But Ji Xinyao couldn't help but be a little surprised when she heard such information.
"Is your husband a white American? Although marriage between different races is normal now, it was still rare a few decades ago, right?"
Liu Yuexiang is almost old enough to be her grandmother. Even though Andrewson's parents took root in the United States, they still married Chinese to Chinese. It was not until Andrewson's generation that they chose to intermarry with locals.
Liu Yuexiang sighed, "At that time, we were indeed not following the traditional orders of parents or matchmakers."
She began to tell her story.
"I was only sixteen years old at that time, and I was the youngest daughter of my family. My family lived in Malaysia, and my ancestors originally had a little savings, but before I was born, my father had spent all of it."
"My father wanted to make a comeback. In his opinion, the only chance was for me to marry Lu Runtong, the son of Lu Daming, the president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. I didn't understand at that time. After all, marrying someone is not to marry this man.
Even if you marry that man, it's still the same."
Ji Xinyao nodded in understanding.
In that era, there were not many choices when it came to getting married and having children.
"So have you been married twice?" Ji Xinyao asked curiously.
Liu Yuexiang shook her head, "At that time, people would laugh at people who got married twice. A loyal minister will not serve two masters, and a martyr woman will not serve two husbands."
Chinese culture followed the Chinese to Malacca, including of course the shackles that bound women.
Liu Yuexiang continued, "Actually, I met Robert after I got engaged to the son of the president of the Chamber of Commerce."
Her eyes were deep, as if she was recalling a story from a long, long time ago.
"Lu Daming was an enlightened gentleman. He sent his son Lu Runtong to study in the United States. After returning from his studies, he also brought with him an American friend of his who was interested in Eastern culture, Robert."
This plot is a bit exciting. They say that a friend's wife should not be bullied.
Ji Xinyao looked at Liu Yuexiang with a look in her eyes.
Liu Yuexiang smiled softly.
"At that time, because Lu Runtong and I were already an unmarried couple, we often went to the Lu family before getting married. The Lu family treated me very well, but Lu Runtong didn't like him. He thought I was too traditional and didn't have those Western-style girls.
She was enthusiastic and cheerful, could not speak foreign languages, could not dance ballroom, and could only cook. If a woman could cook, what kind of skill was cooking? Ballroom dancing was very popular at that time, and any young man with some knowledge could do it.
Lu Runtong liked dancing. As his unmarried wife, I wanted to learn it and make him happy, but there was no one around me to teach me. I could only dance quietly when Lu Runtong was having a dance with them.
Watch and learn quietly."
Liu Yuexiang had spoken very eloquently before, but as she slowly recalled her words, she became lukewarm.
"Isn't it difficult to learn this way?"
Liu Yuexiang nodded, "Yes, so I played the gramophone in the house and practiced by myself while listening. Later, Robert heard the sound in my room, so he quietly hid in front of my door and secretly
Look at me. I was also a young girl at that time. I couldn't bear to see him like this. I was embarrassed, scolded him, and drove him away. But who knew that this American didn't think the same as us, so he praised me instead.
She is beautiful, she compliments me on my graceful movements, and compliments me on my long and slender arms and legs, but I don’t have the confidence. If I had the confidence, I would definitely be able to dance better than other girls.”
Ji Xinyao always felt that this kind of exaggeration had a sense of déjà vu.
Is this how Americans flirt with girls???
"Will he teach you how to dance in the future, and you will become familiar with it after a while?" Ji Xinyao had already predicted the future.
Liu Yuexiang nodded in shock, "Girl, how do you know."
"Guess," Ji Xinyao smiled awkwardly. She was actually a little worried that Liu Yuexiang had been deceived, just like her mother.
But since she had asked about her name, she couldn't give up halfway and leave like this.
"You keep talking, I'm listening."
Liu Yuexiang continued, "Actually, at first, he said he wanted to teach me how to dance, but I refused. I just wanted to dance with my fiancé Lu Run. Later, Robert told me that Lu Run just wanted to dance with those overseas students.
I only agreed to what he taught me when I was a dancing queen among his students. After all, it was embarrassing for an unmarried man and an unmarried woman to dance next to each other. But I also wanted to be a dancing queen, so we got close to each other a few times, and I plopped.
My beating heart calmed down and I began to enjoy this feeling. The closer I got to Robert, the more I felt that it didn’t matter who Lu Runtong wanted to dance with, and I no longer wanted to be a dancing queen.”
Ji Xinyao understood that her original love for Lu Runtong was not love, but a kind of "loyalty" and she regarded her as her future husband.
"What happened after that? Did Lu Runtong discover the relationship between the two of you?"
Liu Yuexiang shook her head, "No. It's just that our wedding is getting closer and closer, and Lu Runtong can't stand me more and more. He really doesn't want to marry me. What he likes is one of their overseas students.
That dancing queen. So he broke up the marriage first and argued with Lu Daming that he would never marry an innocent woman like me. It was a very shameful thing to have the engagement annulled at the time, and it would make the whole family feel embarrassed.
At that time, my family even discussed with the Lu family, how about sending me abroad to study abroad for a year or two and then come back to get married, thinking that by then, through reform and transformation, Lu Runtong would be able to accept me. Although I already had a crush on Lu Runtong at that time.
I no longer felt it, but I didn’t dare to disobey my family’s orders, so I went to study in the United States for a year.”
Ji Xinyao's eyes shone brightly. Being able to study abroad in that era was really a great thing.
"It will definitely be difficult to adapt at the beginning."
Liu Yuexiang nodded, "Yes, you said I didn't know a word of foreign language, so why did I go to the United States? Most of the people who went with me at that time were men. There were differences between men and women, so I couldn't find them.
They helped. At that time, few families were willing to send their daughters to study abroad. But what a coincidence, Robert was on the same ship as me. Later when I went to the United States, he also took the initiative to help me arrange various things, and even
He took me to various places in the United States, and I saw the high-rise buildings in the United States for the first time. It turned out that Robert's hometown looked like this. Slowly, I gradually got the taste of Lu Runtong's favorite foreign female students.
.”
When Ji Xinyao heard this, she knew that she and Lu Run would never be able to go back to the past.
How can people who have studied abroad accept the traditional arranged marriages of the past?
"So you also agree to break off the engagement?"
"Yes, I agree. But originally I was planning to divorce after returning to Malaysia. Lu Runtong's divorce letter arrived half a year earlier than I thought."