Because she had an appointment with Guizhi, Liu Qin helped her mother finish her work at noon, and then went back to her house to tidy up. In fact, Liu Qin was born with beauty and looked dazzling without dressing up. However, it is a woman's nature to love beauty, so she still took the shower seriously.

After finishing her face, she spread her shiny black hair in front of the mirror, carefully braided it into a single braid and put it on the back of her head. She also used hairpins to neatly gather her small beard and hair. Then she suppressed her excitement, applied a little makeup on her face, and then took off her hair.

I changed into a white Doliang shirt from the work jacket I wore when I went to work. I turned around in front of the mirror, looked back and forth, thought about it, took out a light pink Doliang top from the cabinet and put it on.

This dress was originally worn by Liu Qin as a farewell party when Guizhi got married, and it was still as good as new. Liu Qin had an idea why she put on this dress. She just wanted to attract Lu Dong's attention. I think back then, in

At Guizhi's wedding, the two met for the first time, and Lu Dong left a very good impression on Liu Qin. Liu Qin was attracted to Lu Dong, and had wanted Guizhi to introduce him, but she was a girl after all, and she had

I didn’t have the nerve to express that meaning. Guizhi came to introduce it the day before yesterday. Although Liu Qin didn’t say it, he couldn’t express the excitement in his heart.

In March and April, the afternoon sun was warm and slightly blazing. During one meal, Liu Qin rode to Guizhi's house. Guizhi was busy in the yard when he heard a sound, so he came out and welcomed Liu Qin into the yard. Entering the yard

Inside, Liu Qin took off the gifts she had brought for Guizhi’s mother-in-law’s family, talked humbly with Guizhi’s mother-in-law for a while, and then followed Guizhi into her own room. Guizhi had cleaned the room in advance, and there were things on the table.

Wearing a thermos tea set, fruits, and melon seeds. Everything was carefully prepared. Guizhi gave up his seat to Liuqin while scanning Liuqin's clothes with his eyes. Women have delicate hearts, and Guizhi saw that Liuqin was wearing something to be her bridesmaid when she got married.

He asked, "Isn't this the one you wore when I got married? Is there any special meaning to wearing this dress? Yes!"

Liu Qintui was confused: "What do you mean?"

Guizhi said: "Are you planning to get married this time to get a good start?"

Liu Qin heard that Guizhi was making random guesses, and laughed in her heart: "You can guess, I will be as impatient as you!"

Guizhi continued: "I won't tell you whether I am in a hurry or not. Talking too much will delay your good work. I will call you Lu Dong right now. You two can talk about it later. I believe he is the one who is most anxious."

After Xinlan had lunch, she was not in a hurry to clear away the dishes. She went back to the house and took out a shelf, weighed a small bench, and sat downstairs, stroking her insoles and looking westward from time to time. Yesterday, Guizhi put

After Liu Qin's photo was shown to her, her heart beat excitedly for a long time. She originally wanted to chat with her son, but Lu Dong wanted to be pure and quiet in his heart. She was afraid of disturbing her child, so she thought about Liu Qin in the photo by herself.

Lu Dong, think about it, if the two of them get married, when will they meet for a small time, when will they meet for a big meeting, they are all arranged in their hearts. At night, they kept nagging in front of Fusheng. During the day, when Fusheng left, he secretly mentioned it in his heart.

Jin. Until noon today, I was thinking that the real person would come to me later in the evening, as if I had taken stimulants.

After Lu Dong finished his meal, he sat on a chair in the courtyard with his eyes closed and rested. From time to time he peeked at his mother downstairs, who stretched out her head to look west. Although Lu Dong understood his mother's mood, he felt funny in his heart, and later he couldn't bear it anymore.

After he stopped, he said to Xinlan: "Mom, look at your behavior, just like the children's league member who keeps the message tree in the movie. It's still early, so you should settle down and have a rest. Yesterday, Guizhi said that it won't be until three o'clock

Come on, stop trying."

Xinlan said: "Don't worry about it, just rest. I'll watch and let you know when I get here." Maybe it was because he was working too hard, and his heart was angry and his mouth was thirsty. Xinlan couldn't help it, so he put down his work and got up.

She went inside and poured a large glass of water out, then sat under the gate again and looked around. Little did she know that Liu Qin had already entered Guizhi's yard while she was entering the house to pour water.

Guizhi walked out of the courtyard and called Lu Dong. Xinlan was sitting under the gate and looking around. When she saw Guizhi coming, she hurriedly asked Lu Dong to bring a chair and asked Guizhi to sit down.

Guizhi said: "Aunt, I'll come over and sit down later, and I'll ask Lu Dong to come over."

Xinlan said: "Guizhi, I can't wait for my daughter to come over anytime. I've been waiting here for a long time and there's still no one there. There won't be any change of mind!"

Guizhi smiled and said, "Liu Qin is here! I'll call Lu Dong over right now."

When Xinlan heard this, she said with a look of astonishment: "No way, I have been waiting this noon. When did I go in?"

Seeing Xinlan's confused expression, Lu Dong didn't wait for Guizhi to answer his mother's question, then took over the conversation with a smile and said: "Mom, if you were really a member of the children's league keeping the message tree, you wouldn't even know that the Japanese sneaked in.

"

Lu Dong followed Guizhi, and the two of them entered Guizhi's courtyard one after another, and went directly to Guizhi's room. Liu Qin was sitting on a chair, and when he saw the two coming in, he stood up politely. Lu Dong stared at Liu Qin quickly

He looked up and down, nodded with a smile, and then turned his gaze to Guizhi. Seeing that both of them were looking at him, Guizhi quickly introduced them to each other. After listening to Guizhi's introduction, Lu Dong, Liu Qin

They nodded and smiled at each other, and then turned to Guizhi. When Guizhi saw that the two of them turned to him again, he suddenly realized that it was no longer necessary for him to be here anymore, so he hurriedly said goodbye.

After Guizhi left, Lu Dong and Liu Qin were left. The space in the house suddenly became much larger. Seeing that Liu Qin was still standing, Lu Dong asked Liu Qin to sit down and poured tea for Liu Qin. The two sat down and Lu Dong relaxed.

, smiled slightly at Liu Qin and said: "When Guizhi got married, you were seeing off the guests. I was so impressed by you that I have never forgotten it. I really wanted to ask Guizhi to introduce me. You and I almost missed it because of my little face.

If I really miss it, I will regret it for the rest of my life."

Liu Qin smiled and replied: "Really?"

Lu Dong continued: "To tell no lies, I have always been worried that you would find a partner. Now it seems that neither you nor I have found a partner. It is God who made us wait for this day to come."

After hearing this, Liu Qin thought to herself: You know how to say it. If we really miss it, you and I can only regret it. Although I thought so in my heart, the girl couldn't say it out loud. At the end, she said: "You are so good, how can you still find me?"

Can’t you think of someone better than me?”

Lu Dong continued: "Is it your own opinion that I am excellent? Or did you listen to Guizhi and his wife?"

Liu Qin said: "I have my own opinion, and Guizhi and others also said the same."

Lu Dong said: "Tell me and listen."

Liu Qin pondered for a moment and said: "Looking at your dress today, it looks casual, but in fact it is meticulous. The Xingang shirt on your upper body speaks of your attitude in doing things, and the straight military green trousers on your lower body are not new, but they are very clean, revealing your

You are capable and casual, all of which indicate that you are a cheerful and fastidious person."

When Lu Dong heard Liu Qin's analysis, he thought to himself, for a girl to have such an opinion, it shows that girls are not only beautiful on the outside, but also have good qualities on the inside. Then he asked, "What do the Guizhi couple say about me?"

Liu Qin thought for a moment and said, "Guizhi praises you for your good character, seriousness in work, and ability to endure hardships. Hai Hai has praised you a lot. He said that you are smart and capable, and you are just a little bit like that."

Liu Qin said this, maybe she wanted to liven up the atmosphere and didn't go any further. She knew that Lu Dong would ask anxiously.

Sure enough, Lu Dong asked anxiously: "What can Hai Hai say about me? He won't do anything bad for me, right?"

Liu Qin said: "That's not true. He just said that you are good at everything, but you have a lot of bad ideas."

When Lu Dong heard what Hai Hai said about him, he laughed and said, "I have a lot of bad ideas? How dare he say that to me!" After thinking about it, he said, "I'll tell you about Hai Hai in the past two days, and you will know Hai Hai

I have more bad ideas than I do.”

After Lu Dong finished speaking, he vividly told Liu Qin how the sea water splashed him with water in the past two days, and how he slipped and got himself covered in mud. After listening to this, Liu Qin couldn't help laughing out loud.

Lu Dong saw Liu Qin smiling happily, and he was also very happy, so he continued: "Actually, as long as people are not intrinsically bad, there is still fun in life if they are occasionally a little bad. Just like sea water and cinnamon twigs, if two people live together every day

If they are all serious, the marriage between the two of them may not be possible, and even if it happens, life will be lifeless. How can there be happiness!"

Liu Qin nodded and said: "That's the truth. In fact, life is like a painting, and small tastes are an accessory on the palette. With this accessory, life will be happy and the colors will be colorful."

Lu Dong listened to Liu Qin's words and secretly admired Liu Qin's conversation. He thought to himself, there are not many girls like Liu Qin. If I miss it, I will regret it for the rest of my life. As a man, if I don't take the initiative, should the woman take the initiative to confess her love?

, that's not too shameful. It's better to act than to have a heartbeat, so he said: "Life needs to be happy and colorful. Everyone wants it, but it's not easy! As the saying goes, a thousand-mile marriage is tied by a thread. Today, we are gathered here.

, fate has arrived, I can't lose this opportunity again, although the two Zhuangzi are not thousands of miles apart, but I am here to promise you that I will definitely make you happy and beautiful in the future!"

After Lu Dong finished speaking, he looked directly at Liu Qin with a solemn expression, waiting for Liu Qin's answer.

Liu Qin did not speak, but she looked at Lu Dong with a serious expression, as if she saw sincerity, true love, support, and everything in the future in Lu Dong's eyes.

After Guizhi called Lu Dong away, Xinlan was still sitting under the gate of her house. While doing work, she was wondering when Liu Qin came over. She originally wanted to sit here to see what this girl looked like, so she sat here specifically to wait for someone.

, in the end, it was still missed. Xinlan kept complaining to herself, until she saw Guizhi coming out of the door with a job in her hand, she came back to her senses and stopped thinking about it. Xinlan asked Guizhi to sit down first

Next, he got up and went back to the house to pour a large glass of boiling water, and spooned two spoonfuls of sugar into it, stirred it twice, covered it with a lid, took it out, and handed it to Guizhi. Guizhi hurriedly put down his work

, stood up and took it, put it on the stone steps beside him, and sat down again. Xinlan saw Guizhi sitting up, then leaned over and asked: "Guizhi, what's wrong with them, can they make eye contact?"

"

Guizhi smiled and said: "Aunt, don't worry, I think they look like a couple. You don't know! I just introduced them, and they cooperated tacitly, which made me choke!"

Xinlan listened and said with a smile: "There is a way to punish me. When these two days pass, let them treat you to a movie and dinner to make amends to you!"

Guizhi said: "No, I think these two people are in love with each other. It's like a fate-made marriage. It's destined. Even without my introduction, I think it will happen sooner or later. Let's talk about punishment.

, is impossible!”

Xinlan listened to what Guizhi said and hurriedly answered: "No, Guizhi, as the saying goes: Don't forget the well digger when you are drinking water. If they want to become a couple, they dare to forget you as a matchmaker. I will shut them down."

I can’t get through it!”

Hearing Xinlan's urgent words, Guizhi smiled and said: "Aunt, I'm just kidding, they are not that kind of people, don't worry!"

Xinlan smiled and pretended to be serious and said, "I'm not kidding. If Lu Dong dares to do that, your Uncle Fusheng and I will not let him go."

Guizhi was about to change the subject when she heard Xinlan mention Fusheng and quickly added: "Aunt, you and Uncle Fusheng are from the city and the other from the countryside. How did you get married? Tell us!"

Hearing Guizhi ask about her own affairs, Xinlan smiled, remained silent for a while and said, "I haven't thought about this incident between Uncle Yu and me for a long time. When I think of that time in Xijing, I may often go back to that time.

environment, so from time to time I would return to the phantom of the time when Uncle Yu and I met and got married. But since we moved back to Xijing, it has been 13 years in the blink of an eye. Maybe things have changed and people have changed. I don’t know why.

I rarely think about the scene at that time again! If you hadn’t asked me about the scene between Uncle Yu and me that had been dusty for many years, I don’t think I would have mentioned it again.”

When Guizhi heard what Xinlan said, he smiled and continued: "So, my uncle and I will definitely have a very romantic love story! Come and tell us."

Xinlan smiled and continued: "How can there be any romance? Uncle Yu and I got married by chance. I was working in a textile factory in Xijing at the time, and Uncle Yu and his fellow villagers lived in Xijing. I joined our factory and worked as a loader and unloader in the warehouse. One time when I was off work, I happened to catch up with them leaving the warehouse. In order to avoid the ditch on the roadside and the road was uneven, the cotton spindles pulled by Uncle Xie's truck rolled down and hit them. It injured my leg and kept me in the hospital for more than a month. My father is a teacher, and he is usually very strict with his students. Maybe it is the habit of preaching, or maybe he is anxious when this happens, so he is not polite to Uncle Yun. Don't talk about the method, just give me a good lesson. He said that if I become disabled, Uncle Yu will be responsible for my whole life. Uncle Yu became anxious and blurted out that if I become disabled, he will marry me home and raise me for the rest of my life. In fact, these words were angry words. , My father may not have liked Uncle Chun as his son-in-law at that time. During the month he was in the hospital, because he was injured at work, the factory sent someone to take care of him and he was not needed. However, Uncle Chun still came to the hospital to run around after get off work. He worked tirelessly to get medicines and meals, and spent all his salary on my recuperation. After he was discharged from the hospital and returned home to rest, Uncle Xun kept running home. In the end, my father wanted to drive him out, but in his heart I couldn't get rid of her anymore, so it gradually became a thing. After we got married, Lu Dong and his third brother were married one after another. Uncle Ke and I both wanted another girl, but we were born with twins. Xiao Cun and Xiao Hua were two daughters. This was difficult. At that time, living was tight and food was tight. They needed food stamps, cloth stamps, oil stamps, meat stamps, and milk stamps. Everything the two families earned was added to this. It was not enough. In the end, it seemed that there was nothing we could do. At this time, the country issued a policy to encourage educated youth and urban workers to return to their hometowns to support rural construction, and introduced preferential subsidy conditions. After discussion, the family decided to It’s hard to make a living by starving here, so it’s better to go back to your hometown and join Lu Dong’s lonely grandfather. He not only enjoys the preferential conditions provided by the government, but also has food and clothing. Once he has land, he has no worries, so he signed up. , received the subsidy, returned the house from the work unit, and moved back from Xijing with a resettlement certificate issued by the government. It has been 13 years now. Looking back now, I thought I was right to come back. In the countryside, As long as people are diligent and not lazy, the family's food and drink are guaranteed, and they feel more at ease than they did in the city. Over the years, Lu Dong's sisters have grown up one by one. If Lu Dong's grandfather hadn't passed away the year before last, , I should be happy in two years." Xinlan said calmly, letting her thoughts fly, taking herself back to Xijing in the past, factories, schools, her parents' family, her own family, just like in a movie The same things are lingering in front of my eyes one by one, as if all this happened just yesterday...

Xinlan finished speaking in one breath, and Guizhi listened attentively, with a look of concentration, fearing that he might miss a few words. After watching Xinlan finish speaking, he relaxed and said: "This is not romantic yet, it can be made into a movie

Already."

Xinlan smiled and said nothing.

Guizhi saw Xinlan smiling and not saying anything, knowing that she was still immersed in the emotion just now. She wanted to liven up the atmosphere and said: "Aunt, in these years of reform and opening up, there is no shortage of food and drink in the city. There are movies and TV.

, life is much richer and more colorful than life in the countryside. If you and my uncle had not moved back, and you are now a big city person eating commercial food, how many people in our village would be envious!"

"I can't talk about envy, but the lives of people in the city are indeed much better now. Lu Dong and his grandfather often mention the development of the city in letters."

The road in Xijing is dark, and no one has the right to look forward or backward! This is also fate! I remember that when we moved back, Uncle Yu and I wanted to leave a thought in Xijing, so we did not move back to the registered residence of Lu Dong’s eldest brother Lu Bei, and left Lu Bei

He stayed with his grandpa in Xijing. But who knew, he would disappear during the later movements. Alas, I can’t even think about it now. It has become a pain in the hearts of both uncle and uncle. Alas! Let’s not talk about this anymore!
To be continued...