Love is like a dream

Da Shuang: "I'll just find a hotel nearby."

Me: "So are you coming to Beijing this time?"

Da Shuang: "I came with my aunt, and I want to visit Beijing with her, and it's also..."

Da Shuang glanced at her aunt, who said, "Go, let's settle down first."

We took a taxi back to my residence, settled our luggage and helped Dashuang book a hotel nearby, and then found a home-cooked restaurant for dinner. I gave the menu to my aunt and asked her to order. My aunt took a look: "This Why are the dishes so expensive, usually stir-fried vegetables cost more than [-] yuan?"

Me: "The current price level in Beijing is like this."

Mom: "It's several times more expensive than our hometown."

Da Shuang: "No, it's quite expensive in Guangzhou."

Me: "You work in Guangzhou? What do you do?"

Da Shuang: "Work as a programmer in a software company."

While talking, the dishes came up one after another, and my aunt said: "Molly, your mother and I are here this time, there is no other purpose, nor is it simply to come to Beijing to see, the most important thing is to talk. Talk about finding someone for you?"

As soon as I heard this, I immediately felt unhappy, but I still tried my best to say calmly: "Oh, I know this matter well, so I'm not in a hurry."

Mom: "Don't worry about how old you are. When I was your age, you were two or three years old."

Me: "Mom, don't keep comparing me with you at that time, and don't compare me with the vision of that era with the present? How many people went to school and how many people went to work in your era? You had a mobile phone at that time. Is it? Is there a high-speed rail?"

Mom: "It's all the same, no matter what era it is, girls always want to find someone to marry, and then have children for the rest of their lives, right? This matter of course will not change in any era."

Me: "Maybe that's not the case. Now it has started to change. Many young people no longer plan to have children or even get married."

Aunt: "Nonsense, which family in our nearby village doesn't get married and have children?"

Me: "Bie village, our village, this is where your eyes are."

Mom: "How do you talk to your aunt? Even in the whole country, most of them are going to get married and have children."

Me: "Others are others, I am me, I have my own plans and arrangements for my life, and no one can interfere."

Mom: "Smelly girl, give back your own life, you were not born by me, I think you want to rebel!"

Me: "I'm not a child anymore, I have the power to make my own decisions."

Aunt: "Okay, okay, stop arguing, let's get down to business, Dashuang is here with me this time, one is to play for a few days, and the other is, I just want to introduce him to you. He always remembers things when he was young. I have been inquiring about you for several years. No, it’s a holiday. I just want to bring him over to see you with your mother. Can we get married?"

I opened my mouth wide in shock: "Na...Nani? My life is determined by these few words?"

Mom: "Then what are you thinking about? I think Da Shuang is a pretty good kid. You are not too young now. It's time to think about starting a family."

Me: "I'm not too young anymore. I'm only very old. I'm busy with work every day. I don't have time to think about marriage and having children."

Mom: "Are you in your twenties this year, are you 24 or 25?"

Me: "So what? Some people in Beijing don't get married after the age of 30. Now this stage is the best age to advance in career."

Auntie: "What's the next step? Sooner or later you have to stay at home to take care of the children and take care of the elderly. Do you really plan to never marry for the rest of your life?"

Me: "That's not necessarily true. It's not a big deal if you don't get married if you don't have a destiny. It's not that you can't support yourself."

Mom patted the table lightly: "Don't you dare! I'll leave it to you this time. I think Da Shuang is a good kid, and your aunt is also satisfied. Both work and home are doing well, so you just like this." Let's make a decision, go out to play together these few days, get to know it, and do things when it's almost done!"

Me: "Huh? Are you planning to arrange marriages? You also want to engage in arranged marriages in feudal society, which is illegal now!"

Mom: "Mom doesn't know what the law is. Mom knows that my daughter should get married. I can't let her get old and still not get married."

Me: "Are you so eager to marry me?"

Mom: "It's not that Mom wants to drive you away, it's for your own good. It will be difficult to find such a good partner when you get older."

Me: "If it's hard to find, don't look for it, who cares."

Mom: "You are going to be mad at me, don't eat!"

Aunt: "Okay, okay, don't be angry, it's getting late, let's eat first."

Me: "I'm full, go to the toilet, you guys eat."

I went to the bathroom to wash my face, and when I came out, I saw my aunt and mother talking to Da Shuang, and they stopped when they saw me coming back.

Me: "Why, don't tell me when I come back."

Da Shuang: "Well...Molly, do you have any opinion on me? If not, I think I'll take my aunt back earlier."

Me: "Oh, what I just said has nothing to do with you. It's my attitude towards my life and marriage, not against you."

Da Shuang: "I'm sorry, I haven't been in touch with you these years. You are really not the little girl who ran around all day and loved to play when I was a child. I really don't know much about you. I think you will have the same idea as other girls, thinking that you can consider getting married and start a family when you are about the age. In fact, my aunt didn't mean to force us to do anything. I just wanted to see what you think of me. It doesn't matter if it doesn't work out. "

Me: "I don't have any opinions on you. After so many years, everyone has grown up and has their own outlook on life, values ​​and dreams. It is normal to have different ideas."

Da Shuang: "Maybe I'm still more traditional, I want to get married and have children early, I'm not as avant-garde and open-minded as yours..."

Me: "Hehe, it doesn't matter, I will always meet the right person who has the same outlook on life and values ​​as me."

Da Shuang: "Actually, we can try dating, let's not talk about getting married or not, I still have a good impression of you."

Me: "Well, let's talk about it rationally and objectively. I don't think we are suitable. For example, you are in Guangzhou and I am in Beijing. I don't plan to develop in Guangzhou. Are you planning to develop in Beijing?"

Da Shuang: "This... I haven't thought about it yet. The corporate environment in Guangzhou is quite good. I don't want to leave yet."

Me: "Then do you plan to settle in Guangzhou or return to your hometown in the future?"

Da Shuang: "I haven't thought about it specifically. At least I won't go back to my hometown for a few years. In the future, it depends on what my parents want..."