7. Engagement

The weather is getting colder and colder, and in the morning, Su Ran opened his sleepy eyes and said, It's so cold today, is it going to snow. Shao Yajun also sat up and said: It's so cold, maybe it will snow at night, the weather forecast says heavy snow, Su Ran said with a smile: The weather forecast is often inaccurate. After washing, the two had breakfast downstairs together, Su Ran rode Xiao Mulan to send Shao Yajun to the Cultural Palace, and when he was about to leave, Shao Yajun suddenly said: Su Ran, Chen Lang may come back tomorrow, come back and let the parents of both sides meet and say that they want to get engaged. Su Ran hid his loss, and still smiled and said, "That's good, but will it be a little hasty, do you want to know more." Shao Yajun continued: "He usually calls my parents often, and also allows her mother to talk to me, my mother has seen his photos, and my parents are quite satisfied with him." Su Ran paused and said, "Okay, I'm leaving." After she finished speaking, she rode and disappeared from Shao Yajun's sight.

After the company's affairs were busy, Song Hao was waiting for her downstairs, she went downstairs, Song Hao poked his head out of the car and said to her with a smile: Leader, enjoy your face, take you to eat hot pot, it's cold today, and your body is warm after eating. Su Ran smiled and said, "Just you are stinky and poor day by day, let's go, I will invite you today."

The two found a hot pot restaurant, full of guests and friends, and people in the room sat together, talking and laughing, pushing cups and changing lamps. The two of them picked a window seat and chatted while eating. Song Hao swallowed the food in his mouth and took a sip of tea. said to Su Ran: "Su Ran, it seems that the place where you live is going to be demolished, that building is too old, it should have been demolished a long time ago." When you move then, say in advance, I have a house there. Su Ran took a sip of tea and said, "Demolition, it won't be so fast, don't worry." Song Hao continued: "It's so cold, it's better for you to change jobs if you run around every day, why do you work so hard for a woman, you have to learn to enjoy life." Su Ran smiled: "I like my job, I've gotten used to running around every day in the past few years, and I don't feel hard, besides, all my hard work is rewarded, and it is linked to my income." Song Hao said: "Yes, yes, don't I feel sorry for you, a copper-skinned and iron-skinned woman, I have nothing to say if you enjoy it." Su Ran paid in advance, and Song Hao joked: "It is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation for men to pay for women, and you have deprived me of the right to be a gentleman"! Su Ran glanced at him and said, "You're poor, you!" Let's go, send me to Xiao Ji, I'll pack a lamb soup for Yajun and send it over. She loves to drink from his house. Song Hao smiled and said: "No problem, it really makes me jealous, envy others, if you want to be so good to me, think of me everywhere, I will have nothing to ask for in this life." Su Ran smiled.

Song Hao drove her away at the gate of the Cultural Palace, she walked into the compound, and Yajun greeted her with a smile. She said: "On such a cold day, you still bring food over, I can eat casually at the door." Su Ran said: I had dinner with Song Hao at noon, and after eating, I remember that you love to drink Xiao Ji's mutton soup, thinking that it is cold, you can drink some to go to the cold. Don't buy vegetables at night, don't cook, go to the old lady to eat noodles, last year it was there after eating noodles after the heavy snow, the car, the trees, the house is like a layer of frosting, so beautiful, so nostalgic. She thought to herself. Shao Yajun also responded with a light smile: I often think of the heavy snow that night, and that scene is still the best picture in my mind.

In the afternoon, Su Ran went to meet a few customers, also opened an order, and ran for a long time on a bicycle, her body felt frozen, she tied her down jacket and hat tightly, and drove to pick up Shao Yajun. She thought in her heart, she has been working for nearly three years and has gained a lot, and there are really not many girls who can stick to this work, she must be thick-skinned, or she is not afraid of refusal, and she must make cynicism commonplace. After a long time, she will not be invaded, she calculated, next year she can pay a down payment in the city for a suite, so that she can make her life more quality. She thought that she worked so hard, and in the future, she would have a big house facing the sun, and she could drink tea leisurely with Yajun and lie on the recliner and read a book, the sunshine was warm and intoxicating.

She finished her busy work and arrived at the gate of the Cultural Palace, and when the children finished one after another, Shao Yajun walked out of it, her hair was blown to her face by the wind, she reached out and stroked the hair at the corner of her lips, and she smiled at Su Ran. She raised her hand, threw her foot, looked back, and smiled. It's all natural beauty without any carving. Su Ran said: "Did you just wash your hair, and it's not too cold." Let's park the car in the Cultural Palace and walk to the old lady to eat noodles. Shao Yajun nodded with a smile and said, "I washed my hair and blew it half dry with a fan." If you don't ride, well, the weather forecast is snowy, or it won't be easy to ride on the road if it snows after dinner at night. ”

The two walked all the way to the old lady's noodle restaurant, the guests were satisfied, and the small room was full of people, and there were no seats. The old lady saw that it was them, smoked a cigarette, and said in a hoarse voice, "You wait a while, you will finish eating by the window, and you will sit there in a while." What to eat today, is it still the same as before? Su Ran looked at Shao Yajun, and she nodded. Su Ran said yes. The old lady typed out the receipt and handed it to them, and then she was expressionless and fiddled with the calculations. After waiting for about ten minutes, they sat down, and they ate very slowly, and sandwiched the food from their own bowls into each other's small bowls as before. Chat while eating. Su Ran opened his mouth and said: "Yajun, do you remember the days when the two of us cooked chicken rack hot pot together, there was no money at that time, and chicken rack was the cheapest." At that time, the winter was so cold, the house was like an ice cellar, there was no heating equipment, fortunately you lived with me, the two of us felt much warmer together, and I had a high fever, you sent medicine over, and forced me to drink a large pot of boiling water, and the number of times the toilet ran that night can not be counted. Shao Yajun's eyes were a little moist, and bit by bit came to his heart, and the frames were engraved in his mind, lingering, these past few years have been the best time for himself and Su Ran, together, close, snuggling, warm. It was she who was about to leave her little by little and pursue her own happiness, and she felt a little guilty about Su Ran in her heart. The two of them chatted, reminiscing, and they sat for a long, long time. After the people finished eating one after another, Shao Yajun said softly: Chen Lang just sent a message over, saying that he would come back with his parents at noon tomorrow, and the school was about to be closed. Su Ran's heart twitched, she looked out the window, it was really snowing, snowflakes were flying all over the sky, as big as the snow that year. She didn't expect that she would be leaving her life so soon, and she looked out the window at the falling snow. They put on their coats and walked out of the hotel. They walked forward hand in hand, and Su Ran put her hands on her face as usual and whispered, "Is it cool?" Shao Yajun also put his hands on her face. Also asked: Are my hands cold? The four looked at each other, and both of them had a hint of sadness. In the ice and snow, Shao Yajun held her hand tightly, and the two did not speak again. Walking very slowly, slowly, snowflakes falling on them, in their hair, time was frozen in this moment.

Chen Lang came back, and together with his parents, he rented a car, and when his parents saw Shao Yajun, they happily closed their mouths and asked for warmth, and they were very affectionate. Both parents met and were very satisfied. Chen Lang drove Shao Yajun downstairs to Su Ran, she came up alone to get things, Su Ran helped her sort out the things to be taken away, folded the clothes neatly, and said while tidying up: Yajun, I will put all the books you like in the box for you. Shao Yajun looked at the room where she had lived for two years, and everything was so familiar to her. Shao Yajun whispered: You take care of yourself in the future and pay attention to safety when riding. Song Hao is still very good.... After the two cleaned up, they sat side by side on the side of the bed, neither of them spoke, and after a long time, Shao Yajun said: I'm leaving, Chen Lang is waiting for me. When she left, she didn't dare to look at Su Ran, she didn't look back, and the door was closed. Su Ran didn't go downstairs, she just sat on the edge of the bed all the time, like a sculpture. This night, it was very difficult, she sat all night, obviously with the air conditioner on, but it was cold to the bone, and she felt herself shivering. There is no strength in the body. She felt that the night was long, and the air was cold, so she called the company leader and asked for a week's leave.

She stayed up all night until dawn, and her eyes hurt when she felt the light outside, so she found a stack of newspapers, and covered all the window panes with double-sided tape, and the room was pitch black. I closed the curtains again. She was in the dark, crying heartbreakingly, crying hoarsely. She suddenly felt so sleepy and tired. She lay on the bed, as if she was asleep, her dreams were full of Shao Yajun, she was holding the questionnaire, Yajun sat on a park bench and looked down at a book, her hair was blown up by the wind, and every movement was beautiful. The peach blossoms are so enchanting. Her face was so rosy and her smile was so sweet.

The sound of a knock on the door woke her up, and the windows were all covered with newspapers, and she didn't know if it was day or night. She turned on the light, and I don't know what time it was, she put on her slippers and went to open the door. When I opened the door, the sunlight outside shone in, and my stinging eyes hurt. Song Hao walked in from outside and said to her anxiously: "What do you want, you can't answer the phone, how can you make yourself look like this." She said softly, "Yajun is gone." Song Hao said: "You're not alive when she's gone?" The days don't have to go by as usual, but the sun still rises. Why are you torturing yourself, blaming yourself while feeling distressed. As he spoke, he dragged her to the mirror and said, "Look at you, you look like a ghost." I was about to burst the phone and you didn't answer, today I went to your company and your colleague said that you took a week off, I was in a hurry, and I drove to your downstairs to call you and you didn't answer, so I almost kicked the door. Su Ran looked at himself in the mirror, his eyes were puffy, and his hair was messy like a grass nest, like a withered artemisia. She sat on the bed with blank eyes, Song Hao opened the curtains, and the newspaper in the room was torn off three times and two times. After tearing it up, he said: "Look at you in this house, vampires are afraid of the sun, it's one o'clock in the afternoon, you hurry up and wash your face, go to eat when you're done, you haven't eaten since she left." The body is important, let your mother know that you can't feel distressed to death, or if you don't listen to me, I'll tell your mother to go." Su Ran glanced at him weakly and said: You are not annoyed, don't tell my mother. So she went to wash her face and comb her hair, and her hair was twisted together with tears and snot, and she couldn't comb it even harder. I went to the bathroom and closed the door and took a hot shower. After washing, it looks much better. She changed into her clothes. Song Hao said: You wear more, it's cold outside. Su Ran put on a thick down jacket. Go downstairs with Song Hao.

When he arrived at the restaurant, Song Hao ordered stewed fish soup, pork rib soup, and fried food that Su Ran usually loves. Su Ran looked at him and said: People in confinement drink so much soup. Song Hao said while putting it in her bowl: You don't understand, you are no different from a serious illness, it is best for you to drink some broth now, and it is best to eat a small bowl of soft noodles. Don't go back alone, you go back again to touch the scene, it's easy to be stunned, you move to live with me, there is a vacant room, I'll go back to clean up for you in a while, you move over, I promise, I will never disturb you, just like you live in the same place. Su Ran said gloomily: I thought it would be a long time before I moved, and I don't want to go back now. Everything is the landlord's, I bought an air conditioner, a freezer, and everything else is my own clothes and daily necessities. Song Hao said: "I have household appliances at home, just sell the freezer and air conditioner to the second-hand household appliances, and I'll help you clean it up after eating." Su Ran nodded.

Shao Yajun and Chen Lang lived together after getting engaged, they were originally rushing to get married, and the family didn't say anything, and when Chen Lang was going back to Qinghai after the New Year, Shao Yajun found out that she was pregnant. Chen Lang was so happy that he struck while the iron was hot and held a wedding in the city, Shao Yajun made a phone call afterwards to tell Su Ran that he was pregnant and that the marriage had been completed. As for the reason why she didn't invite Su Ran to the wedding, she didn't say it, when she and Chen Lang were lying on the same bed for the first time, she told her and Su Ran all the bits and pieces in the past few years, as well as Su Ran's kindness and affection for her. Chen Lang later objected to her contacting Su Ran again. He hugged her waist, tied her hair and said: No matter what, it's over, such a relationship is unhealthy, especially Su Ran, she needs to see a psychiatrist very much. Shao Yajun said: She is very good, you are not allowed to talk about her like that. When Chen Lang's lips pressed against hers, she couldn't hear her own voice anymore. After getting married, Chen Lang was afraid that she would have altitude sickness when she was pregnant and went to Qinghai, so she asked her mother to take care of her at home, wanting to take her to Qinghai after she gave birth. Those days were difficult for Shao Yajun, alone, facing her mother-in-law. She is not good at communicating, and she does not get along with her elders, but she feels lonely. Her mother-in-law took care of her in every way because she was pregnant, and she sometimes wondered if she was only twenty-three years old, married, had children, gave up her job, and was out of touch with society, was this the life she was pursuing? She often thinks of the time she spent with Su Ran, she feels very happy, but at this moment, she feels extremely lonely. Chen Lang called back every day to ask for warmth, worrying about everything, and a little relieved. When she saw Su Ran's phone, she wanted to dial it, but she thought about it or just gave up.

Song Hao cleaned up the house in an orderly manner, he had never taken his own room so seriously, and he was full of joy when he thought that Su Ran was going to move over.