Han Yuanfang wanted to make boiled pork slices, so she put the tenderloin on top.
The work at hand has not stopped. "Grandma, did you admit it at that time?"
"How is that possible! I was very angry after I thought about it.
I feel very wronged. I like him, but I haven't done anything. Why should I bear such a reputation?
After my father found out about this, he talked to me for a long time.
He admired that man, and he always said that smart men can have smart children.
I understood what my father meant, but that incident really made me lose face. I opposed the marriage.
I thought at that time that even if I never married, I still couldn't marry him because I saw the contempt for me in his eyes.
What could be more shocking than this?
This matter still got out. There used to be a lot of people who proposed marriage to me, but suddenly there were no more. Even if there were, they were just low-key and irrelevant.
I thought at that time that if this was the case, I would live on my own, and the same would apply if I adopted my sisters’ children.”
Han Yuanfang marinated the meat in starch. After washing her hands, she brought a bowl of hot water to the old lady.
The aroma is already wafting from the kitchen. It's really tempting.
"Do you still want to hear it?"
Han Yuanfang smiled and nodded, "I think so, but if you don't want to say it, forget it."
"In so many years, this is the first time I have told outsiders about myself.
Sit down and I'll continue talking to you."
Han Yuanfang was also holding a bowl of hot water. She sat opposite and listened carefully.
"Because of that incident, my reputation was ruined, and many people said that I was naughty, hanging out with a bunch of men all day long, and that I was no longer clean.
Although I don't care about such things on the surface, I feel very sad inside.
I looked down on most people, so I kept putting it off until I was twenty years old.
Twenty years old is nothing now, but at that time, I was already older.
Three of the sisters are married, and the youngest one remains at home.
My mother also passed away because of something that happened between my father and me.
In my mother's mourning hall, I saw the man again. He was much older.
I later learned that my father and the two broke up because of my relationship, and my father took care of him, making it difficult for him to rise again.
When I returned the gift to him, I saw the way he looked at me, and I was suddenly confused. Is this really the man I once liked? It shouldn't be, definitely not. He should be a wise man, not
A bit of a philistine look."
Feng Subi took a sip of water and held a tea bowl with hot water like Han Yuanfang.
"Grandma, did you still have feelings for him at that time?"
Feng Subi shook her head, "No, I felt very calm at that time."
"But he doesn't think so, does he? Do you think the reason why you didn't get married is because you have him in your heart?"
The old lady smiled, "Yes, he really thinks so.
When my mother dies, the old custom is that I must either get married within a hundred days of her death, or else I must observe mourning for three years.
During the first seven days, he came again. In fact, the people who came in the first seven days were all family members. There would be no outsiders. But he still came, and he and my father talked for a long time in the study.
My father doted on me and liked me. He didn't directly make the decision, but asked me for my opinions and thoughts.
They all thought I would agree, but I refused. I felt that that man was not the man I liked. He was successful, but I was not much worse than him.
He is good-looking, but as he gets older, he is no longer what I thought he was.
My dad asked me why and I told him I didn’t like it.”
"What did that man think?" Han Yuanfang asked.
"He? He thought I was playing hard to get. He also told me that he would not let go of his first wife. Even if he married me, when I see his wife in the future, she will also be young."
"There is such a weird person? Grandma, why do you think he is smart?"
"Because he is indeed very capable in business.
I told him at that time that I didn't have any ideas and asked him not to be embarrassed. Even if he had ideas now, I wouldn't marry him.
Although I have never been married and my reputation is not very good, I have a good reputation in business and I am also a person who tells the truth.
He now knew that I was not playing hard to get, so he rolled up his sleeves and left.
My dad sighed, but didn't ask me to do anything.
In fact, sometimes I really feel that people are quite strange. My father rarely enters my mother's room, but since my mother left, he doesn't go to my aunt's room, but rests in their room by himself, and his health is getting worse day by day.
.
I remember very clearly, that day he held my hand and told me not to be too strong, but to be a little weaker occasionally.
I have been managing my family's business since I was thirteen years old. It is impossible for me to be able to take care of my husband and raise children at home like an ordinary woman.
So I just nodded perfunctorily, but I didn't agree with it in my heart.
A few days later, my father suddenly fell into a coma, and I was at a loss for words. I called in many doctors to see him, but they didn’t know why."
When the old lady said this, her eyes went blank and she fell into memories.
Han Yuanfang didn't want to be disturbed. She went to check the stewed meat in the pot, but it was still not good. She turned down the heat and simmered it slowly, soaking the rice, and then fished out the rice.
The old lady looked at Han Yuanfang working and felt that this was who she was at that time, and she could do anything.
Han Yuanfang has prepared cabbage, so the side dishes under the boiled meat slices can only be cabbage.
He turned around and looked at the old lady smiling at him.
"Grandma, I will make you a southern dish. I will add less chili pepper, as long as it has the same aroma."
"Okay, I'll just wait and eat. You make it yourself, and I'll go back and lie down for a while. I'm too old to do anything."
Han Yuanfang wanted to help her, but was refused.
The meat in the pot is already cooked, but not particularly soft. However, it will be steamed in the steamer for a while, so that's okay.
Drain the rice, boil three eggs in the rice soup, and prepare to make egg custard.
An hour and a half later, the mother-in-law was sitting in the kitchen eating.
