father's tree

Li Chang'en was born in a scholarly family of Confucian merchants. During the Cultural Revolution, his family suffered a lot of persecution. After the country was opened up, almost all of his family moved to the United States to reunite with the family members who had gone out before. Only he did not leave.

Why didn't you leave at that time? It was like something destined in the dark. There was no big reason, so I stayed like that, got married, and had children.

In fact, relying on eating the things returned to his family by the government is enough to live a good life, but he is born motivated and has no prodigal genes, so he must create a career by himself to be satisfied.

However, the definition of home is still the place where the son is.

I go back every day just because I have a son.

Now that his son is going to change schools, he will naturally move his family near his school.

The new house is in a high-end community not far from the No. [-] Middle School. It is a small villa with a brick structure and a two-story plus attic. At that time, housing prices were still very low. Most residents in the community moved in, and the greening was well done. Well, Li Changen drove the car to the gate of their new house, opened the iron gate and drove in. He also introduced to his son, "That's a cherry tree, Susu, don't you like to eat cherries, that tree will bear cherries in early summer .”

Li Su observed their new home curiously, and was not very happy about the move. He was a person who was not so willing to accept the new environment.

Entering the house, downstairs is the living room, small reception hall, kitchen, dining room, servant room, storage room, and upstairs are three bedrooms, plus a large study room. The attic has not yet been decorated, and the attic beams are not Short, even at the shortest window, Li Chang'en stood there with a height of more than 180 centimeters, and the highest point was even higher than the downstairs.

The floor is wooden, and the attic where the air conditioner has not been installed is hot like a steamer. Li Su lay on his stomach at the window and took a look out before running downstairs. Li Changen followed him downstairs and asked him, "Susu, what do you think?" Sample?"

Li Su was covered in sweat, her cheeks were flushed, and she only let out a "hmm" from her nose.

Li Changen dragged him into the bathroom attached to the largest master bedroom. The house was already connected to electricity and water. He wiped Li Su's sweat with a towel moistened with water, and asked, "Well, is it good or not?"

Li Su finally calmed down, "Okay. But there is no ivy."

The old house they live in is still a bungalow built in the 40s and [-]s. The outer walls are covered with ivy, which is cool in summer but cold in winter.

Li Chang'en said, "The ivy grows fast. If it is planted here, it will be able to climb on the outer wall in three or four years. Let's order the furniture and move it here next month, okay?"

Li Su nodded.

Li Changen pulled him to the next bedroom, and said, "Susu, this is your bedroom, take a look, how you want to arrange the bed, wardrobe, desk and bookshelf, or anything else, put them in."

Li Su was stunned by his words, and looked at Li Changen with a pair of big confused eyes, "Aren't I going to live with Dad?"

Li Changen laughed at his words, "Isn't it outrageous to sleep with my father even though I'm already in junior high school?"

Li Su frowned, and looked at Li Changen sadly, "Then I don't want to move."

Li Changen sighed in his heart, squatted in front of his son, touched his flushed cheek, "Susu should sleep by herself when she grows up."

Li Su looked at him and said nothing, his son was so stubborn on this matter, Li Changen had no choice but to surrender, and said, "Okay, let's sleep with Dad after moving here. But you must prepare your bedroom. Maybe you'd like to live on your own. Boys grow up to have their own secrets, don't they?"

Li Su looked at him with wide eyes and didn't answer, Li Chang'en said, "Okay, okay, my good son, we went downstairs, the air conditioner hasn't been installed yet, it's too hot."

Li Changen carried Li Su downstairs, got into the car and turned on the air conditioner, and all the way home, Li Su was depressed, sitting there with his head down and not talking.

Li Changen spoke kindly to him for a while, but Li Su was still in a daze by himself, which made him helpless, so he got angry and said, "Susu, if you have anything to say, just tell Dad, so What's the matter with being bored? Don't you like your new home?"

Only then did Li Su raise his head. He was still young, with a child's face and a child's heart, but his eyebrows and eyes are very delicate, the kind of delicateness that will become coquettish when he grows up. His eyebrows and eyes are like his mother .

Li Su looked at Li Changen silently with such eyes, feeling bored in his heart, it seemed that after graduating from primary school, many things were different, but he couldn't say it out, this kind of difference does not make people feel uncomfortable. He was happy, but it made him confused and overwhelmed.

But he couldn't express these to his father.

He just whispered, "No."

Li Changen asked, "What isn't it?"

Li Su said, "It's not that I don't like the new home."

Li Changen, "Then why are you unhappy?"

Li Su lowered her eyelashes and replied in a low voice, "I don't know either."

Li Changen reached out and touched his son's head, "Okay, be good, be good, we are moving."

The new house has been renovated and put away for more than half a year. I didn't bring Li Su to see it before. Now that I see it, it's time to buy furniture and prepare to move.

The style of the new house is very different from the previous house. Besides, the furniture in the old house is basically very old, and almost all the things in the new house are bought new.

Li Su was still young, although Li Changen asked him how to decorate his bedroom, he did not really ask for his opinion after that, so he arranged the new home.

Before moving, Li Changen asked Li Su to pack his things by himself.

Li Su sat upstairs silently. He didn't want all the textbooks, homework, exercise books and examination papers he had in elementary school. He took out the toys that he put away. Throwing it away, but not being willing, still putting it away, there are thousands of books in the study, a small part of them belonged to him, these were packed by his father, and the clothes were collected by the nanny, and Li Su guarded himself A few diaries and a box of toys, he doesn't care about anything else.

In fact, as a child, he really didn't have much.

After moving into a new home, the house is very bright, so bright that Li Su is not used to it.

He didn't even know the neighbors around his new home, so he stayed at home and was unwilling to go out. The piano and violin teacher introduced by Li Xiangxin hadn't come yet, and Li Su didn't want him to come. Li Su played the piano for two hours every day. , Look at books and TV, there is nothing to do.

Father is still busy, and he doesn't seem to have any unaccustomed to moving.

Li Su thought that he really didn't need to care. He went out early in the morning every day, and only came back to sleep at night, and he didn't have much time to eat with him, so he didn't have much time to stay at home, so he wouldn't be used to it.

Li Su was alone, and sometimes she cried bitterly while reading the book, not because the content in the book was so touching, but because of her own sadness.

In Li Changen's heart, Li Su is still young, so young that he shouldn't have any worries and thoughts, so he doesn't know Li Su's so-called sadness and worries, so he never thought that he should pay attention to his psychology and understand some of his thoughts. idea.

Li Su said that he wanted to learn painting. A few days before he started junior high school, Li Changen took him to meet a teacher Xia. Teacher Xia was an art teacher in the third middle school he would study in the future. Will study in his studio.

Xia Shu is in his 40s, wears glasses, and seems to be extremely energetic. In the restaurant, Li Su sat beside his father, and he kept talking while sitting across from him.

Li Su didn't have a good first impression of him because of his loudness, but he still politely called him "Mr. Xia".

Time moved forward without distinction, and Li Su started his junior high school life.

Li Changen saw that Li Su didn't make friends at all in elementary school, and started junior high school, so he had to remind him of the principles of doing things in school.

"Talk to people more and make some friends. Boys and girls are fine, it doesn't matter. If you like it, invite someone to your home as a guest and let Aunt Mei and the others treat you well. You can also go if someone invites you, but you have to call Call and talk to your family."

Li Su said she knew, but she felt timid about making friends with people.

The more I regard making friends as a task, the more I feel that this task cannot be completed.

When I was in the third grade of elementary school, I also thought I had a good friend, but I thought I was a good friend for two or three days. The "good friend" lost the [-]-color watercolor pen and insisted that he stole it. Li Su was shocked at the time. His watercolor pen was just bought by himself, so there is no need to steal it from this good friend.The watercolor pen was forcibly possessed by someone, and Li Su was heartbroken, saying that he would never consider him a friend again.

But the other party treated him like no one else, and told others that he was a thief.

Li Su was deeply hurt, and she no longer wanted to think that she was a good friend.

Li Changen asked again, "50 yuan pocket money per week, buy water to drink, if you want to treat, you can ask me again, and buy other things too. Do you know?"

He didn't dare to give Li Su too much money, for fear that he would go to the video game mall to play games, or be targeted by the pregnant child.

Li Su was only ten and a half years old.Li Changen was very worried about going to junior high school among the older children over 13 years old.

But there is no other way to worry about it. The only thing to blame is that he sent his children to study too early.