Chapter 24: The Gap
Jiang Lanfeng sat on the bed, thinking about how to go to Zhang's house tomorrow.
"You should let your son apologize to Mijiu's father", Jiang Lanfeng thinks about her past, can she get forgiveness by apologizing? Just like himself, it has been eighteen years, and he has not forgiven the man who Jiang Kai called his father.
"The attitude still has to be there", Jiang Lanfeng decided to apologize.
Jiang Lanfeng looked at his old bedroom, some of the right ash of the ceiling had already fallen off, and black shadows were revealed in the east and west. The only old-fashioned wardrobe has been completely worn out, revealing a gray-brown color, which shows the age of the wardrobe.
"What do we have to be nice to other people's daughters"? Jiang Lanfeng was ashamed of her bad idea in front of her son, "Do people like your things"?
Jiang Lanfeng has extremely low self-esteem, in front of such an in-law. She regretted even more that she had been greedy for vanity in the past, so that she ended up in her current situation.
"If our son doesn't touch other girls, we can pat our butts and leave. Now I can't go, and I can't enter", Jiang Lanfeng thought of the economic distance between the two families, and he didn't have any confidence in his heart.
The cold wind of the early morning was dazzling, sweeping on the face, like a knife brushing by, and the skin felt a kind of pain.
Lin Haimei pulled out her hands from her pockets, sighed, the moisture rose between the palms, and after rubbing the heat, the temperature of covering her face warmed her heart.
The dusk street lamps sprinkle a layer of orange on the road with warm colors, and under the frosty branches, there is a little less cold.
"Dad sent a letter saying that the pig will be killed on the twenty-second of this month", Lin Haimei hopes to work here with Uncle Zhang for another week, and then go home for the New Year.
Lin Haimei imagined her mother, "I picked sharp peppers in the field behind the house, some fiery red and some dark red." Mom poured a few spoonfuls of rapeseed oil into the pot, put in the chopped ginger and garlic slices, then poured in the chili flakes and stir-fried twice, and then poured the pork belly that had been cut into the pot. The thick mellow fragrance instantly wafted into the nose of the rhubarb who was wandering outside the door, and the rhubarb wagged his tail and sniffed around the leg of his mother's trousers."
Clear saliva gushed out from under her tongue, and Haimei smiled while swallowing, "Slanderous cats, I'm not afraid of growing into two hundred and five again."
The smile like a flower warmed the frosty road surface, and also warmed Mu Zhi's heart, "Silly girl, I don't know what good things I thought, I smile so sweetly"!
Mu Zhi has been there for more than ten minutes, and he is putting out soy milk.
"Lin Haimei, is there anything good?" Mu Zhi leaned over and asked, turning his head sideways.
"Of course it's a good thing! Hey! I want to eat my mother's fried pork belly!" Lin Haimei replied with a smile, as if the pork belly had already eaten in her mouth.
"Mu Zhi, Haimei, tomorrow at seven o'clock. It's a holiday, and there are few people who get up early", Uncle Chen habitually kneaded the dough, he stood there, bent down slightly, and kneaded the dough with both hands.
Jiang Kai had already woken up, and it was still dark outside the window. The occasional gust of wind crashed against the windowpane with a snapping sound. He didn't feel sleepy, tossing and turning.
"Mom wants me to apologize, how can I apologize to Miku's father? Say I'm sorry, say I'm damned", Jiang Kai's eyes widened in the dark.
Mother Jiang Lanfeng sat on the bed, on the bench opposite the bed, and put the supplements "Sanzhu Oral Liquid" and "Life No. 1" that I bought yesterday.
"I don't know if Miku's father is satisfied"? Jiang Lanfeng was not sure about today's visit.
"Maybe after scolding my mother, just blast us out", Jiang Lanfeng thought of the worst outcome.
Outside the window, the gray sky is covered with slow-moving clouds, and even if you whip it, you can't walk fast.
Jiang Lanfeng walked out of the bedroom and came to the kitchen.
"It's so cold!" A cold wind came in through the broken window, and Jiang Lanfeng shivered!
"On such a cold day, let's eat shredded radish noodles and meat noodles to dispel the cold", Jiang Lanfeng quickly cut the sour on the not very clean cutting board. Strips of radish and thin shredded meat.
"Kaikai, don't you get up and eat noodles"? Jiang Lanfeng estimated that Jiang Kai would not get up now.
"You can't go too early to Miku's house, go at ten o'clock, you should get up." Jiang Lanfeng estimated the time while eating noodles.
Jiang Kai didn't really fall asleep, he missed Meijiu very much, and he was afraid of Meijiu's father. The creak of the bed board came from time to time.
"The ugly daughter-in-law always wants to see her in-laws, and my poor son-in-law always wants to see her father-in-law", Jiang Kai turned over and got out of bed, he knew that he couldn't hide.
"The complexion is unpretentious, the eyes are puffy, and the hair is messy", Jiang Kai looked at himself in the mirror and was anxious.
"Mom, if you have anything to wipe your face, give me some", Jiang Kai ran out of the bedroom.
"Yes, alabaster, I'll get it for you", Jiang Lanfeng rubbed his hand on his apron.
Jiang Kai squeezed the alabaster on the palm of his hand and wiped it evenly on both sides of his face. After a while, Jiang Kai's complexion brightened a lot, and he combed his hair again and sprayed it with styling water.
In the mirror, the typical Kwok Fucheng-style hair, thick eyebrows and big eyes, high nose bridge, thick and even lips, and fair skin. Jiang Kai pursed his lips and smiled, and the spring breeze was rippling in the mirror.
Jiang Kai walked out of the bedroom, and Jiang Lanfeng seemed to see her younger self. The complexion is fair and delicate, with delicate facial features, youthful and beautiful.
Jiang Lanfeng put the noodles on the table with some peeling, "Kaikai, eat quickly, it's not good to go too late."
"Okay!" Jiang Kai was in a good mood.
In the bedroom, Jiang Lanfeng picked and chose from east to west, but couldn't find a decent dress.
"Why are you wearing so beautiful, and no one looks at it", Li Duojin often hits her like this.
"Wipe your face, just have it, why buy such an expensive one", Li Duojin didn't take money, and he couldn't see Jiang Lanfeng dressing up.
Jiang Lanfeng was at the bottom of the wardrobe and finally found a crimson sweater. This was bought by Jiang Kai at a parent-teacher meeting when he was admitted to high school a few years ago. The style and color are not outdated. Jiang Lanfeng put the sweater on her body, because there was no mirror, she roughly touched it, "It's okay, it's not big, it's not too small, it's suitable."
Jiang Lanfeng found another white double-layer velvet jacket, and when she walked out of the bedroom, Jiang Kai had already eaten noodles and was waiting for him on the sofa. Jiang Kai's white suit looked extremely incompatible on the old and faded sofa.
"Huh! Mom, this dress is not bad!" Jiang Kai looked at his mother, who was still curvy and graceful.
Beauty, everything you wear looks good, it's just that the degree of good-looking is different.
"Ouch! You two are dressed up so festively, are you going to your in-laws' house?" The two met Aunt Zhang at the mouth of the alley, and everyone knew that Jiang Kai and Meijiu were in love.
"Isn't it! Meijiu's father is back, let's go over to visit", Jiang Lanfeng replied with a smile, and the charm was still smiling like a flower.
"It's Zhang Haibo who drove the boat, yo ho! His family is rich. Will his daughter marry her? Suspend! Aunt Zhang was both worried and sarcastic.
The wind lifted Jiang Kai's hair, flying messily. He tightened his suit, shortened his neck, and walked towards Miku's house with his mother against the oncoming cold wind.