Chapter 137

Under the same night sky.

In the west room of Courtyard No. 8.

Xu Lihua turned on the light and lay down and said, "Why do I feel like their marriage is a little weird?"

Jiang Jianping didn't think much about it. When he lay down, he asked directly: "What's weird?"

Xu Lihua lay in the night, thinking back and saying, "The banquet we had at Ximanlou at noon looked like a wedding banquet, and after the meal, they went to the bridal chamber. No one from the man's side showed up from beginning to end, and no one mentioned it from beginning to end. Isn't that strange?"

After listening to Xu Lihua, Jiang Jianping thought about it.

After a moment, he said, "It is indeed a bit strange if you say that."

Xu Lihua looked at Jiang Jianping, "Did they only invite the Tang family's relatives and friends to the wedding, and not the Lin family? Isn't Xiao Lin's father the director of a large factory? When his own son got married, didn't they even have a banquet? Didn't they invite any relatives and friends?"

Jiang Jianping thought silently for a while.

Then he said, "There are only two possibilities. The first possibility is that the man's family will not hold the wedding banquet today. The second possibility is that the Lin family does not agree to this marriage."

Xu Lihua thought for a moment and said, "She's not marrying someone from another place, so why should she hold the wedding banquet on two days? It's so troublesome. It's probably because the Lin family doesn't agree with this marriage."

Jiang Jianping: "You don't even like a girl like this. You have very high standards."

Xu Lihua: "Tang Chuxia has good conditions. She has good looks, education and work, but her family runs a restaurant. Although she earns more money than ordinary people, it is not a serious business. It is normal for people to look down on the Lin family's conditions."

Jiang Jianping nodded, "That makes sense."

Xu Lihua continued, "I tell you, parents can always see things more clearly than their children. Marriages that do not listen to their parents' advice and do not get their parents' blessings are 90% likely to fail and will not lead to a happy life. A living example is right in front of us. Han Ting in the east room divorced his wife only a few years ago."

Jiang Jianping: "If you ask me, that's true. With Xiaolin's own conditions and his family's conditions, he can find anyone he wants. Take our Guanjie for example. If he were to find a partner, I wouldn't be happy psychologically if his parents didn't have proper jobs."

Xu Lihua: "Our Guanjie definitely won't do that. He is the most filial and obedient person. He will never do such a thing as turning against us just for a partner. When he finds a partner, it must be someone I am satisfied with."

Jiang Jianping: "After the Chinese New Year, Guanjie will be able to find a partner. Let's date for half a year or so. It's just right for us to get married after our job is changed. You can find someone to help him find a reliable partner. When we get married, ask the company to allocate a house for us, and we can move out and live in an apartment."

Xu Lihua: "Okay, I'll find time to ask someone to look for it."

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When Jiang Jianping and Xu Lihua were talking to this point, they suddenly heard someone talking in the east room.

It’s not that Han Ting came back, but that Chaozi and Guogai came to find Han Ting again.

Chaozi leaned outside the window of the east room and asked Wang Cuiying: "Auntie, is Brother Ting coming back tonight?"

After they finished drinking the wedding wine at Ximanlou at noon, they went out to look for Han Ting.

But after searching for a long time, I still couldn't find anyone.

Han Ting was nowhere to be seen in the places they usually went.

If it were any other time, it might be okay if they couldn't find him, but Han Ting's performance at the banquet this afternoon was really abnormal. Veins bulged on his forehead and sweat oozed from his head. His eyes were also red, as if he had suffered a huge shock and was in great pain.

They couldn't help but worry when they thought about it.

I couldn't find him outside and was really worried, so I naturally came to his house to ask at night.

Wang Cuiying didn’t know what happened to Han Ting today.

He was used to Han Ting not coming home, so he replied in a normal tone: "He didn't come back. I didn't see him all day. You can look for him somewhere else."

When they heard that Han Ting had not returned, Chaozi and Guogai responded and left.

Let them look somewhere else; there is nowhere else they can look.

Go out of the yard and close the door.

Chaozi sighed and said, "When he suddenly went to Ximanlou by himself, I thought he had finally come to his senses and was ready to stand up and face the world again."

The pot cover thought so too.

But suddenly the same situation happened to him again.

I don't know what exactly happened. I wanted to find him to ask for clarification, but I couldn't find him.

Pot Cover sighed and said, "Forget it, let's go home and sleep first. There's nothing we can do about it. If he hides and doesn't want to come out, it's useless for anyone to look for him."

Chaozi: "It's not that I'm afraid that he will hide, I'm just afraid that he will get stimulated and something will happen."

Guo Gai held his breath for a moment and said, "If he is really like this, then I, Guo Gai, have really followed the wrong person in this life!"

Chaozi thought about it and agreed.

How could Han Ting be such a fragile person?

They had been through so many things together since they were little. They had been beaten till their heads bled in fights, had their lives nearly taken away, had suffered the hardships of being sent to the countryside, and had also endured the hardships of being sent to labor camps.

I have gotten through all these things with a smile, so what does this little thing matter now?

So they didn't go out looking anymore.

But in the next month, they were still thinking about and worried about Han Ting every day, and came to Yard No. 8 from time to time to ask Wang Cuiying whether he had returned.

For fear that Wang Cuiying would worry, they did not tell her about Han Ting's condition that day.

Mid-January.

The old city became a world of ice and snow again.

An evening with snowflakes falling.

Chaozi and Guogai finally saw Han Ting on the white and gray ice rink.

There was no one else on the ice rink except him, skating alone in the falling snow.

The moment they saw Han Ting, Chaozi and Guogai breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, but they did not show any joy, nor did they go up to greet him.

The two of them stood aside and watched from a distance in silence.

Seeing that the hat and collar were all covered with snow, Han Ting suddenly slid over to the two of them and said, "Let's go and eat shabu-shabu."

Hearing Han Ting speaking so normally, Chaozi and Guogai were stunned.

After they stared at each other, Guogai spoke first: "Is this...alive?"

Chaozi glanced at Han Ting and said, "It looks like..."

It looks like that's what it should be.

Now that Han Ting is alive, they will of course become active again.

He quickly turned around and followed Han Ting to eat mutton hotpot with him.

Sit down in the restaurant, order the dishes and light the charcoal pot.

Chaozi and Guogai stretched their hands to warm themselves by the charcoal fire under the pot, and asked Han Ting a series of questions: "What happened to you that day? Did you go to the hospital? Where have you been during this period?"

Han Ting smiled and said, "Nothing, I just remembered something."

Those things forced their way into his mind, causing his headache to nearly explode, and also intensifying the pain that already existed in his heart thousands and tens of thousands of times.

Pot Cover asked curiously, "What did you remember?"

Han Ting lowered his eyebrows and held his breath, looking at the pot cover and said, "I remember that I shouldn't be like this, and I shouldn't be like this. You are right, it's useless to live or die, and no one will look at me if I live like a puddle of mud."

Hearing this, Guo Gai slammed the table excitedly: "Brother Ting! You finally figured it out!"

It was worth it that he had said so many words to him with all his heart, he finally listened!

Han Ting finally understood. He continued, "I've disappointed you all this year, and I've made you worry about me. Everyone else has left, but you're the only one who still treats me as a brother. Thank you for trusting me so much. In my heart, you will always be my good brothers. After this meal today, listen to me and go back to find a wife, have a child, and live a down-to-earth life."

These words really make people feel emotional.

Chaozi and Guogai frowned, and Guogai said with some emotion: "We finally waited for you to come back to life and cheer up, and you said this to us again, what do you mean? If you really wanted to get married and have children and live a life together, we would have done it long ago, and there is no need for you to rush us now."

Han Ting looked at them.

After a moment, he added, "I will be ready to go out after the New Year."

Chaozi and Guogai were stunned.

Chaozi asked: "Where are you going?"

Han Ting picked up the cup and drank some water, swallowing it slowly.

He put down the cup and said, "Go south."