Author: Zhou Gangan
Translation credit: Jia
Extra 2 - Baby Gu: Second Chapter
[Second]
Four
years ago, the Gu family added a little grandson, whose name was Gu Mowei, one
word in the names of his parents. The child's father said it proved that their
love was stronger than gold. The child was the crystallization of their love. The
child's mother said you'd better shut up, you illiterate science student, it
was like killing you when asking you to name him, whatever you want.
Gu
Mowei’s grandparents spoiled him like a neurosis.
But
little grandson’s father didn't like him, and set a lot of neurotic rules: Wash
your hands before eating, take back your toys after playing, clean the table
for your mother, buy things for your mother, sleep by yourself...
So
the little boy didn't like his father either. As such a big man, he still slept
with his mother, shameful, and Mowei wanted to sleep with his mother as well.
His father always gnawed at his mother, always, but her mother was not a bone. His
mother was Mowei’s baby, and Mowei was his mother’s baby as well. His father was
really disagreeable, when he watched TV, he always hugged his mother, Mowei wanted
to watch TV with his mother as well. His father was very lazy, he always didn’t
do housework until his mother got angry...
Baby
Gu Mowei loved his mother very much, how beautiful her mother was, and she
laughed like a small flower at the kindergarten gate. How fragrant and soft her
mother was, he loved to act like a spoiled child in her arms; How great her
mother was, she could tell many stories, and she could also make a lot of delicious
food for him to eat...
Well,
I wish I could marry my mother when I grow up.
Baby
Gu Mowei went to kindergarten, he liked his name. It was easier to write than
the one named Xinxin. He didn't know how much Xinxin envied him. But after
three days in kindergarten, he got angry. The teacher always said that he had
written his name wrong. He thought the two words on his name were the same, but
the teacher always told him that they were different. The teacher said that the
length of the line was not the same as that of the line. Neurosis.
Baby
Gu Mowei went home and asked his mother, ‘Mom, mom, why did the teacher say
that my name was different, it was clearly the same.’
Mother
said, ‘It’s different, you would know it when you learn more about the Chinese
characters, it doesn't matter that you don't know now.’
Little
Mowei was at ease. Anyway, his mother had said it's okay, then that's okay.
In
the evening, his mother scolded his father, saying that it was all his father’s
fault to have named him like that, which made him confused.
Today
was Sunday, my father was reading in the study, my mother was baking biscuits
in the kitchen for little Gu Mowei, little Gu Mowei was watching ‘Pleasant Goat
and Big Big Wolf’ in the living room. Little Gu Mowei was very thirsty and felt
like drinking juice, but he couldn’t walk away. What if he walked away, the
Pleasant goat may be eaten by Big Big Wolf.
Asking
mom to pour it? No way, mom was baking cookies for him. Asking dad to pour it,
dad must beat him. Everyone had said that dad was very smart, and Mom said that
he was like dad, so he must be very smart, and he must be able to find ways to
drink juice.
So
little Gu Mowei kept thinking.
Mom
in the kitchen called, ‘Gu Weiyi, come and tie my hair up.’ Dad bumped into the
kitchen to tie his mother's hair.
Little
Gu Mowei was still thinking.
When
dad walked passed the living room to his study, he said to him, ‘Gu Mowei, stay
far away from the TV.’
Little
Gu Mowei reluctantly moved back his buttocks. Dad always bullied him, but he
dared not to bully mom. That's what was saying on TV: Deceiving...and fearing…?(deceiving
the good and fearing the evil)
Then
little Gu Mowei suddenly came up with a good way to drink juice.
He
stretched out and cried with a child's tone, ‘Gu Weiyi, pour me a glass of
juice. I'm Situ Mo.’
Gu
Weiyi and Situ Mo entered the living room at the same time and looked at each
other. What kind of child had they had?
Gu
Weiyi raised his face first, ‘Gu Mowei, what are you talking about?’
When
little Gu Mowei saw his father was getting angry, his mouth began to flatten
and looked piteously at his mother.
Situ
Mo was helpless and had to say, ‘Gu Weiyi, go to pour the juice. I'm Situ Mo.’
Gu
Weiyi stared at her, then staring at little Gu Mowei.
Situ
Mo stared back and it seemed that the war was about to break out.
Little
Gu Mowei was a personal spirit. He stood up spontaneously, patted his buttocks,
bowed and said, ‘Mom and Dad, I'm kidding you. I'll pour you juice. What would
you like to drink?’
Again,
Gu Weiyi and Situ Mo looked at each other, shook their heads, turned around and
went back. Each of them dropped a sentence, ‘Ice water, thank you.’ ‘Orange
juice with ice, thank you.’
So
little Gu Mowei, held cups while standing on his tiptoes, opened the
refrigerator while standing on his tiptoes, poured ice water while standing on
his tiptoes, poured orange juice while standing on his tiptoes, added ice cubes
to orange juice while standing on his tiptoes, and carried cups to the study
and kitchen while thinking about the fate of the Pleasant Goat...
Back to the TV, fortunately, the Pleasant Goat was not eaten, but little Gu Mowei fell down on the groud, crying, ‘Everyone’s lives are worth gold, except mine.’
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