Chapter 78 (2/2)
”Not everyone is like your mother, seliosa.”
”Your mother, she, has the ability to change a person easily.” The man seemed to recall for a moment and then said.
Xie liaosha praised his father's comments on his mother. But he wanted to tell his father something else, so he gave a soft smile, ”you too, Dad, not everyone is like you.”
When he heard his son's words, he gave a smile.
Xie liaosha looked at the snack box, thought about it and asked, ”can I have one?”
”Is it time for you to have a snack?”
”Not yet” Xie liaosha reluctantly retracts his eyes. Although still some reluctant, but still decided to restrain themselves.
Next time, seliosa tried to raise his arm and poured Karenin a glass of water. Then he sat down again, holding the glass and asked, ”can I do anything else next time?”
Karenin knew what seliosa meant. A boy's mind is never too hard to guess.
”I think you've done very well today.”
Xie liaosha some blushes, after a while, murmured, ”next time I will bring a handkerchief.”
Karenin nodded in agreement.
After drinking the water in the cup, Xie liaosha looked out of the window quietly for a while. He saw the view flying past the window, the mountains, and then, as if thinking of something, he asked, ”will you give it to my brother or sister?”
Karenin's movement in his hands stopped for a moment, holding the paper in his thumb, half loud. He looked at his son and said, ”do you want a brother or sister?”
Xie liaosha smiles shyly and nods: ”want.”
His reaction, which was different from that of most children, made Karenin decide to stop his business once again. Rare, he took the initiative to try to find out more about his son's ideas.
”Why?”
Xie liaosha did not turn to face his father, but still some shyly mumbled, round fingers in the clear window of the circle.
”I want to be a brother.”
After he finished, he looked at his father as if he had plucked up his courage: ”I like you to call me baby. But sometimes, I want to call someone else baby He thought about it and said, ”in fact, babies can do it.”
It's like a little worried that this reason is not sufficient and easy to be rejected. Xie liaosha remembered his father's teaching that if you want someone to promise you anything, you have to give them at least three good reasons. So he added hastily:
”I'm five years old. My mother said that when I was three years old, I could get a set of soldiers with a small saber, and when I was four years old, I could choose my own afternoon tea. But now that I am five years old, I haven't made a wish. I think I'm old enough to be a brother. ”
”But you're already a brother, don't you?”
Karenin said the name of a child. Instead of refuting it, he nodded with a smile.
”I like him. But I also want to have a brother or sister of my own. ”
”You know, Dad,” he muttered, ”there's mom's hair or eyes, or yours. They're going to look like me. ”
”I wanted a younger brother or sister when I was three years old.””I don't remember you ever told us that.” Karenin thought for a moment and then decided.
”Yes, I haven't said it yet.” Xie liaosha nodded. He was already seated properly. Then he raised his big blue eyes and said, ”but I need to prepare, don't I?”
Karenin thought that preparation meant accepting the fact that he had a brother or sister, but his son, like his wife, always surprised him.
”I have to grow taller. It takes a lot of strength, ”he nodded, as if affirming his statement.
”I also need to understand a lot of knowledge. There are always a lot of things to learn. I don't think I'm fully prepared now, but I may grow up soon, and then I will have other responsibilities. But I'm worried He said, wrinkling his fine eyebrows, like a kind of fluffy bird, thinking like a lovely mess.
”What are you worried about?” Karenin asked, and then he got a little grumbling look from his son.
”Of course, you can't teach him too much, Dad.”
”I want to be his brother and a good example.”
Xie liaosha sighed softly. ”Then I thought that five years old should be a big enough age. At least I'm five years older than he is, and I can teach him a lot
”We thought you didn't want a brother or sister.” Karenin said. They hardly discussed it, his wife didn't say he wanted another child, and Karenin was very satisfied with his family. So the plan for a second child has never been mentioned.
Xie liaosha looked at his father with some reproach. Maybe there are few people in Russia who can treat Karenin like this.
The little boy pouted: ”I'm just preparing.”
”Brothers and sisters are precious, just as I am to you.”
”If I become a brother too early, how can I take care of them. If, if they ask me questions I don't know, I'm so sorry! ” Xie liaosha said his deepest concern seriously.
Faced with such a little boy, the senior official in Petersburg also couldn't help smiling.
”So,” said seliosa, blinking, ”can I be a brother?”
”There's no way to guarantee it. Thank you, Liao Sha.”
”But that may be true.”
Xie liaosha seemed to think of something and laughed: ”I think Christmas presents are good.”
”Maybe you'll get it.”