Chapter 19 18. A mediocre person also has a heart that hurts

The eighth day of the Lunar New Year.According to the rules of the Ye family, on this day, the sons and daughters have to go home to have a reunion dinner to make a good fortune. Early in the morning, Ye Meilan reminded Sun Jiandong to have dinner at her natal home in the evening.Sun Jiandong thought it was troublesome at first, and he didn't want to meet Sha Dangdang face to face, so he made a mess and said: "Didn't you go to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the lunar new year? You can take your son with you. I have some important things to do, so I won't go. Drink There are two bottles of Jiannanchun that were just given away in the cabinet a few years ago, they are highly rated, your dad likes this, you take a bottle with you."

Ye Meilan didn't know what important matters Sun Jiandong had, she knew it would be useless to ask anyway, so she simply didn't ask.When Ye Meilan saw Ye Mao, she still said nonsense that Sun Jiandong was going to treat a client to dinner at night.Ye Mao was immune to Sun Jiandong's absence, so he didn't ask any more questions. He took Jiannanchun and started playing happily. His wife came out of the kitchen wearing an apron and said, "Meilan, you came just in time. Ye Tao and Dangdang arrived It’s not here yet, and there’s no call. I wonder if it’s a traffic jam? Make a call and ask. Your dad just watches TV and doesn’t care about anything else!”

Ye Meilan promised to call Ye Tao, but unexpectedly, Ye Tao's cell phone was turned off.Ye Mao said: "Why did it turn off the phone? They should be on the way!" Ye Meilan said: "Maybe Ye Tao's cell phone is out of battery." Ye Mao said: "Then try using Dangdang's cell phone." Ye Meilan said : "I don't have a mobile phone number for Dangdang." Ye Mao pointed at the TV cabinet and said, "No, turn to the first page of the calendar on the TV cabinet. I wrote down her number on it. Did you find it?" Ye Meilan turned to the first page of the desk calendar according to the instructions, and sure enough, she saw a mobile phone number of China Mobile written on it. She read the number lightly and prepared to dial.But at this thought, Ye Meilan felt strange, why did she seem to have seen this number before?

Ye Meilan was searching for the number, and Ye Mao saw her patronizing and staring at the desk calendar in a daze, so he urged: "Call quickly, why are you so dazed!" Call up.This time it went smoothly, Sha Dangdang answered the phone quickly, and she told Ye Meilan that they were late due to a traffic jam, and they should be there in about ten minutes. Ye Meilan put down the phone, picked up the desk calendar and looked at Sha Dangdang's number in doubt. She clearly had an impression of this number, but she couldn't remember when she had seen this number before. The old lady poked her head out of the kitchen again and asked her, "How is it? Did you find Dangdang?"

Ye Meilan raised her head as if waking up from a dream, "Oh, I found it, they will be there soon." The old lady felt relieved and went back to her post.Ye Mao pointed to the desk calendar and said, "Meilan, you can save Dangdang's number in your phone too, so it's convenient when you need to find her!" With Xiaodong's cheers, Sha Dangdang and Ye Tao pushed the door open and entered.Sha Dangdang has just sent his parents away. Because of being with his parents, it is the first time that Sha Dangdang has seen Ye Meilan and Xiaodong since the Spring Festival.Xiaodong cheered because his grandmother told him quietly that Dangdang's sister (local custom, unmarried women are called "sister") will definitely give him lucky money.

Sure enough, when Sha Dangdang saw Xiaodong, he handed him a big red envelope, teasing him: "Xiaodong! Grow taller quickly! Grow into a handsome guy! As handsome as your uncle!" Ye Meilan hurriedly taught Xiaodong, "Congratulations to sister Dangdang for getting rich!" The whole family is busy preparing for the feast.Ye Tao asked Ye Meilan: "Brother-in-law didn't come?" Ye Meilan said: "Oh, he invited a client to dinner." Sha Dangdang was teasing Xiao Dong, when he heard this, he raised his face and smiled and said, "Manager Sun invited clients to dinner again? I remember last year on this day, he also invited clients to dinner! That was the first time I saw Meilan What about sister and Xiaodong, right Xiaodong?"

Xiaodong said: "Yes! Last year, Dangdang's sister also gave me a Dalishi (dialect, referring to the red envelope for Chinese New Year)!" The adults laughed at the little boy's words and said, "It's so fast, it's been a whole year! " Ye Tao's family gathered happily, needless to mention the excitement.After the banquet was over, it was past ten o'clock when Ye Meilan returned home with the children. Sun Jiandong was watching TV, and when he saw the mother and son coming back, he immediately turned off the TV, got up and took Xiaodong to wash up.Xiaodong excitedly talked about the big red envelope given by Sha Dangdang.

After hearing the little boy's report, Sun Jiandong couldn't help shaking his head at Ye Meilan, and said with a smile, "Your sister-in-law is really good at being a human being. She can catch all men, women, and children in your family." Xiaodong interrupted and asked, "What do you mean by sweeping the net?" Sun Jiandong teased him, "Just to make you all dizzy and unable to find Bei." Ye Meilan was in a good mood. Hearing what Sun Jiandong said, she scolded: "You still say that! Tonight I said that you invited customers to dinner, but Dangdang immediately said that on this day last year, Manager Sun also invited customers to dinner! I'm a little embarrassed."

Sun Jiandong said disapprovingly, "There's nothing to be ashamed of! You can't help yourself when you're in the rivers and lakes! She doesn't invite customers to dinner on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. It's a bit strange for her to be a salesperson!" In the middle of the night, Ye Meilan woke up suddenly in the middle of her sleep. She remembered when she had seen Sha Dangdang's cell phone number!Just one night ago, after they returned home from Ye Mao's house after dinner, this number called Sun Jiandong's cell phone!When Sun Jiandong answered the phone, his voice was very low, and Ye Meilan became suspicious at that time.She quietly wrote down the phone number that called in from his call log.If she hadn't suddenly seen this number today, she would have almost ignored what happened a year ago.

This time Ye Meilan really felt like a midnight terror, a dense layer of cold sweat appeared on her forehead.Countless thoughts swirled in Ye Meilan's mind quickly. She thought: After the dinner on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year last year, Sha Dangdang called Sun Jiandong in a hurry overnight. If it wasn't for the tip-off, what else could it be?They obviously knew each other!Why did Sun Jiandong say he didn't know him at the time!There must be something wrong here! Ye Meilan thought of Sun Jiandong saying that Sha Dangdang "sweeped out" the Ye family. The Ye family consisted of her and Ye Tao's siblings.Thinking that her younger brother Ye Tao was still kept in the dark, Ye Meilan understood what it means to be furious.

Ye Meilan hesitated, could she tell Ye Tao?Who will discuss this matter with whom?After thinking about it, she decided to tell Ye Mao and his wife first. Even though they are used to treating her like a policeman and looking for her when they have difficulties, and the market ignores her difficulties, this time it is about Ye Tao, and they are her parents after all. . Ye Mao's wife heard her daughter say this, and first asked her repeatedly, "Meilan, did you make a mistake?" Ye Meilan shook her head firmly, and Ye Mao's wife said again: "Are the two of them worried that you might misunderstand, so they just made a mistake?" Do you mean to hide it from you?" Ye Meilan said angrily, "What a misunderstanding!" Ye Mao's wife saw that the matter was probably not fake, and became angry, calling Sun Jiandong "lustful", heartless, and Sha Dangdang. sister"! Ye Mao's attitude was beyond Ye Meilan's expectation.When a person is old, he has suffered a lot and his heart is hardened.Ye Mao felt that love was not important twenty years ago. On the contrary, money and health are what he values ​​most. Ye Mao didn't think Sun Jiandong was at fault, on the contrary, he felt that Sun Jiandong was soft-hearted.Sun Jiandong wanted to go to freedom but couldn't bear it. Ye Mao himself experienced it when he was young.Ye Mao felt that if Sun Jiandong had no conscience, he would have had a showdown with Ye Meilan long ago. But Ye Mao didn't have the nerve to speak the truth, he coughed, interrupted the useless indignation of the old lady, and asked Ye Meilan: "If there is something really going on between the two of them, are you planning to divorce Sun Jiandong?" At this time, the old man's cleverness became sharp, and he stopped both mother and daughter with one sentence. Ye Meilan said angrily: "I don't want to leave, this is what I want to understand!" Ye Mao said: "Aren't you just saying that they knew each other but pretended not to know each other? In fact, that was what Sun Jiandong said, and Sha Dangdang never said that she didn't know Sun Jiandong." Ye Meilan said, "If they're fine, why pretend?" Ye Mao said: "Maybe they really have nothing to do." The old lady stood up to Ye Meilan: "Although it may be nothing, but this matter is like a toad jumping on the dining table and staring at your food. It doesn't really eat, and you look disgusting, right?" Ye Mao said: "Even if the toad really touches your game, I'm just asking Meilan, what are you going to do? Can you leave? If you decide to leave, we will help you together and make a big mess with them. " Ye Meilan dared not say that she was going to leave. If she had the courage, Sun Jiandong would respect her a lot.The old lady said angrily: "We don't want to leave, so we can't say their fault? It's their fault after all!" Ye Mao said: "Now is not the time to say who is right and who is wrong—yes, the reason is on our side, they have no reason! What do you want to do to them? I can guess what you are thinking, beat Sun Jiandong one Dun, let him write a letter of guarantee again, do you think so? I can’t beat him anymore, let Ye Tao do it! The problem is, after he has been beaten, he won’t write a letter of guarantee at all, but will go to court for divorce , what do you do? Let Meilan share half of his property, and you will help Meilan raise Xiaodong in the future? Meilan is already in her thirties, have you thought about her?" The old lady opened her mouth, unable to answer, and said angrily after a long time: "Obviously we are right, but there is no reason for us?" Ye Mao said, "Meilan, let me ask you, do you know how much money your family has?" Ye Meilan hesitated and said, "Except for the house, the cash is about a hundred thousand. The rest of the money is in his stocks." Ye Mao saw that she looked unsure, and asked again: "Then how much money does he have in stocks now?" Ye Meilan said: "Sometimes it's more than one million, and sometimes it's hundreds of thousands. I haven't checked it recently, so I don't know what happened." Ye Mao saw that she looked confused, and couldn't help but shook his head and said, "I knew it would be like this. If you really want to divide the family property, except for this house, everything in his hand is cash. Isn't it easy to hide! Where is your brain enough to play with him?!" After her father told her, Ye Meilan's anger subsided a lot. She was stunned for a while, and asked another question: "What about Ye Tao? Shall we tell him?" The old man said sharply: "You must not tell him!" Ye Meilan couldn't figure it out. Ye Tao's situation was completely different from hers. He was still single, smart, and energetic. There would always be opportunities.It's obviously a mystery in front of me, why don't you jump out as soon as possible and continue to drill in! The old lady is an honest person, she sighed, and pointed around with her hands: "Break up with Sadangdang, what do we pay for the floor and the cabinet?" Ye Mao shook his head slyly and said: "You don't understand! She gave us these voluntarily, and we didn't let her do it! Besides, what proof does she have to prove that these are hers? We didn't give them to us. She made a wrong note for a penny, so what should I pay back!" When the old lady heard, oh, there is no need to pay back the money, she let go of her worries.She asked puzzledly, "Then why can't you tell Ye Tao?" In Ye Mao's heart, on the one hand, he felt that Sha Dangdang was really good to Ye Tao, the past was over, and the old man didn't think it was a big deal; Good influences, for example, before he met her, he had never worked so steadily and steadily as now, and he cared more about his parents than before.Sandangdang is indispensable for these changes.Sha Dangdang invited Ye Mao and his wife to visit her new house, and Ye Mao and his wife were envious of its fashion, spaciousness and brightness.Just the spacious bathroom, and Ye Tao's extremely satisfied eyes when he mentioned "separation of dry and wet", made the old man think of it, and he couldn't bear to destroy his son's chance to enter another class.Just being smart and handsome is not enough. The old man has long noticed that Xiao Liang, who always sells pirated discs at the corner of the street, is not only handsome, but also very clever, and the girls who hang around him are not bad. Few, but they are all girls who set up stalls next to them. After they get married, the couple have to set up stalls together, and there is no time for children to roll around beside them. The old lady was still asking questions, Ye Mao got angry and asked her: "What kind of bird is your son? Hasn't he brought a girl back to live with him before?" The old lady said meanly: "Ye Tao has never been in love with Sha Dangdang's sister-in-law!" An honest man is more vicious than anyone else when he speaks mean words. You shouldn't, you shouldn't have brought it to your own home!It is tolerable or unbearable! Ye Mao took great pains to analyze the situation with Ye Meilan, just to enlighten her so that she could make the most farsighted choice, but the old lady didn't understand and just kept disrupting the situation.Ye Mao couldn't hold back his anger anymore, he widened his eyes suddenly, slapped the old lady high like a cattail fan, and reprimanded in a harsh voice: "You woman with no brains! The king of hell is standing behind you!" Oh, and jumping around all day long! Do you want me to whip you a few times to become smarter?!" The rabbit bit people even when it was in a hurry, the old lady threw her head towards the old man, and at the same time shouted unambiguously: "Hit it! Hit it! You are not a good person yourself, that's why you protect these bad guys." ! I want to shake all your old bottom out!" Ye Meilan hurriedly jumped to the middle, finally separating the old man and the old lady. Ye Maoyu was still angry, and said sharply: "Meilan, let me make it clear to you again, now it's not about who is right or wrong, it depends on what result you want! Sun Jiandong is a lot, you eat a lot, you drink a lot, kid You usually don’t need to take it with you, and he doesn’t talk when you spend money. Such a man has a conscience! If you want a man to coax you to accompany you every day, then you shouldn’t have married Sun Jiandong in the first place! In the world, it’s harder than you There are so many people! In this world, there are not so many reasons to talk about! You go back and think about it before making a decision!" After all, the old man walked away. After coming out of her natal family, although Ye Meilan was still in a bad mood, her mind was not so confused.She had only asked for a half-day leave, but she was really not in the mood to go to work, so she asked for a full-day leave instead. Ye Meilan returned to the community where her family lived. Although she was full of depression, she still had to climb the stairs from the first floor.She climbed layer by layer, restraining her emotions over and over again. When she climbed to the ninth floor, she was finally unwilling to restrain herself anymore. As soon as she opened the door, she erupted like Mount Vesuvius: "You think my family is poor and vulgar, so I have no soul? Do I not have a heart because I am not pretty?" Ye Meilan has not read it, and this Jane Eyre-style indictment has nothing to do with her literary accomplishment.Ye Meilan, the worker's daughter, was usually gentle, courteous and humble, but at this moment, she was extremely angry.Even mediocre people have heartaches. Ye Meilan heard her own voice trembling in the air: "In your eyes, my diligence is only the wages of an hourly worker, right? I am patient, but you think I have no ambition, right? It takes a lot of effort to get that paper. Diploma, I work during the day and attend classes at night, all my hard work is in vain, I'm still not smart, right?!" She took a step forward and said with a self-deprecating smile: "I'm really not smart enough, because I should have understood that you don't care about my virtues and diplomas. He won't even give me a smile at night!" Ye Meilan suddenly heard movement at the door, and when the key rang, Sun Jiandong opened the door and entered.He saw Ye Meilan standing in front of the mirror in the entrance, and asked in surprise, "Why are you at home?" Ye Meilan withdrew her accusing finger back, for fear that Sun Jiandong would find out that she was performing stand-up comedy in front of the mirror just now.She said in embarrassment: "There is nothing wrong with the unit, so I found an excuse to be lazy for a long time." Sun Jiandong didn't care.He nodded and said lightly, "I'll come back to pick up a document for the meeting in the afternoon." In order to hide her pounding heart, Ye Meilan hid in the bathroom.After a while, she heard the door shut with a "bang", and knew that Sun Jiandong had left. Except for the shameless ticking of the crude clock in the living room, the silence was hollow and indifferent.She was alone again. Because of Sun Jiandong's sudden return, Ye Meilan's hypothesis was interrupted and stopped abruptly.At this time, she was full of resentment, like a frightened horse, and disappeared in a blink of an eye. The speed was so fast that she couldn't believe it.The whole process is a bit like a folk cure for hiccups. It is said that if someone keeps hiccupping, just give him a sudden jump, and the hiccups will disappear. Ye Meilan felt very bored for a while, she might as well go to work.It would be better if there were too many things, it would be better not to talk about this matter with parents, it would be better not to pursue any mobile phone number at all.In this case, it's better to tell her parents that she got the phone number wrong.If they are willing to believe that they have "got it wrong", they can regain their happiness and peace.