Shen Li took Qiao Zishun's agreement as the result of her words, and in her mind, the matter was over. She turned around and looked at Shen Tianyou, who was afraid to stand on his right foot, and asked knowingly, "How are you?"
Shen Tianyou pretended that he didn't feel any pain: "It's nothing, let's go home."
Shen Li smiled as he tried to be a hero: "Okay, can you take two steps?"
Shen Tianyou turned crookedly and accidentally gasped in pain.
"What a hassle." Shen Li, who couldn't bear to watch, took two steps to stop Shen Tianyou, stuffed the plastic bag into Shen Tianyou's arms, held the little monkey in one hand and Shen Tianyou's waist with the other, and patted Shen Tianyou like an order, "Put that hand on my shoulder."
"Sister, I'm fine, I can walk back by myself..."
"Stop talking nonsense and put it up!"
Shen Tianyou had no choice but to put his hands on her shoulders and let her lift him up.
Shen Li couldn't help but say in disgust: "What did you come out for?" Shen Li kept mumbling, and the injured Shen Tianyou was as obedient as a quail, lowering his head and listening to her scolding. Shen Tianyou rarely said anything back , and was incredibly well behaved.
"Not only did he come out, but he also brought the little monkey out with him."
"It's raining and the road is slippery, why would mom let you come out?"
"I said I'd come out to pick you up."
Shen Tianyou suddenly spoke, and then stared at Shen Li like a little fool.
As for Shen Li, she didn't watch, listen or say anything, pretending to know nothing. In fact, she felt that this was another trick of Shen Tianyou.
Shen Tianyou, however, was clinging to her: "Sister, who is that man? Is he Qiao Lu's brother? I don't think he is. How could Qiao Lu have such a brother?"
"I also want to know, why do I have a brother like you?" Shen Li was already exhausted from carrying him and had no intention of dealing with his questions.
This sentence made Shen Tianyou shut up. Before Shen Li could calm down for a few minutes, Shen Tianyou spoke again: "Sister, I was wrong. I shouldn't have lied and said that you left me at home. I was just scared. I was afraid that my parents would scold me, so..."
"Okay, you've done it."
Shen Tianyou said hesitantly: "I'm sorry."
If sorry is useful, what do we need the police for?
The words lingered in Shen Li's throat, but she didn't say them out loud after seeing Shen Tianyou's cowardly expression. Shen Li said softly, "Forget it."
"The little monkey turned out the junk food. I told him to do that."
"I know."
"I was the one who smashed your clay figurine. The little monkey was just taking the blame for me."
"I know that, too."
It was something that everyone with a discerning eye knew, but Shen Li didn't know why he suddenly became so frank.
Shen Tianyou stopped, and Shen Li had to stop as well. He raised his head and asked, "I...what can I do for you?"
Shen Li asked back: "What?"
Shen Tianyou's ears turned red. He knew Shen Li was mocking him, but he was still stubborn: "I did something wrong, I think I should make up for it."
Shen Li was stunned. She suddenly realized that this kid was serious. But even if Shen Tianyou was serious, what could he do? Could she really ask him to pay for it?
But Shen Li's grudge seemed to have quietly dissipated a little, and she said casually: "Then you can compensate me with all the clay figurines. They are not worth much, probably just two years of your New Year's money!"
Who knew that Shen Tianyou took it seriously and nodded in agreement.
"What good?"
Shen Tianyou said sternly: "I'll give you the money as compensation!"
"Who believes it?"
Shen Li poured a basin of cold water on herself and pushed open the door before Shen Tianyou could argue with her. They were home.
Hearing the door open, Shen's mother laughed in the kitchen: "These two siblings are so interesting. One went out to buy seasoning, and the other ran out to get it. How far is it?" She walked out of the kitchen quickly, but was stunned when she saw the siblings, "What's going on?"
Shen's mother's expression suddenly became serious, and she raised her voice and shouted, "Old Shen, come out and take your son in, let him take a bath. It's raining heavily, and I told you not to go out, so you must have fallen to the ground!"
After entering the house, the little monkey climbed down by itself and went to look for its toys. Without the little monkey blocking the view, Shen Li could clearly see the expression on Shen's mother's face. Shen's mother seemed to have endured it again and again, and did not say anything to blame Shen Li.
Mother Shen checked her son's legs for a while, then checked his rain-soaked clothes. She seemed to remember something and looked at Shen Li carefully again: "Where's your umbrella?"
Shen Li turned an inquiring look to Shen Tianyou, and the two looked at each other, only to realize that after the incident with Qiao Zishun, they both forgot their umbrellas at the entrance of the supermarket.
"You should take a shower too!" Shen's mother urged, and couldn't help asking again, "What happened? Everything was fine, how did it become like this?" Those words, "You are the older sister" and "Why didn't you take good care of your brother", were swallowed back into Shen's mother's stomach.
Shen Li could see Shen Ma's worry and suspicion, but she couldn't tell the truth. After all, it was Qiao Lu's family affair and someone else's privacy. If she made up a lie, such as a psychopath robbed them or a madman stopped them, it would only make Shen Ma more worried. She was struggling with how to explain it to Shen Ma.
"I slipped and fell." Shen Tianyou solved her problem and complained in a fake way, "My sister is laughing at me!"
After hearing this answer, Shen's mother's frown relaxed and she said angrily, "What's wrong with laughing at you? Your sister carried you back home!"
Although she couldn't believe that Shen Tianyou would help her smooth things over, Shen Li was still happy that the crisis was averted.
Mother Shen slapped her youngest son and told them to take a shower. Shen Tianyou made a gesture of obedience and entered the bathroom with the help of Father Shen.
Shen Li secretly glanced at Shen's mother, and after confirming that Shen Tianyou and Shen's father had entered the bathroom, she said to Shen's mother in a nonchalant voice: "Mom, you don't have to do that."
"What?"
"I'm talking about your attitude towards me." Shen Li shrugged, trying her best to make Shen's mother believe that what she said was as relaxed as her current expression. "You don't have to be so timid and cautious. I am your daughter and you are my mother. You did something wrong in the past ten years, and I didn't tell you much."
"This is your first time being someone's mother, and it's my first time being someone's daughter. Let's talk about whatever we want to say and take our time, okay?"
Tears welled up in Shen Ma's eyes, and she almost cried, but she curled her lips and smiled hard.
Mother Shen turned away, wiped the tears from her face with the back of her hand, cleared her throat and said, "Are you done?"
Shen Li answered blankly: "That's it."
Mother Shen patted her on the back of the head and said, "Then go take a shower! There are only two chicken legs. If your brother is faster than you, he will eat them all."
"Ah!" Shen Li shouted and rushed to the bathroom in the master bedroom. Childishness suddenly emerged and spread from her heart to her hair.
There are not so many bloody family ethics dramas. Life is nothing but bumps and bumps. If you must hold on to the past, when will you be able to let it go? It is better to be more tolerant to the people who love you. Even if you go your separate ways in the future, you can still remember the happiness of this moment.
But it is difficult for Shen Li and Shen Tianyou to live in peace, such as every early morning.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
“Bang, bang, bang!”
On the second day of the short holiday, the adults of the Shen family were still sleeping. The master bedroom was quiet, but the secondary bathroom in the living room had become a battlefield and was in chaos.
Shen Li slammed the door of the secondary bathroom with a grim expression. The door of the master bedroom was locked, so she could only use the secondary bathroom next to the living room. But Shen Tianyou was squatting inside and refused to come out: "Shen Tianyou! You've been in there for forty minutes. Did you fall in?"
"No way! It was only twenty minutes." Shen Tianyou's muffled voice came out from the secondary bathroom.
Shen Li gnashed her teeth when she heard this. Why did she feel that he had changed yesterday? He was clearly becoming more and more annoying!
"I don't care! Hurry up, I have to go out soon and I need to wash up!"
When Shen Tianyou heard this, he fiddled inside for a while, quickly opened the door, and asked through the door: "Where are you going? I want to go too!"
"Where are you going? I'm going to look for Qiao Lu. He's growing vegetables in the suburbs!" After returning home last night, Shen Li tried to contact Qiao Lu and tell him that Qiao Zishun was looking for him, but his phone was unreachable and he didn't reply to messages on WeChat. It was a long time before Shen Li received a text message from him saying that he was at a small animal rescue station in the suburbs.
Shen Li originally wanted to wait for him to come back, but Qiao Lu said that Xiao Houzi should go to the suburbs for a walk. Staying in the city all the time is not good for physical and mental health, so Shen Li came up with the idea of ​​going to the suburbs for a walk. Who knew that after hearing this, Shen Tianyou climbed onto her hand and said eagerly: "The suburbs? The air must be very good, sister, take me with you."
Shen Li pushed his hand away in disdain: "Didn't we also visit the graves on the mountain yesterday? Why didn't you feel the air was so fresh?"
Shen Tianyou said coquettishly: "Sister, just take me there!"
Shen Li pulled him out of the toilet and said perfunctorily, "I'll take you there when you give me back my clay figurine." Even so, Shen Tianyou didn't have that much money. Shen Li locked him out of the toilet, turned on the exhaust fan, and then started brushing his teeth and washing his face.
The cell phone in her pajama pocket vibrated. While brushing her teeth, Shen Li leaned in front of the mirror to look at her face, casually took out her cell phone and glanced at it.
Baby Shen transfers three thousand yuan to you.
Hmm? What?
Shen Li opened the door and ran to Shen Tianyou's room without even having time to spit out the toothpaste foam: "Shen Tianyou, where did you get the three thousand yuan? Did you use any of the 'Huabei', 'Jiebei' or 'campus loans'? I'm telling you, you can't touch those things!"
In the news, aren't there enough cases of kids opening these messy things and then getting scammed? She seriously doubted whether Shen Tianyou had made any principled mistakes!
Unexpectedly, Shen Tianyou had already changed his clothes, and waved his hand casually as if Shen Li was making a fuss: "You think too much, this is my New Year's money."
How is that possible? Don’t we have to hand in all the New Year’s money?
Shen Li stretched out her hand towards him and said, "I don't believe it. Let me see your phone!" Unexpectedly, he actually gave it to her. Shen Li checked his payment app and found that there were still . "What's going on?"
Shen Tianyou scratched his head, with an apologetic look in his eyes: "I know that I can't afford your figures with this money. These are all I have now. When I get the New Year's money this year, I will give it all to you."
"Why?"
"I don't think I've ever done anything for you." Shen Tianyou smiled shyly and said frankly, "Growing up, it seems like you've always been the one taking care of me. I've always snatched your things and was jealous that you were healthier than me... Speaking of which, I'm not a good brother either."
Shen Li was embarrassed by his confession, and looked a little uncomfortable: "Alright, alright, I'll take you there, stop nagging!"
"Really?"
Shen Tianyou was very happy. Before he rushed over to hug her, Shen Li pointed at him with an electric toothbrush and said, "Stop! Don't be so annoying with me!"
Shen Tianyou raised his hands in surrender and pushed her out: "Hurry up and wash up, why are you so slow? When can we set off?"
"Hey, why are you rushing me? I can go without you!"
"So you brought him here?"
Qiao Lu leaned against the gate with his arms folded, watching Shen Tianyou and the little monkey teasing the cats and dogs in the yard , making the small animals jump up and down. He was sure that Shen Li was smiling now.
Shen Li blinked quickly, feeling guilty, but she refused to give in: "I had no choice. He insisted on coming here."
While they were talking, Shen Tianyou was holding a fat orange cat and greeted Shen Li: "Sister! Look at this cat, does it look like a pig?"
The big fat cat rested lazily in Shen Tianyou's arms. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was the emperor.
Shen Li smiled unconsciously: "You are so close to it, be careful that the Monkey King will get jealous."
Before he finished speaking, the little monkey climbed up from behind Shen Tianyou, hugged Shen Tianyou's head possessively, and waved his little paws to protest against the orange cat. The orange cat felt that his dignity was challenged, and the cat and the monkey started to make a fuss on Shen Tianyou's body.
Shen Li cried out that he deserved it. Suddenly, she felt two burning gazes staring at her face. She shrank her neck unnaturally, retracted the smile on her face, and said in a serious manner: "Speaking of which, this kid is a little smart." Shen Li leaned forward, fearing that her praise would be heard by Shen Tianyou, "When giving out red envelopes during the Chinese New Year, he actually told the adults in private that he had saved a lot of money by giving out lucky money from the payment app!"
Qiao Lu looked at her deeply, maybe thinking of Qiao Zishun, he sighed and said: "I didn't expect you two siblings to get along so well now."
Shen Li immediately sang a different tune: "Who said that?"
Qiao Lu glanced at her with a half-smile, and raised his chin towards Shen Tianyou: "I feel the harmony and friendship in the atmosphere between you two."
Shen Li made a weird expression as if she was about to vomit: "Enough, let's not talk about this. I have something serious to discuss with you."
"Business?"
"Yes, your Qiao Er has come to visit us."
Qiao Lu seemed not to understand: "Who are you talking about?"
"Your second brother is the one who 'hunted' us last time." Shen Li muttered softly, "We almost had a fight."
Qiao Lu immediately stood up straight with a serious expression.
Shen Li looked him up and down in surprise and comforted him, "Don't be so nervous, nothing serious happened. He just wanted me to tell you something."
"What are you talking about?" Qiao Lu's expression changed when Qiao Zishun was mentioned. He sneered, "You just want me to move back home! I've already said that since they've driven the little monkey out, I won't go back!"
Shen Li waved her hand: "No, your brother said that he agrees to let you raise a monkey. But he plans to keep it in a big iron cage."
Qiao Lu had expected this to happen: "I wonder? I thought they could come up with some new tricks! It seems they have run out of tricks."
"Not really." Shen Li said honestly, "Qiao Er said that after school next Friday, he asked you to wait for him in the classroom. I think he wants to pick you up."
"dream!"
At this time, Shen Tianyou waved at Shen Li while holding up something new. Shen Li nodded perfunctorily, with a smile in her eyes, and said inexplicably: "Maybe you can have a good talk with them? Originally they didn't want you to raise a monkey, but now they have given in anyway. Maybe we can reach an agreement if we have a good chat?"
"Absolutely impossible!" Qiao Lu said, "It's just a sugar-coated bullet. Only an idiot would believe it!"
"Hey! Are you scolding me?"
Shen Li reached out and hit him. Even though it was their family matter and she didn't understand and had no right to interfere, she couldn't curse at him either!
Qiao Lu smiled awkwardly. He was so angry that he accidentally took it out on Shen Li: "I'm sorry."
Shen Li rolled her eyes at Qiao Lu: "Humph!" He then slapped her twice, "Why? I only hit you once, and you hit me twice!"
"That's not what I meant." Qiao Lu held back his laughter, and the sharp, cold shell faded from him. "I wanted to say that you have changed a lot. You never said things like 'have a good chat' before. It seems that family harmony has indeed made you a lot gentler."
Shen Li was stunned for half a second, and immediately shivered as if she couldn't bear it: "Don't give me that!" While speaking, Shen Tianyou took the banana that the little monkey was holding and pretended to feed the orange cat .
The little monkey was very smart. Instead of doing it himself, he rushed to Qiao Lu, pulled him, and asked him to help him vent his anger. He whined and moaned as if he had suffered a great injustice. Qiao Lu also spoiled it and cooperated with it to "teach Shen Tianyou a lesson".
Shen Li looked at this very funny scene and laughed at the two boys for being childish. When she turned around and saw her smiling face reflected in the glass next to her, she suddenly realized that she was smiling.
Has she really changed a lot?