The children of the Qiao family

Chapter 42

Not two days later, Song Qingyuan came to inquire with a playful smile: I heard that you were eating alone with others, so you finally know how to turn off my big light bulb, huh?
Yicheng smiled and said: Very well-informed news.

Song Qingyuan shook his head triumphantly: I just said that you two are having fun, and I felt this way for the first time. Don't tell me, people's sixth sense is quite accurate.

Yicheng waved his hands and said: "There is no sign of horoscope, I am still in a daze."

Song Qingyuan said: You are a person who lacks the ability to act. If you feel it, you will act first. Why are you hesitating like an old lady?
Seeing that Qiao Yicheng didn't answer, he said again: I heard that you once loved a beautiful woman from our station.You don't still miss that one, do you?
Yicheng laughed: Is there such a thing?I don’t even remember myself—it’s a true statement.

Let's go, to a new future.Song Qingyuan jokingly said: I can guarantee that Nanfang is a good girl.People are a bit ugly, but they can't stand the beauty of their hearts.

Yicheng said again and again: "Old Song, you are really good."

Nanfang and Yicheng are busy people, but, as Nanfang said, as long as you think about it, there will always be time.After that, the two dated decently.Sometimes when there is a meeting in the south at night, Yicheng will wait for her under the office building of the district committee, take her to eat supper, and then send her home, but the short ten-minute journey, the two of them going back and forth, is enough to walk. five trips.Nanfang and Yicheng are not talkative people, but during this kind of back and forth, they don't feel restless and restless. Instead, they are calm, and both of them are quite satisfied.

Yicheng always thought that Nanfang was a concise and clear, not so girlish person, and with the nature of her work, it was inevitable that she would look a little mature, so she never dared to say too personal things to her boldly.

Once, two people went to Nanjing Museum to see an exhibition on weekends, and only then did they realize that they were both interested in the museum.

It was a Qing Dynasty furniture exhibition.Yicheng said casually: In comparison, I still prefer the furniture style of the Ming Dynasty, which is relatively simple, while the styles of the Qing Dynasty are too complicated, and a bed looks like a small house.

At that time they were standing in front of a Babu bed commonly used by southerners in the Qing Dynasty.

Nanfang said that she prefers a bed from the Qing Dynasty, such as this one.

Nanfang said: My father was a soldier. Since I was a child, my home was like a military camp. Girls sleep on hard wooden beds like boys, and use military quilts. They don’t allow any decorations. They have to go for a run in the yard every morning. Two old three old four lined up.My eldest sister ran with us until the day before our wedding.At that time, I thought, when there is a little private space, I need a bed that can put everything in it, just like a small house in a big house.She really looks like a girl, she also wears flowery skirts and lace clothes, eats snacks, sleeps in, reads romance novels and so on.

You may not believe it, but I have never read a complete Qiong Yao novel. At that time, the classmates in the class were crazy about it. I borrowed it once and threw it out the window for my dad after reading only half of it. What is it called? "Join and Scatter Two Yiyi".

Looking at the little bit of regret and loneliness on Nan Nan's face, Yicheng couldn't help reaching out to hold her hand, and said softly: This is not difficult, it can be done now.

Nanfang sighed slightly: I am no longer young, and I am not ashamed to be like a little girl anymore.

Yicheng comforted her: Our rules here, as long as you are not married, you are a child.

She was originally from Hebei in the south, and she mentioned that her family has never been used to the customs of the south.

After that, Yicheng gave Nanfang two particularly feminine clothes, the color is soft, but the appearance is not too eye-catching, Nanfang will wear it on a date, it is really different from usual.When the two of them were watching a movie, Yicheng bought a lot of snacks, and later he actually gave away a whole new set of Qiong Yao's novels from the south, and said with a smile: I will make up for you.But I don't like it very much, it's so sour.

South smiled.

The two are officially in a relationship.

Soon after Nan Nan came home, his mother took advantage of his father's absence and asked Nan Nan if he was dating a TV reporter.

The South graciously admitted.

Before mother could say anything, Xiang Beibei, Nanfang's older brother, spoke from the side: Are you serious?I heard that that person's family conditions are not very good, and he was divorced once.Hehe, of course divorce is nothing nowadays, but it's not very pleasant to say it.Although you are not young, but the conditions are here, you can choose whatever you want.

Nanfang said unhappily: He is very good, and his academic work is also good.I think this is very important.

The mother said, "That's true. Good people are very important."It doesn't matter if you come from a lower family background, it's just the matter of divorce...

Nanfang interrupted his mother: Mom, I have a sense of propriety.

The children of the Xiang family have always had their own marriages. The older half-brother and the older sister in the south also look for children from ordinary families. That is, the brother Xiang Beibei, who is the same mother in the south, got married two years ago, and he is also looking for children from the province. The youngest daughter of a cadre.

My mother said: It is good for you to have a target in your heart. You have a sense of proportion since you were a child, and you can make the final decision after you make a decision. There is no rush for this kind of thing.

Xiang Beibei snorted aside.

Two days later, Qiao Yicheng went to the camera department to find Song Qingyuan to release the news together, and suddenly heard someone mention his name, so he stopped listening.

Two men were talking in low voices in the stairwell, one of them was Song Qingyuan, and the other's voice was very strange, within three sentences, Qiao Yicheng understood that this was Nanfang's brother.

Xiang Beibei said: Actually, the most terrifying thing is those men who have suffered a lot and hated each other deeply. They have to work hard to get everything from childhood to adulthood. And too many desires, when you get it, you always worry about losing it, deliberate and plan carefully, and the "eating appearance" is very ugly.

Song Qingyuan puffed his nose and said: As the saying goes, if you don't go to Shenzhen, you don't know how much money you have, and if you don't go to Beijing, you don't know the official university.It's not bad that your family is a piece of fat, but it's not going anywhere.Qiao Yicheng still has a bit of backbone. He is a senior reporter in our station and a pillar of the news center. He has seen some things in the market over the years, so he is not so vicious.Besides, the hero doesn't ask where he came from, isn't Uncle Xiang a farmer?When we were young, we often heard him remember bitterness and sweetness, saying that when he was a teenager, he was so poor that he didn’t even have shoes. He was barefoot in winter, and he followed behind the cow’s buttocks. Go in and take advantage of the heat to warm up?
Xiang Beifang said with a half-smile in his voice: You have it, stop it, who doesn't know that you have a strong sense of common people and you don't have a sense of hierarchy.I'm also very worried. I don't know if the South is as successful as this Qiao Yicheng. I just passed by here to ask you to understand the situation. You said such a big theory.

Qiao Yicheng walked into Song Qingyuan's office and waited for about 5 minutes. Song Qingyuan came in alone. Seeing Qiao Yicheng, he smiled: Did you hear that just now?
Not even ten percent deny it.

Song Qingyuan said: Don't bother with him.Let me tell you, everyone in the Xiang family is very nice. After the old man’s first wife passed away, he married another, the mother of Nanfang and Xiangbei. The old lady is also very kind, kind and kind. The two brothers and sisters above are also nice, much older than those in the south, and they are very simple.Just this Xiangbei, damn it, such a camel ran out of the flock!I got mixed up with Zhang Diploma in the Central Party School, and married a girl from a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, so I don’t know who I am anymore!It's very airy!It took a few days to get rid of the muddy smell on my body?His grandma's, my old man is a descendant of the bourgeoisie, the young master of the family, my grandfather was the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of Manchuria, I didn't make a fuss, he turned upside down...

Yicheng interrupted his eloquence: Lao Song, you are a good person.In fact, Mr. Xiang Beibei is not wrong, I think... Song Qingyuan shook his hand vigorously: You don't have to think, I know what you think.As long as the south doesn't have this kind of thinking, it's enough, you won't look like a man any more!

With Song Qingyuan's encouragement, when Qiao Yicheng invited him to his home to meet his family in the south, he got excited and agreed.

It was a Sunday, and Yicheng followed Nanfang to the door.

Yicheng didn't buy anything, but took an ink painting by a well-known artist, which was given to him by the artist when he was interviewing the Academy of Traditional Chinese Painting.He sent it out for a good frame. Nanfang said that his father liked Chinese painting very much.As soon as I thought about it, the Nanfang family would naturally have this painter's paintings, but this painter never painted the same size. Such a ceremony is always decent, not losing face, and not too vulgar.

However, when he entered the gate of the southern house and stood in front of the three-story building shaded by big trees and vines, Qiao Yicheng's mind still buzzed for a while.

6
The second day after Qiao Yicheng went to Nanfang's house, Song Qingyuan came to him with great interest and asked: How is it?What do you southerners say, son-in-law with hairy feet, how does it feel to come to your door for the first time?
Qiao Yicheng is here.

Song Qingyuan was still in good spirits: I'm right, the Xiang family is very happy.The old man's face is a bit scary, but it doesn't matter, he loves Nanfang the most.Song Qingyuan suddenly grinned like a child and giggled twice: their braised elbows are pretty good.

Qiao Yicheng laughed dryly again, and Song Qingyuan finally realized the problem: Hey, don't you meet Xiang Beibei?Didn't tell you, just ignore him.

Qiao Yicheng quickly said: No, no.Xiang Beibei is not there.Item family, is very good.

That's it, Song Qingyuan patted him on the shoulder vigorously, good things are near, good things are near.

Qiao Yicheng looked particularly listless, and said in a muddled tone: Old Song, you told me that her family in the south is a cadre, but you didn't tell me that it was such a big cadre.

What kind of cadre?Song Qingyuan didn't take it seriously, you have never seen a real big cadre.

For ordinary people like us, the Nanfang family is already too big.too big.

what do you mean?Song Qingyuan stared with big eyes like copper bells.

Do you know where she lives?Of course you do.Qiao Yicheng said, but do you know that when I was young, I would take my siblings to that street to see that small bungalow when I had nothing to do.For us, that's another world.

Song Qingyuan obviously disdains Qiao Yicheng's words: No one doesn't want to see your background, you don't have to keep mentioning it yourself!Everyone is not the same, what's the matter with the cadres?How long are two noses and eyes?
Yicheng forced a smile and said, "Old Song, you know Nanfang so well, you must be an official in your family."

Song Qingyuan rolled his eyes and said: "What does my family have to do with you?"You don't marry me again!

No matter how bad Qiao Yicheng was in his mood, he amused him.

After that, Qiao Yicheng subconsciously went far to the south.

Nanfang's mind was like a mirror, but she didn't know how to explain it to Qiao Yicheng.

Nanfang thought, how could he give Qiao Yicheng a guarantee that she and her family would not have a hierarchy?Guarantee that you will never dislike him in the future?what is this?If Qiao Yicheng is such a cowardly person, that's fine. In this world, there are many men and women who pass by.It's just that their fate is not enough.

In fact, Qiao Yicheng was also reluctant to part with Nanfang. Leaving aside the gap between the two of them, Nanfang is a good girl, rare, not trivial or fussy, dutiful and gentle, and strong in work ability.

These two people, just answered the sentence: wanting to be close is still far away, but the ties are broken.

It was a very accidental thing that broke this deadlock.

That day, Qiao Yiben and Song Qingyuan were going to interview a leader in the city, but the leader had something to do temporarily, and the two wanted to steal half a day's leisure, discussing going to a sauna, before leaving the TV station, the news center The director told them to grab a piece of news.The two hurried away.

It turned out to be an interview with a young man and a woman. The man had disabled legs, he was self-taught, he was good at calligraphy and painting, and he opened a small handicraft shop. The girl was very pretty, and her family conditions were good. Her parents opposed her daughter desperately. Marrying a disabled person, the girl escaped and wanted to marry.Now the woman's family has broken away from her. This day is the day when the two young people get married.

Looking at the young, beautiful, calm and happy face of the bride, Qiao Yicheng suddenly felt timid and narrow-minded.

Suddenly, I feel that maybe everything is not so terrible, not so difficult.

Song Qingyuan said: Look, things in this world are like this, if you are afraid, don’t love, if you love, don’t be afraid.The little girl is not afraid, you are afraid of a fart!
Song Qingyuan suddenly smiled cunningly: Old Qiao, do you think that the emperor's daughter won't worry about marrying her?Let me tell you the truth, it's hard!Education, work, appearance, status, etc. are all easy, but what is not easy is that the princess must be able to enter the heart.Do you think that every cadre family trades off their children's marriage?Old Qiao, you have read too many books, and you are confused!

Qiao Yicheng really laughed this time, as if the clouds had parted and the fog had cleared.

But who knows?Qiao Yicheng thought, maybe in one's life, there must be a time when one's brain is overwhelmed and one feels that life is bright.

That day, Xiang Nanfang finished his day's work and when he walked out of the district government building, he saw Qiao Yicheng standing under the streetlight, saw her come out, smiled but didn't come up.

It was the first time Xiang Nanfang saw Qiao Yicheng smile so innocently and enthusiastically.

During the days when Yicheng and Nanfang lived peacefully and happily, Sanli's life was extremely difficult.

The reason is still her mother-in-law.

That day Nanfang had a date with Yicheng, halfway, he received a call from Wang Yiding.

Sanli was injured and went to the hospital.

After Sanli had a child, her relationship with her mother-in-law became more and more awkward.

She and Yiding had always brought Sanli's child by themselves, and her mother-in-law had announced that she was not in good health when she was pregnant, and she had to cook for the whole family, so she couldn't take care of her.After the child was born, Yiding hired a nanny. After the child was two years old, the nanny refused to do it anymore and wanted to go out to work.Sanli and Yiding were busy at home and work, and it was really hard for a while.

Sanli has never been a dull person, and she has long seen that her mother-in-law does not care about her grandson. She didn't even have a red envelope during the Chinese New Year, and only bought a small melon skin hat for the child.Yiding was afraid that Sanli would be angry, so Sanli said: We didn't expect her to be kind to the child, we will know from her treatment of you.I'm also surprised, people say that the eldest son and the younger grandson are the lifeblood of the old lady, why is that not the case at all in your family?
Yiding scratched his head and said: How do I remember that the words were about the youngest son and grandson, the lifeblood of the old lady?
Sanli also smiled: Really?I remember wrong?Anyway, it's not right to put it on your mother in reverse.

Yiding grinned and said: I remember when I was young, in those years, she treated me really well.At that time, the family was so short of money, and she had a little bit of money in her hand, so she took me out to eat steamed buns, one or two or four, and gave them all to me, and dipped chopsticks in some vinegar and smacked them herself. How expensive are steamed buns.

Sanli didn't speak after hearing this.

Yiding is a fool, Sanli thought, for the sake of such a little good in such a distant day, it doesn't matter anything.

Sanli's idea is to bear with everything, they will move out after all.Sanli thought, we will move far away by then.

However, Yiding's mother did not accept Sanli's love.

Yiding's father is a well-known idler in the neighborhood, and he always walks over when the oil bottle in the house is down.Every morning, I took the bird cage and went out for a walk. After dinner, I took the teapot and went out for a walk.Encountered a rainy and snowy weather and couldn't go out, he lay on the bed and sighed.Yiding's mother had quarreled with him about this when she was young, but it was useless, so she accepted her fate.Now that he has a grandson, his temper still hasn't changed. He seems to like his little grandson more than Yiding's mother, but he still doesn't help with things. He hasn't even fed the child with saliva. He poked his grandson's soft face with his fingers.

But Yiding and his father are completely different. No matter how tiring the work in the company is, they help Sanli with things when they get home, and the two of them cook while talking and laughing.Although there is a washing machine at home, Yiding's mother always thinks that it can't clean the sheets, so Yiding asks Sanli to save the sheets and quilts until Sunday for him to wash.The efficiency of Sanli’s work unit is getting worse and worse. Yiding said that he should stop working at all, and he can’t count on such a little labor insurance. He retired and stayed at home to take care of the children.Sanli was also moved, but she was really afraid of staying at home and facing her mother-in-law every day.Forget about it.Yiding feels that Sanli is not easy even more, and usually loves her more.

Yiding's mother watched coldly, her heart was like a green plum with twisted juice, and she couldn't help beating her son with gossip.

(End of this chapter)