Three or Two Things about Rebirth

At the May Fourth Gala in 1991, Qiu Luming participated in the choir performance as usual.

Compared with last year, the proportion of pop songs this year has greatly increased. The nurses of the county hospital also performed a "model walk", displaying not only various fashionable dresses, but also several mink coats.

Qiu Jiashu did not play the accordion this year, but sang and played the guitar. After the performance, before he left the stage, a girl rushed up to him with a bunch of plastic flowers and gave them to him. The audience burst into laughter, and Qiu Jiashu was embarrassed. The girl stuffed the flowers into his hands, then waved generously to the audience and ran away.

A few days after the performance, at noon on May 7, Qiu Luming attended Chen Xingchen's return banquet again.

In February, a new high school graduate named Liu Qi was assigned to the reading room. Chen Xingchen took over Gao's position as an accountant and became a career employee. Now that he was newly married, he was in high spirits and his dimples were deeper than usual.

On the wedding day of May 5, Qiu Luming did not attend. I only heard that she wore a pink wedding dress, which was very beautiful. Today, Chen Xingchen wore a red slim dress, a full set of gold jewelry, half of her hair was curled up, and the rest of the curly hair was scattered on her shoulders and back. There was a bunch of pink silk flowers on her temples. Qiu Luming stuffed a twenty yuan wrapped in red paper into the heavily made-up bride and congratulated her with a smile, "Happy wedding, and happiness forever!"

"Thank you, thank you!" This was the first time Chen Xingchen was so friendly to Qiu Luming. She stuffed the red envelope into the red purse on her shoulder, pointed to the window, and said enthusiastically, "Luming, sit at that table. Sister Wan and the others are all there!"

Qiu Luming walked over and sat with Sister Wan, and then greeted Director Li and other colleagues.

This was not her first time attending the wedding of a classmate or colleague. During the Republic of China, many of her high school classmates dropped out of school and got married before graduation, and they were only 16 or 17 years old. Last fall, she also attended the wedding of Director Fang's daughter.

She privately felt that the wedding dress back then was better looking than the one now.

Sister Wan grabbed a handful of melon seeds and placed them in front of Qiu Luming, "Eat them!"

Qiu Luming followed suit, pinched a few with his fingers, put them in the palm of his hand, and ate them slowly.

"Hey, I always thought you could get that position. Really, didn't your dad help you?" Sister Wan said with great regret.

Qiu Luming didn't want to talk about this topic, so he pointed at the groom and asked, "Sister Wan, what's the groom's name? He looks familiar to me."

"Isn't that Chang Lixin who was assigned to the Personnel Bureau two years ago? Yes, I think you were still in Harbin at that time. People say he looks like Chow Yun-fat, and I think he does look alike, except that he's a little shorter than Chow Yun-fat."

Qiu Luming nodded and had to admit that there were quite a few handsome men and beautiful women in this small county town.

At this time, there was a small commotion at the entrance of the hotel, and a woman in a maroon dress walked in gracefully. Qiu Luming seemed very excited to see Chen Xingchen, and was hugged by the groom.

The guests were talking about it, and Qiu Luming's ears moved.

"Oh my God, why is she here?"

"Who is that?"

"Isn't that Chang Lixin's ex-girlfriend Yao Ning? I heard that Chen Xingchen stole her away."

"Wow, this is going to be a fuss. Interesting. She didn't go on the wedding day, but she came when the couple came back to their parents' home."

"They are classmates, so it's unreasonable for them to come to the return party."

"Tsk tsk, what a girl! She is dressed more beautifully than the bride. Look at her hair, her high heels, her big eyes, and her waist. She is deliberately making the groom unforgettable!"

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At this time, Chen Xingchen's mother came over and smiled as she asked the woman named Yao Ning to take a seat. After all, she was a female leader who had seen big scenes. She smiled and praised Yao Ning for becoming more and more beautiful. She put her arm around her shoulders and led her to the table of Chen Xingchen's classmate. She asked her to sit in a seat relatively close to the inside and asked several male and female classmates to take good care of her.

Chen Xingchen, however, did not have the good self-control of her mother. She did not even smile and stood at the door with a stiff back, refusing to look back at the guests. Finally, she was pulled into a private room of the hotel by her mother. More than ten minutes later, all the dishes were served. After putting on makeup, Chen Xingchen finally smiled and stood side by side with the groom, saluted the guests, and then an elder from the bride's side, probably Chen Xingchen's uncle, held a glass of wine and gave words of blessing and welcome. Then the banquet officially began.

The banquet was of high standard and Qiu Luming ate with gusto. She sighed secretly and thought that after this meal, she would have to get used to eating her mother's food again in the evening.

With food in his stomach, Qiu Luming began to pay attention to Chen Xingchen. She had always refused to communicate with the groom, as if this would help her save face in front of the guests.

The groom looked extremely embarrassed.

The two were soon led by their elders to toast the important guests at the innermost tables, almost all of whom were the heads of various units.

Wan Jie whispered to Qiu Luming, "Is this girl stupid? This is the most important thing in her life. If you mess it up, she will hate you for the rest of her life! Besides, it's not good for her. If she makes a big fuss about it, will she be able to find a partner in the future?"

Qiu Luming looked towards Yao Ning. Mother Chen walked over and asked her daughter's classmates to toast him. The young people were flattered and stood up one after another, saying "no, no, no". Xie Zhi and Huang Yali were among them. Qiu Luming withdrew his gaze indifferently.

Chen Xingchen never came to the table of library colleagues to toast. As some people gradually left, everyone looked at each other, and under the leadership of Director Li, everyone left as well.

During dinner in the evening, Qiu Luming talked about this at the table.

Qiu Jiashu said he had also heard about this.

Look, good news doesn’t travel far, but bad news travels far and wide. It’s only been half a day, but I’m afraid the news has spread all over the city.

"Tsk tsk, she didn't cry or make a fuss, she just dressed up beautifully and went to have a meal, but she ruined the return banquet!" Qiu Luming sighed.

Qiu Jiashu looked at her warily, "Do you think this is a good thing? You're hurting the enemy by eight hundred and you're hurting yourself by a thousand. Besides, a person who can be pried away by someone is not worth it at all. He's also likely to cheat after marriage."

He Manshu sighed, "These students are from the same class as your third brother.

I have taught so many students, and I am always surprised that in every class, there seems to be a student who is particularly good at dealing with things, a student who is particularly stubborn, or a boy who is particularly attracted to girls. "

"Yes." Qiu Jiye put down his chopsticks. "I noticed this when I went to the countryside to treat patients. Almost every village has a mentally retarded or deaf-mute person, and every village also has particularly domineering and weak people. This is the law of nature, especially people's personalities are affected by the environment. If the most naughty one transfers to another school, the group will naturally cultivate a new naughty kid."

"So, even if we live in Beijing, we will only come into contact with a limited group of people. Your friends and lovers will ultimately be chosen from this circle. Even in a small county town that you look down upon, God will arrange someone who is compatible with you." He Manshu said, looking at Qiu Jiashu.

Qiu Jiashu laughed, "Mom, you can even do this to me!"

"You are already twenty-seven years old, and you don't find a partner. People are privately saying that you are in poor health and have a serious illness!"

"Puff!" Qiu Luming just drank the egg soup, and it all sprayed onto his second brother's clothes. He quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe it clean, "I'm sorry, second brother, I can't spray it on the dining table, haha, take it off quickly, I'll wash it for you, hahahaha~"

Qiu Jiashu glared at her, stood up, took off his police uniform shirt, and soaked it in the washbasin, wearing only a white vest, "Qiu Luming, you must wash it clean for me, and don't leave any oil stains!"

"Sir, this is the sleeve-shaking soup. Beat an egg in water, add some chopped green onion and salt, and you also need oil!"

Qiu Jiashu also laughed, "You tortured me to death!"

Qiu Luming put down his chopsticks and washed Qiu Jiashu's shirt at the door of the living room. "My third brother should be back in a few days."

"What's the matter?" He Manshu asked curiously.

"His good friend is getting married, so he won't come back?"

Qiu Jiashu turned around, "Who? Xie Zhi?"

Hearing Xie Zhi, everyone looked at Qiu Luming inquiringly.

Qiu Luming looked calm as he put soap on his shirt collar. "Why are you all looking at me? It's not me getting married."