Part II, Chapter 36



Zhu Xiaolan's mood these days is both joy and suffering, and it is very pleasant and exciting to be warmly and joyfully accepted by a strange family, but it also means the end of personal time.

When I was single, I didn't work overtime at night, and I could easily take a shower and listen to songs on the Internet, or occasionally go out to watch a movie with Zhou Yu, but now whether I am at work or resting, I must immediately adjust to a full mental state when I hear the sound of the phone, just because the phone call may be from Lin's mother; Uh-huh" sounded. Of course, these are within her tolerance, she feels that she has to do the best she can, so Mother Lin has a good impression of her, she once praised Zhu Xiaolan in front of two Lin family men, "Xiaolan is a considerate child, you all dislike me for talking too much, but I can talk to Xiaolan more!" Zhu Xiaolan smiled bitterly, Mother Lin has such a big hat, and it will be even more difficult for her to refuse her phone porridge in the future.

Mother Lin is also very particular about speaking, and the beginning must be: What delicious food did you eat today? Oh, I made a lot of delicious food for Shengjie today, why didn't you come over? and then turned to Zhu Xiaolan's work and family situation: Oh, your mother is still working so hard at such an old age, in fact, you can enjoy your retirement life. You say that your work is so hard, but in fact, girls don't have to work so hard. I heard that the accountant is also very profitable, but no matter how much money is not as important as the body, Shengjie also said that last time your mother came to the hospital, she was sick and went to the hospital, so you need to maintain it more. The final summary is all the troubles that Lin Shengjie has had since he was born: his stinky boy is still wetting the bed at the age of ten, and he can't beat him. Stupid, I didn't suddenly open it until I was fourteen or fifteen years old.

Zhu Xiaolan was still patient when she listened to the first two contents, but when she listened to the last content, she became interested. She'll even take the initiative to ask. He was like that when he was a kid? He liked that! And he couldn't get on the phone for another hour.

Lin Shengjie often laughed when he heard Zhu Xiaolan's relay, and Zhu Xiaolan also laughed. said: "Auntie is very interesting, she obviously wants to ask me and turns around for a long time!"

"My mother is a loud voice and a straight temper, she is afraid that you can't stand it if she is too direct. She said in front of me these days that she wanted me to get married early and get married early, and I pushed it off. She's going to shift the battle target to annoy you!" Lin Shengjie grabbed Zhu Xiaolan's hand and smiled, "If you can't stand it, just hang up the phone, she won't be angry anyway!"

Zhu Xiaolan smiled, of course she wouldn't be angry with her son, but not necessarily with her!

"She's just too idle, and I don't have time to go out with them every day when I'm busy on the construction site, so I naturally think about this and that. By the way, Mr. Qin kicked that decoration company out of the game. I'm counting the amount of work done and the payment there, and then I'm applying for a contract and a quote. 16. Mobile station." Lin Shengjie touched his chin and said. "This time someone is also making small gestures, which may be a little more troublesome. When that's done, we'll go out on a trip!"

Zhu Xiaolan looked at Lin Shengjie with a smile. jokingly, "Is this a short or long way?"

"What was a shortcut suddenly became a cliff. I had to take a long detour, only to find that there was a rocket loaded on the long road. I'm on a tailwind rocket, Xiaolan, how do you say I should thank you?" Lin Shengjie hugged Zhu Xiaolan, and he suddenly understood what an old man once said to him: Looking for a wife is to find the kind of person who pours cold water on you when you are proud, and adds firewood to you when you are frustrated. He felt that Zhu Xiaolan was his cold water and his firewood!

Zhu Xiaolan doesn't want any thanks, she just wants someone who will never change her feelings for her!

Mother Lin saw that the simple phone offensive was ineffective, and although Zhu Xiaolan had a good attitude, there was no substantial progress at all. Why are these children so uneasy, and they don't understand the painstaking efforts of the old man at all.

"I said, you are so busy, you are tired, and your children are tired. Dad Lin was dissatisfied while watching TV, he wanted to go out for a walk, but Mom Lin stayed in the house every day to watch TV under the pretext that it would cost money. What's so good about TV, just those nagging Korean women crying and crying, this one is sick and that car accident for a while, what's the point of seeing? But she is so happy to see it, she can't miss a minute! "Alas, you say this Xiaolan, it's good-tempered, everything I say is a laugh, but how can it be the same as hitting a fist on cotton? She doesn't object to what I say, but she doesn't agree, it's really weird!" "Mother Lin can't figure it out, how stupid she was when she was young, what the elders say, where can she say a word?"

"That's assertive!" Father Lin was very satisfied.

Mother Lin was unconvinced, "Hurry up and get married, you didn't see Shengjie's washing machine, the day we came, it was full of dirty clothes, and people were too thin." It's not okay for a man to be taken care of by a woman, and we can't take care of it from such a distance!"

Father Lin's little eyes flashed, "What, didn't you say that you want to live with your son and daughter-in-law?"

Mother Lin thought for a while and said, "Let me tell you, I went to the supermarket yesterday to see the price of that dish, but it is scary, I think Shengjie works so hard, where can he support the two of us for nothing." It's better to go back and open a store, although you can't make a lot of money, but reduce the burden on him, if we really can't do it, let's talk about it. ”

Father Lin opened his eyes and thought for a moment, "This woman, Sister Chen, also said yes, I'm good to look at it, if you really have the heart to do things early, why don't you contact your parents first!

Mother Lin thought about it very reasonably, and hurriedly flipped through the phone book to find Director Chen's phone.

Zhu Xiaolan was very unstable at work this day, because Director Chen would come out and ask her once, which was nothing more than a question about Lin Shengjie's parents. After asking a question, he went back to the office for a while, and then ran out to ask a question not long after, Zhang Xiu looked curious, and said, "Xiaolan, why are you so mysterious?

Zhu Xiaolan shrugged helplessly. She doesn't know what's wrong with this director today!

The two of them were gossiping, and the director came out again and said, "Xiaolan." Your aunt said that she would come over, and the three of us will go out to dinner, okay?"

Zhang Xiu squeezed her eyebrows at Zhu Xiaolan. Zhu Xiaolan hurriedly said, "Okay!"

As soon as they finished speaking, they heard a small knock on the door, and the three of them looked up, but it was a young man wearing a hat holding a large white perfume lily, and the strong fragrance was a little pungent.

"Which one is Miss Zhu Xiaolan?"

The two old girls pointed at Zhu Xiaolan at the same time. Zhu Xiaolan was a little confused, the man took out a receipt from the bouquet and asked Zhu Xiaolan to sign it, then put the flowers on the big desk and ran. Zhu Xiaolan stared at the bouquet of lilies that bloomed brilliantly and unflamboyantly.

"When did this kid Shengjie know so much about fun, go find a bottle and plug it in!" the director urged.

Zhu Xiaolan picked up the flowers, which were very heavy.

Zhang Xiu ran over to look left and right, reached out and took out a pink envelope from the white flowers, handed it to Zhu Xiaolan, and said, "Look, what is written?"

Zhu Xiaolan opened the envelope. Two lines of huge black font are eye-catching, and the two small words "Zhou Jie" under "Flowing water is in a hurry, nostalgia is not rotten". Zhu Xiaolan frowned slightly. Why did Zhou Jie send the flowers directly to the courtyard this week.

Zhang Xiu was curious, "What did you write?" I'm going to see it too!" Laughing while watching, "Xiaolan." It turns out that you still have such a good affair! Who is Zhou Jie?"

Director Chen was excited when he heard it, and he also turned his head to look, "I thought it was sent by Shengjie, so I said, when will he do this!"

Zhu Xiaolan was a little embarrassed, and Director Chen said meaninglessly, "Go find a vase and insert it, how much does it cost to get such a big bouquet!? Why do you say that young people are so losers now?"

Zhu Xiaolan hesitated for a moment, then let go, went to the administrative office to ask for a large vase, filled it with water and found two aspirin tablets to throw inside, and then unpacked the lily and put it inside. The vase was placed on a low cabinet at the entrance, and it was opened so warmly that it could be seen as soon as you entered.

Zhang Xiu wanted to ask something, but Zhu Xiaolan didn't mean anything at all, so she gave up.

Zhu Xiaolan sat in her seat for a long time, her eyes glanced at the flower from time to time, how beautiful it was, but why was the flower she received for the first time not given by Lin Shengjie?

Just thinking about it, the phone rang, but it was Zhou Jie's text message, "Xiaolan, did you receive the flowers, do you still like it?" After thinking about it for a long time, I still feel that only Lily is the most suitable for you, it looks like the most inconspicuous white, but it is full of fragrance. Zhu Xiaolan wanted to delete the text message, but it was rude to think about it, so she had to reply, "The flower has been received, everyone says it is beautiful, and everyone will like it in the office." After typing, I thought about it again, and added, "Thank you for spending it, please don't break the bank in the future!"

When the text message was sent, Zhu Xiaolan was apprehensive, she was very cold when she rejected Zhou Jie last time, she didn't know that he was so persistent, if he had a bad attitude, it would be a harm to him.

As a result, Zhou Jie only sent three words, "I'm sorry!"

I'm sorry for what? Is he sorry for himself?

She looked at Zhang Xiu, she was not a good person to talk about, and it was easy to leak it to the director and the people of the Lin family to know, and only Zhou Yu came to think about it.

"Isn't it just a flower, a fart earth!" Zhou Yu didn't care, the sea of flowers she had received was gone, if everyone who gave her flowers had to go to a perfunctory situation, then would she still want to live?" "You just pretend to be fine, no!"

"If the director knows, it means that Shengjie's mother knows, and Shengjie's mother asked me to have dinner with the director tonight. I guess it's still for the marriage!" Zhu Xiaolan was a little melancholy, "Why don't you just end it, it's also anxious to drag the old man like this, and we don't have the time to be impatient!"

"Don't, you must delay until your mother makes a move, so that you can appear to be precious!Hey, my mother is too good at talking, the bride price is the least among several aunts, and it has been said for a lifetime, that heart disease is terrible!" Zhou Yu hurriedly stopped, "Although society has changed now, many old people still have traditional concepts, you have to follow her point of view, so as not to be unreasonable!"

"Then it's not good for me to take the initiative to talk to my mother about it, right?"

"What's the panic, if the Lin family is clear, they know that they are looking for you to invite your mother! Anyway, my big principle is that once you don't make it clear that you want to see your parents, you shouldn't easily talk about getting married!"

Zhu Xiaolan frowned and said, "What's the matter with that flower? You didn't instigate it, right?"

Zhou Yu laughed twice, "I kill two birds with one stone, on the one hand, I have satisfied Zhou Jie's wish for many years, made a decision, and on the other hand, I will also increase your value." Besides, Zhou Jie is saying goodbye to his past self, so don't worry about the literary youth!"

Zhu Xiaolan thought it was funny, so she threw this matter away! But what she really didn't expect was that this bouquet of flowers really played a big role in her marriage process!