Chapter 4 The Fourth Mom
While riding the bus, Bai Chuanmu used his mobile phone to edit a resignation text message and sent it to his workplace.
"She" used to work as a restaurant waitress and often had to work overtime until eleven or twelve o'clock, but the manager was very considerate of her situation and allowed her to take leave from 4:30 to 6:00 in the afternoon to pick up her child from school, take the child home, prepare dinner for him, and then come back to work.
Soon, the manager sent a message.
[Manager Komori: Are you sure you want to quit now? At least work until the end of the year to get a year-end bonus. You can also get the outstanding employee award this year.]
Their year-end bonus is not very much, almost equivalent to their monthly salary, but "she" has worked very hard in the past and has always been an excellent employee, so her year-end bonus is 30% higher than that of others.
But Bai Chuanmu did not hesitate. He typed very quickly with one hand and replied to the message immediately.
[Baichuanmu: Sorry, Manager Xiaosen, I have made up my mind. I am really sorry for not telling you in advance, but I suddenly realized today that I want to spend more time with my children. I can still make money in time, but children only have one childhood, and I don’t want to leave any regrets for Xiaojie.]
Manager Komori responded much slower this time, perhaps because she was trying to find ways to retain the customer. It showed “the other party is typing” for a while, then the text disappeared and no message was sent. After a while, it showed “the other party is typing” again, and then the message was sent.
[Manager Xiaosen: OK, I will arrange it. Your salary will be deposited into your card on the 20th of this month.]
[Baichuanmu: Thank you! ]
[Manager Komori: Have you found a new job?]
[Bai Chuan Mu: Not yet. I'm also taking a break during this period and preparing to find a simpler job.]
[Manager Komori: Okay, I also think you push yourself too hard, Kogure. You should take more rest. I wish you a happy life:)]
[Baichuanmu: Thank you very much, Manager Komori, and I wish you a bright future:)]
Resigning went much smoother than Bai Chuanmu had imagined. In his memory, Manager Komori was a serious person who spoke in a cold tone and was very strict with people and things. When "she" just started working, he had been scolded by her many times.
However, Manager Komori is actually a person who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside. This can be seen from the fact that she allowed Baichuanmu to take leave to pick up Xiaoxia Youjie from school. The restaurant was quite busy at that time, as it was the early stage of the dining peak.
"Well, I should bring some small gifts to visit Manager Xiaosen and my former colleagues this weekend. After all, they have taken so much care of me." Baichuanmu closed his flip phone, tapped the phone on his chin, and said to himself, "I can also take Xiaojie to have a meal there. I don't know how it tastes, but it smells and looks super delicious. Xiaojie should like it too."
Although it is a little expensive.
However, as a former "insider", Baichuanmu knew that the hygiene and food quality there were very good.
Bai Chuanmu turned his head to look at the scenery outside the window. It was the season when cherry blossoms were in full bloom. Half of the sky outside the window was pink, as if it was covered by a sea of pink flowers.
Everything outside the window is rapidly receding and disappearing at the edge of sight, but there is no time to regret, new beautiful scenery and new flowers will reappear. It seems that time never stops. Time passes so quickly that several years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Bai Chuanmu has the memory of "his" past. It feels like in the blink of an eye, little Xia Youjie has grown from a tiny baby who couldn't walk or talk, couldn't even roll over, and could only babbled in his own language. Then, whoosh - little Xia Youjie can walk, dress himself, brush his teeth and wash his face, count from one to one hundred, do simple addition and subtraction, and call his mother sweetly. He has even started to change his teeth...
But Baichuanmu still felt it was a little bit of a pity that Xiao Xia Youjie's tooth had fallen out, otherwise she would have wanted to put it in a small glass bottle as a souvenir and show it to Xiao Xia Youjie when he grew up.
These are bits and pieces of her childhood, precious memories that she wants to record and preserve.
However, even if it falls out, it doesn't matter. If Xiao Xia Youjie's back teeth grow beautiful and healthy, he won't feel regretful even if the replaced teeth are not kept.
Bai Chuanmu couldn't help but smile when he thought of this.
But... at what age do children start to lose their teeth? I think it's around six years old? But Xiao Xia Youjie is only four and a half years old now, isn't it too early?
Therefore, Baichuanmu not only decided to take Xiaoxia Youjie to the restaurant where he used to work for dinner on the weekend, but also planned to take him to see a dentist.
Xiao Xia Youjie has to face the horror of the dentist at such a young age!
When the bus was waiting for the traffic light, a cherry blossom petal flew in from the gap in the window, as if it was a gift from spring to her and Xiao Xia Youjie. The cherry blossom petal was like a butterfly, fluttering and swaying, and finally landed on Xiao Xia Youjie's head.
Baichuanmu thought about it and decided not to take the cherry blossom petals off Xiaoxia Yujie's head.
The language of cherry blossoms is hope, love, happiness, and it also symbolizes life.
hope……
Baichuan Mu hopes that Geto Suguru can always have these.
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"We have arrived at Hanai Zoo. We have arrived at Hanai Zoo. The next stop is Qinghemu Street. Passengers who need to get off please be ready."
At the last stop, Bai Chuanmu carried Xiao Xia Youjie to the position next to the rear door.
They sat for several stops, and the originally crowded bus was reduced to only a few scattered people.
The zoo usually closes at six o'clock, and even at five o'clock during the off-season. Baichuanmu checked before getting on the bus and found out that the Hanana Zoo they were going to would not close until seven o'clock.
The time is now five forty, and they can play for more than an hour.
However, the scale of Hanana Zoo is slightly smaller, and the pandas that Xiao Xiayoujie had specifically requested to see were not there, so he can only go to see them next time.
The zoo with pandas closes at six o'clock and is a little far away. Xiao Xia Youjie's kindergarten finishes school at five o'clock, so it is almost closed when he rushes there. Even if it can still receive tourists, they can only play for more than ten minutes.
Although the Hanai Zoo is not large, it has tigers, lions, peacocks, elephants, and giraffes, which can meet most of Xiao Xia Yujie's requirements.
Of course, the most important and indispensable thing is monkeys, which can be found in Hanana Zoo!
After the bus stopped steadily, Bai Chuanmu carried Xiao Xia Youjie off the bus. Xiao Xia Youjie had slept for almost half an hour. After getting off the bus, he woke up when the cool breeze blew. He rubbed his eyes, but before he was fully awake, he couldn't wait to say, "Mom, are we at the zoo?!"
"Well, we're at the zoo!"
Baichuanmu carried Xiaoxia Youjie and walked for a while. When they arrived at the entrance of Hana Zoo, Xiaoxia Youjie tilted his head to look at the tourists coming out of the zoo. He whispered in Baichuanmu's ear: "Mom, let me get down, I want to walk by myself..."
"Hmm? It's not hard for mom to hold Xiaojie. Xiaojie is very light~"
"Well... not only because of this, I saw other adults holding their children..."
Bai Chuanmu glanced at the tourists who were leaving. It was true, but the child he was holding was probably about ten years old.
"That child is probably ten years old. Now Xiao Xia Youjie is still young."
"But...I want to grow up quickly!"
"Hey - but when Xiaojie grows up, mommy won't be able to hold you anymore, so I want to hold you more while you're still little~"
"Is that so?" Xiao Xia Youjie pursed his lips, hesitated for a while, and then said shyly, "Then mommy, hug me more now..."
Xiao Xia Youjie usually acts like a little adult and rarely speaks in this tone. Now he acts like a four and a half year old child.
"Yeah," Baichuanmu responded, smiling so hard that her eyes narrowed slightly. She deliberately teased Xiaoxia Youjie, "Oh, it turns out that Xiaojie can also act like a spoiled child."
"No spoiled, um..." Xiao Xia Youjie muttered, he blinked, and then said seriously, "Because this is my mother's wish."
Baichuanmu didn't want to ruin this wonderful atmosphere, but she couldn't help herself: "Xiaojie, can you fulfill one more wish of your mother and fall in love with monkeys?"
"Ah?" Xiao Xia Youjie was stunned, "Monkey?"
Never forget your original intention·Hanhan·Baichuanmu nodded: "Yes, monkey!"
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