After breakfast, Qin Hai drove Lin Qingya and Miao Qing to the company, and then took Xiaoxiao and Shang Tianxin to the commercial street, planning to take them shopping and buy some new year's goods.
The street is indeed very lively, with at least 30% more pedestrians than usual. Maybe it’s because the Chinese New Year is approaching, everyone’s face is beaming, and many shops have lights and colorful decorations in front, creating a strong festive atmosphere.
When I met a candied haws seller, the two girls each took two bunches and ate so deliciously.
Especially Shang Tianxin, she had basically stayed in Haidao City before and never came out. The weather there was hot and she could wear skirts in winter. She couldn't buy candied haws at all. Even if she could buy one, she wouldn't even think about it due to the Shang family's strict rules.
She could eat it. During these days in Chunjiang, she was like a bird escaping from the birdcage. Every day she could see new things that she had never seen before. She was almost too happy to miss Shu.
Qin Hai saw their happy faces, and his mood also became cheerful. He simply took the two little girls into the old alley, and specially selected some food stalls with local characteristics to eat along the way. At the New Year's Eve, various local specialties snacks
There were also more dishes, such as fried rice cakes, fried spring rolls, stinky tofu, and pan-fried buns. The two girls wanted to try everything they saw, but in the end they both complained because their stomachs were about to burst.
Seeing the two of them rubbing their stomachs with sad faces, Qin Hai laughed so hard that his stomach almost hurt.
Xiaoxiao hugged Qin Hai's arm and said dissatisfiedly: "Don't laugh! It's all your fault, brother-in-law. I thought you were here to go shopping, but you took us to eat. Now it's better. Look at my belly. It's so big that we can go quickly."
There is no road left, what do you think we should do?"
Qin Hai smiled and said: "Then what do you think I can do? My stomach belongs to you. Can I still put the contents of your stomach into mine?"
"You have to be responsible anyway!" Xiaoxiao said coquettishly.
Shang Tianxin next to her suddenly burst into laughter, "Xiaoxiao, do you know that if people hear what you just said, they will wonder if you have brother Qin Hai's baby."
Xiaoxiao immediately made a big fuss and rushed towards Shang Tianxin, "Smelly Tiantian, I'm going to tear off your stinky mouth!"
The two girls were chasing each other laughing and joking, and it was impossible to tell that they were still holding on until they could not walk just now. When they had run enough, Qin Hai followed up and said with a smile: "Are you still holding on now?"
Xiaoxiao rubbed her belly and said in surprise: "It's weird, it seems like I can't hold it anymore."
"Because you ran away the child!" Shang Tianxin laughed again, which made Xiaoxiao irritated, and he rushed towards her and started fighting with her again.
Qin Hai quickly grabbed one of them and separated them.
"Okay, I've eaten enough, I've had enough fun, now it's time to get to work. Let's go prepare things for the New Year!"
"Yeah, let's get ready for the New Year!" Xiaoxiao shouted excitedly, pulling Qin Hai forward quickly, while Shang Tianxin on the other side looked at Qin Hai's hand that was holding her tightly.
His face had already turned red quietly.
There were bright red lanterns, red blessing characters, red couplets, and many decorations that looked very festive. Qin Hai led the two little girls to buy a lot of things quickly, and everyone had a lot in their hands.
, it was almost impossible to take it down. Fortunately, Qin Hai had the foresight to let Lone Wolf follow with a few people, and now they all became porters.
After giving all the new year's goods he had just bought to Lone Wolf and the others to take back, Qin Hai led the two little girls towards the commercial square in front, preparing to buy new clothes for each of them.
After walking a few steps, a burst of children's cries suddenly came from the side. Qin Hai and the others followed the sound and saw a three or four-year-old child crying loudly. A young man stood in front of the child, using his hand to
The toys coaxed the child, but the child still kept crying and called for his mother while crying. He looked very sad.
"Did the child meet a human trafficker?" Xiaoxiao stared at the young man warily for a while, then whispered in Qin Hai's ear: "Brother-in-law, do you think that man looks like a human trafficker?"
Qin Hai didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and hit her on the head, "Don't talk nonsense, look at the looks of him and the child, are they similar? If my guess is right, he should be the father of the child."
Xiaoxiao looked at it carefully twice, then stuck out her tongue and said with a smile: "It's really similar!"
Later, Xiaoxiao and Shang Tianxin ran over and squatted next to the child, helping the child's father to coax the child. Shang Tianxin also handed the child another bunch of candied haws that he had been reluctant to eat, and the child stopped crying.
With tears streaming down her face, she hugged the candied haws and kept licking them.
Just as the child's father kept thanking Qin Hai and the others, a young woman hurried over. When she saw the child, she excitedly took him into her arms and kissed the child again and again on the face. The child
Only then did a bright smile appear on his face, and he hugged the young woman tightly.
After a while, after thanking Qin Hai and the others again, the young man put the child on his shoulders, and the family happily continued to walk forward.
When Qin Hai was about to leave, he suddenly noticed that Xiaoxiao was stunned looking at the backs of the family of three, and her eyes even revealed a strong look of yearning.
Qin Hai's heart moved and he asked: "Xiaoxiao, do you miss your parents? In fact, you should go home for the New Year. They must miss you too."
Xiaoxiao shook her head, "I remembered that when I was young, my father liked to put me on his shoulders like this, and my mother was watching us and laughing. Now that I think about it, that was the happiest time for me. Unfortunately, now I
I have grown up and my mother is no longer here."
This girl's voice was actually choked with sobs.
Qin Hai quickly hugged her into his arms and comforted her: "It's okay, mom is gone, don't you still have a dad? And your sister and I will also be your relatives from now on."
"Dad doesn't like me anymore. He likes his younger brother more!" Xiaoxiao cried in Qin Hai's arms. After asking, Qin Hai found out that this girl's life experience was also very pitiful. Her mother died when she was young, and her father
Later, after remarrying and giving birth to a son, he gradually lost his love for her as before, so Xiaoxiao did not want to go back to that home even during the Chinese New Year.
"Okay, don't cry. No matter whether your father wants you or not, your sister and I will never abandon you. As long as you want, you can live with us forever. No one will dislike you."
"This is what you said, don't lie to others!" Xiaoxiao pursed her lips, raised her head and looked at Qin Hai with tears in her eyes.
Qin Hai wiped away the tears on Xiaoxiao's face and said with a smile: "Look at how stupid you are, when has my brother-in-law ever lied to you?"