"Wife, I'm discussing this with you!"

"Are you negotiating this? Aren't you forcing me?"

"I've suffered a lot to move out of this house. I've gone into the mountains to collect herbs and worked multiple jobs. Have I ever complained?"

As Wang Xiaolan spoke, she became more and more angry.

When Zhao Lihan saw Wang Xiaolan losing her temper in front of him, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart and felt that she was unreasonable.

This really confirmed what his father said, "This woman is too tough. She's not like a married rural woman who obeys her husband in everything."

In fact, he also knew that no one would agree to his request.

But he had his own reasons, so he could only use his sincerity to impress his father and make him tell the truth about his mother's death in person.

In order to ease the tense atmosphere, he explained, "Wife, don't be angry. I'm just discussing this with you. I know you've been worried about this house, and I can't do much to help you."

"Don't tell me about this matter anymore. Go call your two sisters and we'll discuss it together."

"Let them speak their minds. If they agree with you, I'll move out alone. If they support me, you can stay here alone."

After saying this, Wang Xiaolan walked out of the house without looking back and went to the health center to work.

While treating the patients, she tried her best to calm herself down.

Her unhappy mood was still noticed by the captain's wife.

"Sister-in-law, you don't look right! Did you have a disagreement with Li Han?"

Wang Xiaolan showed a bitter smile on her face.

"Tell me if you have anything, maybe I can help you."

Wang Xiaolan couldn't control her anger and told the whole story.

When the captain's wife heard this, she said angrily, "What? Is this what Li Han said? Not only do you disagree, but even I am unhappy about it. I'll have to talk to my boss and ask him to persuade Li Han."

In the evening, the family sat together to discuss Zhao Lihan's suggestion, but his two sisters strongly opposed it and both expressed their desire to go with Wang Xiaolan.

Zhao Lihan was caught off guard by his two sisters' attitudes. What had been a peaceful family meeting suddenly became tense.

"Boom, boom. Boom."

The silence was broken by the sound of knocking on the door outside.

Lai Di saw that everyone was still immersed in the unpleasant argument that had just happened.

She stood up and said, "I'll go open the door."

Lai Di came to Zhao Lihan and said, "Brother, Captain Xiao asked you to go out."

Zhao Lihan stood up and left home.

…

There were only three people left in the room: my aunt and my sister-in-law.

Zhaodi pouted and was angry.

"Our house hasn't even been built yet, and they're already plotting against us. My brother is really something, he's even speaking up for them. I think he's mentally ill."

"Yes!" Lai Di echoed.

"Don't worry, you two. If I don't agree, they can't move in." Wang Xiaolan comforted them.

…

When Zhao Lihan returned home from the captain's place, it was already late at night. He tiptoed into the room.

But he was shocked by the scene in front of him. He saw a long quilt stacked up to a foot high and lying across the middle of the bed, forming a wall that separated them. There was also a water cup placed on the quilt.

I thought to myself, "Wife, you are quite angry."

He shook his head helplessly, smiled to himself, then tiptoed across the "38th Parallel" from the end of the bed to his sleeping area.

At this time, Wang Xiaolan was still angry and couldn't fall asleep at all. She just lay straight on the bed pretending to be asleep.

After finally making it to dawn, Wang Xiaolan put on her clothes early and prepared to get out of bed.

Zhao Lihan's voice came from behind.

"Wife, you should sleep a little longer! I'll make breakfast."

Wang Xiaolan was still angry about what happened yesterday, so she ignored him and went straight to the kitchen to start a fire and cook.

At this time, Zhao Lihan walked out of the bedroom while buttoning his clothes, picked up the wooden basin on the water tank, and was about to wash rice. Zhaodi came over and snatched the wooden basin from his hand.

"Brother, let me do it!"

Zhao Lihan stood aside, not knowing what to do. He found that there was not enough firewood to make a fire, so he took out an axe and went to the yard. As soon as he raised the axe, Zhaodi snatched the axe from his hand.

"Brother, let me do it!"

"Can you do it?"

"I did it all when you weren't home."

At this time, Dabao's voice came from the bedroom.

"Mom, I need to pee..."

Zhao Lihan quickly ran to the bedroom.

Wang Xiaolan entered the bedroom before him, had already helped Dabao to urinate, and then put on her clothes.

After finishing all this, Zhaodi had already prepared breakfast and everyone sat at the table eating in silence.

Then, the two sisters went to school together.

Wang Xiaolan took her two children to her second uncle's house, settled the two brothers down, and went to work at the health center.

Zhao Lihan was left alone at home, and at this moment, he felt an unprecedented loneliness.

Until this moment, he still couldn't figure out where he had gone wrong. Except for the two children, the three adults ignored him.

He was thinking: "My two sisters used to obey him. In their eyes, they were like their heaven. What on earth did Wang Xiaolan use to make her two sisters obey her so much?"

Just at this moment, Zhao Sihai coughed from outside the door.

Zhao Lihan knew that it was his father looking for him, so he quickly opened the door.

"Dad, you're here. Didn't you go to work today?"

"I'm taking a day off today."

"What's wrong with you?"

"My waist has been hurting these days. Do you have any plaster at home? Get me one to apply on it."

"Dad, please sit on the chair for a while. I'll go look for it."

After saying that, Zhao Lihan went into the bedroom.

After a while, he came out and said with an embarrassed look on his face, "Dad, we can't find it. How about we go to the clinic and ask my wife to give you an injection?"

"No, it's an old problem. It will be better in two days."

"Dad, are you here to talk to me today?"

"How are you guys discussing the matter I told you about?"

“This, this…”

"Li Han, I'm not talking about you. You're a high-ranking official, but you're so indecisive that you can't even control your own wife. I really don't know how you lead others outside."

"Dad, work and home are two different things. They can't be mixed up."

Zhao Sihai knocked the ash off his pipe and said, "Women! You just can't spoil them. Look at my daughter Jinhua at home. She got beaten up by me, but she still serves me anyway."

"Dad, she's different from others."

"What's the difference? They're all women. As the saying goes, 'If you don't spank them for three days, they'll tear off the roof; if you don't whip them for two days, their skin will turn sour.' Just listen to your father, and you'll be right."