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Zhuang Shaodong sent Xu You downstairs, and told him very worriedly, "There should be a lot of cars going back to the island city at this time, so don't drive too fast.

Xu You fully agreed.

When Zhuang Shaodong thought that he would drive on the highway for two hours, he changed his words and said, "Don't drive too slowly."

"I see." Xu You smiled and took the travel bag from him and threw it into the trunk, then raised her head and looked at the balcony of her own home, "Then, my dad will leave it to you."

Zhuang Shaodong nodded quickly, "Don't worry. I will definitely take good care of him."

Xu You and Zhuang Shaodong returned to City C this time because Father Xu was injured.He was a member of a certain wild fishing club. While fishing in a certain ravine, he accidentally slipped off a rock and sprained his foot.Of course, this is not a big problem, but the problem is that one of his feet is swollen as big as a watermelon, and he can't bear the force at all.Even if he went to the toilet, he had to be supported by someone.It is also a laborious job, because Xu's father is tall and big, and his figure has not shrunk even after he is over fifty.So mother Xu can't play with him at all.

Huo Ying's mother called Xu You to report the letter.Xu You had colluded with her a long time ago, and he should be notified as soon as possible if there is something at home.When Xu's mother remembered to tell her sister not to tell Xu You about the family affairs, Xu You and Zhuang Shaodong were already on the highway.However, Xu You was too busy. Although he really wanted to stay and take care of his father, he had no choice but to fly to another place for a business trip two days later.So, Zhuang Shaodong volunteered to stay and do filial piety for his lover.

"He's just a bit stubborn. But after so many years, he's finally talked to me." Xu You sighed with emotion.

Zhuang Shaodong didn't have the nerve to remind him, that sentence was just one word: Get out!

Xu You was actually not very relieved.Because Zhuang Shaodong has a stubborn temper sometimes, and he is prone to make mistakes.In addition, he never got along with his father since he was a child, and Zhuang Shaodong didn't have the slightest idea about the existence of his father.

"It's okay." Zhuang Shaodong comforted him in turn, "Is he an elder? No matter what he says, I just listen to him honestly. Even if he wants to hit me...he is old and injured again, how hard can he use it?" Vigorous, right. I will definitely not fight back when hit or cursed at."

Xu You reluctantly got into the car and left.

Zhuang Shaodong walked up the stairs step by step, turning his head back and forth, and when he pushed the door open, he met Father Xu who was sitting in the living room watching TV.Looking at each other, Father Xu's face immediately sank, "Why are you still hanging on?"

"Uh..." Zhuang Shaodong blinked, can I say that I stayed here on purpose to be courteous to you?

"That... I haven't learned how my aunt's beef stew is." Zhuang Shaodong scratched his head, and showed a flattering smile at Li Minhui, who was looking worried.

Xu's father snorted coldly, thinking that this little brat is really dishonest because of his inconsistency.

Li Minhui looked at him, but there was a gentle smile on his face, "I still have the beef you bought yesterday at home. I've melted it, and I'll stew it later."

Father Xu snorted again, stood up and hopped to the study.Zhuang Shaodong hurriedly stepped forward to support him, but Father Xu didn't shake him off, so he could only let this dishonest brat help him to the study with a bad face.The evening paper has been delivered, bring it and put it on the table in front of Xu's father, Li Minhui's tea is ready, Zhuang Shaodong brings it and put it by his hand, and then leaves carefully, and when he exits, he considerately closes the study door A seam was left.

Father Xu glanced sideways at the crack of the door, and shook the newspaper impatiently.He heard Zhuang Shaodong ask Li Minhui in the living room, "Tomorrow is the day when Dad Xu will go for a review, right?" He snorted again in his heart, luckily it was Dad Xu, if you dare to call Dad, I will break your leg!

Li Minhui was a little worried, "This old guy is having a fight, he said he doesn't want to go."

"How can that be done?" Zhuang Shaodong objected, "Anyway, we have a car, and it won't be troublesome to park directly downstairs at the follow-up clinic."

Before coming here, Zhuang Shaodong and Xu You drove two cars because they considered the problem of taking the elderly on a trip.Li Minhui has been busy taking care of the patients these days and has not had a good rest, and Zhuang Shaodong volunteered to take over the grocery shopping.Usually she makes the list, and Zhuang Shaodong drives out to buy.I have to admit that with such a big child staying by my side and going in to help, Li Minhui really felt a lot easier.

"Take a break." Li Minhui felt sorry for him, "I'll call you later if something happens."

If there is something to do later, it means that Dad Xu wants to take a few steps, or go to the toilet or something.Zhuang Shaodong promised Xu You to perform well, so naturally he would not let go of such an opportunity to perform.Immediately, she patted her chest to let Li Minhui rest assured to take a nap, and she stayed in the living room while processing a few business affairs in front of her notebook, while paying attention to the movement in the study.

An hour later, a chair creaked in the study.Zhuang Shaodong stood up quickly, pushed the door in three steps and two steps, and promptly and accurately supported Father Xu who had just stood up.

Xu's father was angry, "Release."

"Go to the bathroom?" Zhuang Shaodong was able to ignore Father Xu's expression, "I'll help you go there."

"I go by my own."

Zhuang Shaodong couldn't push it away, he held it firmly under his hands, with a smile on his face, "I'll send you to the door of the bathroom, don't be shy."

Dad Xu: "..."

This kid is really thick-skinned.Father Xu secretly complained.But...it's really convenient to have such a cheeky kid running around to wait on him, he thought.At least the child's mother won't be too tired.

As the old saying goes, it takes a hundred days to hurt your muscles and bones.It can be seen that recuperating is a boring and time-consuming thing.A few days passed, and the swelling of Dad Xu's sprained ankle has obviously subsided.Without using too much force, I can already walk a few steps without being supported by others.However, the doctor said at the beginning that his calf bone had a slight fracture, so even if the swelling subsided, he still had to go for reexamination on time.

Dad Xu didn't want to go to the hospital.He felt that he was in good health and there was no need to go to the hospital every time.Doctors will definitely describe minor illnesses as serious illnesses, and serious illnesses as terminal illnesses, so as to stimulate your vigilance to cooperate with treatment.So what they say is so serious, just listen to it, it's best not to take it seriously.

Li Minhui knew that he was too lazy to go to the hospital.If Zhuang Shaodong was not at home, maybe she would have compromised.Because with her own strength, it would be impossible to drag Father Xu to the hospital no matter what.But because there was a ready-made strong laborer, Li Minhui was also full of courage, and before Dad Xu finished complaining, he and Zhuang Shaodong set him up one by one.

Xu's father was angry, "I haven't finished talking yet."

"Get in the car and continue talking, don't be naughty right now." Li Minhui gave him an annoyed sideways glance, "I said, you get better soon, and we all feel relaxed, right?"

Father Xu fell silent.He also hoped that this inexplicable Zhuang Shaodong would move out of their house quickly.When his old friends and brothers came to visit him, he didn't know how to introduce Zhuang Shaodong to everyone...

Zhuang Shaodong put one arm on his shoulder, almost hanging him completely on his body.It is actually not easy to carry a person down the stairs, especially if this person is not willing to be taken care of by others and is desperately trying to regain control.Zhuang Shaodong had no choice but to carry him all the way down.Being picked up by a man who looked much weaker than himself, Dad Xu immediately didn't dare to move.Hey, if you fall, it won't be a matter of spraining your ankle.

Zhuang Shaodong carried Father Xu downstairs, carefully helped him sit in the back seat, and fastened his seat belt for him.Probably because he had never been taken care of like this before, Dad Xu kept silent during the whole process.And Zhuang Shaodong also had no experience with male elders.He didn't know how to take care of an elder who was unwell, so he could only be careful and careful, trying his best to meet his requirements and make him safe and comfortable.

This is also his promise to Xu You.

The hospital was always full of people. Zhuang Shaodong was afraid that Father Xu would be bumped into again, so he asked for Li Minhui's opinion. He turned around again and carried Father Xu on his back. Minhui and Zhuang Shaodong joined forces and selectively ignored it.In Li Minhui's view, in some cases, there is no need to take care of face, and health and safety are always the most important thing.She can't take the risk of letting Dad Xu get crushed again; in Zhuang Shaodong's view, Dad Xu is just a patient who comes to see a doctor. As long as the queen mother who is in charge of the house has nodded and approved, he doesn't need to consider the awkward attitude of the person for the time being. of.What's more, even if Father Xu didn't like it, he couldn't hit him in public.

Li Minhui supported Father Xu by the side. She felt that although Father Xu's expression was a bit gloomy, he didn't seem to be about to lose his temper, and she was quietly relieved.

In fact, Father Xu's feelings at the moment are much more complicated, far from being angry or not being angry.His body has always been very good. Whether he was in the army when he was young or became a family later, he has become accustomed to putting himself in the position of protector.He had never been taken care of so meticulously before, which made him feel really old.And what this discovery brought him was obviously not a pleasant feeling.

Zhuang Shaodong put him at the door of the consultation room, arranged for them to sit down and wait, and then he ran back to the lobby to register with Father Xu's medical card.

Li Minhui's eyes followed Zhuang Shaodong who was running around, and said to his wife with some emotion: "Old Xu, look at how sensible this child is."

Father Xu didn't make a sound.

Li Minhui murmured: "I'm actually quite relieved to have such a person taking care of Yoyo."

Father Xu glanced at Zhuang Shaodong's direction with a complicated expression, and interrupted Li Minhui's nagging impatiently, "Okay, okay, you've said this kind of nonsense many times. That little bastard is so useless that no one will tell you Is he tying his shoes to the point where he can't live?"

Li Minhui was about to refute him, when she raised her eyes and saw that Zhuang Shaodong had already walked over with the receipt, she could only glance at him, and abruptly swallowed back what she hadn't finished speaking.She thought, sooner or later, this stubborn old man will understand that the children's happiness is still up to them.

After pretending to be a good boy all day, at night, Zhuang Shaodong couldn't bear it anymore, and sneaked to the balcony with a cigarette and a lighter.Before coming to City C, Xu You had told him that Li Minhui especially hated the smell of cigarettes, and because Xu's father had a bad lung, Li Minhui was also forcing him to quit smoking.Therefore, you must not smoke at home.Although Zhuang Shaodong is not addicted to cigarettes, he couldn't hold it in for too long - he stayed with Xu's father and Xu mother all day today, and Xu's mother went out to buy vegetables when he came back from the hospital. He really didn't find a chance to escape smokes.

Zhuang Shaodong tiptoedly closed the balcony door, and just as he took out the cigarette case to light one for himself, he heard a familiar voice behind him snorted softly with full sarcasm, "It's pretty easy to pretend, but it's not easy. "

Zhuang Shaodong shook his hand, and the flames burned his fingers, making him hiss.When he turned his head to look, Father Xu was sitting on a small stool in the corner of the balcony, with an unfinished half cigarette still between his fingers.

"Father Xu," Zhuang Shaodong slowly sat down opposite him, "Your old man can't hold it anymore?"

Father Xu shook off the cigarette butt in his hand, leaning on the small stool to stand up.

Zhuang Shaodong stopped him with a headache, "Okay, okay, it's just you and me here, why are you so stubborn? I won't complain to auntie. I still have cigarettes here, do you want to?"

Father Xu ignored him, and tilted his head to look outside the balcony.In mid-October, the weather was already chilly sooner or later, Zhuang Shaodong put his coat on Dad Xu's shoulders, "You really don't want it?"

Xu's father was wearing a long-sleeved shirt, hid himself and smoked for a while, he was really cold, so he didn't refuse his coat.The coats are accepted, and now people ask about smoking, so I feel embarrassed to be so ungrateful.Father Xu took a cigarette out of his cigarette case, waiting for him to light it for himself.

The light in the living room shines through the green plants taller than one person, and falls on the two people in spots.Smoke filled the balcony, and the one-sided tension between the two people also unknowingly eased.

"Does that little brat smoke too?"

Zhuang Shaodong was stunned for a moment before realizing that "that little bastard" was referring to Xu You, "I also smoke, but it's not very enjoyable."

Dad Xu snorted, "What about you? How long have you been smoking?"

Zhuang Shaodong thought about it seriously, "I started smoking in junior high school."

"Your father doesn't care about you?"

Zhuang Shaodong smiled wryly, "My dad ran away from home right after I was born. Whether I'm dead or alive, he doesn't have the time to inquire about it."

Xu's father froze for a moment, with an incredulous expression on his face, "He left when you were born? Don't you want your wife and children?"

"Yeah." Zhuang Shaodong followed Father Xu's example and flicked the ash into the flower pot beside him, and said with some self-deprecation: "He has a woman outside and two sons."

"You old man... Well, it's not a thing. You don't even care about your own son, what kind of man is this?" Xu's father was a little suspicious that Zhuang Shaodong didn't accept women and insisted on finding a man to live. Could it be because he was young? Due to the lack of parental education.But when he thought about how Xu You had been under his control since he was a child, he actually... also looked crooked, and he felt a little depressed again.

Zhuang Shaodong shook his head, "It doesn't matter. He can live as he likes. I've grown up the same without my father."

"A man has to suffer a little bit," Xu's father patted him on the shoulder, "It's fine if you don't get influenced by him. As a man, the most important thing is to take good care of your family and have a sense of responsibility..." Xu's father Speaking of this, I suddenly felt that what I said sounded a little like beating this young man.He has a sense of responsibility and knows how to take care of the family. Isn't it his own son who benefits?

Father Xu stopped talking very depressed.Zhuang Shaodong looked at him with a moved face, "Father Xu, don't worry, I will take good care of my family."

Xu's father threw away the cigarette butt in his hand distractedly, "Okay, okay, it's time for your aunt to take a shower. You help me in."

"Okay." Zhuang Shaodong quickly extinguished the cigarette butt, stood up and supported him.

Xu's father looked Zhuang Shaodong critically up and down, he has not figured out why his son doesn't want a good girl, but insists on finding such a young man to live with.Although the things that made him rage at the beginning turned out to be framed by others, but... But finding a young man to be his lover is still beyond the limit he can accept.

When he was washed up by Zhuang Shaodong and was lying on the bed ready to go to sleep, he thought hesitantly: Well, if I really want to list a reasonable benefit, it is that a young man who treats himself as a family member is really good. It's very easy to use.Strong, not afraid of tiredness, and obedient.

After all, no one can expect a delicate daughter-in-law to help a bad old man out and serve him every day.These days, young girls are expensive.

He turned over on the bed, and couldn't help but ask his wife beside him, "What do you think about the little bastard?"

"How old are the children, and the little bastard is long, and the little bastard is short..." Li Minhui gave him an annoyed look in the dark, "They have been together for two or three years, what can I think? Now The question is what do you think?"

Father Xu fell silent.

"I'm thinking about it now. My son is not necessarily better than now when he marries a girl. He often travels here and there for business. Which girl can bear him? What should I do when I have a child? Let others The woman brings it herself? Nowadays, girls also want a career. If you want people to stay at home and take care of the children, they won’t. Making trouble around you?"

Dad Xu didn't think about this, and was a little dazed for a while.

"You already know what your son is doing at work. Tell yourself, except that he didn't find you a daughter-in-law, what else can you find wrong with him? He is also in his late thirties. Why does he know how to do it? Don't you know? Why can't you trust your own child?"

Can't believe it?Father Xu suddenly became a little less certain about his thoughts.

"They don't steal or rob, they just live their lives down-to-earth. Old Xu, the children have grown up, and they have their own ideas. Let them go."

I always hear people say that children and grandchildren have their own blessings.Perhaps, this sentence is also reasonable.

Father Xu closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.

Forget it, forget it, let them go.

Half a month later, when Xu You came back from a business trip, he carried a large bag of special products and went upstairs nervously.As soon as the door opened, I saw my parents and Zhuang Shaodong making dumplings around the dining table.All three of them had smiles on their faces, and they seemed to be having a good time.Seeing him coming in, Zhuang Shaodong winked at him secretly, and said with a smile: "How did you get here, are you tired?"

"Fortunately, I'm not tired." Seeing this scene, Xu You was relieved.Although Zhuang Shaodong said on the phone every day how well-behaved he was and how well he took care of the old man, Xu You doubted that there was water in his words.Now seeing is believing, he really felt relieved.

"Are you back?" Li Minhui greeted her son with open hands that were stained with flour, "Go wash your face by yourself, it's almost finished, you can eat after a while."

Xu You agreed, and took the big and small bags in his hand to the kitchen.When he came out, he saw Zhuang Shaodong trying to wink at Father Xu who was beside him.Xu Youzhuang had the courage to say to his father, "Dad, how is your foot?"

Father Xu nodded uncomfortably, "Well, it's all right."

This was at least a response.Xu You was excited, "When I was on a business trip, someone introduced an old Chinese doctor, and prescribed some medicinal materials for making wine. I will brew it for you later, and drink less every day to keep healthy."

Anyone who hears that his son is on a business trip and can miss him all the way will not be in a bad mood.Although Dad Xu still wanted to keep a straight face, but he was in such a good mood that he still couldn't help showing a little smile on his face.

"Don't just think about us," Father Xu looked at his son, "You often travel on business, you should also pay attention to your health."

Mother Xu turned her head and looked at her wife in disbelief.

Zhuang Shaodong was also a little stunned, he knew that after a few days, Father Xu's attitude towards him had improved.But he really didn't expect that Dad Xu's change of attitude was not just because he took care of him, but because he was trying...to accept them.

Xu You stood there dumbfounded, his eyes slowly turning red.