邵强躺在futon上闭着眼睛说:“很正常。无毒不丈夫。再说,大丈夫何患无妻。”
林心一听,心里“咯噔”一下,什么也没说。
过了一会儿,邵强又说:“当然,易先生是个汉奸。不过,他的心态和刘备那样的英雄也没什么两样。”
林心顿了顿说:“《三国》里也就是周瑜还行。其他那些人,包括赵云,都轻视女性。”
邵强睁开眼,在微弱的灯光里看看臂弯里林心的脸,笑着说:“我猜《西游记》里,你最喜欢的一定是猪八戒。”
林心想了想说:“你不说,我还真没想过。你别说,那师徒四人里,也就猪八戒比较可爱。首先,人家会理财,作和尚那么清苦还攒下四钱六分银子呢。再说,他对高小姐一直念念不忘,是个有情有意的男人。不像唐僧,整个儿是个没感情的木头,女儿国那么漂亮,对他那么好,留下来做驸马多好啊。人猪八戒也就是胖点儿、肚子大点儿、嘴巴馋点儿,可是他会过日子呀。哪次找吃的不是他出马。”
邵强笑出声来,把林心搂过来吻了吻说:“你真可爱。”
第二天,林心和joanne约好,一起去参加andrew的婚礼。公司里除了几位在外出差和生病的同事,大家基本上都到了。hq大老被安排在贵宾席,和andrew的家人同桌。
大家都注意到victoria没来。一个星期前的晨会上,她刚给andrew下不来台。当着公司一来号人,andrew竟然忍气吞声。过后同事们私下议论,都说andrew一定是觉得有愧。不然,凭他的脾气,哪里会咽下这口气。
andrew的婚讯传出以来,他的后宫夜宴也自然解散。还好,其他几位管不像victoria陷得那么深,最多是今后另想折和老套磁。
大大小小的本地华人婚宴,林心也参加了不下十次,早没了刚开始的新鲜劲。这些婚宴很程式化,基本是在饭店订上几十桌或是上桌酒席。最初她还指望着婚宴上饱饱口福,怎么着也得把红包吃来呀。去了几次就发现,婚宴的菜谱也大同小异,一模一样的席面她也吃过好几。
第一次接到婚宴请柬,上面明明白白写着:start at 7: pm sharp。 于是老老实实地提前十分钟出席。一到,竟发现自己是唯一的客人。现在林心也和本地人一样,在start time上加上一个小时,往往先垫垫肚子再去, 免得饿着等。
虽然婚宴的菜一般是中式的,但是切蛋糕却是不可缺少的一项。新娘也多穿西式婚纱。婚礼的高潮部分,常常是传统闹新房的翻。爱恶作剧的朋友们想出种种坏点子出新郎、新娘的丑。两星期前kok wai结婚,他大学的同学就嚷嚷着让新娘喝酒,结果kok wai挽挽袖子,全干了。同学仍不放过,又嚷了些什么。林心问joanne,joanne悄声说:“他们要kok wai去亲新娘的屁股。”林心听了红了脸,说声:“无聊!”joanne不以为然地说:“让大家高兴嘛。婚礼这天,让你做什么都得给面子。”结果是kok wai象征性地吻了细娘的后裙摆,勉强过关。
andrew的婚礼上,有红毛大老在,客人们都比较拘谨,没有提出格的要求,不过是新郎、新娘多喝了几杯酒,joanne等都说这婚礼好闷,没意思。
婚礼结束,新郎、新娘在门口与来宾一一握手告别。andrew喝得醉醺醺地,轮到林心,他汗湿的手紧握着她的摇晃几下说:&ldquo;你今天真漂亮!&rdquo; <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddot><w:view>normal</w:view><w:zoom></w:zoom><w:trackmoves/><w:traatting/><w:donotshowrevisions/><w:donotprintrevisions/><w:donotshowents/><w:donotshowiionsaions/><w:donotshowpropertyges/><w:punctuati/><w:validateagainstschemas/><w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:saveifxmlinvalid><w:ignoremixedtent>false</w:ignoremixedtent><w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext><w:donotpromoteqf/><w:lidthemeother>en-us</w:lidthemeother><w:lidthemeasian>zh-</w:lidthemeasian><w:lidthemeplexscript>x-none</w:lidthemeplexscript><w:patibility><w:breakedtables/><togridincell/><textwithpunct/><w:useasianbreakrules/><w:dontgrowautofit/><w:splitpgbreakandparamark/><w:enableopentypekerning/><w:dontflipmirroris/><w:overridetablestylehps/><w:usefelayout/></w:patibility><m:mathpr><m:mathfont m:val="cambria math"/><m:brkbin m:val="before"/><m:brkbinsub m:val="&45;-"/><m:smallfrac 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