A family of three came to the entrance of the courtyard where the patriarch was.
Zhang Ling, who had come to the appointment happily with Xiaodouzi, suddenly felt a little flustered at this moment.
Her intuition told her that as long as she stepped through this door, something bad would definitely happen.
She stopped Li Xiang with a solemn expression, thinking about what reasons to leave.
Please don't misunderstand that Zhang Ling is naturally timid.
Because as a mother, I never put my own safety first.
She was mainly worried if something bad happened.
It will definitely cause harm to the child that is difficult to heal.
By then I'm afraid it will be too late to regret it.
"Forget it, if you really don't want to come with me, I won't force you. I will explain it to you when we meet the old patriarch."
"Is it really okay? Xiaodouzi doesn't like that great-grandpa. That great-grandpa looks like a bad person."
The clever little Douzi seemed to have read Zhang Ling's thoughts.
It looked like she didn't want to go in.
Trying to help Zhang Ling out of trouble.
"Bad guy!"
Li Xiang glanced around nervously, fearing that someone might hear Xiaodouzi's words and eventually spread them to the ears of the old patriarch.
Xiaodouzi continued to explain:
"That's right! Xiaodouzi felt very close to her great-grandmother when she met her for the first time."
When Li Xiang heard Xiaodouzi mentioning his grandma, his grandma's smile instantly appeared in his mind.
Then he smiled at Xiaodouzi.
It feels like smiling at grandma.
"When I met my great-grandfather for the first time, it felt like my body had fallen into an ice cellar. Even if I didn't want to shiver, I would shiver non-stop."
Sure enough, children's perceptions are the most acute.
Li wanted to learn all the information about the old patriarch at hand.
Only then did he feel this way when he met the old patriarch.
Seeing that Li Xiang didn't refute her point of view, Xiaodouzi continued to say to Li Xiang with some caution:
"That's why Xiaodouzi thinks that grandpa is a bad person. Dad, am I wrong?"
Li Xiang is determined not to answer this question.
There was a bit of embarrassment in his smile, and he looked around again to confirm that there were really no other outsiders for the time being.
At this time, Zhang Ling opened her mouth and said in a guiding tone:
"Xiaodouzi, what are you doing? How many times has mom told you not to talk nonsense about others behind their backs? How dare you say it directly in front of mom?"
"I...I..."
When Xiaodouzi saw Zhang Ling's displeased expression, he didn't know what to say for a moment.
Because she knew that no matter how reluctant she was, she could not hurt the relationship between mother and daughter because of an outsider.
So Xiaodouzi could only lower his eyebrows and stop talking.
Li Xiang opened his mouth at this time and said:
"Ling'er, don't be excited. The child is still young, so it is inevitable that the issue will be considered inappropriately, and there is no need to go above and beyond."
Then he looked at the little girl and winked and said:
"Xiaodouzi, tell me you know it now. Promise not to talk like that next time. Please forgive me for being rude this time."
The clever little Douzi said "Mom" and most of Zhang Ling's anger disappeared.
After all, the emotion carried by the word "mother" cannot be explained simply in one or two sentences.
Zhang Ling was not really angry at first.
She just wants to teach Xiaodouzi how to behave in this way?
"Okay!" Li Xiang reached out and touched Xiaodouzi's head, pointed to another door and said to Zhang Ling, "Why don't you take Xiaodouzi to play in the flower garden over there first. I'll come back as soon as I go."
"Okay! Go back quickly, we'll wait for you." Zhang Ling said.
Xiaodouzi on the side looked at him with expectant little eyes and nodded.
Listening to her words, Li Xiang seemed to have regained the feeling of having his grandma by his side.
Whether he goes to school, goes to work, or goes out to do trivial things.
Grandma would say similar words to him.
Being ignorant, he once thought that his grandma was too wordy.
He showed great impatience many times and said to grandma:
"I'm an adult now, so don't treat me like a child, okay?"
Despite this, grandma still did not change her original intention and would say similar words whenever she saw him going out.
At this moment, Li Xiang realized that in the eyes of his closest elders, he would always be the child who would never grow up.
When a child goes out, can the elders who are closest to him not be worried and concerned?
In other words, this sentence that he felt was extremely long-winded was the deep love of his elders.
When grandma stopped nagging him, Li Xiang always felt that something was missing in his life?
It was only today that he suddenly realized that he was missing the happiness from his grandma.
Yes, he realized that the long-winded words he once despised were the greatest happiness coming from his grandma.
People have always been so strange!
Some people have many opportunities to meet, but they always find excuses to avoid it. When they want to meet, there is no chance.
There are some things that I have many opportunities to say, but I think about saying them later, and when I say them, I have no chance.
Some things have many opportunities to do, but they are postponed day by day. When they want to do it, they find that there is no chance.
Some love gives you a lot of opportunities, but you don't care. When you want to take it seriously, you no longer have the chance to love. - Zhang Ailing
Just like there is a lot of annoying happiness from relatives, we always dislike and complain. When the happiness completely leaves you, you will be left with endless guilt and regret.
At the same moment, he also felt the long-lost feeling of happiness.
And it’s a double portion.
Zhang Ling stared blankly at Li Xiang's retreating figure. Xiaodouzi on the side looked up and saw her touching the right side of her face. She couldn't help but cover her mouth and giggle.
That's because Li Xiang accepted the happiness from her in order to express it.
When they were leaving, he deliberately tricked Zhang Ling into looking sideways into the air, and he took the opportunity to secretly kiss her on the face.
Xiaodouzi on the side opened his mouth in surprise when he saw this scene, and then an unconcealable smile appeared on his face.
For Xiaodouzi, she also clearly felt the happiness of her father kissing her mother.
That is the feeling of happiness brought by family harmony.
When Zhang Ling heard Xiaodouzi's laughter, a little blush appeared on her face. With her pretending to be angry, she was very cute!
"Xiaodouzi, why are you laughing? Don't laugh! Remember just now..."
She was about to tell Xiaodouzi not to tell anyone about the scene she just saw.
Or let the child simply forget about it.
But then I thought about it and felt that it was inappropriate to speak like this.
If she really said this, Xiaodouzi would not only not forget it, but would also most likely tell people what she just saw.
Because her expression will naturally let the child hint that she does this.
Seeing that Zhang Ling paused for a long time, Xiaodouzi asked anxiously:
"Mom, what do you want to say?"
Zhang Ling said as if awakened from sleep:
"Oh, I want to say. Did Xiaodouzi see something just now? It made you laugh so happily!"
"I saw dad secretly kissed mom just now." Xiaodouzi said truthfully with a smile.
Zhang Ling's face was like a drop of cinnabar ink dripping into water, she turned even redder and said:
"Then what are you laughing at?"
Xiaodouzi explained:
"I'm so happy! Seeing that the relationship between mom and dad is getting better and better. Xiaodouzi is just happy."
Zhang Ling completely gave up her previous wrong ideas after hearing this.
Yes.
From Xiaodouzi's point of view, the intimate behavior between them is normal.
This is the same as Zhang Ling kissing Xiaodouzi when she is happy.
If she is trying to cover up something.
It will definitely plant a seed of doubt in the child's heart.
The child's strong curiosity and thirst for knowledge will definitely find ways to further explore the reasons for her obstruction.
This may allow the child to make this matter known to everyone.
Zhang Ling fell into deep thought for a moment, and Xiaodouzi thought there was something wrong with her answer.
So with some caution, he tugged on her sleeve and said:
"Mom, did Xiaodouzi say something wrong?"
Zhang Ling shook her head and replied with a smile:
"No, no. Mom was just happy. I didn't know what to say for a moment. Well, that should be said..."
Zhang Ling just wanted to praise Xiaodouzi for being well-behaved and sensible.
At this time, under the eaves of the corridor not far away, there was a familiar old man, with nervous eyes filled with a bit of weirdness, looking at them and waving.
Zhang Ling looked at it intently. Isn't that Old Liu?
It's a little strange that he can appear here.
So she looked at Lao Liu and muttered unconsciously:
"Old Liu shouldn't have appeared here. Alas, I really regret that I did something good when I shouldn't have been so kind. It brought me so much trouble."
Xiaodouzi looked at Zhang Ling's absent-minded look and vaguely heard a few key words from her muttering, so she asked unhappily:
"Mom, you were just saying that you shouldn't have appeared in the first place. So mom thinks Xiaodouzi is your biggest trouble, right?"
At this moment, Xiaodouzi suddenly remembered what Ashuang had told her.
It is said that adults are the best at lying.
They clearly don't like something (or someone) very much, but they will show that they like it very much.
Ah Shuang said this because his father likes to complain about his colleagues and boss every day when he comes back from get off work.
The strangest thing is that Ashuang's father is also a good liar.
Especially when facing A Shuang, he always breaks his word.
That's why Ashuang came to the conclusion that adults are best at lying.
You must know that even if it is a lie, it will naturally become the truth if it is spread many times.
What's more, A Shuang is Xiaodouzi's best friend in school.
Complaints are heard around Xiaodouzi every day.
A Shuang also said that adults can only speak the truth when they are unconscious.
Xiaodouzi thinks that what Zhang Ling muttered just now is the unconscious state that Ashuang mentioned.
After interpreting Zhang Ling's inner voice through her clever little brain.
Zhang Ling looked at Xiaodouzi in confusion and tried to explain:
"No, where did you start talking about this? Xiaodouzi, what did you misunderstand? You must believe mom. Mom has never said such a thing."
Ah Shuang also said that when an adult's lie is exposed, the first reaction is to cover up the lie.
Xiaodouzi believed in Ashuang's words at this moment. Two tears of disappointment ran across his face and shouted at Zhang Ling:
"Lie, you lie! You just muttered it like this, your voice was very low, but I heard it. Why do you still lie to me?"
"No! That's wrong. What did you hear? What's more, those muttering words were not meant for you. You see, they were meant for the old man over there..."
While speaking, Zhang Ling raised her finger and pointed to the place where Old Liu had just appeared, and was surprised to find that Old Liu had disappeared.
Xiaodouzi looked in the direction of Zhang Ling's finger.
I have never seen any old man from beginning to end.
So Xiaodouzi shook his head in disappointment.
I am even more convinced that what Ashuang said about adults being habitual liars is the truth.
I think Zhang Ling at this time still did not forget to look around at Lao Liu's figure in a pretentious manner, and still did not forget to continue to cover up her lies.
"Where is the old man? He was standing there just now. Why did he disappear in the blink of an eye?"
Xiaodouzi no longer wanted to hear another word of Zhang Ling's explanation at this moment.
The sentence "I hate my mother" echoes in the current sky.
Zhang Ling saw Xiaodouzi bursting into tears, turning around and moving her wild short legs, running wildly on the grassland like a wild horse.
The confused Zhang Ling was stunned for a while, and when the silhouette was about to disappear, she shouted:
"Xiaodouzi, where are you going? Wait for me! Don't run around."
As soon as she finished speaking, she rushed after him.
When Xiaodouzi passed the corner of a promenade, someone put a sack on her, knocked her unconscious, carried her to an empty shabby house, and threw her in.
Although Zhang Ling saw the back of the thug who kidnapped Xiaodouzi, it was still possible that she was not familiar with the ancestral hall, so she lost the chase.
It also made her a little confused.
There seemed to be too many accidents during the chase along the way.
She once bumped into someone who jumped out of nowhere, someone sprinkled soybeans on the hardened road she had to pass, and a foot of white cloth accidentally fell from the sky...
Roughly speaking, there are about ten places.
Anxiously, she called Li Xiang and Li Pan one after another. What was very strange was that their calls always said they were not in the service area.
I deliberately returned to the courtyard where Li Xiang entered, but was told by the people in the courtyard that the old patriarch had taken Li Xiang to who knows where?
She looked up to the sky and shouted helplessly.
Because her appeal to the police was unsuccessful.
The police excused themselves by saying that the security level of the Li Family Ancestral Hall was very high and it was impossible for the child to be kidnapped. They suggested that Zhang Ling ask Zhang Ling to start an internal search for the child.
What's annoying is that these security personnel of the Li family look like aliens collectively brought from another planet.
Zhang Ling doesn't care how she expresses her intentions.
In the end, only one sentence pattern was unified for all security personnel:
"I'm sorry, madam, I can't understand what you are saying. Could you please speak Mandarin?"
This is off the mark!
When she was in college, in order to find a satisfactory job after entering the society, like some top academics, she took as many exams as possible.
In particular, I also took the Mandarin proficiency test.
Her certificate is the highest level, Class A.
Unexpectedly, after some exchanges with these security personnel, Zhang Ling suddenly began to suspect that she had taken a fake certificate.
What’s even more outrageous is that she was lucky enough to meet yesterday’s guide.
Unexpectedly, the guide also spoke the same sentence pattern as the security personnel.
Zhang Ling finally saw the faces of these people clearly.
Why can't I understand her Mandarin?
It’s clearly “a conspiracy, a conspiracy, definitely a conspiracy!”
She shouted at these people without any scruples.
Obviously, this group of people may be afraid that Zhang Ling will find out more clues.
Perhaps Zhang Ling's words hurt the conscience of these people.