Father's Land Mother's River

Chapter 198 The Father and Daughter Meet
Liu Xiaonan calmly cooks and stir-fries in the kitchen. For him, the most difficult hurdle has been passed.The remaining question is how to face that daughter and how to make up for the lack of fatherly love these years.

Qi Meng walked into the kitchen, approached Liu Xiaonan and said, "Dad, you rest, let me cook."

Liu Xiaonan smiled and said, "This is your mother's punishment for me, and I accept it willingly. I've already touched my hands, and it's been a long time since I cooked for you, so don't interfere."

Qimeng asked curiously: "Dad, that sister of mine must be very beautiful, right? As I remember, Aunt Wu Yanli is very beautiful."

Liu Xiaonan said: "I only saw a photo of your sister at your aunt Xiaoyun's daughter's wedding last year. She is indeed very beautiful, just like her mother."

Qi Meng hugged Liu Xiaonan's arm and said, "Dad, my brother and I have grown up, don't worry about us in the future. Spend all your time and energy on that younger sister."

Liu Xiaonan said: "Thank you for understanding Dad. You are all good children of Dad, and Dad will not tell each other's strengths."

Just as she was talking, Meng Xiangxiang walked into the kitchen, and she said, "The father and daughter are hiding in the kitchen and whispering."

Qi Meng smiled and said, "Mom is jealous, I'm here to help Dad cook."

Meng Xiangxiang said, "When did your mother ever feel jealous? You go out, and I'll cook for your father."

Qimeng walked out of the kitchen with interest.Meng Xiangxiang took off the apron around Liu Xiaonan's waist, put it on himself and said, "Let me do it, as if I really want to punish you, how can I, how dare I punish my elder brother. I beat Wu Yanli." Call?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "After the beating, Wu Yanli agreed to let her daughter live with us. However, the child was born under her control. She is timid, cowardly and arrogant, has flaws in character, and her academic performance is not very good."

Meng Xiangxiang stopped the kitchen knife in his hand and said: "I lacked the love of my father since I was a child, and I grew up in such a special family environment. It is normal to be sensitive. If I can live in our house, I would like to transfer her to the provincial normal school." In the attached middle school, I will take care of her alone. She is still young, so it is easier to correct her, so it is not a big problem."

"Do as you say. I have nothing to say now. I feel ashamed when I see each of you."

"Put all your worries aside, my big brother. Nothing has changed except that we have another daughter."

After a simple lunch, Meng Xiangxiang arranged for Qimeng and Hu Liwen to arrange the room next to her and Liu Xiaonan's bedroom, and then went to Wu Yanli's house with Liu Xiaonan.

Wu Yanli, her parents, and the truck driver were waiting for Liu Xiaonan and his wife at home.After meeting and greeting each other, Wu Yanli pointed to a closed door and hurriedly said to Liu Xiaonan, "She doesn't believe what I said, and she didn't eat at noon."

Liu Xiaonan glanced at the closed door, turned around and walked to Wentian who was sitting in a wheelchair, knelt down, stroked Wentian's head, and asked with a smile, "Wentian, do you still know your father?"

Wen Tian yelled "Ah!", stretched out his handy left hand, slapped Liu Xiaonan vigorously, and suddenly cried loudly: "Dad—Dad."

Liu Xiaonan felt a little sad, took out a tissue to wipe Wen Tian's snot and tears, and blamed herself, "It's all Dad's fault. Dad will come to see you often in the future, okay?"

Wen Tian agreed with "ahhh", still crying.Liu Xiaonan coaxed a child and said, "Wen Tian has grown up and grown a beard. He is a man now, so he can't cry all the time, right?"

Wen Tian finally smiled through his tears, and held Liu Xiaonan tightly, touching his face, nose, and hair, unable to express his suffering, so he could only express his joy with movements.

Liu Xiaonan said, "Dad is old and can't hold you anymore. Look at Dad's sideburns, is there any white hair?"

Before the age of 45, Liu Xiaonan did not have a single gray hair. After the age of 45, especially when she reached [-], the white hairs on both sides of her temples sprung up like mushrooms after rain.Wen Tian touched Liu Xiaonan's temples on both sides, with a bitter melon look on his face.

The truck driver came over and said to Liu Xiaonan, "Wentian, this kid has a dumb number in his heart. He has never called me daddy for so many years."

Liu Xiaonan said to him: "Thank you for taking care of their mother three, I know, this is not easy."

The truck driver said: "I can't talk about taking care of them. Compared with you, I haven't done anything for their mother three."

On the sofa, Wu Yanli took Meng Xiangxiang's hand and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry! I didn't want to disturb your family, I didn't expect things to turn out like this."

Meng Xiangxiang said: "I can understand, and you don't have to blame yourself too much. Are you willing to let the child live with us?"

"I'm willing. I don't know how to educate the child. If the child lives with you, she will get a better education and she will be more promising in the future."

"It's not easy for you to raise your child alone. Don't worry, I will treat her as my own daughter. When the school is on holiday, let her father send her to you."

Liu Xiaonan comforted Hao Wentian, walked to the door of her daughter's room, knocked on the door and said, "Liu Xufei, I'm your father, we met before."

Ever since seeing her daughter's photo, Liu Xiaonan could no longer remain indifferent, nor could she sit still.The daughter's face always affects his heart and the thoughts of a father.

One afternoon, with nothing to do, he drove away from the farm and went to the boarding school where his daughter was studying.He stood outside the school gate, hoping to catch a glimpse of his daughter from a distance.

The school is over, and on the huge playground, the students are running around, dazzled, which one is my daughter?Just at this moment, a little girl came to the school gate.Liu Xiaonan recognized at a glance that she was her daughter Liu Xufei whom she had seen in the photo.

Liu Xufei walked to the school gate, saw Liu Xiaonan froze for a moment, then hid to the other side, looking out aimlessly through the iron gate.

Liu Xiaonan silently looked at her daughter.Her facial features are very similar to Wu Yanli's, her eyes are clear and bright, her figure is slender and graceful, but her expression is gloomy, a bit lonely and helpless.

Restraining his surging emotions, he slowly leaned over, trying not to scare his daughter as much as possible, showing a flattering smile, and carefully asked: "Little classmate, are you waiting for someone?"

Liu Xufei took a look at him, his eyes sparkled with anticipation, and whispered, "I'm waiting for Dad."

The daughter knew that she would not wait for her father, but she was still waiting here. It was self-consolation, and her heart was full of longing and hope.Distress and self-blame gnawed at Liu Xiaonan's heart, and he asked, "Are you waiting for Dad here every day?"

Liu Xufei said: "I've been waiting every day. I dreamed that my father came to visit me. My father works abroad and hasn't come back to see me for a long time. My father must have forgotten me."

"Your father will never forget you." Liu Xiaonan wanted to hold her daughter in his arms, but he could only comfort him through the iron gate, "Uncle is also a father, how could father forget his daughter? Your father must have not come back to see you because the work is not over, or there are other things."

Liu Xufei asked, "Is uncle also here to see your daughter?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "Yes, my uncle's daughter is also studying in this school. My uncle hasn't seen my daughter for a long time, but my uncle doesn't want to disturb her life and study. Believe me, uncle, your father will definitely come back to see you There are a lot of bad people outside, so don't watch at the school gate in the future."

"What's the name of my uncle's daughter? I'll call her here and meet my uncle."

"No need, uncle has already seen her."

The bell for class rang, and Liu Xufei waved goodbye.Liu Xiaonan stood at the school gate the whole time, watching her daughter enter the classroom with disappointment and regret.He wanted to leave hope for his daughter, but he was afraid that too many hopes would be fulfilled.He decided not to come to see his daughter secretly, he believed that the matter would be resolved one day.

There was suppressed crying in the house, Liu Xiaonan knocked on the door again, and said, "Liu Xufei, Dad is here to see you, please open the door for Dad."

After a while, the door opened, and Liu Xufei stood in front of Liu Xiaonan with tears streaming down his face, with his head slightly lowered, sobbing endlessly.She wanted to take a look at her father, but was afraid of seeing his true face.

Liu Xiaonan took her daughter into the room, wiped away her tears, and said with a smile, "Look up and take a closer look at Dad, has Dad visited you?"

Liu Xufei raised her head slowly, and recognized Liu Xiaonan at a glance. It was the uncle who had talked with her at the school gate.She yelled: "Why didn't you tell me that you were Dad, why did you come to see me?"

Liu Xiaonan supported her daughter's shoulders with both hands, asked her to sit down on the bed, moved the chair by herself, and sat opposite her daughter.He held his daughter's hand and said, "Liu Xufei, whether you can understand it now or not, Dad must first tell you the story of me and your mother."

Liu Xiaonan started talking about how he and Wu Yanli worked together, how they fell in love and had to separate; about the closure of the textile factory, and about the difficulties Wu Yanli faced; How Yanli Wants a Healthy Child
Liu Xiaonan said: "That's how things are. Don't resent your mother. Your mother has experienced too much suffering. You are her only and best comfort. All this is because of my father's fault. In the future, my father will love you well. "

Liu Xufei hung her head and said nothing, she still couldn't understand the story of her father and mother.Liu Xiaonan stretched out her palm, put her daughter's hand flat in her own, and compared it. The fingers were thin and long, very similar.He stretched out his feet again, sole to sole, and compared with his daughter's feet, they were also thin and long.

Liu Xiaonan smiled and said, "Look, you look like your mother, but your hands and feet look like your father, and your father is a real father."

Liu Xufei laughed through tears, and finally dared to look at his father directly.She has been waiting for her father for 13 years and asked her mother for 13 years. Now that her father is in front of her, she feels very strange.All this came too suddenly, everything was like a dream, she couldn't adapt to it for a while, and couldn't digest it.She wanted to call out daddy, but couldn't.

Liu Xiaonan gently stroked her daughter's hair and said, "You have a brother and a sister, who are twins, and they are both studying in college. I have discussed with your mother. If you want, you can live in your father's house and live with him. You Auntie is a university professor, she is kind and kind, and she can also help you with your homework."

Liu Xufei looked straight at her father, wondering if she should promise her father.

Liu Xiaonan understood his daughter's feelings, he said: "Don't rush to make a decision, see if this is good. I will go home with my father today and meet my brothers and sisters. My brothers and sisters also want to see you. Then I will take you back to your hometown. There are your grandma, grandpa, grandma, and aunts and uncles in your hometown. You will live in your father’s house for a while, and you will make a decision before school starts.”

Liu Xufei nodded.Liu Xiaonan pulled her daughter to stand up and said, "Go out with Dad to meet your aunt, and then go home with Dad, okay?"

Liu Xufei lay on Liu Xiaonan's chest and called out in a low voice, "Father!"

The daughter's head rested on Liu Xiaonan's chin. He gently hugged her and patted her on the back.The flesh and blood relationship between father and daughter, the concern and longing for 13 years, finally fused together.

Liu Xiaonan held her daughter's face in both hands, stroked her cheek gently, and sighed: "My daughter has grown up, and she will soon be as tall as her father, isn't she?"

Liu Xufei showed a happy smile, and she said, "My father is a bit old, and he is different from what I imagined."

Liu Xiaonan smiled and said, "What you imagined must be when Dad was young. Dad is 52 years old this year. In front of his 13-year-old daughter, of course he is a bit old. When Dad was young, he was also a handsome young man."

Liu Xufei also smiled: "Father is also very handsome now."

Hearing the cheerful laughter of the father and mother, Wu Yanli and Meng Xiangxiang walked into the room.Meng Xiangxiang measured Liu Xufei, and said to Wu Yanli, "My daughter really looks like you, what a pretty little girl."

Liu Xufei called Auntie.Meng Xiangxiang said to Liu Xufei: "Liu Xufei, Auntie can't do anything else. It's okay to help you with your homework. If you live at your father's house, you don't have to go to cram school, and you can save your parents a lot of money." .”

Meng Xiangxiang's affinity was irresistible.Liu Xufei said to Wu Yanli: "Mom, do you agree that I will live in my father's house?"

"Mom agrees." Wu Yanli washed Liu Xufei again, put on a new dress, and officially handed her daughter into Liu Xiaonan's hands.

Liu Xiaonan took her daughter's hand, bid farewell to Wu Yanli's parents and the truck driver, and said to Wen Tian, ​​"Wen Tian, ​​Dad takes your sister home, and Dad will come to see you later."

Wen Tian agreed with an "ahh".Liu Xufei said to Wen Tian: "Brother Wen Tian, ​​he is our father, right?"

Wen Tian shouted happily: "Dad—Dad"

Liu Xufei said to Liu Xiaonan, "Dad, Brother Wen Tian has never forgotten Dad."

Liu Xiaonan said to her daughter: "Brother Wentian, you are transparent in your heart."

When the group went downstairs, Wu Yanli personally sent her daughter to Liu Xiaonan's car, bent down and instructed: "When you get to Dad's house, you have to listen to Dad and Auntie, and stop being self-willed."

She raised her body and said to Meng Xiangxiang, "Sister-in-law, I handed over my daughter to you. If you don't hold grudges against me, I still want to be your sister."

Meng Xiangxiang said: "This is a serious statement. I will love anyone Xiaonan has loved, of course we are sisters. I think that truck driver is very nice, and he is a very down-to-earth person. Live your own life in the future. "

Wu Yanli said: "I have to live a good life, otherwise, I'm sorry for the painstaking efforts of my sister-in-law and Xiaonan."

Meng Xiangxiang got in the car and sat in the back seat with Liu Xufei.Liu Xiaonan started the car and drove away slowly.

Wu Yanli stood there and kept waving. The daughter left and handed it over to her father. She felt that her own new life was about to begin.

(End of this chapter)