Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve
The two letters arrived at the same time. Zhenguan received the letter at dusk until nightfall, when he went back to his room and closed the door, but he still couldn't read enough.The next day, she sent him the book, and in the small window of the post office, she simply wrote a piece of paper: On the sixth day, there was an answer from Daxin: After reading it for a long time, there was no mention of whether he had been to that place. When Zhen Guan replied, he asked specifically: After six or seven days, Daxin sent another letter: For the last lingering, in order to bid farewell to the sea that is as affectionate as a mother's embrace, Zhen Guannai quietly left everyone after dinner. After leaving tonight, she was a guest in a foreign land again. Find each other! In the past, when I went to Chiayi or Tainan, I just felt parting in my heart, which is not the same as it is now! She is about to go to Taipei, Taipei is the hometown of her beloved man, what kind of devotion does she embrace!What luck in life, she can meet such a magnificent man like Daxin. Ahhh!Taipei; the wide streets and alleys of Taipei, the wind and smoke in Taipei; a city and county that is unfamiliar and close, everything is just for the growth of faith there——At the dock, someone is repairing the malfunctioning generator; On the mast of the ship, there is a small radio hanging. In the darkness, Zhenguan not only listens to the singing, but also can see the calcium carbide in the belly of the ship: The man hummed along with the rhyme of the song, and Zhenguan couldn't help looking up: there are indeed stars in the sky!Is Tianxing really the tears of parting?Zhen Guanshang thought to herself, but she didn't know that the tears were falling down her lapel; she was so happy tonight, who would have thought that she was still crying; it was the deep love with this sea!Or are the lyrics touching and sour? In fact, when one thinks of great faith, even tears are just water marks and signs of joy; and the torment and distress in the world have become another kind of obsession in life because of this. It was already nine o'clock when she came back, and when she stepped into grandma's inner room, she realized that there was a guest in the room! It was a grandmother from the former neighbor Huang's family, who came to talk to the old sister; Zhenguan and Yinchan stood by the corner, and after listening for a long time, they realized whether they were talking about her granddaughter-in-law or not: "—Old sister-in-law, you also know, In the past, to carry a load of water, you had to walk three or five miles to pick it up, and a drop of water was exchanged for a drop of sweat; now that the water source is convenient, it can be regarded as a modern life. If you have a good life, you have to pick it up yourself! If you are lucky, you will cherish your blessings No, she is not! Every time I turn on the water faucet, it takes ten minutes to let it flow to the pool and then leak. I taught her: turn off the soap first, and turn it on again when she wants to use it. She is not happy—” Her grandmother persuaded Yi: "Hey, it's also a young man who doesn't know how to do things. I can only wait for you to teach me slowly." "Should I teach her to listen? She just said a few words, hid in the room without eating, and had to be persuaded by a man. When I wanted to get married, I hated it too much. His grandfather also said: shoulders shrunk back cold , not a good woman after all. Who knows that Ah Ye loves himself, well, now that he has no frame to take the top spot, he knows the pain!" "..." "I told him a long time ago that everything will be good if you marry a good one, and you will be lucky if you marry a bad one; if he doesn't listen, hey, it's his fate!" Her grandma persuaded her again, and the grandmother of the Huang family calmed down, she picked up the crutches and wanted to leave, Zhenguan and Yinchan sent Yi back to the Huang's house, and then turned back to the inner room. The two went back to the room and laughed in unison: "Aha, grandma has become a father-in-law today!" "What father-in-law?" The old man squinted his eyes and smiled: "The predecessors said: eat three years of fasting, and don't know other people's family affairs. It's just to let Yi out of boredom!" As Yi said, she took out a lacquer box from the cabinet; when Zhen Guan was very young, she saw this box several times, but she just glanced at it and didn't know what was in it; now she saw the old man being so cautious , Seriously, I didn't even bother to change my pajamas for a while, so people jumped up and came to watch with Yinchan. The lid of the box was just opened, and Zhenguan and the two cried out at the same time. She had seen a jade lock on her mother's neck, and she had also seen a jade gourd on Auntie Liulizi's chest, but she had never seen anything close to it. Hundreds of large and small jade wares, all stored together! Jade buttons, jade lotus pods, jade hat flowers, and jade hairpin heads; the biggest one is a pendant carved with a golden boy and a jade girl, which is as big as a matchbox and carved very finely. Clap your hands and watch from the side; the smallest one is a jade carved pomegranate; Zhenguan can't imagine how long it took, and what kind of skilled craftsman he is, to figure out this jade; the whole pomegranate is only about the size of a Sakyamuni seed, but it is round and solid , especially its pre-calyx and back-end sequential shape, all detailed and subtle, teach people to look at it, and they will be amazed. Others such as pots, bottles, peaches, and apricots are only as big as a little finger, and they are all exquisite. "Grandma—" Yinchan couldn't bear it anymore and said, "You still have so many treasures that have collapsed at the bottom of the box, how come we don't know about it?" The old man was reaching out to pick out two jade pendants in the box. Besides the golden boy and jade girl, the other was a picture of a mandarin duck and a pair of companions; both of them were very delicate and green, and they were hollowed out; Yi placed the pendant first. On the palm, they parted ways and said yes to Zhen Guan and the two: "Originally I would give it to you when you get married, but it's the same now when you think about it; I'm going to Taipei tomorrow, so I can't always be by my side..." After saying this, the atmosphere in the room became gloomy. Zhenguan looked at Yinchan, and Yinchan looked at Zhenguan. The two looked at each other for a while, and then persuaded the old man together: "Grandma, you go too! My uncle , Uncle moved several times to invite you to live!" When the old man heard this, he laughed: "I still go? In that kind of place, there is no one around to talk; no matter where I go, people don't know me, I don't know people, how lonely!" Zhenguan can imagine: that kind of people are separated from others, but for the sake of faith, even if there are difficulties and adventures in the world, they will become progressive and gratifying! "Okay! You don't have to persuade me; these two are up to you, pick one for each person, and hang it on your body, it looks like grandma has gone!" When Yinchan heard about it, he took a look at Zhenguan first: "Which one do you love?" item?" Zhenguan said: "You take it first, and the rest is mine!" "Actually, yours is the same as mine, I don't look at it, just take one!" When Yinchan dropped his hand, it was the mandarin duck that was caught. "Ha! The golden boy and the jade girl are yours!" As she spoke, she took it closer and put it on Zhenguan; Zhenguan had a gold chain on her body, Yinchan took advantage of this posture, clung to her side and whispered: "I know you love this, just now I saw you looked at it a lot Several times—well, it's done!" Yin Chan's head was so low that it was almost under her neck, Zhen Guan let her go, but he just kept silent. She looked at her slightly curly hair and broad nose——Yin Chan is the third uncle's daughter, so she looks like the third uncle... Just as she was thinking, Yin Chan suddenly stopped and looked up at her: "What are you looking at? " "See why your eyes are so big?" The two then laughed; with this smile, each other's concerns were related. Until she was lying on the bed, Zhenguan was still not tired, she couldn't help touching the jade around her neck, and then turned her head to look at the window: the light was off!In the darkness, she saw a faint light outside the house; ah, the long night is long, when will the sky be bright?