Chapter 16: Zifang's Affair
When I arrived in Taihe Town, it was almost noon, and as soon as the car arrived at the station, Zifang looked outside the car, and when she saw her, she smiled and said, "If you don't come again, I'm going to die in a hurry." "It was the first time for Zijun to sit alone in such a long car, she was anxious, worried that she had taken the wrong car or something else had happened, and she was secretly regretting it.
"It's okay, Sister Zifang, it's just that there is a bit of a jam on the road. Zijun pulled out a smile, after sitting in the car for so long, his chest was uncomfortable. In order to prevent motion sickness, she didn't dare to eat anything, and her stomach growled.
"Come, sister, take you to dinner. Zijun really didn't have much appetite, but he was really hungry, so he went with Zifang. "Sister introduces someone to you. β
"Who?"
"You'll know when you get there. Zifang smiled mysteriously, and Zijun's curiosity was also aroused.
In a few minutes you arrived at an idyllic farmstead, a long walkway lined with bamboo fences topped with tiles covered with a layer of golden straw and two rows of red lanterns hanging along the corridor.
Zifang led Zijun all the way inside, turned right and entered a small private room.
"Your sister is here?" a cheerful male voice came from inside the room.
Zijun looked up and saw a young man sitting in the room, twenty or thirty years old, with a plank on his head. Thick eyebrows and big eyes, a high nose, and a thick gold chain around the neck glittered. Wearing a tight-fitting printed T-shirt, tangled muscles are faintly visible. There is a blue-gray tattoo on the exposed arm. With a cigarette in his finger, he sat there like a mountain.
"Zijun, this is Ah Ming, your name is -"
"Auntie, you can just call me brother-in-law. The man's hearty voice came again.
Brother-in-law, these two words obviously shocked Zijun, obviously Brother A Niu is my sister's boyfriend! She opened her apricot eyes, and turned her head to look at Zifang with doubts.
"This is Ah Ming, you can call Brother Ah Ming. Zifang hurried around, she also knew that it was a little difficult for her sister to accept this fact for a while, but except Zijun, she couldn't imagine that she could share this secret with anyone else.
"Brother Amin. β
"Sister, sit down, whatever you want to eat, just order, my brother-in-law has a treat today." Amin was very happy and still went his own way. He ate this meal very happily, but Zijun didn't have much appetite, and with such a shocking thing, he didn't have the heart to eat.
"Auntie, why do you eat so little, is the food not delicious? I complained to them if it was not delicious, waiter-"
"It's not the food, I'm a little sick and have a bad appetite. Zijun hurriedly stopped him.
"What is my aunt doing to run so far to go to work, how good it is to be here, I can accompany Ah Fang. Listening to her talk about you all day long, she doesn't know how happy she is if you're here. β
"Okay, the meal is over, Junjun has also seen it, you go and get busy with you first. I'll take my sister to rest first, and I'll call you later. Zifang said to Ah Ming jokingly.
Ah Ming really stood up and said goodbye, a very tall man, Zifang stood next to him and felt a little birdy. The three of them walked out of the farm together, and Amin said goodbye, warmly invited her to dinner in the evening, and drove away.
"Sisterβ"
"I know what you're going to ask, we'll talk as we go. Zifang said quickly, and the two sisters walked slowly. The road was not lively, occasionally a car drove by, Zifang thought about where to start, Zijun consciously did not speak again.
"Ah Ming, he is a regular customer in our shop," Zifang said slowly, "I've known him for almost a year, and he's been chasing me. β
"But Brother Niu, he-"
"I know that Ah Niu is very good, and he has always been very good to me. Zijun was even more puzzled......
"You know my parents, you only have Zining in your heart. As soon as I graduated from junior high school, I came out to work, and how much money can I save a month for serious part-time workers like us. Every time I go home for the Chinese New Year, I have to pay them some money. Last year, I had to ask them to give them another 10,000 yuan to repair the house, but I said no, and my mother said that I would ask Ah Niu for it, which was considered the bride price for marrying her daughter. You said that we haven't been officially engaged yet, my mother is doing this, how will I behave in my in-law's family in the future?" Zijun nodded.
"I originally wanted to save a little for myself and borrow a little more from Ah Niuβ" Zifang continued, and then paused again.
"Brother Niu, is he unwilling?" "Brother Niu, it shouldn't be that kind of person, right?
"That's not it, it's just that you know the conditions of Ah Niu's family, his father died early, and he has a younger brother in school at home, I don't know how to talk to him after thinking about it for a long time......"
"Sister, did you ask Brother Niu to borrow money?"
"The two of us are good, but after all, we haven't hired a matchmaker yet, and we haven't been hired. If I really want to borrow money, my mother will think I'm asking for nothing. I just dragged it out and didn't say anything. Zifang is still telling the story, she feels that she should let her sister know the whole story, in her heart, she really hopes that someone will understand her.
Later, Ah Ming didn't know where to find out, or maybe his colleague told him, so he gave me 10,000 yuan directly. Zifang said and paused, "At first, I said that I didn't want anything, but then he said that I could pay him back slowly." Zijun nodded, it was good to be able to help her sister when she was in danger and lend her money to her. But why did he become a boyfriend again? My sister shouldn't be with him for money, right?
Thinking of this idea, Zijun couldn't help but look at her sister in shock, it's one thing to hear about it, and it's another thing for her relatives to be like this, she really can't accept that the beautiful sister Zifang would sell herself for money.
"It's not what you think!" Zifang couldn't help crying as she spoke, she knew that others would think of her like that, Ah Chun said the same, and now even her sister is also-
"Sister, I'm sorry, I didn't, I, I-" Zijun was so anxious that he was a little incoherent, but Zifang's tears became more and more fierce. "Sister, don't cry, I really don't think that much, I'm just, I just feel sorry for you. "It's really distressing, what a good girl, what have you been forced to look like!
Zifang also slowly stopped her tears. "This was all before the Spring Festival, I was forced by my mother to borrow him 10,000 yuan, and gave him an IOU, he said that he believed me, there was no need to write this, and tore the IOU in front of me. Speaking of this, Zifang smiled softly, and Zijun could see that she also had a good impression of this Ah Ming.
"I've been paying him back for more than half a year, but he has always refused to ask for it, or I said cruel words, saying that I wouldn't ignore him, and he was willing to accept it. β
"I'm also very conflicted in my heart, Ah Niu grew up together after all, I know what kind of person he is, and I like him too. But Ah Niu's own affairs are too busy, and I have hinted several times, he doesn't seem to understand my difficulties at all, and we don't have many opportunities to meet, and I go back and forth, but I talk more and more with Ah Ming...... "Zi Fang stopped when he said this, Zi Jun has been listening carefully, if he stops here, there will definitely be no today, and there is no difference between Brother Ah Niu when he went out last time, it seems that Sister Zifang should have made new progress with that Ah Ming recently, is this the purpose of Sister Zifang writing to ask her to come?"
"You ...... with Amin," Zijun asked.
"Just the first half of the month, I ...... I've drunk a little too much, we-" Zifang swallowed, suddenly embarrassed, her face swollen red, and even the heels of her ears were red, adding a bit of bright color.
"You-"
Zifang quickly said as if she had made up her mind: "We're together!" After speaking, he lowered his head and never spoke again.