Son

The baby woke up hungry after sleeping for a while, making cat-like whimpers.

Linqing had no choice but to carry him to Aunt Wang's house for help.

Aunt Wang hugged her almost one-year-old daughter to coax her to take a nap, while her four-year-old son and six-year-old second son were playing in the yard. When they saw Lin Qing and Shen Xu coming, they rushed over together, "Master, brother!"

Aunt Wang heard the voice in the room, she put her little daughter in the cradle, and came out, saying, "Master and young master are here - young master, what are you holding in your arms?"

Linqing exposed the baby like a kitten, "Aunt Wang, this child is hungry, I don't know what to feed..."

Aunt Wang was surprised and said: "Ah, it's been less than a month, why are you still having a fever, master, where did you pick up the child?"

Shen Xu: "Uh..."

Linqing: "..."

"Give it to me." Aunt Wang took the baby over and touched his lips with her fingers. The baby immediately started sucking, obviously very hungry.

Aunt Wang then carried the baby into the house to nurse.

Lin Qing and Shen Xu stood outside and looked at each other.

Linqing looks away and turns her back slightly.Shen Xu's eyes moved slightly, but he was finally speechless.

After about a cup of tea, Aunt Wang coaxed the baby out. The baby lay on her chest and burped in satisfaction.

"Okay." Aunt Wang hugged him sideways. The little baby was born pink and tender, squinting her eyes and making an ooh sound from her mouth, which was very cute.

"Thank you, Aunt Wang." Shen Xu said.

"From the village, Master, don't be polite." Aunt Wang said, "Where did Master pick up this child?"

"Picked up outside the house..."

"Ah, what a cruel mother, she has the heart to throw such a small child away, and she is not afraid of the child being picked up by wolves." Aunt Wang said angrily, feeling more and more pitiful for the child in her arms, "There is always such a hateful man, It’s because of the sins and irresponsibility that women suffer the crime of abandoning their sons.”

Shen Xu: "..."

I still don't want to confess...

Aunt Wang said: "I have a fever, have you seen a doctor?"

"I've seen it, it's getting better." Lin Qing said

Aunt Wang worried: "What are you going to do, how will you raise the two men?"

This child is Shen Xu's flesh and blood, Shen Xu naturally can't throw it away, but he has no experience in raising babies, and he has a troubled look on his face, "I plan to raise it, I won't... just take it slowly Learn……"

Aunt Wang said: "Well, it's good to have a child. Earlier, I told the young master that it's inevitable that there will be a miserable old age if there is no one under your knees."

Shen Xu glanced at Lin Qing, Lin Qing lowered his head, no emotion could be seen on his face.

Seeing that the two of them were silent, Aunt Wang thought she was still worried about the child, so she said, "Master, don't worry, come and ask me if you don't know, my youngest daughter eats very little and has plenty of milk."

Linqing: "..."

Shen Xu: "..."

Sometimes Aunt Wang's boldness is really overwhelming.

The youngest son of the Wang family ran over and asked curiously, "Is this the master's baby? It looks so beautiful."

Said, reaching out to hug.

Aunt Wang put the baby in his hands, "Be careful, don't fall, you can hug your brother as you hug your sister, you know?"

The youngest son nodded, and carefully looked at the baby in his arms, "Master, what's your brother's name?"

Shen Xu was stunned for a moment, he hadn't thought of the child's name yet.

Linqing bent down, looked at the squinting and yawning baby, and said softly, "It's called Xiaobao."

"Xiaobao." The youngest son of the Wang family kissed Xiaobao's face, and Xiaobao pursed his lips, making a comfortable moan.

Aunt Wang said comfortingly: "I thought you two were arguing when I saw that the young master lived in the town and didn't come back. Now I'm finally relieved." She patted Lin Qing's shoulder and said kindly, "Country people like to gossip. There is no malice, young master, don't take it to heart."

Lin Qing lowered his eyes, without nodding or shaking his head.

Some things, just once, will make people feel bad.

Some words, just said once, will make people wake up from the throbbing.

Some hearts, disappointed once, it is difficult to give a second chance.

He stayed only because he couldn't take back the heart he gave out all at once, and he needed time to wash away this wrong love, maybe gradually, little by little, the heart that slipped away would slowly come back.

The next day, Linqing went to the county government to resign.

After hearing what he said, Zhou Mian looked at him for a while and sighed in disappointment.

"Since it's your own decision, I can't interfere. If you regret it someday, there is always a door here." Zhou Mian said.

Lin Qing was grateful. He wanted to ask Zhou Mian why he was so kind to him, but he felt that it would be hypocritical to ask, so he could only nod, "Thank you, Brother Zhou."

Seeing his eyes full of entanglement, Zhou Mian raised his hand, and after a while, only patted his shoulder.

Liu Wanwan refused him to leave, "Sir, you haven't finished teaching, you are not allowed to leave."

Lin Qing said: "I just don't live here, I haven't finished teaching the tune, I won't let go halfway. However, I have something to do at home, so I can only come here every three days. When I don't come, you have to practice more. "

Liu Wanwan finally got a friend who can talk to her heart, how could she want him to go.Zhou Mian tugged and tugged before she let her go.

The days seem to be back to the past, but not like before.

The busy farming is over, and the school resumes classes.

Shen Xu went to teach during the day, Lin Qing took Xiao Bao at home, and went to deliver meals at noon, the students were all around the baby in wonder, Lin Qing also smiled, but the tenderness for Shen Xu was missing from the brows.

Little Treasure was crying at night, Lin Qing hugged him and coaxed him all over the room, Shen Xu went to the kitchen to heat up rice paste, one hugged and the other fed, coaxing the same child, but their hearts were far apart.

Shen Xu felt a little regretful, he didn't want such a day, he wanted to talk to Linqing, as unscrupulous and happy as before, but Linqing turned cold, polite and alienated, which made him suffer.

Qin Wan made some small shirts for Xiaobao and gave them to Linqing.

The two bathed Xiaobao in the courtyard. Xiaobao sat in the small wooden basin, staring blankly at Linqing, and his mouth began to drool.

Qin Wan frowned and said, "Why does Shen's idiot's child look more idiotic than him?"

Lin Qing's expression became a little sad, and he said softly: "Well, the doctor said, the brain may be burnt out..."

"Ah?" Qin Wan pinched Xiao Bao's face, Xiao Bao turned his head to look at him, and the saliva around his mouth became more joyful.

Linqing sighed.

At first, the two thought that the child was sick because of his illness, but when the fever subsided, he still looked stupid. They took them to the doctor and said that the high fever was too high and did not subside in time, so he became a fool.

Shen Xu was sad for a long time because of this, and Lin Qing was also in a bad mood. Although it was Shen Xu's romantic debt, but after all, it was a small life, so it would be silly to be so young, what should I do when I grow up.

Both of them were gloomy, and they talked less at first, but now they became more and more taciturn.

Qin Wan poured water for Xiaobao and wiped his body. Xiaobao slowly lowered his head, as if he finally realized that he was sitting in the water. He let out an "ah" and patted the surface of the water lightly.

"Haven't you been dragged enough by that idiot? A big idiot is enough to make you sad, and now there is another little idiot, Linqing, what do you think?"

Linqing picked up Xiaobao, put him on his knees and wiped his body.Xiaobao yelled "Ahhhh", his eyes were still looking at the wooden basin, and his saliva flowed out again.

Lin Qing wiped his saliva and sighed softly: "I don't know, I'm going to leave, but I can't bear to leave."

Qin Wan dressed Xiaobao, Xiaobao clenched his fists, turned his head and drool at him again.

"Close your mouth and stop drooling." Qin Wan said, "But if you procrastinate like this, the little idiot will grow into a big idiot, and you won't be able to walk anymore."

Lin Qing shook his head, "Don't ask me, I can't figure it out myself. There are some things that you know how to do in your heart, but you just can't persuade yourself to do that. I'm so tired of thinking, I don't want to think about it anymore .”

Qin Wan opened her mouth, but stopped talking.

Xiaobao put on new clothes, and was very curious about the fabric on his body. He pinched his skirt with his little hands, and looked at the clothes on his body without blinking.

Qin Wan hugged him over, "Don't drool and dirty your clothes, I won't do it for you in the future."

Xiao Bao: "Ah—"

A string of saliva flowed from the chin to the clothes, dragging a long string.

Qin Wan: "..."

"Ah, I don't like him anymore, the clothes I made with good intentions!" Qin Wan said madly, and threw Xiaobao back to Linqing.

Linqing smiled, "He can't understand what you said." Then, he took the bib and tied it on Xiaobao.

Xiao Bao didn't like having something around his neck very much, so he stretched out his hand to pull it.

Linqing shook his little hand, and said in a warm voice, "Xiao Bao is good."

Xiaobao stared at Linqing with bright black eyes, dumbfounded, but his eyes full of trust and dependence made people feel soft.

If he didn't want Xiaobao, Xiaobao would be pitiful.

When Linqing was a child, he longed for a home where his mother would love him and his father would love him, but now his father and mother's faces are only a blurred image, he can't even remember their voices, he can't remember if he was held in their arms Coaxed and kissed.

Seeing Xiaobao abandoned by his mother, Linqing couldn't help thinking of himself when he was a child.

I can't help but want to love him, love him, shelter him and take care of him.

He didn't want Xiaobao to experience the days when he had only rabbits as his companions.

Linqing couldn't help but hug Xiaobao into her arms, smelling the milky fragrance on his body, her heart felt bitter.

Qin Wan sat for a while and then went back to make dinner.

Linqing put Xiaobao in the small nest surrounded by waste wood in the main room, with a thick mattress covered in winter. When Linqing was working, he put Xiaobao in the small nest for easy care.He caught the rabbit again and put it inside, so that Xiaobao would not have anything to play with and make a fuss.

When Shen Xu came back, Linqing was cooking in the kitchen.

He walked to the nest and looked at his silly son.

Little Treasure grabbed one of the rabbit's legs, and the rabbit was obviously used to being abused by him, lying lazily beside him, not even bothering to struggle.

Xiao Bao looked at Shen Xu expressionlessly: "..."

Shen Xu looked at Xiao Bao expressionlessly: "..."

Saliva flowed from the corner of Xiaobao's mouth.

Shen Xu: "..."

Shen Xu's mood was extremely complicated, and she hugged her son helplessly. Xiaobao's hand was still holding the rabbit, so the rabbit was lifted upside down in a hanging posture.

"Be good, little treasure, let go." Shen Xu persuaded.

Xiao Bao remained indifferent: "..."

Shen Xu: "Hey, don't catch the rabbit."

Xiao Bao: "Ah..."

Saliva dripped onto Shen Xu's clothes.

Shen Xu: "!!!"

Crying without tears!

After finally rescuing the rabbit, the rabbit kicked its legs and ran away without a trace. Xiaobao's hand was empty, and he changed his hand to grab a strand of Shen Xu's hair.

Shen Xu: "..."

"Good boy, let go."

"..."

"Ahh! Don't talk, don't talk! It's about to break!"

"..."

Linqing came out of the kitchen to serve the dishes, and what he saw was the rally between Shen Xu and Xiaobao.

He glanced at it lightly, put down the dishes without paying attention, turned around and went to the kitchen again.

"Hey, Linqing, come and help!"

The final winner of this tug-of-war was Xiaobao. During the meal, Shen Xu had to hold him with one hand because Xiaobao was still pulling his hair.

Shen Xu couldn't laugh or cry, and stared helplessly at him.

After eating with one hand, Xiaobao still refused to let go, slurping the rice paste that Shen Xu fed him, and continued to remain expressionless.

Linqing came over and patted Xiaobao's hand gently, Xiaobao slowly let go, Shen Xu's arms were empty, and Xiaobao was carried by Linqing.

Shen Xu: "!!!"

"Why do you tell him to let go and he will be obedient?"

Lin Qing said calmly: "If you pull him, he will only push harder. If you clap his hands, he will know that you want him to let go."

Shen Xu: "..."

Why didn't you help me earlier...

At night, Shen Xu stared at Xiaobao who was asleep, with worry on his face.

Such a child will inevitably have a bumpy road when he grows up. Shen Xu is worried about him and ponders whether he can protect him throughout his life.

The arrival of Xiaobao made him suddenly become a father with heavy responsibilities from a wandering son. If he was excited and excited when he picked up the child, now it is more of a responsibility and responsibility.

He had never thought about what would happen in the future, but now, he had to start thinking about what to do with Xiaobao, what to do with himself, and what to do with Linqing.

Lin Qing was already fast asleep, Xiao Bao was sleeping between him and Shen Xu, Shen Xu was lying on his side, his eyes moved to Lin Qing's face.

July is raging, summer is coming to an end, Shen Xu's heart is rippling with the cool wind that comes late.

In the middle of the ripples, a person's name is reflected in the water marks, and every circle starts and ends because of him.

Linqing.

The author has something to say: Christmas Eve + Merry Christmas~~