“Farren, I’m good and ready to go.”
Lucy Chambers puts on her earrings as she walks down the stairs.
Farren Austin didn’t respond and came downstairs to find him sitting on the couch in the living room, watching the TV news with a serious look on his face.
“On the 16th, M continued to bombard the border of X on the grounds of clearing terrorist organizations, resulting in the displacement of the people of X. The entire town was reduced to rubble in a matter of moments in the video taken by the frontline reporter …”
Lucy Chambers came up behind him and her face turned grave when she saw the news, “Did Danna Keller say last time that the mission she received was to go to X?”
Farren Austin’s brow knitted a few inches deeper, “Hmm.”
“Nothing’s going to happen, right? Has she still been contacted lately?”
“It’s not contact time yet, so I can’t say.”
Farren Austin always speaks sensibly and objectively, not even a comforting ‘it’s going to be okay’ kind of thing, but Lucy Chambers is used to it.
“Last time I asked her on the phone if she wanted to come back for Miyagawa and Xia Wei’s wedding, she said she would come back when she had time, but it looks like she’s not available.”
Seeing Lucy Chambers’ worried look, Farren Austin was reluctant to continue the conversation.
“Come on,” Farren Austin turned off the TV with his hand, “it’s time to go to school.”
Today was the end-of-school recital before the summer break, and Farren Austin took leave from the army to accompany Lucy Chambers to her daughter’s recital.
Lucy Chambers nodded and held out her hand at the couch, a few smiles hanging from the corners of her eyes, “Yubing, let’s go, are you ready? It’s time to go to my sister’s school.”
Just four years old little girl looks quiet, long hair quietly hanging on the shoulders, sniffing a good nod, and did not say anything, but reached out to hold Lucy Chambers.
Lucy Chambers, however, was not satisfied, “Whispering ice, what should I say?”
Austin Yubing pursed his lips and subconsciously raised his head to look at his dad next to him.
Farren Austin smiled dotingly, “I should say I’m ready.”
Austin Yubing then nodded and said seriously, “I’m ready.”
He repeated the words taught by Farren Austin in a concise manner, with clear, well-spoken words and a generous, natural tone of voice, without any stuttering.
Just not one word more, not one word less.
“I don’t know who I’m following,” Lucy Chambers said, giving Farren Austin a look. “I should have known I shouldn’t have named myself Ice, it’s too few words.”
“What does it matter?” Farren Austin stroked his daughter’s head, “I think it’s good to talk less and be quiet, and we have our own way of speaking in language ice.”
Four years ago, Lucy Chambers gave birth to a sister to the Austin family, the Austin family added a second young lady, was born without saying a word, the hospital almost thought the child was a mute, learning to speak also learned late, one and a half years old before the first voice called mother, after six months before the second voice willing to call.
Emily Guan and Bohdi Olson family’s second and Austin language ice was born in the same year, at that time have been full of the street to grab the skirt of the girl molested others, Austin language ice children still refused to open their mouths to call their father.
Later, at the age of three, kindergarten, schools are interviewed in advance, before going to Lucy Chambers heart has been playing drums, fearing that the family of the young lady who cherishes words like gold to the examination room eight sticks can not hit a boring fart, was withdrawn from school is too frustrating.
But no one expected the ‘mute lady’ on the examination room that a mouthful of words of Mandarin, answer the questions to a clear, logical, especially the innate look at the cold temperament, simply a replica of Farren Austin.
Just when everyone thought that the examination room had opened up Austin Language and Ice’s Ren and Du, and that there would be no problem in speaking in the future, out of the examination room, her old man reverted to his mute state.
Sometimes Lucy Chambers is at home all day without hearing a word from her daughter.
Later Lucy Chambers felt that this was not working, so she consciously trained her to talk more.
Want a snack?
No eye gestures, say who you want to get it for you, say which flavor of cookies you want, say thank you, and say if it’s good.
After all this, Austin’s children successfully … gave up snacking.
Lucy Chambers also used the ‘party method’ to organize the children of friends to play together every now and then, what Gellar Jaxton Olson’s little brother, Emily Guan’s brothers, Bick’s siblings, all called to the house.
After all this, Austin managed to … finish two sets of Lego models and a whole book of fairy tales by himself.
In short, she will do anything except get the second lady to talk.
Either they resist or they are too lazy to ask.
Over time, Farren Austin would also reassure her, “Bing is just too lazy to talk, and it’s not that she won’t talk, so there’s no need to be so pushy.”
Lucy Chambers, however, feels that it is not good to always stay so alone, “now how complicated society ah, she is so alone, for a long time even a friend is not, in the future in case really contact with society, it is easy to be cheated, or … I teach her English it, more practice The language.”
Farren Austin felt that his wife had recently become overly sensitive, and in order to prevent her from continuing to obsess about her daughter’s non-verbal behavior, he took the initiative and enrolled Austin in an introductory music class, which she attended on weekends when she was not in kindergarten.
Who knew that after one week of music class, the teacher would come to the house, ecstatic, and tell Farren Austin and Lucy Chambers, “Bing is a rare talent and must be allowed to learn the cello.”
At first, Lucy Chambers didn’t believe it, after all, she had only been sent to learn for a week, she couldn’t even tell if the strings could be played, and she wasn’t even as tall as a cello, but after she went to listen to a lesson secretly, she was convinced.
Since then, Lucy Chambers has stopped forcing Austin to speak up, only occasionally reminding her to speak up when necessary.
Geniuses are different, and Austin is different in that he doesn’t like to talk, which seems to be more temperamental than the quirks of other geniuses.
And the cello is what Farren Austin always says, a way for Austin to speak for herself.
After thinking about her daughter’s talent on the cello, Lucy Chambers’ heart felt a little less torn and took her daughter’s hand and Farren Austin’s arm, and the family left the house.
It’s already the height of summer, the school’s final cultural performance, the school is full of cars parked inside.
Just entered the auditorium, Lucy Chambers was tapped on the shoulder from behind, and turned around to see Bohdi Olson, smiling showing a mouthful of big white teeth, a rare serious wearing a suit.
“What a coincidence, meeting you here.”
“What brings you here?” Lucy Chambers looked surprised.
Bohdi Olson and Emily Guan’s oldest son is still in his first year of kindergarten.
Bohdi Olson held his arms with a grumpy face, “My brother is on a business trip, and Max Zhou’s bookstore is too busy to come, so I had to come to my nephew’s final performance.”