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When the first snow fell in winter, a bunch of us were cooking hot pot at home.

A few years ago, Ruirui was still too young to eat too spicy and hot food. I stayed in that hot pot city for several years, but I never had a good local authentic hot pot, even the taste became bland. many.

This time, Zheng Ao's friend came back from Inner Mongolia and brought the best local beef and mutton, especially the mutton, half a piece of mutton plus a whole sheep, and delivered it directly to the kitchen.The kitchen tied the sheep under the plum tree in the yard, and I led Ruirui to feed the sheep with grass. Ruirui had never seen such a big sheep before, and looked around the sheep in surprise.

The sheep is white, with short fur and a bulging belly, like a calf, but its personality is very gentle. Ruirui looked at it for a while and told me: "Niu Niu must have never seen such a big sheep."

Speaking of Niu Niu, his father has married Lin Yi who opened a cold drink shop opposite my bookstore. I often call Xiao Xin to ask how Niu Niu is doing. Xiao Xin and Lin Yi are friends, and they talk a bit hesitantly.

I think Niu Niu should not be doing well.

I dare not let Rui Rui know about this, but although he is young, he knows the situation of Niu Niu's family very well in his heart, so he has been holding back his energy, and wants to take over Niu Niu after he becomes stronger.

In fact, there may not be so many bad people in this world. Niu Niu's father is too young and big-hearted, and he doesn't know how to take care of children.Lin Yi is a girl with a strong personality, and she can't ignore her husband's past at all. Niu Niu's grandparents have always been a little suspicious of Niu Niu's identity, not to mention the fact that his father dropped out of school.Coupled with Lin Yi's good conditions, they will definitely stand on Lin Yi's side.There are no outright bad guys in this one.But the most innocent one is actually Niu Niu. What's wrong with him?

I know that Xiaoxin can't ask about the situation, so I directly called the female soldier named Lin Ying who was sent by Li Xiu when Zheng Ao's accident happened, and asked her to go to the place where I used to live and check. How is Niu Niu now?

Lin Ying is very smart, has a clear mind, and is a special soldier, so she is very good at checking news.After checking it back, she only told me two sentences.

The first sentence is: "The child's stepmother is pregnant, and the whole family is taking care of her in the hospital."

The second sentence is: "In this weather, the child is walking on the street in sandals."

When I received her call, the sheep happened to be delivered.

I watched Ruirui squatting on the ground and concentrate on feeding the sheep, and thought of the huge difference in the circumstances of the two children who grew up together, all kinds of feelings came to my heart.

I just can't play God and use Zheng Ao's power to do whatever I want.I left the bookstore to Xiaoxin, hoping that for the sake of the bookstore, she would remember that I asked her to take care of Niu Niu, but whether she is in the way of Lin Yi, or a young girl who doesn't know how to take care of children, in the end It didn't work out.Just thinking about walking on the street with bare feet and sandals on such a cold day like Niu Niu, I feel like a fire is burning in my heart.

Ye Susu said that I was in control, that I was born with a mother's destiny, that the halo of the Holy Father shines on the earth, and I can't finish worrying about it all my life, but I think if it were me, she couldn't help but pretend that she hadn't heard about it, isn't it? It's a matter of my character, but because I'm an adult, I'm healthy, independent, and capable of earning money, and I can't lie to myself that I can't do anything.Maybe as she said, there are still many poor children in this world, and I can't manage them.But Niu Niu is Niu Niu, I have seen it, and I am responsible.

It's just that I don't know how to start, and I don't know how to start.

Niu Niu's family is just not nice to Niu Niu and doesn't care about it. Regardless of Niu Niu's food and clothing, except for letting Niu Niu play on the road, it does not directly endanger Niu Niu's safety. It may be considered that they can be deprived of their guardianship abroad, but this It is domestic, and what is pursued is "parents who are not wrong".

I want to intervene, because the name is not right and the words are not right. They are father and son, and I am just a neighbor.The second point is that they did not hurt Niu Niu, they just ignored and didn’t care. Niu Niu can also grow up in such an environment, and may suffer from several injuries and may not be able to go to university, but from the perspective of social morality, this is normal However, there are many derelict parents in the world, and everything can only be blamed.

I have been hesitating, Lin Ying is a very righteous girl, she has been waiting for my answer, and she goes to see Niu Niu from time to time.

What prompted my decision to make a difference was a Niu Niu cold.

At that time, Niu Niu’s family was accompanying the pregnant woman in the hospital. Even Xiao Xin went there. It was Lin Ying who took Niu Niu to the hospital and bought clothes and shoes for him. She held Niu Niu at the gate of Niu Niu’s house and waited until ten o’clock before Niu Niu’s family came back. , Lin Ying gave the medicine to Niu Niu's grandmother, she just thanked Niu Niu politely, and didn't even bother to listen to Lin Ying's instructions on the dosage of Niu Niu's medicine, let alone make soup and porridge, and let Niu Niu eat the leftovers directly.Niu Niu was used to it, and obediently ate at the table when he had a fever. Lin Ying couldn't stand it anymore, so she had a conflict with them.

When I received the call, both parties were already at the police station. Lin Ying said that she had bought porridge for Niu Niu to eat, and Niu Niu had already fallen asleep in her arms. It was very fragrant and she did not miss home at all.Niu Niu's grandma just scolded Lin Ying for meddling in her own business, and didn't want to snatch Niu Niu over.It sounds like Niu Niu's blood type is different from his father's, and they didn't check Niu Niu's mother's blood type, so they insisted that Niu Niu was a wild breed.

Lin Ying was probably very indignant at my inaction all the time, probably felt that she had misjudged me, and said to me directly on the phone: "I think they are eager for someone to take this child away. If you don't want to raise it, I can adopt it." he."

She is speaking out of anger, a little girl who is not in a relationship and is not married, and she is still serving as a soldier, so what can she do to raise her child.

I thought about it for a while, and decided to ask Zheng Ao.

Although he is a rotten person, he is still very smart regardless of his feelings.

As soon as I explained the matter clearly, before I had time to analyze the pros and cons, Zheng Ao kissed me twice, and I quickly dodged: "What are you doing?"

He smiled so much that his eyes rolled up: "Xiao Lang finally knows to ask me about something, so I have to reward him well."

I thought he was boring: "Then I won't ask next time."

"Don't," Zheng Ao held me back, pulled me to sit on the sofa, and hugged him in his arms: "Continue talking about that child, I'm listening."

I briefly explained the reasons why Niu Niu could not continue to live in that family.He seemed to have listened, and asked again: "Then why didn't Xiao Lang take Niu Niu over?"

I said that first of all, I have no blood relationship with the child, and it was not a proper adoption process, which is unreasonable.Secondly, I am worried that Niu Niu will not live well here and will blame us for taking him away from his family.

Zheng Ao put his arms around me, listened to me for a while, and then said directly: "Be a dna."

"What if Niu Niu belongs to his family?" I was a little anxious: "Then they won't let Niu Niu, and they won't treat Niu Niu well. The two children will be treated differently, and Niu Niu's life will be very difficult."

Niu Niu's character is too honest, which is the most distressing and the most bullying. Now Niu Niu is still young, and when they find that Niu Niu will not resist and complain about injustice, they will treat Niu Niu even worse.Maybe it's just ignoring now, maybe adding words later, maybe scolding, maybe beating.When I worked in legal aid, I saw cases where family members hurt each other. Often, one party was too tolerant, which intensified the abuse by the other party.The devil is locked in people's hearts, and you don't know how corrupt people can be if you indulge them without limit.The cases that happened to mentally handicapped people are the real sensational ones.

Zheng Ao smiled and put his arms around my waist, using me as a pillow.

"Don't worry, it won't."

"Why?" I asked.

Zheng Ao hooked the corner of his mouth.

"Niu Niu's father's attitude is enough to explain the problem."

But I didn't let Niu Niu do DNA directly.

I first asked Lin Ying to ask Niuniu if she wanted to come to Beijing to live with Ruirui and Ruirui's father, or stay at home.If I come to Beijing, I will not be able to go back to be with my father and grandparents in the future.

Niu Niu asked me: "Then can I come back to see them when I am on vacation?"

I already know the answer.

Children love their families very much. No matter how bad their parents are, no matter how poor their family is, they are instinctively attached to them, and they will run home when it gets dark.When I was working as a legal aid, I saw parents who were drug addicts, and parents who were so poor that they wanted to sell their children, but no matter what, the children would always cling to their parents and cry as soon as they were separated from their parents.

I asked this answer, not to hear that Niu Niu is very determined to leave that family, as long as he is willing to leave, it shows that his family treats him badly enough.

Children are actually very sensitive, even simple and honest bulls.

He also knew that his grandparents didn't want him anymore.

I gave the money for the dna, and it turned out that I had negotiated the terms with Niu Niu’s family. They asked me for Niu Niu’s living expenses and child support over the years. In fact, Niu Niu has eaten more at my house than at his house over the years. , but they decided that I might be the real father of Niu Niu, and they really wanted to blackmail him.

I gave them the bookstore.

Xiaoxin did not keep her promise, and the net profit of the bookstore was at least a few thousand a month. She was able to watch Niu Niu walking barefoot on the street. As long as she was careful, it would not be Lin Ying's turn to find out that Niu Niu had a fever.

Girls are very cute at first, but they are gradually mixed with other things, like Lin Yi who was willing to give Niu Niu drinks before she got married, like Xiao Xin who fed stray cats after working in the supermarket, but the reality is getting closer and closer. Little by little, everyone gradually becomes someone they don't even know.Only a very few lucky and brave people like Ye Susu can keep their original aspirations.More people are submerged in the trivialities of life and become the kind of people they hated the most when they were young.

Lin Ying personally sent Niu Niu to Beijing.

I took Ruirui to pick up the plane. Ruirui looked very proud. He had already received praise from all the teachers and felt that he was good enough to teach.And he has a sheep and the dome of his own bedroom to show off to Niu Niu.

Niu Niu had just had a fever, but he was still very good and refused to be hugged by Lin Ying. He stubbornly wanted to bring his small trailer to Beijing. The family packed all his things into a small bag, only a few clothes , some of the clothes are said to have been left behind to make diapers for their soon-to-be grandson.

He hasn't seen Ruirui for several months, and he looks a bit unrecognizable. Before Niuniu came, I had a serious chat with Ruirui. Ruirui was taught by me in advance to be nice to Niuniu, so I reached out and grabbed Niuniu. , I don’t know why I was a little annoyed: "You are here!"

Niu Niu was still in a daze, dragged by him, and obediently called me: "Father Rui Rui."

I picked him up.

In fact, as soon as I saw him, I never doubted whether I should take him over.

Niu Niu is the child with the best temper. He has a very simple and honest personality, and he is naturally able to forgive others. At the beginning, his father didn't care about him, but he was fine and lived happily.

But now he knows how to look at the face of adults.

There is nothing more heartbreaking than this.

On the way back, Niu Niu lay on the car window to watch, the car was quite comfortable, and Zheng Ao sat opposite.

Ruirui is a very proud child. Although he was very happy when Niu Niu came, Niu Niu did not circle around him like before, and he refused to talk to Niu Niu, and sat on the side with his arms folded angrily.

When I got home, I took Niu Niu out of the car first, and when I came back to hug him, he was in Zheng Ao's arms and said very angrily: "That family is too bad! Niu Niu has been made unhappy by them!"

I touched Ruirui's head and told him softly: "That's why you have to be nice to Niu Niu, right?"

Ruirui looked awkward, snorted, but didn't agree.

Before eating, Rui Rui gave Niu Niu his favorite Lego robot.

"This one can dance!" He told Niu Niu ferociously: "You take it, and I will teach you how to make it dance tonight."

The dinner is still made by the kitchen, and I only helped to adjust the hot pot soup base. The kid has a weak spleen and stomach, so he uses beef bone clear soup base. The red oil side is made by the kitchen. It is very numb. Looking at the table, I dipped them in my chopsticks and tasted some, Ruirui frowned: "Spicy!" Niu Niu looked at it and suddenly laughed.Rui Rui glared at him and laughed too.

Four of us eating hot pot, it was not so lively, I asked Lin Ying to have dinner together, Ye Susu lives in her uncle's house now, it's very close, a phone call came, and the Russian came, along with Wang Xian, eight Sitting alone at a table, Ye Susu came up and touched Niu Niu's head: "Hey, this kid looks good, he has a thick head and a thick head."

Rui Rui was very upset with her and took her hand away from touching Niu Niu.Niu Niu had no idea what they were doing. He had never seen a foreigner before, so he just stared at the blond Russian without taking his eyes off it.

In the evening, Ye Susu and the others played cards in the living room, and I bathed the two children.Niu Niu lost weight and was not as happy as before, but he gradually got better when he got home. When he took a bath, he concentrated on playing with ducklings in the bathtub. Ruirui hit his duck with a castle. He still had a good temper, but he was just naive Smile, not angry.

When I was tidying Rui Rui's bed, Rui Rui ran over and told me: "Dad, Niu Niu said to sleep with me at night."

I patted his head: "You won't bully Niu Niu, will you?"

Ruirui shook her head seriously: "I'm not a bad person."

I didn't ask too much, I washed the two children, put on their pajamas, sat on the bed and dried their hair. Niu Niu kept looking at the dome of Rui Rui's bedroom in surprise. He sees.

I didn't treat Niu Niu any special, such as asking about his health, children have a great forgetfulness, and it is not a good thing to mention it again and again.I just take good care of him and treat him with the same attitude as I did to Ruirui, treating him as Ruirui's younger brother, without favoritism, preferential treatment, or distinction in status, not as a guest, but as a family member.Anyone who has cooked knows that the best way to thaw is not to use hot water, but to use cold water.Don't use extremes to melt another extreme. The most powerful thing in this world is neither ice nor fire, but ordinary.

There is no need to remind him, let alone treat him differently.As long as nothing happened, everything is as usual.He will be at ease.Children are actually very powerful. They have a natural ability to heal themselves and heal their wounds.

I've been in Niu Niu's situation before, so I know what kind of attitude is the best.

Niuniu and Ruirui were playing with toys on the bed, I turned up the temperature of the room and closed the door.Ye Susu seemed to be running a casino in the living room, playing poker like a bandit sitting on a mountain, she was so big that she only had a cigarette in her mouth, yelling that Zheng Ao would lose so much that she crawled away.The Russian also sat on one side, staring intently at the cards in his hand, his eyes were like reading a bible, he probably couldn't understand, a hand of cards was torn apart, it was very refreshing to give money.

Although Ye Susu was imposing, the real struggle was between Zheng Ao and Wang Xian.

I don't know what kind of rules they are playing, the self-touch is tripled, the Russians frequently fire cannons, and they take apart the pairs to fight, probably to shoot whichever is uncomfortable.Winning the cards was easy. Both of them held back their energy and waited for their own draws. Wang Xian's cards were flawless. Unfortunately, Zheng Ao was luckier. He played all the cards until there was only one card left. As a general, he was able to touch the last one.

Ye Susu finally managed to make a good hand, and the draw was unprecedentedly wide, and he could win with one, four, seven, and just waited for the Russians to fire the cannon.It was won by Zheng Ao's impossible card, and he was so angry that he wanted to slap the table.Turning around, the Russians had already quickly pulled out a pile of money, and they were eagerly watching how much she gave, and were about to give it later.

Wang Xian paid the money calmly, she played cards well, Ye Susu scolded Zheng Ao for being unlucky, she just smiled: "Sometimes luck is more important than others, there is no way."

Zheng Ao became more and more proud. He sat on the side with his legs crossed, wrapped his arms around my waist, and flew up with pride.

Before going to bed at night, I went to see the two young children, and was shocked that there was no one in the bed.After taking a closer look, I realized that there was a warm light coming from the tent that had been used as a decoration.

I walked over, squatted on the ground, and opened the door of the tent.

The two of them moved the quilts and pillows into the tent. The housekeeper had prepared carefully. The tent was covered with woolen blankets several inches thick. become a nest.The desk lamp was clamped on the top of the tent, and the two children were nestled in the tent, reading books on their stomachs, head to head.Niu Niu still didn't know a word, so he looked at the picture intently and listened to Ruirui telling him about rhinos and the birds that live on rhinos.

I patted their heads and asked them to go to bed early, and Rui Rui agreed.Niu Niu is also much more casual than when he first arrived, obediently nodding along with Rui Rui.

I turned off the light and went back to the room by myself.It is not good for children to sleep with the lights on, which affects their development.