Zhou Nanguang took Zhou Chaoyang to eat oil-tea fried dough twist with a loving look on his face.
The boss was an old man, very thin, wearing a patched Mao suit. When he saw Zhou Nanguang, he greeted him enthusiastically: "Are you here for a walk again?"
Zhou Nanguang said proudly: "No, I'm not taking a walk today. I'm bringing my daughter to eat your oil-tea fried dough twist. My daughter loved it when she was a child and has been thinking about it for so many years."
The boss looked at Zhou Chaoyang, as if trying to recall something, and pointed with his finger: "Oh, I remember now, you used to have two braids, liked to wear white shirts, and you would eat two bowls of oil-tea fried dough twist every time you came, right?"
Zhou Chaoyang chuckled: "It's me. I didn't expect you still remember me. But I haven't eaten it for a few years. I dream about it."
The boss laughed: "Remember, remember, the little girl was young at that time, but she was quite brave. When there were hooligans who came to cause trouble, you dared to fight with them while holding a bowl. You were only eleven or twelve years old at that time?"
Zhou Chaoyang was a little embarrassed: "That's about right."
The boss sighed as he drank his oil tea: "In the blink of an eye, fifteen or sixteen years have passed. Time flies so fast."
Then he said to Zhou Nanguang, "You are so lucky to have such a good daughter. She has been loyal since she was young, and now she is still a straightforward girl. I will treat you to oil tea today to thank you for your care for so many years."
Zhou Chaoyang waved his hand: "No, that won't work. If you don't want money, I'd feel embarrassed to eat as much as I want. You still have to pay."
Zhou Nanguang also nodded in agreement: "We still have to charge money."
The boss smiled and poured two bowls of oil tea, soaked the fried dough twist in it, and brought it to the table: "You are so polite, these are worthless things."
Then he looked at Zhou Chaoyang: "Is the girl working in another place now?"
Zhou Chaoyang nodded: "Yes, it's in Gansu Province."
The boss gave me a thumbs up and said, "Building the Northwest of the motherland is great. I just thought about opening a small business this year. On the first day I opened the shop, your father was hanging around the door and chatting with me. He said that his family likes to eat this, so he came to see if it was open. He also said that he would bring you here when you come back. Did you just come back, girl?"
Zhou Chaoyang felt as if something had splashed into his eyes, and felt a little itchy and uncomfortable. He raised the corners of his lips and said, "Yeah, I came back yesterday."
The boss smiled and said, "I can see that your father loves you the most. Okay, I won't disturb your father-daughter chat. If the food is delicious, come often in the future."
After the boss left, Zhou Chaoyang held the bowl and looked at Zhou Nanguang with red eyes: "Dad, I feel so bad when you do this. I was so unfilial back then that I had to go to such a far place to work. I couldn't even spend more time with you."
Zhou Nanguang smiled with relief: "These are not important, as long as you are happy. I spent too little time with you when you were young. Now you just need to be happy. I have more time after retirement. I always think of the past, when you were young. Every time I came back, you hugged my legs and called me daddy in a baby voice. Don't leave, stay at home, okay?"
"At that time, you were the same age as An An. In the blink of an eye, you grew into a big girl."
Zhou Chaoyang blinked, put down the bowl, and wiped his eyes with his hand: "Dad, you made me cry. I will be obedient in the future and come back to accompany you when I am free."
Zhou Nanguang shook his head slowly: "Chaoyang, you have to learn to let go of some things and live a good life. You are still young and have a long life ahead of you. Dad can't accompany you forever, but I hope you can be truly happy."
Zhou Chaoyang's tears came down all of a sudden. She was not a crying girl. No matter how difficult the matter was, she liked to keep it in her heart.
I am happy heartily during the day, but at night, I suddenly wake up in the middle of the night, feeling like there is a void in my heart that can't be filled.
Zhou Nanguang took out a clean handkerchief and handed it over: "Don't cry, no matter what time it is, as long as Dad is alive, he will be home waiting for you to come back."
Zhou Chaoyang ate a big bowl of oil-tea fried dough twist with tears in his eyes.
After eating oil tea and fried dough twist, Zhou Nanguang took Zhou Chaoyang to stroll around Nanluoguxiang, as if to make up for the time he had not spent with the child.
Because Zhou Chaoyang was there, Sheng Anning and Mu Xiaowan came back very quickly after school.
The two also bought a lot of snacks from Beijing on the way, including Zhou Chaoyang's favorite ox tongue biscuits, jujube paste cakes, and mung bean cakes...
When he got home, Zhou Chaoyang had just picked up three little ones. Each of the four of them was holding a popsicle in one hand and a bag of popcorn in the other.
An An was particularly happy to see Sheng An Ning: "Mom, aunt bought popsicles, aunt bought cakes, and aunt also bought little rabbit candies."
Sheng An Ning saw that An An's skirt pockets were still bulging with snacks, and she didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "How much did you buy? An An, your belly is bulging, do you want to eat dinner tonight?"
An An shook his little head: "No more, An An is full, An An wants to eat some bear cake later."
Zhou Chaoyang felt that it had no effect: "It doesn't matter what you eat, as long as you fill your stomach."
Sheng An Ning looked around but didn't see Zhou Hongyun: "Has Auntie gone home yet?"
Zhou Chaoyang shook his head: "I don't know, I just came in, he probably hasn't come back yet, dad went to his comrade's house, he will be back later in the evening."
Auntie came out from the kitchen: "Sister Hongyun hasn't come back yet. She hasn't been home for so long, the children should know they are wrong. Should we keep her for one night? No matter what, she is our biological mother. She hasn't been home for so long, how can they not even keep her for a while?"
Sheng An Ning frowned. She had also seen Zhou Hongyun's two sons and didn't think they would let her stay.
Auntie called for dinner again: "We'll have eggplant noodles tonight. You guys are back just in time. I'll prepare the noodles right away."
Sheng An Ning secretly sighed. She had developed an appetite for noodles and could actually adapt to eating noodles every day.
The three little guys had their fill of snacks and were playing in the yard. Sheng Anning and the others simply took their bowls to the yard to eat.
After cleaning up the kitchen, the aunt came out and said while taking off her apron: "I went to buy groceries today and met our old neighbor. The family who lived at the gate was named Niudi. Chaoyang, do you remember him?"
Zhou Chaoyang nodded: "I remember, her daughter was my classmate, but we didn't have a good relationship."
The aunt nodded repeatedly: "Yes, it's her house. I said you came back, and Lao Niu's sister-in-law asked you if you had a partner, and said she wanted to introduce you to someone."
Zhou Chaoyang almost choked on a mouthful of noodles and glared at his aunt: "Is she sick? Do I need her to introduce me to someone? Let her try and see if I won't kick her out."
Auntie quickly explained: "I told you that you don't want to find a date now. She shouldn't have any bad intentions. After all, a girl from one family is sought after by hundreds of families. It's not shameful to introduce a date to her..."
Zhou Chaoyang felt that his appetite was ruined: "Psycho!"
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