I sat at the table eating my mother's hot meal, while my mother sat opposite me and watched TV on the sofa in his original position.

If my heart doesn't move, it doesn't hurt, so I didn't let my appetite affect my appetite, and I devoured it under the domination of hunger.

"Zhaoyang, do you know how old you are after this year?" My mother finally spoke to me for the first time.

“27。”

"Well, I'm not alive yet!"

I stopped chewing, looked at my mother, and said, "Mom, why do I feel that you always treat me like a fool?" Normally, is the first day of the new year appropriate? ”

"Are you not stupid enough to do so many things out of tune? You tell me, what kind of life should a 27-year-old man be? ”

"Marrying a wife and having children, stabilizing your career, is this answer reliable?"

"Reliable is reliable, but look at yourself, does this eight words have anything to do with you now?"

I shook my head and said, "No...... But since the second half of last year, I have been working hard to follow these eight words, and you must not deny me. ”

"I don't deny you, but you have to tell me the results of your efforts."

"Mom, this is not something that can be achieved overnight, how can it be fruitful so quickly?"

"No matter what you say, you have a way to quibble...... I don't want to nag you this New Year, so I'll ask you something. ”

"You ask, and I promise to give you a tone of account."

My mother nodded and said, "You sue me, after you are busy with things in Suzhou, do you plan to go back to Xuzhou?" ”

"This ...... I really don't know the bottom of this right now. ”

The mother's face suddenly became displeased: "You unobtrusive child, I don't expect you to wake up by yourself, I will do it for you, I will give you another two months, and you will return to Xuzhou in two months...... It just so happens that your father and I also used this time to ask relatives and friends to borrow some money to help you pay a down payment on a house, and then you will stay in Xuzhou to find a job and pay off the mortgage by yourself! ”

"Mom, how can I let you and my dad worry about the house, I'm so old, I really can't bear it, even if I buy a house, I'll figure it out myself......"

Mom sneered: "Figure it out yourself?" When the house price in Xuzhou drops to two or three thousand one square meters, I still have to weigh whether you can do it. ”

My face was suddenly gloomy, and I knew that my mother's methods were clever, she just wanted to use a suite to completely trap me in Xuzhou, if I really bought a house, with a high mortgage, I don't think I can be honest.

But what can I do, my unbearable years have already made my mother completely lose confidence in me, and I think I am really a failure, so failed that no one is willing to give me a little trust.

The father, who had been silent, finally spoke at this time, and he said to his mother: "I don't agree with borrowing money to buy a house, this matter should be solved by himself, we have fulfilled his obligations as parents after he finished college." ”

"Lao Zhao, it's not right for you to say that, aren't we busy all our lives just for our son? Buying him a house is not to indulge him, but to put some pressure on him, otherwise he doesn't know how to pay attention. ”

"Let him walk his way by himself, you hold him so much and support him, he will not be able to walk steadily for the rest of his life."

"Lao Zhao, why are you so relieved? I sue you, half of the reason why our unconscious son has become like this is because you connived at it, if you were willing to take care of it at the beginning, he wouldn't have broken up with Xiaoyun...... What a good girl, I feel sorry to think about it now! ”

I felt guilty in my heart, and I was even more afraid that the two of them would quarrel over my affairs on the first day of the new year, so I hurriedly said: "Daddy, Mom, don't quarrel between the two of you, especially don't fight for me, it's really not worth ......"

Daddy didn't say anything, but my mother said angrily: "Zhaoyang, if you don't want to see our family make chickens and dogs restless, hurry up and give me a down-to-earth situation." ”

"Mom, how can you be considered down-to-earth? Am I not ready to listen to you? ”

My mother sat back in her chair and said to me, "I'll call Xiaoyun later, and you can find a place to talk in the evening and see what Xiaoyun thinks now." ”

I suddenly felt helpless, and said with a wry smile for a while: "Did you say that I was embarrassed to recruit Xiaoyun?" ”

"Why are you so embarrassed as a boy? I'll call Xiao Yun now, if Xiao Yun says that she doesn't want to see you, I will definitely not force you, if Xiao Yun is willing, you will go out and meet her at night. ”

After my mother finished speaking, she didn't give me a chance to speak, and immediately took out her mobile phone and dialed Li Xiaoyun's number.

After a while, the phone was connected, and after my mother said a few words, she handed me the phone and said, "Xiao Yun wants to talk to you, you see that other girls are not as twisted as you!" ”

I can't say what I suffer, of course Li Xiaoyun doesn't have to twist, because she has never been sorry for me, but I am ashamed of her.

After taking the phone from my mother's hand, I suddenly felt my heart beat faster, desperately thinking about the opening sentence in my mind, but the moment I put the phone to my ear, I was completely silent, until Li Xiaoyun's strange and familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Zhaoyang, are you listening to the phone?"

"Hmm...... This, that...... I'm listening! "My first sentence was incoherent.

Li Xiaoyun smiled and said, "Have you stammered in Suzhou?" ”

After being made a joke by Li Xiaoyun, I finally relaxed a little, and then said in a normal tone: "Happy New Year without stammering, Xiaoyun!" ”

"Happy New Year."

I fell into silence again, because the two people who broke up couldn't talk about the past, they couldn't talk about the future, they really couldn't find a topic.

My mother glanced at me, and I urgently needed to solve this embarrassing silence, so I simply let my mother get her wish, and finally said to Li Xiaoyun: "Are you free tonight, I invite you to coffee." ”

Li Xiaoyun smiled, but did not speak.

I hurriedly said, "If you don't have time, forget it, don't force it!" ”

"If you are free, you are free, but you have to sue me, this time you came empty-handed again, and finally let me pay!"

In the face of Li Xiaoyun's ridicule, I felt embarrassed and sad for a while, and at this moment I thought that Li Xiaoyun was really a very good girl, and she accommodated my poverty and despair when we met for the first time.

After a long silence, I said something extremely serious in a joking tone: "Don't worry, I still saved some money, as long as you want, the coffee will make you vomit." ”

"Okay, eight o'clock in the evening, it's still that café."

"Well, see you at eight."

……

After ending the call with Li Xiaoyun, I returned the phone to my mother, who looked at me with appreciation and said: "This is like a man, have a good chat with Xiaoyun at night, the girl's temperament will be for a while, if Xiaoyun is really still thinking about you, I will give you a chance." ”

"Mom, don't expect much, the date with Xiao Yun tonight was completely imposed by you, and it is estimated that Xiao Yun is the same as me, so I can't wipe your face, so I reluctantly agreed."

"Xiao Yun doesn't look at my face, I don't care about that sentence, if Xiao Yun is willing to forgive you, you can live a good life with her, if she doesn't have any feelings for you Zhaoyang, I will definitely not force it."

"Mom, what you said is really deep and righteous, and it doesn't leak!"

"Less stinky and poor, give me a good chance at night, what is the situation of that Suzhou girl, I also know a little bit, she is not suitable for you Zhaoyang, you don't have that dream of wanting to eat swan meat anymore, hurry up and collect your heart, you know?"

I was bored again in my heart, and I didn't say anything more, as for Li Xiaoyun, I would prefer to chat with her as a friend who has been reunited for a long time.

……

After finishing the ordeal given by my mother, I finally went back to my room to rest, and then took out the engagement ring that I had given to Li Xiaoyun from my bag.

After staring at the ring for a long time, I made a decision, I was going to give it up and go to Aggie to redeem the guitar that Janeway had given me.

This seems ridiculous, but I've lived absurdly enough, and I don't care if it's ridiculous once, at least after this absurdity, I can fulfill the promise I made to Janeway, and face her frankly from now on, so it doesn't seem ridiculous anymore-