[Sorry, everyone. This story is currently on hiatus, so enter at your own risk.]
The year she quit her job and left everything behind to return home and look after her grandmother's grocery store,
a handsome, rugged man often came by to buy cigarettes.
She casually remarked that smoking too much was bad for his health.
After that, he stopped buying cigarettes, but came by even more often than before,
buying two packs of spicy strips a day for fifty cents each.
On the day she returned to Qiaoshi, she couldn't help asking,
"Do you..."
Before she could finish saying "like me," his low, slightly husky
voice cut in, direct and decisive: "How much is your family's store?"
So he'd just been scouting the place, intending to buy the store.
While she was still processing this, he bluntly said, "I want to be with you."
She remembered her grandmother saying, when turning down a matchmaking offer for her, that whoever wanted to be with her would at least have to buy the family store. She froze for a moment, her gaze settling on the luggage in the corner. "But I'm leaving soon."
That wasn't a direct rejection.
His tense, serious expression softened a little. "That's okay." He smiled,
his determined eyes reflecting the sunset on the horizon. "I'll pursue you."
The day she left, he went from wooden and awkward to boldly direct.
Unable to resist him, she fell for him like a sunset sinking beneath the horizon.
"When there was no escaping, a single burst of courage broke through the walls."
-2021.1.12
* A story about escape and healing.
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"I want to be friends with myself."
"Isn't that autism?"
So I began to grow quiet
It's okay. From now on, no words will ever hurt you again.
I'll always be on your side. You don't need anyone else's understanding or approval. It's enough that I understand you.
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Grateful our paths crossed.
Theme: Go wherever you want to go. There is always light.
Grandma: Do you like Xiao Jiang? Xia Yuqing: No... No, grandma, don't talk nonsense. Jiang Muchen: My wife doesn't like me, am I aggrieved and sad?
It makes me have high blood pressure.
Watching this, I can feel a strong sense of women. The heroine denounces her boss's misogynistic remarks, the village is prone to gossip about women who smoke, and the grandmother's calm and strong female power... But regarding the plot of Zhao Lilai buying sanitary napkins and Xia Yuqing giving him a black bag, my opinion is still different from Dada. I can understand that some people are still shy when it comes to menstruation even if they know they want to get rid of it. However, the root cause of shyness is actually the subconscious belief that menstruation is unspeakable and cannot be dealt with openly. This concept is also caused by the long-term poisoning of fuquan society. So I personally think that hiding sanitary napkins in black bags is not so much tradition as it is a loss of courage. To truly get rid of menstrual shame requires the joint efforts of both sexes. Ever since I watched "Mundestad", I have always had a good impression of Da Da. I really like the plain yet warm sense of tenacity that permeates your works. I am also glad that you have come into contact with feminism, so you still expressed your inner thoughts. Of course, the above is my personal opinion.
Brother Jiang, please stop buying cigarettes. If you miss someone else, just be generous 🤷
Last update! I'm going to school tomorrow 😭 😭 😭
Hahahaha prepare to be jealous
Master Jiang: Who is your name?
To be honest, my friend, don't worry too much. Don't interfere too much. It can easily cause estrangement. I have to leave Beijing to grow old. Come on, Xia'er.
Zhao Li also likes Xiaoxia 😭 [panda head]
Today is the day Jiang Muchen loves to eat spicy strips