A and M's Daily Season 2

Chapter 35 Drawing

Just when I was about to go back to my room, my grandfather called me: "Come and accompany me to draw a second painting together."

Grandpa likes to draw Chinese paintings very much. He has to practice painting every day. When I was young, my sister and I were always watching by the side. The child is very playful. With two small brushes, each person secretly draws a few lines in the corner.It was a good ink landscape painting, but we ruined it alive in a short while. Small handprints pressed most of the drawing paper with black ink.

Grandpa never said anything about us, but let us work hard there.After we had had enough fun and found it boring, he threw down his pen and ran to play other things, and then he would come up with a whimsical idea based on the wreckage we both had tossed about.For example, a luxuriant peach blossom tree was placed under the base centered on handprints, a few lines drawn by my sister were changed into a big rooster, or my blind face was painted into a small masked face. people.Every time I can rejuvenate my hand and save the painting again.

From then on, my grandpa would call me and my sister to practice painting, let us draw together with him, and finally change our ghost symbols into a part of the painting, and we watched the process miraculously and shouted: "Grandpa is so amazing ", "It's amazing!" With a few strokes, a swan was born.Then grandpa always smiled and patted our heads: "It's thanks to both of you. If it weren't for your line draft, I wouldn't be able to draw it."

This is a very precious time in my childhood memory, drawing pictures with my family and chatting freely.

Grandpa adjusted the paintbrush and handed over one: "Draw with me today"

I accepted it silently. Grandpa stretched out the pen first, and swept it boldly on the white drawing paper a few times, and a rectangular outline came out immediately.

The two of them drew quietly for a while. When they were dipping in the ink, grandpa casually said: "That young man is pretty good." Pierce the paper.I was a little uncertain, so I could only follow suit and say, "Yeah, he has a lot of advantages, and he has a good temper."

Grandpa didn't answer, and continued to draw quietly.I didn't dare to ask, for fear of touching something that shouldn't be said.

After a while, the overall outline of the picture was almost drawn, and it was obvious that it was a short house.Grandpa changed the pen, sighed, and said again: "Your grandma has been nervous since the day you called to say that you would come back, and she has been out of her mind all day long."

"She's looking forward to your return"

I didn't say anything, and listened with my heart hanging. I felt a little sad, afraid that I would hear things I didn't want to hear later.

Grandpa said while drawing: "Your grandma has been annoying me every day for the past two weeks, nagging, you are coming back, I have to buy you delicious food, new bed sheets, and two sets..."

I could feel my hands trembling, my fingers gripping the nib tightly, and the ink was all over my palms.

Grandpa stopped talking again, and put down the hand holding the pen. The room was suddenly very quiet, which was very scary.

After a while, grandpa said: "One night, before your grandma went to bed, she might be falling asleep, and when she talked to me, her voice was blurred."

"She said, old man, you said it would be great if our XX was a girl... How happy I am now..."

The circles of her eyes gradually turned red. Holding back tears, she choked up and said, "But I'm not a girl, I'm not...not a girl."

"I'm not a girl, but I like guys..."

Grandpa looked up at me, picked up the pen again, and continued to draw, "Are you happy with him?"

I nodded vigorously: "Happy, very happy"

Grandpa murmured: "Just be happy...just be happy..."

"Actually, your grandma and I thought about it for a long time in those two weeks..." My heart was hanging in my throat halfway through the words, and I pricked up my ears to wait for the next sentence.

"In the beginning, your grandma searched the Internet for what homosexuality is, so she asked me to read it together for several days..."

"Actually, there's nothing special about it, it's just men and men..."

I lowered my hands and stopped talking. I took a deep breath in my heart and really wanted to shout out, but I didn't dare.For Chinese people, it is one thing to know about homosexuality, but it is another thing after knowing that their children are gay.Some people pat their chests and swear that they have no objection, and they especially support it. After knowing that their child is gay, their reaction will definitely not be like this.My grandfather went to the United States to study in the past. He has a wide range of knowledge and a computer science background. Now he still watches Korean dramas, Japanese dramas, and American dramas on the Internet all day long, so he can keep up with the trend.

Before I returned to China, I always comforted myself in my heart: my grandparents are all highly educated and self-cultivated people, and their bearing capacity should be okay.When I returned to China a few years ago, I also confessed my sexuality to my grandma. At that time, she didn’t show a particularly big reaction. I thought, after so many years, it would definitely not be a good thing to let them meet my uncle... After self-hypnosis for a long time, I still Very bottomless.Once bitten by a snake for ten years, I am afraid of well ropes, and once I was rejected once, I will always be afraid of being rejected.Because the feeling of being rejected is too bitter, too painful.

When I was in a daze, my grandfather had almost finished the drawing, and a very ordinary courtyard house appeared on the drawing paper, with low buildings, connected to the neighboring houses, and there was a large space in the middle, where a few children played rubber bands and hopscotch. The old people huddled in the shade next to them and played mahjong.

This scene is very familiar, it seems to have known each other.

Grandpa took out a glass of water, lightened the color of the ink, dipped it with a different pen, and probed the place where I poked randomly.After a few strokes, a crescent moon hangs in the air.Then he picked up a thicker pen and swept it around a few times, forming a vast ocean.

After grandpa put down his pen, he said lightly, "If you want home-cooked meals, you can come back anytime." After a while, he added, "You can also bring... Michelle back."

I looked at the painting and tears finally flowed down my face.That was the first home my sister and I lived in after being taken over by our grandparents.There was a very tall tree in that courtyard. I often climbed up to play mischievously, but I couldn't get down, so I hung on it and cried.Every time my grandpa kept a straight face and lifted me down fiercely without saying a word.Then the next day, I continued to climb without a long memory, continued to be hung up, and continued to cry.

We lived in a courtyard house for more than a year, and then the family was assigned a house, and we moved from there to the apartment we live in now.But for me, it was my first real home.My parents divorced, and we pushed back and forth among relatives. When everyone didn't want to support my sister and me, my grandma stepped forward and said kindly to us: "How about coming to grandma's house? I will play with you every day. ".After that, my grandma quit her job and retired five years early in order to take care of us at home.When my uncle and aunt complained unhappily because they had to have two more mouths at home, my grandfather gave them 10 yuan without saying a word, just to make them shut up.

I held back my crying and said, "Then can I bring him back for the Spring Festival next year?"

Grandpa was silent for a long time, then suddenly said: "When the time comes, send me a copy of his size, and I will ask your grandma to go to the tailor shop more next year and ask for red cloth."

There is a tradition in our family. Before the Spring Festival, the old man will personally sew a red thing for his children and grandchildren and wear it on their bodies to ensure a safe and sound year.

Help grandpa put away the painting tools, leaving only the painting to hang on the drawing board. I stared at the painting alone for a long time. Grandpa patted my shoulder and reminded: "Go to bed early."

That night, I slipped into Lawyer Mi's blanket openly, hugged his arm, and slept soundly and soundly.

Grandma couldn't pronounce my uncle's full name, so I always called him 'rice', which made my uncle very sensitive to the word rice. When I heard the pronunciation was mi, I thought it was him.One day my grandma asked my grandpa, "Would you like rice porridge or millet porridge tomorrow morning?"

As soon as grandpa turned his head, he saw Lawyer Mi standing straight behind him, his eyes wide open, with an innocent expression of "I'm here, call me a godsend", as he realized that he was going to get the dog leash to take the dog out. It looks like a walking husky.

When grandma saw him running over, she thought something was wrong, and said enthusiastically, "Oh, what are you doing here, rice? What's the matter? Are you hungry?"

Lawyer Mi blinked innocently, and it took him a long time to hold back a word: "No..."

Grandma called grandpa again: "You ask him in English, does this kid want something?"

When I was in Chengdu, the elders were very kind to Lawyer Mi, so good, it was a bit too good, so good that others thought he was his grandson, which made me feel that there was something tricky about it.On the way, I secretly asked my elder brother and younger sister on WeChat what it was like to ask them to help with the staff.

The younger sister thought for a while, and sent a voice message: "Maybe they think that if you treat Michelle better, Michelle will treat you better."

I was dizzy: "It's the other way around, shouldn't Michelle be nice to them?"

Sister: "Let's put it this way...Let me tell you something first, do you know why our stepmother's father keeps sending me money?"

"why?"

"This is what I heard from my father. The stepmother's father treats me well, just to make my father treat her stepmother better. The stepmother's father cares so much about his daughter. Of course, our father must also care about his daughter. Is it true that Michelle and grandma and grandpa also have the same reasoning?"

"So... what do you mean, grandma and grandpa tried their best to please Michelle and take care of him in order to make Michelle treat me better?"

"It should be like this. After all, if Lao Mi hits a wall with the second elder, and loses his temper with you because of it after returning home, isn't it you who will be unlucky in the end? Grandma and grandpa definitely don't want to do this."

After observing for a few days, I found that this is really the case.When grandma cooks, she first asks uncle what he wants to eat. When grandpa buys delicious and fun food, he never forgets to bring a copy for uncle, treating him like his own grandson.I don't know if I accept this kind of behavior sincerely, or just to please him, so that my uncle can treat me better and benefit me indirectly.

Whatever the reason, I am very grateful that I was accepted and raised by this kind old couple. Homosexuality is something that many people cannot accept, let alone old people.But they worked hard to accept and treat Lawyer Mi well, all in order to ensure my happiness and happiness. Love is really great.

Now my uncle and I go back to our respective houses on the surface, and sneak into Lawyer Mi’s room after the second elder fell asleep. One night, he hugged me and said in a daze, “Asher, your grandpa and grandpa are so nice.”

I was taken aback when I heard that, "How's it going?"

“It's very good, very good”

"Then you're talking about it? What's good about it?"

Lawyer Mi frowned and thought hard for a while, "I don't know, but it's very warm and comfortable, and I feel like being loved."

He patted my head, buried his head in his neck and rubbed it: "Asher, you used to say that your childhood was miserable, where is it... Look, you have such a good pair of grandparents... Now I finally know that all your advantages are Where did it come from... half of them are inherited"

Thinking of that painting again, the courtyard house floating in the ocean, I also rubbed his face: "Yeah, I have a pair of great grandparents."

I have stayed in Chengdu for more than ten days. Every day I accompany the old man to go shopping, buy vegetables, cook at home, and the second elder teaches my uncle to play mahjong and men. I live a very comfortable life.Even though he was reluctant, he finally had to go.The night before I left, while my uncle was taking a bath, my grandma walked in gently, gave me a bag of things, and whispered, "Put this in the bag, I went to the hospital to get it this morning."

That guy...a big bag...Ma Yinglong Hemorrhoid Ointment.

My head was full of black lines: "Grandma... I didn't say it, why are you doing this to me?"

Grandma frowned and waved, "Take it, you will definitely need it, your friend is tall and big... oh, you can take it anyway"

"Oh no, what does he have to do with hemorrhoid cream? I don't bring it. The box is small. I have to bring a bunch of things back. It takes up too much space."

Grandma was in a hurry, she opened the box and was about to stuff it: "Oh no, you can take it, listen to me, it's good for you, I've inquired about it, this Ma Yinglong is very useful, especially for hemorrhoids, anal fissures... Anyway You hurry up and take it!"

My heart collapsed: "Grandma, what did you inquire about? Who did you inquire about? You are really good, and the hospital really prescribed so much for you? Isn't this kind of ointment limited to two cans per person?"

"Don't worry about it, grandma has a way, you just put it in, look, can't you put it in?"

In the end, regardless of my obstruction, my grandma insisted on stuffing all the dozens of cans of Mayinglong hemorrhoid ointment into my bag, and even reminded me that if I run out, I must tell her in time so that she can send it to me from China. .

The old man insisted on taking us to the airport, but when we arrived at the airport, we arrived too early, and the group went to sit in the airport coffee shop. Grandma saw Haagen-Dazs ice cream in the store and stared straight at it. Grandpa took out his wallet, proudly. Call the waiter, "little girl, please give me two ice creams"

The little girl saw that her grandfather was a bit old, so she reminded her in advance, "Master, we only have Haagen-Dazs in our shop, a box of 98."

Grandpa: "98 yuan? So expensive?! It's okay, come 3"

After speaking, she took out 3 red notes and stuffed them to her. The little girl quickly brought 3 small boxes of ice cream. Grandpa gave one box to grandma, and two boxes to me.I sent a box to Lawyer Mi, and he picked it up, slamming "crabs" to my grandpa.

Grandma took the ice cream, smiling until her eyes narrowed into lines, and complained, "It's a waste of money, how expensive it is!"

I couldn't wait to open it in my hand, took a big mouthful and handed it to grandpa's mouth.

Grandpa frowned and shook his head, "I don't like these sweet ones, you can eat them yourself"

Grandma brought the ice cream to her mouth with a smile, feeling very satisfied.

It's only an hour before boarding, look at the time, it's time to go.

Grandpa came over to me suddenly and said, "Your grandma needs to go to the bathroom, her eyesight is bad, you take her there"

I took my grandma to the toilet, sent her to the toilet, and waited outside.

……

After seeing the two leave, Grandpa Zhang leaned over to talk to Michelle, "Michelle, is my pronunciation correct?"

Lawyer Mi sat up straight in fear, and nodded desperately, "Yes, that's right."

The grandfather of the Zhang family held his fingers and said solemnly: "My grandson has a bad temper. Sometimes he is quite stubborn... Please, be more tolerant."

Lawyer Mi patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, I will take good care of him."

……

Grandpa mixed with grandma, and the two of us followed us all the way to the boarding gate. Grandma took my hand and kept nagging, "After arriving in Beijing, I will live in XX Hotel. There is nothing in your apartment, and there is no way to live in it. Your grandfather has established a good relationship and booked a room for you. The two of you are having fun, and you won’t stay for a few more days. You said that you are really, it’s rare to come back. How is the girl? She called me before, Say you want to eat Daoxiang Village, remember to buy more and take it home... You must eat well, don’t eat late night snacks, stew more soup,,,”

As soon as the old man started talking, he couldn't stop talking. Grandpa listened for a long time, then came up to interrupt, "Okay, don't talk, the two of them will miss the plane again."

Grandma took off her glasses, wiped her tears, and scolded Grandpa, "Damn old man, it's rare to see grandson, you're talking nonsense!"

Grandpa patted Uncle on the shoulder, "My grandson, I'll leave it to you from now on"

Lawyer Mi shook his hand solemnly, and said in Chinese stammeringly, "I... love him for the rest of my life. I... I promise, I promise"

On the plane, Lawyer Mi held my hand tightly, and said with a smile, "I have met my parents this time, and I got the consent, right? If this is in court, I will have won the case properly."

Seeing that his proud hair was curled up quite a bit, he stretched out his hand to stroke his hair, and coaxed him, "Yes, yes, you are so amazing, my grandpa and grandpa like you so much"

Lawyer Mi raised his tail a lot: "Isn't that right, I especially please the elderly."

Lawyer Mi, who is always invincible, won the case of the parents with honor.