In recent days, Dadan and Erdan felt that there was something wrong with the way Su Qinghu looked at them.
This state of mind did not disappear until they and Qian Duoshu finished their last day of special foreign language training.
The two brothers came to class on the 14th day of the first lunar month, bringing with them the thank-you gifts that Su Qinghu had prepared for them. They attended half a day of classes, and when they left at noon, they took home another gift in return.
The gifts the teacher prepared for them were a thick English dictionary and a stack of foreign language reading materials, which could be regarded as expectations and encouragement for their future.
Erdan got off the bus holding an English dictionary, still a little incredulous. "This dictionary is so thick, it'll take me forever to memorize it..."
Just thinking about it gives me chills.
"Brother, do you think our mom will suddenly have us memorize the dictionary?" Before Dadan could say anything, Erdan gasped, "Why do I feel like it's very likely?!"
Dadan: "What's wrong with learning more?"
"...There's nothing wrong with learning more, but—" Erdan slammed the tome in his hands, "It's so thick, and there's so much content. When can I memorize it all?"
"If you memorize a few pages every day, you'll eventually finish. Besides, we already know some of the words." Dadan looked at him, "Pay more attention to them and write them down when you see them. That way, you'll have one less word to memorize in the dictionary."
Erdan: “…”
What my brother said made sense, but he still felt something was wrong...
"By the way, brother, you lived abroad when you were a kid?" Erdan followed Dadan home and asked curiously as they walked, "Why did you come back? Where are your family members?"
They are no longer ignorant children. Ever since they learned the meaning of their surname, they knew that they had no blood relationship with the Chen family.
He couldn't remember it clearly anyway, but when he could remember, Chen's father already existed.
But my brother seems to still remember what happened in the past?
After a long pause, Dadan finally responded softly. Under Erdan's curious gaze, he said, "I don't remember clearly. I only know that my parents were killed overseas by Mu Cang. Grandpa took me from one city to another. There were some problems on the plane back home. When I woke up, only Dad was by my side..."
The outside world only reported the incident of the plane having problems, but the people involved in the incident were vaguely mentioned.
Later, he lived with Chen's father.
No one told me what was going on with Grandpa, and he had no problem with it, because Grandpa once said that as long as he returned to the embrace of the motherland, everywhere would be home, and everywhere would be his family. There was no need to ask anything, and when the time came, he would understand what he needed to understand.
There were many words and many things that should have been said to him before my parents and grandfather prepared to return home.
There were many words that I can't remember clearly now, but there was a strong force that pushed him to know what he should do...
Dadan only answered the first part. Seeing his brother's expression, Erdan didn't ask any further questions. He just nudged him with his arm and said, "Don't be sad. You still have us."
Big Egg: “Yeah.”
If the foreign language training teacher hadn't mentioned the past, Dadan might not have told others about this.
The two walked for a while, and when Dadan took out the key to open the door, Erdan couldn't help but ask, "Brother, why don't you ask me?"
He is not his father's biological child.
Dadan glanced at him and went in first. After he came in and closed the door, he said, "Do you remember when I ask you?"
He also had a fever and was so confused that he had to drink the medicine...
Erdan didn't feel guilty at all: "I don't remember."
Dadan knew this would happen, so without even pausing, he opened the door, put the foreign language reading material on the table, and walked out.
Seeing this, Erdan also put away his big book and followed him out, "Brother, we need to know who is good to us."
He spoke seriously. Dadan turned around to look at him, and then he heard Erdan continue, "I don't know what other parents do with their children behind closed doors, but I asked my younger brothers."
If they want to eat something or do something, they have to ask first, and even if they ask, it may not be granted. Out of ten times, their parents may only agree once or twice, and they are not very important and they only cost no more than one dollar.
"Their parents can't even compare to ours," Erdan said smugly. "They still get beaten up every now and then!"
Like a camera, no other kid their age had one.
Pocket money and savings too!
Dadan continued walking towards the bathroom, "You caught up with me just to tell me this?"
Erdan: “Yeah.”
If it weren't for this, he would definitely go to the kitchen to rummage through the refrigerator and make himself something delicious.
Big Egg: “I know.”
"Oh." Erdan said what he wanted to say and turned to walk towards the kitchen.
There was ready-made bread, chicken soup, dumplings and wontons in the refrigerator. So he cooked two bowls of chicken soup and wontons, and then baked some bread in the oven, and lunch was solved.
While the chicken soup was still boiling, he took a pair of scissors and cut a few garlic sprouts from a pot of hydroponic garlic that his mother had grown.
Wash it clean, cut it into pieces, and then watch the chicken soup in the pot.
Dadan had washed his hands and went to the kitchen. Seeing his younger brother cooking chicken soup wontons, he took the initiative to re-bake the cold bread.
"Brother, have we finished eating the shrimp?" Erdan looked at Dadan, "I didn't see it in the refrigerator just now."
"We're done eating." Dadan nodded, "We'll go buy some more this afternoon."
"Oh, then the only thing I can put in the chicken soup wontons is garlic sprouts." Erdan smacked his lips. "Ah, I still think it's better with dried shrimps."
Seeing him like that, Dadan took two eggs and mixed them well. After the wontons were cooked and served in bowls, he washed the pot, spread an egg pancake, cut it into shreds, and put half into each of the two people's bowls.
After dinner, the two of them packed up and went to buy some dried shrimps, only to see a man squatting at the door.
The two men didn't dare to go forward for a moment, but the person squatting at the door had already noticed them and stood up with a smile.
At this time, the two of them discovered that in addition to a basket beside him, he was also holding two well-made lanterns in his hands.
"For you."
He said.
Dadan and Erdan looked carefully for a long time, but it was Dadan who recognized the person first. "Are you the old teacher?"
"It's me." The old man's face was no longer as sad as before. "Thank you for donating paper, pens, notebooks and food to our elementary school. We don't have much good stuff over there, so I asked an old craftsman in the village to make a pair of lanterns for you."
"Huh?" Erdan stepped forward in surprise, "My mom didn't tell us about this."
He and his brother both paid for it, but there were so many fun things to do during the Chinese New Year that they forgot about it.
The old man laughed, "It has both your names written on it."
Erdan nodded. It seemed to be true. However, he didn’t know when his mother had done it. He and his brother had no idea about it at all.
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