Chapter 4 The biggest difficulty of the New Year Is it the greeting of the three aunts and six mothers-in-law?
"Well, it's 10,000 a month after it's over." Luke withdrew his hand and laughed out a neat row of teeth.
Jiang Yuan frowned suspiciously, "However, you are smart and educated......"
"Everyone thinks so, I can be admitted to such a good university, and I should have been very successful after completing my master's degree, you see a lot of industry elites, but you can't see the mountains of corpses under the feet of those elites. Although I am a friend of Eligo, my family is not rich, foreign countries are not as open as you think, and class discrimination exists everywhere. β
Jiang Yuan listened carefully, "You said, you think this country is more inclusive. β
"Well, because the land is so large and there are many people, there are more possibilities." Luke nodded, "But there are also many pitfalls. He sighed lightly, "When I was in college, my papers and research were taken by a guy named Mark Williams, and I was in the audience when he gave his acceptance speech. β
"Why?" Jiang Yuan frowned, "He stole your things, why didn't you sue him?" β
Luke raised an eyebrow, "The reason is complicated, to put it simply, if I don't give it to him, I can't graduate." He folded his arms and leaned back, frowning and smiling self-deprecatingly, "So, I'm not as good as you seem." β
Hearing this, Jiang Yuan sighed, "I...... I haven't experienced it, but as you can imagine, just thinking about it makes me feel sad......"
"So, there are so many sad things, everyone has them." Luke redivided the pots of meat, "This pot of diamond ink is worth a smile for you." β
Jiang Yuan shook his head in surprise, "This can't be accepted!" So expensive and so hard to buy. She waved her hand desperately, "It's worth half a garden for me." β
"I don't ask you to give it back to me, our family tradition is that if a girl cries, she will compensate her tears." Luke stood up and lifted two bags of meat, "Let's go, I'll send it back to you." β
Jiang Yuan took a deep breath, and the two walked out of the store, the sky that was still gloomy just now had cleared, and the puddle in front of him reflected the sunlight behind the dark clouds.
Looking at Luke's back, Jiang Yuan smiled slightly, "Thank you......"
On the subway on the way back, Jiang Yuan received a call from her mother, which was still a clichΓ©, and she hung up after a few words.
Then he let out a heavy sigh and looked out the window at the scenery in deep thought.
Suddenly, a headphone plugged in, and light music pulsed in my ears, "How did you think about the previous suggestion?" Luke asked softly.
"I, I really want to go, but ......" Jiang Yuan said and sighed, the content of this call is exactly what she is most afraid of facing every year, that is, her hometown has prepared a blind date.
I don't know if these blind dates are mass-produced or suddenly popped up from a different dimension, but in a small county town, there are actually seven or eight marriageable young men every year, which is different every year.
The subway stopped station by station, and there was an endless stream of people coming and going, Jiang Yuan looked at himself in the glass, and suddenly felt a trance, "Luke, are your parents urging you to get married?" β
"Don't rush." Luke replied simply.
"Do you have to get married to be happy?" Jiang Yuan was a little distracted.
"Marriage is only one of the paths to happiness, not everything." Luke glanced at Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan also glanced sideways at Luke, "What else?" β
"All love, yes." Luke smiled, the light in his eyes shining brightly.
When he got home, Luke put a pot of meaty pots on the balcony shelf.
The red sun in the west gradually set, sprinkling a piece of warmth, "You don't need to bask in the sun." He said as he picked up a small basin and placed it on the shelf below, "It's time to water." Then he took the kettle again.
The expert was present, if he intervened, it would be redundant, Jiang Yuan squatted next to him and watched for a while, then turned around and went back to the kitchen on a whim.
An apple, a slice of lemon, a few kumquats, a packet of green tea, and a few rock sugars, all cut up, wring them all up, add 1,000 ml of water, and slowly boil.
After the apple tea was boiled, Jiang Yuan tasted it, the slight sourness of the non-astringent mouth was accompanied by the sweetness of the not greasy, with the bursts of fragrance of the tea leaves, which slowly spread out in his mouth, which was very suitable for the sunshine this afternoon.
She poured two glasses and took them to the balcony, which was a place for her to be in a daze, and there were two wooden stools she had picked up in the thrift market, one high and one low, one for her to lie on the balcony and bask in the sun, and one for her to pour out meat.
Now Luke is sitting on a small stool, and she is quietly drinking tea and basking in the sun next to her.
As soon as he touched the flesh, Luke began to get carried away, and when everything was taken care of, he curiously broke a pot of raw stone flowers and carefully broke them, "Wow! Jiang Yuan! You see! Gave birth to twins! He happily held the flower pot in front of Jiang Yuan.
In the pink raw stone flowers, there are small two petals of pink, which are very cute.
"Good luck!" Jiang Yuan picked up his mobile phone and prepared to take pictures.
Suddenly, the mobile phone rang, it was a video call from his mother, "I, me, I ......" After panicking, Jiang Yuan pressed the answer button and pointed the camera at himself.
The video pops up, and the camera shows Luke's side face.
"Huh?!" Startled, he quickly flipped the camera, "What's the matter, Mom?" β
"Who! This is?! Wang Xiufen's voice was noticeably several octaves higher than usual.
Jiang Yuan coughed twice, "My colleague, what's the matter?" β
"Colleague?!" Wang Xiufen muttered in her heart, and her intuition told her that it was impossible! The last time I went to my daughter's house, I was kind enough to help clean up, so I picked up these basins and put them aside, just wiped the shelves, but I didn't expect that as soon as she came back, it was a reproach!
What does this person have to do with her, and can move her treasures so easily?
Luke's big black and white eyes looked at him, making Jiang Yuan blush a little, and he quietly pointed at himself.
Jiang Yuan nodded and smiled embarrassedly, "What's the matter, Mom?" β
Wang Xiufen thought about it, this is the first time that Jiang Yuan's family has appeared of the opposite sex, on the weekend, in the afternoon, how to think wrong, "If a colleague comes, treat it well!" Colleagues! This colleague! She simply shouted.
Jiang Yuan and Luke froze in place at a loss.
"Hello! Aunt! But Luke finally chose to compromise, took Jiang Yuan's mobile phone and smiled and waved at the camera.
"Oh, this colleague! You don't know, Jiang Yuan is alone in the city, the girls are in the family, the aunt is really worried, although there are friends, but they are all of the same sex, it is best to have a male colleague like you, and you will not be targeted by the bad guys outside in the future. Wang Xiufen said and said, and she was about to cry again.
"Mom, I, I know." Hearing that Wang Xiufen started acting again, Jiang Yuan interrupted her irritably.
Luke glanced at Jiang Yuan and said in a brisk tone, "No problem, Auntie!" We lived close enough and had everything taken care of. β
"Okay, okay, what's the name of your colleague?" Wang Xiufen began to take advantage of the victory to pursue.
"My name is Luke, I ......" Luke scratched his head embarrassedly.
After listening to this, Wang Xiufen suddenly approached the camera, and then sighed with an exaggerated expression, "Oh! My colleague is a foreigner! β