Chapter 37
The old mother stood at the door, feeling a little relieved. If it really didn't work, just let her go.
Li's mother had only been to the city a few times in her life. She had limited knowledge and just wanted her daughter to get married and have children safely. This worried her very much because her daughter refused to listen no matter how much she tried to persuade her.
In recent years, Li's mother has often heard people talk about the living conditions in the city. It would be a lie to say that she is not envious. She also yearns for city life. However, their family has been farmers all their lives, let alone moving to the city, which is something they dare not even think about.
They can't leave in this life, so naturally they don't want their daughter to leave home. Even if she gets married, she wants to marry in the next village so that she can be closer to home and have her family to rely on.
Her daughter was also her flesh and blood. She felt so sorry for her. The girl didn't even want to eat during the New Year and was so cold.
This girl has never been a good girl since she was young. She is more naughty than boys and is very opinionated.
The child's heart is no longer at home. If it really doesn't work, then just go. At least she has Pei Ze and Erwa with her, so she can feel more at ease.
If my daughter runs into problems outside, she can always come back. She should be obedient and get married honestly. She won't know how good home is unless she endures some hardship.
If she managed to get out, that would be what she wanted, as long as she didn't get fooled by the guys outside.
But how can I convince my husband and son? They are so stubborn and stubborn, even more feudal than this old lady with bound feet. Alas, every family has its own problems.
In the new house, the three of them took off their coats. Zhong Miao took out the chocolates and some other pastries and snacks he had bought some time ago. Pei Ze went to the outer room to boil water and make tea. The couple was already quite proficient in this business.
When Li Hongmei saw how she was being treated, she felt a little better. "What is this?"
"This is chocolate. What kind of pastry is this? It's sweet and a little salty. It's quite delicious."
"Huh, what new thing did I have at that time? Chocolate was also available at the village entrance store, ten cents a piece."
Zhong Miao also knew the kind that Li Hongmei was talking about. It was a gold ingot-shaped chocolate wrapped in gold paper. She had bought it once and found it a bit too sweet.
"Then try this." Zhong Miao handed her a piece.
"Such a big piece? I ate the whole thing." Li Hongmei took it, took a bite, but couldn't bite it. "Why is it so hard?"
"Hmm, it's quite hard, not very sweet and a little bitter, but it tastes like chocolate."
When Zhong Miao bought it, he didn't expect it to be so hard, like a rock, but just by looking at the taste, he could tell it was pure dark chocolate, without any added sugar or anything else.
Li Hongmei took a big bite and savored the flavor.
"How much is this thing? You're not being ripped off, are you? It doesn't taste like chocolate."
"Eight yuan a pound, bought in the city."
Pei Ze was a man who was willing to spend money on her. Later she found out that the grocery store was famous for its expensive prices in the city and the quality of the things it sold was also good.
"What? Eight?"
"Well, I've already given you something so expensive, so just be happy."
Zhong Miao couldn't bear to see her looking so aggrieved. Li Hongmei was her only friend after she entered the book.
"Okay, okay, although it's not very delicious." Li Hongmei's mood improved a little. It was simply that the impact of eight yuan per pound was too great.
At this time, Pei Ze also made tea and came into the house. He sat cross-legged next to his wife and poured water for them.
Li Hongmei ate a little of this and a little of that, and her mood improved a lot. She didn't know why, but she had no appetite for the New Year's Eve dinner at home, but when she came to Zhong Miao's place, she happily ate a bunch of snacks.
While eating, she complained about her family's dominance and said a lot of things.
"Look at this chocolate. It's pure dark chocolate, with nothing added, but it's bitter and expensive. The ones sold at the village entrance are sweet and cheap, but they have sugar and other additives added to them, so they're more acceptable."
"It's like your life. What you really want is to be in charge of your own decisions, but that requires more effort and might make life harder. At home, you can rely on your family and life is much easier, but in reality, this kind of life is based on other people's ideas, which is not what you want."
"Yes, you are absolutely right. That's exactly how I feel."
Li Hongmei looked at Zhong Miao with shining eyes, as if she had found a soulmate.
"But you have to understand one thing. The furniture factory is in the suburbs, not close to the city, and the conditions are tough. It's probably much worse than you imagine. I originally wanted you to give it a try, but if it doesn't work out, we can just quit."
"I know, you said it last time. I just wanted to try it, alas."
"Actually, your parents are pretty good to you. You shouldn't be prejudiced. Think about it from another perspective. You've eaten sweet chocolate before, and you like it because it's sweet. But when you encounter hard, bitter, and expensive chocolate, you think it's fake."
"You have your own ideas, and you definitely think you're right and want to achieve your goals, but your parents have their own ideas too. After all, you can't really break up with your family, you just think their ideas are wrong and they're putting too much pressure on you."
"Yes, that's it."
"Alas, people, it's easy to change yourself, but hard to change others. You can't change them, and they can't change you."
"Zhong Miao, you are just like my biological sister, that's it."
"The problem with your parents' conflict is that your ideas are contradictory. They think a good life is what they imagine it to be, and they're only forcing you down that path because they're genuinely doing it for your own good. This is quite difficult. Why don't you try to talk about it from a different perspective?"
"What angle?"
"For example, showing weakness, giving in, saying, 'I know you're worried about me, but I can't be a child forever, and you can't protect me forever.'"
"I need to have some ability to guarantee my future life. Even if I get married, I'm not necessarily reliable. There are divorces now, and there are so many bad men. There are even men who beat their wives. What should I do if I can't make money and have no ability to survive? I have to rely on myself."
"You have to appeal to their emotions and reason with them. The more stubborn and stubborn you are, the more they'll treat you like a child who's immature and ignorant, and they'll control you even more."
Li Hongmei felt that what Zhong Miao said was really true. She didn't have a very high level of education and could barely recognize all the characters. She was moved by Zhong Miao's words and was still immersed in them without reacting.
Pei Ze, who was standing by, felt worse after hearing this. "Wife, I can be relied upon."
"I know, you're just too reliable. I almost want to give you a nice guy card."
"What is a good guy card?" Before Pei Ze could say anything, Li Hongmei came to her senses and asked curiously.
"Well, it means that good people are reliable." If you don't want to explain, just rely on fooling people, and you can even fool two people at a time.
Li Hongmei didn't think much about it. Pei Ze had been doing a lot of reading comprehension recently, and he understood that this nice guy card was not a good thing. He snorted coldly and didn't expose her plan.
"Zhong Miao, do you think this will work?"
"Just try it. I don't know either. If it doesn't work once, try saying it a few more times, in different ways."
"This, this can be changed?"
"Of course, there are unexpected events, and people's hearts are full of twists and turns. I don't think all your relatives are really interested in introducing you to a blind date. Some are just there to watch the fun. Who wouldn't want to have a good girl? Why would they introduce others to others?"
"If you end up marrying the wrong person, it's better to follow your heart and not look at anyone who doesn't suit you for now."
"Oh my god, if I were half as eloquent as you, this would have been done a long time ago." Li Hongmei really envied Zhong Miao's ability to fool people.
"Don't think too much about it, just take your time."
Li Hongmei was delighted by Zhong Miao's trick and simply stayed at Zhong Miao's place for dinner before leaving. When she left, she felt much more relaxed, and the decadent mood she had when she came was gone.
Never mind whether her parents have been brainwashed or not, she has already been brainwashed to the point of boiling blood.
After seeing Li Hongmei off, Zhong Miao was dragged out by Pei Ze. It was pitch dark outside.
"It's pitch black here, why are you coming out?" Zhong Miao didn't know what he was doing.
Pei Ze hugged his wife and said, "Be affectionate, it's not convenient at home." His father-in-law came recently, and they lost their independent space. Zhong Miao no longer hugged him at night.
"Well, then hurry up and let's go back early." Zhong Miao knew how to ruin the atmosphere.
"daughter in law."
"Um?"
"Tell me, what strategy do you usually use to fool me?"
Pei Ze listened to Zhong Miao's talk today and couldn't help but think of what she had said before. He always felt that he must have been fooled by her many times.
"Well, I didn't fool you." Anyway, I can't admit it.
"real?"
"real."
Pei Ze understood that Zhong Miao’s strategy was to refuse to acknowledge him.
It has to be said that he stumbled upon the truth.
In the darkness, he could vaguely see her irritating little mouth and wanted to kiss it.
The moon tonight is shyly hiding in the clouds, and the reflection on the path is not as bright as in previous nights. It is very likely to snow tomorrow.
After a while, Zhong Miao's mouth was swollen and there was a red spot on her neck, and there were two teeth marks on Pei Ze's arm.
They stayed up late yesterday to celebrate the New Year. Zhong Ming went back to his room to sleep early. When the young couple came back, the old mother had already fallen asleep with her grandson, leaving a light on for them.
Zhong Miao breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that everyone was asleep. At least she didn't have to die.
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On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, only the young couple were in the new house. Pei Ze sat on a stool, hugged his wife, and whispered something in her ear.
Zhong Miao lazily rested her chin on his shoulder. She had just woken up from a nap and felt completely exhausted.
"Wife, let's talk about buying a house. How big do you want?"
Pei Ze spoke in a very soft tone, completely different from his usual self. If Erwa or Li Guodong heard it, they would definitely get goosebumps. However, Zhong Miao didn't react at all, as she was used to it.
Pei Ze doesn't have many desires. He rarely wants anything in particular. Even when it comes to food, he eats about the same amount every meal. He doesn't care whether the food tastes good or not.
But now, he longed to have his own little home with Zhong Miao, a home just for the two of them.
His factory is full of men, and they would occasionally talk about their wives. Carpenter Lao Zhao once said that he and his wife moved out to live alone after they got married, and their life was so sweet, it was simply beautiful.
Old Zhao also told him not to have children too early, because once the child is born, the sweetness will be gone and instead there will be a bunch of trivialities. His wife will not pay as much attention to him and all her attention will be on the child.
"I want a 700-square-meter single-family villa with a garden and a garage. You should make some money first."
Zhong Miao had just woken up and was still groggy. What she said was purely argumentative and rude.
It's not the 1990s yet, so buying a house is a bit of a loss. The good houses haven't been built yet, so there aren't many options. If it were the 1990s, and more houses were developed, she would definitely be eager to buy a few more.
"What?"
Pei Ze had heard of villas, but they only existed in Hong Kong TV dramas. There were no such houses in the city. He was just expressing shock. He was afraid that he could not meet Zhong Miao's request. It didn't matter whether he had enough money or not. The main thing was that even if he had money, he would have nowhere to buy it.
Zhong Miao thought he didn't know what it meant, so she described to him what her home was like in her previous life. She had just woken up and her voice was still soft, much stickier than usual.
"A single-family villa is a small building that belongs to one family. It's a small three-story building. The garden is your own yard, and the garage is specifically for parking cars. If you work hard, you can buy this one in the future, and buy me a car at the same time."
What she said was pure nonsense. They were already so familiar with each other that she could just talk nonsense.
Looking back on her past life now, she really felt as if it were a lifetime ago.
Pei Ze was intoxicated by her breath, and his heart was burning.
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