He Hongmei put down the backpack and smiled: "It's all here, just click!"
Lu Zhiye's eyes were like torches, and he smiled faintly: "I still don't believe you!"
He put on the backpack and was about to leave, but He Hongmei stopped him and said, "Wait a minute!"
She walked quickly into the house. He Hongmei's mother-in-law was cooking inside, but her eyes were always glancing outside.
He Hongmei ignored her mother-in-law and took out two feet of defective cloth from the house and stuffed it into Lu Zhiye's backpack.
"I can't always take advantage of you. This is the defective cloth that the supply and marketing cooperative gives to its employees as a welfare benefit. I'll give you two feet!"
Lu Zhiye's heart warmed up, and the smile on his face became more genuine.
He picked up the big backpack, said goodbye to everyone and left quickly.
Lu Zhiye didn't know that because of his small action, He Hongmei's mother-in-law was worried.
When her son came back at night, she pulled him into her house mysteriously and said, "Son! Tell me honestly, is Hongmei's salary in her own hands? Or is it in yours?"
Director Li looked surprised: "She gave me her salary before and asked me to save it together. Why are you asking this?"
He suddenly remembered that this time because of their quarrel, He Hongmei did not give him the money and asked him to save it.
Director Li's mother slapped her thigh and said, "This afternoon, you don't know how much she brought back. It was a big backpack full of stuff."
She also took away the defective cloth that I was going to give to your brother! Damn, he's a handsome young man. Son, do you know that young man? Is he from her family?
Ouyou, I have some money, I wish I could give it all to my parents!"
Director Li's face was as dark as ink: "Mom, I know, go and cook!"
Seeing his son coming back, he grabbed his son's arm and said, "Hao'er, did you go to see your mother today?"
Li Hao was a little afraid of his father because of his parents' recent quarrel. He struggled to break free: "Yeah!"
Director Li was furious when he saw his son's actions, but he felt as if he had been scratched by a cat. "Who came to see your mother? Your uncle?"
Li Hao, who was simple-minded, shook his head slightly: "No, it was Brother Xiaoye, he is really good at throwing stones!"
Brother Xiaoye? As far as Director Li knows, there is no one in his wife's family whose name contains the word "ye"!
His mother also said that Hongmei carried a lot of things for the young man.
Thinking back, they had quarreled before, but they always made up after a few days.
The last time we had an argument, my wife actually filed for a divorce!
These days, divorce is a rare thing in the surrounding area.
Could it be that I have ignored her and He Hongmei has been blinded by the men outside?
Thinking of this, Director Li's expression changed unpredictably.
The sky gradually darkened.
He Hongmei also came back with a small bag of candy in her hand.
"Haohao, look what mom brought you?"
Li Hao ran out excitedly: "Oh, oh, it's Taosu!"
Although Director Li, the director of the supply and marketing cooperative, looks glamorous, he has plenty of good things at home.
But he has a mother who loves her second son very much.
Li Hao couldn't eat much of the good things at home before his grandmother took them to his second son's house without telling anyone.
After so many times, He Hongmei was unwilling, so her mother-in-law started crying, making a fuss, and even threatening to hang herself.
He cursed loudly, "Your two brothers are both workers, and they have three children to support at home. They are reluctant to eat and wear. As the eldest brother in the family, what's wrong with you helping your brothers a little?"
Director Li was a foolishly filial son. He couldn't bear to blame his mother when he heard her tearfully recounting how she had raised four siblings.
Instead, I think He Hongmei is making a big deal out of nothing. Their family is doing well, so what's wrong with helping out their younger siblings?
Over time, He Hongmei was also heartbroken.
Coupled with what she discovered about Director Li last time, she couldn't bear it any longer.
He Hongmei rubbed her son's head and looked at her mother-in-law who was looking at Tao Su eagerly.
She stepped aside to block the food and said softly to her son, "Be good, take it inside and eat it! Eat with your sister!"
Li Hao said loudly: "Okay!"
It was not until dinner time that He Hongmei's mother-in-law could no longer hold back and said, "Hongmei, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you give so many things to your family, don't you need money?
And the peach cakes, eat as much as you can, don't leave them in the house and let them get spoiled!"
He Hongmei lowered her head and ate her meal without saying a word.
"Hey, Hongmei, I'm talking to you. Son, look at your wife. I raised you with great difficulty, and now I'm helping you take care of your children. I..."
He Hongmei suddenly put the chopsticks on the table and said coldly: "I'm done eating!"
Then he kicked away the chair and walked into his room.
"Son, look at her!"
Director Li could hear his mother crying on one side and his daughter-in-law speaking coldly on the other.
The sting made his head hurt, and he slammed the table: "Alright! Mom!"
Director Li's mother was shocked, and the two little ones eating at the table were also frightened.
Director Li strode into the room, lifted the curtain and closed the door.
He looked at his wife who was sewing clothes and couldn't help asking, "Hongmei, who is here today?"
He Hongmei didn't even raise her eyelids: "You don't even know my family!"
Director Li paced back and forth with his hands on his hips: "I was confused for a moment in the last incident. I have already told you that it was Director Wu from the Purchasing Department who pulled me..."
Hearing him mention this matter again, He Hongmei put down her clothes and looked up at the man who had been with her for more than ten years.
Time has not been harsh on the man in front of him. He has climbed from a green teenager to a high position, exuding the unique charm of a man in his thirties.
He Hongmei thought about her unreasonable mother-in-law, her own messy life, and her husband who had become unrecognizable to her.
I felt powerless.
"I was serious about what I said last time."
Hearing his wife's calm words, Director Li immediately flew into a rage: "Is it the pretty boy who came today? I'll kill him!"
He Hongmei was a little confused at first, but after thinking about it carefully, she understood what Director Li meant.
She sneered: "Don't think everyone stinks just because you're in a toilet."
"We had so many arguments before, isn't it still..."
"Enough! I've had enough! You can't see that I'm being wronged, but every time your mother cries it's my fault?
This was a welfare benefit given by the supply and marketing cooperative. I kept it to make some clothes for my family, but then your mother sent it to your brother's house.
Your daughter’s milk powder is bought every month, but it is all gone, and your mother gives it all to your brother’s child.
I don't believe this, don't you know? Li Hongliang, you can see the injustice I've suffered over the years, you just don't want to care! "
All the grievances and thoughts of divorce were not sudden.
All of them are accumulated over time.
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