Rebirth: Don’t be a coward and be a mother’s baby

The second time Zuo Liang realized Zhou Chunyan's stubbornness was at the beginning of their senior year of high school.

After waiting for more than sixty days, the summer vacation was finally over. Zuo Liang took the earliest bus and rushed to school. He wanted to see Zhou Chunyan as soon as possible.

After arriving at school, before Zhou Chunyan came, he lay down on the table and closed his eyes to rest.

Seeing him lying motionless on the desk, people around him thought he was really asleep. The students who were chatting about other topics lowered their voices and started discussing Zhou Chunyan.

Several classmates came from the same village as Zhou Chunyan. They said that the Zhou family took Zhou Chunyan out to meet other people during the summer vacation. Among the men, there were men in their thirties who had just run away from their wives, and some in their twenties who were physically disabled and mentally ill. , and there are seven or eight brothers and sisters in the family who are younger than Zhou Chunyan.

In short, none of them look reliable.

The reason is that Zhou Chunyan is old and has read books. At that time, the villagers only wanted their sons to study and acquire knowledge, and did not like women who had read books to be their daughters-in-law. They felt that women who had read books had big ideas and wild ideas, and they were easy to take advantage of after getting married, and they could not control them.

As they talked, the classmates began to discuss Zhou Chunyan's appearance. Fortunately, the female classmate's words were not too excessive, but the male classmate became more and more uncontrollable and began to talk dirty.

Zuo Liang felt angry after hearing this, and was about to open his eyes and teach them a lesson, when Zhou Chunyan appeared at the back door.

She was too quiet and silent.

No one knew how long she had been listening outside and how many words she had taken in. Everyone did not dare to talk anymore and everyone went back to their seats.

The position of Zuo Liang was very bad. If one stood at the back door, one could not see whether he had his eyes open or closed. When Zhou Chunyan walked back to her seat, she passed by him and met his eyes.

Although the girl in front of him looked calm, he saw tears in her eyes.

A weak place in my heart also twitched and hurt.

From afternoon to evening, Zuo Liang just stared at Zhou Chunyan's back in the front row in a daze. He thought a lot in his mind, and finally he made a decision in his mind.

It was the Mid-Autumn Festival that day, so he approached her during evening self-study and whispered in her ear that he would meet her at the Platycodon Incineration Ground after evening self-study and that he had something to give her.

An appointment was made, but Zuo Liang was not sure whether Zhou Chunyan would come or not, so he made two preparations. If Zhou Chunyan went to the appointment, he would tell her the gifts he had prepared and the words he had buried in his heart for two years. If she didn't come, Then quietly stuff the gift into her desk tomorrow, and tell her those words after she graduates from high school.

Zuo Liang was alone in the platycodon incineration site behind the school blowing the cold wind for two hours. When he was about to die, Zhou Chunyan appeared.

Zuo Liang will never forget that scene in his life.

She took off the tight braids she usually wore, and let her long hair fall behind her shoulders. She wore a large, ill-fitting white dress, which cast a layer of holy light on her whole body. Her feet were obviously taller than hers. The leather shoes, one size too big, made a squeaking sound when walking.

She said she asked someone to borrow shampoo, a white skirt, and fashionable leather shoes.

Zuo Liang looked at her in a daze for a long time. After a long time, he came back to his senses and was too excited to speak.

He apologized first, apologizing that he was there in the afternoon but was able to stop the group of classmates from saying bad things about her in time, causing her to be criticized.

Then I took out the mooncakes I had learned to make from the old masters in the village, and a red string bracelet that I had made myself. I thought the bracelet was a bit flattering, because it was just a simple red string with no decorations on it.

Zuo Liang went to the village temple to kowtow to pray for the red string, hoping that the wearer would be safe and happy.

Zhou Chunyan accepted the mooncake and rejected his red rope after careful consideration. She said that she understood the meaning of the red rope, but this life was too long, and she didn’t know where the fate of the two people would go. They were still students, and the red rope was too cautious for their current relationship.

Zuo Liang quickly explained that he was not seeking marriage, but health.

Under his eloquent explanation, Zhou Chunyan refused and accepted the red string. She did not put it on on the spot, but carefully put it in her pocket.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the greatest pleasure is to watch the moon. There is a tall tile-roofed house in the Platycodon incineration ground behind the school. Teachers from the school often climb up to dry the millet. Zuo Liang is familiar with the path and pulls it with both hands and feet. Zhou Chunyan climbed to the roof.

The two of them sat on the roof and looked up at the moon. Zhou Chunyan broke the mooncake Zuo Liang gave her and divided it into two halves.

The two talked a lot that night. Zhou Chunyan said that she was very grateful to Zuo Liang. From the first year of high school to the present, she remembered everything Zuo Liang had done to help her; she said that the dates and stoves in Zuo Liang's yard The sweet potatoes in it were delicious, and she would like to eat them again if she had a chance in the future; she said that when Zuo Liang put the braised loach in front of her last time, she saw red blood streaks, but no one reacted, thinking that they had seen it wrong. He didn't say anything, but Zuo Liang was beaten by his father.

She talked a lot, Zuo Liang listened attentively, unwilling to miss a word. For the first time, he discovered that this girl turned out to be a nagging person.

Zhou Chunyan said that she likes the sunflowers on the roadside. She heard that peeling the seeds out of the sunflowers can fry melon seeds. Their family only has fried melon seeds during the Chinese New Year, and only her father and younger brother can eat them. She said that the female classmates in the class are very fond of it. Well, especially her roommates, when they heard that she was going out, they all took out their most cherished things and gave them to her without asking her why she was going out. Today was the first time in her many years that she washed her hair with shampoo. I always wash my hair with soap locust.

The little mouth chattered non-stop, Zuo Liang listened, and responded with a few words from time to time to liven up the atmosphere.

In the end, in her lingering words, Zuo Liang's thoughts began to wander. The girl was really too gentle, like a breeze blowing through his heart.

Zhou Chunyan stopped, raised her head, and looked at the bright moon in the sky, with light in her eyes.

Whispering in a low voice: "Zuo Liang, do you know? I like that Book of Songs the most."

Zuo Liang asked her which song.

She replied: "Jian Jia is green and white dew is like frost. If I have a daughter in the future, how about calling her Jian Jia?"

Zuo Liang looked at her peaceful and beautiful profile, and his mind was filled with the second half of the sentence.

The so-called beauty is on the side of the water.

Zuo Liang didn't dare to guess whether Zhou Chunyan simply liked the song "Jian Jia" or was responding to his feelings.

The relationship between the two has obviously changed a lot since they admired the moon together during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but these changes have not been made explicit and are all hidden interactions.

An inadvertent finger touch when passing something will make both of them blush at the same time. An inadvertent look at each other when passing by the seat after class will make the two of them look away guiltily. If one party wants to do something, they will subconsciously report it to the other party.

Although the relationship was not stated clearly, both of them understood that they were just waiting for the opportunity after the college entrance examination.

But Zhou Chunyan still refused to accept any money from Zuo Liang, even if it was just a steamed bun money. Later, Zuo Liang got a beautiful pearl from the boss who sold river mussels and wanted to punch a hole and thread it on Zhou Chunyan's red rope, but he couldn't Was rejected by Zhou Chunyan.

She always said that.

The red rope was his sincerity and she was willing to accept it, but if she accepted the others, it would become one party taking and the other giving charity. She didn't like to be trapped in this kind of relationship.

Second update today!

small theater:

Xie Jianjia (crazy): I’m so angry. Why am I here listening to my mother’s love story with another man?

Zuo Liang (rubbing his hands nervously): I don’t like the title “other man.” Jia Jia, how about calling me “Dad”?

Xie Jianjia (sighing angrily): The last person I called dad had already separated from his wife.

Left beam: Manual withdrawal