Ni Anbin and Liu Xiaojiao (1)
Because you have experienced good love, you can't settle for the wrong person. Good love worth waiting for after all.
I may meet many girls in my life, but no one can let me fall in love with all my heart except Liu Xiaojiao. No one can anymore. ——Digression
"I may meet many girls in my life, in the past and in the future. I may meet them at any time, but no one can let me fall in love with all my heart except Liu Xiaojiao. Ever!" The person who said those was my bro Ni Anbin. Liu Xiaojiao was naturally that girl whom he cannot let go.
Life is a movie without a screenwriter, with all the plot and climax unknown. Sometimes you feel that life is dull like a pond of stilled water, the reason must be it’s not your time yet. When it really comes on one day, it may be more memorable than an idol drama.
The story began four years ago. At that time, Ni Anbin had just graduated from university. His roommates all planned to go to other places for developing, so he was invited to join them. He also thought he should take advantage of his youth to see a bigger world. Harbin was a city had a longer winter than summer after all, and he had enough of that.
Ni Anbin felt that he was not like the other boys in the school, who might have unforgettable feelings or girlfriend hard to give up, his four years life of college was like a piece of paper and quietly lying on the ground, even without any chance of being stepped on the foot, so horribly ordinary. Some things needed to be changed, being a piece of paper in a new place at least.
He planned to leave after the Spring Festival, thus to spend some time with his parents and shop for some New Year goods before the Spring Festival. Therefore, he went out that day, while he barely went out in winter. Afterwards, he said to me: “If that day was a cut-off point in life, those fated to happen would happen in any way and you could not hide or miss.
In fact, it was strange on hindsight, errands were usually Anbin's mother’s job, but Anbin's father meant to send Anbin for he was home for far too long and he’s better go out for a walk. At first his mother wanted to go with him, but Anbin said no and he could go by himself.
When he went out, he smelt the aroma of dumplings from other’s house. Anbin thought he could buy some beef and then make dumplings for dinner.
On the way back, he met a girl at a street corner. In his words, at that time he thought that girl was really awesome. The weather of Harbin was minus 38 degrees Celsius, she just wore a T-shirt with a pair of jeans.
The girl took five sticks of sugar-coated haws in her hand, rummaged in her purse for several minutes, and finally found that she had no money with her.
Ni Anbin was always famous for his kindness and goodness among our friends. He walked up to the stand, asked how much she needed, paid the money and left without looking back.
I asked him, why did you leave without a word?
He answered: "If I stay any longer, I guess I'll have to take off my clothes to warm her up."
An awesome girl Xiaojiao was! Taking a few steps to catch up, she patted Ni Anbin on the shoulder and said: "Hey, handsome boy, what should I call you? How old are you? Thank you!"
Ni Anbin felt that he met an apple-head one, gave her a short look, and did not speak. That girl lost her temper: "Are you dumb or playing profundity with me? I'm asking you a question!"
Ni Anbin said: "I am not dumb, just thought you were too careless as a girl. For just a few Yuan, you don't need to ask so many questions like that."
"I just want to thank you, and later on I will return the money to you. Oh! Here, two sticks of sugar-coated haws for you. They are very sweet."
Before he could speak, the two sticks of sugar-coated haws were stuffed into his hand. When Ni Anbin was about to say that he didn't like this food, the girl turned and ran away. Ni Anbin held the beef in his left hand and two sticks of sugar-coated haws in his right hand and went back. On entering home, his mother asked: "Oh, what’s up, my son relived his simplicity and childlike innocence, eating sugar-coated haws?"
Ni Anbin did not answer, gave one stick of sugar-coated haws to his mother and another one to his father, and went to lie in the inner room. Lying on the bed, Anbin thought, what that girl looked like had not been seen clearly, how can he went away like that? He deserved to be single, what a pity for his five Yuan.
The most precious quality for a man is that he loves a woman deeply and will love her forever.
Things went by, and Anbin accompanied his parents to have a Spring Festival with full heart, occasionally came out to have a drink and chat with us. When he went to the central street to watch the ice lamp at the evening, seeing couples walking back and forth on the road, Anbin felt so lonely. But the thing of the affection was nothing like you are buying vegetable, when you just grab some casually and hand over money. This kind of thing could not be settled even second best choice. If two people were not on the same page, they would not last for a long time.
Anbin didn’t think further about that episode. Harbin was nothing more than a provincial capital but it’s no small place, two strangers could meet here, but how slim were the chance they could have a reunion after separating. Probably not much higher than winning buying a lottery ticket.
However, if the people were destined to meet, they would meet. On the third day of Chinese New Year, Anbin was about to pay New Year's visit to his relatives and met her at the gate of a community. She was squatting on the ground alone, with shoulders slightly shaking. For a view of her back, Anbin was sure it must be her. He went over, touched her lightly with his hand and asked her what was wrong. The girl raised her head slowly, and her dim eyes became brightening with surprise seeing him.
"What a surprise to meet you here. Do you remember me? You owe me five Yuan."
That girl looked up, teardrops all over her face. She looked straight at him, and said nothing, which terrified him.
"What's the matter with you? Why are you crying? I don't want money back any more. I'm just kidding."
Liu Xiaojiao burst out laughing hearing him, she laughed with tears, which was especially good-looking. Ni Anbin said he had never seen a girl who can be thatwas so good-looking with crying and laughing. I said he was really disgusting and how could a man from the northeast be so disgusting. Anbin said that was because I had not seen it, as if someone had not seen the moon, the moon would not stop glowing because someone had not seen it.
"I am ok. There are just a little stomach pains, I’m just squatting down for a while and will be fine." She said.
"That doesn't work. It is so cold, and you may catch a cold. Come on, my house is not far ahead, come have a rest at mine."
After we heard about the story, we all said that we had heard of those who gave red envelopes during the Spring Festival and those who had good luck during the Spring Festival, but we had never heard of anyone who could pick up a girlfriend on the street.
Naturally, his mother startled when he entered the room. Ni Anbin went to college for four years but made no girl friend, so his mother was very anxious. When she saw her son led a girl into the house, she was naturally overjoyed and came greet them with a big smile on her face, without any question asked.
Liu Xiaojiao was also smart, greeting his mother and his father as aunt and uncle, which made the two elders so happy, even happier than when Ni Anbin was admitted to college. After chatting for a while, his parents winked at each other and said:
"Anbin, it just occurs to me that your aunt has asked us to play mahjong, I will go with your dad. Please be a good host, there are some fruits in the kitchen, wash them for her."
"Miss, please have a seat and chat with Anbin. I will go out to play mahjong with your uncle."
When she left, she insisted on giving Liu Xiaojiao one thousand Yuan as red envelope money, saying that Liu Xiaojiao could have a shopping spree and please come here more.
Ni Anbin never said a word since he came back, while Xiaojiao kept o talking. If he had told his mother at that time that they only knew each other for less than half an hour, his mother would have gone mad. But after all, that was the first time he brought a girl home, his mother was so carried away that it was useless to say anything for his knowing.
After his mom and dad left, he became nervous and kept silent. Liu Xiaojiao spoke first:
"Handsome boy, aunt is very funny. Does she think I am her daughter-in-law? Anyway, let me introduce myself formally. My name is Liu Xiaojiao, Xiao as in dusk, jiao as in gentle. Here's a thousand Yuan and then my debt is cleared." And then she made a funny face at me.
"Well, never mind my mother, I never took a girl home before, and I didn't have time to explain it. And then, my name is Ni Anbin. However, I can't take the money back, that is my mother’s gift given to her daughter-in-law.
My buddy’s face turned red after finishing his words, and Liu Xiaojiao laughed so happily that she couldn’t help shaking.
"Well, Xiaojiao, if you do not have any other opinions, please keep the money, and then how about we start to date?"
"Ok, I have no problem with it for aunt’s sake and the favor of your treating me to sugar-coated haws."
Ni Anbin and Liu Xiaojiao (1)
Because you have experienced good love, you can't settle for the wrong person. Good love worth waiting for after all.
I may meet many girls in my life, but no one can let me fall in love with all my heart except Liu Xiaojiao. No one can anymore. ——Digression
"I may meet many girls in my life, in the past and in the future. I may meet them at any time, but no one can let me fall in love with all my heart except Liu Xiaojiao. Ever!" The person who said those was my bro Ni Anbin. Liu Xiaojiao was naturally that girl whom he cannot let go.
Life is a movie without a screenwriter, with all the plot and climax unknown. Sometimes you feel that life is dull like a pond of stilled water, the reason must be it’s not your time yet. When it really comes on one day, it may be more memorable than an idol drama.
The story began four years ago. At that time, Ni Anbin had just graduated from university. His roommates all planned to go to other places for developing, so he was invited to join them. He also thought he should take advantage of his youth to see a bigger world. Harbin was a city had a longer winter than summer after all, and he had enough of that.
Ni Anbin felt that he was not like the other boys in the school, who might have unforgettable feelings or girlfriend hard to give up, his four years life of college was like a piece of paper and quietly lying on the ground, even without any chance of being stepped on the foot, so horribly ordinary. Some things needed to be changed, being a piece of paper in a new place at least.
He planned to leave after the Spring Festival, thus to spend some time with his parents and shop for some New Year goods before the Spring Festival. Therefore, he went out that day, while he barely went out in winter. Afterwards, he said to me: “If that day was a cut-off point in life, those fated to happen would happen in any way and you could not hide or miss.
In fact, it was strange on hindsight, errands were usually Anbin's mother’s job, but Anbin's father meant to send Anbin for he was home for far too long and he’s better go out for a walk. At first his mother wanted to go with him, but Anbin said no and he could go by himself.
When he went out, he smelt the aroma of dumplings from other’s house. Anbin thought he could buy some beef and then make dumplings for dinner.
On the way back, he met a girl at a street corner. In his words, at that time he thought that girl was really awesome. The weather of Harbin was minus 38 degrees Celsius, she just wore a T-shirt with a pair of jeans.
The girl took five sticks of sugar-coated haws in her hand, rummaged in her purse for several minutes, and finally found that she had no money with her.
Ni Anbin was always famous for his kindness and goodness among our friends. He walked up to the stand, asked how much she needed, paid the money and left without looking back.
I asked him, why did you leave without a word?
He answered: "If I stay any longer, I guess I'll have to take off my clothes to warm her up."
An awesome girl Xiaojiao was! Taking a few steps to catch up, she patted Ni Anbin on the shoulder and said: "Hey, handsome boy, what should I call you? How old are you? Thank you!"
Ni Anbin felt that he met an apple-head one, gave her a short look, and did not speak. That girl lost her temper: "Are you dumb or playing profundity with me? I'm asking you a question!"
Ni Anbin said: "I am not dumb, just thought you were too careless as a girl. For just a few Yuan, you don't need to ask so many questions like that."
"I just want to thank you, and later on I will return the money to you. Oh! Here, two sticks of sugar-coated haws for you. They are very sweet."
Before he could speak, the two sticks of sugar-coated haws were stuffed into his hand. When Ni Anbin was about to say that he didn't like this food, the girl turned and ran away. Ni Anbin held the beef in his left hand and two sticks of sugar-coated haws in his right hand and went back. On entering home, his mother asked: "Oh, what’s up, my son relived his simplicity and childlike innocence, eating sugar-coated haws?"
Ni Anbin did not answer, gave one stick of sugar-coated haws to his mother and another one to his father, and went to lie in the inner room. Lying on the bed, Anbin thought, what that girl looked like had not been seen clearly, how can he went away like that? He deserved to be single, what a pity for his five Yuan.
The most precious quality for a man is that he loves a woman deeply and will love her forever.
Things went by, and Anbin accompanied his parents to have a Spring Festival with full heart, occasionally came out to have a drink and chat with us. When he went to the central street to watch the ice lamp at the evening, seeing couples walking back and forth on the road, Anbin felt so lonely. But the thing of the affection was nothing like you are buying vegetable, when you just grab some casually and hand over money. This kind of thing could not be settled even second best choice. If two people were not on the same page, they would not last for a long time.
Anbin didn’t think further about that episode. Harbin was nothing more than a provincial capital but it’s no small place, two strangers could meet here, but how slim were the chance they could have a reunion after separating. Probably not much higher than winning buying a lottery ticket.
However, if the people were destined to meet, they would meet. On the third day of Chinese New Year, Anbin was about to pay New Year's visit to his relatives and met her at the gate of a community. She was squatting on the ground alone, with shoulders slightly shaking. For a view of her back, Anbin was sure it must be her. He went over, touched her lightly with his hand and asked her what was wrong. The girl raised her head slowly, and her dim eyes became brightening with surprise seeing him.
"What a surprise to meet you here. Do you remember me? You owe me five Yuan."
That girl looked up, teardrops all over her face. She looked straight at him, and said nothing, which terrified him.
"What's the matter with you? Why are you crying? I don't want money back any more. I'm just kidding."
Liu Xiaojiao burst out laughing hearing him, she laughed with tears, which was especially good-looking. Ni Anbin said he had never seen a girl who can be thatwas so good-looking with crying and laughing. I said he was really disgusting and how could a man from the northeast be so disgusting. Anbin said that was because I had not seen it, as if someone had not seen the moon, the moon would not stop glowing because someone had not seen it.
"I am ok. There are just a little stomach pains, I’m just squatting down for a while and will be fine." She said.
"That doesn't work. It is so cold, and you may catch a cold. Come on, my house is not far ahead, come have a rest at mine."
After we heard about the story, we all said that we had heard of those who gave red envelopes during the Spring Festival and those who had good luck during the Spring Festival, but we had never heard of anyone who could pick up a girlfriend on the street.
Naturally, his mother startled when he entered the room. Ni Anbin went to college for four years but made no girl friend, so his mother was very anxious. When she saw her son led a girl into the house, she was naturally overjoyed and came greet them with a big smile on her face, without any question asked.
Liu Xiaojiao was also smart, greeting his mother and his father as aunt and uncle, which made the two elders so happy, even happier than when Ni Anbin was admitted to college. After chatting for a while, his parents winked at each other and said:
"Anbin, it just occurs to me that your aunt has asked us to play mahjong, I will go with your dad. Please be a good host, there are some fruits in the kitchen, wash them for her."
"Miss, please have a seat and chat with Anbin. I will go out to play mahjong with your uncle."
When she left, she insisted on giving Liu Xiaojiao one thousand Yuan as red envelope money, saying that Liu Xiaojiao could have a shopping spree and please come here more.
Ni Anbin never said a word since he came back, while Xiaojiao kept o talking. If he had told his mother at that time that they only knew each other for less than half an hour, his mother would have gone mad. But after all, that was the first time he brought a girl home, his mother was so carried away that it was useless to say anything for his knowing.
After his mom and dad left, he became nervous and kept silent. Liu Xiaojiao spoke first:
"Handsome boy, aunt is very funny. Does she think I am her daughter-in-law? Anyway, let me introduce myself formally. My name is Liu Xiaojiao, Xiao as in dusk, jiao as in gentle. Here's a thousand Yuan and then my debt is cleared." And then she made a funny face at me.
"Well, never mind my mother, I never took a girl home before, and I didn't have time to explain it. And then, my name is Ni Anbin. However, I can't take the money back, that is my mother’s gift given to her daughter-in-law.
My buddy’s face turned red after finishing his words, and Liu Xiaojiao laughed so happily that she couldn’t help shaking.
"Well, Xiaojiao, if you do not have any other opinions, please keep the money, and then how about we start to date?"
"Ok, I have no problem with it for aunt’s sake and the favor of your treating me to sugar-coated haws."
