Chapter 7 A Guilty Conscience
At breakfast the next day, Chen Xiuhua asked: "Jianping, you and Chang Yuling have been together for more than two years, have you been in contact with each other in the past two years?" How to get in touch? ”
"If you really want to get along with others, you have to be like a place, don't want to deal with it, say it early, don't delay other people's daughters." Zhou Xuecheng, an honest man, has never done anything to trap people.
"Mom and Dad, thank you for reminding me, Chang Yuling is a good girl, I know what to do."
In the past two years, Zhou Jianping has indeed snubbed Chang Yuling, except for the Spring Festival, he usually can't see each other twice a year, due to inconvenient communication, he can't be contacted, Zhou Jianping only used the time to wait for the bus in the hotel to write a few letters to Chang Yuling before going out.
Chang Yuling is indeed a good girl, whenever Zhou Jianping blames herself in a letter or when they meet, she always understands very well, "You better get busy with business first, if we are fated, we will live together in the future, and there will be more opportunities to meet." If there is no fate, I want to see it every day now, and I will regret it more in the future. ”
The more he got Chang Yuling's understanding, the more Zhou Jianping felt guilty of conscience, how could a young man only meet once in two or three months? Who do you think you are, if you were another girl, you would have been yellow with you a long time ago!
After breakfast, Zhou Jianping told his parents that he was going to find Chang Yuling.
"You hurry up, it's enough for me and your dad to do this little work at home, and you don't need to stretch out your hand." Chen Xiuhua encouraged.
After walking for more than an hour, Zhou Jianping arrived at Yuling's house, but the gate of the courtyard was locked. "By the way, at this time, Yuling and her mother must have gone to work in the field." Zhou Jianping said in his heart.
After coming here three or four times, Zhou Jianping already knew where Yuling's land was, so he turned around and walked towards the place where Yuling worked.
Along the way, there were villagers who knew Zhou Jianping, and those who had good deeds shouted loudly from afar: "Yuling, your boyfriend is looking for you!" ”
Before she arrived at Yuling's house, Yuling ran over and wanted to go home with Zhou Jianping. "You don't have to go home, I'm just helping you and your aunt with the work."
Yuling was not polite, they returned to the field, still twenty or thirty meters away, Zhou Jianping shouted: "Auntie, hello! ”
"Jianping is here, Yuling, why don't you go home with Jianping?" Mother Wu Guixiang said.
"He's going to do the work for you." Yuling giggled.
"Do you still need to help with this little work? It's done in a while, you go home first, Jianping stays for lunch at noon, and I'll go home and cook in a while. Wu Guixiang insisted on refusing.
Zhou Jianping said it soundly, in fact, the last thing he wanted to do in his heart was to go to the field to do farm work, for two or three years, he didn't even stretch out a finger for his own family farm work, Yuling knew that Zhou Jianping said this, just to please people.
When I got home, it was already eleven o'clock in the morning, "My mother said to let you stay for lunch." Yuling said.
"I think it's better to forget it, I'll leave in a while." Zhou Jianping was a little embarrassed.
"If you want to leave, you have to wait until she comes home, and if you leave before she comes back, she will kill me." Yuling smiled weirdly, "But if she comes back, will you still be gone?" ”
"What ----, do?"
Yuling chuckled, "That's not easy, you can stay for lunch." Can my family's food still poison you? ”
"I don't mean that, it's been two or three years, and you've never been to my house, but I've eaten at your house again and again, isn't it a little ......?"
"What's the point? Do you want to say that you are a little off the price when you eat at my house? ”
Yuling's words touched Zhou Jianping's vital point, "This ......, you ----"
"It's just a little bit of a thing, you can't say it, I'll say it for you. Actually, you think too much, what's wrong with coming to my house for a meal? My family doesn't say that much. "Yuling is a straight person.
Zhou Jianping had nothing to say, he had to stay, "Why don't you wait for Auntie to come back, let's make the meal first, and wait for her to come home and eat ready-made, what do you think?" ”
"Uh, that's a good suggestion! I'm just looking to see your craft. Yuling said.
"What kind of craftsmanship? I don't know anything but a fire. ”
"Hey!" Yuling was a little disappointed, "Okay, you light the fire, I'll do it." ”
The living conditions of Yuling's family were indeed good, and eggs and pork were ready-made, which was very rare in rural families at that time.
Seeing Yuling skillfully operating on the pot table, Zhou Jianping, who was sitting in front of the stove and burning the fire, said, "I didn't expect you to stir-fry." ”
"It's all fresh? How many rural girls can't stir-fry and cook? Yuling disagreed.
"Yes, I'm a bit subjective, and I always measure others by my own standards."
"But if you think so, it is understandable, rural girls basically do housework, but few young men in rural areas know this, because they are the main labor force in the family, they work in the fields all year round, and they are so tired that they can't straighten their waists, so they still have the energy to do housework!" Yuling said.
"You really understand the male compatriots."
"You're different from others, who don't do housework because they have to spend their time sowing the crops, managing the fields, and harvesting, what have you done for your family?"
"Me? Don't compare me to me, I can't plant crops, I can't do housework. Zhou Jianping seemed to blush a little, and he didn't dare to look at Yuling squarely.
"Well, that's your strength, at least self-aware. But you are really different from others, how many high school graduates have you in your village so far? You have been studying since you were a child, and when you come home after graduation, you have been out for a few years, and you have not had much opportunity to get involved in housework and farm work. "Yuling is really empathetic.
In less than an hour, Yuling cooked the meal, stir-fried four dishes, and served them on the table, ready to wait for her mother to come home and eat together. Wu Guixiang originally wanted to go home early to cook, but there was not much work left in front of her, she wanted to finish it in one go home, Wu Guixiang knew that her daughter not only knew how to cook, but also had very good stir-fry skills.
"Do you want to call your aunt home for dinner?" Zhou Jianping asked.
"No need, my mom has a temper, I know, she must not have much left, and she has to finish before going home."
Yuling stood at the door and looked out to see if her mother was back, Zhou Jianping hugged her waist from behind, "Hey, hey, hey!" What are you doing? Yuling asked.
Jianping neither answered nor let go, Yuling was a little unhappy, "Take your hand away!" ”
"I miss you!" Jianping leaned on Yuling's ear and said warmly.
"My mom is coming back, and you want her to see what you're doing?"
Zhou Jianping reluctantly let go of his arms and stood side by side next to Yuling. At this moment, Wu Guixiang came back from the field with farm tools, "Why don't you sit down?" What are you doing standing in the doorway? ”
"Didn't you say you were going home to cook? We'll wait for you to come home and cook. Yuling said seriously.
"Wait for me to come home and cook? Haven't you cooked yet? Wu Guixiang was a little surprised.
"Auntie, Yuling has already ......" Zhou Jianping wanted to say that he had already cooked the meal, but was stopped by Yuling.
"Your cooking is delicious, we have to wait for you to cook it."
"Hey! How good can it be? Okay, hurry up and prepare, it's so late, Jianping is hungry, right? Wu Guixiang believed it.
"Don't bother you, we're all done, wash your hands and get ready to eat." Yuling giggled as she spoke.
"Hey----, you damn girl, dare to play tricks on me!" As she spoke, Wu Guixiang gently pinched Yuling's arm.
"Let's eat, we're all hungry!" After speaking, Yuling shook her arms and sat down at the table first.
During lunch, Wu Guixiang asked, "Jianping, how many days have you been back?" ”
"Auntie, I just came back yesterday."
"Oh, can you stay at home for a few days this time?"
"My business is off-season in the summer, and I want to rest at home for a while."
"Jianping, you and Yuling have been together for a long time, huh?"
"Auntie, I've been with Yuling for more than two years."
"Well, I remember it's been two years, what are your plans with your parents?"
Yuling and Zhou Jianping have been together for more than two years, during which they have gathered less and left more, under normal circumstances, they should talk about marriage. No, Wu Guixiang and Chang Yuling have heard a lot of rumors, this lady and son don't take this too seriously, but after a long time, the man has not made any movement, Yuling is better, and the mother is not so calm.
"Me and my parents----? Oh, I don't spend a lot of time at home, I don't talk to my parents very much, I really don't know what they think, but I think they have to listen to me about it. Zhou Jianping said matter-of-factly.
"Just listen to you, so what are your plans?"
"Auntie, I just came home, and I don't have a clear idea for a while, I am looking for Yuling today, just to invite her to my house to have a look."
"Did you tell your parents about that?"
"Not yet."
"That's good, but Yuling can't go to your house yet, because your parents haven't met yet."
"Oh......"
When she got home in the afternoon, Chen Xiuhua naturally wanted to inquire about Jianping's meeting with Yuling, "Mom, I have been with Chang Yuling for more than two years, and I wanted to invite her to come to our house to have a look, but Yuling and his mother said that Yuling can't come to our house before the parents of both sides meet." ”
"We are men, we should really bring it up first to meet with the woman's parents, ouch, we are passive in this matter! Is Yuling's mother picky? Chen Xiuhua seemed a little remorseful.
"You can't blame the two of us for this matter, Jianping is not at home, what does he think, how far he has developed with the girl, and the opinions of the woman's parents, we don't know anything, how do you say to take the initiative?" Zhou Xuecheng said on the side.
"Forget it, don't talk about that. Jianping, according to your observations, what is Yuling's attitude towards this matter? Chen Xiuhua asked.
"You're asking her about me and Yuling, right? I think her mother is very supportive of us getting along. ”
"That's good, let's tell the introducer to find a day to invite Yuling's parents to meet, even if it is a marriage." Chen Xiuhua made a decision.
Zhou Jianping knew that his family environment was incomparable to Yuling's family, and before inviting Yuling and her mother to come to the house as a guest, he wanted to clean up the house, so as not to be too cold and let Yuling laugh at her mother.
Who knew that before Zhou Jianping finished speaking, he was opposed by his father Zhou Xuecheng, "What, do you think our family conditions are not good?" Then don't say yes! ”
"Dad, Chang Yuling didn't say anything, that's what I meant."
"You? That's not even how you should think about it! The son is not ugly, and the dog is not poor. ”