Chapter VIII
The three friends came out of the restaurant with a smile and a smile, Xia Jing pulled them and said, "Come with me to the parking lot?" Why am I getting a little confused and getting lost in the parking lot by myself, will you have such a situation?" Although Zhao Fatyi and Xiaojie have cars at home, they never drive when they come out for parties, and they are still used to traveling by bus, and their habits are still like when they went out shopping in college.
Zhao Pangyi smiled and said, "Didn't I have been in a car accident before? So even if I have a driver's license, I rarely drive." I almost always take the bus or my colleague's bus, most of the time I take the school bus, after all, we are really far away from the school, and I don't have the confidence to drive by myself. Zhao Panyi didn't have to drive herself at all, most of them were Li Hao to pick her up from work, or go with colleagues. Li Hao was also not at ease and let her drive out by herself.
"Come on, I know that your family Li Hao feels sorry for you, and he has never been willing to let you drive out by himself, and he has always had to pick you up, I really admire his personality for decades, or so good to you, so pampered with you! Hey, I'm really curious about how many years you have been married, why do you feel so like you will always be newly married?" Xia Jing said what was in her heart, no matter when the class reunion, Li Hao and Zhao Fatyi would always be the most affectionate couple! And among the classmates, only one of them has successfully held hands until now.
"Yes, I also think that Li Hao is meticulous to you every time, how can you love you so much and care about your husband for decades?" Xiaojie never commented on others, but she was still a little envious of Zhao Fatyi's good luck, and envied Zhao Fatyi's husband and children.
"Oh my God, why do you all say Li Hao so well? Although I admit that he is indeed a good husband and father, I am not bad, right?" Zhao Fatyi's hippie smile made the two friends laugh, how could anyone boast about himself?
When passing by a car, Zhao Fatyi's heart beat faster, which made her a little strange. In front of her two friends, she didn't show anything, she was always smiling, talking and laughing with her friends all the time, but she didn't look back at the people in the car. When Xia Jing drove out of the underground parking lot, she was followed closely by a car. They were so busy chatting that no one was paying attention.
In the supermarket, Zhao Fatyi helped her friend choose the ingredients for dinner, and asked her if she had any seasonings at home. The appearance of her friend who didn't know what to ask made her helpless and admired it even more. People who have been wives and mothers for decades don't know anything, I really don't know whether to envy or feel sad? Zhao Fatyi not only needs to help her friend prepare the ingredients for dinner, but also needs to help her prepare the corresponding ingredients, after all, Xia Jing is a person who rarely enters the kitchen!"What did you just say your mother-in-law likes to eat?" Zhao Fatyi was stunned when she turned her head and asked the two friends who talked and laughed as if they had nothing to do with themselves. Not far away, a man pushing a shopping cart looked at her blankly, it was Liu Yuanshan, it should be Liu Yuanshan, right? Zhao Fatyi was in a trance for a while, because they hadn't seen him for too long, she seemed to have forgotten his appearance, but such a strong and unfamiliar heartache made her surprised and sure that the old person in front of her was Liu Yuanshan, who had not seen Liu Yuanshan for many years and had no contact. Zhao Panyi's eyes were red, she couldn't help herself, and she was even more distressed. He was a lot older, and he had a lot of vicissitudes, but she had forgotten how many years had they not seen each other?
Liu Yuanshan's eyes were also red, but he still walked over with a forced smile on his face, "Is it Fat Yi? I haven't seen each other for a long time, are you okay?" Looking at the shopping cart pushed by Zhao Fat Yi, "Still such a virtuous and good wife? Are your husband and children okay? I'll buy some materials for dinner, my phone number hasn't changed, what about yours?" Liu Yuanshan still asked, although he knew that it was best for them not to contact.
Zhao Fatyi held back the tears that were about to flow, and said with a smile: "I'm fine! My family is also very good, thank you! Are you already retired? Are you still working?" Zhao Fatyi couldn't think of what to ask, let alone what she wanted to know?
"I've been retired for a long time, after all, when you're old, you should take a good rest. Practicing calligraphy every day and going out for a walk is also quite spiritual. Occasionally, I make an appointment with my old colleagues to go on a trip together, and I am also very happy. At this time, Liu Yuanshan recovered from his excitement, "You are still the same, you haven't aged much at all, it seems that you have indeed found a good husband! Okay, we will often contact each other in the future, I will leave first!" He looked at Zhao Panyi's friends waiting on the side, and he could only say that. "Thank you, remember me! I'm really happy!" After speaking, Liu Yuanshan pushed the shopping cart and left.
Zhao Fatyi smiled and turned her head to look at the two friends: "Let's go, let's continue to buy the ingredients we need." Zhao Panyi pushed the shopping cart and walked in front of the two friends, but the hand pushing the shopping cart had no strength at all!
"Fat Yi, who was that person just now? Is it your friend?" The two friends both thought Zhao Fat Yi was weird, and she gave people a completely different feeling. "Fat Yi, are you okay?, why don't I invite my family out to eat today, your face doesn't seem to be very good, are you okay?" Xia Jing looked at Zhao Fatyi's bad face and comforted her friend who was carefully selecting ingredients for her. "It doesn't matter if you don't cook any meals today, my parents-in-law are used to it. Even if you prepare everything for me, I may not be able to do it, so don't embarrass me, right?"
Zhao Panyi nodded, but still didn't stop taking all kinds of ingredients. Xiao Jie grabbed Zhao Fatyi's arm, "Why are you still holding things? Doesn't Xia Jing need these ingredients? What are you doing here?" They all thought that Zhao Fatyi was stimulated and was a little confused. Xiao Jie's worried expression made Zhao Fatyi smile as usual, and she didn't stop the movements in her hand, let alone put back the things she had already taken to the shopping cart.
"I'm fine, it's just that my parents are coming to my house for dinner tonight, so I have to cook a few more dishes, and my daughter is a senior in high school, so she must strengthen her nutrition? Zhao Fatyi tried to calm herself down while holding various ingredients. She can't and won't show a different Zhao Fatyi in front of her friends, never.
Zhao Fatyi's talking and laughing made the two friends admire, and they were even more surprised that she was not an ordinary woman. Who is that person? Can make Zhao Fatyi, who has never been happy, lose his mind to such an extent, that he will show his short but real inner activities in front of these friends. That can only mean that that person is too important or too unusual for Zhao Fatyi, otherwise how could Zhao Fatyi, who has always been steady and smiling, have red eyes? "Fat Yi, you?" Xiao Jie wanted to ask something, but still didn't ask. "We'll take you home later, you buy so many things, it's inconvenient to wait for the bus, right?"
"Fat Yi, who is that person? makes you so sad?" Xia Jing wanted to know, so she simply asked directly, regardless of whether Zhao Fat Yi said it or not?
Zhao Fatyi smiled, "He is the most familiar to me and my relatives, because we have known each other for too long." To be honest, we don't have any stories, just because we still have each other's shadows in our hearts! I'm glad to have such a loved one in my life, at least to prove that I'm not alone. Zhao Fatyi has something to say, but those who have not experienced it will never be able to experience that feeling.
"You are not lonely and helpless, you already have family and good friends like us!" Xiao Jie doesn't know why, she will be a little envious and sentimental when she hears Zhao Fatyi say this, is it because she has not experienced such an unforgettable relationship or because her life is always dull? She and Zhao Fatyi have been friends for many years, but they have never understood Zhao Fatyi, Zhao Fatyi seems to have a lot of stories, but it makes people feel relaxed and happy with her.
At dinner, Zhao Fatyi sat with the whole family, and there was no sign that something was wrong. She has so many family members, can't let her family worry about her, let alone let the children worry about their parents?"Why do you all seem to have something on your mind today?Is there something I don't know?" Zhao Fatyi looked at her husband and her father and asked with a smile. After no one answered, she turned to the children again, "My two big babies, are there anything unhappy today? Why are you sullen and don't speak, isn't this the style of our family's usual dinner?"
"Mom, if I find a girlfriend, I will ask her to live with you after marriage, I want to find someone as filial as you. I like the happiness and satisfaction of being together with a large family, so I decided to change houses after discussing with my grandfather and father. The current house is just big enough for us to live in, and if I get married, it will probably be even more crowded, so I hope to change to a bigger house. I can find a regular job from next year and I will be responsible for paying off the mortgage, I will not let you feel pressure, what do you think of such an arrangement?" Li Kangping solemnly told his mother about the things that the family had already discussed.
Zhao Fatyi was stunned for a moment and looked at her son, and then smiled, "I don't think there is any boy who cares about this family and family affection so much like you." Kang Ping, although my mother is very touched by what you said, but for my mother, do you know what is the most important thing? That is, your grandparents and grandparents are healthy, safe, happy and long-lived, and this is my greatest wish. As for the two of you, as long as you are healthy and safe, you can be an upright and kind person. Mom is very grateful for your filial piety and filial piety, but as long as you live closer, so that Mom will not not be unable to see you for a year and a half or even longer. Mom still hopes that you will have your own small family and your own life after you start a family in the future, and don't live with us, because Mom is used to the current life, and there is no need to change houses, let alone move. Mom also has the habit of mother, so it is a little difficult for my future daughter-in-law to adapt to me, or for me to adapt to her. Mom and dad will take care of themselves, and you also take care of yourself is the greatest filial piety to your mother. Zhao Panyi has worked hard all her life and won everyone's praise, but this kind of dedication also makes her physically and mentally exhausted. She didn't want to be more reluctant to wronged another girl like this, so it was enough for everyone to manage themselves. Filial piety is due, but it doesn't need to live together to be called filial piety. Living with her parents is Li Hao's lifelong wish, so she is willing to fulfill her husband, who loves her all her life, but for her son, she still hopes that he will have an easier life, after all, no girl has experienced so many stories like her to have such a peaceful state of mind.
Li Kangping looked at his mother a little strangely, and asked: "Mom, why do you refuse us to live with you in the future? I have seen your filial piety to your grandmother and grandfather since I was a child, and I think that as a daughter-in-law, you should be so filial to the elderly, and you should be by the old man's side." When you and my dad are like grandparents, you will definitely want to live with us, so we will live with you from the beginning to save more trouble in the future! Mom, the whole family agrees, so do you agree? Don't feel embarrassed, relying on your children is what you should do!" Although Li Kangping really didn't understand why his mother would refuse such a thought, he really wanted to live with his parents, otherwise he would really not be at ease. "Right? My dear little sister thinks so too, doesn't she?" Li Kangping turned to his sister, hoping that his sister would also convince his mother to live together!
"Yes, we all want to be by my parents' side all the time, and we can take care of you when you get old! Besides, this is something I discussed with my brother, so my mother will promise us!" Li Kangxing held his mother's arm coquettishly, with a flattering smile. "Mom, don't refuse our filial piety, and don't let my brother down, okay?" Li Kangxing's coquettish skills have always been the strongest in the family.
"Yes, wife, this is a part of the children's heart, and it is what we want, so you agree, right?" Li Hao was a little surprised by his wife's attitude this time. He always thought that his wife would be happy to live with the children all the time and be closer to his parents. Li Hao really didn't understand his wife's decision this time? He was very strange, why would his wife refuse? "The two families are at the opposite door, and it is more convenient for us to take care of the four old people! They are also convenient to go out for a walk together, this is the best arrangement, whether it is for us or for the children? Wife, you just nod and agree?" Li Hao sincerely hoped that his wife would agree to the family's joint decision.
"To be honest, it's not that I'm not moved or dissatisfied with the children's decision, it's just how troublesome it is for our family to move! I'm the one who is most afraid of tossing, and I'm also the one who doesn't like trouble the most, so I ask my children to forgive their mother's laziness and don't move. When the time comes, you can live in our neighborhood and go home every day, so why do you have to move together to be the best arrangement. Zhao Panyi smiled at the children, and then turned to her father, "Dad, I know this is your kindness, and it is your wish that we all live together, but I really don't want to move." Besides, Li Hao and I are not young people anymore, I don't want to put pressure on myself, and you live very close to us, which is enough. Dad, let's live like this, okay?" Zhao Fatyi still rejected the family's kindness, because she knew herself too well. Zhao Fatyi likes peace and the life she has become accustomed to, let her work hard to change, she may be angry, more likely to misunderstand the kindness of the children, so she still decided not to move, and it is easy for the children to save trouble!
On the other hand, instead of going home separately, the two friends got together for dinner, canceling the dinner with their families. "You say, who could that person be? I've known Zhao Fatyi for so many years, and I've never seen her so out of shape, although it's only a few minutes, but I've really never had such a time? I'm curious, I'm very curious about who that person is, do you know?" Xia Jing asked Xiao Jie, who was better with Zhao Fatyi.
"I seem to have heard her say that there is such a person who she can't let go of and is unforgettable, but I don't know if this person is the person she said? When she broke up with Li Hao and didn't have a new boyfriend, she asked me out to go shopping, and she mentioned that there is a person in her heart who can never forget and can never be together, and she just hopes that the other party will live a healthy and safe life. She just said it once, and I didn't pay much attention to it, but I felt that she was very sad and sad at the time, and I thought that the person she was talking about was Li Hao? Because they have been in love since they fell in love, they have always been a good relationship, and they are all an enviable couple!" Xiao Jie envied the feelings in Zhao Fatyi's heart, and even more envied Zhao Fatyi at this age and a person who loved him so deeply! Such deep feelings are not something that everyone can have and keep.
"I don't know if Li Hao knows that Zhao Fatyi has such a person in his heart? If he knows, I don't know how Li Hao will react?" Xia Jing smiled a little ill-willedly, she really wanted to tell Li Hao that Zhao Fatyi had a person in her heart who was not him, but she didn't know how to elaborate?
"How can we meddle or intervene in the affairs of other husbands and wives? We are friends of Fat Yi, so naturally we should bless her well, and we should hope that she will be really happy for a lifetime!" Xiao Jie knew that she had said the wrong thing, but it was irreparable, and she could only hope that Xia Jing would not meddle in her affairs.
After the dinner party, everyone's mind was uncomfortable, because of Zhao Fatyi's refusal, because of Zhao Fatyi's strangeness. Li Hao grabbed his wife who wanted to go back to his home, "What's wrong with you today? Why do you so directly reject the kindness and filial piety of the children? Besides, living with us is the wish of the children, why don't you agree? How many parents want to live with their children, why is our family still the other way around?" Li Hao was really a little angry and questioned his wife. Seeing the reactions of the children and the elderly, he smiled, "I have something to talk about with Fat Yi, you all go home first! Don't worry, we'll have a good chat. Li Hao took Zhao Panyi's hand and walked out of his father-in-law's restaurant, he would not let his family worry about the relationship between them, let alone let the children see the picture of their anger. They are the greatest support and reliance of the family, and they get along well with the family to 'family and everything is prosperous'!
Zhao Fatyi looked at her husband's appearance, smiled, and said to her family: "We need to have a good exchange of views on the filial piety of your children, so don't worry that we will quarrel, we won't! My baby girl, today is the weekend, you can take a good rest, you don't need to study all the time, you can study better when you rest. After Zhao Panyi finished speaking, he walked out of his father's restaurant with Li Hao.
Everyone's eyes are focused on Li Kangxing again. Li Kangxing smiled and said to his family: "Mom, too, how old am I, I still treat me as a child, why do you never treat my brother as a child? Is it that I am the youngest in the whole family, and you all think that I need your constant reminder and care? I am an adult, please grandparents, grandparents, grandparents, and brothers, don't treat me as a child anymore, okay?"
The older generation laughed and said, "Yes, the youngest baby in our family has grown up, but is he still the youngest?" My sister is the youngest in the family, so the family is used to spoiling her for everything.
Li Kangxing also smiled, "Yes, I'm the youngest one, and there is no way to do it anyway." As if she was the youngest and had suffered a lot of grievances, her unconvinced expression made the family laugh even more.
The couple who walked in the community just remained silent all the way and didn't say anything. After walking out of the community, Li Hao stopped and said, "Where are we going to sit and have a good chat?" After all, I see that your decision this time is not easy to change, so I want to know the reason. If you can convince me, then I will listen to you, and if you can't convince me, then please listen to the old people and children, and stop going your own way, okay?"
Zhao Panyi nodded, silently holding hands with Li Hao and walking out of the gate of the community. She thought in her mind how to answer Li Hao's questions. Working hard to take care of the children to grow up, they don't want them to be able to give back to themselves, and they don't want the children to live such a helpless and hard life again. She always felt a little indebted to Li Hao in her heart, so she worked so hard to be filial to her parents-in-law and accepted the inconvenience of living with her in-laws for decades. This is filial piety, and it is the kindness she requires herself to do, but she doesn't want her children to live the same life, although this is the children's wish, but she knows the hardship.
In the café near Zhao Panyi's favorite home, Li Hao ordered a cup of her favorite black coffee for his wife, and he just ordered a glass of juice. Li Hao sat opposite his wife, staring blankly at Zhao Fatyi, who had been carved with shallow traces by the years, "We are all old." Remember when we met in high school? Your lovely smile, your kindness to the girl you just met, and your desire not to talk much, but not to cause trouble to anyone, I saw it in my eyes and moved you by everything you did. Since then, I have felt that you are a different girl, so I have always been curious about you, and I can't help but pay attention to everything related to you. Li Hao smiled and took his wife's hand, "I didn't expect that we could really live for so many years, and we have two children who are already that old, which is what I am most proud of and proud of." Fat Yi, because you are well educated, our children will be so filial and sensible, please don't refuse the children's wishes, and don't let the children's kindness not be reciprocated. Li Hao is the best at persuading his wife, and this time he thinks his wife will figure it out!
Zhao Fatyi smiled at her husband, "I know what you mean, but I really don't want the children to make themselves very hard because of filial piety, although filial piety is due, but when we are young, I want the children to live their own lives, and then get their care after we are really old, isn't it better? Zhao Panyi took a sip of coffee before continuing: "Husband, we are filial to our lives, although we should be, but sometimes we feel very tired, so I tell the truth, I hope my children will not work as hard as me again." If we can give my children an easier life, why don't we do it? Is living together a real filial piety? Do you think our children will make us grow old alone? I am very confident in my own children, I believe that even if we don't live together, they will still be even more filial to us, do you want to try?" Zhao Fatyi smiled mischievously, making Li Hao helpless.