Ji Yi thought that the lunch with the director was just an early warning, but he did not expect it to be a Hongmen Banquet.
In the afternoon of the second day of the disaster relief party, she was called to the personnel department. She doesn't come here much, that is, when signing internships and formal contracts, she needs to come in person.
When I walked in, everyone was talking about the more than 1.5 billion donations made last night. By the way, they still hate Vanke Wang Shi's remarks that internal employees don't donate more than 10 yuan. It has been scolded by the public.
In this relaxed atmosphere of small talk, she used her eyes to search for people who called herself.
"Ji Yi?" Someone saw her standing at the door and beckoned, "Come on, the director originally wanted to chat with you, but if something went out temporarily, she told me to let you go through the formalities of leaving the job without pay."
She was dumbfounded and didn't understand it for a while.
Two or three glances came over, curiosity, inquiry, and other emotions.
In an instant, the focus went from Vanke's donation door to her.
"I have filled out all the forms for you. I only need to sign every document." The person who had gone through her internship, met her, and continued talking while bowing his head, and handed a thin paper folder to it. she.
There is also a pen.
Such sudden news made her feel at a loss.
Ji Yi took the folder and pen in a daze, and sat down on the vacant chair next to him. The fingers of the pen were a little white because of too much force. Compulsory leave without pay without any follow-up arrangements.
From the time she decided to leave home completely, to interview and admit graduate students, and then get an internship opportunity after seven or eight rounds of interviews and written examinations, she began to calculate the bus fare and food expenses every day, and how to save the rent regularly. In the end, I passed the internship smoothly and became one of the two interns who stayed. This process took three years.
But now, without having to communicate directly at home, let everything go back to the original point.
The moment she walked out of the office, she was a little dazed. She looked at the corridors on both sides of the door and didn't know where to go. There are people walking by, or hurriedly walking by, or two or three together, talking in a low voice and laughing. It wasn't until someone came out behind her to remind her that she could go back to pack up and take a good rest before she came home, and then she understood that she was going to tidy up her things and leave the building.
Ji Yi doesn't have many personal items here, so it can be solved by sorting them into a small cardboard box.
Walking out of the building with the box in her arms, she remembered that the day after tomorrow was Ji Chengyang's birthday, and she was called to the personnel department. She was still studying what gifts to give him so that he could have a particularly warm birthday before the operation.
Four years ago, on the last birthday with him, he was in Iraq.
They made an international long distance call, and after hanging up, everything started to go bad. Since then, every May 21st has become a knot, it seems that every time at this time, something will happen to make the relationship between the two people worse...
Ji Yi was thinking about what to do next.
There was a big bus stop at the end of the road. It was not the rush hour at this time, and there was nothing waiting for the bus. She stood under the seven or eight stop signs with her things in her arms, trying to calm herself.
It's okay, she is now self-reliant on her own, this job is gone, and she can still find another job.
In any case, she will not leave Ji Chengyang.
Just thinking about it, she chose a long-lost way home. When she saw the five-star sign on the gate, she suddenly thought of an important thing: she didn't have a pass.
When Ji Yi was considering whether to ask Ji Nuannuan for help, a call had already been made to his mobile phone.
She put the box at her feet and connected the phone.
"Sixi," Ji Chengyang said, "Where are you?"
"I'm..." She hesitated, would you like to say.
"Not in the club?"
She was silent for a few seconds and told the truth: "Yeah."
The other end of the phone was also silent unexpectedly.
Then, she heard him say: "I'm at your grandfather's house, would you like to come over now? I might have to talk about something officially today."
Ji Chengyang stood on the balcony of Ji Yi's house, holding his mobile phone, waiting for Ji Yi's answer.
He already knew what had happened, and these were a few days earlier than he expected and disrupted his arrangements. At the time of the earthquake, when he carried the patients on the lawn and found that his mobile phone had been lost, the telephone line in the entire area had failed, and contact with the outside world had failed, he had already considered clearly how to solve the problem completely when the disaster was over. Things at home.
Fortunately, the people in my family are very calm.
When Ji Lao heard about it, the first thing he said was: "A very good girl, don't be delayed by you."
In Ji Chengyang's sight, he could see the boy's clothes drying on the hangers on the balcony here, some of which were larger and some were smaller. In the corners were toy boxes, bicycles, and electric cars.
When he walked just now, he saw that Ji Yi's original room had been changed into a small study room.
He can also recognize where on the sofa he watched TV with her, bandaged her wounds, and helped her make a kite on this balcony. Unfortunately, there are no traces of her living in this home.
If it was not necessary to completely resolve the obstacles between the two, he would not let her face it all.
But if she doesn't want to come, he has other ways.
Ji Yi didn't expect that he was here, listening to what he said, he probably guessed what he was coming for. The heart, which was originally out of control in the chest, beats even more anxiously. "I'm at the gate of the hospital," she said, "but I don't have a pass."
"Give the phone to the guard room."
Ji Yi handed over the phone.
Ji Chengyang reported a military line number on the phone so that the other party could call to verify.
Soon, the guards let go.
Ji Yi walked into the compound just holding the small box. Turn left from the main road and walk quickly for more than 20 minutes to enter the family area. When she stood at the gate of grandpa's house, she was already sweating.
She stared at the black door, and after two or three seconds, she rang the doorbell.
Soon, the door was opened.
It was the third aunt who opened the door, apparently knowing that she was coming, without any extra surprise expression, whispered to her to change her shoes and go in quickly. Ji Yi put the box in the corner, changed his slippers, and walked into the extra quiet room.
In the living room, there is grandpa, as well as grandpa Ji and Chengyang Ji.
The rest of the family are in the living room or study, avoiding the main hall.
She didn't expect this kind of formation, and called them in turn: "Grandpa, Grandpa Ji."
In the end, the line of sight fell on him, without making a sound, but because of the stare at him, the worried heart slowly settled down.
"Sixi," the third uncle came out from the study, "Your third aunt wants to talk to you first." He quickly glanced at the third aunt, who got up from the dining room chair and brought Ji Yi in. The room she used to live in.
Although I don't know what everyone has talked about before coming here, Ji Yi can guess what the third aunt will say.
Sure enough, when she sat down on the chair in the small study, the third aunt began to tell her that the rumor in the courtyard: "Your grandfather is very angry, you know some old aunts in the courtyard, know about this, they all told their children :'The Ji Yi who played with you since childhood is now with the uncle of the Ji family.' Xixi, you have been very obedient since you were a child, and you are the most worry-free child in your family, why suddenly you can’t control your relationship so much. What's the direction?"
Ji Yi didn't speak.
The third aunt was also given a task, and what she said was thought up in advance and very logical.
From the relationship between the two families, when it comes to the generation difference between the two, the most important thing is that Ji Yi is at such a good age, and the relationship is not mature yet, so there is no need to choose so early. "What's more, Xixi, you haven't suffered any real suffering yet," the third aunt's words are in line with universal values. "Your Uncle Ji... Ji Chengyang's health is not good. He is only in his early thirties, and he will have a long life in the future. We are also considering you, and you must know the truth about these."
"I know." She finally said.
The third aunt paused, and she could see that she was basically in an attitude of indifference.
Finally, the topic finally turned to another direction, to send her abroad to study.
This was also rejected by her shaking her head.
The conversation ended with persuasion failure.
Ji Yi walked out of the room. When the third aunt shook his head at the third uncle, Ji Yi's grandfather saw it too, frowned slightly, and said: "Sixi, logically, grandpa shouldn't care about you anymore. It's all children who support your parents, where And parents who care for their children for the rest of their lives? Your third uncle has no obligation to help your father take care of you all the time."
There are heavy emotions in the words.
Maybe he grew up with his grandfather, Ji Yi was said to have a sore nose, not as calm as he was in the small room just now. Since entering the door just now, she felt like she never had a home again. She used to study and live at school, and when she comes back on weekends, she still has her own room to shelter from the wind and rain. Now she doesn't have this place.
I still look at the familiar study, bedroom, and bathroom. I still like my grandfather wearing dark green army pants sitting on the brown chair: "Last time your dad came, I scolded him away. I don’t know how to be filial to my parents. I don’t care about my daughter," Grandpa continued, making a final statement, "Although your parents treat me this way, I still have feelings for you. I hope you can have a good life."
Everyone listened to this passage.
Maybe he grew up with his grandfather, Ji Yi was said to have a sore nose, not as calm as he was in the small room just now. Since entering the door just now, she felt like she never had a home again. She used to study and live at school, and when she comes back on weekends, she still has her own room to shelter from the wind and rain. Now she doesn't have this place.
She didn't know what Ji Chengyang would think. He was the only outsider in the whole house. These words were denying him directly, but he was still sitting here calmly.
"I am already independent, have a good job, and I will never spend any money from anyone in my family in the future." Ji Yi lowered his voice and repeated his thoughts again.
This is the most important sentence she and her family said.
When she was young, she used to shelter from the wind and rain. Before she became an adult, her family had never treated her financially. It can only be said that the fate of being a relative is weaker, so she is still grateful. Grandpa was able to bring himself back to raise and take care of him, and gave her a good educational environment.
And Ji Chengyang...
Before love came, it was not his duty to give her selfless care.
When she chased in the footsteps of her parents and wanted to get a smile back, what this man named Ji Chengyang gave to herself was care and love without consideration. Without him, her life would deviate from her teenage years. So the separation of those four years and the things she might encounter in the future are not important to her.
"I don't want to study abroad," Ji Yi paused, and went to see the place where Ji Chengyang was sitting: "I want to marry him."