Chapter 45 Too Hot
Every family has its own problems.
Yesterday it was Li Hua who comforted Hao Mei to be more positive, but today it was Hao Mei who counselled Li Hua.
Li Hua always showed her bold and capable side in front of outsiders, but at this moment, she broke down in front of Rutang and her daughter.
Rutang could actually understand her feelings at the moment.
When others scolded Li Hua for not being able to lay eggs, Li Hua would at most be angry, but being scolded like this by her husband must have made her sadder than heartbroken.
"What did you advise me yesterday? You should always look forward. It's inevitable that a couple will quarrel when living together..." Before Hao Mei could finish her words, Rutang suddenly spoke.
"Have you ever thought about divorce?"
Li Hua looked at Rutang in despair, and Hao Mei secretly pinched her daughter's lower back. Why did this girl advise everyone to divorce whenever she met them?
Can I say this to outsiders?
"Sister-in-law... Never mind. I'll just call you sister. This way we're closer and it doesn't matter what relationship we have with him. Sister Hua, you're capable and know how to live. Why do you have to put up with this?"
Rutang was even unwilling to call Zhang Brother now. She had too much affection for Li Hua and could not bear to see such a vibrant and contemporary woman being trapped by such a scumbag.
"What are you talking about! How can a child like you comment on other people's affairs?" Seeing that pinching her daughter didn't work, Hao Mei began to use her eyes to hint at her daughter to stop talking nonsense.
"It's okay, I know Rutang is kind-hearted and on my side. Rutang, I felt a affinity with you at first sight, so I treat you as my sister and tell you something from the bottom of my heart." Li Hua was not angry. She just wiped her tears and patted Rutang's hand. In fact, she understood everything.
"I have thought about divorce. I can't have children, and your brother Zhang is still young. I don't want to delay him, but every time I bring up divorce, he is not happy."
Rutang frowned. This statement seemed to be fine, but upon closer inspection it was really awkward and made people uncomfortable.
A woman’s value should not only be reflected in giving birth to children. Rutang understood this truth, but she did not enlighten him from this perspective.
If she were put in Li Hua's position, she might not do as well as Li Hua. If someone else who is more confident in talking were Li Hua, he might not be able to see things through.
There is no pain that can be felt by others.
In her previous life, she and Yu Yaoyang did not have children, but that was due to some special reasons.
She was like Li Hua for a period of time and felt very inferior.
Later, when she found out the reason why she couldn't have children, she teased Yu Yaoyang a lot, and the knot in her heart was finally untied. She no longer got angry when people called her a "chicken that can't lay eggs". It could even be said that she felt nothing at all. But before she knew the truth, not having children had always been her weak point.
The last time Rutang heard Li Hua talk about having children, she vaguely felt some resonance. This time, Li Hua and his wife had a complete conflict over the issue of children, and the pain that Li Hua had suppressed in his heart for many years also broke out.
Hao Mei asked from the perspective of an ordinary person: "What is the attitude of his family members?"
"Although my mother-in-law always bullies me and taunts me in a sarcastic way about not being able to have children, every time I ask for a divorce, she gets very upset and scolds me for not knowing what's good for me, saying that if I leave her family, no other family will want me."
"Oh... I understand." Hao Mei sighed, "They are also anxious. Don't take it to heart if they say something unpleasant. As long as you don't get divorced, everything can be tolerated. You two are still young. Take more medicine. Maybe one year when you have a child, you will be stronger."
Li Hua wiped away her tears and did not respond. It was obvious that she had heard similar opinions many times over the years, and her ears were callused from hearing them, but she still could not resonate with them in her heart.
Rutang frowned, feeling that something was a little strange.
"Sister-in-law, are you home?" Someone came outside. Li Hua quickly wiped away her tears, took a deep breath, adjusted her mood, replied, "Yes," and walked out as if nothing had happened.
When someone from the family quarters came to borrow something, Li Hua was sad one second, but the next he became capable and hurriedly went to find the thing for the person.
"Life is like a bright and beautiful robe, but underneath it is crawling with lice." Ru Tang said with emotion.
"What are you mumbling to? Yoko is not here, and there is no one to translate your weird thoughts to me. The water is almost done, pull the curtain and wipe my back."
After taking a shower, Rutang packed up and went to the tailor shop.
After getting the clothes, Rutang walked back. There were almost no vehicles on the road, only bicycles.
When they reached the intersection, Rutang narrowed her eyes, and a pair of figures right in front of her caught her attention.
It was a couple. The woman looked to be in her twenties, with curly hair like a caterpillar. She was holding an ice cream cone in her hand. She took a sip herself, then stood on tiptoe to feed the man next to her the ice cream she had bitten.
They look like a couple.
But that man was clearly Zhang Lang!
Rutang was afraid that she had made a mistake, so she took a few steps closer to take a closer look, and it was really him!
Half an hour ago, he was fighting with Li Hua at home, and half an hour later, he came out to eat ice cream with another woman!
Rutang thought of Li Hua's red eyes from crying, and then looked at the couple in front of him, feeling sorry for Li Hua.
Zhang Lang enjoyed taking a bite of the ice cream very much. He even licked the corner of his mouth. His greasy expression almost made Rutang vomit out his lunch.
Zhang Lang looked up and saw Rutang across the road, his face changed drastically.
Fearing that Rutang would come over to question him, he pulled the woman and quickly walked into the alley.
Rutang hesitated and gave up the idea of chasing.
She was just Li Hua's tenant, not a real relative, so she couldn't catch the adulterer for Li Hua.
But this incident made Rutang feel very sick.
Who said that people in the 1980s were simple and honest?
Things like adultery have nothing to do with the era. Even in the most simple era, there will always be a few bitches with corrupt morals and bad character.
When he got home, the yard was full of wood. Li Hua was so tired that he was sweating from moving the wood.
"Sister Hua, what are you going to do with so much wood?" Rutang asked.
"Old Zhang has moved away, and he doesn't want the wood anymore because it got damp. I thought we could still use it after drying it in the sun." Li Hua's voice was a little hoarse, and he didn't know how long he had been crying.
Seeing that she was emotionally unstable, Rutang thought not to provoke her today. He would find a chance to tell Li Hua about the "you kiss me and I kiss you, we're a couple" thing later.
Rutang had nothing to do, so he helped Li Hua move the wood. The damp ones were spread out in the yard, and the wet ones were piled up more than one meter high and placed under the wall of the lower house that Rutang rented.
That night, Rutang washed up and went to bed early, thinking about getting the marriage certificate the next day, and her heart was full of anticipation.
What you think about during the day will appear in your dreams at night. She had a dream that she and Yu Yaoyang came out holding hands after getting their marriage certificate. Yu Yaoyang asked her, "Wife, do you think our life will be prosperous?"
Rutang in the dream curled up the corners of his mouth and answered with a smile, "It's prosperous, of course it's prosperous, look at the flames all over the sky, it looks so much like our good days" - eh? Fire?
"Rutang! Bring your mother out quickly, there's a fire!!!"
Li Hua's anxious voice cut through the darkness and woke Rutang from her dream.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
