"Mom?" Niannian looked over curiously. She was not old enough to read yet, so she only recognized her own name, Zhao Jianing, and simple numbers like one, two, and three.
However, she knew her mother's name every year. Pointing to the character "Man", she quickly raised her head and said to Aunt Guo: "Man, is really my mother's name!"
"Yes, it's a trash can donated by my mother's company. This style looks much better than the previous one, and it also has a lid." Aunt Guo exclaimed.
Before, she only knew that Li Manjun and Zhao Yong had a company, one engaged in logistics and express delivery, and the other engaged in waste recycling.
But I didn’t expect that Li Manjun, a waste recycling company, would become so big.
Every year I feel like I have discovered a new world, and I can’t wait to find other trash cans in the community to see if they all have my mother’s name on them.
Not seeing a single word "Man", everyone said "Wow" in surprise.
Finally, I checked all the trash cans in the community and stopped playing downstairs. I asked Aunt Guo to take me home. She wanted to call her mother and tell her about this new discovery.
Li Manjun received a call from her daughter at the company and listened to her excited description of her name on the trash can, her eyes filled with tenderness.
The mother and daughter chatted for a long time, and then they remembered their father every year. They hurriedly said goodbye to their mother, and continued to call their father's office to tell him about this magical discovery.
Zhao Yong said "Yo!" "Your mother is fast enough. We'll make arrangements right away."
I listened to my father every year, so I followed suit and repeated what he said: "It will be arranged soon."
Zhao Yong was so cute by his daughter that the father and daughter played a childish game of parroting. You imitate me and I will imitate you.
At first, Zhao Yong thought it was interesting, but seeing that the little guy on the other end of the phone had no intention of hanging up, and there was someone waiting on his side, he quickly ended this little game.
"Be good every year, dad is busy first."
"Okay~" The little girl sounded unsatisfied, her big eyes rolled around, "Dad, I want to eat a big bubble gum."
"Okay, let's go home and buy some for you from the canteen downstairs."
Nian Nian happily kissed the phone, not forgetting to whisper to her father: "Don't tell mom."
My mother doesn’t allow me to eat sweets, saying it will cause tooth decay, but sweets are really delicious.
The employee knocked on the office door, and Zhao Yong answered casually and hung up the phone.
I look forward to it every year, hoping that my father will get off work earlier than my mother, and I will go to the balcony to take a look from time to time.
Although winter has passed, the temperature in early spring is still very cold. Aunt Guo was afraid that she would stand on the balcony and freeze, so she turned on all the air conditioners at home.
When the house warms up, the balcony windows are closed, and the heater warms up the balcony.
Every year I play with my picture book and wait for the big bubble gum.
Finally, the door rang.
As she wished, it was her father who got off work first.
Every year he yelled: "Dad!" He threw down his paintbrush and rushed over, circling around his father, "Where's Bubble Gum, where's Bubble Gum?"
Zhao Yong slapped his head and said exaggeratedly: "It's over, dad forgot!"
Every year he raised his mouth, curled up his face, and looked at his father sideways, "Liar!"
Zhao Yong saw his daughter's angry look, which was just like her mother's, and his heart softened. He laughed and took out the bubble gum hidden in his pocket.
The red box has a doll blowing bubbles on it. It is a long and big roll that can be eaten for a long time!
Nian Nian's expression changed to surprise in a second. He skillfully opened the box, pulled out a small section, cut as much as he wanted, threw it into his mouth and chewed it, jumping with joy.
Zhao Yong stared at her and told her, "You can't swallow bubble gum, you know?"
Nian Nian nodded, she is already a big child and knows how to eat bubble gum.
By the time Li Manjun got home, the father and daughter had already brushed their teeth clean, and it seemed like there was no flaw at all.
But when Li Manjun was peeling a pear and throwing it away in the trash, she found the "remains" of bubble gum in the trash can. She didn't even need to look carefully. A mother could recognize it at a glance.
The thin teeth marks are from her baby.
Li Manjun frowned, glanced at the father and daughter who were sitting on the sofa watching the children's channel together, and asked coolly: "Who ate bubble gum today?"
The father and daughter remained motionless, as if they only had eyes for the TV.
Li Manjun sneered, and a little girl subconsciously raised her hand to wipe the corner of her mouth.
When Zhao Yong saw his daughter's little move, he couldn't help but sigh. This teammate was too unreliable.
"Bring it here." Li Manjun appeared in front of the father and daughter at some point. He stretched out one hand and held a pear in the other hand. Kacha took a big bite, his eyes full of no resistance.
I rush to see my dad every year, my big eyes full of pleading, "No, dad!"
Zhao Yong straightened his daughter's head and, without squinting his eyes, silently took out the candy box his daughter had hidden under the sofa cushion and handed it out.
Li Manjun took it away decisively.
Year after year I watched my mother take away the bubble gum box, as if she had lost all her strength and fell into my father's lap, feeling so sad that I couldn't extricate myself.
However, children are easy to coax. When they heard the sound of the cartoon, the little girl quietly revealed one eye. She was fascinated by watching it and forgot about her sadness. When the cartoon came to an end, her eyes narrowed and she lay on her father's lap.
Fell asleep.
Zhao Yong turned off the TV and carried the heavy lump to her small room. He watched his daughter sleep soundly, tucked in the quilt, and then returned to the master bedroom.
As soon as I closed the door, I got a vicious stab from my wife.
"It's okay to eat once in a while. We brush our teeth after eating." Zhao Yong explained helplessly.
Li Manjun shook his head, "She usually eats a lot. Didn't you see that her teeth have turned black?"
Zhao Yong thought of his daughter's horrified look at his black teeth in the mirror when she was brushing her teeth. He couldn't help but laugh. He lifted up the quilt and got in, hugging his warm wife. "Don't be afraid. I have to change my teeth anyway. Who wasn't like this when they were young?"
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Li Manjun: "..."
"You can't eat too much, and she's so young. You're really too big to let a four-year-old eat bubble gum."
Zhao Yong nodded and said that he knew, "I know it well and I'm keeping an eye on it. Besides, she is just young and not stupid. You said that if she eats it, her intestines will be stuck and knotted. How dare she swallow it."
Li Manjun burst into laughter. Her mother had frightened her when she was a child.
Seeing his wife smiling, Zhao Yong knew that everything was okay.
"Are you going to Haishi?" Zhao Yong asked.
Li Manjun nodded, "The delivery location has been changed this time, and it's such a big order. Wang Dasheng doesn't speak English, so I have to go there in person to feel at ease."
"What about Nian Nian?" Zhao Yong asked anxiously. Now that his daughter has grown up, she is not as easy to fool as before. It is tiring to take care of her alone.
Li Manjun knew that he was afraid of raising the baby alone, so he said funnyly: "I will take Nian Nian with me, and so will Aunt Guo. I can't take Nian Nian without her."