Reason is still chaotic

There was no fighting in Beiping, and Shen Zichun was not an important person, so he was relatively free in the next few days.

In front of this little nephew, for some reason, Shen Jiali felt like a cat or dog whose fangs and claws had been pulled out, and seemed to have no other way out but to curl up in the shade of a tree and take a nap.Shen Zichun's attitude towards him is both frank and kind, and he sincerely wants to make his life comfortable; but there is absolutely no ambiguity, as if the relationship between them has always been just uncle, nephew and filial piety.

At noon that day, Shen Zichun came back from outside with a big watermelon in his arms.The sun was the most poisonous at noon, and he entered the room sweating profusely, shouting joyfully, "Third Uncle, I'm back!"

Shen Jiali came out of the bedroom - he changed into brand new thin clothes, because he had been blowing the electric fan in the room, so he looked calm: "I came back early today."

Shen Zichun couldn't bear it any longer, leaned over and put the big watermelon on the table: "Eat the watermelon! The watermelon has been placed in cold water, and it's still freezing!"

Shen Jiali saw that he was hot and embarrassed, so he picked up the towel that was put on the back of the chair, and walked over to wipe his sweat.Shen Zichun had been self-reliant for a long time in the past few years, and he was not used to being served by others, so he subconsciously reached out to take the towel, and wiped his head and face carelessly.Seeing his actions, Shen Jiali felt awkward in his heart, and then retreated to his original position, not going to touch the other party anymore.

Cut the watermelon, it is really sweet and cold.Shen Ziqi heard the news, squatted on the ground and gnawed, raised his head and said vaguely while chewing: "Brother, you take me to the street to play! Dad won't let me go out, and won't take me out, you think he can't go out?" How unreasonable is that?"

Shen Jiali ate a piece of watermelon and stopped eating it. He was wiping his hands aside. After hearing this, he bent down and chiseled Shen Ziqi's round head: "You can be honest with me for a few days, won't it work?"

Shen Zichun saw that this little brother was young but thoughtful, and he often made remarks to criticize the third uncle, so he couldn't help laughing: "Little brother, it's too hot now. When the sun goes down, my brother will take you out to eat ice cream!"

Shen Ziqi held half a piece of watermelon, looked back at his father, and said seriously: "Look at brother, then at you, you bastard."

As soon as this remark came out, his brother and father scolded him together.Shen Jiali was ashamed, annoyed and embarrassed, and wanted to beat this child up, but this child was alive and kicking, and ran away as soon as he was beaten, it was not easy to beat him.And Shen Ziqi was used to hearing Shen Zijing's swear words, so he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what he said. If his father didn't play with him, wouldn't he be an "old bastard"?

Throwing the watermelon rind casually, he stood up inexplicably, and stretched his arms to pick up a piece of watermelon from the table.Just when he opened his mouth wide to bite, a series of coquettish smiles suddenly sounded in the courtyard and asked, "Excuse me, is there a Mr. Shen Zichun here?"

After Shen Zichun heard this, he suddenly turned to the door like a conditioned reflex, and then ran out with those two feet unconsciously.But before he could go out, a young woman dressed in military uniform was already standing in the yard, and she smiled at him with a mouthful of white teeth: "Mr. Shen, long time no see, you look even more talented!"

When Shen Zichun saw the good girl in front of him, the corners of his mouth involuntarily turned up, and the corners of his eyes curved down involuntarily, with a beaming smile all over his face; while walking forward, he smiled and said, "Xiao Ting , don’t make trouble with me! You’re going to Beiping, why didn’t you send me a telegram in advance?”

Xiao Ting took off the military cap on her head, revealing her ear-length black short hair, which was still fluffy because she had curly hair once: "Send a telegram, I didn't come alone, could I get lost? Why do you still have to go to the station under the sun!" After saying this, she looked up and looked around, nodded and smiled easily: "You are so nice here, no wonder you have to wait for me, insisting on the first batch Back to Beiping, it turned out that I was thinking of enjoying happiness!"

Shen Zichun reached out and pinched the tip of Xiaoting's nose: "Miss, it was Commander Zhang who asked us to come here first, so don't blame me!"

Xiaoting lowered her head and smiled, and raised her hand to tuck her short hair behind her ears; Shen Zichun only realized at this time, and quickly turned sideways to make a "please" gesture: "My eldest lady, please come in and visit the shabby room below!"

Xiaoting raised her head, twisted her waist, stepped forward and crossed the threshold with a smile on her face, and was very surprised to see Shen Jiali and his son.

Shen Jiali had just seen the actions of Shen Zichun and this girl, and his heart instantly understood.Holding a white towel in his hand, he stood there in embarrassment, wishing he could run away immediately; Shen Ziqi seldom saw women, so he stood up with great interest at this time, and looked at her very curiously.

Shen Zichun squeezed forward at this time, intending to be generous, but for some reason, there was still an inexplicable panic in his heart: "Xiaoting, this is my third uncle, and the younger brother of the third uncle's family; third uncle, this It's Miss Cheng Youting, it's mine...my..."

He was about to say "good friend" three words, but after thinking about it, he thought that this kind of introduction was too sorry for Xiaoting, so he decided to tell the truth: "It's my fiancee!"

Shen Jiali was still clutching the towel, but as if he was well-trained, he immediately stopped smiling in surprise: "Hey, fiancee, that's great, that's great. Miss Cheng, please sit down, Xiao Chun This kid has a very strict mouth, and with such a good thing, he still keeps it a secret from me."

Xiaoting looked at the pair of father and son, and felt a little suspicious, but she also bowed politely: "Hello third uncle, you are welcome, please sit down."

Shen Jiali commanded Shen Zichun to cut the watermelon for Xiaoting, and then found a long gown to put on by himself, and said with a smile: "I am going to take my son for a stroll, you should stay at home! Miss Cheng, don't leave, stay at night Let's have dinner together." Then he turned to Shen Zichun: "Xiaochun, it's a hot day, and it's rare to go to the street, but is there anything that I need to buy along the way?"

Seeing that he had suddenly regained his vigor, Shen Zichun couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, and replied in a daze, "Nothing—" Then he came to his senses, followed Shen Jiali out the door, secretly took out a roll of banknotes, and stuffed it into the opponent's hands.

Shen Jiali took the money calmly, and waved to the room again: "Ziqi, don't pester big sister, dad will take you out to play!"

Shen Zichun immediately added as if joking: "Third Uncle, don't forget to buy some good melons!"

Shen Jiali smiled at him like a loving father, smiled at Shen Ziqi, smiled at Miss Cheng in the room, smiled a circle, and led Shen Ziqi out.

In midsummer in Peiping, it was extremely hot.Shen Jiali kept walking on the tree-lined road, but he was still sweating very quickly.

He hadn't gone out for a long time, rarely exercised, and his health was so bad that he couldn't hold on at this time.Half-dead, he stood still on the spot and took a few breaths. He suddenly found a western-style coffee shop not far in front of him. As if he had been amnesty, he led his son forward as if struggling for his life.

He ordered two plates of ice cream in the coffee shop, and he blocked Shen Ziqi's mouth first.Then he sat down and stared out the window in a daze.

He thought he was really confused, he didn't expect that Shen Zichun, as a young man in his 20s, was going to marry a wife and have children!

Shen Jiali found that since he was electrocuted, his mind was failing.His thoughts were so chaotic, but he couldn't sort them out, and the more he sorted them out, the more chaotic he became.Sitting in front of his son like a wooden sculpture made of clay, there was only humming in his ears, and he completely lost the ability to think.

Suddenly there was a coldness on his lips, which surprised him.When he came back to his senses, it was Shen Ziqi who jumped out of the chair and ran to him at some point, holding a small spoonful of ice cream to his mouth: "Dad, why don't you eat it?"

He poked his head and ate the small scoop of ice cream, and his heart immediately became cold.

Shen Ziqi squinted at the plate of ice cream in front of his father again: "If you don't eat it, I will!"

Shen Jiali struggled to hold the son on his lap and sat down: "Eat."

Shen Ziqi was very happy, and his food could be described as ecstasy.And Shen Jiali looked at his round head, and suddenly thought of Xiaoliang, Xinger, and a good cook——and going back further, he thought of the messy family of the second brother, Tianjin Wei. Duan Zhicheng...

He lowered his head and sniffed the sweat on his son's head, his heart was empty and he didn't think about it anymore.

The roll of banknotes that Shen Zichun gave him was not small in denomination.He sat idly in the coffee shop all afternoon, and at four or five o'clock, he borrowed the phone from the shop to call back to the apartment, expressing in a pleasant tone that Ziqi was disobedient and that he must eat snacks outside, so he didn't Was able to rush back to eat.Shen Zichun knew that the younger brother was a glutton, so he didn't take it seriously, he hung up the phone after a few instructions, went out to buy a few exquisite meals, sat opposite Xiaoting, and had dinner together.

Xiaoting met him as early as in Chongqing, and their relationship has been tested by the flames of war, and they are extremely strong; besides, the two are really compatible, and they look like a pair of big, golden boys and girls.The two chatted while eating, and finally they talked about Shen Jiali.Xiao Ting bit her chopsticks and smiled softly: "Your third uncle looks very decent, why doesn't he have a wife?"

Shen Zichun knew the deeds of his third uncle, and any one of them would be a strange story, so he didn't want to talk about it. He just made up and prevaricated: "Is it true that if a person has a good appearance in life, he must have a wife?" It has been in the hands of the Japanese for eight years, and the common people will die as soon as they say it, so what is good or bad?"

Xiaoting asked again: "Does your third uncle have a job?"

Shen Zichun thought that his background was not glorious enough, so he kept it secret and refused to confess, and now he replied vaguely: "He... eats the ancestral property, but as soon as the Japanese came, the property was confiscated by... uh... .”

Xiaoting put down her job, and asked tentatively, "Then he won't...always follow you?"

Shen Zichun replied straightforwardly: "Third Uncle was very kind to me, so I want to take care of him now. Anyway, my father is long gone, and my mother doesn't need me. I don't have any burdens. Taking care of him is not easy? "

Xiaoting frowned, then pouted again: "Didn't you agree to build a small family? If you want to honor your parents, then I don't say anything, but a third uncle... with a child ..."

Shen Zichun knew that the short stories of these parents were the most troublesome, so he picked up a few chopsticks for Xiaoting: "My third uncle... didn't you just say that he is quite decent? Why can't you tolerate it now?"

As a woman, Xiaoting's thinking is a few years older than Shen Zichun's. Hearing this, she couldn't laugh or cry: "Zichun, don't make excuses! Are you trying to anger me on purpose? Anyway, it won't work. I fell in love with you, Didn't fall in love with your third uncle, why do we bring outsiders when we are together? No, no, no, no way!"

It was only then that Shen Zichun realized that he had not considered what he had done, but he absolutely could not bear to let Shen Jiali live with Shen Zijing and suffer anger.Looking down at his rice bowl in a dilemma, he had nothing to say.

Xiao Ting originally had a few sharp words to say, but seeing her sweetheart frowning and bowing her head in silence, she suppressed those words for the time being.After eating and drinking enough, she simply said goodbye and left because she didn't think of a countermeasure for a while.And Shen Zichun sat alone in the shade of a tree in front of the door for a long time, feeling heavy, but there was nothing he could do to get rid of it.

When it was about to get dark, Shen Jiali led Shen Ziqi back, and indeed he was carrying a small straw basket with cantaloupe in his hand.When the two sides met, each put on a happy face, Shen Jiali handed the small basket of cantaloupe to Shen Zichun, and asked with a smile: "Miss Cheng is gone?"

Shen Zichun replied foolishly, then went to call the clerk, and asked him to take the melon to wash and bring over two buckets of hot water by the way.Shen Jiali then smiled and said: "Xiao Chun has a good eye, and Miss Cheng is beautiful and generous, which is really nice."

When Shen Zichun heard this, he smiled: "She...is very good."

"Have you set a date for the wedding?"

Shen Zichun scratched his head: "Not yet... Now that we're running around, we're not stable at all, and we can't get married!"

At this time, the clerk brought melons and hot water over, Shen Jiali stopped asking, and took his son back to the room to take a shower and wipe himself off.