"Su Dazhi, what's wrong with you today? How dare you talk to me like that!"
Liu Mei looked at Su Dazhi with a surprised expression. "I'm your wife! Do you still want to live with me?"
Su Dazhi certainly wanted to live a normal life, but he wanted a good one. He had always listened to Liu Mei's advice before, leaving her all sorts of things because he knew she would need them in the future. He wanted them to have a good life together.
But he hasn't seen any good days yet. On the contrary, his older sister is right. If Liu Mei really cared about him, why wouldn't she give him a single penny and let him go hungry?
The hunger in his stomach gave him a sudden surge of courage, and he said firmly, "Give me money and tickets. How can a grown man like me not have any money on him?"
"Su Dazhi, I think you've really gone too far!" Liu Mei jumped out of bed in anger, still feeling somewhat wronged. The reason she married Su Dazhi was not only because she valued his job, but also because she thought he was easily influenced and would listen to her. She never expected that he would start to change so soon after their marriage.
No, if we go along with him this time, he'll only get worse next time.
She pointed at Su Dazhi's head and said, "Su Dazhi, if you dare talk to me like that again, I'm going back to my parents' house, and you can live by yourself. I'd like to see how you, Su Dazhi, manage to live your whole life as a bachelor!"
Upon hearing this, Su Dazhi immediately became somewhat intimidated.
There are also some bachelors in the factory, in their thirties and forties, who are still unmarried. Some even have to find partners in the countryside. But rural partners don't receive a food ration. If they find someone, they'll have to support that person for free, and the children they have will also have rural household registration. One person is essentially supporting a whole family.
Seeing that he had lost his previous arrogance, Liu Mei smirked and said, "Let me tell you, Su Dazhi, if you listen to me normally, I'll live with you. If you don't, I'll make sure you stay single forever. Let's see if others laugh at you."
Su Dazhi remained silent, head down, and lay down on the bed.
The eldest sister is right, the family can't be separated yet. They haven't even separated yet, and Liu Mei is already putting pressure on him. If they do separate in the future, how will he live?
Thankfully, my older sister is still here. Things will be fine once she gets back.
Liu Mei saw him lying on the bed and climbed in as well. After all that commotion, she was also a little angry. She had devoted herself wholeheartedly to this family, and Su Dazhi, this scoundrel, was still throwing a tantrum at her.
So she turned over, her back to Su Dazhi. She figured if Su Dazhi didn't coax her, she wouldn't talk to him. Let's see who can outmaneuver whom.
...
Su Yu rested in the hospital for two days before heading back. After all, she still needed to hold onto her job. Fainting due to malnutrition wasn't a serious illness, and if she stayed in the hospital, her good reputation would eventually turn into a bad one.
This is something that absolutely cannot happen to someone who aspires to be a model worker.
Su Zhi has been living a pretty comfortable life these past two days. Under the guise of taking care of his older sister, he doesn't even need to go to school anymore. Except for coming to the hospital for meals, he spends the rest of his time out having fun. He couldn't be more comfortable living this life.
Hearing that Su Yu was going to be discharged from the hospital, he was a little unhappy. "Sister, you should rest more in the hospital. Your health isn't good."
"Since my sister's in the hospital, can't he have more time to play?"
Su Yu could tell what he was thinking without even asking. "That won't do. Didn't I promise you I'd find you a job? What will you do if I don't leave the hospital? It hurts me to see you unhappy."
Su Zhi was stunned. So this was all for his sake. His sister was already in critical condition; even the factory manager Yan had told her to rest longer, yet she was discharged from the hospital so early.
It turns out it was all to help him find a job.
"Sister, you're so good to me."
Su Zhi was deeply moved.
Su Yu chuckled. "I feed you and give you drinks, and you never say a kind word, but you're quite happy to drop out of school and go home to work. That's why you can't spoil children; if you spoil them, they won't know what's good for them."
"Big sister..."
Su Yu had just finished packing her things and was about to have Su Zhi carry them out when she saw Su Lin walk in with a pout. She hadn't seen her for two days; the child looked much thinner and listless.
"Fourth brother, what's wrong?" Su Zhi looked at his sister. The two were close in age, spent the most time together, and were arguably the closest. Seeing Su Lin like this, he was somewhat worried.
Su Lin looked at Su Yu with a wronged expression, "I'm hungry... I only ate half a bowl of porridge today, I'm so hungry... Waaah... Big sister, I'm so hungry..."
She was starving all day yesterday, and this morning she finally managed to coax her older brother and sister-in-law into going to a state-run restaurant to eat. But her sister-in-law was so angry that she only gave her half a bowl of porridge. After eating it, she was still hungry and could barely stand up straight.
Seeing her like this, Su Yu didn't feel sorry for her. Knowing the answer already, she asked, "Didn't your older brother give you any food?"
"My sister-in-law wouldn't allow it... so I only got half a bowl of porridge..." Su Lin said weakly.
"Big brother has really gone too far!" Su Dazhi said angrily.
Su Yu said, "Don't blame your eldest brother. It's because your sister-in-law controls the money. In her eyes, everyone in the Su family is an outsider. Even your brother has to live according to her wishes. Outsiders are outsiders. How can you expect them to treat you as kindly as I do?"
Su Zhi nodded quickly.
Su Lin pouted and said, "Sister, do you have anything to eat? I'm so hungry."
“Go back and eat. All my money was spent on your brother’s wedding. I don’t have any money to buy you food. We’ve been relying on Zhi these past few days. Our Zhi has grown up.”
Su Yu patted Su Zhi's head. Su Zhi immediately looked proud.
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