Chapter Eighty-Four: The Ideal Son-in-law
As soon as Jia Yi and Gao Qu entered the house, Liang Jinping pulled Gao Qu to sit on the sofa, already holding two clean cups in his hands, and went to the other side to take out a bottle of Coconut Island Deer and Turtle Wine that he didn't drink lightly.
Jia Yi smiled and said in his ear: "Big brother, drink more, this wine nourishes the kidneys hahaha!" ”
Gao Qu swallowed his saliva, crying and laughing, but he had to take the cup with both hands, Liang Jinping happily invited Gao Qu to taste it, and Jia Yi held back a smile on the side and watched him pour a cup of brown liquid into his mouth extremely reluctantly.
Liang Jinping only took a small sip, he was very surprised to see Gao Qu actually drink a cup, of course, he was choked in the end, Gao Qu forced a cough and smiled at him crampedly.
"The meal is ready early, eat something to cushion your stomach before drinking." Mother came out of the kitchen with her apron unfastened, and the food was quickly served, and Jia Yi also helped take out the dishes and chopsticks.
Gao Qu wanted to help Jia Yi, but she avoided her, she smiled and said, "Are your kidneys okay?" ”
He had no choice but to sit down and watch Jia Yi's parents smile kindly at him.
The next dinner changed from the cold of the past, but it was not surprisingly boring, and the parents were stunned to dig through Gao Qu's elementary school and work, among which Gao Qu's family, study abroad and real estate marketing director ushered in a conversation in the experience of Xiao Gao Yuchao.
Jia Yi had no choice but to smile and put the rice into her mouth, looking at the long-lost excitement on the table, her heart was still very moved, for the first time, on the old wooden table, she didn't hear the annoying squeaky sound again.
All pain can be masked by such festive sounds, including the dinner table itself.
The family dinner full of laughter in her imagination came, although this warmth was somewhat mixed with the heat of the world, but Jia Yi still had a warm current in her heart.
Gao Qu made the two old men very happy with his long-grinding mouth in the mall, and Jia Yi's eyes naturally couldn't be removed from him, but as long as he turned his head, Jia Yi still subconsciously lowered his head and picked up the rice, Gao Qu just smiled, and took the bowl and took the dishes one after another from Liang's mother.
After eating, the two old men pulled Gao Qu and talked for a long time, and it wasn't until Jia Yi urged him that he followed her downstairs slowly.
Jia Yi led him to a park near his home, which is not actually a park, but because there is a shaded path, next to some redbud trees, some old people and children will walk and play under the trees during the day, and at night there are a couple of couples, and now it is just noon, and the people in the neighborhood are busy eating and taking a lunch break.
It was the end of spring and early summer, the bauhinia was flying, red, purple, and pink all floated on people's clothes and hair everywhere, Gao Qu had been following Jia Yi, she had not spoken, and he was not good at asking anything.
This should be the first time the two have walked alone.
Gradually, Jia Yi stopped, she lowered her head, kicked the clumpy dirt with the tip of her shoe, and suddenly felt a hand from behind her reach for her head, she immediately turned her body and looked at Gao Qu's half-raised hand in the air, where a small pink petal was pinched.
Jia Yi's nervous body relaxed, and said with a smile, "Thank you!" ”
Gao Qu put down his hand and said with a smile: "You didn't hide this time. ”
Jia Yi nodded, smiled again, and said, "Didn't you ask me why I suddenly went home last time?" This is what she is really determined not to hide anymore in, she looks at him and says, "My counselor told me that my heterosexual phobia may have come from some memories of my youth, and that I will go back to my parents' house now to make a remedy, and whether it can be cured depends on this time." ”
"But your parents don't seem to know why you're back."
Jia Yi nodded and said, "Well, I didn't tell them, I don't know how to speak, and I don't think they will understand." In their eyes, I'm afraid I'm not a normal person anymore......"
Gao Qu looked at her, and suddenly walked around her to the flower branch in front of him, he tiptoed to smell the flowers that were still blooming on the high branches, looked back at her and said, "Actually, I don't think you understand your parents very well, I think they are very good." ”
Jia Yi shook her head and said, "How could I not understand?!" I've been living with them for almost 30 years, what did they do, how immature they were, and what did my brother and I become because of this immaturity...... How could I not be clear? ”
Gao Qu still didn't look convinced, and Jia Yi had no choice but to continue: "The scene you see today is nothing more than because you are a guest, and you should be their ideal son-in-law - a rich only child or a city person. ”
"Your parents don't look like that." Gao Qu was still firm in his thoughts.
Jia Yi sighed and said: "You don't know what my family is like, since I was a child, I didn't feel that they were in love, in me, I can't imagine that I am the crystallization of their love, from the first day of understanding, it is endless quarrels, scolding and running away from home for various reasons, and even ...... Even my father once cheated...... There has not been a day of peace at home, and I really wish my brother didn't have to go to school at that dinner table, because he should be the same as me, and he hasn't had a lively family for a long time, and he feels like eating happily......" She said that the corners of her eyes couldn't help but moisten, so she rubbed the corners of her eyes with her hand and continued: "If what David said is true, then I can only say that there is little hope for the success of the treatment, my parents have never cared about me, in their eyes, I can only be regarded as a money-making tool, ready to fight for the house, The car sacrifices the daughter of youth. I didn't dare to tell them why I quit my job, or I didn't dare to say that I just wanted to make some business and save money for myself, in case I couldn't overcome the physical handicap, I had enough money to live alone for the rest of my life, so I had to save money, I had to save money very selfishly. ”
She looked at Gao Qu with red eyes and said, "You know what? Your appearance has given them another expectation, where can they find so many golden and decent sons-in-law. ”
The complaint in her tone made Gao Qu very happy to hear, he was happy that Jia Yi's parents had introduced him as a candidate for son-in-law, but he didn't want to be a reason for Jia Yi to want to escape, he said, "Maybe you're wrong." I don't know what your parents did to you when you were a teenager, but after all, it was over, and they were also parents for the first time, so they would show immaturity in some places, but the nature of parents to love their children is the same, that kind of nature is innate, there is no question, and there is no need to learn, so I believe that money is definitely not as important to them as you, how can you think so, I think parents are ......"
Jia Yi shook his head first and sneered, interrupted him and said: "Gao Qu, you are actually quite simple, really, it is rare for a real estate businessman to be so simple, I think this has a lot to do with your parents, your parents' love is very sacred and legendary in my opinion, but my parents, they don't have the so-called love, they just obey the arrangement of their elders, and they are together, condoms were not popular at that time, they had me at a young age, maybe they still regret why I was born so soon!" What parent would say that their child is sick, and what mother would curse in front of their child? What father would ......" She couldn't bear to cry and say the word "cheating", although it was very ordinary, as common as sadness and pain, she only paused and said: "Gao Qu, you are really happy, I really envy you ......"
Gao Qu grabbed her arm, because he saw that the clear eyes had unconsciously clouded, full and dripping, it happened that he didn't have a tissue on him, but he didn't dare to touch her face with his hands, he was really afraid that she would be afraid of the contact, and he was even more afraid of seeing that beautiful face was swept out of her eyes by tears, and two clear lines of water were washed out.
In desperation, he had no choice but to grab Jia Yi, and when she didn't have time to break free, he pulled her hand hard, which made her whole body fall towards his chest, her face just pressed against his thick chest, and the tears that fell were accurately wiped on the blue and gray shirt, only to hear him say slowly: "The cheeks that have shed tears will hurt very much when the wind blows." ”
It was inexplicable, but she did quickly feel a chilling wind in her back, and she paused in his arms for a moment before slowly raising her head and escaping from his embrace.
Gao Qu coughed a few times in embarrassment in order to break the deadlock, and then continued the topic just now, and said: "Yes, my family is indeed very special, but its special is not that it is very happy, if it is just classified as happiness, it seems ordinary, but two people take care of each other, rarely quarrel, get along well, that is the way the two of them get along, they don't like to quarrel and don't like to talk about money, but this does not mean that every couple should be like this, your parents have lived for almost thirty years." There is something far greater than love in the middle, don't you try to find it? Two people have no love, but they can be together for 30 years, what is the motivation for patience and perseverance, aren't you curious? ”
Jia Yi looked at him, still unwilling to be persuaded, and said: "What else can a poor family have, but they are all living on the one hand without dignity, and on the other hand, they are constantly arming themselves with self-esteem and looking down on each other......"
"It's just your speculation...... And your father, his cheating...... Have you talked to him? If you have any doubts, why don't you ask him yourself......"
"How can I speak?! I'm a daughter! How could I question my father's relationship with another woman in front of him, how could I?! How dare I......" She clenched her fists, but she hated herself.
"All I can say is...... I can feel it, he loves you very much, it's true! Gao Qu tried to reassure her, but he also knew how insignificant the words were.
She just shook her head and said, "How can you think that he loves me more than money just because you bought a fish and drank a glass of wine with him?" She laughed miserably, the corners of her mouth tugging back, and she kept shaking her head.
Gao Qu gently touched the flowers that were affected by the spring light with his hand, and suddenly smiled and said, "Then do you want to bet with me?" As soon as he finished speaking, a purple flower with yellowed edges slipped from his fingertips, and what awaited it was the gorgeous adventure of the next season.
(To be continued.) )