Father's Land Mother's River

Chapter 76 The Poet
Liu Xiaonan just woke up after a nap, glanced at her watch, and listened to the movement in the other room.The two of them confided that they couldn't part each other, and they didn't go to bed until early in the morning. At this time, Gu Yu was sleeping soundly, and the slight breathing sound was intermittent.

Liu Xiaonan quietly dressed and got up, and looked into the other room with her head.

Gu Yu lay sideways on the bed, only a towel was draped over her body, her legs were superimposed and bent, and her black hair was scattered on the pillow.No facial expressions can be seen, and the natural sleeping posture presents an elegant and hazy beauty.

I just hope she sleeps in a sweet dream forever.

Liu Xiaonan didn't wash up, he was afraid of disturbing Gu Yu.He tiptoed to the door, picked up his backpack, and stood there motionless.He is reluctant to let go, and there are many things he wants to say to Gu Yu, but he feels that everything he says is nonsense.

Then there is no need to say anything else, wouldn't it be the best choice to leave silently?

He opened the door gently, stepped out, and closed the door slowly and gently.As the door lock clicked lightly, my heart tightened and loosened in shock, and a huge rock fell to the ground with a slam, and I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.The legs stepped down the stairs briskly and relieved, like a long-distance running with sandbags tied to the legs. Once the sandbags were removed, the body felt as light as a swallow and walked like flying.

When he walked out of the building, he didn't look back, he wanted to force himself to forget this place that he had visited countless times and left many happy times.When I arrived at the train station, I bought my train ticket and went to the bathroom to wash my face, and then I ate a little breakfast.

Reverse the car by train and arrive at Fuzhou City near noon.He was frustrated along the way and urgently needed someone to help him out, so he got off the car halfway and went to find his teacher Yue.

The courtyard door was wide open, and the room door was wide open. Yue Xuelian was wearing an apron and cooking in the stove, and the light fragrance wafted across the small courtyard.

Liu Xiaonan stepped over the threshold and walked into the kitchen, sniffing and joking: "It's better to come early than to come early, Mr. Xiaoyue, am I particularly lucky?"

Liu Xiaonan's rash visit made Yue Xuelian a little flustered, and a slight blush appeared on her pretty face.Inexplicably avoiding Liu Xiaonan's gaze, she lowered her head and whispered, "Greedy cat has a sharp nose. There are guests at home, you go in, my dad will introduce you."

Hearing the voices of the two people, Yue Zifan shouted loudly in the room: "Is it Xiaonan? Come in quickly, I will introduce someone to you."

Liu Xiaonan walked into the room, and saw a young man sitting on a chair with Teacher Yue as soon as he opened his eyes.

Natural curly long hair, draped over the shoulders in a corrugated shape, but the beard hangs straight on the chin, and the appearance is dignified, tall and well-groomed.A blue striped T-shirt on the upper body, and a pair of shiny blue-gray boss pants on the lower body, elegant and eclectic.

Liu Xiaonan remembered that this person's name was Ji Feng, he was a poet, he had published a lot of poetry and prose in newspapers and magazines, he was well-known in this city, and he met in the Federation of Literary and Art Circles not long ago.

Because this Ji Feng talked with Mr. Zhao Guangzhi, with unique knowledge and insights, Mr. Zhao had almost no room to intervene, so he was deeply impressed.He was able to appear at Teacher Yue's house, and he could understand what was going on without thinking too much, no wonder Yue Xuelian looked unnatural, as if someone had broken the secret.

The two have the same interests, and the cold and the hot make up for each other, so they are quite a match.I hope that the Prince Charming in her heart will stop being cold-faced and resolve the marriage issue as soon as possible, and settle Teacher Yue's concern.

Liu Xiaonan took the initiative to extend her hand: "Ji Feng, hello, we met at the Federation of Literary and Art Circles."

"Really?" Ji Feng bowed on the chair, shook hands with Liu Xiaonan, sat down and said, "Sorry, I don't have much impression of you."

Yue Zifan stood up, patted Liu Xiaonan on the shoulder, and said to Ji Feng: "Liu Xiaonan, my student, you don't know that his novel is about to be put on the screen." Turning his head to Liu Xiaonan, he said, "He is Xue Lian's date just now. .”

"Congratulations, Teacher Yue." Liu Xiaonan knew that she had come at the wrong time, so she left immediately: "The factory gave me a one-month vacation, and I will drop by to see you. There are guests at home, so I will come chat with you another day."

Yue Zifan pretended to be angry: "I didn't treat you as an outsider, but you are polite to me, thinking that the food at the teacher's house is not good? You haven't served the job at the teacher's house yet, and you are going to college soon. If you celebrate, you won’t return today if you don’t get drunk.”

Isn't this preposterous?Why does Teacher Yue ignore Yue Xuelian's feelings?Liu Xiaonan insisted, "I'm a fake college student, and I'm not worthy of congratulations. I'll have a drink with you another day."

"Let's go!" Yue Zifan got angry, sat down and said, "Don't come to the door again."

Liu Xiaonan glanced at Ji Feng, who was out of the way, put down his backpack and said, "I'll listen to you, you accompany the guests, and I'll go and help Xuelian."

Yue Zifan waved his hand.Liu Xiaonan walked into the kitchen and said to Yue Xuelian: "I'll stay and eat, let's see what I can do?"

Yue Xuelian raised her head from the stove and said in a low voice, "The teacher at the school introduced me to you. After you went to the school for an interview, not long after, take it home and let my father see it."

This indicated that she was very satisfied, and Liu Xiaonan also whispered: "Congratulations, junior sister. You are a talented and beautiful woman, and I just took this opportunity to taste your superb cooking skills."

Yue Xuelian glared at Liu Xiaonan: "Don't be silly. You can't eat and drink for free. I forgot to buy wine when I went out to buy vegetables, and I can't move. You run my errands for me."

Of course he was willing to help, so Liu Xiaonan ran out to buy wine in a frenzy.

Yue Xuelian fried the last dish and happily set the table.The first time she met Ji Feng, she was attracted by his handsome and free-spirited demeanor, his extraordinary conversation and poems were unconventional, and she couldn't help secretly wishing, her cold and closed heart was quietly opened for him.

Ji Feng is a college student assigned from other places and works in a district cultural department.Frequent dating, Ji Feng sent her home every time, he was considerate and courteous, and stopped at the door of the house every time.

She was secretly grateful that he was able to consider a single woman who lived alone, which proved that he was a responsible person with good conduct.

After further contact and understanding, she led him into her home.He was amazed that in this city, she could have a house of her own.She explained that it was a house in her mother's name.He swore that if he had a house, he would marry her immediately and give her a happy home.

This was the first time a man talked to her about marriage, and her heart became warm. The fear of marriage was like ice on the river in spring, and it had already begun to melt from the inside.She had tasted the sweetness of love and looked forward to a happy married life, so she led Ji Feng to her father.

They arrived home yesterday afternoon. Ji Feng's performance was remarkable and he bought a lot of presents for his father.She secretly asked her father what his impression of Ji Feng was, and his father said that it is fine if you like it, and he has no objection.

But she always felt that her father's words were insincere, and talking with Ji Feng didn't arouse any interest, as evidenced by the bored look with his head sullen.

Liu Xiaonan's unexpected appearance caught her by surprise, she didn't want Liu Xiaonan to see that she was in a relationship.I don't know why, but I just don't want him to know everything about me.

She listened carefully to the conversation between her father and Liu Xiaonan.My father suddenly became happy and wanted to force Liu Xiaonan to stay, congratulating him on his upcoming college entrance.She complained incessantly to herself, is father confused?What does Monsoon think?
With a sharp contrast, she suddenly understood that Liu Xiaonan was the person her father liked the most.Her father's undisguised liking hurt her heart even more.

There used to be fate.When we met in the editorial department, I was so arrogant that I didn't like the work of a rural youth at all.If he could read it carefully and humbly, he would probably be able to guess that he was his father's student, and maybe he wouldn't have made a bad first impression on him by saying hurtful things like playing the piano to cows just for a piece of sack.

The first time they met at home, she had a good impression of him, just a good impression.A female college student, in front of a rural youth who has only published her first novel, has an obvious sense of superiority.

Since when did you secretly pay attention to him?It should be that time when he brought Gu Yu to visit his father at home. Such a girl with superior conditions and beautiful appearance gave him a lifelong dream and fell in love with him. How amazing and romantic!
My father called it Qiyuan, why can't the heroine of Qiyuan be me?

It's not that you don't have the innate conditions, it's that you don't have the vision of knowing the bead.She seemed to have lost something important and urgently needed to find it back, so she made an exception and called him senior brother to shorten the distance between them.

It was during the PEN meeting that I got a comprehensive, concrete and real understanding of him.She participated in the writing of his novel "Father's Land, Mother's River", and she was surprised to find that the cooperation between them was so perfect, so she agreed to write the two juniors in love at the end.

The novel is fictional, and she felt as if it had actually happened.The reality is cruel, he is in love with Gu Yu, but she is not reconciled, so she tentatively asks a silly question "will you love me".

His expression at that time was stupefied and doubtful, but she understood bitterly that all this came too late, and they had passed by in the sea of ​​people by accident.

Really loved, dare not forget - his understanding and pursuit of love, after all, opened up a pure and beautiful world for her, and she began to pursue her own love.But there was always a horizontal pole and a vertical reference in front of her eyes, which was not pleasing to anyone, until the monsoon appeared.

Ji Feng is the only one who can make up for the lack in her heart.

Liu Xiaonan brought back a case of beer and a big watermelon.Yue Xuelian had already arranged the table and chairs. He sat next to Yue Zifan, put himself in the lowest position, opened the beer and filled it up one by one, raised the glass and said, "Ji Feng, you don't know something. Teacher Yue is mine. Life mentor, Yue Xuelian is about to become my university teacher, this home has special meaning to me. I wish you all the best, first do it first and then respect it.”

With a soft yet hard tone, he clinked glasses with Ji Feng and drank it down.

Ji Feng was also unambiguous, and drank the same gulp, put down the empty glass and said: "Snow Lotus and I know each other and love each other, so naturally we regard this home as my own home. I also wish you finally have the opportunity to enter the university, at least you can improve your best. Basic literacy."

Yue Xuelian said to Ji Feng from the side: "Objectively speaking, literary literacy is difficult to measure and define by the degree of education. In terms of novel writing, Xiaonan's grasp of characters and events is quite accurate, you and I are not like him." Sensitivity."

"I just disdain to write novels." Ji Feng raised his lower lip and blew upwards, a few strands of hair on his forehead floated up.He said to Yue Xuelian: "Fiction is a pastime. Poetry can perfectly express the noble and free-spirited soul of human beings. When my soul wanders freely in the sky, I can write more than a dozen poems in one breath. I have briefly read Liu Xiaonan's famous work "Jingjun Ji". The literary talent is really not flattering. It is better to have a ready-made story out there for him to write. There is also a certain degree of chance and luck that can be made into a movie. Liu Xiaonan, Am i right?"

Yue Zifan had a gloomy face and didn't say a word, just drank in suspense; Yue Xuelian's face was embarrassed, her eyes evasive and she dared not look directly at Liu Xiaonan.

Liu Xiaonan smiled and said to Ji Feng: "As expected of a poet, what you said is too accurate. I always feel that I don't have the talent to write, and my writing is too stupid. It's not something that happened in my life. I can't write it just by imagination." , not to mention any literary talent."

Yue Zifan picked up the bottle and poured wine for Liu Xiaonan: "Xiaonan, you are the best student in the eyes of the teacher, no one, even though you didn't get into college. There is one thing I haven't figured out. When you were in high school, I I found out that your memory is far inferior to that of your father, and I am secretly worried for you. Your father reads very easily, why are you so stupid? At that time, I didn’t dare to ask you for fear of hurting your self-confidence. It’s okay to ask now, right? ?”

Liu Xiaonan picked up another bottle and poured wine for Yue Zifan, and said with a relaxed smile, "I'm also wondering, am I born to my father? I can only explain it by being severely injured when I was a child. Teacher Yue, you don't know, I almost drowned in the river as a kid."

After listening to Liu Xiaonan's account of his drowning process, Yue Zifan slapped his forehead: "Stinky boy, you took your life, and your intelligence must be damaged. Fortunately, God opened another window for you, which is a blessing in misfortune. "

Two schools naturally formed at the dinner table. Yue Zifan talked with Liu Xiaonan about the trivial matters in life, and Ji Feng and Yue Xuelian discussed poetry and the noble and free soul.Liu Xiaonan noticed a detail, Ji Feng never poured wine to anyone, including Teacher Yue.

When he was full of wine and food, Liu Xiaonan got up to pour wine for Ji Feng, stood holding the wine glass and said, "Ji Feng, I have another identity, I hope you can remember it. I am Yue Xuelian's senior brother, I will never allow She was harmed in any way."

"Is this a warning?" Ji Feng also stood up with a glass of wine, and said with a touch of long hair: "I'm afraid you will be disappointed, I will love her with my soul."

Yue Xuelian patted the dining table: "What are you two doing? Acting for me?"

Liu Xiaonan drank the wine in the glass, and seeing Yue Xuelian sitting down with Ji Feng, she also sat down and said to Yue Zifan with a smile: "Rehearsal, rehearsal in advance."

Yue Zifan actually smiled knowingly, and patted Liu Xiaonan on the shoulder, meaning that thanks to you, you can say what I want to say in this way.This kind of tacit understanding is natural, without any trace of deliberation.

Helping Yue Xuelian clean up the dinner table, Liu Xiaonan bid farewell to Yue Zifan.

Yue Zifan insisted on seeing him off, and he walked all the way to the entrance of the alley, before he stopped and said, "Xiaonan, Xuelian finally had a relationship with her heart, and I don't have the heart to interfere. You protect Xuelian's dignity everywhere, and today you are wronged." gone."

Liu Xiaonan didn't mind: "It's the most suitable for me to sing the black face."

Yue Zifan nodded and asked: "There is a deep worry hidden between your brows, is there something else?"

There was a happy event at Mr. Yue’s family, and Liu Xiaonan didn’t want to cause trouble, but Mr. Yue saw that he took the initiative to ask, so he could only tell the truth: “Mr. Yue, when I was in high school, I asked you about something. In a word, is it too ridiculous to be my lifelong dream? You told me that her expectations are closely connected with my dreams and are inseparable. Now, my dream has come true, but it runs counter to her parents' expectations, and she suffers because of it I am under great pressure. I did not obey her parents' wishes, which means giving up many things that others want but can't get, even love. I still ask you to verify, is it worth it?"

"Choices in life cannot be simply judged by whether they are worthwhile or not." Yue Zifan said indifferently: "When you live to my age, you will understand that if you gain something, you will lose it, and if you lose something, you will gain it. It is impossible to hold all the things you want firmly in your hands. You must lose part of it before you can hold what you want the most. What you give up is indeed regrettable. The reason why you are here After you made a decision, you asked me for confirmation, explaining that although your choice is very difficult and painful, you still stick to your own life direction. Your destiny is in your own hands, otherwise, no matter how brilliant your future life is Relying on other people's rewards. This is commendable, and it is destined to be extraordinary, and naturally it is lonely."

Liu Xiaonan's heart opened up a lot, became clearer, waved his teacher Yue goodbye and went home.After walking a few steps, Teacher Yue stopped him again.

"Exaggerating, supercilious!" Yue Zifan warned Liu Xiaonan: "Xiaonan, remember, you must not read like that when reading."

(End of this chapter)