Section 2 Another Weekend
()The next weekend, I went back to my home.
My parents and sister were very happy to see me coming home. I was also busy passing out cigarettes to people in the bay and talking.
After dinner, my parents and I sat at the table, and my sister was washing the dishes. I took out my salary and gave it to my parents. After watching my mother put it away, I said carefully:
"Mom and Dad, let me discuss something with you."
"What's the matter?" Dad asked.
"I'm talking about being friends." I continued to say carefully.
"Don't you have a lot of friends? Every Chinese New Year, a lot of friends come to play." Dad disagreed.
"Not the kind of friends we have during the Chinese New Year." I said carefully.
"What kind of friend is that?" Dad looked at me strangely.
"I said the child's father, why are you so stupid? Do you need to ask again and again? She must be my girlfriend!" My dear mother must understand me, I thought to myself.
"You've just started working, and now you're dating your girlfriend?" Obviously, Dad was unhappy.
"It's just a matter of talking and understanding." I explained.
"Aliu, don't listen to your dad. Mom asked you, are you beautiful?" Mom seemed interested, but dad didn't say anything when he saw my mom saying this.
When my sister heard that we were talking about my friends, she immediately put down the dishes she was washing and rushed over.
"Beautiful." I answered ambiguously. I saw my sister coming over, and I was even more embarrassed, so I said, "What are you kiddo listening to? Are you going to wash the dishes?"
"I'm just going to listen. Is my sister-in-law pretty?" the younger sister was too lazy to leave.
My mother pulled up a stool and said to my sister, "Sit down and listen."
My sister quickly sat on it, raised her chin, looked at me, and waited for me to say something.
I remained silent.
"What's your name?" Mom started to ask.
"Ke Wanfang." I replied.
"Where do you work?" Mom asked.
"Commerce Bureau." I answered truthfully.
"How old are you?" Mom asked again.
"One year younger than me." I continued to answer truthfully.
"Who introduced me?" Mom continued to ask.
"Director Wu from our Political Department." My mother and I asked and answered.
"What do her parents do?" Mom then asked.
"Her mother is the deputy secretary of the county Youth League Committee, and her father is a government cadre." I replied.
"Do her parents agree?" Mom has so many questions.
"Her parents agreed. Her parents and I met once at Director Wu's house."
"How is your personality?" Mom continued to ask.
"She has a pretty good personality, she is gentle and sensible. She is the only daughter in her family." I said so much in one breath, I thought my mother would have no problem.
Who knows my mom continued to have questions: "How long have you been together?"
"A few months." I answered, knowing that this answer would definitely arouse dissatisfaction.
"How many months has it been?! You didn't tell us! You're working! How brave are you?!" Dad's voice was full of dissatisfaction.
"His father, please don't scare the child like this, okay? He is working now and is a people's policeman. Do you think he is still at home before?" Mom persuaded.
My most beloved mother, you are so good to me! I really can’t bear to kiss my mother.
As expected, Dad fell silent.
"Son, tell the truth to your mother, won't you just tell us this when you come back today?" her mother asked.
My mother, my dear mother, my dear mother, you don’t serve as a people’s police officer and you don’t serve as a criminal police officer. It’s really a loss to the country, I sighed in my heart.
I remained silent.
"Tell me, your father won't dare to do anything with me here." Obviously, my mother saw my concerns.
"Then what I said?" I asked tentatively.
"You tell me." My sister obviously couldn't wait any longer, and she pursed her lips, looking unhappy.
After a pause, I tentatively spoke again: "Can you promise that I told you that you don't blame me?" and prolonged the word "blame".
"Child, what are you talking about? Will your parents lie to you?" My mother was also a little unhappy.
Seeing that the time was almost up, I glanced at my father, then at my mother, and said softly: "My friend asked me to come to her house."
"What? Come to the door?" Obviously, my words exceeded my father's expectations, and he raised the decibel level of his voice.
"The child's father, please lower your voice so that we can hear you." Mom was a little unhappy when she saw her father's reaction.
Dad habitually chose to shut up in front of mom and immediately became silent.
"Son, did your friend tell you the nature of the person who came to your door?" the mother asked.
My mother, my dear mother, my beloved mother, my mother who does not do police work or does not do criminal justice is a loss to the country. Please, don’t be so smart, okay?
"She said she is a friend and she came to visit her during the Chinese New Year." I answered bravely.
"It can't be that simple? Is there such a simple thing?" Mom obviously didn't believe my answer.
"That's what she said." Seeing that my mother didn't believe it, I said firmly. After finishing speaking, I didn't forget to nod in affirmation.
"My silly son, your girlfriend is much smarter than you." Mom sighed and shook her head.
"Tell the truth to mom, how far has your relationship developed?" Mom asked again.
"It's just a relationship between ordinary friends." I replied readily, this question can be answered.
"More than that?" Mom asked sharply, obviously not believing what I said.
My face turned red, and my little sister left to wash the dishes, but her ears were still with us.
"Just holding hands, hugging, kissing, nothing else really." He lowered his head and stammered.
"Is it really gone?" Mom continued to ask, how could there be no other appearance of Yifu?
I nodded vigorously, confirming that it was gone. After nodding, I lowered my head again.
"Son, raise your head like a man. There's nothing to be ashamed of when talking about your girlfriend!" Mom's voice rose.
I immediately raised my head obediently and looked at my mother.
"Son, what do you want to do?" Mom looked at me and said.
"Come to her door on New Year's Day." I said it simply. I wasn't afraid anymore anyway, and I felt much more relaxed after saying it.
"My son is really good! Come to her door! Yes! Just come to her door! Although we are farmers, she is a secretary and a national cadre. What are we afraid of?! I have such an outstanding son like you, and you are also a national cadre.
What are you afraid of?!" Mom cheered me up.
Seeing my mother's resolute attitude, my father also perked up: "How much does it cost? How much do you think it will cost?"
"My friend said that it's just a normal visit to buy some cigarettes, wine, fruits, and snacks. We'll wait until the official visit to do the rest." I repeated what Wanfang said to me.
"Son, it seems you have really made a very good girlfriend." Mom praised.
"She is really good. Director Wu and Aunt Chen praised her. Besides, the person your son likes must be the best." I said cheerfully, and I felt a little proud when my mother affirmed her.
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"His dad, don't you think the child will take home next month's salary?" the mother said to the father.
"Why?" Dad didn't understand.
"Why else? If the child has friends, it must cost money. If we don't give him money, how can we ask him to take his salary home again?" Mom is indeed wise.
"That makes sense, so don't let him take it home." Dad agreed with Mom.
I hurriedly replied: "That's not possible. My salary still has to be paid to my family." I spent so much money studying and now that I am working, I think I should give the money to my parents.
The mother said sternly: "My child, we are poor but our ambitions are poor. Now you are friends. Her family situation is better than ours. It will definitely cost money for you to go out to play, have a meal and so on. Can you call a girl?"
Children provide money? It is not a manly way to be timid when it comes to spending money."
I thought it right, how could I spend a girl's money! But I couldn't spend all the money. So, I chose a compromise opinion and said: "Then I will take half of my salary home every month.
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"My son is still sensible." Mom touched my head lovingly. "That's fine, we can save it for you until you get married."
Seeing that it was getting late, my mother said: "Son, this girlfriend you have is very good, you have to treat her well!"
"I will." I replied.
"Then you take a shower and go to bed early. Your dad and I have something to do." Mom said.
Chapter completed!