A woman's sensitivity tells me that this Zheng You is secretly in love with me, which makes me very happy and happy.

I thought to myself, I should find such a man who abides by traditional morality and does his duty to rely on, such a responsible man is more trustworthy than those men who are flamboyant.

So, I stopped pretending to be strangers to him, and we started talking while he was on the bus with me.

Zheng You, 26 years old, graduated from the Municipal Normal School, has four years of working experience, he has a mother and a younger sister, his mother has been paralyzed in bed for many years, and his sister is still in a secondary school, stationed in the school, so his mother's daily care is on his shoulders alone.

Zheng You is influenced by the family, is a very traditional person, his father was the study of traditional culture during his lifetime, according to him, his father believes that culture is not only the destruction of the national order, but more importantly, the destruction of national culture, national beliefs, which makes people in the fierce wave of economic reform, easy to lose their way for a while, will lead to economic prosperity and moral decline, people will be distorted and subverted in material, rights, desires, emotions, life values, and then formalism, bureaucracy, Hedonism and extravagance.

I admired his talent and sense of national responsibility, and I became more and more fond of him. So, in order to lighten his burden, he no longer went home at noon every day after that, but went to his house in the opposite direction by car to help him take care of his mother.

His family lives in the family area allocated by the Petroleum Regulatory Bureau, which is a small three-room courtyard with a yard of more than 30 square meters, except for a small aisle with cement slabs more than one meter wide, and various vegetables and flowers are planted on both sides.

The east room of the house is his mother and sister's bedroom, the middle is the living room and kitchen, Zheng You lives in the west room, his room is very bookish, a bed, a desk, a bookcase, a pot of magnolia flowers on the desk near the window, next to the flower pot is an antique brush holder, on which a few brushes are hung unevenly, next to it is an inkstone with the fragrance of ink.

His mother was a very strong woman, although her lower limbs were paralyzed, but she was in a wheelchair and cleaned up the house very neatly. When she saw her son bring a beautiful girl home, she was so excited that she tried her best to show that she could take care of herself and cook without anyone else taking care of her.

I knew in my heart that the elderly were afraid of giving me the impression that I had a family burden.

The first time I came to the door, Zheng You's mother didn't let me do anything, took out a hundred-yuan bill from a close-fitting cloth bag, handed it to Zheng You, and said: "This girl is visiting our house for the first time, you must be treated well, you go and buy this good dish to entertain you." ”

I was embarrassed to say, "Auntie, you don't need to be so polite, I will often take care of you in the future, and I can help you do any work at home." ”

When the old man heard me say this, she couldn't close her mouth with joy, and from the look in her eyes, I could feel that it was full of happiness.

Taking advantage of Zheng You's efforts to go out, I took out the curtains, bed sheets, quilt covers, and clothes piled up in the corners of his mother's house and washed them, and when Zheng You came back from grocery shopping, Zheng You and I were in a room and outside, as if we were more skilled in the production team, I washed the clothes, and he also cooked the meal. Four dishes, one soup, very particular. At this time, I deeply realized that what I get after giving is the happiest, especially bringing happiness to others, and I have a sense of accomplishment in my heart - on my aunt's face and eyes, there is a happy smile.

After lunch, we returned to Zheng You's hut of only a dozen square meters, and I browsed his bookcase, most of which were books on traditional culture, and each book was carefully wrapped in brown paper.

I laughed at him for being an old antique, how can people still read this kind of book now, he was very serious: "These are all treasures, in the 10 years of cultural catastrophe, most of these books have been destroyed, these books are preserved by my father with his life, this is the wisdom and civilization accumulated by the Chinese nation for thousands of years, although in all dynasties and dynasties have their own ideas and thoughts, but they are all formulated for the needs of an era, the long-term development of a nation, inseparable from the influence of this traditional culture, The ideas of any era are temporary and superficial compared to them, so we must pass them on permanently, take their essence and remove their dross, so that they can better serve social progress, and should not be abandoned or forgotten, if that is the case, our nation will return to chaos and find no direction.

I admired his wonderful exposition of the five bodies, and then I teased him and said: "People say that you are a disciple of the rules, and the three-character scripture is like a stream, I have never seen it, can you demonstrate it to me?" ”

Zheng You smiled slightly and said, "Then I'll recite the three-character scripture for you!" Because you're new to it, it's hard for you to understand if you memorize it backwards, so I'll recite it to you normally! ”

After speaking, he solemnly tidied up his appearance, and then bowed three times to the bookcase very reverently, and finally turned to the window and recited aloud: "At the beginning of people, nature is good, sex is similar, Xi is far away, no teaching, sex is migration..."

On that day, I was very happy and happy with Zheng You and his mother, and after that, I liked his home, as if I had found my own happy home.

However, the news spread far and wide, and my colleagues persuaded me with pity: "Xiaozhi, you are so stupid, you are so young and beautiful, and you have such a good decent job, what kind of can't you find?" Those rich self-employed people can't find your conditions, what good are you with that nerd, you can earn so many two or three hundred yuan a month, and you can't catch up with what those self-employed people earn in a day! If you don't wait for a paralyzed old woman to enter the door, you will regret it in the future. ”

The mother, elder brothers and sisters at home also objected, saying: "Just by Xiaozhi's appearance and job, you have to find a civil servant with a future if you are not self-employed!" The teaching of women is okay, and what will happen to men when they are children's kings in the future! ”

But I still insist on my opinion, because I have seen those rich people, in the city, I have also seen those sanctimonious civil servants, I have no higher requirements, I only want to find a man who really cherishes me, loves me, and does not let me be hurt, as for the economic conditions of his family or his mother's paralysis, I don't feel any burden, I still feel like that - the happiness obtained by sincere efforts is permanent and practical.

One day, however, his sister came back from summer vacation, and she smashed my lowest needs and expectations to the ground.

That day, Zheng You told me that her sister had come back from summer vacation, and her mother asked him to prepare a sumptuous meal for me to come over for a reunion dinner.

I was very pleased to accept the invitation, and in order to make a good impression on my future sister-in-law, I also prepared a small gift for her.

When I came to their house, Zheng You had been staying outside the hospital for a long time, and I said apologetically: "When I came, I wanted to buy a gift for my little sister, but it was too late to pick and choose, I'm really sorry." ”

Zheng You said jokingly: "I started bribing my sister-in-law before I entered the door, you are really thoughtful." ”

I pretended to be angry and said, "Who said I was going to enter your house, I came to see my aunt and little sister." ”

Zheng You took the gift from my hand and said, "When my little sister heard that you were coming, she happily cooked a big table of meals for you, but it was sumptuous, come into the house!" My mom was in a hurry. ”

As soon as I followed Zheng You into the house, I heard a crisp voice: "Braised carp is coming." ”

As she spoke, a young girl came out of the kitchen, holding a plate of steaming braised carp in her hand, and when she saw me, she was stunned and shouted, "My brother's honorable girlfriend is actually you?" ”