flawed

Chapter 20

With a cold and accumulated fatigue, Qi Nuliang slept until dawn on his [-]th day.

When he suddenly woke up, he didn't see Jiang Yu on the bed.I was wondering where the child had gone so early, and when I turned around, I realized that the child was covered with the quilt even with his head and body, his face was pressed against his chest, and one leg was across his lap. It was completely gone last night. I wish I could figure it out. The awkwardness of the Galactic world.

After all, he is a brat, no matter how deep and sensible he pretends to be, it can't cover up his essence as a child.

Thinking of this, Qi Nuliang gently retracted his exposed cold hand into the quilt, lifted Jiang Yu's clothes, and pressed his hand on his hot back.

"what……"

A loud cry erupted from the quilt, and the quilt was lifted, and Jiang Yu sat up like a snap, his messy hair stuck to his forehead, and his face was full of ignorant shock.

Qi Nuliang laughed out loud.

When the child realized what had happened, his shock turned into anger. He puffed up his face angrily, wrapped the quilt, turned his back to Qi Nuliang, and lay down on the bed farthest from him.

Qi Nuliang poked him on the shoulder: "Give me some quilt."

Jiang Yu ignored it.

Qi Nuliang forcefully pulled the quilt on himself: "I haven't recovered from my cold yet..."

Jiang Yu couldn't help but threw the quilt and got up.

Qi Nuliang grabbed the corner of the quilt, looked at the back of the man who was quickly getting dressed, and thought to himself, this is bad, it's messed up.He originally just wanted to make a joke to wake Jiang Yu up, but he didn't expect the child to be so unreasonable.

He too had to get up.After cooking two bowls of noodles, I rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to find the last two eggs, and put them all in Jiang Yu's bowl.

The child began to eat as soon as he served the bowl, Qi Nuliang thought that his anger had calmed down, so he took the initiative to talk: "How did you celebrate the New Year in the past?"

"..."

"Do you eat dumplings or glutinous rice balls on the morning of the first day of the new year?"

"..."

Yep, he's quite angry.

After breakfast and washing the dishes, Qi Nuliang sat on the sofa smoking a cigarette, saw Jiang Yu grabbed a woven bag and was about to go out again, he quickly caught him: "It's Chinese New Year, don't pick up trash. "

Jiang Yu twisted twice: "Then what?"

You must know that Chinese New Year is a good time to pick up beverage bottles, especially after the fireworks are set off at night, and there are waste paper boxes everywhere.

"Come out with me to buy some new year's goods." Qi Nuliang took out a red envelope from his pocket and waved it.It was issued by the restaurant owner, and inside were two brand new hundred-yuan bills.It's not enough to buy other things, it's enough to buy some good food to cook a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, "Bring your pockets too."

The market was busier than usual, and it was almost crowded.The two followed the crowd, squeezed in with difficulty, and just followed the crowd to stop at every booth.

I bought meat and ribs from a pork shop, chicken legs from a chicken shop, and a big carp from a fish shop... just the meat and vegetables filled a big bag, which was carried by Qi Nuliang on his shoulders.

Strolling to the south of the market, this area is full of snack stalls.Peanut melon seed candies are must-haves for Chinese New Year.When passing by the cake shop, the smell of the freshly baked cakes was so delicious and sweet, Qi Nuliang had no doubt that he had heard Jiang Yu swallowing his saliva.Regardless of the short shelf life, Qi Nuliang still bought a big bag, and he believed that Jiang Yu would finish it within the shelf life.

I went to the west side of the market again. This area is full of clothes sellers, adults and children, and they change new clothes for the children during the New Year.

The 200 yuan was almost spent, Qi Nuliang glanced at Jiang Yu, fortunately, the child concentrated on biting the cake in his hand, and had already eaten several in a short while.

Next year, let Jiang Yu wear new clothes like other children.

"Eat less, I won't be able to eat at noon for a while."

Jiang Yu raised his head and looked at the man blankly, as if he didn't understand what "can't eat" meant.

"...I mean, save some food. If you eat like this, it will be gone in the afternoon."

Jiang Yu lowered his eyes in embarrassment. After eating the one in his hand, he licked his fingers and didn't continue to reach into the bag.

The purchases for the new year are finally finished, and at the exit of the market is a shop selling incense, paper money and fireworks.It's one of the busiest days of the year, and firecrackers and fireworks have spilled onto the streets.Everyone who comes out of the market buys a handful of incense and candles here. Young people and children prefer to buy some fireworks and cannons.

Qi Nuliang also bought joss sticks and had some money left over, so he asked Jiang Yu to pick out a handful of fireworks.

The child just shook his head.

"Why, are you afraid? After all, he is also a kid, so courageous?"

Jiang Yu shook his head again, and said old-fashionedly: "What's the point of this, it's the same as watching others release it, and it doesn't cost money."

"..." Qi Nuliang was really speechless, and couldn't think of anything to refute, so he simply turned around and asked the boss to get him two.

After paying the bill, they just finished spending the restaurant owner's red envelopes, and the two of them walked out of the shop carrying big and small bags of "trophies", just in time to meet Bamei Rong and her daughter who came to buy fireworks.

Living in the same community, it is inevitable to run into each other. In addition, Bamei Rong led him the way at the beginning, and Qi Nuliang would take the initiative to say hello and give out cigarettes, so he was considered an acquaintance.

Seeing people, Bamei Rong greeted first: "Is everything bought?"

Qi Nuliang nodded: "I've bought it." Seeing that the other party was empty-handed, "You're just here?"

"Yeah, there are too many people in the market, so I can't squeeze in. I'll go later when there are fewer people."

Qi Nuliang greeted Jiang Yu who was next to him, pointed to the snack bag in his hand, and then pointed to Rong Xiaodie who was next to him: "Bring a cake for my sister."

Jiang Yu showed no expression, nor did he refuse. He untied the food bag and opened it to the child who hated him all the time.

Seeing that the little girl was only clutching her mother's clothes tightly, Qi Nuliang brought two cakes for Rong Xiaodie, and filled all the little girl's pockets with peanut melon seed candies.Rong Bamei smokes Qi Nuliang and asks her daughter to thank her.The little girl timidly said "Thank you uncle", and they parted ways.

Jiang Yu was a little silent on the way back, Qi Nuliang thought that the little girl had taken away his food, he was not happy, and bumped the child's back: "Don't be bored, let's go buy again after eating."

"Don't buy it in the future, you won't be very hungry."

"...I said you kid, you're like an idiot all day long, don't you just know how to cook?"

Of course Qi Nuliang knew what Jiang Yu meant when he said these words. Fireworks and snacks are all "luxury goods" for a person who can't even eat enough.But now he is not a waif, he should be like an ordinary child, who likes snacks and plays, instead of saving every dime and dime and only picking up trash all day long.

He didn't know how to tell Jiang Yu, but in the final analysis, he still had little money. If he was able to earn a lot of money, he didn't need to care about these expenses at all, and the child might think that it was normal to spend money on snacks and entertainment.

"Don't be too nice to Rong Bamei."

When he was about to get home, Jiang Yu suddenly said such a sentence.

Qi Nuliang was a little puzzled, and subconsciously said: "When did I get too close to her?"

Jiang Yu ignored his rhetorical question.

"No, why did you say that suddenly?"

"..."

Sometimes Qi Nuliang felt that Jiang Yu was very similar to the old man in the same prison.After staying in it for a long time, the old man knows everything, but he just doesn't say the whole thing, leaving half of it for you to guess, it's annoying.

"I heard that she is very kind to you and buys you new clothes to wear. Why do you still say such things?" Qi Nuliang suddenly thought of something, and squeezed Jiang Yu's arm, "Did she do something to you?" Bad thing?"

"No, she didn't do anything bad to me."

"Then why do you say that?"

Jiang Yu didn't speak again.

"..."

Okay, don't ask.If you ask any more questions, Qi Nuliang might drive himself to death first.

When I got home, I took out all the vegetables I bought in the market and started cooking.

I usually save oil, and today I also poured half of the pot, fried pork ribs, fried chicken legs, fried fish... Once the ingredients are put into the pot, the house will soon be full of fragrance.As expected, I stayed in the restaurant for a while, and I was fascinated by it, and I watched it a lot. At least there is nothing wrong with my own cooking.

Jiang Yu followed the scent and stood by the stove, seemingly helping Qi Nuliang pick vegetables, but in fact his eyes were already glued to the freshly fried chicken legs.

Qi Nuliang really couldn't bear the gaze, so he took a chicken drumstick from the plate and gave it to him: "Take it and eat it."

Jiang Yu swallowed his saliva: "Aren't you not done yet?"

"It's ready to eat, it's fried after marinating, it's delicious."

Jiang Yu seemed to take it very solemnly, and didn't rush to stuff it into his mouth.When he went out, Qi Nuliang glanced out from the kitchen door.From this angle, you can't see the whole picture of the living room, but you can see a corner of the sofa.There were two legs of a boy, staggering forward and backward, looking very happy and contented after eating delicious food.

Qi Nuliang couldn't help laughing.

He had never thought of raising children, and he had never liked children.If this wasn't Yao Huilan's son, he might not even be interested in taking a second look.

However, these days when he was with Jiang Yu, he often felt that this kid was quite cute, not only in appearance, but also in character.In addition to being sensible and cute, children seem to have an innate ability to fill certain holes in people's hearts and soothe certain grief and anger.

Qi Nuliang couldn't tell what it was, but he clearly knew that in these few short months, compared with when he was just released from prison, his mentality had changed.He's not so alone, he's not alone anymore, he has something to do, and life has some meaning because of it.

All in all, even if Jiang Yu wasn't Yao Huilan's son, Qi Nuliang would still be willing to raise such a brat.It's just that maybe they don't have to send him to school, and he can pick up trash as he likes.

Master Qi was busy all afternoon before preparing the New Year's Eve dinner.It's just that when it was brought to the table, there was not a single chicken leg left on the plate.And the "culprit" who ate all the chicken legs was still licking his greasy mouth, and fixed his eyes on the plate of braised pork ribs and sweet and sour carp.