One evening a few days later, Xie Shuyao returned to the front of the house and heard the sound of familiar retro music coming from the house. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info I had a mobile phone in my previous life, etc., and it is not difficult to listen to music. However, in this Republic of China, where there is extreme scarcity of materials, if you want to listen to music and relax, you can only go to the theater to listen to opera or something. And the price there is very expensive, Xie Shuyao has never been willing to spend this money. Now hearing the melodious singing, a sense of happiness can't help but climb up in my heart.

Happily, he quickly pushed open the door and saw that there were already many people in his courtyard, and a wooden base was placed in the middle of the courtyard. Above it is a large brass horn that looks like a trumpet flower, from which the soothing music comes from. Of course Xie Shuyao recognizes this thing, and has seen it in many film and television dramas-gramophone.

In the crowd, seeing the father and mother listening to the retro copper horn old music with a look of enjoyment, and seeing her daughter come back, the mother said with a peach blossom smile: "Shu Yao, look at the good things your father brought back." ”

As soon as the mother's words were finished, the voice of the gramophone gradually weakened, as if it was singing a distorted song awkwardly, and looked at the mother and father with some concern: "Is this gramophone broken?" ”

"Huh? Do you know this is a gramophone? A surprised voice came from behind my father.

Hearing this surprised tone, Xie Shuyao felt that she was looked down upon by others, and said dissatisfiedly: "Isn't it a gramophone?" Why don't I recognize? ”

Coming out from behind his father was a young man who was as tall as his father and was particularly dazzling. The person was also about one meter seven or eight tall, wearing a white robe and a bookish white-faced scholar, combing his hair in the most popular standard among men at this time, probably the result of careful care and hairspray, and his hair looked exceptionally neat. Because it is a middle parted head, the smooth forehead looks a little wide. Under the thin eyebrows, there are gold-framed round eyes, not very big eyes flashing with the aura of ordinary people, and the gestures are elegant and soft, Xie Shuyao has never seen such a character in his previous life and this life, and from a distance, this person looks particularly dazzling in the crowd. I just looked at the gramophone excitedly, and I didn't notice that there was such a handsome man in the crowd.

I saw him come forward, first flipped a switch near the black record, and then found a delicate wooden handle on the wooden base, and after shaking the handle a few times, he heard the squeaky sound of clockwork in the wooden box, and realized that this thing was a mechanical clockwork structure. Then I saw him flip the switch near the record again, and the record began to sing melodiously again. Only then did he say slowly: "This gramophone just ran out of strength to sing, just give it some strength." ”

At this time, Xie Shuyao looked at this extraordinary-looking person with some curiosity, and carefully looked at the unusual man in white robe in front of him, and at this moment, the man in white also looked at Xie Shuyao in surprise, the two looked at each other, the more Xie Shuyao looked at it, the more familiar he felt, as if he had seen him somewhere, but he couldn't remember it.

Seeing his daughter's confused expression, Xie Yingchang and his wife looked at each other and smiled.

"Shu Yao, haven't you always liked to read Xu Zhimo's poems?" The elegant father, dressed in a black robe, spoke.

Xie Shuyao didn't understand what his father meant, and said in his heart that his father brought him a gift back. Hearing his father's words, Xie Shuyao finally set his eyes on his father, and saw that his father was empty-handed and had no gifts for himself. Puzzled, he looked at his parents who were smiling at the side, hoping that they could say the answers they wanted. Seeing that they were just smiling and silent, he said a little unhappily, "Dad, what do you want to give me as a gift?" ”

Seeing her stupid daughter so confused, Mother Xie smiled slightly, stepped forward and grabbed her daughter's shoulder and whispered to the man in white: "Shima, this is my daughter Xie Shuyao, I usually like some new poems, especially your poems." ”

The name Shima - Xu Zhimo - appeared in Xie Shuyao's mind like a thunderbolt, seeing the man in white smiling slightly at him, Xie Shuyao felt as if he was in a dream, like Xu Zhimo's poems.

"Since you like it, I will give you my manuscript of my poems" The voice floated to Xie Shuyao's ears.

Somehow, I took over this small blue book that was not thick, with new poetry handouts written on it, and I didn't bring Xie Shuyao to thank you.

I heard the gentle voice again: "I also teach at Peking University, this is my handout, if you like, you can come to my class." ”

Xie Shuyao had heard from classmates that Xu Zhimo taught at Peking University, but he never had the opportunity to go, and he had another chance, but because Xu Zhimo had something to do, the class was canceled, so Xie Shuyao had never taken Xu Zhimo's class, and he hadn't even seen Xu Zhimo in person.

No wonder I had a familiar feeling when I saw Xu Zhimo before, I remember that I had seen a photo of Xu Zhimo in my previous life, and at that time I seemed to have searched on the Internet because of Xu Zhimo's romance, Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman, Lin Huiyin's various anecdotes.

Seeing Xu Zhimo's gentle and handsome appearance, I realized that Xu Zhimo did have the capital of romance. While admiring in Xie Shuyao's heart, she thought of her own situation. How nice it would be if I were still a man in this day and age. With his own family, he can also be romantic in this life, but now that he is a daughter, he laments his tragic fate when he thinks of this.

"Brother Xie, brother and sister-in-law, Shima still has something to do, so I'll leave first." Xu Zhimo nodded slightly at Xie Shuyao's parents and said. After finishing speaking, he glanced at Xie Shuyao.

Several other people in the courtyard also followed Xu Zhimo, and Father and Mother Xie exchanged pleasantries with him, sent them out of the door, and came back.

There were still a few good neighbors in the yard, and when they saw Xu Zhimo and them leaving, they all left.

After the crowd left, his father moved the gramophone to the living room, and took out some snacks in paper bags from his Damu box, saying that they were some snacks brought back from Tianjin, and a few finger-sized clay figures, but it made Xie Shuyao curious for a while.

At the dinner table, after Xie's father learned about his uncle's visit, he seemed to stay thoughtfully for a while, not knowing what he was thinking, Xie Shuyao ate his own food, thinking that his father was worrying about the work of the school!

Suddenly, I heard my father say, "Yaoyao, I have something to tell you." ”

"Say it," Xie Shuyao didn't raise his head, and continued to use chopsticks to pick up a few green vegetables and stuff them into his mouth, muttering.

Bang - The food on the table of the Eight Immortals was so frightened that she jumped up, Xie Shuyao saw her father's big hands slapping on the table fiercely, and secretly said how much it hurt! Tsk -

knew that his father was angry because he ignored him, and if his brother didn't understand the rules like this, I was afraid that my father would have already taught him a hard lesson. Xie Shuyao knew that his father never did anything to him, at most he scolded a few words and never did it. Only then did he swallow the food in his mouth into his stomach without hurrying, and licked his lips unwillingly with his little tongue, as if he still had a feeling of aftertaste. Then he put the dishes and chopsticks on the table, and looked at his father with an innocent look and blinked his eyes.

Later, he consciously added: "Okay, Dad, you can say it!" I listened. ”

"You didn't dare to hit you, that's why you didn't dare to hit you." Father Xie withdrew the big palm that slapped the table.

glanced at his father, who was angry, silently lowered his head, raised his eyelids, blinked his eyes, and whispered as if he was afraid: "Dad, my hand hurts!" ”

After hearing this, Father Xie twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "I know that you care about me, so it won't hurt if I hit you." ”

"Well, your heart will hurt even more." Xie Shuyao said casually.

"Okay, don't be poor. Do you know why I quarreled with your uncle at your grandfather's house that day? ”

"You didn't say, how would I know." After speaking, Xie Shuyao looked at his father and waited for his father's next words.

"Yes, you—why do you have to say it again?" Mother Xie walked in from outside the door with chopsticks and said with a slight frown.

When Xie Shuyao saw this, he naturally knew that there was something here, and it seemed to be related to him, his father glanced at his mother, then took a deep breath, frowned and said to his daughter with a solemn face: "Your uncle, I came here that day for your marriage." ”

"I know." Xie Shuyao immediately replied, and then looked at his parents' tightly knit brows, wondering if something was wrong, otherwise why would his parents be so difficult.

Father Xie raised the white porcelain wine glass and took a sip, the wine glass seemed to be very heavy, and it fell on the table with a heavy muffled sound, Xie Shuyao's eyes stared at the wine spilled in the wine glass, I don't know whether it was to smell the spicy smell of wine, or to be stimulated by this thick and tense atmosphere, and subconsciously raised two eyebrows.

After a pause, Father Xie continued to speak: "Your grandfather wants to marry you." ”

"Why do you want me to marry?" Slightly stunned, this is actually what the old man meant, I thought it was the uncle's meaning, that day my father was kicked out by my grandfather, I am afraid it was because of this incident, Xie Shuyao picked up the chopsticks and put a few shredded potatoes on the plate and put them in the bowl, and played with them repeatedly.

"That person is a senior official of the former Qing Dynasty, and he proposed to your grandfather for his grandson, and that person had the grace of knowing your grandfather back then." Father Xie and Pantuo debuted.

"Father, what do you think?" Xie Shuyao picked up the shredded potatoes in the bowl and ate them carefully.

Father Xie glanced at his mother's serious expression, flashed it, stopped looking, raised the small white porcelain wine glass and drank it all, and said with the smell of wine: "Your marriage is naturally up to you." ”

Xie Shuyao didn't expect his father to have this attitude, he thought that his father would persuade him to marry someone he didn't know, and he was also prepared that if his father forced him to marry, then he would pretend to be obedient and run away from home. But I didn't expect my father to be so open-minded.

Thinking that Xu Zhimo and his father actually know each other today, Xu Zhimo himself is divorced, and when he got together with Lu Xiaoman, who is also divorced, his father is naturally an enlightened person. Thinking about it, it makes sense. subconsciously followed his father's words and said: "Don't listen to that old immortal, I make my own decisions." ”

"Huh? What did you just say? Father Xie slapped the table fiercely and said angrily.

"Uh-didn't say anything, it must have hurt to slap the table so hard!" Lowering his head and pulling two mouthfuls of rice, Xie Shuyao pretended that nothing had happened.

Mother Xie held the rice bowl, quietly covered her mouth and smiled secretly.

Just as Xie Shuyao lowered his head and pulled the little rice left, Father Xie suddenly asked, "I heard your mother say that you have someone you like at school?" ”

Xie Shuyao didn't expect that what she said casually would be taken seriously by her mother, and she told her father, so she explained stubbornly: "Dad, I lied to my mother, don't take it seriously." ”

Father Xie nodded slightly, squinted his already small eyes, and looked at Mother Xie next to him playfully, as if to say, you are so easy to fall for your daughter, are you stupid!

"Dead girl, you lied to me." Xie Mu came back to her senses, slammed the bowl on the table angrily and said.

"Mom, I said it casually at the time, I didn't expect you to take it seriously, I explained it at the time, but you didn't listen." Xie Shuyao took a piece of meat and put it in her mother's bowl to please her mother.

flattered his mother, and then said: "Mom, I promise that I will find you a tall, handsome, dignified, and decent son-in-law in the future." Let you grow old and have a face. ”

Mother Xie knocked on Xie Shuyao's head with the other end of the chopsticks, and immediately instructed: "The key is that this person must be good to you, be knowledgeable, and at least let your life be no worse than now." ”

The mother glanced at her father, who was eating with his head bored, and then complained: "Don't learn from me, if you find a useless poor scholar like your father, your life is much worse than before." ”

Hearing this, Father Xie, who was eating, put down the dishes and chopsticks dissatisfied, and defended himself: "Why is it useless, my monthly salary is enough for you to spend." ”

"Then look at Xu Zhimo, give his wife Lu Xiaoman's pocket money every month, you ......"

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After a long time, Xie Shuyao hid in his room, and when he heard that the two of them were no longer arguing in the living room, he said in his heart that the two of them could quarrel over this trivial matter, and stood on the door with his back and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Knock knock - Xie Shuyao, who was leaning against the door, felt the crisp knock outside the door, and quickly turned around to open the door, and saw her mother holding her head high, she seemed to be in a good mood, and stood in front of the door with a little pride and looked at Xie Shuyao with a smile. Xie Shuyao knew at a glance that it was her mother who trained her father to be obedient, and her father never seemed to win in the quarrel with her mother.

"Mom, where's my dad?" Xie Shuyao asked quietly with her mouth half-covered.

"Oh, you ask your dad what he's doing, he! We're washing the dishes! Mother Xie deliberately raised her voice and shouted loudly, as if she was afraid that her father would not hear it.

Seeing his mother messing around like this, he felt that it was still not good, so he pulled his mother closer to the house. As soon as Mother Xie entered the house, she took Xie Shuyao's hand and whispered, "Yaoyao, when will you bring your one back to show your mother, and your mother will help you look at it." ”

Feeling her own mother, she still thought she was in love, but Xie Shuyao had no choice but to explain: "Mom, you just want your daughter to be abducted so much!" Besides, what's so good about getting married, how free and unrestrained you are by yourself. It's like you and your dad quarrel every day, how tiring! ”

Mother Xie stretched out her hand and grabbed Xie Shuyao's shoulder, sat on the bed and said softly, "Mom just wants to know if you are in love at school." Let's be honest. ”

"Mom, I really don't. I can swear to God. Xie Shuyao was forced to say helplessly.

Xie Shuyao suddenly changed the topic and said, "By the way, Mom, how did you and my dad get together back then?" ”

Mother Xie gently stroked Xie Shuyao's head, looked at the window, as if taking her thoughts to the past, and it took a while to come back to her senses, and said with a slight smile: "Your father and I studied philosophy at the University of Leipzig in Germany, and your mother was studying in Berlin when I went to your father's place with my classmates, you know that there were very few Chinese studying in Germany at that time, and when I saw your father at Leipzig University for the first time, he was dozing off on the bench." I thought your dad was Japanese, and there were a lot of Japanese people there at that time. When I saw his long braids behind the bench, the German classmate named Linna (ina) who was with me had never seen a man with such long ugly braids, I was angry with your father's ugly appearance at that time, and I thought that this was too embarrassing, so I touched a knife, and while he was sleeping on the bench, I hid behind him and quietly cut his braids. ”

"Dad still had braids back then? You cut your braids, what is the reaction of your father! Xie Shuyao's eyes widened and she asked curiously.

"Later! Maybe it hurt him! Before he could cut the braid, he woke up. Seeing that he was awake, I didn't have to worry about his feelings, and cut his braids at once. You don't know that your dad saw that his braids were gone, and he cried so badly! Speaking of this, Xie Mu couldn't help but giggle.

"After your father was tired of crying and reacted, he ran over to me and asked me, and when he learned that I was also Chinese, he scolded me. He used Beijing dialect, so I scolded him in Nanjing. In those days, I went to your dad to scold and fight, at that time I just thought that there was a person who could talk to you about Chinese was very boring, your dad hated me to death at that time, and treated me as an enemy all day long, holding that broken braid every day and crying and crying and saying sorry for the ancestors and ancestors, and I want to die or live. I snatched his broken braid and threw it away, saving me the trouble. ”

"Mom, how did your dad forgive you later?"

"I couldn't stand your dad like that at that time, so I brought a pair of scissors to your dad and cut my hair in front of him, as if I was giving it back to him. Your dad was scared stupid. Anyway, since then, your dad can be considered to have forgiven me! I stayed in Leipzig for a while, and then I gradually fell in love with your father, who soon graduated from university and was afraid to return to China because his braids were cut after graduation. After that, we traveled around Europe together, and then we fell in love and got married at the University of Leipzig. In Europe we played for several years, going to Italy, France, England and other countries. Later, I heard that the Qing government was overthrown, and Sun Yat-sen established the Republic of China, and then returned to Nanjing with your eldest brother. After that, I had your second brother in Nanjing, and you ......"

"Mom, no wonder Dad is like this now, it's all thanks to you!"

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The night gradually deepened, and the mother and daughter were looking for their own memories little by little in their memories. Father Xie outside the door, sat next to the door and lit a cigarette, leaning against the door and spitting out clouds of smoke, hearing the memories of the two women in the house, Father Xie slightly curled the corners of his mouth, as if his thoughts were like this slowly dissipating smoke cloud, looked at the stars in the sky, and said softly to himself in the face of the exquisite night sky: zukunft

After speaking, Father Xie got up and patted the dust on his body, got up and left, leaving the mother and daughter to confide in their memories......