Marriage pet: marrying a thousand gold

Chapter 228 Concentrated Dream (Su Ningxue) (2)
13-year-old Su Ningxue has won the praise of all the elders in her family with her high talent.

14-year-old Su Ningxue, at the reunion dinner on the New Year's Eve, the head of the Su family declared loudly after drinking: "Among the younger generations, Ningxue is the one who wins my heart the most. Erlang deserves it!"

My brothers and sisters of the same generation all cast envious glances at me. In this family, how many younger generations can receive the praise that the old man places such high hopes on?

However, they didn't know that such an assertion was like an invisible shackle, trapping me in it for the next few years or even decades. After that night, Su Ningxue would never have the chance to seek freedom again!
How did they understand that I never thought about being worthy or not, and I also secretly read the novels my sister hid under the pillow. I long for someone who can love me unconditionally.

Not because of my cleverness, not because of my calmness, not because of my profound knowledge, nor because I am about to become the best junior in the new generation of the Su family, but because I am me, so I love me.

It's just that in that age, such a thought should be the apostasy that my father said, right?
"Ningxue, yesterday afternoon the piano teacher said that you sneaked away in the middle of practice, what's going on?"

My mother's slightly displeased reprimand brought back my drifting thoughts. I squeezed the sketch paper in my hand, and while packing up the drawing board, I replied to my mother: "Oh, I just felt a little tired, so I went back to my room to rest."

There was slight helplessness on my mother's beautiful face. She was like a traditional noble lady at that time. She walked over in an elegant cheongsam, and looked at me with the same pride, satisfaction and guilt as my father.

"If you're really tired, stop drawing. Ningqiu will go to the movies with her classmates in the afternoon, so you should go too!"

A movie ticket was stuffed into my hand, and my mother's soft hands were warm and tolerant. After my mother left, I didn't go to see the movie ticket, but looked down at the wrinkled sketch paper that I had crumpled.

There was only my own breathing in the silence of the studio. I spread out the crumpled paper again, and what I saw was a sparrow soaring high——

Su Ningxue also longed to fly out of the cage of the Su family and soar freely in the air.

But she couldn't, couldn't fly out.

I was supposed to watch a comedy movie that afternoon, but the eccentric Ning Qiu changed her mind temporarily and dragged me to watch a foreign movie. I didn't show much interest.

He even frowned when he saw the plot where both the male and female protagonists died in love at the end.

I can't agree with the feeling of committing suicide at every turn, just as if I saw a bad joke.

I didn't know until later that this movie that I almost despised was called "Romeo and Juliet".

At that time, a 19-year-old girl was supposed to marry as a wife, and from then on she would take care of her husband and teach her children.

Therefore, generally when a girl is fifteen or sixteen years old, the family should be busy looking for suitable and outstanding young men.

On the night of my 16th birthday, for the first time, my marriage was brought up on the family agenda.

I still remember that day, when the guests who came to congratulate me were sent off, the family sat in the living room and chatted after dinner.

Ning Qiu gave me a piece of cake and warmly kissed me on the cheek: "Sister, happy birthday!"

Such words and deeds of hers successfully earned the stares of the head of the family, but Ning Qiu curled her mouth disapprovingly, kicked off the slippers on her feet, leaned her legs on my shoulders, and grinned.

I dote on this younger sister, she is like another Su Ningxue who has gained freedom, fully expressing my desire for an unfettered life.

However, before I had time to take a bite of the cake, I was stunned by my father's words.

When he spoke, he was still holding a white piece in his hand, looking down at the black and white chessboard.

His mother sat beside him, quietly serving a cup of green tea.

In the mist of tea, sitting together, the two still look like a pair of undiminished couples.

Then, my father put down the chess pieces, took out a photo from somewhere and put it on the coffee table.

Ning Qiu had already taken the photos out of curiosity and looked through them thoroughly.

The father explained plainly: "The son of Lao Jin's family is the same age as Ningxue. He has a good life, and his personality is not bad in my opinion. He is quite suitable for Ningxue."

That was the first time I seriously thought about my future, but I found that the front was at a loss, and I couldn't find any clues. At that moment, my parents were arranging the way ahead for me.

Ning Qiu held the photo and looked at it for a long time, then muttered for a long time: "This man doesn't look good, my sister is only old, dad should find someone who is older and more reliable."

Dad didn't seem to agree with Ning Qiu's statement, and frowned: "only the same age can have common topics, and the other party is also a talented child, compared to being married, I can treat your sister with respect as a guest."

Ning Qiu didn't argue with her father, she tilted her head to look at me, and approached me with a wicked smile on the corner of her mouth.

She waved the photo in front of me, "Does my sister want to marry this young man?"

I was amused by her pretending to be old-fashioned, touched her soft long hair, and glanced at the photo in Ning Qiu's hand from the corner of my eyes, but my eyes only stayed for a second and then moved away without a trace.

To me in the photo, at that time, he was still a stranger I had never met.

So facing Ning Qiu's gaze waiting there, I shook my head lightly: "I don't want to."

As he spoke, he put his arms around her back and added jokingly: "Sister wants to be with you forever."

However, my mind was heavy after the night.

Although my father never mentioned my marriage again, and I only remembered it occasionally, subconsciously, this undecided marriage has become a big stone on my chest.

The photo that my father took out that night, I don't know whether he forgot it or left it on purpose, is lying in the drawer of the dresser in her room, and every time she opens the drawer, the man is looking at her quietly.

Finally, on a certain day, I couldn't suppress the instigated voice in my heart, and took out the photo.

In a quiet room, with the doors and windows closed, I was like a thief who had peeked at the secret. My calm heart gradually became disordered when I saw the man in the photo, no, it should be said that it was a boy.

This boy, will he become my husband, Su Ningxue?

I looked at the photo in my hand and was silent for a long time.

This boy is very handsome, even though there is still a little childishness on his face, but there is a deep undercurrent in his deep eyes, such a man will definitely not be a mediocre person in the future.

(End of this chapter)