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Recap:
Therefore, every time Xia Duhuan and his sister encounter something, they like to chat with Xia's father.
Because, dad can give them the support they want, instead of hitting them and pouring cold water on them.
The father and daughter chatted for nearly half an hour, and when they separated, Xia's father said to Xia Duhuan: Don't care about your mother's words, just listen to it, ah. Dad once told you, why did you choose this name, remember?
"Life must be happy. Xia Wanhuan blurted out.
Both father and daughter laughed.
01
On the way back by car, Xia Duanhuan dialed his sister Xia Duanyan's phone.
Xia Duanyan was sitting in Fang Chengyuan's car at this moment. It's just that she's still sullen.
From her voice, I could tell that she was in a bad mood.
Xia Duhuan reassured: You also know that our mother is that kind of character. Anyway, we just know what we want, and we don't care about her. Oh, by the way, Cheng Yuan didn't say anything, right?
Xia Duanyan glanced at Fang Chengyuan, who was driving, and said, "Sister, don't worry, he understands." I explained it to him too.
Well, that's good. And I'm going back to the capital tomorrow, and there are already buyers for the house there. I'll send Doudou over early tomorrow morning and ask my parents to take her back to her hometown to play for a few days. We'll come back to pick her up when we're done over there.
Xia Duhuan explained to his sister.
Originally, she said that she was going to buy tickets for her parents. Xia Duyan said that the next day was the weekend, and she came to buy the tickets and would personally send them to the station.
Xia Duhuan didn't be polite to her, anyway, she was her own sister.
When she was a child, she and her sister were noisy, and sometimes they even started each other's hands. But as soon as someone bullies her, her sister rushes to protect her.
On the contrary, if someone bullied Xia Qianyan, she would not hesitate to protect her.
When she was in elementary school, she also envied the only child in her class, thinking that they could get full love from their parents. And her family, the love of her parents, she and her sister have to share it equally.
Sometimes I will be aggrieved and feel that my parents are not so fair.
But at this age, she suddenly felt that it was good to have a brother or sister. If nothing else, there is something to do, and you can find someone to discuss and share it together.
After all, apart from our parents, our siblings are our closest people.
And, judging from Xia Duhuan's experience, it is easier for sisters to work together. Because after the elder brother or younger brother gets married, the sister-in-law or brother-in-law, when they get along, after all, they are still separated by such a layer, so they have to be scruples.
Of course, it is not absolute, there are also good sisters-in-law or brothers-in-law.
02
On the second day, Xia Duhuan and they returned to the capital.
In the afternoon, under the arrangement of the agent, the buyer of the house met with them. It is a very young couple, who have just gotten married and have no children.
The woman's parents also accompanied them.
The parents looked very young, and it was obvious that they were decent people. When talking to Xia Duhuan and them, the old couple also respected the feelings of the younger couple.
Most of them are listening to them, just making some additions on some key issues.
The buyer is buying the house in full. Xia Duhuan: They still have unpaid mortgages. At the suggestion of the agent, they agreed with the buyer that they would make a part of the down payment to help settle the loan. In this way, the house can be transferred early.
Fortunately, the formalities went smoothly.
On Monday afternoon, Zhou Wenyuan packed his luggage at home. Although Xia Duhuan submitted his resignation to the unit, the formalities have not been completed. She went to the unit.
After completing the resignation procedures, it was almost time to get off work, and she happened to invite a few colleagues who had a good time to dinner.
I heard that Xia Duhuan was leaving. In addition to congratulations, colleagues are more reluctant.
It is a rare fate for everyone to get together from all over the world. In addition to parting, Xia Duhuan was also a little sad.
On the road to work, there are paulownia trees planted on both sides. Every year when the flowers bloom, when you get out of the subway, you can see a large area of lilac flowers, like purple clouds, like a dream.
All the way to the unit, the mood also became brighter.
It's a pity that now, before the season of flowers, she is leaving.
After the group finished dinner, colleague He Qing accompanied Xia Qianhuan to go back and walk again, that way.
03
He Qing is 5 years younger than Xia Qianhuan, and he has just joined the company for two or three years.
She is very close to Xia Duhuan, and she really treats her as a sister. This time, Xia Duhuan left, and He Qing was the most reluctant.
Almost every year in the company, colleagues return to their hometown for development, and He Qing has never been so sad.
In her eyes, Xia Duhuan is a sister and a friend.
She invited Xia Jinhuan to a bubble tea shop and ordered two cups of milk tea. Seeing that she was sullen, Xia Duan teased her: Come, give my sister a smile. I'm just going back to Jiangcheng, and it's not that I can't see you, why are you acting like you're parting from life and death?
He Qing smiled. It's just that laughter, which is more embarrassing than crying.
"Did you encounter anything when you went back for the Chinese New Year? Are you okay with your doctor's boyfriend?" Xia Duhuan asked tentatively.
He Qing's family is in a small county town in the west, and her classmates are really classmates from elementary school to high school. So, that feeling is not ordinarily deep.
And that doctor's boyfriend, He Qing has had a crush on him since junior high school.
After the college entrance examination, her doctoral boyfriend with excellent grades was admitted to Beijing. He Qing chased after him for him. And because of her abnormal performance in the college entrance examination, she only took one junior college.
It's just that both of them are introverted, and after four years of college, they only occasionally go back to their hometowns together.
It wasn't until the boyfriend was in graduate school that the two began to fall in love, and He Qing took the initiative to confess.
Her boyfriend's graduate student returned to a university in the west and studied for a doctorate there, while He Qing joined the work early and has been in the capital.
The distance between the two has increased, and the estrangement has increased.
04
During the Chinese New Year, the doctor's boyfriend took He Qing to his house to meet his parents.
It's just that the man's mother, after learning that He Qing was just a junior college student, her face changed and said: My eldest is very good, and his younger brother is not bad, and he is also a graduate student.
The future mother-in-law is secretly telling He Qing to stay away from her son. Their family's criteria for choosing a daughter-in-law are very high. At the very least, the degree should be a graduate student, and it would be better if it is a doctorate.
He Qing couldn't stay anymore and wanted to go back. But the boyfriend kept looking at her pleadingly, telling her not to go, to listen to his mother.
What made He Qing sad was that the doctor's boyfriend didn't say a word to defend her.
During the meal, his mother had a cold face, his father was also silent, and the doctor's boyfriend buried his head in cooking. He Qing couldn't swallow it.
She originally thought that the two families were in a small county town, knew the roots, and were childhood sweethearts.
Unexpectedly, the first time I saw my future in-laws, I knocked her back to the prototype.
He Qing was both sad and powerless.
Plus my boyfriend is now going abroad for another year to be an exchange student.
He Qing's mother originally proposed that before her boyfriend went abroad, they would get married first. It's easy for each other to feel at ease. It's just that on his boyfriend's side, his parents don't agree.
Now, He Qing is struggling to break up.
As he spoke, he Qing's tears flowed out. She took Xia Duhuan's hand: Sister, before, you were here, and when I felt sad, I could still talk to you. Now, you're going back, I don't even know, what should I do?
My mom actually told me to go back to my hometown, and I struggled too. Let's go back, there are no particularly suitable jobs over there, and I don't want to take the exam.
Xia Duhuan understands He Qing's feelings very well, a little girl, thousands of miles away from home, working alone in a strange city, sharing a house with others.
Once, when He Qing checked out, the landlord was unwilling to return their deposit. In the end, I went to the police station.
Such a weak little girl, in order to protect her own interests, is trying to learn to grow.
Eventually, after a struggle, the landlord returned half of the deposit.
The ups and downs of individuals can only be experienced by those who rent a house alone.
05
Thinking of this, Xia Duhuan patted He Qing's hand and said: Have you ever thought about your future? If you are too tired to drift here, I think it is also a good choice to go home and be closer to your parents. Of course, this also depends on yourself and what you want.
He Qing nodded, shook his head again, and said confusedly: I don't know what I want? Before, I thought that when my boyfriend graduates, I will go wherever he goes.
Now it seems that it may not work. If he can't handle his parents, then we're going to break up.
Besides, I don't want to be disliked by his parents. There's nothing I can do about academic qualifications. Sister, you also know that what I am most afraid of is the exam, and I am nervous when I get to the exam.
Xia Duhuan nodded, held He Qing's hand, and tried to give her some strength: No matter what choice you make, my sister will support you. When I go back, you can call me at any time if something happens. I can't help you with anything, but it's okay to listen to you.
He Qing's tears could no longer be controlled, and they flowed out violently.
Xia Duhuan also felt uncomfortable, although she and He Qing were not sisters, but the relationship in the past few years made them like sisters.
She also felt sorry for He Qing and worried about her, but now she had to leave.
When they were separated at the subway station that day, He Qing and Xia Duhuan hugged tightly, both reluctant, but sometimes life is so helpless.
When Xia Duhuan got home, it was almost 11 o'clock. Zhou Wenyuan packed his luggage for most of the day, and he was already tired and collapsed on the sofa at the moment.
He asked Xia Duhuan why he came back so late?
Xia Duhuan sat next to him, sighed and said: After the end, I chatted with He Qing for a while, and the little girl was very reluctant to me. Coupled with the fact that she is not in a good relationship now, I don't know how to persuade her.
He Qing and Zhou Wenyuan also knew each other, and they had been to their house a few times before. Every time, I will buy gifts for Doudou and buy all kinds of delicious snacks. Doudou likes her very much.
06
Zhou Wenyuan took Xia Qianhuan's hand: You said that she was not in a good relationship, what's wrong?
Xia Duhuan told Zhou Wenyuan a brief description of what He Qing told her.
Zhou Wenyuan pondered for a while and said: I'm afraid that they still have a grind. Unless the doctor's boyfriend is determined, he has to be clear.
Xia Duhuan nodded, and said helplessly: Who said it wasn't?
The two chatted for a while, and agreed to get up early the next day to continue packing.
The next day, after cleaning up for a morning, Xia Duhuan looked at the large and small cardboard boxes, and said with some emotion: You say, how do we have more things?
Zhou Wenyuan touched her head: Anyway, we have lived here for several years, and we have children, so it is normal to have a lot of things.
On the third day, they called the courier company's car to come and pull the packed things away, and then they called the cleaner to do the cleaning.
Before the two left, they were reluctant. After all, this is the first house they bought, and no matter how small, it used to be their home and gave them a lot of warmth.
Xia Duhuan also took a small video indoors, saying that it was a souvenir.
When he went out, Zhou Wenyuan took Xia Duhuan and took a group photo at the door. The couplet posted at the door is still the one they bought together in the supermarket during the Chinese New Year, and the one they chose had a particularly good meaning.
I didn't expect them to leave so soon. After going downstairs, Xia Duhuan stood downstairs again, looked up, and glanced at the window of the house where they used to live.
Before getting into the car, he waved and said silently in his heart: goodbye.
The car drove forward, passing by the road she had once walked, and Xia Duanhuan looked at the surrounding scenery greedily.
That road is her favorite, and every year in May, the left fence of the road is covered with pink roses.
It was the happiest time of summer.
It's just that now it's time to say goodbye. However, Xia Duhuan silently made a decision in her heart: wait for a few years, Doudou will be a little older and take her to her hometown again.
When he went back, Zhou Wenyuan drove his car, and the trunk was stuffed with things.
All the way south, you can see more and more green, and spring is really coming.
To be continued......