Chapter 59:
I shouldn't be able to give birth...
After Pei Jing's mother left, she didn't come back for nearly a week. Before she left, she casually gave Pei Jing fifty yuan.
It costs Pei Jing four yuan to take the bus to and from school every day, two yuan for the cheapest steamed buns for breakfast, and two or three yuan for biscuits and instant noodles for dinner. These are the most basic living expenses. For elementary school students who are studying, no matter how frugal they are, it will not take a week.
Pei Jing is used to it. It turns out that his mother often leaves home, but usually for two or three days. Pei Jing will save money and save the unused money for emergencies. He never told his mother about it. .
Even Pei Jing was looking forward to his mother's departure in his heart. He would not be afraid to live alone. He was more courageous than his peers and would not be afraid to live alone in a big house.
This week is the happiest week Pei Jing has ever had since he came to his mother. He wrote in his diary:
I moved, and Ning Yi became my neighbor. Zhile often came to his house to play hide-and-seek with me. He really liked playing this game, and he especially liked hiding, although he couldn't hide very well every time.
The Ning family is very big and there are many people living in it. They are all very good, but they have never seen Ning Yi's father. Zhile said that his father is working outside to earn money, so he is often away, but they all like him. I don't seem to have a father. It turns out that my grandma is always very angry when she mentions it. My mother never told me about my father. I am only a little curious, but I don't need my father.
I have eaten at Zhile’s house twice, and there are only eighteen times left. Zhile remembers it very clearly. He took a small book, and he will write it down after I eat. I didn’t tell Zhile that I knew his. Real thoughts.
I miss my grandma very much, but I can't go back without my grandma's phone number. I hope my mother will come back later.
Pei Jing put down his pen, he was looking forward to tomorrow.
Tomorrow is Monday for school, and Si Tian knows that Monday is a very difficult day for Ji Zhile, and it is always harder for Ji Zhile to get up on Monday.
So at night, Si Tian asked the two children to go to bed early, but Ji Zhile didn't want to, and yelled, "I didn't go to bed so early yesterday."
"What time did you get up today, what time do you want to get up tomorrow?" Si Tian asked calmly.
Ji Zhile's voice weakened immediately, and he was still muttering: "It wasn't so early yesterday..."
Knowing that his reason was untenable, he kept repeating it in a low voice, as if he could redeem a little, but he faced the cold Si Tian with ruthless words: "Aren't you going to sleep?"
Ji Zhile curled her lips, and was about to give in, when there was a sudden noise outside, and someone knocked rhythmically on the rear door.
Ji Zhile immediately raised his head, and quickly climbed out of bed: "I'll open the door!"
As long as he doesn't sleep, he can do other things very energetically.
Ji Zhile quickly opened the door, and when he saw the person standing by the door, his eyes lit up immediately, he opened his hands, and hugged the person's thigh like a bird, and his voice was full of surprise: "Dad, you are back! "
There was a faint tiredness and a smile on Ji Jiangzhou's face. He bent down and picked up his youngest son: "Well, I'm back."
It was originally planned to go home tomorrow, but as the time approached, the emotions in his heart became urgent, which made Ji Jiangzhou compress his work and rush back overnight.
He looked at the other two people in the room, Si Tian and Ji Ning were both sitting on the bed, a book of fairy tales was placed in front of Si Tian.
Before Ji Jiangzhou left, he already knew that Si Tian would tell the two children bedtime stories every night, but he didn't have many chances to actually see it. It turned out that it was such a scene, the eyes of an adult and a child were all on him. , The tiredness of rushing back all night was also swept away, and I really felt the meaning of coming back.
Ji Ningyi was also very happy, but he didn't throw himself into his arms like Ji Zhile, but called out excitedly: "Dad."
Ji Jiangzhou walked towards him and asked, "What story are you telling tonight?"
Ji Ningyi enthusiastically told him his name, and roughly told the plot of the story. Ji Jiangzhou patted his head, feeling that Ji Ningyi was always growing at a rapid speed.
When facing Si Tian in the end, Ji Jiangzhou's eyes softened a lot, and he no longer had the coldness of meeting Si Tian for the first time.
But Si Tian was very calm, she just glanced at him lightly, her tone was the same as usual: "I'm back."
At this moment, Ji Jiangzhou felt a very subtle feeling in his heart. The great contrast between his son and his wife when he returned home made him feel as if they were just superficial couples.
The past flashed through Ji Jiangzhou's mind. On the surface, there seemed to be no big problem with the idea of husband and wife.
At that time, most of the reasons why he married Si Tian were due to his parents. Si Tian and he had no objection, so they got married in a logical way. In fact, they didn't plan to have children at first, but later Si Tian took the initiative to bring this up...
It turned out that Si Tian had always been a qualified wife, and they were respectful to each other until Zhile was born, and now, Ji Jiangzhou noticed that his wife was different from before, but some details later made him feel familiar .
Ji Jiangzhou calmed down and said to Si Tian, "I brought you a gift."
Sure enough, upon hearing this sentence, Si Tian looked at him warmly, and said, "We are all a family, so how can you be so polite."
Then the next sentence is: "What gift is it?"
"A new bag." Ji Jiangzhou said.
As soon as the words fell, Ji Zhile put his arms around his neck and asked anxiously, "Where is my gift, Dad?"
Ji Jiangzhou fell silent.
Ji Zhile's eyes widened: "Didn't Dad bring me any presents? But Mom has them."
Ji Jiangzhou: "Well, what gift does Zhile want?"
Ji Zhile said: "I want funny eggs! I want ten, and I want to eat KFC!"
Having said that, he glanced at Si Tian carefully, then curled himself into his father's arms, and continued to add in a low voice: "I want Ultraman toys, I want a small plane, I want Coke, I want instant noodles, and I want braised braised noodles." Beef-flavored, pickled beef-flavored peppers, spicy bamboo shoots-flavored...uh..."
Ji Zhile couldn't remember it for a while, and then turned her eyes to Si Tian, and asked sweetly: "What other flavors has Mom tried, I want to eat too."
After speaking, he hugged Ji Jiangzhou tightly, as if he had found a backer who was not afraid of anything.
Si Tian looked at the confident Ji Zhile with a smile, and challenged lightly: "Will your father buy you so much?"
Ji Zhile blinked and said coquettishly, "Dad will buy it for me, I will."
Ji Jiangzhou was a little bit stuck, and Ji Zhile was still saying, "Please, the children in the kindergarten have a lot of Ultraman. I want it too. Mom eats a lot of instant noodles. I want it too, Dad."
Ji Zhile's coquettish offensive, coupled with the fact that the father and son hadn't seen each other for a long time, Ji Jiangzhou fell unexpectedly: "Okay, I will buy it after you leave school tomorrow."
Ji Zhile cheered: "Oh yeah, dad is the best, I like dad the most."
Hey, instant noodles, hey, Ultraman, hey...
Ji Jiangzhou looked at Ji Ningyi: "What gift does Ning Yi want?"
After thinking about it, Ji Ning didn't say anything like before, he said: "I want a whole set of paintbrushes."
Ji Jiangzhou said, "Okay."
"Are you going to sleep now?" he asked.
Ji Zhile immediately said: "Don't sleep, Dad, I didn't go to bed until 9:30 yesterday."
"Daddy is back today. I want to play with him. Can I go to bed at 9:30?"
Who can refuse such cute and soft words with strong dependence, Ji Jiangzhou really said: "Yes."
After getting his father's affirmative answer, Ji Zhile was so happy that he almost cheered, but he was still a little flustered. He looked at Si Tian, if his mother disagreed, he would have nothing to do, and his father would definitely have to listen to his mother.
But the strange thing is that my mother didn't object, but just asked: "Ji Jiangzhou, do you want to play with the two of them now?"
Before Ji Jiangzhou could speak, Ji Zhile answered for him: "I want it."
If someone is willing to take care of the child, Si Tian is naturally very welcome, but for the sake of the bag, she still warmly reminds: "Ji Zhile is a household that has trouble getting up, and if he doesn't go to bed early, he will definitely not be able to wake up tomorrow."
Ji Zhile said: "I can get up!"
He really thinks so, isn't it just getting up early, it's not difficult at all.
"I see, thank you." Ji Jiangzhou said.
Si Tian went out, and saw a bag in a beautiful box in the cloakroom. Although Si Tian had no interest in pursuing luxury goods, seeing such beautiful things was still a new joy.
Sure enough, expensive things are expensive for a reason.
In Ji Ningyi's room, the storyteller is now Ji Jiangzhou. Two children are sitting next to him. Ji Zhile talks a lot and often chirps in.
At the end of the story, Ji Zhile said: "Dad, you should ask us if we understand, Mom will always ask us like this."
Ji Jiangzhou is as good as a follower: "Then do you understand?"
Ji Ning nodded, very face-saving.
But Ji Zhile said: "Dad, you should add some movements, just like our teacher can also perform the flight of birds."
Ji Zhile opened his arms and simulated: "It's like this."
Facing Si Tian, Ji Zhile didn't dare to comment, because the story was too long, and her mother became less and less emotional after reading it. Ji Zhile felt that if he wanted to raise opinions again, her mother would definitely stop telling them stories, but Ji Zhile thinks that Dad is very talkative and can accept many suggestions.
Ji Jiangzhou frowned slightly for a second, and then clapped his hands: "Zhi Le performed very well, next time I can ask you to tell a story, it will definitely be very good."
Although Ji Zhile didn't like reading very much, he was praised, so he reluctantly said, "Okay, I can try next time."
Ji Jiangzhou managed to fool his younger son once again.
It was already 9:40 in the evening. Ji Jiangzhou remembered what Si Tian said before he left, and decided to put the two children to sleep, but Ji Zhile still didn't want to. He hugged Ji Jiangzhou's arm and acted like a baby: "Daddy will play with us again." It's a while, Dad hasn't come back for a long time."
Ji Jiangzhou felt ashamed, and asked Ji Ningyi: "What about Ningyi?"
Ji Ning also nodded: "I'm not sleepy either."
Seeing that his brother agreed, Ji Zhile immediately gained confidence, and said, "Dad, do you know that we have a new neighbor here? He is Brother Pei Jing, and he will come to our house tomorrow. Dad must remember."
Ji Ning also introduced his new friends and talked about his recent life together.
Ji Jiangzhou knew about Pei Jing. Si Tian told him about the child, but Ji Jiangzhou didn't interrupt Ji Ningyi's words. Seeing Ji Ningyi's lively appearance, it's not hard to imagine Si Tian How much energy is spent at home.
After playing for so long, the last two children went to bed at ten o'clock in the evening. This time is not too late for adults. When Ji Jiangzhou knocked on the door of Si Tian's room, Si Tian was still happy online. surf.
After opening the door, she learned of Ji Jiangzhou's intention for coming, and after accepting Ji Jiangzhou's thanks, Si Tian said, "Since you are back, you should send Ning Yi and Zhi Le to school in the morning."
Ji Jiangzhou said yes. That's what he was supposed to do.
Seeing that he hadn't left yet, Si Tian asked again, "Is there anything else?"
"there is none left."
Si Tian said, "Good night, go to sleep."
She pointed intimately: "Where is your room, I've never been in it."
In this way, Ji Jiangzhou doesn't have to worry about her having other intentions for him.
Ji Jiangzhou looked at her quietly with black pupils for two seconds, and then said calmly, "You can go in if you want."
Si Tian shook her head immediately: "No need, that's your room, I'm sure I won't go in, don't worry."
She thought that Ji Jiangzhou was trying to test herself. After all, she had made jokes about the sleeping room problem at the beginning, and now she resolutely stated her position.
Ji Jiangzhou paused for a few seconds, his Adam's apple moved slightly, and his voice was slightly lower: "We are husband and wife."
Si Tian was upright and awe-inspiring: "Husbands and wives should also have their own private space. Don't worry, I'm definitely not the kind of woman who likes to stare at her husband and follow him every step of the way."
Ji Jiangzhou lowered his eyelashes, looked at Si Tian silently for two seconds, then looked away: "Got it."
Turn around and stride away.
Si Tian stood at the door, looking at Ji Jiangzhou's back, tall and straight, with a slender waist and long legs, and then looked down at the masculine video on his phone, and clicked his tongue. It was fun to watch just now, but now it's not too much. mediocre.
She knew, she must not have seen enough!
Immediately close the door and lie on the bed to continue mending. Since Ji Jiangzhou is back, she can sleep until ten o'clock tomorrow morning, so she doesn't have to force herself to sleep now.
Waking up early is not a difficult task for Ji Jiangzhou, he has long been used to it.
It's just that he didn't expect this to be a difficult task for Ji Zhile. When Ji Ning came out of the room, he frowned slightly and looked at Ji Jiangzhou: "Father, Zhile doesn't want to get up."
When Ji Jiangzhou walked into the room, he saw his youngest son curled up in the bed like a worm. The alarm clock sounded beside him, and Ji Zhile's reaction was to turn over and cover his ears to continue sleeping.
Ji Ningyi said with some distress: "I have already called Zhile, but he always said to sleep for a while."
"Ji Zhile." Ji Jiangzhou put the alarm clock next to Ji Zhile's pillow.
Ji Zhile covered his ears, opened his eyes a little, and said in a daze, "I'll sleep for a while, I'm so sleepy."
Ji Jiangzhou said: "It's 6:40 now, if you don't get up again, you can't go out at 7:30, and you can't reach the kindergarten before 8:00, do you want to be late?"
Ji Zhile asked naively: "Dad, can I ask for leave? I'll go to school in the afternoon, okay?"
Ji Jiangzhou was equally cold: "No, it's not good."
Ji Zhile was coy on the bed for a long time before rubbing his eyes reluctantly and getting up. Ji Jiangzhou stood aside and looked at him: "You should get up when the alarm clock rings."
Ji Zhile pouted: "Dad came back last night and I went to bed very late, so I couldn't get up."
At this moment, the words Si Tian left last night flashed through Ji Jiangzhou's mind, and he admitted that Si Tian really knew Ji Zhile very well.
It turned out that when he was at home, although Ji Zhile came down late, he came down anyway. Now I know that children who don't go to bed on time at night will not only stay in bed, but also find reasons for themselves.
"After that, Dad won't play with you at night, is that okay?"
Ji Zhile thought for a while: "Not really."
Still had a good time last night.
"Daddy can still come to play with me in the future, and I will work hard to get up." Ji Zhile vowed, but at this moment, Ji Jiangzhou has seen Ji Zhile's true side clearly, so he will let Ji Zhile go to bed early in the future.
Ji Jiangzhou brought Ji Zhile downstairs a few minutes later than usual. As soon as he arrived in the living room, Ji Jiangzhou saw a child sitting on the sofa, wearing the same school uniform as Ji Ningyi, and saw him stand up awkwardly. .
"Hello, Uncle." Pei Jing was a little nervous, this was the first time he saw Ning Yi's father.
As soon as he came to Ning's family today, Ning Yi told him that his father came back last night. Ning Yi's tone of surprise and joy made Pei Jing wonder what his father would be like if he had a father.
Ning Yi's father looks a bit like them, and he is very tall. Pei Jing noticed that Ning Yi's father's gaze stayed on him for a while, and he was a little uneasy, so he heard Ning Yi's father say: "Are you Pei Jing?" , Ning Yi and Zhi Le both told me that you are welcome to our house."
Pei Jing breathed a sigh of relief and smiled politely: "Thank you uncle."
He was much quieter and restrained today, and even ate less food, but Ji Zhile found out, and asked, "Brother Pei Jing, why did he only drink a glass of milk today?"
Pei Jing didn't know that Ji Zhile was just a little radar. Every morning, he would pay attention to how much milk everyone drank, because in Ji Zhile's mind, it meant how tall they could grow. Ji Zhile was the youngest, and now he is also the shortest That, but he has big dreams in mind, so drink more milk.
Pei Jing was slightly embarrassed, and Ji Zhile said again: "Then I will drink a glass and a half today, so that I will grow taller than Brother Pei Jing in the future."
He glanced at Ji Jiangzhou again, and said, "It will be taller than Dad."
Ji Jiangzhou knew that Ji Zhile was a picky eater, and it is very rare for Ji Zhile to take the initiative to ask for milk. Ji Jiangzhou was very happy to see this scene. When pouring milk for Ji Zhile, he accidentally poured a little more milk and said : "Hand shakes, Zhile, should I drink more, so that I can grow taller."
"I want it!" Ji Zhile said positively.
For the first time, Ji Jiangzhou realized the benefits of having more children. With comparisons and invisible competition, Ji Zhile became much more obedient.
After sending the three children to school, Ji Jiangzhou came home just in time to see Si Tian who was going downstairs for food in her pajamas.
She didn't apply makeup, because she just woke up, a little powder appeared on her fair cheeks, and she greeted him when she saw him.
Ji Jiangzhou said, "Ji Zhile was almost late this morning."
Si Tian laughed when she heard this sentence: "You have to get used to it, there may be times like this in the future."
Ji Jiangzhou: "In the future, I will let him go to bed earlier."
Si Tian has already seen through him: "But it seems difficult, last night when Ji Zhile acted like a baby, you just let him go."
Si Tiande admitted honestly that seeing Ji Zhile's complacent look last night, she wanted to go up and pinch his cheek, but isn't Ji Jiangzhou the culprit? Since he wants to play with the two children, he should bear the consequences himself .
Ji Jiangzhou showed a helpless smile: "He likes acting like a baby too much, and he doesn't know who he looks like."
Si Tian immediately raised her head and looked over, her eyes were extremely vigilant: "It's not me!"
He obviously just woke up with a lazy look, but it changed in a second. Ji Jiangzhou felt that it was the same as this morning when Ji Zhile acted like a baby and asked him to sleep a little longer, and then blamed his father for pushing the blame the next second. Played with me last night, very similar.
A smile escaped unconsciously from his throat, and Si Tian threw a precise gaze, like a knife, Ji Jiangzhou did not refuse, with a faint smile in his eyes, he looked at Si Tian: "That may be me .”
Si Tian was silent, she looked away silently, lowered her head to take a sip of water, and clenched the cup tightly.
Ji Jiangzhou doesn't seem to act like a spoiled child. She knew she was being teased, but Ji Jiangzhou's eyes were too obvious. Si Tian lacked such experience, so she took a bottle of yogurt from the refrigerator and prepared to slip away.
The arm was held by someone, but it was released after a while.
Ji Jiangzhou said: "That child is called Pei Jing, do you know who his father is?"
Si Tian's arms were slightly stiff at first, but when she heard this sentence, she said: "Pei Jing didn't have a father, so he was transferred to Ning's first class. He used to live with his grandmother, but now he lives with his mother, but his mother is not very good. As for Pei Jing's father never showed up."
Ji Jiangzhou nodded thoughtfully.
"Why are you asking this?"
"He is somewhat similar to someone I know." Ji Jiangzhou replied.
Si Tian said: "Don't tell anyone else about this. If Pei Jing is really someone's child, and now he is still following his mother, no one will be responsible."
Ji Jiangzhou had a half smile but not a smile: "You know it well?"
Si Tian choked, and said in a low voice, "Well, that's how it's done in TV dramas."
How dare she say that she is familiar with the plot, but there is not much introduction to the family of the male protagonist Pei Jing in the plot. The blessing of the family, the beauty of course comes from the appearance.
But who reads novels and pays attention to the name of the male lead who doesn't have a strong sense of existence and what company his father opened.
Ji Jiangzhou was thoughtful: "That's right."
Si Tian thought of the future plot and looked at Ji Jiangzhou. In the future, her husband will be the big villain and the company will be bought by the male lead.
She asked, "What do you think of Pei Jing?"
Ji Jiangzhou pondered for a moment.
Si Tian looked at him expectantly, not knowing what he would hear from Ji Jiangzhou's mouth, young people are awesome, the waves of the Yangtze River drive the waves ahead, although young but talented...
Ji Jiangzhou said: "Pei Jing is very good, because today Zhile eats very fast, not picky eaters, and drank half a glass of milk."
"In the future, Pei Jing can come to our house to have dinner together. It would be nice to have one more child."
When Si Tian heard this, the radar immediately sounded: "Do you still want to give birth?"
Ji Jiangzhou was silent for two seconds, then looked at her: "I shouldn't be able to give birth..."