The next day, Pei Donglai got up early and went to work. After get off work, Li Xin called and asked Pei Donglai to have dinner together.
The two came to the only Western restaurant in the county. After taking a seat, Li Xin said: "Donglai, thank you for taking care of me since I started. Did Auntie tell you?"
"say what?"
"marriage".
"I heard my mother say it last night, but I don't know the details. Let them arrange it."
Li Xin smiled happily, "My mother also told me that they were too impatient, but I can accept it. After all, it will be a matter of time."
Later, Li Xin took out a gift box and gave it to Pei Donglai and said, "I bought this two days ago when I went to the provincial capital to participate in a speech contest. Do you like it?"
When Pei Donglai saw that the box was the Hermès logo, he knew it was worth a lot and said, "Li Xin, this is too expensive, I can't have it."
Li Xin suddenly became angry and said, "We are about to get married, what do you mean?" After saying this, she started to cry aggrievedly.
Pei Donglai realized that he had said the wrong thing and immediately changed his words, "I haven't given you any gifts, so why are you embarrassed to take them?"
Li Xin raised her lips and said, "Didn't you give me roses? A basket full of roses."
"Does that count?"
"Of course it counts. Besides, you are the first man to give me roses."
Pei Donglai spent the night thinking about it last night and figured out that he should stay here for the rest of his life. In fact, it is not bad here. The air is fresh, the environment is good, and the pace of life is not fast.
The main reason is that I can still stay with my parents, which is actually quite happy when I think about it. Life is only a few decades, why do you pursue so much? You can't take anything with you when you're buried.
During this period, Pei Donglai also deliberately stopped answering Zhang Yutong's calls. Even after he answered, he hung up hastily on the pretext of being busy at work.
Lin Xiaojie also called, but since Pei Dong said that he had a girlfriend, Lin Xiaojie rarely called, and only occasionally sent some blessing messages.
After dinner, Pei Donglai accepted Li Xin's gift, and the two took a walk by the river. Pei Donglai took the initiative to hold Li Xin's hand.
Li Xin said happily: "Dong Lai, from the moment you carried me when I was injured last time, I secretly swore in my heart that I will never marry except you in this life."
"Am I that good?"
Li Xin kept nodding, "To me, you are the best."
"Thank you, Li Xin."
"no need thank me?"
"Thank you for being so nice to me."
"You were better to me. During that time, you came to carry me to work every day. My heart melted. It really melted."
The two stopped in a dark corner by the river. Pei Donglai stretched his hand to Li Xin's waist. Li Xin naturally turned around and the two hugged each other tightly...
After Pei Donglai sent Li Xin home, at the gate of the community, Li Xin was reluctant to go upstairs for a long time. The two hugged each other again, and happened to meet Pei's mother and Li's mother coming downstairs.
Pei Donglai let go in a hurry, and Li Xin said coquettishly, "No, I haven't hugged him enough yet."
"Your mother is here," Li Xin heard and quickly let go. The two high school students stood there with their heads lowered, like high school students caught eating forbidden fruit.
When the two elders saw it, they laughed loudly. Mother Li said: "Oh, you two are adults. It's really shameful for you to be secretive about your relationship."
After greeting his future mother-in-law, Pei Dong came and said, "Mom, let me take you home."
"Go on, you do your work, and I'll take a taxi back by myself." After saying this, Pei's mother hurried away.
Mother Li also walked away very wisely.
"You go up by yourself, I'll go back," Pei Donglai said.
Li Xin threw herself into Pei Donglai's arms again, unwilling to leave, and said coquettishly, "I won't leave."
The two lingered for more than 10 minutes before Li Xin reluctantly went upstairs.
The next day, while Pei Donglai was still at work, he received a call from his mother. They had dinner at Jubao Building in the evening to discuss marriage.
7pm. Both parents came as scheduled.
Pei's mother spoke first: "In-laws, the wedding date is set for the 15th of next month. We have discussed it before. Do you think there are any changes?"
The Li family nodded in agreement.
Next came the issue of the betrothal gift. Mother Li said: "My parents, we have discussed it here. Everything should be kept simple. According to local customs, it is only 168,000 yuan. What do you think?"
The Pei family didn't have any objections, and then the man bought three gold and three silver coins for the woman, and the woman's family bought three sets of clothes for the man's family, etc.
As for the problem of the house, Pei's mother said, "I'll let Xiaoxin live with our second elder for a while. Donglai is already starting to buy a house."
Li Xin said: "Auntie, don't worry about the house. I have a house of my own, which was renovated some time ago. After Dong Lai and I got married, we will move there."
Pei Donglai was very moved when he heard what Li Xin said. He should have prepared the house by himself, but Li Xin took the initiative to bear what she shouldn't have to bear.
Mother Li was also a generous person, and said with a smile: "Let them decide the affairs of their young people, come and have a meal."
Pei Donglai and Li Xin only ate for a while and then came out. They held hands and walked in the small county town.
Pei Donglai asked: "Xiao Xin, are you okay with the weekend tomorrow?"
"I will go wherever you go," Li Xin said happily nestling in Pei Donglai's arms.
"Let's go to the provincial capital tomorrow."
"What?"
"You'll know when you go there."
While the two were walking, Pei Donglai's phone rang. Seeing that it was Zhang Yutong, Pei Donglai pressed mute and did not answer the call.
As she walked, Li Xin felt Pei Donglai's phone vibrating. Pei Donglai guessed that it must be Zhang Yutong again, but still didn't answer it.
After a while, the vibration started again.
"Donglai, why don't you answer the phone? Who is it?"
"A friend, I stopped answering."
Li Xin wanted to ask again, but seeing Pei Donglai's expression, she chose silence.
After shopping for a long time, Li Xin said: "I'm going home."
"What's wrong, Xiaoxin, are you angry?"
"No, I want to sleep."
Pei Donglai obviously felt that Li Xin was a little unhappy, but she didn't say anything, and Pei Donglai didn't ask any more questions.
After sending Li Xin to the gate of the community, the two did not hug and "kiss goodbye" like before. Li Xin went upstairs first.
On the way back, Pei Donglai picked up his phone and found 6 missed calls. When he opened WeChat, there were more than 10 messages, all from Zhang Yutong.
Pei Donglai hesitated for a long time and called back.
"I thought you ignored me," Zhang Yutong said aggrievedly.
"Yutong, what's the matter?"
"What? Can't I call you if I have nothing to do?"
"I miss you," Zhang Yutong added.
After thinking for a long time, Pei Donglai decided to tell the truth, "Yutong, let's keep in touch less in the future. I'm getting married."
"Are you ready to get married?" Zhang Yutong didn't believe his ears.
Pei Donglai confirmed again: "Yes, I am ready to get married, just next month."
After Pei Dong finished speaking, he heard Zhang Yutong's heartbreaking cry on the other end of the phone.
