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The village road was extremely difficult to walk, and Xu Shaohua stumbled and drove for several hours before arriving at his home.Fortunately, his father got an old employee building before he was laid off, so he didn't have to go back to the more remote self-built house.

He raised his hand and looked at the watch on his wrist. It was not long after eleven o'clock, and the relatives should not have arrived yet.There are not many parking spaces in the old community, Chen Tingbai searched for a long time before finding a more spacious parking lot.

When parking, Xu Shaohua parked carefully, for fear that the front, rear, left, and right cars would scratch Chen Tingbai's car.He said that this car was driven by him, but Xu Shaohua was still clear-headed.Can still remember that this car is not his own, not his, he only has this car "temporarily".When the time is up, you have to go back.

Many times Xu Shaohua is very contradictory, he knows that these thoughts in his heart are too sinful.Everyone is born to have their own way to go, and it is impossible to reach the sky in one step.Why should you step on the sincerity of others for your own future?

But what can he do?

He has lived in this closed town since he was a child, how small is he?It was so small that there was a bus station in their town named High School, so many of his classmates had already taken the train south to work before they finished high school, and so small that the day he got the university admission letter, he was always frugal. Both parents set up several tables of banquets to celebrate the birth of a college student in the family.

It was so small that it took all his strength to crawl out from here.

When he climbed out, he realized that the outside was so big that he was powerless.Even simply buying a set of Lao Po Xiao has exhausted him.

But what about Chen Tingbai?

Why can he be born in Rome?How can such a person who doesn't look good at any time be liked by everyone, even if he is slumped in a wheelchair and can't do anything, as long as he wants, everything can be used for him?

Jealousy grows evil flowers on the dark soil, it's hard for Xu Shaohua not to think about himself, anyway, these things are just a little crumbs leaking from Chen Tingbai's hands curled up at any time.

He has more, and he only needs a little bit.

Just a little bit is fine.

In fact, Xu Shaohua hesitated for a while whether to call Chen Tingbai to explain the situation, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it. After talking about this year, he really couldn't live a good life, at least he couldn't eat the New Year's Eve dinner.

Besides, Hu Cong should have already ordered the food, and Chen Tingbai would definitely not starve him. Since this is already the case, it is better to finish the meal before going back and admitting the mistake.

At least now Xu Shaohua really doesn't want to go back.

Lock the car and go upstairs.

When he got home, Xu Shaohua subconsciously looked around the house, and found that the sofa had been replaced. The old sofa had been replaced by a new one.

The new sofa looks really beautiful. It is a minimalist style burlap sofa that is very popular now. It is also very soft to sit on, and there is no such thing as half of the buttocks sinking.

Xu Shaohua felt that there was finally something in this house that he could look up to.The previously hidden irritability downstairs gradually faded away. He stood up happily, stuffed the two New Year's red envelopes he had prepared in advance into the hands of his parents, and wished them a happy new year loudly.

The two old people also kept it cheerfully, anyway, they were saving it for their son to marry a wife later.Mother Xu looked at her son, more and more satisfied.

Gritting her teeth and sending him to study in a big city was the most correct thing she did in her life. Look at him now, he works in a big company and bought a house by himself. Not cheap.

She and Lao Xu would be satisfied if they could wait for Xu Shaohua to get married again in this lifetime.She suddenly remembered that when her son came back not long ago, he said that he would be able to buy a car by the end of the year. She didn't know if he bought it, so she asked, "Son, why didn't you come back with your cousin when you came back this year for the Chinese New Year? Are you really Did you buy a car?"

Xu Shaohua picked up a meatball on the plate and threw it into his mouth. When he heard his mother's question, he cleared his throat deliberately, as if announcing something important: "Yes, just stop downstairs." After finishing speaking He also led his parents to the window of the living room, pointed to the car downstairs, and said with a lot of pride: "Not bad, isn't it much better than my cousin's car?"

Xu's father is an honest person. When he was still in the machinery factory two years ago, he ran to the city every three days because of work needs.He probably knew the price of this car, he was startled and hurriedly asked his son: "Son, tell me the truth, what do you do in the city, you just bought a house, how did you buy the car with so much mortgage payment? "

Xu Shaohua was not happy anymore.Why are the whole family so envious of my cousin buying a car, wishing to praise my cousin to the sky, but when I drive the good car home by myself, it becomes doubtful, and my speech is not so polite: "So you think I'm cheating?" Do you? The car is parked there, the key is in my pocket, do you think I don't have the ability? "

In the past two years, Xu Shaohua didn't go home much, and even when he came back, he didn't have much communication with his parents.Xu's father was worried that he would go astray, so he was still babbling, advising his son to play his part and keep his feet on the ground.

Xu Shaohua was already impatient, and sat on the sofa with his hands folded without saying a word. Xu's mother was afraid that the father and son would quarrel again, so she kept chanting, "Speak less for the New Year's Eve", boasting again. Once the son communicates, this matter is over.

At 12:30, relatives rushed over one after another. According to the usual practice in previous years, they eat at his house on the [-]th day of the new year, and go to another house on the first day of the new year. They eat like this until the fifth day of the new year. Six children are going to work.

Xu Jiaxu's young couple were the last to arrive, and they still had two skin care products in their hands.

After entering the door, Xu Jiaxu greeted his elders one by one and said, "Who does the 350 downstairs belong to? Everyone in this community is very successful. I usually don't see it. When I go home during the Chinese New Year, the cars I drive are more than one." Good car."

Xu Shaohua brought bowls and chopsticks to his cousin and sister-in-law. Before he could say anything, he heard his mother say: "It belongs to Shaohua from our family. Didn't he come back with you this year? He bought a car and drove back of."

Not only Xu Jiaxu, but even other brothers and sisters of the same generation were frightened.

Xu Jiaxu was thinking about how much his cousin earned this year, but he really couldn't tell at all.Usually when buying something, you have to think about it, but soon Xu Jiaxu thought about it and didn't say anything. It's hard to say that he has the ability.

Then he opened his mouth and praised Xu Shaohua with other relatives, and then he started to move his chopsticks.

Chen Tingbai and Hu Cong waited in the hotel for a long time. This was the second time Hu Cong asked the room service staff to take down the dishes and heat them up.No matter how good the dish is, the color will not look fresh after tossing it back and forth a few times.

Chen Tingbai couldn't wait any longer.He was paralyzed at a high position, so he shouldn't feel hungry, but the human body is too complicated. In the past few years, every time he was too hungry, he would feel inexplicably uncomfortable, and even feel dizzy when it was severe.

At this moment, Chen Tingbai already felt a little uncomfortable, and he couldn't tell whether it was caused by the wind blowing at the window or because he was extremely hungry.

On the other hand, Chen Tingbai knew in his heart that Xu Shaohua would not come back to eat this lunch.

He moved the wheelchair and turned around, slowly moved to the edge of the sofa and patted Hu Cong twice who had fallen asleep watching TV.

Chen Tingbai was not in a good mood, and his voice was cold, "Wake up, let's eat."

Hu Cong almost fell asleep after watching the sketch, but he was very hungry.I ate some soy milk and fried dough sticks in the morning, and I was so hungry that I secretly swallowed my saliva several times.

He hurriedly turned off the TV in three steps and took two steps to the table to help Chen listen to the cabbage. When he picked up the bowl, he suddenly realized that Xu Shaohua hadn't come back yet.

He asked Chen Tingbai: "Don't we have to wait for Brother Shao Hua? Do you want me to leave food for him?"

Chen Tingbai shook his head and concentrated on eating.

Hu Cong remembered that Chen Tingbai had said that he would go out with him in the afternoon, but he didn't know if he would do it or not.

He wanted to ask Chen Tingbai, but he was afraid that Chen Tingbai would be in a bad mood, so he raised his head and glanced at Chen Tingbai several times. Finally, Chen Tingbai couldn't bear it anymore and asked him: "Just say what you want, you look at me like this , how do I know what you want?"

Hu Cong could tell that Chen Tingbai was in a bad mood, and he didn't dare to say anything, so he just shut up and ate obediently.

Seeing that Hu Cong had been silent, Chen Tingbai realized that he seemed to be angry with the child just now, so he quickly softened his voice and said, "Do you want to ask me if I will go out this afternoon?"

Hu Cong looked up at Chen Tingbai, neither admitted nor denied.

However, he would never pretend that he didn't hear what Chen Tingbai said, and could only nod his head. Afraid that Chen Tingbai would get angry, he quickly lowered his head to pick up the rice in the bowl.

"Why don't you dare to ask? I promised you, I will do it, you know I never lie to you. Hurry up and eat, you help me clean up after dinner and we will go out for a walk." Chen Ting Bai was the most troubled by Hu Cong, he was too timid, as if he could eat him.

But he has nothing to do with Hu Cong. Hu Cong has been wandering outside for so many years, and he has suffered beyond his imagination. It is normal for him to be timid.If I intervene too much, it will make Hu Cong even more reluctant to let go, so I can only try to be gentle with him.

When Hu Cong heard Chen Tingbai's assurance, he quickly stuffed rice into his mouth.He forgot to eat all the dishes, and just wanted to finish eating quickly so that he could go out for a walk, Chen Tingbai looked helpless and funny at his appearance, so he could only lean over to put vegetables in his bowl.

After eating, he packed up and went out, only then did Chen Tingbai know how crowded the tourist town was during this peak tourist season.Not to mention that he also brought his own mount, even Hu Cong, who is so small, sometimes has difficulty squeezing in when he wants to buy something.

The worst thing is that there are no barrier-free facilities in many places, not even a ramp. Chen Tingbai couldn't go there at all. He went out for more than two hours, half of which was spent on finding barrier-free passages, and the remaining hour or so was spent. It's not a game at all, it's just people watching people.

For Chen Tingbai, the most annoying thing is this.

He has become the focus of the entire ancient street, no matter where he goes, people are watching him.

The adults just took a glance and left, but the children's "watching ceremony" was blatant, mixed with the parents' "disabled... don't look... impolite..." and other small whispers.

The calendar said that it is advisable to go out in these two days, Chen Tingbai felt that this kind of thing was not credible for the first time.

I don't know if it was a bad mood or the cold weather, but he had cramps.At first, it was just that the legs suddenly "lived" and trembled on the pedals.Afterwards, it turned into a frantic jump. If he didn't have a seat belt on his body, he couldn't sit still at all.

After all this tossing, the shoes have been rubbed off long ago, and the feet are hanging on the pedals, with the toes drooping down limply, which is embarrassing and strange.

Hu Cong couldn't care about the shoes anymore, he just squatted down and hugged Chen Tingbai's legs tightly. He wanted to hate himself to death, why would he propose to come out to play this matter? It's so cold outside, how could it be suitable for him? come out and play.

Until the convulsion passed, Hu Cong helped Chen Tingbai put the shoes on his feet again with red eyes, and pushed Chen Tingbai back to the hotel.

The tidying up before going out is long gone now, Hu Cong spread the diaper pad on the bed and then hugged Chen Tingbai on it, took off his pants, and he really vomited in a mess.

Hu Cong rubbed Chen Tingbai's lower abdomen, drained the remaining urine, and gently turned Chen Tingbai over to wipe his back.

What Chen Tingbai hates the most is himself at this moment, he can't do anything, he can only close his eyes and let Hu Cong handle him like a dead body, he can't feel it anyway, can he?Then just don't watch it, so can you pretend that nothing happened?

Chen Tingbai heard Hu Cong's footsteps walking away, and came back after a while. He didn't even need to open his eyes to know that Hu Cong was wiping his face with a hot towel.

"Xiao Cong, I'm like this, isn't it ugly?" Chen Tingbai felt very uncomfortable, but he was too tired. He didn't close his eyes on his own initiative, but he was really too tired and just wanted to fall asleep.

I was so tired that I couldn't even hear my voice clearly.

When Chen Tingbai woke up, it was completely dark outside the window.

Hu Cong was honest, and sat obediently at his feet.Seeing that he was awake, Hu Cong immediately came over and asked him if there was any discomfort.

What can be uncomfortable?

It hurts, neuralgia.The pain in his whole body, from the spine to the hair, he couldn't even move, he felt uncomfortable even if he tilted his head.

"What time is it? Have you eaten yet?" The lights in the room were not turned on, and the only thing that was on was Hu Cong's cell phone. He didn't know if it was late at night or he just woke up and hadn't adjusted yet.The sudden light was a bit dazzling, Chen Tingbai turned his head away, and felt a burning pain in his throat when he asked a question.

Hu Cong picked up his phone and looked at it, only to realize that it was already so late. He told Chen Tingbai truthfully: "It's past eleven o'clock, and I'm not hungry."

Chen Tingbai knew that Xu Shaohua hadn't come back without asking, so he didn't want to ask.He felt more and more like a joke now, and he wanted to go home right away.

It's just that Chen Tingbai held a sigh of relief in his heart, he had to wait until Xu Shaohua came back, and let it go in person, otherwise he would never be reconciled.

"Xiao Cong, listen to me, turn on the light and help me change my clothes, which should be thicker, then go to the front desk, take a key card of his room and wait for him, and when he comes back, you can bring him here. Be obedient." If he couldn't get up at all now, Chen Tingbai himself should be waiting in his room, but now is the best way he can think of.

"But I don't worry about you being alone." Hu Cong was worried about leaving Chen Tingbai alone in the room. He didn't know how long he would have to wait for Xu Shaohua to come back. For him, Chen Tingbai must not let Chen Tingbai make a mistake .

Chen Tingbai stretched out his hand and patted Hu Cong's head with all his strength, endured the pain and told Hu Cong: "Be good, I'll just lie down quietly and nothing will happen, otherwise none of us know when he will come back." "He is really feeling bad now, and he doesn't want to talk to Hu Cong, so he just urges him to change his clothes quickly.

There are some words, no matter how uncomfortable you have to wait for him to come back and say it clearly.