Taste

In the winter of 2005, a certain town in H city.

"The following is a news report. This morning, the Meteorological Observatory of H City issued a yellow ice and snow warning, and the City Traffic Police Brigade released real-time traffic information on the highway, reminding the general public to pay attention to keeping warm and traffic safety..."

"At about 3:5 p.m., a large truck rolled over while driving in District A of City H. The accident caused [-] deaths and [-] injuries. The driver of the truck died on the spot. The case is currently under further investigation..."

"Beep, beep..." I don't know how many times, the phone has never been answered, the air pressure in the house is very low, and no one has noticed that the heater is not turned on.Xu's mother used the landline to dial the number she had memorized by heart. After the dialing automatically hung up, she immediately dialed it again.

Xu's mother took Xiao Runyun back from her grandmother's house, and the radio in the taxi continued to broadcast the news, and the driver kept complaining about the bad weather.The short 10-minute drive made Xu's mother feel more and more heavy. Before going out in the morning, her husband specially told her to be more careful when going out, and waited for him to come back from a business trip in Area A at night.

After a long time, Mother Xu cursed in a low voice, gave up making calls, and went to the kitchen to boil some noodles.Xiao Runyun seemed to understand why her mother was so restless. Although she couldn't fully understand the content of the broadcast, it was definitely not a good thing to know.She turned on the radiator, walked cautiously to the door of the kitchen, and saw her mother standing by the pot watching the noodles in the boiling water churn.

"Eat more, Dad will be back after eating!" Xu's mother forcibly suppressed the anxiety in her heart, not knowing whether she was comforting her daughter or telling herself.

Runyun looked at the overcooked noodles in the bowl, and used to clamor and clamor for a different bowl, but today he said nothing, and started eating with unskilled chopsticks in his hands.Seeing it, Xu's mother froze for a moment, and then began to eat.

At seven o'clock in the evening, no news came back.Xu's mother comforted herself to wait a little longer and contact his colleagues at eight o'clock.Run Yun sat on the small sofa and practiced calligraphy to pass the time.

At eight o'clock, the light in the room could no longer shine into Mother Xu's dark heart, and she walked back and forth uncontrollably.I just called Xu's father's colleagues, and they said that they will call their colleagues on business now, and they will reply immediately if they have any news.

It will be nine o'clock in 10 minutes. On normal days, Runyun is usually driven to bed by Xu's mother at 07:30, but now she is sitting on the small sofa and reading the book of fairy tales with great vigor. "Dingling", the landline rang suddenly in the unusually quiet living room, Mother Xu had just gone to take a shower. "Dingling bell", the second sound, Runyun put down the book and walked towards the landline, "Dinglingling, dinglingling", just as Runyun was about to lift the receiver, Mother Xu rushed out wearing a bathrobe, "I Come on, baby, let me do it."

Xu's mother was blowing her long wet hair after taking a shower, and couldn't help looking at the clock anxiously. It's almost here, 10:30.Runyun couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep first, curled up on the sofa, covered with the quilt spread by his mother. "Crack", the sound of unlocking the lock sounded, and the returning family finally entered the warm harbor, and those who were waiting were finally relieved.

A long time later, when Runyun entered junior high school, he fully understood the meaning of words such as car accident, and also knew that his father had indeed encountered the car accident at that time, but he was not involved in it.It's just that when it was snowing heavily and the car accident caused complete congestion, I stepped forward to assist the traffic police, and my mobile phone was left in the car.After four or five hours of torment, Xu's mother, the moment she saw Xu's father, knew that he had stayed in the wind and snow for three or four hours to help others, without saying anything, she boiled a pot of hot water to wash his feet and massage, He smiled and praised him for being right.

Runyun can't forget the only time she stayed up late when she was young, she knew that was the most beautiful appearance of love.

In the winter of 2005, a certain town in S city.

"The gate of junior high school is really the same as before. It's been so many years." Zhong Qing stood by the car, waiting for the little girl who had just become his daughter, while recalling his teenage years.

A touch of red slowly moved towards the school gate, her delicate figure seemed a little scared, she looked to the side from time to time, lowered her head, like a defeated soldier.

Zhong Qing saw it, squinted his eyes slightly, scanned around the girl in red, and then suddenly focused his gaze on a few people, but the moment Yanhan looked at her, he smiled, "Hanhan, here."

On the way home, Xie Yanhan was unusually silent.Zhong Qing remembered that he took her out to play for the first time in autumn. When he walked to the gate of the amusement park, he saw the excited but suppressed joyful expression on the girl's face. Strawberry-flavored ice cream, the favorite of ordinary girls, took her from the most relaxing merry-go-round to the exciting pirate ship. When it got dark, I bought a bucket of popcorn and took her on the Ferris wheel to watch the night view of the town.

I still remember that when the girl who had been smiling happily walked out of the amusement park, she suddenly turned around and said, "Aunt Zhong, thank you very much, I have never had such a good time." For the first time, the eyes shone like a happy girl.

Zhong Qing sent Yanhan downstairs, squatted down and patted his drooping little head, and asked softly, "Auntie, can you come and sit at your house? Are you welcome?"

After going upstairs, Zhong Qing rejected the nanny's offer, and put on an apron to cook in person. A few dishes came out of the pan, just as Xie Zhen came home, and the "family of three" officially ate a home-cooked meal.Yanhan's depressed mood lasted until after eating, and then went back to the room alone, Zhong Qing pulled Xie Zhen to sit on the sofa very seriously, "I suspect that Hanhan was wronged at school, at least he might be isolated, and at worst, he might be isolated. Being subjected to mental school violence." Xie Zhen couldn't help being angry after listening to Zhong Qing's observations of his precious daughter these days, subconsciously took out his mobile phone, and was snatched away before dialing, "If you believe me, let I'll handle it."

Inside the door, Xie Yanhan was sitting at the desk. The difficult mathematics in the first grade of junior high school was quite simple for her, but she made a mistake for the third time tonight.The ridicule of classmates and people I don't know echoed in my mind, lingering; I always regarded her as an alternative and deliberately ignored her, leaving her with no one to talk to at school.

"Dong dong", there was a soft knock on the door.She opened the door, and saw Aunt Zhong standing at the door with a smile, holding a fruit plate in her hand, "Come and taste Auntie's fine fruit plate."

Sweet apples that have been peeled and evenly cut into pieces, sweet oranges that have been peeled off and arranged neatly, and attractive black and purple sweet grapes.Xie Yanhan felt the sweeter in his mouth, and the tears flowed down even more uncontrollably. He tried hard to hold back the crying, his vision was blurred, he wiped it casually, and continued to stuff it into his mouth violently, as if to vent his anger.A soft sigh sounded from the top of her head. She was about to raise her head, but was hugged into a warm embrace, and her face was pressed against her soft belly. It should be because the smell of lavender is too "dazzling", or the softness is too similar to being with her since she was a child. My own big doll may also be the warmth that belongs only to the light. I don’t know how many years of grievances and resentments broke through the cage of disguise, roared out, and flowed out with tears and snot.

Outside the door, Xie Zhen sat slumped on the ground, not knowing how to get up, and sighed heavily in his heart unconsciously.After standing up with difficulty for a long time, he turned and went back to his room.

The next day, the school gatekeeper stared at the family of three walking towards him, and sighed in his heart that it was such a happy family.Men don't wear suits and leather shoes like they usually do at work. They wear a light brown sweater with a reddish-brown leather jacket, and dark brown slacks with slightly rolled legs to fully expose the Martin boots. The whole person is slender and tall.He was smiling at the little girl in the middle wearing a dark red down jacket, reaching out to touch her dark brown needlework hat from time to time.The young lady pulling the little girl wore a black sweater inside a camel coat, and wine red wide-leg trousers looked elegant, paying attention to the two around her from time to time.

Yanhan's homeroom teacher looked at the scene in front of her in embarrassment. There were only a few people in the huge conference room, which was a bit empty, but her thoughts were quickly dispelled.One after another, the principal, the teaching director, and the grade director walked in one by one, and finally those who could come had already arrived.The homeroom teacher was wiping off a cold sweat, watching Xie Zhen greet everyone with a stern but polite expression, while the lady next to him was even more indifferent, so he nodded slightly to a few people to say hello.Wei Wei exchanged pleasantries for a while, and just when the head teacher thought he could breathe a sigh of relief, another person came in suddenly, this time a few students from his own teaching, students from the next class, and their parents.Now she understands everything, because she also heard some rumors more or less, but she didn't pay much attention to it, why did it make such a big fuss this time?

From the beginning of the meeting to the end of the meeting, it took less than two hours in total, but the door of the meeting room was opened, and the eyes of a few brats who usually like to show off their might were swollen, their parents were pale, and everyone in the meeting room had left. I just came out with the help of the wall, and I may never forget this day in my life.

In the coffee shop in front of the school, Zhong Qing looked tenderly at the little girl obediently drinking milk across her face, and said, "I don't know if you can fully understand what Auntie said next, but I think we must talk to the little adult. Explain clearly. The first is that Auntie and your dad never had anything immoral, and indeed we met before your dad divorced, but never crossed the line. What those kids said was all made up; the second is , Auntie was seriously injured when she was very young, so it is very difficult to conceive in this life. For me, when I decided to accept your father, I left a space for you. For this semester, Auntie and Dad have not Accompanying you to participate in school activities, let malice grow, I am really sorry, we will have someone to accompany you in the future anyway. The third is, before I met you, I inquired about the original affairs of your family from other channels, I am very sorry Sorry, I hope you can forgive Aunty for being rude. And I want you to remember that your mother and father love you very much, but they are young and first-time parents, and they think that you will learn more It is very helpful to you, so it is inevitable that disagreements will lead to conflicts. But you have forgotten that you are just a child, you need to have a harmonious and happy family, you need to be like ordinary girls, taste ice cream, watch animation, like small foreign skirts. Of course you are now Maybe you don’t like it, but you need to give adults a chance to make them feel the pride of being parents, so you have to promise Auntie to communicate with us more, okay?”