Chapter 12: The Marriage Falls Through
After dinner, Cheng Lin threw the bowl, sat on the sofa by himself, turned on the TV with a big grin, and looked seriously. Liu is cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, washing the stove, and finishing the kitchen to see that Cheng Lin actually didn't mean to leave, and said: "If you don't leave, there will be no last train!"
"Oh, I'll live here today, okay?" Cheng Lin turned his head to look at Liu Shi, his eyes shining, "I only slept for two or three hours last night, and I was called over by someone from the real estate company early in the morning to investigate, and then I had a meeting to listen to those boring things, and I ran around with those people, I was really tired." ”
Liu is smiled and said, "I don't have a place for you to live here!"
"That bed was very comfortable just now! Don't worry, I won't pick at all!" Cheng Lin said: "Sister, find me a change of clothes, I want to take a bath." ”
Liu is look at Cheng Lin's natural way of calling himself, and he is angry, and mutters: "I don't have men's clothes here, if you want to wear them, go out and buy them yourself!"
"Sister, let's go buy it together!" Cheng Lin rolled his eyes and said with a smile.
Liu was angry, stretched out his hand and said, "Bring the money, I'll buy it!"
Cheng Lin got up, quickly took his suit from the guest room, took out his wallet and threw it to Liu Shi, Liu is took it, and went out a little unwillingly. When he went out, he met two high school students who rented a house, and Liu Shi explained the house demolition again, telling them to quickly find another house to live in.
Next door to Wang Qin is a grocery store, Liu is going around, picked up a cotton T-shirt, a pair of shorts, and was paying when Wang Qin went out, Wang Qin babbled, "Who do you buy clothes for?"
"There's a relative at home, buy a change of clothes!" Liu took the change he was looking for, and was about to leave after taking the clothes.
"Alas, don't leave yet, talk!" Wang Qin pulled Liu is about to start gossiping, but Liu was busy postponing and said: "I have to go back to accompany the guests!"
"I've seen it all, it's a man in a suit! He's so handsome!" Wang Qin said with a smile, "No wonder you don't look down on Zhang Jiang!"
Liu is "swish" turned his head to look at Wang Qin, and said with a cold face: "Boss, it's because others don't look down on me!"
"Where! Mother Wang has said everywhere that it was you who pushed Zhang Jiang's marriage, and the Zhang family has a big opinion of you. It was clear that your mother went to someone's house to ask for it before!" Wang Qin pursed her mouth and said: "According to me, Zhangjiang people are not bad, and the family conditions are good, if you don't fall in love with someone else, why do you refuse? How many little girls still want to find such a person and can't find it!"
Liu is still unable to figure out how this rumor has been turned over in just one afternoon, or has he been unconsciously scolded? Liu is iron blushing face, went home, threw his clothes to Cheng Lin, and then went out with a cold face. Cheng Lin took the clothes in a daze, why is this woman's face like the sky in July, if she says that it will change, isn't it okay just now?
Liu is entering Wang's mother's house, she found a small stool to sit down, and Wang's mother's daughter-in-law saw that Liu was not good, so she hurriedly called her mother-in-law out. Wang Ma knew that something was wrong, so she came out and said, "You're here, sit down first!"
"Wang Ma, you also come and sit, let's talk!" Liu is facial expression adjusted and said with a smile.
Wang Ma sat down and said, "What are you talking about, there is still porridge boiling in the kitchen!"
"Mother Wang, how did you reply to the people of the Zhang family?" Liu is smile and said, "Why did I hear that the people of the Zhang family said that I pushed the marriage, and then they had a lot of opinions about me?"
Wang Ma smiled, "Who is talking nonsense about this? It was Zhang Jiang who went to negotiate with you himself, and the situation is best known to the two of you, where is there any reason for outsiders to spread the word?"
When Wang Ma saw Wang Qin shrinking her head in the opposite shop, she knew that she was fanning the flames on the side, endured it for a while, and finally couldn't hold back, and said: "How many times have you said the media in this town? Even if it doesn't work out, they are all harmonious, where will they talk about the West? I don't know if it's good or bad to say this, Wang Qin and Zhang Jiang's mother are a little related, and the little girl who helped Zhang Jiang's family was introduced by Wang Qin." ”
Liu is suddenly understood, got up and said, "Mother Wang, I'm also ignorant, I'll come to you after listening to some gossip!"
Wang's mother looked a little sad, and said: "I also know that you will come to me sooner or later after hearing too much gossip, but let me tell you first, you and Zhang Jiang's affairs still have to be grinded!"
Liu is sneered: "I also blame my mother for being troublesome, so I have a reputation for being afraid that I won't be able to get married." Actually, I don't have to get married, Mother Wang, if someone comes to gossip next time, you will go back like this, lest you be embarrassed by it, and someone will gossip in your name!"
"I understand this, don't be angry!" Wang Ma confessed, secretly scolding Wang Qin's little shrew for being troublesome, and she didn't look at what conditions that Xiao Su was, she had no education and a bad background, so she dared to dream of marrying into the Zhang family. In fact, Wang's mother also has a little selfishness, she and the Zhang family also have a bit of a twisted kinship, and she has a good relationship with Zhang Jiang's mother on weekdays, so she naturally thinks that Liu is a good match.
"Then I'll go back first!" Liu said and went out.
Wang Ma's daughter-in-law waited for Liu is to leave, and said with a smile: "This Liu is really direct!"
"Do your job!" Wang Ma scolded, thinking in her heart, she still had to go to Zhang's house to find out.
Liu is huffing back to the house, Cheng Lin was watching a skit and watched it so hard that he couldn't get up on the sofa with a smile, and when he saw Liu is back, he said, "Sister, what made you angry?"
Liu is eyes squinted at Cheng Lin and said, "Cheng Lin, you have to destroy my brother's family, right?"
Cheng Lin pretended to be surprised and said, "Where are you talking about?"
"It's full of bad water, it's better not to let me catch it, otherwise, I'll scratch your face!" Liu is scolded, and went into the house to get a change of clothes and take a bath. However, Liu also felt that he couldn't do anything except say a few cruel words, which was quite a wretch.
The night in the countryside is very quiet, with the sound of insects and birds, and because there are woods and a small river ditch around to cool down, it feels very cool even without air conditioning. Cheng Lin hooked the T-shirt with his fingers, this dress looked like a disposal goods, but it was still comfortable to the touch.
"Sister, I haven't washed this dress since I bought it, so I was asked to wear it?" Cheng Lin asked Liu who was blowing his hair next to the electric fan in the bathroom, and those small water droplets ran and splashed on Cheng Lin's body with the wind, numb.
"Love to wear it or not!" Liu is head does not look back.
Cheng Lin reluctantly picked up his clothes, then snatched the towel that Liu is was putting on his body, and rushed to the bathroom. Ryu yelled outside the door, "That's my towel, I'll get you a new one!"
"I'll just use my sister's!" Cheng Lin's voice came out of the bathroom in a muffled voice.
Liu was angry and banged on the bathroom door, but he couldn't, so he had to give up. She cleaned herself up, sat down in a chair in the studio, and continued to work on her clothes.
Cheng Lin used Liu Yes's shampoo and shower gel in the bathroom, sniffed the smell carefully, and used it on himself was completely different from Liu Shi's body. He finished washing, turned off the faucet, and changed into the newly bought clothes, which actually fit perfectly. Cheng Lin ran to the electric fan, followed Liu Yes's example and stroked his hair, dried the water vapor, and then ran to the room to see that Liu was really immersed in making clothes.
Cheng Lin smiled: "Sister, what should I do with the clothes I have changed?"
Liu is said: "If you want to wear clean, wash it yourself, and if you don't want to wash it, wear dirty one." ”
"Sister, I can't wash it!" Cheng Lin lay on the wide sewing table and said, "What are you doing so hard to please my mother?" These clothes can be bought casually outside, but they should be handmade!"
Liu is needle and thread stopped in his hand, looked up and down, Cheng Lin changed into this clothes, and he was a lot younger, and his handsome face was full of youthful atmosphere. Liu is nodded and said, "Look at you like this, you are not old! soak your clothes, put some laundry detergent, and rub them with your hands!"
Cheng Lin smiled: "Sister, you come to teach me!"
Liu is got up and said, "Come here!"
Liu took a laundry basin and gave it to Cheng Lin, asking him how much water to put in it, how much laundry detergent, and how to scrub it. Cheng Lin's head is smart, but unfortunately his hands are a little clumsy, scrubbing indiscriminately, splashing water, and the whole bathroom is foamy. Liu didn't care, and instructed him how to put his clothes through the water, and then took a few clothes racks out and hung them in the corridor outside the house. Liu Shi said while drying his clothes: "Your clothes will be deformed and ruined when they pass through the water." ”
"I usually send it out for dry cleaning!" Cheng Lin yawned, still wanting to sleep, tossing and turning in the bathroom, it was really more tiring than writing a report for the day.
"You go to bed first, I'll make clothes for a while!" Liu is eyelids were pulled together when he saw Cheng Lin yawning, and said. Cheng Lin shook his head and said, "I'll see you make clothes again, let's talk!"
"What's there to talk about, according to your words, there is just no common language!" Liu put aside the finished clothes and picked up another one.
"Sister, if I get married, you can also help me make a dress! It looks pretty good!" Cheng Lin picked it up casually and looked at it.
"That's a fee!" Liu said with a smile.
Cheng Lin's mobile phone rang, he picked it up and saw that it was Wang Juan, answered the phone and chatted a few words before hanging up, Wang Juan asked casually, where are you? Cheng Lin thought for a while, and said, "I'm here with my sister." ”
Wang Juan said "oh", didn't say anything, hung up the phone but felt a little uncomfortable, when did my sister become so familiar with Cheng Lin, and let Cheng Lin stay overnight?
Cheng Lin answered the phone and sat on the side and didn't speak, Liu didn't care about him when he saw his sullen appearance, and when he saw that it was late, he went back to the house and locked the door to sleep, and let Cheng Lin sit outside alone.
On the second day, Liu got up early in the morning, and when she passed by the guest room, she saw that Cheng Lin was still sleeping on the bed, and she didn't call him, she went to buy a pot of porridge and a plate of kimchi and put it on the table, she ate it hastily and opened the door to do business.
Liu was sitting in the store making clothes, and two people who looked at the clothes came in, and they didn't speak for a long time in the store. She looked up, and one of them was a little familiar, and she couldn't remember it for a while, so she said, "Do you have anything you like?"
Both women blushed and looked a little helpless. Liu put down the clothes in his hand and walked over with a smile to introduce the clothes on the shelf, but saw one of the little girls retreating in a little panic, as if she had seen something scary. Liu is stop walking, and then he remembered that this little girl was clearly the legendary Xiao Su, so he smiled even more happily and said, "I look at you well, and you also work on this street?"
Xiao Su pulled the little girl next to her and was about to walk out, but the little girl broke free and scolded, "You're really useless!"
Liu is smiling, the feeling is that someone has come to play a jealous drama. She didn't talk much, she only squinted at Xiao Su, since they didn't come to buy clothes, then she didn't need to entertain, and continued to sit down and make clothes.
Cheng Lin woke up, the clothes he had washed the night before had been neatly placed on the side of the bed, and when he went to the dining room, he found breakfast, and a clean towel and a new toothbrush were placed next to him, smiling. I drank the porridge first, and I didn't use the new towel, but still took the towel of Liu Yes.
He changed his shirt and went out with a suit, and happened to see two little girls blocking the door of the store, so he went in sideways and said, "Sister, I'm going back first." ”
The woman next to Xiao Su saw Cheng Lin, a little surprised, and a little shy, Xiao Su was a little scared when she saw someone coming in, and nervously pulled the woman to leave.
Cheng Lin glanced at her strangely, even if she was a little girl in a small place, there was no need to be so shy when she saw a stranger.
"If you don't say it, I'm going to say it!" The woman's voice trembled a little, and she rushed up two steps and walked in front of Liu Shi, and said, "You are really shameless, rob ...... Steal someone else's boyfriend!"
Cheng Lin's eyes widened, looking at Liu Shi with an indifferent face, looking at Xiao Su who seemed to be shrinking to the ground, and then looking at the woman who pretended to be calm, what kind of scene is this? Liu Shi put down his clothes, looked at Wang Qin, who was constantly looking at the store opposite, and said, "Who did I rob my boyfriend? What is your boyfriend's name? Where is he from?"
The woman was a little unsure of Liu Yes's calmness, she only relied on a sense of spirit, but the main man shrank behind and didn't dare to speak, so she was a little deflated and couldn't speak.
Liu Shicai didn't care about the woman in front of him, walked up to Xiao Su, and said, "I know you, aren't you the little girl who works in the Zhang family?"
Xiao Su saw that Liu recognized herself, and she was even more scared, and whispered to the woman next to her, "Let's go!" Without waiting for the woman's reply, he turned around and ran, and the woman saw that the situation was wrong, so she also ran away.
Liu is stunned Cheng Lin, a nameless fire rose from his chest, and said, "You still don't leave?"
Cheng Lin came back to his senses, saw that Liu was annoyed, and said with a smile: "Sister, why are you robbing people with the little girl?"
Liu is eyes were white, he didn't speak, and went back to his seat.
Cheng Lin rarely had such gossip to see, and he didn't hesitate to say: "Sister, when did you talk about your boyfriend? ”
"The eight characters haven't been skimmed yet? See, the smashing of the field is coming. My marriage is not going well!" Liu is shook his head, thought about it and laughed, you said that this thing is really a coincidence, I just heard someone gossip yesterday and asked Wang Ma to talk about it, and someone came early this morning to find fault. This Zhang Jiang is still a fragrant glutton, she still doesn't want to join in this fun. After thinking about it, he got up and was about to talk to Wang's mother, but at this time, Wang Qin ran over again and said with a smile: "Liu is, this is the relative you said!"
Liu is cold said: "Yes, I was about to send off a guest!" After that, he said to Cheng Lin: "You go back first, the station is just outside the town, you can find someone to ask for directions!"
"Why don't you play more?" Wang Qin looked Chenglin up and down enthusiastically, the more he looked at it, the more surprised he was in his heart, and he felt a little weak, "Let Liu take you around, there is nothing to see in the town, but there are a few restaurants where the food is good!"
Seeing this, Cheng Lin probably understood a little bit in his heart, and he also wanted to stay and watch the excitement, and he would have the capital to make fun of Liu yes in the future, so he took the opportunity to say: "Yes, my sister is afraid that I will stay here in trouble!"
Wang Qin smiled sharply: "Are you Liu is younger brother?"
"Yes!" Cheng Lin deliberately made an ambiguous expression, "Cousin, it's just a long way away, and there is no blood relationship, so it's just to recognize your relatives." ”
Liu is fire was on, and he didn't listen to what Wang Qin said, so he went straight to Wang's mother's house, looked for Wang's mother, and said, "Wang's mother, I thought about it all night last night, let's forget about Zhangjiang's affairs!"
"What's going on? I just went to Zhang's house last night to ask, and Zhang Jiang's mother said that she only needs you as a daughter-in-law!" Wang's mother showed injustice on her face, "You don't want to be a good family because others chew their tongues." ”
Liu is heart thought coldly, this Zhang Jiang's mother is really a good calculation, and she has inadvertently become a gun in someone else's hand. She said: "I don't want to do this anymore, even if I'm not worthy of Zhang Jiang!"
Seeing that Liu is attitude was resolute, Wang Ma didn't say anything more, just sighed.
Liu is turned around, but saw Cheng Lin standing behind with a smile, Liu is a little embarrassed, blushed in front of him for the first time, and was embarrassed, and walked past Cheng Lin with a cold face. Wang Qin followed Liu is behind, and after listening to Liu yes's words, he became beaming with joy, and he didn't look for Liu is gossip.
Liu didn't care about his own shop, rushed straight into the house, crackled and closed the door. Cheng Lin hurriedly followed in, but was shut out, he stood in the corridor and listened, only to hear a low sobbing voice, and his heart was a little sour.