"Let's dig a small hole with a shovel first, like I did..."
In the backyard of the Su family's old house, Su Ling squatted in the vegetable garden, patiently teaching Xiao Fangqi how to grow vegetables.
Little Fangqi had a sling on his left hand hanging around his neck, and held a mini shovel in his right hand. His fair face was puffed up as he listened carefully to Su Ling's explanation. He seriously inserted the shovel into the soil and dug a small hole with great effort.
"Very good!" Su Ling clapped his hands in encouragement, "Keep digging, dig bigger."
Xiao Fangqi nodded, holding the mini shovel, and dug the hole hard, while Su Ling, who was standing beside him, had a gentle look in his eyes.
The child was treated in the hospital for a month and a half. Except for the hand that was still in a cast, all other injuries had healed and he was fully able to be discharged and recuperate at home. However, the mother-in-law and Su Ling had different opinions on where Xiao Fangqi should go to recuperate after being discharged from the hospital.
Of course, Su Ling hopes to raise the child herself, give him more love and care, and let him grow up healthily. However, her mother-in-law finally saw her great-grandson and was reluctant to part with him. She wanted to take him back to the Lin family's ancestral home and keep him by her side to take care of him.
Su Ling felt that her mother-in-law and father-in-law were old and that taking care of the child would be hard and exhausting. However, her mother-in-law thought that Su Ling and Lin Feng were both men and were not careful enough to raise a child well.
The two people disagreed and were deadlocked.
Finally, Lin Feng suggested that Xiao Fangqi make his own choice.
The result was without a doubt, Xiao Fangqi chose Su Ling.
The mother-in-law had no choice but to tell them to come back to the old house more often when they had time.
Su Ling agreed and took Xiao Fangqi, who had been discharged from the hospital, to live in a villa in Xiangyan Mountain for a few days. Later, he was called back to Shixi Village by the village chief.
The H City travel agency agreed to cooperate with Shixi Village to jointly develop the scenic spots of Phoenix Mountain and train villagers to serve as tour guides. The village committee cadres and the travel agency had almost discussed the details, and now Su Ling was needed to make the final decision and sign the contract.
Yesterday, Su Ling brought his family back to the Su family residence. King and Lion played happily in the yard as soon as they entered. Little Fangqi was led by Su Ling's hand and looked around curiously. When Su Ling took him to the decorated children's room on the second floor, he saw the big bear doll on the bed and jumped on it with joy.
"Like?" Su Ling bent down and touched his little head.
"I like it!" Little Fangqi buried her red face in the fur of the big bear doll, rubbed it, revealing half of her face, and nodded shyly.
Su Ling sat on the child's bed and looked around the room.
The spring decoration company only took half a month to renovate the house. Su Ling took some time to go back to Shixi Village, arrange the furniture in the children's room, give the key to Aunt Zhang, and go to S City again.
When I came back this time, the house was tidy and clean. It was obvious that Aunt Zhang came to clean it every now and then.
"Big brother, I've dug it."
The child's tender voice brought Su Ling back to his senses. Looking down at the small hole he had dug, he praised, "Xiao Fangqi, you're great! Come on, let's put the seeds in now."
Su Ling poured out a small rapeseed seed from a plastic bag and put it into Xiao Fangqi's chubby hand.
Xiao Fangqi carefully placed the seeds into the hole, stretched out his fingers and poked the seeds into the soil.
"Like this?" He tilted his head and asked Su Ling.
"Right." Su Ling placed a seed in the hole he had dug for himself and demonstrated, "Then we use a shovel to cover the soil back."
"Okay~" Little Fangqi responded in a baby voice, using his mini shovel to move the dirt and fill it back into the hole. When the hole was level, he patted the dirt with the back of the mini shovel, looking like he had done a great job.
"Great!" Su Ling kissed his tender face, "Are you tired? Let's go back to the house and drink some water, okay?"
Xiao Fangqi's cheeks flushed slightly. "Okay."
"So good." Su Ling pulled him up, put the shovel in the storage room in the backyard, then went to the well, drew a bucket of water, pulled it up, and put it on the ground.
"Come, wash your hands."
Xiao Fangqi obediently put his hands into the cold water and rubbed them.
Aunt He poked her head out of the back door of the kitchen and said with concern, "Mr. Su, please bring the young master inside. The sun is too scorching outside."
Su Ling took out a handkerchief and wiped Xiao Fangqi's hands. "Right away."
The September sun is really scorching. I couldn't stand the heat after staying outside for just over half an hour.
As soon as I brought my child in, the cool air from the air conditioner hit me in the face, and my pores felt relaxed.
Aunt He brought out a plate of freshly baked rabbit cookies and placed them on the dining table. "Young Master, would you like some cookies?"
Little Fangqi licked his lips, and looked at Su Ling with longing in his big, bright eyes, looking cute as if he wanted something but didn't dare to have it.
Su Ling took a small biscuit and handed it to him. "Eat it."
"Thank you, big brother." Little Fangqi took it and took a bite.
Su Ling lovingly smoothed down the little hair on his head.
The child was so well-behaved that it was heartbreaking. Although more than a month had passed, the hurt caused by his adoptive mother still lingered in his subconscious, and he did not dare to take the initiative to fight for things. Although Su Ling patiently guided him every day, the child was still a little timid.
Every time this happened, Su Ling would grit his teeth in hatred towards Zhang Man.
Now that the police have completed evidence collection and the child's injury assessment report has come out, Zhang Man will face more than two years in prison, while her husband and company members were involved in organized crime and prostitution and were sentenced to seven years in prison.
In addition, the police found the author of the defamatory article, who turned out to be a staff member of a newspaper in H City. According to her confession, she was commissioned by Xiao Fangqi's uncle and aunt to write the article to slander Fangqi's grandmother in order to divert media attention and distance herself from Fangqi.
After learning the truth, Su Ling was furious.
What kind of relative is this?
Even animals know feelings, but they are worse than animals!
Unfortunately, the punishment for spreading rumors online was not severe. The two were only detained for ten days and fined 500 yuan.
However, after the police made the announcement online, Uncle Fang Qi was fired from his company and became a target of public outcry. It will be difficult for him to find a job in the future.
This result was unsatisfactory, and Su Ling's anger subsided by half.
Xiao Fangqi finished eating a milk-flavored rabbit biscuit, took one and handed it to Su Ling.
"Big brother, eat the rabbit cake."
"...Thank you, baby." Su Ling took the cookie and ate it in one bite. "Aunt He's cookies are really delicious."
"Mm, delicious." Xiao Fangqi took another one and ran into the kitchen to find Aunt He, "Grandma, eat it."
Aunt He was making oatmeal. Seeing the little guy bring her biscuits, she took them with a smile. "Hey, thank you, young master."
Xiao Fangqi turned around shyly and ran back to the restaurant.
"Meow~" The tabby cat came into the restaurant at some point, jumped onto the stool nimbly, raised its front paws and lay on the table, staring at the biscuits greedily.
Little Fangqi climbed onto his special children's chair and placed a handful of cookies in front of the tabby cat. "Cat, here you go."
"Meow~ Meow~" The tabby cat called out coquettishly, touching the biscuit tentatively with its paw, as if wondering whether it was edible or not.
A slender, white hand reached out and snatched the biscuit.
"Meow?" The tabby cat glared at Su Ling.
"Big brother?" Little Fangqi was puzzled.
Su Ling said with a smile: "Cats will get sick if they eat biscuits!"
When Xiao Fangqi heard the word "sick", he decisively pushed the biscuit away and taught the tabby cat seriously: "Big brother said you can't eat biscuits."
"Meow meow meow——" The delicious food that was about to reach its mouth was gone, and the tabby cat cried unhappily. It jumped onto the table and walked towards the biscuit plate.
"Big brother!" Little Fangqi was anxious.
Su Ling reached out his hand, lifted the tabby cat off the table, and put it on the ground.
Aunt He brought some soaked oatmeal into the dining room and saw the cat circling under the table. She asked, "Hey, what's going on?"
Su Ling took the cereal and placed it in front of Xiao Fangqi. "It's okay, the little one is greedy."
Aunt He said, "I'll go get it a can of food."
Su Ling: "Don't give too much, it will be lunchtime soon."
"Meow~~~~~~~~~~" Lion understood Cantou, and his cry was so flattering. He kept rubbing his body against Aunt He's legs, and his long tail was swinging back and forth.
Aunt He was amused by it.
King had been squatting secretly at the door between the restaurant and the hall. When he heard the cans, he woofed, ran over, grinned and wagged his tail at Aunt He.
"They are all smart guys." Aunt He laughed and turned to go to the kitchen to get canned food.
Little Fangqi sat on the chair, drinking cereal quietly, looking at the two little pets with his black eyes.
Su Ling accompanied him to eat snacks, and put his mobile phone on the table, browsing casually.
After eating snacks and drinking cereal, Su Ling took Xiao Fangqi to play in the water pavilion. The little guy was very interested in the fat carp in the pond. He lay on the guardrail and kept throwing fish food into the water, attracting all the koi in the pond to gather at the water pavilion.
Su Ling carefully protected him to prevent him from accidentally falling into the pool.
The fat carp slowly emerged from the water, aggressively bumped into the other koi, opened its big mouth, and all the fish food went into its stomach.
"Wow——" Xiao Fangqi exclaimed, opening his eyes wide with curiosity.
Su Ling pinched a handful of fish food and threw it into the pond. The fat carp quickly swung its tail, and its scales shone colorfully under the sunlight.
"So beautiful!" Xiao Fangqi clapped his hands.
Su Ling asked gently: "Do you like living here?"
"Yeah." Xiao Fangqi nodded heavily.
"Then... can Qi baby stay at home by himself in the afternoon?" Su Ling scratched his little nose.
The little guy quickly shook his head, threw himself into Su Ling's arms, and hugged him tightly.
Su Ling coaxed him: "Aunt He will accompany you, okay?"
Xiao Fangqi hugged him tighter, shaking his head violently.
Su Ling rubbed his back helplessly.
Little Fangqi was too dependent on him. If they were separated for a while, he would cry and look for him. Last night, he promised that he would sleep well in the children's room, but when he went to check at 11 o'clock in the evening, he found the child curled up in the quilt and sobbing.
There was no choice, so he took the child back to his bedroom and the three of them slept together.
Lin Feng's face didn't look good.
He had to go to town this afternoon to sign a contract with the head of the travel agency. It was inconvenient to bring the child with him, so he wanted Xiao Fangqi to stay at home, but obviously, the child didn't want to.
Sighing, Su Ling pinched his little ear and gave in. "Okay, I'll take you out with me, but you have to be obedient and don't make any noise, okay?"
When Xiao Fangqi heard that Su Ling was willing to take him, he raised his head and kissed Su Ling on the cheek happily.
Su Ling was won over by the sweet kiss and rubbed the little guy's nose with his own.
The author has something to say: It should be finished by next Thursday! I will work hard~ fist~
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