Since he was going to celebrate Li Xiangyang's birthday, he had to have a gift, Wang Chu went to the cake shop to buy a cake first, and when he arrived at Li Xiangyang's house, it was basically dark, and there were no lights on both sides of Tuanchang Road, and it was dark everywhere. The lights in his room were all on, and the moment the door was opened, there was a sound of music, and she knew that the song was Lin Yuying's "Wordless Ending":

Light a cigarette

My heart is like a smoke ring that comes out of it

Pour a full glass of wine

Your face is as delicate as an apple

How I wish you had never departed

How I wish love continued......

I don't remember what brand the tape recorder used to play the song was, I only remember a circle with a shining light, the dining table in the living room was full of a few dishes, and there was a faint fragrance of roses in the room, Wang Chu noticed the source of the fragrance, and there were a few bouquets of roses in the vase placed on the table on the coffee table.

"Where did you get the roses in the winter?" Wang Chu asked.

"I asked my sister to send it from my hometown." Li Xiangyang invited Wang Chu to sit down, "Thank you for coming to celebrate my birthday." ”

"I only brought a cake, I wish you a happy birthday."

"Your ability to come is more important than anything else, you must be hungry too, eat quickly." Li Xiangyang sat down, and he crossed Erlang's legs.

Wang Chu put the cake on the table, sat down, picked up the chopsticks and picked up the dish and sent it to his mouth, and said "um" very satisfied, "It tastes good." She praised.

"That's it." Li Xiangyang replied narcissistically, "There is one less hostess in the house, otherwise, I am willing to cook for her every day." ”

Wang Chu frowned and continued to eat with vegetables, Li Xiangyang returned to his seat, he did not pick up chopsticks to eat, but carefully examined her, seeing that she was so uncomfortable. He took a cigarette from the cigarette case, lit it with a lighter, inhaled it in his mouth and spit out the smoke ring, then filled it with a glass of wine, and drank it all. The lyrics were repeated back and forth, lighting a cigarette, spitting out smoke rings, pouring wine, and drinking it all, and she found that he had been doing repetitive actions that were basically consistent with the lyrics, and looked at her in silence.

Wang Chu also looked at Li Xiangyang, she admitted that she had never looked at him so carefully, he was twenty-six years old, he had a youthful momentum on his body, he looked really thin, his body was thin, about 1.76 meters tall, his skin was dark and dark, his cheeks were so thin that he could see deep depressions, his eyebrows were thick, his eyes were big, his eyelids were double, and his mouth and nose were relatively well-proportioned. He was shrewd and capable, well-dressed, and his demeanor and demeanor covered all his shortcomings.

The lyrics and Li Xiangyang's performance continued, Wang Chu was a little restless, she held on to the arm of the chair, "Don't drink anymore, eat some food." ”

Li Xiangyang finally put Erlang's leg down, he extinguished the cigarette butt, picked up the chopsticks and put vegetables in Wang Chu's bowl, the image of arguing with her in order to get back the ring completely disappeared, showing the image of a considerate, meticulous and careful man.

The song continued, and Li Xiangyang seemed to be using the lyrics to express what he wanted to say, but it was always difficult to speak, and it took a long time for him to speak, "Are you still willing to stay and be my girlfriend?" ”

Wang Chu frowned again, she was unwilling to answer Li Xiangyang's question, so she picked up her wine glass and said, "Happy birthday." ”

Li Xiangyang nodded, picked up the wine glass and clinked glasses with Wang Chu, and the two drank the wine in the glass. This was the first time Wang Chu had drunk in her life, and after a few sips, she almost fainted. For the next hour or so, they listened to music, ate most of the dishes on the table, and finally cut the birthday cake.

Li Xiangyang offered to take Wang Chu to live in a guest house, she was suddenly a little impressed with him, even if he drank alcohol, he was still a gentleman, for Wang Chu, a woman with a traditional education, she had to re-examine the man in front of her.

On the way back to the guest house, they couldn't see their five fingers, only a flashlight illuminated the way forward for them, and the roads were all dirt roads, uneven, and full of potholes. That night, they held hands for the first time, hugged for the first time, and had close contact for the first time, the night was very cold, and the palms of the two were full of sweat along the way.

Arriving at the guest house, Li Xiangyang arranged for Wang Chu to stay and left, and before leaving, she told him that it was the song "Wordless Ending" that saved her heart. The two fell in love again, although the long-distance relationship is not far away, but the transportation is inconvenient and the communication is not developed. Li Xiangyang had a pager, and at that time, in the era of traffic and information blockage, he could use a pager, and he could be regarded as a rich man. But he is not a rich man, he only has a salary of 400 yuan a month, he lives in a public house, and his parents are still authentic farmers.

Every time Wang Chu called Li Xiangyang, he had to go to the phone booth, so he left a message on 12510, and the message was conveyed to the pager, and he would also fly to the phone booth to call back as soon as possible. The two didn't talk for a long time, but the waiting time for the phone call was very long. If she's busy, then she can't wait for a call. There were many times when she didn't wait for the call, and when he was free to call back, she would be disappointed.

When Li Xiangyang was free, he finally put going to see Wang Chu's parents on the agenda, he said, "We have known each other for half a year, and it is time to take me to meet your parents." ”

"I haven't figured it out yet." Wang Chu replied, "My parents have not fully accepted my dropout from school, so they will take you home, and you may encounter an unpleasant meeting." ”

"How do you know something unpleasant will happen if you don't go, that's it." Li Xiangyang went to the store, bought some fruits, bought a lot of nutritious products, chartered a taxi from the passenger station, pulled Yang Zhizhi, and went directly to Wang Chu's house, she didn't stop her.

Wang Chu's family lives in the company, and the house here is a brick house, which is the best house for all companies in the regimental field. The company's roads were dirt roads, and the green poplar trees in front of and behind the houses covered the imperfections of the dust and weeds on the roads, but on the contrary, there was a sense of physical and mental pleasure. The courtyard of Wang Chu's house is surrounded by red willows, and people in this season are busy with farm work when they go out early and return late, but no matter how busy they are, the house is still spotlessly cleaned. The firewood in the yard is neatly stacked, and the room is tidy and orderly, which is a habit that her mother has maintained for so many years, so these habits are also imprinted in her bones.

Yang Zhizhi introduced all the identities of Li Xiangyang to Wang Chu's parents when he entered the house, and Yang Zhizhi said that Li Xiangyang is a college student and the youngest cadre in the regiment.

When my father heard that Li Xiangyang was a college student or a cadre, his eyes were green, and his father was an out-and-out farmer who had never dealt with college students in his life, and he was still a cadre. The father smiled on his face, and talked with Li Xiangyang for a long time, his mother was busy cooking, and his mother's best thing was rolling noodles, and she said that she would show her hand in front of her future son-in-law and tell him to wait to eat. My mother has never taken the initiative to cook in her life, and as long as my father is at home, my mother basically sleeps in bed, waiting for someone to eat ready-made meals.

When his father learned that Li Xiangyang was from Gansu, he was even more excited. is also a fellow countryman, and his family is only a few dozen kilometers away. When he left his hometown, Wang Chu was twelve years old, and it has been nearly seven years since he left his hometown.

"What are your parents doing in their hometown?" Father couldn't wait to ask.

"My dad is a carpenter, and he does carpentry business outside all year round." Li Xiangyang replied, "My mother farms at home, sells some vegetables in the market to supplement the family when the farm is slack, I have an elder brother, who is also selling vegetables and doing business, my sister-in-law is a farmer at home, and I also have an older sister who married into the county, my sister may have suffered hardship, her family is a store, and she is also doing breakfast business, my sister starts to make breakfast at four o'clock in the morning every day, and then pulls it to the market to sell, the breakfast business is not profitable, but my sister has insisted on it for more than ten years, and built a yard house with the money she has saved. ”

My father said "um" with great satisfaction, "This money is earned little by little, and it adds up, year after year, day after day, it will accumulate into a house." ”

"Uncle is right." Li Xiangyang praised, "Although our hometown is poor, our ancestors have saved every cent of the money to build a courtyard house and slowly live a good life." ”

"Li Xiangyang, what you said is not wrong at all." The mother, who was cooking with Wang Chu in the kitchen, was not idle at all, and interjected, "My hometown can provide for a college student, it's a matter of green smoke on the ancestral grave, it's not easy for your parents, and it's a lot of money to go to college, I admire your parents from the bottom of my heart, you are also a competitive child, unlike my Wang Chu, who didn't even go out of high school." ”

"Mom." When Wang Chu heard this, he still had potatoes and paring knives in his hands, and retorted unhappily, "There are many people who don't go to college, it's not that only when they go to college can they have a way out, I won't live like this, I will definitely live a life for you." ”

"What can you do as a waitress in a hotel?" The mother's face changed, and she didn't give Wang Chu face at all, "With a salary of less than two hundred yuan a month, what can you tell me about it?" ”

"Isn't Li Xiangyang also a salary of more than 400 a month?" Wang Chu frowned, "I didn't say that I would be a waiter for the rest of my life." ”

"Anyway, I don't think you're promising." The mother became excited, "Look at the two of you sisters, none of them are promising, your brother doesn't come home all day long, you know that he is mixed in other people's cotton fields, chatting with the little sister who picks flowers, and he can't enter his own cotton fields." ”

"Auntie." Yang Zhizhi accosted, "Wang Jian should be in love, and when he gets married, he will know how to earn money to support his family." ”

"I don't think so." The mother said, "It's good for him to find someone who can control him, but it's hard for me to find someone who can't." ”

"Why did you pull me in again?" The younger brother Wang Jian walked in from outside the door and said aggrievedly, Hang'er Langdang's expression was vividly reflected in him, "Scold my sister, scold my sister, what do you scold me for?" ”

"I scold you for not being successful at all." When her mother saw Wang Jian, she frowned, "Look at people." The mother looked at Li Xiangyang and said, "Is he a college student or a cadre, how face-saving is this?" ”

Wang Jian noticed the guests at home, and realized that his mother was talking about college students, so he turned his head and smiled at Li Xiangyang, "You are my sister's boyfriend?" He guessed.

Li Xiangyang nodded, shook hands with Wang Jian amicably, and introduced himself, "Hello Wang Jian, my name is Li Xiangyang." ”

"Oh, I'm glad I will." Wang Jian wiped his hands on his clothes before shaking hands, for fear that it would dirty Li Xiangyang, "I really didn't expect my sister to find a college student, my mother just wanted to have a college student in the family, no, I got my wish, and my son-in-law is also half a child." ”

"Are you embarrassed?" Mother cursed, "You have to work hard at the beginning, and now you are still on the college campus, look at your current virtue, when will you be promising." ”

Wang Jian responded with an unbearable expression, "Mom, your dream has come true, don't make fun of me all day long." With that, he took the apples and bananas on the table and left, and took two more.

"Where are you going?" Mother shouted.

"My sister has a boyfriend, I have to hurry up and coax a daughter-in-law back for you." Wang Jian has already slipped away, "Brother-in-law will see you next time." The voice echoed outside the door.

In just two months, Wang Jian wanted to get married quickly, he really chose one from the flower girl, named Xu Xiaoran, who was small and exquisite, with pleated skin, and black hair draped around her waist to look ladylike, neither father nor mother objected, and Wang Chu naturally accepted this delicate brother and daughter-in-law.

Opposing this marriage is Xu Xiaoran's father and mother, the two old people are unwilling to marry their daughters to Xinjiang thousands of miles away, so they have a lot of ideas and difficulties, the new house must be a building, the bride price is 20,000 yuan, the three gold must not be less, and the most important thing is to take the bride from the woman's family to Xinjiang in three cars.

The bride price and three gold gave the parents enough headaches, and they borrowed all the villagers, including Li Xiangyang, who contributed 5,000 yuan to solve the problem, but buying a house is a large amount of money, and it can't be satisfied for a while.

Xu Xiaoran decided to follow Wang Jian, and finally postponed the purchase of the house, Wang Jian promised the woman's parents that she would definitely live upstairs within two years, at first the other party's parents had no room for negotiation, and finally the raw rice was cooked and cooked, and the daughter-in-law's stomach was bulging, and her parents had no choice but to agree to the marriage.

Wang Jian hired a car, took Xu Xiaoran out of her house, got on the train, and held a wedding at the Tuanbu Hotel, which was regarded as marrying his brother and daughter-in-law back home.

The younger brother is already married and has his own children, and his parents also hope that the marriage of Li Xiangyang and Wang Chu will be handled as soon as possible, and the mother has also put forward a series of requirements, such as a house, a bride price, three golds, not only a grand wedding, but also a decent wedding in Li Xiangyang's hometown.

Li Xiangyang calculated an account, bought a house, a bride price, three golds, and about 50,000 yuan for a wedding, in order to provide for him to go to school, his parents are still in debt, that is, they are smashing pots and selling iron, and their parents can't make up so much money.

"Wang Chu, I must buy a house for you." Li Xiangyang said, "This is what I promised you before, and it should be fulfilled, but." He hesitated for a long time, "You also know, my parents owe a lot of foreign debts when I went to college, and now my family is still in debt, and I can't get the bride price and three gold proposed by your mother, I'm afraid I have to borrow money to buy a house, not to mention a wedding." ”

"My brother can be simple, and we can be simple." Wang Chu said, "I don't want my marriage to be bound by the so-called bride price and three golds, so that the meaning of mutual love will be lost." ”

"But you also care about weddings, don't you?" Li Xiangyang said, "Life is just like this, every woman wants to walk the red carpet once." ”

"Shall we go get the permit?" Wang Chu said very seriously, "The house can be bought in the future, and the jewelry will be talked about when you have money, and my parents can give some money every year for the New Year, and it doesn't matter if the wedding is held or not." ”

"That's what you think?" Li Xiangyang asked in disbelief.

"Of course, why don't I say a lot of things to coax you to play?"

"Okay." Li Xiangyang replied, "But I have to buy a house for you, and I'll go and scrape together money to buy a house now." ”