Ding Ke lowered his head and took a smoke. He put the cigarette end in the ashtray. He seemed to have made up his mind. Then he looked up and said, "I don't want children."

The three members of the family still maintain the action they all look like. Ding Meng's eyes flash full of surprise. Ding bin is the same. Chen Xiuling is the only one. After a few seconds of silence, she says, "are you kidding me?"

"No," Ding Ke said

Chen Xiuling leans back to the sofa and doesn't open her face. She seems to have a strong temper. Ding Meng says in a hurry, "Mom, don't be angry. Listen to what my brother means."

Chen Xiuling's face turned red in a moment. "I'm not angry. Can I not be angry? It's not the first time he's said that to me! "

Ding Meng looks at Ding Ke and asks carefully, "brother, why don't you want children?"

"I don't like it," Ding said

As the voice dropped, Chen Xiuling turned her head and looked at him, "tell me the truth, do you want it or your girlfriend doesn't want it?"

Ding Bin said: "what's the hurry? Let the children speak slowly."

Ding Ke felt that there were three heavy stones on his body, but he had no way back, and his words had already been spoken. He could only harden his head and say, "it's nothing to do with him, it's because I don't want to."

Chen Xiuling asked, "why not? Dislike is not the reason. I don't agree. "

Ding Bin said steadily: "Peng Peng, is there anything inconvenient to talk about? It's OK. Let's discuss it with our family."

Ding Ke has an impulse to mention Lu Yuchi to them, but as a result, he wants to know that some things have to be done step by step and tell them all at once, I'm afraid this year will not pass.

After a moment's silence, he said: "there is no other reason. I don't want children unilaterally. Now there is a lot of work pressure. Children are not necessities for us. Mengmeng will have children in the future, and you will also have grandchildren."

Holding the handle of the sofa, Chen Xiuling said with a red face: "if you are under great pressure, you don't want children. Now you don't want anything for your work. When you are old, can work accompany you and take care of you? Don't tell me how much money you earn. Go to a nursing home and ask someone to take care of you. Others are looking at the money. Can you be the same as your own child? Can outsiders really care for you? "

Ding Ke said: "Mengmeng's children are the same as mine. I don't worry about no one to support me."

Chen Xiuling said, "you think it's beautiful enough. A cute child has no parents, brothers or sisters to take care of? You have to take care of your uncle. The key is that you don't want to have children if you don't like them. It's a joke to say that! "

Ding Ke said to Ding Meng, "if you have more children, I'll raise them for you."

Ding Meng asked: "how much growth fund do you give?"

Ding Ke said, "if you don't say more, I'll give you 100 million."

Ding Mengli said: "Sheng! Brother, do you like boys and girls? "

Chen Xiuling was very angry. "OK, I'm kidding you."

Ding Meng said: "Mom, if I don't want children, I won't..."

Chen Xiuling's eyes turned red and her voice choked as soon as she opened her mouth: "if you are not parents, you don't know what it is like to be a parent. You don't know how much parents can pay for their children. You think it's addictive for me to force you to get married and have children. I'm afraid you'll regret it. I'm afraid you have no place for old age, When you were 20 or 30 years old, you didn't feel young. When you were 50 or 60 years old, other people's homes were noisy. When you shut the door, there were only two people. One was sick, and the other couldn't carry his back. When that time comes, you'll regret it again. Is there any regret medicine in the world? "

Ding Meng pulls out a tissue to wipe Chen Xiuling's tears. Chen Xiuling is angry and turns to cry. Ding Meng says in a soft voice, "don't cry. It's not chatting."

The brothers and sisters of the Ding family are most filial. They don't answer back to each other on weekdays. Especially Ding Ke and Chen Xiuling frown. They all feel guilty. But today, he takes out a paper towel and hands it to Chen Xiuling. Chen Xiuling doesn't answer it. He whispers, "Mom, I haven't asked you anything in the last ten years..."

Chen Xiuling immediately turned her head, "Mom, please, OK? Don't tell me no more children. I can't stand it. "

Ding Ke did not look at Chen Xiuling's face. After a long silence, he said, "everyone has a life that everyone wants to live. I try my best to meet the expectations of people around me. I also hope you can give me some free space."

Chen Xiuling didn't expect that Ding Ke was so persistent. She came up to him and pulled his hand. She shed tears and said earnestly, "Peng Peng, tell mom, are you in trouble?"

"No

"Don't lie to me. You told us two years ago that you wanted three children, two girls and a boy..."

"Not now."

Chen Xiuling tears down, holding Ding Ke's hand, said: "don't scare mom, in the end what's the matter, ah?"

Ding Ke's pretty face was filled with calm, black eyes, and said in a voice, "I've figured it out."

"What have you figured out?"

"Now I am very satisfied with my life. I have family, lovers and friends. God is very fair to me. I don't want more."

Chen Xiuling frowned and said, "what do you mean you don't want more? Children are family. Why do you want to get married and start a business in the future?"

Ding Ke said: "for the sake of you and the people I like, don't you worry that I'm too old to be taken care of? I said that Mengmeng will definitely get married and have children. Her children are my children. What if I can't have children? I can't be born, can't I? Why do we have to have our own children, adopt, subsidize, and have nephews? As long as we have emotional foundation, blood relationship really doesn't matter. "

Chen Xiuling was stunned and looked at Ding Ke. After a while, she said tentatively, "Peng Peng, what's wrong with your body?"

Ding Ke said, "can I have no children?"

Chen Xiuling tears down, "Peng Peng, if you have a disease, we can treat it. Now medicine is so developed, there is a family behind our community..."

Ding Ke still repeated that sentence, "Mom, I don't want children, OK?"

Ding Bin said, "don't force the children. Peng Peng, you don't have to worry about your mother. We know what you think."

Chen Xiuling suddenly stands up and walks towards the bedroom. Ding bin winks at Ding Meng. Ding Meng catches up. There are only father and son left in the living room. Ding Ke droops his head and says, "I'm sorry."

Ding bin handed him a cigarette, "it's OK, your mother is like that, you don't know."

Ding Ke's voice is lower, "I'm sorry."

Ding bin was silent for a long time, and said, "if you think it over carefully, you still don't want it. I don't mind. Take your time with your mother. You can't let her accept it right away."

Ding Ke's head is very low and he doesn't speak. His cigarette hasn't been lit for a long time. The living room is too quiet. He can hear Chen Xiuling's cry and Ding Meng's consolation in the closed bedroom. On the first day of the lunar new year, he is expected to part unhappily.