Chapter 8: A Look at the Cherry Blossoms (2)

These days, at least according to Aizhen, have always been boring, but I don't know what kind of psychology she gradually became to enjoy this boring day. The old lady www.biquge.info was lying in bed for most of the day, and yesterday she was in good spirits, and at noon her son and two granddaughters went to the main room to sit around and accompany her to dinner.

In the current atmosphere, no one said anything. Even if Xiang Yan is grateful to Mrs. Xiang for raising him to grow up, the estrangement for many years has not been dissolved because of a temporary touch, but having this short touch is already a relief for Mrs. Xiang, and there is no need to take it seriously.

The family affection of their family is always weak, whether it is between the mother and son of the previous generation, or between the father and daughter of this generation. Living in such an unusual family, the brothers and sisters are forced to have a deeper relationship. Ai Zhen put a sweet and sour pork rib in front of her and put it in the bowl, it was so sweet that she was greasy, and she looked up and pouted quietly with Hui Zhen - everyone couldn't stand the old lady's sweetness.

At the dinner table, Xiang Yan said to Ai Zhen and Hui Zhen: "Take advantage of the opportunity of the holiday to review the Chinese language, I originally asked you to go to a foreign girls' school, but these things were delayed." I'm going to read some poetry these days, just ask you not to make it impossible to talk to people in the future. ”

Ai Zhen lowered her head and pretended to listen, but in fact counted the grains of rice in the bowl.

After eating, he walked to the residence, and as soon as he entered the courtyard gate, it was Sister-in-law Jiang who came to Hui Zhen and said, "Fourth Miss, the second aunt sent a telegram to ask you, but you took her yellow fire oil drill brooch away." "The brooch was bought by the second aunt from the French, and it was set with yellow diamonds and emeralds to form a unique dragonfly, which was very expensive.

Hui Zhen couldn't help but be surprised, and said, "No, what do you say?" ”

Sister-in-law Jiang said: "Because I haven't worn it once, my second aunt plans to use it as a gift for the birthday of Mrs. Weng, Minister of Education, next month, but I can't find it." ”

Hui Zhen thought for a while, and suddenly clapped her hands and said: "Oh, I remember this, last time I said that I wanted to draw a picture with a brooch, she put a purple velvet box in the secret compartment of my closet, but the painting was not drawn, but I forgot about this stubble." Write a note and ask someone to send a telegram back about it. Sister-in-law Jiang was busy remembering what to do.

Ai Zhen entered the hall, Hui Zhen followed in, and said with a smile: "Third sister, I asked you to borrow a book yesterday afternoon, and you said that you have read more than half of it, and you can finish it now." ”

Ai Zhen said: "I'm about to give it to you." As she spoke, Ai-jin took out two translated novels from under a fringed pillow and handed the book she had already read to Hye-jin. Holding the other book in his hand, while rubbing the cover, he asked with a smile: "Why does the second aunt want to give away her beloved things, isn't there a story about the fire oil diamond on the brooch, saying that it was once collected by a Duchess in England?" The second aunt gave such a gift, she was really a little surprised in her heart, although it was not the most valuable, and it was by no means a light gift in the jewelry owned by the second aunt.

It turned out that the second aunt was too long in the Xiang family, and Xiang Yan had no stepfamily, so the second aunt occasionally had the opportunity to attend some unimportant social occasions, and it was not strange that the second aunt and Mrs. Weng knew each other, but they were not likely to get along.

Eating Aizhen's question, Hui Zhen had a shame on her face that she hadn't even noticed, and said, "I don't know, my friendship with the Weng family is just dancing with their two younger sons, which is not familiar." How do you know that she plans to use things to please others, not to mention that no matter how valuable the gift is, it is unknown whether people will accept her affection. ”

The third aunt gave birth to two sons and became more and more arrogant, prompting the second aunt to hurry up and think about her only daughter, even if she was engaged first, if the dowry was thin later, how would life be better.

Aizhen knew that she was asking her on purpose, as if she was going to stab her, and when she saw that Hui was really annoyed, she accepted it when she saw it, so she smiled and said: "I'm going to write an assignment later, and I've accumulated a lot since the holidays, so if you want to read in the hall." So he got up and went to his desk, unscrewed the ink bottle, and drew ink from the pen.

Hui Zhen felt bored and said, "I'd better go back to the room, don't quarrel with you." ”

After Hye-jin left, Ai-jin sat down and opened the homework book, but she was bored for no reason. She kicked off her embroidered slippers, rested her two feet in white socks on the edge of the chair, clasped her hands around her knees, and rested the tip of her chin on her knees, in a gesture of extreme self-defense.

Love really understands why there is bitterness in her heart, she is not yet sixteen, her father began to think about marriage, and the danger of war put everything on the agenda. She had some confused thoughts, although she was in this family, she didn't seem to belong anywhere, she wanted to escape, but she didn't know where to go.

Fortunately, the Japanese invasion that had already begun had not really affected the shell of the upper classes, and they were more indulgent in their enjoyment, eroding and rotting everything inside, a way that there was no tomorrow, and everyone knew the future and was worried. Even if Love's true experience allows her to only faintly detect a little clue, that is enough.

She's helpless and lonely, what's the solution? For example, she and her half-sister Aizhen are forever in a forced competitive relationship. When she was young, her mother was still alive, and she would always lean on the sofa and hold her in her arms, and the pair of bracelets on her mother's arms in the summer were cool next to her. And Hui Zhen was standing on the carpet in front of them, which was too complicated in color, and her mother called, "Hui Zhen, come and sit next to me." ”

Hui Zhen lowered her head and moved her steps, looking very timid, but she still didn't sit next to her mother. The mother smiled helplessly, quietly pushed her waistcoat, and she understood her mother's intentions, jumped off the sofa and took Hui Zhen's hand.

At that time, her status was higher than that of Hui Zhen.

But later, she inevitably had to compete with Hui Zhen, who had better clothes and who had more rounded beads around her neck, all of which were trivial matters, but there was no reason not to fight.

The first few years after her mother's death were confusing in her memory. My father married the third aunt, a beautiful woman. The second sister took a leave of absence to marry halfway through college, and on the day of the wedding, the second sister kissed her forehead through the veil, and the kiss was not warm. Because the second sister married into a prominent family, her father was very satisfied. The eldest brother, who has always been rebellious, has severed relations with his father, and after all, his father still thinks that he is the eldest son and has not really broken up. These many things may be the trouble of losing a mother.

A father who loves a real man cannot say how unfaithful he is to his wife, because the law of this society is that men can always get more rights than women. But he is not like a real father to all children. Her father also knew in his heart that having too much wealth was itself the cause of his indifference to his children. The sons wanted the property, and the daughters cared about the dowry.

In any case, in order to get more, love has really become a good girl and a good daughter in the standard sense.

Since Ai Zhen is the daughter of the Xiang family, the hot term "celebrity" in the monthly magazine, she often thinks about how to deal with herself in the social circle. At first, Aizhen longs to be praised by others, and sometimes if she goes too far, she will lose more than she gains. She knows it very well in her heart, but she likes to pretend to be reserved, which seems to make her different.

She is inherently selfish, like everyone else around her.

Hypocrisy.

PS: The reason why the author started writing this article is because he will regret it if he doesn't do it immediately. Once I started to code, the original outline seemed to be naturally variable, and I was very careful to establish a virtual world about Xiang Aizhen.