Chapter 6 Chapter Six

Xu Yancheng and Du Lilin have been married for five years.They both studied abroad, one in the United States and the other in the United Kingdom. It was not until they returned to China that they started a family for the first time. This may or may not have been accidental.It is said that the friendship of friends is often based on mutual misunderstanding.The same is probably true of love. Zhuang Lilin's family is in Tianjin, and she is the daughter of a big capitalist.After graduating from middle school, she was not admitted to a university in Tianjin. She wanted to save face, and after a year of tutoring, she took the exam again, and she passed Tianjin and was admitted to a church university in Shanghai.She is tall and pretty, with a beautiful face, good at grooming, and good at communicating. Her classmates gave her the title of "Standard Beauty".It is said that there are more people pursuing her than seventy-two cave disciples.

Xu Yancheng's family is also in Tianjin.He is a posthumous child, and his widowed mother and orphan are supported by his uncle; his uncle is a western medicine practitioner in Tianlu.Yancheng's widowed mother is a remarkable figure—at least in her own mind.Because she is the young lady of a master of Juren, and she heard that a widow who abides by virtue is worth more than half of a Juren.Juren is of course a good person, and he should enjoy the privilege.When her parents were alive, she was "the least sympathetic girl".After her parents passed away, her brother-in-law married her to a short-lived son-in-law. Are you worthy of your parents and sister?They gave her three points in everything, as they should.As for the Xu family, let alone.The groom's fate is "cold gold and cold water", "hurts his wife and restrains his son", causing the bride to become a widow before becoming a mother. Of course, everything in the Xu family makes her seven points.The only one who doesn't condone her is her unfilial son Yancheng, who has been disobedient since he was a one or two-year-old baby.Mom wants him to eat sweet, but he prefers salty.The sweet lotus root powder paste was fed into his mouth, but he still refused to swallow it, and sprayed his mother's face with a "puff", so angry that his mother slapped him off the stool, rolled him to the ground, and cried loudly.His aunt picked him up, but he actually forgot his mother and wanted to be with his aunt.When he was in elementary school, he only ran to his aunt's house when he came home from school.The mother said: The son was born by her, and Dafang has Dafang's son, so she should not rob her son.Yancheng went to middle school, so his uncle decided to let him stay at school to save himself some tongues.His mother was lonely, and she bought a little girl somewhere to accompany and serve him.Yancheng graduated from middle school, the little girl is already sixteen or eighteen years old, and she looks pretty good.Yancheng's mother wanted her son to take over the house so that the girl would be determined, and more importantly, Chengzao would give birth to a grandson for her.Yancheng simply didn't go home.He is going to the rear to study at university.Of course his mother would not let him go, she thought the rear area was the battlefield.Uncle and aunt talked good and bad, and decided on a compromise, so that Yancheng could go to Shanghai to apply for a university.He was admitted to a famous church university, and he was in the same school as Du Lilin, and both were in the Department of Foreign Languages.

Du Lilin is one year older and one class lower than Xu Yancheng.She is a very good student, she works very hard and her grades are only in the upper middle range, and she wholeheartedly admires a learned doctor.She is also like a female student who graduated from a church middle school, can read Western novels, and admires the male protagonists in Western novels: she is tall, dark-skinned, handsome, and has a chic manner.Although Xu Yancheng is not a Ph.D., he has outstanding academic performance. Du Lilin thinks he is a Ph.D. material.Although he was dressed in rough clothes, in Du Lilin's eyes, he looked like the protagonist in a western novel.

Xu Yancheng sometimes pays attention to this "standard beauty", thinking that she is just the cover girl in the pictorial, and he doesn't have much interest in her.When he was in middle school, he was afraid of going home on weekends and preferred to flip through books in the library, thus discovering the treasures of Chinese and foreign classical literature, but unfortunately there were not many books.After going to university, there are plenty of books in the library, which are enough for him to read and browse carefully.He was cheerful and easy-going, and had many friends, but no close friends or girlfriends.This may be because he has books to read, and he is bent on pursuing what he thinks is more meaningful.

There is a compulsory course in the three years of university, which is ethics taught by an American philosopher.The teacher is very strict, and the marks given are very tight, and the students are afraid of him.The big exam at the end of the semester is regarded as a difficulty by everyone, because if you fail, you will not be able to graduate.But Xu Yancheng was reading in the library before the exam, and forgot about the exam.When he remembered, when he arrived at the examination room, the time for the examination had already passed one level.The teacher was angry and refused to let him take the test.Yancheng smiled and said that he was reading a book and thinking about an ethical issue, and he was thinking about it.While speaking, he took a copy of the test questions from the teacher himself, went to the desk to get a copy of the test paper, sat down calmly, and continued to write the answers.His smile softened the teacher's sternness.It's not too late for him to hand in the paper.The teacher looked at his test paper curiously on the spot.The person who handed in the test paper after him told him: "The old man seems to be very satisfied with your test paper." Sure enough, the teacher soon talked to Yancheng, saying that he was writing a book on Chinese ethics and asked Yancheng to be his assistant. .It was agreed to take him to the United States with him in one year.

Du Lilin occasionally saw Xu Yancheng staring at her, thinking that he was interested in her.Yancheng never pursued her. She thought it was Yancheng's self-esteem. She knew that she was a poor student, and she didn't want to climb up on a rich and beautiful young lady.If Yancheng doesn't pursue her, he is a head above all those who pursue her in her mind.She clearly expressed her admiration for Yancheng in public, and because of this, the classmates often booed, which made Yancheng hide when he saw her, making Lilin even more convinced that he was fancying her.She was very generous, and always greeted Yancheng with a smile.Yancheng looked embarrassed, and even blushed.In a blink of an eye, the first semester of Yancheng's fourth year in university is coming to an end, and after the Gregorian calendar year, he will take the exam; in another semester, Yancheng will go abroad after graduation.Will Lilin still have a chance to get close to him?

The new year 1944 is a leap year.According to Western customs, every leap year, a woman can propose to a man.If the man does not agree, he has to present a set of silk clothing to the woman who proposes.Du Lilin decided that Xu Yancheng was shy and proud, even though she was interested in her, she didn't dare to get close to her.Based on her status, she might as well condescend to propose to Yancheng. It was snowing that day, Lilin took a big umbrella and went to the library to find Yancheng, saying that she had something to talk to him.She asked Yancheng to hold an umbrella, hooked his arm herself, and led him into a secluded place on campus, telling him the rules of leap year as a joke, and then poured out her heart to him.She fully thought that Yancheng would be overjoyed, and she was insane.But Xu Yancheng thought that Du Lilin was playing tricks on him, and said with a bitter face, "I don't know how to buy clothes."

She laughed and said, "Do you have to buy clothes?" Yancheng was so anxious that his old problem of stuttering almost relapsed, he stammered and said, "Didn't you say that you have to give it away..." She interrupted him, simply saying: "Are you obliged to say no?" At that time, Yancheng was being pushed to death by his mother.The little girl in his family had already run away with someone, and his mother felt ashamed and stopped talking about the girl taking over the house.But ever since she knew that her son was going abroad after graduation, she has been busy proposing for him everywhere, insisting that he get married first, give birth to a grandson before "traveling far away".She had obtained several copies of Geng Tiao, and sent letters again and again urging her son to go home and choose one, because the Geng Tiao was not good and had to be kept for the Chinese New Year, and had to be returned before New Year's Eve.If Yancheng doesn't answer, she is determined to come to Shanghai in person.Xu Yancheng still couldn't handle his mother, how could he prevent another Cheng Yaojin from appearing in the middle of the night!With a bitter face, he poured out his bitter experience like a walnut.

Lilin laughed, thinking that this was an easy matter to solve.She asked Yancheng: "Didn't you talk to your friends?" Yancheng said, "How do you talk to them about this kind of thing?" Lilin felt that by telling her all these things, Yancheng regarded her more than a friend.Since she is a suitor, she is straightforward, suggesting this and that to solve all problems. Yancheng didn't expect the problem to be solved in this way, but Lilin was so kind-hearted, she wholeheartedly solved the problem for herself, and she couldn't express her gratitude.But he said, "How can I use you against my mother?"

Lilin thought he was cute and honest.She said softly, "Don't forget I'm asking you to marry me! I'm willing to do this because I love you. I don't ask you anything else but that you love me. Do you love me?" she asked Sometimes I can't help being shy. The two of them were next to each other under the same umbrella.Lilin is no longer the cover girl in the pictorial, but a warm person.The fur on her coat collar and the fluff of the large scarf on her head brushed his cheek softly.Yancheng was very sincere and said: "You treat me so well, I should tell you everything honestly. I——"

Lilin froze for a while, thinking that Yancheng was going to reject her.But all he said was, "I really don't know. I've never had experience." Lilin laughed at him as stupid, she herself has no experience.Under her guidance, the conversation gradually turned to the right track of love.The snow was still floating, and the two talked more and more intimately.One is infatuation, the other is sincerity; the other is admiration, and the other is gratitude.Lilin said that she only loves him, and will only love him forever, and asked Yancheng whether he disliked her.Of course Yancheng didn't dislike it, but he was terrified, he was afraid that he didn't deserve her love, he was afraid that he would let her down.Lilin took his hand and said: "Promise me, Yancheng, I only want you to always be sincere to me and always tell the truth to me." Yancheng readily agreed.When they talked about dinner, Lilin sent Yancheng back to the dormitory.Her marriage proposal was considered a success. Yancheng acted according to Lilin's suggestion.During the winter vacation, the two returned to Tianjin to hold their wedding ceremony.The two families were all the same, and Yancheng's mother was overjoyed.After the wedding, the couple went to Peking for their honeymoon—in fact, it was less than a month, and then they went back to school together.Yancheng went abroad after graduation, and Lilin planned to go abroad after graduation a year later. But Lilin did not graduate because she had a baby and missed too many classes.Her father was old and sick, and had handed over the business to his two sons.Lilin's elder brother runs the business in Tianjin, and her second elder brother has gone to the United States.The second brother has completed the procedures for the younger sister to enter the university.Lilin's mother died early, and her concubine had no children, so she flattered Lilin's siblings.Lilin entrusted the child to her concubine, and went to the United States to study.Because Lilin's mother was only a granddaughter, Yancheng's mother was eager to reunite her daughter-in-law with her son and have more grandchildren, so she strongly agreed. Yancheng has already left the United States and arrived in the United Kingdom.The philosopher's book has been written.A British sinologist asked Yancheng to cooperate with him in translating "Baopuzi" in order to secure a scholarship for Yancheng to the University of London.Yancheng can study further, and save some money for his family.Yancheng and his wife live in two places, and they only travel together during holidays, prolonging their intermittent honeymoon. Over the past year, Lilin has obtained a Bachelor of General Arts degree and a Master of Education degree.Her second brother is very successful in running a business in the United States, and has brought his wife and son to the United States.If Yancheng is willing to go to the United States, the second brother can help him find a suitable job.The American philosopher who had taken him abroad had become the president of a state university and called him to teach.Lilin just waited for Yancheng to get a famous Ph.D., and did not force him to reunite with her in the United States.Unexpectedly, Yancheng took his degree for nothing and only focused on studying his favorite subjects. After the liberation of the motherland, Lilin's elder brother, sister-in-law and concubine had all fled to Hong Kong.Lilin's father died on the eve of liberation.Lilin's daughter, Xiaoli, was picked up by Mrs. Xu long ago.Lilin is going to stay in the United States and try to get Xiaoli out.Yancheng insisted on returning home.He has always been easy-going, Lilin thought that he would obey her, but he was ruthless and said: "You can think about it yourself. If you don't want to go back, I will never force you." He himself made up his mind to go back to the country, Although the job has not been settled after returning. Lilin went back to the country with him, but she didn't regret it.Lilin has a good female classmate in a domestic university, and she once made friends with Fu Jin. Although they didn't get married, Fu Jin still hasn't forgotten about her girlfriend.He knew Lilin and occasionally met at a friend's house, so he invited the couple to the Literature Research Institute and left the best house for them.Lilin's aunt brought her niece from Tianjin the whole set of bedroom, study and living room furniture that her family had bought for her earlier.Lilin furnished a very beautiful new home.