My second uncle retired and Liang Xiaonan took over.
Xiao Niangyu seemed much more cheerful after going to work. She was in the factory most of the time and worked three shifts. She met the old couple less often and their relationship was harmonious.
No matter how tiring it is to go to work, as long as you don't see the sun or encounter wind and rain, you get a salary every month, and most of the people you meet are your peers, so you have something to talk about, and you feel at ease.
Liang Xiaonan is also popular in the factory. She has a straightforward personality, looks average, and is tall.
When she first started working, she had short hair, as she had always had since she was a child, and no one ever combed it for her. Later, she met a few other young women at the factory, often eating and chatting together, and she started growing her hair long, following their lead, and eventually, she ended up with two pigtails.
One day, I met Qiuhua on the road and greeted her happily from a distance. When I got closer, I saw that she had a red hairband tied in each of her pigtails.
"Xiao Nan, go to work. You look so beautiful dressed up."
Qiuhua saw that she was in good spirits, with a rosy face, and no longer as depressed as before, so she couldn't help but praise her.
She giggled, her eyes blossomed and her face turned even redder.
"Sister, these are the new clothes I made."
Liang Xiaonan pulled Qiuhua, as if she wanted to say something, her eyes were watery. She looked at her elder sister shyly and then immediately looked away. In the end, she didn't speak.
"Sister, I'll come play with you next time. I have to go to work first."
She walked lightly, like a fluttering butterfly, and Qiuhua was truly happy for her.
But good mood can't last long. In the evening of the next day, Liang Xiaonan came to Qiuhua with red eyes.
Qiuhua put down the work in her hands, stood up and pulled her into the house.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you crying? You were fine when I saw you yesterday!" Qiuhua asked, holding her hand.
This question didn't matter, but it turned on Liang Xiaonan's emotions and she burst into tears.
"Sister——"
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Qiuhua was flustered and kept asking her.
The crying sounded like a sudden rainstorm in summer, rumbling and crashing, shaking the earth.
Qiu Zhen stood outside the door and listened worriedly, not knowing what was wrong with the child. After listening for a while and seeing that there was no sign of the child stopping, she had to leave and go back to work.
After a heavy rain, the rain suddenly became lighter, and after a few drops, it gradually stopped, but the sky was still covered with dark clouds, and it seemed that there would be another rain.
"Sister——"
Liang Xiaonan sobbed, twisted her hands tightly together, and didn't know where to start.
Seeing that she was gradually calming down, Qiuhua stopped urging her to speak and just sat beside her to keep her company.
"It's okay, sister is with you, you can talk if you want, I'm listening."
"I..." Before she could finish her words, her eyes became hot and tears welled up again. She wiped them away stubbornly with the back of her hand.
Qiuhua guessed that he had probably had a quarrel with his second uncle and aunt. She could only persuade them but could not help at all.
"Uncle and aunt are talking about you again?"
Liang Xiaonan nodded, confirming Qiuhua's guess.
"Sister...I want to get married..."
"What? Get married?" Qiuhua repeated it again, fearing that she had misheard.
She nodded, and looking at Qiuhua's surprised reaction, tears began to fall again.
"This... Of course getting married is good..."
Qiuhua thought about it carefully and realized that she hadn't heard about Xiaonan getting married recently. Why was she suddenly talking about marriage? No matter what, they had to get engaged first.
"Has a matchmaker come to your house recently?"
She shook her head and said, "Sister, do we have to have a matchmaker come to our house for us to get married? Do we have to get our parents' approval?"
“…”
Qiuhua was speechless for a moment, feeling a little worried. Xiaonan's words must not be groundless. She must have met someone, experienced something, and had some thoughts in her mind.
Seeing Qiuhua didn't say anything, Liang Xiaonan thought for a while, wiped away her tears and poured out everything in her heart.
She was still a little tired when she first started working, but fortunately there were many people of the same age as her, and they were more caring towards her as a newcomer.
Especially Wang Jinshui, who was in the same class, took good care of her.
Wang Jinshui is sixteen years older than Liang Xiaonan. His wife died ten years ago, leaving no children. He is a good person in all aspects and the younger people in the factory respect him.
Once, Liang Xiaonan left in a hurry. When it was time for dinner, she opened the lunch box and found it was empty. She was dumbfounded.
Wang Jinshui walked past her and turned back to insist on giving her the food. She refused, and the two of them had a quarrel. In the end, Liang Xiaonan ate most of Wang Jinshui's food.
Later, the two of them became familiar with each other. Liang Xiaonan felt that Wang Jinshui had a really good temper. He was always cheerful. Although he spoke in a rough voice, his voice was low and his tone was slow. He was never impatient, let alone something like shouting at her. It was impossible for him to do that.
Later, as soon as Wang Jinshui came to work, he would call Liang Xiaonan to his side and take out a steamed bun, an apple, an orange, or something like that from his pocket. Whenever someone passed by, they would whisper to them and smile at them with ill intent.
"Sister, I've never met such a nice person." Liang Xiaonan sniffed and said, "Since I was little, they either beat me, scolded me, or drove me away. They never spoke to me nicely. Only Jinshui was nice to me."
When Qiuhua first heard her talk about Wang Jinshui, she was extremely shocked. She didn't expect that such a small favor would make Liang Xiaonan fall in love with this man who was more than ten years older than her.
But after thinking about it, Qiuhua seemed to understand her, this little mermaid whose soul had been wandering since childhood.
"Uncle and aunt know?"
She nodded without even having to think about it. Which parents would agree to such a marriage?
"They don't agree... they won't agree no matter what..."
Liang Xiaonan burst into tears again. At this moment, she felt that she could empathize with Liang Zhu's pain.
Qiuhua was a little anxious. To be honest, she didn't agree either, but she couldn't say it directly, as that would only add fuel to the fire.
"Don't be anxious, you are still young. Look, I haven't even got married yet. Are you trying to get ahead of me?
So, you should talk to Wang Jinshui and get to know him better. You can't be careless about this kind of thing."
Liang Xiaonan didn't say anything, and it was hard to tell how much he had heard.
"Don't blame your uncle and aunt. They always want you to marry into a good family. There's no rush for this."
This time she seemed to have listened and nodded.
At night, the uncle came to ask Liang Xiaonan to go home. She resisted and insisted on sleeping with her sister. The uncle had no choice but to agree.
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