When it was time to get out of school, after waiting for a long time, neither Zhou Yang nor Zhou Tianxing came back. After the meal was ready, Cheng Xiang and Qing'er looked at the door several times, but they were nowhere to be seen.
Children in this era do not need to be picked up or dropped off. The roads are not wide, there are few vehicles, and there is no crowded traffic. Children go to and from school together in twos and threes, walk and play on the road, and have to stand aside when cats and dogs fight. It was interesting to watch for a while, so parents were not surprised when their children came back late from school.
Although Zhou Yang has a high-spirited personality, fortunately Tianxing is calm. With Tianxing looking at him, Cheng Xiang feels more at ease.
It wasn't until it was getting dark that the two children entered the house. As soon as Zhou Yang walked in, he tossed his schoolbag and said, "Mom, buy me a pair of sneakers, I want to participate in the sports meeting."
"Sports meeting? Do you think the school is going to hold a sports meeting?" In the still chilly early spring air, Zhou Yang was sweating. He put down his schoolbag and began to take off his coat.
Cheng Xiang hulu hulu Zhou raised the sweat on his head and said: "Don't take off your clothes, be careful of catching a cold."
"Mom, we are going to have a sports meeting, and I was selected. I can run really fast. To be honest, I want to be a representative, participate in the big sports meeting, and win prizes." Zhou Yang said excitedly and incoherently.
Cheng Xiang frowned and carefully understood what he meant: "What are you talking about?"
Zhou Tianxing helped him translate: "The county is going to hold a sports meeting for primary and secondary school students. Xiao Yang won first place in the school's selection competition. In a few days, he will compete with several other primary schools in the township to select the winner to represent the township. Participate in county competitions and possibly city competitions.”
Cheng Xiang said "Oh" in sudden realization.
He touched Zhou Yang's head and said, "That's great, young man. Okay, mom will buy you some sneakers tomorrow. You will definitely win the championship in one fell swoop."
"Do you believe I can do it?" Zhou Yang looked at Cheng Xiang with bright eyes.
Cheng Xiang said sternly: "Of course I believe that you like to exercise, climb trees, and swim. These have invisibly enhanced your physical fitness. The ancients said that my talents will be useful. You can see what is suitable for you. Aren’t you coming?”
Zhou Yang nodded heavily: "Well, I am useful. Although I don't study as well as my uncle, and I can't play the piano like Qing'er, but I can run, and I can run faster than a rabbit."
Cheng Xiang and Tian Xing were both amused by him: "How could anyone say that about themselves?"
Zhou Tianxing said: "I saw him participating in a running competition at school today. I felt that he was more serious than ever before. He beat everyone else by more than a lap. He was indeed faster than a rabbit."
Cheng Xiang laughed twice, turned around and asked, "Tian Xing, are you joining? I'll help you buy it together."
Tian Xing shook his head: "I won't participate in the sports meeting. The head teacher said that there will be a math competition in a month for me to participate."
"Math competition?" Cheng Xiang was really surprised. Is this the only volume at this time? "Is it necessary to participate in math competitions in elementary school?"
Zhou Tianxing whispered: "It's a junior high school mathematics competition."
"What?" Cheng Xiang's eyes widened in surprise.
"I was studying mathematics in junior high school by myself during this period. That day, the teacher gave me several mathematics papers to do. I got them all right, so the teacher registered me for the mathematics competition." Tian Xing scratched his head a little embarrassedly. Scratching your head.
There are a lot of trivial things at home during this time, and I really ignore them too much. I know that Zhou Tianxing has been working hard since he was in sixth grade, and his grades have improved rapidly, but it is too fast. Is this green skin turning into a high-speed rail?
Cheng Xiang was overjoyed: "Okay, okay, you are both great. When I go to buy Xiao Yang's sneakers tomorrow, I will also buy you some mathematics learning materials, okay?"
Zhou Tianxing smiled sweetly and nodded: "Okay, thank you, sister-in-law."
I can't help but think of the endings of the two people in the book. I don't know if they have changed their lives now, but they are still young and the future is unpredictable. Will people's destiny and the past of history be completely changed because of one person's intervention? ?
Cheng Xiang was a little worried, but everything seemed to be going well now. As for the future, he would only know if he went on slowly.
In the evening, Zhou Tianlei didn't go home until after eight o'clock. When he came back, his feet and trousers were covered with mud.
Just as Cheng Xiang was about to walk over, he whispered: "Don't come over, dirty."
"How did you do it?" He usually wears work clothes to work and changes clothes before going home after get off work.
"We are selling pigs today. We don't have enough manpower. I went to catch the pigs with me. Both of my clothes were stained. I have no choice but to come back like this. I'm sorry, please stay away. I don't want to get you." Zhou Tianlei said again and again in the bathroom. Take off your dirty pants and shoes outside the door.
"I'll take a shower, you go back to your room and rest first." Zhou Tianlei was taking off his clothes while talking to Cheng Wanted.
Cheng wanted to say: "There is hot water in the pot. Bring some water to the tub and take a bath."
Zhou Tianlei chuckled: "No need, I will make your bathtub dirty."
After saying that, he entered the bathroom, and soon there was the sound of flushing water.
Cheng Xiang pursed his lips. Zhou Tianlei always knew that Cheng Xiang loved to be clean. In the bathroom, there were just a long list of towels hanging for wiping the face, wiping the feet, wiping the hair, and wiping the body.
In fact, she also helped Zhou Tianlei and several children prepare a complete set of towels, but Qing'er was the only one who strictly followed the purpose of each towel.
Zhou Yang, Zhou Tianxing, and Zhou Tianlei always wiped their whole bodies with a towel when she didn't supervise them strictly.
No matter how many times I said it, several people couldn't change it, so Cheng Xiang didn't bother to care.
Although they themselves are not particular about it, they respect Qing'er and Cheng Xiang's living habits and never use their towels indiscriminately.
Even Cheng Xiang's shower gel and shampoo were never used by Zhou Tianlei. He felt that such fragrant things were only suitable for use on Cheng Xiang. He didn't need the fragrance himself, he only needed to hold her and smell them to be satisfied.
As for the bathtub, the two of them used it several times together, and Zhou Tianlei complained that the bathtub was still too small.
Other times, he didn't use Cheng Xiang's bathtub for fear of getting her dirty.
Cheng Xiang returned to the room and took a set of pajamas and put them at the bathroom door for him.
About ten minutes later, Zhou Tianlei walked out of the bathroom with wet hair and pajamas.
It was warm and cold in early spring, and it was still very cold at night. Cheng Xiang handed him a coat: "Be careful of catching a cold, put it on quickly."
After Zhou Tianlei took the clothes and put them on, he picked up the dirty clothes at the bathroom door and threw them to the well. Then he turned back to Cheng and wanted to say: "Bring your clothes here and I will wash them together."
Zhou Tianlei always washed his own clothes. Even his underwear, he never asked Cheng Xiang to help wash it. Occasionally, if he had time, he would help Cheng Xiang wash the clothes together.
Among the children at home, except for Qing'er's clothes, Cheng Xiang helped wash them, and the two boys did their own laundry. This independent living habit also comes from Zhou Tianlei's influence on them.
In the minds of the three men at home, there is no idea that women must do the housework, so at home, the men do all the laundry, cleaning, dishes and pots, and never complain.
Cheng Xiang took out some clothes that he and Qing'er had changed from the room and handed them to Zhou Tianlei.
Zhou Tianlei took a wooden basin and soaked his clothes first, then took a red enamel basin with flowers and put Qing'er's clothes in it.
I filled it with water, put in the washing powder, and started rubbing it with my big hands.
Cheng Xiang moved a bench and sat next to him, watching and chatting with him.
After washing Qing'er's clothes, he picked up Cheng Xiang's clothes and a white lace underwear fell out.
Cheng Xiang took a look and couldn't help but blush a little. She always washed her underwear herself. She might have accidentally rolled it up with her sweater and pants and took it out just now.
She reached over and grabbed it, and said sheepishly: "This, I can wash this myself."
Zhou Tianlei held the underwear in his hand and looked at her shyly with a deep look, which was very cute: "I'll wash it, it's okay."
After saying that, he lay down in the basin. Cheng Xiang scratched the back of his neck in embarrassment. They were clearly a couple, but he didn't know what he was embarrassed about.
Zhou Tianlei held the piece of soft cloth in his big hands. After soaping it, he began to rub it. He didn't know if he used too much force. There was a tearing sound, and a hole was ripped open in the middle of his underwear.
Zhou Tianlei was dumbfounded for a moment. He looked at the torn underwear in his hand, turned to look at Cheng blankly and thought, how come the underwear is just like its owner, so tender that it will break if you pinch it.
Cheng Xiang whispered and looked at this underwear with regret. She bought it from the underwear section of a department store in the city. It is this year's new product and the price is not cheap.
The underwear of this era is not as dazzling as that of later generations, and most women of this era do not have high requirements for underwear.
And Cheng Xiang is a lingerie lover. Every time she goes shopping, she will visit a lingerie store. Her wardrobe is as complete as a stamp collection of all kinds of lingerie.
She always feels that "property" is coordination from the inside out. Although underwear is just an innermost accessory, for women, the quality of underwear is very important, whether in terms of health or improving their temperament.
In this era, the colors and styles of underwear are too limited. When I saw this underwear in the store, my eyes lit up.
The salesperson said that this product was imported from Hong Kong. It was new and expensive, and few pieces were sold in total. When Cheng wanted to spend 20 yuan and bought two pieces, the salesperson was shocked. After all, in this era, people are willing to spend money. Too few people spend a lot of money on a piece of underwear.
Zhou Tianlei looked at the underwear in his hand angrily: "Sorry, I'll buy you another one."
Cheng Xiang looked at him with a smile. He couldn't imagine him going into a lingerie store to buy women's underwear. He smiled and said, "Forget it, if a piece of clothing is broken, it will be broken."
Zhou Tianlei had to put this piece of clothing aside first, and then wash other clothes. This time he washed it carefully, for fear of tearing it again.
After washing the clothes, Zhou Tianlei stood up to dry them. Suddenly he grabbed the clothesline and stretched his back hard, seeming very uncomfortable.
Cheng Xiang suddenly felt a little guilty. He had a hard day at work, and asking him to do laundry when he got home seemed a bit excessive.
She walked over and stood in front of the man who was hanging clothes, put her arms around the man's waist, and buried her face in his chest.
Zhou Tianlei was caught off guard by her sudden move. He held her with one hand and arranged the clothes on the clothesline with the other.
"What's wrong?" After hanging the clothes, he put his hands around her waist and asked softly.
"I don't want you to have to work so hard." Cheng wanted to bury his face in his chest and said softly.
Zhou Tianlei chuckled: "It's not hard. You take care of the children at home every day. Isn't cooking and washing more difficult?"
Cheng Xiang hugged his waist, shook his head and rubbed his chest. He felt a little pretentious and didn't know what to say.
Zhou Tianlei said in a deep voice: "I heard that the department store has purchased a batch of washing machines. I want to buy one so that you don't have to wash clothes by hand every day."
Zhou Tianlei squeezed Cheng Xiang's hand. He didn't want to let go of his wife's soft tofu-like hands. Soaking them in cold water every day was such a waste.
Cheng Xiang raised his head and looked at him with bright eyes: "Washing machine? Really? Can you buy it?"
Zhou Tianlei nodded slightly: "It should be okay."
Cheng Xiang nodded twice. In later generations, technology was so advanced that even underwear had special washing machines. How many people's hands were freed? Her clothes were either thrown into a fully automatic washing machine or sent to a dry cleaner.
After coming here, it is really a headache to wash clothes by hand every day, especially bed sheets and quilt covers. They cannot be washed or wringed out.
Suddenly I felt something was wrong. Just now I was clearly feeling sorry for the old man's hard work, but why did the wind change and the old man bought himself a washing machine.
In order to comfort the old man for his hard work, Cheng Xiang returned to the bedroom and solemnly reported to the old man about the two children, one participating in the sports meeting and the other participating in the math competition.
Zhou Tianlei nodded and said: "Tian Xing has worked hard during this period, which is very good. But, Xiao Yang, is it worth your happiness to run in a competition? He should still be allowed to improve his performance."
Cheng Xiang disagreed and said: "Studying is not the only way out for children. All roads lead to Rome. Teaching should be done in accordance with aptitude. If Xiao Yang cannot excel in learning, we can discover his other shining points and develop his potential. The same can be done To get to the top, it’s just a different path.”
Zhou Tianlei accepted her education seriously. After listening to what she said, he nodded and said, "You know more than me. I listen to you."
Cheng Xiang raised his chin proudly.
Zhou Tianlei pulled her into his arms: "Can you sleep now?"
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The next day, Cheng Xiang took Qing'er into the city and sent Qing'er directly to Teacher Lu's house. Then he went out and went straight to the department store to buy sneakers for Zhou Yang.
In the children's shoes section, she chose a pair of good-looking and wearable sneakers according to Xiao Yang's number. Thinking of the underwear that Zhou Tianlei had washed, she went to the underwear section and planned to buy another underwear.
The salesperson in the underwear section was surprised to see Cheng Xiang coming to buy underwear again. This underwear was expensive and fashionable, so there were only a few people buying it, but this lesbian came to buy it one after another. She really didn't know how to live.
In the face of the salesperson's disgusted look, Cheng Xiang took out a large solidarity card and bought expensive underwear. A consumer felt discriminated against.
After walking out of the store, I planned to go to Xinhua Bookstore to buy books for Zhou Tianxing. Who saw Cheng Wanshan and Su Qing at the door of the store.
