Looking at the black and thin little boy standing in front of her, Zhao Hongying showed a look of disbelief.

"Taotao?" She asked tentatively again.

It felt like everything was unreal, it felt like a dream.

As soon as she wanted to say more, she saw Tao Congzhi rush into the shop, and then rummaged under the counter.

Zhao Hongying looked at him blankly.

"Mom, where's my potato chips? Did you eat it? ”

Seeing that he didn't find what he wanted, Tao Congzhi sighed deeply.

"Taotao?" Looking at the person in front of her, Zhao Hongying called out tentatively again.

"Mom~, it's me." Tao Congzhi scratched his head, revealing a hint of shyness.

"It's really my naughty bag." Zhao Hongying asked in a trembling voice.

Then she reached out and touched Tao Congzhi's cheek, the delicate and soft skin, which gave her some realism.

"Taotao."

"Mom."

Tao Congzhi reached out and pressed the back of his mother's hand, so that her palm was more closely attached to his cheek.

"I miss you."

If it was in the past, he would never have done this, he has entered adolescence, he is a little introverted, he is not good at expressing his heart, he simply does not have the courage to do such a thing, saying such a thing, he feels embarrassed to think about himself.

And he said that he missed Zhao Hongying because Zhao Hongying could see him and talk to him, which gave him a sense of existence, instead of being ignored all the time, and that feeling was definitely not a good experience.

When Zhao Hongying heard this, she couldn't hold it back anymore and hugged him in her arms.

"My little naughty bag, Mom misses you too, Mom wants to die, what's wrong, where have you been?"

Zhao Hongying cried.

Tao Congzhi, who originally thought that he was a man and would be embarrassed when he cried, where could he take care of so much at this time, and he was also in Zhao Hongying's arms, crying loudly.

"Mom, I miss you...... Woowoo woo ......"

"Mom misses you too, Mom thinks about our naughty bag all the time."

"You can't see me, you can't hear me...... I'm so sad......"

"I'm sorry...... Sorry ......"

Zhao Hongying didn't know what she did wrong, but subconsciously said sorry.

"I want to eat the braised pork ribs you burned mom......"

"Mom will cook it for you, tell me whatever you want to eat, and I'll make it for you."

Zhao Hongying let go of Tao Congzhi, held his little face, and felt that he had lost weight, a lot of weight.

But this is just her illusion, just like all mothers in the world, as long as they don't see their children for a while, they always feel that they haven't eaten well outside, and they have lost weight.

"Let's go home with Mom."

Zhao Hongying took Tao Congzhi's hand and was about to close the store and go home.

Tao Congzhi is very sensible and helps his mother pack up her things at home, just like in the past, which makes Zhao Hongying feel unreal again, but this time, she doesn't feel that she is dreaming now, but everything in the past seems to be in a dream, but now she wakes up from the dream.

The son didn't have any accidents, he has always been by her side, and he has always been very well-behaved.

"Wait until you're ready." Zhao Hongying pulled her son out of the door, unwilling to let go for a moment.

"Alas, the uncles and aunts who sell vegetables have all gone back, and there are no vegetables at home, so I knew that I would buy more vegetables." Seeing the empty vegetable market shop, Zhao Hongying was slightly disappointed.

But soon he said energetically: "But it doesn't matter, Mom bought you your favorite roast duck and braised beef." ”

After speaking, he pulled Tao Congzhi and walked towards a pickled vegetable stall at the exit of the vegetable market.

"Mom~" Tao Congzhi grabbed Zhao Hongying's hand and did not move.

"What's the matter, I don't want to eat braised vegetables, then when we go back, pass by the supermarket, go to the supermarket to buy some meat and go home, and then my mother will buy you potato chips, the bag of potato chips you ate before has been put for too long, and my mother has already helped you ......"

The more Zhao Hongying said, the paler her face became, it turned out that everything that had happened in the past two months was not a dream.

"Mom, I'm dead, I met Brother Fairy, Brother Fairy said, let me come back and say my final goodbye to you, I still don't run around, otherwise I will scare others." Tao Congzhi is very sensible and authentic.

"Bah, kid, don't talk nonsense, aren't you good, what do you say about dying."

Zhao Hongying said this, but her face was full of sadness, her voice was even more trembling, she reached out and stroked her son's cheek, the grief in her heart was uncontrollable, and tears soon moistened her eyes.

She stroked the palm of her son's cheek, all the way down, and finally stopped at Tao Congzhi's neck.

His fingertips gently rubbed his neck, and he asked in a trembling voice, "Does it hurt?" ”

Tao Congzhi nodded, "It hurts, it's still cold." ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's my parents who are not good, it's us who didn't take care of you......"

Zhao Hongying felt that her heart was broken into pieces, the pain was so painful that it was difficult to breathe, and the whole person felt dizzy.

Because outside the store, Zhao Hongying's cry could easily cause some shopkeepers who were still open, Tao Congzhi remembered Song Ci's explanation, reached into his pocket, and pressed the button on the pocket watch.

This time, Tao Congzhi did not cry, and comforted his mother in turn.

"Mom, don't be sad, didn't you say before that you wanted to give me a younger brother and sister? You and dad have a child, I want a younger sister, but my brother is okay, my brother will definitely be as naughty as me, and when the time comes, you will have a hard time. ”

Listening to Tao Congzhi comforting himself like a little adult, Zhao Hongying felt even more sour in her heart.

"Mom, let's go home, I miss home, I miss Dad."

"Well, let's go home, let's go home......"

Hearing her son say this, Zhao Hongying held back her tears and pulled Tao Congzhi in the direction of home.

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"Tao Guangcai, why are you still sitting here in a daze, don't you eat at noon?"

The boss of the nearby steel structure business passed by the door of Tao Guangcai and saw that he was still sitting there in a daze, so he shouted.

"Boss Liu, you don't have much appetite, are you going to eat?"

"My friend told me to drink, and every day, I drank so much that my stomach hurt." The other party said, reaching out and touching the back of the waist.

Then he said, "You're busy with you, let's go." ”

said, without waiting for Tao Guangcai to speak, he left with a bag and a big belly.

Tao Guangcai didn't care, sat down again, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and lit it for himself.

In the midst of the smoke, it seems that he saw his wife coming back with her son, and seemed to be talking to him about something.

What to say? He felt the voice coming from a very distant distance, vague, and could not hear it very clearly, as if asking him if he had cooked.

"I don't have an appetite, I don't really want to eat." He muttered.

His eyes fell through the smoke and on his son's smiling little face, and in a trance, he really felt as if he saw his son standing in front of him.

"Daddy~"

At that moment, a crisp cry rang in his ears.

Tao Guangcai's fingers trembled, and the soot fell.

"Son...... Son? ”

His eyes widened, and he hurriedly reached out to disperse the smoke in front of him.

I saw his wife standing in front of him with her son.

PS: People are not very comfortable, there is a feeling of impotence, this chapter is written intermittently, the whole person is very out of state, I'm really sorry.

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