Chapter 043: Linlin was proposed
There were many former neighbors who greeted them and asked them to go to the house for a glass of water.
Ren Linlin and her grandmother politely refused and went straight to the cemetery.
The old cemetery of Linjiashan Village is not far from Linjiashan Village, and it takes only a few minutes to walk up.
What catches your eye is a lush patch of cypress trees.
has been here for seven years in a row, and Ren Linlin will no longer cry and walk when she sees this cemetery as she did at the beginning. But the feeling of heaviness in my heart is still real.
Helping my grandmother go all the way up from the autumn idle field, passing through several cemeteries, it is a very wide tomb compared to other cemeteries.
Ren Linlin still couldn't help but reddened her eyes, this is her parents. He has been buried here since seven years ago.
Before helping her grandmother to the cemetery, Ren Linlin first moved a stone for her grandmother to sit down, took out water and drank some with her grandmother. Then take out the sickle in the basket and start cleaning up the surrounding weeds.
Every time she comes back from the holidays, Ren Linlin and her grandmother will come to see her parents, so compared to other cemeteries, there are not many weeds in her parents' cemetery. After a while, Ren Linlin cleaned it up.
Then there is the graveyard of the grandfather next to it.
Ren Linlin's grandfather died of liver cancer, and when her grandfather died, she didn't remember much. So in Ren Linlin's memory, the image of her grandfather is very vague.
She thought that her grandfather must be a very kind old man like her grandmother.
After cleaning everything up, Ren Linlin stretched her waist fiercely.
Grandma picked up the kettle and poured water for her to wash her hands. Then Ren Linlin knelt down, took out the cut paper and burned it.
My parents' graves were only made of stone, and there were no tombstones.
Because the family was poor at that time, my grandmother thought about her and said that she would not spend five or six thousand yuan more to erect a monument to her parents.
Grandma said: The monument is just a formality, and the most important thing is to keep people in mind. When she finishes reading later, she will build a monument for her parents.
Ren Linlin's hand caressed the cold stone wall.
Her mother Zhang Qiaohui is a well-known virtuous and beautiful person in the village, and her father Ren Qiang is a martial arts instructor, handsome and mighty.
How did such a good mom and dad get into a car accident? How can God bear it?
Ren Linlin couldn't control her tears, and the bean-sized tears dripped into the soil.
Grandma Ren looked at this granddaughter's appearance, and her heart twitched. Her girl, so good, so sensible, how can she be reluctant.
She is getting older day by day, her body is getting worse day by day, and lately, she has been feeling more and more powerless.
She is old, and she is not afraid of death. It's just that she doesn't have a home yet, and she hasn't been able to hand over her to someone who can be trusted.
Ren Linlin burned the paper and thought silently in her heart: Mom and Dad, you have a spirit in the sky, please bless your grandmother, bless her with good health, no illness and no disaster, and live a long life.
Burn the paper and incense for your parents and grandfather respectively. Ren Linlin and her grandmother were not in a hurry to go back.
The ancestors and grandchildren sat in front of the graves of their relatives like this, talking about some things that were not there, most of them were some trivial things that were once trivial.
Facing the two graves, as if the people in the graves could hear them, they talked like this. When you are hungry, eat some steamed buns that you bring with you until the afternoon.
When Ren Linlin and her grandmother returned home, it was almost dark.
As soon as she opened the door, Aunt Li came over with a porcelain basin: "Aunt Jiao, I know you must have gone to see her parents with Linlin today." I made some home-cooked food, you can eat whatever you want, so you don't have to make it again. ”
"Aunt Li, thank you, come in and sit down!" Ren Linlin's eyes were red, and she took the basin in Aunt Li's hand.
Aunt Li looked at Ren Linlin's appearance, and her heart hurt. What a distressing child!
"No, Linlin, my family Shipeng is back, you will come to the house tomorrow to play!"
"Jiao Shipeng is back? Okay, Aunt Li, then you go and get busy with you! ”
After Aunt Li left, Grandma Ren opened the basin on the small square table and saw that it was full of chicken and tofu soup.
Aunt Li usually takes care of Grandma Ren, and she also talked about the two children before Grandma Ren.
"Nannan, what do you think of Jiao Shipeng's child?"
In Grandma Ren's stunned state, Ren Linlin had already taken out a steamed bun and two pairs of chopsticks, and handed the chopsticks to her grandmother: "Jiao Shipeng? It's good, what is this for? ”
"Do you really feel good?"
Ren Linlin took a bite of the steamed bun and nodded: "Well, it's good."
She wondered why her grandmother suddenly asked like that. But Jiao Shipeng is really good. They went to a school in junior high school, and his academic performance was not very good, but he was very righteous and took good care of her.
Later, when they became neighbors, they found out that he was also very polite to the neighbors, and he was filial and sensible at home. Compared with many of his current classmates, Jiao Shipeng is indeed very good.
So at noon the next day, when Grandma Ren went out to lie down on the door, and in the evening, when Jiao Shipeng and Uncle Zhang, the village head, came to the door with gifts to say that they were proposing, Ren Linlin was stupid.
Ren Linlin, who has always been smart and clever, sat by the stove with Jiao Shipeng and Uncle Zhang's grandmother, and suddenly didn't know what to say.
The face was about to burn, Ren Linlin was too embarrassed.
She said that her grandmother asked her how Jiao Shipeng was yesterday!
God, how could she have thought that grandma meant this.
She's only nineteen! Is grandma afraid that she won't be able to get married? So anxious to find her in-laws?
Ren Linlin bit her lip, she really wanted to find a hole to get into.
Jiao Shipeng's skin is healthy wheat-colored, with a cut of his head, and he is nearly 180 tall. In the village of the Iron Buddha Temple, he is a very capable young man, and there are many girls who have a crush.
In the opinion of village chief Zhang Dahai, Jiao Shipeng and Ren Linlin are really a good match, and they are also very sure of success. Therefore, when the daughter-in-law of the Jiao family came to the door and said that he was kissing, he would agree.
Until now, looking at the appearance of the two children, he is still very sure.
Jiao Shipeng lowered his head and occasionally peeked at Ren Linlin.
The fire set off her face like a red glow. She bit her red lip at the moment, and her eyes were deep and bright.
The boy's heart was beating fast, like a wild horse on the looses in his chest.
He liked Ren Linlin when he was in junior high school, but he never dared to confess, and later his academic performance was too good and he couldn't go to the same high school. To his surprise, they became neighbors.
Since then, he has run to her house and told his mother that he likes her.
Everyone around him knew that he liked her, but he didn't tell her.
He was afraid that Ren Linlin would alienate him if she knew his thoughts.
Strange to say, he is usually quite confident, and there are many girls who chase him, but when he faces her, he is very nervous.
Today's mother told him, Linlin said that he was very good, he had a drama about this, and he was so excited! Until now, he felt like a dream.
"Why don't you speak? How about you say something! As time passed, Grandma Ren's heart began to drum.
Could it be that she understood the wrong meaning? But Nan Nan did say yesterday that the Jiao family kid was good, and she also confirmed it.
Zhang Dahai now has no bottom in his heart. At first, she thought that Ren Linlin was shy, but when he asked left and right and didn't speak, he felt that something was wrong.
"Linlin girl, you can say whatever you think about this family business, we are all waiting for you!" Zhang Dahai spoke.
Jiao Shipeng's eyes were nervous when he looked at her.
If in private, Ren Linlin is very easy to speak. It's just that now that the village chief Uncle Zhang is here, usually Jiao Shipeng and Aunt Li have always taken good care of her and her grandmother, and she doesn't want to lose face for him.
But Ren Linlin also knows that such a thing must definitely be made clear.
"Uncle Zhang, Jiao Shipeng is fine, but I have a boyfriend."
As soon as Ren Linlin's words came out, Jiao Shipeng's handsome face was like a frosted eggplant, Zhang Dahai was aware, and Grandma Ren was incredible.
"You're not kidding, why have you never told your grandmother, where is the boy from?"
"Milk, I haven't had time to talk to you yet! I was thinking of going back and looking for an opportunity to bring him to my house to meet you. Ren Linlin said. In fact, she didn't think that way in her heart at all.
She has always known that she and Liang Heqiong are people of two worlds, and she never wanted to have a future with him, and of course it was impossible to take him to see her grandmother.
But even if she decided to only talk to Liang Heqiong about a love in school, she never thought that she and Jiao Shipeng would have anything. So now I can only use Liang Heqiong as a shield.
Grandma Ren didn't care about anything else, and after repeatedly confirming with her granddaughter, she resolutely asked her granddaughter to call her family to check it.
Jiao Shipeng had mixed feelings in his heart. Loss, discomfort, and strong unwillingness.
Zhang Dahai spoke: "Linlin, don't be unhappy if Uncle Zhang says a few words." This talk object, get married and live, it's better to know the roots, in the big city, it's better to pay more attention, don't be deceived, after all, we ordinary people, there is no one to support us. ”
Ren Linlin knew that what Uncle Zhang said was the truth, and the current society attached great importance to the family.
"Uncle Zhang, thank you for telling me these heart-wrenching words, I know you are for my good, thank you very much." Ren Linlin paused slightly, and then looked at Jiao Shipeng: "Jiao Shipeng, I'm sorry, I hope you don't mind." ”
"Linlin, I wish you happiness. If he treats you badly, you must tell me. I can't be your boyfriend, I'll be your brother, anyway, I just want to be the person who can cover you. Jiao Shipeng pursed his lips, he believed that he still had a chance, because he didn't believe that anyone would be better than him.
Ren Linlin's heart is quite warm.
As Jiao Shipeng said, in her heart, she really treats him as a brother.
"Well, I'm so happy to have a brother like you." Ren Linlin showed the first heartfelt smile since they came.
Jiao Shipeng was almost stupid. I haven't seen her for half a year, and the better she looks. Originally, he thought that she was good enough before.
After Jiao Shipeng and Zhang Dahai left, Ren Linlin took out the mobile phone that had already vibrated in his pocket for an unknown number of times.
When I opened it, there was a lot of information lying on WeChat.
Lulu Yang Dan and Aini sent messages respectively, Liang Heqiong also sent them, and Yao Meina also sent them.