The children of the Qiao family

Chapter 64

On the other side, Qi Weimin found a friend in the police station and took the note left by Yang Lingzi before he left for inspection.People said, "I'm leaving, don't look for me." Those words were indeed Yang Lingzi's handwriting.This is more difficult to deal with. If she really leaves, it will be difficult to find her.

Seeing Qi Weimin suddenly look a few years older, Qiao Qiqi felt so uncomfortable that he couldn't even breathe.

This is his elder brother.

At that time, Ken adopted him.

He grew up in his second aunt's parents, but after all, he is a child separated by a layer of belly.

I just remember that I always have a snot in winter because it is too cold.The sleeves of the cotton-padded jacket are always too short.In summer, there will always be prickly heat and hot boils.

Elder brother is the best and best person to him, and he is the warmest support.He is only 12 years older than him, just like his little father, who takes care of his food and clothes, although he is not very thorough, but he still works hard to sew clothes and buttons for him.Wipe the prickly heat with toilet water for him, and take him to the hospital for boils and leg problems.

The eldest brother will always be three words to him: reluctant.Even if he doesn't live up to expectations, is stupid, and can't read well, he can still get a gentle smile on his elder brother's face every time he returns home with [-] or [-] points in the exam.Only when I grow up do I realize how much helplessness there is in that smile.My elder brother chose a local university for him, and he also chose this school when he was taking the postgraduate entrance examination, although he could go to Beijing according to his grades; every week he found time to run home, cook him a meal, and wash his clothes once.Elder Brother has someone to marry, and he often takes him with him even on dates.Elder brother got married, he felt as if he had returned to the time when he lost his mother, and he was afraid that elder brother would be alienated from him from now on.But no, sister-in-law is a good woman, he has another little mother.

Later, when he got into trouble and took a detour, and later opened the store, none of them were elder brother and elder sister who were there to protect and help him. He always wanted to pay back the money he owed elder brother and honor him well in the future. Unexpectedly There is another day when he grows up and becomes an adult, but he is still useless and drags down my elder brother.

Qiao Qiqi said: Brother, don't worry about it.I am also this old, I can handle it well, no matter how difficult it is, I can survive it.

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When Sun Xiaomo touched the door of Qiao Erqiang's house, she stopped, stunned for a while, and finally pushed open the half-open door and walked in.

The room is very messy, but it can still be vaguely seen that it was once a clean and tidy place.One wall is full of photos, patchwork, small decorations on the shelf, thick handmade cushions on the sofa, flowers in the corner, withered, but there is still a little bit of stability and security in the past.

Sun Xiaomo looked around the living room twice to find someone, and someone kicked over with slippers on.

It was Qiao Erqiang, who held a huge bowl in his hand, half of which was mushy noodles, half of which was still sucked in his mouth, with a dejected expression, and was slightly startled when he saw Sun Xiaomo.

It was Xiaomo who laughed first: Are you eating lunch or dinner?It's past three o'clock.

Er Qiang wiped his mouth with the back of his hand indiscriminately: Sit down.I... I didn't know you'd come.

Xiao Mo sat down on the sofa: If I don't come, things will be so muddled for the rest of my life.

Er Qiang stared at her stupidly.

Sun Xiaomo took out a bank card from her pocket: This one, return it to you.I can't take this money.

Er Qiang began to stutter, and his eyelids blinked quickly: This money... is, is for the child.But, I...I can't...I always have to...find my master back, come back.

That's what it should be, Sun Xiaomo lowered her head and said, but the money still has to be returned to you.I can't afford it.

Er Qiang stammered more and more: yes, yes, for, for... child, child.

Xiaomo's head lowered lower and lower: I can't even give it to my child.I also... have no face to ask for it.

Sun Xiaomo finally raised her head, looked at Qiao Erqiang, and said in her heart that this man has not grown old in recent years, maybe it is not easy for people with little plans to grow old, Sun Xiaomo thought, but this man is not hers, and they will never live together again at.

Xiao Mo smiled.

Er Qiang was flustered by the vague and soft smile on Xiao Mo's face. He heard that people who are greatly stimulated would hurt their brains.

Er Qiang hurriedly said: I mean...

His words were interrupted by Xiaomo: Er Qiang, I came today to tell you the truth.Er Qiang, I can't take the money, I don't have the face to take it.The child should not be raised by you, he... Xiao Mo stared straight at a perpetual motion toy on the opposite TV, the silver pendulum was swinging back and forth, with no end.How can a person live like this?

He is not your child.

Sun Xiaomo said.

His biological father was my superior, the former director of our bookstore.At that time, once, I was confused, and just once, I had this child.

Er Qiang stared blankly at Sun Xiaomo, and he seemed to hear the sound of clunking in his head, he was a little dazed.

At that time, I didn't dare to tell my mother about it until we...separated, and my stomach was obvious, and I couldn't hide it.

That man, at first, swore and swore that he wanted to have a good life with me. He said he had no son but a daughter, and if I gave him a son, we would naturally have a good life together.My mother and I were wishful thinking at first, since things are already like this, why not wait until the baby is born.

Er Qiang turned around and poured a glass of water for Xiao Mo, and handed it over, Xiao Mo stretched out his hand to pick it up, but the other didn't catch it firmly, Er Qiang held her hand, and at the touch of it, Xiao Mo's hand felt a bone-chilling coolness It made Er Qiang feel soft in his heart, as if he was holding something in his hand, because of this softness, he couldn't hold it anymore and was about to fall down.Erqiang vaguely remembered that Xiaomo's hands and feet were always so cold all year round, and it didn't get better after so many years.

The child fell to the ground, but it was a son.However, he didn't say whether he wanted a child or not, and he didn't say anything about living with me anymore. He just dragged the child away day by day, and he would talk about it. My mother came to the door and was scolded. Gas sick.Originally, this was not a glorious thing, and I, too, did something inhumane. At that time, I was really...really... just a moment of confusion, and I made a wrong step.

Xiaomo sniffed softly: that day, I met you, and the child leaked his mouth when I came home. My mother became a little selfish again, thinking, if you can recognize this child, she said, seeing the child want to I have gone to school, such a small person has no household registration, and now I have to talk about the division of school districts when I go to school, what should I do?That's her selfishness, for the sake of her sons and daughters, she would rather ignore her conscience.Er Qiang, you are a kind person, don't hold grudges against her.

I don't hold grudges, Er Qiang said, but, Xiaomo, you have to keep this money.We... Even if we are relatives, relatives give children a gift...

Xiaomo said: If I take your money, Qiao Erqiang, I will look down on myself.

When Xiaomo left, she suddenly asked Er Qiang: Er Qiang, do you still remember that one summer, it was very hot, we dragged some ice cubes back from the meat joint factory, put them in the washbasin, and turned them on with an electric fan? Blow, blow out some cool air.At that time, I didn't feel that it was so hard. Now, when it's hot, it seems that I can't live without air conditioning.People are habitual, don't you think?

Er Qiang nodded wildly, panicked in his heart, his heart seemed to jump to the base of his tongue, he had to grit his teeth to stop it from jumping out, spraying hotly on the ground.

The child is not his, not his, Xiaomo is a good person, but the master is gone.

Seventy-seven-eight-eight thoughts fought like crazy in Er Qiang's mind. He was dizzy, but he still remembered to send Xiao Mo downstairs.Xiao Mo walked away, and Er Qiang returned home, holding a big bowl of noodles, which had been cold for a long time.

Old man Qiao can only eat a bowl of cold rice now.

He slept in the main room with a small bed, which made his body ache.He talked to Qu Aying twice, and Qu Aying said: This room can only fit such a small bed, why don't you see, brother, let's throw away the old Eight Immortals table, it's big and big here Stupid, and it’s too old, change to a smaller table, which is light and takes up less space, and then change to a bed, I saw a single Simmons in the store, buy one for use?If you ask me, there are a lot of things that should be changed.

Old man Qiao pushed a bowl of cold red bean porridge into Qu Aying's hand: You can replace it with a hot one now, I won't use the cold one.

Qu Aying hurriedly said that she was confused, and rushed to exchange it for him.

Qu Aying sat beside Old Man Qiao, watched him eat porridge, and wiped the rice juice from the corner of his mouth for him.The old man hummed to himself as he ate, he couldn't breathe, he had lost all his teeth after being ill for a while, his mouth shrunk, his appearance changed a lot, what was sparse before became even more sparse Unbearable, covering the top of the head thinly, unable to cover the scalp.His face was clouded with ashes, and scales appeared on his neck, like an old tree that had been eaten away from the inside.Qu Aying's heart jumped up in a panic, she collected herself and said, "Brother, I'd better buy you a bed and change the table too. You see, the last home is long gone...

The old man Qiao swallowed a mouthful of porridge and said: Let’s forget about the table, and now I can’t sit on the table to eat, so I just add a good bed, five or six hundred yuan is enough.

Just as Qu Aying was about to say something, a person walked in, carrying a big bag, behind the light, unable to see his face clearly, with a thin body, and shuffling over, kicking, kicking, and rubbing.

Qu Aying hurriedly stood up and smiled to greet her: "It's Xiaoqi, come and sit down."Talking about taking the things and going, talking about the expense, and praising Xiao Qi for being sensible and filial, and remembering this father.

Qiao Qiqi sat down beside old man Qiao, who was clogged with phlegm, and coughed violently, Qiqi stood up and beat him for him, and finally managed to catch his breath, old man Qiao asked: "What about the boss of the Qi family?" Didn't come with you once?

Qiqi: My elder brother is on a business trip.

Hearing that the old man was sick, Qi Weimin would bring Qiqi to see him every week.

Qiqi sat by the old man's bed blankly, and the old man suddenly asked: Your wife still hasn't been found?

No.Qiqi folded her hands between her knees, sighed inaudibly, and said again: No.She might...not come back.

The old man gasped and said: You won't be a little bit tougher?Post a notice on your elder brother's TV station to break away from her?

Qiqi shook her head.

The old man gasped even more, and his breath surged in his chest: Are you so useless?Is it possible that you still provide for her mother and father to take care of her?

Qiqi lowered her head, and said after a while: Mmm!They treat me well.

Old man Qiao hummed continuously, and couldn't sit still anymore, so he asked Qiqi to remove the quilt on his back for him, and crawled into the bed little by little.Qiqi covered the quilt tightly for him, and a little wind picked up, bringing up a sour smell of sickness.

Qi Qi said: Ask Aunt Qu to boil more water, and I'll help you take a bath later, okay?
The old man Qiao lay on his back and looked at the ceiling, humming and saying: I am too lazy to move, my whole body hurts.

Qiqi then sat down again and crossed her hands without saying a word, occasionally turning her head to look at the old man lying on the bed.

The old man's appearance has completely changed, his facial features are all wrinkled, his nose is so sharp that it looks like it will pierce something, his mouth is also shrunken and wrinkled like the mouth of a steamed stuffed bun, but this is a rotten steamed stuffed bun, old and ominous up.

For some reason, Qi Qi felt a small wave of warm emotion, and she opened her mouth to call the old man, but her upper and lower lips were dry, as if stuck together, Qi Qi reached out and took a cup on the table of the Eight Immortals and poured some He took a sip of water and swallowed the sentence back into his stomach.

The old man suddenly asked again: How is your daughter?ten?
Qi Qi said: Eleven.fine.Qi Qi didn't know why she told this old man about the matter, they were so unfamiliar at first, they were almost strangers for many years, Qi Qi attributed all this to the magical blood connection.

Qi Qi said: "He is in good health, but I don't know what happened, it is said to be a little mentally ill."

What?The old man didn't understand.

(End of this chapter)