I almost touched the moon

Chapter 372 More Tired Than Working

After dinner, Wen Song took Cece to the audio-visual room to watch a movie. Cheng Che called her at this time and asked anxiously, "Baby, what's going on? Astrid called me and said that she didn't have dinner, and she also said that you didn't allow Zhang Ma and Davis to cook for her. What's wrong, baby?"

Wen Song explained the matter to Cheng Che, and then said: "She said that she only wanted to eat the food cooked by her father. Davis and Zhang Ma cooked a lot of food for her but she refused to eat it. She kept crying before I came back. In this case, then let her starve. You can't cook for her all your life."

"Song Song..." Cheng Che sighed softly. Although he knew that Wen Song's approach was correct, he couldn't help but feel distressed. "Baby, she is only 6 years old. It's normal for her to be picky about food. Look at yourself. How old are you? Don't you also refuse to eat a lot of things?"

"She is not picky about food, she is just willful," Wen Song explained. "I never force her to eat food she doesn't like, but she can't waste food and disrespect other people's labor just because she is unhappy. If I don't teach her a lesson, she might become Marie Antoinette when she grows up."

Cheng Che also realized Astrid's problem and said to Wen Song, "I know, baby. Then you can give her some cookies at night, otherwise she will be too hungry to sleep. I will also talk to Astrid, don't be angry."

"I'm not angry." Wen Song yawned and said silently, "I'm very sleepy and I'm going to bed now."

"Wait a minute, honey." Cheng Che glanced at the time and said, "It's eight forty-five, honey, you can tell Astrid a story and put her to sleep. But are you tired? If you are, I'll tell her the story over FaceTime."

"It's okay." Wen Song stretched and said, "I'm not very tired."

After entering Astrid's room, she was lying on the bed holding Gelatoni and reading comics. When she saw Wen Song, she snorted and turned her back in anger, saying in a coquettish manner, "I hate my mother!"

"OK." Wen Song nodded, "Then I'll leave."

Astrid ignored her and just kept talking to herself, "Mom, please go away. Mom doesn't love me at all. You only like Cece and don't like me at all! You don't even give me food!"

"Astrid." Wen Song lowered his voice and said, "Please don't tamper with the facts. It's not that I don't let you eat. It's you who said that you only eat the food cooked by your father. In this case, it's your own choice not to eat."

"But..." Astrid sat up and said a little aggrievedly, "I just miss Dad very much. This is the first time I eat at home, and it's not cooked by Dad. I really miss Dad...Mom, I'm hungry..."

Wen Song felt sorry for her when he saw her like this. He sat beside her, patted her head and said, "It's the same for Cece. Cece's meals have been cooked by her dad since she was little. But when her dad is not at home, she eats cat food and meals cooked by other uncles and aunts. She eats them very well. But Astrid was unhappy today, so she lost her temper and refused to eat. Your behavior will not only make Aunt Zhang and Uncle Davis sad, but also waste food. It is a shameful behavior."

"But I'm not Cece." Astrid had realized that what she did today was wrong, but she still said unhappily, "Mom is so mean. She won't let me eat."

Wen Song sighed and said as gently as possible: "Baby, you know there are many children in this world who are about your age or younger than you. They can only line up to get bread from the shelter every day. Or, they don't even have bread and can only eat dirt. The food you wasted today can buy bread for a year. Do you think your behavior is correct?"

Astrid didn't say anything, but just lowered her head in shame, tears in her eyes, holding the Gelatoni doll in her arms, looking pitiful, a bit like Cheng Che when he was acting coquettishly.

Wen Song added: "Mom knows that my Astrid is a very kind child. You already know you are wrong, right? Honey, if you don't like to eat something, it's okay, you can choose not to eat it. But you can't waste food just because you are unhappy."

"I understand, Mom." Astrid nodded, hugged Wen Song and said, "I will apologize to Aunt Zhang and Uncle Davis, and I will never waste food again. But Mom, I'm really hungry now."

Wen Song took out a box of matcha sandwich cookies and said, "Want some?"

"Yes!" Astrid immediately opened the cookie and said happily, "I like this cookie the most, but Dad said it's too sweet and will cause tooth decay, so he only allows me to eat three pieces a day. Mom, can I finish it today?"

"No." Wen Song shook his head and said in a coquettish tone, "This is the last box. The new cookies were only sent out today and will arrive the day after tomorrow. So, you can only eat eight pieces, because I want to eat them too. Astrid, can you leave two for me?"

"Okay, Mom!" Astrid generously gave five cookies to Wen Song, "Mom, can we each have half? These five are yours."

"Thank you, my little princess." Wen Song also opened a pack of biscuits and asked her, "You'd feel hungry if you only ate biscuits, right? What else do you want to eat?"

Astrid thought about it and asked quietly, "Mom, can I eat instant noodles? Dad doesn't allow me to eat instant noodles either."

"Of course you can." Wen Song picked her up and said, "Aunt Yunjia sent Mom some delicious pork bone instant noodles. Mom will give them to you secretly. You can't tell Dad."

"Of course!" Astrid stretched out her hand and made a pinky promise with Wen Song, "This is our secret!"

After finally cooking instant noodles for Astrid, she ate with her, supervised her brushing her teeth and washing her face, and told her a bedtime story. Wen Song also returned to the bed, stretched, hugged Cece and said, "I'm so tired, more tired than going to work. Why is my sister always so troublesome? I still like Cece more. You never pester your mother to cook for you or tell you stories."

Because he was too tired, Wen Song called Cheng Che and after a brief chat, he fell asleep before eleven o'clock and even forgot to turn off the lights.

She didn't know how long she had slept when she heard a slight knock on the door. She thought she had misheard and didn't pay much attention to it. She turned off the light, turned over, and continued to sleep while hugging the butter puppy doll.

However, after an unknown amount of time, she heard a loud cry right next to her ear.

"Wow, mom, it's so scary, I dreamed that I was eaten by a monster, a big lion ate me."

Wen Song finally opened her eyes and found that Astrid had entered the bedroom at some point and was standing at the head of her bed, crying inconsolably while holding a doll in her arms.

She turned on the bedside lamp, resisted the drowsiness, forced herself to get up, touched Astrid's head and said, "Baby, it's just a dream. Look, you are still standing next to your mother, and there is no lion here. Go to sleep, good night."

"I don't want it, sob, sob." Astrid continued to cry, "Sob, sob, I'm scared, mommy, where's daddy? Where is daddy? I'm scared."

"He's in Los Angeles." Wen Song was a little helpless and could only say to Astrid, "Don't cry, mom will sleep with you, okay?"

Astrid nodded while crying, took a tissue and wiped her tears, then lay down beside Wen Song, hugged her and said, "Mom smells so good."

Wen Song was amused by her. He bent down and smelled Astrid's hair, turned off the light and said, "Astrid smells good too. Okay, don't be afraid now. Mom will protect you. Did Dad tell you that Mom is very good at Sanda? No one can beat me, so even if there is a lion, Mom will chase it away."

"Yeah!" Astrid giggled and said to her, "Dad said that Mom is the most powerful and perfect person in the world. There is nothing in this world that Mom can't do! I'm not afraid anymore. Good night, Mom."

However, Wen Song had just fallen asleep again when Astrid woke her up and said coquettishly, "Mom, my back is itchy, can you scratch it for me?"

Wen Song took a bottle of "Titanic Drops" and applied it to her back, saying sleepily, "It doesn't itch anymore."

"It's still itchy..." Astrid continued to act coquettishly while shaking her arm, "Mom, scratch my back. Dad will scratch me, too. Dad always does this when I can't sleep."

"All right…"

Wen Song could only scratch her back and fell asleep again in a daze. However, in a trance, she felt someone pushing her.

She was half asleep and half awake, her mind was not very clear, she opened the hand out of habit, and muttered, "A Che, stop it, I want to sleep."

"Wuwuwu mom." Astrid's voice woke her up, "I still can't sleep. I'm not used to sleeping in mom and dad's bed. Mom, can you come with me to my room to sleep?"

"Okay..." Wen Song let out a long sigh, but he had no choice but to accompany Astrid downstairs to her room.

However, when she lay down with Astrid and finally thought she could sleep, Astrid started touching her ears again.

"Please, go to sleep. I am so sleepy."

Astrid blinked her big eyes and asked in confusion: "Mama, what's the big deal? What's the big deal?"

(Mom, what is a big sister? What does it mean?)

Wen Song cursed himself in his heart a hundred times for speaking Chinese to her. He was too sleepy to open his eyes, but he still explained: "?ltere Schwester." (Big sister)

Astrid asked again: "Why does mom call me big sister? I'm not mom's sister. Mom is dad's sister."

When Wen Song heard her words, she hated herself for not finding a way to travel through time. She secretly made up her mind to find a way to travel through time and space so that she could go back to one minute ago. Then she would never say the word "big sister" casually.

She had no choice but to say to Astrid, "Because I'm so sleepy, I don't know what I'm saying."

"Okay, good night, Mom." Astrid said, "I want to sleep with my hands on Mom's ears. Mom's ears are so soft, softer than Dad's ears!"

Wen Song listened to the voice coming from his ears, groaned bitterly, sighed silently, and said in his heart, "Cheng Che...please come back soon...I can't stand it anymore."