Be in low spirits

She waved her hand and shouted, "Remember to hang up the clothes." Then she closed the door and went to sleep.

She got up early on the weekend to make soufflé for the child. The child could not get up on weekdays, but could get up early on the weekends. He cried in the room before breakfast was ready. She picked up the child and comforted him, "Mom is making a cake for the baby. After we finish eating the cake, we are going to go shopping and go out to play, right?"

Li Li saw how hard she was working and wanted to help, but he couldn't. She could only direct him to go to the second bedroom to pack out the mats for the trip, and then she continued to make breakfast while holding the child.

After finishing the soufflé, she immediately washed the child's face, brushed her teeth, and changed her clothes. The child sat on the dining chair and ate breakfast, and she sat behind her to comb her hair. Li Li brought out her breakfast and stood beside her, breaking a bun and stuffing it into her mouth.

The child pouted and looked at him sideways. He explained: "Mom doesn't have hands to eat breakfast while combing your hair. We can't let Mom go hungry."

Kong Zhixi helped her comb her hair, showed her in the mirror, and said, "Mom, eat by yourself. When you're full, we'll go buy a car. You have to be happy when you go out to play, and don't be angry."

"Great!" The child was happy to hear that there was a new toy.

When going to the mall to buy things, she made a list, including food, daily necessities, and toys, and gave it to Li Li, saying: "Buy the things on the list, and then meet us on the second floor where they sell building blocks." After that, she took the child to the second floor.

"Aren't you going together?" He thought the family of three could act together.

"Yuanyuan wants to play with building blocks on the second floor. Buy some good things and we'll go camping together. Here's the credit card." She took out the credit card and gave it to him, then took the child to the second floor.

It was almost noon when the family of three arrived at the camping site. Li Li played with her child on the newly bought balance car, and she put food on the mat.

Looking at the father and daughter, she always felt that Yuanyuan didn't look like a three-year-old child. The sun was a little strong, so she opened an umbrella. The child found a new friend to play with, and Li Li ran over to sit next to her and talk to her.

"Why not make a tent?" He picked up the rice roll on the mat and ate it.

"I don't have any money. A tent is so expensive." Her eyes were always fixed on the child, never moving away.

"I don't have any money in my card?" Every time the topic of money came up, he didn't dare to think about how she had survived all these years.

"Well, I'll buy it when I have the conditions. Yuanyuan also needs more sun exposure now." The family's savings are indeed not much, so we have to make more plans for the future.

"When do you think Yuanyuan will accept me as her father?" He also hid under the umbrella and put his hand on his wife's shoulder. "It's hard to say, but the way you are now, she may come over soon."

"How could that be? I was having a lot of fun playing with her just now." He felt that there was no major conflict between them and that children were not that sensitive.

Less than a minute after he said this, the child came over with the cart, threw it in front of the mat angrily, pushed him away, hugged his mother and said, "Mom, I'm hungry."

"Mom will find you something delicious." She took out her food box from the bag, found a small stool for her to sit on, and fed her.

"Yuanyuan has grown up and can eat by herself. She doesn't need to be fed by her mother." Dad always knows how to accurately hit the child's sore spots.

"It's okay, we can eat by ourselves. Someone made our baby angry, so he needs to be fed, right?" She said this to comfort the child and also to hint to the child's father.

The child began to have a temper of his own, protesting with his nostrils. "Hmph!"

"Did you have fun playing with the kids just now? What's the name of that sister?"

"Happy, Mom, can I take this car with me when I go to kindergarten?"

"We need to ask the teacher about this. Can we ask the teacher next time we go to kindergarten?" She always used a negotiating tone when talking to the children.

"Okay." After eating a few bites of food and giving her some prepared orange juice, Li Li took out the building blocks he had secretly bought and gave them to her. She looked at her mother and didn't dare to accept them.

"It's okay, it's a gift from dad, you can take it." Kong Zhixi affirmed the child. The child looked at his father awkwardly and refused to take it.

She had no choice but to take it and hand it to her. The child happily took it and started playing with it herself.

"Why doesn't Yuanyuan like her daddy?" He picked up the building blocks and wanted to play with her.

"Don't move!" The child started to get impatient again. He withdrew his hand in dismay, sighed and looked at his wife.

"This kind of game is to train her concentration and creativity. Don't disturb her." Kong Zhixi could only explain it to him clearly.

He had no choice but to sit next to his wife, thinking that maybe he could talk to her. "Wife, can you please tell her that I am actually a good father?" He lowered his voice deliberately, so as not to disturb the child.

"Why are you like this? Do you think she hates you because I said bad things about you in front of her?"

"No, I just think she doesn't listen to you. If you talk to her nicely, she will definitely listen to you."

"Forget it, she is just in such a bad mood."

"How can I be as stubborn as her? It's been several days and there has been no progress at all." He was very distressed about his daughter.

"You see, you just have no patience. Just talk to her nicely and respect her wishes. She will accept it. Besides, it's only been a few days. Take your time." She took out mosquito repellent from her bag and applied it on the child.

"Then can I discuss with you that I will sleep in the master bedroom at night and get up before Yuanyuan in the morning, okay?"

"No."

"No, I can't sleep well there at night, really, just let me..."

"Mom, come build with me." The child pulled her to his side and built blocks together.

When she was returning home in the afternoon, the child fell asleep in the car. She put the child to bed when she got home. She told Li Li to go buy groceries later in the afternoon, and she went back to her room to take a nap.

Li Li went into the room, sat on the edge of the bed and said to her, "Honey, I want to take a nap with you too."

"Change your clothes." She moved inward to make room for him.

He happily found his pajamas to change into, and took a nap with his wife in his arms, which he had never taken before.

When he woke up, the mother and daughter were still asleep. He looked at them and felt that this was all he wanted. He whispered in his wife's ear, "Wife, I'm going to buy some groceries. What do you want to eat?"

"Well, go ahead." She answered him dazedly while holding the child. He kissed her on the cheek and went out to buy groceries.

The child woke up and wanted to hear a story in the room, so she took out a picture book and told her a story. While she was telling the story, Yuanyuan suddenly asked, "Mom, do you like this dad?" She spoke with a heavy heart and a sad face.

"Well, sometimes I like it, and sometimes I don't. It's because there are times when I like it that I am so round."

"Will Dad take Mom away?"

"No, Mom has always been Yuanyuan's mom, and Dad has always been Yuanyuan's dad. No one can take Yuanyuan's mom and dad away, okay?"

"But I don't like this father." She was still very worried and felt that she could not accept the life of her parents living together.

"It doesn't matter. Dad will live with us for a long, long time. You will like it in the future, okay?"

"Ah."

After the mother and daughter finished talking, they got up, changed clothes, and combed her hair. Kong Zhixi found some hair cutting tools, asked her to sit on the balcony, and cut her hair.

Li Li came back from buying groceries, but they hadn't finished their haircuts yet. It was the first time he saw his daughter getting her hair cut, so he was a little nervous. His heart skipped a beat with every cut.

"Go cook, I'll wash her hair and give her a bath later." Seeing his useless look, I was afraid that he would scare the child to tears.

"Be gentle, she will be scared." He was so nervous that he wanted to do it himself.

"The baby is braver than you. Cook your meal. You will be hungry soon."

"Yeah, baby is the bravest." Yuanyuan also cheered herself up.

Li Li looked at her and couldn't help but praise: "My daughter is the best!" He wanted to kiss her, but Kong Zhixi stopped him quickly. If they really kissed her, who knows what would happen.

"Okay, go and cook." She put her hand up to cover her bent head. He turned to the child again, half squatted down and said to the child: "Dad bought you blueberries, do you like them?"

"Blueberries are very expensive. Why are you buying such an expensive thing? It's already the end of August." She rarely buys this kind of fruit for her children because it is too expensive.

"It's just a small box, not much money." Seeing his wife's reaction, he was a little nervous.