Chapter 82
"Let's see who begs for mercy first. If not, then don't go down."
In this way, Pei Ze carried Zhong Miao on his back to light the fire, and then carried her on his back to wipe the dust and sweep the floor.
Zhong Miao lay on his back, resting her head on his shoulder, feeling particularly safe.
The temperature in the room gradually rose. Zhong Miao felt a little hot, and she hadn't taken off her coat yet. "I'm hot. Let me down and take off my down jacket."
"No, didn't we agree not to go down today?"
"Take off your coat before coming up."
"Okay, I'll just wipe the kang."
Pei Ze was wrong. He was carrying his wife on his back and was not working fast at all. Zhong Miao teased him while working. Pei Ze would chase her naughty little hands and nibble them, then turn his body sideways and threaten to throw her down. Zhong Miao climbed up like a monkey, which made him very happy.
The two of them seemed to be grown together, playing and fighting, and just wouldn't separate until Zhong Miao got tired.
"I'm tired. I want to go down."
"You can't go back on your word."
"Good husband, come down, okay?" Zhong Miao took out her trump card.
"Scream more."
Zhong Miao's husband kept shouting, and she was tired of shouting. But the bad guy Pei Ze didn't let her go, so she simply opened her mouth and bit his ear.
Pei Ze was wiping the table, and he didn't expect her to be so unsportsmanlike. "Okay, I'll put you down, but open your mouth first."
Zhong Miao mischievously licked his ear twice before letting go.
Pei Ze put her down, turned around and hugged her, lowered his head and started biting her ear.
"Alright, alright, stop licking." Zhong Miao begged for mercy quickly.
"If you don't keep your word, you'll have to pay a price."
Pei Ze held her ear in his mouth, and his deep voice and the vibration of his chest penetrated her ear, making half of her body go numb.
Zhong Miao was determined to win. She wanted to see who would beg for mercy. She held his face and licked his lips, which made Pei Ze very angry.
"Is this enough?" Zhong Miao's voice was tinged with emotion and a little hoarse.
"Not enough." Pei Ze panted heavily and kissed her back.
Zhong Miao felt like she was about to be eaten by him. He was too fierce and didn't let her go even when her mouth was swollen.
This quarrel had no end, from the floor to the kang, Zhong Miao said, "Am I crazy? Why did I mess with him?"
This damn desire to win, it’s too late to regret now.
By the time Pei Ze finished cleaning the house, it was almost dark. Zhong Miao hadn't done any work that day, but he still carried her home in his arms. It was broad daylight, and she was almost embarrassed to death.
On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, someone knocked on the door. Pei Ze was helping his mother-in-law chop pork ribs. Zhong Miao ran to the yard and opened the door.
She was still the same youthful girl, still holding two bags of melon seeds, and greeted Zhong Miao with a smile, "Happy New Year."
"Happy New Year! Welcome, welcome! Come in! You came back yesterday, didn't you? You brought me some sunflower seeds. You don't have any new gossip to tell me, do you?"
For Zhong Miao, Li Hongmei's visit with melon seeds represented a familiar recipe, a familiar taste, and familiar gossip.
"That's right, if you want to know my story, go make me some tea, hahahaha."
After half a year of work experience, Li Hongmei's speaking skills have become much more agile.
"Okay, go get on the kang and warm up first, I'll make you some hot water."
Zhong Miao went to the main house to get a thermos with hot water in it. He came back and made a pot of tea and sat down opposite Li Hongmei.
The sunlight shone through the window and fell on the two best friends, adding a bit of warmth to the two girls.
"I remember when I came to your house last year, I wanted you and Brother Ze to live a good life. You must live better than Song Xing and Wang Yingying and make them mad to death."
After saying this, Li Hongmei took a sip of water and grabbed a handful of melon seeds for Zhong Miao. "They're freshly fried at the entrance of the village. They smell so good."
"Well, what next?" Zhong Miao was cracking melon seeds, they smelled really good.
"My wish has come true. Alas, after a year like this, I have so many emotions."
"May I ask this beautiful girl, how does it feel to have your dream come true?"
"Hahahaha, this is so fucking beautiful. I'm so proud of it."
"What about you and Erwa? Are you sure?"
"It's almost done. We've agreed that his family will come to propose marriage after the fifth day of the New Year."
Li Hongmei blushed and felt a little embarrassed.
"Congratulations! Your wedding day will be right around the same time as your brother's."
"Well, my brother will do it first, and I'll do it after he's done."
"Speaking of which, Xiao Hongmei, you have to thank me very much. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be able to go to the city. If you hadn't gone to the city, how could you have such a good husband?"
Although Erwa and Li Hongmei knew each other, one was in the city and the other in the village, so they didn't have much chance to interact.
"Hey, I have to thank you. I'll buy you whatever you want."
Li Hongmei now has money, is more confident, and has a say at home. She can spend money however she wants in the future.
"Just give birth to a nephew for me to play with as soon as possible."
"You silly girl, you're talking nonsense." Li Hongmei kicked Zhong Miao under the table.
"Hey, why are you still angry? Didn't you say that you would give me whatever I want?"
"You wish." Li Hongmei glared at her. "Speaking of which, don't you want to know what Wang Yingying is like? Why don't you want to go over to her house and show off before you go back?"
"Forget it, I'm not in the mood. I'm busy with my own things and don't have time to deal with these things."
"Let me tell you, I just got back yesterday and was dragged away by my old friends. In one afternoon, I caught up on all the gossip I'd heard over the past six months."
Zhong Miao was simply at a loss for words. This even included extra lessons? "So, tell me, what's the gossip?"
Li Hongmei clapped her hands on the table, and with that expression, she looked like a storyteller on TV. "So, let's start with your family's first car..."
Zhong Miao was so amused by Li Hongmei's storytelling that Pei Ze just finished chopping the ribs and walked into the outer room when he heard Zhong Miao's laughter. The corners of his mouth also rose.
Pei Ze pushed the door open and walked in. "What are you two whispering about? Why are you so happy?"
Li Hongmei immediately stopped her storytelling and covered her red face. She was casual in front of Zhong Miao, but she was a little reserved in front of Pei Ze. "Hey, Brother Ze, gossip, gossip, everyday gossip."
"Whatever gossip, I want to hear it too."
Pei Ze took a cup, sat on the kang next to Zhong Miao, and poured himself a glass of water. Zhong Miao naturally grabbed a handful of melon seeds for him and said, "Come on, come on, let's eat melon together."
"Where can I get you some melons in this cold winter?" Pei Ze didn't understand the little group of melon-eating girls.
"Pfft, hahaha."
"Brother Ze, hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter. What Zhong Miao meant by eating melons is gossip."
Pei Ze's words made the two girls laugh continuously.
"Where did you get these new words? Why don't you share them with me?" Pei Ze leaned lazily against the cabinet behind him, staring at Zhong Miao with his black eyes without blinking.
"This is a matter between us girls. It's good enough that we let you participate. If you pick on us again, I won't take you with me."
Zhong Miao is not afraid of his gangster look.
"Okay, then I'm officially joining the organization today. Take me with you from now on."
"Okay, brother, hey, where was I just now?"
"Wang Yingying and Song Xing are getting a divorce." Zhong Miao cracked melon seeds and calmly started the conversation.
"Oh, right, right." Li Hongmei clapped her hands on the table and started to tell the story again.
"You were so happy just now because you heard that Wang Yingying and Song Xing were getting divorced?"
"No, no, that was the previous one. You came too late and didn't hear it." Zhong Miao hurriedly explained. There was nothing funny about people getting a divorce. However, Pei Ze couldn't stand to hear the word divorce.
"Yes, Brother Ze, what we were talking about was the youngest son of the Zhang family. He was angry with his father and took his anger out on his donkey. As a result, he was kicked by the donkey and a rib was broken."
"Well, go on." Pei Ze was helpless. There are really all kinds of people these days.
Li Hongmei continued to say that it turned out that Wang Yingying had quarreled with Song Xing at that time and was about to divorce or something. As a result, Wang Yingying fainted and was admitted to the hospital. After a check-up, she was found to be pregnant. After more than a month, the baby was almost lost.
Now, the divorce could not be completed, and Wang Yingying had no choice but to return to the village to take care of the baby. Calculating the date, she gave birth around the same time as the college entrance examination. She should have given birth before the college entrance examination, and she probably had not yet finished her confinement when the exam was held.
"I don't know if she can still get into college. She's pregnant at this time. It's too late."
Li Hongmei couldn't help but sigh as she spoke.
Zhong Miao was thinking, in the plot, Wang Yingying's child was born in April. Wang Yingying was pregnant and studying, and she did not return to the village to take care of the fetus. Now the plot is gone, and Wang Yingying's child was born two months late, which is really quite a bit.
"I heard that she wanted to go back to the city to attend tutoring classes, but her in-laws and her own family disagreed. Song Xing used to be able to speak up for her, but I heard that this time she came back to take care of her pregnancy. It's been almost three months, and Song Xing has only been back twice. I don't know what happened after that."
While the three of them were eating melons, Wang Yingying was lying in bed at her husband's house on the other side of the village to take care of her pregnancy.
The last time she went to the bookstore, she was pissed off by Zhong Miao. She was so angry that she said a few harsh words. Song Xing also proposed a divorce. When she heard that Song Xing wanted a divorce, she got scared. The psychological pressure became greater and greater, and she fainted.
Song Xing sent her to the hospital, and found out that she was pregnant for more than a month.
She didn't take it seriously before, thinking that she was under a lot of pressure from studying and her menstruation was irregular. She was scared at that time because she almost lost the baby.
Fortunately, the child was fine later, so she returned to the village to take care of the baby. Her parents-in-law took care of her, but her life became even more difficult. In order to protect the baby, she was not allowed to move.
As for Song Xing, he initially wanted to abort the child and divorce, but was stopped by his parents-in-law, so the matter ended in nothing.
Since then, Song Xing has lived alone in the city and rarely comes back.
With the experience of tutoring classes in the past few months, Wang Yingying found the problems in her studies and finally rekindled her confidence in taking the college entrance examination this year. However, this child came at the wrong time. Although it saved her marriage, it was born just before the college entrance examination. It was not known whether she could leave the confinement period during the exam.
Having a baby will definitely affect her studies, so now she can only review while taking care of the baby at home.
Her parents-in-law were afraid that she had gotten used to living in the city and wouldn't be able to stay at home, so they asked Song Xing to buy a TV for her to watch. But what did she see on TV?
Zhong Miao won the gold medal at the art exhibition, appeared on TV, and was valued by the school and teachers. What an honor it was.
After this incident, she completely gave up competing with Zhong Miao. Because of this, she almost divorced Song Xing.
She realized later that Zhong Miao was no longer on the same level as her and she would never be able to compete with her.
This time Song Xing's proposal for divorce also taught her a lesson. She still wanted to live a good life and absolutely could not get divorced. She should concentrate on taking the college entrance examination. No matter whether it was Zhong Miao or anyone else, they could not distract her. Even if she was still in confinement, she would take the college entrance examination.
Ever since she and Zhong Miao got married, she has never had a good time meeting Zhong Miao. Except for the time when she had a quarrel with Song Xing and ran into Zhong Miao when she got home, they almost always parted on bad terms.
She couldn't compete, she was desperate and gave up. Zhong Miao was right, it was impossible for them to be friends. She couldn't watch Zhong Miao live a good life and compare it with her boring marriage life. It was better to keep it out of sight and out of mind.
The most important thing for her now is to find an opportunity to return to the city and continue attending tutoring classes, but she cannot ignore the child either. If something really happens to the child, Song Xing will probably divorce her immediately.
Wang Yingying was very troubled. She had to protect the fetus and study at the same time, which was really uncomfortable. What's more, she could only lie down now. Her parents-in-law wouldn't let her move, and the psychological pressure was getting greater and greater.
On New Year's Eve, it snowed again, and the snow was heavy. Zhong Ming was afraid that the snow would accumulate and he would not be able to return home if he was late, so he took Zhou Yunshan and Li Tongtong back to the village early. They first went back to Zhong Ming's shabby house and put down their gifts.
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