Chapter 20: Traditional Betrothal
The junior year is almost over, and everyone is like a real student, getting up early and reading books late. And I had to take time off work to go home and get engaged.
I arrived home a day early. Early the next morning, relatives from the same village rushed to help prepare the banquet.
Wearing a brand-new pink dress, I stood under the tall ginkgo tree in front of the door, waiting for Liu Yang's family to arrive. With his head down, he secretly looked at the buried yellow spring flower.
It was almost noon when the sound of firecrackers rang out everywhere, and the family arrived.
I shyly greeted his family. He walked slowly back to my room. After a while, his sister knocked on the door and entered.
His sister was about the same height as me, with a noble temperament, wearing a short off-the-shoulder skirt in red and black color.
"Sister." I stood at my desk and whispered to her.
"You're prettier than you look at in the pictures." She sat at my desk, flipping through Pride and Prejudice on the table. Then he raised his eyes and asked me, "You are not opposed to getting married as soon as you graduate from college?" ”
I thought to myself: Didn't you say that you would get married in the second half of the year? Why did you graduate from college and get married? Alas, no matter when I get married, I can't say anything, or Liu Yang will worry that I won't marry him.
I shook my head slightly.
"Do you love Liu Yang?" My sister asked, looking straight into my eyes.
I was stunned by her question.
Do I love him? Then I don't love him? Do I really love him? Don't I even love him at all......
Seeing that I didn't answer, she got up close to me and said, "He loves you better than you know, don't hurt him." ”
At this time, Liu Yang also looked for it and walked in.
"Sister, why are you here? Everyone is waiting for you to open the table. ”
"Oh, I'll go."
I began to worry about being alone with Liu Yang, and I was ready to go out with his sister.
But after Liu Yang finished speaking, he turned around and left. He didn't talk to me or look at me as if he didn't see me.
I had a bite to eat in the kitchen and ran to the top of the hill behind the house. Sitting there, I felt that the bustle at the foot of the mountain was like a dream, and the sound of waking up from the dream disappeared......
Liu Yang walked up to the top of the mountain and walked slowly towards me. It reminds me how real it all is.
He sat down beside me softly, bowing his head and saying nothing. For a long time, he gently held me in his arms.
In his warm and peaceful arms, I felt that the world was suddenly quiet, and the temple in the distance became clear. I think I love Liu Yang. Otherwise, how could I like his arms, how could I feel that he was warm and trustworthy, and how could I have the sleepiness to sleep quietly......
In the fog, I felt my cheeks startle, and I suddenly looked up to confirm what I had just felt.
Liu Yang pressed my head deeply into his arms. Then he hugged me tightly and stroked my hair with love.
Is he crying? Why is he crying? Isn't today the happy day of our engagement? Why doesn't he talk to me today? Is there something he didn't tell me?
"What's wrong with you?" I asked him in a low whisper, cautiously.
He remained silent and did not reply.
In the afternoon, after my relatives left, I helped my mother clean up the dishes and chopsticks. My mom used to check on me from time to time.
"Mom, is there something wrong with you?"
"Snow, the day is set for next year's eleven. You can still be at home for a year, and then you will be someone's daughter-in-law, but you have to learn to do more housework. ”
"Hmm."
"Alas!" My mom sighed heavily. "If it weren't for the difficulties that Liu Yang's family is encountering now, we are ready to handle your affairs at the end of the year."
"What's wrong with his family? No wonder Liu Yang is weird today. ”
"I don't know much about it, so I listened to his family, and now it's getting harder and harder to do business. The money is piled up in the factory! His sister's business is bigger and she loses more, and she is still paying it every day. I heard that this is not going to get any better, and I can't hold on anymore. ”
"I think things will work out...... "I wasn't too relieved."