Chapter 12: A Good Night
This year's New Year, the old gentleman and the old lady of the Ni family also came, the old couple lived in Nanshi, and several children have always taken turns to celebrate the New Year, and this year they came early as usual, bringing two mentions of hard cured meat and a jar of pickles, all of which were made by the old lady. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info This old lady Ni speaks an old-fashioned Shanghainese, and her muscles and bones are full of the diligence of the old city women, and as soon as she came, she greeted Yu's mother to make rice cakes with flour, all kinds of flower tendons, and made a lot of them for Mr. Ni to give away. That day, Su Youling was waiting for the coal stove to flush the soup woman's water, and chatted with Mrs. Ni for a while, the old lady was compassionate, and immediately insisted on making her two Suzhou osmanthus lard sugar rice cakes, which made Su Youling very moved.
The three generations of grandparents and grandchildren, a large family for the New Year, the Ni family invited a familiar tailor to come over to make new clothes, set up a table behind the screen in the guest hall, and return late every day. The clothing is a family to discuss going to the chessboard street of Xieda Xiang office, this year it is already late to ask the tailor, because to wait for the old man and the old lady to come over to tailor together, so it was agreed to go to Xieda Xiang the next day to do the clothes, for this Mrs. Ni came to ask Su Youling if she went with her, Su Youling because the store was busy at the end of the year, and did not plan to ask for leave, so she declined. Later, Mrs. Ni came up again to persuade her to go with her, "What does the little girl do with her efforts!" Idlers look white all year round and put on new clothes and shoes, don't be bitter about yourself! ...... "The old lady's voice is not low, and her words are prickly, presumably for Mrs. Ni downstairs - Su Youling has also heard Yu's mother say before, Mrs. Ni has always come to see Mrs. Ni, in the final analysis, Mrs. Ni did not add a boy, gave birth to a girl and then lived freely and never came out again, and the fine work at home was invited to the aunt, which can be said to be ten fingers do not touch the spring water, and in the eyes of Mrs. Ni, a hard-working old-fashioned person, it has become a sin. I can't get used to it, my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been safe for more than ten years, the old lady occasionally scolds Huai, and things still help them do it, make pickles, make cotton shoes, there has always been no favoritism between several children, Mrs. Ni is also broad-hearted, and sometimes pretends not to hear. Their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had such a tacit understanding, Su Youling was embarrassed to be caught in the middle, and she had no choice but to take a half-day leave to go to Xiedaxiang with them the next day.
Because Gui Sheng was busy using the car at the end of the year, he temporarily hired a rickshaw for Su Youling, which was returned by Su Youling, first, she didn't want to bother them too much, and secondly, she could just walk to and from work.
However, at this time, it is not a pleasant thing to walk on the road in the middle of the night, the winter is biting, everyone is closed to reunite with the family, she is still wandering the street with nothing to do, the street lamps of Myersey Love Road faintly shine on the water cement on the ground, and it is cold and clear and cool in people's hearts - once she met Mr. Tang, a businessman like him must have come out to collect debts at this time, and like Gui Sheng, he was busy running around all day long, and it seemed that he was also physically and mentally exhausted, buying cigarettes in the cigarette paper shop at the mouth of the house. She didn't ask much, just smiled and said hello to him, he "hmm" a hand, asked her why she didn't call a car, she smiled, found a reason to think it was reasonable, but in this situation, I am afraid that no matter what the reason is with sorrow, he smiled silently and walked with her...... He said he was going to the front one.
And the same situation was repeated at this time a few days later, and it was also this trick, familiar and dramatic unexpected encounter - she didn't know why he was here again, maybe he didn't get the debt last time, and he came back to urge him today? Or for some other reason, she didn't explore, she only knew that she met him again, and couldn't help laughing out loud and waving her hand happily. He was talking to the alley, and then he smiled and nodded here, and she saw that he seemed to have something to discuss, so she only nodded slightly, and walked forward. After a while, he quickly walked over with the cigarette butt extinguished, and shouted "belch" from behind - in her memory, this was the most ambiguous word, just like the "Lian Sheng" that she could never shout to her face, he never seemed to have called her "Miss Su". At that moment, she was a little at a loss where to go, and she walked a few steps without obeying the call before stopping, and the place was backlit, so that people could not see her expression clearly when she turned around. He approached and handed her a gadget, and he didn't have time to take a closer look, and at a glance he only knew the exquisite packaging, "Hey, the dim sum you and Mama Yu made is really good...... "She knew that at the end of the year, these people had the rules of sending some red envelopes or things to their aunts who were familiar with them, and I thought he would give her the same meaning, but she was not someone's aunt, and it would be rude to give them in public, maybe it would be more appropriate to send some gadgets in private." "Yo, what? …… Old good-looking shell, Nong is polite! She smiled and flipped around with a headless smile in her hand, and finally couldn't see what it was, he smiled, "It's not specially bought, someone just used it to pay off debts." The tired and faint tone, the tea smoke on his coat, the warm decadence in the midwinter night breeze, she pretended to be playful, smiled, and the electric light of the people next to her shone dimly, and cast a light and half darkness on his face, and the expression was not clear and seemed to be very clear-in fact, he was just an ordinary old man, like many men of his age, for a living, exhausted, no one could always be a ruthless character, everyone had a time of exhaustion, But the momentary weakness that a ruthless person occasionally shows in a lonely corner can break a woman's mind even more. The two didn't say a few words, he still had something to do, said hello and turned around and left, and she also walked back.
It was a Max Factor lipstick, a lipstick that Miss Ni had been envious of for a long time. She cherished the opening of the packaging shell, held it in her hand and leaned under the lamp to appreciate it...... This charming thing, red poppy like a teasing of her feelings, she is a smart person, she knows that this is a pit, but after all, he has been in the sea, if it were not for him, I am afraid that no one would be able to send it so unstoppable, just like two people with high Tao have to fight to the death, she sneered in her nose and laughed in her heart. Miss Ni came to knock on the door and was outside, "Sister Youling, Sister Youling!" Calling out to her hurriedly, she quickly put her lipstick in a mirror case in front of her, and promised to get up and open the door. Miss Ni came to invite her to dance together, and when the old gentleman and old lady had not come back from other children's houses to deliver rice cakes, she played music on the record player in the room, and the old lady categorically did not dare to do so, for fear of being criticized. They also danced before, and since the old lady came, they have reined in, and can only enjoy themselves while the old man is away. Now dancing at home is like being a thief, Su Youling heard the sound of the record player, opened the door and stretched her neck with a fluke look, and quietly said, "The old lady is not there?" Miss Ni squeezed her eyes mysteriously and shook her hand, "Hurry up, hurry up!" In a burst of laughter, the girls started playing together...... Spinning high heels, stepping on the prelude to spring, following the melody of "fluffy, fluffy", towards the bright and gorgeous youth......
It seems that girls love to dance at a certain age, just as the hope that has sprouted in people's hearts has been uncontrollable when early spring comes. She also held Lian Sheng's hand on the street in the middle of the night, and the night wind blew her skirt, and she smiled like spring. All he had to do was laugh, letting her fiddle with his arms and play in his hands—it was Chinese New Year's Eve.
The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was eaten at his residence, and the two were busy in the stove in the afternoon, Su Youling was busy frying spring rolls, and Lian Sheng was sitting in front of the coal stove to spread egg dumplings, asking Mrs. Yan to borrow a long-handled copper spoon, chopsticks with pork fat and a circle, that is, he began to spread the egg skin in an orderly manner, he was patient, and he also had a good hand, the egg dumplings made were only golden and full, and the yards were very pleasing like ingots, and they made a lot in the afternoon, and gave Mrs. Yan a plate, and the household in the front building stayed here for the New Year and also sent some. Their egg dumplings are stewed in a "pot of fresh", with mushrooms and fungus bamboo shoots, cut a few slices of salted meat in it, make up a sentence of "five blessings" good mouth, stewed fresh and fragrant, the New Year's firecrackers in the pot, full of steaming abundance and contentment...... The two drank a little rice wine, took a copper hanging coal stove and burned it slightly, a small bowl of shallow for one person, warm wine and strong alcohol, but also because the end of the year was originally emotional, and after a few sips, the meaning of being slightly drunk gradually rose, she chuckled and snorted, and lost her mouth, "Wine is not drunk, everyone is drunk......" The words came out but he was ashamed, his cheeks were red, he smiled and his eyes were emotional, he "Hmm? She smiled sneeringly, and in her eyes, it was just like this, and the fire trees and silver flowers outside were all over the sky...... The golden night lover, dim light and yellow wine, she rose up and struck the wine bowl with a chopstick and sang a play, "Su Sanqi Solution" -
Su San left Hongdong County and came to the street. I have never said that I am miserable in my heart, and the gentlemen of the past listen to me. Which one goes to Nanjing, and passes the letter with my San Lang. said that Su San would break his life, and I should repay him for becoming a dog and horse in the next life. People say that Luoyang is full of flowers, and it is not spring when slaves come to it.
He stopped listening, and only kept smiling at her—he didn't know much about drama, he only knew her, and he thought that no matter when, she was happy, and it was already a good day.
When the wine was exhausted, when the soup was cold, she picked up the remnants on the table with her cheeks, and was about to get up to clean up the dishes, he had leaned over and took the dishes and chopsticks in her hand, "I'll come, you prepare yourself first, I have nothing to do anyway, wait for you to ......" They planned to go out for a walk on the road for a while, and then watch a movie, he knew that every time she went out, she always had to play with her hair and rub her face, and she would be afraid that it would not be good to toss for a while, so he urged her to prepare first, in fact, he couldn't understand these things, he was young after all, and he didn't know much about women's hobbies. On weekdays, he always urges her to go out, laughing and saying that she looks good no matter what, in fact, he really thinks so, and it is because he usually doesn't have much time to wait for her, but for women, the first reason must be perfunctory to her, and the latter is the real reason, so there is always such an unsatisfactory feeling in the heart of going out with him, she generally puffs up as simple as possible, so as not to urge him, and now she only wiped the leather shoes on her feet, and combed her hair with his wooden comb in the mirror.
In the downstairs stove room, the residents of the front building are frying melon seeds, the spatula is stir-frying, the burning firewood briquettes and ripe melon seeds are mixed into a scorched aroma and the warm and roasted fragrance permeates up, she heard him talking to them downstairs, chatted for a moment before coming upstairs, took up a bag of melon seeds in a paper package, just out of the pot, but just took it to the movies to eat. "Hey, you're going to ...... today" He looked at her with a smile, a little surprised, presumably he was deliberately talking to the same house downstairs and waiting for her to dress up, she couldn't help but roll his eyes in annoyance, "Let's go, let's go!" She pushed him out of the room.