WLTGWITU Chapter 19

After going back, I disinfected the child’s wound every day and applied the medicine my colleague gave me. The effect was obvious after two or three days, and the inflammation disappeared. Although, because of the location, a new wound would be rubbed out again in a few days, after two months of repeating this, fortunately, the colleague’s medicine, combined with daily disinfection and application, prevented the wound from becoming inflamed and ulcerated.

After many twists and turns, the wound healed, but new scratches and wounds would appear again in a few days. It was the medicine given by my colleague that healed every trauma from the friction on the child’s back. When the child was in the hot summer, the good medicine from my colleague prevented inflammation and ulcers on the child’s skin. I am extremely grateful in my heart. Thank you to my colleague for her selfless help. Thank you to my colleague for giving us the good medicine to heal the trauma. Thank you to the colleagues I met and worked with. Thank you! The child’s wound has healed, but your help is always remembered in my heart, and I am unforgettable grateful. Every time I open the jar containing the medicine our colleague gave us, the scent of the medicine reminds us of the difficult years when the child was lying down. Thank you, colleague, your good medicine cured the child’s multiple infections. I will remember this for the rest of my life. Endless gratitude!

A few days ago, my boyfriend said it was his brother’s birthday yesterday, and he was having a party, and he wanted me to go with him to celebrate his birthday at his brother’s house. To be honest, I didn’t really want to go because I can’t stand his friends smoking. I really hate it when people smoke. When I’m walking on the street and I see someone smoking, I’ll choose to go around them or quickly hold my breath and walk past them, and then take a big breath of fresh air. My boyfriend also likes to smoke a lot, and I always tell him to go outside to smoke.

Speaking of smoking, I was quite angry once. It was raining lightly that day, and we were driving to go shopping. He needed to go to the bathroom, so he went to a public restroom. The car was parked on the side of the road, and he came back after going to the bathroom, smoking a cigarette. He sat in the car and continued to smoke, and I told him to go outside and finish smoking before coming back, but he didn’t listen and didn’t react. So I got out of the car and stood on the side of the road in the light rain, waiting for him to coax me, but he didn’t react at all. I stood in the rain for almost ten minutes, and I felt really disappointed at the time. I thought he should be done smoking, so I got back in the car, and then he asked me, “What were you doing just now?” I wanted to scold him at that moment. He didn’t get that I was angry, and he even asked me what I was doing? Can’t he see that I’m soaking wet? I got out of the car and took a taxi home by myself… Later, after he got home, he admitted his mistake, and I forgave him.

Let’s talk about my Friend’s birthday party. My boyfriend is five years older than me, and I feel like there’s a bit of a generation gap between us. I can’t fit into the topics he and his friends talk about, so I can’t fit into their conversations. But my boyfriend talked about it for a long time, saying that everyone else brings their girlfriends, and it’s his brother’s birthday, so after talking about it for a long time, I agreed to go. Last night, I endured the frequency of five men smoking a cigarette every ten minutes and stayed there all night. I was really suffocating… For my boyfriend’s sake, I kept going and didn’t leave early.

When we first arrived at his friend’s house, his friend’s girlfriend was busy cooking. During the meal, the big men were smoking, drinking, and chatting. After eating, his girlfriend kept asking everyone if they wanted to eat or drink anything else, and then his brother ordered her to go downstairs to buy another case of beer, some cold dishes, and asked her to stir-fry a few more dishes. His girlfriend was also hardworking and dutiful. I felt very uncomfortable at the time. What kind of male chauvinism is this? Do they just like ordering women to do this and that? Especially in front of their own brothers, should women just serve you?

When his girlfriend went into the kitchen to cook, the other brothers’ girlfriends went to help, but not a single guy got up and said he would go downstairs to buy beer. They just said they were full. When I was the only girl left at the table, my boyfriend started. He shouted at me very loudly, “They’ve all gone in, what are you doing sitting here? What’s going on? Am I going to have to do all these things in the future?” After hearing this, I stood up without saying a word and slapped him.

However, when I was younger, I was also dragged by my friends to attend a few blind dates. I remember once being dragged by a friend to have dinner with a guy, and even I, as a non-participant, felt that the atmosphere was very awkward. The reason why the two people came was first, they were both introduced by elders in their families, and they couldn’t refuse; second, they were from the same hometown and were working in Hangzhou. This was definitely a bonus for the blind date. At least people from the same hometown could understand each other’s hometown, elementary school, middle school, etc. Maybe they even had mutual acquaintances; third, they both worked in Hangzhou, so at least there was a chance of success, and it would be convenient to date.

However, almost none of them were successful. After the blind date, it felt like neither of them took the initiative. They tested each other to make sure that the other person really liked them before they would take a step. At least that’s how my friend was.

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Another impressive thing about blind dates:

A friend was just dragged to a blind date, and they had only met once. When they talked about the elders in their families, they found out that they might be… close relatives. Then they started checking which generations were considered close relatives and which generations were not allowed to marry. And I was just watching… what’s going on? I tentatively asked her, “Did you two hit it off? Are you planning to be together?” The result was no, the two of them were just inexplicably focused on checking the laws about close relatives, which generations of close relatives were not allowed to marry. I was stunned. Maybe they thought it was fun. Of course, there was no follow-up.

When you were still in elementary school, your friends who didn’t go to school started going on blind dates when they were seventeen or eighteen, following the rule of getting married before getting a marriage certificate. If you get married late, the good candidates will be picked over!

After I graduated, matchmakers introduced me to potential partners, but at that time I was super against blind dates because I was dating someone my parents didn’t approve of, but they couldn’t dissuade me, so they turned down the blind dates. Later, we broke up for some reason, and I was 24 that year!

When you go home for the New Year at 25, you start asking your parents to quickly find someone for you to go on a blind date with. You’re no longer against it. It just so happens that your second cousin introduces you to a young man.

You make an appointment to meet by the river, a ten-minute drive away. You go there happily, since it’s your first blind date in your hometown hahaha~ You ask your mom if she’ll go with you. Your mom thinks it’s embarrassing and initially doesn’t want to go. She even asks your sister-in-law to go, because you’re not good at driving electric tricycles and can’t go alone. In the end, your mom takes you on your family’s tricycle without brakes!

When you arrive at the agreed time, the north wind is blowing, but the other party hasn’t arrived yet. Your second cousin calls to ask what’s going on. The girl is late! After she arrives, you exchange greetings by the small bridge. You say to the girl’s mother, “Auntie, why don’t you two come over to the riverside and chat!” (Afterwards, your mom says you were so proactive, even taking the initiative)

You chat with the boy alone. The other person is in interior design (you like this industry, a bit of a colleague). Although you’re the same age, the other person just graduated for some reason. He’s about the same height as you, which you don’t mind. Anyway, you have topics to talk about. You estimate that you hadn’t been chatting for half an hour before your parents called you to end it!

The blind date ends in the afternoon. You’re sunbathing at home in the morning, and your second cousin goes to report the results. The other party is very satisfied and asks how you feel. Of course, you say it’s okay. So he quickly makes a decision and chooses a date to arrange the engagement! You’re instantly stunned. So fast? You say you haven’t even gotten to know the other person yet. Your second cousin says, “You’ve already chatted for half an hour and you haven’t gotten to know each other yet?” My goodness, in the end, it ends with you not agreeing.

That’s when you realize that the blind dates in our hometown are all like this.

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