Chapter 179 Song Zhi returns to China! (1)
Song Zhi's teaching term abroad had expired and he had planned to return to China, but he was held back by other things.
He originally wanted to wait until the matter was dealt with before coming back, but unexpectedly he received an urgent letter from Professor Dong in China: Song Xi is critically ill, I will go to Nandu with your wife and children.
Song Zhi was anxious, so he packed his luggage immediately and bought the fastest flight back to China. After many twists and turns, he finally arrived in Nandu.
As luck would have it, when he was reversing towards the military hospital, he met his father-in-law Bai Zhenggan who had come all the way from Song City.
It turned out that Bai Zhenggan was worried that his two daughters would be wronged, so he took some time off and asked for a leave of absence and hurried to Nandu.
Unexpectedly, I met Song Zhi who had returned to China.
The father-in-law and son-in-law hurried to the military hospital.
Guard Zhao Hongjun was overjoyed and quickly led Song Zhi and Bai Zhenggan into the ward.
Song Zhi was the first to see Taotao.
From then on, there was no one else in his eyes.
Taotao also looked at Song Zhi in surprise.
"Song Zhi!"
Taotao, who was sitting at the desk, threw down her pen and paper, called out his name in surprise, and ran towards Song Zhi quickly.
Song Zhi threw away his luggage, opened his arms and hugged Taotao!
He exerted so much strength——
Taotao's toes even left the ground!
Feifei and Momo also ran over laughing.
"dad!"
“My dad is back!”
Song Zhi picked up the sweet and soft Taotao and made her face level with his eyes.
After not seeing him for two years, his big white peach is still as beautiful as before.
Song Zhi buried his face in the crook of Da Baitao's neck, obsessively sniffing the sweet fruity scent coming from her...until the two children hugged his waist and his thighs respectively, he smiled and put Taotao down, squatted down to look at Feifei, and then at Momo.
After not seeing each other for two years, Feifei has grown a head taller and looks more like him between the eyebrows; Momo has also grown up a little and speaks more fluently.
The children's clothes were neat and soft, and they looked well taken care of; the look in their eyes when they looked at Song Zhi was full of joy and admiration... Song Zhi was speechless for a moment and could only hug them tightly.
Song Xi lay on the hospital bed and snorted, "I thought he came to see me!"
The lively scene just now suddenly became cold.
Zhao Hongjun quickly winked at Song Xi.
Song Zhi's smile faded. He didn't even want to look at his father. He stood up straight, holding a child in each hand, and said coldly, "Taotao, pack your luggage. We're leaving now."
"you--"
Song Xi was extremely angry.
Everyone held their foreheads.
——These two look like biological father and son. Even their tempers, expressions, and tones of voice are exactly the same!
Zhao Hongjun came over quickly, "Song Zhi! I haven't seen you for several years... Did you just come back from abroad?" In fact, he was just making small talk because he really had nothing to say.
Song Zhi nodded, "Uncle Zhao, long time no see."
Zhao Hongjun quickly changed the subject, "... You just came back from abroad, you must be tired?" Then he saw Bai Zhenggan and said quickly, "Father-in-law! You are here too! You must have worked hard on the journey!"
"Xiao Zhi, you've finally returned from abroad, and your father-in-law also traveled a long way to get back... You're both tired and hard-working, so take a good rest... How about we go out to a restaurant?" Zhao Hongjun suggested.
Song Xi, "Goodbye!"
The atmosphere that had just been livened up by Zhao Hongjun instantly dropped to freezing point again.
Zhao Hongjun was so angry that he turned around and whispered to Song Xi: "If you can't speak, just say less!"
Song Xi:? ? ?
Song Zhi over there was so angry that he was shaking and turned around and left!
Zhao Hongjun was so anxious that he grabbed Song Zhi and said, "Xiao Zhi! Just because your father is sick and in poor health... and because Feifei and Momo love their grandfather so much..."
"If he wants to leave, let him go!" Song Xi said, "…his legs are on his body, he can go wherever he wants!"
Song Zhi was so angry that his face turned blue.
Zhao Hongjun ran up to Song Xi and said, "Commander! Why are you doing this? When the child didn't come back, you were calling his name in your dreams at night... Now he is standing in front of you and you..."
Song Zhi, who had already walked to the door, stopped.
Song Xi was furious, "You're talking nonsense! When did I ever call his name?"
Zhao Hongjun looked somewhat helpless. "I have been by your side for twenty years! In all these years, when you fell asleep, did you not call out 'Huai Zhen' and 'Xiao Zhi' every night? Of course... you called out 'Huai Zhen' more often, and called out 'Xiao Zhi' less often."
When Song Xi heard the word "Huai Zhen", he was stunned.
Song Zhi was also stunned.
After a while, Song Zhi said calmly: "Uncle Zhao, I just came back, and my father-in-law has been on the train for two days. Let's go and have a rest first."
Zhao Hongjun immediately said, "Okay! Okay, okay... You guys go and rest first! Xiaozhi, how about this... It's ten o'clock in the morning now, let's have dinner together in the evening, I'll go to the Guest House and reserve a table..."
As a result, the Song father and son spoke at the same time -
Song Zhi, "Uncle Zhao, let's go to the state-owned restaurant."
Song Xi, "Who does he think he is? Is he qualified to be invited to dinner at the Guest House?"
Song Zhi simply opened the door and left.
Zhao Hongjun was so anxious that he turned around and said to Song Xi, "...just say less!"
Song Xi: Humph!
As soon as Song Zhi left, Tao Tao immediately told the two children, "Quickly pack up your books and toys, and let's go back to the guesthouse."
The children obediently cleaned up.
But Zhao Hongjun was afraid that Song Zhi would be angry, so he chased Song Zhi out and pulled him aside to say something nice to him.
Song Xi looked gloomily at his two grandsons who were busy collecting things...
Then he watched Taotao and the children leave.
Professor Dong had already left the ward with Bai Zhenggan early in the morning. Song Sui also came over with Xing Xing and said to Song Xi, "Father, let's go first... I'll bring you lunch later."
Song Xi, "Don't send it, save some money."
Song Sui wanted to say something but stopped.
Xingxing took him away.
After leaving the ward, Xing Xing said, "...Don't pay attention to him, he's just a stubborn old man! I'll send you food later!" After a pause, she looked at Song Sui with heartache, "They were like this before, quarreling as soon as they met? Then wouldn't you be caught in the middle?"
Song Sui nodded and whispered, "Father's temper used to be worse than it is now..."
He looked around and continued, "It's like a stone in a toilet, smelly and hard! My brother... although he didn't grow up with his father, his personality is exactly the same as his father's! It's just that my brother was still young before, and that was his biological father, so he wouldn't show his unhappiness and could only hold it in."
Xingxing recalled Song Zhi's personality and way of dealing with people when he first came to her home more than ten years ago...
"I think my brother-in-law has a good personality!" Xingxing said.
Song Sui glanced at Xing Xing and said, "Don't you think they are quite polite to outsiders?"
Xing Xing disagreed, "My brother-in-law is also very good to my family!"
Song Sui sighed, "When my brother was young, he still had fantasies about this family. Every time he came back... he was always very happy at first, but later, every time he realized that my father deliberately ignored him, he would be very sad. Over time, his personality became more and more gloomy..."
"When you first met him, you thought he had a good temper. That was because he treated your family as strangers. Later, he really liked your family and started dating your sister-in-law...his personality gradually changed." Song Sui guessed.
Xing Xing quietly asked him, "Hey, has my brother-in-law ever bullied you before?"
Song Sui laughed, "My brother and I did not have a good relationship before. He always felt that I took his father away. But he would not bully me. My brother... is a gentleman. But he didn't want to talk to me at that time... I felt that he didn't take me seriously either!"
"My Xiaosui is so pitiful!" Xingxing wanted to touch Song Sui's head.
And then found that you couldn't reach it?
Xingxing was a little annoyed.
Song Sui quickly lowered her head.
Xing Xing finally touched his head as she wished, rubbed it, and comforted him: "No matter whether others take you seriously or not, just know that you are in my heart... Don't be afraid, I will protect you in the future!"
Song Sui smiled.
——He is ten years older than Xingxing, but she has always called him "Xiaosui" like her parents.
He liked her calling him that.
He didn't want to recall that lonely and bullied childhood at all, and it wasn't worth reminiscing about it at all... But after meeting Xingxing, he began to have hope in his life.
Xingxing wants to protect him?
Of course he also has to protect Xingxing well!
However, Song Zhi, Tao Tao and others returned to the guesthouse opposite the military hospital.
Song Sui ran to open an extra room for Bai Zhenggan.
The father-in-law and son-in-law washed up, and then everyone gathered in the dining hall, talking and chatting while waiting for Aunt Huang to bring the meal.
Tao Tao first asked Bai Zhenggan, "Dad, why are you here?"
Bai Zhenggan said, "Your mother is worried about Xingzi, so she asked me to come over first... She'll take care of things at home and come right over!"
Everyone was stunned.
"What? What...what are you worried about me?" Xing Xing found it even more incredible. "Dad! My father-in-law is critically ill, why don't you care about him?"
Bai Zhenggan, "Who cares about that cold-blooded animal! It was your mother who told me... What if you sisters are bullied? That guy is your father-in-law! But he doesn't even like his own son, how can he treat you well? Your mother is worried that there is no elder to support you two, and she is afraid that you will suffer..."
"Then why is my mother worried about me?" Xing Xing asked, "Hasn't my mother always been partial to my fourth sister? If she has to worry, she should be worried about my fourth sister!"
Song Zhi gave each of his two sons a handful of candy, but Taotao was afraid that the children would eat the candy without restraint, so she confiscated all of it, gave them three each, and put the rest in her pocket.
At this moment Taotao was holding a candy. She had just peeled off the sugar coating and was about to put it into Xingxing's mouth, but she heard Xingxing say that her mother was partial to her?
Taotao had already brought the candy to Xingxing's mouth. Upon hearing this, she immediately turned the hand holding the candy and stuffed the peeled candy directly into her father Bai Zhenggan's mouth.
Xing Xing was disappointed and said anxiously, "Don't! Fourth sister, I love you!"
Taotao: ...
Everyone was silent, then burst into laughter.
Bai Zhenggan also smiled while holding a sweet candy in his mouth.
Momo took out his candy, picked one and handed it to Xingxing, "Aunt, Momo treats you to candy!"
Xing Xing was very touched. She hugged Mo Mo and kissed him several times, "Our Mo Mo is the best!"
Bai Zhenggan held the candy in his mouth, looked at Xingxing and then at Song Sui. The more he looked, the more satisfied he felt.
Taotao took out a few more candies and gave them to Song Sui, then she peeled one herself and asked Professor Dong to eat it.
Professor Dong waved his hand and said, "I'm old, I can't eat it!"
"Eat one! This is what your son brought back from abroad. What a great kindness!" Taotao said with a smile.
——Your son?
Professor Dong looked at Song Zhi.
Song Zhi smiled, "It should be okay to eat one piece occasionally."
Professor Dong took it with a smile and put the candy in his mouth.
Xing Xing also ate the candies that Song Zhi brought back from abroad and exclaimed, "So sweet!"
Taotao fed one to Song Zhi and then ate one herself.
——It’s sweet and has a strong fruity aroma. It’s really delicious.
She was holding a candy bar in her mouth. Seeing Bai Zhenggan staring at Xingxing and Song Sui, she suddenly had an idea and asked, "Did Xingxing get any news?"
Xing Xing was stunned.
Song Sui was also stunned.
Bai Zhenggan laughed, "That's right!"
Xing Xing was completely dumbfounded.
——What what what? What letter? Who wrote to her?
Song Sui also opened her mouth stupidly, and the candy in her mouth almost fell out!
He was so frightened that he quickly shut up and asked hurriedly, "Xingxing... has she... got any news?"
"There's news!" Bai Zhenggan felt very happy.
As parents, how can we not worry about our children!
The brothers Song Sui and Song Zhi are actually the same age, both 37 years old. Song Zhi was born earlier than Song Sui, but Song Zhi and Taotao already have two children. Even their youngest son Momo can already cook soy sauce, but Song Sui and Xingxing still don't believe it!
Now that they know Xingxing is pregnant, Bai Zhenggan and Tang Liren feel so relieved!
So the old couple discussed it and felt that this matter must not be taken lightly. So Bai Zhenggan rushed over first, and Tang Liren packed up before coming back...
Xingxing still couldn't react.
Of course she knew what "there is a letter" meant, but why... shouldn't she be the first to know about this kind of thing? Why did her parents know it earlier than her?
"Dad, I, I...how did you know I had a letter?" Xingxing asked in disbelief.
Bai Zhenggan looked at Xingxing with a look of disappointment, "I have to ask you this! You're going to be a mother soon...how come you don't know it yourself?"
Xing Xing was stunned again.
She guessed it, and her father said it himself...
This effect is completely different.
"Dad! Dad!" Xing Xing said anxiously, "Please tell me quickly! I, I really don't know!"
—Yes, her period was two weeks later than usual, but her period has always been irregular. Sometimes when the study pressure was too great, she even delayed her studies for a whole month!
How come...
Bai Zheng laughed dryly, "Weren't you assigned to the vehicle management office? You also went to take a physical examination as required? But before your physical examination report came out, you heard that your father-in-law was not well, so you two hurried to Nandu... When your physical examination report came out, your acquaintances in your new unit told your mother!"
"We saw with our own eyes the words '5 weeks pregnant' written on the report! Silly Xingzi, don't you feel anything at all?" Bai Zhenggan asked.
Xing Xing subconsciously held her lower abdomen.
Then she just...can't feel it!
Song Sui laughed like a fool, "We'll go to the military hospital next door for another checkup later!"
Tao Tao keenly grasped the key point and asked Bai Zhenggan: "Dad, Mom is coming too?"
Bai Zhenggan nodded.
Xing Xing reacted, "Dad, why is Mom here? Can't I just go back to my hometown?"
Bai Zhenggan, "Well, that's a long story!"
The Taotao couple and the Xingxing couple looked at each other.
Bai Zhenggan was silent for a while, then spoke in a very gentle tone, "Xingzi, this is what happened... When you graduated and were assigned a job... weren't you assigned to the Vehicle Management Office?"
"The vehicle management office is an idle job, and there's not much to do at work. You were diagnosed with pregnancy before you even started working, and you were not at home at the time, so you came to Nandu. So..."
Xing Xing understood, "Someone replaced me?"
Bai Zhenggan felt a little helpless, but still said "hmm".
Xing Xing was unhappy, "Who is the other party?"
Bai Zhenggan hesitated for a moment and said, "Xingzi, this is the situation... If you are willing to go back to the vehicle management office to work, your mother and I will definitely fight for you!"
"The reason why we are hesitant about this matter is that we feel that the majors you and Xiaosui studied in college have nothing to do with the vehicle management office... and Nandu is close to Shenzhen. Didn't Shenzhen become a special economic zone recently? We were thinking, what if you two prefer to develop in Shenzhen?"
"So I came here first this time, and I also wanted to ask what you two think. If you two are willing to go back to your hometown to work, then Xingxing's job... I will find a way to keep it no matter what! If..."
Tao Tao said, "Dad, even if the job at the DMV doesn't match Xing Xing's major, Xing Xing worked hard to pass the college entrance examination and was assigned this job after graduating from college. How can I just give it away?"
Xing Xing also said: "Yes, Dad, who is the other party? Why don't you take the college entrance examination and obey the assignment?"
Bai Zhenggan said, "He is the son of the deputy director of the Vehicle Administration Office. I heard that his uncle is a provincial leader."
After a pause, Bai Zhenggan said, "The main reason is that your mother and I are about to retire..."
Xingxing was about to say something when she suddenly saw her fourth sister winking at her?
She immediately stopped.
Taotao said, "Dad, Xingxing's matter... let's think about it later. The important point now is that Song Zhi's father's condition has almost recovered, so we have to consider whether we should go back as soon as possible?" The matter of Xingxing's work still needs to be discussed by the couple first, so there is no need to jump to conclusions.
Song Zhi was about to speak——
Aunt Huang brought her son over to deliver the food, both of them carrying large and small bags in their hands.
Song Sui thanked Aunt Huang and asked her to add two more servings of food starting from dinner, and the price would be increased accordingly.
Aunt Huang was so happy that she nodded repeatedly.
So Song Sui picked out Song Xi's portion of food and sent it to the military hospital across the street; Taotao asked Feifei to accompany Song Zhi to the canteen window of the guesthouse to take a look and bought two meals.
The current social environment is quite different from what it was before Song Zhi went abroad.
The social environment is more relaxed, and there are many private shops in the streets and alleys, including restaurants, canteens, cloth shops, tailor shops, clothing shops, and distilleries...
Even places like the canteen in a guesthouse no longer follow the old way of requiring tickets for everything. It is becoming more and more market-oriented. Not only can it accept cash, but the dishes are more varied than before and the waiters' attitude is also better.
Song Zhi ordered several main dishes in one go and asked for four servings of rice. Only after Song Zhi came back with the meal for Song Xi did everyone sit down and start eating.
Song Zhi had lived abroad for two years, and when he saw authentic Chinese food, his eyes turned red.
Taotao felt very distressed when she saw that Song Zhi had become as thin as a skeleton.
She directly pushed the food made by Aunt Huang to Song Zhi, and she ate the food she got from the cafeteria.
When Feifei saw this, she quickly pushed her food over to Song Zhi, "Dad! The food Aunt Huang makes is much better than the food in the cafeteria!"
Momo followed suit, "Dad, I'll give you this box of food too!"
Taotao smiled.
She pushed Feifei's lunch box in front of Song Zhi, then gave half of the rice in Momo's lunch box to Feifei and said, "Okay, eat quickly! In fact, the food in the cafeteria is also very delicious..."
Song Zhi hesitated for a while, didn't say anything, picked up the chopsticks and started eating.
Aunt Huang cooked her specialty today - Flamed Goose!
It is said that after frying the raw goose meat with spices and sauces, pour two bottles of high-proof liquor directly into it, and then light the liquor on the surface to make it burn out... Then the smell of liquor disappears, and water is added to simmer for an hour. The goose meat braised in this way has a rich aroma, a faint aroma of wine, and the skin is elastic and the meat is tender, and it is very tasty.
The side dishes are shredded lettuce mixed with sesame oil and homemade tofu.
Song Zhi eats rice very quickly.
In just three to five minutes, he finished a box of food. Then he took another box of food and finished it in three to five minutes...
Bai Zhenggan looked at it and felt very distressed. He asked, "Song Zhi, you can't eat in the United States?"
Song Zhi raised his head from his lunch box, swallowed the rice and goose meat in his mouth, and then answered: "Eating bread for every meal, and most of it is cold..."
Tao Tao asked: "The textbooks all say steak, chicken chop, etc., you didn't eat them?"
Song Zhi, "I have eaten it before, but... you have to go to a restaurant to eat it, which is a waste of time."
Taotao stared at him for a long while and sighed.
——From this sentence, she understood. This guy must be studying and working day and night over there, and he definitely doesn't care about his own body and health!
Feifei, "Dad, dad, is there rice to eat in the United States?"
Momo, "Dad, dad! Is there any braised pork in the United States?"
Song Zhi said good-naturedly, "Yes, you can eat it in Chinatown... But I can't say how good it tastes. I took a lot of photos and will show them to you later."
Tao Tao remembered something very important, "Are you going to adjust to the jet lag?"
There is a time difference between the United States and China. It is noon in China now, which is late at night in the United States. Song Zhi is so thin and haggard... maybe he is sleepy right now!
Song Zhi nodded, "I'll go upstairs and take a nap after dinner."
Hearing this, Xing Xing and Song Sui immediately exchanged glances - they also had a lot to say.
So Taotao said to Bai Zhenggan and Professor Dong: "Dad, Uncle Dong, let's take a good rest for a while!"
Bai Zhenggan thought that his son-in-law had just returned, and the young couple must have a lot of private things to talk about. He hadn't seen his grandchildren for a long time, so he said, "Taozi, you and Song Zhi go take a nap, Feifei and Momo come to my room to play. I haven't seen my lovely grandchildren for a long time!"
After lunch, everyone went upstairs to rest.
Taotao packed her sons' bedding, pajamas, slippers, toys and everything else and took them to their father's room before returning.
Song Zhi took off his clothes and was about to change into pajamas.
Taotao closed the door, locked it, and threw herself into his arms.
Song Zhi is incredibly thin.
His biceps, pectoral muscles, and abdominal muscles are still there... but his collarbone, elbows, and ribs are all covered with a thin layer of skin, and the shape of the bones can be clearly seen.
"Song Zhi, why have you become so thin! You...you really don't regard yourself as a human being?" Taotao was a little angry.
Song Zhi smiled and didn't want to wear pajamas anymore. He walked to the door with his bare chest, opened his bag, rummaged around for a while, took out a few things and handed them to Taotao.
Taotao took a look and found that it was his usual notebook, and the cover was already old. As well as a small jewelry box and a photo album.
"This is all the content of the diary I wrote to you," Song Zhi said, opening the notebook, carefully unfolding the few sheets of paper stuck inside, and handed them to Tao Tao, saying proudly, "Look!"
Taotao looked carefully——
Was it the various plans she drew up for him on several large pages of paper before he went abroad?
What study plans, personal life plans, etc.
On every piece of paper, there were neatly checked boxes or a few concise words written on them... It seemed that he had indeed completed everything she had asked him to do, even the three meals a day, exercise, travel notes and so on, all as planned!
Taotao covered her mouth and smiled, "I won't admit defeat!"
She looked at Song Zhi quietly.
He became darker and thinner, with sunken cheeks and dark circles under his eyes.
——Of course, in these two years, Taotao has also lived a good life with her two children. When in Kyoto, Taotao worked and the children went to school. On weekends, Taotao took them to visit Guan Qingbai and Lili, and also to have some fun and sightseeing in Kyoto.
When Taotao took the children to the Northwest, she was able to save up three to five days every month. But the problem is that the public security in the Northwest is not as good as that in Kyoto. Taotao doesn't dare to travel far with her two children. She can only find opportunities to ask if any acquaintances have travel plans... She will only dare to travel with her children when she meets someone who is suitable for both parties.
In the past two years, Taotao and the children did not visit many tourist attractions. They only went to the nearby Feitian Cave and the slightly farther Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. They also took the children to the prairie in the neighboring province once, and that was all.
However, Taotao had no intention of competing with Song Zhi in traveling.
When she made the travel plan for him, the main reason was that she was afraid that he would ruin his health by studying and working day and night.
Taotao flipped through the photo album again. In it were photos of scenic spots that Song Zhi had visited, photos of him with school teachers and students, and even photos of some American groups and politicians...
While she was flipping through the photo album, Song Zhi gave her a brief introduction to the situation.
After looking through the photo album, Taotao opened the small jewelry box again, inside which lay a diamond ring.
The diamond is not very big and is set in a simple platinum ring.
Taotao took it out and tried it on. The size of the ring was just right. In fact, the slim and simple style made her slender palm look very beautiful.
Song Zhi smiled and said, "After I bought the return ticket, I counted the money I had, left the money for domestic transportation, and used the remaining money to buy this ring."
"Do you like it?" he asked her.
Taotao smiled and nodded.
She really likes it!
Such a beautiful and simple style is rare in China.
Song Zhi stared at the person he thought about day and night.
His Taotao is thirty-one years old this year and is a ripe white peach.
After two years, she is still as beautiful as ever.
Her eyes sparkled with cleverness, her bones were slender, her skin was smooth as porcelain... Her every move was elegant and dignified, but in Song Zhi's eyes...
He couldn't help but hug Dabaitao tightly and pressed forward.
Taotao giggled.
After being apart for a long time, she missed him a lot.
However, she felt sorry for Song Zhi, and was extremely proactive and gentle in her actions. While madly absorbing spiritual energy, she also carefully fed some of it back to Song Zhi... After the two of them fought for three or four rounds, she scolded him in a tender voice, telling him not to ask for any more and that she wanted to hold him in her arms as she slept.
He agreed.
So the two of them fell asleep in each other's arms, and when they woke up...
Is it already past ten o'clock at night? !
Tao Tao held her forehead with her hand, "It's over! I can't face anyone now!"
Song Zhi was refreshed and looked very satisfied. "It's okay. The kids are with Dad. They have food to eat and sleep... Let's go out and find some midnight snacks. We are starving."
As he said this, he stood up with his bare butt.
Taotao lay in bed, looking at his legs that were as thin as sticks, and said with disgust: "Song Zhi, you have become ugly after your trip abroad! I tell you, if you are still this thin in three months and have not recovered to your appearance before going abroad, I will find someone else..."
Song Zhi turned his head and looked at her with an expressionless face.
He walked to the table, took the kettle to the washbasin rack, poured the hot water in the bottle into the washbasin, soaked a towel in it first, and brought it to the bedside to prepare to help Da Baitao wash.
But during this process, he asked her, "Why are you looking for someone else?"
Taotao: ...
Then Da Baitao was suppressed by Song Zhi...
After nearly an hour of quarreling, Taotao was out of breath and pinched him with her slender fingers like green onions. "Are you going to make trouble again? I won't be able to walk anymore!"
"Then I'll carry you there!" Song Zhi said with a smile.
She glanced at him sideways, her eyes full of charm.
He felt a little itchy again, and then...
It wasn't until he was bitten hard by the big white peach that he calmed down. She washed the big white peaches carefully, helped the little ancestor to put on clothes and shoes, and finally wiped it casually with the remaining water she had used. Then she changed into clothes for going out, and the two of them went out together.
Taotao's legs were indeed a little weak.
Song Zhi gently put his arm around her slender waist and held an empty lunch box in a cloth bag in the other hand, and the two went downstairs.
Tao Tao was a little confused. "It's almost one in the morning. There's no way anyone is outside. Where do you want to go for a midnight snack..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Song Zhi led her out of the courtyard of the guesthouse, and then she saw the night market with bright lights and bustling crowds not far away.
Taotao decisively chose to shut up.
As she got closer, Taotao discovered that the night market was quite large. Moreover, people in Nandu seem to love eating particularly. In an entire night market, at least one-third of the stalls sell various snacks and midnight snacks.
Taotao looked around and finally chose a shop that looked relatively clean. She ordered two bowls of shrimp wontons, a portion of barbecued pork rice rolls, a portion of boiled vegetables, and a portion of beef brisket with radish.
What surprised Taotao was that each wonton contained a whole fresh shrimp as big as the tail of a little finger! It is mixed with chicken paste, pork paste and water chestnut paste, so it tastes particularly sweet, and the minced meat is soft, the shrimp is chewy, and the water chestnut is crispy...
How can a small wonton have so many rich flavors?
Take another bite of the rice roll… The rice paste is tender and smooth without any residue. The barbecued pork wrapped in the rice skin has a slightly sweet taste, and the sauce has a salty and fresh taste. It is light and delicious!
Although the shrimp wontons and rice rolls are delicious, Taotao doesn't have a big appetite, and she prefers to eat light boiled vegetables...
Taotao only ate half a bowl of wontons, a few bites of rice rolls, half a portion of vegetables and one-third of radish and beef brisket, and she was so full that she couldn't eat any more.
Song Zhi ate up all the food left by Taotao, but still felt a little unsatisfied, so he ordered another bowl of boat porridge and ate it slowly.
Taotao also tried a bite of the boat porridge and praised it, "Next time, I'll invite my dad, Uncle Dong and the kids out for a midnight snack."
Song Zhi nodded.
The boat porridge was very hot, and he stirred it slowly with a spoon while talking about business, "... Taotao, I have contacted my grandparents and uncles. I showed them the photos of you and the children, and they were very happy. They said that they would come back to see us after making arrangements in a while..."
Tao Tao asked him, "Are they nice to you?"
Song Zhi hesitated for a while and nodded, "There must have been some misunderstandings a long time ago, but so many years have passed, and my mother is no longer with us... Their feelings towards my mother are very complicated, but generally speaking, they still love her and miss her. By the way, I finally found a photo of my mother when she was a girl, take a look..."
As he said that, he opened his wallet and showed Taotao the photos in the compartment.
——There were two photos in the pocket of Song Zhi’s wallet. One was a photo of him, Taotao and the children taken two years ago. The other one, which Taotao had never seen before, looked like a photo taken half a century ago.
It was also a family portrait. Middle-aged parents were with their six children, four boys and two girls, all wearing suits and dresses. The layout around them was also very Western and luxurious. It was obvious that the family was well off.
Taotao's eyes fell on one of the girls.
The girl was wearing a hat and a dress. She was looking towards the camera with her face slightly tilted, looking very energetic.
"Is this my mother-in-law?" Taotao pointed at the girl in the hat and asked Song Zhi.
Song Zhi nodded with a smile, "You and my mother have similar eyes, both of you are full of youthful energy. So grandparents and uncles fell in love with you as soon as they saw your photo... They asked me to bring you a lot of gifts, but I couldn't carry them, so I left them at the airport and asked someone to drive over to pick them up tomorrow."
Is that so?
Taotao had never studied her own eyes carefully.
However, she also fell in love with her mother-in-law as a teenager in the photo at first sight, so they must have something in common.
Song Zhi told Taotao about the situation at his grandfather's home.
"…My grandfather's family was in business. They created a cosmetics brand and their business was pretty good. When he heard that China was going to implement reform and opening up, my grandfather decided to come back and give it a try…He told me that he was mentally prepared. This time he and my grandmother came back and they would never leave again. After all, he was old and wanted to return to his roots."
"Currently, my eldest uncle and aunt have inherited my grandfather's family business. They gave birth to three cousins. My second uncle and my mother returned to China during the Anti-Japanese War, but they both died later and were unable to return... My third uncle and aunt have a cousin and a cousin, and their family has gone to Africa. My fourth uncle and his family are in the United States. In the past two years, I have spent most of my rest time with them..."
"Taotao, we have an aunt who never married, but unfortunately passed away due to illness in 1974..."
Finally, Song Zhi said, "Taotao, what my grandfather and his family meant was that my mother and he were not married... So, they originally hoped to move my mother's tomb to Ouzhou. But then they thought that my grandparents would come back to recognize their ancestors, so they decided to move my mother's tomb to Yunzhou."
Tao Tao frowned when she heard this, "Will your father agree?"
Song Zhi, "It's not his turn to disagree!"
Tao Tao was a little worried and said, "Don't force it on him! He must have a lot of feelings for your mother, so... there must be some misunderstanding. Don't force it on him, talk it out nicely."
The veins on Song Zhi's forehead popped out. "Is it because I don't want to talk to him properly?"
Tao Tao held her forehead with her hand. "Yes, he is a very annoying person, but you also want to get things done, right?
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