you are all star

Chapter 6 A Priceless Birthday Gift

The family’s education method gave Neil, who is about to turn four years old, substantial encouragement and support. Although he couldn’t understand or comprehend the thought-provoking words his father said, he could really feel them. Seeing the simple but not simple love of parents for themselves.

He also gradually grew taller day by day, and as he grew up, he seemed to gradually understand the true meaning of what his father said.

Time beats every second, and when people grow up day by day, time is like flowing water, rushing away and driving Neil and his family to move forward.

He pushes the bulky daily necessities with his mother to sell every day, and he seems to understand the difficulty of his parents. But he, who wants to go to school, is always looking forward to it. He wants to have his own good friends like other children, and then play ball with him and chat with him. Playing games with him, but his expectations completely changed on his birthday.

On the afternoon of his fourth birthday, when the sun was still high in the sky, he and his mother closed the stall facing the fiery red sun.

The reason is that when Nuana went out in the morning, Louis told her thousands of times that today is Neil’s fourth birthday, no matter how poor he is, get him something delicious to celebrate his birthday, and then told Nuana that four years old means, If he wants to go to school, it will be this year at the latest.

Nuana also remembered Louis's expression before going out from this morning. She was a little sad and helpless, and she sighed deeply. His behavior caught Nuana who was good at observing details, and she But she can only give him spiritual and spiritual encouragement and support, and can't help him at all, because since Neil suffered from that strange disease, she can only do light work, cook, and take care of the children. Category.After all, as a man, Louis is also responsible for all this.

Louis often leaves early and returns late, and he drags his tired body back home every day. Now he takes Neil for a night run every night, urging him to do sit-ups, squats and weightlifting. For this, Nuana secretly How many times have you cried, how many tears have shed.

Neil and his mother went home and prepared a sumptuous dinner. Looking at the clock on the wall, it was already almost 06:30 pm, and Neil usually finished work and went home at [-]:[-], but today it was almost the starting point No one was there yet, which made Nuana very worried. She didn't know how many times she looked at the window in the direction of Louis's home, but she still didn't come back.

Nuana looked around the table and stared straight at the sumptuous dinner on the table. Neil, who was drooling, said with a pitiful expression: "My child, I'm sorry, but we can't enjoy it alone. , we have to wait for Dad to come back to have dinner together, because he has worked hard enough for our mother and son, and it is not easy."

Neil looked at his mother and nodded understandingly.

He and his mother continued to wait for Luis bitterly, and the time continued to slip by. It was already 07:30, and Luis hadn't come back yet. Nuana couldn't wait anymore.

Neil didn't know how many times he asked Nuana during the hard work, "Mom, why hasn't Dad come back?"

And Nuana didn't know how many times she replied to him: "Maybe Dad has something to do temporarily, and he won't be back until later."

Nuana stared at the ding-dong ding-dong clock on the wall, and was very anxious to her. She walked around the room from time to time, scratching her little head from time to time, and said to Neil, who seemed to be thinking about something: "Neil, let's go, let's see Let's see dad."

Although Neil was very hungry, he still looked at his mother sensiblely, then locked the doors and windows, took a flashlight and went out.

They walked along the path that was lined with stinky ditches where Louis went to work and home. All the way, the surroundings were gloomy, and the trees were blowing by the wind, making rustling sounds. He grabbed Nuana's hand, which was illuminated by the flashlight, and he could clearly feel the cold sweat holding his mother's hand.

When the cries of owls and nightingales echoed in the ears of their mother and child, Neil couldn't help but get closer to Nuana, and held his hands tighter, and whispered: "Mom, I'm afraid..."

Nuana was also a little scared, trembling all over, looking left and right from time to time, but she was Neil's mother, no matter how scared she was, she still had to set an example for the child. When she heard Neil say that he was afraid, Nuana hurriedly encouraged and comforted her. He: "Son, be good, it's okay, I'll see Dad in a while."

The mother and son plucked up the courage to continue walking towards the construction site where Louis went to work. They met no one along the way, as if walking into a desolate land, and did not see Louis coming back. This made the mother and son feel a little scared and worried. My heart beat faster, and I couldn't help speeding up my pace.

When the mother and son came to the construction site where Luis worked under the torchlight, the construction site fell into silence. Under the strange lights, the mother and son saw a person who was still being chased by someone to work overtime. Louis, but because it was night and there was still a distance, they couldn’t see clearly at all. The mother and son held each other tightly, then looked in the direction of the two, turned off the flashlight, and carefully explored and approached.

When Neil and Nuana approached slowly, they squatted down in the bushes not far from the two of them, secretly observed secretly, and saw that it was indeed Louis, who was urged to work overtime by the supervisor. Under the light, the sweat on Louis' face shone All around, it caught the eyes of Neil and Nuana.

Seeing that it was his father, Neil hurriedly called him, but when he called out the word "Dad", Nuana covered his mouth.

Nuana's move made the young Neil not understand why his mother didn't let him call him father at this time.

Nuana and Neil just squatted in place, not daring to make a sound, they could only watch the sound of the overseer beating and insulting Louis, which made Nuana and Neil very sad at this moment, not knowing what to do .

Hearing the painful beatings and insults, Neil gritted his teeth and wanted to rush over to fight for his father, but Nuana, with wet eyes, stopped him vigorously and shook her head at him.

They squatted there for about half an hour, and Louis's words: "I'm done, can I go now?" rang in the ears of their mother and son.

They stared directly at Louis and the overseer with hatred.

"Good guy, I'm going to torture you here tonight."

Hearing this, Neil gritted his teeth and wanted to rush over again to regain some dignity for his father, but his mother stopped him again, shaking her head at him with tears streaming down her face.

"Louis, if you want me to help your son, then you have to work overtime for me every night, let me manipulate you like tonight, and obediently work for me..." The supervisor continued.

Both mother and son hugged each other and wept softly.

Nuana didn't know if she should stop her husband from being tortured like this.But at this moment, Neil has made up his mind to prevent his father from being tortured like this, even if he doesn't go to school, he will never let his father live without dignity like this.

The mother and son continued to embrace and cry not far away, but Louis replied to the overseer like this in his ears: "Mills, thank you, I will continue to persevere for my son, but at the same time I also hope you Keep your promises and walk your talk because today is my son's fourth birthday and it's time for him to go to school."

And Mills replied: "Then Louis, why did I help you so quickly?"

Louis replied: "Because today is my son's fourth birthday, I asked my wife to prepare a big dinner when I went out in the morning and wait for me to go back to celebrate my son's birthday. I think at this moment, both mother and son can't wait. , must be very anxious, and the food is cold, and I would like to stay and finish the work for you, if you still think I am not mean enough with such sincerity, then I have to find someone else and invest in another place."

"Are you threatening me?"

"No, I'm just telling the truth."

As soon as Louis finished speaking, he dropped the tool in his hand, glanced at Mills, turned around and left with his tired and painful body.

Mills was suddenly moved by this well-intentioned father in front of him, fell into deep thought, and suddenly looked at him differently, but for some reason, he shook his head while thinking, as if he was lamenting something.

Seeing her father coming out, Neil wanted to rush over to thank him and kiss him, but Nuana didn't know what was on her mind tonight, so she stopped and covered Neil's mouth, and whispered in his ear He whispered to him and said, "Neil, you promise mom that you will never let your father know what you see tonight, and you will not let anyone know."

Neil shook his head without thinking, and asked Nuana: "Mom, why?"

"Don't ask too many questions. In short, this may be the most unforgettable and priceless birthday gift in your life, because you don't understand what I said, so just promise your mother." Nuana suddenly said seriously, Staring tearfully into his also teary eyes said.

It was rare for Neil to see his mother talk to him with this kind of expression, this kind of look, and this kind of tone, which also made him, who was observant, dare not ask any more questions, because he knew that it must not be the case that his mother explained things so seriously. For ordinary things, he had no choice but to agree to Nuana.

Neil followed his father's figure and saw that he was getting closer and closer to their mother and son. Neil put his ear close to Nuana's ear: "Mom, are we going back with Dad?"

"If you don't let your father know about this, you can still go back with him? Lie down and hide." Nuana pressed down and crawled in the grass, and whispered.

Neilton silently cooperated with his mother.

(End of this chapter)