Chapter 3 two

Except for the winter and summer vacations, our date passed peacefully for a year.At first I didn't attract the attention of my family. My mother always thought it was because I was young and couldn't leave home.After a long time, I could no longer hide it from other people's eyes, so many rumors spread in our village.Some people said that they saw sister Alan and I having a tryst in the orchard; what is a tryst?I once secretly asked Sister Alan, and she was just as baffled as me. Although the wind outside was very urgent, it did not affect our communication. At the end of the second school year, I hired a car from the city and rushed home happily.As soon as I entered the door, my mother called me to her room; closed the door; I still stood aside inexplicably.Father was pulling the livid iron handle and holding a riding whip in his hand, while mother was also sitting beside him with red eyes.I felt as if a disaster was about to happen to me. In a state of embarrassment, I thought maybe my father was not satisfied with my grades.However, I knew that my academic and conduct scores were among the top in the class, so I was courageous and didn't feel afraid at all.

My father still didn't speak. After a while, my mother said to me: "Fine white!"Do you and Alan next door often get together? No!I said: just meet once a week. Someone outside said, you are still in the orchard in the middle of the night, are you? Yes!I think my mother's question is very strange, what does it matter if I play with Sister Alan at night!Why did mother make such a fuss like they did.Of course I didn't care and said: Mom!Sister Alan is busy during the day, helping her mother cook and wash clothes, watching the young sister Xiaolan, and embroidering and sewing in her free time.I also want to visit my classmates during the day; so I only have time at night, and I ask her to talk to her.

Did you ask her out?My father opened his eyes and looked at me fiercely. Um?I still stubbornly said to him: I asked her out, it can also be said that we have discussed this way a long time ago. Things that don't grow!My father suddenly raised his whip angrily, and hit me on the head; I didn't hide, but my mother hugged me and pushed me on the bed.The father didn't give up, but pointed at his mother and shouted angrily: Look at you raising such a good son!With that said, he walked out angrily. After my father left, I fell into my mother's arms as if I had suffered a great grievance, and wept bitterly.She also wiped her tears and said to me: Why are you still crying?You didn't know that you killed Alan.

I killed her?This sentence shot at me like a cold arrow, I said in surprise. Children, you should know that grown-up men and women cannot be together casually.Especially at night, how people will suspect you and speak ill of you. I didn't wait for my mother to finish speaking, so I jumped up and said: Mom!You should know that Sister Alan and I grew up together since we were young. We went to school and played together. Is it any different now? It is already different!The mother said coldly: You know that Alan was engaged to someone when she was very young, and now her in-laws heard about it and are clamoring to divorce her!

break off an engagement!I became even angrier. I had learned a lot of new terms at school; so, I said to my mother in earnest: This kind of feudal marriage relationship can be dissolved, but it's not that Sister Alan can't get married. who to marry She will marry whoever likes her, respects her, and understands her. Who do you say likes her? I bowed my head and couldn't speak. Is it that you like her?My mother's words pressed me one after another. I am a stubborn child. When I can't bear it anymore, I will say in a rebellious tone, regardless of any shame: Yes!I like her!

And she!Does she like you too? At least she didn't hate me, because I never insulted her the way others did. Is it because you have privately ordered a lifetime, brat!My mother also shouted urgently to me. No!I blushed and said: Mom!We never talked about that. It's okay, kid!One mistake cannot be repeated; mother seemed relieved and said: I know that Alan is an innocent girl, and you are also a child of a well-behaved family. You grew up together, and it doesn't matter if you meet and talk; , will not forgive you.Think about it, who doesn't want their children to have a happy marriage, and who doesn't want to find a happy marriage for their children, don't you think?

Yes!mom!I looked up at her, still not understanding what she meant. That's right, my boy!You have to know more, whether a man or a woman wants to have a happy marriage, they must have a good reputation! good reputation?I looked at her inexplicably and said: Mom!Is there anything wrong with the reputation of Sister Alan and I? Don't talk too much!The mother said impatiently: I want you to stop talking together from today on! Why? Because you will all have a good reputation!My mother still led the conversation to her topic, and then said to me very seriously: If you sneak together again, not only will your father teach you a lesson, but it will also damage Alan’s youth and your own future, you know?

It took me a while to understand what my mother meant. She was probably afraid that I would affect the prestige of the family, my father's social status, and Sister Alan's marriage.But why involve me?How will it affect my future if I become friends with Sister Alan?So I said suspiciously: Mom!What does this have to do with me? Well!My mother pondered for a while, and then said to me very kindly: You and Alan are in the same situation; originally, I didn't want to tell you now, but this is the end of the matter Suddenly she hesitated to speak again. I knew that there was a secret that was very important to me in these words; of course, I refused to give up this opportunity.I said: Mom!You must tell me!

child!I thought it was better for you not to know now.Anyway, mom won't come to harm you! Why? Don't ask, you just need to study at ease now. This made me feel uneasy.I said stubbornly. All right!Children, listen to mom!The mother's voice trembled suddenly, and her face was full of complex expressions; was it joy, worry, panic, or worry?For a while, I couldn't tell. Say, Mom!I also urged her nervously. Three months ago, someone came to our house to propose marriage to you. My mother said while observing my expression. With a pale face, I pressed my beating heart and listened to her with concentration: this marriage, not someone else

who is it?I couldn't suppress the excitement any longer, and shouted out unconsciously. It's your cousin!Mother said it with a lot of effort: You have seen it when you were young, didn't you!Tyumen!She is your uncle's only daughter. Cousin Qiumen!In an instant, I seemed to lose consciousness, but I still remembered the girl in my impression, a little fatter and shorter than Sister Alan, with a round face, a pair of big black and bright eyes, and the corners of her mouth often A smile floated up. It's Qiuming, who is also studying at the girls' middle school in their county. Like you, he will graduate next fall.

I seemed to be unable to listen to my mother's nagging, and said eagerly: "Have you already promised me?" We are relatives, we are more intimate, we have made a promise, there is no need to make any clichés! No!mom!I couldn't think of any reasoning, but I fell into my mother's arms and wept bitterly. Is it because you don't like Tyumen? mom!I looked up and said: Why didn't you tell me earlier! It's not too late now! mom!I don't say any reason, in a word, I don't want to! Why?My mother looked at me sternly with a sullen face: You said, Qiumen is not good at all? I wiped away my tears and said: We don't have any feelings, and she doesn't treat me as well as sister Alan! There will be feelings in the future, and the mother also said in pain: Are you still thinking about Alan?Silly boy!Give up!The day before yesterday, Alan's father sent her to a relative's house in Shanghai. For this matter, your father asked many people to talk to the Li family! In order to care about Sister Alan, the Li family began to pay attention to things related to me. It's Big Brother Li in Houzhuang, Li Zhizhong, haven't you seen him too? Yes!I knew him, a thick, dark, strong man in his thirties.To be honest, I usually don't have any bad feelings towards him, but at this moment I suddenly felt strong hatred and jealousy towards him, an indescribable feeling, like biting an unripe grape.