the beginning of the end

Earth Day December 2012, 12

Saturday

It was cold and windy.

The ghostly weather was covered with dark clouds. It was not yet four o'clock, but the sky suddenly darkened. The densely packed people on both sides of the street seemed to be frightened.

After a while, there were only a few scattered people left on both sides of the densely packed street in the vegetable market. Mu Qiangguo was wearing a small blanket, with a small bulge on his chest, standing in a vegetable stall with a bag of things. A few days ago, I selected a few vegetables I needed and asked the vegetable vendor to weigh them.

"Qiang Guo, I bought some fresh vegetables today, you can take them home and taste them." Hearing what the stall owner said, the two were still very close.

After finishing speaking, the stall owner didn't wait for Mu Qiangguo to refuse, he grabbed fresh vegetables from the stall and put them in bags for Mu Qiangguo.

Mu Qiangguo knew it was his intention, so he was embarrassed to refuse, and thanked him sincerely: "Uncle Wang, thank you."

"No, no, it's just some ordinary things. What are you talking about? If you hadn't sent Uncle Wang to the hospital in time last time, Uncle Wang's old bones might have long ago-" Thinking of the sudden illness last time, Old Wang Now there are still some fears.

"Uncle Wang, aren't you okay now? What are you talking about?" Mu Qiangguo hurriedly interrupted him.

"You're the only one who says that." Lao Wang sighed. In the current social atmosphere, there are a few people who are willing to help others.He remembered reading the newspaper yesterday and there was a report about a person who was hit by a car, but the owner of the car that hit her was not found, and instead the responsibility was placed on a person who kindly sent her to the hospital.It can be seen that Lao Wang was furious and scolded the person who was bumped at that time. Really, really, he is really unruly and extremely ignorant. It is not as good as when he was young. At that time, he even had to sneak around to talk to a female partner. Look at the opponent's hand.

"Uncle Wang, don't think too much, I'm just giving you a helping hand. If other people see that you are sick, they will send you to the hospital. What's more, every time I come to buy vegetables, don't you give it to me for nothing, Uncle Wang?" I eat food, after all, I took advantage of Uncle Wang." Mu Qiangguo persuaded with a smile, and he said this really sincerely.

"You, I'm old, so I can't tell you. It might rain in this weather. It's inconvenient for you to bring your child, so you should go back quickly. I also plan to pack up and leave the stall." What was tied was nothing but a child.

As if to confirm Lao Wang's words, the lump in front of Mu Qiangguo moved, and the soft and soft child's voice floated out, "Father—"

"Baby is awake." Mu Qiangguo removed the little hat on his chest that blocked the sun, stared at the child who had just woken up under the quilt, wiped his uncomfortable eyes with his small white hands, and showed a loving and loving smile at the corner of his mouth.

"The little guy seems to be woken up by us, Qiangguo, take him back quickly, it's so cold outside, don't catch a cold later." Old Wang urged.

"Then Uncle Wang, I'll go back first." Mu Qiangguo took out the money and put it in the middle of the booth. Before Uncle Wang could answer, he turned around, picked up his things and left.

"Hey, Qiangguo, wait a minute, I haven't asked you for money yet."

"Uncle Wang, there's no need to look for it." Mu Qiangguo turned around and smiled at Uncle Wang, before continuing to walk outside the market.

"This kid, it's like this every time. It's agreed to give him food, but he doesn't give money every time."

The chattering voice became smaller and smaller until it could no longer be heard.And Mu Qiangguo has already left the market, planning to slowly walk back to the community where he lives.

"Father, my baby is hungry." The child on his chest moved, and Mu Qiangguo quickly comforted him: "I'm going home soon, what do you want to eat tonight, baby?"

"Grandma, Egg, eat grandma, Egg." Knowing that the little guy was talking about eating milk and cake, Mu Qiangguo stopped walking towards home. The tool that was able to bake the bunny last time seemed to be broken. Drop it, go buy one.

"Daddy, daddy, I'm home, I'm home—" The cute and cheerful voice of my baby floated out of the pocket, which was used as the ringtone of the mobile phone. No need to guess, Mu Qiangguo knew it was the caller from his family .

As soon as he picked up the phone and put it next to his ear, a faint voice came from the phone: "Where are you?"

"I'm planning to go home, but my baby said that I want to eat cakes. Last time, the cake baking tools at home broke down. I plan to buy another pair. It may take a while to get home." Mu Qiangguo didn't mind the other party's tone at all. Indifferently, "You are at home now, isn't the company busy today?"

"En." There was only one reply on the phone, and he didn't explain why he usually didn't come home until after six o'clock. "Come back early, I'm hungry." Without waiting for Mu Qiangguo to answer, he simply hung up the phone.

"The big ones and the small ones are like this." Mu Qiangguo sighed helplessly, put his phone back into his jacket pocket, looked down at the little baby on his chest, stared at him with round eyes, and immediately smiled, "You say Baby, isn't Daddy bad or not?"

"Bad, bad, baby, hungry, hungry." The little guy didn't care what his father said on the phone, and moved in Mu Qiangguo's arms. His tender voice reminded his father that he was really hungry.

"Understood, Dad will go shopping immediately, and the baby will be able to eat in a while." Hearing that the baby was hungry, Mu Qiangguo didn't dare to delay any longer, after all, the big and small were all waiting to eat.He couldn't bear to be hungry.

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Shen Xi heard the sound of a key unlocking the door, she came back from her pensive face, and looked in the direction of the door.

"Why did you come back so early today?" Mu Qiangguo entered the door and put down the things in his hands, changed his shoes, walked towards Shen Xi, and gently untied the small backpack covered by the blanket and quilt.

"Falling asleep." Shen Xi stared at the child in Mu Qiang's arms.

Knowing that he was a nervous kid, Mu Qiangguo didn't care about Shen Xiwei not answering his question.

"The weather has been getting colder and colder recently, and many people in the company have caught colds, and the work efficiency is too slow, so I plan to take three days off." This explained the reason, and Mu Qiangguo felt happy.

"I don't know what's going on with the weather recently. It's much colder than in previous years. There are a lot fewer people on the street, but the supermarket is crowded with people, and there are a lot more people. Everyone said that the weather is going to be noisy. It’s a catastrophe, and I don’t know who spread it.” Mu Qiangguo didn’t think that others would create rumors, but he also had a hidden worry in his heart.And ever since his practice of Chaos Art has become more and more refined, this premonition has become stronger and stronger.

"En." Shen Xi also had a bad feeling.

He never thought that Shen Xi would agree, but Mu Qiangguo felt that his feelings were unmistakable.

"Father." The child in his arms happened to wake up, and Mu Qiangguo was in no mood to think about other things.

"Wake up, give me a hug, you cook, I'm hungry." Shen Xi stood up and took the child with both hands, urging Mu Qiangguo to cook, he was really unwilling and would never enter the kitchen.

Mu Qiangguo knew that Shen Xi was a kitchen killer, so he went to the kitchen to cook honestly.

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After Mu Qiangguo brought out the prepared three dishes and one soup from the kitchen, he saw two faces in the living room, one big and one small, who were almost identical. The restless little one, at a loss what to do, wanted to hug a little tighter but was afraid of hurting the tender baby in his hands.The body stood stiffly and did not dare to move.

Very funny, Mu Qiangguo smiled helplessly.

"Let me hug you, you go to eat first."

"En." Shen Xi has always known that Mu Qiangguo loves children very much, and he has always raised the baby, and he also likes father very much, so he left the child to him and went to eat honestly.

"Baby, go eat eggs with Dad, okay?" Mu Qiangguo kissed his son and went to the kitchen to serve egg custard.I'm afraid that the big and the young will be starving. If I do it now, it's really too late to make cakes. I can only let my son eat egg custard. After all, my son is more than two years old, and it's not good to eat too much sweet for small teeth .

"Eggy, Eggy." Hearing that there are balls to eat, the baby has a Coke.

After dinner, during parent-child interaction time, Mu Qiangguo and Shen Xi took the little one to digest food in the living room. It was time for the baby to take a bath. This would be the time when the baby liked daddy the most, because daddy's flesh was hard, and the baby leaned on It was a bit painful, but Daddy was as soft as a baby, very comfortable.

The weather was so cold that it didn't feel warm even with the air conditioner turned on. Mu Qiangguo found a blanket in the closet and spread it on the big bed in the bedroom. He saw Shen Xi wearing thick pajamas and hugging the warm and steaming little one. Guy comes out of the bathroom.

"Go to bed quickly, and let the little guy sleep with us tonight." Mu Qiangguo pulled back the quilt to let one big and one small lie out, and quickly covered them.If the little one is sick, it will be troublesome.

Shen Xi was also worried about the little guy sleeping alone, and nodded in agreement.

Mu Qiangguo went into the bathroom, took a quick shower, and lay down on the bed.The little guy slept soundly between the two, in order to prevent him from kicking the quilt at night.

"Go to sleep." After turning off the bedside lamp, the family of three fell asleep after a while.

No one thought that this night, earth-shaking changes would take place on the earth.