Chapter 59: A coward wants face?
It was already afternoon when Zhao Lan came back.
She solemnly told her parents that she was willing to marry Zhang Qingsheng and hoped that the wedding could be held as soon as possible, the sooner the better.
There was no expression on her face and no emotion in her tone.
Zhao Hongcai felt sorry for his daughter and said, "It doesn't matter. If you don't like us, let's choose. Even if you never marry, our family can still afford to support you."
Feng Zhuanxia coughed For a moment, he secretly glared at Zhao Hongcai.
She said warmly: "Xiaolan, it's great that you can figure it out. You believe in mom. Mom has eaten more salt than you have eaten noodles. Mom will not harm you. What do you want? Mom told the matchmaker about the jewelry and furniture. "You can take care of it yourself," Zhao Lan said and went out.
Zhao Hongcai puffed on his cigarette and said: "The forced melon is not sweet, and Xiaolan doesn't want it, so forget it."
"Keep your voice down, do you think this time it will be the same as before? Yes, this time it’s a middle school teacher. There are several matchmakers. If we don’t hurry up, we might be snatched away by others.”
"But Xiaolan is unwilling. You..."
"How could she be unwilling? Didn't she let me arrange it? You don't have to worry about this, I will do it." Feng Zhuanxia waved her hand and said Cut him off.
"A tape recorder, a sewing machine, a bicycle, what else? Yes, a watch." Feng Zhuanxia clapped her fingers and muttered to herself, "No, I have to call my sister. Let’s see what else we need to order.”
As she said that, she picked up the phone.
In the side room, Zhao Lan buried her head in the quilt, sobbing and crying.
When she went out just now, she happened to meet Luo Xiaojiang at the entrance of the village who was going to the market.
He hasn’t come back in the past few years. He graduated from college this year and specially asked for leave to come back.
She didn’t expect how she would meet him by such a chance, just like God arranged it!
After four years of not seeing each other, Luo Xiaojiang has lost his childishness and gained maturity. The influence of the big city has also made him appear more high-spirited and personable.
She didn't even know what to say. Originally, she thought he had forgotten her, but Luo Xiaojiang called her out generously, asked her how she was doing, and also talked about his own.
She didn't remember anything else. She only remembered that he said that he was getting married soon. His girlfriend was a very cute southern girl who had the same major as him. They would settle down in the south in the future.
Speaking of that girl, there was unconcealable tenderness in his eyes, just like the way he looked at her back then!
Her heart ached, and she didn't know how she persisted until the two parties said goodbye.
Suddenly, she felt ridiculous. What was she insisting on? She clearly knew, she had known for a long time, that she was no longer worthy of him.
But she still felt uncomfortable and wanted to cry.
*
Gu Errong's sister-in-law, Huang Chunyan, was tidying up the old yard of Peng Xiaoling's house, feeling terribly annoyed. Her life is really miserable. She hasn't had a day off since coming back from Nanjiang. No, she will start working again tomorrow.
She wanted to tidy up the yard today and move all the furniture, pots, pans and everything else here.
Peng Xiaoling helped her sweep the floor and said, "I heard that Errong's new wife went to the county town again. What did she do?"
Huang Chunyan sneered and said, "That's not true. , He said he was taking Xiaoyun to visit No. 1 Middle School. In fact, as you know, Errong chased after her just after she left. You can see that there was a sultry look on her face. "
Peng Xiaoling snorted and said, "Don't say it, men are just doing this. Even a decent person like Er Rong can't escape being a beauty. Think about other men."
"Oh, don't say it." , the person we married is not a daughter-in-law, but an ancestor. She has a good fortune, and somehow she is in line with Gu Ruyi’s fucking eyes, and everything she does feels right.”
“I feel the same way, I feel. My aunt is very protective of her. I remember when you first got married, you did everything inside and outside the house. By the way, how did you divide the land?”
“I don’t know what people think about the land. Anyway, I only wanted the big one at the door. I thought she was pitiful and asked her to work in the factory with me, but she was still unwilling and said she wanted to find a way out here. "I want to find a way out here." It’s not that I can’t leave home, I’m going to work with you.”
Huang Chunyan sneered and said, “Who knows? I guess she is a woman. You still have to keep your eyes open when marrying. If you marry a loser like me, you will be burdened for the rest of your life. "
"That's not true. The main thing is that my aunt is too partial. The palms and backs of her hands are full of flesh. Why should she do anything? Let you do it?"
When Peng Xiaoling said this, Huang Chunyan became even more angry. She didn't want to give it to Guan Youshuang to grow vegetables. She said: "My house is across the river from your house. I’ll fertilize the adjacent piece of land at the beginning of the year, so you can plant it first.”
“Okay, the land must be planted, otherwise it will easily become deserted.”
While the two were talking, Gu Ruyi came in carrying the table.
He asked where the table was?
"Put it on the ground, where else can you put it? Can you put it in the sky?"
In front of Peng Xiaoling, Gu Ruyi was choked and blushed, and said in a deep voice: "What are you doing? You're talking like that?"
"What's wrong? Look at you, a big man with two shoulders and one head. You don't even think about anything. , do you think you are a coward? Errong is seven or eight years younger than you, do you ask your wife for everything?"
Gu Ruyi was angry.
"Erong is so nice, why don't you marry him?"
"You, what are you talking about?" Huang Chunyan stepped forward and pushed Gu Ruyi.
Peng Xiaoling grabbed her and said, "Okay, okay, you two have been married for so many years, how can you still be as angry as a young man."
Gu Ruyi slammed the door. And out.
“Look, he has a bad temper now, and I can’t even say a few words to him.”
"Chunyan, let me tell you, as a man, you have to learn to save face. In your own room, with the door closed, it doesn't matter whether you hit or scold you. Outside, you still have to restrain yourself."
Huang Chunyan He scoffed: "Humph, face? That's what only capable men need. What kind of face does a loser need?"
"You!"
*
After cleaning up the yard, Huang Chunyan went back to get the pots and pans.
As soon as I entered the door, I heard the voices of Guan Youshuang and her mother-in-law Wang Huiying. They were in the main room.
She walked in and saw that there was a large carpet spread on the coffee table, with various threads, various needles, and various papers and pens piled on it.
There are many things she has never seen before.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law look closer than mother and daughter together.
"Sister-in-law is back? Come and sit down, I just want to ask you for advice."
"What are you doing?" Huang Chunyan walked over and sat next to Guan Youshuang.
"I want to embroider something on this carpet. Sister-in-law, which thread do you think is more suitable?"
Embroider something on the carpet?
Huang Chunyan has embroidered pillowcases, shoes, and hair ties, but she never thought she could embroider things on carpets.
She touched the texture of the carpet and said: "This is probably a bit difficult, it's too thick."
(End of Chapter)