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Chapter 18 A Different Style of Painting

On the day when he was young, Xu Man called his father.Father asked:

"Xiaoman, are you really not going home for the New Year?"

"Yes. As soon as the work here has some clues, I won't toss back and forth. Call home and ask about you and your mother, what are your plans for the Spring Festival?" Xu Man said.

"What plans can we have! It's not the same as before. Your eldest brother's family will spend New Year's Eve with us, your second brother will go to his father-in-law's house, and come to our house on the second and third day of junior high. Your mother is not in good health, and we all stay at home. You were out alone, and your mother was worried and nagged me several times. Tell me how you celebrate the New Year, right?" Father asked again.

"Dad, you don't have to worry about me. I live with Tian Xiaohui, and she is alone. On New Year's Eve, I will go to her parents' house for a New Year's Eve dinner." Xu Man replied.

"You can't stay at the parents' house all the time, can you?" the father asked again.

"Xiaohui doesn't live at her parents' house either, and we all go back to the city after the New Year's Eve dinner," Xu Man said.

"Xiaoman, in fact, it doesn't matter whether you go home or not during the Chinese New Year. Each family has its own New Year, and your elder brother and second brother only come back for a walk to see us and make sense of it. Your mother said that you are alone If you don’t have a home, why don’t you come back to spend the New Year with us?” Father spoke for his mother.

"Dad, why are you talking back again! I told you before I left Wuhan that I will definitely not go back during the Spring Festival. Don't talk about this. After a while, I will go back to Wuhan once, and I will live at home then. Yes." Xu Man said.

"I know, I know. Xiaoman, you have to understand that your mother doesn't really care whether you come back to accompany us. We are not in our seventies and eighties. What is there to accompany you? Your mother is worried that no one will accompany you. Since going to The last time you made such a big fuss, you moved out when you said you were going to live. We dare not talk to you about marriage anymore. But, Xiaoman, you are our daughter after all. Dad still wants to tell you one more thing, you alone Women, don't hold on. While you are still young, if you meet someone you think is suitable, you should marry. Don't let your mother worry about you all day long. The doctor also told her that the elderly are too worried. Good for your health," said the father.

"Dad, I really don't want to get angry with you." Xu Man's tone was obviously angry, "How many times do I have to tell you before you understand what I mean? I am your daughter, but I ask you to respect yourself Is your daughter okay? Dad, anyway, you are also a high-level intellectual. You should know that the era of parents’ orders and matchmakers’ words is long past. I have the right not to marry. I can take care of my personal happiness, okay? I understand you as parents Yes, think of me well, think of me as something to rely on, but can you stop talking about your body and mood, and coerce me without a bitter scene? It makes it seem that if I don't get married, you won't have a peaceful life, and you can't It's like living on."

"Xiaoman," the father quickly picked up the words, "I don't know others, but don't I know who your mother is? She is really doing it for your own good."

"Dad, don't just talk about my mother, it's better to include yourself, you are all for my own good, right?" Xu Man's anger began to escalate, "Which parent can't say this kind of talk? As a child, you have to Say yes, yes, I know you are doing it for my own good. Tell you, Dad, I am not used to you anymore, don’t do this with me! I don’t know if people believe it or not, but I really don’t believe that you are all doing it for my good I told you clearly that it is good for me if I don’t marry, but why do you want me to marry? Oh, if I don’t marry, my mother will be overwhelmed and it will affect her health. So am I doing it for your feelings? Happy life is boundless, whether I want to marry or not, I have to marry someone? Then tell me, is it for my own good, or for your own good? Dad, I really don’t understand what’s going on with your generation? You only care about living according to your own ideas, and don't care about other people's wishes. Especially when you treat your own children, you cover up everything for the sake of your children, and you can do anything, and you move yourself to death. The whole of China is moved by you I'll tell you the truth, Dad, I'm not touched at all. Whenever I think that parents can be so narcissistic, so self-righteous, and so difficult, I feel horrible. I'd rather stay away from such a great parent, and know the bitterness , Feeling warm and cold, at least not in vain of my own life."

"Xiaoman, I can't say anything more if you have talked to this point today. Don't say that this year's Spring Festival is coming. Whether you will go home to celebrate the New Year in the future is up to you. Whether you marry or not, your mother and I have no choice. I won't interrupt anymore." The father's heart was obviously chilled by his daughter.

"I'm sorry, Dad. But I thank you for doing this." Xu Man finally said, and the father-daughter phone call broke up unhappy.

On the second day after Xiaonian, Xu Man signed an acquisition and restructuring agreement with Zhongshan Mingzheng on behalf of Wuhan.After that, Xu Man went to work in the law firm every day to take stock of the cases represented by the law firm.A company came to the door and asked the director of the law firm to contact him in person, and Xu Man accepted it.The company had two employees who had a serious traffic accident half a year ago. The human resources and social security bureau of the territorial development zone determined the work-related injury. The company objected to the official work-related injury determination and wanted to file an administrative lawsuit.After listening to the company's statement, Xu Man realized that there was a lack of key evidence to win the lawsuit, so she suggested that she need to visit the company and understand the situation with relevant personnel before deciding whether to accept the commission.The company replied that most of the employees had gone home for the New Year, and a key witness had left his job and disappeared.Xu Man checked the date of work-related injury identification by the Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security, and said that there is still time, so it is better to start work in the next year and then do the investigation.After the discussion, Xu Man suddenly remembered that Yang Guangzhi's remarried wife, Zhou Lijuan, worked in the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of the development zone, so she told Qiu Xiaoming that everyone had a case on hand, and she would take over the administrative lawsuit.

Xu Man couldn't estimate how this administrative lawsuit would proceed, and she couldn't even estimate that a forced marriage drama was imminent.Of course it wasn't to force her. On the phone a few days ago, she used her usual fierce style and nostalgic determination to kill her parents' good intentions in the bud.The person who will be in the play this time is Tian Xiaohui, and Xu Man is just a bystander.How could Xu Man let the flowers drift away, how could she see the fate of her beloved being locked up for life.However, what can she do?

As usual, the Spring Festival holiday begins on the evening of New Year's Eve.After get off work, Tian Xiaohui took Xu Man with her, and drove from the urban area to her parents' home in Guzhen.The battle of the big family behind Tian Xiaohui completely exceeded Xu Man's imagination. The moment she stepped into the courtyard, Xu Man couldn't help but gasped, even though the weather was a bit cold.Tian Fu Tian Liugen, two elder brothers and three older sisters are the last and most powerful in the family.Tian Liugen was originally the village party secretary and has now retired.He has two factories rented out to lighting companies, and the rent alone is enough to live comfortably.He used to be the backbone of the whole family, and after the death of his parents, he became even more talkative.Over the years, it has become a practice that on New Year's Eve, brothers and sisters will bring their families to Tian Liugen's house for a reunion, not only to have a New Year's Eve dinner, but also to listen to Tian Liugen's important speech.When Tian Liugen spoke, he did not require the audience to be silent, because he had never held a quiet village meeting when he was the village party secretary in the past.However, the parents will try their best to control their children, and they are not allowed to run around during Tian Liugen's speech, because they know that there will be an excellent opportunity after the speech.Any difficulties in the family and any problems that need to be solved can be raised to the younger brother or uncle or uncle.After Tian Liugen resigned as the village party secretary, the family's New Year's speeches became shorter and shorter. Besides, the younger generation has grown up and played leading roles in their respective jobs. The symbolic meaning of the night meal is greater than the actual need, so it is much more warm and cordial.

Because his beloved grandson Xiaolei was absent from the New Year's Eve dinner, Tian Liugen felt left out this year, even though the whole house was still crowded with people.The biggest event that happened in the past year was the sudden divorce of his daughter. Although this marriage was not arranged by him personally, he was satisfied.His old son-in-law, Ding Jianjun, is in charge of his career, has a bold personality, respects him and gets along very well with each other. All he has seen from his childhood family is full of happiness, and he can't find any reason to fall apart.When the daughter divorced, she didn't explain the reason to him. Instead, Ding Jianjun called him: "Dad, I will call you Dad for the last time. The divorce was proposed by Xiaohui, and I have to agree, because I am sorry for her. Afterwards, Tian Liugen made a rough guess, and murmured to his wife, "It seems that my daughter is spoiled by me, it's too serious. Men, play outside and close your eyes and pass." The wife is used to obedience, never There was no objection, and this time I only replied with this sentence, "Uncle Gen, what are you talking about? You should quickly find a way. Don't let Xiaohui find it by herself this time. You have to help her arrange a rule." point man."

For the New Year’s Eve dinner, there are three large circles, all mahogany round dining tables and small round stools, and the dishes are masterpieces of all the elder women.Tian Liugen delivered a speech: "I won't say much this year. In short, I hope that everyone will continue to be in good health, and everything will be successful! As the saying goes, family ugliness should not be publicized, and family members speak at home. Xiao Hui brought a good friend here today, called Xu Man, it's fashionable to say that they are called girlfriends, and they are not considered outsiders. Xiaolei and his father went back to their hometown for the New Year, and they came back to Zhongshan on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. We will talk about it at that time. Xiaohui just got divorced, and everyone knows this. Now the reform and opening up Now, it’s not a big deal. As for us older generation, I’m afraid we can’t keep up with the situation. You brothers and sisters should work together to take care of each other, find out from colleagues and friends around you, and give Xiaohui a hug. I don’t have any other requirements, just one, I can no longer marry a doctor. In the new year, if you can settle this matter for me, everything will be fine.”

As soon as Tian Liugen finished speaking, cousins ​​and cousins ​​were already eager to try. Seeing that they were about to blow up Lushan Mountain, Tian Xiaohui stood up quickly and said, "I thank you all! They are all from my own family, and I don't want to be polite." I just want to remind you that the introduction is not easy to do, and it is easy to offend people, not only outsiders, but also yourself. I hope that my brothers and sisters will not be caught by eyebrows and beards, and don’t let me take the person you are looking for all at once. I can see what kind of guy I am, Tian Xiaohui, in your eyes!" Tian Xiaohui's words were serious, but her tone was joking: "So, you must not be so impatient. I just got divorced, so the trauma in my heart must be there. Repair it in a while? Besides, I have to learn from the pain and think carefully about what kind of person I want to find next time. My dad said that he can't be a doctor, and I completely agree with this. Other men..." Tian Xiaohui stopped deliberately, The big bright eyes glanced around, and then said, "If the men really can't do it, I'll find a woman." As a result, everyone in the room burst into laughter.

"Don't listen to Xiaohui talking nonsense there!" Tian Liugen added this sentence, feeling very happy.Because he felt that his daughter behaved gracefully and did not resist the highest instructions issued by him.His daughter has always been the apple of his eye. As for who to marry again, of course he can't be arbitrary, how can he be a jewel in the dark.And although Tian Xiaohui hated men deeply in her heart, she was not like Xu Man, who pointed the needle at the wheat, but laughed and scolded her relatives' fists and fists into Lin Yuan's love for fish.In dealing with her parents, Xu Man always adheres to the principle that she thinks should not be forgotten, and she must say it frankly in her words, which is chilling to the point, and does not care about her parents' feelings.Today, Xu Man experienced Tian Xiaohui's unique demeanor on the spot. She found that Tian Xiaohui's hilarious meaning was more hidden than the words themselves. Block your own back road.Xu Man knew that the back road was reserved for her.

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