From Beibei City to Rongcheng City, the plane traveled for two or three hours, and Su Jia didn't sleep a wink during the whole journey.
She lay flat in the comfortable and spacious first-class cabin, looking at the porthole framed by the sea of surging clouds, her mind was empty and confused.
I was thinking about Ji Xuanyi who was getting farther and farther away, and thinking about everything I would face in Rong City.
As Ji Xuanyi said, as soon as Su Jia landed?, she was picked up by an intellectual woman in her thirties.
She introduced herself as Meng, and she was an employee of the Chengdu branch of Jiyuan's Xiji Educational Charity Organization. Su Jia then called her Sister Meng.
The car drove to the city center, and Sister Meng politely asked: "Miss Su, are you going home?" She signaled the driver for navigation.
"Just call me by my first name." Su Jia responded, "I'm staying in a hotel."
If she lived in a house that couldn't accommodate her, even if there were only a few nights, there might be a lot of troubles. She didn't want to make things difficult for herself.
Sister Meng didn't ask much: "Okay, I'll arrange it."
Su Jia hurriedly said, "Don't bother, I've made a reservation, just go there."
Sister Meng lowered her head? She did some operations on her mobile phone. She probably asked Ji Xuanyi for instructions. When she raised her eyes again, she said, "We, Ji Yuan, have a hotel in Rong City, and you can stay for free."
Before the words were finished, two new messages came in from Su Jia's cell phone, which were sent by Ji Xuanyi:
[Stay in your own hotel.]
[Otherwise, I don't worry.]
Su Jia stared at the two lines of concise and clear text, remembering that outside the Beicheng Airport, he had a steady stream of instructions, and suddenly swallowed the words of refusal for fear of missing half a sentence.
She replied to Ji Xuanyi with an "oh", and at the same time answered "yes" to Sister Meng, and retreated to the room she reserved.
The hotels owned by Ji Yuan are all five-star hotels. Su Jia was led by Sister Meng and walked straight into the presidential suite on the top floor.
Sister Meng opened the door with her card and introduced: "This is a room that has been reserved for Mr. Ji for a long time. He will live here whenever he is on a business trip."
Su Jia walked around the entrance, and roughly looked at the unique and bold decoration style inside, which really fit Ji Xuanyi's aesthetics.
She nodded? She took the room card, finished a meal under the arrangement of Sister Meng, went to the bathroom to wash off the discomfort and fatigue caused by the journey, and lay down in the master bedroom to rest.
The daily aromatherapy of this house uses the cool-toned sandalwood that Ji Xuanyi loves, and the waiter specially sent a bunch of creamy sunflowers like the rising sun, which were placed on the coffee table as a decoration.
The familiarity that can be seen and heard everywhere made Su Jia's chaotic mood gradually return to peace, and unexpectedly, he had a good night's sleep.
Su Jia's arrangements in Rong City were tight, and she had to go back to the county town the next day, and together with Su Jianchuan, Peng Shufen and the others, they went to see the location of Grandma's new cemetery.
They seemed to be extremely worried that she wouldn't go back. In the past two days, Peng Shufen called several times to remind her.
This sudden and menacing care for her is really weird.
But Su Jia can't control that much, the important thing is to move the grave.
In the morning of the next day, Sister Meng asked the driver to drive to the entrance of the hotel, and together they took Su Jia back home.
From the city center to the old market in the county seat, the bustling city retreats like a tapestry. The bright and beautiful high-rise buildings transition to the dilapidated and dilapidated tube buildings. Small intestines.
The familiar homeland where she grew up for eighteen years is right in front of her eyes, but Su Jia doesn't have the time or courage to take a second look.
The heavy and embarrassing past is the most treacherous shackle, and it seems that because of her return to the old place, she can shake her fangs again and stay locked here.
Su Jia hastily glanced out of the window before retracting her eyes? The damp air made her breathing hard, her face was pale and ugly, and a shudder rolled down her spine.
Sister Meng stared at her for a moment, then took out a handful of fruit candies from the pocket of her coat.
Su Jia stared at the grape-flavored lavender packaging, and looked at her strangely.
Sister Meng explained: "Mr. Ji asked me to prepare it for you, saying that you like to eat."
Su Jia's eyelashes trembled slightly, and there was a deep movement in the depths of her black and bright eyes, "Thank you."
She took the candies, peeled two into her mouth, and put the rest in her purse.
The sweet and sour fragrance filled the mouth. Thinking of the person who really put their heart into preparing these candies, Su Jia felt that she was almost out of breath, and she receded a little.
The back alley where the Su family is located is not accessible by car, so Su Jia asked the driver to put her down outside, and she walked in alone.
Before parting, Sister Meng urged thousands of times: "Contact me if you have anything to do."
Su Jia nodded with a smile, and walked slowly towards the depths of the alley.
The most inconspicuous corner of a city, its old appearance ten years ago, and its fragmented bricks and tiles can all bring back bad memories for Su Jia.
She tried her best to hold her breath and stare straight ahead.
Most of the people living in this area are old neighbors of ten or twenty years, and they know each other well.
On the upper floors of the tubes on both sides, there are many people shouting: "Hey, the top students are back? Here they come."
"Your father scolds every day, thinking that you will look down on us if you pass the exam, and never come back again?"
"Su Yatou? The longer she grows, the more beautiful she becomes."
"Look at her current attire, she's just like the young lady in the city, it's normal to look down on us."
"Northern City must be better than our poor place? It's so good that people forget about it."
Su Jia is not surprised by the sour gossip in the open and in the dark.
She doesn't need to bow her head? Check out today's outfit, ponytail, simple down jacket and jeans, but it still attracts criticism.
Su Jia smiled harmlessly to humans and animals, greeted a few familiar uncles and aunts, and replied to those snarky:
"Uncle, you are right. Beicheng is definitely better than here. After all, it is a first-tier big city. You can use me as an example to encourage your son to study hard from now on. He will also pass the exam in Beicheng. He wandered around."
The middle-aged man on the second floor who was sour on her immediately turned black. His son's grades are so poor? He can only study in vocational high schools, how could he possibly pass the exam to a big city.
Seeing the other party being deflated, Su Jia's smile became more and more charming. She did not hesitate to fight, and was ready to turn into the house not far ahead.
A female voice came out from the balcony of the middle-aged man's house: "Look at that vicious look, no wonder that kind of gangster like Zheng Biao would stare at her back then."
Some names are thorns that cannot be eradicated. Su Jia frowned, turned her head sharply, and stared fiercely at the middle-aged woman who spoke.
Before she had time to refute, the woman was dragged into the room by her quick-acting husband: "Why are you mentioning scum, haven't you been arrested?"
Su Jia was puzzled, why was he arrested
Did she listen? Stubble
While struggling, a tall, thin, wheat-skinned boy ran out of the dim corridor a few meters away.
The two sides caught sight of each other unexpectedly, and were stunned for a moment.
Su Jia quickly recognized that it was her biological brother Su Jie.
Su Jie obviously couldn't stay at home and wanted to go out crazy. A group of boys in flamboyant clothes appeared in the alley ahead, whistling and shouting at him. How many of them looked quite old.
The two siblings have not been close since childhood, Su Jie didn't say hello to Su Jia, turned around and ran to his friend.
Someone over there recognized Su Jia: "That? Is your sister?"
"You're really pretty, and your name is well-deserved."
"Listen? You said you were admitted to Beicheng University. It's amazing. Your ancestral grave is full of smoke."
The little kids kept talking, but Su Jia ignored them and went upstairs to find Su Jianchuan and Peng Shufen.
Su Jianchuan rarely drank himself into a puddle of mud. When he saw Su Jia enter the door, he rolled his eyes lukewarmly.
Peng Shufen was enthusiastic, grabbed her arm, and said exaggeratedly: "Oh, Jiajia, I haven't seen you for a few months, and I'm growing fresh again. If I meet her outside, I might not recognize her."
Ji Xuanyi's instructions before he left were completely unnecessary. In the cold winter in the south without heating, he couldn't get any sunlight. The sunny indoors were colder than the outdoors. Su Jia wrapped her down jacket tightly and buried her chin in a turtleneck sweater.
She didn't have the time to deal with Peng Shufen's more or less genuine greetings, so she said unhappily, "Let's go, let's get down to business."
The grandmother is not only Peng Shufen's daughter, but also an aunt. The two families followed the man who claimed to be a master of Yin-Yang around two or three mountains and settled on a geomantic treasure land.
On the way, the aunt's scrutinizing eyes turned back and forth on Su Jia, grabbed Peng Shufen and asked softly, "Does she know about that?"
Peng Shufen also answered the call mysteriously: "I just came back, I don't know."
Su Jia was standing in the downwind, and accidentally heard a few words, and felt strange in his heart, but he suppressed and didn't ask.
After the Cheng family parted ways, and there were only three of them left, Su Jia asked, "Do you have something to hide from me?"
Su Jianchuan and Peng Shufen looked at each other and exchanged glances. The latter said hesitantly, "That's that one, that one? Zheng Biao."
In one day, when this person was involved twice, Su Jia couldn't help shortness of breath, so she peeled off a piece of fruit candy and swallowed it.
Seeing her face change, Peng Shufen quickly said, "Don't worry, he will be punished for his evil, and he will be imprisoned."
Su Jia pushed the candy with her tongue and stared at her suspiciously: "Be clear."
Peng Shufen was also gossiped: "It happened last month. I heard that he was drunk and drugged in a bar. When he was confused, he almost killed the girl they were playing with. Fortunately, the police showed up in time. Handcuffed him away, and captured the stolen goods, he will definitely spend many years in prison."
Su Jianchuan had dealt with Zheng Biao a while ago, and he couldn't help but continue to say: "His family is also miserable. Not to mention the collapse of his business, he owes a lot of bad debts, and hides around every day. Even we are worse."
How much Su Jia wanted to send Zheng Biao to prison and make him pay for what he did, how calm he is now.
Standing under the clear blue sky, she looked up at the clear sky. Grandma believed in karma and reincarnation all her life. Good and evil are rewarded. Sure enough
At this point, Peng Shufen took the opportunity to say: "Jiajia, Mom knows that you are still blaming us for what happened back then. Now that you are grown up and sensible, you can understand what we did at that time? Right? Too poor, you and Xiaojie both need that money, people, you have to be pragmatic."
Su Jia lowered her head, and the eyes that fell on her were cold and cold. It would be better for strangers to say, "Don't talk about it. How big am I? I can't understand it, and I won't forgive it."
Su Jianchuan, who had been bored for a long time, lost his temper and raised his finger at her: "You? Little bastard, you are shameless, let's see how I deal with it..."
Peng Shufen pulled her husband's hand in time, and said: "Jiajia, we really know we are wrong, where are you going to live? Couldn't it be a hotel? What a waste of money, go back home, tomorrow will be It's thirty, let's have a good year."
"No need." Su Jia turned back indifferently, then turned and walked in the opposite direction. No matter how they shouted, it didn't work.
She had nothing to do? Turned around the city a few times, and was on the verge of getting lost, so she contacted Sister Meng to pick her up.
The next day, when thousands of families celebrate New Year's Eve, the weather just goes against it. When I woke up early in the morning, it was cloudy and overcast.
Su Jia didn't like cloudy days, and even more didn't like New Year's Eve, which was endowed with the meaning of "reunion". She frowned and lay down in the hotel until noon.
She took two Russian classes on the software, watched some typical commercial law cases and financial news, and received news from Ji Xuanyi.
Recently, the content of his contact with her is relatively simple, mostly in a few words, asking her if she has opened the courier, what she is doing and so on.
Just like the current article, two short words: [Are you awake?]
Su Jia understands that his lingering anger has not dissipated, and there are few words in reply: [Yeah.]
Ji Xuanyi didn't reply? She was still thinking about today's day and asked one more question: [Where are you celebrating the New Year?]
Ji: [The mansion, with parents, elder brother and sister-in-law.]
Su Jia took two "Maomao nodded" and "Happy New Year's Eve" emoji packs, put down her phone with peace of mind, and looked out the window.
On this day, thousands of houses are lit up and thousands of houses are lit with fireworks. Fortunately, he will not be alone.
In the afternoon, Sister Meng came and said enthusiastically, "The hotel is closed tonight. The internal staff will hold an event in the lobby. Let's have a New Year's Eve dinner and watch the Spring Festival Gala together. Remember to come down to play."
Su Jia unexpectedly? Blinking? This hotel not only has accommodation, but also food.
It stands to reason that during the Spring Festival, there will be orders for New Year's Eve dinner, and there are many demands, which is a lot of money, but they choose to close their doors
Su Jia looked at Sister Meng, who was sincerely inviting her, and couldn't help thinking. Could it be that Ji Xuanyi found out? She will be alone tonight, so she deliberately stopped the normal operation of the hotel and asked the staff to accompany her.
Just at this time, Peng Shufen made a phone call and persuaded her earnestly: "Jiajia, come back later? Come and have the New Year's Eve dinner. We still need to discuss some specific arrangements for the fifth day of the new year. Are you not coming? Listen? , don't worry?"
Su Jia let out a deep breath, answered twice, hung up the phone, and said to Sister Meng: "I'll go back at night. If you're doing this for me, then you don't have to. Since you don't have to go to work, you're all on vacation. Let’s go home and spend the New Year with your family.”
"No, don't think too much about it. Every year, there are employees who stay here for various reasons. Everyone will spend New Year's Eve together." Sister Meng explained, "If you want to go back, I will see you off."
"Trouble."
For the past 18 years, Su Jia would sit at his so-called home and have New Year’s Eve dinner every year, but this year he went to Beicheng to study for half a year and met some completely different people. unreality.
Especially Peng Shufen's attitude towards her inexplicably? Inexplicably? There has been a 180-degree change.
Su Jia didn't say a few words throughout the whole process, and mechanically listened to what they said about the time and precautions for moving the grave on the fifth day of the lunar new year.
Peng Shufen saw that she had almost finished eating, and she might slip away at any time, so she was negotiable? She said, "Jiajia, are you free in the next two days? Let's go play with Xiaojie."
Su Jia looked suspiciously at Su Jie who was opposite. This time when they met above, they both said a word in a serious manner, would he take her to play
Su Jie received a look in her eyes that she couldn't understand, and couldn't hold back her words: "I have a brother who came to the house and saw your photo before. I fell in love with you and want to ask you out. You met yesterday. Come here. Among the people looking for me, the thinnest one?"
Su Jia frowned, yesterday and the group of gangsters at the entrance of the alley were just passing by, she couldn't remember who was thin and who was fat.
Peng Shufen put a piece of meat in Su Jia's bowl, and interjected: "You all? You are young people, go out more often to meet and get in touch."
The dark clouds that had been circling for a day finally accumulated into rain, pattering down with the wind, and the old glass windows creaked and gradually became blurred.
Su Jia glanced coldly at the extra meat in the bowl, put down her chopsticks, and glanced at them one by one: "Tell me, besides relocating grandma's grave, you have tried every means to ask me to come back. Why?"
Peng Shufen dodged her eyes with a guilty conscience, while Su Jianchuan obsessively drank the cheap liquor without making a sound for a while.
Su Jie is young and can't hide things, so he brags: "My brother is four years older than you, and his family is very rich. His parents have already spoken to you. I am very satisfied, if you can succeed in the future, you can give a gift of 200,000 yuan."
Su Jia finally saw through the truth, and let out a mocking sneer: "A bride price of 200,000 yuan? Are you crazy about money, and the demolition money is not enough."
"The demolition money is the demolition money, and the betrothal gift is the betrothal gift. When your brother finds a wife in the future, he still needs to give a betrothal gift to others." Su Jianchuan was a little drunk, and no longer kept it hidden: "You are still young and beautiful, hurry up and pick one? Rich man Get married, give birth to one or two sons, and secure the throne."
Su Jia sneered lightly: "I've worked so hard to get into a good university just to get married and have children?"
"Then? Otherwise? My parents just heard that you have a high degree of education, you must have a good IQ, and you have a good face. The genes of the children born in the future will not be the same? Where are you going to agree to give so many? bride price."
Su Jianchuan was controlled by alcohol, and he confided in every detail, "I have worked so hard to provide you with one? The girl's reading has finally found a great use."
The rain outside intensified, and the indoor temperature dropped again and again. Su Jia looked at the sinister and ugly family of three in front of her with indifferent eyes, as if she was watching a satirical drama.
She clenched her back teeth: "There will always be a day when I will no longer be young and beautiful."
Su Jianchuan is so despicable? A soul with no lower limit, can always refresh her three views again and again: "You understand this? The reason is good. You have to be smart and make a lot of money after marriage. In this way In the future, if a man goes out to search for you, or even divorces you, you are worth it."
Accompanied by the final final sound, Su Jia suddenly stood up, glaring, and with a wave of her hand, the bowl and chopsticks in front of her fell to the floor.
Every splatter of tiles is her rage and cursing.
Su Jia was so disgusted that she didn't want to say another word to them, so she rushed out the door.
Peng Shufen chased to the door and shouted: "Jiajia."
"It's against her." Su Jianchuan smashed the wine bottle, stood up and growled, "Is the marriage that I told her not good? Where can she find such a good one? An unfamiliar stinky girl? A film."
In one breath, Su Jia rushed out of the tube building with faded walls, rushed into the sunken alley with heavy rain curtains, walked along the old street lamps, and stepped through puddles at high speed, muddy water splashed all over her body.
Behind her was Su Jianchuan's swearing, and ahead of her was the joyful reunion of thousands of families.
Su Jia suddenly stopped, and settled between the intersection of light and dark, letting the cold rain hit her face.
There are tens of thousands of night vigil lights, but I can't find a single one to keep her safe.
Su Jia's vision was hazy, and she wiped away the water stains on her face indiscriminately, unable to tell whether it was rain or tears.
Suddenly, she misses Ji Xuanyi so much.