What do you want in life

Chapter 50 Don't Want to Lose Your Smile (1)
Time flies, always passing quietly inadvertently, and in a blink of an eye, three years have passed.

As early as two and a half years ago, Xiaoying gave birth to a big fat boy. Everyone in the Li family was very happy to have a grandson. Li Zhen also regarded his son as a treasure, and named him Li Zhi, which means "rationality, wisdom, and wisdom." "The homonym.

In the early stage of childbirth, Xiaoying did go through a period of panic. Fortunately, Li Zhen asked someone to help hire a capable confinement wife to come back to take care of it. The period of frenzy is over.

Li Zhi, who is now two and a half years old, has delicate features and looks very much like Xiaoying. He is talented and intelligent, he can speak in less than ten months, and he can walk as steadily as a child who is half a year older than him just after turning one year old.

Every time the elder of the Li family sees such a smart grandson, he can't help but grin from ear to ear, "Like Li Zhen, it's too similar. Li Zhen was also very smart when he was young, and the neighbors say that this kid will have great promise in the future!"

Under the guidance of his mother, Li Zhizhi, who is less than three years old, recites Tang poetry and can easily add and subtract within ten. The only fly in the ointment is that he likes to cling to his mother so much that Xiaoying wants to do something. I had to rack my brains to fight wits and courage with him.

"Just send him to nursery." Xiaoying suggested to Li Zhen several times, "I can't stay at home like this all the time. After I get my undergraduate degree, I have to find a job no matter what."

Xiaoying is studying for a self-examination undergraduate course in accounting, which is nearing completion.

Li Zhen didn't take her idea seriously. He felt that there was no need to be so anxious about work, and he should take care of the children first, and the family didn't wait for her to make money to come back.

Li Zhen himself was promoted to be the technical director of the company half a year ago because of his steady work and excellent technical ability.In this regard, as a daughter-in-law, Xiaoying is very knowledgeable and never makes irresponsible remarks about him sending money home, so Li Zhen does not hide it from her.

As autumn is approaching, the company's orders are coming in like snowflakes, and the workshop has increased its horsepower for production.Li Zhen knows very well that he must do his best to help a private owner, so he works overtime every three days, and naturally throws all his son and housework to Xiaoying.

But he objected to it, and he didn't say it dead. Xiaoying had this idea in her heart, and she would go out to find something to do as soon as she graduated.

That evening, it was time for the workers to have dinner. Li Zhen was wandering around the workshop when he heard a muffled "bang", as if something was exploding. He rushed over with the sound, but saw a dumb girl standing next to a certain machine, with her hands spread out, one of which was dripping blood dripping down.

"How are you?" Li Zhen rushed over and pulled her hand over without even thinking about it.

In the bloody palm, fortunately, there was only a thin crooked cut, about four or five centimeters long, and the wound was not deep.

"Go, I'll take you to the infirmary!" Li Zhen helped her to the door.

There was only one nurse on duty in the infirmary at night, and she was not there at this time. She probably went to eat. Fortunately, the door was open, so Li Zhen found some disinfectant cotton to wipe the girl.

The girl was frightened, her face was pale, and she couldn't even open her mouth.

"It's nothing serious." Li Zhen comforted her, "It's just some flesh and blood injuries—what's your name? Which department is it? Why were you there just now?"

After being asked several questions by Li Zhenlian, the girl saw that he looked kind and did not intend to blame herself, so she stammered.

The girl's name is Zhou Ting, she is an intern and works as an inspector in the quality department, and she has not arrived for a week.An operator who was on the same line as her just now was in a hurry to have dinner. Seeing that she was talkative, he entrusted her to take care of the machine temporarily, and only gave her some simple operating techniques.

Looking at the few uncomplicated movements, when it was Zhou Ting's turn to do them, perhaps because she was too nervous, she stumbled and performed extremely awkwardly. One careless operation caused the two electrodes to collide and cause a small explosion. She I was so scared that I lost my mind on the spot!
"Will I be fired?" After the dressing was done, Zhou Ting asked Li Zhen anxiously.

Her delicate face was full of fear and uneasiness, and that expression inexplicably touched Li Zhen. He smiled at her in relief, but didn't make any promises, because it was outside his jurisdiction.

Three or four days later, when he met Zhou Ting again in the workshop, her face had regained the brilliance unique to young girls, and she was a completely different person from the last time when her face was ashen.

She caught up and said gratefully to Li Zhen: "Thank you, Director Li, my trouble has been solved."

Li Zhen smiled noncommittally, and asked her, "You want to stay here so much?"

Zhou Ting was a little embarrassed, but after thinking about it, she decided to tell the truth to the director who secretly helped her.

"My boyfriend is also in City H. I finally got this job opportunity to stay here. Otherwise, I would have to go home. The matter between me and him... probably won't be possible."

After finishing speaking, her face was red, but her eyes were full of trust and admiration when she looked at Li Zhen.

It was rare for Li Zhen to go home early that day, and had a decent dinner with Xiaoying and her son.

While eating, Li Zhen suddenly smiled and said to Xiaoying, "I saw a girl in the company who looks very similar to you."

"Eh?" Xiaoying was circling around her son, not paying much attention to Li Zhen's words, she smiled and perfunctory him, "I'm just normal-looking in the first place!"

Meal time is when Xiaoying feels the most dizzy, because Li Zhi is busier than a spinning top during a meal, she has to stop her chopsticks constantly to control him.

Li Zhen shook his head, "It's not that they look alike, but...it feels alike."

He couldn't continue to express, because the audience ran away—Li Zhi took a small plastic gun and slipped into the balcony without Xiaoying noticing, and fired at the street below, making a "canopy" firing sound from his mouth, rice grains It was sprayed all over the place.Xiaoying chased after him, coaxing him back to the dinner table exhaustedly.

Looking at the two figures, one big and one small, on the balcony, Li Zhen could only smile helplessly.

It was late at night, and Xiaoying was still lying on the writing desk in the guest room, immersed in her homework. The door behind her creaked softly, and she knew that it was Li Zhen who came in without turning her head.

"It's almost twelve o'clock, why don't you go to sleep?" Li Zhen's responsibly voice quickly rang in his ears.

Xiaoying pursed her lips tightly, raised her head from the book, rubbed her sore eyes, and said helplessly, "I can't help it. During the day, Xiaozhi pesters me so much that I can't read at all." Glancing at the closed door, he asked worriedly, "Did Xiaozhi sleep well?"

Li Zhen sat down in the chair beside her, and said by the way: "I have already fallen asleep, like a little pig."

Xiaoying also laughed when she heard this.

"You can't go on like this." Li Zhen put his hand on her fair neck and gently rubbed it.

"I've inquired about it. Children who are two years old can enter the Miaomiao class. Xiaozhi is almost three years old. There is a ready-made kindergarten in our community. I think..."

"I'm not talking about that," Li Zhen interrupted her, "I mean, you don't have to work so hard on yourself, in fact, as long as you manage your family well and bring Xiaozhi up, you've fulfilled your responsibilities and made money. Raising a family is my business.”

Xiaoying laughed dryly, "You didn't say that before, remember? At that time in Nanxiang, I told you that I was majoring in accounting, and you asked me to work hard..."

"That was before," Li Zhen also laughed, "Back then you weren't even my girlfriend. But it's different now, you are my wife, and I don't want my wife to work so hard." He leaned behind her ear and gently Gently kissed her earlobe, whispered: "You will grow old quickly."

After his kiss, Xiaoying's whole body trembled. She understood that this was Li Zhen's hint.Sure enough, in the next second, he got up and pulled her into his arms, kissing her eagerly.

Xiaoying felt a little irritable. She still had a third of her homework to review. Being disturbed by him like this, tonight would definitely be ruined again.She tried to push him away, but Li Zhen regarded it as a trick of wanting to meet and rejecting, and the entanglement became more and more tight, and the two of them moved from the desk to the bed after arguing.

"Wait, wait." Xiaoying managed to get a chance to breathe, and hurriedly yelled, "Not tonight, I..."

Li Zhen's eyes darkened, and the kiss fell down like a storm. Xiaoying's weak resistance was finally lost in his menacing enthusiasm...

The next morning, Li Zhen got up energetically and put on his clothes, then glanced at Xiao Zhi who was sleeping soundly on the big bed, bent down, kissed him on the forehead, and walked out of the room.

Xiaoying was busy in the kitchen in her pajamas. She got up early to make breakfast, her hair was scattered to her shoulders, and she looked tired from not sleeping well.Thin porridge, eggs, bread and other meals are placed on the table.

Li Zhen sat down, ate slowly, glanced at Xiaoying, and said casually, "Let's sleep with Xiaozhi in the afternoon, I don't think your complexion is very good."

Xiaoying also filled a bowl of porridge for herself, and slowly scooped it into her mouth with a spoon, "I plan to send him to Aunt Zhou's house for a few days, and I will have to review the general next week. I can't keep skipping classes. If the end of the month If I fail my exam again, I won’t be able to get my graduation diploma this year, and I will have to delay it for another year, and I don’t want to waste all my previous efforts.”

Li Zhen felt helpless at her stubbornness, smiled and shook his head, "You can do whatever you want, as long as Xiaozhi doesn't make trouble with you."

It is almost impossible for Xiaozhi not to make trouble.

Originally, after Xiaoying gave him reasonable and emotional comfort at home, he also agreed to his mother's decision in principle, but when he arrived at Aunt Zhou's house, he suddenly pouted and regretted it.

The doorbell had already been pressed, but the sound of her son's crying was in full swing. Xiaoying was sweating, and tried to coax her weakly, "Xiaozhi is not crying, Xiaozhi is a man! How can you be so stupid!"

Aunt Zhou opened the door and saw Xiaoying who was helpless standing outside the door and Li Zhi who was crying with her eyes tightly closed, she couldn't help laughing, "Xiaoying, come in quickly, let's talk after you come in."

Aunt Zhou used to be a kindergarten teacher. After retirement, she couldn’t take time off. In addition, she was in good health, so she shared the worries of young parents who had children in the community without help.Parents felt relieved to send their children to her. Over time, her reputation spread in the community, and more and more parents came to her to take care of their children. Zhou's family often had four or five children coming together. Children are less difficult when they have playmates.

Xiaoying was found by someone's introduction, but she only sent Xiaozhi here when there was something urgent. Even so, Aunt Zhou was very impressed with them, because when the mother and son said goodbye, There will always be a tragic separation drama.

"Xiaoying, you dote on Xiaozhi too much!" Aunt Zhou persuaded Xiaoying in the tone of a kindergarten educator.

Xiaoying accepted it humbly with a smile, but it is really difficult to change some things.She thought that her doting on Xiaozhi might be because she really didn't want the bitter childhood she had experienced to happen to her son again. This was really a subtle psychological transfer compensation.

Fortunately, Aunt Zhou was very resourceful. After a few words and a tease with two toys, Xiaozhi's attention was temporarily attracted. Aunt Zhou winked at Xiaoying who was standing at the door. , she immediately understood, and hurriedly tiptoed and sneaked out.

"Children always like to act like a baby when they see their mothers. Once you leave, he will be honest." This is what Aunt Zhou comforted her before. She also quietly observed Xiaozhi from the window after she left. He reacted and found that it was as Aunt Zhou said, the little guy saw that his mother was no longer in sight, wiped away his tears and went to play with other children.

Finally back to the long-lost class.

Listening to the class, Xiaoying's thoughts could not help wandering out. What Li Zhen said to her two nights ago-"You don't need to work so hard on yourself. In fact, you just need to take care of this family and take care of yourself. Xiaozhi has fulfilled his responsibility if he takes care of him, and it is my business to make money and support the family."

Perhaps Li Zhen's words carry a lot of manly ideas, but it is undeniable that Xiaoying can feel his thoughtfulness from his words, but she seems not born to follow the crowd, and there is always something in her heart. The uneasiness, deep or shallow, has never been far away from her. It comes from her anxiety about the future, which seems to be innate and has taken root in her blood.

She sighed and returned her attention to the teacher's lecture.

"Let me summarize the key points of the exam for you. You must consolidate these knowledge points when you go back..."

Listening to the teacher's instructions, Xiaoying was glad that she did not miss the key part.

another city.

On Saturday, in a high-end cafe in J City, Guo Jia is having her N+1 blind date.However, the blind date sitting across from her really turned her off: 40 years old, with thick glass glasses, bald on the top of the head, wretched face, and an old look in his voice; During the process, she learned that the other party had been married, and his wife died in a car accident last year, leaving behind a four-year-old son.

With such important information, the matchmaker didn't mention a single word in the process of explaining the other party's basic information to her!
She couldn't help but gritted her teeth at a certain colleague who led her to this person. Yes, she is 28 years old this year, old, and will soon be left behind, but she shouldn't be miserable enough to be a stepmother to a four-year-old boy, right?

The well-dressed waiters delivered the baked muffins they ordered just now, and a burst of rich milky fragrance temporarily relieved Guo Jia's depression.

This cafe is quite high-end. It was the first time for her to come back to such a high-end place. The location was decided by the old widower opposite. After a while, he would naturally settle the bill. The matchmaker said that he was in a good financial situation and he was a lawyer. He also has shares in a large trading company.Guo Jia is a realistic child, this is the news that moved her quite, but of course she understands that if she wants to enjoy this property, she must have fun with him!
The lawyer was telling her about a case he had successfully won, and Guo Jia was imagining the scene of sharing the same bed with him...

She suddenly slammed the cup in her hand on the table, her brows twisted into a ball—absolutely impossible!The imaginary scene made her feel sick!
The lawyer was taken aback by her sudden abnormal behavior, his hands were still waving in the air, but his mouth was half-opened, completely forgetting what he was talking about!

"What's wrong with you, Ms. Guo?" The lawyer looked at her face with concern.

"Nothing." Guo Jia grinned grinningly, finished packing her bag neatly, got up and said, "Lawyer Zhao, I'm sorry, I suddenly remembered that I didn't do something important, I have to leave first! Goodbye!"

"Hey—that, can I call you?" Attorney Zhao was obviously satisfied with her, and asked after her.

Guo Jia didn't look back, raised his hand at him, and ran out of the door as if flying.

As soon as she got to the street, without saying a word, she called the matchmaker first, and yelled, "You have to figure it out, I'm looking for a husband, not prostitution! Also, don't expect me to be someone's stepmother, I'm not soft Intestines, when the time comes to abuse people and children to death, they will have to settle accounts with you, a matchmaker!" Before the other party could react, she had already slammed the phone cover shut.

Standing on the street with the street lights shining like daylight, Guo Jia put his hands on his waist, and he didn't feel relieved by the phone call just now.In fact, she also knew that she shouldn't be yelling at people like this, but now she is seriously out of balance and needs to find a scapegoat to vent.

Since she made up her mind to marry herself half a year ago, she seems to have lost her mental balance. Facts have proved that marriage is not a utilitarian thing. The more anxious you are, the easier it is to run counter to your original intention.In just five months, she has experienced no less than fifteen blind dates, an average of three times a month, but now, standing on the street shaded by trees, she is still at a loss for the future.

A withered leaf dangled and fell to her feet, autumn is here.

She thought of traveling and Xiaoying.

She called Xiaoying, and after a pleasant ringtone, Xiaoying's voice that seemed to never wake up came from the receiver in a daze, "Guo Jia? What's the matter? I haven't heard your voice for a long time. "

"I want to ask for leave to go to your place to relax. Are you free to accompany me recently?"

Xiaoying agreed without thinking too much, "Come on, come on, I just got my undergraduate diploma, and I'm thinking about inviting you over to play! After this period, when I find a job, I won't be so free. "

Then Guo Jia's mood brightened, and he said with a smile, "Just let it go as an afterthought, it's ringing in my ears."

They agreed on a time within a few minutes on the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Guo Jia smiled into the air, "Fortunately, I still have friends."

Guo Jia has always moved quickly. She made an appointment on Saturday, and she has already arrived in City H on Sunday afternoon, and she is familiar with the way to Xiaoying's house.

It was Xiaoying who opened the door for her. Before Guo Jiaren could enter, Xiaoying embraced her in a bear hug. She laughed and teased, "I didn't expect you to become so open when you got married!"

Xiaozhi was standing by the shoe rack, sucking a lollipop, watching the adults make out leisurely. Guo Jia caught sight of him, immediately let go of Xiaoying and went up to him, and hugged Xiaozhi, surprised, "Why? It's only been half a year since I saw him, so he has grown so big?"

Xiaoying pouted at Xiaozhi, "Quickly call Auntie."

"Aunt!"

"Hey—Xiaozhi is so good!" Guo Jia kissed him vigorously, "Let auntie see, Xiaozhi will definitely be a handsome guy in the future!"

Guo Jiabi looked at the eyebrows of Xiaozhi and Xiaoying, "He and you are like carved out of the same mold! Let me see, which one is more like Li Zhen."

Guo Jia couldn't find it after searching for a long time, so Guo Jia could only sigh: "It seems that Li Zhen of your family is a 'strict wife', and you can even decide what the child looks like."

Xiaoying burst out laughing, "Is there such a saying? You started talking nonsense as soon as you came!"

Guo Jia put Xiaozhi down, "Where's Li Zhen? Isn't today Sunday?"

"His company is very busy and he has to work overtime every day, but I told him that you will come today, and he promised to come back for dinner."

While talking, Xiaoying had already taken out the fruits and snacks that had been prepared in advance, and put them on the coffee table in the living room. The two sat on the sofa and chatted with gusto.

(End of this chapter)