Originally, Zhou Xiaomei wanted to invite Wang Shulan and Lao Tan to Quanjude to eat roast duck. Wang Shulan said that it was not safe to eat out. Even though the lockdown was lifted now, there were still risks. What if you happened to win the lottery?
You have to be careful, safety first.
What's more, you can eat and drink as much as you want at home without worrying about not being able to get home.
At the dinner table, Lao Tan first talked about his physical condition. Wang Shulan and Zhou Xiaomei were both happy for him and toasted to each other.
A good mood makes eating and drinking delicious, especially with close friends.
To say that Lao Tan's fortune is good enough, most of the people he hangs out with are women, and they are all beautiful women. Although they are older than him, they are both fat and thin in their own way.
To be honest, there are no men who are not lecherous, and Lao Tan is no exception.
There are two types of lust, one is the appreciation type, watching from a distance but not playing close up; the other is the pure color type, wanting to go to bed when seeing a beautiful woman, the romantic and rogue type.
As the saying goes, there is no one who doesn't get his shoes wet when standing by the river. This is the case for Lao Tan and Wang Shulan. Although they just admired each other at the beginning and there was a distance, the two of them had too many opportunities to be alone together, and they became close to each other.
Strictly speaking, Lao Tan was cheating, and he was emotionally sorry for Lin Yan. Although he and Lin Yan were in a sexless marriage, he was the one who was at fault first.
Of course it doesn't count now - he's divorced.
All three of them are good drinkers, but Zhou Xiaomei is the best. She is rarely seen drinking too much. As they often say on Douyin, she drinks all the time.
Lao Tan came second, and he didn't dare to drink too much because he was sick, but half a pound was fine for him.
Wang Shulan is relatively weak, but for a woman she can still drink.
After three rounds of wine and five delicious dishes, the faces of the three of them all had the blush of an alcohol test, and there were more topics to talk about.
"I'm just confused. You said it's great for you two to be together, but you're not together." Zhou Xiaomei said regretfully.
Lao Tan and Wang Shulan smiled at each other and communicated silently with their eyes. That's a good idea, but Zhou Xiaomei doesn't understand.
"Look, you two are still laughing, I'm serious." Zhou Xiaomei continued.
"If two people are good, they have to be together?" Wang Shulan asked with a smile.
"That's not true." Zhou Xiaomei replied.
"Not necessarily." Wang Shulan said: "There are many kinds of relationships between men and women. Those who get married are called husband and wife. They live under the same roof but always have different dreams. Otherwise, how can we say that husband and wife are birds in the same forest, and they fly separately when disaster strikes.
Having an affair behind your lover's back is called an extramarital affair. Although they don't live under the same roof, they are always in the same bed. In your Northeastern dialect, they are called virgins. In the old dialect, they are called someone who breaks your shoes and can be paraded on the streets.
Now it has become a normal phenomenon recognized in private. Where can I go to explain it? But remember, extramarital affairs are always a double-edged sword, and you can never do it secretly. I have made this mistake before, and I have suffered a lot."
Speaking of which, she lit up a lady's cigarette, took a puff and continued: "But there are really two people who are good but not together. The woman hates meeting each other before getting married, and the man hates meeting each other before getting married."
It’s all true love, love is vigorous and life-or-death, the world is full of longing, the ends of the earth are full of lovesickness, a heart has a deep concern for the beloved, a relationship has the aftertaste of bitter coffee, can you say that it is not love? It’s just that there is no such thing.
Just being together."
"How did I find out that you were talking about you and my uncle?" Zhou Xiaomei said playfully.
"Giggle------" Wang Shulan laughed wantonly and said: "Your brother-in-law and I haven't reached that level yet. After all, we met too late and we don't have a pure emotional foundation.
We are brother and sister, and confidante. As popular saying goes, it is a love in life, so just cherish it. Am I right? Lao Tan."
Lao Tan said nothing, smiled and picked up his wine glass to drink.
"If you don't speak, you will admit it." Wang Shulan didn't care, and continued: "I hope you can be as honest as a child as you were when you first got sick. If so, I would rather serve you.
Huh! After you recover, it’s not you. You start running around again, trying to catch anyone but you can’t catch them. I’m too old to follow you and scratch my head, and I still want to live a few more years.”
"You still have my brother-in-law in your heart." Zhou Xiaomei said.
"That's for sure, I admit it." Wang Shulan looked at Lao Tan and said, "It's the first time in my life that I'm willing to serve a man, can I live without him?
But we are together, and we cannot be together just because we are together. If that were the case, I would still have Xu Wenqiang in my heart. When I was young, his pictures were all posted on my bedside. I would like to be with him, is it possible?
In fact, this is good. I have something in mind, and I can see each other from time to time. Isn’t it good? I like the life I live now. I am free and easy. I can take my granddaughter to square dances when I have nothing to do, or I can just hang out with a few old sisters.
It is quite fulfilling to travel and visit the great rivers and mountains of the motherland.
The only time I feel lonely is when my granddaughter goes home to stay, and there is no one around to accompany her at night. But I have gotten used to being alone over the years, and I am still not used to being alone, unlike when I was in my thirties or forties.
When I was like that, I always wanted a man."
"I don't believe you don't want a man now. How old are you and you are no longer 80 years old." Zhou Xiaomei said half-jokingly.
Wang Shulan did not answer immediately and raised her wine glass as a gesture to drink. Lao Tan and Zhou Xiaomei raised their wine glasses, and the three of them clinked their glasses to drain the wine.
"I think about it, but not strongly, and it will pass after a while." Wang Shulan said: "At my age, I have started to pick and choose, and I don't want to pay attention to those who don't care. Besides, I don't lack anything now, and I can't do it again.
If you haven't had any problems for ten years, why are you looking for a man? Are you making yourself tired?"
"You really understand." Lao Tan said.
"It's not too clear, just live like this." Wang Shulan took the cigarette lighter from Lao Tan and continued: "I am reading the Diamond Sutra and the Tao Te Ching now. I am a fellow practitioner of Buddhism and Taoism, and my mind is much more open.
I don’t have to worry about many things anymore.”
"The Diamond Sutra teaches that all appearances are false, which is the same principle as Lao Tzu's pure inaction. One is to break through the world's appearances, lift a leaf of blindness, and enable people to escape suffering and gain happiness; the other is to directly teach the Dharma and teach people the way to practice.
Be a good person." Lao Tan said.
"It's all about enlightenment," Wang Shulan said: "As the old saying goes, you can never know without experience. People cannot understand these things until they reach a certain age. Only experience can help them figure it out.
I also read it when I had nothing to do, and I didn’t understand a lot of things. But reading it was better than not reading it at all. At least I learned to be generous and not get entangled.
It is really true that people know their destiny when they reach fifty. Before the age of fifty, those who are not confused are just thinking they are smart. After the age of fifty, they are no longer smart, and they think it is just for children. But they have seen through everything.
I feel like I’m starting to get silly.”
"That's not called being stupid, it's called being as wise as a fool." Lao Tan said.
"I don't know if she's stupid or not, but I just think she's similar to my little granddaughter, with a little more childishness."
"You have achieved enlightenment."
"Hahaha, you still practice Buddhism?" Wang Shulan gave Lao Tan a charming look and said: "Those old rural ladies don't know the Diamond Sutra or the Tao Te Ching, they don't even know the words, but their understanding of life is better than
We are all deep.
When I traveled to Yunnan, I came to a village in the mountains. The grandmothers there all made offerings to Buddha at home, burning incense and kowtowing on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. I asked them if they believed in Buddhism and they said they did. Then I asked those who burned incense and kowtowed to Buddha, could they bless me?
What do you think they said?"
"What did you say?" Lao Tan and Zhou Xiaomei asked at the same time.