"No mood for it? You haven't tidied up at all, have you?" Su Yourong took off her coat and hung it on the hanger, glanced at it, and put on slippers, saying, "Let me tidy up for you."
"You can even tidy up the house?" Lu Feng asked, somewhat surprised.
"Nonsense, it's not like I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth. There are eight of us siblings. I not only have to clean the house, but also take care of my younger siblings." Su Yourong was very efficient. She tidied up the garbage in the house and wiped the dining table. She said, "Back then, I carried my sixth sister up the mountain to cut pig feed. It was tough. On the contrary, you seem to be from a wealthy family. You can't do any housework."
"I'm here to do something big..."
"Alright, alright, stop talking nonsense. When I was a kid, my dad would come back from the fields and sit at the door to cool off. He wouldn't do anything, but all he ever talked about was doing something big. The greatest thing he ever did in his life was giving birth to me." Su Yourong said while washing the rag, "Now everyone has money, so everyone's lazy. They only work so hard to climb the social ladder because they've experienced hardship."
"You had a great year," Lu Feng said, sitting on the sofa and smoking.
“I went back to the village, gave money to the villagers, and hired the biggest stage in the area to put on a five-day show. It was a real spectacle. It’s like wearing fine clothes in the dark when you don’t return home to show off. When are you going back to your hometown to do the same?” Su Yourong turned her head and said sarcastically, “Then I’ll have leaders from your county and city accompany you. How glamorous that would be.”
"Hahahaha!" Lu Feng laughed. He had thought about this before, but now he had little attachment to his hometown.
Su Yourong worked efficiently, cleaning the living room in less than an hour. She went upstairs, found Jiang Xiaoyan's pajamas, changed into them, turned on the TV, sat on the sofa, and casually noticed a red plastic bag next to her. She opened it and saw a half-knitted sweater inside.
Lu Feng sat there watching, and the house suddenly seemed less cold. Singing came from the TV, which was replaying the Spring Festival Gala.
"Why are you looking at me?" Su Yourong turned her head and glanced at Lu Feng, saying, "You think I'm wearing her clothes? If you don't want me to wear them, then I won't. I'm just afraid you can't handle it."
"Wear it." Lu Feng said, then turned his gaze to the television.
"You didn't go to see her during the New Year? How is the child?" Su Yourong asked, half-lying on the sofa and watching TV.
“I went there, but I stood downstairs and didn’t go up.”
"Are you still feeling a little uncomfortable? Or has he already found someone new? Have you two gotten your divorce certificate?" Su Yourong asked curiously.
“There’s no marriage certificate, so where would a divorce certificate come from? They’ll just go their separate ways. She’s probably not looking for someone right now; she’s busy with the factory.” Lu Feng’s voice was somewhat low.
"Oh, you're getting sentimental now. If you ask me, it's basically impossible for you two. She can't have children, and she's always feeling uneasy. There's no point in getting back together. Let's cook dinner at home tonight. What do you want to eat?" Su Yourong asked Lu Feng.
"So you're planning to come and live with me, starting the fire and cooking?" Lu Feng chuckled. "Just say what you want to do."
"I didn't plan to do anything. Never mind, I'll just go out and buy some groceries myself." As she spoke, she put on her slippers, started changing her clothes, glanced at the things in the refrigerator, grabbed her car keys, and went out.
I bought some groceries and made dumplings. By 7 p.m., four dishes and dozens of steaming dumplings were on the table. Eating and watching TV was quite pleasant.
Lu Feng stopped thinking about what she was trying to do; at least for the moment, he didn't feel the house was so cold.
After eating, they chatted for a while, then washed up. Su Yourong came out of the washroom, removed her makeup, and with a headband on her head, said to Lu Feng, "Let's go to sleep."
"You should go to sleep first!"
"It's almost ten o'clock. In the village, let alone sleeping, the couple would have finished their work while the child was asleep. Stop looking and go to sleep." She walked over and pulled Lu Feng up by the arm.
Inside the bedroom, the lights were off. Su Yourong's head was resting on Lu Feng's chest, and neither of them could fall asleep.
"What exactly do you want? Just say it. You're keeping me awake." Lu Feng looked at the ceiling, afraid that she would wake up in the middle of the night and kill him.
"It's nothing. Do I have to have a purpose for doing things? It's just that I feel really tired this year. I've been gone for almost two years, and my family doesn't care at all. Nobody has looked for me." Su Yourong looked up at Lu Feng's face in the dim light and asked, "The harder a person's outer shell is, the emptier their heart is, right?"
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