Chapter 3
Chapter 3
third chapter
Chu Xiaoyi decided to go home on the afternoon of New Year’s Day. The news instantly filled the house with joy.
The family was eagerly preparing ingredients in the house, while Chu Xiaoxiao slipped out alone, trying to find Sister Yang Yin.
Chu Xiaoxiao has always been a ghost, she quietly avoided the sight of her parents, but she was noticed by the careful uncle’s milk.
My uncle’s milk is usually quiet and low-key, and she speaks softly. Seeing the little girl open the door of the small courtyard, she hurriedly put down the vegetable bowl in her hand and said, “Xiao Xiao, where do you want to go, I will accompany you out?”
“No, I’m in the community and I’ll be back soon!”
Chu Xiaoxiao was wrapped in a thick and warm quilted jacket. She didn’t want to be caught up by her uncle’s milk, so she ran out in a hurry.
My sister-in-law stood up and exclaimed: “Put your hat on!”
Chu Xiaoxiao had to put on his cotton-padded jacket and hat, like a fully armed doll, hopping to the gate of the community.
The Yurongtai community has strict management and surveillance, and even takeout and express delivery are inaccessible. The safety factor is quite high.
Therefore, the family had no objection to Chu Xiaoxiao’s behavior of running outside, knowing that she was going to play with Yang Yin in the guard room of the community again.
There is a short bungalow in a remote part of the community, where the security guards of the community dormitory.
Yang Yin is fifteen or sixteen years old this year and is currently in high school. She will live in Yurongtai only during holidays, and she is responsible for cleaning and cooking for her father.
Her father was a gatekeeper in the community, and a large group of people in the family stayed in the countryside next door, relying on his father’s income.
When Chu Xiaoxiao arrived at the bungalow in the dormitory, Yang Yin was cooking garlic sprouts in a small pot, and the fume of oily fume drifted out along the small open window.
Yang Yin opened the door for Chu Xiaoxiao, turned off the fire, and asked, “Has Xiao Xiao eaten?
Do you want to eat some? ”
Chu Xiaoxiao shook his head and said honestly: “I have eaten at home.”
Yang Yin nodded when she heard the words, she swiftly packed the food into the lunch box, and said: “You sit and wait for me, I will come back after the meal is delivered.”
Yang Yin put on the old pilling coat, and brought the hot lunch box, and then went to the gate of the community to deliver food to the father on duty.
Before leaving, she closed the door of the dormitory and reminded Chu Xiaoxiao not to run around, and then left in a hurry.
There is not much space in the security dormitory. Iron bunk beds, mottled wooden tables and wooden chairs filled with seasoning occupy a lot of space, and the water basins and kettles piled up in the corners are completely full.
Chu Xiaoxiao was not surprised at this. She pulled out a small chair from under the wooden table and sat on it obediently, waiting for Yang Yin to return.
The wooden table was covered with Yang Yin’s study materials, and Chu Xiaoxiao glanced at the math problems casually, then scanned down one by one.
Within a few minutes, Yang Yin returned with food. She simply used the pot as a bowl, finished the remaining meals, and went outside to clean the kitchen utensils.
Seeing Yang Yin finally put the pot, Chu Xiaoxiao knew that the other party’s work had come to an end. She pointed to the numbers on the exercise book and reminded out loud, “Sister Yang Yin, this question is wrong.”
“really?
Let me see? ”
Yang Yin dried her frozen red hands with a towel, and hurriedly walked over. She checked it carefully for a long time, and then smiled relaxedly and said with emotion, “It’s really wrong, Xiao Xiao is really good.”
Yang Yin immediately took a pen to correct the answer. She was very serious about her homework and worked hard in her free time.
Chu Xiaoxiao also studied English with Yang Yin before, and they read the English version of “The Little Prince” together.
Later, Chu Xiaoxiao’s level gradually surpassed Yang Yin, and Yang Yin didn’t feel annoyed. Instead, he asked Chu Xiaoxiao to practice oral English.
Yang Yin is a special existence among Chu Xiaoxiao’s friends. Their age and family background are very different, but they are inexplicably good.
Now Chu Xiaoxiao still doesn’t understand the secular rules of making friends. She has a unique way of identifying people, which is to judge based on the emotional color of the other person.
When she first saw Yang Yin, she saw the red heart. That was the first time she saw a red heart outside of her family, and she naturally had a good impression of Yang Yin’s heart.
Although Yang Yin’s linguistic talent is not too high, she can pick persimmons with bamboo poles, weave beautiful bracelets with colored ropes, and bake fragrant potatoes. In Chu Xiaoxiao’s eyes, she is already omnipotent.
Chu Xiaoxiao couldn’t discuss with the happy family members, so he could only find his trusted sister Yang Yin and talk about his troubles.
“Do you have a real brother?
And coming back soon? ”
Yang Yin was taken aback when she heard the news, and a trace of distress appeared on her face, “That’s a bit difficult to handle…”
“But Dad said he would like me, the problem doesn’t seem to be too serious.”
Chu Xiaoxiao felt a little worried inside, and was not comforted by Chu Jiadong’s words.
She had heard a lot of the dark history of Yang Yin’s brother before, and she was very wary of the creature named brother.
Yang Yin rarely sneered: “Of course, you won’t **** the family property from him, and you can still earn money for the family when you marry. Why does he hate you?”
Yang Yin instantly projected her own experience onto Chu Xiaoxiao, feeling a little irritable when she thought of the trouble that the other party was about to face.
Although Chu Xiaoxiao’s intellectual development is higher than that of her peers, she still can’t understand certain vocabulary, and she is ignorant: “What is a bride price?”
Yang Yin struggled to explain for a long time, but Chu Xiaoxiao realized it suddenly, and then retorted: “Mom and Dad won’t sell me!”
Yang Yin was silent for a moment, and said: “That’s because your family’s conditions are pretty good now, so you won’t be in a hurry to let you marry someone to earn a lottery, just like I can still study now.
If one day our family is very short of money, it is estimated that I will have to go back to the village to get married, and no longer be able to go to school. ”
“You think your parents are good to you now, but it’s not a difficult time yet. I used to see a lot.”
Yang Yin’s face showed precociousness that was not suitable for her age, calmly revealing the facts.
There are many people around her who don’t even have to go to high school. They work in farming at home before they get married, and the gifts are used to subsidize the brothers.
Thinking of the lively and cheerful atmosphere of the family, Chu Xiaoxiao felt that Yang Yin’s words made sense.
Chu Xiaoyi did seem to have a lot of weight in the family, and had already demonstrated his status before arriving.
She lowered her head slightly anxiously, and hesitated: “Is there no way?”
Yang Yin thought for a while, and said helplessly: “Not for the time being, let’s bear it for a while.
You are so smart now, and your scores in the college entrance examination must be very good. When the time comes, choose a university far away from home, and the farther you can escape, the better. ”
Chu Xiaoxiao: “Sister Yang Yin also want to run away?”
Yang Yin nodded: “Yes, I will definitely not give up studying, and I will be admitted to the Southern University at that time.”
Chu Xiaoxiao did not stay in the security dormitory for too long, and bid farewell to Yang Yin after asking for help to no avail.
After she went home, she was a little downhearted. First, she was anxious about her brother’s affairs; second, she felt a little sad when she thought that Yang Yin would leave sooner or later.
Chu Xiaoxiao was holding his IPAD, but completely lost his enthusiasm for learning, and had no intention of opening a foreign language video.
On the other side, Chu Xiaoyi was sitting in the nanny’s car. He looked at the door of the familiar community and sat motionless.
Seeing that he was not moving, the agent He Xin said, “Shall we get out of the car?
Already there? ”
There was no one else in the car, and Chu Xiaoyi suddenly chuckled, and said with emotion: “I left through this door with my luggage, and then my dad chased and cursed at the back, so that I had the ability not to come back again.”
He Xin looked at the complicated and nostalgic look on Chu Xiaoyi’s face, not knowing what to say for a while, so he could only remain silent.
“Don’t come back if you have the abilities! I have no right to have your son!”
This is what the 18-year-old Chu Xiaoyi heard at the gate of Yurongtai.
At that time, his father, who came after him unintentionally, followed his agent in the car at the time, just wanting to chase his dream of being a singer.
Chu Xiaoyi still remembered his father’s furious face after being left behind. His face flushed with anger, staring at himself in the car with anger, as if he was going to eat people.
Chu Xiaoyi abandoned his studies, abandoned his family, and went to the company to practice alone. He sighed in his heart and couldn’t wait to prove himself to his father.
He wanted to stand out and shine, and stubbornly knocked down the stubborn and arrogant Chu Jiadong, but he fell violently first.
The company that Chu Xiaoyi worked for went bankrupt soon. With a few compensations, he had no fixed place in the huge city, and there was no platform for realizing his dreams.
His mother, Xiao Bi, came forward to persuade Chu Xiaoyi to go back to continue his studies and look for good opportunities in the future, but he refused.
Chu Xiaoyi didn’t want to face Chu Jiadong with shame, and didn’t want to beg from him again.
From the moment he left home, there was a fire in his heart that prevented him from bowing to his father.
Chu Xiaoyi frantically searched for work, contacted new brokerage companies everywhere, and moved around in friends’ houses or cheap homes. There was a kind of rebellious obsession.
In the meantime, the Chu family retreats to his father’s stand, humblely begging Chu Xiaoyi to go back, and even choked with jealousy for a while.
That was the first time that Chu Xiaoyi saw his father be soft, but he didn’t have any sense of victory at all. Instead, he was hammered to the ground.
He is like a whimsical child who has proved nothing but his incompetence.
Chu Xiaoyi rejected his father. He always felt that he would no longer have the courage to go out if he chose to go home at that moment.
He didn’t know when he had the illusion. As long as he spent the money his father gave him, he would be lowered and straight, and he had no right to ask for anything.
“What the **** are you gambling with me?
Would I still harm you? ”
“I just want to prove you are wrong.”
Chu Xiaoyi still remembered his father’s injured eyes at the time, and the other party seemed to be deeply hit.
Chu Jiadong also found his son several times, but Chu Xiaoyi avoided seeing him, did not want to go back, and did not accept financial support.
Chu Xiaoyi consciously avoided news from home, and didn’t even want to see his mother. Fortunately, he found a good company before long, and his career was slowly moving on track.
Today, Chu Xiaoyi has a high popularity, but he still does not feel that he defeated his father.
Chu Jiadong gradually reduced his hard thorns, and became cautious and restrained in front of Chu Xiaoyi. He was not convinced by his son’s achievements, but seemed to be compelled in desperation.
This was the thing that made Chu Xiaoyi the most powerless. He didn’t even have the chance to win, and his father directly abandoned his son and surrendered.
However, Chu Jiadong’s worries that year have gradually come true, still haunting Chu Xiaoyi like a shadow.
Chu Xiaoyi’s high school education was ridiculed. His not-so-outstanding singing and dancing skills were attacked by black fans. In addition to the deserted music market, he had to switch to acting.
He has made some achievements in film and television, won an award with a low gold content, and was ridiculed by black fans as if he was doing everything wrong.
Chu Xiaoyi worked desperately outside, and he didn’t even dare to contact his parents too much, for several years in a flash.
He was afraid of the dissatisfaction and helplessness in the eyes of his family, and he was even more afraid that the other party would show distress and compassion, which would make him feel completely defeated.
He wanted a heaven to walk into the door of Yu Rongtai upright, but now he came here in a daze, still full of confusion.
Chu Xiaoyi stared at the gate of the community in a daze, and said blankly: “Why do they have a second child?
Even if you abandoned your account and retrained, it should have been five years ago, right? ”
Chu Xiaoyi left home when he was eighteen years old. He felt that even if his parents wanted to play the trumpet again, they should work hard at that time. Why did they move in the past two years?
He Xin couldn’t laugh or cry: “Are you still thinking about this?
Do you know when you go home and ask? ”
He Xin is not an only child. He has a lot of brothers and sisters in his hometown, and he doesn’t take the Chu family seriously.
Chu Xiaoyi looked down and said, “They didn’t discuss with me, and they didn’t respect my opinion at all. Do I need to go back?”
Seeing that his artist is still dying, He Xin said loudly: “Don’t pretend to be with me! Isn’t it just a girl who is less than three years old, maybe she hasn’t remembered anything yet!”
Chu Xiaoyi showed dissatisfaction: “Isn’t this going to be angry on you?”
He Xin: “Am I so angry?
I not only have a younger sister but also a younger brother. ”
As a non-only brother, He Xin naturally does not understand the distress of the only child.
He is still more than a round older than Chu Xiaoyi. When his parents gave birth to younger siblings, how could they discuss it?
He Xin had to change diapers for his younger siblings at the time. He wanted to be as angry as Chu Xiaoyi, and he might have long since died of anger.
Chu Xiaoyi was secretly annoyed, and felt that he could not go with He Xin.
When he was studying, his classmates were all only children, and no one had any biological siblings. Of course, it was difficult to accept his mentality.
Chu Xiaoyi became more annoyed as he thought about it, and began to blame the national policy again. Why did he suddenly open up his second child?
Chu Xiaoyi: As the only child of his predecessor, he must be the first to object!
Chu Xiaoyi finally stood at the door of the house. Although his father had been amiable to himself a long time ago, he still didn’t have the courage to knock on the door.
Seeing that Chu Xiaoyi did not move, He Xin reluctantly reached out and knocked on the door for him.
Familiar doors were opened, and happy faces of the whole family appeared one after another, followed by overjoyed greetings.
“Xiao Yi is back!”
“Come inside, is it cold outside?
Work is very hard, right? ”
“Oh oh oh, this is your agent, come in and sit down, come in and sit down…”
“Happy New Year, everyone, I won’t bother too much, just send Xiao Yi back.”
“Don’t you rest at home for a while?
Is this going to go? ”
Inside, Chu Xiaoxiao turned the iPad volume up unhappily, trying to block the lively and extraordinary sounds in the living room, so as to suppress his inner irritability.
However, her quiet days did not last long before she was interrupted by Xiao Bi who knocked on the door.
Xiao Bi knocked on the door, she probed in from outside the house and shouted: “Xiao Xiao, your brother is back, please come out soon!”
“Oh—” Chu Xiaoxiao replied feebly, but his mother obviously didn’t notice her little emotions.
Chu Xiaoxiao put down the iPad reluctantly, she walked slowly to the door, opened the door a small slit, and secretly observed the situation in the living room.
Chu Xiaoyi seemed to feel something. He casually glanced at the petite figure behind the door. It was a little girl in goose-yellow home clothes, most of whom was hiding in the house.
Her eyes were like kittens in the dark, casting tentative and vigilant gazes.
Chu Jiadong noticed the eldest son’s distraction, and immediately followed the other’s line of sight and saw the sneaky little daughter.
He waved his hand hurriedly: “Xiao Xiao, your brother is back!”
Chu Xiaoyi watched the little girl rubbing against her father like a snail, but did not look up at herself, but hung her head.
He still doesn’t accept the cheap sister emotionally, but after several years of social beatings, he is still calm and smiles, “Xiao Xiao, hello, I am your brother.”
Chu Xiaoyi showed a standard professional smirk. Now his acting skills are getting better and he has photographed countless magazine posters, yet he will not be knocked down by such small scenes.
No matter what his inner thoughts are, at least he won’t tear his face apart.
The white glutinous rice ball-like girl raised her head. Her face was immature, her eyes were bright, and her pupils were slightly lighter than adults. She looked at Chu Xiaoyi quietly for a long time without answering immediately.
After a while, she lowered her eyes and said, “Hello.”
Chu Jiadong didn’t expect his little daughter to be so cold. He quickly rubbed each other’s face, smiled in a lively atmosphere, and said, “Is Xiao Xiao shy?
Seeing your brother dare not speak? ”
Chu Xiaoxiao did not struggle in his father’s arms, but silently let him rub around.
She didn’t know what to say to Chu Xiaoyi, and she couldn’t even digest the emotions she had just received.
Chu Xiaoyi’s heart is grayish blue, like a misty sea, rolling in abject tolerance and restlessness.
His smile was as bright as the sun, but his heart was filled with heavy emotions, and he didn’t like her at all.
This is the first time that Chu Xiaoxiao feels strong resistance to others, even stronger than the kindergarten teacher, making her feel uneasy.
This is her biological brother, but he hates himself very much and pretends to like her.
The young Chu Xiaoxiao still didn’t understand many truths. She still lived by small animal-like intuition, using her special ability to judge each other.
Her attitude towards others is like a mirror, and she intuitively projects their emotions on her face.
Who likes her, who she likes; who hates her, who she hates.
After the initial greeting, the family pushed Chu Xiaoyi’s luggage into the room and prepared dinner in full swing.
Both Chu Xiaoyi and Chu Xiaoxiao’s rooms were busy, and they could only coexist in the same room awkwardly and awkwardly, staying in the living room with nothing to say.
Chu Xiaoyi swiped his mobile phone soullessly, while Chu Xiaoxiao stayed in the corner and watched “Little Pig Peppa”, neither of them looked at anyone.
Chu Xiaoyi didn’t really want to talk to the cheap sister, but as an adult, he felt that the atmosphere was not right. He had nothing to say, “Are you looking at this to learn English?”
Chu Xiaoyi had just chatted with his mother a few words, and after hearing Chu Xiaoxiao’s language talent, he randomly searched for a topic.
Chu Xiaoxiao looked at him in surprise. She still didn’t understand the strange greetings of adults, and why she didn’t understand why they bothered to talk to each other, so she could only vaguely replied, “Yeah.”
Chu Xiaoyi groaned like a mosquito in the voice of the cheap sister, and said, “Then I think this can learn English well?”
Chu Xiaoxiao was silent for a moment, then bit the bullet and said: “Not necessarily.”
Chu Xiaoyi: “Why?
Have you learned it all? ”
Chu Xiaoxiao lowered his head to watch the cartoon, and replied: “Everyone learns differently.”
Chu Xiaoyi: “What’s the difference?”
When Chu Xiaoxiao faced the cheap brother’s repeated questions, she finally raised her head and showed him the pink piggy picture, and said lightly: “Some people can learn English, and some can only learn how to call pigs.”
On the IPAD screen, the pink piglet made a piggy hum at the right time, revealing a bit of sarcasm inexplicably.
Chu Xiaoyi: “?”