An Lan and I looked at each other and smiled, and An Lan replied with a smile: "Aunt Wang, you misunderstood, he is my friend Chen Feng."
"That's it! I thought you didn't tell me when you got married." The woman chuckled, not to mention that she was quite good-looking.
An Lan also smiled and replied: "I will definitely notify you as soon as possible when I get married!"
"Okay! I'm looking forward to it."
After saying that, she asked An Lan again: "Why do you want to come back to your hometown today? You haven't been back for a long time, haven't you?"
Hometown? Is this An Lan’s hometown?
An Lan nodded and replied, "Yes! I haven't been back for many years. I didn't expect that the osmanthus tree in the yard is still blooming so lushly."
Aunt Wang smiled and agreed, "Yes! The osmanthus tree in your old yard blooms every year, and our whole village is filled with the fragrance of osmanthus."
"Otherwise, why would we call it Osmanthus Village?" An Lan said with a faint smile.
I'm speechless...
It turns out that the courtyard we broke into was An Lan's old house. No wonder she broke in so blatantly and was so familiar with everything in the courtyard.
Aunt Wang smiled again and said: "Lan Lan, you just happened to be back today. Come to my house for dinner. I fried the bacon."
"Okay, I haven't eaten your fried bacon for a long time." An Lan said happily.
We followed Aunt Wang to her house, which also had a small yard. It was very large and filled with various fruits and vegetables, and there were also many sweet-scented osmanthus trees.
I noticed that although there were not many households in this village, sweet-scented osmanthus was planted everywhere in the village.
The whole village was really filled with the fragrance of flowers, and I suddenly fell in love with it.
This place is far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, far away from the busy traffic of the city, far away from the love, hatred and hatred of the city.
This is a place suitable for self-cultivation.
After bringing us tea, Aunt Wang asked us to sit down while she heated up the dishes.
I usually don't like to drink tea, but as soon as I served this tea, I smelled a very special fragrance.
At this time, An Lan said to me: "Try it, this tea is the osmanthus tea fried by Aunt Wang herself. It tastes very good."
I immediately picked up the tea cup and took a look at the color of the tea. It had a light yellow luster. Then I smelled the tea. It was full of the fragrance of osmanthus.
Take a brief sip and the lingering fragrance of osmanthus lingers on your lips and teeth for endless aftertaste.
I closed my eyes, and my senses and taste were filled with the fragrance of osmanthus. I loved this place so much.
"How's it going? Does it taste good?"
I nodded and asked An Lan, "Is this really your hometown?"
"Yes!"
"But didn't you tell me that you lived abroad since you were a child?"
An Lan took a sip of tea and said, "I was born here, and I followed my father abroad after I was five years old."
"Then you still have an impression of this place?"
"Of course, I'll tell you quietly, Aunt Wang is my father's classmate, and they almost became husband and wife."
As if I had discovered a new world, I secretly glanced into the kitchen and said, "Not to mention, this Aunt Wang is quite beautiful. I really can't tell that she is a rural woman."
An Lan smiled and said, "If I told you that Aunt Wang is actually a top student who graduated from Tsinghua University, would you believe it?"
"What?!" I was so surprised that my expression was distorted.
"I told you, Aunt Wang and my father are classmates. They both graduated from Tsinghua University."
"Then why didn't they get together in the end?" I asked gossiping.
An Lan sighed softly and said, "How do we, as children, know about adults' affairs? I have never understood it."
"What about your father? Is he still abroad now?"
An Lan suddenly looked unhappy, shook his head and said solemnly: "No, he...he passed away."
I was stunned and suddenly didn't know what to say.
At this moment, a "clang" sound suddenly came from the kitchen, like the sound of a bowl falling on the floor.
An Lan immediately shouted to the kitchen: "Aunt Wang, what's wrong with you?"
An Lan also walked to the kitchen, and I followed in.
I saw a bloody cut on Aunt Wang's finger from the broken bowl, and the blood dripped on the broken white ceramic bowl, which was very clear.
"Ah! Aunt Wang, do you have someone to stop bleeding at home?" An Lan suddenly asked anxiously.
"it's okay no problem……"
As Aunt Wang said, she immediately put her fingers into her mouth, sucked out the dirty blood, and then put a band-aid on it.
After stopping the bleeding, she continued to work.
I immediately said to her: "Don't do it! I'll help you."
An Lan was also comforting me, and finally I heated up the dishes and took them out.
It is really a pleasure to sit on the stone table in the yard, smell the birds singing and the fragrance of flowers, and eat farm side dishes.
It's just that Aunt Wang's face looks a little not so good, as if she has something very heavy on her mind.
Finally, she asked An Lan: "Lan Lan, when did your father... die?"
"Three years." An Lan said solemnly.
Aunt Wang let out a long breath, frowned, and said thoughtfully: "Why did you die?"
"Car accident." An Lan said very calmly.
"Oh..." Aunt Wang's voice was trembling.
Then, she stood up and said to us with a trembling voice: "You guys eat first, I'll go to the bathroom."
After saying that, she walked away.
I looked at An Lan, she had no expression on her face.
It seemed that she had already let go of the death of her loved one, which is why she spoke so frankly just now.
"Um...there seems to be something wrong with Aunt Wang." I said.
An Lan raised his hand to comb his hair and said calmly: "It can be seen that he still has feelings for my dad."
"What a pity! Why didn't your dad end up with her?"
An Lan smiled bitterly and said, "I have thought about this issue many times, but it is not something I can control. Your love and hatred have nothing to do with us."
"What about your mother?"
Before I finished speaking, An Lan said sternly: "Don't mention her to me!"
An Lan's reaction was very wrong, and I suddenly remembered that she told me that she hated people who cheated on me, that's why she helped me.
From this point of view, could it be that her mother had an affair during marriage?
That might be the case, but I didn't ask further because it was a sad thing for her.
After a while, Aunt Wang came out, her eyes a little red.
An Lan and I didn't say much, changed the topic, and praised Aunt Wang's delicious cooking.
…
This evening, An Lan and I chatted a lot.
Only then did I realize that her purpose in bringing me here was to get me out of the shadows. She wanted me to truly integrate into her life.
She also told me that she suffered from severe depression a year after her father died and attempted suicide several times.
Later, she slowly came out of it, and only now did she dare to face that gray past.
It turns out that everyone in this world has different situations, everyone has secrets that cannot be told, regrets that cannot be undone, dreams that cannot be reached, and love that cannot be forgotten.
She also told me that there is no need to live with hatred, because there will be too many things in life that we don't expect.