Fortunately

Chapter 39
Yan Youwei answered the phone and said a few more words, promising to go home soon, then Yang Yang reluctantly hung up the phone.

After she put away the phone, she saw Zeng Zimu looking at her and smiling, so she explained embarrassingly: "Yangyang asked me to go home and eat cake."

"Eat this first."

Zeng Zimu handed over the small cake, Yan Youwei pulled out the candle and took a bite, and found that the taste was still the same as before.In fact, this food can't be said to be very delicious. I used to eat less, but now I eat more delicious food, and I feel that's the way it is.

But I don't know why, Yan Youwei felt very satisfied and moved as soon as he ate it in his mouth, as if he was brought back to the past by the familiar taste.Not only the days when I was in college, but even the bits and pieces of kindergarten, elementary school and even middle school appeared before my eyes.

This cake has the unique taste of that era.It's not very delicious, but the children can't put it down.When I eat it now, what I feel is not the taste of the cake itself, but those beautiful and unforgettable moments in the past.

Yan Youwei walked and ate, and finally couldn't help but poke Zeng Zimu with his elbow, pretending to be proud and said: "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Zeng Zimu touched his slightly aching chest, looked at Yan Youwei's head and smiled slightly.

After getting into the taxi, Yan Youwei was busy looking for tissues from his bag to wipe his mouth, Zeng Zimu was still thinking about what Yang Yang said just now: "Don't you have time to take your child to the zoo?"

When talking about this, Yan Youwei couldn't help complaining: "Firstly, I really don't have time. The TV station is different from the newspaper office, and there are so many unexpected things every day. Sometimes it's not very busy all day, and a big message comes after get off work. The news needs to be interviewed. You can’t tell people that I go after dinner.”

"What about the weekend?"

"We're busier on weekends. There's no time for overtime work. A few times I took Yang Yang out for dinner with my parents, and halfway through the meal, I would call and ask the TV station to work overtime. Wasn't it the same yesterday, I had a good meal and then encountered an explosion. Keep me busy all night."

Zeng Zimu listened carefully to her complaints.He crossed his hands casually on his body, and after the other party finished speaking, he pursed his lips and said, "You live with your parents now?"

"Well. Usually they help me take care of Yangyang, and it's okay to pick up and drop off the kindergarten. I don't have to worry about things at home. But the zoo is not good, it is too big, and I don't feel relieved when two old people take a child there. My parents are in poor health. It's not good, and it's time for Yangyang to make a fuss, I'm afraid they will be tired. If one of them gets sick, our family will be in chaos."

This kind of thing has happened before. As long as one of the two old people is sick, the other has to be busy.Not only is there a helper missing, but also a hand has to be freed up to take care of the patient.After a round of busy work, the patient has lost a lot of weight, and another person who is not sick may have lost more weight.

It was only after Yan Youwei became a mother that she realized the difficulty of being a parent.She was unfilial enough, got divorced properly, her remarried husband died again, and brought home a bottle of oil, so that they could not live a quiet life after retirement, busy with their children all day long.

So forget about things like going to the zoo, the elderly can't stand the toss, and the children can't enjoy themselves.Thinking of this, Yan Youwei couldn't help complaining: "The current kindergarten is really strange. Children who are less than three years old are sent to the zoo to observe animals, and then they have to tell the students in class. Do you think we had so many things at that time? Isn’t going to kindergarten just for fun? Besides watching us not to run around or feeding us, what else does the teacher do? Why don’t children even go to kindergarten happily anymore? To draw is to sing, and to learn English, the starting line of life is getting earlier and earlier. I really don’t know what will happen next, do I have to start cultivating from fertilized eggs?”

Her last words were quite pleasant, and the driver sitting in the front row couldn't help laughing.Yan Youwei laughed when he heard him laugh, and felt quite helpless after laughing.The more children live, the more tired they are, and the parents are also tired.

She tilted her head and "discussed" with the driver about the current children's education, and when she turned around, she found Zeng Zimu sitting there quietly, lost in thought.He looked extremely serious, as if he was thinking about something.Yan Youwei immediately thought of Song Liting's death, and felt that it should not be too easy to talk about at such a time, so he put away the chatterbox, and did not speak again until the car stopped at the door of the house.

After the car stopped, Zeng Zimu got out of the car and opened the door for her. Then he bent down and said a few words to the driver, who continued to play the watch and wait for him.Seeing that he didn't seem to be going to leave, Yan Youwei asked, "What's the matter, is there anything else?"

She was a little worried that Zeng Zimu would send her upstairs.If my parents see it, I will definitely have to recite it to death.They have always been very satisfied with this son-in-law, but they were very unhappy about her divorce at the beginning.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, which parent would not like a son-in-law like Zeng Zimu?

"Are you afraid that I will take you upstairs?"

Yan You smiled awkwardly when the other party said what was on her mind, "No, it's just that everyone in the family is here..."

"Okay, next time I will pick a time when your house is empty."

"That was not what I meant."

Zeng Zimu stretched out his hand and patted her on the shoulder: "Okay, let's go up. I'm free this Saturday, so you try to spare time."

"What?"

Zeng Zimu's hand slipped from Yan Youwei's shoulder to his back, and he pushed her forward a few steps with force, and smiled while pushing: "Take Yangyang to the zoo."

Yan Youwei suddenly stopped.When she turned her head, she saw that Zeng Zimu had turned around gracefully, and she could vaguely see the hem of the windbreaker swinging in a beautiful arc in the wind.With his back turned to Yan Youwei, he stretched out his right hand and waved it casually, the free and easy feeling can almost make people feel the smile on his face.

Yan Youwei was stunned for a moment, didn't even have time to refute, just watched Zeng Zimu get into the taxi, and then walked away.

It wasn't until the car drove out of her sight that she raised her hand to stroke her forehead.The cold touch of her palm made her calm down a little, and then she thought, today is really too unreal.She never thought that her 31st birthday would be like this.

Then she went upstairs with tired steps, squeezed out a smile amidst Yang Yang's cheers, washed her hands, ate and cut the cake, and had a very ordinary and happy birthday.

After eating the cake, she took Yang Yang to take a bath, and after putting the children into the bathtub, Yang Yang started to whisper again: "Mom, shall we go to the zoo?"

What he actually wanted to say was, when are we going to the zoo?
Yan Youwei looked at the child's face covered with water, and thought: "Yangyang, do you really want to go to the zoo?"

"Yeah." Yang Yang nodded vigorously.

"Okay, let's go together this Saturday."

"Really? Grandpa and grandma are going too?"

"Grandpa and grandma are too old to run, so it's just the two of us."

"The two of us?" Yang Yang blinked his eyes and thought for a while, "Is Uncle Zeng going?"

Yan Youwei was squeezing the shower gel, when she heard this, she squeezed a lot of it and spread it on the palm of her hand.Looking at Yang Yang's expression, she couldn't laugh or cry, and thought to herself, is it really a father-son bond?How could this rhythm be so accurate.

Yang Yang was still waiting for her answer. Seeing her in a daze, he stretched out his hand and pushed her: "Mom, Mom, will Uncle Zeng go?"

"Shh, keep your voice down." Yan Youwei quickly raised his index finger to cover his lips, "Uncle Zeng will go too, but you have to promise mom that you can't tell grandpa and grandma. Otherwise mom won't take you to the zoo."

"why?"

"Grandpa and grandma don't like Uncle Zeng."

"why?"

Why are there so many children?Yan Youwei directly wiped the shower gel on the child, threatening while wiping: "No reason, it's settled anyway. If you want to go to the zoo, you have to keep it a secret, otherwise..."

"Well, I see." Yang Yang was so frightened that he quickly covered his mouth with his hand, that nervous look was so cute.Yan Youwei couldn't help but bowed her head and kissed his forehead, with a happy smile on her face.

In the next few days, Yang Yang seemed a little mysterious, the little man kept a secret in his heart, and was so excited that he almost let his grandparents see his flaws several times.Yan Youwei had to keep an eye on him all the time, in case he would slip up in a moment of excitement.

On Friday night, Yang Yang insisted on sleeping with Yan Youwei, and Yan's mother couldn't bear it anymore, and finally asked her: "Is there something you two are hiding from us? Not quite right."

Yan You glanced at Yang Yang slightly, and smiled at his mother: "No, I promised to take him to the zoo tomorrow, and he will be so happy."

"Does it matter if you take him alone? I'll go with you."

"No need, Tingting will bring Xinxin along, so you don't have to worry about it."

Yan's mother looked at her daughter carefully for a long time, but she couldn't see anything unusual, so she could only believe what she said and went back to her room.Early the next morning, Yan Youwei dug Yang Yang out of the bed.The mother and son went out to take a taxi after washing up, and went directly to the gate of the zoo.

This is Yan Youwei's special request, don't let Zeng Zimu come to pick him up at home, so as not to let his parents see and nag him.

Yang Yang was very excited when he was in the car, and kept looking out the window at the blue sky and white clouds.The weather is pretty good today. Although it is almost the Chinese New Year, the sun is shining on the body and it makes people feel good.

As a result, when the car drove to the gate of the zoo, Yan Youwei's smile suddenly became a little awkward.

As soon as the car stopped, she saw Zeng Zimu standing not far away. He arrived earlier and seemed to be queuing to buy tickets just now.Seeing such a tall and handsome guy walking towards her, Yan Youwei was not only not excited, but a little dizzy.

She looked at Yang Yang's outfit today, and then at Zeng Zimu, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart: Even if they are father and son, don't be so consistent, okay?
(End of this chapter)