748, the second half of life
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The rain kept falling, as if the sky had been broken. Until the evening fell, it looked like a sad wind and rain. The deafening thunder and lightning that broke through the sky never stopped. Nature showed its power to this world covered by wind and rain.
As the rain continued, Wang Bo was trapped in Jiang Mei's home, unable to go out to see and enjoy the mountain scenery of the mountain girl beside her who was young.
However, sitting on a bamboo recliner, Jiang Mei's family was careful and chatting with him with questions and answers. Drinking the camellia picked and baked by Jiang Mei's mother was also a rare taste for Wang Bo. This life that faced the lowest class and the vast majority of poor people in China is now getting farther and farther away from him. Occasionally, returning to the class of his past survival, remembering the bitterness and thinking about the sweetness, and reflecting on life is also a very necessary practice for Wang Bo himself!
After four o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Mei got up and went to the next kitchen to have supper with her mother Fan Kaiqun, leaving only Wang Bo and her old man Jiang Dayou who were sitting in the living room to continue chatting. The kitchen of the Jiang family is located among two thatched huts next door. One of the tiled houses made a kitchen, and the other one is a pigpen and toilet. In this era, the layout of rural families in all directions was mostly like this.
Jiang Dayou was always trembling and shocked when facing the baby of his daughter's boss. He and his wife Fan had been to Guanghan twice. He saw that his daughter lived in a larger place every time and better each time. His daughter was in the high-end and fashionable rice noodle shop, and he had more than a dozen or twenty people under his command. All of this was brought to his daughter by the Wang family. To be more specific, it was brought to his daughter by the 17 or 18-year-old baby around him. With this understanding, even though he had met Wang Bo three times, Jiang Dayou was still unable to let go, for fear that his family's words and deeds would make the other party unhappy, so he always respected and cautious in his attitude.
Wang Bo was helpless about this. He didn't mind that ordinary employees would maintain a cautious or vigilant attitude in front of him, but if the relatives around him were the same, Wang Bo would feel uncomfortable. But he obviously couldn't say to Jiang Mei's parents, don't be too stressed, relaxed, and let it go naturally, and so on. The only way is to put it in the future as everyone meets each other more times in the future, Jiang Mei's parents can treat them, the shameful "son-in-law" with a normal heart.
At six o'clock in the evening, the heavy rain continued to fall. The sky, which had originally been darkened after eight o'clock, turned dark early because of the dark wind and rain.
At this time, after more than two hours of busyness, the sumptuous supper was also prepared under the care of Jiang Mei and her mother.
Before dinner, I heard that Wang Bo only drank beer, and Jiang Mei's old man wore a straw raincoat and went to a nearby shop to buy beer for Wang Bo. Seeing that the wind and rain outside were too heavy and the mountain road was difficult to walk, Wang Bo tried his best to dissuade him because he was worried that the other party would have any accidents, but it was useless and could not even hold him back. The other party insisted on going out. Wang Bo could only call Jiang Mei to persuade her old man, but Jiang Mei smiled and said:
"Boer, how can I have vegetables or not wine? Just let me buy it. He has lived here for decades, and he can go up and down the mountain with his eyes closed, and there will be no trouble."
"Oh, that's it? That's OK. Then bring me two bottles of ice beer and come back. I'll have two drinks with Uncle Jiang later."
Jiang Mei's face was a little unnatural, and she said embarrassedly: "Baoer, we probably don't have cold beer here, there is no freezer in the store."
Wang Bo slapped his head and said, "It's okay, it's okay, the weather is not hot, just drink room temperature. Room temperature is also good." Except for winter, Wang Bo drinks cold beer all year round. As soon as he finished speaking, he realized that he was afraid he was a little troubled.
At half past six, on the square table in Jiang Mei’s house, Wang Bo, Jiang Mei, Jiang Dayou, Fan Kaiqun, four of them were each side. Facing a large table of good dishes that Wang Bo bought in the town, he started eating beautifully. Jiang Mei accompanied Wang Bo to drink the beer bought by his old man in the rain, and Jiang Dayou and Fan Kaiqun drank the Luzhou Laojiao, which Wang Bo gave as a gift from the door. Wang Bo actually wanted to buy two bottles of Maotai or Wuliangye for his shameless "father-in-law", but Jiang Mei insisted on not allowing it, saying that Luzhou Laojiao was already a very good wine for her father and mother.
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of dishes, probably after drinking, Wang Bo felt that both Jiang Dayou and Fan Kaiqun had become casual and natural. After accidentally talking about the news that one of Jiang Mei's cousins would get married next year, Jiang Mei's mother Fan Kaiqun's faint drunk eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked at Jiang Mei as if she had thought of something and said:
"Meimei, do you know about Li Erwa in the town?"
"Which Li Erwa?"
"That's the one who opens a side dish!" Jiang Dayou interrupted.
"The second team next door, his old man is the pig slayer."
"What's the matter?" Jiang Mei asked with a piece of fish and put it into Wang Bo's bowl.
"Li Erwa's wife died of cancer half a year ago and is now a bachelor. I don't know where he knew about your divorce. Some time ago, I asked Aunt Wang from the team to come and chat with me and ask if you are remarried now. Meimei, then Li Erwa has two small buildings on the roof. There is also a shop selling side food in the town. The conditions are very good. Although she is seven or eight years older than you, she basically stays in the town and rarely does farm work, so she looks very young and not old at all. Meimei, what if I take time one day, I will call Aunt Wang to arrange for you to meet you?"
Jiang Mei's face was light and she smiled at first, but as she listened, her smile disappeared. She said to her mother with a dark face: "What do you see? If you want to see you, I will not cut it!"
"You ghost woman, you have been divorced from Zhang Xiaojun for so long. Can you just live like this for the rest of your life?" Fan Kaiqun was a little angry when he saw his daughter's merciless rejection.
"Life will be life!" Jiang Mei said.
"You ghost woman, are you really going to piss off me and you old man?" Fan Kaiqun became even more angry, so he simply put down the chopsticks in his hand and said to Jiang Mei, "What's wrong with that Li Erwa? The conditions in the house are good in all aspects, and the old man is also a reasonable person, but there is a boy in his teens at the front of the house. However, you are all divorced people, what else do you think? Do you want to find a young man who has never taken the marriage? Boer, do you think this is the reason for the empress?" Fan Kaiqun looked at Wang Bo opposite again.
Wang Bo was so embarrassed that he could only agree, saying, "Empress said, Mei... Sister Mei is still young, so... she should find a companion." After saying that, Wang Bo immediately kicked Jiang Mei's shoes, the Adidas sneakers he bought for the other party, and he understood the meaning very clearly. I am helpless now and can only speak out.
Fan Kaiqun received Wang Bo's approval, and his confidence immediately became more secure. He was about to speak and pursue the victory, but Wang Bo on the opposite side opened his mouth again:
"However, Empress, you should be careful when getting married and not rush. It would be better if the other party had no baby, but having a teenage baby is a bit difficult for Sister Mei. You also know that in this society, whether it is a stepmother or a post-old man, you can't speak or scold the other party's baby, and you can't beat him, and it's not easy to be accustomed. If you don't pay attention, the baby will hate you for the rest of your life. When you get old, it will be a problem.
"Of course, Sister Mei is so young, only in her twenties, and she can't live like this for the rest of her life. She always needs to have a companion and have a new baby in the future.
"But marriage is a big deal. It is not sweet to both parties. Otherwise, there will be endless troubles. Fan Niang, Uncle Jiang, don't worry about Sister Mei's marriage now. Let me tell you a situation. Sister Mei is very popular in our rice noodle shop. Many young people, young people, including the old man's family, are regular customers in our store. Do you know why? Just come to visit Sister Mei! If Sister Mei wants to find a partner, if you don't want one day, the people who come to propose marriage will definitely be arranged from our rice noodle shop to the gate of the Guanghan Municipal Government! Moreover, these people are not crooked people, all of them are city people who eat, wear the country, and have a job. If any one of them is proposed, they will be left to the Li Erwa in your town!
"So, Fan Niang, Uncle Jiang, don't worry! Sister Mei's current suitors are so many! Let Sister Mei choose slowly and choose slowly. Then choose a tall, handsome and can find money for you. It's good for you two elders and comes back!"
"Puchi--" As soon as Wang Bo finished speaking, Jiang Mei, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but smile, and then glared at him fiercely. At the same time, she didn't forget to step on him with her feet under the table, and responded with color. But Jiang Mei did not object to the exaggerated words that Wang Bo had freed him from the siege.
After being joked by Wang Bo as half-jokingly, Fan Kaiqun and Jiang Dayou also laughed. Fan Kaiqun glanced at his daughter and said unhappily: "Ghost woman, since you have a suitor in Guanghan, why don't you murmur to me? It makes me worry about your second half of your life all day long?"
"You don't understand either..." Jiang Mei lowered her head and muttered.
Chapter completed!