Li Daitao

"...I shouldn't be angry." It seemed like a long time had passed, and it seemed like only a moment before Qin Shu finally spoke.He looked at the careful Yi Zhen, imagined the scene at that time, and felt indescribably sad.But he couldn't tell whether it was for Liang Xiao or Yi Zhen.

"I didn't mean to treat him harshly..." His mind was in chaos, and he mumbled for a long time, but he found that words couldn't express that astringent mood well, so he had to give up the idea of ​​explaining.This made him feel a kind of helpless frustration, and finally he laughed at himself: "You should think that I treated Liang Xiao very badly then."

Yi Zhen looked at him, boldly put his hand on the back of his hand lightly, feeling that the fingers and palms under his palm were so thin that it made people feel distressed.

"At that time, I only cared about him, and I didn't think of blaming you." I probably felt that these words were not consoling. If he hadn't deliberately pursued Qin Shu's whereabouts, Qin Shu didn't have to take Liang Xiaodong to hide. Tibet, life will be more stable, if he finds some time to find it, without the precipitation of years, there may not be such a peaceful moment between the two of them, who is right and who is wrong, it is no longer A sentence or two will pay off.After Yi Zhen paused, he tried to keep his tone as light as possible. "It's not easy for you to lead him these years. You taught him very well, and I know that you always want to treat him well in your heart. Even if you wronged that good boy, I will I can only blame myself for not being able to find you earlier."

Qin Shu thought in his heart that even if Yi Zhen found him sooner, the result might not be better, but seeing the sincere distress and guilt in Yi Zhen's eyes, his heart trembled slightly, and he remained silent without saying anything.

Yi Zhen was afraid that talking about this topic would cause him to be full of worries, so he stopped talking about it, patted his hand and said, "So you see, I want to make some more clothes for him, but it's actually not a big deal. It's a big deal. From now on, when we're all together, everything will be fine."

Qin Shu was slightly stunned, noncommittal to his words, feeling that someone was pulling him, but in a blink of an eye it was Xu Ji, he was a little distracted just now, and didn't notice when the child put down the bowl and slipped off his lap go.

"Daddy." Xu Ji stood seriously in front of him, looking up at Qin Shu.He gently pulled Qin Shu with a pair of small hands. Seeing that Qin Shu's attention finally fell on him, he grabbed Qin Shu's hand and shook it. This cautious movement showed a bit of childishness. He looked at Qin Shu seriously. The promise is painstaking mediation: "If my brother's clothes are too small, you can wear them for me, just buy them..."

Liang Xiao is a bit thin, and relatively speaking, he is not tall, but Xu Ji is very muscular and strong. Although the two brothers are three years apart, standing together, they are only about half a head tall. Liang Xiao didn't fit well, and Xu Ji might not be able to wear it, and this little guy was used to being pampered, so he was willing to wear other people's old clothes.

But being interrupted by the child like this, the heavy and oppressive feeling between the two of them was relieved a lot.

Qin Shu smiled helplessly, reached out to touch Xu Ji's face, but said nothing.

The little guy immediately moved to his side, and the kitten seemed to rub his face against his palm, showing a very contented expression.

Yi Zhen watched Xu Ji coquettishly for a while, then folded the clothes aside, and quietly went to the front.

After being pestered by Xu Ji for a while, Qin Shu felt much more relaxed.While coping with Xu Ji's entanglement, he freed his hands to clean up the dishes on the table.Seeing that more than half of the rice in Xu Ji's bowl was left, it was already cold, so it was not easy to coax him to eat.Looking back at Xu Ji, this child used to have a chubby and powdery face, with a naturally flattering beauty in his eyebrows and eyes, but now his chin is pointing out a bit.Although it looks more and more handsome, it seems to be less fleshy than before.

Qin Shu couldn't help touching his face, as if confirming his suspicion in his heart, he seemed a little surprised: "Xiao Ji, you seem to have lost weight?"

"No, Daddy, you read it wrong." Xu Ji chuckled twice, put his hands behind his back in a neat manner, and couldn't help explaining in a low voice with guilt: "I eat obediently every day, and I am not picky at all. of."

His words sound a little self-deprecating.Qin Shu looked at him, and the little guy immediately showed a very cute and flattering smile, but his eyes rolled away.

He usually eats snacks, fruits and snacks, but three meals a day are dispensable.Although this habit is very bad, he has always been like this, and he can't change it for a while.And he has been eating like this, and the whole person is also very fleshy.But during this period of time, Yi Zhen was busy with things, so he didn't take care of his hobby in different ways.Although he has never missed three meals a day, the little guy still can't adapt for a while. It's okay for a day or two. After eating for such a period of time, he seems to have lost some weight.

Qin Shu didn't refute his words, but put his hands on his soft hair, and said slowly, "Isn't the store preparing snacks for you? If you don't like to eat, go home. What do you want to eat?" Grandpa Zheng will buy it for you." He paused, and the next thing was his real plan. "Otherwise, you go to school with your brother. It's not good to think about playing all day long."

"I don't want it." The little guy was taken aback, and immediately wrinkled his face into a ball in pain. "I don't want to go to school. I have memorized those books. My husband always asks me to read an article all day long. It's so long-winded."

The little guy is gifted and smart and has a photographic memory. Unlike Liang Xiao, Liang Xiao didn't go to school because of conditions, but he was eager to go to school, and he was the most impatient to study in a regular way.Liang Xiao went to school. He had no playmates at home, and he didn't want to go to school with him.Although Yi Zhen hired a teacher to enlighten him before, he didn't want to send him to a school in the countryside, for fear that he wouldn't be able to teach him anything.In addition, Yi Zhen is in a good mood recently, and he is still young, so there is no need to rush him to read those articles that are too esoteric and difficult.So for the time being, I am very tolerant of him on the issue of studying.

He walked around Yi Zhen all day long, regardless of his young age, the little guy has a nice mouth and a sweet mouth.Smiling and sipping one sister to the visitors in the store, it can really attract a lot of business.

Thinking of this, Xu Ji became more confident, and said with a straight chest, "Besides, I'm not here to patronize and play." He suddenly looked left and right, tiptoed close to Qin Shu and lowered his voice, sneaking Sui's expression suddenly appeared on his childish little face, which was really amusing.

However, Qin Shu couldn't stop laughing very quickly. He didn't understand, and leaned over to accommodate Xu Ji, and heard the little guy full of fighting spirit say: "The people who come and go here are all big sisters and young girls, I have to help you." Dad, watch carefully, and don't let the father get their ideas..."

Just as he was talking, Yi Zhen opened the curtain and came in, listening to the words with sharp ears, couldn't bear it anymore, came over and knocked a popcorn on his head: "Nonsense!"

Xu Ji felt aggrieved as he rubbed his head, but seeing Yi Zhen's unkind expression, he had no choice but to rub his sore spot, pouted and said, "Then I'll help daddy to keep an eye on them, so that they don't think about my father..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was hit on the forehead again.Yi Zhen gritted his teeth, but when he saw Qin Shu who was also embarrassed, he immediately put away the vicious portrait and said cautiously: "Don't listen to his nonsense, I'm being honest. When I find a suitable accountant, I won't have to I've been here all day, don't worry."

Qin Shu didn't know how to answer him. He wanted to explain, but felt that there was no way to talk about it. After a while, he didn't say anything. He pulled Xu Ji, who seemed to want to say something, to his side, and walked away. After tidying up the dishes on the table, he stopped looking at Yi Zhen.

Yi Zhen still had something to do, and he was relieved to see that he didn't intend to delve into it. Xiao Ji's temper that he was used to could not be beat or scolded, so he had to teach him a few words, and the little guy buried his face in Qin Shu. On his body, it was clear that he didn't take what he said to heart at all, and Yi Zhen had no choice but to rummage through some things and hurried out.

Out of the corner of Xu Ji's eyes, he glanced at Yi Zhen and went out, then raised his face and snorted dissatisfied.He thought of something again, pulled Qin Shu and said, "I can still settle accounts!"

As he said that, he ran to the side, and after a while, he dug out the account book from there, and showed it to Qin Shu so defenselessly.

Judging from the accounts, the business of this store is nothing to worry about.But the ins and outs of the above strokes were obviously made by Yi Zhen himself, not to mention the mess, and there are even some crooked and suspicious handwriting, which probably came from Xiao Ji's handwriting.

Seeing him staring at the earthworm characters, Xu Ji felt a little embarrassed, covered the book with his hand, and said falteringly: "I'm still young, of course the handwriting is not good-looking, it will be fine later. "

Qin Shu touched his face, flipped through it briefly, and saw that there was a pen and ink on a desk next to him, so he went over to find a new booklet, and re-transcribed it by category.

Xu Ji volunteered to finish grinding the ink, but insisted on climbing onto Qin Shu's lap and squeezed between Qin Shu and the table. Besides, he was not noisy at all, and watched Qin Shu with relish with his chin propped up. After transcribing, he stared at the neat and tidy accounts, looked left and right, counted with his fingers for a long time, and then turned his head with a smile, his eyes sparkling, and he looked very happy.

"In the future, when Daddy comes to keep accounts, we don't need to look for Mr. Accountant anymore. We can still see each other all day long. I think we can see Daddy anytime." He took Qin Shu's hand and shook it vigorously. "Is it okay? Is daddy okay?"

The look of anticipation on his lovely face made it hard to refuse his request.Qin Shu seemed to want to say something, but he opened his mouth and held back. He stared at the coquettish child in a daze for a long time, and then finally made up his mind to ignore it, and silently closed the book with air-dried ink and handed it to him. Changed the subject without a trace: "Take it away and put it away, it's not for play, don't write or doodle on it in the future, be careful if it gets dirty or lost."

Hearing what he said, Xu Ji pouted and was unhappy, but still took it obediently and put it in a small drawer under the table.

Seeing him puffed up and sullen, Qin Shu couldn't help but feel a little guilty, thought for a while and said, "Xiao Ji, do you want to go for a walk?"

Xu Ji originally wanted to keep quiet and let his father taste the feeling of being left out, but he was impatient. Before Qin Shu asked again, he turned his little head around hesitantly, looked at Qin Shu and asked: "Where are you going?"

Qin Shudao: "Go to the school to pick up my brother."

Xu Ji wondered: "Isn't it still early?"

Qin Shu paused for a while: "I have to go elsewhere first."

Xu Ji turned his head to look at him, as if he was guessing whether Qin Shu's reason for doing this was to please him because he rejected his request just now.

Qin Shu sat there silently and waited without urging him.

It took a long time before Xu Ji nodded to Qin Shu appreciatively. He tried not to show a happy expression, and said reservedly: "That's fine."

It is not difficult for Qin Shu to take him out, he just needs to say hello to Yi Zhen.When he came out of the back room with Xu Ji in his arms, there were several customers in the shop in front, most of them were women.

Not knowing whether it was because of Xu Ji's nonsense or psychological effects, Qin Shu couldn't help but glance between the guest and Yi Zhen.

Yi Zhen was so busy that he didn't know if there was any other meaning in his eyes, but he still sent the father and son out of the house in person while he was busy, and gave a few worried words before turning back.

Xu Ji put his arms around Qin Shu's neck and hung on him, watching Qin Shu walk south with him in his arms.This direction became more and more lively, but he was not in the same direction as Going Home and Liang Xiao, so he knew that Qin Shu really wanted to take him to play.

The little guy didn't say anything, but his heart was beautiful, but the smile on his face was getting bigger and bigger.

In fact, although Xu Ji likes to be lively, he has seen all the bustling in the capital. Compared with all kinds of novel and interesting juggling tricks, delicious snacks and fun things, the fact that the person who accompanied him on the street was Qin Shu was more impressive to Xu. Ji is happy.

The scenery of Tongcheng is quite different from the towns he usually sees.The street right now is built along the side of the river. The water in the river is gentle, and there are many new lotus and green weeds emerging from the shore. There are also small sampans shuttling among them, carrying fresh fish, shrimp and vegetables for sale.There are shops on both sides, and many hawkers who buy snacks and eat all kinds of things have placed their stalls beside Qingshi Road, and there is no shortage of peaches, plums, melons and fruits.

It has been nearly two months since Yi Zhen brought Xu Ji to this place, but he never cared to take him to have a good time. The current episode is still very novel to Xu Ji.

Qin Shu hugged him, although he didn't walk a long way, but he felt a bit strenuous, and when he walked to the center of the bridge, he finally couldn't support him and let him down.

"Little Ji, come down and go by yourself."

Xu Ji muttered in a low voice: "Daddy said clearly that I was thin just now..." But seeing his slightly sweaty hairline, he still got off him obediently, and ran to the railing to look down curiously, pointing The boat selling lotus below jumped up and down: "Daddy, I want that flower, buy it for me!"

After he yelled a few words, he remembered that Qin Shu was not like the father and king who was obedient to him. He would not buy these useless things, so he hurriedly and politely put his hands behind his back.Shaking his head solemnly: "I'm just Nian, don't want it anymore."

Qin Shu was not displeased in any way, he not only patted his head, but waved to the boat, and asked him to pick two by himself.

Xiaoji was careful not to get carried away, but her face was still flushed with excitement.He was cautiously interested in the two lotus buds. After walking a few steps, he couldn't help but said to Qin Shu: "What Zheng Bo said, I can play the golden boy next to Guanyin during the Dragon Boat Festival, and no one else has it." I'm pretty. Like this, doesn't it look like this?"

Qin Shu nodded with a smile, took him by the hand and walked slowly along the street, and he was as happy as something. He only felt that the gadgets on both sides of the street that he had seen before seemed a lot more interesting.

He remembered that he was carrying a small purse, and Yi Zhen didn't put gold beans in it for him, but instead filled a lot of copper coins and some small pieces of silver, and there were dozens of bulging ones, so he decided on whatever he liked. Qin Shu didn't tell him about buying it, and sometimes he would buy it before he asked if he liked it.

Xu Ji remained in a very excited state. When he was too tired to walk, Qin Shu took him to find a tea shop and sat down, and ordered some snacks and fruits for him to eat.He has always seemed extremely happy, and he has long forgotten the unhappiness that Qin Shu refused to allow him to be his accountant.

Excited, he naturally didn't notice Qin Shu's complex gaze of reluctance and hesitation when he looked at him.

After Xu Ji finished eating a piece of watermelon, he burped and took a long breath, feeling comfortable all over his body.Only then did he realize that Qin Shu had been looking at him, not even taking a sip of the tea on the table.

He couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed, and hastily pushed the fruit plate towards Qin Shu, and said courteously, "Daddy, you can eat it too. This melon is very sweet."

Qin Shu forced a smile and thanked him for his kindness.

Xu Ji looked at him, always felt something was wrong but couldn't tell, so he let out a suspicious sound, picked up a peach and bit it slowly.

Qin Shu looked at his ruddy cheeks, which were still dripping with fine beads of sweat, like a ripe and dewy peach.Qin Shu was in a trance for a moment, and was dazed for a while before raising his hand to wipe it off for him.He looked down at the two dough figurines in his hands. Because of his cuteness, Xu Ji insisted on asking the master who made the dough figurines to make them for him. One of them was him, and the other was Xiao Ji.

Originally Xu Ji was not satisfied, he also wanted to make all the doughnuts of his brothers, sisters, father, grandfather and family, now even the master craftsman could only smile wryly and shake his head, no matter how cute he is, it is useless, Xu Ji just did it stop.

Because Xu Ji was on the sidelines, jumping up and down and urging him all the time, the mask was a bit vulgar, but although it wasn't lifelike, the charm was [-]-[-]% like a real person.What Qin Shu was looking at was Xu Ji's. The little face smiled brightly at him, and his two round eyes even turned into crescent moons.

"Xiao Ji." Qin Shu's voice was very soft. When he spoke, he lowered his eyes and didn't look at Xu Ji who was aside, as if he was afraid that after watching, the little bit of courage he had accumulated so hard would disappear. "Daddy told you something, this is a secret between us, don't let you tell your father, okay?"

Sure enough, Xu Ji became interested, turned his black eyes to look left and right, and made sure no one was secretly inhaling, so he came over carefully: "Oh? What's the secret?"

Qin Shu avoided his bright eyes, and said softly, "Daddy will go to another place in a few days. You can tell your father after Daddy is gone, okay? When I come back, I will bring you many Fun and delicious...”

Xu Ji was not as easy to coax as ordinary country children, and when he heard that he was going somewhere else, his ears immediately perked up.After he finished speaking, the little guy almost stood on the chair with his hands on the table, and looked at Qin Shu with his eyes wide open, as if he was afraid that Qin Shu would disappear in the blink of an eye: "Where are you going? How far? How far? How many days? When will you come back? Can’t you take us with you?”

Although Qin Shu imagined the scene of Xu Ji's questioning, he only thought that it would be easier to face Xu Ji than Yi Zhen, but when he was actually in the scene, he realized that his idea was too much. To put it simply, facing the child's wide open eyes looking at him because of surprise, the uneasiness and shock in those watery and bright eyes still made it difficult for him to face.

He had thought of other lies to deal with him, but he still vaguely uttered the lie that was closest to the truth: "I'm going out to sea to do business, just this one time. It won't take long You will be back in a month. You wait obediently, Daddy will come back one day, okay?"

"Overseas? A few months!" Xu Ji's eyes widened all of a sudden, and he hugged Qin Shu's arms with a kind of instinctive panic: "Don't go, don't go, dad, don't go! You Don't you want me anymore? Xiaoji will be very obedient, daddy don't want to go..."

When Xiao Ji spoke the latter, there was already a sob in his throat, almost choking up.

Qin Shu was made sour by him, and almost couldn't help but agree to him.However, the fishy sweetness that suddenly surged up in his throat was like a thunderbolt, waking him up suddenly, making the hand he stretched out to pick up the child stiff for a while, and finally just lightly landed on Xu Ji's shoulder, resolutely and with enthusiasm Helping him up from his body ruthlessly.