You don't understand the gentleness of an old man

Originally it was agreed to pick up Meimei from school, but Li Zhi called in the afternoon and said that the company's matter had not been resolved, and he had already told his grandparents to pick her up first, and pick up Meimei later.

Fang Lu had no choice but to wait, and went home to cook for Lu Qingzhu first.

As soon as he bought the vegetables and walked downstairs in the community, he received a call from Li Zhi.

"Hello? Are you finished? I was just going home to cook for my sister."

"Help me pick up Meimei, I'll tell the teacher." Li Zhi's tone was a little anxious, and Fang Lu also asked, "What's wrong? Is something wrong?"

Li Zhi: "The teacher called just now. Grandpa and grandma didn't come over when it was time, and no one answered the call. I called the landline at home and no one answered. I will rush over to have a look now."

Fang Lu also went home and put down the dishes, and after talking to Lu Qingzhu about the situation, he took a taxi to the address given by Li Zhi.

The entrance of the kindergarten was already empty, and it was almost an hour before the end of school time. Fang Lu also registered at the gate guard and walked in.

"Meimei!" Fang Lu also saw that the teacher was playing with Meimei with plasticine.

Meimei's teacher stood up: "Are you Meimei's second uncle?"

Fang Lu also: "Ah... yes."

The teacher looked Fang Luye up and down, thinking that this looks too different, and then said with a smile, wait a moment, called Li Zhi, took a photo for Li Zhi to confirm that it was Fang Luye, and then did it Let him pick up Meimei.

Fang Lu also took Meimei to take a taxi home. On the way, he chatted with Meimei, but Meimei still just looked at him with a smile and didn't make a sound.

"Meimei, I have some good news for you. Tomorrow we will go to the amusement park. Your uncle has already bought the tickets." Fang Lu also held Meimei in the car and helped her hold her schoolbag.

Meimei waved her fist excitedly.

Because there is no key to Li Zhi's house, Fang Lu had no choice but to take Meimei to a coffee shop near Li Zhi's house to wait for Li Zhi to come back.

But when it got dark, Li Zhi didn't come back.

Finally, he couldn't help but take the initiative to call. There was no news for so long. Maybe something happened to his grandparents. Fang Lu also avoided Meimei and went out to make a phone call.

Fang Lu and Meimei also called Li Zhi smiling through the glass.

After waiting for more than a minute, Li Zhicai answered the phone: "Hello, where are you now?"

Fang Lu also: "There is a coffee shop at the gate of the community, what's going on over there?"

"Her grandparents forgot to make soup at home, and fainted from gas poisoning. I rushed over and called 120 to send to the hospital. Now grandma is awake, but grandpa is still awake." Li Zhi sighed after finishing speaking, "I contacted Meimei's aunt. , may have to go back later."

Fang Lu also agreed.

"Xiao Liu has the key, I'll ask him to give it to you, and you can send me the location."

Fang Lu also finished cooking for Meimei, washed her face and brushed her teeth, and put her to bed. It was not until ten o'clock in the evening that Li Zhicai came in.

Fang Lu also went up to pat the snow on his shoulder, "Is it snowing yet?"

"Well," Li Zhi took off his coat and scarf: "I didn't take off my clothes when I came out of the hospital, did Meimei sleep?"

"Sleep."

Fang Lu also gave Li Zhi hot food.

While eating, Li Zhi also reported to Fang Lu about the situation at the hospital: "Grandpa woke up too, but the situation is not very good, and grandma is basically fine. Aunt Meimei and uncle have rushed over, and there are people in Shangnan City. Several relatives also arrived and took turns watching."

"It's good to be fine, but the old man will recover slowly from illness."

Li Zhi: "Look at grandpa's situation. Her aunt is in the next city. It's almost Chinese New Year. I don't think she can stay here to take care of her all the time. They are discussing how to settle down for grandpa and grandma."

"What about Meimei?"

"Follow grandpa and grandma."

Fang Lu also hummed, and looked at Li Zhi with one hand on his chin.

After Li Zhi finished his meal, he drank some tea.

"what."

"Then shall we still take Meimei to the amusement park?"

"No, his aunt said she wants to see Meimei, and she will take her there tomorrow."

Fang Lu also asked: "What does my aunt do? I haven't heard you mention them."

Li Zhi: "Civil servants, I don't know what they do. I have nothing to do with them."

"What about Meimei?"

"what?"

"Is Meimei familiar with them?"

Li Zhi thought for a while: "I'm more familiar with you than me, but after all, I'm not in the same city, so I see you two or three times a year."

"Hmm..." Fang Lu also nodded. Compared with the aunt who met two or three times a year, the uncle who met and played with him every week should be much closer.

Before going to bed, Li Zhi received a call from Aunt Meimei, saying that grandpa was fine, and that he could eat something after the drip, but his mental state was not very good.

Li Zhi hung up the phone and looked at Fang Luye who was using the computer to read the class schedule sent by his classmates.

"Or, let's take Meimei to the amusement park." Li Zhi said suddenly.

Fang Lu also turned to look at him.

"Her aunt said that she would bring her grandparents to her house for the New Year, and she would also bring Meimei there along the way."

"Is Meimei willing?"

Li Zhi was silent. After the accident with his grandparents, he tacitly agreed that Meimei would stay here for the New Year. A child, or a child who doesn't like to talk, went to a relative's house who was not very close and familiar to celebrate the New Year, and it was out of town.

Afraid that she would be wronged.

It's not that she thinks that her aunt will treat Meimei badly, but that Meimei doesn't say anything, she doesn't say anything when she's unhappy or doesn't like it, she just endures it, and her aunt may not be able to see it.

Li Zhi said: "If the adults make arrangements, she will agree."

Fang Lu was also silent, turning over and lying on the bed.Li Zhi is still related to Meimei by blood, and has taken care of her for so many years. He has the position to make plans for Meimei, but he has no confidence.

Early the next morning, after Li Zhi called and explained to his aunt, he packed his things and went out with Fang Lu with Meimei.

She didn't know that her grandparents were in the hospital, and she was very happy when she knew that she was going to the amusement park.

Fang Lu also sat in the back seat with Meimei, and Li Zhi drove the car.

Meimei also specially carried the doll schoolbag that she bought when she went to the amusement park last year, wearing a furry coat and even a furry hat.It snowed last night, and the sun is shining again today. The snow melted the cold, so I wrapped her up tightly, so as not to catch a cold.

The amusement park is located in an administrative district in the east of Shangnan City. It is not as prosperous as the main urban area. It used to be a sparsely populated place. A few years ago, the amusement park became more prosperous after it settled in the Jiakai business district.

"It's been a long time since I've been to an amusement park." Fang Lu also took Meimei's hand and sighed at the ticket gate.

The corner of Li Zhi's mouth twitched, "What fun is there in the amusement park, old man..."

"What's wrong with the old man? Men can also like amusement parks and cute things." Fang Lu also retorted, and lowered his head and said to Meimei: "That's right, Meimei."

Meimei made an unprecedented "hmm".

"Did you hear that, hum?"

Li Zhi: "Anyway, I don't like it. I'm a pure man who only likes to go to the boxing gym."

Fang Lu also: "No matter how you tie your shoelaces, you have to tie a bow."

Li Zhi looked down and saw that it was really a bow.

After queuing up to enter the amusement park, he rushed to the surrounding shops to buy some gadgets. Fang Lu also hugged Meimei, and Li Zhi followed behind with Fang Luye and Meimei's bags, full of security qualities.

In fact, Fang Lu didn't have much feeling for this kind of cute and cute things, but felt that it matched the fluffy and soft Meimei very well, and bought her headbands, cross-body bags, small dolls and other things one after another.

When she was about to check out, she saw a lot of key chains hanging on a cabinet. Meimei couldn't walk when she saw Xing Dailu, so she pointed to the pendant and wanted it.

Fang Lu also took her there, "Do you want this or this?"

Meimei pursed her lips and struggled.

"It's over if you can't take it." Li Zhi said behind him.

"Okay." Fang Lu also brought her all the above styles, squatted down and said to Meimei, "It's so cute, just as cute as Meimei."

Li Zhi carried the basket and said, "You take a few too."

Fang Lu also: "Huh?"

He doesn't need these little doll pendants.

Li Zhi: "Isn't it cute, take a few more, and don't need a lot of money."

Fang Lu also secretly smiled inwardly, and picked out a pendant for himself according to his wishes, then turned around and asked Li Zhi, "You want one too, what do you want?"

Li Zhi: "I don't want it."

Fang Lu also: "If you want one, the whole family will be neat and tidy."

Li Zhi sighed, looked around subconsciously, everyone was shopping happily, and no one cared about them, so he raised his chin: "Then let's have a duck."

Li Zhi and Fang Lu also went to check out, and when the cashier was scanning the QR code, Meimei tugged at the corner of Li Zhi's clothes.

"what happened?"

Meimei held up the two headbands in her hands, which were Duffy and ShirleyMay.

Li Zhi took it over: "Do you want these two?"

Meimei pointed to Li Zhi, and then pointed to Fang Luye who was paying the bill.

"We don't want it, be good." Li Zhi wanted to put the things back, but he was tired with his hands.

Meimei pulled the corner of Li Zhi's clothes and shook them.

Li Zhi: "That's fine, buy it, but we don't wear it."

"Uncle~" Meimei launched a small milk voice attack.

……

Li Zhi: "Okay."

Fang Lu also put Duffy's headband on, but Li Zhi refused to put it on, so the three of them went to play games.

Along the way, Herons were also holding up their mobile phones to take photos. They had to take group photos when they saw dolls, took photos when they bought popcorn, and took photos when they were riding on the carousel. Not only did they take photos, but they also recorded them.

Seeing a photographer with instant photo development, Fang Lu immediately arranged one for Meimei.

The photographer was shooting in front, and Fang Lu was also shooting in the back.

"It's enough to take two photos to express your meaning, and you won't be tired." Li Zhi has all kinds of accessories on his body, including water bottles, small backpacks, and popcorn buckets.

Fang Lu also said intently, "Let's take some commemorative photos."

Li Zhi smiled: "You don't need to take so many photos to commemorate it."

Fang Lu also: "Of course I have to shoot. She is not always so carefree. When she grows up, she will find it difficult to study, the teacher is annoying, and she will feel very tired after work."

Fang Lu also stood up, the phone page was still on the camera, and he approached Li Zhi to grab popcorn and eat, "When she grows up, looking at the photo album, she thinks that she has been to such a happy place, and has so many golden and handsome uncles." , and feel better."

"Cut..." Li Zhi smiled, but did not refute Fang Luye's words.

He and Fang Luye's life growth trajectory is completely opposite. He suffered a lot when he was a child, and he got better when he grew up, so he subconsciously avoided childhood.

And Fang Lu also went smoothly when he was a child, but lost everything in adolescence and grew up overnight.

If the lives of the two of them are parabolas on the same coordinate axis, then they had a junction point when they were about [-] or [-] years old. Li Zhi rose slowly from bottom to top, and Fang Lu also turned sharply and fell to the bottom .

Neither is better, just different.

But if Fang Luye's childhood can be combined with Li Zhi's adulthood, and such a beautiful life can be given to Meimei, that is of course good.

"Okay!" The photographer wearing a magician's hat said to Li Zhi and Fang Lu.

Fang Lu also reached out to Meimei, holding her to look at the pictures in the camera together, and the photographer flipped through them one by one for them to choose.

"Don't you want to take a family portrait?"

Fang Lu and Li Zhi also looked at each other.

Family portrait?

The whole family, Fu.

Whether these three words are combined or taken apart, they are so warm and beautiful.

"Okay." Fang Lu also said.

Li Zhi smiled, and then couldn't help grinning.

Fang Lu also took out Shirley Mei's headband from her bag and handed it to Li Zhi, "Take this, we both wear it, if you don't wear it, you won't be a family."

Li Zhi bit his cheek and clenched his hand carrying the bag into a fist.

"Ok."

Then he took off the Duffy from Fang Luye's head, and put Xuelimei on Fang Luye's head, because Xuelimei was more pink and tender.

The photographer adjusts the focus to make sure all three people and the castle are in camera.The sun is very good, and it is approaching dusk. The sunset glow in the sky is purple, blending with the dream castle, making the people in the photo frame gentle.

"The big brother in the boots smiled, come on, one, two, three!"

Meimei hugged those two photos and looked at them along the way, not even looking at the scenery outside the window, and fell asleep from exhaustion halfway.Fang Lu was also sleepy to death.

Li Zhi sent the two of them back to the community.

"You take the child home first, and I'll go to the hospital."

"What time did you come back?" Fang Lu also asked with bags on her back. Even Meimei carried several dolls. At first glance, she looked like she was fleeing from a refugee. Two amusement park refugees stood at the door of the car and looked at Li Zhi eagerly.

...It's terrible.

Li Zhi raised his hand and looked at his watch, "About eight o'clock in the evening, I will hurry up."

At the beginning of eight o'clock in the evening, Li Zhi finally rang the doorbell at home, and Fang Lu also put down the cherries in his hand and clicked on his slippers to open the door.

"You're back! Have you...have you eaten yet..."

"Aunt Meimei, this is my friend, Fang Luya." Li Zhi introduced.

The middle-aged woman following behind Li Zhi also greeted Fang Lu cautiously: "Hello brother, hello, hello."

Fang Lu also bent down slightly, "Hello, hello... Come in and sit, come, come."

The middle-aged woman is Meimei's aunt. She didn't see Meimei during the day, so she came to take a look at it at night, and told her about picking her up to go home with her for the New Year in two days.

Fang Lu was also complaining, he hadn't entertained his relatives for many years, and this was Li Zhi's relative, he was an outsider in Li Zhi's house, wearing pajamas and slippers, wondering if the other party would think of a homosexual relationship.

If she goes back and gossips about Li Zhi, it will be bad for Li Zhi.

"Have you eaten, aunt?" Fang Lu also poured her a glass of water.

Aunt: "I've eaten, don't be busy, I just came to see Meimei, is she asleep?"

Fang Lu also said: "I'm taking a bath. Brother Zhi just went in, and I'll come out after washing."

Auntie seemed more embarrassed than Fang Lu, with her hands on her knees, she kept saying that there was no need to work, just drink water.

"I... I'll cut some fruit. You watch TV first. The remote control panel is here." Fang Lu also said and fled into the kitchen.

Fang Lu also washed the fruit and cut it slowly for almost 10 minutes.

"Are you ready?" Li Zhi walked in.

Fang Lu also immediately put on a resentful expression and turned his head: "Why didn't you tell me when you brought relatives home, it's so embarrassing."

Li Zhi didn't take it seriously, "What's embarrassing?"

"I'm not related to you and Meimei. It's so strange to be at your house at night." Fang Lu also said in a low voice.

Li Zhi: "Why do you think so much, I don't see her a few times a year."

Fang Lu also: "What if she sees it?"

"What do you see?"

"We are that one."

Li Zhihun said indifferently: "I should have known it a long time ago, just ask around and you will know that I like men."

……

Well, Fang Lu also sighed. Sure enough, the status among relatives and friends still depends on how rich and how well a person is.Like Li Zhi, who is able to get along in Shangnan City and surrounding cities, and is so rich, no one dares to say what to do.

Fang Lu also came out with a fruit plate and sat down by the sofa.

Meimei sat next to her aunt, and her aunt asked her how the school was going.How about dancing?How much is it now?Meimei nodded or shook her head with a smile, but did not speak.

"Is the child still unwilling to talk?" asked the aunt.

Li Zhi: "Well, if she goes to the doctor regularly, she is willing to talk to her grandparents, teacher and me."

The ones who can make Meimei willing to talk are those who are always with her and she feels safe.

The aunt sighed, "Oh, it's been more than two years, why hasn't this child forgotten?"

The aunt touched Meimei's head gently, and Meimei raised her head and smiled at her aunt, then turned her head slightly to avoid her aunt's hand.

Li Zhi's complexion suddenly turned bad, and Fang Lu also secretly looked at Meimei. She didn't say anything, but she knew everything.

"Meimei, do you want biscuits?" Fang Lu also asked her with a small packet of biscuits.

Meimei nodded, stepped on the sofa and walked around behind Li Zhi and sat in Li Zhi's arms.

My aunt looked at the harmonious three people, and felt a little uncomfortable. How can two men live together with a little girl.But this person was Li Zhi, so she didn't dare to say anything.

"Tomorrow afternoon my son will drive over to pick up someone. It will be around three or four o'clock. Let's come pick up Meimei." After speaking, he said to Meimei, "How are you, Meimei?"

Li Zhi stopped in a low voice, "We haven't told her yet."

Aunt: "It's okay, I'll tell Meimei."

Meimei tightly grasped Fang Luye's thumb, watching her aunt without speaking.

"Meimei, grandpa and grandma are also going to my aunt's house to celebrate the New Year. You can go back with my aunt, and my aunt will send you back after school starts."

Meimei looked at Li Zhi, and Li Zhi stretched out his hands to pinch her face, and said to her gently: "Grandpa and grandma are not feeling well, and my aunt has to take care of them, so I'm going to my aunt's house for the New Year. Do you want to go?"

Meimei lowered her head, she didn't want to go to her aunt's house, but she also wanted to be with her grandparents.

Seeing this, Li Zhi began to hesitate. When he was in the hospital today, he proposed to let Meimei stay in Shangnan for the New Year, but the grandparents said they would miss their granddaughter, so they had to agree.

"Meimei, my aunt's house has a lot of delicious food, and my brothers and sisters are back, and they all play with you." Auntie continued to seduce Meimei.

Who knew Meimei's eyebrows were drooping after hearing this, she doesn't like to be noisy, and she doesn't like to play with people she doesn't know well.

"Brother Zhi..." Fang Lu also touched Li Zhi's foot, motioning for him to see Meimei, she didn't want to go.

Li Zhi hesitated for a moment, then turned to his aunt and said, "Well, Meimei will stay here for the New Year. During the Chinese New Year, I will take Meimei to your house to pay New Year's greetings, and let her accompany her grandparents."

"This..." Auntie looked at Fang Luye with some dissatisfaction, "It's not good, you two men are not careful enough to take care of a little girl."

"There's nothing wrong with it. My friend is here, and it's better for Meimei to be in a familiar environment." Li Zhi retorted her.

Aunt: "Don't blame me for being talkative. Meimei has been silent all the time. I think it's because there is no one around her, grandparents are old, and you are busy. The child must be more and more withdrawn living in such a lonely environment."

Li Zhi didn't speak, he was afraid that it would be bad, because they were relatives after all.

Aunt: "Grandpa and grandma still have life experience anyway. They are all retired teachers. They are educated and pay attention to culture, so they can raise Meimei so white and tender."

"Uncle..." Meimei grabbed Li Zhi's cuff.

"Uncle Meimei, for the sake of grandparents..."

"Stop talking," Li Zhi interrupted her, and Fang Lu also said, "Take Meimei back to the room to play for a while."

After Fang Lu and Meimei left, Li Zhi thought for a while, and then said to his aunt: "If you want to talk about this with me, then I will also talk about the death of her parents two years ago. Care about Meimei? If my grandparents hadn't contacted me, would you send her to an orphanage or adopt her?

"I'm not careful enough, at least I'm responsible."

"That's not what I said. At that time, my brother and sister-in-law owed so much money and had to pay for it. Everyone was living a normal life. Who can afford the money. Given the actual situation, there is nothing we can do about it."

Li Zhi: "Then there is a solution now? Or do you know that she has a rich uncle?"

Aunt was choked by Li Zhi, a little embarrassed.

She actually likes Meimei quite a lot, but that unworthy younger brother will only cause trouble. They have always had a bad relationship, and there is still a debt left when he dies. No one dares to adopt Meimei.

"That's it, Meimei stays here for the New Year. And don't talk about her parents in front of Meimei in the future, especially the bad ones. The reason why she doesn't talk is to trust the doctor."

My aunt lost her face a bit, "Oh, okay, I won't talk about it. But we still have to consider some things. The child is still so young, and grandparents are getting older. We have to think about her future. It's not convenient for you here. "

"What's the inconvenience?" Li Zhi said angrily, "We are also ordinary people."

Seeing him like this, my aunt didn't dare to say any more, and got up to say goodbye.

Li Zhi sat alone on the sofa for a long time.

When Fang Lu also came out, Li Zhi was still in a daze. He walked up to Li Zhi and knelt down in front of him. Li Zhi came back to his senses and smiled at him: "What are you doing?"

"What are you doing?"

Li Zhi reached out and snorted on his head: "I'm annoying."

Fang Lu also got up and sat down next to Li Zhi, and put his chin lightly on his shoulder: "What's bothering you? Let this prince guide you."

The author has something to say:

I need to change my name, my dears, help me choose! Which is better, "Brother's Gentleness You Don't Understand" or "Brother Zhi's Gentleness You Don't Understand"?