Chapter 158 Chapter 158 Father's Favoritism 7
The child's tender voice expressed beautiful wishes, which struck the eardrums of the two adults, making their cold hearts sour and soft.
Zhao Hongwei didn't urge Zhuozhuo to leave. Aunt Zongzi came out from behind the snack cart, touched Zhuozhuo's little face, and said softly, "Baby, do you want to promote your auntie?"
9972 explained it and Zhuozhuo nodded immediately.
"Oh, good boy, you are so lovable."
Seeing that Zhao Hongwei didn't object, Aunt Zongzi brought out a small stool, lifted Zhuozhuo onto it, and patiently instructed, "Baby, sit down and eat."
"Thank you, Auntie!" Zhuozhuo sat upright, holding the box in both hands, buried her head and took another big bite, chewing it with a happy smile on her face. One could tell at a glance that the rice dumplings in her hands were extremely delicious.
After a while, several passers-by actually stopped to buy rice dumplings, and some even asked for "the flavor of rice dumplings that this baby eats."
The zongzi cart was initially deserted, but thanks to Zhuozhuo's live stream of him eating, it quickly became the hottest business in the small night market. Auntie, the zongzi vendor, was practically overwhelmed, her face wrinkled from smiling so much that two more wrinkles appeared on her face. When the crowd thinned out, she saw Zhuozhuo wiping his hands on a leaf after finishing his zongzi and burping. "Is it time for you to go home and sleep, baby?" she said, smiling.
Zhuozhuo looked at Zhao Hongwei, who nodded and said, "Sister, we still have to go to the station tomorrow."
"Then you should go back quickly. It's almost nine o'clock, and the baby must be sleepy." Aunt Zongzi said as she shook open a plastic bag and put the dumplings in it. Her hands were so fast that they left afterimages. "Baby, this is the salary I pay you. There are all kinds of flavors. Take it back and eat it."
She stuffed the heavy plastic bag into Zhao Hongwei's arms, deliberately putting on a stern face and not allowing him to refuse. "This is for Zhuozhuo. You have no say in the matter."
Zhao Hongwei was about to say that he could make the decision when he saw a small cannonball rushing towards him out of the corner of his eye.
Zhuozhuo rushed over, leaping and reaching for the plastic bag. She quickly pulled her hand back when she felt burned, but her eyes were sparkling with excitement, as if the stars above her head had fallen into them. She happily spun around in circles, her voice sweet and soft, "Thank you, Auntie. Zhuozhuo likes it. Zhuozhuo loves it!"
"Eat as much as you like! Auntie sets up a stall here every day, so come over whenever you want to eat."
"Okay~"
Zhuozhuo jumped and danced around Zhao Hongwei and Aunt Zongzi, feeling satisfied and happy, as if he had obtained the best thing in the world.
Zhao Hongwei was about to firmly refuse the bag of rice dumplings, but seeing this, his Adam's apple rolled and his words changed. "I can't take your things for free. I just picked up some goods from Qihua and I'm really short on cash. So I'll give you a silk scarf. If you don't want these rice dumplings, I won't let Zhuozhuo have them either."
Seeing Zhao Hongwei's stubborn attitude, Aunt Zongzi knew that young people have strong pride, so she smiled and said, "Zhuozhuo, pick one for me. Consider it a gift. Okay?"
"Okay~"
Zhuozhuo jumped to dig into Zhao Hongwei's big bag of treasures.
Zhao Hongwei placed the large bag on the ground and began unwrapping it layer by layer. Aunt Zongzi took out a pair of clean gloves and put them on Zhuozhuo to prevent her dirty little hands from staining the clothes underneath.
In the hazy night, by the light of the white weaving lamp, Zhuozhuo picked out a white, green and brown silk scarf and handed it to Aunt Zongzi like a treasure. She said in a baby voice, "Auntie, seeing this scarf reminds me of you. It's so beautiful."
"Ouch, baby, you have such a small mouth."
Aunt Zongzi was so delighted that she took off her gloves, rubbed her hands on her apron, and wiped them on her back before accepting the scarf. She leaned in to examine it carefully and said with a smile from ear to ear, "It's so beautiful! Auntie likes this scarf."
Zhuozhuo laughed happily, and at Zhao Hongwei's urging, she waved her little hand, "Goodbye, Auntie."
"Goodbye, Zhuozhuo."
Aunt Zongzi reminded Zhao Hongwei, "I sell zongzi on this street every day. If you need anything, you can come to me. I'm not a big shot, but at least I've lived here for seven or eight years, so I'm more familiar with the place than you new here."
Zhao Hongwei accepted the kindness with a serious expression, "Got it, thank you, big sister."
Zhuozhuo was picked up by Zhao Hongwei, and she lay on his shoulder and waved back, "Goodbye, Auntie. Zhuozhuo missed you."
Her figure was half blocked by the large bag on Zhao Hongwei's back. Aunt Zongzi could only see half of her smiling face and a chubby little hand. She also raised her hand and waved, raising her voice, "Auntie will miss Zhuozhuo too!"
"The little guy is so adorable."
Zhao Hongwei smiled and shook his head, walking slowly along the street. He observed the various alleyways and building signs, turned around and came to a secluded and dark place, and then put Zhuozhuo down.
The surrounding trees were dense, the square buildings exuded a cold atmosphere, and there were unknown insects chirping. Zhuozhuo was a little scared, but instead of running away, he moved closer to Zhao Hongwei, stood close to his legs, and grabbed his trouser leg again.
9972 said softly: "Baby, this is a public restroom. Do you want to pee or poop? If you do, tell Zhao Hongwei and let him take you in."
Zhuozhuo looked up at Zhao Hongwei and was about to speak when she saw him unwrap a zongzi and take a bite. She looked at the large plastic bag, then the small one, and confirmed that the one Zhao Hongwei had eaten was one of the two she had bought.
"You can't eat it."
Zhuozhuo became anxious and stood on tiptoe to grab Zhao Hongwei's arm, trying to snatch the zongzi back.
“Why can’t I eat it?”
"This is for my sister, not for you."
"To Xiaofang?"
"Yes."
Zhao Hongwei was incredulous. "You used my money to buy two rice dumplings. You ate one and gave one to Xiaofang, but I didn't have any? Zhuozhuo, I haven't eaten yet either. I'm also very hungry."
Zhuozhuo blinked and said as a matter of course: "You eat the pot cake."
Zhao Hongwei laughed angrily, took another big bite, glared at her sideways, and said provocatively, "I want to eat zongzi."
Zhuozhuo looked at the zongzi, which was only one-third left. His mouth drooped and tears instantly fell, like beads falling from a broken string. "I don't want you to eat it!"
“…”
Zhao Hongwei swallowed the zongzi in his mouth and felt like he was going to choke to death. He sighed and was really impressed by this ancestor. "Okay, I won't eat it anymore. Don't cry anymore. Don't we have several more zongzi? Pick one of the same kind for Xiaofang."
He held open the large plastic bag and asked Zhuozhuo to choose. Zhuozhuo put his hands behind his back, shook his head, and stepped back, saying with great grievance, "It's different."
"What's the difference? Aren't there rice dumplings here? Look, they're all tied with red string."
Zhao Hongwei took out the rice dumplings and saw Zhuozhu stamping his feet in anger. An idea suddenly struck him. He took the leftover rice dumplings and clumsily wrapped one of them in rice dumpling leaves. He tied it with red string and showed it to Zhuozhu. "Okay, look, this is the rice dumpling you bought for Xiaofang. The leaves and string are from the same rice dumpling. It's the same now, isn't it?"
He put the zongzi into a small plastic bag and handed it to Zhuozhuo, saying in an exaggerated tone, "Oh, this is even more similar, too similar, exactly the same!"
9972, who was silently cursing, silently gave Zhao Hongwei a thumbs-up. Throughout all the worlds, in similar situations, Zhao Hongwei was the first to discover Zhuo Zhuo's thinking pattern and provide a solution.
Zhuozhuo's crying stopped abruptly. She held the small plastic bag and looked through it carefully, still sobbing. She looked at Zhao Hongwei and said seriously, "Don't eat my sister's rice dumplings anymore."
"I won't eat it anymore. I absolutely won't eat it again." Zhao Hongwei promised, almost swearing to the heavens. If he had known this would happen, he would have starved to death and not touched the zongzi.
After all this hassle, Zhao Hongwei lost the mood to eat. He silently took Zhuozhuo to take care of his urges and washed his hands and face with water from the tap. Looking at the little guy in the mirror, smiling again and happily playing in the water, Zhao Hongwei suddenly said, "You wanted to buy a rice dumpling and a rice noodle roll. Which one do you want to eat? Give it to me."
Zhuozhuo stretched out his little hands to grab some water, and without looking up, he said, "Zhuozhuo will eat half of the rice dumpling and half of the rice noodle roll, and the rest will be for sister."
Zhao Hongwei: “…”
9972 laughed wildly, asking you to ask is just asking for trouble.
After a moment of silence, Zhao Hongwei couldn't help but turn Zhuozhuo over on the sink, facing her face, and asked in confusion, "Zhuozhuo, why don't you give me food? I pay for your food and clothes now."
Zhuozhuo was confused. After thinking for a while, she said, "Sister gives me food, and I give it to Sister. You give Dabao food, and Dabao gives you food." She concluded, "You go find Dabao."
Zhao Hongwei's eyebrows furrowed. "Are you blaming me for being partial?"
After saying that, Zhao Hongwei denied it himself. He also knew that Zhuozhuo didn't understand what partiality meant. She simply thought that he had never cared about her and that they had nothing to do with each other.
It doesn't matter, so no matter what happens, you won't think about the other person.
"He's so heartless," Zhao Hongwei cursed softly, but then realized it wasn't necessary. Zhuozhuo was still very kind and grateful. She just didn't know what he had done for her. If he told Zhuozhuo all this, she would definitely treat him the same way she treated Xiaofang, or even better.
However, Zhao Hongwei recalled it and couldn't find anything worth taking credit for, so he decided to be nicer to Zhuozhuo in the future.
Seeing Zhao Hongwei was silent, Zhuozhuo remembered something important. She pulled out two coins from her pocket and said proudly, "Zhuozhuo earned the money first. Zhuozhuo won."
Zhao Hongwei thought about it and remembered that Zhuozhuo had said that afternoon that he wanted to compete with him to make money. He was too lazy to correct the difference between "making money" and "saving money." He also thought that saving money was not a kind of making money, so he nodded and said, "Yes, you win."
Zhuozhuo carefully put the coin back into his pocket and said childishly, "You lost. If you want to give me something, give me your sister. Let your sister come here and be with Zhuozhuo."
Zhao Hongwei: "...Did you mention the prize when we were competing?"
"Speak now."
"It's not up to you now."
"Zhao Hongwei!"
"There's no use calling dad."
Zhao Hongwei raised his arm and held Zhuozhuo by his side. With his other hand, he carried the rice dumplings and the large bag and walked towards the toilet. "It's time to sleep. Close your eyes quickly."
Zhuozhuo angrily punched him with his little fist, "Zhao Hongwei is cheating!"
"right."
Zhuozhuo was so angry that he bit the soft flesh on Zhao Hongwei's waist, causing him to jump up with a scream of pain.
The light in the toilet was dim. Zhao Hongwei fumbled around, pinching his burning mouth to save his flesh. He sighed and said helplessly, "Grandfather, it's not that I don't want to abide by the bet, it's just that I really can't do it. Xiaofang is my eldest brother's daughter, not my daughter. I can't control her."
9972 was worried that Zhuozhuo would rush to Zhao Hongqi to ask for the person, so he explained it to her in detail.
Zhuozhuo used her little brain and drew inspiration from Yiren Yitong's words. She took out the coins from her pocket and said crisply, "Zhuozhuo buys a sister."
"ah?"
"Zhuozhuo bought my sister, and my sister is Zhuozhuo's now."
Zhao Hongwei thought Zhuozhuo's silly appearance was strangely adorable, and said with a smile, "Your two cents isn't enough, and who would sell their daughter?"
After saying this, my heart skipped a beat. If the money was enough, would Zhao Hongqi really not sell his daughter?
Zhao Hongwei's smile froze and his mood became heavy.
Zhuozhuo was still trying to convince Zhao Hongwei, his childish voice full of reason and evidence, "Your sister-in-law wants to give birth to a son, but your brother doesn't have the money to do so. Sell Xiaofang, and you'll have the money."
"Won't."
Zhao Hongwei took a deep breath and said firmly, "I won't let him sell Xiaofang."
Looking at Zhuozhuo's pouting mouth and unhappy face, Zhao Hongwei found it funny that he was seriously arguing with her. He held Zhuozhuo in his arms and covered her eyes with his big hands, "Go to sleep."
He used a mop to prop up a tripod, placed the big bag on it, then carried Zhuozhuo to sit on the toilet in the cubicle and closed his eyes.
9972 finally realized something was wrong and said in a trembling voice: "Zhuozhuo, ask Zhao Hongwei, are you guys going to sleep in the toilet tonight?"
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