Chapter 4
After Pei Ze dealt with the thug, he returned home. After washing up and entering the house, he found that his wife and children were asleep.
Zhong Miao didn't sleep well last night. She couldn't bear it any longer soon after dark, so she took out the bedding and spread it out early in the morning and went to sleep with the child.
I have to say that An An is an easy child to take care of because he can eat, sleep and play by himself.
Pei Ze turned off the lights and got on the kang, but for some reason, he couldn't fall asleep.
The cold moonlight shone on Zhong Miao's fair little face, which was so beautiful that it seemed beyond real life. She held Pei Mingan in her arms, as close as a normal mother and son, which really made him feel like he had a wife and children at home.
Although this experience is dispensable to him, his mother needs a daughter-in-law and his son needs a mother. The marriage is done, and as long as she is obedient, they can make do with it.
When Pei Ze was in college, he had a crush on a female classmate and also fantasized about what his future wife would be like.
But ever since his brother and sister-in-law met with misfortune five years ago, he gave up the idea. Firstly, he had experienced free love and was not interested in the arranged marriages in the village. Second, he had a bad reputation in the village and even the village girls were unwilling to marry him.
He has made a lot of money running a furniture factory over the years. He has thought about taking his elderly mother and children to live in the city, but his mother has lived here for more than 20 years and doesn't want to leave no matter what.
He had some complaints about his mother's arranged marriage and was also dissatisfied with his daughter-in-law Zhong Miao.
In his opinion, Zhong Miao was just a young girl who had just turned twenty and hadn't even finished junior high school. What knowledge and interest could she possibly have?
Zhong Miao felt her body lighten, and everything in front of her was pitch black. The suffocating feeling brought by the cold sea water surrounded her. "Where's Dad? Does Dad feel the same way?"
dad!
She suddenly woke up and realized that it was just a dream, a dream she had actually experienced.
She sat up and wiped the cold sweat from her head. Her body was sticky. She felt that she might never escape this shadow in her life and would never forget her father.
The father and son beside her were still sleeping soundly. She used the moonlight to tiptoe down to the ground, put on her coat, and went to the bathroom.
There is no water supply or sewage in the village. She gets a headache whenever she thinks of the dry toilet. She can never get used to it and always has to go there with gritted teeth.
There were no lights in the countryside at night, so she couldn't see anything clearly and could only walk tentatively, taking one step forward and one step back.
Pei Ze was a light sleeper and didn't say a word when he was woken up. For some reason, he was a little worried that Zhong Miao would go out alone in the middle of the night.
But this little worry was not enough to make him get up from the warm kang, and he just waited with his eyes open.
After waiting for a while, Zhong Miao still didn't come back. Pei Ze couldn't lie still anymore, so he got up, put on his coat, and planned to go out for a look.
As soon as I opened the door, I saw Zhong Miao washing her hands in the kitchen.
Zhong Miao looked up at him in confusion, then continued to rub her fingers with soap.
Seeing her delicate look, Pei Ze became furious and opened the door and went out.
Zhong Miao thought he wanted to go to the bathroom too, so she ignored him.
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"Second brother, after we finish painting the walls today, we have to keep the kang heated. Be careful not to put out the fire."
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"Tomorrow you and your wife will go back to your parents' home. Take Miaomiao to the village store to buy some things. Choose the best ones. I'll kill two chickens."
"Yeah, okay." Pei Ze's hands kept moving, and the mother and son chatted in a casual manner.
"We don't have those rules. Your father-in-law is single. Ask him to come to our house for dinner tonight, but don't bother him to cook for you."
"Okay, okay, I'll do as you say."
"Mom asks you, what do you think of this daughter-in-law?" She was the one who arranged the marriage and did it in a hurry. The second son didn't say anything.
She could also see that her son was not satisfied.
"It's not that great, just make do with it. If it doesn't work out, we can always get divorced. I don't mind."
Pei Ze was naturally reluctant. For him, having more people would only mean more trouble.
"You're still making do with such a good wife. I think you're lost and confused, aren't you?"
"I also listened to you and brought my wife home. Stop worrying about me."
"Okay, okay, I can't control you."
"Don't be angry. If you have the leisure time, you might as well go and teach your eldest grandson to read. An An should be going to school in two years."
Zhang Weilan is a well-educated person. Pei Ze was able to be admitted to university under such circumstances. His intelligence was not the only reason, but also because he had a well-educated mother. His mother taught him bit by bit when he was a child.
"Let your wife teach, and she can also build a relationship with the child."
"She hasn't even graduated from junior high school, what the hell can she teach?"
"You're talking nonsense! You're in junior high school and you can't even learn to read? Stop looking down on me."
After staying in the village for a long time, Zhang Weilan, a lady from a wealthy family, is no less harsh than a village woman when it comes to scolding her son.
"Then you try it." Pei Ze didn't care.
After lunch, Zhang Weilan pushed Pei Ze and Zhong Miao to go shopping. Zhong Miao didn't know what was going on, and came out with Pei Ze in a daze.
On the way, Zhong Miao said nothing, and Pei Ze couldn't help but ask, "What does your father like on weekdays?"
This question really touched Zhong Miao's heart. Her father liked many things, such as luxury cars, famous watches, yachts, fishing, and watching movies. He also liked collecting art and watching her paint, but she couldn't tell him any of these.
"have no idea."
"Oh, it's hard for Old Zhong to have raised you for so many years. He really has no conscience."
"As long as he thinks it's worth it, it doesn't matter what you think to him, or to me either."
Zhong Miao's tone was still calm and a little indifferent. She and her father were both daddy's girls, one was a daughter-obsessed girl, and the other was a daughter-obsessed person. It could be said that the father-daughter relationship was a two-way street. She didn't care what Pei Ze thought.
"You're really sharp-tongued." Pei Ze quickened his pace with a sarcastic look on his face. He was tall and had long legs, so if Zhong Miao wanted to catch up with him, she would have to jog all the way.
Zhong Miao didn't know what he was going to buy. She didn't even think about going back home. She had no idea what was not written in the book.
She walked slowly until Pei Ze's figure disappeared around the corner.
By the time Zhong Miao turned the corner and walked to the convenience store, Pei Ze had already paid.
On the way back, Pei Ze still walked very fast. He carried two cans of malted milk and two cans of tea in one hand, and a bag containing some daily necessities in the other.
These things plus two chickens were enough to give Zhong Miao enough face when he returned home.
Zhong Miao couldn't keep up with Pei Ze's speed, so he followed from a distance.
At this time, several relatives came to visit Li Guodong's house, which was not far from Pei Ze's house, and the whole family gathered together and talked enthusiastically.
Li Guodong's sister Li Hongmei hates these aunts and uncles the most. Whenever they come, they always make fun of her marriage and urge her to get married.
She couldn't stand it anymore, so she ran out and squatted at the gate of her yard, feeling the cold wind. Soon her face turned red from the cold.
She turned her head inadvertently and saw the tall figure that had been haunting her dreams.
She trotted over to greet him, "Brother Ze, why did you buy so many things? Let me help you carry them."
"No need. Zhong Miao will go back to her parents' home tomorrow and bought it for her father."
When Li Hongmei heard this, the fire in her heart was instantly extinguished. Two days ago, her sweetheart got married.
"Oh, then go away." She pouted, as if she had been wronged.
Pei Ze understood Li Hongmei's thoughts, but that was not his concern. Li Guodong would handle it.
He kept walking and didn't say anything, and his tall figure was getting farther and farther away from Li Hongmei.
Looking at the back of her lover, Li Hongmei felt sad. Pei Ze had never stopped for her even for a moment and only treated her as his good friend's sister.
When Zhang Weilan was anxious to find a wife for Pei Ze, there were few girls in the village who were interested in his family. People are realistic. No matter whether you are a college student or not, you will be looked down upon if you don't have a proper livelihood and have two children.
At this time, Pei Ze's identity as a college student became a shortcoming, and he seemed even more despised than the unemployed young people in the village. Those unemployed people had never been to school, but college students who were unemployed were considered to have fallen into depravity, which made people laugh at him.
Pei Ze is already 27 years old and still a bachelor, and he has been gossiped about a lot.
Li Hongmei asked Li Guodong to tell Pei Ze several times that she was not after his money but him as a person, but every time Li Guodong said that Pei Ze did not like her and was not suitable for her, and asked her to change her mind and find a partner.
But it is not so easy to give up on someone you like. After knowing that Zhong Miao got married, she was even more unwilling to give up.
Her family is much better off than Old Zhong's. The house was built a few years ago. Why can't it be her?
When she saw Zhong Miao walking slowly towards her, she had the answer in her heart.
Although Zhong Miao was not tall, she had very good proportions. She was wearing the pink cotton coat she bought for her wedding. Her long hair was soft and dense with some natural curls. Her small face was white and clean, making her look very tender and chubby.
She is completely different from the girls in the village, and is even much prettier than the girls in the city.
That pretty little face, set off by slightly curly long hair, gives people a feeling of being as weak as a willow in the wind, soft and charming.
Zhong Miao has a melancholy temperament that makes people feel pity for her and want to help her eliminate all her worries.
Li Hongmei felt that Zhong Miao had changed a lot after getting married. Even after only two days, the changes were obvious.
She was even more beautiful, and her temperament had changed. Was this what it looked like to be nurtured by a man? Li Hongmei secretly thought about the dirty talk the wives in the village said, and she was already jealous.
Zhong Miao saw a girl standing on the side of the road from a distance, but she didn't know who she was. After all, the books she read were just words, and she couldn't match them with faces.
She didn't expect that the girl would stop her from leaving.
"Is there something wrong?" Zhong Miao didn't know who the person in front of her was, so she could only try her best to look normal. In case this person knew the original owner, she was afraid of revealing her flaws and being treated as a psychopath.
"Zhong Miao, how can you be Ze Ge's wife? You don't even help carry any of the things he has."
"He didn't let me take it either." Zhong Miao was smart. Looking at the courtyard in front of him, and thinking about the fact that this person came to speak up for Pei Ze, he had some guesses in his mind.
Li Hongmei felt even more jealous when she saw her cold and indifferent look. Why was Zhong Miao so indifferent to Pei Ze? He was the man she wanted but couldn't get.
"If he doesn't let you take it, you won't take it? He's your man, can't you love him better?" Li Hongmei said this with a hint of sourness.
"No, if you want to love him, go ahead. What does it have to do with me?"
Li Hongmei's voice was a little loud just now. Li Guodong ran out when he heard his sister's voice. He happened to hear Zhong Miao's words and thought that the two girls were jealous of Pei Ze.
"Oh, hello, sister-in-law. My sister is ignorant. Don't take it to heart. Brother Ze has never even looked at her." Li Guodong explained immediately, fearing that he would cause trouble for Pei Ze.
When Zhong Miao saw Li Guodong, she knew she was right. "Your sister is very good. She did nothing wrong. Don't take it to heart."
In the book, Li Hongmei is a simple-minded and silly girl who has been secretly in love with Pei Ze for many years. Even though he is divorced and has nothing, she has not given up and refuses to marry anyone else. She just silently waits for Pei Ze to change his mind. She values ​​friendship more than most people.
Although Zhong Miao felt sorry for her, she also admired this girl who made a living from love. She couldn't do that. She preferred food to people.
Her words stunned the brother and sister. Li Guodong just thought she was magnanimous, but Li Hongmei was a little surprised.
Li Hongmei was indeed in a bad mood just now, and seemed to be looking for trouble on purpose, but Zhong Miao didn't even complain to her brother. Is this still the same spoiled and domineering Zhong Miao?
"It's too cold, so I won't talk much." Zhong Miao continued to walk slowly towards home, as if nothing had happened.
As soon as Zhong Miao entered the house, she heard her mother-in-law nagging while packing up the things Pei Ze bought. Only then did she realize that tomorrow was the day she would return home.
She was unfamiliar with this era and had no sense of belonging. She had no idea about anything that was not written in the book. Knowing that she would return to the original owner's home tomorrow, a shadow fell over her heart. She didn't know how to face the original owner's father.
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