Spring is coming

It was almost one o'clock in the morning when we arrived in Nanzhou, and the two children were asleep. Jiang Mengyan woke them up, and Zhao Cheng drove to pick them up.

Chun Xin's head was so dizzy that he lay on Xueli's lap as soon as he got in the car, and Xueli put his hand on her back. Chunxin touched her hand, the two hands were held together, and then he closed his eyes and went to sleep peacefully.

She was also sleepy in the snow, and the child's body couldn't help being tired. She leaned her head on the schoolbag and fell asleep.

Jiang Mengyan sat in the co-pilot and turned around to look at the two children. Zhao Cheng whispered, "The relationship is really good."

"Alright." Jiang Mengyan said.

Generally speaking, the two people have already communicated on the phone, and they both asked for tomorrow's leave to settle the children.

The important people are all around, the heart is at ease, the car is driving slowly, the lights of this city flow past the eyes like a river, and there is a different kind of warmth and calmness tonight.

Jiang Mengyan said in a low voice: "I was supposed to be transferred here at the beginning of the year, and Dongdong just came back to me, and she had to transfer schools and move house, I was afraid that she wouldn't adapt, so I kept procrastinating... I really didn't expect it now. "

They have known each other for two or three years, and Jiang Mengyan has always maintained restraint. If Xueli shows the slightest disapproval, she will not continue this relationship for the sake of her children.

The previous failed marriage had already caused her to suffer a lot, and children were almost her only thought of living.

Children need the care of adults, and adults also need the company of children. People spend a lot of time not living for themselves.People with low internal drive often need some external stimulation. If it is only for themselves, it doesn't matter.

In the past few years, in the office, Jiang Mengyan often wanted to throw the document in the leader's face. She knew the consequences of doing so, but her hands were still itchy.Then she thought of the child she hadn't seen a few times since she was born thousands of miles away.

Later, Dongdong came to her side, and her itchy hands healed without treatment.

The decision to be with Zhao Cheng now, to be honest, is for Chunxin and for Xueli.She truly treats Chun Xin as her own child and doesn't need to be approached.

"Dongdong is really sensible. She has been with me for less than a year, and she never asked me what I wanted, nor complained that I always worked overtime and didn't accompany her. The only time, this time, she said she wanted Chunxin. "

"This child was generous from the very beginning, but she was worried about her own mother. I just didn't expect that in the end, it was really, really... well, it's good, and both children will be better off."

Zhao Cheng laughed, "Then I have to thank Xiao Chunxin."

The two couldn't help but look at each other, Jiang Mengyan said: "Then you have to treat her better."

Zhao Cheng said of course.

Chun Xin woke up in a jolt, and when she opened her eyes, she saw the neckline of a black suit, the inch-long black hair above the neck, and the faint smell of tobacco at the tip of her nose. She immediately struggled with fear, and Zhao Cheng put her on the ground, "Chun Xin, I It's Uncle Zhao."

She shrugged her shoulders and looked at him full of vigilance. She was also tall and thin, but her face was clean, and the end of her eyes raised a soft arc under the lens.

Zhao Cheng squatted halfway and stretched out his hands, "I'm Uncle Zhao, remember? Uncle Zhao from the oxygen factory."

Xueli jumped down from her mother's arms and went to hold her hand, "Let's go by ourselves."

Chun Xin hugged her arm and shrank behind her. When he saw Jiang Mengyan, he stood up again.

Jiang Mengyan said: "Chunxin, don't be afraid, Yin Yuanchang is not here anymore, from now on you will live with Uncle Zhao and Dongdong, we are a family now."

She didn't know what to say, she just looked at people curiously with her big bright eyes, Jiang Mengyan was not in a hurry, "Let's go home first, and go out to play tomorrow after getting enough sleep."

The family building of the oxygen factory also has two bedrooms and one living room. There is a 1.2-meter small bed in the second bedroom, and the two children are allowed to fall asleep first.

They had already taken a bath when they came here, so they washed their hands and wiped their faces. Jiang Mengyan applied baby cream on them before letting them go to sleep.

Not dozing off for a while after washing her face, Chun Xin lay on the bed, touched her face with the palm of her hand, and it felt sticky, Xueli took her hand off, "Dirty hands, don't touch your face."

With a "hmm" in her throat, she went to smell her hand again, "It's delicious."

Chun Xin became bolder and asked her, "Do we really want to live here?"

Xueli said in a normal tone: "I will live here from now on."

Chun Xin nodded. In fact, he still had a lot of questions to ask, but he didn't know which one to ask first. Seeing her eyes closed, he asked, "Are you asleep?"

Xueli said, "Not yet."

Chun Xin lay down obediently, "Then go to sleep, and I will sleep too."

Xueli opened her eyes, and with the help of the streetlight outside the window, she could see her face clearly in the dark, her lips were slightly parted, the small and full lips were slightly upturned, and the long black eyelashes raised a lovely arc at the end.

Go to sleep, go to sleep.

……

The next morning, Jiang Mengyan didn't wake up until noon. The first thing she did when she woke up was of course to see the child. She gently turned the doorknob, opened a crack in the door, and saw Chun Xin was fully dressed and sitting beside the bed with her schoolbag on her back.

Xue Li slept on her back on the small bed, almost occupying the bed by her.

Chun Xin sat at the end of the bed, with his calves hanging on the edge of the bed, and his head leaning against the wall. He didn't know how long he slept like this.

Jiang Mengyan didn't bother her, she left a gap in the door, and called Zhao Cheng, "Look what that kid is doing?"

Zhao Cheng put his face on the crack of the door and looked for a while, then went to the bathroom to look, and came back and said, "She washed her face and brushed her teeth, the small towel and small toothbrush are both wet."

Jiang Mengyan said: "What time did she wake up, but there was no sound."

Zhao Cheng said, "Why is she sitting there?"

Jiang Mengyan guessed: "Maybe it's because I came back from washing my face and found that the bed was dominated by Dongdong."

Zhao Cheng rubbed his chin, puzzled, "Then why are you carrying a schoolbag?"

The two adults piled their heads together, and Qi Qi looked through the crack of the door, and found that Chun Xin had woken up at some point, and was sitting upright on the bed with his eyes open, looking at them!

——Mom!

— When did she wake up!

The door closed softly, and the footsteps faded away.

No cooking at noon, Zhao Cheng took them out of the restaurant, and when he said he was going to go out, Chun Xin stuffed her toothbrush, towel, and pajamas into her schoolbag, carried them on her back, and hung her thumbs on the belt of the schoolbag, just like attending a flag-raising ceremony Standing straight and serious at the door.

Xueli didn't ask when she saw it, Zhao Cheng and Jiang Mengyan didn't care about her, they could carry her if they wanted.

During the meal, Xueli was afraid that she would be embarrassed to pick up vegetables, so she helped her pick up vegetables, she knew what she liked, spicy, fragrant, and meat.

Chun Xin didn't care if he was embarrassed or not when he had a chance to eat. He ate hard, closed his mouth and chewed, stretched his neck forward when swallowing, and widened his eyes.

Jiang Mengyan wanted to laugh, and made her a bowl of seaweed soup, "Slow down, don't choke."

Zhao Cheng is so good, the rice is put directly in the bowl, mixed with a spoon and pushed to her, "It tastes so good, I also liked to eat like this when I was young."

Chun Xin was actually half full, but everyone pushed the bowl in front of her. She couldn't stop eating, so she straightened her back and took a breath, holding the plate in front of her with both hands.

Everyone thinks that she is hungry, and the adults are always relieved that the child can eat, forgetting that she is still a child, it was Xueli who said: "She can't eat anymore, her stomach is going to burst."

She brought over the plate in front of Chun Xin, and ate the remaining half by herself.

Jiang Mengyan rested her chin on her hands and looked at Chunxin sitting there, hiccupping every now and then, then looked at the snow where she was eating slowly, tilted her head and smiled, "That's great, I got a girl for nothing. Chunxin, you are one year younger than Dongdong, From now on, you will be my younger sister, she will be my older sister, and both of you will be my daughters."

Zhao Cheng said, "It's also my daughter."

The kittens that have just been brought home like to find a corner to squat, and wait for people to fall asleep before coming out to eat, take a walk, run away and hide when they hear noises, and observe humans secretly.

Chun Xin lived in Zhao Cheng's house for three days, and whenever she wanted to go out, she would carry a schoolbag filled with all her belongings.

Chunxin is already very familiar with the oxygen factory, she is very comfortable here, and she knows many children here.

And sister Yingying, the doorman and his three little white dogs.

The three puppies circled Chunxin, their little tails almost wagging to the sky. The guard stood aside with his hands behind his back, and said cheerfully, "Very good, very good."

Sister Yingying took them to barbecue at night, and Chun Xin was so happy, "Dongdong, you must eat this mutton skewer! It's so delicious!"

The two of them smelled like mutton skewers even when they burped. Chun Xin couldn't smell enough of his fingers, "It smells so good."

Xueli said: "When I grow up, I can take you to eat every day."

It's time to take a bath, but Chun Xin is still reluctant to part with sniffing his fingers, "I want to sell barbecue when I grow up, you can eat whatever you want, no money required."

Xueli: "..."

Zhao Cheng is already contacting the school about the matter. Jiang Mengyan will go back and tidy up the house. When she is officially transferred, she will also move here.

Now it was time for school, but they were playing outside. Chunxin was carrying a schoolbag, and Xueli put his hands in his pockets, watching other people's physical education class through the iron fence of the school.

A child ran over and asked, "Why don't you go to school?"

Xueli said, "I want you to take care of it."

Chun Xin smiled and said, "I'm envious."

Jiang Mengyan went back to Rong County, Zhao Cheng went to work, they wandered outside all day, went to the canteen of the oxygen factory to eat when they were hungry, and went home to sleep when they were sleepy.

Two days later, Zhao Cheng saw Chun Xin from the window of his office. She didn't carry her schoolbag this time, but squatted on the top of the wall.

Standing by the window on the third floor, Zhao Cheng saw Chun Xin squatting on the top of the wall to pull Xueli up. They jumped off the nearly two-meter-high fence for a pomegranate tree behind the office building.

Zhao Cheng saw them climbing trees to pick pomegranates, opened the window and shouted, "Dongdong, Chunxin!"

The two children under the tree raised their heads and saw Zhao Cheng, half of his body leaning out of the window, scuttling away like a mouse.

Zhao Cheng: "..."

He meant to ask why he didn't carry a schoolbag, so he could carry pomegranates.

When he got off work, he wanted to pick a few and take them home, but he was afraid of scaring them.The kittens started to make trouble, they just recognized their family, so let them go.

The two children caught the attention of the principal of a nearby elementary school because they would come outside the school every day to argue with students in gym class.

One cursed, and the other threw grass blades at people. The students sued the teacher, and the teacher told the principal about it.

That day they came outside the school on time, and when they were about to make trouble, the principal appeared.

The headmaster was an old man, and he asked with a smile, "Little friends, why don't you go to school?"

Chunxin looked at Xueli, Xueli didn't say anything about you, but looked pitifully at the teaching building behind the iron fence, saying that he didn't know.

The principal asked again: "Whose family are you a child?"

Xueli said, "It belongs to Zhao Cheng's family."

At noon the next day, Zhao Cheng took them to buy stationery after get off work, and told them to go to the attached primary school outside the oxygen factory tomorrow.

He had already contacted the private elementary school outside, but he didn't expect the principal Liu of the attached elementary school to find him in the evening.

Principal Liu was a good friend of Zhao Cheng's deceased father. Chunxin didn't have a registered permanent residence, so it was difficult to go to school, so he didn't want to bother him.

It's all right now, Principal Liu gave the green light, and both dolls can go to school in front of their house.

At the beginning of October, Jiang Mengyan will officially move here. She plans to rent out the house in Rongxian County. From now on, she will only go back to Qingming to burn paper for her parents, and she will not bring her children when she goes back.

These two children are so good, they are always in pairs wherever they go, Chun Xin can't go back, and Jiang Mengyan can't break them up.

Zhao Cheng planned to go out to play during the National Day holiday. When talking about this matter at dinner, Chun Xin stared at him all the time. Zhao Cheng said, "Go to the beach, the ticket has already been bought."

Chun Xin's eyes widened again, and Jiang Mengyan rubbed her head, "Go home early after school tomorrow, we'll pack up after dinner, take the evening flight, and wake up early the next morning to play."

Chun Xin suppressed her excitement and went back to the room. There was only snow in the room, so she danced and danced, "Go to the beach! Go to the beach! Yea, go to the beach!"

She opened the closet to find both Yuli and her clothes, folded them and put them aside, waiting for school to be over tomorrow.

Jiang Mengyan and Zhao Cheng sat on the sofa in the living room and couldn't help smiling at each other.

The day before the National Day, the junior students had their vacation early, and Chun Xin was the first one to rush out of the classroom. She was over excited, and halfway through the run, she came back to find Xue Li, "Hurry up."

Xueli said, "Don't worry, sir is not off work yet."

Chun Xin was right when he thought about it, it doesn't matter if he walks slowly, the two of them went downstairs to buy popsicles at the school gate, and were about to go home, when Chun Xin was suddenly grabbed by the wrist, and a strong force dragged her forward.

She looked in horror, and saw neck-length gray hair, black iron headband, slightly bent back, serious face with deep wrinkles, like a straight line of tight mouth.

It was a nightmarish existence that would wake her up in the middle of the night and cry bitterly.

Chun Xin sat down on the ground, stretched out his hand to hook the big iron gate of the school, and screamed, "Let me go!"

"Xiao Lingling, come home with me, I'm your grandma...don't scream, don't scream, I'm grandma! I'm going home..."

Grandma Yin didn't know who she asked about this place, so she came to Nanzhou by car alone, and spent three hours basking in the sun at the school gate, just for this moment.

All of Chunxin's popsicles fell to the ground, tears welled up in her eyes, she cried so hard that she let go.

Xueli hurried up to help, "What are you doing, let her go!"

Grandma's hair turned gray a lot, tears welled up in her eyes, her bark-like withered and brown fingers firmly grasped Chun Xin's wrist, Chun Xin struggled crazily, rolling all over the floor, the school gatekeeper came over with a big stick, "What are you doing! Let me go!"

The old lady refused to let go, Chun Xin screamed and pushed hard, the two fell to the ground together, Chun Xin broke free from the shackles, and ran away, not even his schoolbag.

The guard came closer, and some teachers from the school noticed the situation and came towards this side.

Chun Xin was among the crowd after school, and had already run away. The old lady wiped her tears and shouted: "I came to find my granddaughter. Yin Chunxin is my granddaughter. I am looking for my granddaughter. They tricked my granddaughter away..."

The head teacher of Class [-], Grade [-] also ran over, surrounded by the old lady, sitting on the ground, looking around between a few trouser legs, but there were no Chunxins anywhere.

The teacher asked: "Xueli, do you know her? What's going on here."

Xueli picked up Chunxin's schoolbag and carried it on her arm, and said calmly, "I don't know her, she is probably a human trafficker."