“…”
After Huang's mother left, Zhao Baili stood by the river for a while before going home.
When Zhao Baili entered the room, Huang Ermei was sitting on the edge of the kang crying. When she saw him come back, she wiped her tears and got down from the kang.
"Brother Baili, you're back. Have you eaten yet?"
"Did you complain to your mother again?"
Facing Zhao Baili's questioning, Huang Ermei twisted her hands holding the headscarf, her voice as soft as a mosquito, "No, it was Mom who saw you moving the bedding to the outer room. She was doing it for our own good..."
"Haha, I'm relying on your Huang family for my livelihood now, so anyone can come and tell me off, right?"
"No, brother Baili, that's not what I meant."
Huang Ermei was so anxious that she burst into tears. She was afraid that she would say something wrong and make Zhao Baili alienate her again.
Seeing her at a loss, Zhao Baili felt a little relieved.
"Alright, you should stop interacting with your parents from now on. Since you've married me, you're the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family. It's not right to keep going back to your parents' home."
"Then I'll... just go there less often in the future."
Huang Ermei asked carefully, "Then can you move back to the inner room tonight?"
"Besides, I'm hungry, so go cook."
After saying that, Zhao Baili lay down on the kang, completely ignoring the fact that his wife was due to give birth in two months.
Men of that era were more or less patriarchal and believed that women should do the laundry, cooking and housework.
Zhao Baili thought so too. In addition, he didn't take Huang Ermei seriously at all, and would not take the initiative to help Huang Ermei with housework.
After Huang Ermei painstakingly cooked the dish and brought it to the table, Zhao Baili took one look and frowned, "Just this one dish?"
Huang Ermei's hand froze as she put down her chopsticks. "All we have left at home is cabbage vermicelli."
She was afraid that Zhao Baili would be angry and not go home again, so she hurriedly said, "If you want to eat meat, I'll ask my mother to bring some tomorrow."
"Bang."
Zhao Baili put the bowl on the table and said, "Why? Now that I'm away from your family, I can't even eat meat?"
"No, that's not what I meant..."
The more Huang Ermei explained, the angrier Zhao Baili became.
Thinking about it, he used to live in the town, he had everything he wanted and his future was bright.
But now he can only stay in this mountain valley, marry a village girl like Huang Ermei, and rely on her family for support.
Gao Man, who he had forgotten before, was living a better and better life. How could he be willing to accept this?
The more he thought about it, the more agitated he became. He threw the bowl and walked out.
Huang Ermei was anxious, and she kept pulling and dragging him to stop him from leaving. "Brother Baili, I said something wrong. Don't leave. Don't go to find Gao Man."
The fear of imminent labor made her cling to Zhao Baili's arms and cry and howl, "I'm useless, I'm useless, I'm not as pretty as Gao Man, and I can't get the town funding for her greenhouse like hers, but I'm sincere to you."
"What did you say?"
Zhao Baili asked in return, "What do you mean by the town's approved funds?"
Huang Ermei's eyes were still wet with tears. She was stunned by his question and subconsciously said, "My aunt said that the town heard about Gao Man's greenhouse farming and felt that she had boosted the village economy. So they wanted to bring people to investigate and said they would provide her with funding support."
“…”
Zhao Baili's expression at this moment can be described as terrifying.
He knew what it meant to get the town's approval. It meant that she could serve as a representative of the village and receive support from the town and even the city in the future.
Maybe I can move to the city later...
Why? She hurt him so badly, why should she get better?
...
"Brother Baili, what's wrong with you?" Huang Ermei saw that Zhao Baili looked unhappy and spoke with a worried tone.
Zhao Baili turned to her and said, "Second sister, you want to live a good life with me, right?"
Although Huang Ermei didn't know why Zhao Baili suddenly mentioned this, she nodded heavily, "I think so, even in my dreams."
"Okay, as long as you do one thing for me, I will live with you wholeheartedly..."
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