Dad Academy

"My cooking skills have improved a lot recently. If you come over anytime, I'll cook it for you."

"You're bragging."

"It's true, there are pictures to prove it."

Zhang Tan sent Su Lan a photo of Xiaobai and Liuliu eating meat and rice so that he could brag in front of his girlfriend.

Su Lan saw the two little cuties looking happy with their rice bowls. Xiaobai was digging for food, while Liuliu gave a thumbs up to the camera.

She sent a series of laughing emoticons, "The traces of staged photos are too obvious, so it doesn't count."

"It really doesn't count."

"Then you're still bragging."

"So I suggest you fly here and try it yourself. The meat bibimbap I make is the most delicious meat bibimbap in the world."

Su Lan sent out a series of laughing emoticons, "But, I have some activities in Peiping recently, and I won't be able to leave for a while."

Zhang Tan: "It's okay, I'll go there."

"No, it will delay your work."

"I'll fly here tomorrow."

"Huh? So soon? It's not the weekend. Can you get some time off?"

"I took on a new project today, which is one of the company's highlights this year, an anti-war film. I have to prepare a script, which is quite difficult to write. There are two screenwriters competing, both of whom are seniors and have masterpieces. I am very powerful. If I don’t take it seriously, I will probably be eliminated. I told the company to go out to relax and look for inspiration. For screenwriters, this is normal, and maybe the company will reimburse me for travel expenses."

When Su Lan heard that Zhang Tan had a new project, she was curious and concerned. She asked a few more questions. After listening to his detailed account, she said, "Then you'd better not come over. You're running around, how can you calm down?"

"The body is busy, but the mind is peaceful."

After chatting with Su Lan for a long time, Zhang Tan continued to type on the keyboard, trying to write down the general plot of "Latent". As a summary of the story, he unknowingly spent more than two hours writing. The alarm clock on his phone rang, and it was ten o'clock in the evening.

He raised his head and looked out the window, seeing the darkness. He put down the computer, got up and walked around for a while, went to the second floor, and poked around at the door of the dormitory. There were sounds of baby milk inside. The children had just been escorted in by the little teacher, and they were having a lively battle of wits and courage. Liuliu's voice was very penetrating, and Zhang Tan recognized it immediately.

He didn't go in. He passed the door and came to the first floor. There were two lights on in the reading area. Two small figures, one big and one small, were sitting quietly on chairs reading picture books. They were Xiaobai and Jiang Bin.

Hearing footsteps, the two looked up and found Zhang Tan.

"Isn't Jiang Bin going to bed?" Zhang Tan asked Jiang Bin. He knew that Xiaobai's uncle would arrive soon, but Jiang Bin's father was not sure, and he usually came very late.

"I'm going home soon." Jiang Bin couldn't help but smile on his face as he spoke.

"What's wrong? Your father got off work so early today?"

Jiang Bin nodded and said proudly that his father promised him that he would pick him up early tonight because they were going to the bookstore to buy books before closing.

"It's to buy story books." Jiang Bin emphasized.

Zhang Tan smiled and asked: "Wow, there must be some happy event, right? Do you want to share it with me and Xiaobai?"

No matter how precocious Jiang Bin is, he is still a child. Hearing this, he couldn't help but proudly announced that he had scored full marks in both Chinese and mathematics.

Zhang Tan congratulated him and looked at Xiaobai who was sitting next to him holding a picture book and reading a story. Xiaobai quickly said: "I, I, I, I am the squad leader today."

"Really?" Zhang Tan asked in surprise.

Xiaobai nodded and said that if she lied to others, she was not a human being, but a melon boy.

"Congratulations to you, Xiaobai. You are so awesome. You became the monitor at such a young age..."

Jiangbin Balabala took away all Zhang Tan's words.

Xiaobai's class takes turns to be the squad leader. Each person has a day, and everyone has a share. Today it happened to be Xiaobai's turn, and in a few days it will be Xiaomi. But no matter what, this matter is worth encouraging the children.

Jiang Bin was right. His father came quickly and took him away on a motorcycle, rushing to the bookstore that was about to close.

Jiang Bin's father hoped that his son would become a successful child, and he had very high and strict requirements for Jiang Bin. He did not hesitate to buy him books, but the ones he bought were all tutorial books, and this time they were story books.

Only Zhang Tan and Xiao Bai were left in the reading area. They sat next to each other. Zhang Tan turned his head and looked at the little child: "Xiao Bai, let me read the picture book to you? Do you want it?"

"Yes~" Xiaobai responded crisply.

At the very beginning, Zhang Tan volunteered to read picture books and tell stories to Xiaobai, and also taught her how to read and pronounce words, but he did not persist for long.

Fortunately, Xiaobai didn't put all his hopes on him. Going to kindergarten every day has a subtle effect. For example, Xiaobai's Mandarin is much better than before, and Bai Jianping's Mandarin has also improved to a higher level.

Zhang Tan picked a picture book from the bookshelf called "The Bottle of Memory".

The name sounds very esoteric and may not be suitable for children to read, but in fact this is a very interesting picture book that can teach principles subtly.

The illustrations in the book are very beautiful. A small wooden house is filled with bottles of various shapes and colorful colors.

These bottles contain Mr. Dell’s past, the joy of childhood, the sorrow of growing up, the joy of reunion, the longing for separation, the love with his wife, the happiness of the family, etc. Every scene is recorded in these magical bottles. It is Dell. Mr.'s most valuable asset.

There is a story in each bottle, which is simple, interesting and rich in truth. Xiaobai listened with gusto. When Bai Jianping came to pick her up, she asked Zhang Tan if she could take this picture book home. She also wanted to read it at night. Well, I’ll bring it back tomorrow.

"You can take it back, but there is a requirement. Tomorrow you have to tell the story you read to other children."

Xiaobai agreed immediately and followed Bai Jianping up and down, holding "The Bottle of Memory" like a treasure along the way.

"Huh?" When he got home, Bai Jianping was looking for the key to open the door. Xiaobai noticed that the lights came on in the house next door and lowered his voice and said, "Uncle, look~~ Someone is yelling."

Bai Jianping knew that someone was there. He had been at home at night and was so close. How could he not know? However, he did not take the initiative to say hello. He thought that if he didn't look up, he would see him again. It would not be too late to say hello when he met someone one day, and it would be natural.

"You scream so quietly? You sound like a baby."

"You are the thief of dolls! Your whole family is the thief of dolls."

"Okay, my whole family is all thieves, now my whole family is just you and me."

"snort!"

Xiaobai was too lazy to talk to her uncle. She tiptoed and tried to sneak to the next door and peeped on the door, but Bai Jianping caught her.

"Where do you want to live?"

"What a big baby."

"You're not allowed to go. Go home and sleep."

Xiaobai was caught at home and ordered by Bai Jianping to sing to him because he wanted to boil water for her feet, which was only fair.

Xiaobai stood in the kitchen reluctantly and played a song for Bai Jianping.

Listening to the melody, Bai Jianping thought it was quite pleasant. When he asked about the name of the song, he was told it was called "Little Goose". He was so angry that his nose almost twisted, which triggered a new round of disputes. The two quarreled, with the older one accusing the younger one of being unfilial and cursing in a roundabout way. The younger one angrily denied it, saying that the elder one was a bastard and bullied the little baby.

The dispute spread from the kitchen to the living room. Bai Jianping prepared hot and cold water for Xiaobai, placed the footbath, and asked her to soak the little jiojio in it. He then sat across from him, took off his socks, and put his feet in.

The two of them continued to bicker while soaking their feet.

"Okay, okay, I won't argue with you anymore. Go and pour the water for washing your feet." Bai Jianping said, looking at Erlang's legs and leaning comfortably on the sofa.

Xiaobai put on her little shoes, dragged the footbath to the kitchen, and poured the water. Although she is small and weak, and cannot lift the footbath, it doesn't matter, practice makes perfect, and she can do the work that she is not strong enough for.

When leaving the kitchen, Xiaobai also turned off the lights in the kitchen and closed the door. Suddenly she heard voices coming from the corridor outside the door. She pricked up her little ears and ran to the door, pressing the back of the door against Su. Lan poster opened the door, tilted his little body, stretched out his little head, and checked what was going on in the corridor.

She saw a little doll, a little boy, about the same age as her, wearing a big gray coat, being held by an adult. The adults were locking the door, and the little boy heard the movement behind him. He turned around and saw Xiaobai, their eyes facing each other.

"Let's go." The adult holding the little boy said, going downstairs to leave. They seemed to be going out, it was so late.

"Dad, look~" The little boy pointed at Xiaobai with his other hand and pointed it out to his father.

"That's our neighbor, let's go."

The little boy looked back at Xiaobai again and followed his father downstairs. Xiaobai couldn't see anymore, but he could hear the voice of the little boy and his father talking, very softly, and gradually disappeared.

Xiaobai ran out the door, stood at the top of the stairs and looked down. The sensor light was on, but the person was already gone.

Xiaobai ran home again, lay down at the window facing the alley, and looked downstairs. Sure enough, he saw the little boy and his father.

The little boy seemed to know that she would look at him from the window. He turned around and waved to her, and quickly disappeared into the winding alley. The figure reflected on the wall continued to be stretched and deformed, and finally merged into the night. .