Chapter 8: The Reunion of Old Friends
Xie Tang made such a fuss, and they seemed to become the focus of the restaurant. People who didn't know them at all were full of doubts, and when they knew that the man was Xie Ershao, they smiled a little deeply.
Liao Wanyu didn't expect that she would slap her with such a big force, and the whole person was very weak at once.
This is the second young master of the Xie family, if he really investigates it, the matter will be a big deal.
As soon as the heart is empty, the speech will be unconfident, "You...... Please let it go......"
Xie Yuru didn't really want to bully Liao Wanyu, and he didn't mean to look down on her, he spoke like that just to avenge Liao Zhanshan's disdain for him on his birthday.
He thought she would be as unwilling to be as she had then.
Yes, he just wanted to quarrel with her...... I didn't expect it to make her embarrassed like this, he was more romantic, but he was by no means the nasty embryo who bullied the little girl, looking at Liao Wanyu's eyes gradually reddening, he was like touching a hot potato.
Xie Yuru grew up in a pile of women since he was a child, and the reason why he has developed the ability to coax women is because he is particularly afraid of seeing the opposite sex cry, regardless of age, from babies to old women, whenever he sees it, he can't help but coax it.
"Don't cry! You hit me, I haven't cried yet, what are you crying about......"
Liao Wanyu took a big step back, wanting to stay away from Xie Yuru. She was really almost about to cry angrily, but at this time, Xie Yuru said this, then this matter must not be admitted.
"Who's going to cry! You stinky rascal! Liao Wanyu glared at Xie Yuru, and turned her face away from him.
I don't know where a snicker came from the corner of the restaurant, Xie Yuru looked back and looked, and no one seemed to be laughing.
"I just wanted to treat you to lunch, why are you a stinky rascal? It's not like we don't know each other. Thinking of the situation on the day of Liao Zhanshan's death, Xie Yuru felt a little sorry in his heart.
"I didn't speak well that day, so don't be like me. I heard your fourth sister say that she wants to marry you to my eldest brother, although she is not married yet, but there is nothing wrong with having a meal when you meet, right? β
Listening to Xie Tang's words, Liao Wanyu glared at him, "Who wants to marry into your family?" Haven't you heard the rumors when I do? β
Xie Tang is nineteen years old now, and for fifteen-year-old Liao Wanyu, he has a kind of contempt for a child, "Those feudal superstitious rumors of life continuation are believed by a little fool like you, now is a new society, how can anyone still believe in those messy things!" β
"You are a fool, even if those rumors are not true, I will never marry into your Xie family!" Liao Wanyu's eyes widened angrily, like an angry lion cub.
Xie Yuru didn't get angry when she heard her words, but she was thin-skinned and embarrassed to admit it in public. But in the end, he is young and vigorous, and he wants to overwhelm people in everything, the more Liao Wanyu doesn't admit it, the more he cares about her.
"You don't know when I don't know? Your parents are gone, and you are not having a good time in the Liao family, come over to be a big and young milk, delicious and delicious and waiting, what's wrong with our Xie family? Our family didn't dislike your life, but you picked up the shelf! β
Liao Wanyu was exposed in public, and she didn't know what to say for a while, but fortunately, the restaurant manager felt that it was not a way to go on like this, and he was afraid that it would affect his performance, so he persuaded Xie Ershao to return to the box.
After singing such a big play, Manager Bai of the Fan Restaurant had some ideas in his heart, so although Xie Ershao didn't say anything, Manager Bai politely gave her a salary of five yuan, praised her piano skills euphemistically, and then asked for another job.
On the first day of work, there was an incident, and the original calculation of ten yuan a month was gone, so naturally the matter of renting a house was as far away as a floating cloud.
The unemployed girl walked along the side of the road for a long time, she thought in her mind about what else she could do, and after thinking about it, she finally felt that playing the piano was not only an easy job that could make money, but also gave her the opportunity to practice, so Liao Wanyu did not want to give up.
Looking up at the sun in the sky, it was still early, and she shouldn't be discouraged if she couldn't do the work here, just work hard to find the next one.
"Ban smoking and refuse the land, control and save the country!"
A seventeen or eighteen-year-old male voice shouted slogans and ran past Liao Wanyu, and then suddenly stopped after passing, "Sister Wan? He asked tentatively.
Liao Wanyu heard someone call her, so she subconsciously responded, and when she looked back, she hadn't seen Chen Bingyi for a long time.
"Brother Bingyi!" Liao Wanyu felt that it was a very surprising thing to encounter an acquaintance on the road, and she waved her hand happily at Chen Bingyi.
"Why aren't you at school at this time?"
Chen Bingyi's question instantly pulled Liao Wanyu back to reality, she remembered the changes she had suffered one after another recently, and couldn't help but reddened her eyes, "I don't go to school anymore......"
Stuffing the pink flyer in his hand into his bag, Chen Bingyi pulled Liao Wanyu to a small alley on the side of the road, "Someone is chasing me, let's talk inside." β
Liao Wanyu followed behind Chen Bingyi in silence, and when she stood still, she found that she had been taken by him to a courtyard that looked abandoned for a long time.
After placing the schoolbag on the mossy red brick steps, Chen Bingyi motioned for Liao Wanyu to sit on the newspaper and rest, and then asked her about her recent situation.
When asked, Chen Bingyi was also shocked.
He only came back from his hometown in the countryside yesterday, and he had never heard of the situation of the Liao family, and when he heard her say it today, he inevitably felt sorry for her.
They learned to paint from the same gentleman, so they met seven or eight years ago. Although Chen Bingyi is just an ordinary child, he and Liao Wanyu have a lot of common topics, and the two are often taken by Mr. to sketch together, and the friendship is concluded.
"Sister Wan, what are you going to do now?"
Liao Wanyu couldn't help but sigh when she remembered that Bai Xiuzhen and Liao Wanwen were going to send her to fill the house for Xie Da.
"For the time being, I live in the miscellaneous building with Xiaojiao, and both of us are out of school. I don't care, but if I don't go to school now, what will I do in the future? I've already returned to school for him, and I'm busy looking for a job right now. β
In Chen Bingyi's eyes, Liao Wanyu has always been like a clear moon in the night sky, elegant but not vulgar, but not unattainable.
Thinking that Liao Wanyu was now worried about her livelihood, Chen Bingyi was also very uncomfortable in her heart.
"Hey, don't talk about me, Brother Bingyi, why did you suddenly go back to the countryside in a good manner?"
Speaking of this, Chen Bingyi scratched his head embarrassedly, "Have you heard of the land rejection conference a while ago?" β
Liao Wanyu didn't care about these things originally, and she didn't have time to care about the chickens and dogs at home for a while, and it was the first time she heard of any rejection conference.
"Our compatriots are suffering from the tobacco and soil, and there is no home and no country. If there is no action and change, I am afraid that I will be bullied to death by those foreign devils. Therefore, we called on people of insight to march to the authorities and the wharf, hoping to ban the transportation of tobacco into Luzhou, or even every inch of the country. β
Hearing this, Liao Wanyu already knew that this senior brother was afraid that he was wanted by the police station because of the "revolution", so he had no way to return to his hometown in the countryside.
"Aren't you afraid of getting caught?"
Chen Bingyi shook his head firmly, "I didn't run because I was afraid of being caught!" I'm just trying to buy more time to wake up more people. If the country lives and dies for profit, will it not be avoided because of good and evil? β
If the revolution is not revolutionary, Liao Wanyu does not understand, so she will not make an evaluation.
"Anyway...... Just be careful. β
"This is the best of times, this is the worst of times, this is the age of wisdom, this is the age of stupidity; This is the time of faith, this is the time of doubt; This is the season of light, this is the season of darkness; This is the spring of hope, this is the winter of disappointment; There are all kinds of things in front of people, and there is nothing in front of them; People are going straight to heaven; People are going straight to hell. β
After a long paragraph, Chen Bingyi swallowed his saliva, "Don't you think it's our era?" β
Liao Wanyu read this book earlier, which is "ATaleofTwoCities" by Dickens.
"Brother Bingyi, I think you came from the dock, isn't it safe over there?"
Chen Bingyi pulled out a piece of paper from his bag, "Yes, there are all police over there now, and we just went to drop leaflets to stop the British merchant ships at the dock from unloading." β
Liao Wanyu was a little disappointed, she originally wanted to go to the cafΓ© over there to ask about work, since this would be all police, I was afraid that it would be in vain if she went.
"I wanted to go and see it, but now I'd better go home."
The two old friends, who had known each other for many years, chatted a few more words, then said goodbye to each other and went to their respective destinations.
After losing her old job and finding something new, Liao Wanyu hurried home, and as soon as she entered the room, her younger brother chattered with her that the big girl named Ah Xi had come back and forth three times today, two of which sent food and medicine, and once she came in with a letter stuffed outside the window.
Liao Xi staggered and couldn't get off the ground, he hoarsely gestured with his eyes, Liao Wanyu looked over, and saw that there was indeed a letter lying quietly on the floor by the window.
The letter was written by Zhen Gu, to the effect that Bai Xiuzhen had sent her cadres to the Xie family, and the other party would reply in about a day or two. I hope she will think of a countermeasure sooner. Every day, he was pulled by his aunt to play cards, or to deal with official business, and it was inconvenient to meet, so he sent a letter.
Think about countermeasures early......
Liao Wanyu was very worried.
Her original countermeasure was to rent a house with her monthly salary, and when the time comes, she will leave here with her younger brother.
But this plan was ruined by Xie Yuru, and Liao Wanyu's teeth itched with hatred when she thought of this.
"Sister, that Sister Shen has been here again today."
"Huh? What did she come to do? Liao Wanyu changed into an ordinary homespun cloth, and her hair was changed to a braid, she rubbed a towel in a basin of hot water, and wiped Liao Xi's face and hands.
"I can't stop you from taking a piece of your garment. Are they trying to do witchcraft to harm you? Liao Xi is young, and his brain is full of strange ideas.
Liao Wanyu was amused by her younger brother's idea, "I guess I went to make new clothes, and if I want to marry into the Xie family, I have to decorate the faΓ§ade." β
Sister Shen's mother......
Liao Wanyu chewed these three words over and over again in her heart, and suddenly a flash of inspiration dawned on her, she knew how to escape this marriage!