For a long time, Pei Yaochen didn't have a video call with the child. Even if he called, he didn't answer.
The reason for doing so is to ruthlessly break their greed for the summer solstice.
But he didn't know that the child became more and more unhappy because of this.
When I woke up at the summer solstice that morning, I saw the child sitting in bed and watching her in a daze, with a confused and tangled face.
"What's the matter?" the summer solstice leaned over, buried his head in his arms and kept turning.
He was itchy and giggled with her head in his arms.
They made a crazy mess about it.
After making trouble for a while, the Summer Solstice held him in his arms and gently asked, "you've always been tired these days. You didn't have a good time taking you out. Tell your mother what's on your mind?"
The child looked at her and wanted to say but didn't want to say.
The summer solstice took his little hand and kissed him gently. "Honey, you can tell your mother whatever you think. Mom, listen, what are you thinking all day?"
"I miss my father very much." the child finally opened his mouth.
The summer solstice felt a pain in his heart. He hugged him hard and said softly, "Dad has been busy recently. You can bear it. Maybe he won't be busy in a few days. Then he will take the initiative to call you and have a video chat with you. Then you will tell him all your thoughts in your heart!"
"Oh." the child answered weakly.
"Don't be unhappy. It's cloudy today. It shouldn't be hot outside. Will mom take you to climb the mountain? Stay in the tent on the top of the mountain tonight, and then get up early tomorrow morning to see the sunrise? Don't you always want to go up the mountain to see the sunrise?" the summer solstice tries to make him happy.
The child is lack of interest. "I want to go with three people when my father comes back."
"But dad is the head of the family. He has to be responsible for making money. In this case, it may be difficult for him to have time with us."
"Then why did he have so much time before?"
"Er." Xia Zhi was asked and said reluctantly after a long time, "He used to have time because he only needed to support you! But now he has to support us all alone. Of course, there is no way to solve this problem. If you want him to spend more time with you, your mother should go to work as before. Then your father and I can stagger the time to accompany you. In this way, you can either see your father or go to work every day Do you think it's good to see your mother? "
"But I can't bear to leave you." the child hugged her neck tightly and his eyes were wet quietly. "Mom, do children in every family have to make a choice?"
"Well, this is a very common problem. No one can avoid it." Xia Zhi sighed, "well, we don't have to decide this problem in a hurry. Let's go to dinner first, and then let's climb the mountain together. When you come back from climbing the mountain, will you think about it slowly?"
"All right!" the child said helplessly.
"Be happy. Mom likes to see you smile. You start to worry like a little old man!" summer solstice smiled and gently pinched the child's cheek.
Hearing this, the child immediately smiled and narrowed his eyes into a seam. It looked really gratifying.
I don't know why, but I feel sour at the summer solstice.
It's really cruel for a child to force him to choose between his father and mother when he is so young.
She didn't want her child to be hurt a little, but she didn't know how to avoid such harm.
Can she bear to form a family with him for the sake of her children?
No no no!
At the thought of what he had done, she couldn't control her disgust with him.
And once she is in this mood, she and Pei Yaochen may return to the terrible abyss of cheating, torturing and testing each other in the past. If so, the child can't be happy.
Thinking of this, the summer solstice is depressed.
He took the children to wash. When he came out, he changed his clothes and went downstairs.
Bessie had already made breakfast. As soon as she saw the child, she immediately greeted him with a smile, picked him up, kissed him fiercely, and then boasted, "young master, you look so handsome today!"
"Dressed like this, because we're going to climb the mountain! Aunt Bessie, you should hurry to change a sportswear!" the child said with a smile.
"Go climbing?" Bessie looked up at the summer solstice.
The summer solstice smiled and nodded, "yes. It's rare that it's cloudy today. Let's climb the mountain!"
"Although it's cloudy, it's muggy. I'm afraid it will rain!" Bessie said anxiously.
"If it rains, it will rain. It's better to take a cableway than stay at home. Stop talking and hurry to change your clothes!" urged the summer solstice.
"OK. I'll go now! Breakfast is ready. Please take the young master with you."
"Go!" summer solstice nodded, bent down, picked up the child, sat down at the table, picked up the spoon and was about to feed him.
But he took the spoon and said to her seriously, "Mom, I'll come by myself. Have you forgotten? You and dad let me come by myself long ago. They said that only by managing myself as well as possible can I become an indomitable man in the future. I want to grow up quickly. In that way, I can go out to work early to make money, so that my parents can be together every day!"
The summer solstice was sour and astringent. He couldn't help moistening the corners of his eyes. He said in a dumb voice, "you are so good! You are really our good son. We are very happy to have such a sensible and lovely son in this life. Baby, thank you!"
However, at the age of four, the words made people feel warm in their hearts, as if a piece of sunshine had shone into their hearts, sweeping away the heavy haze hidden in their hearts.
No wonder some people say that children are angels. This is really reasonable.
Of course, this is Pei Yaochen's usual education, right?
He did not disappoint her in this aspect of child discipline.
After dinner, the summer solstice took the child and Bessie into the car.
On the way, the child called Pei Yaochen with Bixi's mobile phone, but Pei Yaochen still didn't answer.
This makes the child a little unhappy.
In order to make him happy, the summer solstice deliberately sang and talked about a crosstalk she had seen together last night.
Because Bessie's Chinese was not good, she also tried to speak Beijing accent. As a result, it added a bit of interest to the already ridiculous jokes. The child was very young and soon laughed.
As soon as his mind shifted, the atmosphere was a lot happier.
Talking and laughing all the way, he soon drove to the foot of the west mountain.
Got out of the car, looked at the winding stone path, took a deep breath at the summer solstice, turned and asked the child, "are you ready?"
"Ready!" the child nodded.
"Let's go!" the summer solstice waved vigorously.
Before the words fell, the child had rushed out like a sharp arrow.
Bessie was so worried that she hurried behind her and shouted, "young master, what if you order! Be careful under your feet!"
The summer solstice said with a smile, "don't be too nervous. This stone path is not on the edge of a cliff. Even if he wrestles, it's not dangerous. If it's a big deal, he will break his skin. Don't we often wrestle when we were young? He was a boy, and we can't be too careful. He will lack some masculinity in the future. I don't want my son to look so mother!"
"You're right. But the young master seldom does outdoor sports. Suddenly, I'm afraid his body can't bear it." Bessie still said anxiously. "Besides, it's best if you don't wrestle. You don't have to wrestle to grow up."
"You, don't worry. I'm here!" the summer solstice smiled faintly, accelerated his pace, surpassed Bixi and followed the child.
When the child heard her footsteps, he used more strength and climbed up step by step.
Several steps accidentally tripped over a small stone. The summer solstice can always reach out in time and hold him firmly, so as not to fall to the ground.
He had her shelter, so he got stronger and stronger.
In this way, the three people climbed up and soon climbed halfway up the mountain.
The summer solstice saw that the child was so tired that his face turned red and he kept panting. He said to him, "baby, mom is tired. Can mom apply for a rest?"
The child smiled proudly, "Mom, why are you not as strong as me?"
The summer solstice took out a paper towel to wipe his sweat and smiled gently, "yes! Mom lacks exercise these days, so she is easily left behind by you. It seems that next, mom has to strengthen exercise like baby!"
"Hee hee. Then mom, sit down and have a rest!" the child took her hand and sat down on a big stone by the side of the road.
Bessie hurried forward and brought water and snacks.
The child patted the stone, "aunt Bessie, sit down quickly. Let's eat together!"
"Good boy!" Bessie happily sat down beside him and wiped his hands and face with a wet towel before pouring water for him.
She feels more and more like her children.
It turns out that although I like the little master, I respect him more as the master. It can be said that I have to keep a certain distance, because this is what the housekeeper wants to see.
The housekeeper always warned them that they must pay attention to their duties. No matter what they do, they can't lose the distinction of dignity and inferiority.
Therefore, she has been very careful to obey this rule.
For children, care, like, but not close.
However, since the child and the summer solstice, because the summer solstice deliberately blurred the definition between the master and servant, she often felt that the relationship between herself and the summer solstice, as well as the children, was no longer just a rigid and alienated relationship between the master and servant, but more a harmonious and warm relationship like a family.
This makes her very happy. She can't help getting closer and closer to her children. Even she likes the summer solstice more and more.
This kind of love even goes beyond the loyalty to Pei Yaochen.
During this time, in the dead of night, she could not help imagining a possibility that if one day, between Pei Yaochen and the summer solstice, she had to choose a person, she thought she would choose the summer solstice without hesitation.
Even if the summer solstice is too poor to give her a salary, she is willing to follow the summer solstice and share weal and woe with her children.
Of course, she won't tell Xia Zhi about this idea. She has always been a person who is not good at expression.
What's more, in her eyes, the summer solstice is an elegant, beautiful and intelligent woman. Unless she gives up herself, such a woman can never be reduced to the point where she is too poor to afford food.
With such a woman, she felt that her intelligence had improved a lot, which made her very proud.
Just thinking, he suddenly stood up when he saw the summer solstice, pointed to a fork and said, "this road seems to lead to the temple in the mountain? Why don't we visit the temple first?"