The Blind and the Deaf - Chapter 17

When Mr. Miao knocked on Xiao Zhang’s door with a big bag, he felt that he hadn’t been this nervous for a long time. Even when he confessed his love for Xiao Zhang, he wasn’t this nervous. The door opened quickly, and the woman who opened the door saw Xiao Zhang first, revealing a relieved and surprised expression, “Back?”
Xiao Zhang obediently called mom, fumbled to touch his mom’s face, touched the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, touched her cheeks, and said, “You’ve lost weight.”
Zhang’s mom cheerfully held Xiao Zhang’s hand and said, “Where is it, it’s getting fatter and fatter.” Her eyes shifted before meeting with Mr. Miao who was standing to the side. That face and Xiao Zhang have six or seven points of similarity, at first glance is mother and son. Mr. Miao’s heart thumped inexplicably. Then he secretly thought, it is this marvelous woman who brought up Xiao Zhang and taught him so well. When he thought about it, he smiled sincerely and hurriedly shouted “Auntie.”

The house is not big, after entering the room, the three people picked up chairs and sat in a circle. Mr. Miao face has been smiling, the shopping mall to buy a cashmere scarf handed up and said, “The weather is cold, a little, mind. Looked at Xiao Zhang’s, the look bought, I hope it fits.” The foot also put the New Year’s goods, ah, the oral fluid ah, Linlin total a few big bags.
Zhang’s mother has never been able to buy such good goods, small towns are rarely seen, was Mr. Miao so coaxed especially embarrassed, while blaming him so polite, while beginning to worry about how to return the gift in the heart.

Mr. Miao smilingly patted Xiao Zhang, “You’re welcome. We are our own people, we should.”
Xiao Zhang’s face brushes red and nods cooperatively, “Well, Mr. Miao is one of our own.”

The three of them sat and chatted for a while, nothing more than talking about each other’s lives. As they chatted, they talked about Xiao Zhang’s childhood. He said that one winter, it was also the New Year. At that time Xiao Zhang is still small, with a ticket in his pocket, he went out to help his family across the river to buy some New Year’s goods. At that time, Zhang’s eyes were hazy and he couldn’t see very well, and he stepped on a dog’s tail when he crossed the bridge. The dog screamed in pain, and Zhang was scared half to death and fell to the ground. When he let go of his hand, half a bag of jujubes and adzuki beans fell into the river.

Xiao Zhang knew when he was a child that his mother was not easy to earn money, and seeing half a bag of New Year’s goods gone, he thought nothing of hurrying to the riverbank, took off his shoes and rolled up his pant legs, stepping barefoot into the cold river water. New Year’s season, the river is how cold, seven or eight-year-old child barefoot standing in the river to pick up a date, a grain of red beans. Eyes would not have been able to see clearly, standing in the frozen water for a long time. When the mother found the little child to buy some things how not come back, out to find when, hands and feet are frozen purple.

This thing really put Zhang’s mother anxious half dead, tears fell. After Xiao Zhang went back, his hands and feet were warmed up, but the next day he got frostbite. After that, he had frostbite every year, and he couldn’t get rid of it.

Every year at Chinese New Year, Zhang’s mom would take this matter out and say it again. Xiao Zhang himself is embarrassed to hear, laughed and said, “I would not think so much, not you have been teaching me to save save save?”
Zhang’s mother sighed, picked up Xiao Zhang’s hand and looked at it, then put it in her hand and rubbed it again, and said heartbreakingly, “This year, this hand has not had any problems.”
Xiao Zhang, “I have to work every day. Besides, Mr. Miao’s house is warm.”
Mr. Miao looked at Xiao Zhang’s thin fingers with worry. He heard about this for the first time, and now he especially wanted to grab Xiao Zhang’s hand into his hands and kiss it. More than that, he wanted to go back to more than ten years ago and grab the teenager’s hand submerged in ice water and kiss it to warm it up. But he could only look at it so much.

After sitting and talking for a while, and having an understanding of each other, Zhang’s mom felt much more comfortable in her heart. She has long known Mr. Miao from Xiao Zhang’s mouth, not only know, but also be instilled every day how Mr. Miao treats him how how, how Mr. Miao character how. As a mother, she is always sensitive and can feel that her son is very fond of this gentleman. At first, she was a little worried that her son would not be cheated. These days, if there is no benefit, why would people treat you so well? Now that she has seen the real person, she also has a good feeling about Mr. Miao – she thinks that this person seems to be quite reliable, and he speaks honestly, so he doesn’t seem to be a liar. Most of all, he really treats our son as one of his own. Xiao Zhang’s habits are better known than her mom’s, so how can we not feel at ease?

After sitting with her for a while, Zhang’s mom let the two of them stay in the room, and went back to the kitchen to work on her own.

Mr. Miao looked back at the back of Zhang’s mother’s busy work, quietly pulled his hand and squeezed it, and asked, “Little Milkman, how old is your mother?”
Mr. Miao smiled and said, “People here get married early, my mom is forty this year.”
Mr. Miao laughed and said, “No wonder it is so old, young and beautiful, I see and you, look very similar ……” reacted, “Forty? That is not, only eight years older than me?”
Xiao Zhang worriedly said, “You look at my mom?”
Pfft – Mr. Miao almost fell off his chair.

Mr. Miao walks to the kitchen, asks what he’s going to do for dinner, then skillfully puts on his apron and says, “Auntie, you guys, mother and son are reunited, so you go keep Xiao Zhang company and talk. I’m good at cooking.”
After some pushing and shoving, Zhang’s mother learned that Xiao Zhang actually ate at Mr. Miao’s house every day, and for a moment she was both grateful and embarrassed for this man. Eventually impressed by Mr. Miao’s sincerity, she took off her apron and went back to her room, sitting next to Xiao Zhang. Zhang’s mom’s goodwill towards this man increased again.

Mr. Miao cooked the meal with great care, and the three of them ate happily. After the meal, Mr. Miao sat down for a while and said he wanted to go home. Zhang’s mother said guiltily, “I’m sorry, Mr. Miao. If we had two rooms at home, we would have kept you here.”
Mr. Miao still wore a sincere smile and said, “No, no, no, no, I dare not trouble you. In a couple days, I’ll come back to see Xiao Zhang.”
The three of them exchanged pleasantries at the door, Mr. Miao didn’t even dare to shake Xiao Zhang’s hand, and turned around to go back to the car.

That night, sitting in his empty home, Mr. Miao suddenly felt a little lonely. He took out his cell phone, flipped out Xiao Zhang’s number and looked at it, then tossed it aside in boredom, immersing himself in a gloomy atmosphere.
Alas, it’s true that when you get older, it’s easy to get lonely. Mr. Miao thought silently.