Volume II, Chapter XXIII
Lin Nanhui, who was sitting in the communication room, asked strangely when she saw Lin Meijiao coming: "Gillian, today is not the weekend, what are you doing with us?" β
"Uncle, can't I see you on weekends?"
"Where's the word? You can come to see me every day, I'm afraid you don't have that much time! Lin Nanhui happily let her niece into the house. After a while, Wang Hongju came back from running errands outside on his bicycle, and Lin Nanhui called out to him from the window of the communication room.
Wang Hongju put down the car and walked into the house, as soon as he saw Lin Meijiao, he asked in surprise: "Hey? Tomorrow is the weekend, why are you coming to me to dance today? β
Lin Meijiao pointed to a bag of things on the table and said, "Principal Wang, do you think I want to dance when I look for you?" I made some sticky cakes for you and Uncle. β
Wang Hongju happily looked at the rice cakes on the table and said, "Great! I love to eat sticky cakes made by Gillian herself! Then he asked Gillian and Lin Nanhui: "You haven't eaten yet, have you?" Gillian is here today, let's go out to dinner, I'm in for a treat! β
Lin Nanhui smiled and asked, "How much do you earn?" Eating at a restaurant all day long? β
"It's too much trouble to cook and eat alone! Besides, I am one person earns money and one person spends, one person eats enough, the whole family is not hungry, what do I do with so much money! β
Lin Nanhui asked tentatively: "Your partner in Beijing has been waiting for you for a few years, and you haven't saved some money for marriage." β
"It doesn't cost much to get married, I think marriage is when two men and women put their quilts on the same bed, it's very simple!" After Wang Hongju finished speaking, he turned his head and asked Lin Meijiao: "Gillian, did you say it?" β
Lin Meijiao didn't expect Wang Hongju to ask herself this question, she blushed and said embarrassedly: "We are here to ask for a bride price, and we also have to prepare a sedan chair and set up a banquet, how can the girl give it to you for nothing!" You can't marry a wife without spending money! β
Lin Nanhui continued: "Also, the woman should also prepare more dowry!" β
Wang Hongju laughed and said, "Okay, I'll start saving money from now on, and when Gillian gets married, I'll get the dowry money!" β
Lin Meijiao's face turned red, she lowered her head and said, "People don't have a boyfriend yet, what kind of marriage!" β
"Gillian, did you have a crush on someone for a long time? Tell me the truth! Wang Hongju asked.
Lin Nanhui took over and said: "Gillian likes a man, but can that person accept Gillian?" It's hard to say! β
"Uncle!" Lin Meijiao hurriedly glanced at Lin Nanhui and didn't let him say any more.
Wang Hongju posed at this time and said: "It turned out to be unrequited love!" Gillian, that's not good! If you like this person, you will confess to him directly, and there are not many opportunities for people to meet a beloved in their lives, maybe you miss this opportunity, I'm afraid you will never have a chance! Gillian, I think that if this person is worthy of your love, you should seize the opportunity to boldly confess to him! β
Lin Meijiao didn't agree with or oppose Wang Hongju's words, she just bowed her head and said nothing.
Wang Hongju said as if he suddenly realized: "By the way, southern girls are more traditional, so let's do it, Gillian, if you fall in love with any man, and you are embarrassed to say, let me be a matchmaker for you, a beautiful girl like you is afraid that she will not find a good man!" β
Lin Meijiao didn't realize Wang Hongju's love for him, she was already aggrieved, Wang Hongju's words were like piercing her heart with a needle, and her eyes were red and almost tears.
Seeing Lin Meijiao's sad appearance, Wang Hongju felt very strange: "Gillian, did I say the wrong thing to provoke you?" β
Lin Meijiao vented her resentment against Wang Hongju at once: "You are so stupid! You're just provoking me! With that, she fell on the table and began to cry sadly.
At this time, several students passing by in front of the door of the communication room heard crying and looked inside from the window, Wang Hongju hurriedly patted Lin Meijiao's shaking shoulder and whispered: "Gillian, don't cry, if you have something to say, speak slowly, so that people can see how bad the impact is." β
"If you're afraid that the impact will be bad, then I'll leave!" After Lin Meijiao finished speaking, she stood up and rushed out of the door,
Lin Nanhui glared at Wang Hongju and said, "You don't understand a woman's mind at all!" You're talking too much nonsense today! After saying that, he hurriedly chased out. What's wrong with this? Wang Hongju and the second monk stayed in the house at a loss.
After a while, Lin Nanhui returned to the communication room from outside, he looked at Wang Hongju helplessly spread his hands and said, "I can't persuade Gillian, she's gone!" β
"Where did she go?"
"She said to walk around the town and take a walk!"
Wang Hongju asked Lin Nanhui puzzled: "I really don't understand, I was fine just now, why did I change my face all of a sudden?" I didn't provoke her! β
"You, how can I say hello!" Lin Nanhui looked at Wang Hong, and stopped talking.
Wang Hongju hurriedly urged Lin Nanhui and said, "What is the reason? You tell me! Don't spit out, okay? β
Lin Nanhui sighed and said, "It's like this, I'll tell you the truth, Gillian was angry with you!" β
Wang Hongju spread his hands inexplicably: "Lao Lin, the more you talk about me, the more confused I become!" β
At this time, Lin Nanhui also launched a rush, he pointed at Wang Hongju's nose and reprimanded: "Are you really confused or pretending to be confused?" Can't you really see that Gillian likes you all the time? But you still want to be a matchmaker for her, don't you hurt her heart? After he finished speaking, he slapped his hand on the table fiercely, startling Wang Hongju.
"Huh?" Lin Nanhui's words made Wang Hongju wake up like a dream, and he was anxious to rush out of the house to explain to Lin Meijiao, but Lin Nanhui grabbed him. Lin Nanhui said: "Gillian is sad now, tell her to calm down alone, if you go, it will make her even sadder." β
Wang Hongju was very annoyed and covered his face with his hands and said, "I'm so stupid! I was so careless! I've always regarded Gillian as my cute little sister, but I didn't even see what was on her mind! β
"She gave her heart to you from the first day she met you! She's been in love with you all the time. β
"I'm to blame for this, I have to see Gillian's mind as soon as possible, and tell her that I already have a girlfriend, and things won't develop like this."
"You can't be blamed for this, it's because she knows that you have a girlfriend that she feels sad that she can't pursue you."
"I see." Wang Hongju slapped his thigh helplessly.
Lin Nanhui handed Wang Hongju a cigarette and lit a cigarette himself, he saw that Wang Hongju just lowered his head and smoked and did not speak, so he continued: "Actually, I once wanted to persuade Gillian to let go of her thoughts about you, but then I thought about it, you are handsome, good character, and you are not married, what is wrong with Gillian loving you?" Even if you have a fiancΓ©e, you can't stop girls from liking you, right? My niece is a well-known beauty in Leizhou, she is kind and intelligent, she and you happen to be a beauty and a hero! Isn't that great? β
Lin Nanhui said that the words of beauties with heroes reminded him that Cui Fengming also said this, and he said self-deprecatingly: "It seems that to the ends of the earth, this hero can't escape the pursuit of beauties!" β
"That's right! Then you accept Gillian! β
"Lao Lin, my lover and I met in the revolutionary struggle, it was she who guided me on the revolutionary road, we are both comrades and lovers, we love each other deeply, and our feelings have experienced the baptism of revolutionary wind and rain. And she, like Gillian, is also a very beautiful woman! Do you want me to be Chen Shimei? β
Lin Nanhui interrupted Wang Hongju: "Okay, don't say it, I understand this truth!" It's up to us Gillian to have a bad life. She has no chance to marry you! Lin Nanhui let out a long sigh.
Wang Hongju said to Lin Nanhui: "Let's not talk about Gillian, I'll go back to the office first, I'll invite you to drink after work in a while, let's have a good chat, do you want to go?" β
"Good! I invite you to drink! Today I'm going to get drunk and relieve my upset! β
Yang Xinmin finished dinner after school, took a shower first, then changed into a white shirt, blue pants and black shiny leather shoes, sprayed some flower water on his body, and then went to Lin Meijiao to learn to dance, when he walked to Lin Meijiao's dormitory, he saw the locked door. Yang Xinmin thought that Gillian would come back after going out for a while, so he stood in front of the door and waited for her, Yang Xinmin waited until it was dark and did not see Gillian's shadow, Yang Xinmin guessed that Lin Meijiao was deliberately avoiding herself. Where did Lin Meijiao go? Yang Xinmin felt that he had nothing to do at night anyway, so he wanted to go around the street and look for Lin Meijiao by the way, and Yang Xinmin went out of school.
After Lin Meijiao left Qionghai Middle School, she wandered around the town aimlessly, and when her mood calmed down, she wanted to go back to her school. On the way back to school, Lin Meijiao saw that it was not too late, so she turned around and walked towards the Wanquan River on the edge of the town. She walked to the edge of the river and sat down on the grass by the river. Lin Meijiao is a reasonable person, after venting her grievances and grievances, her reason prevailed, and she was not sad at this time. She feels that she is quite naΓ―ve, in fact, Wang Hongju is a person with a fiancΓ©e, and has excellent moral integrity, she is just unrequited love, Wang Hongju is right, why blame him? Do I have to marry him if I like him? Why can't he be my good brother? Lin Meijiao suddenly felt ridiculous when she thought of this.
It was getting dark, and the few people who were still strolling by the river just now left, and the river became quiet. Lin Meijiao felt a little scared when she stayed alone by the river, so she stood up and prepared to leave. At this time, she heard someone behind her calling her name, and turned her head to see that it was Yang Xinmin.
Yang Xinmin walked quickly to Lin Meijiao's side and asked, "Gillian, what are you doing here alone at such a late hour?" β
Lin Meijiao asked rhetorically: "I just walked around casually, and I was about to go back." How did you get here? β
"I asked you to learn to dance at night, but you weren't there. I didn't think I had anything to do, so I just came out for a walk, but I didn't expect to meet you here. β
"Oh." Lin Meijiao responded lightly.
Yang Xinmin felt that Lin Meijiao's mood was a little low, so he asked with concern: "Gillian, I see that you are not in a good mood, right?" Lin Meijiao forced a smile to hide her and said, "It's nothing, I'm just a little homesick." β
"It's too late, it's not safe for you to be a single woman by the river, let's go back to school, I'll walk with you."
"Okay."
Lin Meijiao and Yang Xinmin walked towards the school together.