Chapter 17: Flowers Fading, Remnant Red and Green Apricots (Part 2)

Two meat and two vegetables, plus a bowl of couscous.

Mother and daughter each have a small bowl of rice.

Wang Jinglu's mother is Tao Huijun. She is forty-six this year, but she looks less than forty years old. Although she is not as beautiful as her two daughters, she still looks delicate and slightly amazing in middle age. A person with a gentle and peaceful personality, doesn't talk much in ordinary times, and has good cooking skills.

In contrast, Wang Jingxue's temperament is a bit strong, and Wang Jinglu is more like her.

Even the eating movements of the mother and daughter are almost cultivated by a set of procedures, taking small bites, chewing slowly... Almost half of a bowl of couscous went into Wang Jinglu's stomach, but her lips But it is always clean, not the slightest greasy.

During the meal, neither mother nor daughter spoke.

After eating, Tao Huijun filled a bowl of soup for each of them, but she just took a sip from the bowl, and then just smiled and watched her daughter drink the soup.

"There are still three or four weeks before the final exam, right? Have you started reviewing?" She asked.

"En." Wang Jinglu nodded.

Tao Huijun just smiled, stopped talking, and drank two spoonfuls of soup with a spoon.

"I'm full!" Wang Jinglu reached out to pat her stomach like a child, and complained with a sweet smile, "Mom, don't give me couscous in the future. Every time I can't control myself, I will eat so much. In the future I'll be fat!"

Tao Huijun just smiled and said, "I won't be fat, you and your sister are like mother, look, mother is not fat."

Wang Jinglu shook her head to express her disbelief, "The last time my sister came back, she said that I was going to be like a pig."

Tao Huijun smiled, paused, and said, "Xiaolu, your father came back this morning."

Wang Jinglu suddenly became nervous when she heard the words, "Could it be that she... is going to make trouble again?"

Tao Huijun shook her head with a smile, reached out and held her daughter's hand across the table, and said, "Your father mainly told me something about you."

At this moment, Wang Jinglu's heart skipped a beat.

Sure enough, Tao Huijun put away her smile and said slowly: "Mom knows that you must have your own ideas, so, mother and your father have agreed, we only provide some references and some choices, and we don't force you to insist on it." How about it, okay?"

Wang Jinglu looked at her timidly.

Tao Huijun sighed, withdrew his hand, and asked, "What do you think... about that Zhao Yumin?"

really!

Wang Jinglu hesitated for a moment and said, "Mom, you really won't force me?"

Tao Huijun laughed suddenly, "What era is this? Even when mom and your dad got married, they were already in free love, let alone now? How could mom force you?"

"But..." Wang Jinglu hesitated to speak.

Tao Huijun said: "I introduced Zhao Yumin to you and helped you to match up. My mother agreed."

Wang Jinglu looked at her in surprise, "How?...Why?"

She always thought it was her father's idea. She knew that her mother loved her very much and was willing to pamper her.

Tao Huijun smiled at the corners of his eyes, but said with a serious expression: "If you put aside your prejudices and tell your mother, how is that young man?"

Now Wang Jinglu was tongue-tied.

How is Zhao Yumin?

Without in-depth contact, she certainly has no way of judging how a person is. But based on what she has seen so far, this person is handsome, chic, handsome, gentle, and considerate. He has an obvious British gentleman's demeanor and excellent temperament. As a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge University, it is obvious that His knowledge is not far behind, and...his family should be quite rich.

If you simply look at it from the perspective of choosing a husband, there are almost no obvious shortcomings in him that can be picked on, and some are just shining points one after another, which are enough to dazzle most girls in this world.

Wang Jinglu hesitated to speak, lowered his head, and pouted.

Tao Huijun chuckled, "Nothing to say?"

After a pause, she said: "So, after he came to our house with your father that day, I got to know him through various relationships and agreed to your father's suggestion. I think he is quite suitable for you. "

Wang Jinglu frowned and looked up at her.

Tao Huijun continued: "Mom doesn't want to tell you that love and marriage are not the same thing. Even if it is not, I don't think my daughter has the right to fight for love. In fact, my mother thinks that only a marriage with love can be truly happy. But... if you don't even want to touch him, how can you be sure that you won't like him?"

"Maybe, mom just said maybe, when you really start to get in touch with that boy, you will soon find that he has all kinds of shortcomings and deficiencies that you can't accept. At that time, you say you don't like it." He, of course mom supports you 100%! Right?"

"However, what if when you get close to him, you find that he is actually the one you like? If you really start to like him, fall in love with him... Isn't that better? Love in this world has never been It’s not just childhood sweethearts or love at first sight, is it?”

"So, trust my mother's eyes, get in touch with him and get to know him, okay?"

Wang Jinglu pursed her lips and did not speak.

In fact, she had nothing to say.

Although she didn't want to have any contact with that person, she had to admit in her heart that what her mother said was not unreasonable.

only……

Tao Huijun began to sip the soup in small sips, and then Wang Jinglu also picked up the spoon and began to sip the soup.

In the end, Wang Jinglu finished drinking first. Although her mouth was very clean, she still picked up the napkin and wiped her mouth, then she stood up and said, "Mom, I'm full, I'm going back to my room first."

Tao Huijun nodded, but suddenly stopped her: "Xiaolu..."

Wang Jinglu stood down and looked back at her.

She hesitated and said, "You already have someone you like, right?"

Wang Jinglu raised her head, lowered her head again, and did not speak.

Tao Huijun asked again: "It's Xiaoqian from the opposite door, right?"

Wang Jinglu showed a look of surprise on his face, but still lowered his head and did not speak.

So, Tao Huijun thought for a while, and seemed to be talking to himself: "In the past two years, your father's thoughts have been on that woman, and your sister's thoughts have been on music. They may not have noticed it, but, Mom is not them. Mom knows that you have started to like to go to the roof for a while after dinner in the past two years...just with him?"

Wang Jinglu hesitated for a moment, then nodded silently.

Tao Huijun also nodded, "Well, mom doesn't mean to separate you. Maybe your father and sister won't agree, but mom won't. Mom just wants to tell you that you are...too young now. Young, It means that the world you have seen is still too small, just like a little frog that has not had time to jump out of the well to see a bigger world. So, don’t close the door of your heart too early , give other outstanding boys in this world a chance, okay?"

Wang Jinglu kept her head down and said nothing.

After Tao Huijun finished speaking, she finally raised her head. The mother and daughter looked at each other for a moment, then she lowered her head again, turned around and was about to go back to her room. He took a step, but stopped again. She turned around and looked at her mother, and suddenly summoned up her courage, and asked, "Mom, you also think that Li Qian and I... are inappropriate, don't you?"

Tao Huijun froze for a moment, as if surprised by her daughter's sudden courage. But soon, she smiled and asked softly: "Do you want to hear the truth?"

Wang Jinglu nodded with certainty.

Tao Huijun thought for a while, put away the smile on his face, nodded, and said, "He is not good enough for you."

After a pause, he added: "I don't deserve it now, and I won't deserve it in the future!"

Wang Jinglu couldn't help becoming angry when she heard the words, and couldn't help asking: "Why? What doesn't match up?"

Tao Huijun suddenly laughed again, as if he liked to see his daughter get angry, looked at her daughter mischievously, and said, "So, do you want to tell mom that he is handsome?"

Wang Jinglu was surprised, but speechless.

Of course, this is not all about her Li Qian, but at least at the moment, what does the person she likes in her heart have to show off or compare with others?

Tao Huijun went on to say: "Mom knows that he is good-looking, and his mother is very beautiful, especially when we first moved here, when my mother saw her for the first time, you were just over one year old, and your mother hugged you, She was hugging Li Qian. We met in the corridor and said hello. When I came back, I would tell your dad that Mrs. Li’s wife is so beautiful! Mom thinks she can’t compare to her. Well, if you only talk about looks, mom Admit it, Li Qian and you are a very good couple. But... will it work?"

Wang Jinglu lowered her head, still not speaking.

She really wanted to say that Li Qian is not only good-looking, but also has many advantages in him. She even wanted to talk about Li Qian's improvement of a full hundred points in just one month, but, she I understand in my heart that those... are useless.

Sure enough, Tao Huijun went on to say: "There is a truth in this world that everyone has to admit, that is, good-looking people do have advantages. They can always get more opportunities than others, including some very good ones. Opportunity, but that's about it."

"Now, let's just talk about now. If you don't go to BJ, don't take the film school, then my mother thinks that you can go to any university in the country. With your intelligence, of course, and beauty, after graduation, you will There is a good future. So, what about him? Can he do it?... And if you go to BJ, go to the film school, my mother is not sure that you will be able to pass the exam, but my mother knows that you have the qualifications in this area Talent, you, and your sister, in the future, you will all achieve certain results in your respective industries. So, what about him?"

Tao Huijun spread her hands, "So, now can you tell mom, are you and him a good match?"

Wang Jinglu raised his head.

"But, I like him!" she said firmly.

Tao Huijun was a little surprised, obviously, she didn't expect her daughter to answer her directly.

Also, this is an answer that overturns some.

So, she was silent for a moment, and then said: "Yes. You can like him! But, at least until... until you graduate from college, don't really give yourself to him, give yourself the opportunity to choose someone else, and give others A chance for people to show themselves, okay? If in the future, you have graduated from college, started working, and started your own business, and you still firmly believe that you still like him, then mother will bless you, okay? ?”

Wang Jinglu was silent for a moment, and finally nodded slowly.

Then she looked up and met her mother's gaze.

"I like him! I won't change!" she said.

Tao Huijun smiled, "If the future is really like this, being stubborn is not a kind of happiness. However, believe me, there are too many boys in this world who are both handsome and capable of giving you better love and a better life. When you go out, when you look, observe, and feel with your heart, you will understand that the so-called blindness to Mount Tai is not a lie."

Wang Jinglu pursed her lips, lowered her head, and walked towards her room.

In the dining room, watching her daughter's stubborn back until the door was gently closed, Tao Huijun sighed slowly.

"I really hope I was wrong." She murmured, "I really hope that the Li family boy can impress me and your father more."

…………

"Hello, Xiaolu? What's the matter?"

"Sister, what should I do?"

"..."

"My father arranged a blind date for me. My mother told me just now, and she agreed."

"In the afternoon, my mother called me and told me."

"Then what should I do?"

"Don't like him?"

"dislike."

"Don't you want to connect even if you touch it?"

"...I don't want to."

"Mom said he was a nice guy."

"I know. But..."

"Are you distressed? You want to control your own destiny, and you don't want anyone to make decisions for you, even if that person is your mother?"

"Um."

"Then come to Suncheon! Think about what I told you."

"Um."

"By the way, the kid at the door has been trying to trick you. Be careful. That kid has a lot of tricks since he was a child. Don't let him fool you. Remember, the most untrustworthy thing in this world is a man's flattery , and boys too."

"Well……"

"Er what? That's it. When you get to Suncheon, your parents won't care about you. By the way, as for Min... I suggest you go and meet and talk, after all, even my mother thinks He's not bad, there must be something special about him. If you still don't like him after seeing him, then just stop talking to him. Xiaolu...Xiaolu?"

"Well, I'm listening."

"Well, that's it. I'll hang up. I'll go back and pick you up after you finish your final exam."

"OK Bye Bye."

"bye."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Jinglu threw herself onto the bed weakly.

"They don't like you, what should I do?" She muttered to herself.

Raising her hand and raising her phone, she clicked on "Short Messages", clicked on the word "Li Qian" that had accumulated hundreds of text messages, thought for a while, and typed in the word "Rooftop", With his finger hanging on the send button, he hesitated for a long time, but then deleted both words, threw away the phone in distress, and covered his face.

After a while, she let go of her hand, turned over and sat up, took the Walkman from the table, found Zhou Mo's "The Dreamer" on the small bookshelf on the desk, put it in, and pressed the play button.

"...

The wind is not the wind, the cloud is not the cloud,

I love is not you,

it doesn't matter,

It's just passing by anyway.

Flowers are not flowers, mud is not mud,

You who dance in the desert,

near and far,

I need a little more luck. "