Give her another son?
Yin Xiaoman rubbed his ears, thinking he had heard it wrong.
But before she could think about it, Dabao was already running towards her like a small cannon.
She quickly bent down to block him.
But even though she was prepared, she was still knocked back several steps by the force of his sudden pounce.
"Don't worry, tell your mother what's going on."
She embraced her son, whose head was covered in sweat and who was clinging to her thighs tightly, and patted his back with heartache.
How long has it been since Dabao showed such affection to her?
The last time he held her tightly and refused to let go was when she had just come through and the little guy was afraid that she would run away.
"My uncle asked me to call you and asked that brother to be the son of you and dad." Dabao started sobbing as he spoke.
He hugged Yin Xiaoman even harder, and expressed his resentment in a rare way: "I won't! You are the mother of me and Erniu, I won't let others call you mother!"
As he spoke, tears rolled down his eyes.
Yin Xiaoman was a little angry.
Although she didn't believe what Dabao said.
Based on her understanding of Shen Qingyun, she knew that he was not the kind of person who would get carried away and casually promise to adopt another child just because someone was trying to trick him.
And even if he really had this idea, he would discuss it with me.
It's not like they are tens of thousands of miles apart. They just met.
But even if she didn't believe it, she still couldn't stop being angry!
It's so hot, and her son is scared like this. What if he gets prickly heat from being anxious? What will happen then?
"Don't cry, come on, mom will go with you to take a look."
She wiped away the tears on Dabao's face with her fingers, took down the bamboo basket and put it on the side of the road, then took the child to the road construction site.
Before I even got close, I heard a burst of laughter coming from the other side.
Then she saw her husband holding Erniu and coaxing her with a speechless look on his face.
The little girl struggled to get out of his arms and hit her father's shoulders with her little fists.
Because the man's arm was blocking her view, Yin Xiaoman couldn't see her daughter's expression, but she could clearly see the man standing opposite them, laughing so hard that he was bent over!
It's Lupin.
The leader who sent them to the island before.
Fortunately, Yin Xiaoman had a good impression of this man before, but looking at his expression now, all the good impression he had disappeared.
But Lupin had no idea what she was thinking.
When he saw her, he waved from a distance: "Come, come, Xiao Yin, come here quickly. If you don't come, your daughter will torture her father to death."
As he spoke, his eyes fell on Dabao's face as he approached. Seeing the tears that had not yet been wiped away from the child, he exclaimed in surprise.
The smile on his face finally froze.
"No way, Dabao, you're crying too?"
It was only then that Lupin seemed to finally realize that he had played a joke too far.
He quickly apologized to Yin Xiaoman: "Xiao Yin, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was just joking with Qingyun, but I didn't expect the two kids to take it seriously."
Yin Xiaoman ignored him.
He walked up and took Erniu from the man's arms.
As soon as the little girl saw her, she rushed over and hugged her neck tightly, pressing her tearful face against hers, sobbing and mumbling, "Mom, I don't want you to be someone else's mother."
Yin Xiaoman didn't say anything, but raised his eyes and looked at Shen Qingyun.
Although she didn't say a word of accusation, her whole body was filled with anger.
"That..." Shen Qingyun felt a headache and had no idea how to explain to his wife. He could only pass the blame back to his boss who was eager to create chaos in the world.
"Well, the captain brought you a helper."
Hearing him say this, Lupin nodded quickly.
"Yes, yes, Xiao Yin, I brought you a little assistant."
As he spoke, he pushed a silent little boy standing behind him in front of everyone.
He introduced to Yin Xiaoman, "This is Liang Dami. Don't be fooled by his young age. He knows a lot. He is from this province and has been on Zhongshan Island for half a year. No one knows this island better than him.
I asked him to be your assistant. From now on, let him follow you and cook for the experts. ”
Only then did Yin Xiaoman notice the child.
He was a kid about ten years old.
He was not tall, dark and thin, wearing an old sweatshirt so big that it almost fit two of him.
The sweatshirt was so torn that its original color could no longer be seen. There were so many small holes in it that you could almost see the boy's belly through them.
But it was washed very clean.
The child's eyes were completely different from Dabao and Erniu's, and he didn't look like a child at all. The eyes are long and narrow, and the tails are slightly upturned.
The pupils are very black, and the eyes are emotionless.
The child must have had a hard life before. His cheeks are so thin that there is no flesh at all and are slightly sunken. Therefore, his cheekbones appear very high, giving him a fierce look.
In short, he is a child with a gloomy temperament and looks unpleasant.
Even now that Lupin had pulled him over from behind to introduce him to everyone, there was not the slightest sign of a smile on his face.
He just glanced at Yin Xiaoman coldly as a greeting.
Then he turned his gaze elsewhere.
Seeing him like this, Yin Xiaoman finally understood why her two children were so hostile to him.
She must have been frightened by his appearance.
Lupin was a little embarrassed by the boy's behavior.
She couldn't help but kick him angrily: "Da Mi, call me aunt. I have to leave soon, and you will live with your uncle and aunt from now on. If you have anything, just tell them directly!"
But what no one expected was that after hearing what he said, the boy suddenly refused.
His voice was low, but his tone was extremely firm: "I won't."
After saying that, he looked up at Lupin and said, "I won't live with them. I'll live in the dormitory with the people in the camp. Don't worry, I won't be late to light the fire in the morning, and I won't be idle."
Hearing him say this, Lupin's expression was conflicted for a moment.
Obviously, they were not very comfortable leaving such a young child in the military camp.
But before he could say anything to persuade him, the boy named Da Mi had already picked up the shovel that someone had left beside him, turned around and walked to the side of the road.
There happened to be a pile of rubble that had been shoveled out and was about to be transported away. Without saying a word, he stepped on the shovel that was almost the same size as him, scooped up a full shovel of stones and poured it into the wheelbarrow next to him.
The child had his back to everyone and was working silently, as if he was trying to show that he would not cause trouble to others and did not need anyone's care.
From the time Yin Xiaoman came until now, he had never said a word to her.
The only thing was that when he passed by Dabao and Erniu before, he said lightly: "I have a father, I don't want yours."
Lupin finally realized that the joke was not very good, so he did not stay on the island for long. After the supply ship unloaded the cargo, he left with the ship.
Yin Xiaoman, who was inexplicably called by him to watch such a show, did not stay long. After he finished explaining, she took her two children home.
Watching the children take a bath, she helplessly burned a handful of dry branches, let the smoke fill the house, then drove the two little guys back into the house, not allowing them to come out again.
In fact, it was only five or six in the afternoon, and the sun was still high in the sky outside, with no sign of setting. It's supposed to be the time for children to have fun.
However, in just a short while, Erniu had already had several big lumps on her arms and neck from mosquito bites.
It was red and looked extremely glaring on her fair skin.
Yin Xiaoman was really scared. Before she found suitable mosquito repellent, she was determined not to let them run around.
Fortunately, when Shen Qingyun came back in the evening, he brought back mosquito coils.
Although the smoke is still a bit eye-irritating, it is much better than burning branches.
Yin Xiaoman looked behind him, and Shen Qingyun gave a bitter smile: "I didn't bring him back. That guy is also a stubborn guy. No matter what I said, he would not come back with me."
"What's going on?" Yin Xiaoman had been holding it in for a long time before finally asking.
Shen Qingyun sighed and talked about Liang Dami's life experience.
This child's situation is actually similar to Dabao and Erniu's. Their father died and their mother remarried, and then they became the abandoned ones.
But he is different from those two kids.
His father was not a soldier, but just an ordinary fisherman.
When the accident happened, his father, like other families in the village, was preparing to row his own fishing boat to the sea to fish in order to complete the task required by the village.
Then that day, I don't know what happened, but Da Mi clung to the boat and insisted that his father take him to play in the sea, and no one could persuade him otherwise.
The weather was good and his father was in a good mood. He couldn't resist his whining and took him along.
With his children, Daddy Rice originally didn't want to go far, but he happened to encounter a school of fish. He was greedy and followed the school of fish and rowed farther and farther.
By the time they reacted, they were already very far away from their usual activity area.
Daddy Dami wanted to row back, but he encountered strong winds and waves before he had gone far.
The boat capsized and the fish escaped. He held on to a broken plank while holding on to the rice, and drifted on the sea for a full day and night, finally drifting to Zhongshan Island.
There were no troops stationed on Zhongshan Island at that time.
They lost their boat and had no way to contact the village, so they became complete savages, relying entirely on picking fruits in the mountains and setting traps to catch wild animals for a living.
When Daddy Mi was at sea, his leg was cut by an iron nail and he bled for two days. By the time he reached the shore, his body could no longer hold on.
Under such circumstances, he gritted his teeth and stayed on the island with rice for more than twenty days, until his lamp ran out and his oil ran out. He tried his best to impart everything he knew to his son who was less than ten years old, and then he passed away.
After that, Dami lived on the island for almost another seven months on his own.
By the time the first group of garrisons arrived on the island and found him, the little guy couldn't even speak. It bares its teeth when it sees people, and bites people with its teeth if it is caught, like a mad little beast.
In the end, it was Lupin who took him back and personally took him to search the surrounding villages one by one, and finally helped him find his home.
Before this, everyone in the village thought that the father and son were dead. Even his mother couldn't stand this kind of life and married someone else.
The whole village was shocked by the sudden appearance of rice, but they were all in a dilemma.
How could anyone not be poor at that time? Who would be willing to raise a teenage boy like him?
It can be eaten, but it cannot be tamed.
In the end, the brigade forced his three uncles to take turns raising him, with each family staying for four months.
When the cadres were present, those uncles all agreed, but only God knows what they actually thought of the rice.
Lupin visited the child again a few months later and found that his condition was even worse than when he was first found on the island.
In anger, he took the rice back to the army without saying a word.
But as the commander of the front-line troops, Lupin spends more time at sea than on land.
No matter how much I feel sorry for him, there is really no way I can raise him personally.
So in the past two years, Da Mi has actually been entrusted by him to this and that, and he has been living a life where he doesn't know where he will go tomorrow.
When he saw their family that day, especially when he saw Yin Xiaoman taking care of Dabao and Erniu, Lupin immediately thought of Dami.
In addition, Lupin knew better than anyone that this guy was so familiar with Zhongshan Island that no one else in the entire group could compare to him.
So he decided to send the rice over.
On the one hand, he wanted him to help Yin Xiaoman, and on the other hand, he also wanted her to help keep an eye on this kid.
Lupin's idea was actually very simple. He just felt that Da Mi was still young and needed someone to take care of her carefully.
So, when he got on the island just now, he pretended to make a joke.
He said to Shen Qingyun: "From now on, let Da Mi call you dad and your wife mom. It doesn't matter if you raise one child or a group of children, you should raise them all."
He never expected that just this joke would completely anger Dabao and Erniu.
Without waiting for him to explain, Erniu got furious on the spot, and Dabao ran home to complain.
"That's the thing. I didn't want to raise another child, and Lu Tuan didn't plan to let us raise one. When Da Mi's father died, he was already old and knew everything. What's more, his father died in front of him.
There is no way this child will ever call anyone else dad again.
Moreover, he has actually been supported by Lu Tuan in the past two years, and his living expenses are all paid by Lu Tuan.
Even if he really called him dad, he would only recognize Lu Tuan.
But this child has a really hard life.
Lu Tuan sent it here in the hope that we could look after it for him. At least let the children stay here for a few years to help them grow older. When he grows up, he will find a way to rearrange Rice. ”
Yin Xiaoman didn't expect that the child had such a background.
After listening to the man's words, she could understand why Da Mi was so wary of people and looked so unapproachable.
"How old is he?" she asked after a moment's thought.
"He should be almost thirteen."
"Almost thirteen?" Yin Xiaoman was very surprised.
Looking at the guy's small frame, she had thought he was no more than ten years old.
After listening to the man's description, I felt that it might be a little bigger.
But thirteen... this age still surprised her a little.
"The child's health suffered in the past." Shen Qingyun sighed.
Hearing him say this, Yin Xiaoman was silent for a moment and nodded.
In the following days, Dami really did as he promised and rushed to Yin Xiaoman's house early every morning.
If they were up, he would come in and find work to do.
Fetching water, making fire, he did the work efficiently and effectively.
If he came too early one day and they had not yet gotten up, he would not go in, but would just sit quietly outside the yard, waiting patiently.
Wait until Yin Xiaoman gets up, or Shen Qingyun comes back from exercise, and then "pick" him up.
Even though the Shen family’s courtyard gate is never locked.
After doing this for several days in a row, Yin Xiaoman couldn't stand it anymore and forced a key to the house on him. Only then did the little guy finally dare to enter the door.
At the beginning, Yin Xiaoman really thought that Lupin sent the rice here so that she could help look after it. But after a few days of contact, she was pleasantly surprised to find that what Lu Tuan brought to her was a huge help!
No, no, no, how can this be just a help?
Just talking about Zhongshan Island, this child can definitely be called her teacher!
It was as if on the first day he arrived, he took Yin Xiaoman and the others to find mangoes.
This was the first time she had eaten this kind of fruit in her two lifetimes.
The moment the extremely sweet fruit flesh entered his mouth, Yin Xiaoman felt that the rice in his eyes had a halo above its head!
That’s not all.
After staring at Yin Xiaoman pickling lemons for half an hour, he finally couldn't help it and asked her what she was doing.
Yin Xiaoman naturally would not hide anything and told him all her thoughts.
After hearing this, Dami said nothing.
But when he came again the next morning, he was carrying a bamboo basket on his back, and the basket was half full of kumquats!
The yellow and golden color made Yin Xiaoman stunned!
But he just said briefly: "This is easy to pickle and it's easy to pickle thoroughly."
After saying that, he picked up the bucket and went to fetch water.
He didn't notice at all that behind him, Yin Xiaoman was staring at him as if he was a treasure.
The ones who disliked rice the most at the beginning were the siblings Dabao and Erniu.
But now, it is still these two siblings who cling to him like a plaster.
Maybe people always admire the strong, and children always like to play with other children.
Ever since Da Mi brought them to find mangoes and brought a lot of tuberoses from the mountains and planted them under Erniu's window so that she no longer had to endure the pain of her mother using smoke to fume mosquitoes, the girl's eyes seemed to be filled with light when she looked at Da Mi.
He follows Da Mi around like a follower every day, and his voice of "Brother, brother" is heard all the time.
Yin Xiaoman tried hard to recall, and it seemed that Dabao had never been treated like this before.
Because the two children are so clingy, as soon as they open their eyes they start asking, "Where's my brother Mi?" and then start looking for him all over the world.
In addition, it was too hot at noon, so Yin Xiaoman resolutely refused to allow Da Mi to cross such a long path and run to the cafeteria to eat.
So now he has lunch with the Shen family.
Originally, according to Yin Xiaoman's idea, he wanted to discuss with Shen Qingyun to see if he could borrow a bunk bed from the camp to replace the single bed that Dabao was sleeping on now.
Let the child live at home so he doesn’t have to run back and forth.
But Dami refused to agree to this.
Maybe he still remembered what he said to Dabao and Erniu at the beginning. Yin Xiaoman felt that he had actually always been very careful to keep a distance from his family.
It seems that he doesn't want to get too close to them.
Yin Xiaoman had nothing to say about this. Children have their own obsessions, what can adults do?
What’s more, he is such an independent and precocious child.
But what she never expected was that because of this momentary weakness, this guy almost caused a major accident and almost scared everyone in the camp to death!
If he had known this earlier, Yin Xiaoman swore that he would have kept the child at home even if he had to.
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