Chapter 102
When Xing Fei returned home after shopping, the family was already sitting at the table chatting.
Bi Chunliu asked him to sit down quickly and said, "You're back? Dad, Xiaomei, let's have dinner?"
Han Zhong, the oldest person present, nodded and said, "Okay! Let's eat!"
Everyone was busy eating, occasionally serving food to each other, but no one said much. After the meal, everyone shared a glass of soda and began chatting. With so many people around, the topics varied. Xing Fei listened for a moment as his brother-in-law and his father discussed how to make the best lamb chops and lamb and carrot soup, then listened for a moment as his wife and sisters chatted... Xing Fei listened for a moment but couldn't quite grasp whose story it was, so he gave up and joined the lamb-cooking team.
"Sister Xiaomei, what was that thing you just talked about with my elder sister? Why didn't I understand it?" Bi Qiuguo was very curious. It sounded like a very complicated relationship between people.
Han Kemei glanced at her sister-in-law. Bi Chunliu did not object. After all, she was still immersed in sorting out this explosive relationship.
Han Kemei thought, okay, this news will be known sooner or later anyway. She looked at the little Qiuguo, who was neither big nor small, hoping that the child would not be too shocked. "Okay, I'll tell you again, don't tell anyone about this for the time being."
The three of them nodded, and Han Kemei lowered his voice and said, "I'm talking about my leader's sister-in-law. Of course, let me make it clear in advance that her behavior is immoral and illegal! We decent children should not learn from her!"
Bi Qiuguo nodded repeatedly, patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, Sister Xiaomei, you don't know me yet, I am an upright person!"
"My boss's sister-in-law, let's call her Xiao Lu for now, has been coming to my boss these past few days to complain that she can't make it any longer. She says her husband, Xiao Wang, drinks all day, spends money recklessly, sometimes beats her, and now even wants a divorce. Xiao Lu doesn't want a divorce because she feels they still have a child and they're not without feelings for each other. My boss went to Xiao Wang, his brother-in-law, to find out what's going on. Xiao Wang said he wanted a divorce because Xiao Lu wouldn't sleep in the same bed with him, saying she's had second thoughts. Of course, my boss had to question Xiao Lu, and unexpectedly, Xiao Lu admitted right in front of Xiao Wang and my boss that she had another boyfriend."
Bi Qiuguo: "Wait, Sister Xiaomei, so this Xiao Lu has a husband and is looking for other men outside?"
"Right...don't interrupt me, let me continue. Xiao Wang said he was drinking and spending money recklessly for no other reason than because he saw Xiao Lu and that man being affectionate with each other. And after he saw that, Xiao Lu not only didn't think she'd done anything wrong, but she actually defended that man, even saying that since she had someone outside, Xiao Wang could find one too, so they'd be even."
At this point, Han Kemei recalled the leader's expression at the time, as if he had swallowed a fly alive. So pitiful, what kind of fate could have played such a trick on her to have such a sister-in-law...
"Then my boss asked why she wanted a divorce. Xiao Lu said Xiao Wang was spending money recklessly and hadn't given her any money in the past two or three months. She and her boyfriend had found a house to live in two months ago, and in those two months, Xiao Wang hadn't given her a penny. She even used her own personal savings! She also said her boyfriend had to support his wife and children at home..."
"Oh my God! Sister Xiaomei, these two people..." Bi Xiahe exclaimed in surprise, "This, this is really too immoral!!" Two married people are having an affair!
Han Kemei nodded. "Who said it wasn't? I saw my boss was so angry that he almost fainted. He scolded Xiao Lu. Xiao Lu said that she had already dumped that man and had changed. She was now wholeheartedly trying to manage her marriage with Xiao Wang. How could Xiao Wang still want a divorce? Xiao Wang refused to agree to continue living together, saying that he could never forgive Xiao Lu because Xiao Lu had truly hurt his heart, because Xiao Lu..."
Han Kemei paused, a little embarrassed to speak, "Because Xiao Lu said that being with that man once was better than being married to him for six years, Xiao Wang said he couldn't stand such talk. He also said that Xiao Lu didn't do any housework in the six years she was with him, but during the two months she lived with that man, she was very gentle and caring every day. He even heard Xiao Lu call that man "baby", but she never called their children "baby", nor did she call him "baby"! Besides all this, she washed clothes and cooked for that man, and got up early in the morning to queue up for food at the state-owned restaurant."
"Wow..." Bi Qiuguo murmured, "This little Wang is quite... No, is he concerned about whether the baby is precious or not?"
Bi Chunliu nodded, having to admit that this was truly shocking. If Xiaomei hadn't said it, she would have thought it was a plot from a TV show she'd watched before. In this kind of environment, she and Xing Fei, a real couple, wouldn't dare walk side by side intimately when they go out together, and yet there are still people messing around! She had seen someone online say that the older generation is conservative in their thinking but liberal in their behavior! Where could someone as honest as her go to seek justice? Their morals were ruined by these people!
"Later, Xiao Lu cried and begged my boss to talk to Xiao Wang. She didn't want to get a divorce, but Xiao Wang said he wouldn't be with Xiao Lu again unless he was gone."
"What happened later? Did they get divorced?" Bi Weiguo moved the bench next to the sisters and asked anxiously.
Bi Chunliu and the others were so engrossed in their conversation that they didn't notice that the three men had stopped chatting at some point, and everyone in the room was listening to Han Kemei.
Han Kemei shrugged and said, "My boss said she couldn't do anything about it, so she drove them all away and told the security guards not to let them in through the gate anymore."
"Your boss is still Xiao Dan, right?" Han Zhong asked his daughter. He thought for a moment and sneered, "Huh! Xiao Dan's sister-in-law, you mean that old man Lu Dong's daughter, right? I knew he couldn't have a good child. Did Xiao Dan and her husband also get divorced?"
"Well, Deputy Director Shan is now living alone with her daughter."
Han Kemei, who was responsible for sending the crying Xiao Lu and the indignant Xiao Wang away, returned to the office and saw his leader's disgusted look as if something dirty had touched him. He sincerely hoped that his leader would not be soft-hearted towards his former sister-in-law in the future.
Han Zhong said, "In one word, Lu Dong is a coward. Don't have any contact with his family in the future. His son and daughter have been spoiled to the point of having brain problems. They don't keep the good ones, but welcome the bad ones into the house. The hole in that old guy's brain couldn't be filled even if you put a mountain in it. If it weren't for the things his father-in-law donated back then, he would have long ago..."
"Dad, drink some water. Let's not talk about this anymore. We just need to know not to deal with their family." Xing Fei interrupted Han Zhong in time. Although there were no outsiders around, it would be easy for something to go wrong if the old man continued talking.
"Ding~" The wall clock rang to tell the time. Han Kemei saw it and quickly called his father to go home. It was already nine o'clock!
"Dad, it's already nine o'clock! Dad, we should go home! Sister-in-law, it's too late today. I won't help you clean up. I'll buy you a red scarf another day."
Bi Chunliu laughed and said, "You don't have to clean up, Xing Fei. Go take Dad and Xiaomei home. Dad, Xiaomei, remember to come over for mutton this weekend! I'll try to stew the meat so well that you can smell the aroma as soon as you enter the street!"
"Hahaha, okay, I'll never forget it."
After seeing off father-in-law and Xiaomei, Bi Chunliu and his younger brother and sister went back to the house to clean up the tables, chairs, dishes and chopsticks.
Since the weather turned cold, the pot kept warm during dinner, which was usually used to wash dishes. When they washed the dishes, the pot would be heated again to wash their mouths and feet.
Bi Chunliu can't remember what she was like last year, but this year has been a big improvement. Her hands aren't itchy anymore—that's progress! Frostbite is a difficult ailment to cure. Before she moved from Nanshan City, she experienced itchy bumps almost every winter. These bumps gradually filled with pus, and her hands swelled up like carrots!
After washing the dishes, she poured boiling water into the thermos and prepared to wash her face and feet. As soon as Bi Chunliu finished washing her face and put the vanishing cream on her face, Xing Fei came into the room.
"There's still water in the pot, go wash it quickly and remember to brush your teeth!"
"Okay, got it!" Xing Fei leaned over to Bi Chunliu, kissed her on the cheek, and walked out.
Bi Chunliu touched his face.
…my vanishing cream!!
After carefully giving herself a not-so-delicate massage with the only vanishing cream she had, Bi Chunliu went out to pour herself some footbath water, put her feet in the steaming water, and let out a comfortable sigh.
It’s awesome!!
Xing Fei also entered the room. He had washed his face and was waiting for Bi Chunliu to finish washing her feet. After being married for more than two months, they had already developed a lot of tacit understanding. For example, after Bi Chunliu washed her feet, she would go straight into bed, and Xing Fei would continue to pour hot water into the foot basin while he washed.
Bi Chunliu had some beliefs that he didn't want to publicize, as some of them might seem... pretentious nowadays. For example, in these days of scarcity, many families lacked basins, so they would use a single basin for washing their faces and feet. But Bi Chunliu's family didn't have that habit. Even if the family shared a washbasin and a footbath, they couldn't mix them! Bi Chunliu was delighted that Xing Fei shared this habit, and that he didn't have athlete's foot.
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Because Weiguo had told her in advance that Chen Dali was getting married, Bi Chunliu hadn't returned to the compound and hadn't been informed of Chen Dali's wedding progress. It wasn't until Saturday after work, when she went to deliver a bottle of chili sauce she had just made for Wu Sanmei to Hou Zhiqiang, that she heard Chen Dali's wedding wasn't going to happen because his bride had run away with someone else...
Bi Chunliu: Wow!
She knew that Hou Zhiqiang's information was definitely not as detailed as Aunt Liu and the others, so she said hello to Hou Zhiqiang and returned to the slum.
Hou Zhiqiang:.
The entire compound, especially the first courtyard, had been quiet since the news broke yesterday that Chen Dali's girlfriend had eloped. Even the mischievous children were told not to disturb others and to avoid offending Uncle Dali, saying he could punch them in the face! The children were filled with awe, while the adults were filled with sympathy for Chen Dali. He had finally found a wife who met all his requirements, but she had flown away.
Miserable, miserable...
It was the first time that Bi Chunliu had seen such a quiet, well-organized and tacitly understood scene. There wasn't much communication between them, and the other party could understand just by a glance.
That’s amazing!
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