Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve

The matter of exchanging the Yao family's piano with the Xu family's jukebox was done within two days.In the evening, when Yao Mi came home from get off work, Mrs. Yao was listening to music with the record player on. Yao Mi said pleasantly, "Oh, Mom, are you done moving? Why didn't I know?" "That dog is very good at handling things. In the morning, he first came to see where the phonograph is placed, helped Shen Ma clean up the cabinet, and moved it here. In the afternoon, he called someone to move the piano. Six people came and carried it to the door steadily. In the car. Afterwards, he brought the record player and records, helped me tidy them up, and taught me how to use them. He just left now. The beauty came to pick him up and go with him."

Yao Mi's heart skipped a beat.Is Du Lilin here to spy on her husband?It's totally gut feeling.She always felt that Du Lilin was kind to her.But it's an unreasonable feeling.For the first time, Yao Mi didn't bring out her "Holmes experience" to reason with her mother, but only asked her why she didn't tell her about it during lunch. "You didn't see that the cabinet was moved! However, that dog told me to hide it from you. He said that he was using his working time illegally. There are eyes and ears in your office." She relayed Xu Yancheng's words were obviously only taken as a joke.She deliberately gave her daughter a surprise.She turned off the record player and asked her daughter if she was done moving to the lab.

Yao Mi said: "There is nothing to move. The key to the library has been handed over. The foreign language department has two offices connected inside and outside, and we young people work in the outside room. Jiang Min, Shanbao, and Luo Hou each have a desk, and there is a There was an old desk that was left without an owner. Luo Hou and Chen Shanbao moved the newest desk from the inner suite to replace the old one. Jiang Min said that the new desk belonged to Shi Nina, and there was still a copy of her in the drawer. What about the Russian version of the "Communist Manifesto". Both Luo Hou and Shanbao said that since she didn't come to work, wouldn't it be better for her and Jiang Taotao to sit side by side at the team leader's big desk! They put her book It's in the drawer of the team leader's desk."

"Did you say anything?" "I just said, the old desk is the same, there is no need to change it. Jiang Min gave me her good seat by the window, but I didn't take it." She told her mother that two newcomers had been transferred to the library.One is Fang Fang, with two braids on top.There is another named Xiao Hu, who is older and male. From then on, Yao Mi went to work in the office every day.She knew that Xu Yancheng often sneaked to her house to listen to music.She is very thoughtful and never runs home, although there is a lot of freedom in the research room, unlike in the library where she has no free time.Anyway, if she wanted to listen to music, her mother would play it for her when she got home, and she learned to use the record player herself.

Yao Mi's prediction was right, her mother really liked Xu Yancheng.At first she called "that dog", but after two days, "Yancheng" grew and "Yancheng" shortened. Obviously, the two got along very well.This is also very natural.The two have the same hobbies, which makes sense.Both of them are very lonely. Yancheng likes Mrs. Yao who can understand and sympathize; Mrs. Yao likes that Yancheng is straightforward and frank.After listening to the records, they often sit around the fire and gossip. (They all like to concentrate on listening to the music, and don't like to listen and talk at the same time.) Every day when Yao Mi comes home, Mrs. Yao always has something new to tell her daughter about Yancheng.In just a few days, Mrs. Yao knew almost everything about Yancheng's life experience and his current situation.

She often laughed and said, "It wasn't Holmes who poked it out. It was said by the person concerned." However, they often found out what the "participant" didn't say from what the "participant" said.For example, Mrs. Yao told the story of Du Lilin’s marriage proposal in the leap year, and she said: “A beauty chooses her husband as an investment, and the stock market snaps up promising shares. But Yancheng probably won’t admit it. He protects his beauty very tightly. It seems He is a loyal and good husband." Yao Mi felt that Xu Du and his wife were not in harmony.However, she never said this in front of her mother.

Since Yao Mi worked with Xu Yancheng in her father's library, she hasn't seen him for many days, but listened to her mother talking about him every day.For some reason, she felt so missed.On the following Sunday, she was alone in the library while arranging books, hoping that Xu Yancheng would come over.He didn't come.Yao Mi felt disappointed and felt ridiculous.It was Sunday again in a blink of an eye, and she had to register her father's suicide note early.She secretly hoped that Xu Yancheng would think of her this time.How strange, Xu Yancheng seemed to know her hope, and he was pacing back and forth in the front porch waiting.

Yao Mi said happily, "Mr. Xu, I haven't seen you for a long time." "I go to your house every day, and always hope to see you someday." Yao Mi laughed and said, "If people find out that our house is holding a concert, I'm afraid you won't be able to come here at will." Yancheng said gratefully, "Thank you for your thoughtfulness—I think today—I'm hoping that you will come here on Sunday." "I also hope that you will come today." After Yao Mi finished speaking, he felt rash, but Yancheng ignored him and just said, "I wanted to come to help you last Sunday, but I couldn't do it. Have you come again?" Is it almost there?"

Yao Mi said that she didn't do much work alone last Sunday, but the books were almost registered. The two entered the library, and Yao Mi opened the window.Yancheng remembered that when she opened the window last time, he saw the mist covering her disappear suddenly, as if at present.In the past few days, he and Mrs. Yao have met frequently, which has increased his understanding and concern for Yao Mi.He himself realized that he told Mrs. Yao everything, partly because he wanted Yao Mi to know.There are some things that I understand, but I just don't want to delve into it, and I can't help it.

They were sorting books, Yancheng said: "Yao Mi, I want to ask you something, I don't know if you will be angry." Yao Mi didn't know what he wanted to ask, and looked at him in astonishment. "Aunt said she ruined your marriage, is it true?" Yao Mi looked at his nose and was silent for a long time before saying, "Mr. Xu—" "Call me Yancheng." "No, Mr. Xu." She was very stubborn, even though Mr. Xu was no older than her, she was unwilling to cross this boundary.She said: "Mr. Xu, I would like to talk to you and listen to your judgment. My mother and I have never argued. However, she said that she ruined my marriage because she felt sorry for me. She always Forgive my fiancé, as if I had betrayed him, I feel very uncomfortable. I don't admit that I was wrong."

Yancheng said, "You tell me, I will judge fairly." Yao Mi was silent for a while before saying, "Has Mom told you everything?" "My aunt said, when she and your father had their fiftieth birthdays, you were fifteen years old, two years younger than your fiancé, right? He came with his parents to celebrate his birthday - did he come on purpose? His family took a fancy to you , your family also likes him." Yao Mi explained: "My parents are both old and busy getting engaged to me—what is my mother saying?" "My aunt said that the young master is very elegant, a high-achieving student, and also an only child—two older sisters are married. You two are about the same age and family, and you are engaged immediately, and you often see each other and are very close." Yao Mi said: "It's also quite polite, because both parties are old-fashioned families." Yancheng nodded in understanding."So their family insisted on getting married," he said. Yao Mi sighed softly: "The year before my father passed away, his family proposed to get married after he graduated, and my family proposed to delay it by two years until I also graduated from college. In that year, on the eve of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War , Two days before the summer solstice, my father passed away suddenly, and my mother had a stroke and was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. Of course my fiancé came to help. But he couldn't help with anything, because the most difficult thing for me was to raise money, and I couldn't ask them The family asked for money. His mother wanted to take me to live there. I also know some superstitions, and I am not allowed to enter other people’s houses. Let’s not talk about the difficult days. Soon after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, my father has been buried, my mother has escaped danger, and my fiancé has graduated from college. He told me that my mother may be delayed for three, five, or even ten years. For eight years, he told me not to die, but to get married early. My mother can find a poor relative to take care of her. He said that it is most convenient to go abroad at this time, so don’t miss the opportunity, but I don’t agree." "My aunt said so too." Yao Mi said: "Mom didn't hear the tone of his speech with her own ears. I was afraid of hurting Mom's heart, so I didn't say it like this—did Mom also say the following things?" "My aunt said that he insisted on marrying you." "Mom still protects him. What marriage! He's despicable!" Yancheng understood a little bit, thought for a while and said: "He is the fiancé." Yao Mi was still angry.She wanted to say something, but stopped herself again, and slowly walked around to the opposite side of the bookshelf, and then continued: "One of my three maids left, and the other was picked up by her daughter for the summer. She will wait for my mother to leave the hospital before returning. The wife who serves me is the concierge's wife. She goes back to the south room at the door to have a lunch break every day after dinner. My fiancé took advantage of this time to seduce me. I am ignorant, but I was disgusted, so I refused to agree. He first begged, and the words were ugly; then he scolded, and the words were even worse; then he threatened, Don't regret it! There are too many people who want me! If I go down, they will force me. In a hurry, I grabbed a pair of small nail scissors, and I said: I will stab you! I will cut you! Told mom. Mom didn't tell me, did she?" "My aunt said something." Yao Mi continued angrily, "I ignored him on the second day—I was busy with many things. On the third day, I felt a little sorry when I thought about it. I know he is a charming young master. Heavy. I was afraid I was going too far. I called him and reported my mother's situation, and asked him not to be angry. He also asked me to forgive me, and then came to see me. But he still wanted to seduce me. I was not confused this time, and immediately rejected him. He said, based on my attitude towards him, I clearly didn’t love him. I wanted to laugh when I thought of scaring him away with a pair of scissors. But at that time The person in front of me who threatened me was a complete stranger, a total stranger. He said I didn't love him, which I thought might be true. All I knew was that he was my fiancé and I should love him, and I didn't think of me Do you love him?" Yancheng silently listened to her. "He simply told me that day that it was time for us to get married. It was inconvenient for us to get married, but we got married in secret. I said, if you can't do it publicly, you won't do it in private. I insisted that I would never leave my mother when she was ill. What did he mean? I can agree to any conditions, as long as I comply with his condition. He said bluntly: He wants cash, not a bad check. I think he is indeed a stranger. There is not even the minimum trust between us as a married couple. I So I told him: When we got engaged, both families were in the same family, but now it’s very different. We sold all our property, and even mortgaged our house. He didn’t believe it at first, and said it was absolutely impossible, the accountant must have deceived me I told him that I had already consulted a lawyer—the lawyer introduced by Luo Hou’s uncle was very famous. According to the contract, I couldn’t catch the accountant’s fault. He blamed my father for being confused. Finally, he said, it would be easier, He doesn’t covet my dowry, so we, mother and daughter, go to his house and it’s over. I solemnly told him that neither my mother nor I will burden their family, and I don’t have the strength to go abroad. Please reconsider our marriage.” "What will he do?" "He refused to simply terminate the contract, but insisted on his prerequisites. How could I agree to him! Of course my mother can't say I was wrong, but she always blames herself for hurting me." Yancheng asked, "Where is he now?" "He married a very rich and beautiful lady soon after, and went to America together. I heard that he is still in America. Mother said he was heartbroken. If I married him, he would probably Come back. Aren't you protecting him? It seems that I am sorry for him, it seems that I am too ruthless." Yancheng said, "Auntie is definitely not blaming you. No one can blame you. I think Auntie is just blaming Kun herself." Yao Mi was silent for a while, slowly shed two lines of tears, hurriedly wiped them away secretly, and said after a while, "Your words are probably right, my mother is pampered. She wished she could pamper me for the rest of her life. She also envied studying abroad, and hoped that I could Studying abroad, in fact, if I hadn’t encountered so many unfavorable things, how could I have seen through my fiancé’s character? If I married him, even if I didn’t fall out, I would never be happy for the rest of my life. Mom, I don’t have to be sorry ." Xu Yancheng blurted out: "There are very few happy marriages, maybe there are none." "According to what you say, I shouldn't be." "No! No! No! No! No!" Yan Cheng was anxious. "You absolutely should. I admire your wisdom." Yao Mi explained: "I talk about these disgraceful things in order to distinguish right from wrong. If it is wrong, it is wrong, it is bad. If it is right, it is right, it is good. Regardless of my own disadvantages , as long as I'm not wrong, I feel comfortable." Yancheng couldn't help laughing and pitiful, he said: "I think you're absolutely right—Auntie didn't blame you for being wrong. Well, should you feel at ease?" Yao Mi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you." Yancheng couldn't help but said, "But, you know, many people don't know what's right or wrong, they just set their own standards." Yao Mi guessed that he was referring to his mother, or was actually a "standard beauty".She didn't want to talk, so she changed the subject and asked, "Mr. Xu, where are your three sons?" "It's all gone. My mother is hard to deal with, but it's easy to deal with. She believes in fate. Lilin told her that I didn't have a son in my life—maybe they really had a fortune-telling. Anyway, she obeyed. But She made Xiaoli so used to drinking porridge that she made noise. Xiaoli said, grandma said, drink it in a snort, the louder the better. Now the child refuses to go to school or learn the piano. My cousin can play the piano, and there is Qin, Xiaoli learned from her. It’s nonsense, she only knows how to beat. Now I locked the piano and hid the key. Grandma said, let her beat and beat, and she will learn after playing. I lied and said I lost the key. I fumbled there last week. I sort of came out looking for the key at this point today." They are almost done with the books.Yao Mi asked Mr. Xu if he would go back first.Yancheng said: "Grandma is the same as Xiaoli, when she sees the past in front of her eyes, she forgets about it." He didn't go back in a hurry, he just asked Yao Mi if the research plan was settled. Yao Mi said: "Shanbao told me that the plan is useless and we have to start over. We are going to have a group meeting. Didn't Mr. Xu hear that there is going to be a group meeting?" "I seem to have heard about it, but I didn't take it to heart." Yao Mi suddenly remembered something: "Mr. Xu, is it because Comrade Fu Jin asked you to be the director of the library, but you refuse?" "how do you know?" "Mrs. Yu said it." "Of course I don't want to. Shi Nina and I are both directors, so I won't do it! How does Mrs. Yu know?" "My mother said that Yu Nan was flattering Fu Jin and wanted to be the director." "Just for this? Or for planning?" "Of course, we have to divide into groups for the sake of planning. Yu Nan's desire to be the director of the library is a secret affair, and he won't wait for our election." Yancheng said, "It's best if we can be in a group." Yao Mi said: "I also hope that we can be in a group. I see how your plan changes, so I will change. I will follow you." Both of them laughed.Yao Mi remembered another piece of news. "Mr. Yu's daughter has taken a fancy to Shanbao, and Mrs. Yu asked my mother about him." "Didn't Chen Shanbao fancy someone else?" Knowing that she was referring to her, Yao Mi just smiled and said, "Shanbao is very cute, but he is too innocent and naive, and it is just right to be paired with a little girl. I am afraid that I will be in a group with him and let Yu Nan put him in the same group." Pull it!" Yancheng said: "Let me tell you, Yao Mi, when we divide into groups, we have to be smart." Yao Mi said: "Definitely! Definitely!" "Are you home this afternoon?" "I'm writing for this room, so I have to talk to Wang Zheng." Yancheng said, "Anyway, I won't come to your house on Sunday. If I want to come, I have to come with Lilin." Yao Mi smiled: "Mr. Xu, go back quickly! Mr. Du is coming to our house to look for you." Yan Guo really left in a hurry.Yao Mi slowly closed the window, keyed it, and locked the door.She thought to herself, "Is it appropriate to tell Mr. Xu all those things just now?" But she got Mr. Xu's approval and felt at ease.