call me kid

Lin Ran's hands were covered with flour, he sealed the dumpling in his hand, and put it on the board beside him. After looking at his finished product with satisfaction, he turned to the living room and shouted, "Sister? Sister! Come help!"

It took a while for Lin Xin to walk in slowly, leaning against the door frame as if he had just woken up, and replied lazily, "Aren't you almost packed, do you still need my help?"

"Hey, that's different. You have to make a few for the Chinese New Year. The ones you make are the most delicious!" Lin Ran clapped the flour on his hands with a smile, and took a step forward to pull Lin Xin away regardless of whether it was dry or not. come over.

Before Lin Xin could respond, he quickly tied an apron on her, and pushed her to stand next to Lin's mother Xiao Fang who was rolling dumpling wrappers.

Xiao Fang looked at the two sisters and smiled, handed Lin Xin a new piece of dumpling wrapper just rolled out, and patted her hand lightly, "For Chinese New Year, the whole family must do it. .”

When Lin Xin realized that he was fully equipped, he looked down at the dumpling wrapper in his hand, and wrapped his lips slightly, "Okay, my lord mother."

Lin's father, Lin Zhengqing, went out to buy drinks, and Xiao Fang, Lin Ran, and Lin Xin made dumplings first, and the family looked happy and peaceful to welcome the new year.

However, what surprised Lin Ran was that according to the usual practice in previous years, Lin Ran usually ends the activities first and goes home during the rest period. Lin Xin's company is very busy at the end of the year, and it will not be until two days before New Year's Eve. Will be back.

But this time, when Lin Ran dragged his suitcase into the house, he learned from Lin Zhengqing and Xiao Fang that Lin Xin had been back for a week.

So early?

This was the first question that popped up in Lin Ran's mind, but soon he thought that maybe the company's affairs at the end of the year were almost done, anyway, Lin Ran didn't care too much.

Lin Zhengqing said that he was going to buy the drinks needed for the New Year's Eve dinner, but in fact he was going for a stroll around Dadai. Lin Zhengqing hugged Dadai and did not let go after Lin Ran's first day back. He could clearly feel his love for Dadai. The joy of returning home was not for Lin Ran himself.

At this time, there was a "click" of the door, and Lin Zhengqing opened the door, and walked in with a drink in one hand and Duda in the other.

"Ha, I'm back! Sure enough, it's home for the New Year, and the streets are deserted." He yelled in, put the drink aside while talking, and first took the towel and gave the dull paws one by one. Wipe it clean, then untie the leash, and say to it, "Go!"

Dumbly ran towards Lin Ran.

Xiao Fang asked the crime first, "It's been so long to buy a drink? You're lazy again!"

Lin Ran followed closely behind, "Dad, come and help!"

Dadai, who was already circling around Lin Ran wagging his tail, also responded, "Wow!"

"Hey! Come on, come on, didn't you slip away and be dazed, don't worry, Chef Lin will be on stage soon!"

In the early years of the Lin family, Xiao Fang was still cooking when Lin Ran was young, because Lin Zhengqing was too busy and did not spend much time at home, so Xiao Fang naturally paid more to take care of the little Lin Ran and the older Lin Xin. .

After Lin Zhengqing won the first table tennis grand slam in his life, he made an important decision to retire and marry Xiao Fang at the peak. He originally wanted to spend more time with Xiao Fang after retiring. The national team retained as a coach.

After becoming a coach, the nature of the lack of time remained unchanged. Lin Zhengqing just changed from being an athlete to a coach. Xiao Fang had to take care of work and family at the same time. Finally, a few years later, Lin Zhengqing brought out outstanding table tennis players and resigned smoothly. As a coach, return to the family.

Lin Ran had seen an interview in which a reporter asked sharply at the press conference where he announced his retirement whether he would regret resigning as a coach. As a big man, he did not put his career first, but chose to return to his family.

At that time, Lin Zhengqing smiled nonchalantly and said: "I feel guilty towards my wife and children, and I spend too little time with them. I know when to do things. Now it is my career to accompany them and take care of them, and it is what I do right. I'm just as proud of it."

Later, Lin Zhengqing returned to the family as he said, helped Xiao Fang bear the pressure of the family, took over Xiao Fang's housework burden, learned to cook if he could not cook, and learned to do housework if he could not do housework.

Lin Ran remembered that when Lin Zhengqing first cooked, the dishes they ate for a week had no normal taste, either salty or sweet, and even used vinegar as soy sauce once...

Thinking of that smell, Lin Ran not only shuddered, it was a dark childhood memory.

Standing beside Lin Ran, Lin Xin felt Lin Ran's body tremble slightly, and looked at her sideways, "What are you shaking? Installed the sewing machine?"

"..."

The Lin family's New Year's Eve dinner is usually eaten in the evening. At noon, the family of five, Lin Zhengqing simply fried a few side dishes and cooked a soup to end the lunch.

Yes, five people, of course, what he ate was Lin Zhengqing's own dog food lunch, which was nutritious.

After eating and drinking, everyone went back to each room for a lunch break. Of course, Lin Ran rarely took a lunch break. He watched TV in the living room before going back to his room because it was time.

"I miss you so much woo woo woo..."

In the room, Lin Ran was lying on the bed with his head propped on his hands, his eyes fixed on the tablet in front of him for a moment. The woman on the tablet was wearing a sky blue long-sleeved pajamas with a shirt collar. The first two buttons of the pajamas were casually unbuttoned. He raised his head slightly to drink water, revealing his fair neck, and from the angle of the camera, he could see the looming collarbone hidden under the pajamas.

...Is drinking water so flirtatious!Lin Ran shouted in his heart, and silently swallowed.

Shi Yige put the water glass aside and looked at Lin Ran on the screen with a smile, "I miss you too, have you had lunch yet?"

Lin Ran still kept his posture and stared at the screen tightly. Shi Yige, who got up early, caught the ray of sunlight outside the window behind her, and his whole body was covered with a layer of golden light, "Eat."

Shi Yige nodded and asked again, "Any plans for today?"

"Miss you."

Shi Yige leaned on the table with his left hand, propped his head, and looked at Lin Ran with interest, "Then besides missing me?"

"I miss you, I miss you, I still miss you!" Lin Ran was discouraged and looked at Shi Yige with a sad look, "Chinese New Year is not good at all."

When Shi Yige met Lin Ran's gaze, he couldn't bear it, thought for a while and said, "Then I'll come back sooner?"

"Ah...no, I'm just kidding, it's good for you to go back once in a while and stay longer." Lin Ran sat up suddenly, looked at the screen and said seriously.

Shi Yige didn't say anything, but changed the subject, "Where are you dumbfounded?"

"Here, I brought it back to celebrate the New Year together, do you want to see it?"

Shi Yige nodded, and said with squinted eyes, "I miss our cub."

"Haha, it must miss you very much too! I'll take you to see it~" Because of Shi Yige's words, Lin Ran's originally gloomy mood instantly improved a lot.

Lin Ran got off the bed with the tablet, went out of the room and lay on the railing, but didn't see Dadai in the kennel on the first floor, "Huh?"

Shi Yige heard Lin Ran's questioning voice, "Huh? What's the matter?"

"Where did Daidai go...it's okay, senior, just wait for me and I'll look for it."

"No rush." ​​Shi Yige said softly.

Lin Ran went downstairs with the tablet in his arms. When he was about to go down the stairs, he saw Daidai and Lin Zhengqing playing in the yard outside.

Lin Zhengqing held the racket in one hand and the ball in the other, standing by the table tennis table, playing with him dumbly, wagging her tail.

The corner of Lin Ran's mouth twitched, "It's over...my dad is practicing ball with Daidai again."

Shi Yige obviously didn't hear clearly, "Ah? What?"

Lin Ran went to an indoor place with a wide viewing angle, held up the tablet through the glass, showed it to Shi Yige, and explained to her, "Hey, my dad used to be a table tennis player and then retired as a coach. In practice, he hits the ball out, picks it up again in a daze, and repeats it.”

Shi Yige was choked up for a while, and pondered, "...It seems that everyone gets what they want?"

Just as Lin Ran was about to say something, there was a clear knock on the door from the screen, Shi Yige turned his head and responded, "Here, I'll be down in a while."

Shi Yige looked back at Lin Ran again, the two looked at each other and smiled, after a while Lin Ran spoke first, "Senior, hurry up~ we'll be in touch later."

The smile on Shi Yige's face deepened, "Okay, Zai Zai, then I'll go." Before Lin Ran could react, she quickly hung up the video.

Lin Ran was about to wave and say "goodbye" to Shi Yige, his right hand froze in the air, the expression on his face changed from momentary stunned to slightly flushed, the corners of his lips raised slightly, when suddenly there was a "ding" sound from the mobile phone's WeChat notification .

"Daidai is our family's cub, you are my cub, I love you.jpg." Shi Yige explained to Lin Ran caringly.

Ah ah ah ah ah!

"Bang", Lin Ran seemed to be walking among the soft clouds in the sky for a moment, the fireworks in his heart exploded all over the sky, and the joy blossomed.

The next second, Lin Xin's voice brought her back to reality, "Why are you standing in the living room giggling?"

"..." Disappointment!

Lin Xin probed around and looked around, "What's so funny to share with me?"

"...Sister, why did you come down?" Lin Ran held back his smile.

"Huh? What do you think? It's the old rule that we post blessing characters and couplets."

"Oh……"

Resigned to his fate, Lin Ran put the tablet on the sofa, turned around and was dragged by Lin Xin to the front door.

But in fact, it was said that the two of them posted it together, and every time it was Lin Ran who did it at the end, Lin Xin stood behind her a few steps away with arms folded and directed, "Left, left, left, right, right, there are too many, come back, Zuo Zuo, hey, that’s right! That’s it, the next one.”

Not far away, Lin Zhengqing was waving the ball while cheering up Lin Ran, "Come on, come on!"

Dadai also maximized the essence of Erha, running around in the yard, "Wow!"

"..." I miss my senior even more.

After finally posting the blessing characters and couplets, Lin Xin took Lin Ran to set up a dried fruit plate, wash the fruit, and prepare for watching TV after the New Year's Eve dinner at night.