1. Take your girlfriend home (novel) Zhang Baotong 2016.3.21

My girlfriend's name is Catherine Harry, 23 years old, a master's student in Chinese Classics in the Department of Chinese at our Normal University, and a voice teacher in the undergraduate English major of Normal University. I am a master's student majoring in English Literature in the Department of English at Normal University. We met in the school library last summer.

That afternoon, I was admiring the famous poem "A Red Rose" by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. At this time, an American girl sat across from me, holding a Chinese book and looking at it. There are a lot of foreign teachers in our research institute, although some of them are not familiar with each other, but they usually meet and greet each other, so they almost all know each other.

But I had never seen this girl before, and she had blonde hair that was long and draped over her shoulders. She had a very young and beautiful face, just like the girl I saw in the "Tess" movie. My heart pounded immediately, and I thought to myself that this foreign girl was so beautiful, so beautiful that I couldn't even describe it. In order to get her attention, I deliberately recited the poem aloud in English:

"Oh, my lover is like a red rose,

Open in June;

Ah, my lover is like a piece of music,

The music is beautiful and melodious.

Are you so beautiful, pretty girl?"

Before I could finish the recitation, she clapped and said to me in English, "It's wonderful!"

I smiled playfully at her and had the audacity to say to her, "You're June's rose." "Because I know it's not too much to make such a joke on an American girl.

She looked at me with affection and asked seriously, "Do you really think I'm very pretty?"

I said, "Of course, it's very beautiful." ”

She smiled and asked, "Comparable to Zhang Ziyi?"

I was a little surprised that she still knew Zhang Ziyi, and I said, "Yes, more beautiful than her." ”

She smiled, laughed heartily, and said, "That's great." ”

So, I asked her, "What's your name?"

She replied in Chinese, "My name is Catherine Harry. ”

I was even more surprised and said, "Do you speak Chinese?"

"I studied classical Chinese in graduate school," she said. ”

I said, "I studied English literature in graduate school. ”

So she reached over to shake my hand, but the table was too wide, so I got out of my seat, walked over to her, and shook her hand. After shaking hands, I sat down right next to her. Because she's so pretty, I really want to be close to her. People say that opposites attract, but beautiful opposites attract more. I dare say there aren't many girls who can suck me through.

So, we started discussing Pence in English. It was such a wonderful feeling to discuss Pence with such a beautiful foreign girl. We had a lively discussion, and I found that this girl was really not simple, and I thought that I knew at least half of the things in the world, but she seemed to know no less than I did. So, when it's time to eat, I make sure to invite her to dinner. So, we asked for a bowl of Qishan noodles in a small restaurant opposite the Normal University.

After that, we were together often, and soon we fell in love. Now, we are inseparable, and we don't see each other for a day. However, the school has winter vacation, I have to go home, I have to leave, and I will not be able to see each other for at least twenty or thirty days.

Catherine said, "I'm going home with you." ”

I said, "No." ”

She said, "Why not?"

I couldn't answer, so I coaxed her and said, "I beg your pardon, it's really not good." ”

But she insisted that I tell why. I couldn't help it, so I said, "My home is far away, it's remote, and it's a difficult journey." ”

She asked, "Is it harder than climbing Mount Everest?"

I laughed and said, "Of course not." ”

She said, "Then I'm not afraid." ”

I had no choice but to tell the truth, "My family is very poor, the house is very dilapidated, and it is very cold in the winter on my side and there is no heating. I don't even have a bath and toilet in my house. You will be very unaccustomed to it. I really don't want to say that to her, because it would be a shame for me.

But she said, "I don't care, I just want to be with you." ”

Now that she said that, can I still say no to her?

But this incident still made me feel very stressed, because my family was in the countryside, my father was not in good health, and he could not go out to work, so my family could only rely on the grain produced in the field to sell a few thousand yuan all year round, and barely survive. Moreover, over the years, most of the money for my education has been borrowed from others, and some of the money has not been paid off now. And Catherine's father is a university professor at a prestigious American university, and the family is relatively wealthy. How would she feel if she were to see my home like that?

I hurriedly called my mother and said that my girlfriend was going home with me. My mother was very happy, but as soon as I told me that my girlfriend was American, my mother immediately started a fire and asked me why I was looking for a foreign girl. I said I loved her, and she loved me. My mother said no, don't give me this kind of person to get it home.

Maybe my mother was afraid that I would be disobedient, so in the evening, she called me again. I was in Catherine's apartment, and when I saw that it was my mother's phone, I ran downstairs to answer the phone.

Mother snapped, "I told your dad about you, and your dad didn't agree." I sue you, you don't have to find a foreign girl, let alone bring her back, the soil is not foreign, it will make people embarrassed, and let the villagers laugh at our family. ”

After the call, I said to Catherine, "Baby, we won't be going home." We spent the New Year together at school. "Because I think my mother doesn't approve of me taking Catherine home, then I won't go home, and I can't leave Catherine alone at school.

Catherine seemed to see my mood and asked, "What is going on?"

Of course, I couldn't tell her what my mother had said and say, "I don't like to go home." I'm not used to life there, and it's cold in winter, and it's as cold day and night as it is inside and outside the house. I'm really not used to it. ”

Catherine shook her head and said, "No, I've read the "Xiangbei Style Hometown Song" published in the school magazine, and you wrote it so well that I yearn for it very much, it's impossible for you not to want to go back." ”

Listening to her words, I cried and said, "My mother doesn't want me to take you home, she's afraid you're going to take me to the United States and never come back." Because I was her only child. ”

She took me in her arms, hugged me tightly, and said to me, "We're still going back, and I'll tell your mother that I'm not going to take her son." ”

But I still said, "Our family is very poor, and you won't get used to living there." ”

Catherine said earnestly, "I care about you, not your family. ”

Looking at Catherine's sincere and serious appearance, I was touched and said, "Baby, you are so nice." And he kissed her softly.

I decided I wanted to take Catherine home. So, I called my mother again, and in a very tough tone, "Mom, I can't leave Catherine alone at school, I have to take her home with her, and besides, she wants to go home with me." If you don't agree, I won't go home. ”

My mother listened to me and didn't say anything for a long time. I knew that my mother loved me the most, and she hardly refused my request. It was also the first time I had spoken to my mother in such a strong tone.

My mother's greatest wish for the year was to get me home, and if I didn't, she would be very disappointed. Naturally, my words would poke her in the sore spot. I could almost feel my mother's sadness and helplessness, so I immediately changed my tone and pleaded with her, "Mom, why don't I take her home and let you see her, and if you think she is good, I will continue to be nice to her, and if you don't like her, then I will break off with her, okay?" because I think Catherine is so nice and so lovely, it is impossible for my mother not to like her. The mother hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Then you can bring her back." ”