During the eleventh holiday, Cheng Jue and Xue Hui also returned to Qihe, and Xue Fei and Tong Dazhi followed their family of four back to Qihe.

As soon as they went back, Xue Yan and Sui Xuefei's family of three also went to Xue Rengui and Zhang Fengxia, and the family was all reunited, and the excitement was no less than the New Year, or even more lively than the New Year.

However, in addition to the excitement, there were also some "discordant" episodes, that is, about Xue Fei's marriage.

"Son, you see that your sister now has both children and daughters, and your brother is also planning to have a second child, do you have to hurry up, you are thirty years old this year." Zhang Fengxia looked at Xue Fei and said, now she doesn't worry about anything, just worry about Xue Fei's marriage, Xue Fei doesn't get married for a day, and her heart will not be steady for a day.

"You really should hurry up, you and Yuanyuan have been together for so long, and it is time to marry someone else." Xue Yan said.

"The two of you are separated from each other, and Jingtian is a big city, aren't you afraid that Yuanyuan will get along with others after a long time? Hurry up and get married, marry her to the family, have a child, it's best to let her change jobs, it's definitely not okay not to be together all the time. After Xue Hui finished speaking, she kicked Cheng Jue beside her with her leg.

Cheng Jue understood and immediately agreed: "That's right, you really should get married, don't drag it out any longer." ”

Xue Rengui generally rarely expresses opinions on Xue Fei's feelings and marriage, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't want Xue Fei to get married quickly, he belongs to the kind of person who is anxious and unwilling to say it. Hearing that Zhang Fengxia and their wife and Cheng Jue all said that Xue Fei should get married, he also looked at Xue Fei and wanted to know what Xue Fei thought and why he always looked unanxious.

Xue Fei put down his chopsticks, pondered for a moment and said, "Today is a happy day, the whole family is together, I don't want to say unhappy things." But since you all care so much about my marriage with Qu Yuanyuan, it seems a little too much to say if I hide it from you anymore, so I decided to tell you. ”

Concealed? No one understood what it meant, but they all pricked up their ears and listened.

"Qu Yuanyuan and I have broken up." Xue Fei really didn't want to talk about him and Qu Yuanyuan on this occasion, his original idea was to tell his parents in private, but he didn't expect his mother to mention his marriage at the dinner table, so he temporarily changed his mind and decided to say it at the dinner table, anyway, there are no outsiders, and it's nothing if they all know.

Everyone looked at each other.

"You broke up with Yuanyuan?" Zhang Fengxia couldn't believe it was true.

"Hmm. In fact, she and I delayed getting married, not because I was not in a hurry, nor because of the separation between the two places, mainly because her father did not agree. Xue Fei said.

"Why don't you agree?" Xue Hui was puzzled.

After Xue Fei explained the matter in detail, there was silence at the dinner table, and the faces of Xue Rengui and Zhang Fengxia were very ugly.

Sui Xuefei, who had not spoken all this time, saw this and said: "It's really a pity that Xue Fei and Qu Yuanyuan aren't together, but it's not necessarily a bad thing to think about it from another angle. If they really get married, if Xue Fei goes to Qu Yuanyuan's house, he will have to look at the faces of others, and that kind of life will not be easy. Besides, Xue Fei is a talent, he has to have good looks, he has to have a job, is the dignified county party secretary afraid that he won't find a girlfriend? Not being with Qu Yuanyuan can only show that there are better girls waiting for Xue Fei. ”

Xue Yan said: "That's right, our Xue Fei doesn't have to worry about finding a partner, or fate hasn't arrived." ”

"You're wrong, my fate has arrived." Xue Fei said with a smile.

"What do you mean? Do you have a new girlfriend? Xue Hui asked.

Everyone looked at Xue Fei in unison.

"Well, I like her very much, and if nothing else, I will marry her next year." Xue Fei said this to reassure his family, especially his parents, who didn't want them to worry about his marriage anymore.

"It can't be that Ouyang Jinxiu, right?" Zhang Fengxia listened to Xue Fei's words, and the first person who came to mind was Ouyang Jinxiu.

"It's not her." Xue Fei denied.

"Who's that? How old is the girl? What for? What do parents do? Do you have a photo? Zhang Fengxia asked like a cannonball, making everyone laugh.

"You see my mother is in a hurry." Xue Hui said with a smile.

"Let's keep it a secret first, I'll try to bring her back during the New Year, leave some suspense first, in short, I have a girlfriend now, you can rest assured." Xue Fei didn't really want to keep it a secret, but about He Miao's inability to speak, he hadn't figured out how to tell his family.

Xue Fei and Qu Yuanyuan broke up, and the family was both surprised and regretful, but when they learned that Xue Fei had a new girlfriend, and Xue Fei also said that they would get married next year, the family was relieved, and the dull atmosphere was gradually relieved.

After eating, Xue Rengui went out for a walk as usual, and Xue Fei followed closely behind and went out with his heels on.

The two walked along the road, chatting as they went.

"Dad, let me ask you something?" Xue Fei said.

"Say it." Xue Rengui responded.

"Do you know Jing Chunling?"

Xue Rengui stopped when he heard the words "Jing Chunling", he turned his head to look at Xue Fei, because it was dark, Xue Fei didn't see Xue Rengui's expression very clearly.

"Do you know Jing Chunling?"

Xue Fei bowed his head and said, "I know, I have a pretty good relationship with her son." ”

Xue Rengui raised his legs and continued to walk forward, asking, "What is she doing now?" ”

"She is the chief prosecutor of the Bingcheng Procuratorate. Her husband's name is Zhao Dahai, and he is the vice governor and director of the Public Security Department. Her son works in a district police bureau below the ice city. ”

"She told you about me?"

"Yes, she saw that I looked like you and asked if you were my father, and I said yes."

"What else did she tell you?"

"I didn't say anything, I asked her how you met, and she told me to ask you, and she said that what you said would prevail. Did anything happen to the two of you? Xue Fei was very curious.

"You want to know?"

"I think about it too much, otherwise I wouldn't have asked you."

Xue Rengui sighed and said, "It's all old. ”

At that time, Xue Rengui was an educated youth, and after the end of going to the countryside, he went to Qihe City Glass Factory as a worker, because he was handsome, and his work was serious and responsible, he was very popular in the factory, especially among unmarried young women.

At that time, the deputy director of the glass factory was called Jing Yingshu, that is, Jing Chunling's father. Xue Rengui attracted Jing Yingshu's attention soon after he arrived at the factory, and through observation, Jing Yingshu felt that Xue Rengui was a good young man, not only worthy of training, but also suitable for being his son-in-law.

Jing Yingshu has two daughters, Jing Chunling is the second, the eldest is called Jing Chunfeng, and Xue Rengui is the same age, Jing Yingshu wants to match the two of them together. Xue Rengui didn't have any feelings for Jing Chunfeng, but fell in love with Jing Chunling, who was ten years younger than him, and Jing Chunling also fell in love with Xue Rengui at first sight. But Jing Yingshu is against the two being together, on the one hand, because of the age gap, on the other hand, Jing Chunling was preparing for the college entrance examination at the time, Jing Yingshu hoped that Jing Chunling could be admitted to college, and did not want her to delay her future for the sake of her current unrealistic feelings.

Jing Yingshu's strong opposition did not prevent Xue Rengui and Jing Chunling from being together, at that time, the two often dated secretly, and they were almost discovered by Jing Yingshu many times, although they were scared every time they met, but they were never tired of it, but unfortunately the two of them couldn't really get together in the end.

The reason is that Xue Fei's grandparents have given Xue Rengui a baby since he was a child, and the object is Zhang Fengxia. Xue Rengui was definitely an intellectual at that time, he had a high school education, so he didn't take things like baby relatives seriously at all, he felt that it was old feudalism and old thinking, and what he pursued was free love. But at that time, Xue Fei's grandparents obviously couldn't be as open as their parents now thought, they thought that what had been decided could never be changed, and it would be treacherous to change it. Besides, Zhang Fengxia has been waiting for Xue Rengui to return in order to marry Xue Rengui, and finally Xue Rengui came back, and he is not young, if he doesn't marry Zhang Fengxia, how can he be worthy of other girls.

Xue Rengui was certainly reluctant to marry Zhang Fengxia, but he was a filial son, so Xue Rengui was very tormented and in a dilemma at that time.

After careful consideration, Xue Rengui still wanted to be with Jing Chunling, so he had a heart-to-heart conversation with Jing Chunling. The central idea is that he hopes to marry Jing Chunling and have children immediately, so that his parents will not urge him to marry Zhang Fengxia again. Jing Chunling has no opinion on getting married and having children, but she doesn't want to get married right away, she wants to wait until she finishes college before getting married, and she hopes that Xue Rengui can wait for her for four years.

Xue Rengui obviously couldn't wait for Jing Chunling, four years was a long time for him, and there were too many things that could happen in four years. And Jing Chunling was also angry with Xue Rengui at that time, she felt that Xue Rengui still didn't love her enough, if she loved her, she would definitely be able to withstand the pressure from her family and wait for her to finish college before getting married. So the two had a fierce conflict, and neither of them would budge.

In the end, Xue Rengui was angry and agreed to marry Zhang Fengxia without seeing Zhang Fengxia. Jing Chunling regretted it very much when she learned about it, she ran to Xue Rengui, wanting to tell Xue Rengui that she could give up going to college, but it was too late, Xue Rengui and Zhang Fengxia had already received a marriage certificate.

Later, there were Xue Hui, Xue Yan and Xue Fei.

Regarding the matter with Jing Chunling, Xue Rengui still occasionally thinks about it, he thinks that if he wasn't angry back then, and Jing Chunling didn't be angry, if they could grit their teeth and persevere, maybe they would really be together. It's just that history can't be assumed, reality has no ifs, everything is created to make people, and everything is predestined.

"Fortunately, you and Jing Chunling are not together, otherwise there would be nothing to do with our three sisters and brothers." Xue Fei said with a smile.

"Your mother and I really didn't have much affection at first, we should be considered to be in a relationship after getting married, but it turned out to be a good relationship. I've always been very grateful to your mother, in order to run this family and raise the three of you, it is really not easy for her to do so many years, so occasionally she nagging you about getting married, don't be annoyed, and when you reach the time to become a parent, you will be able to understand her current mood. Xue Rengui is very satisfied with his current life, and he has no regrets marrying Zhang Fengxia.

"I know." Xue Fei nodded. Thinking of his mother, all the memories of my childhood flooded into my mind for a while.

Xue Fei still clearly remembers that he had an illness in the winter when he was six years old, Xue Rengui was not at home on duty that day, and Zhang Fengxia carried him to the hospital in the middle of the night. Due to the poor conditions at that time, there were no taxis at night, and the road was slippery in snow, Zhang Fengxia didn't know how many times she fell down along the way before carrying him to the hospital, and even her hand was broken and bleeding.

At that time, Zhang Fengxia was still young, and now that he thinks about it, more than 20 years have passed, and now he is young, but Zhang Fengxia is already old.

This book was first published in Reading Books