Reason is still chaotic

When Shen Zichun heard Shen Jiali say that he wanted to set up his own family, his eyes widened in surprise, and he looked almost stupid.Opening his mouth at a loss, he asked himself, and didn't feel that he was wronging third uncle.

"Third Uncle..." He was a little anxious, he swayed his big man to stand in front of Shen Jiali, and asked incoherently: "I, am I careless, and I didn't do well? Tell me, I will change it... "

Seeing his reaction, Shen Jiali was very relieved: "Xiaochun, be obedient. Uncle San is not polite to you, and will not keep things secret. I am very happy that you said you would give me a pension; but you can't take care of me. Regardless of the east and the west, you are good for me in your heart, can't I be good for you in my heart? Marriage is a major event in a person's life, and everything can be careless, but a major event in a lifetime is not to be careless. Some fate, once missed, At once……"

When he said this, he paused subconsciously, and his thoughts suddenly stopped.He has never been married, but at this moment he can talk about marriage with eloquence; in the end, what he is talking about is not marriage, but the story of holding his hand and growing old together.He never seemed to think of anyone to grow old with in his life—strange, he thought, why hadn't he thought of finding a companion back then?

He didn't finish his sentence, he hesitated to speak and smiled at Shen Zichun, when Duan Zhicheng's figure suddenly flashed in front of his eyes.

Duan Zhicheng once came to elope with him in the middle of a cold night, with a row of small gold bars around his waist like a bullet belt, and specially unbuttoned his clothes for him to see, very silly.Shen Jiali couldn't help but continued to smile, making fun of Duan Zhicheng's stupid appearance.Although Duan Zhicheng was already dead, he still wanted to laugh, and finally his vision became a little confused. He didn't know whether he was laughing at Duan Zhicheng or himself.

He lowered his head and blinked his eyes. He used his eyelashes to stir up the faint tears in his eyes, and continued calmly: "The rent is really not expensive now. I think the hut on the east side is very good, enough for me and Ziqi to live in. Xiao Chun, even if I'm really your father, I don't feel wronged by doing this. Nowadays, most young couples want to start a small family, so how can there be a big family together? We will base everything on practicality, as long as we can A smooth life is better than anything else. Xiaochun, listen to your third uncle and don't be stubborn."

Shen Zichun looked down at his third uncle, feeling panicked, not knowing what to do for a moment.

After several days of negotiation, Shen Zichun finally lost.

He rented a small room to the east of the apartment, which was a yard away, and let Shen Jiali and Shen Ziqi move in.It was autumn now, he bought a few good quilts made of new cotton wool, and spread them neatly on the bed, hoping to make the third uncle and his son sleep more comfortably.

During this period, Shen Jiali met Xiaoting several times, but each time he received a cold reception. In the end, he simply hid in the bedroom, not to be stimulated by the other party.Now that he was able to change his residence, he felt extremely relaxed.However, when he fell asleep that night, Shen Ziqi lay beside him, raised his round face and asked, "Father, why did we move again? Are we going to live with another brother again?"

This question made Shen Jiali stunned for a moment, and it took three to five seconds for him to react - didn't Shen Ziqi live with his "big brother" all the time since he could remember?

Shen Ziqi didn't get an answer, and said solemnly, "Father, why doesn't this brother want us anymore? We're not being naughty! I think this brother is better than big brother, who always bullies you."

Shen Jiali turned around and hugged him, then lowered his head and kissed him on the forehead: "Brother Xiaochun has to work at home during the day, and we will cause trouble to others when we are there. You and Dad live alone, okay? ?”

Shen Ziqi leaned into Shen Jiali's arms, raised his head and kissed him: "Father, you hug me to sleep!"

Shen Jiali hugged his son with one arm, lifted it up with the other, and patted the light switch on the wall beside the bed.

In the darkness, his eyes were piercing, as if he wanted to see a way of life from the darkness.However, until midnight, there was still only darkness ahead of him.

Since Shen Jiali left those three houses, Xiao Tingna came to visit more and more times, and in the end she often stayed overnight.

When Xiaoting was around, Shen Zichun couldn't spare to visit his third uncle and his son; but as long as he had time, he would definitely bring some delicious food and drink, and send money here every now and then.Shen Jiali raised him as a rich son for several years, and he always felt at ease; but now that he eats other people's food and drinks other people's food, somehow he has such a guilty conscience.He saw that Shen Zichun didn't have much money, so every time he reached out to take the banknotes, he felt very uncomfortable.

For a long time, he had nothing to do, and began to teach Shen Ziqi how to read.Shen Ziqi couldn't sit still, he was always thinking about going out to play with cats and dogs, and he was not afraid of being scolded with a playful smile.Shen Jiali had no choice but to beat him twice, and finally left him in the room—he didn't hold grudges, his body was obviously covered in bruises and bruises from being pinched by Shen Jiali, but even if he yelled, he still needed it at night. Get into Dad's arms and act like a baby.

Shen Jiali stayed in such a small cabin-like house, and never went out unless the weather was fine.Although Shen Ziqi was mischievous, he was very clever. In just one month, he could recognize three to four hundred characters, and all the characters he wrote were horizontal and vertical, and there was no sign of missing arms or legs.Shen Jiali didn't expect his son to have this ability, he was very pleasantly surprised, he continued to work harder and refused to relax.When the season changed, old injuries all over his body broke out together, and he struggled day and night, but seeing that he had a healthy, smart and lively son beside him, he felt light in his heart, and felt that all the pain could be endured.

Anyone can justifiably leave him, only Shen Ziqi can't, Shen Ziqi is his son.

On sunny days, he would also take Shen Ziqi for a walk in nearby small streets.Shen Ziqi looked around, and when he encountered a food stall, he couldn't move. Even the burden of cooking broad beans could distract him.Shen Jiali knew that those things were snacks for children from poor families, and they were very cheap, but even with such cheap things, he often had no money to buy them—Shen Zichun was not a profiteer, his salary was limited, and he would not I always get extra rewards from Shangfeng, but I have to pay the rent of four houses and three meals a day for three people; I am still in love, and occasionally I have to buy some gadgets for Xiaoting.Shen Jiali really couldn't speak, so he went to scrape the money from his bones.

One day when he came back from the outside, he finally couldn't stand it any longer. He sat on the edge of the bed and hugged Shen Ziqi, and murmured in a low voice, "Ziqi, Dad is useless to make you suffer in this world. Dad is sorry for you."

Shen Ziqi was taken aback for a moment - then he put his arms around his father's neck, but he didn't answer.

From then on, when he went to the street, he never wanted to eat or drink again.Occasionally, a peddler saw him as a child and deliberately yelled to lure him, so he turned his face away in disdain, expressing that he had no appetite at all.

Time flies, Shen Jiali is embarrassed, embarrassed, sometimes full of despair and sometimes full of hope, and gets through the day.

He didn't expect Xiaoting to come to him.

Xiao Ting was still dressed in military uniform, her hair was rolled up and tucked into her military cap, her face was fair and moist, and she looked even brighter and more attractive.She opened the door with a sullen face and stood at the door. She scanned the room without saying a word, and saw Shen Ziqi sitting at a small wooden table, writing with a pencil in his hand, and Shen Jiali standing behind the child, looking up at him in surprise. towards myself.

There is not much furniture in the room, the furnishings are very simple, and because there is no stove, it is rather cold.Xiaoting put her hands in her trouser pockets, pouted and said, "Zichun followed Commander Zhang to Tianjin, did you know?"

Seeing that she was coming in a bad way, Shen Jiali secretly took precautions: "I know, didn't you say you'll be back tonight?"

Xiao Ting tilted her head like a boy: "They changed their plan, and now they are going straight to the northeast. Zichun will not come back for a while!"

The color faded from Shen Jiali's face, but there was no obvious panic: "Oh...that's right."

Xiaoting stepped forward, took out an envelope from her trouser pocket, and threw it on the table: "Zichun made a long-distance call back to Peiping, and went around looking for friends to borrow money, so I got these together, let me deliver them to you, let you These two months are for home use."

Shen Jiali nodded: "Okay, thank you very much."

Xiaoting put her hands back into her trouser pockets, still pouted: "Third Uncle, to tell you the truth, I had a falling out with my family a long time ago in order to be with Zichun. Although the two of us are not married yet, in fact we are married to the husband and wife. It's the same, every stitch, every porridge and every meal has to be planned by ourselves. I'm not trying to stop Zichun from being filial to the family, but you're not very old now, why don't you try to be self-reliant? Zichun Willing to support you, it shows that your relationship is very good, so do you have the heart to watch Zichun become poor all day long? Third uncle, you should pity us both too!"

As soon as these words came out, even Shen Ziqi raised his head.

Shen Jiali couldn't speak harsh words to Shen Zichun's fiancée, so at the moment he could only pretend to be deaf and dumb, and didn't answer.But Xiaoting shrugged her shoulders, and decided that he was a young man who was idle and shameless after losing all his wealth, and was too lazy to talk nonsense, so she turned and left.