Xiao Li pointed to her bowl, "That's mine. There were five pancakes in total. You ate three, so the remaining two are mine."
Wang Hongguang was a little dissatisfied; he hadn't eaten enough yet.
"Wife, I want to eat more, I'm hungry." He looked at Xiaoli with pleading eyes. Every time he said this, Meng Xiaoli would share some of her food with him.
He waited with a smile, but this time he miscalculated. Xiao Li ignored him and slowly finished her meal.
Wang Hongguang didn't receive the pancake and angrily tried to leave, but his clothes were pulled back.
"What are you doing?"
He was a little unhappy, and now that he'd finished the biscuit, he wouldn't accept being coaxed.
"Wash the dishes. I just cooked the meal, so you wash the dishes now."
Wang Hongguang could hardly believe his ears.
You want me to wash the dishes?
Xiao Li nodded. Although she didn't understand why she hadn't made Wang Hongguang do any work before, she felt that she had to change.
Household chores are meant to be done by two people, so they should definitely be done together.
Wang Hongguang got angry. "Meng Xiaoli, you actually made me wash the dishes? My hands are for writing, you know that?"
Didn't you say you loved the love poems I wrote for you the most? You're such a fickle woman.
Xiao Li felt a little sore. "I don't like it anymore. I prefer using your hands for work."
Wang Hongguang wanted to leave, but Xiao Li was holding onto his clothes and he couldn't break free.
"Let go, I'm not washing the dishes."
Xiao Li couldn't believe it; how could she have fallen for such a man?
However, she still let go, saying, "If you don't want to wash it, fine. I won't cook lunch for you; you'll have to cook for yourself."
Wang Hongguang's feet suddenly became rooted to the spot; he was not good at washing dishes, much less at cooking.
Xiao Li's cooking is so good, it would be a huge loss not to try it.
If I'm going to cook lunch myself, I'd better not; it's more worthwhile to wash the dishes.
He angrily picked up the bowls and took them to the kitchen to wash them.
Xiao Li checked the tools; she was going to work in the fields soon.
Thinking of Wang Hongguang's three work points a day, she turned back.
“Wang Hongguang, you’re not making enough money to eat with just three centimeters a day. If you keep going like this, we’ll all starve to death before the grain is distributed.”
Wang Hongguang said nonchalantly, "Don't we have you and your parents? They earn so many work points, if they share some with us, we'll have enough to eat."
Xiao Li's eyes widened. "What did you say? We have hands and feet, how can we eat their food? They have younger brothers to support."
Wang Hongguang lazily picked at his ear. "What's wrong with eating some of their food? You're their daughter, isn't that right?"
Xiao Li looked on in disbelief. This person actually wanted to sponge off his parents, and he was so self-righteous about it.
“Wang Hongguang, don’t even think about my parents’ work points. From now on, you’ll only get to eat three centimeters of food if you only have three centimeters of work points. My work points won’t be given to you.”
Wang Hongguang was immediately furious; he had truly had enough today.
He bulged his eyes, pointed at Xiaoli, and started cursing.
"Meng Xiaoli, have I given you face today? You've gone against me time and time again. Is this how you treat me, the head of the family?"
I'm a former educated youth sent to the countryside, not some country bumpkin like you. What's wrong with me eating a little of your food? You'll be begging me for help someday.
Xiao Li didn't tolerate him at all; she felt she shouldn't have to put up with such humiliation.
She slapped Wang Hongguang's hand away.
"Didn't I say that if you don't work, you won't eat? You're cursing me and you still want to eat the food I cook? You're dreaming. Today you're punished by not eating for a whole day."
Wang Hongguang was dumbfounded. Why was there no food to eat again?
"No, I washed the dishes."
You insulted me.
"One thing at a time, we can eat once we've finished washing up."
“You haven’t earned enough work points and you’re still scolding me. I’m in a bad mood and don’t want to cook for you.”
Wang Hongguang had nothing to say. He picked up his hoe and stormed off, wanting to see if she would still be able to cook for him at noon.
Wang Hongguang went to work, but while digging, he unconsciously sped up his pace, remembering what Xiaoli had said.
The hourly scorer even praised him.
"You've made progress today; starting a family really makes a difference."
Wang Hongguang was quite pleased with himself. He thought he should get five work points today, which would make his wife happy.
He rushed home excitedly, but he was starving. Xiaoli ignored him and started cooking by herself.
Wang Hongguang leaned closer and said, "Honey, I can earn five work points today. Aren't you happy?"
Xiao Li ignored him and made herself a potato stew. These days, rice is precious, so people usually eat it with sweet potatoes and potatoes.
But she put oil in the potatoes today, so they smelled especially delicious, and Wang Hongguang's mouth was watering.
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