Three or Two Things about Rebirth

"I'm happy to chat with you too!" Qiu Luming smiled.

"You're just a little girl from another place, but you're quite courageous. You believe me just because I say something nice to you? Aren't you afraid that I'll get you drunk and sell you out?" Aunt Ma looked at Qiu Luming jokingly.

"Don't be afraid! If you are still afraid in the capital, where else can you dare to go?"

"Hey, don't tell me, you didn't see the scene in the first few years, it was really..."

“Ahem!” The old man who was drinking Maotai and eating four dishes at the next table suddenly coughed twice. Aunt Ma immediately stopped talking and said, “Let me tell you, there aren’t many young people who are really doing well when they go abroad!”

"Oh." Qiu Luming glanced at the old man, who was squinting his eyes and listening to Peking opera.

Aunt Ma sighed, "My daughter and son are married to foreigners, and they send me foreign currency every month! Don't the neighbors envy me? They say I know how to educate my children, and they all have great prospects!

What is really good? I don’t know. I just know that my old man is gone, I have to live alone, and my grandchildren are all yellow-haired, they are all fucking bastards! "

Qiu Luming chuckled after hearing this, "How can you say that about your own grandson?"

"I don't say it, but he is a bastard too! Everyone says so behind my back!" Aunt Ma laughed herself, then sighed, "It's not easy. How should I put it? Different cultures, different customs, and communication is difficult! We are both Chinese, but the customs in Northeast China and Beijing are different. Can you eat braised pork and drink soy milk? No! It's not easy to live together across the ocean and continent!

I go to their house and cook some food for them. It's so delicious! My uncle-in-law is so full that he rolls his eyes!"

“Hahahaha!” Qiu Luming laughed so hard that he slapped his thigh. “There’s no one like you who keeps bullying your uncle!”

"When I was abroad, I saw young Chinese people serving dishes and washing dishes for foreigners. In China, how many people are willing to do this job if they are under 40 years old? I heard that there are people cleaning toilets and carrying dead bodies in Japan. Well, what can we do if we don't do it? We have to eat! After going abroad, how many of them have the nerve to come back empty-handed? They would rather suffer in foreign countries and be second-class citizens than come back.

What's infuriating is my daughter. I fed her, clothed her, and sent her to college. But now, she's gone abroad to have children and cook for foreigners... I won't say any more. Let's drink!"

Auntie Ma's second bottle of Erguotou was almost empty. Qiu Luming raised the small green bottle and clinked it with hers, "Auntie, that's all. I don't want to drink any more."

Auntie Ma drank the last drop of wine and came close to Qiu Luming, "Girl, tell me why you are crying?"

"I'm not crying!"

"Why are your eyes swollen if you didn't cry?"

Qiu Luming touched his eyelids subconsciously, and Aunt Ma laughed out loud, "All's fair in war!"

"As they say, old ginger is always more spicy!" Qiu Luming laughed, "I am young and have not experienced much. I cried because I was upset. I am sorry to make you laugh."

"That's normal! Young people know everything, so why do we old guys need us?" Aunt Ma picked up a piece of mixed radish peel, put it in her mouth, chewed it, put down her chopsticks, pointed at Qiu Luming, and said firmly, "He's heartbroken!"

"That's about right!" Qiu Luming took a sip of wine and propped up his chin with his hand. "Auntie, how unlucky does a person have to be to have three accidents in a year?" He could actually say these words to a stranger very easily.

"Oh! That's really unlucky."

"He's my boyfriend." Qiu Luming said, his mouth curled down, "The point is that he wasn't so unlucky before. He went to school in Beijing and was fine until he got his doctorate. Since the first day he met me, he broke his arm, and a few days ago he was hit by a car when he was seeing me off at the station. His injuries and illnesses are all related to me. Today his mother called me a jinx and acted like a madman in the ward, forcing him to break up with me."

Aunt Ma was silent.

"You think so too?" Qiu Luming sat up straight and glared at Aunt Ma, "Please at least comfort me a few words!"

"I'm not saying anything, my girl, but any mother can't stand this. You're still young, you don't know how a mother feels. If this happened to me, I'd be even crazier than her!"

"what?"

"What? Some people are born with each other. For example, I don't like to talk to that outsider easily. You say it's strange, but I like you. We chat like real mother and daughter!

But some people are born with conflicting horoscopes. Do you know what conflicting horoscopes mean? My two sisters are born with conflicting horoscopes. One is born in the year of the tiger and the other in the year of the dragon. Since they were little, they always quarreled when they met. They disliked each other. When faced with big things, they could unite and rush forward, but when nothing happened, they would quarrel again! My grandfather said that their horoscopes were incompatible and they were born with conflicting horoscopes! You can't beat God on this matter!

My dear, I advise you, there are many good young men on the street, do you have to hang him on a tree? If not, let's find another one!"

Qiu Luming's eyes turned red again and he shook his head, "I can't find someone as good as him anymore. He is so good, he has good character, good looks, and he is a doctor. He is also very good to me. We have endless things to talk about when we are together..."

"Tsk! You have to break up with such a good guy. If something unexpected happens and he dies, you will be heartbroken! People have to have a certain level of attainment! Do you understand what a level of attainment is? Even if you can't marry him, as long as he lives well, we will be happy!"

"Auntie, why do you say that?" Qiu Luming burst into tears.

"boom!"

Qiu Luming and Auntie Ma were both startled. They looked to the side and saw that it was the old man again. The wine glasses on his table had all fallen over. The old man was furious and pointed at Auntie Ma, "Ma Guifen! You have been educated by the Party for decades, but you are still a feudal remnant! You drank a few sips of horse urine and you are talking nonsense like a young man!"

"Hey, Director Liang, you're really wronging me! This girl's boyfriend is obviously not going to be with her anymore, and the guy's mother definitely doesn't agree! I didn't instill feudal ideas in her, I broke it down and analyzed it for her, why are you scolding me!"

"Young comrade!" The old man ignored Aunt Ma and said to Qiu Luming, "Young people should focus on their careers and make use of their youth to contribute to the country's modernization. Love affairs are useless!"

Aunt Ma lowered her head and muttered, "Tsk, I don't know who it is, his husband died less than half a year ago and he found a young one..."

"Thinking back to the past, after the war, we were all over 30 years old. We just followed the organization's assignments and didn't care about whether we were in conflict with each other or not. We all lived a good life!

Girl, listen to the old man. If you really want to live with that boy, you two should go and register! What era is this? Parents can’t arrange everything for you! If anyone disagrees, tell her to come to me!" The old man picked up the wine cup, poured another glass, drank it in one gulp, then without looking at anyone, picked up the radio, put it to his ear, and hummed while shaking his head.

Qiu Luming had already stopped crying because of the old man. He was in no mood to cry. He looked at the sky and saw that it was getting dark. He was about to tell Aunt Ma to pay the bill and leave when two people ran in from outside. One of them went to the old man and said, "Grandpa! Why did you drink alcohol again? Go home! My mom is fighting with my little grandma again!"

The old man stood up with a cry, screwed on the wine bottle, and walked out the door at a brisk pace. It must be said that even though he is over 70 years old, his legs and feet are really nimble!