Zhang Ailing's Short Story: Farewell My Concubine (Part 2)

Mrs. Yao was very quiet and thoughtful, because one of the first two daughters was not very proud of the marriage; I just want to fight back for this tone in Xinxin, and urge Mr. Yao to find an outstanding one for Xinxin all day long. Mr. Yao knew very well that his heart would not pick people automatically, and it was rare for such an obedient daughter to be wronged, so he reluctantly cheered up and obliged to pay attention to her.

There are many matchmakers, but few are qualified. Mr. Yao noticed from a distance a young man named Chen Liangdong who was sent by a rich family in Hangzhou. Mr. Yao had an old colleague who was in-laws with Chen Liangdong's uncle. Come forward to treat guests and give both parties a chance to meet. Mr. Yao had told the man in advance that he was very embarrassed, and he must invite a few more guests to make up seven or eight people, so as not to panic. And the most important point, don't put Chen Liangdong next to Xinxin for the banquet seats. When meeting for the first time, most of the two sides are a little embarrassed, it is better to let the two sit opposite each other. Seeing is clear, and there is no need to talk. Mr. Yao was worried about all of this, but he understood that his third daughter was not good at social interaction, and was afraid that she would be too shy to answer and be suspected of being petty. And Xinxin's silhouette, because the chin is too pointed, is a bit thin, not as beautiful as the front.

On the night of the introduction, Mr. Yao revealed his tactics: he perfunctory Chen Liangdong's uncle to the point of being incapacitated, and at the same time he used one eye to look at Chen Liangdong. I am afraid that Mrs. Yao has not seen the big battle, and there is a place for disrespect. After leaving the table, he was exhausted. As soon as he got home, he fell on the rattan chair, took off his long shirt and shirt, and only had a singlet and vest left, and he was still hot.

Before she could remove her makeup, Mrs. Yao rushed to the bathroom and forced her to ask Xinxin, "What do you think?" , just don't speak. Across her pink tulle cheongsam, an extremely thin gold necklace faintly flashed on her breast.

Mrs. Yao hurriedly said: "Tell me! If there is anything you are not satisfied with, just say "

," she said in her heart: "I have something to say!" Knees, hehe laughed and said, "No! What can she criticize? She has a good family, an honest person, and a generous personality. You can't find it anywhere with a lantern!" Mrs. Yao looked at her daughter, He was so happy that he didn't know what to say, so he reached out and touched Xinxin's arm, and muttered, "I've been rushing to get the vaccine in these two days! Look, it's still swollen!" After a swipe, her pointed face was revealed. I don't know if it's rouge on my cheeks, it's red all the way to my temples. Wu Nong's smiling eyes, the laughter splashed under the eyes, forming a small wine vortex. Seeing her smile, Mrs. Yao couldn't help but laugh.

whispered: "Mom, he also likes watching dramas and movies; he also doesn't like dancing."

Mrs. Yao said: "If you like it, you like it, if you don't like it, you don't like it. Yes!"

Mr. Yao said in the room over there, "They are like-minded people!"

Mr. Yao also smiled and said, "Really, I didn't know that the three of us were so ghostly. Even if we were far apart, our eyebrows and eyes would talk! If I knew she had this skill, I wouldn't be so worried. ——White **** for a long time!"

HeartXin put down the peach blossom celluloid comb, turned around, leaned on the edge of the washbasin, lowered her head, and smiled at Mrs. Yao: "Mom, there is only one floor, he will be going back to Beijing soon, I... I ...I wonder why I can't bear your "

" Mr. Yao was taking off his undershirt, half of it was taken off, a thunderbolt hit the Tianling cover, the undershirt was over his head, and he rushed into the bathroom. He shouted, "Have you seen a ghost? What nonsense are you talking about? Chen Liangdong is from Hangzhou. He lives in Shanghai when he is not in Hangzhou. What is he going to do in Beijing?"

Mr. Yao showed a pair of eyes from the neckline of his undershirt, stared at his daughter brightly, and asked, "Are you talking about the person surnamed Chen sitting across from you?" : "The surname is Chen, but he's sitting next to me."

Mr. Yao spat her desperately, not wanting to spat all on his undershirt. His throat was also sandy, and he said, "That's Cheng Huisun. I'm introducing you to Chen Liangdong and Er Dongchen. What a shameless thing, wishful thinking, but I decided to go to Beijing, and I can't bear to get up! I'm ashamed of you?

Mrs. Yao saw that his neck was so angry that she was afraid that he would hit someone, so she pushed him out. He walked out, kicked the door, and the door closed with a "bounce". She trembled and started crying. Mrs. Yao quickly patted and coaxed, and said, "It's common to admit the wrong person, it's all your father's fault for not understanding what he said, just punish him for a treat! He should have called back once. No outsiders this time, just a few from our family and the Chen family. "

Mr. Yao heard it clearly from the next door, and he thought it was reasonable. He was a little reckless. Because he walked back again, he pushed the bathroom door and couldn't open it, as if he was lying on the door whimpering and crying. Another door detoured in. His undershirt had been torn off his head, but it was still wrapped around his neck, like a wreath of a hula dance. I will report back to them tomorrow, saying that you are willing to go further and be friends. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I invite everyone to watch a movie for dinner, even if I return the invitation. As for their young master, I think there is absolutely no problem. "

My heart was crying louder and louder, and I simply shouted, "It's not enough to make me fool! I-I'm a wooden man, I-I can't take it anymore wow! "

Mr. Yao and Mrs. Yao looked at each other. Mrs. Yao said, "Maybe she didn't see Chen Liangdong's appearance clearly, so she's worried. "

Heart kicked and said: "I didn't see it clearly, but it's better! That man had a round head like a coconut. The hair is brushed back, the front is the face, the hair is brushed forward, the back is the face - there is no difference! "

Mr. Yao pointed at her and scolded: "People don't rely on their face to eat!" No matter how ugly people are, no matter where they go, they still have the same face! Don't think that you have the right to be picky about people's long and short faces! Your eldest sister lives in vain, if I hadn't helped her out, she might marry into someone else, your second sister is a role model! ”

Xinxin grabbed the copper hooks on the door with both hands, and hung her entire body weight on it, she just cried bitterly. Kneaded and wrinkled.

Mrs. Yao gave Mr. Yao a hand and whispered, "Looking at her like this, it's for Cheng Huisun. "

Mr. Yao gritted his teeth and said, "If you marry her to Cheng Huisun! In the future, you will add another daughter to me, and I will drown one and drown one! Or is the countryman's method the most thorough?

Cheng Huisun dragged Mr. Yao's acquaintances several times, came to visit together, and made countless excuses to try to get close to the Yao family, but Mr. Yao blocked them. She was dying of illness all day long, and her face was very ugly. Unexpectedly, Mr. Yao rushed to her head and fell ill first. TCM diagnosis said that anger hurts the liver.

On this day, he was groggy with fever, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a woman with a shaggy head, dressed in bright red clothes, sitting on the edge of his bed. He stared straight at her, his ears were buzzing, and he floated up in waves, almost fainting.

Mrs. Yao exclaimed, "Why don't you even know Chong Chong?" Her curly hair, which she hadn't combed for days, was knotted on her head like a broken grass mat. The collar was open, the buttons on the front of the front were not tightly fastened, and a red sweater was randomly draped over it. Holding his face in his hands, he cried, "Dad! Dad! Dad, you have to decide for me! You—if you let go Why don't you call me?"

Mrs. Yao was standing in front of the bed. After hearing this, she couldn't help but get angry and scolded, "How old are you, why are you talking like this, there's nothing to hide it! It's just that we don't hold back? , you can't curse your father to death well!"

said loudly: "Mom, you don't see me in such a hurry, you still pick my eyes, there is someone outside Qikui, he doesn't go home all day, his family One heart, all the guys bully me. I am wronged, tell me where to go!"

Mrs. Yao sneered: "So you remembered your parents' family at this time! , climbed up the high branch, and left us behind."

said loudly: "What high branch is low branch, anyway, you sent me there, and you killed me alive!"

Mrs. Yao Said: "Send you, and you are willing! Is it possible - the cow does not drink water and press the head -! You know what happened in your heart. As long as you treat your father one or two points, don't say that he is not dead yet. , is dead, and stops on the coffin board, I am afraid that he will also sit up and come forward to mediate for you!"

said loudly: "Tell me not to curse him, who is this who cursed him!" He burst into tears, threw himself on Mr. Yao and said, "Oh! Dad! Dad! You want to have a good and two bad, pity your poor daughter, where should she go? My affairs are all arranged by my father, I'm afraid my father, Jiuquan, won't be able to let go of this!"

Mr. Yao listened to the mother and daughter arguing with each other, and he only hated his wife for being useless and unable to argue. When he was about to slap his mouth, he sternly refuted two sentences. Pissed off, he rolled over and fell asleep.

Clankly put his head on his lap, crying and chattering, insisting that Mr. Yao had said this at the beginning: She married to the Xiong's house, and something went wrong. Although she came to find her father, everything was up to her. responsible. Mr. Yao was so stunned by her, and he didn't know how many hours had passed, so he finally fell asleep dimly. When she woke up, she was gone, and a large piece of the bed sheet was wet from her crying. It was cold, like a child drowning on the bed. Asked Mrs. Yao where she went, Mrs. Yao said, "Qi Kui took her back." . After his illness, he found out that his wife had accompanied Xinxin and Cheng Huisun to the movies several times, and Cheng Huisun had also come to Yao's house for a light meal. Mr. Yao was too lazy to inquire about the account. Let them go.

But the fourth daughter, Xianxian, and the smaller Duan Duan, Susu, Susu, have gradually grown into a beautiful one. Her wife's belly grew again, and she must be a girl again. The relatives all said, "Good day! Mr. Yao celebrates the 50th anniversary next year, just to make a birthday of the Eight Immortals!" But Mr. Yao was afraid that he couldn't wait.

He thinks he won't live long.

(October 1943)