Chapter 2 Second Stage
In the real world, everyone has their own daily necessities.
After the lunch, Chen Yun said goodbye to the bride and went home with the wedding candy.
She came by car, and on her way back she dropped Zhao Yanxin off at the high-speed railway station before turning around and getting on the highway.
It is more than 200 kilometers from Yanshan to Ningjiang, and Chen Yun held a small concert in the car.
When the car parked, her throat was a little hoarse. She opened the bottle of mineral water and drank half of it, and took the remaining half upstairs.
Four-year-old Chen Xinyang came home from school and was playing in the living room. He thought his mother had brought something good, so he pounced on her like a tiger: "Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom!"
Chen Yun's ears were hurt by the noise, and she picked up her son: "You're so noisy."
Chen Xinyang was not hurt at all by being rejected, and twisted around in his mother's arms.
It was so cute. Chen Yun kissed his face, kicked her shoes aside and walked into the study.
Chen Xingyue was doing her homework, listening attentively to everything around her. Her back straightened up all of a sudden, and she looked so well-behaved.
Chen Yun stood behind her daughter and watched, finding out the problem: "The stars should be written in the boxes."
Chen Xingyue said briefly, erased the first few numbers, and continued writing with a grunt.
Anyone who is familiar with this child knows that he must have gotten into trouble today.
Liu Yingxia came in with some fruit. She thought that the teacher didn't say anything to her when she picked up her granddaughter, so she gave her daughter a questioning look.
Chen Yun shook her head slightly, threw her son aside to play, and picked up an apple: "Where's my dad?"
Liu Yingxia: "He went to deliver the takeaway."
Chen Yun: "He's really in a hurry."
Liu Yingxia: "He was just sitting on the sofa playing with his phone, and then he stood up and told me that he had a particularly good order and went out."
This kind of thing has been common in this family since Chen Xinyang went to kindergarten this year. Chen Yun has become accustomed to her parents' busy schedule.
She said, "Tell him to be careful on the road, don't run red lights and don't speed."
Liu Yingxia: "You don't know him yet."
She has been cautious all her life, fearing that something unexpected would happen and she would become the perpetrator, affecting the innocence of the next generation.
Two years ago, Chen Yun wanted to take the civil service exam to keep her father's spirit, but unfortunately she couldn't find the enthusiasm to study hard to get into a 211 university, and soon returned with failure.
She smiled: "How about taking the test again this year?"
Liu Yingxia thought seriously for a while: "What about Xingxing going to elementary school?"
She and her husband can take care of the child, but their cultural level is very limited. They can't even understand the questions about the transition from kindergarten to elementary school, let alone the compulsory education stage.
Chen Yun: "Just learn by yourself. I did the same before."
Liu Yingxia has now completely caught up with Ning Jiang's lifestyle: "Can it be the same now as before?" She
added: "We are all behind the times."
Chen Yun still wants to give her daughter a little childhood, and has not arranged too many courses so far.
But the apartment they live in is in the school district of the first-tier primary school in the district, and there are many people in the community who push their children to the extreme.
Liu Yingxia sometimes takes her grandson to play on the slide downstairs. After listening to the stories of other children, she always feels a little anxious when she comes back.
Chen Yun: "Where did you hear about someone's genius today?"
Liu Yingxia: "Cola from Building 3 knows more than 2,000 characters, and he's only half a year younger than Xingxing."
Chen Yun: "Our Xingxing can read, too."
Liu Yingxia could recite the characters for heaven, earth, man, sun, moon, and stars.
She said, "You are the emperor and you are not in a hurry, but I, the eunuch, am."
Chen Yun put her hands on her mother's shoulders: "Xiaoxia, it's time to eat."
Without any respect for the elders, Liu Yingxia patted the back of her daughter's hand, went into the kitchen and tied an apron: "I'll cook two more dishes, and you call your father back for dinner."
Chen Yun responded and sent a message to her father.
Chen Yongzhong was probably in the elevator, as the few voice messages he sent back had echoes.
The first one: "Right away, right away."
The second one: "I have another order, I will go back after I finish delivering it."
The third one: "You guys eat first, don't wait for me."
The tone of voice became higher and higher as the voice went on.
Chen Yun could imagine the expression from his tone, and bent down to touch her son's head.
Chen Xinyang was lying at his mother's feet playing with his toy car, his mother had absorbed all his attention and didn't even move his eyelids.
When the child is willing to be quiet, let him have fun.
Chen Yun took this opportunity to see how her daughter was doing with her homework.
In the last semester of kindergarten, Chen Xingyue began to learn pinyin and simple addition and subtraction.
She has to do homework for half an hour every day when she gets home, and if no one is watching her, the time will be infinitely longer.
But as I said, a guilty conscience is the best motivation for a child.
Chen Yun entered the study just as she was finishing the last stroke. She glanced at her and said, "Well done, baby."
Chen Xingyue's smile barely had time to spread, but was brought back to reality by her mother's next words.
Chen Yun: "Now, let's talk about what you did in kindergarten today."
Chen Xingyue is very good at self-examination and criticism.
Her eyes rolled quietly: "I shouldn't have brought toys to school."
Chen Yun tapped her lightly: "What should you do if you know you are wrong?"
Chen Xingyue quickly put her hands behind her back: "You can't hit me."
She could count the number of times Chen Yun hit her on her fingers, thinking that she was not a violent person.
She spread out her palms: "I'll give you a sticker."
Chen Xingyue felt more upset than if she was beaten, and tried to negotiate with her mother: "How about a sticker?"
Chen Yun said firmly: "No."
Chen Xingyue felt so aggrieved that she wanted to cry but didn't dare to. She opened the first drawer on her left, which was full of stickers of various patterns in her collection.
She couldn't pick out which one to give to her mother, so she made up her mind and picked one at random.
I don't know how sad I was, tears came to my eyes.
Chen Yun had now become "heartless" and said, "Mom will keep it for you now. If Teacher Xu gives you a red flower next week, I will give it back to you."
Chen Xingyue pursed her lips and nodded vigorously, but in the end she couldn't help herself and stretched out her hands for a hug.
Chen Yun patted her daughter's back and coaxed her: "Mom thinks you can do it well next week, right?"
Chen Xingyue hummed in a crying voice, but she still looked listless.
The next second, Chen Yongzhong, who had just arrived home, poked his head out: "Oh, why are you crying again?"
Chen Xingyue still knew how to write the word "embarrassment" and hid in her mother's arms, refusing to let anyone see her.
Chen Yongzhong touched his granddaughter's pigtails and said, "Guess what grandpa brought back for you?"
Chen Xingyue showed half of her face and sobbed, "I don't know."
Chen Yongzhong said exaggeratedly, "Grandpa bought some delicious fried chicken."
Children, there is no such thing as someone who cannot be coaxed into eating.
Chen Xingyue wiped her tears and followed her grandfather. The next second, she was sitting at the dining table eating a chicken leg.
Chen Yun looked at the box of fried chicken and asked, "A good chicken? Where is it opened?"
Chen Yongzhong: "It's right at the south gate of our community. I've been observing it for several days. The store is quite clean."
When he delivers food, he usually only takes orders from nearby areas, for fear that he won't be able to get back in time if his family needs him. Recently, he has gotten to know all the delicious food and drinks within a three-mile radius.
Chen Yun usually goes through the east gate, so she didn't notice it.
She asked, "So you bought all the money you earned today with fried chicken?"
Chen Yongzhong pointed to the box of spicy food his daughter liked and said, "It's still not enough. Guess how much this is?"
The prices in Ningjiang are so high that they are almost expelled from the RMB circle. Chen Yun boldly guessed, "128."
Chen Yongzhong was shocked by her: "Then can I buy it?"
Yes, Chen Yun bit a chicken wing and went to serve the dishes, vaguely: "I can't guess."
Chen Yongzhong: "It will cost another 88 if I place an order with a coupon."
If it weren't for the three children at home who love to eat it, he would have thought 8.8 yuan was too expensive.
Chen Yun has always been generous to her parents. They were just surprised: "Did you buy the coupons yourself?"
Chen Yongzhong was so proud: "I just stood there and tinkered with it until I figured it out."
Seeing how happy he was, Liu Yingxia said: "I found that since you started delivering food, you spend more than you earn every day."
She had to bring back some food from any restaurant she passed by.
Chen Yongzhong: "Just tell me if it tastes good or not."
He added: "You just pick up the bones that Yangyang didn't eat cleanly, what can you eat?"
Liu Yingxia: "There is still meat on the bones, why can't you eat it."
The old couple started arguing, and Chen Yun pretended not to hear.
She poured a spoonful of gravy into her son's bowl: "Yangyang, you have to eat too."
Chen Xinyang's mouth was full of oil, and he took time to smile, revealing a row of neat little teeth.
When Chen Yun looked at his teeth, she thought of her daughter's.
She said, "Xingxing, use the loose tooth to eat more, and try to let it fall out on its own."
Chen Xingyue's eyes widened in horror: "It will hurt."
She even spoke carefully, for fear of touching the shaky tooth.
Chen Yun said gently: "If it still can't be removed, Mommy will have to take you to the clinic to have it removed, which will definitely be more painful."
She herself didn't want to go. After all, she was exhausted just by coaxing the children to lie down and receive treatment. The shadow of dentistry in her life gradually rose after she became a mother.
After weighing the pros and cons, Chen Xingyue still felt that going to the clinic was more terrifying.
She mustered up great courage, opened her mouth and took a breath of air.
Chen Yun thought she was going to bite it, and was amused: "Are you teasing Chicken Wings?"
Chen Xingyue said confidently: "I'm rehearsing."
Okay, let her muster up some courage.
Chen Yun thought that this might be a big decision for the child, so she picked up some food for herself with her chopsticks.
Before I could finish my meal, my cell phone rang.
She glanced at the screen and said, "Mom, can you guys take care of the kids to sleep tonight? Perrin asked me to go out for a chat."
She spoke in her hometown dialect, which the children couldn't understand.
Liu Yingxia also answered in dialect: "Go ahead, go ahead. You have been friends for many years. She must want to talk more at a time like this." She
added: "When you come back, call your dad and he will pick you up."
Chen Yun: "It's okay. Let's wait for Song Fenglin to finish overtime and then we will come back together."
Liu Yingxia: "Okay, then you should drink less."
Chen Yun nodded and noticed someone staring at her.
She looked over and switched to Mandarin: "What's wrong?" The fact
that Chen Xingyue had eaten a few more meals than her brother made her wiser. Even though she didn't understand, she said in a firm tone: "Mom is going out to play."
Chen Yun pinched her daughter's face: "You know all this."
Chen Xingyue raised her chin proudly: "I'm so smart." "
Yes, yes, she is the smartest.
Chen Yun gave a thumbs up without hesitation: "Our baby is so great."
Chen Xingyue was so happy that she swung her braids and forgot to pester her mother to take her out to play.