Chapter 16 Chapter Sixteen

Things in the world are often unexpected.Shijun's sister-in-law was so enthusiastic in matching Shijun and Cuizhi in the past, but after Cuizhi got married, there was not much harmony between the sisters-in-law.Cuizhi is still a child with a temper, and the elder and younger mistresses are affectionate. Although they are first cousins, perhaps because they are too close, they are prone to friction.Firstly, it was because Shijun’s mother was too eccentric. As the saying goes, newcomers are naturally favored when a new toilet is three days old, and Mrs. Shen loves her son very much. Of course, she is partial to Shijun’s side, although these The dispute has nothing to do with Shijun.

The family gradually became more and more dissatisfied.Cuizhi told Shijun that it's better to separate the family earlier, so as not to always seem to bully their orphans and widows.The word of family separation has been brewing for a period of time, and finally implemented.The leather goods store was also sold out.The eldest grandma took Xiaojian to live by herself, and Shijun found a job in Shanghai, working in the engineering department of a foreign company.Mrs. Shen and Cuizhi followed Shijun to Shanghai. After all, Mrs. Shen is not used to living in Shanghai, and with the loss of a young mistress and no common enemy, Mrs. Shen and Cuizhi gradually became estranged.Mrs. Shen always felt that Cuizhi was not considerate enough to Shijun, and even felt that she bullied him everywhere, and hated Shijun for letting her go too much.Mrs. Shen couldn't help but get in between the couple sometimes, and vomit with Cuizhi.At Mrs. Shen's age, she still behaves like an ordinary woman, and she will go back to her natal house in anger every now and then, and stay with her brother for several days, always asking Shijun to pick her up in person.She always wanted to go back to Nanjing, but she was afraid of being ridiculed by the eldest grandma, who laughed at her for helping the second room, but she went to organize a small family by herself, and she was still squeezed away by them.

Mrs. Shen finally went back to Nanjing and rented a house with two old servants.Shijun often goes back to see her.Later, Cuizhi had a child, and she went back with her once, it was a boy, and Mrs. Shen was very happy.She and Cuizhi are reconciled.Went back shortly thereafter. Some women turn out to be more beautiful after giving birth to their first child. Cuizhi is like this, slender even more plump.She gave birth to two children, a boy and a girl. Over the years, the world has changed, but her state of mind has always been very peaceful.In the life of a young grandmother, there is nothing more thrilling than eating a meat worm in a fruit.

It was already after the war, when Shuhui returned home, Shijun went to pick up the plane, and Cuizhi went with him.Seeing that Shuhui's family hadn't come yet, the airport was always deserted, like a department store out of stock during the war, with empty counters and bare plastic floors.All of a sudden, the loudspeaker buzzed and reported, and it was clear that the young and beautiful female staff member was holding the phone. The voice was definitely not connected to her, and it came from nowhere, with a hint of terror.The two wandered around the place, Shijun Yin said: Shuhui must have been married all these years there.Cuizhi didn't say anything at first, and then said after a while: If you are married, why didn't he mention it in his letter?Shijun smiled and said: He always likes to play around, maybe he wants to surprise us.Cuizhi turned her head away, and said angrily: "What are you guessing about? I'll know when he comes later!"Shijun was so happy today, he didn't notice her impatient look at all, and said with a smile: If he is not married yet, let's make him a matchmaker.When Cuizhi heard this, she was really annoyed, but she could only hold back her anger and sneer: "Shuhui, a man of his age, if he wants to get married, he won't go find it himself, and you want you to worry about him?"

After being silent for a while, Cuizhi spoke again, her voice softened a lot, and she said: "Tomorrow, I will invite Shuhui well."We can borrow Yuan's cook to cook a table of dishes.Shijun smiled and said: Hehe, that chief secretary is so generous, and Shuhui is not an outsider, so why should he be so ostentatious?Cuizhi said: "It's also your good friend. I haven't seen you for so many years. Maybe it's hard to bear to spend the money."Shijun said: That's not what I said. Instead of having a big treat at home, it's better to go out to eat with him. There are fewer people and the conversation is more enjoyable.Cuizhi's anger that had been suppressed just now surged up again, and she said loudly: "Okay, okay, I don't care, please invite it as you like, don't be so red-faced, okay?"Shijun wasn't blushing at first, but when she said this, his face turned red with anger, and he said: You are blushing yourself, and you still blame me!Cuizhi was about to reply when Shijun saw Mrs. Xu coming from a distance, Cuizhi saw him greet that side, and guessed that it was Shuhui's mother, both of them suppressed their anger at the same time, and greeted her with happy faces go up.Yufang went to Chongqing during the Anti-Japanese War and has not been demobilized yet.Mrs. Xu didn't go with her, and went back to her hometown to live. This time, she rushed to Shanghai to wait for Shu Hui, and she stayed at her daughter's house temporarily.Shijun was going to pick her up to the airport together, but she told Shijun to go first because her son-in-law and his family were going.The next time I introduced her, her daughter was already a young woman in her twenties, and she didn't even know her.After standing there and chatting for a few words, Shijun smiled and said: "Shuhui's letter, can you mention it, is he married?"Mrs. Xu laughed lightly and said: Married and divorced again?It was still two years ago, and he didn't say much in the letter.Everyone couldn't help being silent for a while, and then his brother-in-law said: This is not the case in the United States now.Shijun also casually asked softly: Are you an American?Mrs. Xu smiled quietly: Chinese.Shijun thought to himself that few Chinese couples divorced in foreign countries, but the news has been cut off in recent years, or the situation is different, maybe it is an Americanized overseas Chinese lady?He didn't ask the question, but Mrs. Xu seemed to have expected him to ask this question, and added with a smile: "I'm also an overseas student."Their in-laws said, "It's Ji Hangsen's daughter."Shijun didn't know who this Ji Hangsen was, but hearing his tone, he must be not a celebrity but also a rich man.There was another moment of silence.Shi Junyin said with a smile: I really didn't expect him to be gone for ten years.Mrs. Xu said, "That's right, who would have thought that they would not be able to come back in time for the war."His younger sister said with a smile: "It's so hard to hope that he will come back, but my father still can't come back, I'm so anxious."Shijun said: "Have you received any letter recently, old man?"Mrs. Xu said: "I'm still waiting for the boat, it will be great if I can come back in time for the New Year."

Let's talk about it, time flies, but this flight has arrived on time.Everyone squeezed out and waited, and through a row of low barbed wire railings, they saw Shuhui walking in the crowd with a small piece of luggage and a raincoat on his arm.The airport is like this, it is the junction of time and space, and it is so ordinary.Shuhui is still so pretty, but mothers always have a look, so Mrs. Xu smiled at her daughter, "Shuhui has lost weight."Do you think you have lost weight?Much thinner. After a while, everyone surrounded him, Shuhui and Shijun held hands tightly, and of course the same with Cuizhi, it was still Chinese rules for his family members, he had never met his brother-in-law.Cuizhi is particularly taciturn today, but this is also very natural.She and Mrs. Xu met for the first time, and they were caught in the scene of reunion.His sister asked: Have you eaten?Shuhui said: "I ate it on the plane."Shijun helped carry the luggage, and said, "Go to our place first."Mrs. Xu said: "It's hard to find a house in Shanghai now. I think I'd better wait until you come. If I want to book a hotel for you, Shijun will definitely want you to live with them."Their in-laws said: "It's better to stay with us for two days, it's rare, it's so lively."Shijun said: Are you on Baike Road?It's not far from our place, so it's convenient for him to go back to see his aunt.Cuizhi also said: Let's stay with us.After talking again and again, Shu Hui agreed.

We hailed two cars and returned with a full load. We went to Baike Road first. Their in-laws originally wanted everyone to sit in and meet him at Fengze Building at night.Shijun and Cuizhi happened to have a dinner party today, so they didn't get out of the car. They expected their mother and son to reunite after a long absence, and they must have a lot to say. It was agreed that he would stay here for one night today and move in tomorrow.Cuizhi smiled to Shuhui: Then we will go back first, you must come. They went back to their house, where the house was not big, and there was a lawn in front of the door. This was because Cuizhi liked to keep dogs and needed some space to walk the dogs, and the children could also play in the garden.Two children, the older one was originally called Bei Bei, but later he had a younger sister, so he was called Da Bei, and the younger one was called Er Bei.They are all back from school now, Erbei is eating bread in the living room, eating the crumbs all over the floor, attracting many ants.She squatted on the ground to watch, and when Shijun came, she called out: Dad, Dad, come and see the ants, and they are scheduling shifts!Shijun squatted down and laughed, "What are the ants doing on shifts?"Erbei said: Ants line up to get household registration rice.Shijun smiled and said: Oh?Take household registration rice?Cuizhi came over and said Erbei: Look, it's dirty to squat on the ground instead of eating bread on the table!Er Bei laughed and shouted, "Mom, come and see the millet!"Cuizhi said to Shijun: You are like this, you don't care about her, and you still lead her to mess around!Shijun smiled and said: I think what she said is quite interesting.Cuizhi said: Anyway, you only praise her and call me a villain, so both children like you and don't like me!Look at the ground like this, the ants are used to coming and will come again, what will it look like when they come tomorrow?I don't even have time to clean up here.

She originally made room for Shuhui to live in the study, while the servant was still waxing.The house was chaotic, and a dog was so excited that it ran out and in behind the person. The floor had just been waxed, and it tripped the person several times and almost fell.Cuizhi thought of it and said to Shijun: This dog might bite someone when it sees a stranger, remember to tie it up in the pavilion tomorrow.Cuizhi has always refused to admit that her dog can bite people. Last year, Shijun’s nephew, Xiao Jian, came to Shanghai to take the university entrance examination and stayed at their house. He was bitten by a dog. Well, he's too timid, and the dogs never bite him if he doesn't run away.This time she made an exception to tie up the dog, which was rare for the whole family.

Erbei and the dog went upstairs together with Shijun, walked through the pavilion, Shijun saw that some books and other things in his study had been moved here, piled up in a mess on the ground, he unconsciously let out a beep, and said: Are all my books piled up in the ground?Just as he was talking, the dog had gone to bite the books in the underground, biting all the engineering magazines he had subscribed to over the years.Shijun hurriedly shouted: Hi!No biting!Erbei also shouted: No biting!She picked up a book and hit the dog, but she missed and the book rolled away.She picked up a big book with both hands again, before she could throw it out, Shijun grabbed it and said: "Look at you child!"Er Bei began to cry.She was half being playful, because she heard her mother coming upstairs.The children have always known that Cuizhi has such a temper. She usually blames Shijun for spoiling the child. If he really disciplines her, she will stop her and protect the child.

At this time, Cuizhi walked into the pavilion and saw Erbei crying and snatching a book from Shijun, so she frowned and said to Shijun, "Look, how can you be as knowledgeable as a child? After playing it for her, it made her cry again!When Erbei heard this, she opened her throat and burst into tears.Shijun was busy moving the magazines to the box beside him.Cuizhi frowned and said: "I made a fuss with you, I forgot what I came up for."Oh, I remembered, you go out and buy a bottle of better wine, buy a bottle of Johnny Wagg's whiskey, ask for black label.Shi Jun said: "Shu Hui doesn't necessarily have to be particular about drinking foreign wines, don't we still have two bottles of good green plum wine, let him change his taste too."Cuizhi said: He doesn't like Chinese wine.Shijun smiled and said: How could that happen.I've known him for so many years, don't you know?He thought it was ridiculous, so he wanted her to tell him what Shu Hui liked to eat and what he didn't like to eat.How many times has she met Shu Hui?He said again: Hey, don't you remember how much wine he drank when we got married? Isn't that Chinese wine?He suddenly mentioned the day of their wedding, which surprised her.She couldn't help but think of how Shuhui was so drunk that day, holding her hand at the wedding banquet.Thinking of it at this time, besides being sad, it is also a little gut-wrenching.She always had the impression that he went abroad at that time to be stimulated, for her sake.

She didn't say a word at the moment, turned around and left.Shijun tidied up the books carelessly, and went downstairs, but Cuizhi was nowhere to be seen, so he asked the maid, "Where is Young Mistress?"The maid said: "I went out and went to buy wine."Shijun frowned unknowingly, thinking that women's vanity is really helpless.Of course, he could also understand her intentions, it was just because Shu Hui was his best friend, and he was afraid that he would neglect her, but in fact, Shu Hui was just like one of his own, so why should he be like this.I went to the study to see that the floor had been waxed, but the furniture was still piled up in a mess.Halfway through the cleaning work, the house was in chaos, and she threw it down and ran out by herself.They went there for a long time and didn't come back. It was already dark, and they had a dinner at eight o'clock, which was also promised by Cuizhi.Shijun couldn't help looking at the clock several times, and when he saw the maid bringing in the evening paper, he said, "Mother Li, go and arrange the furniture in the study."Li Ma said: "I'm afraid it's inappropriate to put it on, so let's wait for the young mistress to come back." Cuizhi finally returned with a full load of packages, and the tricycle driver helped to bring them in. Besides the wine, she bought a set of wine glasses, two handfuls of flowers, an Irish sackcloth tablecloth, two cans of Italian coffee, and a new coffee pot.Shijun said: If you don't come back again, I will treat you as if you forgot to go to Yuan's house.Cuizhi said: I almost forgot.I should have made a phone call to get them back.Shijun said: "It's better if you don't go, and you have to owe them a favor."Cuizhi said: What time is it?Should have called earlier.It was too late.He said again: I forgot to buy two cans of better cigarettes.I went to buy some ham first, and when I ran to the throwing court, only that one was the best, and I couldn't ask the servant to buy it, so I had to pick it myself.Shijun smiled and said: I have been craving ham for the past two days.Cuizhi was taken aback for a moment, and said in a tone of disbelief: Do you like ham?How come I never heard you say it?Shijun smiled and said: Why didn't I say that?Every time I say, you always say, you have to go to the throwing field, you have to pick it yourself.As a result, I never ate it.Cuizhi fell silent, busy looking for vases to arrange flowers, and put them in the living room, dining room and study room.When I went to the study, I exclaimed, "Oh, why is this room still in such a mess?"You don't care about anything anyway, why don't you tell them to put things in order?Mama Lee!Mother Tao!They're all dead people, the whole family can't do without me!Holding a vase of flowers with no place to put them, he took them back to the guest room, looked at the wall, and said: I hadn't thought of opening the box for a long time, and took out those two ancient paintings to hang.Shijun said: "You are going, hurry up and get ready."Cuizhi said: You try to urge me, why are you just sitting here?Shijun said: I can't take five minutes. Cuizhi went to dress up, went to the bathroom first, and went back to the bedroom to change clothes. Shijun was digging through the drawer and said, "Where's Mama Li?"I can't find a single shirt.Cuizhi said: I told her to go buy cigarettes.Don't change your shirt, she washed it out after washing it, and it hasn't been ironed yet.Shijun said: "Why didn't any of them get hot?"Cuizhi said: She must be busy too!She is so old.Shijun said: "I don't understand why the people we use are always old, weak and disabled soldiers, and none of them can do anything."Cuizhi said: "It's not that there are people who can do things. Mrs. Yuan said last time that she recommended someone to me. He said he can do it quickly, but we don't invite guests to play cards. We don't have extra money. He won't let me."Where did you put the aspirin?Shijun said: "I didn't see it."Cuizhi then went to the stairs and shouted: Mama Tao!Mother Tao!Bring me a bottle of pills, which Da Bei took for a cold last time.Shijun said, "Why do you need aspirin at this time?"Headache?Cuizhi said: "Put a piece in the water where the flowers grow, and the flowers will not fade."Shijun said: Are you still busy with this at this time?Cuizhi said: It will be too late when we come back. She combed her hair halfway, and Tao Ma found the bottle of pills, and she ran downstairs with her slippers on, dipping a pill in each bottle of flowers.Shijun looked at his watch and said: It's eight past five.Are you still hurrying up?Cuizhi said: "I'll be fine soon, you ask Mother Tao to call for a car."After a while, Shijun shouted downstairs: The car is calling.Are you still not well?Cuizhi replied upstairs: Don't keep urging, it makes people flustered.Do you have the key to the cabinet?Shijun said: "Not here."Cuizhi said: I remember you took it!It must be in your pocket.Shijun had no choice but to try to find out in his pockets. He searched all the pockets inside and out, but Cuizhi found it again, and without making a sound, he opened the cupboard door and took out two pieces of jewelry to put on. She finally came downstairs, shouting as she went: Mama Tao, if someone calls, give him the number of the Yuan family, ah!If you don't know, ask Mama Li.You look at the big baby and the big baby, and let them go to bed early when Mama Li comes back.Sitting on the tricycle, she yelled again: Mama Tao, don't forget to feed the dog, ah! The two sat side by side on the tricycle, and just after covering the car blanket, Cuizhi said to Shijun again: Oh, come on for me, there is a powder mirror in the second drawer of the cabinet, give it to me bring it.Not the big one. I want the one with the suede cover.Shijun said, "I don't have the key."Without saying a word, Cuizhi took it out of her purse and gave it to him.He didn't say anything, jumped out of the car, walked through the garden, went upstairs to open the cabinet, found the powder mirror, and handed her the key.Cuizhi took it and put it in her purse, Fang said: "It's all for you, it makes people lose their minds." When they arrived at Yuan's house, all the guests had already arrived.The host, Yuan Sihua, and the hostess, Ping Ni Yuan, came up to shake hands with them. That Ping Ni was the first lady among their acquaintances. He has an oval face and a very thin throat for speaking.I don't know why, but when he speaks English, he speaks in a higher tone than usual, holding his false voice like singing an opera.She whispered to Shijun, "It's been a long time since I saw you."How are you?Are you busy?Do you like playing bridge?Shijun smiled and said: "It's not a good fight."Pinney smiled and said: You must be being polite.But beating Bridget really requires some brains. She giggled, and added, some people just can't beat them well.She always thought that Shijun was a bit imbecile.He never said anything when he met her.Of course he is a good person, but he is mediocre, has no characteristics at all, and is not very promising. Zhibuping. Later, during the conversation, Ping Ni smiled and said: Cuizhi is so lucky, Shijun has a good temper and is honest, so he doesn't go out to play.She pouted her lips towards that side, and said with a smile: "Like our Si Hua, I don't know how many flower heads there are."It is also too much socializing outside, so there are more temptations.Don't tell me it's better not to go out often!In her tone, there was a sense of contempt for well-behaved husbands like Shijun.Her own husband was notorious for being out and about.Pinny felt that she was inferior to Cuizhi in this respect.But she is the strongest person, even if she is only inferior in this point, she will not admit defeat. There are not many customers today, just one table.Penny had a child who ate at their table, along with the child's nanny.Children must have a nanny, and in addition to the nanny, they may also need a nurse to give injections to the master and mistress. This has become a custom in wealthy families, as if they are not qualified if they do not.The nanny of the Yuan family is a part-time nurse. Everyone calls her Miss Yang, but she is probably not young, and she is ugly. I don't know where Pinnie found her.If it weren't for such a person, they wouldn't be able to stay in their house for long. The host is so lustful. Shijun was sitting next to Mrs. Li, eating crabs. Mrs. Li introduced it solemnly: "This is from Yangcheng Lake. They brought it for people the day before yesterday."Shijun smiled and said: Is this the day before yesterday?Mrs. Li hurriedly said: Uh!Live!Raised by the lake!The buckets of water plants were shipped in.Shijun smiled and said: "It's amazing, it's really troublesome."He has met this Mrs. Li several times, and he really has nothing to say to her. He only remembers that someone said that her husband is the owner of Lyceum Soap, and this soap is advertised everywhere, because he said: I don’t even know, Lyceum Soap is Your Mr. Li's?Mrs. Li giggled and said: Anyway, he does everything.Then he turned his face away to talk to someone else. Playing bridge after dinner, Shijun is dragged into the game, but Cuizhi can't play.But it was past midnight.The two went back by tricycle, Cuizhi said: What did Mrs. Li tell you during the meal just now?Shijun said blankly: Mrs. Li?didn't say anything.Say crab.Cuizhi said: No, what did you say, she smiled like that?Shijun smiled and said: Oh, say soap.Lyceum Soap.Some people say that Lao Li is the boss.Cuizhi said: No wonder, I think her expression is not right.Lyceum Soap has recently produced a kind of soap essence. One of the dancers that Lao Li supported was nicknamed Little Fairy, and now everyone calls her soap essence.Shijun smiled and said: Who knows these things about them?Cuizhi said: "That's how you thought of it too, you just said that they make soap!"Shijun said: Why do you always listen to me talking to people?Next time you don't have to listen.Cuizhi said: "I'm not at ease, I'm afraid that what you say will offend people."Shijun couldn't help thinking: In the past, Manzhen said that I could speak, but of course her opinion was not reliable, that was because she was kind to me at that time.But living up to now, why do people worry that I might say the wrong thing?I haven't thought of Manzhen for many years, probably because Shuhui came back and thought of the past. Cuizhi said again: "Ping Ni's skin is really good."Shijun said: I don't see anything good about her.Cuizhi said: I know you don't like her.Anyway, you don't like women. He hated almost all of her girlfriends, and he didn't seem to be interested in any woman. It can't be said that his love is not specific.But Cuizhi always felt that he was nothing more than that to her, so she concluded that he was born with a mild temper.Shijun thought so too.But now he thought, maybe he was more enthusiastic than he expected, otherwise how could he be so good with Manzhen at that time?That kind of love probably only comes once in a person's life, right?Maybe once in a lifetime is enough. Cuizhi called Shijun.She had already called, but he did not hear.She became a little scared, and said with a smile: Hey, what's the matter with you?what are you thinking thereShijun said: I am thinking about my whole life there.Cuizhi was both angry and funny, and said: What are you talking about?Why are you angry today?Shijun said: Where?Who is angry.Cuizhi said: It would be strange if you were not angry.Don't rely on it.There's something about you that I don't know clearly.Shijun thought: Really? Got home.Shijun paid the fare there, and Cuizhi went to ring the bell.Li's mother came to open the door with sleepy eyes, yawned again and again, and went to sleep.Cuizhi was about to go upstairs, and suddenly said to Shijun: "Hey, you can smell it, it seems to smell like gas."Shijun sniffed the air and said: No.Their house uses a briquette stove, but it also has a gas stove.Cuizhi said: I'm always worried about Mama Li, she still doesn't know how to use a gas stove to this day.I'm afraid she didn't close it tightly. The two went upstairs together, but Shijun remained silent.Cuizhi felt that he was very strange today, and she became a little uneasy.Walking on the stairs, she suddenly leaned her head on him and said softly: Shijun.Shijun hugged her mechanically, and suddenly said: Ah, I heard it now.Cuizhi said, "What did you hear?"Shijun said: "It smells like gas."Cuizhi felt that it was very boring, so she paused for a while, and then said calmly: "Then go and have a look, then take the dog and let it go, Mama Li must have forgotten, just listen to it barking there." Shijun went to the kitchen to have a look, and saw that all the buttons on the gas stove were tightened tightly. He thought that maybe the pipe was leaking a bit, and he had to call the gas company tomorrow.He opened the front door, and led the dog out, leaving the door ajar, and walked into the dark little garden.Insects chirped on the grass, and the dew was heavy.The cool wind blows on the face in bursts, and I was a little bit drunk, but the wine also woke up. Upstairs they had lights in their own rooms.In the bright window of the building, Cuizhi's shadow can be seen walking around.Sometimes Cuizhi would get angry with him and always say: I really don't know how we thought we would get married!He doesn't know either.He only remembered that at that time he was in great pain because of Manzhen, that was the year his father died.It was also because he tried to find ways to distract himself. That summer, he went to Amy's house to play tennis almost every day.There was a Miss Ding who often played tennis together. Looking back now, there was a possibility of marriage with Miss Na Ding at that time.In addition, there are several girls from relatives, whom I often saw at one time, and probably married any of them.The fact is that he almost never got married to Cuizhi, which is ridiculous now that he thinks about it. The first time we met when I was a child was when his brother got married, she pulled the gauze, and he held the ring.At that time, I felt that the little girl who pulled yarn was extremely hateful. She looked down on him because her family looked down on his family.Now I often hear Cuizhi say: Our first meeting was very romantic.She often tells people that. Shijun led the dog in, closed the door, and kept the dog tied in the kitchen.Seeing that the book that Erbei snatched from him just now was dragged downstairs by her, she picked it up and sent it back to the pavilion.Seeing the books piled up in the pavilion, he couldn't help but want to sort them out again, picked up one casually, and dusted it off. It was "The New Literature Series", and this book has never been published. I know what corner it is stuffed in, if it wasn't for making room for Shuhui today, I would never have found it.He flipped through the pages, and suddenly saw a piece of letterhead folded in two, the paper was already yellowed, it was a letter that Manzhen wrote to him in the past.Manzhen's letters and photos had already been destroyed by him, because keeping them there would only add to his sense of loss, and this letter was the only one left. For some reason, he was not willing to destroy it.Unknowingly, he leaned over and sat down, holding the letter and reading it.She wrote it to him about when he went back to Nanjing because his father was ill.The letter said: Shijun: It is night now, everyone in the family is asleep, and it is very quiet, only the sound of the crickets bought by my brother and the others can be heard.The weather has turned cold these past two days. You left in such a hurry this time, you must not have brought winter clothes with you, right?I think you are always so careless about these things, and you don't think of adding clothes when it's cold.I don't know why I keep thinking about these things, and I think it's too long-winded.Whenever I see anything, or hear someone say something, it is completely irrelevant, my mind will immediately turn a few corners, and I will immediately think of you. I went to Shuhui's house yesterday, and I know he won't be at home. I just want to see his parents, because you have been living with them, and I really hope they will talk about you.Shuhui's mother said a lot about you, which I don't know.She said that you used to be thinner than you are now, and talked about some trivial things about you in school.I listened to her saying these things, and I was really comforted, because I was a little scared when you were gone for a while, for no reason.Shijun, I want you to know that there is someone in this world who is always waiting for you, no matter when, no matter where, anyway, you know, there is always such a person. Shijun read the last few sentences as if she was speaking to him.After a long time, I can still hear her voice.He thought: Is she still waiting for me there? There is another paragraph below: The above was written last night. After writing so much unconsciously, it suddenly stopped here. There is a small half of the letter paper below, without a signature or a month and a day.He remembered that this was the time when he came back from Nanjing and went to her office to find her. She was writing a letter to him there, so she only wrote half of it and didn't write it down.He suddenly felt that everything from the past was as it is now, and he remembered everything about Manzhen since he met him.When did you meet her for the first time?Fourteen years have passed since then!Not fourteen years!