Chapter 159 Chapter 159 Father's Favoritism 8
Zhuozhuo was also shocked by this terrifying speculation and immediately shouted, "Zhao Hongwei, sleeping in the toilet?"
"Um."
"Don't sleep, stinky!"
"It doesn't stink. Just smell how nice it is."
Zhao Hongwei was exhausted, his eyes barely open, his voice tinged with sleep. He spoke sleepwalking, taking a deep breath. Hearing Zhuozhuo's discontented groan, he assumed she wasn't feeling comfortable. He stretched out his long legs, propped them up against the doorframes, and placed Zhuozhuo on his lap. His legs were longer than Zhuozhuo's entire body, and with them resting like a small bed.
Zhao Hongwei praised his own wit.
He also started shaking his legs, trying to shake Zhuozhuo to sleep.
Zhuozhuo flipped over like a sturdy little fish, startling Zhao Hongwei so much that he grabbed her and yanked her up. Her sleepiness vanished completely, and she nearly fell off the toilet. He scolded her, "Behave! You almost fell to your death, don't you know?"
Zhuozhuo was startled by the shouting and looked at Zhao Hongwei in shock.
Zhao Hongwei's anger suddenly subsided, and a sense of guilt flashed through his mind. It was normal for children to climb up and down without knowing the danger. He shouldn't have been so fierce just now. Why couldn't he have said it nicely?
Seeing tears welling up in Zhuozhuo's eyes, Zhao Hongwei wanted to bang his head on the ground. He immediately said in a low voice, "Good Zhuozhuo, don't cry. Daddy was wrong. Daddy shouldn't be so mean to you. You were right to turn over. It's Daddy who shouldn't have put you on my lap. Your legs are so narrow and unstable. Even if you don't move, if I move my legs after falling asleep, won't you fall?"
The more he talked, the more he felt it was his fault. Zhao Hongwei couldn't help but grab Zhuozhuo's little hand and slap it on his face, saying sincerely, "Everything is Daddy's fault. Daddy is a bad guy. Zhuozhuo, hit me now."
Zhuozhuo pursed her lips and pulled her hand back. Zhao Hongwei thought she was reluctant to hit him, but then he heard the little girl sobbing, "My hand hurts! Zhao Hongwei's face pricks my hand!"
“…”
Zhao Hongwei awkwardly let go of Zhuozhuo and saw the little girl's palms were red. He was filled with thoughts of "Oh my god," "That can't be the case." His daughter was so delicate. He touched his face. He hadn't shaved in days, and it was a bit rough. But it wasn't so rough that it would automatically fight back, right?
A little guilty.
Zhao Hongwei subconsciously wanted to say, "It's all my face's fault!", but that sounded strange, so he quickly changed the subject, "Ah, you asked if we should sleep in the toilet. Yes, we should sleep in the toilet, because you ate up our hotel money."
There were so many beautiful things at the Qihua Wholesale Market that Zhao Hongwei got carried away and went on a shopping spree, leaving him with only enough money for a night's bunk bed in a hotel and a ticket home the next day. But plans couldn't keep up with changes, so he couldn't resist buying zongzi for Zhuozhuo, and ended up sleeping on the street with Zhuozhuo.
But big cities are big cities. Not only do they have public toilets, but they are also very beautifully built, just like the big villas in small county towns.
Between sleeping on the street, sleeping at the bus stop and sleeping in the toilet, Zhao Hongwei chose the latter without hesitation. He subconsciously felt that the enclosed space would make the child feel safe.
Seeing Zhuozhuo still pouting, Zhao Hongwei patiently coaxed her, "Look, baby, although this is a toilet, it's cleaner and more beautiful than our house. We're making a killing sleeping here."
Zhuozhuo looked at the door of the toilet cubicle, then at the ceiling, and whispered, "There's no bed here."
"Sleep in my arms, I'll hold you while you sleep."
Zhuozhuo remained silent. Although she felt shocked about sleeping in the toilet, she didn't know why she was shocked. After listening to Zhao Hongwei's clear and logical explanation, she really thought that sleeping in the toilet was nothing.
His mentality changed, he felt sleepy, his burning eyelids became heavy, and he leaned on Zhao Hongwei's shoulder and slowly lowered his head.
Zhao Hongwei breathed a sigh of relief silently. He froze his body and dared not move. When he guessed that Zhuozhuo was fast asleep, he carefully lifted her little head and adjusted her position.
Not knowing if anyone would come in, Zhao Hongwei didn't dare to sleep soundly all night. He drifted off to sleep until he heard some movement outside. He opened his eyes drowsily, gritted his teeth, and moved his stiff limbs lightly. Then he packed himself up as quietly as possible, and left with his big bag under the pale gray-blue night sky.
Zhuozhuo was awakened by the noisy voices. She hummed and moaned in displeasure, and rolled around in Zhao Hongwei's arms like a loach. After she pushed off the silk scarf covering her face, the dazzling sunlight shone directly into her eyes, instantly waking her up.
“Wuwuwu…”
I started crying as soon as I woke up. I didn’t sleep well and felt uncomfortable.
I had just cried twice and hadn't really started to cry when a cold, hard rice dumpling was stuffed into my mouth.
Zhuozhuo chewed and swallowed subconsciously, looked at Zhao Hongwei, and said softly, "I want more."
"Enough!" Zhao Hongwei pinched off another small piece and stuffed it into Zhuozhuo's mouth, saying, "This tastes like candied dates. I just ate a whole grain one, so I have one left for you. You can try it later."
Zhao Hongwei already had some experience in taking care of children. He could feed them two bites of rice dumplings and a sip of water.
Zhuozhuo was busy eating, nodding and humming. Only after he'd finished eating and drinking did he realize they were on the bus. This time, his seat wasn't by the window, but by the aisle. The aisle was also packed with people, and the stench of sweat and other body odors was unpleasant. Zhuozhuo buried his face in Zhao Hongwei's arms. After a few minutes, he hummed, "Pee."
Zhao Hongwei immediately shouted, "Master, please stop the car! My daughter needs to relieve herself!"
Driver: “I can’t stop!”
Zhao Hongwei: "My daughter is only three years old. She can't hold it in and will pee in the car!"
Some people who couldn't stand the smell inside the car also started to join in. In such a hot day and such a crowded car, they couldn't imagine how smelly a pee would be.
The driver was still reluctant to stop, thinking that children's urine doesn't have much smell, and if he didn't stop the car, the parents would find a way to catch it themselves, such as using a plastic bag or a mineral water bottle, and would definitely not let the child pee in the car.
"Zhao Hongwei, pee." Zhuozhuo twisted her body in a hurry. She hadn't urinated in the morning and had just drunk water. Now the urge to pee was as strong as a landslide or tsunami, and it was unstoppable once it appeared.
Zhao Hongwei cursed but didn't dare delay any longer. He squeezed to the window with Zhuozhuo in his arms and lifted her out through the open window. He yelled to remind the people behind him to close the windows, and then said softly, "Baby, pee."
Outside the car window, in the air, the wind was blowing: "..."
People are going to be stupid.
9972 scanned it, confirmed that no one would see it, and said comfortingly: "Baby, go ahead and pee. This is cool."
Zhuozhuo didn't care about being cool or not. The three seconds of silence were simply because she had never been in this posture before. It only took a moment to prepare herself. She looked at the green trees that were rapidly retreating and let out a sigh of relief in the wind.
After the little incident, Zhuozhuo was still sleepy, but after sleeping in his arms all night and morning, her bones felt suffocated and her whole body felt uncomfortable. She stepped on Zhao Hongwei's legs and jumped up and down, stepping on him from grimace to despair. Finally, she stretched her muscles and bones, then fell headfirst onto his shoulders and fell asleep in an instant.
When he woke up again, Zhuozhuo saw Zhao Hongwei holding a plastic bottle, which was half filled with white liquid. "Zhuozhuo, what do you think this is?"
Zhao Hongwei carefully poured half a bottle cap and brought it to Zhuozhuo's mouth for her to drink.
Zhuozhu knew what it was as soon as she smelled it, but 9972 didn't let her say it, so she just drank half a cap of milk and said, "It tastes good."
"Drink some more."
Zhao Hongwei said this as he handed the plastic bottle to Zhuozhuo, telling her to hold it and drink from it. He held the bottom of the bottle with one hand to prevent her from spilling it, and lazily explained the origins of the milk. "I traded your rice dumplings for this. It's too hot, and the rice dumplings would go bad. I got a handful of apricots, a bag of biscuits, a piece of dried meat, and two spoonfuls of milk powder in exchange. This bottle contains milk powder, specially for children. It's better than malted milk."
He originally wanted to take these two spoonfuls of milk powder home for Dabao to drink, but when he saw Zhuozhuo leaning on him, sleeping with sweat all over her face, his heart couldn't help but soften. His mind was full of the hardships she had gone through traveling with him, so he borrowed the driver's hot water to make the milk powder and gave it to Zhuozhuo.
Milk powder is for children. Zhuozhuo is younger than Dabao, so he definitely needs it more. As for Dabao, I'll buy him what he needs after I sell the goods I have.
Zhao Hongwei looked out the car window, his young face full of anticipation and anxiety about the future.
When they arrived at the county town, it was around 11 a.m. Zhuozhuo put his arm around Zhao Hongwei's neck and looked around curiously, "Where is this?"
"It's our hometown." Zhao Hongwei, brimming with energy, moved swiftly through the crowd, soon exiting the station and onto the shabby yet familiar streets. Looking at the pedestrians' unconventional attire, he felt a surge of confidence, a surge of pride rising in his chest. He turned and walked towards a small shop, "Boss, call."
"A dime a minute."
Zhao Hongwei, whose pockets are cleaner than his face: "..."
He looked at Zhuozhuo in his arms and said with a shameless face, "Baby, can you lend me a dime?"
Zhuozhuo tilted his head and said innocently, "Don't you have any money?"
"Yes, Dad has told you many times." Zhao Hongwei said this with amusement. He needed to change his financial management concept and leave himself a way out. He now has a child to support. What if there is an emergency and he can't pay?
Zhuozhuo readily took out a coin from his pocket and placed it in Zhao Hongwei's palm. He then immediately changed his mind and took it back, confirming, "Zhao Hongwei, will you pay me back?"
"Yes! I'll give you interest and pay you back two cents."
"good!"
Zhuozhuo happily lent the money.
"Thank you, baby. What would you do without your dad?" Zhao Hongwei saw Zhuozhuo was happy and started to coax her.
The boss watched the interaction between the father and daughter and laughed so hard that he stopped fanning himself.
Zhao Hongwei dialed a number and said in a hurry: "Come to the bus station in half an hour, I will help you make a lot of money!"
After hanging up the phone, he slapped the coin on the phone table, raised his eyebrows, and said proudly, "Yes, my daughter paid for me to make the call."
The boss laughed heartily, repeatedly saying that he was lucky, pretending he hadn't heard the young man borrow money just now. The boss wanted to ask where the young man had gone to make his fortune, but the child in his arms suddenly seemed to realize where he was and said in surprise: "We're back? I want my sister!"
The young man looked like he had a headache and walked away with the child, so the boss had to give up.
Zhuozhuo grabbed Zhao Hongwei's hair and asked in a particularly dissatisfied tone, "Why don't you go home? Why don't you go home? Why don't you go home?"
Like chanting a sutra.
Zhao Hongwei had originally wanted to hide his thoughts, but under such pressure, he had to speak frankly: "When I left, I said I wanted to make money. They all thought I would be out there for at least a year or two. I returned in less than a week, penniless. How can I save my face? Even if I get to the county town, I will sell the goods I have first."
If he made a profit, he would go straight to the bus station and quickly buy more goods.
If he lost, he would go straight to the bus station and find a new job as soon as possible.
Anyway, I won’t be going home for a while.
Zhao Hongwei kept the rest of his words to himself, worried that Zhuozhuo would get upset. His joyful mood finally turned to melancholy.
Over the years, he'd dedicated himself, if not fought tooth and nail, to this family. He'd used every penny his parents left him, as well as every penny he'd earned, to help his eldest brother marry, raise children, and buy a birth permit. He'd considered himself an indispensable member of the family, but with the arrival of Zhuozhuo, his eldest brother and his wife's attitude had changed. They'd treated him like an outsider, even refusing to let him stay at home while he worked.
Zhao Hongwei didn't want the two dilapidated houses, nor did he think of competing with his elder brother for them, but before his father died, he did give one to each of them.
well.
Zhao Hongwei looked at Zhuozhuo, and the words "You are the only one I have as a dad" came to his lips, but he was too embarrassed to say it out loud.
But Zhuozhuo was very perceptive. He stretched his little head to look at Zhao Hongwei's face and said childishly, "Are you going to cry?"
Zhao Hongwei's face flushed, "You're mistaken."
Zhuozhuo pointed at his face and said in a baby voice, "You're not crying, there's water on your face."
Zhao Hongwei wailed in his heart and quickly tilted his head to rub his face on the collar, then he heard Zhuozhuo's giggling laughter.
Zhuozhuo clapped his hands and said happily, "You've been cheated. There's no water, hehe."
Zhao Hongwei: “…”
This little devil is the cutest when he's asleep.
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