Chapter 44: Troublemakers in the 1980s 14 Going Out

After moving to the new home, Zhou Shengmo became a completely different person.

In the past, when he opened his eyes every morning, he felt that life was long and another hopeless day was about to begin. He felt that the whole world was dark.

That night he had another dream, a nightmare. He dreamed that everything that was happening in reality was just a dream. When he woke up, his wife had divorced him. Although he was with his two children, he was powerless. His life was bleak. He didn't know what he could do in the future. He lay in bed like a useless person, unable to move.

This dream was so real, it felt like it really happened.

He pinched his hands hard and told himself over and over again that this was just a dream, his wife was not gone, and his life was not like this.

Zhou Shengmo woke up from his dream as he wished. He opened his eyes and immediately looked at the people around him, then looked at the wheelchair parked beside the bed. He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was back, and everything about him was not an illusion. Zhou Shengmo tried to move his body as carefully as possible, turned over, and secretly looked at the person who was still sleeping next to him.

His wife did not divorce him, she stayed with him, they really moved, and his wife really built a home suitable for disabled people for him. When he woke up, everything in the house was still there. This was not his dream!

Zhou Shengmo suddenly felt a long-lost sense of satisfaction and happiness. All his wishes in this life were condensed into one: to be able to see her every morning when he woke up!

With his wife's request yesterday, Zhou Shengmo also had a focus in his life. He had a lot of things to do. For example, after he got up later, he would be able to help her do a lot of things so that she wouldn't be too tired.

Zhou Shengmo was actively planning his day's schedule in his mind until Chen Qian gradually woke up. Then Zhou Shengmo quickly pretended that he had just woken up too.

"Good morning." Shen Qian greeted him and got dressed.

Zhou Shengmo also got up and put on his clothes. He moved himself to the wheelchair and said to Shen Qian, "You wash up first. I'll go wake up my daughter."

Shen Qian glanced at him and said, "Okay, then I'll make breakfast for you. How about egg pancakes?"

"OK."

Unexpectedly, he took to heart what she talked about with him yesterday, and today he took the initiative to call his daughter.

Zhou Shengmo pushed the wheelchair into his daughter's bedroom. It must be said that Shen Qian put a lot of effort into decorating the new home. The curtains and sheets in his daughter's room were pink, and there were cute ruffles on the quilt cover.

Zhou Shengmo pushed the wheelchair closer, and his daughter's sleeping face was very cute.

I wonder if Chen Qian was also so cute when she was a child, which is why she gave birth to such a lovely daughter.

Zhou Shengmo's eyes became gentle.

He patted his daughter's shoulder: "Shi Wei, get up."

Zhou Shiwei usually woke up at this time, so it didn't take much effort for him to wake up.

But when she woke up and opened her eyes, she saw her father sitting in a wheelchair.

She blinked, not knowing how her brain had been connected to something else, and suddenly sat up with a look of horror on her face: "Dad?"

"Well, get up when you wake up." Zhou Shengmo didn't realize what was wrong with Shi Wei.

Shi Wei's lips pursed and she burst into tears: "Why are you the one calling me, where's mom?"

Zhou Shengmo: "...your mother..."

He was a little embarrassed for a moment. He had finally volunteered to take on some work, but ended up scaring his daughter to tears?

Zhou Shiwei cried even more sadly: "Dad, did you have a fight with Mom, and then Mom left...Waaaaaah!"

Zhou Shengmo scratched his head: "No, who told you that your mother left? Wasn't she here last night? I just came to wake you up..."

He had no experience in coaxing his daughter, so he just pointed out the flaws in her logic and reasoned with her.

But what can a four-year-old child say? The more Zhou Shiwei thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. When her mother was around, she would always wake her up, hug her gently, and talk to her a lot.

My mother likes her very much too. It was my mother who woke her up yesterday. Why did she change someone today?

Zhou Shiwei cried even more sadly and couldn't stop.

After Shen Qian finished washing up, she heard the noise and opened the door to come in: "What's wrong?"

"Wow...Mom, you didn't leave!" Zhou Shiwei screamed and stretched out his arms for a hug.

Shen Qian curled her lips helplessly, this Zhou Shengmo was really capable, within five minutes of coming in, his daughter was already crying like this.

Zhou Shengmo also knew that he had not completed his mission successfully, so he pushed his wheelchair back and said, "Why don't you do it? I'll learn..."

Shen Qian walked in with a stifled smile, wrapped her daughter in her arms, and gently patted her back to coax her: "Mom didn't leave. This morning Dad said he missed Shi Wei and asked why it was always Mom who woke you up every day. Could he wake you up once, too?"

After hearing this, Zhou Shiwei gradually stopped crying, looked at her father with tearful eyes, lowered her head and whispered, "I don't know..."

"Then would you like to let your dad wake you up?"

Zhou Shiwei shook his head subconsciously, but then felt that he was hurting his father a little. After some hesitation, he said reluctantly, "Then... let's do it tomorrow."

Zhou Shengmo obviously heard the grievance and reluctance in his daughter's voice. He wanted to push the wheelchair out, but he heard Shen Qian ask, "Would Wei be willing to hug Daddy then?"

This time, Zhou Shiwei nodded with a much larger amplitude, and it seemed that he was willing.

"Dad is sitting in a wheelchair and it is not convenient for him to move. Can Xiao Shiwei take the initiative to hug Dad?" Shen Qian coaxed.

Zhou Shiwei was originally a child who lacked love. She liked to stick to Chen Qian very much. She was just not used to being close to Zhou Shengmo because she spent less time with him, but she was not unwilling.

Zhou Shiwei jumped off the bed and threw herself directly into her father's arms.

Zhou Shengmo was a little dazed and quickly hugged his daughter. Her soft body in his arms made his heart melt for a moment. So this is what it feels like to be a father.

After becoming physically disabled, Zhou Shengmo was not only unwilling to drink more water and trouble others, but was also unwilling to have physical contact with others.

He despised himself from the bottom of his heart and felt that he was a useless person. People who came into contact with him must also despise his disabled body.

But his daughter's firm hug revived his heart little by little. He was only physically disabled, but his thoughts and emotions were still there.

After the hug, Zhou Shengmo noticed that the sweet smile returned to Xiao Wei's face.

"Dad's arms are so strong!" Shi Wei praised.

"Do you want to sit in a wheelchair and let your dad push you to brush your teeth?" Zhou Shengmo asked, wanting to love his daughter from the bottom of his heart.

"Really? Can I do it?" Zhou Shiwei looked at his mother inquiringly.

Shen Qian nodded.

Such interaction should be good for both father and daughter.

With her approval, Zhou Shengmo picked up Zhou Shiwei, put his daughter on his lap, and then pushed the wheelchair out easily.

The two children's rooms are also designed so that wheelchairs can access them without any obstruction.

Zhou Shiwei had never been pushed forward by his father in a wheelchair before. This feeling was amazing.

She giggled out loud.

Zhou Shengmo had mixed feelings. On the one hand, he thought his daughter was as cute as an angel, but on the other hand, he felt guilty that he should have spent more time with his daughter and hugged her more when he was still healthy.

Seeing that Zhou Shengmo was very patient with his daughter, Shen Qian felt relieved and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

After moving, Zhou Shengmo no longer has to trouble his elder brother and sister-in-law to run back and forth every day. He can take care of himself. The new house also has a kitchen, so cooking is also very convenient.

Chen Qian quickly made the pancakes and fried some shredded potatoes. Zhou Shiwei's mouth was full of oil as she ate them with a satisfied look on her face: "The pancakes my mom made are really delicious! The rice my mom cooked is also delicious!"

Different from his previous words of deliberate flattery, today Zhou Shiwei praised while chewing the potato pancake in big mouthfuls. He ate a whole piece of the pancake, and his belly was bulging.

After breakfast, Shen Qian was about to send her daughter to kindergarten. Zhou Shengmo pushed the wheelchair and sent the mother and daughter to the door.

"Where are you going after you send your daughter off?" Zhou Shengmo couldn't help but ask.

When he was trapped in bed before, he never asked her where she was going or when she would be back, but today he couldn't help but ask.

Zhou Shengmo finally understood what separation anxiety his wife talked about yesterday, and he was about to have separation anxiety too...

Shen Qian said, "The front yard is still empty. After going to the kindergarten, I kind of want to go to the flower and bird market to buy some flower pots and seeds. We can plant something in the front yard so that it won't be too empty."

Zhou Shengmo seemed to be hesitant to speak, as if he was struggling with something.

The little angel beside him looked at his father's face and suddenly an idea came to his mind: "How about Dad, come with me to kindergarten? After you and Mom send me off, you can also go with Mom to buy flower seeds!"

Zhou Shengmo was actually a little tempted, but he didn't want to go out. He didn't want people to see him sitting in a wheelchair. If he went out like this, he would definitely attract other people's curious gazes.

But he really wanted to stay with Chen Qian for a while longer, but he was not sure whether it would be a big burden for his wife if he went with her.

"Let's just forget it..." Zhou Shengmo looked a little lonely.

Chen Qian saw Zhou Shengmo's struggle. She had been through many worlds, so she knew very well that in the future world, there would be many disabled people, but they could live openly in the sun, and the world would become more and more tolerant of them.

"Sheng Mo, do you want to go? Anyway, the bluestone bridge is not far from the kindergarten. If the road is difficult to walk on, I can push you over. If you buy something and it's hard to carry it, I can hang it on the handle."

Shen Qian suggested.

She still hoped that Zhou Shengmo could go out of the house and face the outside world calmly, so that she would feel more relaxed.

Zhou Shengmo looked at her: "Do you really want me to go out with you? Wouldn't it be troublesome?"

"Won't."

The eyes of his daughter-in-law and daughter were full of expectation, so how could Zhou Shengmo refuse?

Besides, he also wanted to accompany her in his heart, so Zhou Shengmo finally agreed: "Okay, let's go."

Zhou Shiwei was overjoyed: "Great, Dad, let me push you!"

Xiao Wei volunteered to push her father's wheelchair, but she was too short and had difficulty pushing it. She could only say in frustration, "Mom, you should do it."

Zhou Shengmo smiled and said, "This section of the road is relatively flat, so I'll do it by myself and exercise my arms at the same time. It'll be like a workout."

So, for the first time since Zhou Shengmo was injured, he appeared on the street with his wife and daughter.

There is a machinery factory nearby. Zhou Shengmo grew up in the machinery factory. His father and brother are even cadres in the machinery factory, so he has many acquaintances there.

Many people recognized Zhou Shengmo along the way. They were a little surprised at first, but later they all greeted him.

Zhou Shengmo is an introverted person and doesn't like to socialize too much. When others greet him, he will just politely say a word or two in reply. He was a little uncomfortable at first, but soon got used to it.

Many people knew that he was injured and paralyzed, so they were not too surprised to see him in a wheelchair. At most, they were curious about how he could go out in a wheelchair.

These looks were not all sympathetic or out of curiosity; most of them were just out of curiosity.

Zhou Shengmo quickly ignored these glances.

However, the discussions of passers-by still fell on his ears, and he found that what everyone was discussing had nothing to do with his wheelchair at all.

"The third daughter-in-law of the Zhou family hasn't divorced yet?"

"Didn't I hear that she went back to her parents' home? She didn't get divorced!?"

"I asked his mother last time, and she didn't look very well. I thought the couple couldn't live together anymore."

"So the Zhou family's third daughter-in-law is really good. She can push her husband out for a stroll even though he's paralyzed."

"Who says it's not true? I saw their eldest daughter-in-law a few days ago. She praised the third daughter-in-law to the skies, saying that she is a very good cook and taught her several dishes, so her small restaurant business is doing well."

"Oh my, the third son of the Zhou family made the right choice by marrying this daughter-in-law."

Zhou Shengmo realized that he actually didn't care about these looks. What he cared about most was whether Shen Qian would be affected by them.

He couldn't help but turn his head to look at Shen Qian, only to see a faint smile on her face, and she seemed to be in a good mood, so he felt relieved.

It seems that this daughter-in-law is much stronger than he thought.

He looked at his daughter again. Xiao Wei was so happy that she couldn't hold back the smile on her face.

"Shi Wei, what are you happy about?" Zhou Shengmo couldn't help but ask.

"It's the first time that mom and dad send me to kindergarten together. I'm so happy!" Zhou Shi smiled like a sunflower blooming in the wind.

Zhou Shengmo felt a pang in his heart and thought that he should spend more time with his daughter in the future.