Chapter 38.1
Zhu Pan’s words set off a big wave in Ji Ningyi’s heart.
It was indeed like this before Zhile was born. Everyone was living a good life, everything belonged to him alone, everything in the family, and Mom’s love belonged to him alone.
But, he doesn’t hate Zhile. He grew up watching Zhile. His mother did not like the two of them when she was sick. He grew up playing with Zhile. Zhile did not like Mom, so he would tell Zhile that everything would be fine when Mom wasn’t sick.
It’s just that Mom isn’t sick anymore, but everything doesn’t seem to be completely getting better.
It turns out that Zhile will not only grow up with him, be his younger brother and best friend, but Zhile will also share his mother’s love.
Zhile was sick yesterday, so Mom had to take care of him and the remaining story of the daffodils was not finished.
Zhu Pan asked, “Do you like your brother?”
Ji Ningyi suddenly did not dare to look her in the eyes, he said, “I like it.”
It’s true, it turned out to be a favorite.
Zhu Pan said: “You are lying, no one likes younger brothers.”
She said: “Many girls in our class have younger brothers and they don’t like it, just like me.”
Ji Ningyi said: “No, Zhile is different from them. Zhile will not sue.”
As soon as Ji Ningyi raised his voice a little, he could completely refute Zhu Pan’s words like this.
Zhu Pan said: “Even if he won’t sue, after he was born, his parents only cared about him alone.”
Ji Ningyi pursed his lips tightly, wanting to refute, but did not know what to say.
Zhu Pan said: “I’m going to bed. Tomorrow, I will help your Grandma grow vegetables so that I can return what I ate and slept during the two days at your house.”
Zhu Pan left, but Ji Ningyi did not. Zhu Pan’s words came to his mind. It would be great if his younger brother disappeared. It turned out that our family lived well without him.
It turned out that Ji Ningyi had never had such an idea. What he had at most was that it would be great if his mother could give him more love for Zhile.
But, he told himself that he was an older brother and he had to take care of Zhile. When he was as old as Zhile, his mother gave him a lot of love.
When the child grows up slowly, he has to be sensible, and the sensible child will be more likable. But he sometimes doesn’t understand why Zhile is not sensible, but his mother also likes him.
Zhu Pan’s words are undoubtedly a huge rock, smashing a huge wave in Ji Ningyi’s turbulent heart.
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The next day was a good day, the sun was mild but not hot, occasionally hiding in the clouds.
Ji Zhile was alive and kicking again, he said, “I want to grow cabbage!”
Woke up talking about cabbage, Cheng Yangjiao said: “Growing cabbage is very tiring, you can’t give up halfway through planting, and you have to finish everything.”
Ji Zhile straightened his small chest: “Don’t worry, Grandma!”
The vegetable garden behind the villa is quite large and many small pits have been dug in the small spare area at the moment. It is only necessary to plant cabbage seedlings in the small pits.
The cabbage seedlings are also sowed by themselves. They are green and the leaves are tender green, which looks very gratifying.
Cheng Yangjiao said: “Xiao Fang sowed a lot of seeds this time. Plant them first and fry the cabbage seedlings today if you can’t finish planting.”
Ji Zhile raised his face and asked, “Grandma, are cabbage seedlings delicious?”
Cheng Yangjiao smiled and said, “Of course, it’s delicious. You ate the shredded carrots last night. It tastes similar to that.”
Ji Zhile froze: “Then, I won’t eat it.”
“I’ll eat Chinese cabbage when the cabbage grows up.”
It can be seen that Ji Zhile really hates carrots.
It was originally a small piece of soil, so several people planted it very quickly. Ji Zhile was the one who enjoyed it the most. Others used hoes to cover the soil, but he used his hands.
After a while, there were lumps of dirt here and there on his body. Si Tian wanted to stop it, but Cheng Yangjiao said: “Let him do it, children like to help. No matter whether it is done well or not, let him have a sense of participation.”
She sighed again: “When I was a child in the countryside, I helped my parents with work every day. Although I was tired, I was happy. Everyone ran all over the mountains and fields. Now, children go to endless cram schools, every day is the school, home, or cram school. I feel tired when I see them.”
After speaking, she asked Ji Ningyi: “Ningyi, have you attended cram school yet?”
Ji Ningyi shook his head: “No, Grandma.”
“If you want to go, you can go. If you don’t go, forget it, our children will not die of hunger if they don’t go to cram school for the rest of their lives.” Cheng Yangjiao was very angry. (T/N: I think I would love her to death, if only she was my Grandma and rich. Haha…)
Si Tian thought, Mother-in-law, you are being modest. How can you not die of hunger for a lifetime, and you will not die of hunger for more than a dozen lifetimes?
The men in Ji’s family seem to have their careers engraved in their bones. Ji Jiangzhou went to the company today. As far as Si Tian knows, her father-in-law was also a career freak when he was young. But, when he was old, he resigned, then planted vegetables, and raised flowers with her mother-in-law.