I am a silly engineer, a hard-working engineer, 1.75 meters tall, and a minimum income of 8,000 or 9,000 yuan a month. I can't pursue girls, and I live alone until I'm 35 years old without a girlfriend.
One day I received a call from my second aunt, and my second aunt introduced me to a divorced woman. She was quite beautiful. She was her colleague, who was only 28 years old and had a five-year-old child.
On the day she met, the sky was a little dark and it was drizzling. I saw this girl. She was about 1.6 meters tall and the weather was a little cold. She was wearing a black cashmere coat , and her figure was outlined, which looked very beautiful when paired with her long black hair. But when I looked closer, I looked average, had not put on makeup, my face was dark, and I felt a bit arrogant when I spoke.
She was also there that day. She looked five years old and was a pretty little girl. She sat obediently next to the adults with two small braids, and her black eyes looked at the adults curiously.
Three adults sat together, ordered three cups of tea, and started chatting.
I don’t say anything, mainly because my aunt tried her best to help me speak nice things. I remember my aunt told me privately that she was not well educated and was a cashier. The main reason for divorce from her husband was that she was a bad gambling person and had no major shortcomings. I suggested that I get in touch with her.
I have houses and cars. As we chatted, we talked about the issue of bride gifts. She said that Widow Liu in their village was a woman in her forties. She forced her to give her 188,000 yuan, and three gold . She didn't want to be said to be inferior to Widow Liu, who is a half-old woman. The bride price of 200,000 yuan is not worth a penny.
Aunt's face suddenly looked a little ugly. It would be very high for a girl from a small county town to get married for the first time, and she had to follow the dowry. The number on the opposite side was so tight that she didn't look like a dowry at first glance.
Aunt pulled me aside and said, "Nephew, why don't we forget it. Next time I introduce you to a big yellow girl, I didn't expect her to speak like this."
I said we'd better give it a price, what if it's possible. I don’t like this woman so much. Some people ask for a lot of prices. If I don’t bargain on my ankles, how can I make such a sigh?
"Ten thousand." My aunt stretched out a finger and said.
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After a arduous tug-of-war, we reached a consensus that the bride price was 30,000, but she had one condition, and her daughter had to agree to the marriage.
I agreed, but I never expected the woman to get up and leave. She said, "Then you should cultivate your relationship well, just send it to my house at night."
After saying that, she left with a small bag on her back.
The remaining three people in the game looked at each other in a glance.
I have never seen such a scene, so after chatting for a few words, I threw a girl over. I asked my aunt what to do if this situation is done.
Aunt shook her head and said, "She has never encountered this situation before. This style of being a father first may be rare in the country."
Aunt said, why don’t you take her to play? I’m quite familiar with her, so you can feel at ease with her.
After saying that, my aunt also got up and left, leaving me and a little baby.
Although I am over thirty years old, I am also a innocent little boy. I don’t even hold many girls’ hands. This is what makes me feel a little at a loss when I become my father all day.
I looked at her, and she looked up at me, as if she wasn't afraid of me, the uncle I met for the first time.
I squatted down and asked her, "What's your name?"
"Xiaoyun."
"Then Xiaoyun, let's go shopping, uncle will take you to eat delicious food."
"Can I call you dad? It'll be good for a day."
"Why?"
"What I made with my mother, I'll give me a dad, she agreed."
"This is what I gave?"
"Well, can you be my dad today? I'm your daughter."
"Faced with the little girl's expectant eyes, I softened my heart, and I held her little hand and walked on the street.
"Do you miss your dad?"
"I don't want to, my dad likes to bet on cards and drinks, and he often beats me and his mom, and he doesn't look for me. I just want an ordinary dad, just like other classmates."
" Well, today I will be your dad. What do you want to eat? Take you to eat. "
The little girl jumped up happily. She took my hand and walked from one end of the street to the other end and chose a five-dollar marshmallow. This was a colorful marshmallow, which looked large and bigger than her head. She tried hard to bite it with her little mouth. The candy silk was stained with her mouth and left a cat beard-like trace.
We ate snacks and went to the children's indoor playground. I just watched her jump and jump for an afternoon.
In the evening, after dinner, I bought a fried potato for two yuan, and we were all big and small, lowered our heads and feasted together.
"Dad, I want to hold it high. "
" Dad, I want this butterfly, it can be worn on my head. "
"Dad, is this butterfly good to wear on my head..."
"Dad, I can't walk anymore, can you carry me? Just get it right away. "
The little girl fell asleep on my back, her hands tightly holding my clothes.
I sent the little girl home, and her mother opened the door for me and asked me to put the child on a small bed, and then prepared to go out. When I asked, it turned out that she was going to play mahjong.
"Your child is at home alone? This is not good. "
" I'm next door, it's okay. "
" You'd better stay at home with her, don't go today. "
Her mother looked at me, nodded and took out a key for me, turned around and left.
I was confused. Although I had never been a father, this mother was too casual and I didn't know me.
I covered Xiaoyun's bedding and ran to the living room to watch TV alone. I thought one hour would be enough. I waited until half past eleven, and her mother came home with unfulfilled satisfaction.
"Thank you for your hard work, I will give it to me next. "
I was so angry that I couldn't even curse people. I snorted, glared at her and prepared to leave this weird mother. I left quickly, and don't have any connection with her anymore. I said to myself in my heart.
Suddenly, Xiaoyun, who was sleeping, sat up, rubbed her eyes hard, looked at the dark night outside the window, looked at us who were tense, and said weakly: "Dad..."
I walked to the bed speechlessly.
Xiaoyun groped on herself for a moment, took off the butterfly headdress I bought for her from her head, carefully held it in her palm, and handed it to me.
"My favorite butterfly is given to my uncle, don't forget Xiaoyun. "She said.
I took the butterfly, turned over and saw that several strands of hair were torn off the back. It seemed that Xiaoyun couldn't open it, so she pulled it off from her head with force.
Xiaoyun quickly got into the quilt, turned over, and her small body arched into a shrimp.
"Is Xiaoyun asleep? "I asked.
" Yes. "She answered.
I forgot how I left. When I think of Xiaoyun and her unreliable mother, my heart was like a knife and I couldn't sleep. Although she was not my daughter, she was my daughter for a day. For some reason, I could not let her go.
No one knows what I thought, but I still brought the dowry and Sanjin married her mother. Ironically, on the day of my marriage, I only knew her mother's full name from her marriage certificate. Her name was Li Xiaoru.
Sure enough, I really met her mother Li Xiaoru after getting married. I was too lazy. I only knew how to play cards all day long and the housework at home It all fell on me. She quit her job as a cashier and lived a "full-time housewife" life at home. She did not spend too much time with Xiaoyun. She always went out in the morning and lost all her money in the middle of the night.
Xiaoru has some advantages. At least she will not have affair with other men. Most of her card friends are neighbors next door wives, and she also remembers to pick up Xiaoyun to and from school. In her words, the job of a full-time housewife is one after another.
I didn't expect that Xiaoyun was the warmth of my home.
Every time I quarrel, I always ended up with my complete defeat. Once I rushed out of the house and ran outside to relax.Unexpectedly, Xiaoyun was sitting at the door of the unit wearing thin clothes with a small flashlight. The weather was cold and she was shaking on the stone steps.
When I came back, she said, "Dad, don't leave. If you are sad, just hit me."
I hugged her hard, and our father and daughter cried bitterly.
I said, "Dad loves you too, dad won't hit you. You are so cold, let's go home."
That night, I coaxed Xiaoyun to sleep, and I had a big fight with my wife whom I brought my daughter to. This woman didn't care about such a young child who was so young, which made her annoyed.
Not long after, I was mopping the floor. Xiaoyun happily showed me the paper apron she made with flowers and grass on it, mom and dad and her.
She said that my father worked so hard and she wanted to help me with housework.
From then on, I don’t care whether her mother is going to play cards again in this family. I just want to rely on Xiaoyun for life.
Two years later, I was accompanying Xiaoyun to do my second grade homework, and her mother actually came back in broad daylight.
She looked at the two people at the desk and suddenly realized that her daughter was in the second grade of elementary school. Time made the father and daughter who were originally strangers sit together warmly, and she was like an outsider, a stranger who just lived in the same room.
She approached us and shouted carefully: "Husband, daughter..."
Seeing that we did not respond, she said again: "You are tired of studying. Do you want to eat fruits? I will peel one for you."
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Later I learned that the sister my wife often played with was separated by his husband, and the child was given to each other, and he lost the mood to play mahjong. He sighed all day long.
Maybe my wife was stimulated and was willing to cook when she came back. She had time to check out her baby's homework from time to time. What surprised me the most was that my child was born in the third year of marriage, a little boy.
Xiaoyun is happier than us. She took out her best things and gave them to her younger brother. Her younger brother can't speak yet and will run away with her sister all over the floor. Her sister's giggles often come from home.
Our family of four finally became what others envied.
