The two chatted and drank water, and before they knew it, time flew by, and it was more than ten o'clock in a blink of an eye.

Jia Shuanghua saw her looking at her watch from time to time, and couldn't help but tease: "What? Do you have anything else to do? Do you know what it means to keep looking at your watch when a guest comes? Want to drive me away? ”

"Where." Chen Xingling explained: "Xiaohuzi is out of school at half past ten, I have to remember to pick him up." It's all morning when his dad takes him to school and then goes to work. There are only two or three classes in the morning in elementary school, and school usually ends at half past ten. His dad got off work at half past eleven, and it was too late to pick him up, so I went for the time being. ”

Jia Shuanghua asked worriedly: "What should I do then?" We're going to start school next week! ”

"Let's talk about it." Chen Xingling explained: "My uncle's daughter-in-law has not gone to work for the time being. When we started the lesson, I asked her to help pick us up. ”

Jia Shuanghua couldn't help asking, "What about your mother-in-law?" She shouldn't have to work, right? The shipyard is so close to here, let her help pick up and drop off school, you are responsible for going to school, it shouldn't be difficult, right? ”

Chen Xingling smiled bitterly: "If she is reliable, the sow can go up the tree." Xiaohuzi has never washed his diaper once or fed him a mouthful of food since he was a child. Xiaohuzi doesn't like to follow her, and she can't believe it. ”

"Can't believe it?" Jia Shuanghuahu asked, "What do you mean?" Xiaohuzi is her own grandson, she won't abuse him, right? ”

Chen Xingling shook his head: "That's not going to happen." Xiaohuzi is the eldest grandson of their family, and his surname is 'Gu'. He's different from me, my surname is 'Chen'. ”

The mother-in-law has always treated her daughter-in-law as an outsider, even though she has been married to Gu Qi for several years, her thoughts and attitudes have never changed. She loves Xiaohuzi, but she is too lazy to take care of him, and the abuse is not enough.

She explained: "My mother-in-law is a very unreliable person, and she can forget things when she turns around. And, as soon as she was asked to work, she complained about the east and the west. The child was handed over to her to pick up, and I couldn't believe it at all. ”

Jia Shuanghua was stunned when she heard this, and secretly worried that if she got pregnant with a child after marriage, she and her cousin would have to go to class and work, and the child would only have to ask her parents-in-law to take care of her, and then her uncle would not know what kind of demon she was going to be.

Chen Xingling smiled bitterly: "Actually, this road is not far, and there are no cars, the children can just walk home by themselves, and the other children have no parents to pick them up." It's just that Xiaohuzi is still too young, and I'm really not at ease. ”

"That's it!" Jia Shuanghua said with a smile: "Everyone else goes to elementary school at the age of seven, but your family goes to the third grade when you are more than three years old - too small!" ”

At half past ten, Chen Xingling pedaled his bicycle to pick up his son from Shuiyue Primary School.

As soon as he was not far from the door of his house, he saw his son walking in the direction of home with four or five teenage boys chatting and talking.

The small team was mighty, and he walked at the front, carrying the small schoolbag she had prepared for him, his little mouth crackling, and his little face full of confident smiles.

Chen Xingling was stunned for a moment, and pinched the brakes.

"Little Tiger!"

Gu Yinmo raised his head, smiled and waved his hand: "Mom! ”

Then he ran across the street.

Several little boys hurriedly followed him and gathered around Xiaohuzi.

Chen Xingling didn't know why, and asked, "Why did you come back by yourself?" Didn't Mom tell you to wait under the big tree in front of the school? ”

"Nope." Xiaohuzi shook his hand: "Mom, the other children are walking home by themselves, and I can go home by myself." ”

Chen Xingling couldn't cry or laugh: "Other children are at least eight or nine years old, but you are not yet four years old!" ”

That's what worries her the most. The little guy is too thoughtful and clever to start his own business.

Xiaohuzi smiled and pointed to the big brother next to him and introduced: "Mom, they are all my classmates. They adore me and like me very much. Their homes were all here, and I asked them to take me home, and they all agreed. I also promised them that if they encountered a problem that they didn't know when they were writing their homework, they would come to me. ”

After speaking, the chubby little hand patted the fleshy little chest.

Chen Xingling: "......"

Four or five boys were embarrassed to laugh, and one or two of them were bold and shouted in a low voice, "Hello, Auntie." ”

Chen Xingling hurriedly greeted: "Hello children! That's—that's our house in front of that, let's go in and play for a while." ”

Xiaohuzi waved enthusiastically and shouted: "Come on, come on!" My house is a walled garden in front! The words 'Three Gardens' are written on it! My dad wrote it himself! However, I chose the name! ”

The children were a little shy, so they only stayed at the door for a while and then went home.

Before leaving, Chen Xingling gave each of them a candy and thanked them for sending Xiaohuzi back.

Out of the instinct of the old mother, she babbled and explained to them that Xiaohuzi was too young, everyone was a classmate, and they were also his big brothers and sisters, and I hoped that everyone could take more care of Xiaohuzi in the future.

A few children took the candy and ran home with a cigarette.

Xiaohuzi glanced at her unhappily, turned around and walked into the house.

Chen Xingling couldn't help but ask funny: "Hey! Gu Yinmo! What kind of eyes did you have just now?! ”

Xiaohuzi stopped, and his little face was full of depression.

"Mom, why do you say that to the children? Why don't you believe me? I can really walk to and from school on my own. ”

Chen Xingling helplessly explained: "You are too young, if you are as old as your big brothers-"

"I'm classmates with them!" Xiaohuzi exhaled angrily: "They don't recognize the words I can recognize." I'll count the math problems in your textbook, and they won't even be able to read them! ”

"It can't be compared." Chen Xingling corrected: "They are older than you, their strength is greater than yours, and they are taller than you. In case you encounter bad people who come to abduct and sell children, they will run faster than you. I let them take care of you and protect you, don't you think it's good? ”

“…… All right. Xiaohuzi's "arrogance" instantly became a lot shorter: "Of course I think it's good." I was just worried that you would worry too much about me, so I came back with them. I asked all the students in the class, and only a few of them lived in this direction. I told them that there is great power in numbers, so we should go home together, and the bad guys will be afraid when they see a lot of people, and they will not kidnap us. ”

"That's smart!" Jia Shuanghua, who was standing on the steps, hurriedly applauded and praised with a smile: "He is worthy of being Ling Ling's son!" Intelligent, reasonable, logical and thoughtful! ”

Xiaohuzi smiled and narrowed his eyes, and shouted crisply: "Hello Aunt Jia!" ”

Chen Xingling was still not very relieved, and said: "Remember my mother's words, if you are the only one, you must not run around by yourself." Bad guys like to attack children who are alone. ”

"Got it!" Xiaohuzi explained: "I made an appointment with them to start class at two o'clock in the afternoon, and at half past one they left to wait for me at our door, and then went to school together, and they must go back together after school." ”

Chen Xingling gave him a roll of the eyes: "They are all children." Without a watch, where do you know what time is half past one? ”

Watches are a rarity, and being able to wear them is a symbol of economic status.

Wealthier families will set up some clocks and watches at home to check the time, most of them need to be wound, most of them are wound once a day, and some are three days. In the case of a large clock, once a month.

Most of the poor or ordinary people do not have clocks, and they usually guess the approximate time by looking at the sky.

The child has no watch and no concept of time, how can he be waiting for him at the gate of the house at half past one on time!

Xiaohuzi turned his round head sideways and used "Are you okay?" Is your IQ okay? Complicated eyes looked at her.

"Mom, are you all right? The shipyard will ring the bell at half past one to go to work, and the bell can be heard far, far away. We can hear it all here, and the other children say they can hear it. I told them, and when they heard the bell, they came here to pick me up. They've all said yes. ”

Chen Xingling: "......"

Jia Shuanghua on the side was already smiling and bent over!