☆Family Warmth
That night, Gao Yulan couldn’t sleep well over what had happened. Furthermore Wen Sha framing her and Yin Ze’s teasing also made her more sullen. And with more resentment she finally decided to pack up.
The enemy was too strong, the army was no match, there is only retreat.
She decided to not look for work, and not to look for men. Recently everything has been very unfavorable for her. She's going back to her father and mother’s home to seek some family warmth.
Gao Yulan’s parents lived in C city, from A city where the company was it was about 4 hours by car, taking the bus was very convenient. Loving their daughter, Father and Mother Gao had let their baby daughter fight her own battles and work in City A. Cause it was within the range, they could still monitor her.
The next day, Gao Yulan carrying luggage appeared at the doorway. Gao’s mom was startled by her coming home suddenly without even telling her. It wasn’t even a holiday, there wasn’t a wedding, or even a funeral.
Gao Mama held Gao Yulan and looked her up.
Yep, looking out of the old eyes her wrinkled face recognized her daughter was outside. Gao Yulan didn’t respond.
Mama Gao hurriedly called Papa Gao at work. The old couple had decided if their daughter’s heart was broken to go help her, if she was sad they couldn't let her be sad, and if she was angry not to ask until a more suitable time. But also taking advantage of their daughter coming back to find a son in law.
Love was a good thing. It can heal, cheer people up, be ambitious, and take care of their daughter for half of her life.
The old couple discussed till Mama Gao was at peace. They decided that to welcome their daughter back they need to create an atmosphere of good communication. She bought a lot of food to make a scrumptious dinner.
Roasted Pork Spare ribs, Stewed Chicken soup, Mapo Tofu, Braised Fish….six dishes and a soup spread across the huge table caused Gao Yulan to jump back in shock.
“Dad, Did you win the lottery?”
“Nope, but almost.”
“Almost?”
“Well last week a halo was around me and I got a good drawing. The prize numbers came out and all I saw, I was not lacking at all.” Papa Gao’s tone was full of pride.
“Since it was not lacking how is it almost?” Gao Yulan was startled by how her father had the time to guess the numbers correctly for the lottery? ┇Thinking┇Rabbit┇Doing┇Line┇Reviewing┇Reading┇
Papa Gao sighed with an expression of regret: “However, when I was writing them down I felt there was two that was going to change and I overlooked it later, again there were two changed, and then the lottery began and I compared them to my numbers.” Papa Gao had a face of remorse: “But the last one was also not right.”
Gao Yulan was expressionless, this “almost” was out of the ballpark, she patted Papa Gao’s shoulder to console him: “Ah, that can’t be consider, just use your own approach.”
Papa Gao frowned, reluctant to put the two chicken feet into his own bowl: “You are what you eat, I’ll eat these claws to snatch more money.”
Mentioning the lottery, Papa Gao had a lot of experience, He was eating on one side while endlessly talking about it. In his excitement, Mama Gao kicked his leg, and Papa Gao hurriedly controlled his words. She then piled food onto her daughter’s plate and asked why she had come back.
Gao Yulan ate while thinking of what to say. Her mother and father weren't stupid. To all of a sudden appear, how could it be any good. So she straightforwardly told them everything about how she had lost her job, but she didn’t mention the process of how she was framed. And only told them about how the company was a villain and her colleagues and mocked her for not having a boyfriend.
Hearing this Mama Gao slapped her thigh: “Lan Lan, We can’t let this go like that, quickly find a man and bring him back to company and show them.”
“Right, Lan Lan, don’t be sad. Dad knows a lot of young guys and can introduce you.” Papa Gao quickly added striking while the iron was hot.
Gao Yulan lowered her head to eat , but she was happy on the inside. As her dad’s words became more flexible she suddenly knew that family was warm but it could also get to hot as she broke into a cold sweat.
“Dad, Mom. I’m fine, don’t worry. I just suddenly came back because it’s been awhile since I’ve seen you. I already have an idea of looking for a boyfriend and a joy.” She thought then added “Don’t set up any blind dates for me. I won’t go.”
Papa Gao and Mama Gao heard here and both had a mutual thought of not asking anymore. In the evening the old couple in there room talked about their daughter’s setback outside, it was a good opportunity. Now she had come home, just cheer her up. Then after staying for a while there will be a good guy and naturally she won’t leave. They couldn’t set up a blind date but that was a small problem that could be handled easily.
“Tommorrow just watch.” Mama Gao vouched, full of confidence.
The next day, early in the morning Mama Gao woke up Gao Yulan to accompany her to practice Tai Chi. It was important for younger people to exercise and stretch to have a clear mind.
Gao Yulan thought, alright, to practice boxing, to maybe even fight off a god. So she was full of energy.
Unexpectedly the Tai Chi, Mama Gao practice was a imitation. The old lady teacher’s dance of a fighting technique was called “suburb”. Some old men followed the old woman and made the gestures. It was like a flurry of magic!
Gao Yulan stood out being the only youth. In the park the people walking to and fro would look at her and smile. The group of old men and women danced in high spirits, and only Gao Yulan looked at them stupidly with huge eyes. She also wanted to blend in and be able to do the dance.
Who could’ve told her that old people shadowboxing was this graceful, even her mother was moving in a flurry with them.
The “pleasures” of was finally to hard to endure, Gao Yulan hurriedly pulled her mother to escape. Walking up to Mama Gao she heard two boxers say: “Those youngsters being so fond of sleep won’t come out, while we do it again and again.”
Gao Yulan hearing the words, felt it was weird. The old lady's eyes seemed to be sizing her up, she had an ominous premonition.
Gao Yulan with one hand carrying vegetables and one hand carrying a fish, shopped with Mama Gao for half a day. Finally they were in front of a pork stand with slabs of pork to be picked form. She looked at her mother look art each piece of pork not willing to leave, and couldn’t help but feel baffled. Then came a plump lady with curled hair, she looked at Mama Gao and grinned. Then looked beside Mama Gao at Gao Yulan and gave a pleased nod.
Mama Gao in a cheerful mood said: “Sister Yan, you also came out to buy food, such great timing. This is my daughter Lanlan, Lanlan quickly call Aunty Yan.”
“Mom, You haven’t finished buying stuff, Let’s go it’s dirty.” The young man came complaining to Aunty Yan.
Aunty Yan pulled him over: “This is our families Qianq Zi, he usually doesn’t come out but he came with me today.” Mama Gao quickly said some polite words, boasting Qiang Zi’s image of being a talented person, has filial piety, is so considerate., and is so and so. Gao Yulan hearing it, exerted all her strength as her mouth twitched.
Qiang Zi rushed Mama Gao and Gao Yulan to nod their heads, to get Aunty Yan to quickly finish making her purchases and go. Aunty Yan quickly said: “You young people really hate to stroll around, You wait with Lanlan and I’ll go with Lanlan’s mom to buy food, we’ll come back later.
It turned out these two elders had planned a blind date, going out to buy groceries? Her mother really had talent to make a blind date, choosing pork?
The two mothers went away happily, leaving Gao Yulan and Mr. Qiang Zi to look at each other in dismay.
Then Qiang Zi sneered: “I was wondering why my mother’s leg was feeling unwell, and was insisting me to come out. Turns out there was an arrangement.” He cast a glance at Gao Yulan and spoke again: “You come to this kind of market? Other places in the market are not good?”
Mr. Qiang Zi’s tone disgusted Gao Yulan, especially his self righteous attitude. It was there families why did he blame her first?
She looked at him from the side then looked around at the pork vendor’s stand and said: “You’re wrong, this isn’t a bad place, but to specifically come here…”
She drew out her sentence, seeing Mr. Qiang Zi raise his eyebrow towards her curiously. She pointed one finger towards a pig head and said loudly: “..is to compare, if a man is like a fool, then of course buy the pig head!
[TL: The words fool and pig head are the same in Chinese so she's comparing him to a pig.]
She finished loudly to the seller: “Boss, I want this pig head!”
At night, after having a feast with the pig head, Mama Gao and Papa Gao once again shut their bedroom door to whisper plans. Today’s plan had no result, the first one in the morning they hadn’t even met, and the second one put them into bad terms.Setting up a blind date wasn’t easy and the old couple had to once again plan.
Papa Gao, vouched: “Tomorrow, just you watch.”
The next day, Gao Yulan to the death wouldn’t go out, she woke up to eat then went back to sleeping. Mama Gao apart from going out to buy food, she accompanied her daughter at home.
Gao Yulan was at ease at home, away from any danger.
Dinner time, Papa Gao still hadn’t come back, Mama Gao told her daughter to eat and said that Pap Gao went out with people to drink today and won’t be coming home to eat. Gao Yulan didn’t care and ate, watched T.V., then went to the bathroom with a magazine.
She didn’t read the magazine at all on the toilet while absent mindedly thinking of Wen Sha’s matter. She framed her by saying that there was no alternative and then she was framed. The photo had been used to make a scandal with Wen Sha? What benefit was there to say that she was her girlfriend?
Don’t tell me that she was afraid of bad influence from the company and therefore threw out a sacrificial victim? If there were two people that made a mistake the company would choose one and the other one will be thrown away. Gao Yulan was not important to the company and was disposable so they naturally chose Wen Sha.
Gao Yulan grew higher and higher, so cunning, so treacherous!
Then she heard the door of her home open and her drunk dad call out loudly: “Lanlan, Lanlan, you come out...”
“I’m not coming out, I’m on the toilet!” Gao Yulan loudly shouted, and thought her dad really was troublesome when drunk, he was always loud when drunk.
Sure enough Papa Gao shouted: “ Come out, Why are you in the toilet?”
What are you doing in the toilet, Gao Yulan in bad mood loudly replied: “Shit!”
“Oh, oh Let’s chat first. “ Papa Gaos voice was loud: “ My daughter is shiting, you wait a little. Wife wife, you look at Little Guo, I looked for him to be Lanlan’s boyfriend.”
Gao Yulan shivered and almost fell into the toilet.
What happened? Boyfriend?
She just shouted out shit right? Afterwards her wise father then said she was shitting right? Right?
Gao Yulan rubbed her forehead as black clouds appeared over it.
The Heavens really wanted her to be on the toilet? Must she have to act with integrity?
Author’s Note: Writing happily is hard!
lol
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