Chapter Seventy-Eight: Parental Care
The date for returning to school has been set, and the time to go to Pei's house has also been decided, next Wednesday.
I originally suggested why not the weekend, but after thinking about the nature of Pei Shaobei's parents' work, I didn't say anything. I went back to my parents' house and told them about going to Pei Shaobei's house.
My mother was very happy and took my hand to tell me, but my father's face was still full of sadness, and my mother thought she was an eyesore and urged her to go to the kitchen to cook, while she pulled me to talk in the living room.
"Wanwan, the Pei family is a big family, Shaobei is so good, although our family is also a well-off family, but it is always a bit bad. Mom actually doesn't like your marriage to be adventurous, but Shaobei's child, Mom really likes it. And those troubles that Lin Dong made were handled by Shaobei in an orderly manner and very patient. Mom and Dad are not the kind of people who are greedy for money, we just hope that you can find a man who is really good to you and live your life smoothly and steadily. But we can't choose Shaobei's family, and we can't change your background sooner or later. Alas, creation makes people, mother, alas......"
My mother was choked up and couldn't continue, and my heart was also blocked, and I bowed my head in silence.
"No one in the mother wants her daughter to be wronged!" the mother reached out to hold my hand, calmed down and said, "If Shaobei is angry with you, your father and I will definitely not want to." However, I look at Shaobei's temper, and the chance of this kind of thing happening is also very small. But his parents, Wanwan, if there is any small friction in the Pei family, for the sake of Shaobei, you must bear with it!"
After my mother said this, it seemed that she could no longer suppress it, and her tears flowed down, and as if she was afraid that I would feel uncomfortable, she hurriedly turned away from her face and took a tissue to wipe it. But he couldn't help but muttered self-deprecatingly, "Look at me, don't let your father be an eyesore, but just talk nonsense!"
I rested my head on my mother's shoulder and hugged her in silence.
I don't know how to be relieved, whether to say that Pei Shaobei's independent personality will not be affected by his family, or that I will endure humiliation for the next marriage. No matter what you say, I can't balance the shadow left by my mother's heart because of my last failed marriage, after all, my daughter is a second marriage, no matter who it is, it will be a difficult hurdle in my heart to pass.
I don't want to say anything, let alone use the child in my belly to comfort the two old men, that would be a blasphemy for me, for Pei Shaobei, and for the child in my belly who has not yet made a sound. I can't bear it, and I don't want to.
"Okay, Mom, I haven't gone there yet, you just pour cold water on me. Lin Dong's relatives are strange enough, didn't I still break through at the beginning? How many things happened to the divorce later, didn't they all come over? Pei Shaobei's parents are both high-ranking cadres, no matter what, they can't treat me like Lin Dong's mother. Don't worry!"
I tried to persuade my mother in as calm a tone as I could, and my father, who seemed to hear the movement, poked his head out of the kitchen, and looked at me for some intent.
My father thought longer and worried more than my mother, so I found an excuse to help in the kitchen, and by the way, I asked, "Dad, do you have something to tell me?"
The father put the green vegetables into the soup that was about to come out of the pot, stirred it with a spoon and asked, "Did Shaobei tell your family about your pregnancy?"
I was stunned, and I didn't understand. The father also said, "Now some rich and noble families attach great importance to the issue of heirs, not only the issue of giving birth to boys and girls, but also the birth. You know what Dad means, don't let people think that we are forcing marriage with our children. This will not affect you well, although there is a gap between the two of you, but it can't be underestimated. ”
I nodded, didn't speak, took the soup from my father and walked out, and my mother immediately got up and came to pick it up.
My father's craftsmanship is very good, but I don't eat much, mainly to talk with the two old people, and I try to be as relaxed as possible, so as not to put pressure on each other. The meal was still a little depressing, and I was about to leave after the meal, but my father called me to the study and handed me a savings card.
"There's 100,000 dollars in it, and you have it in case you need it. ”
I knew that this might be the last bit of my parents' savings, I felt uncomfortable, but I couldn't refuse, I went out with my bank card, and only after walking out of the community did I hold my arms and cry low.
Now that I am about to become a parent, it is difficult to describe the complicated feelings of wanting to give him the whole world, and it may only be experienced by people who have really become parents.
Originally, I wanted to make a face and go to Pei's house in the best mental state, but I was not in the mood at the moment, and I was walking on the street alone, feeling a little sad and lonely.
Dong Mei's phone called at this time, I remembered Pei Shaobei's instructions and didn't want to meet her, but she insisted on coming to me, no way, we were about to be in a café not far away, I sat down and asked for a glass of warm water and waited.
Dong Mei came over quickly, wearing the most popular thick sweater dress at the moment, her skeleton was not big, and she was not only not bloated but also a little fleshy cute, which made people feel much more comfortable and friendly than what she wore at the class reunion that day.
"Gu Wan, I'm sorry, I'm stuck in traffic, I've been waiting for a long time, right?" Dong Mei greeted me with a smile, and her voice was indescribably intimate.
I replied lightly, "Not long after I came, what do you want to drink, I'll call it for you!"
"Italian extra-rich, no milk and saccharin!" Dong Mei said to the waiter who came over, then looked at me again, a little apologetic and uncomfortable, and handed over a cardboard box in her hand.
"I'm really sorry last time, I can't hold it back when I drink too much wine, this dress for you is considered an apology!"
I looked at the label on the box, I have seen this brand of clothes in the mall, as little as a few thousand, more than tens of thousands. I hurriedly waved my hand and said in a loud voice, "No, no, you can remember such a little thing, if I am your classmate!"
Dong Mei didn't want to be a little anxious when she saw me, "Gu Wan, don't you like people like me very much?" You didn't play with me much when you were in school before, and at that time I didn't study well and was mischievous, so it's normal for you to not like it." But now, we are also considered to be people of the same class, although my husband is not as high-end as Mr. Pei's background, but after all, he is also a person who works hard in the business world, and I don't see anyone looking down when I look up, I still want to be closer to you, you just put on an expression of rejection thousands of miles away, I will be very hurt!"
Why didn't I find out before, Dong Mei is actually a very good person. At the last meeting, she seemed to be in a bad mood and didn't talk much, but now that she is prepared, I don't know how to deal with it for a while.
Originally, there was a little wooden mouth, and it was as if he couldn't find language rhetoric, and he didn't say a word after opening a few sheets, but he still pushed away the cardboard box handed over by Dong Mei.
"Gu Wan?" Dong Mei looked a little lonely, but she was no longer forced, put the cardboard box on the chair between us, lowered her head and sighed. "I left my job after I got married, and my former colleagues said that I no longer had to work 9 to 5 after marrying into a wealthy family. Su Lan also said that he must have a child as soon as possible so as to consolidate his position. Gu Wan, I'm really not afraid of your jokes. My husband had already made it clear to me when he got married that he was ligated and it was impossible for him to have any more children. I know, I know he was worried that I would not be good for his son if I had a child of my own. But Gu Wan, I am also a woman, he can't deprive me of my rights like this. I had a fight with him before the drink that day, and flew back before the honeymoon was over. I'm sorry, maybe I said something bad to you that day because of my personal reasons, don't take it to heart!"
Only then did I realize that Dong Mei's main purpose today was not to compensate me for my clothes, but to apologize to me for being drunk that day. Originally, I thought that people would not be able to remember a lot of things when they were drunk, and this is also the hole card of drinking strong bears. Anyway, if you don't remember, even if you do, you can blame it on drunkenness, and you don't have to bear any responsibility. I don't understand why Dong Mei still brought up that incident again, if she really feels sorry, why bother to open the wound again, doesn't it embarrass me twice?
Although I was puzzled in my heart, I couldn't really embarrass the other party on my face, not to mention that people were still looking at Pei Shaobei's face. I immediately smiled and took a sip of water, "The scene was chaotic that day, and I don't remember what you said! Even if there is something wrong, it doesn't matter, people are drunk, and they can't count!"
Dong Mei was also a person with a big personality, and when she saw me say this, she didn't say anything anymore, and she didn't mention the dress anymore. The two of us sat in the café, one drinking coffee and the other drinking water, talking about the past, and it was extremely harmonious. Maybe Dong Mei is a good language master, and you won't find it difficult to find a topic when you talk to her. After one topic is over, she will quickly start another topic, even if you are not interested in the topic, but she can say a few words.
Dong Mei talked about the process of her and her husband Xiao Chen's acquaintance, which was romantic and dramatic. I talked about being disliked by my colleagues, and finally getting married and forced to resign, and I finally knew up close what kind of pressure I would be under as a rich wife, and I was embarrassed in my heart, but I didn't feel the same feeling.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, I looked at my phone, thinking about going to the supermarket to buy some ingredients and go back, so I got up and said goodbye. Dong Mei asked me where I was going, and said that it was just by the way, I wanted to refuse, but I felt that it seemed too unkind, so I agreed.
Dong Mei looked at the clothes on the chair and said with a little pleading, "I chose it according to your size, if you don't want it, I'll lose it when I take it back! You don't want to have any burden, just treat it as a gift between our classmates? If you don't want it, I will never be happy in my heart." And ......"
Dong Mei didn't finish her words, she wanted to speak and stopped, her expression tangled.
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