Chapter 155 When I was young
There are so many people in the world who love you, but you don’t know how to love yourself well. There are so many beautiful stories when you were young, but you don’t want to tell them and listen to them.
"Yulian, do you think my drawings are good?"
"What are you painting?"
"I'm painting a piece of clothing for girls."
The tailor's name is Huang San'an, and he is not a member of the Xu family. A long time ago, a businessman named Huang wanted to find a secluded place to live in, so he went to this place and spent a lot of money to buy a piece of land on the territory of the Xu family. From then on, their family has taken root here. By the time of the tailor's generation, it should be the third generation. This businessman named Huang has always made a fortune by reselling jade. This is why, although the tailor's income was not high, there were always some strange things at home to decorate the house, and the house was also quite grand.
Huang San'an was born in this place. At that time, he opened a not-so-good primary school in the most remote place on the street, which was where grandma and Huang San'an went to school. Of course, because there were only elementary schools at that time, their cultural level remained in elementary school. Because of their similar age, grandma and Huang San'an happened to go to elementary school at the same time.
My grandmother's family had no money at that time and lived a hard life. On the contrary, Huang Sanan's father, the head of the Huang family, had a good business in jade, and his family was relatively wealthy. Although the tailor had a low level of education, he had good tutors. He had a very good personality and was kind-hearted, and he revealed a kind of gentleness that belonged to a man.
People in the countryside basically don’t think that studying is of any use, so there are not many people in the entire primary school, and there are no more than twenty men and women in a class. The village where my grandmother is located is in the northernmost part of the town, while Huang San'an's family is in the southernmost part of the town. So we had never seen the two before, and even if we accompanied our parents on the street to buy vegetables for several years, we never met them by chance.
In fact, the elementary school at that time was just a word and just finished it, so the grades of grandma and tailor were not very good. When she was a child, she was a carefree and lively and cute little girl all day long. She has been very beautiful since she was a child, with white skin and clear big eyes. Basically, many children were looking at her in class, and even some children who couldn't go to school would sneak to school to see her.
Huang Sanan is an introverted child, and his appearance is pretty compared to those of the peasant children. His fun personality made his grandmother curious about the child who was sitting in the classroom without saying a word. So every time he would go home late after school, he would want to chat with him and say a few words when he was back home. However, every time after school, a man in Zhongshan suit would take him home, and grandmother would not find a chance to make friends with him every time.
Once, my grandmother had a cold and coughing the next day because she squeezed her quilt with her younger brothers. She kept coughing lightly during class. Although she was sick, there were still many little boys who wanted to sit with her to class. Although she was cheerful, she would keep a distance from those boys when playing. The teacher knew her grandmother's personality, so she never arranged a deskmate for her and sat alone.
After class, my grandmother lay on the table because of dizziness and wanted to rest for a while. When class was over, the teacher came in and found that Huang Sanan was not in the seat and could not find anyone in the school, so she got very angry. My grandmother couldn't rest or attend class all the time, so she suddenly became a little disgusted with this inexplicable person.
However, after the teacher got angry, Huang Sanan came back with a bag of dirty advantages. He was punished to stand at the door of the classroom for a day, and he didn't speak until his grandmother was about to go home:
"Hey, these are the pipas I climbed over the wall and picked for you. They are good for your cough. You can go back and eat them."
The smile on his face was a smile that grandma had never seen before. She was very kind and innocent, unlike those peasant sons. Although it was not different, it was different in her heart. Grandma originally wanted to stay and chat with Huang Sanan for a while, but soon Huang Sanan's father apologized to the teacher and took Huang Sanan's hand and left.
What made grandma even more curious was that Huang Sanan's father did not have an angry expression when he saw such a thing happening. He still gently took his son away. Maybe this is that he has the same father as his son. Different people have been raised, and this boy has left a deep impression on grandma's heart.
Later, grandma took the initiative to move to Huang Sanan to sit down, and the two people who became their deskmates soon became the best playmates.
"San'an, why don't you usually play with those boys?"
"My father said that making friends is OK, but making friends must make good friends. Friends who have common interests and friends who can give their own efforts. Those children don't look the same as me, so I don't want to play with them."
"Then why are you willing to play with me?"
"Because...because I think you look good."
This was the first time my grandma saw Huang Sanan blushing. It was the cutest and simplest time.
Perhaps many people say that they have not developed as children, and the so-called liking between children is just good feelings. They think they don’t know what liking is, and it is even more impossible to understand what love is. But isn’t liking just simple? If you have to consider so many elements of liking, how many are left? The liking between children is often more pure and enviable than adults. Do you dare to say that you understand what liking is, but they know.
I like it because I want to give him the candy, I like it because I want to read villain books with him, and I like it because I want to play with him forever carefree.
In the eyes of grandma and Huang Sanan, this is when their love begins. The student days are very short for them, and only a few years pass by. After meeting, Huang Sanan also expressed his friendship with his grandmother to his father. Huang Sanan's father had no objection to farmers and believed in his son's vision. Therefore, Huang Sanan and grandmother can play together for a lot of time, but sometimes I feel a little uncomfortable when I see grandma not changing clothes for several days.
"Yu Lian, why do you always wear this dress?"
"My family is poor, not as rich as yours. So, since I was a child, my mother made my clothes with rags, and my three younger brothers in my family. Their clothes were also made by my mother. There were not so many steps at home, so I only had two pieces of clothes. Do you dislike me and don't want to do it with me anymore?"
"No, how is that possible? I will never dislike you for the rest of my life."
Huang Sanan's father inherited his ancestral property and became a jade businessman, and he made more money in his business than the previous generation. In his eyes, his son was also an excellent person and he was very relieved to hand over such a family business. After Huang Sanan graduated from elementary school, he began to teach him various methods of recognizing stones and valuing and trading. He would bring some business partners to know him. He was also a very obedient child. Every time his father asked him to do whatever he said, he would do as his father said. However, since that day, Huang Sanan had other ideas in his mind.
An idea can sometimes be changed as long as it is rooted in the heart.
Sometimes my grandmother went to Huang San'an's house to find him, and even Huang San'an's father didn't know where he was. Only he knew that he ran to Tailor Wang's house on the street and learned to make clothes. Tailor Wang was in his fifties and had no son or daughter at that time. I don't know who to pass on this skill to. Seeing that Huang San'an was so studious, he accepted such an apprentice to learn the arts. Tailor Wang taught very seriously, and Huang San'an also learned very seriously.
"San'an, I have been unable to find your people during this period. What are you busy with? Or have you found other friends and don't want to play with me? Have I done something wrong? Please tell me if you can?"
"No, you did nothing wrong. I'm preparing you a surprise for you."
"Surprise? What surprise?"
"Don't worry about this, you'll know it then."
Huang Sanan's father discovered something wrong with his son, but he refused to tell him what he was doing every time he asked him. It was not until one day that his father saw him secretly drawing a picture in the house that he knew that Huang Sanan wanted to be a tailor. Huang Sanan's father didn't know how to dissuade him. He thought that the child would give up his ideas after a while.
"Hey, let me show you something."
"Isn't it just a painting? What's in this painting?"
"It's a piece of clothing for girls."
"Yes, it's the clothes for you."
Later, Huang Sanan's father found that Huang Sanan seemed to be very interested in the tailor's craft. He drew pictures at home, fiddled with fabrics, and sewed them. He was worried that his son would not be able to inherit his family business, so he locked him up at home all day and did not allow him to go anywhere. Huang Sanan originally agreed to make a piece of clothing for her on her grandmother's birthday, but that day his grandmother waited by the river for a long time until evening, but she did not see Huang Sanan.
He did make the clothes for his grandmother, but he was locked up at home by his father. He hated himself for why he was so incompetent, and why he hated himself for not being able to fulfill his promise to his grandmother.
"Why didn't you come that day?"
"I was locked up at home by my dad, and I really didn't want to come on purpose."
"oh."
Grandma turned around and left the riverside, leaving the tailor with a lonely back.
Chapter completed!