Chapter 11
At Liu's house, it was an extremely serious family meeting.
After dinner, everyone sat in the living room, Liu Siqian, Mrs. Liu, Ling Zhen, Ling Shan, and even sixteen-year-old Ling Wu were all present. Ling Shan leaned back on the sofa, just subconsciously gnawing on the nails of her thumb. Liu Siqian walked around the room with his hands behind his back, like an actor who wanted to memorize his lines before taking the stage. Lingzhen and Lingwu were silent, and the room was so quiet. In the end, it was Mrs. Liu who said simply and clearly: "Lingshan, with a few months of understanding, is it too fast to take the liberty of deciding on a major marriage matter?" "I don't think it's a matter of time," Ling Shan raised her head and said clearly, "If you know each other for a lifetime, not knowing each other is the same as not knowing each other at all." If you know each other, even if you only know each other for a few days, it will be more than enough. β
"You know, marriage is ......," Liu Siqian began.
"Marriage is a gamble!" Ling Shan's reckless interface.
"What do you mean?" Liu Siqian asked.
"Dad," Ling Shan looked at her father squarely, her face was serious and solemn, and she said sincerely, "Don't you think that marriage is a big gamble?" When you decide to get married, you are gambling on your happiness and future, and everyone who participates in gambling has the confidence that they will win, but there are still many people who lose their bets! Dad, you and your mother are a pair that won the bet, like the uncle and aunt of the Gao family are the pair who lost the bet. Marriage is a dangerous thing to bring two people with different backgrounds and living environments together! Liu Siqian stood still and looked at Ling Shan blankly.
"I didn't expect that you still have a lot of philosophies about marriage!" He was stunned and said, "Since you know the danger, do you want to take risks?" β
"Knowing the danger and retreating, that's not the way you teach us to live!" Ling Shan looked at her father. "Forget it, forget it!" Liu Siqian said: "Don't confuse me, play a game of detouring with me!" We're talking about your marriage, aren't we? β
"Yes!" "Do you admit that it would be dangerous for you to marry Wei Pengfei?"
"Dad, I mean marriage is a dangerous thing. In other words, it's dangerous for me to marry anyone. However, marrying Wei Pengfei is the least dangerous! β
"Why?" "Because I love him!" "Ling Shan," Mrs. Liu interjected unbearably. "Love isn't entirely reliable, you know?" "I know." Ling Shan said frankly: "It may be more profound than you know. The book of "Aitong Miscellaneous Notes" floated in front of her eyes, Ah Pei floated, Lu Chao floated, and the charming golden snake floated again. "In the past, I always thought that once lovers fell in love, it was a lifelong thing. Now, I understand that love can also be transferred, and to be lifelong and unswerving, it takes two people to be full of confidence and continue to cultivate. Love is the most delicate flower, which can neither lack sunlight nor lack of moisture, but also cut grass and fertilize it, and take care of it carefully. β
"Oh!" Mrs. Liu opened her mouth and looked at Liu Siqian. "Looks like she knows more than we do!" "I don't understand the sunshine, moisture!" Lingwu suddenly interjected and said, "Second sister, in a nutshell, are you going to be that Wei Chuchu's stepmother?"
Ling Shan was stunned. "You can say the same thing." "You don't have to gamble," Lingwu said, "You must lose!" β
"How so?" Ling Shan looked at Ling Wu seriously, not because he was a rough little boy, so he ignored his opinion.
"It's not easy," Lingwu shrugged. "You say that marriage is a gamble, other people's marriages are a gamble between a man and a woman, and you have a little devil mixed in this gamble, this little devil hehe......" He didn't continue, and the strange look of frowning and grinning showed everything. It's still the little brother who said it the most pertinently! Lingzhen patted the armrest of the sofa, looking like "deep in my heart". "Lingshan, you may be a good wife, but I never believe that you can be a good mother!"
"Chu Chu likes me very much......" Ling Shan argued weakly.
"It's useless!" Lingzhen said: "It's not like you haven't studied early childhood psychology!" This kind of child who has lost her mother since childhood is the most difficult to educate, you are now her aunt and teacher, she listens to you, and when you become her stepmother, she will treat you as an enemy! Do you believe it or not? β
"Sister," Ling Shan shouted in annoyance: "It's your argument that makes many women hesitate to move forward after hearing it!" Don't you understand that such children also need mothers? "A real mother and a stepmother are two different things after all!" Mrs. Liu said slowly. "One day, you will also have a child, have you ever wondered if there will be friction between your child and Chu Chu? When the time comes, which one do you favor? β
"I didn't think that far ahead!" Ling Shan said irritably.
"You know that marriage is a gamble of a lifetime, and you don't think that far?" Mrs. Liu asked after her. "I heard Ah Xiang say that Chu Chu's dead mother was very beautiful......"
"Her mother isn't dead!" Lingshan's quiet interface.
"What?" Mrs. Liu was taken aback. "Not dead?"
"Not dead. She just divorced Pengfei, and the child returned to her father. β
The room fell silent all of a sudden, and everyone looked at each other and was silent, each contemplating their own thoughts. After a long time, Liu Siqian said coldly:
"Turns out he's already gambled once."
"Yes," Ling Shan said crisply. Looking at her father firmly, her face turned slightly pale. "He gambled once, and he lost! I chose an experienced gambler, lost once, and learned how not to repeat the mistakes of the past! "All gamblers who are bankrupt have the experience of losing countless bets!" Liu Siqian said. Ling Shan suddenly stood up from the sofa, put on a straight face, and said coldly:
"You don't need to say any more, I already know what you mean. Our family advertises democracy, sings about freedom, and says that children have the right to choose their own marriage at every turn! However, once the matter comes, we become the most conservative, stubborn and feudal family again! We can't accept people who are slightly out of the track, and we can't accept people who are slightly different! She held her chin high, the more she spoke, the more excited she became, her eyes flashed with stubbornness, and her voice was cold and high-pitched: "You are against this!" You oppose Wei Pengfei just because he is divorced and has a six-year-old daughter! You don't even try to understand his personality, his character, and everything! You are no different from your grandparents, and you will also ......make the same mistakes that ordinary parents make." "Lingshan! Lingzhen shouted: "You have to be sensible, if your parents are ordinary parents, you are not allowed to talk like this!" β
"Second sister," Lingwu said stupidly, "Why are you making things so complicated?" "How did I get it complicated?" Ling Shan screamed angrily.
"What are you doing with a boyfriend who is divorced and has a daughter? Isn't that broom star great? He's gotten more and more adorable lately, and last week he gave me a set of Greycamber's record ......"Jerk! Ling Shan was extremely angry, blushing and scolding: "If people give you a few records, will you give your sister away?" It turns out that your second sister is only worth a few records! She looked at her parents again, tears rolling in her eyes. Mommy, Dad! Whatever you do, whatever you think, I've made up my mind. I may have lost my eyes, I may be ignorant, I may be asking for hardship, but, no matter what, I married Wei Pengfei! With that, she turned around and rushed out the door. Mrs. Liu chased after her and shouted urgently: "Lingshan! Lingshan! Don't run, we'll discuss! β
"Mom, don't worry," Lingzhen said, "Anyway, she can't go far!" β
Mrs. Liu couldn't help but sigh. Staring at Liu Siqian, she suddenly said in annoyance: "It's all you!" It's all you! "Why do you blame me?" Liu Siqian said stunned. "Democracy, freedom, enlightenment, these ideas are all instilled by you! Why do you blame me? β
"I blame youβblame why you moved to the mansion!" Mrs. Liu said angrily: "This kind of house is like a hotel, door to door......"
"That's what makes the door right!" Lingwu was stunned and answered.
Liu Siqian couldn't help but laugh.
"You laugh?" Mrs. Liu's eyes widened. "Your daughter deceived others, you're still funny!" Liu Siqian looked at his wife thoughtfully.
"Do you know," he said in a deep voice, "that your words are exactly the same as what your mother said?" She pointed at my nose and scolded, saying I cheated you away. β
Mrs. Liu was stunned for a moment, and then she was stunned.
Just as Ling Zhen expected, after Ling Shan rushed out of the gate, she ran directly to the four A. People, after being wronged, always instinctively go to their most beloved person. The door opened, and Ah Xiang stood at the door with a smile, and when she saw her, she smiled even more. "Second Miss, you sit. My husband just called back and said that the meeting was not over and that he would not be back until about nine o'clock. β
Ling Shan was stunned, and then remembered that Wei Pengfei had told her in the morning that the chairman of the board of directors would have a treat tonight to study how to increase production, and she might have to go home later. When she couldn't see Wei Pengfei, the pimple in her heart became even heavier, and she walked into the room slowly, she had indescribable frustration and unspeakable discomfort. Knowing that Wei Pengfei would be back soon, she still couldn't hold back the strong disappointment in her heart.
Chu Chu was sitting on the sofa watching TV, and when she looked back and saw Ling Shan, she immediately shouted happily: "Auntie, why does the little bee have to look for her mother everywhere?" β
Ling Shan's heart jumped, Chu Chu's unintentional question seemed to have hit her heart intentionally, she walked over and sat down beside Chu Chu. Subconsciously looked at the TV, the little bee has no mother, the little bee is flying around, looking for the mother everywhere, the voice of the little bee keeps shouting: Mom, where are you? Mom, I miss you so much! Mom, come back soon! Mom, I'm going to be with you! Ling Shan stretched out her hand and turned off the TV violently.
"Auntie?" Chu Chu looked back in surprise.
Ling Shan took Chu Chu in her arms, combed her hair with her fingers, and whispered affectionately and lovingly: "Your hair has grown, you can comb your braids in the summer!" β
Ah Xiang came over with a cup of tea, put the tea on the table, she looked at Ling Shan and Chu Chu with a smile, and said without a heart:
"Chu Chu, you're about to have a mother!"
"My mom is dead!" Chu Chu said, his head tightly in Ling Shan's arms: "My grandmother said that my mother would have died a long time ago!" "Mom is dead, can't I find another new mother?" Little fools! Ah Xiang looked at Ling Shan and grinned. Ah Xiang! Ling Shan stopped shouting. Don't talk nonsense! β
"Yes, miss." Ah Xiang turned around and ran to the back of the kitchen, going to find Cuilian and talk to Abasang next door. With Lingshan here, she took her own vacation, and handed over Chu Chu to Lingshan as a matter of course.
"Auntie," Chu Chu hooked Ling Shan's neck with his arm and said curiously, "What do you mean by a new mother?" Ling Shan's heart moved, and she hugged Chu Chu on her lap, she carefully looked at the child, the eyebrows, the eyes, the small pointed chin...... She looks like Ah Pei! Ling Shan took a breath, thoughtful, tactful, and cautious, and she said:
"Chu Chu, do you remember your mother?"
Chu Chu shook his head. "Originally, Dad had a picture of Mom, but then it disappeared!" Chu Chu said innocently: "My mother is very beautiful, like Snow White!" β
Yes, when Ah Pei left Chu Chu, Wei Pengfei was still abroad, Chu Chu was only two years old, then, in the second year of Wei Pengfei's departure, Ah Pei had already abandoned his home, no wonder the grandmother wanted to say that she was dead. The strange thing is that Ah Pei actually endured it and didn't come to look for Chu Chu, so close to the end of the world, she would rather not see each other! That Ah Pei is really ruthless! "Chu Chu," Ling Shan stroked the child's hair, and couldn't help but tentatively: "Do you want a new mother?" β
"New mom?" Chu Chu tilted his head and looked at Ling Shan and smiled. "What do you mean by a new mother?"
"If your dad gets married, you'll have a new mom! She will love you, love you, spoil you, buy you new clothes, take you to the children's playground to play, teach you to read and write, and sing songs to you......" Chu Chu looked at her innocently and shook his head violently.
"No, no! No! I don't want a new mother! β
"Why?" "Auntie, you can sing to me, you also take me to play, and you give me new clothes to wear, why do I need a new mother?"
Ling Shan couldn't help blushing, thinking to herself, the following words were really unspeakable. No matter how generous she is, she can't ask: "Would you like me to be your new mother?" Chu Chu stared at Ling Shan curiously, and suddenly, her little heart seemed to have a door opened, her eyes opened wide, and she said softly, crisply: "I know, you mean, my father is going to marry his stepmother!" β
Ling Shan looked at her intently, and before she could speak, Chu Chu suddenly hugged Ling Shan's neck and screamed in horror and sharpness:
"Auntie, I don't want a stepmother, I don't want a stepmother! Snow White has a stepmother, and her stepmother asks someone to kill her! I don't want a stepmother! I don't want it! Auntie, I don't want it! You go and say to your father, I don't want a stepmother! β
"Chu Chu! Plainly! Ling Shan hugged her in a panic, patted her back, and said repeatedly: "Don't scream!" Don't scream! Plainly! β
Chu Chu relaxed his arms and looked at her face.
"Auntie, will Dad marry his stepmother?" She asked, her eyes filled with horror, as if she had been abused by her stepmother.
"Chu Chu," she said reluctantly: "Not every stepmother is fierce, not every stepmother will abuse ......" "Don't! Chu Chu screamed: "You lied to me!" You lied to me! I don't want a stepmother! No! No! She stomped her foot, shook her head desperately, and shook her hair all over her face. For a long time, the violent aura that had been in her body for a long time exploded in an instant. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she yelled, "I don't want it! I don't want it! I don't want to ......" "Good, good, don't!" No! Ling Shan hurriedly said, hugging her into her arms in a hurry. Don't play with children, no one wants to abuse you, no one wants to bully you, don't play with children! "Her nose was sore and her throat was choked." If you don't want it, you don't want it! Even if someone else can disobey their parents, they can't disobey you! If you don't want it, you don't want it! β
Chu Chu rubbed and rubbed in her arms, tears rubbing her body. It took a while for the child to stabilize and calm down. Breaking free from her embrace, Chu Chu looked at her: "Before Ah Xiang came to my house, there was an Abasan who took me. She said, tears still in her big eyes, and the look of terror still written on her face. She said to me every day that I was a short-lived ghost, and that in the future my father would marry a stepmother, hang me up and beat me a hundred times a day, chop me up and feed me to dogs, pigs, cats......"
Ling Shan shivered and looked at Chu Chu in confusion.
"Why did she say that?" She asked, "You must be very bad, very bad, she deliberately said these things to scare you!" Chu Chu, it's not like this......" She felt that her voice was so weak and weak. "She deliberately scares you, and the stepmother also has a good one, like ...... Resemble...... ...... like an aunt."
"No!" Chu Chu said with a strange light shining in his eyes, looking at Ling Shan. "Auntie, the stepmother is very bad, very bad, very bad! I can sing a song, which was taught to me by another Abasan. β
"What song?" She stared at her, her heart shrinking and fearful. She knew that Chu Chu's family changed servants twice in three days, and she really couldn't guess what ideas these servants had instilled in her.
"I'll sing it to you!" Chu Chu said, looking directly at Ling Shan, her voice is a soft children's voice, she must have her mother's inheritance, she sings gracefully, and there is a kind of desolate and desolate, sad and sad charm:
"Little cabbage, yellow in the groundΒ·
Three years old and two years old, no mother!
Follow well, Daddy has a good timeΒ·
I'm afraid of my father, marry my stepmother!
married my stepmother, three years,
Give birth to a younger brother, better than me!
My brother eats meat, and I drink soup.
Pick up the rice bowl and burst into tears!
My mother misses me, a gust of wind,
I want to kiss my mother, in a dream!
Flowers bloom in the river, and fall in the river!
I want to kiss my mother, who knows!
In the daytime I heard the grasshopper crying,
I heard it at night, the mountains and rivers flowed!
If you have the heart to follow, the mountains and rivers will go,
I'm afraid of mountains and rivers, so I won't look back! β
After she finished singing, she looked at Ling Shan silently, and Ling Shan was completely stunned. I never knew she would sing such a long song and sing it so completely. She stared blankly, all the wills, thoughts, decisions...... were all shattered by Chu Chu's singing. She felt that she no longer had confidence, no more dreams, and could no longer grasp her own direction and will. Therefore, this night, when Wei Peng flew home, he saw Ling Shan sitting alone on the sofa, her head leaning on the back of the sofa, her eyes full of sorrow, and her face full of helplessness. The lonely, the miserable, the lonely, the weak leaned there. Wei Pengfei walked over and leaned over to stare at her.
"What's wrong?" He asked. "I'm so tired." She whispered.
"Tired? What did you do? β
"My parents, your child!" She muttered, resting her head on his shoulder. "They're two big rocks, I'm in the middle of them, I can't push the stones, I'm so tired!" He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her gently, not entirely clear what she was saying, but the implication was clear. He said firmly, earnestly, and lovingly: "If there is a big stone, it is also the two of us, you can't push it alone, you are too thin and too small, let us push it together, okay?" β
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