Chapter 243 February 2, New Year's Eve
Chapter 243 February 2, New Year's Eve
ten minutes later.
Bai Qingxia followed the woman to her home.
She then discovered that this aunt lived in this urban village, just separated from her home by several winding alleys.
"Here, watch your step." The woman said, pointing to the ground.
Bai Qingxia stepped over the sewage ditch on the ground and walked towards a bungalow. The aunt lived on the first floor of the bungalow. There was a tattered blue mosquito-proof curtain outside the peeling wooden door.
What puzzled Bai Qingxia was that the aunt came to the door and took out the key to unlock it. She locked the door when she left...
"…It's not because I wanted to lock up your father. I was afraid that my daughter would run away." The aunt turned around and explained embarrassedly.
Bai Qingxia chuckled and shook her head, indicating that she didn't think much about it.
But she was a little surprised. Her father was like this, but this aunt actually let her father stay alone with her daughter...
When I entered the house, the aroma of food hit me.
There is also only one room, less than ten square meters, with a square table against the wall. At this moment, Bai Songzhe is sitting on a red plastic stool, eating the food on the table in big mouthfuls, looking very unreserved.
"Xia Xia!" He turned his head with his mouth full of food and shouted happily when he saw his daughter.
Bai Qingxia quickly stepped forward and accused: "Why are you eating at someone else's house?"
After saying that, she looked at the small figure sitting opposite the square table. It was a little girl who looked only four or five years old.
The little girl lay obediently on the edge of the table with her arms folded neatly, just like a primary school student listening to the class attentively, but she was obviously not that old.
The jacket she was wearing was also a little old, her hair was fluffy but not messy, and she was very neat.
"Mom~" The little girl had a dull look in her eyes. She called softly after hearing the noise, then slowly got off the stool.
Bai Qingxia looked at this scene in surprise, and then she discovered the peculiarity of the little girl.
Her eyes cannot see...
"Ran Ran, Mom is back."
The woman walked forward and held the child in her arms. She looked at the food on the table that had been eaten cleanly, and a satisfied smile appeared on her face.
"I'm sorry, my dad has finished your meal. Do you... want to eat at my place? It's very close anyway." Bai Qingxia asked hesitantly.
The woman holding the child quickly shook her head: "No, no, your father helped me a lot on the way today. Without him, I don't know how long it would take me to move these things by myself."
Bai Qingxia looked in the direction she pointed and found that the corner of the room was filled with boxes of small blue plastic tubes, and some boxes contained different parts.
As if she saw Bai Qingxia's confusion, she smiled and explained, "These plastic tubes are one cent each. I always bring a lot home to do it. It's not convenient for me to go out and find work like this, Ranran."
Bai Songzhe suddenly called out affectionately: "Ran Ran! Ran Ran!"
The woman looked at him in confusion, and it was Bai Qingxia's turn to explain: "My mother's nickname is Ranran."
"Ah, so that's how it is. No wonder your father gave her a lollipop when he heard me calling him his daughter."
After hearing what her mother said, the little girl who had been quiet in her mother's arms suddenly struggled to get down.
She groped towards the bed with a dull look in her eyes, and skillfully took out a big rainbow lollipop from the drawer of the bedside cabinet. Then she turned around and groped back, holding the lollipop high with both hands under the light, with a happy smile on her face.
Although she couldn't see it, she seemed to be able to sense that the lollipop was beautiful.
Bai Qingxia recognized it. This was what she had prepared to give to Lu Yuanqiu on New Year's Eve. Lu Yuanqiu didn't want it, so she brought it back and gave it to her father. Her father was reluctant to eat it and kept it with him like a treasure. Today, he generously gave it to this little girl...
Is it because of the name “Ran Ran”?
She led her father out of the house, and when she was about to leave the alley, she looked back and saw that the woman was still holding the child at the door, watching them leave. …
A week later.
February 2011, 2, early morning of New Year’s Eve.
Bai Qingxia wore her most beautiful pink cotton coat and a pink hairpin. She also had a pink knitted hat given to her by Lu Yuanqiu wrapped around her head and a pink scarf given to her by Lu Yuanqiu wrapped around her neck.
She also changed her father into new clothes that she had just bought this year. It was a black down jacket, a relatively ordinary style because down jackets are a bit expensive.
After putting sanitary napkins and spare underwear (although they might not be used, after all, they were only staying in the countryside for one night) into her pink schoolbag, the girl stood by the bed, thinking about what else she needed to bring.
She looked at the floor at the end of the bed. That was the gift she bought yesterday. After hesitating for a moment, she decided not to take it... She was just going to accompany Lu Yuanqiu back to the countryside to celebrate the New Year, so it would be better not to overshadow the other party.
What if the uncles didn't bring any gifts this time and she was the only one who brought any... Bai Qingxia didn't want to be in the spotlight from the bottom of her heart.
After she was ready, she put on her pink schoolbag. Except for jeans and white sneakers, her whole body looked pink. This was the most beautiful look Bai Qingxia could imagine herself in an informal occasion.
After waiting for a while, the phone rang and she immediately picked it up: "Hello?"
"We're here, bring Uncle Bai over."
"it is good!"
After locking the door, Bai Qingxia took her father out of the yard.
"Don't yell all day today. If you behave, I'll come back and buy you a banana."
Walking in the alley, the girl gave serious instructions to her father, while Bai Songzhe excitedly muttered beside her: "Buy bananas, buy bananas..."
The key point is obviously the previous sentence... The girl lifted the strap of her schoolbag helplessly. She had already seen a very long black car parked across the street.
"It's so long..." Bai Qingxia murmured.
She seemed to have thought of something and quickly sped up.
"Come on."
The car is so big, which means there are a lot of people coming. We can’t let them wait impatiently.
When they arrived at the zebra crossing, the girl's face flushed with nervousness and she was panting. She held her father's hand tightly. This time her father was with her, which was completely different from the last birthday party.
"Don't talk." She whispered to her father again.
"Buy some bananas, buy some bananas..."
It was over. Now he only remembered to buy bananas to eat. The girl bit her lip, feeling a little desperate.
After crossing the road, the black car door was slid open horizontally, which made Bai Qingxia stunned. Only then did she realize that the way of opening the door of this type of car was different from that of a car.
She was about to go in, but when she looked up she was stunned again.
so many people……
The circle of white leather sofas in the car were filled with people, and the interior environment was somewhat similar to the KTV I visited last time.
Although she had seen these people before, being stared at like that still made her blush for a moment. She didn't dare to look them in the eye, so she could only quickly lower her head and get into the car.
After bringing her father in, Bai Qingxia looked around nervously, then quickly took her father's hand and walked to Lu Yuanqiu's side and sat down with a clear purpose. It was a seat in a corner, and she was somewhat happy, not knowing that this was the special seat for socially anxious people that Lu Yuanqiu had reserved for her.
The other people in the car were still looking at the father and daughter, especially Bai Songzhe.
Bai Qingxia could imagine that before coming, Lu Yuanqiu must have introduced her father's situation to these aunts and sisters.
(End of this chapter)