Chapter 9 Section 8

A small bank has opened near ×× University, which is a branch of ×× Bank. It is only a five-minute walk from the school. It is so convenient that it seems to be specially set up for the teachers, students and staff of this school.From the day the bank opened, most of the people coming and going were people from × University, and some students who lived in outer cities, remittances and deposits at home, especially borrowed heavily from this bank. Liu Weizu had a rather small amount of money, which was deposited in a bank in the central district of the city.It was a gift from his father when he passed the joint entrance examination and was admitted to × University.My father once said: "I don't want to give my children how much pocket money every month like many parents do. I want you to practice managing your own expenses. I will give you tens of thousands of dollars at a time as your pocket money for a year. After that, I will give you money every year. Give it later. If you study economics, you will have to manage the family business in the future. Those who manage big money should start with small money, and you can manage it as you like!"

Liu Weizu is very good at controlling the budget. Although the economy is much better than that of ordinary students, he is not willing to squander and waste casually.He deposited the money in the city, and took out some when he needed it.A year later, only half of the money was used, and my father had already deposited another sum of money in his account. This morning he received a notice from the bank, saying that his account had added 50,000 Taiwan dollars.Holding the list, he couldn't help thinking: "Every time I withdraw money, I have to go to the city, which is troublesome and time-consuming. Why not transfer the money to the newly opened bank near the school?" He decided to inquire about it after class. .

Wearing an imported leather jacket, Liu Weizu put his hands in the pockets of the jacket, stepped forward with his long legs wearing straight flannel trousers, and walked into the ×× Bank branch that was only the size of a facade. There were only three people sitting in front of the small counter, plus the three or four inside, there were only seven or eight staff members in the entire bank. When he went in, it was just before get off work.There are very few customers inside, and several staff members, both men and women, are busy checking out.He stood outside the counter, peering in, expecting someone to come and answer his questions about deposits.He stood there for a long moment, but no one paid attention.Those few staff members were either busy taking care of other customers, or they were just trying to settle accounts.

"Hey, may I ask, do you have time—" Liu Weizu asked a female employee at the counter who was pressing her computer with her head down. "Excuse me, what are you going to do?" The female staff member stood up and came to the counter before Liu Weizu finished speaking, and looked across the counter from him. "Oh—" Liu Weizu faintly called out, but was as speechless as a piece of wood. Who is this woman?Why are you so familiar?I must have seen it somewhere, yes, I must have seen it on some occasion.How could she give him such a strange and shocking impression?That face—a face with two dark eyes flashing, slightly protruding cheekbones, thin rouge, and a melancholy face in its glamour, was so familiar to him.Familiar as if every day, always in his line of sight, in his mind, or belonged to him at all, especially the big black mole on the edge of her beautiful lips with scarlet lipstick, so familiar and kind ?She... who is she?

"Excuse me, what exactly do you want?" The lip with a big black mole on the side asked again. "Excuse me—what's your name?" His tongue was like a machine out of control, and he suddenly said coldly: "It doesn't matter what my name is to you?" That gorgeous face was rigid and artificial, and there was no smile at all. "Do you have something to do? If not, I still have a job! Who has time to joke around." She said coldly again. "Ah—" He sighed again, blushing for his gaffe. "I'm sorry, I—" He didn't know what he muttered?He escaped from the small bank in a flash.Panicked as if someone was chasing after him with a pistol, he walked briskly for several blocks before stopping. "What's wrong with me? Could it be that I'm suffering from a mental illness!" He rubbed his head and said to himself.

The deposit matter was completely ignored, and he was thrown away at home. He never dared to go to this bank again.Not only dare not go in again, but also avoid passing through the small narrow gate.It would be embarrassing for the female employee with a big mole on her lip to see it!Maybe she had told his gaffe that day as a joke to the other pilots, maybe they thought he was really a psychopath, or a little hooligan or something... Thinking of this, He felt pain in his chest and heart, his face was hot like a fever, a painful emotion mixed with shame and despair oppressed him almost to destroy himself.

If he didn't care about the female pilot, he didn't need to pay attention to her impression of him.Unfortunately he cared a lot about her perception of him.There were even times when she wanted to change into elegant clothes, and go to the small bank with the most calm and elegant attitude to make another round, so as to save her bad impression of him.He really did that, and the hateful thing is that his courage disappeared at the gate of the bank.So he retracted dejectedly, and when he came back, he talked about her bad impression and contempt for him, and cursed and hated himself.

Once he was crossing the street towards the bank entrance, but she suddenly walked out with a male colleague in a hurry.He quickly hid behind a car on the side of the road and stared at them with wide eyes: she was wearing a beige sweater with a brown short skirt underneath, and a pair of high-heeled shoes with bare heels on her feet.Her legs protruding from the short skirt were long, white and round, so beautiful that he let out a faint sigh of envy.The male staff member who accompanied her had a big bald head, a suit and tie, and a look of copper, yes, a look of copper.He often met this person on the road, and when he went to the bank that day, he saw him dealing with customers.Such a mediocre man was lucky enough to walk with her on the street, while he only had his turn to peek behind the back of the car. Does this still look like Liu Weizu who was envied by male classmates, envied by female classmates, and valued by professors?He was so injustice and jealous to the extreme that he almost wanted to fight that man.Of course he didn't really do that, and he'd been brought up never to do it.

Liu Weizu lowered his head all day long, frowned, and was as silent as a person who couldn't speak.He was sure that he was in love with her, and he couldn't get rid of that feeling, nor did he have the courage to confess to her - would it only arouse her ridicule and contempt even more?He also knew that he shouldn't love her; in the minds of himself, his family, and everyone who knew him, he would never think that Liu Weizu should fall in love with a small clerk in a small bank.But he really fell in love with her, so violently that there was no possibility of struggling. This feeling made him too painful. He once thought of committing suicide, and finally thought of transferring to another school. He thought: maybe he will forget it after leaving this environment.

The summer vacation was coming soon, and on the eve of the holiday, he decided to muster up the courage to go to that small bank again in the mood of saying goodbye.Expected to stay for only three minutes, just looking at her.This glance means saying goodbye to her first love who has tortured her for several months, and means his affirmation and recognition of this painful life. What if she wants to laugh?Just tell her and the bunch of them who don't understand anything other than accounting and managing money to laugh!Anyway, he decided not to come after the summer vacation and had to transfer to another school.Having made up his mind, that day he held his head high and rushed into the bank like a warrior about to die.

He had never dreamed that she was standing behind the counter, staring at the door with wide eyes.He was like a trapped beast, he fell into her sight as soon as he entered the door, and it was impossible to escape.He looked at her foolishly, not knowing what to do with himself, she actually spoke first. "Mr. Liu, long time no see." She said with a smile.Listening to her tone, it seems that nothing happened between them, and it seems that the two are already very close friends.She actually knew his surname was Liu, and said "Long time no see", what's going on?He looked at her in bewilderment, at a loss. "Mr. Liu, please come here." She beckoned to him, and he noticed that her fingers were very long, and her nails were painted with silvery Koudan. "You called me?..." He walked to the counter and said dully. "Well. I call you. Isn't your name Liu Weizu?" She laughed again as she spoke.When she smiles, the black patch on her lips looks really playful. "Didn't you ask my name? My name is Zhuang Jing. Zhuang is the village of the village, and Jing is quiet Jing." "Whoa--your name is poetic," he said with an awkward grin. "Mr. Liu, do you have anything to do in our bank? If so, you can tell me, and I will try my best to solve it for you." Zhuang Jing put away her smile, very serious and sincere. "Oh, that's how it is. My father deposited a sum of money in my name for my monthly allowance, and it is now stored in the head office of the ×× Bank in the city..." He was touched and sighed. Ten, say the whole thing. Zhuang Jing listened attentively, her two jet-black eyes stared directly at him from time to time, and her lips, which were painted with light-colored lipstick, squirmed from time to time.After he finished speaking, she smiled confidently, and said brightly: "Is this the thing? It's very easy to handle. Tomorrow, you go to X Bank..." After leaving the bank, Liu Weizu has changed. The depression that has accumulated in his chest for several months has found a channel for fiber relief and has been discharged. He has never felt so relaxed and happy, and has never been so fulfilled and happy. Pass.Her every frown and smile, every turn and gaze, every word and every word she uttered are deeply engraved in his mind, he recollects her words, and her friendly attitude towards him makes his heart beat All speeded up.But he was still thinking hard: why did he feel familiar the first time he saw her, as if he had known her for many years?Where did you see her?at the dance?friend's house?Or on the street?Thinking about it, it seemed like I had never seen it on any occasion.So, who is she?He couldn't think of where he had seen her.I have never heard the word Zhuang Jing before.Thinking of the end, he thinks that it can only be explained by the word "Fate" in Buddhism.He and she must have met in a previous life.Yes, it must be, he really believed that.And I am more and more moved by this extraordinary fate of rebirth. Zhuang Jing took care of all the deposit matters for him the next day. When she handed over the deposit plan to him, she also accepted his invitation to sit in the cafe. After dusk in summer, the streets are full of people, the air is filled with stuffy heat, but the air-conditioning in the cafe is cool and refreshing.He and she sat opposite each other in the train seat on the corner, he ordered a glass of orange juice, she ordered a glass of ice cream, and ate slowly. "How do you know my name is Liu Weizu?" He couldn't help asking curiously. "Who doesn't know Liu Weizu's name? One day I asked Accountant Wang of your school if he knew a student like you?" Zhuang Jing narrowed her eyes mischievously and smiled. "I described you as—" "Oh, you must describe me as an incomparable treasure." Liu Weizu interjected shyly. "Where, don't blame people, okay? Let me say: a man wearing a light brown leather jacket, with straight trousers, a straight body, a little pale face, who looks like a future philosopher or poet... " "Ah! How can you make fun of me?" He blushed with excitement. "I'm not kidding, I really think so." Zhuang Jing stopped eating ice cream, staring at him with watery black eyes. "Oh——" He was so excited that he almost wanted to lean over and kiss her sweet and bright red lips. "Then—then why did you shave me the first time I went?" "We girls have the dignity of girls, how can we tell him our name when we ask." "Oh—" Hearing this sentence made him feel very comfortable. "Ask Accountant Wang if he knows me? What does he say?" "He said: This person is probably Liu Weizu! Liu Weizu is one of the most famous students in our school. Not only is he talented, but his family background is also prominent. His grandfather is Liu Shichang! His father is Liu Jixian." Zhuang Jing imitated Wang Accountant's tone, and then said Said: "Your grandfather is so famous! We have read his name in history." "My grandfather was a great man, a man who built his family from nothing and made all the world. We have a big picture of him in the living room of our house. He is riding a big white horse. He is very impressive with a commander's sword in his hand. The commander's sword has a gold scabbard. It is inlaid with five precious stones, it is a family heirloom of our family, and my grandmother said that it will be given to me in the future." Liu Weizu wished to give Zhuang Jing his heart, and then talked about the life at home.Zhuang Jing listened intently and seemed very interested. "Based on your description, you are really a proud son of heaven." Zhuang Jing said with a soft sigh. "I can't talk about being the proud son of heaven, but everyone in our family is very good and makes me proud of them. I like them, and they like me, that's all." "You are so enviable."Zhuang Jing ate the ice cream slowly again, her smile disappeared, and she stopped talking. "Who is there in your family?" He watched Zhuang Jing's expression. "There is only one mother, and the father died a long time ago." Zhuang Jing said calmly. "Your mother raised you all by herself, and she's amazing." "What's the use of being great? It's not just that you can only set up word stalls in the market to tell people's fortunes. I graduated from a business profession-oh, don't talk about these things, when will you take me to see your grandfather riding a big white horse and holding a command knife? photos!" "Okay, I'll definitely take you to see it." Liu Weizu said confidently, but he knew in his heart that things were not so easy.The people that the Liu family associates with are all respectable in society, have status, or have famous ancestors.Would his grandmother welcome Zhuang Jing, the daughter of a fortune-telling woman who couldn't even get into school, and a small clerk in the bank?Will he be allowed to associate with her?Of course, Zhuang Jing is cute, many times cuter than granddaughter Lu Beidi, the granddaughter of his grandmother's friend Lu Si, and he has fallen in love with her with all his heart, so he must bring her in front of his family one day.I don't know when this day will come?You have to fight for it with perseverance.Considering this layer, he couldn't help feeling a little worried. The news that Liu Weizu and × Bank Zhihua were in love quickly spread in the school. It is the most common thing for students to make friends of the opposite sex and fall in love, and there is no need to make a fuss at all.But when it happened to Liu Weizu, and the object was a female employee in a nearby bank, it seemed very unusual.People's first reaction was: why so many female students in the school fell in love with Liu Weizu, but he ignored him, especially the big beauty in the school, Han Fangli, one of the eight beauties, took the initiative to attack him, It is known by almost everyone.He pretended to be stupid, so he didn't know how to do it, and he only maintained the friendship with her as an ordinary classmate.As a result, many people think that he is a kind of person who is too forgetful and won't be emotional to anyone.Some people also said that he was so well-qualified and had a high vision that even Han Fangli, who was full of character and talent, didn't pay much attention to him.It wasn't until he and Zhuang Jing went boating on the Tamsui River on a moonlit night, watched movies, and went to coffee shops with the school that everyone changed their views on him.But what followed was curiosity and regret.What I'm curious about is what kind of talent is this female employee, who actually fascinated Liu Weizu so much?It is a pity that the girls who have been working in the society are naturally not as good as the students in school. Why does he not love so many female classmates, but loves a female employee who has worked in the society for several years and has become infected with society? Woolen cloth? Therefore, both male and female students wanted to see the true face of X Bank's flower.The small bank with only one front door became lively with people coming and going. It just so happened that Zhuang Jing is also a person who has seen the world. In the head office building where more than a thousand people work in the city, she is also a celebrity that attracts everyone's attention.She stood at the counter, and when anyone looked at her, she would look back with those sharp black eyes, and finally those curious people couldn't flinch. "That woman was born well, but she must be turning twenty." "He looks handsome, but he has red lips and red nails." "Her eyes are so beautiful, I can't bear to look at anyone." "Unexpectedly, Liu Weizu's appetite is like this." Everyone discussed for a while.Liu Weizu, who usually attaches great importance to public opinion, is fascinated by love at this time, regardless of what others think or say, anyway, he has fallen in love with Zhuang Jing. Outsiders talked about it, and his family also saw his changes.He no longer shuts himself in his room to read as often as he used to. He talks more, and he speaks humorously, often telling jokes.There is always a smile on his face, and he becomes more lively.He often doesn't go home for dinner. If he goes home to eat, he will leave as soon as he puts down his chopsticks and wipes his mouth, but he doesn't come back at twelve o'clock.He paid more and more attention to clothes and appearance, and looked in the mirror again and again before going out. In response to these signs, the grandmother and parents exchanged ideas and agreed that he had a good girlfriend and was in a relationship. He was about to run away after dinner that day when his grandmother stopped him. "Weizu, don't rush away, sit down, grandma has something to ask you." Grandma sat on the mahogany chair, picking her teeth leisurely with a toothpick. "Grandma, what do you want to ask?" He had no choice but to bite the bullet and stand still, pretending to be stupid when he asked knowingly. "You've been away from home recently, and you come back very late at night, and you're in a daze when you come back. Where have you been?" Grandma stared at him sharply with the eyeballs in her concave eyes. "I—" He understood that it was time for a showdown, and considered what to say. "I'm with a friend." "What are you doing together?" "Oh—just talking, walking, going to the movies." "This friend of yours must be a girl!" Grandma seemed to be teasing him on purpose, she said with a smile, and exchanged a tacit look with her father who was sitting next to her. "Well, it's a woman." "A classmate from your school?" the stepmother interjected. "Not a classmate, she is a bank employee and has been working for two years." "Work in a bank? Do you study accounting and statistics?" The father, who had been sitting next to him smoking a cigar, suddenly spoke up, his face beaming with joy. His idea was: If the Liu family can find a daughter-in-law who understands accounting, the factory's finances in the future will not need to be made by outsiders. How ideal it would be. "After graduating from college and working for two years, he must be older than you, right?" Grandma stopped picking her teeth, threw the toothpick on the plate, and waited for his answer. "She... She didn't go to college, she graduated from a business profession. She is... two years older than me, and she is 21 this year..." He stammered. "Weizu, I really don't understand you. There are so many ready-made female classmates in the school. If you don't make friends with them, you will instead make friends with a woman who is older than you and has never even studied in college. What is this?" Father He has changed his original attitude, and disappointment hangs deeply on his square face. "Why doesn't she go to college? Is it because she can't pass the exam or is there another reason?" "She does her homework well and misses college, but the problem is that the environment doesn't allow it." "Why is the environment not allowed? What does her family do?" "They have no money. Her father died ten years ago, and her mother is..." He is not good at lying, and he feels that her mother's occupation makes it difficult for him to tell. How can he say that her mother is a "iron-mouthed Jurchen" ", what about the people who set up word stalls in the market to tell fortunes? "Her mother..." "What does her mother do?" Grandma's eyes were like two sharp swords, fixed on his face. "Her mother...is a prophet..." he said vaguely. "What is a prophet?" The grandmother turned to her father and stepmother. "You mean, her mother told fortune-telling by tearing down characters?" The father didn't answer the grandmother's words.He stubbed out the cigar at once, stood up and asked loudly. "What? Her mother is a fortune teller? This..." Grandma was so excited that she lost her usual composure and was a little out of breath. "This is too outrageous. How can you date such a woman? What is a fortune teller? She's just a scumbag!" "Fortune tellers specialize in talking nonsense and defrauding money with lies." My father was so angry that he walked back and forth on the ground, step by step heavier, as if he had to dig a hole in the floor to relieve the depression in his heart. "Weizu, think about it, how can a family like ours associate with a family who sets up a stall in the market to tell fortunes? Of course, getting married is even more impossible. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at? You don't think about your grandpa Fame and your father's status? What's the matter with you? Why does this woman fascinate you." Grandma said angrily with a sharp face. "Grandma, she is a very good person, she knows how to make progress, and she wants to apply for the evening department of the university for further study! She is very smart——" "I don't care about that, just because her mother is a scrambler, I can't admit her no matter what." Grandma said coldly. "To make a living by cheating, nasty," my father asserted. He stood in the middle of the ground in embarrassment, with a sad face, not knowing whether to go out or stay?Of course they should go out and make an appointment with Zhuang Jing at a cafe in Ximen Market at eight o'clock.The wall clock on the wall pointed to half past seven, and it seemed that he was going to be late.He wanted to run away, but he didn't have the courage. His grandmother and father were angry and opposed him to meet Zhuang Jing.He had never had the guts to fight against his grandmother and father, nor did he want to, and deep down he almost admitted that they were right.What is a woman who disassembles a writing stall?Isn't it just like what my father said, "is it a skill to make a living by deceiving people?" He went to Zhuang Jing's house once, and the mother and daughter lived in two small rooms. There was a portrait the size of a world map on the wall, with all kinds of moles drawn on it, and densely written annotations on the picture, which made him very sad to see, so sad that he felt sick or could not bear it. Zhuang Jing's mother's hair is already half white, and judging from her facial features, she should still be pretty when she was young.How can I eat this line of food?He asked Zhuang Jing about this, and she said: "My mother understands yin and yang, has studied the Book of Changes, and is qualified to do this job." Later she said: Her mother's occupation made her feel ashamed in front of others. "In the past, we couldn't help it. We had to eat, and I had to study. Now I also work, and I don't make much money, but I can maintain it with a little bit of hardship. I told my mother several times: Don't set up the character booth. Right! She refuses, saying that she is going to bluff for a few more years and save some money so that I can go to college. Don't look at my mother, she has always felt uneasy because I didn't go to college!" Thinking of Zhuang Jing's words, Liu Weizu's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he suddenly saw the light. "She told me: Her mother is about to stop deciphering. Her mother just wants to earn some money to send her to college." He said flatteringly. "It's not a question of whether she can do it now, but a question of whether she has already done it, and it belongs to this level." Father said stubbornly. "No, don't give up this girl. Her family background is not elegant, and she is older than you. Zuzu, you have always been an obedient child. Listen to grandma and give me another one." The grandmother said inspiration came. "Rebecca always comes to play with you, but you are not enthusiastic about it. In my opinion, she is pretty good—" "Compared to Zhuang Jing, Rebecca is like a clown wearing a mask." He didn't dare to make up the mistakes of his grandmother, so he vented his anger by ruining Rebecca. "Weizu, what's your attitude? You can stand up to grandma's words?" "Jixian, don't scold him, he was lost for a while, and he chose a door;..." Grandma protected him instead. At this time, the stepmother, who had been watching from the sidelines, spoke: "Mom, I think it's better to ask Weizu to bring that girl back to have a look. Didn't Weizu say that her mother did that job out of necessity, to make a living? Maybe that girl is really nice. Always wanting to go to college! If it's just a matter of money, things can be changed. Why can't we cultivate a daughter-in-law ourselves? First, what do you think of my opinion?" His stepmother's words made him almost kneel at her feet in gratitude.He watched the reactions of his grandmother and father attentively.They disapproved at first, but because of his pleading and stepmother's smoothing over, grandmother reluctantly nodded and allowed Zhuang Jing to be taken home, and asked her to see it with her own eyes before making sense. The grandmother let go, and the father's test was considered a smooth pass.Now what he keeps praying in his heart is that Zhuang Jing can meet his grandmother's wishes.