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杨绛

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Chapter 1 Chapter One

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On the eve of liberation, Yu Nan fell into a trick of some sort—at least Yu Nan thought he was tricked by Ms. Hu.It's hard for others to say which of the two of them has wronged the other.As the saying goes: "It is difficult for an honest official to decide on housework", not to mention the unclear and muddled friendship between the two of them. Yu Nan has a bit of unspeakable pain: his wife Wanying is so virtuous, he has no reason to divorce her.He really didn't want to leave.Because he left Wanying, life was inconvenient, it was like a nursing baby leaving its nurse.But the world is not ancient, in this day and age, is it still possible to have a wife and a concubine?Even if she is happy, how can Miss Hu be willing to be a concubine?Even if Wanying is willing to "make the big and make the small", Ms. Hu will never tolerate it!Miss Hu chose him as her husband because she wanted him to be her exclusive husband.

Miss Hu is certainly not a "Miss".Her former husband had either left or died, or there was more than one.She knows very well that "beautiful couples are like flowers, and years go by like water", so she needs to find a permanent husband in time and become an official adult.In her situation, it wasn't easy.She has reached the age when being called "Miss" sounds unpleasant.As a wife, she wants to enjoy all kinds of things that she can't get by relying on her own ability and qualifications as a wife.Her conditions were not harsh, just subtle.For example, she wants her husband to be loyal to her, follow his head, and let her control everything.But he can't be an idiot, at least, he has to be shown on the table, enough to qualify.He can't be a talented person who attracts admiration, nor can he be too young or too beautiful, and it is best that ordinary women look down on him.He has to be like an old lady hired by a smart housewife. It is best to have no burden and no worries.Ms. Hu felt that Yu Nan had all the qualifications for him.

Ms. Hu met Yu Nan when she drafted articles for a comprehensive publication subsidized by an important person at the time (they called them "the boss").Yu Nan has studied abroad, learned both Chinese and Western, and taught at a not-so-famous university. Even though he is not a famous professor, he can still fool students.He often published some prose, sketches and so on in the tail of newspapers and periodicals, and also wrote new poems.Ms. Hu once asked him to write speeches for the "boss" twice. The "boss" said that Yu Nan was a little talented, but he didn't have a deep foundation in old school, and his writing was smooth.His specialty is speed. He can write any article he wants. The publication of the "boss" allowance was later edited by him.He did not miss the opportunity and made three friends and four friends as the editor-in-chief.Bragging, raising their own social status.He can hold a job, he knows style, he can get in and squeeze out, he has gained some fame in the past few years, and he seems to have some savings in his hand; He is not tall and is beginning to put on weight. He is considered "medium build".To be honest, Miss Hu doesn't like this kind of man.But it's hard for him to be so infatuated and so honest.Once he "came into heat" but failed to "stop Zhayi", and got a crisp slap from Miss Hu.He knelt down and begged for mercy, saying that he would only worship her as a god from now on.Fortunately, gods have ordinary hearts, not as good as Zhenlie's women.Miss Hu tolerantly let him be intimate, and only pushed him away when he couldn't help it, and said, "No, unless we get married formally."

Yu Nan is only forty years old, three or four years older than Miss Hu.He was married early and had three children.The two sons have been admitted to universities in the western suburbs of Beiping successively, and their thinking is very progressive. Except for asking the family for money, they have a clear line with their father.My daughter is sixteen years old, she goes to a church girls' middle school in Shanghai, and she has already started socializing.Wanying is easy to dismiss.Ms. Hu was very close to her, she tried many ways, and decided that she would just obey her husband obediently and never make trouble, so Yu Nan could get rid of his family without any worries.But even though Yu Nan kept saying that he wanted to formally marry Ms. Hu, he always put off the divorce.Miss Hu only held him in her palm and didn't rush him.Anyway, the selected person has already secured one, so we might as well wait and see.Fortunately, Yu Nan has his own characteristics, and he is not afraid of being snatched away by other women.

Yu Nan is very shrewd and never spends money on women.If Ms. Hu talked about some delicious famous dishes in a certain restaurant, he would always say: "Ask Wanying to cook for you." Wanying taught the old lady to cook well, and Yu Nan is good at tasting." expert".He became the editor-in-chief of a publication and often entertained guests at home.This is cheaper and more effective than going to a restaurant to treat guests.He doesn't have to pay for it, he can reimburse the "publication".However, the guest had a personal relationship with him because of this, it seemed that it was not a "publication" treat to compose a manuscript, but Yu Nan invited him personally, and his wife cooked it himself.Sometimes Miss Hu is happy and is willing to play with him, watch a movie or something.Yu Nan always salivated and said, "Watching a movie is worse than watching you?" Of course, going to a movie can only be about talking about love in a movie, it's far better to cuddle up with Ms. Hu and express your heartfelt love.However, when Miss Hu occasionally invites him to watch a show or eat in a restaurant, he does not refuse.Because he often revises articles for Miss Hu, or writes letters on behalf of her.Miss Hu's invitation to him is only a due reward.Once Miss Hu invited him to a play.After the show ended, Ms. Hu felt hungry. She passed by a high-end Xilai restaurant and was about to go in for dinner.Yu Nan felt that it was her turn to play the role this time around, and said that she ate too much snacks, her stomach was full and she couldn't eat anything, so Ms. Hu said, "I just heard your stomach rumbling", saying, Just head straight into the restaurant.Yu Nan had no choice but to follow in, but insisted that the rumbling in his stomach was due to stagnation and he couldn't eat.He was willing to sit with him, and only ordered a western dish, and let Miss Hu eat alone.Ms. Hu ordered the best dishes in the shop; after the dishes were served, she only tried to persuade Yu Nan to have a piece too, but Yu Nan insisted on "accompanying", just looking at the exquisite tableware, she was so anxious that she was sweating; The aroma of the delicacies made my mouth salivate.Fortunately, the bill was not delivered to him in time, so Ms. Hu snatched it and paid it herself.Ms. Hu felt that he was a worthless "iron cock" with his fists clenched and penniless. I heard that he was often looked at by women, so there must be a reason.However, as a husband, it is also a virtue.He is like a thrifty housekeeper who never spends money.Anyway, she had put forward the conditions a long time ago, got married, and the financial rights belonged to her.Yu Nan readily agreed.For him, financial power is nothing more than management power, and the ownership is still his, even Ms. Hu herself.

Times make heroes, and also make marriages in the world. The "boss" said in his mouth: "The Yangtze River is naturally dangerous, the Communist Party cannot cross the river, and the Jiajiang confrontation is an inevitable trend that has been proven by history." .Before he left, he made arrangements for Ms. Hu to get a director of UNESCO for her future husband.This is of course a reward for Miss Hu, but because she is not qualified, so it is given to her husband.When Yu Nan heard the news, she swallowed her reassurance and stopped worrying about it.He once wanted to do business in South America with a friend's relative, but that friend was going on his own and couldn't take care of him.He once begged a friend in Hong Kong to find him a teaching position in a university in Hong Kong.That friend was not polite, saying that his English was too heavily Chinese, and his Mandarin had a lot of local accents, so he didn't understand the language, so he had to make another plan on how to teach.He ran here and there, with no way out.Now that Miss Hu can take him to Paris, if he doesn't get a divorce now, let alone when!

He told Ms. Hu that the family affairs had already been arranged, and he thought that by taking this opportunity, there was no need to publicize the divorce, no need to hire any lawyer, no need to publish any notice in the newspaper, no need to wait for the court to determine the amount of alimony, etc. He just needed to make an agreement with Wanying. , just walk away.Ms. Hu is very practical and saves everything she can. She only asks for a formal wedding before going abroad.Yu Nan said that the wedding can be held in the living room of relatives and friends, so-called "salon" marriage.Ms. Hu has no objection to "Sharon" getting married, but she must invite a celebrity to officiate the wedding and then go abroad for a honeymoon; she will find "Sharon" and invite celebrities.She only put forward one minimum condition - not asking for a bride price.She wanted Yu Nan to buy a decent diamond ring and a pair of platinum wedding rings.Yu Nan said that diamonds are too small to look good, and too big and vulgar. Besides, foreigners are no longer interested in wearing precious jewellery.As for the platinum ring, Yu Nan thought it was ugly, like dull silver, not as good as 18K foreign gold.

Miss Hu didn't insist, she just wanted a token.Yu Nan calmly took out a pair of oval-shaped Tianhuang stamps from the deep part of the drawer.He dipped in the ink pad and carved out one in relief and one in incise: "Wish to be a mandarin duck and not envy immortals", pointed out to Miss Hu and read it twice, shaking his head and saying: "How about it?" Ms. Hu smiled and said, "Is it still an antique?" Ms. Hu has seen Tian Huang, which is crystal clear and glutinous.These two stones are nothing but smooth.Yu Nan is neither a descendant of an aristocratic family nor a collector, his "antiques" are nothing more than gifts from his wedding ceremony with Wan Ying.Even if the two pieces of four yellows are more precious than gold, the two small stones borrowed to offer flowers to the Buddha can't restrain Miss Hu's fairy heart!She was full of praise, and solemnly handed it back to Yu Nan and asked him to keep it well. She suppressed her smile and said, there are still many things to do, tell Yu Nan to wait.She quit in a hurry, turned around with a smile before leaving and said, "By the way, I have the ring ready too!"

In the current popular words, the two of them "discussed." Ms. Hu is very particular about choosing a husband, but she is making wishful thinking.No, she was too practical, and she was making unsatisfactory calculations.She just wants to find an "insurance husband" that other women don't like.Forget that I am a woman after all.Seeing Yu Nan's stinginess, she couldn't help feeling furious.She thought: "It's cheap! Am I worth these two stones? I've been accommodating and accommodating, and I've become a bargain!" That foreign official position is a trump card in Ms. Hu's hands. Nan, no one deserves to be the one!She even became someone she loved, just because his wife was a famous tigress, she embraced the doctrine of "occupy the latrine and don't shit", and put forward the slogan: "It's not cheap for you anyway, I will never leave!" Miss Hu had no choice but to The best thing to do was to choose Yu Nan, and Yu Nan gave her advice on the "just walk away" divorce method and the "salon" marriage method.Even though the wife of her favorite doesn't agree, if the husband takes this opportunity to go abroad, even though the wife is powerful, I'm afraid he won't be able to chase after her. Anyway, it's not a formal divorce or a formal knot, so why bother to compromise, it's nothing but you Yu Nan!When she suppressed her smile and called Yu Nan to "wait", she seemed to be gnashing her teeth.He caused himself to wait for a year or two in vain, and now it wouldn't hurt heaven and earth to ask him to wait for a few days in vain.What she said back before leaving was really a sneer.She just wasn't sure if her sweetheart had the guts to take the risk and elope with her abroad.So I covered my face with a smile.

How did Yu Nan know.She felt that Miss Hu was as infatuated as he was, otherwise, why would she have to marry him. He waited for news from her like "an idiot waiting for his wife".But it didn't take long.Within ten days, he received a letter from Miss Hu, saying that she had held a "salon" wedding according to his idea and officially married.By the time the letter arrived, the new couple had flown to Paris for their honeymoon.The trip was in a hurry, there was no time to say goodbye, only one petal of the heart, I wish Yu Nan and his wife grow old together, and live up to his wish of "willing to be a mandarin duck and not envious of immortals".

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