185 He did stay in the sea forever to guard the lighthouse
When Su Taotao packed her things, she also packed Fu Zhengtu's high school textbooks and prepared to take them with her when she left. She was very busy now and could only study in fragments. She also had to put the review for the college entrance examination on the agenda so as not to cram at the last minute.
Chenchen sat on the bed and flipped through his father's notes. The kid who hadn't started to learn to read was reading very seriously, flipping through the pages one by one, as if he could really understand it. Su Taotao couldn't help laughing.
"Can Chenchen understand?"
Chenchen shook his head: "I can't understand~~ but daddy licks the words~~ it looks good~~"
Su Taotao pinched his face: "You also know what looks good."
Chenchen nodded slowly: "I know how to lick~~ daddy licks like this~~ it looks good~~"
"Huh~~" Chenchen tilted his ears to listen to the movement outside, "The little uncle seems to be getting fat~~"
Chenchen put down his notes, climbed down from the bed, and ran out with his short legs.
When Chenchen came out, Fu Yuanhang had just put the bamboo cage into the bucket, and Zhou Linglan separated the catfish and let the frogs continue to be raised in the cage.
"Grandma~~ Uncle Mumu~~ Uncle Mumu~~ Have you caught the frogs~~"
Mumu put the snails in clean water and said excitedly: "We caught a lot of them. We also caught catfish and snails~~"
"Wow~~" Chenchen clapped his little hands in support, "So annoying~~ Let me take a look~~"
Fu Yuanhang said: "This is a catfish. The frogs are still in the cage. You can't see them now."
Chenchen squatted down to look at the catfish: "Beards~~"
He wanted to stretch out his little hand to touch them, but Zhou Linglan stopped him: "Chenchen, don't reach out to touch them. Do you see the horns on their beards? They hurt and will bleed."
Chenchen was so scared that he quickly withdrew his hand.
Mumu also ran over and squatted down. The skilled man bravely tried to touch the body of the catfish: "Fuck, we don't have to touch the head, just touch the body. It's slippery and fun. Chenchen, come and touch it."
Chenchen shook his head and stepped back. The more he looked at the catfish, the more ferocious he thought it was.
Chenchen stood up and hid his two little hands behind his body: "No~~"
Fu Yuanhang picked up Chenchen: "Let's go take a shower."
Mumu also stood up: "I want to take a shower too, let's go, the three of us take a shower together."
Su Taotao came out: "The water is boiled in the pot, don't take a shower with cold water, use some hot water."
Fu Yuanhang nodded: "I know, sister-in-law."
Soon, Chenchen's cheerful laughter came from the bathroom. The three boys took a shower together, or more accurately, played with water together. This shower was worth taking.
Zhou Linglan was still busy, listening to the children's laughter, and her heart was particularly at ease.
"Mom, Zhengtu and I went to the capital for a meeting, and we went to see Grandpa Hu and Grandma Song."
Zhou Linglan paused and turned to look at Su Taotao: "You came from the capital? No wonder, I was wondering how you had time to come back in such a short time. I thought you would have to wait until the New Year to come back."
The children didn't mention it, and Su Taotao didn't have time to say it, so Zhou Linglan thought they came from the base.
Su Taotao nodded and handed her the cheongsam prepared by Old Lady Song: "Old Lady Song asked me to bring it back. The food in the house was also prepared by them. In addition, she gave me a jade bracelet and gave Xiaohang and Chenchen a peace lock each."
Zhou Linglan's expression did not change much, and she did not reach out to take the cheongsam from Su Taotao's hand. She only said lightly: "The jade bracelet is my mother's legacy. It's your due. Just keep it."
Zhou Linglan thought about it, and suddenly looked up at Xinghai and smiled: "Time flies so fast. It seems that in the blink of an eye, a full thirty years have passed."
Zhou Linglan retracted her gaze and looked at Su Taotao with a smile.
Su Taotao looked at Zhou Linglan's thin figure. In the midsummer evening breeze, her smile was particularly gentle.
Even though Su Taotao had never seen Zhou Linglan as a young girl, she knew that even after thirty years, her eyes would still be as clear and pure as when she was twenty-eight years old, and she would still be as gentle and kind as ever.
In her two lives, Su Taotao had seen all kinds of people and met many kind people, but Zhou Linglan must be the most gentle and kind one.
Su Taotao could imagine how beautiful she would be when she put on a cheongsam and stood in front of the courtyard.
In fact, looking at Fu Zhengtu and Fu Yuanhang, one could also imagine how beautiful she was when she was young. Now that she was older, the years and wind and frost had left marks on her face, but she was still beautiful.
Zhou Linglan did not mention the people and things in the capital, and Su Taotao did not ask again.
If the capital was her hometown, a hometown that she had not returned to for thirty years, and had never even mentioned, then what had happened there must not have been a trivial matter.
Su Taotao stepped forward and hugged Zhou Linglan's thin shoulders: "Mom, let's go to the base. It's beautiful there, and the people are very nice. Every day when you open your eyes, you can see the blue sky and white clouds, and the endless blue sea."
Su Taotao pointed to the sea of stars: "You can see such a sea of stars when you look up at night. Look at how happy Xiaohang and Chenchen are now, and you will know that life there is very good. The key is that our family can be together."
Zhou Linglan patted Su Taotao's hand gently: "I know, it's just that you came back too suddenly, and I'm not ready yet."
Su Taotao looked into her clear eyes and suddenly wanted to ask, "Is it because of Teacher Cao?" But she couldn't ask it in the end. She didn't want to embarrass these kind and clear eyes.
Zhou Linglan has been a widow for more than ten years for Fu Zhengtu and Fu Yuanhang's father. During the most difficult days, she never thought about remarrying and never relied on anyone.
Su Taotao always felt that there was no love between Zhou Linglan and Teacher Cao.
Teacher Cao just guarded her silently and never did anything out of line. They didn't even talk to each other alone.
Su Taotao felt that it was a kind of emotion that transcended the secular definition and had nothing to do with love.
Zhou Linglan seemed weak, but in fact she was more determined than anyone.
Whether it was that she had not set foot in the capital for thirty years or that she had been a widow for more than ten years, she had her own rules.
Zhou Linglan patted the back of Su Taotao's hand again: "At the end of the year, let me take care of things here. When you come back for the New Year, I will go with you. If you don't have time to come back, just help me buy a train ticket and I can go by myself."
Su Taotao finally waited for a definite answer and nodded with a smile: "Okay, then I will make you delicious seafood and take you to catch seafood. By the way, I am still taking the driving test, and I can take you for a ride in the car then."
Zhou Linglan brushed the hair that fell on Su Taotao's cheek and put it behind her ear: "Our Taotao is really capable. Zhengtu's father will be very happy if he knows it."
Su Taotao remembered the white lie she told Chenchen about Grandpa, and couldn't help but tell Zhou Linglan.
Zhou Linglan smiled and said: "You are not lying. Grandpa Chenchen is a navy. He really stayed in the sea forever to guard the lighthouse."
Su Taotao only knew that he was a soldier, who sacrificed for the country and won the highest honor, but she really didn't know that he was a navy.
"Chenchen is thinking about building ships every day now. In the future, he will drive the ship he built to find grandpa."
Zhou Linglan said, "Chenchen is so smart, he can also build ships and yachts."
Su Taotao looked at Zhou Linglan in surprise: "You also know about ships and yachts?"
Zhou Linglan said, "I know. I often heard grandpa Chenchen mention it before. He was particularly proud when he mentioned it."
Zhou Linglan said this and looked up at the sea of stars again, as if her husband was hiding in the nebula, looking at her and smiling.
Su Taotao also looked up at the sea of stars with her, and said with a smile: "When Chenchen grows up, you can tell him more about Grandpa. I hope he can protect his country and stand tall in the future."
Of course, Su Taotao will not force him. Everything depends on Chenchen's own wishes. Such a smart child, if he is willing, will definitely contribute to the motherland's navigation or aerospace industry.
Zhou Linglan: "Yes, our child has the blood of heroes in his bones."
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