The wedding was over. As it was the end of the year and the end of the new year was approaching, Tao Xiaoxi called Shang Qingyan directly and said that she had taken the man back home to celebrate the New Year and would let him go after the New Year.
Shang Qingyan begged everyone on the phone to let him come back and stay for a few more days, otherwise he would not be able to move forward.
Tao Xiaoxi didn't care and handed her little girl to Li Nanshan. She took Beibei and went home with her husband.
Shang Qingyan was forced to send a business phone to Li Nanshan overnight, and asked him to keep in touch with him at all times.
"Sometimes I really regret pushing you out." Late one night, Tao Xiaoxi woke up and found no one beside her pillow, so she put on her coat and went out to look for him, but found him in the study. He was completely unaware of the late hour and was still busy revising the drawings.
Li Nanshan rubbed his eyebrows, took his wife's hand, and placed it on his palm. Mosuo said, "Why don't you come with me to Bozhou? With my current salary, I can fully support you."
"What should I do with my medicinal fields? Can you support the whole village? I've been in the newspapers and on TV, and made a promise in front of the whole country." Tao Xiaoxi said seriously.
Li Nanqiu was speechless for a moment, looking at his daughter-in-law with affection.
Tao Xiaoxi snatched the pencil from his hand, played with it in her palm, then took the opportunity to sit on Li Nanshan's lap, and said casually, "Comrade Li Nanshan, a moment of spring night is worth a thousand gold, are you sure you want to continue drawing?" Then a pair of cold hands touched Li Nanshan's cheeks, and Tao Xiaoxi did not forget to wink at him.
Li Nanshan's tired heart suddenly felt refreshed, and he said, "Why are your hands so cold?"
Looking down, Tao Xiaoxi was walking barefoot on the ground without any shoes, and her nightgown had slipped down halfway, revealing her shoulders.
Li Nanshan, who knew what was going on, smiled silently, threw away the pencil in his wife's hand, picked her up horizontally, and walked out of the study together.
Tao Xiaoxi was overjoyed, her body and mind prepared for the coming storm, but she didn't expect this guy to put her on the bed and say seriously, "Lie down first. I'll get you some hot water for a foot soak, and then a cup of hot wolfberry tea."
"Drink tea? Goji berry tea?" Tao Xiaoxi was shocked. Li Nanshan pretended to open the door and walk out of the room.
Tao Xiaoxi was quick-witted and grabbed a nearby pillow and threw it at him, shouting, "Li Nanshan, if you dare to walk out, don't even think about coming back in!"
Li Nanshan turned around and smiled at her, "You misunderstood, I was just closing the door."
As the door was locked, the lights in the room dimmed. Tao Xiaoxi felt like she had been tricked and bit the guy several times in the dark.
Li Nanshan endured it without saying a word. He knew the consequences of playing with fire and getting burned.
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The next day, Tao Xiaoxi woke up and the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was amiss. The first time this guy went away, he learned to act reserved and half-hidden. Now this time, he's learned the art of feinting to the east and attacking in the west, playing hard to get, and he's using it on her?! NND!
She would never admit it even if you beat her to death, she actually likes it!!!
It snowed on the first day of New Year's Eve, and Tao Xiaoxi's enthusiasm for the New Year was immediately extinguished. He felt weak and listless.
"It's really rare. Ordinary people may not like snow, like my parents, but they don't hate it either. Why do you dislike snow so much?" Li Nanshan asked curiously.
Tao Xiaoxi raised her eyelids and pulled the blanket tighter around her. "What's so good about snow? Everyone thinks it's pure white, but it's actually quite dirty. And most importantly, when it snows, it melts. Not only is it cold, but it's also incredibly dirty. There are white and black streaks on the ground, and it looks like countless worms crawling on the ground. It's horribly ugly."
"So you don't like snowing just because you don't like melting snow? Enjoy life while you can, Comrade Tao Xiaoxi, and don't refuse flowers from blooming just because they are falling." Li Nanshan advised.
Tao Xiaoxi had already closed her eyes. "You can enjoy it as you like. I can't appreciate it anyway."
Li Nanshan took his two daughters to play snowballs.
Tao Xiaoxi watched for a while and felt a little sympathy for Li Nanshan. Both of them were girls, and he couldn't bring himself to kill either of them!
It seems that having a son has its advantages. At least he can have more fun with snowball fights.
So the little girl Manman started clamoring for her dad to build a snowman again. No one knew what was wrong with this little girl. Tao Xiaoxi had taught her to call "Dad", but she insisted on calling him "Dad" like her sister. Now she calls him "Dad" so loudly that she refuses to call him "Dad" at all.
Forget it, Daddy and Father mean the same thing. My daughter has grown up and has her own ideas, so let her do it.
The snowman was not yet built when my sister-in-law came with her son Xiaobao, carrying a bamboo basket in her hand.
"You know I don't want to move on a snowy day, so you brought me some food?" Tao Xiaoxi said with a smile, and asked Beibei to go in and bring a stool.
"I fried some crispy pork and tofu today. I made too much, so I'll bring some over for you. You can heat it up and eat it tomorrow."
"They are all delicious dishes for the New Year, so I won't be polite." Tao Xiaoxi accepted them with a smile.
"Why be so polite to me?" The sister-in-law held Xiaobao on her lap and stared at Beibei and Manman in the middle of the yard in a daze.
"What are you thinking about?"
"If Miss Mo were still alive, she could play with the two sisters like this." The eldest sister-in-law said lightly.
Tao Xiaoxi was a little dazed for a moment. If she remembered correctly, this was the first time that her sister-in-law took the initiative to mention Mo Yatou in front of her after she went missing. However, things have changed and there has been no news for so many years.
"Yes, time flies. Look, Xiaobao can walk now." Tao Xiaoxi tried to comfort her sister-in-law.
The eldest sister-in-law continued, "I don't know why, but I keep dreaming about that girl recently. She calls me 'mother' in my dreams and keeps making noises. When I was around, I didn't hear her call me 'mother' many times. I don't know what happened, but she seems to have become very talkative all of a sudden. Xiaoxi, what do you think this means?" The eldest sister-in-law began to speak incoherently.
"Maybe you miss her too much." Tao Xiaoxi had no choice but to say.
The eldest sister-in-law's eyes turned red, "But I'm not a good mother. I didn't protect her well."
Tao Xiaoxi didn't say anything. She couldn't say anything to comfort her. Her sister-in-law was indeed not a good mother, but she had tried hard. More often than not, it was life and reality that separated them.
If it were now, if Miss Mo hadn't been lost, her elder sister-in-law and elder brother would definitely take her to see a doctor. Even if her elder brother and sister-in-law didn't want to see her, she would still take her to see a doctor. This is why Tao Xiaoxi has been hiding this worry for so many years, always feeling that she didn't try her best to save the child.
The eldest sister-in-law wiped her tears and said, "I just hope she can have enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear. On a snowy day like this, there is someone to warm her hands and put on cotton clothes for her."
The world was silent, as if frozen in time. The gray of the earth and the gray of the sky merged into one. If it weren't for the snowflakes falling from the sky, the world would have been like a still sketch. The whole world was like a giant box, dull yet with a hint of coolness from time to time, reminding people that they were still alive.
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