Chapter 21 Chapter 21 My brother is just a child of a few years old...
The working hours in the catering industry are different from those in other industries. The time when others are eating after get off work is when they are busy.
Ning Shaoming had a minor surgery and has been careful not to overwork himself these days. He hasn't been working as hard as before, and as a result, some people have been sarcastic about him.
Fortunately, he is a master after all, and his skills are solid, so those sour words don't have much impact on him, but they do affect his mood a little.
He is not the type to argue with others, so if he accidentally overhears something, he just keeps it to himself, which makes him feel uncomfortable, but he can still endure it.
However, several people who he accidentally overheard seemed to be the chef's apprentices, which made Ning Shaoming feel a little uneasy.
Zhao Ruyue went to the post office in advance to buy a phone card and queued up, waiting for around 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon, when the number of diners decreased and it was the turn of the people in the kitchen to eat.
Ning Shaoming did not eat the staff meal with his colleagues. He packed two meals and rushed to the post office.
When he arrived, Zhao Ruyue had already been chatting with her children, parents and sister for a while.
Seeing Ning Shaoming coming, Zhao Ruyue handed the microphone to him. Although she was not very hungry, she took the meal and went outside to eat.
On the other end of the phone were his father-in-law and mother-in-law. Ning Shaoming chatted with them for a few words and then handed the phone to his children.
Ning Shixia talked to her parents on the phone last time and felt that her brother didn't make it that time, so it would be fair to let her brother talk more with her parents this time.
When she got the microphone, she just said hello to her parents and ran out to play with her cousins from her third aunt's family.
Ning Shaoming, like before, first asked his son how he was doing at home, whether he listened to his grandparents, whether he studied hard at school, and whether he helped his grandparents take care of his younger sister.
Ning Shiqiu answered all the questions one by one. Ning Shaoming praised him a few times and felt that his son was very sensible and should be given more rewards.
I asked my son, "Last time your mom and I called home, Xiao Xia should have told you, right? We will buy you a bicycle when we return. Besides this, is there anything else you want?"
Ning Shiqiu thought about it and shook his head. After shaking his head, he remembered that his father couldn't see, so he quickly answered into the microphone: "No, I don't need anything, but..."
He paused for a moment and Ning Shaoming waited patiently.
Ning Shiqiu looked around and found that his grandparents and third aunt had all gone out at some point. He was the only one left in the room. He felt relieved and said to his father on the other end of the phone, "You and mom should buy more clothes, pants and shoes for my sister. I see that the clothes and pants my sister wears in winter are a little short. She also said that her shoes are too tight and her feet hurt when she walks too fast. She doesn't even dare to run."
Clothes and pants are too short? Shoes are tight?
Ning Shaoming thought in surprise that when winter just started in his hometown, his mother called them and said that the two children’s clothes and shoes from last year could no longer be worn, and asked them to send more money to buy winter clothes for the two children.
It's only been over a month, there's no reason why the child can't fit into his new clothes. What's more, when old people buy clothes for children, they always like to buy a size bigger. So it only makes sense that the clothes should be too big, not too short.
But Ning Shaoming knew his son well. He was like a little adult at only a few years old. He was smart, sensible and very reliable. He didn't think his son would lie.
"Sister, are you still wearing last year's clothes?" Ning Shaoming asked.
Ning Shiqiu shook his head again and said, "No, she is wearing the clothes that grandma brought back from my second uncle's house. It was my second uncle's sister's birthday last year, and her uncles and aunts bought her clothes. They looked very new, but they couldn't fit her this year, so grandma brought them back for her sister to wear."
Ning Shiqiu felt a little ashamed when he said this. When his grandma brought back those clothes, she also brought clothes for him.
When he heard his grandmother say that the clothes were brought back from his second uncle's house, he thought that his clothes were also from his second uncle's house. After all, there were no tags on the clothes, so he didn't think much about it.
Anyway, many of the kids around me wore old clothes discarded by their older brothers and sisters. We all lived this way and never thought there was anything wrong with it.
Later, Ning Shiqiu found that his sister's clothes did not fit him, but his own clothes were suitable, and then he realized that there might be a problem.
My second uncle's family only has a second sister who is one year older than my younger sister, and my second aunt's brothers and sisters on her mother's side all have daughters. Where did they get such new and good clothes for boys to bring back for grandma?
After Ning Shiqiu became concerned about this matter, he paid more attention to the clothes worn by people around him and gradually discovered more problematic evidence.
One of them was discovered at school. He had a nice jacket, a style that had only just become popular among classmates this year.
Ning Shiqiu then realized with some sadness that his grandmother, who loved him so much, actually treated his younger sister differently.
The word "fairness" is very important to children. Even if they are not the one being treated unfairly, it is still very difficult for them to accept it.
What's even more distressing is that he doesn't know what to do or who to talk to, because no one else in the family thinks this is something worth taking seriously. They think it's good enough for children to have something to wear, let alone so many.
Now that his father asked him about it, Ning Shiqiu seemed to have found an outlet to talk and he poured out everything.
Ning Shaoming listened silently on the other end of the phone, feeling as if his heart was being strangled by something and it hurt a lot.
"Dad knows," he said with a dry throat and a hard tone, "When your mother and I get home, we will definitely buy a few more sets of clothes for your sister."
"And shoes," Ning Shiqiu reminded, "Nowadays, little girls in school are popular with white boots with white fur and whiskers hanging down, and sparkling diamonds. My sister has told me several times that she envied other people's boots."
Ning Shaoming is a grown man, but he felt like crying after hearing this: "Okay, I'll buy them all."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but think in his heart, if he and his wife were at home, why would his daughter be so envious of other people's children?
Maybe boots are just one of the things my daughter envies others for having. There may be more things that she doesn’t mention. They are probably not very expensive.
If the couple were at home, their children would not have to envy others for these things.
No matter how poor they were in the past, they never hesitated when it came to their children's food, clothing and studies. It doesn't make sense that now that they are earning money, their children are living like this, they are worse off than when they were at home and couldn't earn any money!
Moreover, the son only said that his sister envied others for having beautiful boots to wear, but did not mention himself.
Ning Shaoming always felt that his son was an older brother and should act like an older brother and take care of his younger sister more.
Now he suddenly realized that even though his son was a brother, he was still just a child of a few years old, and he should not take on the responsibility of taking care of his sister. That was the responsibility of the parents.
Ning Shiqiu felt relieved when he heard his father agree. His parents had never gone back on their words, and he trusted them very much.
After the money on the phone card was used up and he hung up the phone, it was almost time for Ning Shaoming to go to work.
Zhao Ruyue saw that he didn't look very well, but she didn't ask any more questions. She just told him to fill his stomach quickly: "Eat quickly. Cooking is also a strenuous job. You can't eat without being full."
Ning Shaoming took the disposable chopsticks she had opened, lowered his head and quickly scooped rice into his mouth, but he felt that his favorite braised pork had no taste in his mouth.
Zhao Ruyue sat on the steps next to her and watched him take a few bites, then suddenly stop and look up at her.
"Xiaoyue, after we go home for the New Year, how about we not come out again?"
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