Chapter 8 Formal blind date
Early in the morning of the third day, Liao Qingmei was dug out of the quilt by Grandma Liao, changed into the most decent clothes, washed her face, combed her hair and wiped the fragrance.
To tell the truth, this winter is all big cotton clothes and pants and flower smocks, what is there to dress up, you can't see anything when you dress up, the conditions of the Liao family are ordinary people, and she is just a smock and pants that can go out as a guest.
Liao Qingmei leaned in front of the mirror, except for the spirit point, there was no difference at all from usual.
When she tied her braids, Grandma Liao was still thinking that Liao Qingmei shouldn't have twisted her big braids, and now her hair is so short that she can only braid two short little braids on both sides. God knows that because she has to go to school, Liao Qingmei has had this hairstyle since she was fifteen years old, but Grandma Liao's mind is only on her grandson, and she has never paid attention to it.
Don't mind, Liao Qingmei is also a little congested, this is her own mother!
From Liaojia Village to the village where the Gu family is located, it takes half an hour to walk, the road is not easy to walk, although the weather is clear, but the snow has not melted, at this time there is no cement road asphalt road, the second uncle's house has a bicycle, Liao Qingmei does not dare to ride, it is okay to fall herself, and it is a big matter to fall Grandma Liao.
Packing up the lisuo, Uncle Liao drove the family's cattle to pull the cart to send the grandparents and grandchildren over, went in and said hello and went home to entertain guests, this is not yet the New Year, there are always guests at home, he is not at home, and he said that he will pick them up after lunch.
The Gu family's standard of living is obviously much higher than that of people in the same village, and looking at the small playground-like yard around his house, you can see that the windows and door frames are freshly painted with green paint, not stained with any dust, and there are a few bicycles parked in the carport in the courtyard.
At the beginning of the 80s, although bicycles were no longer a rare object, one in the family was already a good family, Liao Qingmei counted a lot, a whole five.
When I entered the hall, I greeted two gray-haired old men and old ladies, Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu, there was still a circle of people sitting in the hall, there were close relatives and neighbors, listening to Grandma Gu holding her hand and introducing it, except for the first Aunt Gu and Uncle Gu, the rest of the people were a little confused, but fortunately, no one studied this kind of problem in detail.
Swept around, the children of the Gu family were playing in the yard, the little ones were held in the arms of the adults and teased, Grandma Liao was talking to the grandparents of the Gu family, there seemed to be no young men of the same age in the house, and even several male elders of the uncles and uncles went to other houses after the initial greetings.
However, she just came to go through the motions, honestly sat next to Grandma Liao, and when someone asked, she answered.
Glancing at the three old men who were chatting enthusiastically, Liao Qingmei sighed quietly in her heart, she now believes in the matter of baby kissing.
The topic of the three old men's talk was Grandpa Liao, and how it was in the past, all kinds of remembrances, and the two old ladies also took out a handkerchief and wiped their eyes, and Grandpa Gu's eyes were frighteningly red.
Liao Qingmei also misses her grandfather, his grandfather is very hearty and righteous, easy to fight and uneven, and if it is not good, he is nosy, but he is very prestigious in Sili and Eight Townships, and he loves her the granddaughter who has been raised under his knees since childhood.
Naturally, family affairs were also mentioned, and the old people talked enthusiastically, but the eyes of the few people sitting with them changed.
The attitude towards this doll's relatives, the people in the house obviously have different attitudes, some look at her, some look at her with disdain, and some simply treat their ancestors and grandchildren as if they don't exist, and deliberately laugh, which is very rude.
Liao Qingmei now just hopes that the man will come out quickly, everyone will go through the motions, and disperse early, so that she can be a monkey here alone for others to watch, what is going on.
After chatting for a while, no one came, Liao Qingmei's personal situation was also asked, I heard that she was still in her third year of high school in her twenties this year, and the eyes of the people in the room were a little wrong, and she didn't bother to explain the reason for the late enrollment, and she didn't need to explain it to them.
"I said Mom, what era is this, and you are still a baby! Have you asked the third child for his opinion on this matter?" Gu Xiaogu is the one who despises the person who does not hide it at all, she glanced up and down at Liao Qingmei, she looks good, looking at this dress, the family conditions are estimated to be not very good, if you get married, there are a lot of poor relatives, it is not good.
No matter how good their family conditions are, they can't withstand the autumn wind blowing by their poor relatives.
Seeing Liao Qingmei raise her eyes, Gu Xiaogu's eyes fluttered and looked at the three old men above, "If the third comrade-in-arms knows about this, they can't laugh at him, maybe it will affect the future of the third child." ”
"What do you know, the family affairs set by the older generation, how can there be a place for you to speak!" Grandpa Gu raised his eyebrows and stood up patting the table.
The room suddenly fell silent, everyone held their breath, and the hall was instantly so quiet that it could be heard that a needle was falling, Grandma Liao looked at Grandpa Gu and then at Gu Xiaogu, who was also so angry that she stood up, and pouted and didn't speak.
"Why is there no place for me to speak, here my mother's family, the third is my own nephew, my brother and sister-in-law are gone, I brought him up single-handedly, and now I don't even have the qualifications to speak for him, right!" Gu Xiaogu was also angry, pointing at Liao Qingmei, looking very disdainful.
"Such a big girl is still in the third year of high school, it would be good if she was lucky enough to be admitted to the school, but the third child will have to wait a few years, Dad, you always think about this, the third child is twenty-eight years old this year, others have him so old, the child can run all over the ground, just because you always say in his ear what doll kiss, doll kiss! ”
“…… You!" Grandpa Gu was so angry that he didn't know what to say, and Gu Xiaogu's face was unconvinced.
Everyone looked at each other, you look at me, I see that no one dares to stand up and speak, Aunt Gu heard the movement and came out of the next room, and hurriedly pulled her, "Look at you, how can you talk to your father and mother like this, what can't you say well." ”
"I'm telling the truth, just like this, it's too much worse than our third child. Gu Xiaogu rolled her eyes and muttered softly. "The third child in my family wants to marry a daughter-in-law, not a daughter-in-law. ”
Aunt Gu glared at her, hurriedly looked at Grandma Liao again, bowed and apologized. "Sister-in-law, you have a lot of adults, don't worry about Qingqing, she just has a bad mouth, no brains, and doesn't talk too much, don't worry about it. ”
Grandma Liao didn't respond to his words, and suddenly stood up with her hands behind her back, and swept her eyes over Liao Qingmei, Liao Qingmei was in good spirits, and immediately stood up to keep up.
"Brother Gu, this marriage is a good marriage with two surnames, my Qingmei is also a delicate girl, there is nothing that I can't do at all, and our family doesn't want to climb to your door, if you hadn't mentioned this to me before you were old, I wouldn't have traveled thousands of miles to get my granddaughter back, but I never thought that I was so old and would have to suffer from the anger of a junior. After speaking, he led Liao Qingmei out with his hands behind his back, and stopped when he passed by Gu Xiaogu's side.
"My Qingmei goes to school late, so it's in your way? Eating your food costs your family's money? My Qingmei is still surnamed Liao, with my old lady here, where is it your turn to pick on something that you don't understand." ”
Grandma, mighty!
Liao Qingmei gave a thumbs up in her heart, and happily helped Grandma Liao out of Gu's house, Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu didn't stop when they came up to pull people, and Grandma Liao didn't hear it if she left for dinner.
"If this marriage is not successful, I will not eat, and I will come to me again when your family agrees. ”
Grandma Liao's ears, I really can't tell if it's true deafness or false deafness, you usually talk to her, she can't hear you when you're young, but when you whisper bad things, she listens to it all in her ears.
Although Grandma Liao shook off her hand when she left the door of Gu's house, as long as she thought of Gu Xiaogu's appearance that the corners of her mouth trembled with anger, Liao Qingmei didn't mind Grandma Liao's cold face at all, and came up again with a smile, "Milk, the road is slippery, I'll help you." ”
Grandma Liao glanced at her, didn't speak, and didn't shake off her hand.
Second Uncle Liao didn't come to pick it up until after lunch, and this time there was no place to call a car, but fortunately, the two villages were not far away, and the grandparents and grandchildren walked slowly home.
A jeep drove from afar, the speed was quite fast, Liao Qingmei hurriedly helped Grandma Liao to the side of the road, there was mud on the road, this kind of car passed, if you don't avoid it, you will definitely splash all over.
"Hello grandma. Unexpectedly, the car actually stopped in front of him, Gu Minglang jumped down from the car in a green military uniform, squeezed his eyes at Liao Qingmei, and stepped forward to support Grandma Liao.
"Grandma, where are you going, it's cold and slippery this day, I'll give you a ride. ”
"......" Liao Qingmei, grandma shouted so affectionately, who are you, are you very familiar with you?
Gu Minglang suddenly appeared, enthusiastically offered to send Grandma Liao home, looked at the muddy dirt road, and then looked at the cotton shoes on her and her grandmother's feet, Liao Qingmei did not refuse, anyway, she did not suffer.
On the way, Gu Minglang wanted to talk, but he didn't understand Grandma Liao's temperament, and when she said polite words, Grandma Liao responded twice, and when she was bored, she threw a cold face directly, and after getting several cold faces, she was honest.
In the end, Liao Qingmei couldn't look at it, and took the initiative to inform her name before it stopped.
"On the train, why don't you say goodbye?" Gu Minglang looked at Liao Qingmei from the inverted mirror while driving, the little girl must have cleaned up today, and she looked a little more beautiful.
"......" Liao Qingmei turned her face and looked at the next serious Gu Minglang, is this person stupid?
Besides, if you don't get off the train when you get to the station, you will be sick!
"It's time to stop. ”
Gu Minglang's throat choked, it was indeed a reason that was too strong to refute.
The two villages are not far away, not to mention taking a jeep, and before a few words are finished, they arrived at the place and helped Grandma Liao out of the car, and Liao Qingmei was pulled to the other side of the car by Gu Minglang.
"You let go of me! Why are you like this, I warn you, if you have something to say, don't move your hands and feet!" Liao Qingmei shook off her hand and looked around, fortunately there were no villagers who came to see the Western scenery, otherwise she would be seen pulling and pulling with a strange man, how could she say it clearly.
Gu Minglang let go of her, opened the car door and rummaged for something, Liao Qingmei touched her wrist and didn't move, but wanted to see what he wanted to do.
"Is the injury healed? Have you taken the medicine properly?" A bottle of medicinal oil was stuffed into Liao Qingmei's palm, the temperature of the contact between the hands was still left on the fingertips, Liao Qingmei pursed her lips and did not speak.
After a while, she clenched the medicinal oil in her palm, turned around and walked into the house, "What's your business! ”
Gu Minglang smiled, seeing that she turned into the hall and disappeared, he jumped in the car and drove away, he still had to rush home, his grandfather's telegram was sent in a hurry and he didn't say anything clearly, he looked at the time, stepped on the accelerator and went out for a long time, he seemed to be a long time late.
The atmosphere at home was cold, and the sister-in-law and grandfather were obviously angry, Gu Minglang estimated the situation, bent his eyebrows, and went to coax Grandma Gu first.
In the evening, the second uncle and aunt asked about the blind date, Liao Qingmei looked for the attitude of the Gu family, and felt that this so-called baby kiss would probably be invalid, and after talking about the situation with the second uncle and aunt, she went back to the house to sleep.
She was very satisfied with the result, and slept very soundly, but she never expected that there would be a few uninvited guests at home the next day.