Chapter 037: Loving and Being Loved
After a while, Tian Tian finished the bowl of rice. So, Aunt Lian poured the pork rib soup from the thermos flask into a bowl and scooped it up to Tian Tian with a spoon.
"Sister, fate is a thing, sometimes, it is really something that can be met but not sought, if you meet a really good one, you might as well grasp it in time, otherwise, there will be no store in this village. Aunt Lian continued to chatter.
After a moment of silence, Tian Tian asked, "Aunt Lian, I'm curious, how did you and your husband meet and fall in love?"
"My husband and I? ”
"Matchmaker?"
"How could we be as open as people are now? It was not uncommon for us to go to bed within three days of meeting, and then, to get pregnant unmarried, and to queue up at the hospital for an abortion. When we were young, we didn't even dare to hold hands with men, as long as we said a word to a man, we would blush and stammer.
"If a bold girl walks alone with a man, she will definitely be pointed at by others, saying that you are 'not serious' and 'bad style'. It was so much fun to talk about my first meeting with my husband!"
After speaking, Aunt Lian's eyes flashed, and her face was full of joy.
"You know? My husband is from my aunt's village. One day, my parents made an appointment with the matchmaker that on the fifth day of the first lunar month, we would go to my aunt's house as guests.
"On that day, when we arrived, not long after we sat down, I saw a group of three or four-year-old children playing with balloons and whistling on the sundeck in front of my aunt's house, and an offspring riding a bicycle. Moreover, I watched silently for a while, and found that the man rode round and round again and again, and from time to time looked at my aunt's house. I was weird because, it seems, the man should have learned and was ready to go. Anyone who has ever learned to ride a bicycle knows that when he can't attend a meeting, it's the biggest addiction. But once you have fully learned it, you will feel bored and have no interest.
"While I was wondering, the matchmaker came and she clung to my mother's ear and said, 'That bicycle rider is the next generation.'" Because my mother was embarrassed to get too close and was discovered, but I wanted to see more closely.
"So my aunt suggested that we both climb up to the attic to see, because there was a small window in the attic that was facing the sunshade not far away. However, at that distance, no matter how wide your eyes are, you can only see the general outline, such as the body shape, hairstyle, face shape and whether you are lame, and you can't see anything else at all.
"When I got home, my parents asked me, 'What about the next life?' Actually, I'm not sure whether to agree to this family affair, because I haven't spoken yet, and who knows if I'm dumb or stupid? I thought, just leave it to fate. Marry a chicken with a chicken, marry a dog with a dog. So, I nodded very reluctantly.
"Later, on the day of the subsequent market, my mother met the matchmaker and said 'agree'. In this way, the adults of both sides began to negotiate and set up a 'meeting day' and a 'house survey day', and then the relatives sat down to get together, and this was the engagement. ”
"Then, is your husband good to you?" Tian Tian couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Okay! Although my husband is not good-looking, and at the same time, he does not have a lot of wealth, but he is really good to me and my children, and he is a good husband and father worthy of the name!"
"Congratulations on meeting a good man!"
"Thanks, girl, you will too. Aunt Lian paused, and then said, "That day, I overheard a song called 'The One Who Loves Me and The One I Love.'" Eh, girl, I want to ask you, if there are two excellent men next to you, one is that you love him infatuately but he doesn't love you, and the other is that he loves you to death but you don't feel for him, which one will you choose as your marriage partner?"
Tian Tian smiled slightly, and replied embarrassedly: "I don't know." I've never thought about it!"
"No perfunctory and evasive, this is a very serious life choice question, you have to choose an answer. Think about it!"
After hearing this, Tian Tian suppressed his smile and fell into deep thought, and after a while, he raised his head and said, "I choose ......."
Before Tian Tian's answer could be revealed, he saw Ouyang Kunpeng coming in heroically from outside the door.
"I heard you two talking and laughing just now, why didn't you talk when you saw me, are you saying bad things about me?"
"No!" Tian Tian explained.
"Aunt Lian, I bought grapes, please help wash them!" As he spoke, Ouyang Kunpeng handed the plastic bag in his hand to Aunt Lian.
"Okay!" Aunt Lian hurriedly stepped forward to take the bag containing the grapes, turned around and walked out the door, before going out, Aunt Lian turned around and squeezed her eyes at Tian Tian.
"You're going to the supermarket?"
"Well, if you have anything to buy, I can help you run errands. ”
"I don't need anything anymore. Do you know what I'm craving the most right now?"
"What?" Ouyang Kunpeng looked at Tian Tian with infinite doubt.
"I got out of the hospital bed, walked out of the hospital like a fly, and then returned to the factory to commute on time. ”
"You ......" Ouyang Kunpeng was about to say something, when his big brother pinned to his waist suddenly sounded.
"I'm sorry, I'm going to answer a call!" said hurriedly walking to the door, Tian Tian watched the back of the jade tree in the wind getting smaller and smaller until it disappeared.
After a while, Aunt Lian came back with grapes. She didn't see Ouyang Kunpeng, she felt very strange, and couldn't help but ask Tian Tian: "Eh, what about him?"
"No, I answered the phone. ”
"I'll just say it. ”
Aunt Lian said and moved a stool and put it on Tian Tian's left side, and then put the grapes on it, and left the bag on the outside of the grapes open, so that Tian Tian's left hand without an injection could easily hold it. She also deliberately placed an empty plastic bag next to it.
"Is it enough?"
"Yes. ”
"Girl, the grape skins and seeds, you put them in this empty plastic bag. ”
"Okay! Thank you, Aunt Lian!"
"No thanks, then, I'll go wash the rice bowls. ”
As she spoke, Aunt Lian waited out with a thermos flask.
Tian Tian took the grape and squeezed it into his mouth, and the grape flesh slid into his mouth.
Oh, it's so sweet! Tian Tian This is the first time I have eaten grapes.
"Washed?" After a while, Ouyang Kunpeng came in and asked.
"Washed, crispy and sweet. Brother Kunpeng, you can eat too!"
However, Tian Tian was shocked to find that Ouyang Kunpeng's face was not good-looking, as if he had just been angry with someone.
"Brother Kunpeng, what's wrong with you? ”
"Nope. I'm fine!"
But Tian Tian noticed Ouyang Kunpeng's uncomfortable smile. She seemed to feel faintly uncomfortable, so she asked timidly, "Is it because you came to see me, and your family strongly opposes it?"
"No, don't think about it!"
As he spoke, he peeled a grape and stuffed it into Tian Tian's mouth.
However, Tian Tian's heart was still up and down, so he urged: "Brother Kunpeng, you better go back first! If you don't get along with your family because of me, then I will be very ashamed." ”
"I really don't have anything!"
"Brother Kunpeng, don't go your own way, you know? Your eyes, your facial expressions have revealed everything. Brother Kunpeng, if you don't want me to become a sinner for the ages who is hated by everyone, then please go back!"
"This ......"
When Ouyang Kunpeng was in a dilemma, Aunt Lian came back.
She caught a glimpse of Ouyang Kunpeng's "big brick": "Eh, girl, aren't you going to call to ask for leave?
"Forget it, Aunt Lian, I won't ask for leave. I can't remember the phone number. ”
"It doesn't matter if you can't remember, you can call '114' to inquire!" Ouyang Kunpeng took over the conversation.
"Oh, girl, why didn't you think of this!
"Tian Tian, where are you going to fight?"
"Alas, I'll forget it, don't fight, you go back!"
"It's not too late for me to go back after I'm done fighting!
Tian Tian glanced at the two of them with his eyes, and after hesitating, he still told him the name of the factory.
So, Ouyang Kunpeng took out a paper and pen and handed it to Aunt Lian: "Wait a minute, when I say the phone number, you write it down." ”
"Hmm. Aunt Lian nodded.
"Hello, please help me check the phone number of 'South China Precision Factory'...... Good!...... 8...... 7...... 3...... 4...... 5...... 6...... 8734569, did you write it down?"
"Noted down. As she spoke, Aunt Lian handed the paper with the number written on it to Ouyang Kunpeng.
"Tian Tian, you can call, do you want to call now?" he looked at the string of Arabic numerals.
"I ...... What time is it?"
Because the office is only occupied during working hours.
"Twelve thirteen p.m. ”
thought that the office was off work at half past twelve, so Tian Tian felt that he could call.
"Okay, I'll fight. Tian Tian plucked up his courage and said.
"Well, I'll dial it for you. ”
"Dial it. ”
However, Tian Tian's heart was so nervous.
She took the eldest brother from Ouyang Kunpeng's hand, put it in her ear and listened, and after a few beeps, Tian Tian heard a "Hey", it was a man's voice.
"Hello! I'm Shen Tiantian from the Inspection Department. I'm in a fall right now, and I'm ...... I'm hospitalized in the hospital, can you please help me ask our supervisor for a leave of absence?"
"Okay, how many days are you going to take? Where did you fall, is it serious?"
"How many days, please? I'm not sure. I fell on my calf, not very serious. ”
"Okay, I'll relay it for you!"
"Thank you!
"Goodbye!"
After speaking, Tian Tian handed the phone to Ouyang Kunpeng.
He took it and saw that it was all wet with sweat, and couldn't help but joke: "Do you need to be so nervous? Just make a phone call, and don't you ask you to rob a bank?"
So, Aunt Lian hurriedly handed over a tissue to Ouyang Kunpeng.