cheng Yan, he was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and asked, "Mom, where are my shoes?" ”

"Hang on the windowsill and find it yourself." He Xin turned around and said, and continued to talk to Cheng Yan.

Cheng Yan took a closer look at Ke Qin, and saw that the boy had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and his expression was full of cleverness, as if he was not his biological brother with Cousin Keyi. She answered her aunt's question seriously, and gradually felt uncomfortable and became more and more cramped.

"I'll take you to the station later." Hexin seemed to see her uneasiness, stood up and smiled, "It's good to hear your mother say that you have been admitted to the market." ”

Cheng Yan smiled embarrassedly.

"Look at my two sons, none of them can compare to yours, it seems that your mother is blessed."

"Is it blessed?" Cheng Yan thought secretly in his heart, but he still had a smile on his face and remained silent.

After Hexin sent her to the car, Cheng Yan put away the smile on his face, as if that smile was just an external mask, and when she was alone, she didn't have to put it out.

This is the first time she has gone out alone, usually with her mother, she feels very novel, although this bus, this road has passed several times, this time she feels as if it is the first time to ride, the whole person is full of freshness. Waiting excitedly for an hour, she finally arrived at the familiar intersection, she jumped out of the car with her schoolbag, took a deep breath first, looked left and right, and saw several children standing on the road next to her, looking at her curiously, and next to them stood a swarthy boy, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, with a smile.

"Uncle!" Cheng Yan shouted. Hefu smiled, walked over, reached out and wanted to take the backpack on her shoulder, but Cheng Yan dodged it, and said, "I'll just carry it myself, it's not heavy." ”

"I heard your mother say that she went to another place, why didn't you go?" Hefu asked, and the two turned their heads and walked in the direction of home.

"I'm going to wait for the results." Cheng Yan said, "Is Xiao Chen here?" "Xiao Chen is Herui's daughter, and she is eight years old this year.

"It's been here a long time ago." He Fu said, a pair of dark eyes shining. He is thin and tall, because he has been busy with farm work all year round, and the half-exposed arms have significantly thick blood vessels, which looks very strong, only that face is still delicate, and he smiles shyly at Cheng Yan's questions from time to time.

The two walked forward side by side, and the familiar and somewhat old gate soon appeared in front of them, and there were several little girls standing at the door, holding hands and looking at Cheng Yan curiously. Cheng Yan looked at the timid and curious magic on their faces, and couldn't help but move in his heart, the inferiority complex of the past suddenly disappeared, and a trace of superiority was born.

But anyway, in her grandfather's house is still her happiest time, although there are only two old people and a young uncle at home, but every day the yard is full of laughter, never abused, gloomy atmosphere, this is Cheng Yan's favorite, in such an environment, she feels relaxed and warm, compared to the home with her mother and younger brother, it is like paradise.

But time always flies in a leisurely and happy state, and the date to report to the new school is approaching soon, and Cheng Yan is about to leave this small and warm courtyard. She packed up her things, reluctantly said goodbye to her grandfather, and followed her uncle along the dirt road in the direction of the station. Her mood was very low and lost, and her steps became heavy, falling behind her body.

He Fu turned around, looked at her suspiciously, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Cheng Yan smiled reluctantly and said, "It's nothing." ”

"Be happy, aren't you going to a new school?" He Fu said, suddenly laughing, "I'm still a little envious of you now." ”

"What do you envy me?"

"I envy you for going to a good school." He Fu said, still with a smile in his eyes, but there was no trace of envy on his face.

Cheng Yan smiled, the loss in his heart gradually lightened, and he couldn't help but say, "Uncle, anyway, you are not very old, you can continue to go to school." ”

He Fu shook his head and smiled gently, "I'm afraid it's too late, you study hard, you and your brother Keyi are two college students from our family, you must fight for our family." ”

Cheng Yan pursed her lips and nodded firmly, she suddenly recalled what she heard her grandmother say a few days ago, and vaguely remembered that this brother-in-law had already made up his mind and planned to marry a newcomer in the next year.

She couldn't help but sigh in her heart, looking at her uncle's slightly immature figure, she couldn't help but shake her head, I don't know why, I should still be at the age when I should work hard for my dreams, but I want to start a family at this time. Maybe the uncle is really like he himself said, "It's too late".

When Cheng Yan was about to report to the new school, his father came back with his mother and younger brother. As soon as they came back, the empty home suddenly became lively, the usual silence disappeared, and Cheng Yan couldn't be quiet anymore. But her heart was filled with the excitement of going to a new school, but she couldn't calm down, packing up the things she wanted to use in school, for fear of leaving something behind. When she went to report to school, her parents accompanied her, she only carried her schoolbag, but the bedding supplies were all on her father's back, and her mother carried a large bag of daily necessities in her hand, holding Cheng Yan's arm, and looked around curiously.

"Oh, it's a key school, but it's different from the school in our small county." He Tu sighed, glanced at his daughter with a smile, and said, "You, just study hard here, get admitted to a good university and find a good job in the future, and I will be at ease." ”

Cheng Yan nodded with a smile, glanced back at his father, who was lying on his back, and couldn't help but feel nervous, and hurriedly asked, "Dad, is it heavy?" ”

"It's not heavy." Cheng Jiahua smiled, glanced at the brick-red building in front of him, and asked, "It should be here, right?" ”

"Hmm." Cheng Yan nodded, bit his lip, and suddenly became a little nervous in his heart.

The family of three entered the lobby on the first floor, asked the dormitory manager at the door, and walked towards Cheng Yan's dormitory. The corridor is full of parents who come to see off their children, some are smiling and admonishing, some are frowning and worried, but their faces are full of care and worry for their children, as if without them, the children will not be able to survive. The other seven people in Cheng Yan's dormitory had already arrived, and they were busy making their beds, and when they saw Cheng Yan coming in, they couldn't help but straighten up and look at them.

He Tu has always loved to talk and laugh, and immediately talked to several other pairs of parents, while making Cheng Yan's bed neatly. Cheng Yan was timid, glanced at a few other people, and then shrank aside and didn't speak. Seeing that his parents were about to send them away after tidying up, Cheng Yan pursed his lips tightly, and there was a trace of reluctance in his heart.

"I think it's very good here, the teachers are good, the school is good, the canteen is good, you can study here, and if you don't have money, you can ask your dad for it, you know?" Cheng Jiahua said, turned around and walked outside. He Tu stopped and looked at Cheng Yan twice, she couldn't tell what emotion was in her eyes, and it took a long time before she smiled and said, "Okay, let's go." ”

"Mom." Cheng Yan screamed and closed his mouth tightly.

He Tu nodded at her, looking at the little girl in front of her who was full of grievances, and her heart couldn't help but tighten. Yes, my daughter has grown up, and she is no longer the fledgling sparrow, maybe her future is very bright, and she will live a much happier life than herself. Thinking like this, Hedi suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, and she hurriedly turned around and walked outside without pause.

Watching her parents' figures disappear outside the lobby, Cheng Yan's heart rose with a wordless emotion, at this moment, she felt that she had really grown up and had to take on everything that her parents had borne for herself in the past.