Chapter 13 Children
Chapter 13 Children
Since Peanut was bitten last time when he was taken out to play, Lawyer Mi has been careful every time he took him out.Wherever he went, let Peanut lie tightly on his shoulders, carefully protecting him with his hands.I also brought it with me at the dinner party. The boss and little D saw it, and they were so cute that they talked incoherently, and they scrambled to touch it.
The little squirrel gnawed on the peanuts and curled up in Lawyer Mi's arms contentedly. The two uncles rubbed their stomachs and their heads, having a great time.
Lawyer Mi said with a proud face: "My peanuts are cute."
When Peanut heard his name, he raised his head, flicked his big tail in a timely manner, stood up, and saw the boss and the two shouting again, "Oh my god, it's so cute!"
"It's so small, I have to be obedient. Michelle just whistled and it came over. It's so good."
I looked a little jealous in my heart, this little thing not only occupied my home, my boyfriend, but now also my friends? !Is there any reason!
The boss teased it with a peanut, the baby squirrel sniffed its nose, sniffed his hand carefully, looked at the boss vigilantly, and quickly took the peanut away.
The boss and the captain recently bought a house in Brooklyn, with a garden in the front and a swimming pool in the back. From time to time, my uncle and I would go over to have barbecue with them in the backyard on weekends.The boss and the captain got married when same-sex marriage was first passed in California, and they have been together for many years.The boss has a wild temper and loves to play. Only the captain can cure him for so many years.
Lawyer Mi is a tall, burly, bright coolie representative, and was dragged by the captain to the backyard to help carry coal and the stove.The baby squirrel was transferred to my hands, and Peanut would always show a little fear after leaving my uncle's arms. His two little paws were tightly gripping my shirt, and the sharp nails scratched me so painfully.
"Let go, let go, let go of your dirty little paws"
Reaching out to pull it off the clothes, holding it in his hand, it consciously hugged its tail into a ball, curled up inside and began to chew nuts.
Little D laughed and said: "You two are like a father and a mother", pointing to the little squirrel, "It is the baby of both of you."
I 'cut', "I don't want children, it's such a hassle. I have to feed them, bathe them, and go out for a few laps to make them happy."
Little D: ...
Boss: ...you are talking about raising dogs, not children, right?
"Is there any difference? Michelle now raises this little thing like a child. A few days ago, he even told me that he was afraid that Peanut would be lonely and prone to depression, so he wanted to buy another one. Come back to accompany it, I will wipe it, one will be exhausted, another one? Pull it down."
"Michelle likes children very much? He looks like him too, he will be a good father"
I curled my lips: "He just likes children, and he doesn't know how to take care of anything. Before, he let the children of his colleagues come and live. It's all because of me."
"Children are too troublesome. They cry all the time. You have to coax them, feed them, and then you have to support them in schooling, finding a partner, and getting married. My God, just thinking about it gives me a headache."
"Oh, by the way, speaking of this," the boss took a sip of beer and said calmly, "Andrew and I are going to adopt a child."
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One sentence shocked the two of them to spray him with drinks.
boss:……
Little D wiped his clothes with a piece of paper: "Before you announce this kind of thing next time, can you talk about it when we have nothing in our mouths?"
Me: "Could you stop saying it so lightheartedly like 'ah, it's time to eat'? Adopt a child? No kidding? Are you really going to adopt a child? A real child?"
The boss was angry: Damn, is it possible that I still adopt a dead one?
Little D and I were stunned by his words. You must know that in our cognition, the boss and the children belong to two different worlds. Children should go to bed at 8:10 in the evening. It doesn't open until [-] o'clock, and even the life time is reversed day and night.
Little D raised his eyebrows: "You and the captain have made an agreement? Have you really thought about it? Are you sure? Do you know how to raise a child?"
I waved my hand: "He definitely doesn't know, he doesn't even know how to make milk powder, change diapers, or put children to sleep. I guess you just suddenly remembered this..."
The boss pursed his lips: Actually... Andrew and I found many adoption agencies and orphanages half a year ago. Recently, one of them finally contacted us and said that there was a child waiting to be adopted. We have already visited the child. .
Me: =mouth=
Little D: =mouth=
boss:……
I anxiously asked the following: "And then? How about the child? Male or female? Do you really want to adopt? Have you thought about it?"
The boss was a little shy and touched his face, "It's a boy, about 1 month old, who was born accidentally by a young couple. We have already signed the contract. Now we need the birth mother to sign. As long as she agrees, It should be fine."
Little D still couldn't believe it: "Fuck, you two, you two really want to adopt? Why? So suddenly"
The boss shrugged his shoulders: "We are not young anymore, Andrew has always liked children... I thought about it, maybe having a child can make him turn into a civilian job. This is a good idea."
Andrew is the captain of the police brigade, and he has a lot of field trips, and there are many things in New York.He was often wounded, shot almost every month, twelve months of the year.The number of times the boss went to the emergency room to sign is countless. Even the emergency personnel in the hospital knew him. Every time he saw Andrew being pushed in, he would call the boss first.
Because of this, the boss often quarreled with the captain. The boss wanted him to switch to a civilian job, with less attendance and less chance of injury.The captain refused on the grounds that "people of the same level as me have families and children, and I can't just let a child's father die."The angry boss seldom cried once, and quarreled with him: "Then you are willing to let me watch you die?! You are really good at fucking, other people's life is life, isn't your own? You go out to work When I was in the hospital, I didn't even think about me, do you know how I feel every time I receive a call from the hospital?"
The two had a big fight and almost divorced.
Like Lawyer Mi, Andrew likes children very much. Every Halloween, a group of children come to the police station to ask for candies, and the captain will always buy a lot of chocolates out of his pocket and give them to them.The only sad thing about homosexuality is that we can't have children of our own. No matter how much two men love each other, they can't have children.There are only two ways to have children, one is surrogacy and the other is adoption.
The price of surrogacy is particularly expensive, and it can only be realized when certain economic conditions permit.The boss and the captain just bought a house, and the pressure on the mortgage is very high. This method is definitely not suitable for them.The only remaining solution is to adopt. Adopting a child is easy to say, but it is actually very difficult.It takes a long time to wait for a child, especially an infant.
Many families in the United States will adopt many children, and then rely on the population to ask the country for milk powder money and subsidies, and use the children to make money.As a result, the requirements for adopting children have become stricter now, and background checks can find relatives who cannot be reached by [-] shots.Especially the boss with a criminal record is even more dangerous. I don't know how many relationships the captain has dredged up before to suppress all the messy things the boss did before.There are also some people who discriminate against homosexuality. Some adoption centers do not even accept applications from homosexual couples at all and refuse them to adopt.Others are willing to accept, but they will always give good and healthy children to heterosexual couples first.
The boss and the captain waited for half a year to get a child, and the child's biological mother may regret it at any time, which is not easy.
Lawyer Mi and the team leader were grilling meat in full swing in the backyard, causing ashes and smoke to rise everywhere, and the stove caught fire, almost burning the lawn, making it a mess.The boss put down the beer, held up the water pipe and sprayed it out cursingly, and poked the captain's chest to teach: "I told you that barbecue is dangerous, you two insist on doing it, there is something wrong, how are we doing now, what shall we eat?"
The four of them looked at me unanimously, "Come on, Chinese, it's time for you to show off your Asian culinary skills!"
I:……
Lawyer Huan Mi went out to the supermarket to buy fried chicken and side dishes for 18 yuan, quickly fried a few dishes with the leftover ingredients, steamed a pot of rice, and managed to cook dinner for five people.
During the meal, everyone talked about the child again, and the captain said excitedly, "Adam and I flew over to have a look at the child, it is so cute, and it looks great."
Lawyer Mi started to commit occupational diseases again, and asked, "How far is your contract? If you need help, just let me know. Although this is not my strong point, there are colleagues in my company who can help you."
The boss poked at the dishes on the plate and muttered in a low voice: "The horoscope has not been written yet, and my mother has not agreed, what we do now is for nothing."
The captain who said a word froze instantly and didn't speak again.
Peanut, who had returned to Lawyer Mi's arms, wrapped his tail around his arm contentedly, and stretched out his little paws in an attempt to touch the dishes on the table.After being beaten back with a chopstick, I was so frightened that I shrank into Lawyer Mi's arms to file a complaint.
Lawyer Mi frowned, and said in a low voice, "Asher, don't be so fierce, it scares you." He stroked its back with his big hand and gently smoothed its hair.
I got angry: "It's like this every time. How many times have I told you not to steal the food on the table? Squirrels can't eat food that people eat. They will become dehydrated and die if they eat something salty. The little stinky thing keeps stretching its claws. Thought I couldn't see it!"
Peanut was aggrieved and rolled into a ball to shrink himself even smaller, and stayed on Mr. Mi's stomach without moving.
Little D made up the knife: "You still say that you are not a mother? When I was young, I did something wrong. Every time it was my father who protected me, and my mother scolded me hard."
I:……
Two weeks later, the boss and the captain held a party at home again. My uncle and I bought a bottle of wine casually, and took peanuts to the appointment.As soon as I entered the door, I heard the cry of a child from the back room, and the boss shouted in despair, "Oh my god, Andrew, where did you die? How did you do this thing? Come here the fuck!"
The captain hurried over: "Here, come, what's the matter? Just opened the door, Asher and Michelle are here"
"Asher's here? Come on, let him in, he's gonna change his diaper! Come on, this is going to be a blast."
I:……
Lawyer Mi: ...
Peanut, who was frightened by the cry of the child, looked dazed, curled up in Lawyer Mi's arms, and kept calling out: squeak, squeak, squeak!
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