The courtyard: the atmosphere of human life

After they left the yard and walked out of the small alley in Nanjian section, Darong spoke.

"Why didn't you discuss this with me before coming here?" Darong's tone contained a hint of blame.

"Every time we discuss it, you disagree. I don't want to drag it on any longer. I want to be your partner openly." Pei Bin grumbled aggrievedly.

Darong didn't say anything else. She just sent Pei Bin to the main intersection and then came back.

"Mom, I..." As soon as Darong entered the yard, she saw her mother cooking in the kitchen.

"Are you guys dating?" Darong's mother looked up at Darong.

Darong nodded honestly.

"It's okay to be friends, but you're a girl and you have to know your limits. You shouldn't hide it from your family. If they hadn't come, we wouldn't have known about it until now."

As they were talking, Darong had already taken over the work from Darong's mother and started busying herself cooking in the kitchen.

Darong's mother continued speaking while standing at the kitchen door.

"The child seems okay, and the job is OK. If you want to get along with someone, get along well with them. You also need to understand their family. It was right to break up with Xiao Cheng last time. If someone's family is not good, it will be even more painful if it ends up like this."

"Well, I see."

After listening to her mother's words, Darong felt a little warmer in her heart. She had always thought that her mother was not happy about her and Cheng Laoxiao's breakup. This was the first time she knew what her mother was thinking.

Ever since he visited Darong's house, Pei Bin has become more comfortable with her. Whenever he has time, he will pick Darong up and drop her off at get off work. As the two of them spend more time together, their feelings seem to have deepened.

That day, when Darong got home from get off work, she saw that her mother didn't look very good. Darong took off her clothes and started to pack up the wool she had picked.

"Rong, stop it and sit there." Darong's mother also stopped what she was doing and spoke to Darong very seriously.

Darong was stunned at first. She originally thought that one of her brothers had started a fight and caused trouble again, but now she heard the tone that the target was directed at her.

"Okay." Darong stopped what she was doing, turned around and sat on the edge of the kang.

"What's going on between you and Xiao Pei isn't going to work. Just break up." Darong's mother looked at Darong and said every word without question.

"why?"

After hearing what her mother said, Darong frowned unconsciously. Not to mention that she and Pei Bin were getting along well, even if they were not, she would not want her mother to interfere.

"Pei Bin looks like a good kid, but his family is not good. His parents always use knives when they fight, and his brother is the same. Don't think he's nice to you now, that's because you haven't gotten married yet. If you get married and still fight and use knives, it will be a disaster."

When Darong's mother saw Darong's expression, she suddenly became angry and her tone became higher.

"His father and his brother cannot represent him. He is not that kind of person."

Darong was already unhappy about her mother interfering in her affairs, and when her mother's tone became harsh, Darong's rebellious nature grew again.

"You bastard, you never listened to what I said. His family is that kind of person, and sooner or later he will be that kind of person. This matter is not up to you to agree or not. I will ask your father to go to Uncle Liu this afternoon and resign as soon as possible."

After Darong's mother scolded Darong angrily, she turned around and continued to pick wool from her.

Darong sat on the edge of the kang, looking at her mother's strong and domineering appearance, tears welling up in her eyes.

Darong was indeed in love with Pei Bin, and it was very hard for Darong to accept this blow from her mother. But even so, the obedience engraved in her bones finally made Darong say the word "break up".

"Why? You have to tell me a reason." Pei Bin looked at Da Rong, who had her head lowered, with an expression of disbelief.

When he went to the breakfast department to pick up Darong after get off work in the morning, he heard that she had quit her job in the breakfast department and no longer went there.

Pei Bin just thought that Darong was concentrating on preparing for the classes and exams, so he rode his bike directly to Darong's house to find her.

"My mother doesn't agree with us being together. Don't ask anymore, and don't come to see me in the future." Darong was having a hard time holding back her tears. She kept her head down and didn't dare to look at Pei Bin.

Pei Bin and Darong didn't know what to say next, but neither of them seemed to want to leave. The two of them just stood in the alley, silent and deadlocked.

"Go away." After a long time, Darong finally adjusted herself. Since it was impossible, it would be better to suffer a short pain than a long one.

Darong turned and went into the yard, locking Pei Bin outside the gate.

In that era, parents' orders were more important than anything else. Although Darong and her friends all had their own personalities and tempers, they dared not be rebellious or willful in front of their parents.

Anyway, the thoughts and behaviors of that generation were very twisted. They neither recognized their parents' dominance nor dared to stick to their own principles. Most children still stuck to the tradition of Chinese-style education and suppressed the messy awakening in their hearts.

When Darong's mother turned into the alley, she happened to see Pei Bin turning into another alley. She sighed in her heart. It was not that she was cruel, but marriage was a lifelong event, and she did not dare to hand over her daughter to such a family.

It is not easy to break up with someone. When Darong broke up with Cheng Laoxiao, she did not invest too much emotion in him and they did not spend that long together.

But now that Darong has broken up with Pei Bin, she herself is not willing to do so. Besides, the two of them like each other, and Darong's mother has already thought of all this, so she has already made arrangements in her mind.

"Rong, go get a ticket tomorrow and stay at your great aunt's house for a few days. Your great aunt is not feeling well, so go and take over for her for two days. By the time the night school starts, your great aunt will have almost recovered."

Distance is the best way to distance a relationship. Darong's mother wanted Darong to live with her great aunt in the city for the past month, and the relationship between the two became distant.

Early the next morning, Darong got on the bus to the city. For Darong, she would rather leave her domineering mother and find some quiet time.

"Hua Zi, Hua Zi." The third child was walking on the way to school when he heard someone calling him from behind. He stopped and looked back.

"Brother Pei? Are you looking for my sister?" The third brother asked directly when he saw Pei Bin following behind him.

"Yes, I've been waiting in the alley for two days, but I haven't seen your sister come out." Pei Bin nodded and answered truthfully.

"She's not home, and she won't be home anytime soon, so you don't have to come."

"Where did she go?"

"My mother told us not to tell anyone. She also said that if you come to us, we will tell you to give up and find a girl from a good family next time. She will never agree with you." The third brother said to Pei Bin with his lips pursed.

He actually didn't really agree with his mother's breaking up of the couple, but he was also afraid that Pei Bin might get really bad-tempered one day and hurt his sister.

After hearing what the third brother said, Pei Bin's shoulders suddenly slumped and he looked depressed.

Looking at Pei Bin's leaving back, the third brother shook his head with a little heartache. After all, the smoked rabbit meat was really delicious.