Cheng Tianyuan called his eldest son and asked, "It's so late, why haven't you come back yet?"
The eldest son explained that he was already on the way and would be home in a while.
Cheng Tianyuan heard a slight hesitation in his tone, guessing that it would take "a long time" before he could get home. He was afraid of being nagged by his old father, so he didn't dare to tell the truth.
"It's getting late. Go to bed immediately when you get back. There is enough water in the thermostatic bottle in the living room. Each of us can drink half a cup before going to bed."
After saying that, he hung up the call, put the phone aside, lifted the quilt and fell asleep.
Xue Ling was drowsy and asked funnyly: "How old are the children, and you still follow them all day long to prevent them from falling?"
Cheng Tianyuan smiled helplessly: "If he was just a grown man, I wouldn't care. Xiaoxin followed him out, and I don't know if he was going to a crowded bar or a large party. Xiaoxin is a girl, not a rough guy, so she has to hear
Only when she returns home safely can I truly feel relieved."
Xue Ling was really sleepy and fell asleep quickly.
Cheng Tianyuan helped her tuck in the quilt, glanced at the clock on the wall, and found that it was almost two o'clock, so he quickly closed his eyes and went to sleep.
The next morning, everyone went to bed late.
The second day of the Lunar New Year was the day to visit her parents' house, but Xue Ling was too close and she didn't need to go, and Shan You was too far away, so everyone slept in and didn't start walking around until about nine o'clock.
Xue Ling was eating pork porridge and asked: "Who else hasn't had breakfast?"
Lao Li thought for a while and replied: "Sir, I just finished eating, but none of the brothers have come over yet. Mr. Hu and his family haven't come to eat either."
Xue Ling smiled and said: "In this cold weather, I guess there are only three old people who eat breakfast on time every day."
"Yes." Old Li explained with a smile: "Old Mrs. Liu went out after eating and said she would not come back until dinner."
Xue Ling nodded: "My sister-in-law took her to worship God, and she will come back after having a fast meal at noon."
She quickly ate the porridge and rice cakes and walked to the front living room to wait for the guests to come and pay New Year greetings.
"I heard there's a blizzard this afternoon." Cheng Tianyuan reminded: "Send a message to A Fang so that it won't be unsafe to come back too late."
Then, he got up and walked out of the living room.
"I'm going to give some instructions to the little ones and push them out of bed."
Xue Ling smiled and couldn't help but said: "Forget it, they are celebrating the New Year. Anyway, they only eat and play. It's very cold outside and they can't go out to play. It's good to let them sleep a little longer."
"It's almost ten o'clock." Cheng Tianyuan shook his head: "As long as you get enough sleep, how can you stay in bed until noon."
Xue Ling ignored him, took out a pack of Pu'er tea, took out a handful and made tea.
After a while, Cheng Tianyuan came back with a bad expression.
The two had been married for many years, and she knew her husband very well, so she asked: "What's wrong?"
Cheng Tianyuan said solemnly: "Xiaoxin... didn't go home last night."
Forehead?!
Xue Ling suddenly thought of something and asked, "What did Ran Ran say? They went out together last night, right?"
"Yes." Cheng Tianyuan said solemnly: "That brat said...Xinzhi picked her up halfway."
Xue Ling felt slightly embarrassed and lowered her head to continue making tea.
Cheng Tianyuan frowned: "You--just give him a call."
"...That's not good." Xue Ling didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Even if we want to look for her, we have to look for our daughter first."
Cheng Tianyuan grimaced and lowered his voice: "He took our daughter away in the middle of the night and didn't come home all night. As parents, can't we even call and ask?"
"Okay." Xue Ling suppressed a smile: "Then you go and fight, I won't go."
Cheng Tianyuan's eyes twitched and he whispered: "Why? I...are not very suitable."
"You are the one who is worried about your daughter, and you are the one who wants to question others about having a daughter." Xue Ling asked funnyly: "Why are you not suitable? What? I have to play dirty?"
Cheng Tianyuan took a deep breath and finally suppressed the anger in his heart.
"How old are you already? You don't have any sense! If it weren't for him -"
"You've already picked up the knife and killed her, right?"
Cheng Tianyuan was angry: "She is just eighteen years old, and the most critical college entrance examination is next semester. At this age, at this time, where is the right place to fall in love?! If it were other men, I-I would have chased him away with a broom!"
Xue Ling poured a cup of tea and handed it to him.
"Those who are in love are not smart at all. Tietou is not an unreasonable person. He may have been delayed by something, and if he has a little love brain, he will inevitably go out of his way. Since we acquiesced in their affairs from the beginning,
We should follow the principle of not disturbing, let it develop, and continue to act deaf and dumb."
Cheng Tianyuan looked at her angrily and said: "Tacit agreement does not mean that you can stay up all night! What if - what if... if I accidentally get pregnant with a child, what do you think I should do? Huh?"
Forehead?
Xue Ling rolled his eyes in embarrassment and whispered: "Probably... no."
"Are you sure?" Cheng Tianyuan said gruffly: "Now is the critical period for entering higher education. There are still several years of schooling to go! She is not a boy. If she accidentally gets pregnant - if she doesn't remove the child,
Her studies will have to be suspended. If she really wants to take them away, her body will be damaged and her studies will have to be delayed for a while. No matter from which aspect, it is not good for our Xiaoxin at all!"
Xue Ling was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
"What you say makes sense. At this point... we have to be more cautious and let our children know how to take protective measures so as not to cause trouble at such a young age."
Cheng Tianyuan was still very angry and said harshly: "She is only seventeen or eighteen years old. How old is Chen Xinzhi?! How can he have no sense of propriety at all!"
"Okay, okay." Xue Ling held down his hand and lowered his voice: "Don't yell blindly, it won't be good if it spreads accidentally. No matter how familiar Tietou is with us, he is also the son of Sister Achun, not us.
As for our sons and daughters, even if both of them are at fault, we can’t catch them all and teach them a lesson. Our own children should be educated by ourselves. Our sons and daughters were born and raised by us, so even if we fight
If they scold them, they will be as close to us as they are when we turn around. Our daughter-in-law and son-in-law are children of other families. We need to pay more attention to the way we speak, so as not to hurt our feelings. When we are angry, we cannot control our emotions, but we may not be able to speak properly.
It’s very heavy, and once there are cracks, it’s difficult to repair them.”
Cheng Tianyuan was a little impatient, but had to force himself to calm down.
"...Okay, then I won't talk about him, I'll talk about my daughter, right?"
Xue Ling shook his head: "No, I am a mother, and I have also had girlish thoughts. It is more appropriate for me to talk about a topic like this."
He is so impulsive right now, but he must not be allowed to take over this matter.
The daughter is her father's little cotton-padded jacket. Now that the little cotton-padded jacket has not really grown up, someone is already thinking about taking it away. You can imagine how uncomfortable the old father feels.
Cheng Tianyuan said solemnly: "She will come back later, tell her immediately!"