Chapter 9 Dust
Lin Qiu took the devastated Wang Xiuren back home.
I walked in and turned on the light, and the orange light illuminated this simple house.
Wang Xiuren sat woodenly at the square table, saying nothing, with his head lowered, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Lin Qiu didn't care about him. He quickly poured hot water to wash his face and feet, changed his clothes and lay down on the bed. It’s more comfortable to lie in bed in this kind of weather. As for Wang Xiuren, let him figure it out himself! In her opinion, it is a good thing to see through his parents' partiality as soon as possible!
By the time Wang Xiuren finished washing up and lay down next to Lin Qiu, Lin Qiu was almost asleep.
"Tell me, how could my parents be so partial?" Wang Xiuren closed his eyes in pain, "None of the four brothers prepared a foundation for me!"
"You just found out?" Lin Qiu turned his head and looked at him.
"I knew it when I married you. When my eldest brother got married, he built a new house, a sewing machine, a TV, and everything else. But when you got married, he said he had no money and couldn't afford a new house, so he gave you 500 yuan to buy things. Then the day after the wedding, he said he wanted to divide the family property. What did we get? More than 300 yuan of debt!"
Hearing Lin Qiu complaining about his parents' partiality, Wang Xiuren made excuses for them: "Our family was not well off before."
"Oh!"
Lin Qiu sneered, "Then let's not talk about the past, let's talk about the present! Your parents are so fair! Three of the four sons got the land, but you didn't! Where can you find such fair people!"
Lin Qiu's sarcastic ridicule made Wang Xiuren even more embarrassed. Although her tone was unpleasant, she was telling the truth.
Recalling all the signs of his parents, Wang Xiuren could not deceive himself and make excuses for them. He could only silently digest one truth: his parents really did not take him seriously!
"We need the foundation tomorrow, so don't hold me back! I don't think your family will give us the foundation so easily. I tell you, if your parents find any excuses not to give us the land tomorrow, I won't give up."
Fearing that Wang Xiuren was not in a clear mind, Lin Qiu added fuel to the fire.
"If you compromise, we will get divorced and Shanshan will be mine!"
Wang Xiuren turned sideways and looked at Lin Qiu in surprise. This was the first time that Lin Qiu mentioned the word "divorce". Such a heavy word was spoken so lightly by Lin Qiu.
Lin Qiu continued, "I am serious about what I am saying to you. If we can't get the foundation and build a new house this time, I don't want to live with you anymore. I don't want Shanshan and I to fall asleep and be crushed to death under this house one day. Since you don't care about Shanshan and me, there is no need for us to live together again and again."
Wang Xiuren continued to be surprised. What happened today had already given him a big shock, but he never thought that Lin Qiu would ask for a divorce from him.
Lin Qiu knew that he didn't understand, but she had experienced a lot of frustration in her previous life. Thinking of the suffering she had gone through because of his soft-heartedness, she did think about divorce. If he continues to be confused, divorce is inevitable.
After thinking carefully about Lin Qiu's words, Wang Xiuren decided to listen to her tomorrow. In fact, he also knew that his parents were somewhat partial to his eldest brother Lao Man, but he could only pretend not to see it. Perhaps one is obsessed with something because he cannot get it. He obeys his parents only because he hopes they can see his good side. But when he thought about the side room he lived in, and how his parents didn't even give him the land... Wang Xiuren felt like a thorn had grown in his heart, and it ached whenever he thought about it, as if he was constantly reminded of their partiality.
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Over in the old house, Wang Zongsheng and Li Xiuying also closed the door.
"Old man, do you really want to give this land to the second son?" Li Xiuying looked at Wang Zongsheng's face and said unwillingly.
Wang Zongsheng leaned against the head of the bed, took a deep puff of cigarette, and exhaled slowly, his face blurred in the smoke.
"What else?"
"I don't agree! My tea trees are still there, and I'm counting on the tea leaves every year!"
Li Xiuying started to make a fuss: "It must be that unlucky Lin Qiu who instigated this! The second child used to be so obedient, not like he is now! He really forgot his mother because he had a cousin!"
"What's the point of your making a fuss now!" Wang Zongsheng was not willing to tolerate Li Xiuying, and he scolded her, "I told you at the beginning to leave some land for the second son, but you stupid woman didn't listen! Now it's like this! If I don't give this piece of land to the second son tomorrow, and Lin Qiu spreads this matter, how can I face people? The eldest son will probably be stabbed in the back!"
Seeing Wang Zongsheng getting angry, Li Xiuying immediately calmed down and said with a wry smile: "Isn't this because the eldest brother has given us two grandchildren? Besides, you didn't object at the time, and it was you who marked out the territory!"
"What a grandson when the eldest son is building a house!" Wang Zongsheng was so angry that he said, "Why are you saying so much? We can't keep this piece of land anymore. It seems that the second son has also turned away from us! Don't be so stupid tomorrow! Go to sleep!"
After saying that, he ignored Li Xiuying and turned off the light.
Li Xiuying got on the bed in the dark and lay down on the side feeling aggrieved.
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The next day, Lin Qiu got up early to make breakfast. She hummed a song while cooking noodles.
"Give me back what you took from me, and spit out what you ate from me..."
These two sentences are repeated over and over again.
"What are you singing? It's weird!" Wang Xiuren complained in a depressing way while sweeping the floor.
"What do you care about me?"
Lin Qiu rolled her eyes and continued to hum. Everyone could see that she was in a good mood.
Soon, two bowls of steaming egg noodles were served.
"Today, don't speak unless necessary and don't hold us back. Do you hear me?" Lin Qiu warned while slurping noodles.
"I know!"
"That's good to know!"
"You wash the dishes later!"
After Lin Qiu finished eating, she added: "From now on, whoever cooks will have the other wash the dishes!" She would not do everything by herself like before. It was fair for each of them to do one thing!
Wang Xiuren felt that Lin Qiu was more and more strange, but he couldn't put his finger on it, so he just washed the dishes silently.
If he didn't wash it, he had no doubt that he would not get a share of Lin Qiu's cooking in the future. I have to say that Wang Xiuren's sixth sense is quite accurate. This is exactly what Lin Qiu planned.
After everything was packed up, the two locked the door and walked towards the old house.
When I entered the door, I found Wang Zongsheng and others were having dinner!
Lin Qiu and Wang Xiuren greeted them.
Wang Zongsheng agreed casually, but Li Xiuying ignored him.
Lin Qiu didn't care and pulled Wang Xiuren to sit on the chair against the right wall.
Lin Qiu's happy look really irritated Li Xiuying's eyes, and she lost her taste for food.
"I haven't seen you come to my house usually, but you seem to be so impatient to get things." Li Xiuying said bluntly.
"That's right! Why would I come to your house if you don't have anything for me? I'm just annoying you!" Lin Qiu was not polite and directly retorted, "It's not easy to get something, of course I have to get it as soon as possible, otherwise what if others regret it later?"
"Speak less." Wang Xiuren pulled Lin Qiu's sleeve.
Lin Qiu was in a good mood today. He gave Wang Xiuren some face and stopped talking.
But the smile on her face made the three people at the table feel even more uncomfortable.
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