"Old lady, you must have been to West Lake many times. ”

Putting away the book, Lian Ge smiled and asked.

"yes, I've been here many times. The old lady smiled and answered,

"When I was young, I worked here, and now I live here when I'm old, young man, you came from somewhere else, specifically to come to see West Lake?"

"What do you think, old lady?

"I don't think it's like it, tourists who came to play here and now. ”

The old lady turned her head and gestured to the tourists gathered on the broken bridge in the distance.

Hearing this, Lian Ge smiled, glanced at the direction of the broken bridge in the distance, retracted his gaze, and glanced at the old lady,

"What about you, old lady?"

"I, I'm tired of seeing this West Lake scenery. It's inconvenient for my legs and feet to be old, so I don't want to squeeze in those places. The old lady replied with a smile.

Hearing this, Lian Ge nodded, and then looked at the figure sitting beside the old lady,

Retracting his gaze, Lian Ge looked towards the surface of the West Lake in front of him,

"What were you looking at, old lady, would you mind telling me about it?"

"The young man is quite curious. ”

The old lady smiled, then turned her head as well, looking at the surface of the West Lake in the distance,

"But there's nothing you can't talk about. ”

The old lady looked at the surface of the West Lake and explained:

"Actually, I'm not looking at anything, I'm looking for something, something that has been buried on the edge of the West Lake for more than 50 years. ”

"Did you find the old lady?"

"I can't find it, I can't find it. ”

The old lady shook her head, "In the past fifty years, the mountains have changed, the water has also changed, and the things that were buried on the edge of the West Lake may now be at the bottom of the West Lake." ”

"Can you tell me what it is? Maybe I can help you find the old lady." Lian Ge looked at the lake and said with a slight smile.

Hearing this, the old lady turned her head and glanced at Lian Ge, and then turned her head again,

"It's an umbrella, an oil-paper umbrella. ”

Hearing this, Lian Ge nodded and didn't answer,

The old lady paused and continued.

"It's all old, it was an umbrella that my husband gave me more than 50 years ago......

At that time, I was working on the edge of this West Lake, my husband was a newly assigned employee of the unit, and when he came on the first day, I was responsible for receiving him, but as soon as he entered the door of the unit, he stood still at the door when he saw me, and the pestle was stunned there, but at this time, he happened to rush in from the outside to run in, he was stunned and did not react at all, and was directly hit by someone on the ground. At that time, I wondered, is this person stupid to read......" The old lady looked at the lake in the distance, and seemed to be caught in a memory, with a smile in her eyes.

Lian Ge didn't speak, just glanced at the old lady, and then at the figure beside the old lady,

That figure was also like an old lady at the moment, with a knowing smile on her face, but she was not looking at the surface of the West Lake, but at the old lady's eyes.

“...... Later, I found out that every time he saw me, he blushed, and that blushing was so funny that every time I saw him, I wanted to tease him.

At that time, I didn't know why, but I met him every time I went to work...... It was only decades later that he said that he would get up an hour early every morning and deliberately detour from another way. ”

As she spoke, the old lady smiled,

"One morning, I met him again on my way to work, so I walked over to tease him. As usual, as soon as he saw me, his face turned red and he couldn't speak. I was just laughing next to me, and I don't know why I was so happy.

I remember that day when I went out, the weather was still good, and when I met him, he still had an umbrella in his hand, and I laughed at him.

As a result, I was only halfway through the two of us, and the sky changed as soon as it was changed, and suddenly it started to rain.

I thought he was going to make fun of me, but he didn't say anything, just opened his umbrella and put it over my head.

We shared an umbrella and hurried towards the unit.

As a result, when I arrived at the unit, my clothes were not wet, but he was soaking wet. ”

As she spoke, the smile in the old lady's eyes grew,

Then he asked me out. Guess what excuse he made, he said that he had just come to West Lake, he didn't know much about the surrounding environment, and it was inconvenient for him to carry out his work, and he hoped that I could take him around the edge of West Lake.

At that time, I knew what he was thinking, but I said yes.

He and I came out of the unit and walked along the shore of West Lake, chatting as we walked.

As I chatted, I found out that he wasn't that stupid, on the contrary, he knew a lot.

When we got to this place, I said I was tired of walking and needed to rest, so we found a place around here and sat down. ”

The old lady rolled her gaze and looked around,

"At that time, on the broken bridge and by the lake, it was not as lively as it is now, and we sat by the lake, blowing the wind and chatting......

Also that day, he told me that he liked me, and I said I knew, but I couldn't say yes because I didn't know him well enough.

After that, he pursued me for a year before I agreed, and talked for another three years before getting married. ”

"When he told me he was going to marry me, he gave me a gift, guess what?

It's the oil-paper umbrella, at that time I still thought that the meaning of this umbrella was not good, "umbrella" and "scattered", how could there be a marriage to send "scattered".

Still, I agreed to marry him. Because I knew that as long as I shared an umbrella with him, he would never let me get wet. ”

The old lady said, smiled, and then turned her head to look at Lian Ge again,

"I'm sorry, young man, to let you hear some old things. ”

Hearing this, Lian Ge smiled slightly and shook his head,

glanced at the figure beside the old lady and withdrew his gaze,

"I think it's a very interesting and beautiful relationship. ”

"In fact, it's not that good, or no matter how beautiful the relationship is, it will inevitably encounter some stumbles. The old lady shook her head, but still had a smile on her face.

"Otherwise, this oil-paper umbrella should be at home, not not knowing where it is. ”

After a slight pause, the old lady continued,

"It was two or three years after I got married to him, and we were ready to have children. But at that time, he was busy with work all day and didn't have time to spend time with me.

At first, I could bear it, thinking about men, it's normal to be busy with my career, but later, he came home later and later, although he didn't stay up all night, but I was still getting more and more angry.

Finally, one night, he came back drunk, and I couldn't help but say a few words to him, and he didn't reply, but the more I looked at him like that, the more angry I became, and I couldn't help but quarrel with him.

When he got to the back, he couldn't help it and told me that he wanted to provide me with a good enough life and a better environment for our future children.

Actually, at that time, I thought he was right, but I still couldn't get angry, so I ran out of the house with the oil-paper umbrella.

I ran and ran around again, looking at the oil-paper umbrella in my hand, thinking that he didn't come out to chase me, the more I thought about it, the more sad I became.

On the edge of this West Lake, I dug a pit and threw the umbrella into it and buried it. ”

As she spoke, a smile appeared in the old lady's eyes,

"It was at this time that my husband came after him, and when I looked at him, he was covered in ash and had a bag on his forehead...... I can't get angry. ”

"However, the umbrella was not dug up at that time. We said okay, when we both retired, we would come over together and dig out the umbrella. ”

"Now...... He died a few years ago, and the umbrella can't be found...... Even if you can find it, it will probably be rotten a long time ago. ”

The old lady said, shook her head, and looked at the West Lake in the distance.