Everyone reached a consensus, and Xiaomei's elder brother hurried off to find a tractor.
Shumei was still waiting anxiously at the village entrance, waiting for Boyi to come back.
Soon, Boyi came towards the village entrance on a tricycle loaded with things.
Shumei saw him from afar and walked quickly to meet him.
Xiao Youchen was also on the tricycle. Before she came up to him, Xiao Youchen waved his hands and called out to Shumei loudly, but he no longer called her mother as before, but called her aunt.
"Aunt Shumei, Aunt Shumei..."
Boyi had long been accustomed to Xiao Youchen calling Shumei "Mom", so he felt awkward when he suddenly changed his way of speaking.
How he wished that Xiao Youchen could treat Shumei as a family member and as a mother as before. After all, they would really be a family in the future.
"Youchen, why did you change your words now? Didn't you always call her mom before? Why do you call her Aunt Shumei now?" Boyi asked little Youchen in confusion.
"Dad, I was young and ignorant, so I yelled like that. Now I understand that Aunt Shumei is just my aunt, not my mother. If I yell like that again, people will laugh at me and call me a fool." Little Youchen responded to Boyi in his childish voice.
At this time Shumei had already come over, and Xiao Youchen threw himself into Shumei's arms, and the two hugged each other tightly.
Xiao Youchen hadn't felt such warmth for a long time. He hugged Shumei's neck and refused to let go.
"Aunt Shumei, where have you been? I miss you so much, and so does my sister Ningning."
"It's my fault. I shouldn't have abandoned you and Ningning. I promise you that I will always be by little Youchen's side and watch him grow up."
"real?"
"certainly."
"Then—make a pinky promise."
Xiao Youchen stretched out his little finger and pinky-pinched it with Shumei, and Shumei quickly stretched out her little finger to cooperate.
Boyi was happy to see that they were still so close after not seeing each other for so long. He had previously worried that as he got older, Xiao Youchen would become resistant to Shumei, but now it seemed that his worries were unnecessary.
"Okay! Let's talk while we walk. It will be dark soon and the road will be hard to walk on. Youchen! Why do I feel that you are not as close to me, your biological father, as you are to your Aunt Shumei? I have never seen you hug me like this before."
Boyi looked at the setting sun that had disappeared in the sky and urged Shumei and the others to stop standing and talking.
"That's right, like repels like, opposites attract, don't you know?"
Little Youchen said it with absolute certainty, looking as confident as a little adult.
When Shumei and Boyi heard this, they both burst out laughing at the same time.
"Hey, Xiao Youchen, who did you learn this from?" Boyi only discovered today that his son had such a naughty side.
"This—any man knows it, but I'm just a little man. Don't you agree, Aunt Shumei?"
Shumei smiled brightly and hooked Xiao Youchen's nose, "Yes, yes, little man, you are such a little elf."
Taking advantage of this cheerful atmosphere, Boyi immediately asked: "Do you want Aunt Shumei to be your mother?"
When Boyi asked this, Shumei was still a little nervous, her smile suddenly stopped, and she looked at Xiao Youchen with expectant eyes.
Little Youchen looked at the amiable Shumei in front of him with his clear eyes, "I do, of course I do, but—don't we only have one mother?"
"Silly child, you can have two because your biological mother is gone. You have the right to have a new mother who can accompany you and, of course, your father."
"Really?"
"Of course. Did Dad ever lie to you?"
"Then Dad, can I call Aunt Shumei mom now?"
Shumei and Boyi looked at each other and laughed out loud at the same time.
"You little devil, look how anxious you are."
As soon as Boyi finished speaking, little Youchen couldn't wait to call Shumei several times, "Mom, Mom, Mom..."
The child had already called, so there was no reason for Shumei not to respond. She smiled and agreed to Xiao Youchen.
For little Youchen, he has long been accustomed to calling Shumei "Mom", and he finds it awkward to call Shumei "Auntie".
He was used to having Shumei take care of him and his father, and was used to playing the role of an older brother to protect little Shuangning.
The three of them chatted and laughed as they returned to Boyi's house. As soon as they arrived at the door, Xiao Youchen insisted on going to play with Xiao Shuangning. After much persuasion, Boyi finally agreed to let him go alone.
“Thank you, Dad!”
After all, this is in the village, and Xiao Youchen is familiar with this place, so he is not worried that Xiao Youchen will get lost.
Shumei originally wanted to accompany Xiao Youchen to find Xiao Shuangning, but seeing the tricycle full of things, she decided to stay and help.
Just as Xiao Youchen was about to run away, Shumei suddenly called out to him, "Youchen, wait a moment."
Upon hearing the sound, Xiao Youchen stopped jumping.
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