Chapter 59: Pasting Spring Festival Couplets during the Chinese New Year
What comes faster than going to kindergarten is the Chinese New Year.
This is also the first time in Xingxing’s memory that he has celebrated the New Year with humans in peacetime.
On New Year's Eve, Xingxing was dressed up by her mother to look especially festive. She wore a plush coat of a little lion, and even her paws were padded like the little lion's.
"Baby, what is our mission today?"
Liang Jinyu leaned over and asked the festive little lion cub in front of her.
Star:"……"
Although a little reluctant, under the expectant and joyful eyes of his mother, the child still answered obediently: "The task is to buy New Year's goods and live broadcast on New Year's Eve~"
"That's right! That's great!" Liang Jinyu smiled and picked up the child who was standing steadily from the ground. After holding the star in both hands and flying it in the air for a long circle, she finally held him steadily in her arms.
Star:"……"
Mom is becoming more and more lively and childish.
Xingxing puffed up her cheeks, rested her chin on her mother's shoulder, and decided to ignore her for the time being until she went downstairs and got in the car.
Just as he was daydreaming, a red ball of light, exactly the same color as his, suddenly flew in front of him.
"Look at me, kid!"
Qiuqiu was inexplicably excited, as if he had been injected with chicken blood. He happily spun around in the air in front of him for many times, and finally asked him happily: "How is it? Isn't my new skin super festive and beautiful?!"
The stars are silent.
Xingxing hesitated to speak.
The stars close their eyes, out of sight, out of mind.
The red light has 3D surround and is as bright as a DJ. It's really dazzling!
"Xingxing, why don't you look at me?"
"Baby, doesn't this look good?"
"But you're so cute. I always change my clothes to match the color of yours. How can it not look good?"
"No matter what, the most important thing during the Chinese New Year is to be happy! I want to wear the same color clothes as you! You are not allowed to look down on me!!"
Qiuqiu convinced himself with a few words, and flew over in a dazzling red light to get close to Xingxing.
Star: "...I don't mind, it's dazzling."
If anyone could see this scene, only one word that is not quite appropriate yet particularly appropriate would flash through their mind: forced love.
Go downstairs and go to the mall to buy New Year’s goods.
Xingxing was placed in a large cart by her mother. She looked up at the various commodities on the tall shelves and felt that there was so much creativity in the human mind.
So many that they created the entire bizarre human society.
"Baby, do you want any snacks?" Liang Jinyu reached out and took the child, who was always tilting his head back to look at the world, out of the stroller, so that his eyes were level with hers, which also made his head, which was always tilted back, feel a little better.
Xingxing's eyes swept across the shelves one by one. He already knew many, many words, but... they were difficult to understand.
He could not understand any of these packages or the advertisements on them.
Seeing the confusion in the child's eyes, Liang Jinyu couldn't help laughing. She didn't even ask Xingxing's opinion and went straight through the shelf in front of her where snacks were placed.
Until the hand she stretched out was anxiously pulled down by Xingxing's sleeve.
"Mom, this is already a lot." Xingxing's eyes were filled with anxiety, which was rare. She hugged her mother's hand that kept reaching out for snacks, and tried to persuade her to stop with a wrinkled face: "Mom and Xingxing can only hold a little in their stomachs. We can't finish it."
Liang Jinyu, whose right hand was clamped, smiled gently after hearing what her child said. She lowered her head and kissed the anxious child, saying softly, "It's okay, baby. We'll buy some more and take these snacks to the orphanage in the afternoon. The children there also want to eat snacks during the New Year, right?"
Orphanage?
Xingxing slowly let go of her mother's hand and nodded slowly: "Okay~"
Then he whispered, "Mom, if money is not enough, the stars also have money."
The income from games has always been transferred by the game company to his separate card. Xingxing doesn’t know how much money is in it, but Qiuqiu and her mother help him monitor and keep it. I heard that there is a lot of money.
It should be enough to buy a lot of snacks and New Year’s goods, right?
Xingxing, who still had no idea about money, thought uncertainly.
Liang Jinyu kissed the little lion cub in her arms again, feeling a little helpless, but more tenderhearted and warm, and coaxed him slowly, "Mom has money, these snacks are not expensive, and the New Year's goods are not expensive either. You don't have to spend your baby's money. The money will be saved there for you. When you grow up a little and have a concept of money, you can spend it freely."
Xingxing heard that what she said was true.
Then he nodded a little confused.
Aren’t these things expensive?
That……
"Mom, please buy some more." Xingxing leaned close to her mother's ear and whispered softly, "Buy the snacks that Xingxing likes. I'll hide them. They won't expire, so you can bring them to him later~"
In the moment when Liang Jinyu was stunned, she said with her eyes curved: "We celebrate the New Year, and my brother also celebrates the New Year, so no one will be left out."
"...Okay." Liang Jinyu blinked, quickly hiding the longing and tears in her eyes, lowered her head and touched the child's warm forehead, and whispered: "Thank you Xingxing."
Xingxing didn't think he deserved to be thanked. When he entered this world, the teacher said it was a transaction. But after entering this world, the human mother knew that Xingxing was not her biological child, but she still loved Xingxing with all her heart.
The stars got a lot.
So Xingxing is also willing to give more back to her mother.
Mutual love, long-term companionship, and mother's longing for another star.
This was no longer part of the deal, but out of love for their human mother, the stars were all willing to do it for her.
Maybe after having a human heart, Xingxing will no longer be that little zombie without heartbeat and emotions.
He is willing to use this heart to feel the emotions of the human world more seriously, and is also willing to give back to his mother completely the emotions nurtured by his heart.
"Mom, is the scarf expensive?" Xingxing asked more and more questions.
Liang Jinyu smiled and shook her head: "Not expensive."
“What about the furry shoes?”
“Not expensive.”
“Are there many children in the orphanage?”
"There are 11 children aged 3 to 8, and 3 children aged 11 and above. Some of them are blind, some have legs that are not suitable for walking, some speak words we cannot understand, and some ..."
"Mom, let's buy some more, shall we? Clothes, shoes, socks, scarves, snacks... and this red couplet and little lantern?"
"Okay, buy some more. If the size doesn't fit, the caregivers at the orphanage can help modify it. It's very convenient."
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After a while, Xingxing watched her mother fill out the delivery address at the counter. After paying, she put her arms around her neck and asked softly, "Mom, will every child have a home?"
Xingxing remembers very clearly that Uncle Hu took Xingxing for a long walk in the doomsday, and finally they settled down in that small villa. At that time, Uncle Hu said that this would be their future home.
Xingxing didn’t really understand what home was before.
In the apocalypse, every human being is displaced, and every zombie is wandering aimlessly on the streets, as if no one has a home.
But in peacetime, are there humans who are homeless?
The child's eyes were full of confusion.
"Mom doesn't know either." Liang Jinyu reached out to help Xingxing put the little lion's hat back on, and replied softly, "Baby, the world is very big. Our eyes can't see every place. Even the sun and moonlight can't reach every inch of space, so mom doesn't know whether every child will have a home."
After a pause, she continued, "Some children may not have a home, but if they can grow up safely, then any place that makes them feel safe and comfortable is probably their home."
"Because when I grow up I can buy a house?" Xingxing looked up at the ceiling of the supermarket.
The hat fell off again.
Liang Jinyu smiled and held the child's head through his hat with her palm, shook her head, and corrected him: "That's not true. Some people buy a house but still don't have a home, but some people, even without a house, still have a home."
Star:"……?"
There is a big question mark in the little head.
Liang Jinyu laughed, rubbed the confused little lion cub, and used a phrase most commonly used by adults to perfunctorily answer this profound question: "Mom's answers to these questions are not accurate enough, but when Xingxing grows up a little bit, he should slowly understand."
Xingxing put on her hat and buried her little face in her mother's shoulder.
No wonder Qiuqiu always wants Xingxing to turn into a human cub and grow taller.
Growing up seems to be a really magical thing.
All the questions that the little cubs didn't understand, they were able to get the answers themselves after they grew up.
But everyone always lets the stars grow up slowly...
Is it because the answers to those questions are not pleasing?
Xingxing seems to understand a little bit about human growth, but it doesn’t matter. In this world, he will always grow up slowly and will always find out the answers, whether good or bad.
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Liang Jinyu did not take Xingxing to the orphanage.
It’s hard to explain her mentality, but she knows that Xingxing is not a child of this world, and the living environment in another world seems to be completely different from here. And from the daily details, she also knows that Xingxing has no parents, at least no mother.
So she would not take Xingxing to the orphanage. If she went there herself, she would just hand over the New Year goods to the director, give each child a small red envelope for the New Year in advance, and then leave and go home.
She does not ask for anything in return. If these children can go to school, she is willing to sponsor them. But she will not be too close to these children, as that is too irrational. She also does not need these images to show off and establish her personality in the media.
So she left the star at home and came back less than an hour later.
By the way, I bought some fresh cabbage and pork on the way, planning to teach Xingxing how to make dumplings during the live broadcast in the evening.
In order to prevent accidents, she had the foresight to buy some pre-wrapped dumplings with various fillings and freeze them at home.
When she got home, it was just noon.
"Baby, come and help mommy put up couplets." Liang Jinyu carried Xingxing out of the door along with the bottle in his hand.
Then he stood on a bench and pasted the Spring Festival couplets.
Red Spring Festival couplets with golden words on them.
Xingxing held the bottle and tilted her head back to recognize them one by one. Her tender and soft childish voice slowly rang out in the corridor:
"A lucky star shines on your home from all directions, and wealth comes from all directions as you wish."
"The door welcomes a hundred blessings~"
Liang Jinyu jumped down from the stool in surprise, picked up the baby who was still drinking milk and kissed him fiercely.
"The baby is amazing, he knows every word!!"
"What do you think of the Spring Festival couplets that mom specially selected?"
"A lucky star shines on the whole family, and the baby is the mother's biggest lucky star!"
Xingxing tried to wipe her face: "...Mom, saliva."
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