In the ward, after Wang Haochen finished eating his dumplings, I talked with him for a while before leaving.
But after I walked out of the ward, Wang Haochen chased me out. He stopped me and said, "Uncle, wait a moment."
"What's wrong?" I stopped and turned to look at him.
"Well... don't be angry with my mother. I know she is doing this for me."
This simple sentence moved me again, and I don’t know if it’s because I’m older and have become a father.
"I know, I'm not angry with your mother, I just think your mother is a bit motherless."
"She... wasn't like this before."
"Then why is this happening now?"
"I don't know, my mother used to sing, and she sang very well."
I was stunned for a moment, but I didn't say much. I just nodded and said, "Then just stay with your mother in the hospital. Your mother still loves you."
"Well, goodbye uncle."
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After returning home from the hospital, An Lan and I simply packed up and then took Yangyang, Xiaoman and Li Ruixue out to buy new year's goods.
We originally asked Wu Nanxing to go with us, but she didn't want to go and we didn't force it.
To say that the flavor of the New Year is getting weaker and weaker now, it seems that tomorrow is New Year's Eve, but there really is no flavor of the New Year at all in the streets and alleys.
The streets of the city are filled with red lanterns, but there are not as many colorful lanterns as in previous years. It is said that fireworks are also prohibited.
We first went shopping in the mall and bought new clothes for each of the three children. An Lan and I also bought a set of red down jackets.
During the Chinese New Year, you should dress festively.
As a family of five, walking in a shopping mall where people come and go is quite eye-catching. Looking at the eyes of people around me, this feeling is a kind of happiness to me.
After buying clothes in the mall, we went to the market selling New Year goods and bought some Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters, as well as some small items full of New Year flavor.
This also reminded me of when I was a child and I went to the market town to buy New Year goods with my mother. I always dragged him to buy fireworks, food, and new clothes.
Now that I have become a father, my children are the same as when I was a child, especially Xiaoman, who has never stopped talking since he was born.
Yangyang is still young, so of course he doesn't know what New Year's Eve is, but he is very happy. Although he doesn't understand New Year's Eve, he knows how to be happy and unhappy.
Needless to say, Li Ruixue has always been very sensible.
We continued shopping until the afternoon before we finished shopping and filled a full trunk.
When we got home, we sorted the New Year's goods we bought, and then we pasted Spring Festival couplets with the children. We pasted the word "福" on every door, and also on the windows.
Several goldenrod and wintersweet trees in the yard were also hung with colored lights. After plugging in the power, the entire yard was illuminated by the colored lights.
Looking at the flashing lights, Xiaoman and Yangyang jumped up happily under the tree.
An Lan and I watched quietly from the side, looking at this beautiful and harmonious picture.
She had a smile on her face and my heart was filled with happiness.
This evening we prepared some ingredients for tomorrow's New Year's Eve dinner together. Aunt Wang also went home to celebrate the New Year. This year, we are a family of five.
It was already eleven o'clock in the evening when we finished our work, and the children had all gone to bed. It was rare for An Lan and I to have a world of two.
She suggested that we find a movie to watch. Anyway, I'm not sleepy now, so I agreed.
So we found some dried fruit snacks, and the two of us sat on the sofa in the living room, watching a movie and eating dried fruits.
She likes to eat pistachios and I like to eat pecans, but this does not prevent us from eating happily. I really think this kind of life is fun...
Although An Lan is now the mother of two children, when she had no children, she was just a child, at least in front of me.
She would let me help her peel the pistachios and even let me feed her, which didn't bother me at all.
Because this is the life I want, pursuing simple happiness with my beloved woman in daily necessities!
What we watched was a foreign science fiction film, an old film called "Interstellar".
It's a pity that this is my first time to watch this movie, because I never like watching foreign movies, so I feel that I can't accept it.
An Lan asked me to watch this movie. I thought it was quite boring at first, but until the male protagonist arrived on a planet called Mercury, I began to feel shocked.
The whole film lasts for nearly three hours, and I couldn't calm down for a long time after watching it. I felt that this was a real science fiction film, a dual experience of vision and senses.
Not only the visual effects but also the plot are great, and many plots in the play are very realistic and logical.
So in the end we didn't even talk much and just focused on watching the movie.
It wasn't until the movie went quiet that An Lan asked me, "What do you think of this movie?"
I kept staring at the end of the movie, and it took me a long time to come back to my senses and sigh: "I think it's great! I can't find the words to describe it. It's a masterpiece!"
"You haven't seen it before?"
"No, I rarely watch foreign movies. Who is this director? It's awesome."
"Nolan, he also shot "Inception", he is a great director."
"I can only say two words: awesome!"
An Lan smiled and said: "I was confused when I watched it for the first time. It was so shocking. The key is that the plots are very logical. Later I even asked a physicist who said this movie
Eighty percent is realistic."
"So in the end, when the male protagonist fell into the black hole, was it also consistent with reality?"
After being silent for a while, An Lan said, "Maybe. I don't know. Isn't a black hole just a space that distorts time?"
"Anyway, I think we should see more of humanity's pursuit of civilization in the plot..."
An Lan looked at the time, yawned and said, "Go to bed, it's already two o'clock."
"The children are asleep."
"Well, we're going to bed too."
"I said the kids were asleep."
"I know! Let's go and sleep."
An Lan still didn't understand what I meant, so I hugged her over, turned over and pressed her on the sofa.
"Do you understand now?"
An Lan finally realized what he was doing and said with a wry smile: "What are you doing? This is the sofa."