Chapter 28
Nan Tao didn't turn back until the delivery man disappeared from her sight.
I had originally planned to look for a part-time job with daily pay near the community, but the weather was not good. It was sunny one second and covered with dark clouds the next.
In the sky, layers of dark clouds piled up one after another, so dense that it was hard to breathe. From a distance, it looked like five million troops from heaven were sent out to capture the Monkey King, Sun Wukong.
After a while, there was a loud rumbling thunder, clanging and clanging, deafening, followed by dazzling lightning, flashing in the sky, which seemed so far away, but it seemed as if it was flashing at oneself.
Nan Tao pulled Yu Ze and walked quickly: "It's raining heavily."
Sure enough, the thunder in the sky suddenly disappeared, and it was held back for a few seconds like a fart, and then it was released with a bang, scaring passers-by to run around. At the same time, large drops of water hit the ground with a crackling sound, so fast that it was beyond the reach of the ears and made people at a loss as to what to do.
Nan Tao watched the raindrops fall from the sky, hiding under the eaves of the container. She patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief: "Luckily we're close to the supermarket. We ran fast, otherwise we would have been soaked to the skin."
"Come on, son, come inside."
Nan Tao casually placed the bag on the table and lazily fell onto the bed, letting out a sigh: "Comfortable~"
He kicked off his shoes and patted the bed: "Son, come up and lie down for a while. You've been tired all morning."
Yu Ze took off his shoes, climbed onto the bed and lay next to Nan Tao: "Mommy, what are we having for lunch today?"
Nan Tao rested her hands on the back of her head, crossed her legs, and looked carefree and relaxed. "Hmm~ What should I eat? Should I go to a restaurant or have instant noodles? Or maybe I should just have instant noodles, they're delicious."
Yu Ze's eyes lit up: "Mommy, let's eat instant noodles."
The mother and son hit it off immediately.
Nan Tao took the electric kettle to boil water, then took out two buckets of instant noodles from the bag, opened the box, tore open the seasoning packet and poured it in. The smell of the rich aroma made her mouth water.
I usually eat meals cooked by the chef at home, and I haven't eaten instant noodles many times in all these years. I remember the last time I was in high school, I was caught by Yu Zhengyang for secretly eating instant noodles. I had to coax him into giving in for a long time.
Hehe, no one cares about me now, I can do whatever I want. There are still benefits to participating in variety shows.
"Mommy, the water is boiling." Yu Ze said.
Nan Tao poured boiling water into the bucket and waited for three minutes. The smell of the instant noodles made her mouth water.
Nan Tao and Yu Ze licked their lips and said, "Let's eat."
Yu Ze, who was always mature and steady at a young age, had sparkling eyes. This was the first time in his life that he had eaten instant noodles. "Mommy, it's delicious. Let's eat it again tonight."
Nan Tao slurped the noodles and drank some soup. "Forget it... I'm afraid your dad will beat me."
Of course he won’t really hit me, but it’s also painful in bed. He will be back soon.
Yu Ze retorted: "Impossible, Dad has never hit you."
Nan Tao blushed: "You don't understand, little brat."
But the netizens watching the live broadcast understood it immediately.
【Hahaha, is that what I meant? 】
[I am pure now, I understand instantly, sob sob sob…]
[It's rare to see Taozi blush, I thought she was fearless.]
[Who is Taozi's husband? Haven't you sisters figured it out yet? ]
【Xiao Zeze, you don't understand adult matters, just eat your meal obediently.】
Yu Ze: "I'm not a kid, I'm six years old."
Nan Tao said perfunctorily: "Okay, you are a big boy now."
Yu Ze buried his head in the soup, taking sip after sip. "Mommy, the soup is delicious."
Nan Tao saw that his bucket of soup was almost half full, so she quickly stopped him: "Don't drink any more, you'll have diarrhea if you drink any more."
Yu Ze put it down reluctantly: "Oh."
Nan Tao touched Yu Ze's head and said, "Don't tell your dad that I took you to eat instant noodles."
Yu Ze nodded: "Don't worry, Mommy, I won't."
Nan Tao breathed a sigh of relief. If her son didn't tell her, she wouldn't know. Anyway, he was a workaholic and it was impossible for him to watch variety shows, let alone live broadcasts.
However, what Nan Tao didn't know was that apart from working and sleeping, Yu Zhengyang used all his rest time to watch the live broadcast of their mother and son. He even put his mobile phone in the bathroom to play the show while taking a bath every night. In the eyes of his secretary, he was a man who loved his wife and son madly. He even put his mobile phone on a stand to watch the live broadcast before breakfast, lunch and dinner.
In the live broadcast screen,
Nan Tao packed up the instant noodles and put them in a basket. She then poured two glasses of boiled water and handed one to Yu Ze, "Drink this to warm your stomach."
After eating and drinking, Nan Tao rolled back to bed, but she couldn't fall asleep and tossed and turned in bed.
The temperature was too high in the summer and there was heavy rain outside, making the container very stuffy.
Nan Tao felt short of breath and opened the window. There was a strong wind outside and raindrops came in slantingly. A lot of rainwater accumulated on the table. She had to open the window halfway again, but the air circulation was slow and the room was still very stuffy.
There was no other way, so Nan Tao opened the door of the container and sat cross-legged on the ground near the door. A cool breeze blew in her face. "It's cool, so comfortable. Son, come over and sit here too. It's very cool."
Yu Ze followed Nan Tao's example and sat cross-legged on the ground, closing his eyes and feeling the cool summer breeze.
Nan Tao tilted her head and asked with a smile, "Are you comfortable?"
Yu Ze nodded: "It's cool."
The mother and son sat cross-legged in a container house for the first time, feeling the cool breeze. Many years later, this became the most impressive scene in Yu Ze's childhood memory.
Seeing that the rain outside was gradually getting lighter, Nan Tao ran to the doorstep and sat down, supporting her chin with one hand and playing with the rain outside with the other hand, her fingers dancing playfully like playful little birds.
Maybe it was because people were going to work in the afternoon, and more and more people were outside. Many people were walking hurriedly on the road with umbrellas.
Nan Tao saw the delivery man riding the electric scooter again. The little boy was still tied to his back. Both the big and the small were wearing the same bright yellow raincoat.
She saw the delivery man park his bike in front of a building, untie the rope, then lower his head and say something to the little boy. The little boy giggled and nodded obediently. Then the delivery man took out a lollipop from his trouser pocket and handed it to the little boy, who happily took it.
After a while, the delivery man took out three takeout meals from the large blue insulated box on the back of the electric bike. He lowered his head and gave the little boy a few words, then turned around in a hurry and left quickly into the building.
It was raining. The little boy was wearing a raincoat and sitting obediently on the electric car, eating a lollipop without crying or making a fuss.
Somehow, perhaps because of her abundant emotions, Nan Tao felt a little uncomfortable, and her eyes were slightly red.
Netizens watching the live broadcast also saw this scene from Nan Tao.
[Alas, the economy is bad now, and everyone is struggling to survive. If you have money, who would bring their children along to deliver food?]
I feel bad for this child, but I also think he's happy. He stays with his father, and you can tell his father loves him very much. My father loves me too, but I was a left-behind child when I was little. My grandparents favored boys over girls and weren't nice to me.
[How should I put it? It's hard to let go. Seeing this scene reminds me of my childhood.]
[Blessings, I hope this father can make a lot of money in the future and no longer have to take his son to deliver food.]
"Mommy, what's wrong with you?" Yu Ze asked with concern.
Nan Tao rubbed her eyes and said, "The wind blew in the sand."
Yu Ze: "Let me give Mommy a blowjob."
Nan Tao's mood couldn't help but improve. She pried her eyes open with her hands and said, "Come on, blow it."
Yu Ze: "Huff~Huff…Is Mommy feeling better?"
Nan Tao held her son in her arms and kissed him: "My dear son, Mommy loves you so much."
Yu Ze blushed, nestled in his mommy's arms, the corners of his lips slightly raised.
Three hours later, the rain outside finally stopped, the sky was blue, and the air was filled with the fragrance of grass.
After Nan Tao woke up, she looked out the window and saw that the rain had stopped. She checked the time on her cell phone and it was five o'clock in the afternoon.
"Baby, get up, let's go out for a walk."
After waking up Yu Ze, Nan Tao and Yu Ze put on their shoes, put on masks, and left the container.
Nan Tao sniffed the fragrance of the grass and stretched lazily, "Let's go to the square in front."
After locking the door, the two turned left and headed towards the main road. Then they walked straight for about three hundred meters, turned right and walked forward fifty meters, crossed the green belt, walked to the three-way intersection and walked forward another hundred meters to reach the community square.
The square is very large and can accommodate two to three hundred people. During previous collective sampling activities, residents of the community often lined up here.
At this time, the elderly in the neighborhood have already come out to square dance, playing the classic Phoenix Legend song, "Clouds in the Sky..."
Nan Tao hummed as she found an empty chair and sat down, "Baby, sit here and watch them dance."
I don’t know if it’s a trend, but in addition to the elderly, there are also many young boys and girls dancing in the team.
After watching for a while, Nan Tao suddenly got excited and dragged Yu Ze to the team, "Let's dance too."
After dancing for more than ten minutes, I felt hungry. I looked at the time and it was almost six o'clock, so I decided to take Yu Ze to a restaurant.
I ordered two plates of mushroom and pork dumplings and a plate of cold dishes, and the total cost was twenty-seven yuan.
After finishing her meal, she returned to the container and sat cross-legged on the bed. She took the money out of her pocket and placed it on the bed. She counted it and found that she still had 35 yuan left. This was obviously not enough to last her two days. "I have to go out and look for a job tomorrow."
Yu Ze frowned: "Mommy, let's save some money." He didn't want Mommy to be tired.
Nan Tao: "It's difficult. Thirty-five is not enough for two days."
Yu Ze sighed, wishing he was a little older so he could go out to work and earn money to support his mom.
Nan Tao pinched Yu Ze's nose and said, "Little old man, why are you sighing?"
Yu Ze: "If only dad were here, he could handle anything!"
Nan Tao was jealous, "You admire your father so much?"
Yu Ze nodded seriously: "Dad is great! Mommy is great too."
Nan Tao snorted, "You barely passed."
The mother and son chatted about this and that, with Nan Tao basically talking to Yu Ze. By the end it was already very late, and after washing up, they lay down on the bed and quickly fell asleep.
The next morning,
Nan Tao set the alarm for eight o'clock, but she only heard the ringing of her cell phone. She opened her eyes with difficulty, blinked, and then closed them again, unable to control the gravity of the earth.
The alarm clock continued to ring for ten minutes, and Nan Tao slept soundly.
Yu Ze got up and turned off the alarm on his phone. He got out of bed, put on his shoes, washed up, and walked to the table. The table was a bit high, so he tiptoed to reach for the egg noodles in the bag.
He is now in the last year of kindergarten, and the teacher teaches everyone how to cook in the interest class, so he has some experience in this area and should have no problem making noodles.
Yu Ze hooked up the electric cooker to the water and poached two eggs. After waiting five or six minutes for them to be half-cooked, he opened the plastic bag and put the noodles in.
After waiting for another five or six minutes, Yu Ze stirred the food in the pot with chopsticks a few times. Seeing that it was almost cooked, he turned off the switch of the electric cooker.
Yu Ze walked to the bed and called Nan Tao: "Mommy, get up!"
Nan Tao put the pillow over her ears, turned over and faced away from Yu Ze.
Yu Ze had no choice but to walk to the other side of the bed, "Mommy, get up..."
Seeing Nan Tao motionless, Yu Ze hesitated for a while, then reached out and pushed her, "Mommy, get up quickly."
Nan Tao opened her eyes blankly and muttered, "Baby, you got up so early, sleep a little longer."
Yu Ze: "Mommy, it's getting late. It's already half past eight."
Nan Tao: "Is it half past eight?"
Yu Ze nodded.
Nan Tao slapped her forehead and said, "I set the alarm for 8 o'clock, why didn't it go off? Is my phone broken?"
Yu Ze: "Mommy, you're sleeping too deeply."
Nan Tao got out of bed and saw the egg noodles already cooked in the pot. She praised, "Baby, you're amazing."
Yu Ze: "Mommy, hurry up and brush your teeth and wash your face."
After washing up, Nan Tao enjoyed the noodles cooked by her son and said, "Let mommy do it next time. Honey, these are not safe."
Yu Ze: "Okay."
After dinner, Nan Tao took Yu Ze out of the container. When she was strolling in the community last night, she saw several express delivery stations. She planned to apply for a job as a temporary worker today, which should earn her some money.
Arriving at the Mommy Inn, Nan Tao asked the busy person inside, "Are you hiring temporary workers for two days?"
The courier boss looked at Nan Tao and her son. They were dressed elegantly, and even with masks on, their good looks were evident. They looked spoiled, so he said, "You can't do this job."
Nan Tao: "Is it heavy?"
The courier boss picked up a large box and placed it on the shelf in front of Nan Tao. "Can you lift something so heavy? There are dozens of other things like this."
Nan Tao was a little hesitant, but for the sake of survival, she said, "Boss, I'll try for an hour first, okay?"
The courier boss looked at Nan Tao and said, "Okay, let's make a deal first. According to the market price, the hourly wage is 24 yuan per hour, but if you only work for one hour, I will give you 15 yuan. If you agree, then do it."
Nan Tao thought it was a good deal and said, "Okay, that's a deal."
Yu Ze helped pick up small parcels, and Nan Tao picked up large parcels.
An hour later, both of them were sweating profusely.
Nan Tao panted, "Boss, this job is really tiring... I..."
The courier boss had a look on his face that I had expected. "Since you two are helping out, I'll give you twenty-five."
Nan Tao thanked, "Thank you so much."
Holding the twenty-five yuan in her hand, Nan Tao was very happy. This was the first time she had earned money by doing this kind of physical work, and she felt a sense of fulfillment and satisfaction.
So Nan Tao waved her hand and said, "Son, let's go buy two ice creams."
At the entrance of the supermarket, Nan Tao saw the delivery man from yesterday. Next to him stood a woman with ordinary features and a short stature, but with a very fair complexion, the kind that would be easily noticed in a crowd.
The woman carried the little boy to the back seat of the electric scooter and said to the delivery man, "Ah Ming, I'm working the night shift today and won't be back at night. I'll sleep over at my colleague's place."
Delivery driver Qu Ming said, "Wife, you've slept at your colleague's place several nights this month. Doesn't she mind? Don't worry about the money. There's no subway at night, so you can take a taxi back."
The woman glared at Qu Ming. "You don't feel sorry for me at all. Is this a matter of money? I have to run back and forth so late at night. Isn't it tiring?"
Qu Ming was not angry when he was scolded, and he quickly coaxed her: "I'm sorry, honey, I didn't think about it. Don't be angry, just go ahead. I'm just worried that your colleagues will say something about you."
The woman said angrily, "Don't worry, he and I have a good relationship, so he won't mind. Okay, stop wasting time, and take your son to deliver food. Don't delay making money."
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