Xiaolong wanted to ask Xiaohui's mother to see Xiaohui and they were engaged, but his wish was granted. After talking to Xiaohui, he started to make arrangements.
I told my master and my wife about this first.
Fang Jianjun and Wang Hong both agreed and were a little moved.
Wang Hong said: "Xiaolong, you did the right thing. Have you told your parents?"
"Not yet, they can agree." Xiaolong said firmly.
"When are you going to tell them?" Wang Hong asked.
"I'm planning to go home for the past two days. If I can't tell you on the phone, I'll tell you in person when I get back," Xiaolong said.
"Yes, go back and tell them face to face. Your family's conditions are good. If your parents don't agree, just say it properly and don't lose your temper, you know." Wang Hong instructed.
"Well, no." Xiaolong said, "My father and mother are kind-hearted and easy to talk to. If I tell them about Xiaohui's situation, they will definitely agree."
"That's good." Wang Hong nodded, thought for a while and said: "The Taishan Road store is about to open. I'm busy at this time. Xiaohui's mother looks like a good person, but there are things that are uncertain. You have to hurry up.
, it’s best to do it before the opening.”
"That's what I thought too. I'm going to go home tomorrow." Xiaolong said.
"Okay, go back and ask Xiao Wang to come and replace you tomorrow." Fang Jianjun said.
Xiao Wang prepares cold dishes for the Taishan Road store, and is now an intern at the old store.
Xiaolong's family is from the Panshi suburb of Jilin. His father is a bricklayer and works in the city all year round, and his mother works in the vegetable field at home. They live a relatively prosperous life and are considered to be middle-to-upper class in rural areas.
Xiaolong is the only child in the family, and he can still support himself even if he doesn't go out to work. Xiaolong has been sensible and scheming since he was a child. Due to his poor grades, he didn't go to high school after graduating from junior high school, so he grew vegetables at home with his mother.
The boy had no patience to grow vegetables. After working for half a year, he told his father that he wanted to go out to work with him and work as a small laborer. During the period of working as a small laborer, he and his father would go to a small restaurant for lunch every day. He became interested in food and started to work with his father.
He said he wanted to learn to be a chef, and his father agreed.
So I came out to work in a hotel.
It was also fate. After I came out, I met Fang Jianjun and went to Ah Qiao Dumpling Restaurant.
Fate is a very wonderful thing. Many times we associate it with destiny, thinking that everything is destined. God has arranged it long ago.
In fact, this is a feeling of good luck and acquiescence to bad luck. When it cannot be explained or contended, it is all blamed on God, which gives the soul a kind of liberating comfort.
Just like what Buddhism says about cause and effect and reincarnation, everything has a cause and a result, and sometimes this cause is planted in the previous life.
But no matter what we say, we all look forward to the arrival of fate and see the hope of reconciliation.
Since then, people have longed for and expected beauty.
Everyone knew about the news of Xiaolong and Xiaohui's engagement when Xiaolong took leave to go home. Everyone was very happy and spoke highly of his decision, and some people even gave it a thumbs up.
Men get married when they are young, and women get married when they are young. Engagement is a normal thing for young men and women in love, and people who know each other will send blessings. But Xiaolong’s decision to get engaged to Xiaohui at this time has a meaning beyond ordinary
The scope of engagement is a kind of responsibility, responsibility, love and filial piety.
This may be an ordinary person's true interpretation of love.
Yanhua came to the pastry room and Wang Hong was mixing the stuffing.
"Sister Hong, do you think Lao Tan has to come back when Xiaolong gets engaged?" Yanhua asked.
"Well, it's best if he's here. After all, he's also Xiaohui's natal family." Wang Hong said.
"Xiao Hui's wife has a large family, and so do we." Yanhua said with a smile.
"Well, the main thing is Lao Tan. The relationship is different. Xiaohui regards him as her elder." Wang Hong said.
"I'll give Lao Tan a call." Yanhua said.
"Let's wait until Xiaolong comes back. What if his parents don't agree? We're talking about this at the same time - it doesn't matter what he means -" Wang Hong said.
Yanhua thought for a moment and felt that Wang Hong was right. It was all their own thinking. After all, Xiaolong's parents had never met Xiaohui, so they didn't know what she was like. Finding a daughter-in-law was a big deal, although Xiaolong was fine.
, as parents, we have to meet the girl before we can make a decision.
"That's right. It's probably nothing serious. Xiaohui likes everyone who sees her. Besides, Xiaolong is willing." Yanhua said.
"It's nothing serious. Let's wait until Xiaolong comes back. Once we know the news, we'll call Lao Tan." Wang Hong suddenly laughed and said fiercely: "If Xiaolong's parents dare to disagree,
I went to find them, but I still don’t believe it!”
"Haha, just calm down. People will agree or disagree after seeing you." Yanhua said with a smile.
When we were blessing Xiaolong and Xiaohui, there was one person who felt very sad, that is Meng Meng.
Meng Meng is a smart and beautiful girl. We got to know her when the old store opened four years ago, and she applied for a job as a dumpling worker. Because of her good image, Zhang Li wanted to make her a waiter, but she refused, and Zhang Li regretted it for a while.
She liked Xiaolong, otherwise she wouldn't be in a relationship with Xiaolong. But the two of them really didn't get along with each other, and she felt very tired, so she broke up with him.
This was also due to their young age. At that time, Xiao Long was 19 and she was 18. They were both at an age full of novel desires for love, but they didn’t fully understand it. They just thought it was good to be together and were looking for a sensation that would make people’s hearts beat.
When the passion has passed, the love has returned to normal, and reason has begun to take hold, it feels a little painful and tormenting to find that the boy I like is not a boy like Xiaolong.
After the breakup, she did not fall in love again. Although the master wanted her to become his daughter-in-law, Yue Lao was interested and the red line was difficult to pull, so he gave up.
Everyone must experience the turmoil and restlessness of youth in the process of growing up, and it is in this immature experience that they gradually mature and grow.
For three years, I worked in the same store as Xiaolong. Although we broke up, we were no longer lovers but friends, but our relationship was very harmonious, and we often talked and laughed. When Xiaolong and Xiaohui got together, they even blessed Xiaolong.
After knowing that Xiao Hui's mother was terminally ill, she felt sorry and sympathized with Xiao Hui's mother and donated 300 yuan. She told Xiaolong that he should spend more time with Xiaohui. Xiaohui needed companionship and comfort at this time.
But when the news that Xiaolong and Xiaohui were getting engaged reached her ears, she felt heartbroken and a little shocked. She accepted the fact that Xiaolong and Xiaohui were in a relationship, but Xiaolong had to make such a decision at this time.
Ask her to re-examine the boy she once liked - it turns out that he has a heart as precious as gold.
This is just like throwing away a golden lump covered with soil without caring, and then when someone picks it up, removes the dirt on it, and discovers that it is actually a golden lump - regret, regret, and self-blame.
Especially when people around him praise Xiaolong for his good work, his kindness and righteousness, and that he is a man who can be trusted for life, let alone the uncomfortable feeling in his heart, which is sour and painful.
She was happy that Xiaohui had found a good man, but also regretted that she had lost love.
This was a very contradictory and painful psychology that tortured her and made her listless. She lost the smile on her face and became taciturn.
She wanted to find someone to talk to about her troubles, but who to talk to? After thinking about it, she asked her classmate Lijuan? No, Lijuan was in love. If she asked her out, she would definitely take that man with her. It would be even more uncomfortable to see someone being affectionate and enthusiastic.
.
Looking for Sister Tuya? No, Sister Tuya was opposed to her breaking up with Xiaolong from the beginning. Now looking for her would be a slap in the face and she would be punished------
Who to look for?
She thought sadly.
Yes, go to the master. The master loves you the most. Treat yourself like a daughter and chat with her to make you feel better.
After I thought about finding Master, I went directly to Master's house without eating after work.
Wang Hong and Fang Jianjun were sitting on the sofa watching TV. When they saw Meng Meng coming, they hurriedly asked them to sit down. Meng Meng did not sit down and said to Master: "Master, let's go out for a walk."
Wang Hong saw that Meng Meng's face was not good, and she was in a low mood. She was not talking and laughing like usual. She thought that this girl must have encountered something difficult, so she got up, changed her clothes, and went downstairs with her.
The night in early autumn is very cool, and the comfortable night breeze blows, lifting the long hair beside the ears, with a bit of melancholy.
Meng Mengmeng spoke, but he didn't know where to start. He was upset and just lowered his head and walked forward.
"What's the matter, girl?" Wang Hong asked.
"Well------it's annoying." Meng Meng said.
"What's going on?" Wang Hong asked.
"Master, let's have a drink," Meng Meng said.
Wang Hong looked at her apprentice in surprise and thought to herself: What's wrong with this girl? How excited is she that she wants to drink? She looks aggrieved. So she pointed to a small restaurant in front and said: "Okay, go to that restaurant, that restaurant is still open."
The master and apprentice entered the restaurant, symbolically ordered two dishes and ordered beer.
After having a drink, Meng Meng said: "Master, when you open another store in Hohhot, transfer me there. I want to leave the provincial capital."
As soon as the little girl finished speaking, Wang Hong knew why she was upset.
"Because of Xiaolong?"
"Well------not entirely, I just want to leave------"
Wang Hong smiled and said, "Your thoughts are all written on your face."
After her master saw through her thoughts, Meng Meng said: "I just feel unhappy------"
"Silly girl, it's fate to be with whom. You can't force it. You and Xiaolong are both good boys. Although we are not together, we have been together after all. There is nothing we can't let go of." Wang Hong continued: "I know what you are doing.
Why are you so uncomfortable? Seeing that Xiaolong was planning to get engaged to Xiaohui before her mother passed away, and he did everything right, and he is a loving and righteous man, do you feel a little regretful?"
Meng Meng said nothing and nodded.
"Master won't give you regret medicine, and there is no point in it. Others' advice is useless, you have to think about everything by yourself. Xiaolong is steady, neither impatient nor impatient, he is kind to others, and understands pain and warmth. If you don't choose him, he is not you.
I have no vision, and no one can say for sure about emotional matters. I didn’t think twice about being able to get together with Lao Fang. I couldn’t see him until I pinched my eyes half-closed, but what happened next? There’s nothing to talk about, I haven’t yet
When I think of divorce, I don’t want to divorce either.
You have just turned 21, and a flower has just bloomed. You are guaranteed to find someone who likes you. Xiaolong is good, but you two can't get along. Isn't it good to be friends now? I tell you, girl, it depends on your feelings when it comes to dating, and you have no regrets.
I'm not afraid of your jokes. Master liked Lao Tan back then, so I thought about being with him. He was willing to divorce me.
But then I thought that was not the case. The couple was living a good life, so who were we? No matter how much we talked about things, we couldn’t do that. We are getting along well with Lao Fang now, so just be nice to me."
"I understand the truth, but I just don't feel good about it - I'm upset." Meng Meng said.
"What's the fuss? If Xiaolong didn't decide to get engaged, wouldn't he think so? He should be happy to have a friend who values love and justice like this. Just like the master, he would be content to have a friend like Lao Tan for the rest of his life.
Some people can become lovers, and some people can only become friends. When people are satisfied, they can't think too much, and they will get tired if they think too much. Sometimes people who try to fix themselves are neither human nor ghosts, and they can't fix it in the end.
Friends can't get along, who has more and who has less?" Wang Hong said.
"Well------ask me to go to Hohhot if you have a chance. I really like Inner Mongolia--" Meng Meng murmured.
Wang Hong looked at her apprentice distressedly, sighed, and said, "Okay, I'll fight for you when the time comes."