Chuxia woke up early in the morning and found that breakfast had been bought and Chinese medicine was boiling on the stove.

Cen Zhengnian was watching the stove. When he saw her get up, he smiled at her and said, "You're up, you can eat."

He even connected the water, so she could pour hot water and drink it directly. It was so comfortable to have someone to serve her.

Chuxia noticed the dark circles under his eyes. While washing her face, she asked, "What time did you get up? Didn't you sleep well last night?"

"Six o'clock. No, I slept very well."

Cen Zhengnian was telling the truth. His biological clock made him wake up on time. He slept well at night, but he slept late. He had to continue calculating some data at work even if he came back.

He wanted to spend more time with Chuxia and An'an, so he got up to work after they both fell asleep, and worked until late at night.

Later, when he went back to sleep, he found that his wife's sleeping posture was a bit bad. She took up most of the bed, and one arm was still pressing on An An.

When he looked at Chu Xia and An An sleeping, he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart. This is the meaning of their work. He hopes that every family in the country can sleep peacefully and happily day and night.

Cen Zhengnian gently took Chu Xia's arm away and put it in the quilt, and then pulled the quilt for An An. He lay on the bed, looked at An An and Chu Xia, and slowly fell asleep.

Cen Zhengnian slept very contentedly this time. He seemed to have a very beautiful dream in his dream, but he didn't remember it when he woke up. Chu

Xia went to the ninth middle school for the exam again by herself, and she didn't ride a bicycle. Taking the bus is fast and comfortable, while riding a bike would expose her to the cold morning wind, so of course she chose to take the bus.

During the exam, Luo Xiaomei did not deliberately cause trouble, and even avoided Chuxia.

Her face was bruised and swollen because of the fight at home yesterday. She was afraid that others would see it, so she wrapped herself tightly with a gauze, leaving only her eyes exposed, which made her look even weirder.

If she didn't come to see Chuxia, Chuxia would not pay attention to her.

Chuxia did not hand in the test paper in advance this time, and she could not leave the school even if she did. Her head teacher told her in advance that she had something to arrange after the exam, so she asked her not to leave and to wait in the classroom.

It was her first time in the second (third) class of high school, and none of the students in the class knew Chuxia. When they saw a beautiful girl coming in, everyone in the classroom looked over.

"Who is this?"

"I don't know him?"

"He doesn't look like a student. He's probably looking for someone."

"Classmate, who are you looking for?"

After a few seconds, the monitor stood up again, pretending to be calm and smiling, and asked Chu Xia. He had never talked to such a pretty girl, and his face turned red.

Chu Xia looked at the monitor and said, "I'm not looking for anyone. I'm also a student in this class."

Then she walked to the last row and saw an empty seat without a book. She asked the monitor, "Is there no one here?"

"No... no, you can sit." The monitor didn't react for a while. When he heard her question, he quickly replied. He didn't even know what he said.

"Thank you." Chu Xia smiled at him politely, wiped the table and chairs with a handkerchief, took out the exercise book written by Cen Zhengnian, and concentrated on doing the exercises.

She didn't notice that the whole Grade 2 (3) class was boiling like a drop of water in a frying pan because of her arrival, but only her drop of water was quiet and not disturbed.

Because Chuxia was always concentrating on doing the homework, other students were too embarrassed to disturb her no matter how many questions they had, and just looked at her frequently.

At this time, a student in Class 3 remembered that the head teacher had mentioned before that there was a transfer student in their class, but he would not attend classes with them.

Later, no one said much, because there was a transfer student, and everyone was busy studying.

Now that they were facing each other, they didn't expect that the transfer student was so beautiful. Her appearance was just like Lin Daiyu in the Dream of the Red Chamber. She was as weak as a willow in the wind, but she was strong. Moreover, she had

a dignified demeanor, and she didn't look like someone who was raised in a small family. However, the head teacher came in soon and suppressed the students' curiosity and restlessness.

She looked back and saw Chuxia sitting at the back doing her homework, and satisfaction flashed in her eyes.

She didn't introduce Chuxia, but only arranged the next things.

The main thing was to assign homework. There would be two days off for National Day, which is a statutory holiday, and students also had a holiday, so they must have homework.

The head teacher didn't let Chuxia leave, and asked her to take the test paper home to do. In addition to the holiday test papers, there were also papers done by previous students.

There were no classes in the afternoon, so that students who lived far from home could take the bus home. After speaking in class, the head teacher called Chuxia to the office.

"The test papers have not been corrected yet, but I saw your physics test and it was not very good, especially some knowledge points about force, which is your weak point."

Chuxia and her classmates changed their supervisors for each exam. When she took the physics exam, her head teacher specially changed to her exam room just to see how she did.

As expected, an old teacher is an old teacher. He saw her problem at a glance. Chuxia nodded: "I really don't have a good grasp of this."

The head teacher frowned: "Then why don't you come to school for class?"

The head teacher was a good teacher. Her words were all for the good of her student. Chuxia appreciated it, but she could only reject her again.

"Teacher, I have a job and a child, I really can't do anything. You can wait for my results to come out and see, I really am not showing off."

Of course the head teacher knew it, she just didn't want to give up, and wanted to persuade him again, but she didn't think she could persuade him.

"These are all assigned by the teachers of each subject. You can't relax your studies at home. It's best to come to school once a week, hand in the test papers assigned for each subject, and let the teacher correct them for you." "

Okay." Chuxia had no objection this time. The factory had a unified rest on Sunday, so she could come then. But Chuxia was not sure whether the school would also rest at this time, so she asked the head teacher directly.

"Our school takes a break every two weeks. If the school is closed when you come, you can leave the test papers at the gate, and I will pick them up when I come to class."

After talking to the head teacher, Chuxia came out with a bag full of test papers of various subjects. They were all mimeographed test papers, with a strong smell of ink, and they were all the hard work of the teachers, which were very precious. After

visiting Director Zhang in the morning, Cen Zhengnian came to the gate of No. 9 Middle School to pick up Chuxia as usual, riding the bicycle she was going to take back.

As soon as he saw her, he took the heavy schoolbag from her hand and put it on his back, not feeling awkward at all.

In fact, compared to riding a bicycle that hurts her butt, Chuxia prefers to take the bus.

However, Cen Zhengnian obviously considered this problem and tied a cotton cushion on the back seat of the car, which made it much more comfortable to sit on.

"I said I could go home by myself, why did you come again?"

Cen Zhengnian rode his bicycle, his gentle voice mixed with the sound of the wind: "I want to pick you up. I don't know how long I can stay at home. During the days I am at home, I hope I can do more."

The wind from riding a bicycle blew Chuxia's hair, and the sunlight shone through the gaps in the leaves, falling on the two of them in a mottled manner.

Chuxia held the car seat with one hand, looking at Cen Zhengnian's broad and strong back. With the movement of riding a bicycle, the tight lines inside were faintly revealed. Suddenly, an idea came to her mind: If life continues like this, it is actually not bad.

Suddenly, the car seemed to hit a small stone. Chu Xia's body swayed in the back. She was so frightened that she hugged Cen Zhengnian's waist in panic.

When Chu Xia sat down steadily, she realized that she had hugged Cen Zhengnian. Her hands seemed to be burned and she immediately pulled back.

Cen Zhengnian laughed lightly, suddenly grabbed her hands and put them on his waist again. Chu Xia frowned and wanted to pull her hands back, but she heard Cen Zhengnian said seriously: "Hold on tight, we are going downhill." As

soon as the words fell, the car went down the slope, and the whistling wind blew towards them instantly, and her heart was lifted.

This time, Cen Zhengnian didn't need to say anything, she hugged his waist tightly and didn't move, anyway, it was quite comfortable to hug. Chu

Xia didn't let go of Cen Zhengnian for the rest of the way, she was afraid of encountering another emergency.

Cen Zhengnian just looked down at her hand, with a gentle smile on his face, and said nothing.

When they got home, Chuxia immediately let go of Cen Zhengnian and jumped off the car, urging him: "Give me the schoolbag, you go pick up An An quickly."

She didn't even look him in the eye. Cen Zhengnian looked at her like this, and a smile appeared in his eyes, but he didn't say anything. He just handed her the schoolbag and said: "The vegetables I bought today are in the house. Can you see if I bought the wrong ones?"

After that, he rode away on his bike. Chuxia breathed a sigh of relief and went into the house to see what Cen Zhengnian bought.

Six crucian carps were swimming lively in the basin, and there were also some home-cooked dishes such as tofu and spinach.

Chuxia put down the bag and looked carefully at what Cen Zhengnian bought.

How should I put it? It was neither good nor bad. I had carefully selected the items, but if I only looked at the appearance, I could tell at a glance that they were not what I would buy if I bought vegetables often.

But it was okay. The unfresh leaves of vegetables such as spinach could be discarded. As long as the fish was fresh, the taste would be much worse.

Fortunately, the six crucian carps were good, but I bought too many. I couldn't finish them in one day, let alone one meal.

There was tofu, and Chuxia didn't bother to think about the dishes. She just made crucian carp and tofu soup, and added some spinach at the end. It was fresh and delicious.

She also made braised eggplant and heated up a few steamed buns. This was today's lunch.

When the meal was ready, Cen Zhengnian and Cen Huaian just got home.

The crucian carp and tofu soup was fresh, and the braised eggplant was fragrant. Cen Zhengnian and Cen Huaian ate without raising their heads.

Chuxia discovered that they both liked sweet food, so she put sugar in the braised eggplant, and they ate the most.

In the afternoon, Cen Huaian went to school, and Chuxia and Cen Zhengnian each took a seat at the table. She was doing homework, and he didn't know what he was writing.

But whenever Chuxia encountered a question she didn't know how to answer, as long as she asked, Cen Zhengnian would immediately put down his pen and come over to explain the question to her.

Chuxia expected the Luo family to come, and Luo Xiaomei saw Cen Zhengnian coming to pick her up.

They couldn't get through her place, and the relationship with the secretary of the first factory was inexplicably broken. Now that Cen Zhengnian is back, he naturally wants to get on top.

Except for Luo Da Ge's family, Luo Dafu, Wang Yulan, Luo Xiaomei, and Luo Chuming all came.

Seeing Cen Zhengnian, Luo Dafu put on airs as a father-in-law: "Zhengnian, why don't you even visit your parents-in-law when you come back? After working for several years, you have forgotten even the most basic etiquette?"

Chuxia put the pen in her hand on the table with a "pop". When she was about to speak, she heard Cen Zhengnian's cold voice: "I didn't forget. I just don't want to go."

Luo Dafu's face suddenly turned red and white, and his eyes stared at Cen Zhengnian: "You are capable, aren't you? Even your dad wouldn't talk to me like this! Do you know that if it weren't for me, your dad would have died long ago!"

Chuxia frowned, walked over, and pushed Cen Zhengnian aside: "Don't "Who cares? This is between me and them. Go inside."

Cen Zhengnian did not move. Instead, he protected Chu Xia behind him and said firmly, "Your business is my business."

He looked at Luo Dafu without stepping back, "My father and I have not forgotten your life-saving grace. My father has given you everything you want. But this is different from Chu Xia and An An's business. You can ask my father and I to repay you. We have no objection, but this is not a reason for you to bully Chu Xia and An An."

There was no expression on Cen Zhengnian's face, and his tone did not seem very angry. Even his voice was not loud, unlike Luo Dafu, who spoke like thunder and could be heard throughout the entire building.

But Luo Dafu was stunned by him. He was looked at by Cen Zhengnian's eyes, and he actually felt timid in his heart. He couldn't believe it. How could this be possible!

"Zhengnian, how can you say such things~" Wang Yulan suddenly spoke with tears in her eyes, leaning against Luo Dafu, with a sad face: "When you were not at home, I took care of Chuxia during her pregnancy, childbirth and confinement, and it was also me who helped Chuxia take care of An'an.

You haven't been back for four years, so I often come to see them, for fear that someone would bully them. Not only did you not say a word of comfort to them, but you also accused us of being a bully. Zhengnian, you should speak with conscience?"

Luo Chuming also immediately sighed: "I know, brother-in-law, you are rich now, An An is grown up, you don't need us anymore, so you can blame us. But you have to speak and act according to your conscience. This TV and refrigerator were given by my eldest brother and me, and my mother also gave my second sister 500 yuan. If you think this is a bargaining chip, I have nothing to say. I can only blame my parents for being blind and misjudging people."

If Cen Zhengnian had not known the truth in advance, he would never doubt Wang Yulan and Luo Chuming's behavior, and he would even be very grateful to them.

Chu Xia looked at these two people pretending to be pitiful and felt disgusted. Some people are really thick-skinned to a certain extent.

They will cry, so will she not cry?

"Zhengnian, don't believe what they say..." Chuxia suddenly threw herself into Cen Zhengnian's arms, tears falling without stopping, and soon soaked Cen Zhengnian's shirt.

Cen Zhengnian hugged her helplessly, listening to her crying, and couldn't help but reach out and gently pat her back to comfort her. His heart seemed to be tightened by something, and his eyes looking at the Luo family became even colder.

"It was Sister Li who sent me to the hospital to give birth. My mother slept next to me and didn't know I was about to give birth. She said she would take care of me during the confinement period..." Chu Xia cried even more aggrievedly: "But I did everything by myself. She just sat in the house. She didn't even hold the baby when he cried. Instead, I took good care of her for a month. And she took care of An An, but gave all the food sent by An An's grandmother to my eldest brother and others, and only fed An An rice soup. And..."

Chu Xia had the memories of the original owner. The things that the original owner thought were natural were told to Cen Zhengnian one by one by Chu Xia.

No one knew these details except the original owner and Wang Yulan.

Wang Yulan didn't expect that Chu Xia would not care about Cen Zhengnian's thoughts and would tell them all.

After all, she took things away and was not good enough to Cen Huaian, and her daughter agreed. If Cen Zhengnian knew about this, she would not have an easy life.

That was why Wang Yulan dared to come with her husband and children, hoping to control Chuxia.

Who knew Chuxia could be so bold?

Seeing Cen Zhengnian's complexion getting worse and worse, his eyes were so cold that they seemed to freeze people to death, and the veins in his hands were bulging.

Wang Yulan knew that she was doomed. If she stayed here, not only would Cen Zhengnian not remember their kindness, but he would even bear a grudge against her.

With a pale face, she grabbed Luo Dafu, who was so angry that his face turned red and his neck was thick, and Luo Chuming, who was still trying to speak, and saw the disappointment on Chuxia's face: "Chuxia, it seems that you really intend to be an unfilial daughter, then your father and I will not stop you."

After that, she ran out crying. Luo Dafu felt sorry for his wife and immediately ran out, threatening Chuxia as he ran: "If anything happens to your mother, I will not forgive you!"

Both parents left, Luo Xiaomei was afraid of Chuxia, and Luo Xiaoge could only give up and leave.

Chuxia wiped her tears, pushed Cen Zhengnian away, walked to the door sadly, and showed an expression of being heartbroken by her mother's family to the neighbors who were watching the show, and then closed the door to completely isolate those curious eyes.

"Chuxia..." Cen Zhengnian frowned and called her, looking at her worriedly.

But Chuxia turned around and wiped away all her tears. She sat at the table as if nothing had happened and looked up at Cen Zhengnian: "What's wrong?"

"You just..." Cen Zhengnian's eyes were blank.

Chuxia smiled. She didn't have a bright face, but this smile was particularly beautiful, like a lotus blooming after the rain, delicate and moving.

"What happened to me just now? Would they leave if I didn't do this? Not only would they not leave, they would also tarnish our reputation. And what I said was all true. An An and I had a very bad life before. I said that I was not in a clear mind at that time and I trusted my family too much. If you want to blame me, blame me."

Chu Xia didn't want to admit what happened in the past, but she took over the body of the original owner, so the good and bad of the original owner were all hers.

In the future, she can live according to her own ideas, and she would not deny the past.

Cen Zhengnian said without hesitation: "I don't blame you."

Not only would he not blame her, he would also feel sorry for her. It is not easy for a woman to raise a child alone, and it is normal to want to rely on her family.

It's just that Chu Xia's family is too disappointing. They only want benefits, and they say nice things to confuse right and wrong, but they do nothing.

Chuxia looked up at Cen Zhengnian and felt the pain in his eyes. She didn't know what he was thinking, but she guessed that he thought she and An An were pitiful little things. As expected,

the Luo family didn't bother them again afterwards.

However, even if they wanted to come, they didn't have the time to come now because their family was a mess.

First, the father of Luo Chuming's girlfriend suddenly scolded him for having bad intentions and forced his girlfriend to break up with him. Then, he somehow made a mistake in a key part of the tractor at work and was directly fired by the factory.

It's not easy to quit in a formal factory, after all, it's a stable job, but Luo Chuming is a temporary worker who is about to be converted to a regular employee. He can quit at will and someone can be recruited to fill his position immediately.

Then Brother Luo and Sister Luo also felt uncomfortable at work. The team leader always found trouble with them, and they had to be criticized every day and had to rework their work.

Even Wang Yulan couldn't get enough of it in the factory. Luo Dafu stayed in a pension position in the factory, but no one touched him because he was a veteran.

But he couldn't help with the problems at home. He couldn't even say soft words to find a relationship. He was complained by his children every day at home, and his wife was not in the mood to comfort him. He was incapable of getting angry, so he could only get angry at home, and then aggravate the conflicts at home.

It was National Day in October, and the whole Liangzhou City was filled with joy. In early summer, things about the Luo family had already been forgotten.

Today there are mass demonstrations in various factories. She knows this event best as she prepares for it with the textile factories in early summer.

"An'an, there will be a lot of people on the street later, so just hold on to my and your father's hands and don't let go."

Chu Xia was worried and told Cen Huaian again.

On the day of national celebration, Chu Xia wanted Cen Huaian to feel the atmosphere so that he would have a good memory of his childhood when he grows up.

In the future, she and Cen Zhengnian were destined to not have many days to accompany him to participate in activities together. Today was a good opportunity, and Chu Xia didn't want Cen Huaian to miss it.

When she asked Cen Huaian yesterday, although he said, "It's all right,"

Chu Xia saw him secretly glance at Cen Zhengnian, and it was obvious that he still wanted to go out to watch the celebration parade as a family.

"Yeah." Cen Huaian took his little flag and was ready to go.

Cen Zhengnian noticed Chuxia's nervousness and comforted her, saying, "I'm here, don't worry. We're not going to the most lively Dragon and Phoenix Tower, so there shouldn't be many people."

The most famous building in Liangzhou City is the Dragon and Phoenix Tower in the city center. It is next to the railway station and has the most crowded traffic. It is also the end point of the parade.

The parade will arrive at the Dragon and Phoenix Tower after circling the city halfway, and then circle back from the other side to ensure that everyone in Liangzhou can see the celebration parade.

The street at the gate of Chuxia's family compound is the main road that the parade will definitely pass through, so she told Cen Zhengnian and Cen Huaian yesterday that they would watch from the gate of their house, which is safe.

The more grand the event, the more rampant those petty thieves and street vendors will be. In addition, stampedes are more likely to occur when there are too many people.

So Chu Xia was very worried about safety when she went to watch the celebration. Last night, she told Cen Zhengnian and Cen Huaian a lot of ways to protect themselves if they encountered unexpected situations.

After she finished, she had to ask questions to make sure they remembered them.

Finally, they went out. Cen Huaian let out a breath quietly, and when he looked up, he happened to meet Cen Zhengnian's smiling eyes. His ears slowly turned red, and he immediately turned his head towards Chu Xia.

Cen Zhengnian couldn't help but reach out and touch his head, which caused him to glare at her without any threat, which made the smile on his lips deepen.

When they walked out the door, there were already many people waiting on the street outside.

There weren't many entertainment options at this time, and everyone liked to go out and watch any activities, not to mention the National Day that happens once a year.

Chuxia thought they had come out very early, but when they got there, they found that they couldn't even stand in the front row.

"Auntie! Auntie! Here!"

Just when Chuxia was looking for somewhere else with fewer people, she heard the sound of chopsticks.

He stuck his head out from the crowd, and his small stature was about to be squeezed out by the crowd. Chuxia's heart skipped a beat when she saw this, and she quickly pulled Cen Huaian and Cen Zhengnian over.

"What are you doing, Chopsticks? It's too dangerous!"

Chopsticks smiled at Chuxia, scratched his head and said, "It's okay, auntie, I'm small and they can't squeeze me. We've saved a seat for you, come here quickly."

He wiped his hands on himself and pulled Chuxia's clothes to let her in.

Chuxia watched his actions, and her heart felt like it was stung by a bee, sour and painful.

She reached out and held Chopsticks' hand, causing disbelief on his face. Chuxia seemed not to see it, and smiled and said, "Let's go."

She used practical actions to tell him that he didn't need to be so cautious, and she had never disliked him and Bangzi.

Chopsticks curled up his empty hand, his eyes felt a little hot, he felt that An An's mother's hand was so warm, if his mother was still there, she would feel the same way when holding his hand.

Bangzi and his friends were at the front, and when Chuxia and the other two passed by, they immediately made way: "Auntie, we still have things to sell, you guys watch carefully!" Then they nimbly dived into the crowd like monkeys and soon disappeared.

"Are they the kids who do business with An An?"

Cen Zhengnian didn't say a word when he was brought over, and after the kids left, he asked Chuxia, his eyes also looking at the kids who left.

"Yes."

"They are all good kids." Cen Zhengnian was very good at judging people. Although these kids were a little wild and had a fierce look in their eyes, their eyes were pure and without any evil in human nature.

"Of course, how could the friends that our An An made be bad!"

"That's right, An An is so great, so it's natural that he can make good friends too!"

He smiled, lifted An An up, and put him on his neck in An An's surprised eyes.

An An sat on Cen Zhengnian's neck, and his heart quickly changed from disbelief to novelty and excitement. He couldn't suppress the smile on his face. He pursed his lips for several times, and finally raised them, turning his head happily to look around.

It's so high!

So this is what it feels like to ride a big horse while sitting on Dad's neck, as if everyone has become smaller, and he has become the giant in the story that Mom told him.

Chuxia was also startled by Cen Zhengnian's action, and was about to say that this was dangerous, but when she saw Cen Huaian's surprised and happy eyes, she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

Forget it, as long as their grandfathers like it.

The parade team came over quickly, beating drums and gongs, singing and dancing, with bright smiles on everyone's face, and people holding flowers and small flags kept waving them at the people on both sides.

Even Chuxia was infected by this warm atmosphere, and kept waving the small flags in her hands, laughing and cheering happily with everyone else.

Cen Huaian felt that he had never been happier than today.

Mom and Dad took him to watch the National Day celebrations. His dad even let him ride a horse. He could now forgive his dad for not coming back.

On the way back, Cen Huaian was still not satisfied and looked up to ask Chuxia: "Mom, will there be a National Day celebration tomorrow?"

Chuxia: "No."

Cen Huaian: "Then when will it be?"

Chuxia: "Next year."

Cen Huaian: "Then I will come to watch it next year."

Cen Zhengnian: "Okay."