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Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen

I have lived in Taipei for three months, but Zhenguan can't like this place; every time Daxin writes to her, he asks her: Do you like Taipei?She felt embarrassed; saying yes or no, all deviated from her true meaning——
Every time Zhenguan receives such a letter, he is always at a loss, not knowing how to reply to him; Daxin is from this place, and Taipei has his teachers, relatives, and elders, so there is no reason to explain his feelings about it. He wants Zhenguan to feel the same kind of intimacy as he does! They didn't tell each other clearly, but of course Zhenguan understood Daxin's thoughts; however, many of the Taipei people she met were cheating and plundering;

Because of this layer of interference, Zhenguan couldn't think about Taipei, so she had no choice but to write back like this—"There is no conclusion yet! Let me tell you slowly——" Yinchan is different; the two live in the dormitory together; it is a small apartment that Ah Zhong helped them find, and Zhenguan is going to come back after get off work, but Yinchan likes to run around, and only later will he talk about it listen to her. On Sundays and holidays, Zhenguan hides in her room and sleeps, but Yinchan can take a trip to Wai Shuangxi or the zoo by herself with a paper map of Taipei City, or even a paper guide sent in a big letter.

Today is Sunday. Zhenguan woke up at nine o'clock, and looked up to see Yinchan on the upper bunk was still covered with a quilt, which was densely covered—so she put her feet on her to push her, and said with a smile, "Chang'an Ranger is still not going out?" In the twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar, it was already cool in Taipei; Yinchan was woken up, unable to let go of the quilt for a while, and rolled one up around his body, then sat up and laughed: "It's a pity that there is no way to get rid of the quilt along the way." I can't stand up as a 'Xia' about injustice."

Zhenguan has his own opinion: "It doesn't have to be that way! I think: if the judgment of right and wrong in the heart is fair and upright, it will be chivalrous. Apart from this, can there be a better explanation for the word chivalrous?" ?” After talking for a long time, the two returned to the old topic; Yinchan asked first: "Uncle and Liu Lizi, Amu, ask us to move over there from time to time; what do you think?" What do you think——When I wanted to come to Taipei, her four concubines told them to live in her mother's house, that is, Daxin's house; her grandmother and the others meant that her own uncle, Uncle, was better than relatives. !

It is still the most unreasonable way to live outside and rent a tax house - it is all about Zhenguan's factors that decide this; her biggest reason is: this place is only a stone's throw away from her brother's dormitory! Of course, there are other things too; she doesn't live with her uncle, she wants to hide from that Japanese concubine: Yi Zheng is eager to match her, the other is a young doctor who came back from Japan, Zhenguan has met him twice, and thinks everything is fine with him!But ever since she became acquainted with things, she has such a concept - a good person or thing does not necessarily have to be related to her body!It can be everyone's, and when we meet each other, it's just polite and kind!

If you don't live in a big believer, you are completely timid; how should you say it?She has a vision of their future; because there is hope, she is more cautious--yinchan knows all these things, so she is willing to be with her; thinking about this, Zhenguan said: "live there, Anyway, it’s hard to explain why I live here; it’s better to live here, it’s close to Ah Chung’s school, there are two turns, he can come, we can go.” Yinchan said: "I think so too! But yesterday when I went to work, my uncle asked me to ask again. In front of Director Lai and the confidential secretary, I don't want to talk too much. I just said that I will discuss it with you and come back when I have a conclusion." he!"

Zhen Guan laughed and said, "I won't move! See how you respond!" Yin Chan rolled his eyes and said, "How do you decide, I'll go with you anyway; there's no reason to go alone..." Hearing what she said, Zhenguan remembered that Yingui was going to get married before the end of the year, and the sisters were disappearing one by one. The fate of life is unpredictable! ... He cherished Yinchan in front of him more and more in his heart. This time going north, the two first went to Yanyan Town to visit Yinyue; she was holding the baby, and she transformed into the charm of a young woman, watching her sitting on the red sandalwood chair, peeling off the sugar wrappers for them, and going out to watch the chicken soup... ...Her sister-in-law and sister-in-law came to see guests, coming in and out, and the three of them wanted to say a few more intimate words, but they couldn't talk freely like they used to at home.

"Zhenguan—" "Ah Yue—" "You go to Taipei; when will we meet again?" Zhenguan was still thinking about it, but Yinchan quickly replied: "When? Just wait for Yingui to marry—" When Yinyue asked the question, she was expecting happiness, but when she heard the answer, it turned out to be a different kind of sentimentality; her own sister had to marry another one——Zhen Guan's change of thought made her want to be dumbfounded; Toad called her and said, "Hey! Have you mastered the body-fixing technique?" Zhen Guan only stacked the pillows, and then he fell limp again, then he pulled the quilt and said, "Is there a good date over there?"

Yinchan didn't know what she was referring to for a moment: "What did you say?" Zhenguan simply closed his eyes, paused and said, "Yingui's in-law's house!" "It turns out that this-" As Yinchan said, he also straightened the quilt, and got inside again: "Yingui hasn't talked about it yet, let's see if there will be a letter in these two days." Seeing her lying down, Zhenguan couldn't help saying to her, "It's rare that you don't go out today!" Yin Chan had already covered her quilt, but now she poked her head out and said, "Oh! Do you really think Taipei is so good? How can you watch it without getting tired?"

"Isn't it? Sanjin said to you: When you leave home, you don't feel depressed; every day you come to the water and go to the mountains, the truth is—letting out the cage is bigger than the buffalo male." Yinchan smiled and said, "It's a novelty just now, try it now!" "how was it?" "I won't say it, it's nothing anyway! Ah! Daxin knows he's going to be angry when he talks about Taipei like that!" She said, stuck out her tongue, and jumped out of bed suddenly: "I feel that there is a letter downstairs, I'll go and see it!"

When Zhenguan saw Yinchan again, besides breakfast, she also held two letters: "Whose?" "you guess!" Zhenguan ignored her, and just came to read it—one was from Yingui, and the other was a big letter; seeing that she hadn't moved for a while, Yinchan smiled and said, "Will you read it first! Or eat first?" Zhen Guan scolded: "You——" As he said, he stepped down to the ground and snatched one of them as soon as he jumped. Yinchan smiled and said, "I asked too many questions just now! Of course I read it first, and I will be full after reading it. I still need to eat there!" Zhen Guan said with a smile: "Speak again, take a needle and sew your mouth shut." At that moment, one person and one letter, each of them had read it, Zhenguan remembered to ask: "What did Yingui say?" "It's December 28th, only one or two days before Chinese New Year. Yingui told us to tell Uncle to go back two days earlier." "I asked for five days off at once. Uncle doesn't know if it will be allowed!" "Anyway, there is still more than a month, so let's talk about it then! Well, it's not allowed! Some things are repeated, and there will be more opportunities in the future, and some things will only be once, and they will never be there again; when I have free time, I will see where you are." Find another Yin Gui to marry?" "That's a good word, but Yinchan, uncle has his own troubles, he has allowed us, and in the future, if other people invite us like this, what will he do?" "This--" "I don't want to think about it for the time being, and I'll do things according to reason; no matter whether we ask for leave or not, I believe uncle and Yingui will not blame us." Before leaving get off work that day, Aunt Liulizi called Zhenguan.As early as when she was in Japan, she and her husband learned fluent Taiwanese. From her accent, tone and tone, Zhenguan figured out that as a woman, she was looking for someone who was enough to entrust her life and who could follow her day and night. The kind of joy after a man - you are the son of the Han family, and I have been the wife of the Han family for generations. "Zhenguanzi?" She is used to adding stature after the word for female; Zhen Guan also echoed: "Yes, Ah Jin, I am Zhen Guan." "Is Yinchanzi by your side? Do you know what day it is today?" "What date, I don't know; Yinchan is here, do you want to tell Yi about it?" "I'll tell you first, and then I'll talk to Yi; today is your uncle's birthday, and Aunt made delicious food, you guys want to come, come back by car with uncle after get off work! I haven't seen you for a long time!" Zhen Guan thought about it for a while, and could only say yes; the other party said: "Uncle loves rice dumplings, and my sister tied them up this morning too. I wonder if you like to eat them?" "Yes! How can Ah Jin know how to pack?" "I went to the vegetable market to learn from the old man selling zongzi. Come quickly, it looks delicious, isn't it good?" After handing over the phone to Yin Chan, Zhen Guan saw her smile a few times, and after hanging up the phone, Zhen Guan asked her: "Are you trying to predict laughter? Just laughing all the time?" Yin Yan said with a smile: "Liu Lizi's mother said that she has been studying for seven days, and she just officially left the teacher today. How can she know that the first few are still not good, they are all wrapped into a square. She is afraid that the uncle will dislike her!" "What does that matter? The ones with four corners, let's eat them for her!" "That's what I said too!" Saying that, the off-duty bell rang early, and Zhen Guan was about to clean up the table when she suddenly saw her uncle come in; both of them stood up at once: "Uncle!" "Uncle!" "Okay, okay, did she tell you?! Uncle is waiting for you outside!" Those uncles in my hometown, because of the sea breeze blowing all year round, have sun marks on their faces; in comparison, this uncle is younger; his face is white and reddish. It can no longer be found in him; however, brothers are always brothers, and their eyebrows, noses and mouths are very similar to each other. When riding in the car, her uncle asked Yinchan to sit next to the driver, but told Zhenguan to sit in the back seat : "Zhenguan, sit with Uncle!" Zhenguan waited to sit beside her uncle, and suddenly remembered the situation when her father had an accident and she was in the car with her third uncle—all the uncles were kind to her; because she no longer had a father. "How old is Zhenguan? Uncle doesn't know yet!" "Twenty-three—" "It was born in 1938; at that time, my uncle had just arrived in Japan, and he didn't have a penny with him—" Zhen Guanjing listened to him, only felt that every word was exchanged for blood and tears: "The capital at that time was not as good as it is now, it was full of devastation, my uncle couldn't find a job, was hungry all day long, and slept in other people's houses at night. In front of the door... on the sixth day, I was a little unconscious, and was stepped on by the daughter of that family when she went out, and it was Liu Lizi—” Zhenguan thinks about this life-saving grace, thinks about the eldest sister in the family, ah, the kindness and righteousness in the world, why are there so many layers? "At that time,... Liu Lizi was just a high school girl student. She was beaten by her father and brother several times because she wanted to be with me, and was kicked out of the house in the end. If it wasn't for her husband to settle us down, the two of us would not know what to do. Starved to death... Her natal family only communicated with the news in the past few years—" Zhenguan's tears had already dripped from her eyes, and she remembered that the handkerchief was left behind at the desk... So she reached out and touched Yinchan in the front seat, and when she caught Yinchan and handed it to her, she found out that the towel had already been cleaned. There have been tears. "Uncle, it would be great if you could come back, the family is very happy—" The car turned from Ren'ai Road to Linyi Street. This area is full of Japanese-style houses. Zhenguan is counting the house numbers. When he looked around, he saw Liu Lizi, a concubine, who had come out to welcome her. The skinny doctor and Ah Zhong were standing beside her. . "Zhenguanzi, Yinchanzi." She called them like this one after another; when Zhen Guan saw her for the first time at home, he didn't have a good impression of her because of his uncle's relationship. Later, because he was thinking of his uncle, she was always his wife and child. Always the elders, not the uncle, but also seeing everyone, and gradually respecting her; but tonight, what the uncle said in the car made her treat her differently from now on, she is the benefactor of the uncle, that is, her benefactor, benefactor of their family... "Aunt—" After getting off the car, Zhenguan held her hand and did not let go, and Yinchan's attitude was also different from before; the Japanese concubine looked at Zhenguan up and down for a while, and then turned back and said to her uncle: "Zhenguanzi is wearing this tonight." The collar is so pretty!" All eyes were on Zhenguan for a while, Yinchan then said: "Mine looks good too, so why don't you tell me?" The Japanese Jinzai smiled and said: "Praise is to queue up, there is a back and forth, E-Mum hasn't mentioned you yet!" When she spoke, there was a kind of halalness of a little girl; Zhenguan looked at her, the more she felt in her heart: she was a relative——back in the house, Zhenguan asked his younger brother: "How did you get here?" Ah Zhong glanced at the doctor beside him and said yes, "Mr. Zheng is going to pick me up!" The Japanese Jinzai smiled and said: "I asked Kaiyuan to pick up Ah Zhong; ah, everyone sit down!" On the long dining table, there are hostess and hostess at the head and tail; Yinchan motioned Ah Zhong to sit next to her sister, and she herself sat opposite Zhenguan, this way, Zheng Kaiyuan was separated. When every dish was brought out, Zhenguan could see her uncle's joy, but when the rice dumpling was served, his face suddenly changed; Zhenguan lowered his head, but heard him yelling at Auntie Liulizi in Japanese - Zhenguan couldn't understand the meaning of the words, but the Japanese lady explained to him in an extremely tactful manner: "Oh, they are not customers, so they won't misunderstand... It doesn't matter if you eat more, next time I will know how to tie a big grain Some... well, don't be angry—” As she spoke, she continued to untie the zong leaves, and then put three zongzi into a plate, and sent it to everyone. Only then did Zhenguan understand—her uncle blamed Yi Zongzai for being too small, as if he was too petty to be eaten. "Uncle, I'm just a beginner, and the small ones are easy to cook, and the rice dumplings from Taipei are so big, unlike the rice dumplings from Tainan, which weigh half a catty." Her younger brother also said: "Yes, one and a half catties weighs a dozen taels... I used to live at my aunt's house, and I didn't think about any festivals, I only thought about the Dragon Boat Festival; eating a rice dumpling is worth a bento!" Everyone at the banquet, including her uncle, couldn't help laughing.After dinner, everyone was still sitting in the living room, the Japanese girl had gone back to the kitchen to collect the dishes, Zhen Guan took off her shoes and went to the inner room to look for her. In front of the water platform, she was still wearing a silver dress, the red coral string around her neck had been removed, and a new apron was tied around her waist. Standing behind her, Zhenguan looked at her thick black hair with a gold hairpin, and looked at her with a golden hairpin. A red flower is really simple and prosperous. "Aunt—" She was humming the Japanese song "Hakata Night Boat", when she heard Zhen Guan's call, she turned around and said, "Why don't you sit in the living room? Here is water and oil!" Zhenguanjing came to the front and said: "Auntie, when will Yindan come back? We really want to see her!" Yindan is the daughter of Aunt Liulizi and her uncle. She is only seventeen years old this year. When the couple wanted to go back to China, Yindan's Japanese grandmother kept her behind, saying that she would go after she finished her studies in high school—" Yindanzi? It was supposed to be in June next year, but Ah Jin was worried that Yi's Chinese was not good enough, so she wouldn't be able to get into the university here when she came back." Just as she was talking, she saw Yin Chan also coming; Zhen Guan asked her: "Is Ah Zhong still there?! What are you talking about?" "Mr. Zheng asked him, what's in the twelve taels of rice dumpling?" When Aunt Liulizi heard about it, she couldn't help asking curiously: "Is there really such a big Zongzi?" "Yes, I saw it in Tainan!" Japanese Jinzai thought it was funny, and asked Yinchan again: "What did Ah Zhong say to pack?" "Pack one chicken leg, two egg yolks, three chestnuts, four shiitake mushrooms, five pieces of pork—ah, people in the south are so proud!" When they came back, Aunt Liulizi asked Zheng Kaiyuan to see them off, but Zhenguan politely resigned, but the man said: "I'm on the way anyway, and Xiaojian also rested!" Little Jane is the uncle's driver; Zhenguan thought to himself, if he really wants to insist on going back by bus, there is no need for that! After thinking about it, he got into the car; Ah Zhong was in front, she and Yinchan were behind, the car drove like a gallop, the four of them said nothing all the way, until they stopped at Xinsheng South Road, the side gate of Ah Zhong's school. Ah Zhong got out of the car, said goodbye and thanked him again; as soon as Ah Zhong walked away, the skinny doctor suddenly asked the two of them, "Miss, do you want to see the night scene?" Yes, of course——Zhenguan thought to herself: One day, she will walk through every street in Taipei and see the true face of Taipei, but only with Daxin by her side; she must be familiar with Taipei. , like Daxin knows her hometown! Zheng Kaiyuan kept looking at them, really wanting to hear the answer; Zhenguan stretched out his hand, and twisted Yinchan's arm in the dark, Yinchan cleared his throat and replied, "No, we are so sleepy. !"
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