the other side of the fireworks

The aunt didn't reprimand Xu An, but just "persuaded" her sternly.This was beyond Xu An's expectation. She thought that her aunt would clearly point out that she was wrong, and ordered her to withdraw her decision to break up immediately.That way she felt more comfortable, at least that kind of aunt expressed her thoughts more truthfully, but now, she felt that her aunt was hypocritical.Therefore, in the persuasion of her aunt every word, she lost her mind several times.He secretly wondered what effect Xia Fengshu would have if he said these words.At this time, when she heard Xia Fengshu's name and heard Xia Fengshu from her aunt, Xu An was quite surprised, and couldn't help pricking up her ears, and her aunt said: "I object to you making friends with that girl. I told Jiechu to let him guide you, don't get too close to such a girl, it's not good for your future."

"How do you know her, what kind of girl do you think she is." When Xu An said these words, he felt like a reporter, as if he was asking this question out of the way.

"You child, of course my aunt cares about your affairs. That girl's family is not good, and she doesn't make progress in her studies, so she won't have a good future. I don't object to eating and drinking with her, but if you get too close, it won't affect your studies." Okay. Later, there was a fight, and I was so anxious to death when I heard about it."

"It turned out that the mantis was catching the cicada, and the oriole was behind. To be precise, the mantis knew that the oriole was behind."

"This child, how can you say that aunt is a oriole." Aunt became angry.

Xu An quickly restrained his thoughts and said, "I didn't mean that, I just described it."

"Xiao'an, you are still young. To me, you are like a small tree. When you grow up, there will be some small branches. Auntie needs to trim them in time so that you can grow tall and straight. Tree."

"Great trees usually grow in virgin forests, where there are no gardeners."

"Xiao An, who did you learn this theory from?" Aunt's face turned blue, and Xu An knew that he had caused trouble.

"Auntie, don't be angry. The books I've been reading recently are speculative, and the logic of thinking may be affected. I don't mean to refute you."

"I think that Xia Fengshu played a bad role on you. Auntie is not a person without language logic, but the conversation between family members does not need to be airtight and watertight. That's what we're talking about, isn't it?"

"Yes Yes."

"Auntie doesn't want to get involved in the matter between you and Jiechu, but I just hope that you will think about it carefully. It is hard for a woman to meet a good man in her life, so she should cherish it. Don't make a decision that will be regretted for the rest of your life. Don't I thought you could find a better one, but the one in front of you is already the best. In terms of character, appearance, and family excellence, they are all first-class, and grandma is also very satisfied with him. Push people away? Do you know how sad Jiechu is? His mother calls me every day, saying that Jiechu shuts himself in the room after work, and sits in front of the desk lamp without saying a word. In the middle of the night. Such a tall man treats you with every kind of obedience, Xiao An, what are you dissatisfied with?"

Xu An pursed his lips and did not speak.

The aunt took a sip of tea and said, "I heard that Jiechu sent you a text message, but you didn't respond to him, did you?"

Xu An's mouth clenched even tighter.

At this time, my uncle said: "My wife, just talk about it in general, don't ask about the details, Xiao'an is not ignorant, let her think about it for herself."

The aunt glared at the uncle, then said slowly, "Think about it again! If you don't want to part with Jiechu, he will give you another step, and you can go down quickly."

Uncle said: "Talk too much, talk too much."

"You want to take care of it?" Aunt got up and went back to the bedroom.

The uncle shook his head with a smile and said, "It's difficult. Xiao'an, go to bed early."

Early the next morning, when Xu An came out from his aunt's house, he saw Jie Chu and his car.Jie Chu didn't look at her, but made a gesture of waiting for her.

Xu An thought for a while and got into Jiechu's car.She saw that Jie Chuqiang breathed a sigh of relief calmly, and his big hands clenched on the steering wheel for a while before slowly relaxing.

Xu An felt a little guilty, but he didn't know how to speak.

Jie Chu said, "Have you had breakfast?"

Xu An nodded.

Jie Chu smiled, a little unnaturally, he could see that the words were turning over and over on his lips for a while before he said, "Is there any class this afternoon?"

Xu An shook his head.

"I'll pick you up. The Wenda accounting firm I contacted earlier wants to meet you."

Xu An was silent for a while and said, "I'm sorry."

Jiechu's car stopped at the side of the road suddenly, "I'm sorry for what?"

Xu An was a little puzzled by his reaction, "I told you to break up with you earlier, I'm sorry."

Jiechu felt relieved, he thought that Xu An would emphasize the decision to break up again.

The meeting at Wenda accounting firm went smoothly. Jiechu had already paved the way. When Xu An stood there, he received friendly and amazed gazes.The other party was very satisfied with her education and background, and the icing on the cake was that Xu An was pretty enough, with a good figure and outstanding temperament.Jie Chu couldn't hide his complacency, instead of seeing a job, it would be better to say that he came to show off his girlfriend's excellence.

Xu An didn't have any more joy. She thought of Xia Fengshu walking around the job fair with a stack of forms, and wondered if she was like her, what kind of position would she get?The so-called excellence in these people's mouths, in this highly competitive society, really weighs a lot.

She chatted with Xia Fengshu about this issue, and Xia Fengshu said: "Connections are also part of ability. Thousands of people in this society rely on relationships to survive. I envy people with connections, and I envy you."

"I didn't create it with my own hands."

"After all, you grew up in an ivory tower. You are very noble. Could it be that you want to get rid of those relationships and venture into the world naked?"

"There are plans for this."

"I'm afraid that after losing your morality and chastity, you will admit that you can't lose face by relationship."

"I just want to know how capable I am."

"In the final analysis, if there is a relationship, the starting point is higher. Don't bother others here."

"Shouldn't literati be noble?" Xu An suddenly thought of the starting point of the topic, and looked at Xia Fengshu.

Xia Fengshu said: "I'm just a little cynical. This is wrong. I am correcting this mistake in the journey of suffering. Can't you see it?"

Xu An smiled from ear to ear.Xia Fengshu slapped her on the back, "Don't laugh, I didn't mean to make you laugh when I said these words."

"Then it's a windfall for me to laugh."

"Ah! You'll be poor-tongued too."

"I'm good at it, and humor is my strength."

"What are you proud of? You're just a junior level, and you're just using your strengths to fight. Experts will find logical flaws, crack them, and then sublimate."

"Let me read the novel and see how you can sublimate."

"Then you have to study it carefully." Xia Fengshu took out a collection of novels from his backpack. Xu An dared to say that she didn't even know the existence of this publication before.

"Which one did you write?"

"I won't tell, you can find it yourself."

Xu An didn't open it immediately, secretly wanting to set aside a lot of time to read her novel carefully.

"You reconciled with your boyfriend?" Xia Fengshu asked suddenly.

Xu An nodded.

"No wonder you smile so well." Xia Fengshu pouted.

Xu An smiled and said nothing, thinking that Xia Fengshu would not know what she was thinking, and only when she reconciled with Jiechu could she relax and be with Xia Fengshu.

I hope it is an illusion.

I hope that delusion passes sooner.

Xu An prayed secretly.

Xu An occasionally wears denim skirts. Her waist-to-hip ratio is not sexy, her butt is a bit small, and her legs are not as thin as Xia Fengshu's. Long-term swimming has made her legs muscular, so she thinks she looks better in trousers.Jiechu likes her wearing skirts, and asked her to wear skirts to go out with him more than once.Xu An occasionally wears it, but he can't afford to wear elegant and elegant lace skirts.Jie Chu just bought her a set, hoping that she would wear this long dress to meet Jie Chu's family.

Xu An didn't object, she felt that when they were together, there was bound to be times when they would accommodate each other.If the dress will get the meeting off to a good start, so be it.

Xu An doesn't care about or worry about a skirt, but he always has a headache because he can't catch Xia Fengshu's shadow.Xia Fengshu didn't have a mobile phone, and he rarely contacted Xu An proactively.Xu An was embarrassed to call her dormitory, and he couldn't always run to her dormitory.And she wanted to see her very much.

Xu An didn't know what Xia Fengshu was busy with, but classmate Xia raised her curiosity to an unprecedented height, so high that Xu An openly asked: "What are you busy with, you don't see anyone all day long."

Just as Xia Fengshu was about to speak, Xu An interrupted her and said, "Don't block me with the rich and the poor, I just want to know what you're up to."

"I'm about to graduate, and there are too many things to do."

"look for a job?"

Xia Fengshu sat down on the steps of the dormitory door, "Looking for a job, looking for a house, and handing in a graduation thesis. Nothing special, just want to live in this city."

Xu An thought for a while, then took out a mobile phone from his pocket, "It's for you, a birthday present."

Xia Fengshu was startled, then laughed, "I only celebrate my birthday in December."

"Sent in advance." Xu An threw the phone over, and Xia Fengshu had to catch it.

"Half a year earlier?"

"What's the matter, surprise in advance." Xu An showed no expression, feeling very nervous.

Xia Fengshu fiddled with the phone in her hand for a while, Xu An felt that it was not the phone but her heart that was churning in her palm, she decided to leave, Xia Fengshu said: "I don't want to hear me say thank you."

Xu An smiled, but refused to turn around for Xia Fengshu to see.

"It's really stylish." Xia Fengshu's voice followed Xu An's footsteps, and Xu An almost floated back to the dormitory.

The next day, Xia Fengshu knocked on Xu An's door and said to take her to eat hand-rolled noodles, hand-rolled noodles made by her mother.

Xu An is no stranger to Northeast women, she is from the Northeast.To talk about the difference between women in the Northeast and women in the South, Xu Anhui will first speak loudly.I have lived here for more than three years, and I have adapted to the climate and the women here.No matter whether the female cashier in the supermarket is smiling or not, if she speaks in a normal dialect, the curvy ending will always make you feel that she is serving you kindly and with the enthusiasm of the folks in the village.In Northeast China, you may see a smile with high professionalism, or a face that is too busy to care about the enthusiasm for service. Their expressions may be the same, but when they say the same thing, they feel very different.Northeast dialect is blunt, and straightforwardness largely produces bluntness.In fact, Xia Fengshu is a girl with a blunt tone. Every word that comes out of her mouth is like frozen water, hard and cold.Even if she is not losing her temper or finding fault many times, other people will have such misunderstandings.I believe that when she first came to this campus, her appearance would not be as unpopular as she is now.There must have been misunderstandings with the students around me during communication, and the vicious circle has continued to this day.Because changing to another girl would change him to a certain extent to adapt to the new environment, but Xia Fengshu seemed unwilling to change.

Xia Fengshu's mother, surnamed Zhang, has a tall figure and is a few centimeters shorter than Xia Fengshu. Most of her daughters are taller than their mothers. I don't know whether it is due to nutrition or evolution.Mom was wearing wide-leg trousers with black and white floral prints, and a large green men's T-shirt with an advertisement for a certain beer printed on it, which must have been a gift from the brewer.Her hair was neatly tied in a bun at the back, her forehead was smooth, and her facial features were unmodified.Looking at Xu An from a distance, I feel that she is a serious and regular person, even if she is very poor.

Xu An was a little nervous and walked behind Xia Fengshu. Fortunately, she saw Xia Fengshu's mother's smile at this time, which could be said to be a very warm smile.Xu An didn't expect that Xia Fengshu would tell his mother about giving away the mobile phone, and was thanked by Xia's mother for it.Xu An didn't feel disgusted, and didn't regard them as saints who didn't eat fireworks, but he was a little uncomfortable.A mobile phone seemed to make the relationship between her and Xia Fengshu more complicated.

Mama Xia's barbecue truck was parked at the crossroads in the community. Xu An called her Aunt Zhang, and when she called her, she tried hard to correct her pronunciation, fearing that she would accidentally call her an octopus.The mother and daughter spoke in Northeast Mandarin, and Aunt Zhang used her not-so-authentic local dialect when greeting guests. In Xu An's eyes, this small change really made them look like two different people.Xu An whispered: "Aunt Zhang is very good, I think local dialect is much more difficult than English."

"If you have to speak English to have enough food, your English would have passed CET-[-]."

"I have passed level six, do I still want to accept your ridicule?"

"Dialects are not graded. If you can take the exam, my mother must have passed the eighth grade."

"I don't believe your mother can understand all the local dialects."

"You really want to test her? Okay, you go over and say a few words."

"I said that because I think the dialect is difficult, and it's to praise your mother, why are you arguing?"

Xia Fengshu gave her a blank look, "It's your boring topic."

"Then I won't talk, just help with the work." Just as Xu An was about to make a move, Xia Fengshu held her back and said, "Forget it, don't dirty your Nikes, I'll do it."

Xu An was a little upset, but he didn't argue with her.

At 11:30, close the booth.One-third of the finished skewers were left, "Business is really bad today. I think it's going to rain, and there are few people coming out to eat." Xia Fengshu said to his mother while pushing the cart.

My mother said: "There is a new barbecue house across the street. If it's raining, everyone will go inside to eat."

"Mom, we will also open a barbecue house."

"You find a good job, and when you stabilize, Mom will go back to her hometown."

"Mom, I won't let you go. I'm looking for a job here because you said you like it."

"When you have your own home, you can pick up your mother. You have graduated, and if your mother stays here, it will drag you down."

"Mom..." Xia Fengshu became anxious, his voice changed, and his eyes began to cry.

Mama Xia glared at her and said sharply, "Don't be unruly."

Xia Fengshu bit his lip and pushed the cart forward.It was not convenient for Xu An to intervene, and kept a distance of about two meters from their mother and daughter.In the night, the mother's shoulders seem to be thousands of times wider than the daughter's, and the daughter walks in the flatness of the mother's shadow with coquettish steps.

The world in front of Xu An's eyes was instantly boundless, so empty that only she was left. She imagined that Xia Fengshu would call her mother, but in the end she could only be replaced by grandma.She found that her feet were not on the ground, but were hanging in the air.No one kind of love can replace another, at best it is a filling.

The rental house that Xia's mother lived in was the kind of fringe house that would be demolished at any time.There is no water, and no toilets.About fifteen square meters, the most conspicuous thing is the single bed and the loud freezer.The bed was covered with a checkered sheet, so old and colorless, it was white with cotton cloth, and there was dust in the room, but it was not overnight.Xia Fengshu started tidying up as soon as he entered the house, and it was obvious that both mother and daughter love to be clean.The window was open and it was still very hot and stuffy. It was almost early in the morning. Mother Xia still made hand-rolled noodles and said that she would entertain Xia Fengshu's friends.Xu An was a little embarrassed, she didn't have the habit of eating in the early morning.But it's really delicious. You can't eat such authentic hand-rolled noodles in the south. Even grandma's craftsmanship is not as strong as Xia's mother.Holding the big bowl and snoring while eating noodles, Xia Fengshu beside him was still awkward.Xu An admired her stinginess, saying that it is not easy to be magnanimous, and it is also difficult to be stingy like Xia Fengshu.If it were Xu An, he would definitely not be able to do this.

Mama Xia was sitting on the small bench, and she also ate a lot. She said that she had to eat every day when she came back from the stall, and this meal could be considered as dinner or breakfast.Early tomorrow morning, she will get up at five o'clock to buy vegetables and meat, and then wear skewers by herself. Xia Fengshu also came to help, and did not let her work alone.At this time, she sighed and said: "If you say that my maple tree is considered filial, which college student will come to help my mother do this these days, the bamboo stick has worn out the fingertips. My maple tree grows so beautifully." Ah, if my mother had the ability, she wouldn't be dressed as beautifully as you."

"Mom, don't make me feel wronged."

"Rely on your parents at home, and rely on your friends when you go out. You and my Fengshu are good friends. I will take care of her in the future. I recommend her for a good job."

"Mom." Xia Fengshu couldn't listen anymore, "How can I be friends with her when you talk like that."

Xia's mother ignored her, and continued to say to Xu An: "If she did something wrong, tell me, don't let her petty temper frighten her, Fengshu is a good boy."

Xia Fengshu twisted himself into the steamer-like room.

Xu An smiled implicitly, she didn't dare to respond to any words, she was afraid that Xia Fengshu would go crazy with her, so she just promised Mother Xia's words with a smile.

After eating noodles, leaving Mama Xia's rented house and going back to school was too late. The strange thing was that Mama Xia didn't ask where they were going. Xu An made a circle in his mind, and then realized that Mama Xia definitely thought they would go to Xu An's house to sleep.Xia Fengshu walked quietly, Xu An was half a step behind her, looking at her like this made her feel more at ease.

"You can be proud of yourself, don't look at me."

After finally waiting for this sentence, Xu An said: "I'll wait for you to tell me what I should be proud of."

"Xu An, I won't ask you to do anything for me. Even if my mother says so, don't be complacent." Xia Fengshu pushed her, and Xu An laughed, "Why are you nervous? Your mother didn't entrust you to me." Me, I just said some polite words. You are so afraid and bring me to see her?"

"I don't have the money to treat you to a birthday meal, so I can save a little money."

"No, I just received such a large sum of money."

"That's my strategic reserve, it's already in the bank."

"I thought you brought me to your mother because you regarded me as a proud friend."

"That's right, the person who is so proud has become a wolf-inducing person, sending a tail for you to catch for no reason."

"Where are you thinking, I think there is still someone in this world who can subdue you, I am very surprised."

"What's the surprise here, aren't you afraid of mom?" Xia Fengshu gave her a white look.

Xu An still smiled, "Don't be afraid, my mother won't give me a chance to be afraid of her."

Xia Fengshu's arrogance suddenly subsided a little, "There will always be someone in this world who cares about you the most, and who cares so much that it belongs to you."

"I don't lack concern, nor do I underestimate myself."

"Do you dare to say that your happiness has no pretense?"

"I never pretend. If someone thinks I'm faking, it's because she misunderstood my appearance. There is no perfect happiness in the world, and I recognize its incompleteness."

Xia Fengshu didn't speak for a long time, until she reached the intersection, she said, "Where are we going?"

"Go to sleep." Xu An held Xia Fengshu's hand.

"Where are you going to sleep?"

"The hotel from last time is not far from here."

"Alright, I can take a shower."