Chapter 79
Lei's mother had long been fed up with Yao Yi's meager earnings, yet she acted as if she had made a fortune, acting pretentiously and condescendingly all day long.
Especially since Yao Yi was an elementary school teacher, and she herself had only graduated from junior high school. Teachers these days weren't very valuable, and Yao Yi's elementary school teacher was even worse, not worthy of Lei's mother's approval.
But Yao Yi didn't dare to really quit her job.
Even before she got married, she looked down on Zhong Lan, who had no job and was stuck at home all day. If she quit her job, wouldn't the Lei family look down on her even more?
Yao Yi's only recourse was to go on the job. She procrastinated by not washing clothes, cooking, or cleaning the house, forcing Lei's mother to do it herself.
But Lei Mu is more cruel than her.
If she didn't wash clothes, Lei's mother would wash the clothes of everyone in the family, but she would not wash Yao Yi and Lei Xiao's clothes.
Since she doesn't cook, Lei's mother only cooks for the family, without any portion for Yao Yi and Lei Xiao.
Since she didn't clean the house, Lei's mother only cleaned up the house except for Yao Yi and Lei Xiao's rooms.
At first, Yao Yi sneered in her heart that these were the only tricks Lei Mu had.
If Lei's mother doesn't wash her and Lei Xiao's clothes, then she will wash their own clothes! If she doesn't want to wash clothes, she will buy new clothes to wear. After all, she can make money.
Since Lei's mother didn't cook for her and Lei Xiao, they would eat out every day. Anyway, she could make money.
It’s just right that Lei’s mother doesn’t clean her and Lei Xiao’s room. She will clean it up when she sees that the room is too dirty to look at.
However, after a long time, Yao Yi found that her tricks did not work.
She only earned a dozen yuan a month, and her food coupons were limited, hardly enough to afford daily meals out. Especially as the weather grew colder, Yao Yi grew increasingly lazy and disliked doing laundry, often only doing it once every three or four days. With the cold weather, clothes dried more slowly, leaving Yao Yi and Lei Xiao often without clothes to wear, forcing them to buy new ones. Even with the new clothes, their money was even less than sufficient for eating out.
More importantly, Lei Xiao couldn't stand such a life anymore.
Lei Xiao saw that the cabinets in the room were covered in dust. He couldn't stand it any longer and said to Yao Yi, "How long are you going to be lazy? Why didn't I realize you were so lazy before?"
Yao Yi was lying on the bed, flipping through the newspaper boredly. Seeing Lei Xiao was very angry, she asked with a puzzled look on her face, "What's wrong?"
"Just look at how dirty this room is. You only wash clothes every three or four days, and clothes don't dry easily these days. What do you expect me to wear every day? And we eat out every day. Forget about having enough money, even the food coupons are not enough. How can anyone live like us?"
Yao Yi pouted and said coquettishly, "It's your mother who forced me to be like this. If I didn't do this, I would have to cook for your whole family, wash clothes, and clean the house every day. I never do these things at home."
"But you are married now and married into my family. If you don't do these things, are you waiting for me to do them? Waiting for my mother to serve you?" Lei Xiao said bluntly.
Yao Yi curled her lips. What's wrong with letting Lei Mu serve her? She saw that Lei Mu was doing a good job, so she just continued to do it.
"You still plan to live like this, right?" Lei Xiao said.
Yao Yi didn't say anything, which was considered as her agreement.
"Okay, then you can live like this alone. I'll tell my mom tomorrow that I'll pay the monthly household fee and I want to eat at home."
Lei Xiao always does what he says.
The next day, there was an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks on the breakfast table. They belonged to Lei Xiao.
The Lei family members ate breakfast in an orderly manner. No one gave Yao Yi a glance, and no one asked Yao Yi to eat with them.
Lei's mother took Lei Xiao's clothes to wash together and ignored Yao Yi's.
Lei Xiao even stopped sleeping in the same room with Yao Yi at night. He thought the room was too dirty, so he got a camp bed from somewhere and slept in the living room every night.
After a few days, Yao Yi couldn't stand this kind of life anymore.
She felt excluded in this family and everyone treated her like air.
More importantly, without Lei Xiao to eat out with her, her salary and food coupons were not enough to support her eating out every day. If this continued, she would really starve to death.
Yao Yi had acted pitifully and coquettishly to Lei Xiao, but Lei Xiao remained indifferent.
When Yao Yi ran out of food coupons and had gone hungry for two meals, she had no choice but to surrender to Lei's mother.
At the dinner table, she said to Lei's mother, "Mom, I will get up early to make breakfast tomorrow."
Lei's mother ate her meal elegantly without even looking at her, and said, "Just making breakfast?"
Yao Yi bit her lip and said, "I'll help with lunch and dinner. I'll also wash clothes and clean the house. I'll do whatever you ask me to do."
"Really?" Lei's mother glanced at her with a faint smile: "You are not fainted by hunger, and you are saying nice things to coax me, right?"
"I didn't. I will do what I say." Yao Yi said.
Lei's mother smiled with satisfaction: "This is what a daughter-in-law should be like. Go to the kitchen and get a pair of bowls and chopsticks, then sit down and eat with us."
Yao Yi said "hmm" and went to the kitchen to get dishes and chopsticks.
After she returned to the table and sat down, Lei's mother said to her, "Come and wash the dishes later. After washing the dishes, clean up your room. Xiao'er should go back to his room and sleep."
Lei Xiao said: "I will go back once the room is clean."
Yao Yi lowered her eyes and said "hmm", with a hint of dissatisfaction flashing in her eyes.
After dinner, she washed the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen, then cleaned her and Lei Xiao's room thoroughly. Lei Xiao really went back to his room to sleep that night.
Yao Yi still wanted to be stubborn, so she deliberately slept with her back to Lei Xiao and kept a distance from him. She did not take the initiative to be intimate with Lei Xiao, but waited for Lei Xiao to coax her. Then she acted coquettishly and asked Lei Xiao to talk to Lei's mother, and she and Lei's mother would each do half of the housework.
Yao Yi's plan was brilliant. Her strategy was simply to retreat in order to advance. She said they would each do half, but in reality she would only let Lei's mother do more.
But Lei Xiao didn't try to coax her at all. She didn't take the initiative to get intimate with Lei Xiao, and Lei Xiao didn't want to get intimate with her either.
The two of them spent three nights like this, back to back, without even saying a few words. Then, Yao Yi couldn't hold it in any longer.
She punched Lei Xiao with her little fist and said, "Why don't you coax me?"
"Why should I coax you?" Lei Xiao asked back in confusion.
"Your mother bullies me, your whole family bullies me!"
Lei Xiao was even more confused: "If you feel that my family is bullying you, you can continue to eat outside as before, and I will continue to sleep in the living room."
"Whose married couple lives like this?" Yao Yi was angry and speechless.
"You know who lives like this?" Lei Xiao said meaningfully and ignored her.
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