mtl008 Chapter 157 Parental Love
Chapter 157 Parental Love
As soon as he entered the house with his things, Qiao Shinian saw that his mother had fallen asleep in his father's arms.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Qiao's mother struggled to wake up. She squinted her eyes and said, "Yoyo is back. Did you have fun today?"
"Well, I bought a lot of things." Qiao Shinian raised the bag in his hand: "Mom, I bought you your favorite pink jellyfish keychain."
Father Qiao put down his phone. There were many history books beside him.
"Time is very important. Yoyo, wash up and get ready for some rest. Mom and Dad have already prepared everything for you."
Qiao Shinian took a bath very quickly, then lazily sat cross-legged on the floor and enjoyed his mother blowing his hair.
There was a knock on the door.
"Hey, can daddy come in?"
"Please come in."
When Mr. Qiao came in, he looked at his watch. It was eleven twenty-three.
"Have you thought of what to say after this time travel? Dad has a little suggestion."
"Yeah, Dad, you talk, I'm listening."
Father Qiao looked at Qiao Shinian, who was fully armed in front of him. She was wearing a custom-made ancient costume and thick cotton socks on her feet.
The temperature in the room was very low, about 14 or 15 degrees. On the bed were two photos that he had carefully selected in the afternoon and a gold bar that Qiao's mother had brought back in the afternoon.
"You still have to be careful in the Xianwang Mansion. Mu Qingchen may like you, but you can't let go of yourself completely. It's a patriarchal society. He can take back his love at any time, but you can't gamble with your life. Yoyo, don't rely on the men over there. You have to have your own strength.
Sometimes dignity is not as important as life. Dad wants you to wake up every morning. We are here to support and wait for you.
Also, no matter what you become, you are always your good daughter, and we will always love you. Dad knows that this is selfish and goes against the way I educated you, but Dad still wants to say that life is more important than ideals. "
Qiao Shinian looked at her father squatting in front of her. She hadn't seen him for more than a year. His face looked a little old, but he was full of energy. There were traces of wind and rain on his face, which were the marks left by his passion.
The sliding of his round collar as he squatted allowed her to see the bullet hole scar on his shoulder. She didn't know how many wounds he had, nor what he had done for the natural scenery he loved, but she knew that as long as a rare scene appeared, her father would definitely appear in that record.
She is actually very independent. Compared to her family, she trusts and relies more on An Tian and Mo Feibai, who grew up with her wearing open-crotch pants.
She once complained about her father and hated her mother's love of dancing because they were busy loving other things. She was like an accident to them, a responsibility that they could not abandon.
She had a comfortable life, but she did not have the pampered life of a family of three with her parents.
Compared to her father who is abroad or in the mountains and forests, she most often sees her mother performing around the country.
Her mother accompanied her, while her father was like a person who appeared at regular times and places, on her birthday, her parent-teacher meetings, her graduation ceremony, and her winter and summer vacations.
Winter and summer vacations were the days when the three of them gathered together as a family. Either her mother would turn down a performance to take her to see her father, or her father would go home and take her to see her mother's performance. She was so busy that she was a little confused.
Later, she gradually adapted to this kind of life, and then, when she grew up, she understood the concepts of her father and mother. She respected them and knew that life was not absolutely perfect. She accepted all the imperfections and tried to enjoy life as her father taught her.
Laugh when you are happy and cry when you are sad.
Try not to leave any regrets in your one and only life and do what you want to do.
"Dad, don't worry, okay? The reason I chose to travel through time is because I think it's a rare experience, and now, time travel has become a challenge in my life." Qiao Shinian smiled at her father, and then she continued, "I've changed from wanting to survive to wanting to change the world with Wen Jiu."
Mother Qiao put down the hair dryer and gently rubbed Qiao Shinian's head: "Yo Yo, what do you want to eat tomorrow morning? I'll send a message to Auntie later."
"Maybe some bread and desserts, and some vegetables."
"Okay." Qiao's mother stood up and looked at Qiao Shinian: "Then Yoyo, go to sleep. Mom and Dad will go wash up. Mom will come over to accompany Yoyo later."
Qiao Shinian stood up and grinned: "Yeah!"
Mother Qiao pulled Father Qiao out of Qiao Shinian's room.
After returning to his bedroom, Father Qiao hugged Mother Qiao, his voice full of worry: "Wife, what should I do? I am getting more and more scared. I am afraid that Yoyo will not come back."
The tearful Qiao's mother patted Qiao's father on the back and said gently: "Yoyo looked soft-tempered since she was a child, but she is actually very stubborn and has the same challenging spirit as you. We just need to support her."
"Tomorrow afternoon I will ask someone to tidy up the house near the school. Tiantian will live with Youyou when she comes back. As for Xiaobai, his mother called me this afternoon and asked us to see if his business is reliable. Husband, you should ask someone to keep an eye on it. I bought a lot of gold bars today and cut them into small pieces. It will be convenient for Youyou to take them with her. We will need more medicine in the future, so we should prepare more at home."
"I asked a friend to make some medicine. Youyou can take it with you next time. Doctors in ancient times can't detect it." Father Qiao let go of Mother Qiao, his serious worry still not diminished: "It was really dangerous in ancient times. Let's prepare some self-defense methods for Youyou. I asked a friend to make a weapon suitable for Youyou. If the progress is fast, it can be made in three days. It should only take one day to find someone to deliver it."
Mother Qiao lowered her eyes, tears welling up in her eyes: "Hubby, we must support Youyou's ideas. We will help her with what she wants to do."
"Let me think about it again. Youyou is our only baby. I can't imagine the pain of losing her. I now doubt whether my previous education of Youyou was correct. Did I impose my own ideas on her? Forcing her to accept my thinking." Father Qiao covered his eyes with one hand and sat dejectedly on the bed.
His previous calmness and indifference disappeared without a trace at this moment. He felt a little regretful and self-blaming. He kept thinking about the past and reviewing all the education he could remember.
Mother Qiao walked over and hugged Father Qiao, putting his head against her body. Her voice was choked with sobs: "We have to accompany her through all this fantasy. Husband, do you remember what you told me yesterday? We have to look to the future and take precautions, so what we should do is to provide backup and support."
"I know." Father Qiao responded in a low voice. After a few deep breaths, he cheered up: "Okay, the sadness and self-doubt are over. You go wash up first, and I'll go look up the information."
Late at night, Qiao's mother tiptoed into Qiao Shinian's room and put the latest health measurement electronic watch on her hand.
Looking at the sleeping Qiao Shinian, Qiao's mother recalled the scene last night when she entered the room to look after Qiao Shinian and found that she had a fever and tried to wake her up.
Qiao Shinian was woken up, but she sat on the bed like a lifelike puppet, with no focus in her eyes, just staring at her blankly.
She hurriedly went to find Qiao's father to see what was happening, and woke up Mo Feibai and An Tian.
When she and An Tian examined Qiao Shinian, they found bites on her thighs and arms, so they changed her into a light nightgown. When they laid her flat, she seemed to be asleep again.
It was not until the doctor came to give her rabies vaccine and antipyretic injection, and they applied anti-inflammatory medicine and bandaged her festering wound, that Qiao's mother breathed a sigh of relief and fell into a light sleep beside Qiao Shinian.
She had gotten very little rest in the past two days, especially after what happened last night, she slept even more uneasily and had to wake up every once in a while to check on Qiao Shinian's condition.