Joe's Family, Chapter 24: eloping.

Before dawn in the morning, Qiao Yusheng and they were awakened by a quick knock at the door. Yao Cuifen got up from her sleep and promised loudly while dressing.

The door opened, and He Xiuzhi stood outside anxiously, asking her if Ma Xiaohui was sleeping here. Did Yao Cuifen tell her, but to be on the safe side, she woke Qiao Miao again to make sure that Ma Xiaohui was not in the room. Then she ran back to the door and sent a message to He Xiuzhi, and Qiao Miao followed. He Xiuzhi had no choice but to tell her the truth.

It turns out that Ma Xiaohui has been kept at home. But just the afternoon before, she suddenly said that she had figured it out and decided to break up with Sean. Ma Tiancheng was soft-hearted and cheated by her tears. I thought it was finally cloudy and sunny, but it was only a short calm before the storm, because Ma Xiaohui went out and never came back. Ma Tiancheng and others separately searched all the places where she could go. Even Ma Xiaoxia doesn't know where she has gone.

Show He Zhi know Ma Xiaohui can't be in Yao Cuifen's house. She just expected to hear something from Qiao Miao. Who knows Qiao Miao was completely excluded from the plan this time. He Xiuzhi left in a hurry because she couldn't ask the reason.

At dawn, Ma Xiaoxia stayed outside Sean's hotel. Until the proprietress who opened the door told her that Sean no longer worked in their store, and no one knew where he had gone. However, the proprietress asked her to ask Zhang Dan. Maybe Sean didn't tell her anything before he left.

Asked the wife of shop-owner about the address, Ma Xiaoxia non-stop to catch up. Zhang Dan was finally found, but she was startled by the news from her mouth. Cai watched her leave anxiously, but didn't reveal any news.

After receiving Ma Xiaoxia's call back from the county, He Xiuzhi's heart basically determined that Sean had "kidnapped" his daughter. She rode a motorcycle and drove crazily to their home in Sean, ready to ask his mother for an explanation. Ma Tiancheng was afraid that she would fight with people in a fit of pique, so she quickly followed with a snort of pushing a bicycle.

Wang Meixiang and her eldest daughter, Zhang Fang, are poking dates under the old pagoda tree in the yard. Under the sunshine of the east wall, the green pods they picked from the ground a few days ago spread out neatly. Since Sean's father left, the acres of land in the family have become a treasure in Wang Meixiang's heart. She grows almost all the cotton, mung beans, peanuts and potatoes that can be sold in the fields. Although life will always be tight, at least with those two hands as thick as bark, she finally brought up several children. Now as long as you save money to marry Sean, she will die in Wang Meixiang's life.

The dates in the basin have bottomed out. Wang Meixiang asked Zhang Fang to turn the bag over and pour some into it. Zhang Fang is only two years younger than Zhang Liang. At the beginning of the year, she just got engaged to a boy in a neighboring village. The other family is not rich, but fortunately, she only has one son and plans to build a new house in the second half of the year, so everything is more to her liking. Zhang Fang pour dates, butt just sit back to the stool, I heard the sound of the motorcycle is getting closer and closer outside. Then the door of their house was knocked down, and He Xiuzhi came into their sight combatively.

Xiu He Zhi stopped the car at random and rushed into the Wang Meixiang's ground-breaking kiln, looking for it and shouting Ma Xiaohui's name. Realizing that there was no one in the house, I turned to Wang Meixiang's mother and daughter and asked them to give her her daughter immediately.

"Your Sean that boy kidnapped my daughter! You'd better tell me where he is hiding at once, or you are forcing me to call the police! " He Xiuzhi growled, like a mother bear who lost her cubs. Not only shouted at Wang Meixiang, but also pushed and shoved her arm.

"You don't talk nonsense, my son has been working in a hotel, that's impossible! Besides, I don't even know who your daughter is. How can I give her to you? " Wang Meixiang broke her hand and retracted her arm. I am absolutely sure that He Xiuzhi must have mistaken me for someone else. Because Sean, a child, likes to joke occasionally, but he is actually too timid to get her into such a big trouble.

"Impossible? Then open your eyes and see if this is your son! " He Xiuzhi said, and gave her a crumpled photo. Zhang Fang picked it up from the ground and showed it to his mother.

Staring at the hard facts, Wang Meixiang suddenly felt black at the moment, and then passed out. Ma Tiancheng just came in and saw this scene, so he quickly stepped forward and helped her mother into the house with Zhang Fang. Xiu looked up at the brick kiln that broke ground and collapsed to the ground in despair. I can't imagine how she will live in Ma Xiaohui in the future.

The steamed bread in the morning is finally steamed. Qiao Miao used her lunch break to find Sun in the twist shop and wanted to ask him if he planned it with Sean. Who knows, before stepping into the store, Sun Juan asked Jun Gao about his wedding date.

Qiao Miao's world fell apart in an instant. She and Gao Junhui have always been like two tung trees getting closer and closer until they are connected. If I had known that one day I had to endure the pain of being completely stripped and alive, she would not have allowed herself to lean so much towards him.

She took back her stride and turned to leave, but Sun Juan called Gao Junhui to wait for her in the store. Joe ran back without looking back, but his arm was still caught by Hui. She wanted to get rid of it, but he didn't mean to let it go at all.

"You let go, it's over between us!" Qiao Miao struggled to break free.

"No, I didn't intend to put it down from the day I held it." Gao Junhui steadied her hard and resisted the impulse to hold her in her arms. The pain of not finding her tormented him day and night, so that he didn't have time to care what others were looking at them at the moment.

"Don't let go? Anyway, you are getting married! " Through tears, her eyes were filled with disappointment, resentment, pain and despair.

"I have a plan, and I will tell you on the day of Sun He's engagement! Remember when I said it was a tough battle? As long as you don't give up, I have the confidence to fight until I put on your wedding clothes! " Gao Junhui put his hands on her shoulders, eager to rebuild his confidence in himself.

Passers-by looked at the two and began to whisper. Sun Shaobin stepped forward to forcibly pull Gao Junhui away and let Qiao Miao go back and wait for news. The two were forced to separate.

After consulting with Sun Jianguo on the phone, Gui invited her aunt Qiao Miao to propose marriage to their home in Ma Xiaoyan. Because the two children love each other and the two families know each other very well, the matter was quickly solved. The date of engagement was chosen on August 16th of the lunar calendar. Sun Jianguo, they also specially came back from other places.

According to the rules of Shiquan village, both families should hold wine on the day of engagement, because there will be a bride price on this day. In addition, the man will also prepare a pair of lucky flower steamed bread, indicating that their marriage will be happy in the future.

Different from usual, this time Qiao Yusheng not only steamed steamed steamed buns for two families at the same time, but also set aside time to knead steamed buns for Sun. After graduating from normal school, Qiao Yu stayed as a teacher in a private primary school in the county, so only Yao Cuifen and Qiao Miao stayed up late behind the kiln.

Looking at Qiao Miao's poor appearance of losing vitality and being silent all day, Yao Cuifen only felt that his heart was blocked. I regret that I didn't separate them directly when I knew it, and I also took Qiao Miao secretly to visit others' homes. If the problem now is that Qiao Yusheng doesn't agree with them anyway, she may be able to help them, but the only thing she can do now is to hope that time can quickly dilute the pain in Qiao Miao's heart and re-bloom the bright smile on her face.

All kinds of busy things came early the next morning. Qiao Yusheng stayed at home and greeted people who came to pick up steamed bread at any time. Yao Cuifen went to the Liu family to help, and Qiao Miao got dressed and prepared to go home to help her prepare. The more this time, the more she thinks about Ma Xiaohui and wants to know if she is all right now.

At eleven o'clock noon, the groom-to-be appeared on time with bride price and flowers under the loud cheers of his companions. Ma Xiaoyan's face showed infinite shyness. Dressed in a big red suit, she silently publicized her joy. Qiao Miao deliberately avoided Gao Junhui's sight, either to help Ma Xiaoyan arrange her hair or to chat with girls who had studied tailoring before. The corners of the mouth rose from time to time, forcing Jun Gao Hui to the edge of madness.

It's finally time for dinner. Qiao Miao couldn't force herself to stay in the crowd for even a minute, because a month later, the fact that Gao Junhui was Zhou Xiaojie's husband was repeated over and over again in her mind like a spell. That she couldn't eat anything, or vomited again after eating.

After greeting Ma Xiaoyan, Qiao Miao picked up her bag and got up to leave. Gao Junhui followed closely, holding her hand at the gate and pulling her to the field behind the alley.

"The day after tomorrow at five o' clock in the morning, I will wait for you at your door. There will be a long-distance bus to downtown, which passes by your home at 5: 05 every day. I've arranged my work and place to live, so you just need to pack a few changes of clothes, huh? " Gao Junhui lovingly touched her sallow and thin face. I haven't seen her for only a few days, and she looks haggard as if she had taken off.

"You mean to elope together? Malik Xiaohui and Sean? " Qiao Miao looked at him in surprise, a little couldn't believe his ears.

"Are you? However, we only need to hide for a month or two at most. Once the wedding fails, no matter how hard my dad tries to save it, I believe Zhou Xiaojie's family will never' swallow the humiliation' again. Then we will come back to Shu Qiao and they will admit their mistakes, and then ask him to agree to let us be together! " Gao Junhui explained his plan to her simply. In order not to add to her troubles, he said nothing about the recent situation of Sean and Ma Xiaohui.

"No, no, didn't you hear how others talk about He Yi behind their backs? If it's just me, how can I bear to let my parents carry it and teach my daughter to destroy other people's families? " Qiao Miao is very entangled in his heart. She feels that she is standing at a fork in the road of life, with her own happiness on one hand and her parents' honor on the other.

"Then you have the heart to tear us apart so alive?" Gao Junhui tried to keep his voice down, but he was so excited that he couldn't help responding to her with a slightly reproachful tone.

"Jung fai elder brother, you let me think again? Please! " In order to make him not angry with himself, Qiao Miao held him tightly and tiptoed to look for his lips again.

"I'll take it as a promise, huh? Be sure to come out before 5 o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow, okay? " With her enthusiastic response, Hui's hanging heart finally fell to the ground.

Qiao Miao didn't answer, just hold more and more tightly, as if after this moment, I won't have a chance to touch him for the rest of my life. Gao Junhui stroked her ponytail and looked forward to the new world that the two were about to usher in.

Standing in front of the counter of the gold shop, Gao Junhui showed him the long-awaited ring. Although I can't buy the best for Qiao Miao yet, he made up his mind to make it up one by one in the future and never let her have any chance to envy others.

After selection, he specially adjusted the ring to the size of his little finger. Because during the period when Qiao Miao couldn't speak, in order to make her happy, he once put the handle on the can as a ring on her ring finger and asked her if she would marry him. Qiao Miao smiled and nodded, trying to take off his own and put it on him. As a result, he found that the size can only be worn on the little finger.

Gao Junhui put the wrapped ring in his pocket. Thinking about Qiao Miao's happiness after wearing it, I couldn't help grinning when walking in the street. Although I feel sorry for the blow that Zhou Xiaojie is about to bear, and although he is full of guilt for sprinkling salt on his mother's wound, water under the bridge. But if there were other options, he would not be forced to do so.

After returning to the dormitory to pack things, Gao Junhui officially bid farewell to his past. Before leaving, he called Sean and told him that he would go to see them with Qiao Miao tomorrow.

The sun in Shiquan village rises and sets as usual, and the blower is still whistling in the kitchen. Qiao Miao anxiously watched Qiao Yusheng limping down the steamer. Yao Cuifen is busy greeting waves of people who come to pick up steamed bread. The cave is still the old cave, and the tung tree is still like that, but there is no figure that makes her dream. No matter how she screamed at the top of her lungs, the familiar voice would never ring in her ear again. There are shadows of the past everywhere in the house, but only the air can make her reach out and touch.

I don't know if I feel the pain that can't be compressed in her heart, and' Diandian' keeps rubbing her trouser legs. She has always regarded it as a thorn in the side, and now she is generous enough to let it comfort herself in her own way. Qiao Miao squatted down, tears fell on little head, the in the mind has made up his mind. If time can go back, she would rather marry Xie's son, because for her, it is better to spend her life like a stagnant pool that has never been stirred than to live like a walking corpse.

The alarm clock on the table is always hard-hearted, and no one can expect to win any sympathy from it. Tick-tock, every second is passing, which makes Qiao Miao feel very painful.

It's still dark at 4: 50. Qiao Miao dried her tears, put on her coat and crept towards the door. Through the crack of the door, she saw Gao Junhui smoking in the alley of Sun's family, with a bag at his feet. Now all she has to do is open the door and get rid of all this pain. Enjoy the happiness of having him around at any time. However, this seems to be only a few steps away, but it is so far away for her.

Qiao Miao knelt behind the door, and two voices quarreled in her mind. God knows how impulsive she is to break into the house and how eager she is to jump into his arms at once. She has never been like this moment. I hope she can have the courage of Ma Xiaohui and live for love.

Gao Junhui kept looking at his watch and began pacing back and forth across the street. Qiao Miao looked at him in the dark, smoking one after another. For a moment, she even felt her eyes met somewhere in the middle of the road through the crack of the door. Just when she was eager to read the information in his eyes, a bus stopped between two people for a few seconds and then drove away, leaving Gao Junhui alone in despair.

The sky suddenly brightened up a lot. Gao Junhui stood opposite with a straight face, staring at Qiao Miao's door. He told himself that if she came out now, he would think she just missed the time, otherwise. ...

Ten minutes later, the opposite door was still closed. Gao Junhui lost his cigarette butt and turned away with his bag. Qiao Miao clearly saw the anger in his eyes when he left.

Finally, it's all over. She abandoned him and tore her heart to pieces at the same time. Qiao Miao began to hate himself, for abandoning him cruelly, and for ruining their happiness with his own hands.

After determining that Gao Junhui had gone far, she opened the door and watched his far-away back with tears in the faint morning light. Didn't notice that on the second floor diagonally opposite, Zhou Xiaojie was coming out of Guo Shuai's room and walking downstairs.