The children of the Qiao family

Chapter 55

Qiao Yicheng couldn't help but put away all the expressions that he wanted to show Qi Chenggang.

Simei was also very thin, wearing a military overcoat with a thick sweater inside and a men's large plaid shirt outside.The spirit is not bad, and Qiao Yicheng feels that this little sister seems to be different. Qiao Simei has never been so quiet. Originally, her body's center of gravity is above the neck. Sanli once joked that she Filled with paste, it is heavy, but the bones are light, and the whole person is floating. Now, the center of gravity seems to have moved down.

Qi Chenggang and his wife lived in Qiao Yicheng's house.

Within two days, Qiao Simei went back to the old house to pack up some useful things.

Simei found an old math book in a pile of sundries in an old camphor box. The names written in pencil on it could hardly be read clearly. Looking at it, even the teacher’s red pen’s corrections became blurred. Dim, but faintly recognizable, one fork, one fork, and another fork.

It was her fault.

Simei sat on the ground and slowly opened the book to read.

Qiao Simei hated mathematics the most since she was a child. She was not good at analysis, thinking, formulating, and calculation. She was not good at all things that required rational thinking.

The teacher marked the cross with a red pen, pierced through the back of the paper, and said: Qiao Simei, your mind is full of paste, Qiao Simei, do you have any brains?Qiao Simi, why don't you understand?
It's not that Qiao Simei is brainless, it's just that her mind is flat, without any ups and downs, let alone ravines.

Simei vaguely remembered that she used to like drawing very much. After drawing a sketch with a pencil, she couldn't wait to pinch a short crayon and paint it heavily. The red is red, blue and blue. Also messed up.

Too stupid.

Stuffed together with the math notebook, there are also a bunch of celebrity photos, all of which were painstakingly collected back then and hidden like treasures.What a fool, Simei thought, hiding it so tightly that she couldn't find it.

The photos are all faded, and those young and bright are left in a square inch and cannot come out.

Simei recalled watching crazy romance movies at that time, there will always be natural disasters, man-made disasters or disease suffering to save the love that is on the verge of extinction, the betrayer converts to the original lover, and the two go to a happy ending together.

However, Simei knows that her love story does not have such a direction and arrangement like a dream, nor will it have such a ending.

Yeah.

It will be raised until the end of the year. During the new year, Qiao Simi took Qi Chenggang to a restaurant for the first time.Then the two go home.

Simei washed Qi Chenggang's face and massaged his shoulders.If he lay down for too long, Qi Chenggang's back would often hurt.Simei asked: This time, the disease should be cured, right?

Qi Chenggang nodded and said: I think it's the same as before again.

Qi Chenggang turned around abruptly and looked at Qiao Simei very intently.

This man, Simei also looked at him, thinking, he is finally getting old too.

Indeed, this serious illness made him suddenly old, the skin on his face was also hanging down, and deep nasolabial folds appeared at the corners of his mouth.

Qi Chenggang slowly buried his head in Simei's warm and soft arms, and said: Simei, I have died once this time, I will calm down, and I want to live a good life with you.Simei, Simei, you believe me.

Simei touched his head and looked at his raised face covered with tears.

Those tears made his face clear and moisturised little by little, full of childlike flattery and sadness, as if he was the young and handsome man she met at the street back then, the man who made her throw everything away and want to marry, made her The person who has loved so many years with all my heart and soul.With deep brows and handsome eyes, tall and straight, she has bewitched her entire youthful years.

At first she fell in love with his good skin, but later she fell in love with his not-so-good soul.

However, it's all over.

Simei said: Qi Chenggang, I saw those letters.I, too, have lived and died with you once.

What?Qi Chenggang didn't understand for a while.

Simei didn't explain, but said: Do you want to live a good life with me?

Qi Chenggang nodded enthusiastically.

Simei said: But, I don't want to live with you.

When [-] was approaching, two of the Qiao family's children were divorced.

Simei and Qi Chenggang divorced.

It was proposed by Simei, and her attitude was extremely firm, and there was no possibility of any relaxation.The persuasion of her parents-in-law and the crying of the youngest daughter Qiaoqiao failed to dissuade Simei.Moreover, Simei said that after the divorce, she hoped that Qi Chenggang would move out of Qiao's old house as soon as possible.

His daughter Qi Qiaoqiao was sentenced to Qiao Simi.Because the court considered that Qiao Simi had a stable job, a decent income, and good health.

On the day before the child left, the old couple of Qi's family burst into tears. The old lady of Qi's family said that she had killed her alive and took her heart away.

Qiao Simei hugged her daughter and said: You can come to see her, you can come every day, and you can stay with me.But I won't come.

The old lady breathed a sigh of relief.

Qiao Simi's life went smoothly after the divorce.

She is not clumsy, and their hotel has developed quite well. Before Qi Chenggang fell ill, Qiao Simei had been the head of the guest room department, and now the unit still welcomes her when she goes back.

She moved back to the old house, and cleaned her eldest brother's room before moving in to make it even cleaner than their hotel room. Even the bed was made, folded a corner, and pressed the newly washed and ironed pajamas.

Qiao Simi became reticent.

Yicheng's marriage to Nanfang also came to an end this year.

Nanfang became a deputy mayor of a neighboring city.Before taking office, Nanfang and Yicheng met once.

The breakup between the two was fairly peaceful.It is as peaceful as the sun rising in the morning and setting in the evening.

Nanfang said: Yicheng, in the future, no matter what you don't like, you promise me that I will be the first to know.

Yicheng nodded and sent Nanfang to Xiang's small courtyard.

Before Nanfang entered the door, Yicheng suddenly called her loudly: Xiang Nan, if someone dares to bully you in the future, tell me, and I will beat that **** to death for you!
The voice was as arrogant as a young street gangster.

Nanfang looked back and saw Yicheng looking at her from across the street, smiling wildly and easily. Such a strange Qiao Yicheng suddenly made Nanfang want to ask: Yicheng, did we fail to love well before? Can't seriously let you look at me, and let me look at you?

Nanfang didn't say the words, Nanfang thought, anyway, it's not thousands of miles away, one day, she will always ask, no matter that day, what kind of situation the two of them will be in.

It's not all good.

One good thing is that Er Qiang and Ma Suqin's business has been doing well in the past two years. After discussing it, the two decided to open a small restaurant, selling Nanjing's local home-cooked dishes and Northeast dumplings.The restaurant opened near the house they rented. In the past two years, some colleges and universities have moved here one after another, and there are two foreign companies. The food in the restaurant is simple but delicious. Ma Suqin is a very clean person. The table was polished and shiny, every day at noon and evening, the business was quite prosperous, and soon there was a young man, and Zhiyong would come to help on weekends.

Another good thing is that Qiao Yicheng has become the deputy director of the news center of the TV station.

Song Qingyuan said that he was frustrated in love and proud in officialdom.Of course, Song Qingyuan also said sincerely that Lao Qiao is not the kind of person who only has official airs but no skills.He also pointed out that Qiao Yicheng must cover him, and he planned to walk sideways in the news center from now on.

Yicheng joked with him: "Old Song, you are already walking sideways now."

Then go a little further.Shaking his arms horizontally.Damn, I'm the former brother-in-law of the deputy director, who am I afraid of?

Regarding Yicheng's divorce from Nanfang, at first Yicheng didn't dare to mention a word to Song Qingyuan, and waited anxiously for him to scold him.The strange thing is that Song Qingyuan gave him a meaningful look, nodded, and said that leaving is not a bad thing.

Song Qingyuan said to Qiao Yicheng at a later lunch, I have a hunch that there is no end to you and Sister Nanfang.

Yicheng was stunned for a long while.How could such a thing happen, he said.

That night, Qiao Yicheng received a call from his second sister, Sanli.

She said she was going to Beijing with Yiding.

Yicheng asked: What are you going to do?

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Sanli and Yiding went to Beijing at the end of [-]. Before they left, Yicheng talked with Sanli for a long time, but this girl gritted her teeth and refused to tell the reason for leaving.Yicheng couldn't help but feel the seriousness of the matter more and more. Sanli has always kept nothing from him. Over the years, the two of them have been so close. In Yicheng's heart, Sanli will always be the one hiding in Qiao's old house. In the dark corner of the bedroom, the little girl huddled into a ball, waiting for him to discover and redeem.They share all the pain, despair and few precious joys in life. They both think that each other is the best man and woman, and that each other deserves happiness the most. They seem to be huddled together in a dark snowy night. They are lambs who warm each other with their bodies, and their respective marriages cannot block their blood and family ties.

But this time, Sanli refused to tell Yicheng anything.Sanli left Yicheng with a newly knitted all-wool turtleneck sweater. Every two years, she will knit a thick sweater for Yicheng and Yiding respectively, and wear it under a down jacket. It is extremely warm, and she will change it outside after spring. A casual jacket is also good. Sanli loves darker colors, such as navy blue, dark gray, black, brown, and dark green.As soon as Joe grew into his 30s, he never wore a sweater knitted by his lover, and it was only this sister who knits him a sweater.

Yicheng didn't ask her any more in the end, presumably she had something embarrassing, she didn't want to say it, and only told her to call back if she had any difficulties, and wrote a few old classmates who are better with her and now work in Beijing Sanli's contact information and told her to ask them for help in case of emergency.

Sanli entrusted her son to Simei.

This surprised Yicheng at first, but when he saw Simei holding her daughter Qiaoqiao with her left hand and Sanli's son with her right hand, for some reason, his heart suddenly became clear, and his heart seemed to flutter to the ground. When it fell to the ground, a pair of feet seemed to have just been pulled out of a pool of mud and stepped on the ground.

Simei cut off a handful of long hair, and now she has short hair, so short that the boys who are a little more fashionable on the street have longer hair than her.

Yicheng laughed slowly.

Like in that song, I cut my hair short.His younger sister, Qiao Simi, no matter what situation she was in, she always had to be a little dramatic.But what is it?People always have to find ways to find some comfort for themselves. The joy in life is nothing more than a little bit of drama and a little bit of truth, a little bit of love and hate, a little bit of relief, a little bit of truth and a little bit of falsehood.

Sanli is gone, Simei is more stable, Erqiang's life is getting better, he finally has some time to find some happiness and comfort for himself.

Wen Juan.

The name made Joe lie in bed all night, laughing at the gray and black void.

Qiao Yicheng saw Wen Ju'an again on New Year's Day in [-].

Festivals are a good excuse to get together with people, Yicheng called Ju An several times but no one answered, so he made up his mind to visit her at the address Ju An gave.

It is not difficult to find Ju An's home, because the phone is turned off, Yicheng is still worried that Ju An is not at home.

In fact, living on the shore.

Qiao Yicheng was startled when he saw Ju An.Ju An's hair was disheveled, his eyes were distracted, and his face smelled of alcohol, obviously he didn't recognize Qiao Yicheng.

Qiao Yicheng's first thought was, why is she so confused, she would probably answer anyone who knocks on the door after drinking like this, it's really dangerous.

As soon as he stepped into Ju'an's house, Qiao Yicheng smelled a strong smell, a slight rancid smell mixed with a little bit of young woman's powdery fragrance, and the stuffy sourness of the food that had been placed for a long time. .

Qiao Yicheng shouted: Ju An, it's me, what's the matter with you?
Ju An didn't answer, but walked unsteadily into the house, Qiao Yicheng had to help her to prevent her from tripping.Walking to the front of the sofa, Ju An struggled slightly to break free from the [-]% support, and fell heavily on the sofa, knocking his head on the armrest of the sofa. Get on the couch.

Seeing that she couldn't wake up for a while, Qiao Yicheng had no choice but to pick up a blanket from the floor and cover her body. Ju An immediately wrapped the blanket tightly around her body, hummed twice, and fell asleep almost immediately.

Yicheng couldn't leave, so he looked around, took off his coat, searched for a long time, and dragged out a gray mop from behind the refrigerator in the living room. clean up.

(End of this chapter)