Xiao Ai (Growth)

Lin is a girl with a unique personality. Because of her unique personality, she has her own story to tell. Xiao Ai studied fine arts in high school and went to Changsha Normal University by mistake. I/kloc-entered school at the age of 0/9 and studied fashion design. I don't know why I dropped out of school. ..... She likes painting, animation, flowers, and everything she finds lovely, endless and confused. ..... She is not a gregarious girl. People who like her will always love her. People who don't like her always say they love her.

Zhang Ailing said such a sentence in Love in a Fallen City: "If you know me in the past, you will forgive me now." Indeed, she is beautiful, she likes quiet, she is a delicate red rose, a morbid beauty. However, people who can understand this sentence may not really understand you.

She looks like a beauty in the Tang Dynasty, with a plump figure and a gorgeous red dress. Her hair is loose, dark and thick, her skin is fair, her eyelashes are very long, and she has double eyelids. Her eyes look particularly gentle, with a face of "walking soul" and sentimentality, much like Catherine, the hostess of Wuthering Heights. She is sometimes gentle, sometimes violent, sometimes pear flowers bring rain, and sometimes flowers are buried and fireworks are scattered, so quiet that people forget her existence.

Xiao Ai ranks second in the family. She has an elder sister above and a younger brother and sister below. Her father looks like Lu Xun in the Republic of China, which is just her personal opinion. If there is any reason, she also said privately that her father has a serious expression, a row of thick black beards and a thin figure, just like Lu Xun in her textbook. It is often said that a serious-looking person is often cute at heart. Xiao Ai disagrees with this statement.

Mr. Lin went to school, but he still has feudal consciousness. Why else would he want a son after he gave birth to three daughters? He is a well-behaved person, probably handed down from his ancestors, who believes in Confucianism and keeps etiquette. For example, the reason why Mr. Lin got married is very interesting. His parents are old and want to have grandchildren, so he goes home to marry a woman. Does he like that woman? He must not know, but if he wants grandchildren, he must find a woman to marry, which he is sure of. He has no opinion and has too many scruples. His life is like a joke.

Mrs. Lin, like most women, lived in obscurity all her life, sacrificed herself and lived a monotonous life of taking care of her husband and educating her children. This is a tragedy. She often talks about how she married him. She hated him for no reason, but she followed him anyway. She hates why he has so many children, but she still loves his children. She hates the way he smokes in bed every day. Even so, he won't help her clean the room. She followed him for more than 30 years, year after year, without a special day. Up to now, she has become a numb and endless woman.

Fortunately, there are children, unfortunately, there are children, happiness and pain are always repeated. Having more children has both advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantages are obvious. Children should buy four servings of everything they eat, and they can't take sides. As the saying goes, since their son was born, they should always take care of him more, and girls always understand. This is also good. Mr. Lin often likes to read newspapers in bed, and several children often come around to beat his legs and massage him. Knowing that the children were begging him for money, he pretended to close his eyes and sleep. At this time, the younger son was annoyed, climbed onto his pillow and pulled his father's beard with his hand. He endured it several times. Suddenly one day, Xiao Ai found his father lying there wiping his tears. He smiled and said to his youngest son, "You have to peel off your father's skin. You will bleed a lot and you will die." Xiao Ai is the wisest. Father wants to eat and drink for money, and all the burdens are on his shoulders.

Mr. Lin is a businessman. He runs a flower shop in the city. Supposedly, his family condition is good, and he won't worry about his livelihood. However, since Mrs. Lin got married, she gave birth to his children from time to time, and unconsciously the family savings were used up. Fortunately, Mrs. Lin is also a shrewd woman, and everything at home is in a mess. She can always handle it properly one by one, and the days go by and the children grow up slowly.

I can't tell whether the Lins are rich or poor now. They rented a big house, but the room was dark and there was no sign of specialization. The first floor is full of flowers and plants, and there are four bedrooms on the second floor. There is not much furniture, which is a bit messy. The girl's bed is full of messy toys, which is a bit like the family environment of the Japanese movie "Thief Family". Although it's messy. The taste of the room is particularly good, with natural floral fragrance. There is also an employee at home who often eats and lives with them.

Little moxa doesn't have many clothes, and those clothes come out on holidays. After the festival, she had to take it off and put it in the cupboard until the next important day. Many clothes are old, and some are even moldy. I want to buy some nice clothes, either I don't satisfy my inner satisfaction, or I'm too idle to go shopping and have no one to accompany me. Finally, buying a dress online is like coping with an exam. It is in this environment that Xiao Ai becomes more and more mature.

Xiao Ai went to a normal university. Not surprisingly, she will become a teacher after graduation. In fact, she doesn't want to be a teacher in her heart. Being a teacher is the most tiring, but she can't figure out what to do after graduation. Find a good man and get married early? She doesn't want to get married so early. I have only learned a little about fashion design, and it is always difficult to find a good job. Don't think too much, it will be painful to think too much.

Xiao Ai's sister is married, but she didn't go out with her brother-in-law after she got married. She helps Mr. Lin at home. Iverson herself is not in a hurry to get married. She thinks she is still young, so she can play in college for a few more years, and then slowly find a suitable person. She is the most sensible person in the family. Being sensible means that she has to take on more responsibilities. Being sensible is honesty in the eyes of outsiders. She is the most wronged person in the family, with her elder sister holding her down and her younger brother and sister letting her go. She has a little temper and injustice, so she must bear it in her heart and digest it herself. Since my sister got married, the heavy work and fatigue at home have fallen on her. For her parents, she dropped out of school and stayed at home honestly. Although she hasn't seen the world much at home, she has a foothold for the time being.

Mr. Lin is very demanding of his son-in-law, saying that marrying a daughter is a loss-making business, especially if the daughter is beautiful. Neighbors in the street like to worry. Seeing such a good girl staying at home, there is no one who is not jealous. Groups of matchmakers, spies, and even people offered to marry them. At first, Mrs. Lin was in no hurry. She thinks her daughter is still young and wants her to stay with her for a few more years. But later, when more people talked about it, she began to move. "Girls should find someone to marry when they are young and beautiful, or they will go down in price when they are old. Now there are several people with good conditions who come to introduce her, and maybe they can meet a good man she likes. Otherwise, when she finds someone outside, you don't know anything about him, and then she will suffer there. We can only blame our irresponsible parents. "

After the eldest daughter got married, she stayed in the flower shop to sell flowers to her father, and her husband went out to work alone. Mrs. Lin trusted her relatives very much and entrusted her eldest daughter with her little moxa's affairs, saying, "If there is a suitable person in the son-in-law's family, I can introduce him to the second sister." Marrying a daughter is always the first and least experienced. When I get married with the second one in the future, there will be a comparison. How much is the bride price, what people want, not too gentle or too rude. Talk to her first, and then look at it when you meet a good person. Keep an eye on it. But this matter, when I told Xiao Ai, she was a little reluctant, glance left and right, and seemed to have something on her mind. Later, I knew that Xiao Ai had a sweetheart. This man is highly educated and now teaches in a middle school. His name is Xu Liangyu, and his family conditions are good.

? Xiao Ai worked as a foreign teacher at school for a while, and Xu Liangyu was there at that time. Two people know each other because of work, but he doesn't speak directly enough. Although both of them have a little interest in each other, enough paper has never burst. At first, Xiao Ai was not interested in him. She thinks he is too formal, this is not enough and that is not enough, but love is always unpredictable. He was very kind to her, and she readily accepted his kindness.

She can't tell what kind of person he is, but now she thinks he is good to herself and can't let him down. Maybe she has other reasons, maybe she is too young to see the world. When you meet a man who likes you, you should devote yourself wholeheartedly. Maybe he came at the right time, neither too early nor too late, just in time. He was the first.

However, for a kind girl like her, opportunities will always find her. With the first person, there will be a second person and a third person. ...

I'll start with the first person, Xu Liangyu. When he first came, Mrs. Lin asked him to have dinner, and Xiao Ai's sister was at home. Mrs. Lin said, "Where have you been working recently?" Liang Yu replied, "Teaching at school." Mrs. Lin added, "Where do you teach?" He replied, "Here it is." She then asked, "Do you teach elementary school or …" He replied, "I teach junior high school mathematics." Mrs. Lin said with a smile, "That's good. My eldest daughter's children can apply for your school in the future. Please watch later. She is very naughty. "

Xiao Ai's sister followed her mother and said, "Now junior high school mathematics is not as difficult as it was then. I can't do it. I can ask her to consult you in the future. " Xu Liangyu said with a smile, "As long as your daughter comes to our school, I will take good care of her." When she saw her family asking questions about Xu Liang, she couldn't get in a word for a while.

At dinner time, Mrs. Lin called them over for dinner, and everyone took their seats in turn. Xiao Ai brought him a meal and handed it to him. Mrs. Lin said, "You're welcome. Help yourself to whatever you want. " Xu Liangyu saw that they had started to pick up food, so he followed them and put some food in his room. "Mr. Lin, why didn't you see it today?" Xiao Ai said, "He has something to do today and has gone out." He added, "Why didn't Silver (Xiao Ai's niece) come over for dinner?" The eldest daughter said, "Leave her alone. Eat first. " Mrs. Lin said, "It's a little cold. When the food was cold, I called Silver's room. Silver, come and have dinner ... "There was no reply from Silver's room. Silver just plays with her toys, Piggy Peggy and Snow White. She combed her hair and ignored her grandmother's call. At this time, the eldest daughter got up and walked towards Silver's room. Silver saw her mother coming, so she put down her toys and walked out together. Seeing a stranger come home today, Silver kept looking at Xu Liangyu. Mrs. Lin said to Silver, "Call my uncle quickly. Grandma invites you to dinner today. Why don't you talk to me? " What did you learn at school today? Tell grandma. "Silver ignored Mrs. Lin. She seems a little shy and leans blindly in her mother's arms, but her eyes look at Xu Liangyu from time to time. The eldest daughter fed a few mouthfuls of rice to Silver. Silver jumped off her mother's lap and began to run outside again.

Mrs. Lin changed her face at this point and said seriously, "I only had a few bites of rice." Where did you go to play? " The eldest daughter said, "She probably ran back to her room to play again." Mrs. Lin said, "Don't feed her after her. She hasn't eaten all day. " Xiao Ai said, "I saw her eat a bag of French fries this afternoon. She may not be hungry yet." Mrs. Lin frowned at her eldest daughter and said, "You bought her snacks again and ate them every day. Now you don't have to eat rice. " The eldest daughter said, "It's her own business that she doesn't eat. When she is hungry, she will naturally come back to eat. Stay away from her. You can't spoil her from childhood. " At this time, Xu Liangyu didn't speak, just eating. Mrs. Lin laughed when she saw that there were guests here. "The food is not very delicious. There is too much salt in the fish. Please eat more vegetables and make yourself at home. " He smiled apologetically: "Not bad, not too salty, just to my taste."

Mrs. Lin was still thinking about silver, so she said, "I'll feed her something, and the meal will get cold later." Then she got up and walked to the door. Mrs. Lin said to Silver over there, "Finish your meal and I'll buy you candy later." Silver replied, "No food, no food, no sugar." Mrs. Lin said, "If you don't eat, I won't buy you candy next time." Silver stopped her toys and curled her hair with her hands. "No sugar, no sugar. I'm going out to play and take the merry-go-round. " Mrs. Lin just promised her that she would only eat it. The eldest daughter listened carefully here and went to the sidewalk: "Don't lie to her, she will take your words seriously." Mrs. Lin said impatiently, "What's the big deal? I have more experience with children than you. I have brought up all four children in my family. " The eldest daughter said, "I don't know. Don't lie to her. She knew everything when she was a child. " Mrs. Lin said angrily, "in the future, your own children will take care of themselves, and you won't care about her." The eldest daughter is also wronged. She never takes children with her when she works. There is always a gap in the way the older generation takes care of their children, but she is helpless.

After dinner, Mrs. Lin also finished feeding Xiao Yin. Mrs. Lin was very angry and said to Xu Liangyu, "You are a teacher. Tell me about it. I don't ask if you are a foreigner. " Xu Liangyu just didn't speak, and Mrs. Lin went on to say, "I know that she has little leisure for me to study, has no education, and doesn't know how to educate her children. But you see, I brought up all four children, especially Xiao Ai. I don't usually teach her, but she is the most sensible one now. " He had to nod.

Little moxa didn't talk to her mother either. She went back to her room alone. Her mother must be nagging over there. She is used to it. Soon, Xu Liangyu followed. She smiled and said, "My mother gets along well with you, but you seldom talk." Liangyu smiled and replied, "I can't say such a thing. It is difficult for an honest official to break housework." He continued: "Last time I heard that you bought a violin, how did you practice?" She replied, "It's you, Kerry, right next to that wall." She pointed it out to him as she spoke. Liangyu said, "You promised to talk to me about a song before, but I have never heard you talk about it. You have to make it up to me this time. " Iverson got up and walked over and took out a gray ukulele from the box. She smiled and said, "I haven't practiced very well yet. I recently learned a new song on the Internet. Let me talk to you. " "1155654433 221..." She said it very well. A relaxing piece of music can always bring people mood swings, or happiness or joy. Liangyu said seriously, "What you said is really nice." Xiao Ai smiled and said, "I have nothing to do at home now, and the store is not very busy recently. If I have time, I will practice according to the online video. " Xiao Ai added: "Recently, our family laid off employees. My father was in poor health and I was sick. Thanks to my mother, if it weren't for her, our family would have crossed. So she often complains a little, and I can understand. However, in the future, I may be very busy. I can't live at home in vain, thinking about doing more work and taking some responsibility in the future, and I don't have time to practice. " Liang Yu said, "Are you better now?" She replied: "I went to the hospital recently and brought a lot of medicine back, but I don't want to take it." I really can't eat. " He quickly said, "If you don't eat, you can't. You have to think of something else. " Xiao Ai said: "This is the only way, the doctor said." He replied, "Then you should be obedient and get better soon." She replied, "I am busy every day now. I forgot to take medicine when I was busy. " He said, "Is business good in the store recently? She replied: "Recently, the business in the store is worse than usual, but every day, 7788 and odds and ends are always too busy." Liang Yu said, "In fact, you can ask your father to invite others to help you. It won't cost much. When you are ready, you can dismiss him. "Little moxa said," our store can't make money now, and it always costs a lot of money to hire another employee. Actually, I want to lie quietly at home without being disturbed and have a good rest. But as soon as I lie in bed, my father will ask me to help. I can't even sleep well. I'm always worried. But isn't it always like this at home? " As she spoke, her eyes began to swell. Xu Liangyu leaned down to comfort her. She said: "I don't usually say this to anyone. Talking too much is nonsense, feeling redundant and melodramatic. He understood what she meant. In her mind, he is not an ordinary person. In her mind, he has a place and he is very happy. At this time, both of them remained silent, but the atmosphere was excellent, just in response to the sentence, "Silence is better than sound."

After silence, Liang Yu saw a plaster on her hand and asked, "What happened to your hand?" Xiao Ai replied, "I was cut by a wire in the shop." He said, "What you sell in your shop is flowers. It sounds very clean, how can it hurt your hand? " She smiled and said, "It's not what you think. You don't understand. " Liang Yu asked softly, "Then tell me about it." Xiao Ai said, "Our business is actually very hard. My father always goes to the flower market at four in the morning to see flowers. These materials are all selected before they are sent to our shop. My sister and I are in charge of this shop. When the flowers arrive, we will help them trim the branches and leaves. Those stale flowers will be cut off. After that, we have to cut the wrapping paper, wrap the main flowers and tie them with ribbons. However, this is just a simple bag. Sometimes in order to fix the posture of flowers, it is necessary to fix them with iron wires. Every day, I am used to it. " Xu Liangyu, listen carefully. He said, "What if you can't sell the flowers you pack every day?" Xiao Ai sighed: "Yes, the shelf life of flowers is very short, and they need to be maintained every day. Of course, there are still losses. " He said, "What is your mother doing in the shop?" Xiao Ai replied: "She is responsible for selling outside." Two people are chatting happily here. At this time, Mrs. Lin asked everyone to come out to eat fruit, and a group of people gathered in the living room. Liangyu said to Xiao Ai, "I heard you say that you are going to your uncle to learn Taobao and do online business. When are you going? " Mrs. Lin went on to say, "I'm not sure yet. I'll ask her uncle later. " The eldest daughter said: "Now the business of physical stores is much worse than usual. Everyone buys flowers online. " Liangyu has been waiting for Xiao Ai to talk, as if the two of them have been chatting well. It was separated by mother and daughter at once, and I was a little disappointed, but it was not good to say it in front of them, and I felt stingy, so I couldn't let Xiao Ai know that I was jealous. Xiao Ai said, "There are many shops selling flowers online now. If you want to do it well, you need to have attractive places. " Her sister quickly said, "Except those with brands, there are some online celebrity shops, or shops that throw money out to deceive people." Xiao Ai said, "The market is complicated. For this piece of meat, all kinds of plots and ghosts have come out. " Mrs. Lin also echoed: "There are still few regular customers online. If mass production cannot be increased, the cost of express delivery is not small. " Xu Liangyu said, "Maybe improving the appearance and feeling of flowers and packaging them uniquely or exquisitely can attract others' attention." Iverson nodded in agreement with his statement. The eldest daughter said: "Most of the flowers are beautifully packaged now, and it is difficult for ordinary people to tell whether they are beautiful or not. On the contrary, the influence of price factors is increasing. Of course, this has a lot to do with the different consumers we face. Mrs. Lin said with a smile, "It's not like we're trying to become an international brand. Now we're satisfied to have a piece of it." Xu Liangyu ignored Mrs. Lin's words, thinking that he was short-sighted and only focused on temporary interests. "。 He didn't understand what she meant, maybe he just thought for himself.

As it was getting late, Xu Liangyu had no intention of leaving. The eldest daughter suggested driving out together. Mrs. Lin said, "It's already ten o'clock in the evening. I'd better go back and rest early." Xu Liangyu replied, "It's not too late." He said while looking at the little moxa. The little moxa said, "let's go out next time. It's too late for you to go home. " He also wanted to say it doesn't matter, but in front of his mother and sister, she refused, and he couldn't go on.

? Xiao Ai knew that Liangyu was five or six years older than him, and his parents repeatedly urged him to get married early.