The meal lasted until half past nine. For those who don't drink, it's late. But fortunately, there are many matters about engagement and marriage, and the two families have basically finalized it, and they are engaged on National Day, and the marriage is chosen on New Year's Day three months later!

Walking out of the hotel, Shao Tong took a taxi for Ali and her future parents-in-law, and her aunt and uncle grabbed the hands of their in-laws and were reluctant to part for a long time. It's like a friend I haven't seen in years!

Watching them walk away, my aunt patted her chest and said with palpitations: "It's finally over." ”

Zhilan smiled lightly on the side, maybe for my aunt, the meeting of her in-laws is a once-in-a-thousand state of mind, but she will have that kind of demeanor, it must be her love for Shao Tong.

"Alright, let's go home too!" Zhilan said, and reached out to stop the car.

Shao Tong's voice sounded in his ears: "I'll go back to the company dormitory, you can take the two elders back." ”

Zhilan thought that Shao Tong was worried that the room at home was not enough to live in, so she had to rush back to the dormitory so late, and then looked at her aunt and uncle's reluctance, and naturally knew that they wanted to talk more with their son.

"It's so late, it's the same distance for you to go back to the company as you go to me!" Zhilan stepped forward and grabbed her aunt's arm, and said in a serious voice: "Aunt and uncle finally came back, you don't have a home to come back, is it really good?" I share a room with my aunt, you and my uncle share a room, and you don't have to sleep on the sofa, what are you worried about! ”

Shao Tong couldn't laugh or cry, his cousin was really imaginative.

"Actually, I still have some work on hand, and I have to go back to work overtime!" Shao Tong shrugged and said helplessly.

Zhilan was a little confused: "It's so late, and you have to go back to work overtime?" Didn't Gao Minlang know that you had something to do tonight? ”

"No, no, no..."Shao Tong hurriedly explained to Gao Minlang: "It's not the task given to me by my brother-in-law, besides, it's my own job, and the report that will be used tomorrow morning, I have to go back and prepare!" ”

That being the case, Zhilan stopped insisting, took a taxi, and went home with her aunt and uncle! About half an hour's drive, Zhilan didn't say a word during the period, and the aunt and uncle were talking about how it was to meet their in-laws tonight.

My aunt said, "Ali is very good, her parents are also good, she is not the kind of person who likes to work, she is a good person!" ”

"yes!" My uncle nodded approvingly, and at the end, I couldn't help but sigh: "Hey, it's really fast, in a blink of an eye, my son is about to get married, I think about it for more than 20 years, I haven't chatted with him well, and I guess there won't be many opportunities in the future." ”

"What nonsense are you talking about, you bad old man? Why is there not much time, hurry up and slap it..."My aunt slapped my uncle on the thigh, and her strong attitude made my uncle have to snort a few times.

The uncle explained: "I mean, he got married, he has his own home, after a year and a half, he has a child, he is also a father, how can he have so much time and energy to focus on us two old guys." It is estimated that it is already a great blessing for us to come back for the New Year's holidays. ”

Zhilan really can't listen to these words, the instinct of being a parent may be to hope that their children can be happy and safe, but as a child, she can't repay it with the same instinct. The faces of the deceased parents gradually became clear in their minds, and their eyes were a little moist.

"Mom and Dad, how can you bear to leave me alone in this chaotic world, and now, when I encounter troubles, I don't even have a person to talk to!"

Zhilan thought so and couldn't help choking. Only then did my aunt realize that Zhilan on the side was crying.

"Lan Lan..."My aunt rarely calls her like this, once she does, she must be cautious, she must know what she is thinking at the moment, she has just talked to the old man unscrupulously about the topic of parents, this child has always been thoughtful, and in a few months she has suffered the catastrophe of the death of both parents, how can she not be sad?

In the final analysis, she is still incompetent as an aunt, and she doesn't take her niece's affairs to heart at all, she just told her that she can't be recognized by Gao Minlang's father, and she is a little helpless and sad between words, and she just comes up with ideas randomly, hey, it really shouldn't be.

"Auntie, I'm fine!" It has been more than ten minutes since the taxi turned into the Qilin home, Zhilan sniffed, took out a banknote from her pocket, and after telling the master about her hard work, she said that she didn't need to look for it. Only then did he pull his aunt and uncle upstairs.

She walked at the back, this building already had a thought, the voice-activated light in the corridor had been broken for a long time, and she didn't care about whimpering, but when she collected the property fee, she was bitter. The flashlight of Zhilan's mobile phone shone on the position of my aunt and uncle, so as not to be dark in front of me, and I stepped on the air, which is unimaginable for the elderly!

He took out the key and opened the door. As soon as the three of them walked into the room, Zhilan's phone rang. It's so late, Zhilan doesn't need to look at it to know whose phone it is! But there was a little awkward just now, and Zhilan didn't want to take it.

My aunt watched for a long time, and guessed what was going on, watching Zhilan go into the kitchen to pour water for her, she didn't refuse, knowing that the water cup in Zhilan's hand had just been placed in front of them, she spoke: "Let's go answer the phone first, don't be busy!" In case something important is missed, it's not good! ”

The aunt spoke very softly, as if she knew that she was troubled again, and deliberately spoke softly.

Zhilan shook her head, as if comforting her aunt, as if she was really angry with someone: "What can there be, the parents are short, don't pick up!" With that, he turned around and went into the kitchen, not knowing what he was doing.

The uncle felt that something was wrong, so he quietly approached the old woman, stared at the location of the kitchen, and asked as if he was a thief, "What's wrong with this child?" ”

The aunt sighed and replied, "This child is pitiful." ”

Uncle and Zhilan are not particularly close, firstly, they do not meet often, secondly, Zhilan was not good at words before, even if they met, they maintained the only politeness between relatives, in the final analysis, as an uncle, he is a foreign surname! So he sighed for a while, and then said no more.

Zhilan returned to the living room again, holding a fruit bowl in her hand, it turned out that she was cleaning fruits, dragon fruit, bayberry, cherries, etc., a large plate full of them, put them on the coffee table, and said softly: "Aunt and uncle, eat some fruit!" ”

"Okay, thank you!" It was my uncle who spoke.

Zhilan smiled: "Why are you so polite!" She looked around and continued: "In the past, when my father was there, this home still had a temperature, but now it's just me, and I come back to live occasionally, in fact, it's not that I don't want to come back, I don't want to remember the last days of my father's life, sometimes, I have to think about it, I will hate myself." ”

Aunt's hand is on Zhilan's hand, she hasn't gone to school, graduated from junior high school, and she is not good at comforting people, but the person in front of her is her own niece, and the father she keeps shouting in her mouth is the brother of her own compatriot, seeing that she is uncomfortable, she will naturally not feel good as an aunt.

"Lan Lan, don't take those suggestions from your aunt just now, don't take it to heart, the old woman's ideas in the countryside are not worthy of admiration!" My aunt said, raising her eyes and looking at Zhilan: "If you really feel tired, just rest!" Whether it's work or relationships, as long as we're unhappy, there's no need to stick to it. No matter what Gao Minlang's father means, as long as you decide, your aunt will support you and always stand by your side. No matter how rich he is, can he still be unreasonable? ”

It's rare for my aunt to analyze one thing so rationally, and she has more words, Zhilan listened to it in her ears and was very moved.

The aunt continued: "However, my aunt must also tell the truth, and she must not wronged herself in anything. You can't just because you love him, you can accept it, and ask for perfection, aunt put this on hold today, Gao Minlang can stand by your side, inside and out, if he has a trace of hesitation, half a point of hesitation, you must turn around and leave without thinking, you don't have no home, aunt here will always be your home, don't worry about having nowhere to go, don't worry about being wronged and have nowhere to tell, no matter whether you look back or not, your aunt will always be behind you. Whoever bullies you can't do it, you just don't have your parents, but your mother's family still has it. ”

The tears in the corners of Zhilan's eyes slipped down instantly, and her aunt used a pair of rough hands to help her try the tears. Maybe my uncle also heard some things at this time, so he asked my aunt, "What?" Is Zhilan and Min Lang's relationship not going well? ”

My aunt said sharply with a gentleness completely different from when she spoke to Zhilan just now: "It's his father, who ran out and obstructed it." ”

I don't know if her anger is aimed at the uncle in front of her, or Gao Minlang's father. However, it seems that the suspicion against the latter is more serious.

My uncle frowned, and didn't speak for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking. After a long time, he said: "Since ancient times, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been difficult to handle, and women to women, so they can still go out open-mindedly!" But the daughter-in-law and father-in-law, it's hard to say. Generally speaking, the father-in-law does not participate in such disputes, and once he does, it must not be easier to deal with than to deal with the mother-in-law. ”

The aunt immediately glared at him: "Which pot is not opened, which pot is mentioned." What can I do if it's hard to deal with? He can still eat our Zhilan. I think he can't see his son happy, so why can't he get over what happened ten years ago? If it weren't for what happened ten years ago, would we still be with his son? We have long graduated from a prestigious university, and now we are in the world's top 500, and we can still look at his son, joke! ”

I don't know how long the topic of aunt and uncle continued, Zhilan just sat on the side and didn't say a word, during which the phone rang more than once, and Zhilan didn't answer. When the wall clock on the wall showed eleven o'clock, my aunt and aunt yawned a few times in succession, got up and prepared to go back to their room to sleep.

Zhilan was stunned on the sofa for a while, and then got up and took out her phone in the bag on the cabinet in the entrance. When I opened it, there were more than a dozen missed calls, and there were dozens of messages in WeChat, all of which were from Gao Minlang.