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November 22, 1957 was also the day of Xiaoxue in the lunar calendar. On this day, Liu Tutu and his wife, who had returned to their hometown to visit their relatives, finally came back.
As a good sister who grew up with Zhou Tong, Lin Yunru went to the dormitory to find the person who had returned from visiting relatives as soon as she heard the news. When Lin Yunru arrived, Zhou Tong was packing her things, but as someone who grew up together, she was the first to notice that something was wrong with the other party.
Yes, there was something wrong with Zhou Tong at this moment. She no longer had the smile and youthful arrogance she used to have. More importantly, she had lost weight in just a few days!
In just a few days, the once innocent and arrogant person turned calm and quiet. Lin Yunru felt so distressed that she felt that Liu Tutu had been wronged in his hometown. Although she felt so distressed, she still sat beside him with a normal expression. "I see that you don't look well. Are you tired from the journey?"
Zhou Tong's face was tired, and this tiredness was not only physical but also psychological. Facing Lin Yunru, whom she had been familiar with since childhood, her eyes quickly filled with tears. The tears rolled down her eye sockets as soon as she blinked, making her originally pale face look even more pitiful.
"Sister Yunru~" Zhou Tong choked up as she walked to Lin Yunru, half squatted down and hugged her. She cried silently like a wounded little animal, and her tears quickly wet Lin Yunru's clothes.
Lin Yunru sighed deeply and stroked her hair gently. "Don't cry, Tongtong, be good. Don't cry. If you have any problems, tell me and I'll help you."
Zhou Tong said in a muffled voice: "I can't help you."
From childhood to adulthood, Lin Yunru had no idea how many things she had helped her deal with. As a spoiled child, she was used to others helping her behind the scenes. But this time, no one could help her. She could only rely on herself to win the favor of her mother-in-law and the heart of her husband.
Before she got married, she naively believed that family would not be an obstacle between a couple, but after getting married and following Liu Tutu back to her hometown, she found out how wrong she was.
From the first time they met, she discovered that her mother-in-law didn't seem to like her very much. She remembered what her mother had said about being filial to her mother-in-law and father-in-law, so when she found out that she was not liked, she took out the gift she had carefully selected from the store.
I handed it to my mother-in-law enthusiastically, but all I got was a reply: "This thing is quite expensive, how much did it cost my son?"
Later, she heard her mother-in-law and Liu Tutu say, "Your daughter-in-law doesn't know how to manage a family. Look at all the things she bought. They're pretty but useless. How much money did it cost you? Son, give all your money to me in the future. I'll keep it for you, so that this spendthrift woman won't spend it all lavishly."
The consumption concepts in urban and rural areas are like a gap between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. What Zhou Tong thought was a small matter was a waste of her son's money in the eyes of Liu's mother. Dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law's extravagant spending, she asked Liu Tutu to collect the household expenses of the young couple.
What chilled Zhou Tong was that Liu Tutu actually nodded in agreement with her mother's opinion. "Mom, I'll keep some money for the household expenses every month and send the rest to you."
At night he even told her, "You spend money too lavishly. Mom told me to give her my salary and she will save it for us and give it to us later."
Zhou Tong sneered, "I asked for your opinion when I bought something, and you didn't say I couldn't buy it. Besides, Liu Tutu, I used my own money to buy things. How can it be considered your money when I use my own money to buy things? And one more thing, your family hasn't split up yet."
The Liu family did not split up. The whole family lived together. When Liu Tutu gave the money to Liu's mother, the money was for public use. It was hard to say whether they could get a share of it when the time came, let alone saving it for them.
Zhou Tong wasn't a stingy person. She gave the old-age pension every month, but she would never agree to give all the money the couple earned to the Liu family to support others. They would have their own children in the future, and there would be many places to spend money. Although she didn't have much contact with Liu's mother, she could still see that it would be impossible to get the money out in the future.
"We're married, so of course the money belongs to us. Zhou Tong, I'm in the army and I'm not home all year round. I can't take care of my parents at home. What's wrong with giving them some money? Why are you so petty?"
In Liu Tutu's mind, merging finances after marriage is a very normal thing.
But he forgot that Zhou Tong was not a peasant woman in the village who only knew how to do farm work and didn't earn much money a year. She was a new-age woman who came from a privileged family and was spoiled since childhood. She received a salary every month. She earned no less money than himself, so he couldn't ask the same of her as he asked of others.
"I am married to you, but my money will always be mine. It has nothing to do with you, Liu Tutu. I have no objection if you want to give the money to your parents, but if you want it from me, I can only say two words to you: dream on!"
The two had their first conflict that night. Liu's mother, feeling sorry for her son, stood in the yard and cursed him. After that, she found various ways to make trouble for Zhou Tong, asking him to do everything from feeding the pigs and chickens to working in the fields.
Zhou Tong, a city kid, didn't understand these things. Not only did she do things slowly but also poorly, which made Liu's mother even more dissatisfied. She would complain to the gossips in the village: "I'm not satisfied with our daughter-in-law in every way. She's not good at anything. She's the most picky about eating. She doesn't like this or that. She's very picky."
"Look at her tiny arms and legs. They'll fall over if the wind blows. If she hadn't fallen for my son and begged me to marry her, Tutu, we wouldn't want her. She's nothing compared to Wang Fenghua from the next village."
Wang Fenghua was the family that Liu's mother had arranged for Liu Tutu to see. The girl was big and strong and good at work, which was the most popular standard of daughter-in-law nowadays. Liu's mother had already made an agreement with the girl and was waiting to trick her son back to get married. Who could have imagined that Cheng Yaojin would appear behind the scenes!
When Liu Tutu's mother received the letter of marriage, she was very happy for a while. She boasted in the village that her son had made it big and found a girl from the city. Later, when she found out that the girl had fallen in love with her son first, she began to dislike her from the bottom of her heart. She thought the girl was too frivolous. As the saying goes, the one who runs away becomes a concubine, so Liu's mother began to look down on Zhou Tong.
After a few days of getting along, Liu's mother looked down on the other party even more. She looked thin and weak, and could not do anything. She didn't know whether her body could give birth to a child. The most important point was probably that she did not allow her son to hand over all his salary. In Liu's mother's eyes, this was a sin, which led to her wanting her son to divorce this daughter-in-law in just a few days.
As for Zhou Tong, she has been spoiled and indulged since she was a child. She has the habits of a spoiled lady in her bones. Although she is simple, she is not the kind of person who will allow herself to be bullied without fighting back. She wants to have a good relationship with the Liu family, but when she knows that the Liu family looks down on her and even wants Liu Tutu to divorce her and marry that Hua, she packs up her things and returns to the army.
Zhou Tong angrily complained to Lin Yunru, "Whoever wants to be the Liu family's daughter-in-law can do whatever they want. I won't serve you anymore!"
Lin Yunru listened to her quietly, feeling a bit overwhelmed. "I told you to think carefully beforehand, and you said life is something you have to live. Why are you regretting it now?"
"Tongtong, you're twenty years old now, not a child anymore. You need to think things through carefully. Since you've married Captain Liu, you two should live a good life together. You can't throw tantrums every time something happens. You only go back to your hometown to see your mother-in-law a few times a year. You should just go along with her over there. If you get mad at her, you can bully Captain Liu as much as you want when you get back to the army."
"I know I'm wrong, but my mother-in-law is really annoying. She always acts like I'm marrying up to her precious son. It makes me angry when I see her." Zhou Tong thought for a moment and said, "And the guy in my family is like a piece of wood in front of his mother. He does whatever his mother says and never cares about my feelings. I followed him home happily, but what happened..."
"Sister, I finally understand the gap you're talking about. There's a huge gap between me and my mother-in-law. We disagree on many things, and Liu Tutu can only play the fool in the middle and can't do anything. I also want to be a good daughter-in-law who is tolerant and considerate of her, but it's too difficult to do so."
"The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is not just talk. I still have a long way to go and there are still many fights to fight."
Lin Yunru sneered and patted Zhou Tong on the head: "How can you talk like that! Tongtong, I want to ask you, do you regret it first?"
If you regret it, we will divorce him directly without them having to divorce you!
Zhou Tong shook her head embarrassedly, "I still cherish him."
When they quarrel, they hate each other so much, but after calming down, they start to cherish each other again. Maybe this is a common problem among women.
Even though she was wronged, she still felt soft-hearted and remembered the good things he had done for her.
After completing the task, Xiao Li wrote the report and drove to his local superiors again to report on his work.
On the way, he saw Qin Yuji, who had fought with others like a little wolf cub last time. Qin Yuji was riding on the shoulders of a young man in a Zhongshan suit. Beside the man was a woman in a gray military uniform who looked at them gently.
A family of three was walking leisurely on a country road. I don’t know what the little fat boy said, but it made the two adults next to him smile. The man even laughed exaggeratedly with his mouth open.
The family atmosphere is warm, making others look simple and happy.
Not far from them was parked the Subaru 360, an egg-shaped car that was just developed by the island country this year. The family slowly moved towards the car.
Dong Shiyi gasped when he saw it, slapping his thigh and saying, "That car must be the Subaru 360 that the Japanese just produced this year and is very popular. I didn't expect to see it in a small mountain village like Longgang Village. This family must be very rich!"
Men love cars. Even if the conditions do not allow it now, Dong Shiyi and others will pay close attention to them. For example, this year China successfully produced its first car, and they will inevitably compare and analyze it with new cars from other countries, and gradually become more and more familiar with cars.
Xiao Li glanced at it and said in a deep voice, "I'm afraid you can't buy this even if you have money."
The war has led to a tense situation between China and the island country. Both countries have no good feelings towards each other, especially the people on the Chinese side are even more hostile and hateful towards the other side. Under such national conditions, very few people can buy a new R-series car, and those who can buy it are not simple.
In addition to being rich, one must also have connections, which means one is both rich and powerful.
Xiao Li has been here for so long but has never heard the villagers say that any important figures have appeared here. Combined with what Qin Yuji said when fighting with the children, he suddenly understood.
capitalist!
He is an extra-large capitalist, the kind that is super rich.
However, the capitalists in China are not having an easy time now. The fat boy's family can actually afford to buy a car in a high-profile manner, which shows that the family is very powerful. I just don't know whether such a high-profile and fearless behavior will become their death warrant.
Xiao Li looked at the little fat boy Qin Yuji again. The little fat boy clapped his hands happily on his father's shoulders. His eyes disappeared in a moment, and his laughter was clear and loud, showing how happy he was now.
Xiao Li stepped heavily on the accelerator, and the car sped past the family, leaving behind only the happy and enviable smiles of the three members of the family.
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