Chapter 47
"Then go to the city and help me clean up the house. Don't come back for a while. There are people staying there at night, so it's just for show."
"What else is there to say? We have a life-long friendship. Whenever you leave, I'll take a ride in your car and experience it for myself, hehe."
"I'll be leaving soon."
"Well, then I'll go home and pack my things."
"Okay, wait for me at home after you finish packing. I'll pick you up."
"Okay, Hongmei, you stay at home these few days. I'll be back when I'm done with my work."
"Well, go ahead." Li Hongmei felt aggrieved and replied while holding back her tears.
Li Guodong is afraid of his sister. If you ask her, she will just repeat the same questions over and over again. It's just this little thing. If you don't ask her, she will cry when she thinks about it.
He just happened to go out and hide with Pei Ze, and left his sister to his parents to take care of her, since he couldn't do it anyway.
After Li Guodong left, Li Hongmei was the only light bulb left. He still wanted to be closer to his wife, so he would not be back for several days.
He has just started out, so it is normal for him to be busy until dark, and often until midnight. It is unrealistic for him to go home every day, not to mention that he also has to clean the house.
"Why can my brother go to the city without any hesitation, but I can't?" Li Hongmei couldn't help crying.
"You silly girl, it would be good for you to let your brother go to the city. Why can't you change your stubborn mind?" Zhong Miao was speechless. This girl was too honest.
"What can he do for me by coming into the city?"
"How long has it been since your brother came into town?"
"More than two years."
"Do you know how much the city has changed in the past two years? It's okay if he hasn't seen it before, but after seeing the development of the city, how could he not be tempted?"
"It's no use if he's interested. I still can't get out, right?"
"It's hard to say. Let's see. Anyway, it's a good thing for your brother to go to the city to take a look. People can't always live in their own box and be a frog in the well. Even if he is not interested, he has seen it. With a broad mind, people will be more tolerant."
"Hmph, I'm upset."
"If you're upset, go home and bother your brother. Don't bother my wife."
Pei Ze was also upset and wanted to kiss.
"No, I get annoyed just seeing him. Then I won't be upset anymore. I'll stay with Zhong Miao. Don't you have to leave soon?"
Pei Ze was choked by Li Hongmei's words. How could Zhong Miao not know Pei Ze's little thoughts? She held his hand under the table and rubbed it to comfort him.
"Well, I'm leaving now, wife."
"Okay, be careful and drive slowly." Zhong Miao let go of his hand.
"Okay, don't worry."
Pei Ze got downstairs to put on his shoes and coat, and his eyes couldn't leave his wife. Li Hongmei felt embarrassed seeing how close they were.
He had already walked to the door, but he was unwilling to give up. He took two or three steps back, lifted his wife's face with his big hands, and kissed her little mouth.
"Ah, you two, there's a virgin here."
Li Hongmei covered her eyes and peeked through her fingers.
Zhong Miao felt embarrassed by his kiss, and she hit him several times before he let go.
"You know you're a virgin, so why don't you go home? Instead of being a light bulb here, you have no sense at all."
Pei Ze was satisfied. He touched his wife's little face twice, said this and ran away. Otherwise, his wife would definitely beat him up if she realized it.
"Zhong Miao, look at the guy you married. Why is he so shameless?"
Li Hongmei was confused by Pei Ze's move, and she got angry again when she was called a light bulb.
"When will this bastard ever get his revenge?"
Li Hongmei...
The sound of an engine was heard in the yard. Pei Ze said goodbye to his old mother and left.
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Life in the village was comfortable and relaxed. Zhong Miao would just read books during the day and play with An An. She didn't take her paints and painting supplies back with her. She packed them up and put them in the soy sauce factory, so that she wouldn't have to worry about them getting dirty or lost during decoration.
As for studying, it won't be a big deal in the next few days. She can just buy some books and practice some exercises when she goes to the city. Pei Ze can explain physics to her, which is her weakest subject. He majored in mechanical engineering and should be good at physics. His scores in the cultural subjects for the art exam are not high, so it won't be a big problem.
The early spring sunshine was warmer and the wind was stronger. Zhong Miao took An An to play football in the yard. This football was bought for An An by Zhong Ming after the New Year.
"Mom, you picked it up, you're so stupid." The kid spoke like his dad and had a small, broken mouth.
Zhong Miao felt that An An was not doing this. What if he grew up to be so sharp-tongued that his wife ran away?
"An An, how are you talking to me like that?" Zhong Miao's face turned cold.
"Mom, I was wrong. You're not stupid, I am."
This kid's apology is just like his father's. He has a strong desire to survive, but it's not sincere at all. It's all based on conditioned reflex.
Zhong Miao's fists were hardened. With new and old grudges, he was determined to give Pei Ze a good beating when he came back.
An An was almost five years old, and his voice was getting louder. His laughter was a little sharp, and it reached the ears of Wang Yingying, who was standing at the door, hesitating whether to knock or not.
Wang Yingying took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
When Zhong Miao heard the knock on the door, she thought it was Li Hongmei. She asked An An to go into the house to find grandma, as it was time for the child to take a nap.
When he opened the door, he saw Wang Yingying. Zhong Miao didn't expect her to come, and she was holding something in her hand.
"Zhong Miao, I came to see you and brought you some brown sugar." Wang Yingying greeted with a smile.
Zhong Miao didn't want to pay much attention to her, but since the original heroine came to her house, she was afraid that there might be some problems, so she took her to the new house to sit down.
Wang Yingying looked at the renovated room, the white walls, the new furniture, and the clean room. It was even tidier than the room Song Xing was assigned.
The apartment Song Xing was allocated was originally occupied by the family of an old cadre from the factory. This time, they were allocated a two-bedroom, one-living-room apartment, so this single room was vacated, and Song Xing, a college student, happened to take advantage of it.
The lower half of the walls of the house were painted green, and the upper half was white.
But over the years, the green paint was stained with dirt, and black dirt was greasy and stuck to it, which could not be wiped clean. The white walls were not white, but were covered with scratches. Not only was the ceiling yellow and covered with spider webs, but there were also some black spots and dead mosquitoes on the walls, and some of the mosquito corpses had small bloodstains under them.
She told Song Xing that she wanted to paint the walls, but Song Xing had already spent a lot of money on buying a TV, refrigerator, clock and furniture, so of course he was unwilling to spend the money.
Zhong Miao's wedding room had obviously been renovated. Wang Yingying comforted herself, what's the point of renovation? Do you have a TV, a refrigerator, or a clock?
Thinking of this, she felt a little more balanced.
"Why are you looking for me? Is there something wrong?" Zhong Miao saw Wang Yingying running around the room with her eyes fixed on her without saying a word. She lost her patience.
"Oh, Brother Xing got a new room, and the new cabinets have been painted. They're smelling now. I'll be moving out soon, so I came to say hello."
"Just move if you want. Is there any need to say hello to me?"
"I was cleaning up my new house a few days ago and passed by the Academy of Fine Arts. I heard there was a school exam, so I came over to ask, have you taken it?"
"Yeah, I went."
"How did you do on the test?"
"fine."
"What about your cultural studies? Are you confident?"
"What do you want to say? What's the point of asking these questions? Am I sure that I have anything to do with you? I know you very well."
Zhong Miao was a little annoyed, but when Wang Yingying heard what she said, she felt that the academic performance was not good, and she became angry and embarrassed.
Wang Yingying came here just for this reason. She had just passed the art school entrance exam, and she and Zhong Miao were both going to take the college entrance exam, so it was inevitable that she had some comparisons in her mind.
In addition, Pei Ze drove a car, so she also wanted to ask what was going on. Even if Song Xing could save money, she couldn't afford a car. She didn't believe that Pei Ze had the money. It was probably like the rumors, that he was driving his boss's car as a driver.
"Uh, why are you mad? I was just asking. I even brought you a bag of brown sugar."
It’s not that Wang Yingying is stingy. In fact, brown sugar is also a good thing. Besides, Wang Yingying doesn’t have much money. If she had money, she would definitely buy the best things. Her idea is not to make friends with Zhong Miao, but purely to show off to Zhong Miao.
"You'd better take it back. I can't even finish all the brown sugar at home."
"How could that be?" Wang Yingying didn't believe it. Brown sugar was not cheap, and some families couldn't even afford it.
"I really don't need it. Take a look." Zhong Miao opened the cabinet, which was full of snacks and other things. Zhong Miao rummaged for a while and took out two large bags of unopened brown sugar. These were bought for her by Pei Ze when she had stomach pain during her last period.
"There's an opened packet in my mother-in-law's room. I don't like the taste of brown sugar. I don't eat it except for ginger soup during my period."
"Oh, well, I'll take it back later." Wang Yingying didn't know why. She used to always say a few words to Zhong Miao when she saw him, but now, she was actually unable to speak when facing Zhong Miao.
In fact, she was not very willing to confront Zhong Miao alone before, so she would borrow the words of people around her, and occasionally she would say a few sour words to make Zhong Miao feel ashamed.
In her eyes, Zhong Miao had changed a lot. Her skin was smoother and fairer than before, her facial features were more refined, and she looked more beautiful and confident. She was even more beautiful than the fashionable girls she saw in the city.
Zhong Miao has a kind of temperament that she didn't have before. How to put it, it's as if no one else has anything to do with her. This makes Wang Yingying feel a little embarrassed to come here and compare with others.
Zhong Miao herself knew the changes that had taken place in her. This was how she was in her previous life when she was spoiled by her father.
Pei Ze and his mother-in-law had little contact with the original owner before marriage. They only felt that if a person ate well and slept well, he would naturally be energetic and beautiful.
Wang Yingying felt really upset when she saw the cabinet full of snacks. Zhong Miao didn't know how to make money, so where did Pei Ze get so much money for Zhong Miao to squander?
Thinking about the recent rumors in the village, even if Pei Ze went to the city to be a driver, he would not be able to afford such spending. Most people would only buy one or two snacks. How much would this cabinet cost?
The sweater on Zhong Miao is also new, and there is a pair of small leather shoes in the corner of the door. What a spendthrift, Zhong Miao is really a spendthrift.
"It seems like you guys are doing well. How much does your Pei Ze make a month?"
"I don't know. I haven't asked."
"He went to the city to work. Are you comfortable with you two separating right after you got married?"
"There's nothing to worry about. Aren't you and Song Xing the same?"
"Well, then you have to spend less money. I heard that your Pei Ze smashed the boss's car into pieces. He must have to pay a lot of money. It's not easy for him."
Zhong Miao was stunned. What was going on here that she didn't know about? When did Pei Ze have a boss?
Apart from Li Hongmei, Zhong Miao hardly had any contact with the villagers. She heard all the gossip from Li Hongmei. Li Hongmei was in a bad mood recently and didn't like to tell her gossip. She didn't know how the gossip was spread in the village.
She originally thought that the news of Pei Ze opening a furniture factory had spread, but who would have thought that Li Hongmei, who loved gossip, could keep her mouth shut so tightly for the sake of her friends, and not a single rumor got out.
"Ah? He didn't crash the car. Where did you hear that? He bought it secondhand before my school entrance exam."
"What? He bought it himself? How can he have so much money?"
"He's been running a furniture factory for several years. Isn't it normal for him to have some money?"
Wang Yingying was shocked. A furniture factory? Pei Ze actually opened one. Why had she never heard of it? "When did he open it? Why didn't anyone in the village know about it?"
"Pei Ze said that our family background must not be known to outsiders."
After a few words, Zhong Miao understood that Wang Yingying came up to compete with her, the female supporting role in the control group, and at the same time belittled her as the female supporting role to gain a sense of presence as the female lead.
This damn desire to win, who do you think you are as the heroine in the original text? I am still a rich girl from decades later.
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