Chapter 4: I'm getting married, too
"No... It's nothing. Yuan Chengle's hand stopped in mid-air, did not fall, he actually felt that he was a little embarrassed to run away at the moment, he wanted to find something to start with, "How are you doing lately?" ”
"Well, that's good." Standing in front of Yuan Chengle, Fang Mumu could feel that his breathing was becoming shorter little by little, if he continued to stand like this, he would definitely make a fool of himself, she smiled and took a few steps back, then turned around and walked directly towards the edge of the cliff, standing there looking at the clay pot village under Lizhi Mountain, and took a deep breath, "Brother, it should have been good recently, right?" ”
"It's not too bad." Yuan Chengle's face passed by loneliness, but it was fleeting. He lifted his feet and walked towards Fang Mumu's side, this time he chose to stand beside Fang Mumu as before, following her gaze, and looking at the clay pot village at the foot of the mountain with her, "Actually, I have a lot to say to you." ”
"Brother, say whatever you want, Mu Mu is listening." A faint smile appeared on the corner of Fang Mumu's mouth, and she told herself that since it was the final farewell ceremony, she must face it gracefully, even if she had lived for so many years, she had never learned what elegance was.
"The outside world is wonderful, but it's also lonely." Yuan Chengle's thoughts drifted away with his memory.
"It's hard to be alone." Fang Mumu imagined that Yuan Chengle had been away alone for ten years, perhaps it was precisely because of this that he wanted to find someone around him to share, but he had no way to be by his side.
"If you have faith in your heart, you don't feel hard." Yuan Chengle raised his gaze to look into the distance, as if the loneliness he had just said was also thrown away.
"It's always good to have faith," Fang Mumu didn't want to delve into what Yuan Chengle's belief was, the only thing she could tell herself was that her brother's belief was not yours.
"Hmm." Yuan Chengle had a trace of loss in his heart, he buried the thread, he only needed Fang Mumu to ask "What is my brother's belief", and he would say the words he had prepared. However, Fang Mumu didn't ask.
Yuan Chengle began to think about whether he had behaved wrong from going up the mountain to the present, and after thinking about it, he realized that ten years was enough time to change a person, especially after experiencing Fang Mumu, she became no longer active, and she should talk to everything, seemingly not to make each other embarrassed, but in fact, it had already made the situation embarrassing.
Yuan Chengle decided not to follow the step-by-step guidance, and went straight to the point, he turned around and looked at Fang Mumu who was still looking at the foot of the mountain, "Mumu, in fact, I came back this time to get married..."
"That's good." Fang Mumu didn't wait for Yuan Chengle to finish speaking, she interrupted him, she didn't have to listen to it, she herself could imagine that the person who was worthy of marrying Yuan Chengle would never be herself, but a figure like the woman she saw yesterday.
"I..." Yuan Chengle didn't know why Fang Mumu interrupted him, he wanted to continue.
"Brother~" Fang Mumu turned around with a smile, facing Yuan Chengle, she raised her head and looked at Yuan Chengle's appearance carefully, she wanted to remember the person in front of her who had accompanied her for fifteen years and made her wait for ten years, "I'm getting married too." ”
"How... How can it be? Yuan Chengle muttered with a shocked face, obviously his mother said that she had refused to marry all these years, he thought she was waiting for him, how could she suddenly say that she wanted to marry? His mother didn't tell him about it.
"Brother, thank you for finally coming back, if it's okay, I'll go back." Fang Mumu always smiled, even after her words fell, she didn't stop for a moment to turn around, she didn't show a little sadness.
Yuan Chengle watched Fang Mumu leave his sight blankly, leaving freely like a woman who had seen through the red dust. By the time he reacted to chase, Fang Mumu had already disappeared.
Fang Mumu almost used to run, only in this way could she get rid of the bunch of words she wanted to say in her stomach from her mind, she thought that she would catch up with Yuan Chengle well, from midday to dusk, and finally draw an end to their friendship that was like love in joy. However, the reality is that I want to be a cold-faced gentleman. Or maybe it was really time that lengthened the distance between her and Yuan Chengle, making the two of them not talk for more than half a sentence.
When Fang Mumu ran down the mountain, she was already sweating profusely, and then she found that her legs and feet were weak, she ran quickly to the root of the wall, holding on to the wall, barely supporting herself, so as not to let herself fall directly on the street.
It was just after noon, and the sky was already tired of twilight. Fang Mumu's tears fell one after another with her rapid gasping breath, and she seemed to hear someone calling her in her sadness.
"Mumu! Mumu! Mumu! ...”
Fang Mumu wiped away his tears with his sleeve and tried to straighten up, wanting to see who was calling himself at this time, and why his voice was getting clearer and clearer.
Yu Cai ran from a distance, her face was pale, and her hair was messy because of running, the moment she saw Fang Mumu stand up, she hugged Fang Mumu and cried, "Mumu! Where did you go?! ”
"Mom~" Mother let the sadness in Fang Mumu's heart flood again, but she didn't indulge her tears anymore, but smiled, "I just feel a little stuffy, so I came out and walked around." ”
"Then you have to wake me up and tell me!" Yu Cai held Fang Mumu's face with both hands, "Why are your eyes red?" Who bullied you? ”
"No, it's the wind." The autumn wind suddenly gave birth to spirituality, and as soon as Fang Mumu's voice fell, it blew up at the right time, "Mom, look." ”
"It's okay." After Yu Cai checked that Fang Mumu was okay up and down, left and right, he took Fang Mumu's hand, "Let's go, let's go home." ”
"Okay." Fang Mumu also held his mother's hand, it turned out that he was not alone at this time, and his mother was by his side. The piece in her heart that was hollowed out by the news of Yuan Chengle's marriage was filled by her mother.
Yu Cai took Fang Mumu from the foot of Lizhi Mountain to his home, and met many people who greeted their mother and daughter along the way, and those people were all smiling, for Fang Mumu, this was the biggest change in ten years, she and her mother were slowly accepted by the people in the village, whether or not the smile was really accepted. She thought that she should also try to accept that the other half of her life was not Yuan Chengle.
"Mom, I want to get married." Fang Mumu stood at the door of his house and grabbed his mother.
"Huh?" Yu Cai turned around and looked at Fang Mumu with some surprise, "Didn't you say..."
"Mom~" Fang Mumu spoke before his mother could say what she wanted to say, "It's over, I want to get married, no matter who it is, the sooner the better." ”
"How can you be so childish when you get married?" Yu Cai looked at Fang Mumu dissatisfied, "Even if you want to marry, then you have to look for someone slowly and marry well." ”
"Mom, I'm twenty-eight years old, so I don't have to look for it slowly." Fang Mumu took a small step forward to Yu Cai, and looked at his mother in front of him carefully, after so many years, it was the woman in front of him who held up a piece of the sky for herself, and she should ask her not to be talked about again because she was old and unmarried, "Anyway, the days are two people living together, looking for and looking for, and in the end, I still can't escape the usual firewood, rice, oil and salt, so as long as someone is willing to marry, I am willing to marry." ”
"You kid!" Yu Cai was dissatisfied and wanted to say something more, but finally stopped, "Let's talk about this matter, even if you are willing to marry, I still have a willingness to let people marry you." With that, she let go of Fang Mumu's hand and took the lead into the courtyard.
"Mom, I'm sorry." Fang Mumu whispered to Yu Cai's back that she had decided to marry quickly, not because she was angry, but because she didn't want to see Yuan Chengle marry someone else, so that the rumors could be stopped, and her discomfort could be redeemed.
After dusk, when Fang Mumu and Yu Cai were eating, they always listened absentmindedly to the movements in the courtyard.
"What's wrong, Mumu?" Yu Cai put down the dishes and chopsticks, "Did you encounter something?" From the moment I found you in the afternoon, I realized that something was wrong with you. ”
Fang Mumu was first taken aback by his mother's sudden question, and then replied with a smile, "I'm fine." ”
"Don't coax Mom, Mom can see it." Yu Cai kept a straight face, looking like he didn't want to fool me around.
The gate in the courtyard was knocked at this time, Fang Mumu was overjoyed, but he didn't get up, but watched his mother get up quickly, walked quickly to the courtyard and asked who it was, and then opened the door. She listened to the sound in the courtyard when her father returned, and the wishful thinking in her heart began to ring.
Fang Mumu moved the chopsticks to quickly finish the rice in the bowl, and when her mother entered the kitchen, she finally used the chopsticks to pluck the bowl, indicating that she had just finished eating. She stood up and smiled and said to her mother, "Mom, I'm done eating." ”
Yu Cai wanted to say something, but in the end it was all disrupted because Fang Jian came back, "Then you go and rest, mother will finish eating, and go back to the house after cleaning up." ”
"Okay." Fang Mumu didn't pretend anymore and walked out of the kitchen directly.
Fang Mumu didn't go back to the side house, nor did she walk around the yard, but walked to the door of the main house and stopped, after taking a deep breath, she pushed open the door of the main house and walked in, "Dad~"
Fang Jian, who had just fallen down on the kang, was so frightened by Fang Mumu's sudden appearance that he sat up directly from the kang, he frowned slightly, looked at Fang Mumu standing at the door, and looked displeased, "What's wrong?" ”
"I want to get married, the sooner the better." Fang Mumu put away the cowardice on his face and smiled firmly.
"Now you're in a hurry, I'm afraid it's too late." Fang Jian thought that Fang Mumu was going to have some kind of moth, but he didn't expect that he was in a hurry to get married, maybe he still cared about it before, but now he is afraid and tired. I'm afraid of Fang Mumu's trouble, and I'm tired of the rumors that are about to make my ears calloused.
"It's not too late, as long as Dad comes forward, it's never too late." Fang Mumu stood at the door and didn't approach, but her voice was louder than just now.
"Don't cry or make trouble at this time? Can you talk? Fang Jian moved his body to the base of the wall and leaned against it.
"Dad must have a way, no matter what kind of person it is, I am willing, and I will never say a word." Fang Mumu looked at her father squarely, she had never needed him like this for a moment, "I just hope that the sooner the better." ”
Fang Jian wanted to see Fang Mumu clearly through the dim light, and wanted to know what trick Fang Mumu was playing, but Fang Mumu's sincere tone made him let down his guard and choose to believe, "I know about this, I will find someone as soon as possible." ”
"Thanks, Daddy." Fang Mumu bowed to Fang Jian, "Then dad rest early, I'm out." ”
Even though Fang Mumu had already gone out and the door was closed, Fang Jian's gaze was still on the place where Fang Mumu was standing just now, and the corner of his right mouth twitched upward, "Is it because he has grown up?" ”