With an ulterior motive, I usually go to bed after 9 o'clock, but today I washed and cleaned the two kids and sent them to bed after 8 o'clock.
Under their mother's loving gaze, the brother and sister silently closed their eyes. Children are children, and after an exciting day, they lay in bed, their minds relaxed, and they soon fell asleep.
When Gu Xingfan finished washing and returned to the bedroom, Yan Bai was already leaning against the head of the bed, flipping through the book he brought back.
...(Please imagine the following)
Yan Bai leaned in his arms, holding his hand reluctantly. Although he was very tired, his mind was clear.
After a long time, just when Gu Xingfan was about to fall asleep, he heard her whisper in his ears.
"Tomorrow, let's go see Mom!"
It was strange that although he was dazed, he could still clearly hear her whisper.
He suddenly woke up, and after a long silence, he held her delicate hand with his backhand, pulled her closer to his chest, and said in a low, hoarse, yet magnetic voice, "Okay!"
He knew that she saw through his indifferent disguise of vulnerability. Even though he no longer remembered his childhood, people are made of flesh and blood. Before his grandfather passed away, he would often mention his parents and his childhood to him.
Whenever he mentioned it, he could see deep nostalgia in the old woman's sunken eye sockets, and think of the only relatively clear photo of his mother kept in the small wooden box that was like a treasure.
My mother was standing behind a stool in her military uniform, with her hands on my grandfather's shoulders as he sat down. My father was looking at my mother with a bright smile, his eyes full of tenderness.
Although from the photo, grandpa doesn't have a smile on his face, but whenever you see this photo, you will feel that his eyes are full of smiles...
Gu Xingfan slowly explained the arrangements in his grandfather's will. His voice was neither sad nor happy, but Yan Bai could see the sadness enveloping him.
She straightened up and looked him in the eye: "Grandpa loves Mom and you very much, so you should cheer up and don't let Grandpa down, okay?"
Gu Xingfan lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes casting a small shadow: "I know, I'm just... a little sad, Yan Bai, do you know? I'm very sad..."
He pulled Yan Bai over and hugged her tightly. In the silence, Yan Bai felt the back of her neck was wet, one drop or two...
He has been called a jinx since he was a child. Everyone says that he is unlucky in marriage. Only his grandfather and Aunt Shen care about him.
Even though they didn't dare say those nasty words to his face because of Grandpa and his fists, they still grumbled about it behind his back...
From his grandpa and uncle, he felt the same genuine affection, apart from that from his grandfather and Aunt Shen. Under the gaze of his grandpa's deep eyes, he seemed to see his middle-aged grandfather holding his little boy in his arms, coaxing him not to cry...
For a long time, Lin Yanbai stared at his peaceful sleeping face. He might be really tired, as he actually fell asleep while crying. There was still a hint of red in the corner of his eyes. Under the light, Lin Yanbai thought of a word: as beautiful as peach and plum!
However, this is probably the dark history that their father Gu never wants to recall in his life!
Turn off the lights and go to sleep!
Maybe he was too tired, or maybe he hadn't adjusted to the jet lag yet, but the next day Gu Xingfan slept until ten o'clock in the morning, which was unprecedented. When he woke up, his side was cold, and it seemed that he had been away for a long time.
I originally thought that Yan Bai must have gone to school, but as soon as I went out, I saw the child's mother sitting at a small table in the yard reading a book. Gu Xingfan saw the book cover with his sharp eyes and found that it was the book he brought back yesterday.
The two children next to them were also quietly playing with the toys their father brought back.
Sunshine, breeze, green leaves, family, looking at this scene, the depression in Gu Xingfan's heart suddenly dissipated.
Tiaotiao noticed him the first time and ran over with the doll in his hand.
OK, the leg pendant is back in place!
The noise here attracted Yan Bai, who was engrossed in reading. She looked up and saw the father and his two sons. The smile on her face instantly faded.
"Wife...why didn't you go to school?"
Gu Xingfan held a naughty kid in each hand and ran to Yan Bai in two steps.
Maybe it was because they were not comfortable being held, the two children twisted their bodies and wanted to get down, so Gu Xingfan simply let them be.
"I don't have many classes today, so I've taken the day off. Are you hungry? I left some noodles for you. Wait, I'll make it for you..."
Scoop a spoonful of lard, cut some side dishes, stir the noodles, add some salt, and a bowl of fragrant clear soup noodles is ready.
Yan Bai took out a piece of braised beef from the jar, cut it into a few pieces, and placed them neatly on the noodles. The combination of meat and vegetables was both fragrant and appetizing!
The braised beef was braised by Yan Bai two days ago. Now people are getting bolder and bolder. She bought this beef from a roadside stall set up by an honest-looking old man on her way home from school.
Beef was hard to come by, so she simply bought it all at once, more than ten pounds, and made some of it into beef jerky, which was loved by everyone from her grandfather to her two children.
She made the rest into braised beef, and sometimes cut some into pieces to eat as a side dish during meals. Lin Yanbai was a skilled cook, and even the leftover marinade was eaten by the two children directly with rice.
Maybe he was really hungry, Gu Xingfan slurped down three bowls of noodles. Even the usually steady Dingding looked at him in surprise, looking up and down at his father's stomach, unable to imagine where the rice had gone.
After dinner, the couple took their child and carried a basket and headed towards the cemetery.
Chen Yueyi and Gu Changlan were buried in a foreign land, and only their cenotaphs were found in the martyrs' cemetery.
Gu Xingfan silently took out the incense and candles from the basket, lit them, and kowtowed four times. Lin Yanbai followed closely behind him.
Although the two children were still young, they also felt the solemnity of the atmosphere and knelt down to worship in an orderly manner.
They still remember that here are grandma and grandpa, dad’s parents, who went to a very far away place.
Then the father must be very sad. Just imagine if their parents didn’t want them and went far away, they would definitely be very sad too.
Thinking of this, Dingding and Tiaotiao decided not to argue with their father about the gift. Their father was so pitiful, so they should be kind and forgive him!
They stayed in the cemetery for quite a long time, and Gu Xingfan talked a lot, talking about Yan Bai and the two children, about Grandpa and Aunt Shen, and also about... Grandpa and uncle.
Even Dingding and Tiaotiao were infected by their father and talked to their grandparents for a long time. Seeing that Tiaotiao was about to talk about what her good friend Xiaoling had eaten for lunch yesterday, Lin Yanbai's eyes twitched and she quickly stopped her from continuing.
Tiao Tiao looked at his mother with dissatisfaction, but shut his mouth awkwardly due to the devil mother's majesty.
Gu Xingfan and Dingding immediately cast grateful eyes towards Yan Bai.
Lin Yan was embarrassed. She always felt that they seemed to want to say: Wife/Mom, at this moment, you are my God!
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