tenth year of teaching

Chapter 81
"Dabei, February 2th this year coincides with the first day of the first lunar month. It's a very interesting thing. The streets are full of people attending temple fairs and sellers of roses. It's a perfect combination of Chinese and Western styles. Are you busy with your construction schedule? Why don't you celebrate the New Year? Come back? Which country are you in now?"

Chu Xia sighed, Dabei began to live an invisible life again. Since leaving on New Year's Day last time, there has been no news for several months.This holiday was basically spent contacting students and parents. Fortunately, Li Na and Zhang Yan were relatively stable in mood and did not have much fluctuation after the New Year.But she still contacted Li Na's mother and Zhang Yan's third aunt once a day to confirm the students' basic conditions.

Guan Min was putting clothes in the suitcase. After staying at home for ten days, she finally felt the long-lost warmth and adjusted her mentality to some extent.An Lei did not go home with her, and her mother-in-law disagreed, saying she had never seen a son follow his daughter-in-law home for the New Year.At that time, she was very angry that she was still so conservative in this age.Many warm memories before marriage were gradually worn away by the bumping of pots and pans after marriage, leaving nothing but resentment and resentment.

The night before leaving, she whispered to An Lei in the bedroom: "Are you sure you don't want to go home with me?"

An Lei was still playing games and didn't look back: "You said so too, why do you have to go back? It's so cold at your home. Why don't we go back and stay for a few more days during the summer vacation? It will be cooler and more comfortable when we go back."

"An Lei, in the first year I got married to you, I spent the New Year's Eve at your house and the fifth day of the first lunar month at your house. I have to go home to see my parents, right? I can't go back for a few months. Home, why should I go back and visit during the Chinese New Year? Why don't you consider my feelings at all?" Guan Min felt aggrieved and sat on the bedside crying.

An Lei looked at her exaggeratedly: "My home? Your home? This is our home, why does it become my home?"

"Your parents are here. The three of you are reunited and celebrating the New Year happily. What about me? What about me?" Guan Min couldn't help but raise his voice.

"Are you sick? Who are you in the same family with? After we get married, we return to your home and mine. Do you really want to quarrel?" An Lei's tone became stiff.

"Are we getting married? Don't you see what is not according to your family's customs in this family now? I have to listen to you and your mother in everything. Which of you has ever asked me?"

An Lei was a little surprised that Guan Min not only didn't turn off the engine early today, but also became more and more enthusiastic as he talked.He couldn't help but start to get angry: "Aren't you always good? Why do you have to shout today?"

"Okay? Ha." Guan Min sneered, "You think it's okay, I've been enduring it. Including this time when I go home, what do you think of your mother's attitude? Why do you have to spend the New Year at your house because you are a son? I am not my father Did your mother raise you? I just mentioned one year, but your mother’s face almost drooped to her chest. Seeing that she was unhappy, I said I would go back after the New Year, and I had to wait for your nod when I got home. , whose house do you think this is?"

"You can't return your love, you're hypocritical, what's the big deal?" An Lei didn't understand why she lost her temper. He thought that he had promised to go back together during the summer vacation, but now he had to suffer the consequences of not being able to buy tickets and being cold. Well?
Guan Min lifted the quilt and fell asleep directly. She was also helpless. This family was not ordinary selfish, and it was completely different from her previous dreams.At this moment, she wished she could grow a pair of wings and fly back immediately, to her home!

I was dragging a suitcase weighing seventy or eighty kilograms by myself, which was filled with gifts for relatives and friends. It was not easy for me to go back, but I still had to bring something for my seven aunts and eight aunts at home.I also carry a large backpack with necessities.After squeezing the bus and then the train, she finally settled down. She was too tired to lift her arms.Ever since I was little, my father and brother have carried luggage for long distances. I have never dragged such a heavy box.She rubbed her wrists, sat in front of the window, and looked at the scenery outside. Because she kept inking, she bought the ticket late, and there was no sleeper, so she had to sit back.She sat in a hard seat for nearly 11 hours, but she didn't hesitate at all. When she got the ticket, she was filled with joy of going home.

The high-rise buildings outside the window quickly retreated out of sight, and the land gradually revealed its true colors. The continuous loess and poplar trees with fallen leaves repeated monotonously over and over again, but in her eyes they were so beautiful, and the mood that had been suppressed for a long time came back. Slowly relax in the joy of home.I dialed the phone and told my mother that I was on the bus. The other end of the phone asked me to pay attention to my safety and to call in advance when I arrived at the station. My father would go back to pick her up.After hanging up the phone, she raised the corners of her mouth, and flowers slowly bloomed in her heart, "It's great to go home!"

Sitting in my father's car, looking at the familiar tree hangings outside the window, I felt the sour feeling of overcoming the thick snow.She leaned against the glass and let out a breath, completely relaxing.

Dad was driving in front and asked with a smile: "Would you rather go home? Will you not regret it if you insist on going to BJ?"

Guan Min couldn't answer. Do you regret it?There are still some, but the main reason is that it is too far away from home.

"Is An Lei very busy? Didn't he have winter vacation because he was transferred out of school?"

"Well, he brought gifts for you, your mother, and your brother. He just passed by and is still in the adapting stage, so it's hard to ask for leave. When the summer vacation is less busy, he will ask for leave and go home." Guan Min said without blushing and her heart not beating. Lie.

"Yeah, it's right for men to be busy with their careers. It's good to make progress in this way. What kind of gift should you bring? My precious daughter's coming back is the biggest gift. Your mother misses you so much. She made you chicken stewed with mushrooms, Sauerkraut and pork ribs, and potatoes and beans stewed.”

"Wow, that's great."

The father and daughter talked and laughed all the way, which cleared away the fatigue on her body.For ten days at home, I did nothing but eat and sleep, and then just stayed by my mother's side and chatted about nothing.Her mother stroked her silky hair and smiled softly. Her brother brought his sister-in-law back to make fun together. He still knew how to compete with her for TV as he did when he was a child.The little nephew yelled "Auntie, Gugu" inarticulately, gave him a big red envelope, and teased him with candies to chase him around the house.

One year old, a moment of peace and quiet.

When it was time to leave, she was very reluctant to leave. While packing her suitcase, her mother packed a lot of things for her to take back to her in-laws.She looked at the box full of things, frowned and complained: "It's too heavy, Mom, don't have so many."

"Take it with you. Your dad will send you off here, and An Lei will pick you up over there." Mom said easily.

Guan Min choked suddenly. She couldn't continue talking or explain.I had to silently press the box again and again, kneel on it and pull the zipper hard.

When her father saw her, he quickly pulled her up and said, "I'll do it, I'll do it." He quickly pressed and pulled her tightly.

For ten days, An Lei didn't get a single call.She felt awkward and didn't call back.I waited until I got on the train and sat down, fiddling with my phone over and over in my hand, wondering whether to call back.

Just as he was hesitating, his cell phone rang: "Hello? Are you in the car?"

"Ah."

"I'll drive to pick you up. Give me a call when you get there."

"Yeah, okay." After hanging up the phone, Guan Min twitched her nose in frustration, holding back her tears of grievance.

(End of this chapter)