Chapter 127 Li Dazhu Regrets His Past Actions
Li Dazhu's decision to come to the Tang family today was something he had struggled with for quite some time.
After divorcing Tang Mingmei, his parents shamelessly asked many people to introduce him to potential partners, and he actively went on blind dates.
At first, he thought he should at least find someone who was good-looking and had a stable job. However, women with these qualities wouldn't even consider someone like him who was divorced and had a child, so he didn't get a single blind date opportunity.
Realizing that such conditions were unrealistic, he lowered his expectations. As long as he had a stable job, that would be fine. As for his appearance... Li Dazhu gritted his teeth and decided that as long as it was passable, that would be acceptable.
Looks can't put food on the table; a stable job and a good personality are what make life possible.
After lowering my standards, I did have a few opportunities to go on blind dates.
However, it's either others who dislike him, or he who dislikes others.
After several failed attempts, his parents, with pained expressions, advised him not to be too picky, saying that the most important thing for a woman is to be able to have children.
Li Dazhu got angry when he heard these words.
He doesn't even consider what kind of ugly and deformed things he's looking down on.
One of them, standing up, only reached his chest, but was several pounds heavier than him.
One of them, when she smiles, her mouth almost twists to the corner of her eye.
One of them had eyes that were blinking wildly, as if they were having a spasm.
He would rather die alone than live with a woman like that.
After being hit hard by reality, Li Dazhu lowered his expectations again.
As long as someone looks normal, it doesn't matter whether they have a stable job or not.
Anyway, for women, bearing children and taking care of the family at home is the most important thing. His salary isn't insufficient to support a family.
Even so, no one introduced him to a potential partner.
As time went by, Li Dazhu panicked and finally realized that he might find it difficult to find someone he could barely make do with.
By this point, whether he wanted to admit it or not, he deeply regretted divorcing Tang Mingmei.
He shouldn't have divorced her so hastily. He should have taken her to the hospital to see a doctor and had a thorough examination before making a decision.
Later on, even the ugly and deformed people he had once looked down on were no longer willing to consider him, and Li Dazhu panicked completely.
He began to resent his parents, especially his mother, because if their relationship with Tang Mingmei hadn't been so bad, his marriage wouldn't have ended up like this.
Li's mother felt like she had eaten shit when her son complained about her.
She felt that her son was an ingrate; it was clearly his lust for beauty that led him to marry Tang Mingmei, a difficult woman, instead of a virtuous and gentle one, causing endless trouble at home.
The more Li's mother thought about it, the more she believed that their family's situation had deteriorated after Tang Mingmei married into the family.
Before Tang Mingmei married into the family, the four of them lived in harmony. Although the siblings weren't particularly close, they cared for each other. It's nothing like they are now, like enemies.
Yes, it was all Tang Mingmei's fault; this woman ruined their family.
However, the more she said that, the more her son argued with her.
Exhausted, Li's mother wanted to confide in her daughter, but found that her daughter didn't care about her at all and always had a cold face whenever she went to her.
On the contrary, the son-in-law whom she had never liked became the only one of her three children who could speak to her kindly.
Li's mother's feelings were indescribably complicated.
After leaving her daughter and son-in-law's house, Li's mother returned home to find her son lying on the bed, completely drunk. She could no longer bear it.
"Look at the state you've become! Indulging yourself like this all day long, who are you trying to impress?"
Li Dazhu said irritably, "If you don't want to watch, then don't."
"Under the same roof, how can you expect me not to look?"
Li Dazhu said angrily, "Fine, then I'll move to live at the factory and won't be in your way anymore, okay?"
The dormitories at the meat processing plant were in poor condition, all tiled houses. It was alright on sunny days, but on rainy days, the leaks were so bad they could drive you crazy.
So Li Dazhu was just saying it; those harsh living conditions reminded him of the years he spent in the countryside.
But what Li's mother didn't know was that she was afraid her son would really move out, so she could only swallow her anger and instead tried to persuade him patiently.
“Look at your sister, she found someone like Deng Qingyuan, and now her life is slowly getting better. You should also cheer up, find a good girl, and live a good life.”
Hearing his mother say that his younger sister and Deng Qingyuan were doing well made Li Dazhu even more upset.
If he hadn't lived with his parents after getting married, would his relationship with Tang Mingmei have remained the same?
Upon re-examining their two years of married life, Li Dazhu suddenly realized that Tang Mingmei couldn't be entirely blamed.
During this period, my parents also did some things wrong, especially my mother, who didn't do a good job as a mother-in-law.
Unfortunately, he realized it too late, and Li Dazhu regretted it deeply.
Just as his remorse was growing stronger, Li's mother asked someone to find him a blind date.
Although she was unemployed and not particularly attractive, she was at least a virgin who had never been married. Moreover, the woman's mother was exceptionally fertile, having given birth to seven children, four of whom were sons.
"...And I also heard that this girl's maternal grandmother was also very fertile, having given birth to eight children."
Li's mother became more and more excited as she spoke. Before the blind date even started, she was already fantasizing about her son marrying someone and having two children in three years, both boys.
Li Dazhu was also tempted after hearing this, but he was calmer than his mother and reminded her, "Now it's the one-child policy, no matter how many children you can have, you can only have one."
Li's mother said, "What's there to be afraid of? She doesn't have a job, does she? She got pregnant again after having one child, so we let her hide at my cousin's house in the countryside."
My aunt's place is a remote, impoverished mountain village with hardly anyone around, so the family planning office definitely can't handle it.
Li Dazhu remained outwardly calm, but he was even more tempted.
However, none of them expected that what awaited them on this blind date was an almost devastating blow.
The girl was forced to go on a blind date by her parents, and she was full of resentment. As soon as she saw Li Dazhu, she said a lot of nasty things.
They attacked his appearance, belittled his job, and even claimed that there must be some unspeakable ugliness behind his divorce.
Although Li Dazhu had been rejected during blind dates before, he had never suffered such humiliation.
He wasn't a good-tempered person either, and he immediately got angry.
Fortunately, the blind date took place in a park. Although some passersby might stop to watch, it was still less awkward than going to a restaurant or similar place.
After this blind date, Li Dazhu felt particularly pessimistic and hopeless.
Even though he refuted every single thing the woman said to him at the time, when he got home and lay alone in bed, he would slowly recall every single word she had ever said.
What's even more frightening is that he actually started to agree with it and began to pessimistically examine himself.
With his appearance, family background, and divorce history, it will probably be very difficult for him to find a partner again.
After thinking about it this way, Li Dazhu became completely depressed. At home, he was like a bomb that would explode at the slightest touch.
His parents began to fear him, and when he once again accused them of ruining his marriage with Tang Mingmei, Li's mother finally couldn't hold back anymore.
With tears in her eyes, Li's mother said, "Since you're so reluctant to part with Tang Mingmei, then bring her back. If she can't have children, then she can't have children. Maybe it's just that our Li family is destined to be childless."
What was meant as an angry remark actually stirred something in Li Dazhu's heart.
Yes, instead of going on these strange blind dates, we should find Tang Mingmei.
Although it was painful that he couldn't have another son, he was going to live a lonely life anyway, so having a wife and daughter was better than having none.
After changing his mind, Li Dazhu started thinking about how to win Tang Mingmei back.
He had inquired privately and secretly hoped that Tang Mingmei would have a bad life living with her daughter at her parents' home after the divorce. To his surprise, the results of his inquiries were indeed true; she was actually doing very well.
Not only were they unfazed by the rumors, but they also achieved outstanding results at work and were recognized as excellent employees.
This is outrageous! How can a divorced woman with a child live such a good life?
He felt very uncomfortable.
But after thinking it over, I still had to go to their door to coax them.
He had analyzed the situation and realized that he was, after all, the child's father, and that relationship was unbreakable; he could start from that point.
As for Tang Mingmei, Li Dazhu believed he understood her after being together for so many years, so he would just lower his stance and coax her as before.
If he could appease Tang Mingmei, even if Tang's parents were unwilling, they would have no choice but to accept him again.
Li Dazhu had a well-thought-out plan, but he didn't expect that while he did understand the Tang Mingmei of the past, people change. The Tang Mingmei of today, after having a child and going through a divorce, is completely different from the one before.
He mustered up his courage to go to her house today, but before he even entered, he was met with a barrage of sarcasm from Li Hong. However, he still forced a smile and ignored Li Hong's mockery, looking at Tang Mingmei instead.
“Mingmei, I wanted to see the child, and also... to see you.”
Tang Mingmei's face darkened when she saw Li Dazhu standing at the door.
Hearing him call her name and shamelessly say he came to see the child and her, she almost threw up the food she had just eaten.
"Li Dazhu, you know perfectly well that people are either having dinner or have already eaten at this time, so you deliberately chose this time to come and annoy people, didn't you?"
Tang Mingmei was also ruthless in her words.
She is no longer the fool she used to be, believing everything Li Dazhu said without any rational judgment.
What father who genuinely wants to see his child would specifically choose this time to come?
Should we take a quick look and leave, or shamelessly linger and not leave?
Besides, her daughter was taken back to her parents' home for so long before she finally said she wanted to see the child; that longing is worthless.
Tang Mingmei's words were even harsher than Li Hong's, and Li Dazhu almost lost his temper.
He kept telling himself that he had made difficult preparations before coming here and that he should not be easily defeated.
Li Dazhu put aside his pride and was able to bend and stretch. After being spoken to by Tang Mingmei, he not only did not get angry, but also lowered his posture and apologized.
“I know I haven’t done a good job. Xiaoxin has lived here for so long and I haven’t come to see her, but I have my reasons.”
Before coming, Li Dazhu had anticipated being questioned about why he hadn't come to see his child for so long, so he had prepared his answer.
"Actually, I was reluctant to get a divorce at first, but I was so angry that I agreed. Divorcing you was such a huge blow to me, I couldn't recover for months. I was in a daze every day, and I almost couldn't even do my job properly."
When it comes to lying, Li Dazhu doesn't even flinch.
"Look at me, I look so haggard. You can tell how much I've suffered since the divorce."
These past few months have been filled with failed blind dates, leaving me so desperate that I thought I would grow old alone, and I've become extremely haggard.
Li Dazhu shamelessly claimed that his haggard appearance was due to the blow of his divorce.
He thought he had covered his tracks perfectly, but Tang Mingmei curled her lips and sneered.
"Really? Are you sure it's not because you've been failing at blind dates that you're so devastated? Is it not because you've been failing at blind dates that you're so haggard?"
Upon hearing this, Li Dazhu's expression changed drastically.
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