Chapter 48 Find a time to get a divorce after the New Year
Zhou Huaiyi looked at the two people who were already affectionate and said with a smile: "Then this meal is worth it!"
"That's right! Sister Ling still refused to come! I had to drag her here, don't be polite to me! By the way, where does Sister Ling's lover work?"
"I'm a teacher at the middle school affiliated to our factory," Huang Ling introduced.
We had already arrived at the restaurant while we were talking.
Huang Ling discovered that when Zhou Huaiyi was in a crowded situation, he would become the backbone and everyone would consciously listen to his arrangements.
"Comrade Huang and Teacher Zhuang, you are the guests, you order the food."
Zhuang Chaoying declined: "Director Zhou, just take care of it."
Huang Ling also nodded in agreement.
Ordering food is a big deal. The quantity, whether it’s meat or vegetables, can’t be too extravagant, but it can’t be too little or not enough. It also has to take into account the gender and preferences of each person.
Zhou Huaiyi ordered the dishes openly:
Braised pork, braised lion's head, fried fish, boiled dried bean curd strips, stir-fried rapeseed, dessert is candied lotus root, and the staple food is rice and beef pan-fried buns.
Huang Ling laughed and said, "Director Zhou, we don't even get this kind of treatment during the Chinese New Year!"
"Then consider it as celebrating the New Year with you in advance. You're welcome."
Except for Zhuang Chaoying, everyone else was very open and honest.
His dullness is even more prominent compared to Zhou Huaiyi's free and easy attitude.
After the meal, Zhou Huaiyi paid the bill. Of course, he couldn't let his sister pay.
Before leaving, Zhou Huailan handed a lunch box to Huang Ling: "Sister Ling, this is the lion's head for the children."
"I'm eating and taking things at the same time, how can I do that?" Huang Ling declined.
"Don't be polite with me, otherwise I won't dare to ask you for help next time!" Zhou Huailan pressed the lunch box in her hand.
Everyone went home in different directions outside the hotel entrance.
Zhuang Chaoying pushed his bicycle and walked beside Huang Ling.
He sighed, "Being a factory manager only makes a little over 100 yuan a month, but Director Zhou is so generous! He spends several yuan on a single meal."
"Yeah. Generous." Huang Ling replied.
"But it's true. He didn't have any burdens. I heard from Gan Mei that he was single and his wife passed away due to illness a few years ago. His wife was the child of a high-ranking official and was from Shanghai! What a pity! He was not assigned to Shanghai when he was demobilized. When he was in the army, they lived apart in two places. It was the same when he was demobilized and returned.
Oh, he was discharged due to injury. I heard he made great contributions in the army. I don’t know what kind of injury caused him to be discharged. If he had stayed in the army, coupled with his father-in-law’s family background, it would have been a big deal…”
"Zhuang Chaoying, why are you so gossipy? You eat other people's food but still talk about them behind their backs!" Huang Ling scolded.
"No...but his sister looks a lot younger than him!"
"Yeah, a small round, so the relationship is very good."
This is what Huang Ling heard from Zhou Huailan. Both of their parents are in the army and are very busy. They are often not around, so Zhou Huailan was basically raised by her brother.
Zhuang Chaoying looked at Huang Ling's expression and changed the subject:
"A Ling, Mom asked when we're going back for the New Year. As for the things, I'll leave it to you to arrange..."
Huang Ling raised her hand to interrupt him: "Zhuang Chaoying, are you crazy? I'm almost ready to hang myself. Do you think I can have New Year's Eve dinner with them?"
"It is precisely because of the conflicts that we can sit together and connect with each other."
"Without that twenty-five dollars, without my slavery, there would be no love, don't you understand?"
Zhuang Chaoying clapped his hands on his thighs. "A Ling, I really think you're overthinking it. They're a little biased, but not to that extent... and it's Chinese New Year! We can't not go!"
Huang Ling no longer talked about this with him, but he still felt that Huang Ling was wrong.
"I told you yesterday, you can make your own arrangements, take the bonus, buy whatever you want when you take it back, and stay as long as you want. I won't interfere. But I definitely won't go. I'll take the children and live on my own."
Zhuang Chaoying was anxious: "This is definitely not possible! What will people say about me being the banker?"
"Oh my god, every time I go there, there's a big fuss. I don't care what others think of me. Your banker has already lost face. Also, do you have any face in the banker? It's so funny."
Zhuang Chaoying was silent.
Huang Ling simply talked about the matter openly.
"It's impossible for me to live in peace with your family. I never will. I think we should find a time to get a divorce after the New Year."
Zhuang Chaoying was stunned: "What did you say..."
"Divorce." Huang Ling also stopped and said to him seriously.
"How, how can we get divorced? What about the children?" Zhuang Chaoying took a long time to come to his senses.
"Don't hold me hostage with the children. The children can all stay with me, and you just pay child support every month. Or they can all stay with you, and I'll pay child support every month. Or we can each have one child. There are many ways to handle this."
"Family! The family is incomplete!"
"If a parent dies, the child dies with them and dies."
"That's different!"
"Something different is better than death! At least we can see each other more often. Compared to the impact of my life-and-death quarrels with your family and the impact of our superficial harmony and spiritual disharmony, the impact of separation on them may be smaller."
“…”
"Don't you see? I find you disgusting, let alone being a couple. We've been living together for so long, and this is already the limit."
Zhuang Chaoying lowered his head and stared at his toes, not saying anything for a long time.
"A Ling... I'll think about it, after the New Year..."
"Sure, you can also discuss with your family during the New Year to see how to deal with me. So it will be more convenient for us not to go."
Zhuang Chaoying felt that he had lost the ability to think until Huang Ling walked away for a while.
He felt that Huang Ling was walking with determination.
It was also from the day of Zhuang's mother's birthday that she became extremely determined.
Zhuang Chaoying tossed and turned all night, and got up early the next morning. He cooked breakfast and started carving the paper, as if he wanted to express something.
Huang Ling was very busy today and had to deliver clothes to several places, so she said to Tunan:
"I have to deliver something to someone today. I'll ride your bike. If you want to go out and play, just walk!"
"I know, Mom. It snowed last night, so you should ride slower." Tuanan asked with concern.
Zhuang Chaoying didn't say anything. After Huang Ling left, he returned to the Zhuang family.
I brought a piece of pork ribs, a piece of pork, and a bag of brown sugar.
He took out four more red envelopes and gave one yuan each to his parents and Zhendong and Zhenbei.
When Zhuang's father and mother saw that he only took such a small amount of things, they curled their lips.
Zhuang's father said disdainfully, "This is all we have to celebrate the New Year."
"I pooled money with my neighbors to buy a TV, and bought Tunan a bicycle to go to school. We really aren't well off," Zhuang Chaoying answered honestly.
He didn't say that Huang Ling paid the lion's share of the cost.
"Oh! You guys are really enjoying yourself! Can't you just not watch TV? Tuanan can't walk to school and he hasn't studied for two days, but you want to lose face!" Zhuang's father was sour when he heard it.
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