Lin Feifei and I walked into the courtyard with gifts, and my seven aunts and eight aunts, whom I hadn't seen for a long time, came out one after another.

said that they were welcome, but in fact, they were there to watch Lin Feifei.

Lin Feifei's temperament and beauty suddenly caused a burst of exclamations, and her relatives pulled her to do homely things, which made her a little uncomfortable.

With my experience of fighting with relatives for so many years, the fastest way to consume family affection is the New Year's party, in fact, I am half-familiar with them, and when we get together, I feel like sitting on pins and needles.

When eating, it was divided into two tables for men and women, I didn't drink, and I was afraid that Lin Feifei would be unable to cope with so many relatives, so I took the initiative to sit with her.

Lin Feifei came to my house for the first time for the New Year, like the stars and the moon, the fifth uncle came to me for a drink with a wine glass at this time, he patted me on the shoulder encouragingly, and asked with a mouthful of wine, "Binzi, when are you and Feifei going to get married?"

I couldn't help but be stunned, and my mouth was secretly bitter, this question still didn't run away after all.

As soon as he spoke, the world seemed to suddenly become quiet, and everyone looked at me, waiting for my answer.

I sighed helplessly, every time I celebrate the New Year, my life's events will be pulled out of the hall.

I didn't understand them before, obviously I was living a chicken feather, how could I still worry about other people's lifelong events, but I slowly understood that these relatives in our family, they essentially can't see you doing well, they only see each other once or twice a year, open your mouth and shut up to ask about salary, ask about work, ask when you will get married, in fact, you just want to brush your sense of existence on me, but my parents think that I am not married, and they can't hold their heads up in front of their relatives.

I smiled calmly, looked him in the eye and replied, "Fifi and I are discussing this! You also know that we both work in the city and are ready to buy a house! If you keep renting a house, the rent is enough every year, and it is better to repay the loan if you have this money! So this year's task is to get a down payment, and if it's almost there, we'll have to trouble you to pull us along."

The fifth uncle's smile suddenly froze on his face, he was stunned for a while, and persuaded me bitterly: "Actually, don't put so much pressure on yourself, it's good to rent a house, now that the housing price is so expensive, I don't want to see you under too much pressure."

Sure enough, borrowing money had an effect, and the results were immediate, as soon as I mentioned borrowing money, he really stopped mentioning marriage, and this killer feature came out, not only was he honest, but other relatives were also deterred, and never mentioned urging me to get married.

Every year when I go home for the Chinese New Year, the problems of my relatives are closely related to getting married and having children, buying a car and buying a house, there is no sense of boundary at all, I usually play a haha and pass, they don't really care about me, I won't really go to my heart, life is for myself, not for others to see, but unfortunately my parents don't understand this truth.

It is essential for relatives to be interrogated at gatherings, and their tactics usually include first suppressing and then promoting, carelessness, showing off in reverse, and asking and answering questions to elevate themselves and attack others.

As soon as my fifth uncle was defeated, my aunt began to say in a weird manner, "Oh, Binzi, you have to cherish it this time! Fei Fei is much stronger than the last Kwong Like, you have been with her for more than nine years, and it is difficult to let go, but don't think about her all the time, slowly forget about her, and live your own life."

Suddenly, the originally lively atmosphere suddenly cooled down.

As soon as she said this, I was speechless, I know why she deliberately said this, every year when relatives gather, her daughter-in-law is the most dazzling existence in our life.

Her daughter-in-law is beautiful and has a good job, but when Lin Feifei came this year, she suddenly replaced her daughter-in-law's position in the hearts of the masses, and it is normal for her to be unbalanced.

Everyone looked at each other, and I saw my mother with her head down, her shoulders shrugged, and then a wry smile, and my dad's eyes flashed with a hint of helplessness, but he just sat quietly and didn't say anything.

I pursed my lips, stared at my aunt's face, and said with a smile, "I really can't forget her, every time I pass by the crematorium, I can remember her."

Hahaha......

There was a burst of laughter in the room, and I easily resolved the embarrassment, but I didn't chase after the victory, and I saw each other every year anyway

Once, there is no need to take this plastic family affection to heart, there is no need to tear your face if you hate a person, and the best way for adults to end a relationship is to be silently alienated.

I ate this meal without fighting with the world, without the short-handed contact of previous years, and my mood was unprecedented calm, and I re-examined myself, maybe growth began with silence.

The trials that life has given us have taught me to live with a mask, and the beauty and truth of me under the mask are only enough for those who deserve it.

After dealing with my relatives, as soon as I got home, the old man "sneakily" called me to the kitchen and offered to hand me a cigarette.

I suddenly chuckled in my heart, and it looked like my dad was going to talk to me again.

He held a lit cigarette in his emaciated and wrinkled hand, his eyes rising with the smoke instead of looking at me, and it took him a long time before he spoke, "Fei Fei's family, how much is the bride price?"

I was stunned for a moment, as if my heart had been smashed by a heavy hammer, and the old man's voice was very soft, but it exuded a sense of weakness and caution, as if he was afraid of being crushed by the numbers I said.

I felt a little uncomfortable, and when he cautiously consulted with me, it proved that he was old.

In the past, the old man in our family was a man of all things and acted arbitrarily, but today he suddenly spoke to me in a consultative tone, and I suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

I pondered for a while, and began to give him psychological comfort: "I'll ask Fei Fei about this, but her family doesn't have high requirements for bride price, it's not as exaggerated as you think, it seems to be tens of thousands!"

I actually lied to my dad, in fact, the moment the word bride price came out of his mouth, I felt a lot of pressure, but I didn't want him to think about this pressure, so I made up a white lie.

The old man glanced at me, "! Are you when I don't go online? Our village is bright, one year older than you, and if you marry a second marriage and bring a girl, the bride price is 200,000."

He suddenly sighed, and his face was full of sadness: "Feifei people are beautiful, have good jobs, and have better family conditions than our family, so the bride price must be only a lot more!"

The old man's tired gaze made me feel the struggle and heaviness of his heart, like the dead tree outside the door, its branches and leaves swaying in the cold wind, but unable to break free from the shackles of fate.

I smiled, "I'm serious! Don't compare Da Liang with our family, each family has a different life, Fei Fei talked to me before, saying that her family doesn't attach importance to the bride price, and people don't sell their daughters, so they can't bargain between the two!"