Lin Zhixia has attended seven weddings in total, and received wedding candy, red eggs, and brown sugar buns every time.
Lin Zhixia knew that her brother loved to eat brown sugar buns. She accurately recalled the scene of that year: "On the fourth day of the Chinese New Year in 2002, the afternoon of my cousin's wedding banquet, you ate three brown sugar buns by yourself..."
Lin Zeqiu immediately frowned: "I don't like to eat it now. It's not chewy and tasteless. Can't you stay at home and rest for the next two days? Which friend's uncle is going to have a wedding, and you have to go?"
Lin Zeqiu's tone was a little serious, which aroused Lin Zhixia's rebellious psychology.
Lin Zhixia said confidently: "My friend is Jiang Yubai, and I have already promised him. I know his uncle, and I want to see his aunt, so what? Is it not possible?"
"No!" Lin Zeqiu said sternly, "Who allowed you to get so close to their family?"
Lin Zhixia said confidently: "I allowed it myself! I am a college student, I have the ability to distinguish right from wrong."
Lin Zeqiu couldn't help feeling irritated, depressed and ashamed when he thought about his status as a high school student. His sister would only turn 15 in September this year, and he was already 18 years old, a grade lower than his sister.
Even though Lin Zhixia hurt his self-esteem so much, he still couldn't change his habit of caring about her. During the six months that Lin Zhixia went to Beijing to study, Lin Zeqiu was worried every day that she was not living comfortably in Beijing.
The most annoying thing is that Lin Zhixia rarely talks to Lin Zeqiu.
There were a few times when Lin Zeqiu deliberately squatted beside the phone, waiting for Lin Zhixia's call. When he answered her call, he even used the most gentle tone: "Hello, Lin Zhixia, are you looking for me?"
Lin Zhixia always answered: "I miss my mother so much. Where is she? I want my mother."
Mom, mom, I only think of mom all day long!
She's already fourteen years old! She's still a mother-clinging bastard!
The past events were vivid in his mind, and Lin Zeqiu's face changed unpredictably. He clenched his fist and knocked on the door frame: "There are a bunch of random strangers at the wedding banquet. How can you, a little girl, go without an adult? If you must go, you must go with me."
Lin Zhixia said, "Let me ask Jiang Yubai first."
Lin Zeqiu issued an ultimatum: "If he doesn't agree, don't go."
Lin Zeqiu hoped that Jiang Yubai would reject Lin Zhixia's request. Unfortunately, Jiang Yubai disappointed Lin Zeqiu again. Jiang Yubai told Lin Zhixia that as long as she was happy, she could bring anyone to the wedding, no need to be restrained, just treat it as a meal.
Jiang Yubai's words made Lin Zhixia very happy again. Lin Zhixia couldn't help but sigh: "He really trusts me, the purest trust between friends."
Lin Zeqiu had no words to express his pain.
That night, Lin Zeqiu sat on the sofa and read a copy of the Morning Daily. When Lin Zhixia passed by him, she suddenly bent down and read out the following words: "According to our newspaper, the world-renowned musician Jiang Shaoqi will hold a wedding with his fiancée in our city in the near future..."
Lin Zhixia raised a hand and put it on Lin Zeqiu's shoulder: "Uncle Jiang Yubai's wedding news is in the newspaper."
Lin Zeqiu closed the newspaper: "His uncle is Jiang Shaoqi? The one who plays the violin?"
"Yes," Lin Zhixia confessed, "It's Jiang Shaoqi, the youngest concertmaster in history. He has won numerous awards and has performed solo at the National Grand Theater, Vienna's Golden Hall, and Carnegie Hall. He is also an honorary member of the Chinese Musicians Association."
Lin Zeqiu asked: "Do we have a DVD of his violin solo at home?"
"Yes," Lin Zhixia opened the small drawer of the TV cabinet, "This DVD disc was given to me by Jiang Yubai."
Lin Zeqiu had listened to that disc before, and he liked it quite a lot, but now he didn't feel anything at all. He put down the newspaper, walked back to his bedroom, turned on the desk lamp, and buried his head in his homework.
Lin Zhixia brought a chair and placed it next to Lin Zeqiu. She said, "Brother, this winter vacation is very important. It is the sprint stage for your college entrance examination. As long as I am free, I will come to accompany you to study."
"I'm fine, you go ahead and do your thing." Lin Zeqiu said perfunctorily.
Lin Zhixia asked him about his class ranking, but he avoided answering. She guessed, "Did you fall out of the top ten in the class?"
Lin Zeqiu whispered, "Mind yourself."
He held the pen and wrote a set of comprehensive science mock exams for the six-school joint entrance exam. The new questions on the test paper stumped him. He concentrated and thought carefully, but still had no clue.
Lin Zhixia wrote down the equation on the draft paper, and Lin Zeqiu urged again: "Go back to your room and sleep, I don't need your help."
"Why?" Lin Zhixia asked in surprise, "You're about to take the college entrance examination, why are you still quarreling with me?"
Lin Zeqiu made up an excuse: "The more you talk, the more annoyed I become. Please leave me alone."
Lin Zhixia remained silent.
Lin Zeqiu pushed her chair and said, "Go away, don't sit here like an idiot."
The chair shook slightly. Lin Zhixia frowned and said seriously, "Everyone in my dormitory praised me for being gentle and patient. Under my guidance, everyone's grades have steadily improved. Lin Zeqiu, you are the only one who accepted my guidance and was mean to me. I don't want to quarrel with you, and I don't want to waste time. If you really find me annoying, I won't say a word to you during the entire winter vacation. My patience is limited."
When Lin Zeqiu made Lin Zhixia angry when they were young, she would say angrily: If you do this again, I will be angry!
Now, Lin Zhixia seems to have grown up. She dares to say: My patience is limited.
Lin Zeqiu didn't react. He was stunned by Lin Zhixia. The room was quiet for a few seconds, and he asked back, "Why are you so angry?"
"I learned it from you." Lin Zhixia said angrily.
Lin Zeqiu did not respond. The desk lamp emitted a soft light, and he lowered his head, facing the light, and read the questions carefully.
Lin Zhixia handed him a piece of draft paper. He followed the method on the paper and finally solved the difficult physics problem. He breathed a sigh of relief, opened a notebook, and diligently summarized his solution ideas.
The window was opened a crack, and cool air rushed into the room. The moon outside the window penetrated the shadows of the trees, sending a dim light. This night was not peaceful. Lin Zhixia could hear the neighbors talking on the street in the community, the sound of spatulas frying, and the rustling sound of her brother's pen.
She held her chin with both hands and said to herself, "Your mind is really hard to guess. My brother's heart is like a needle in the sea."
Lin Zeqiu's right hand paused as he was writing.
He began to teach his sister: "If you don't listen to your brother, you will suffer. Don't talk back to me. After all, I am older than you."
Lin Zhixia hit him right in the heart: "Brother is eighteen and I am fourteen. Brother is a senior in high school and I am a freshman in college."
Lin Zeqiu glanced at her sideways: "Get out, don't let me chase you away."
Lin Zhixia pushed the chair away and ran away with a "thump thump" sound.
The night wind blew, the curtains fluttered, and Lin Zeqiu felt uneasy. He recalled the conversation just now, regretting his bad attitude, his poor words, and the conflict with Lin Zhixia.
He walked to Lin Zhixia's bedroom door and gently pushed it open, only to find that she had fallen asleep. The faint light from the living room poured into the bedroom. She was hugging the stuffed penguin tightly, lying quietly on the bed, as if she had never left this home.
On the morning of January 17, 2010, Jiang Yubai called Lin Zhixia and asked her when she would leave so that he would send a car to pick her up.
Lin Zhixia rejected Jiang Yubai.
Because Lin Zhixia is going to attend the wedding banquet with her brother. If her brother talks about Jiang Yubai in the car, wouldn't it put the driver in an awkward situation
After careful consideration, Lin Zhixia and Lin Zeqiu took the bus to their destination. As Lin Zhixia expected, Lin Zeqiu had nothing good to say about Jiang Yubai along the way.
Lin Zeqiu also asked her: "When you were in Beijing, did that guy bother you?"
Lin Zhixia insisted: "No."
Lin Zeqiu said: "I don't believe it."
Lin Zhixia laughed: "You only believe what you want to believe."
She took out an exquisite wedding invitation from her backpack, held the invitation in her left hand, held her brother's wrist with her right hand, and dragged him to an extremely luxurious five-star hotel.
The exterior of the hotel is tall and majestic, with a magnificent appearance. There is a fountain in the square next to the entrance. Clear water flows up and down, and a few pink roses float on the water, foreshadowing today's wedding theme.
The entire hotel was reserved by the Jiang family. Apart from the relatives, friends and entourage of the bride and groom, the hotel would not receive any other guests. All guests were escorted by special people, the parking lot was filled with all kinds of luxury cars, and there were several burly bodyguards standing guard at the entrance of the hotel.
It was the first time in Lin Zhixia's life that she had seen such a big scene.
She held her brother's hand tightly and handed the wedding invitation to a staff member in a suit.
The staff member quickly said, "Hello."
Lin Zhixia confessed: "My brother didn't have an invitation. Jiang Yubai and I have already said hello."
The staff member smiled and said, "Yes, we received the notice."
Under his guidance, Lin Zhixia and Lin Zeqiu walked into the hotel and came to the grand hall where the wedding banquet was held - or, to be more precise, it was not a wedding hall at all, but a dreamlike wonderland, a mysterious country created entirely by roses, which was beyond Lin Zhixia's imagination.
There was a wide glass-paved road in front of the auditorium. The bottom of the glass was covered with pink roses. There were several six-meter-high tree-shaped copper lamps decorated with roses on the roadside. Looking further ahead, you could see an indoor artificial waterfall in the distance. The waterfall was very cleverly designed, half of it was enclosed in a glass partition, and there were rockery, silver lamps, crystals, and rose bushes all around.
The clear water flows out from the bottom of the waterfall, forming a shallow stream about four meters wide, flowing through the entire auditorium. The auditorium floor is divided into two types - a completely transparent glass partition and a smooth light white board. The ceiling is black, with flower-like chandeliers hanging everywhere, and the staggered lights illuminate the gorgeous beauty.
Lin Zhixia stood at the door blankly, unable to say a word. Lin Zeqiu's reaction was exactly the same as hers. The brother and sister seemed to be frozen in time, and time stopped before their eyes.
Lin Zhixia had two red envelopes in her pockets, each containing a hundred yuan, which she had prepared as a gift.