Wei Lian thought about it and asked, "What nonsense are you talking about? What does this have to do with the eldest son of the Chen family?"
Sun sneered at her and squinted at her. "Don't you know whether you married me willingly or because of your parents' orders? Don't you know who you have in your heart? In the six years since you got married, the only people you care about are your parents and your sister who is a scholar. Have you ever put me in your heart?"
Sun poked her heart with her hand, her eyes blurred but she still stared at Wei Lian, "I have flesh here too, it also feels pain...
When you and I got married, I fell in love with you at first sight when your family was looking for someone to propose marriage, and I persuaded my family not to ask for too much of a betrothal gift. Do you know how difficult it was for me to deal with my parents because of this? My mother was so angry that she wanted to beat me with a stick, saying that she had raised me for nothing for so many years...
I have been married for so many years and even have Luo'er, but I still don't dare to go back to my parents' home. Do you think I don't want to go back? But have you ever asked me why? No, you never asked once. ”
Sun's hands were shaking. He raised his head to prevent the tears from falling. "When your father was seriously ill, the family had no money to treat him. The old man didn't want to use the money for Ah Min's education. It was me who sold my only two pieces of jewelry to buy the medicine...
In the end, it was because your father needed money for his funeral that you had no choice but to use the money that Ah Min had saved for his studies. ...I was afraid that you would feel uncomfortable hearing about the sale of jewelry, so I didn't even mention it. Do you think it's easy for me to manage this family property?
Do you think I don’t like wearing jewelry and don’t like rouge and powder? But your sister needs to study, and the family needs expenses, so where can we get the spare money to buy those things..."
Tears finally slid down her cheeks, "If Ah Min doesn't get married, are you going to support her for the rest of her life? She's your biological sister, so what about Luo'er and me? Luo'er is already four years old, is she going to have to live with us until she's fifteen? Why do you think I want a daughter? Isn't it because I want your Wei family to have an heir?!
If my family had money, do you think I would be willing to marry a mute to Wei Min? I admit that I feel resentful in my heart. I resent you for loving Wei Min. I am afraid that if she doesn't get married and move out of home, you will have to support her for the rest of her life! ”
Wei Lian's fist on her leg had been clenched into a fist, not knowing whether it was because of the tears on Sun's face or because of what he said. Her voice was hoarse, "You blame me, why didn't you tell me... Aming didn't do anything wrong, how could you..." How could you let her marry a mute.
"Why can't I let her marry a mute? Your mother allowed you to marry me because my family asked for less betrothal gifts, so why can't I let Wei Min marry A'ruan because the Zhang family asked for less money?"
Sun looked at Wei Lian with a hint of self-mockery in her eyes, "You clearly favored the eldest son of the Chen family at that time, but the Chen family was picky and demanded a high betrothal gift. It just so happened that I was a servile person, begging and persuading my parents not to embarrass you... My father loved me and let me act willfully for the last time, and it was only that last time..."
"Wei Lian, I've been married to you for so many years. No matter how hard life was, have I ever blamed you?" Sun smiled bitterly and lowered her eyes, hiding the bitterness and pain in her eyes. "You think I'm petty and calculating, but if I don't calculate carefully, how can this family survive?"
"I'm not as gentle and considerate as the eldest son of the Chen family, but I've never lost my love for you to anyone else... Since you gave birth to Luo'er, you've become less talkative. Do you dislike me for not being able to have a daughter or do you regret marrying me?"
Sun raised his head slightly and slowly exhaled the air stuck in his chest, suppressed his shaking hands, and forced a smile. His voice was bitter, which he himself did not notice, and he tried to speak in a normal tone: "Since we have come to this point today, why not make it clearer.
Please tell me, otherwise this matter will be an unsolvable knot in my heart. I would rather hear a clear answer today than live like this. ”
Sun didn't want to look at Wei Lian's expression, so she didn't notice that her wife in front of her was stunned by his last casual words.
"Are you...going to divorce me?" Wei Lian pressed her trembling hands tightly on her knees, staring fixedly at the top of Sun's head.
While the two were silent, the door was gently pushed open and Wei Luo's small figure appeared in front of the door.
Under the surprised gazes of the two, Wei Luo ran to the bed with tears on his face, hugged Wei Lian's arm and cried, "Mom, Daddy did something wrong, can A Luo go and apologize to Auntie on his behalf? Please don't be angry with him, don't divorce, A Luo doesn't want to be an orphan..."
Seeing her son like this, Wei Lian knew that he had heard a lot standing at the door just now. Looking at Sun who was secretly wiping away tears, Wei Lian retracted her gaze and reached out to touch Wei Luo's head. She softened her voice and said, "A Luo, you heard it wrong. Dad and Mom will not divorce, never."
Her voice was soft but firm, and it was unclear whether she was speaking to Wei Luo and Sun, or to herself.
Although Wei Luo is young, he is not someone who can be easily fooled. He obviously does not believe what Wei Lian said.
After Sun wiped the tears from her face, although her eyes were red, she still managed to smile and said to her son, "Daddy will not abandon A'Luo."
Wei Luo was finally coaxed by this assurance, but Wei Lian's eyes trembled and he clenched his hands at his side even tighter.
Wei Luo, who was afraid that his parents would divorce, insisted on sleeping in the same bed with his parents, lying between them, with one hand hugging one of their arms.
Wei Lian knew that Sun was still awake, but the two of them tacitly agreed not to speak.
Only after hearing her son's gentle breathing did Wei Lian look at the bed curtains and said in a low voice, "I never liked Chen Si. It's just that the Chen family's son and I are of similar age and the two families live close together, so those rumors spread and people mistakenly thought that we were childhood sweethearts. As for me marrying you, it's not because your family asked for a small betrothal gift..."
But it was the young man who looked at her when they first met. There seemed to be light in his eyes, and his smile was so bright and beautiful. She just took one look at him, and she felt as if her heartstrings were plucked, and she couldn't calm down for a long time.
She knew that the Sun family and the Chen family had always been at odds with each other, but she didn't expect that she had her own reasons behind this.
"I don't blame you for not being able to give birth to a daughter," Wei Lian made a choice without much hesitation between being uncomfortable with being spoken to like this and letting her husband continue to misunderstand that she was going to divorce her. She lay on her side, her arm across Wei Luo's body, her hand on the back of Sun's hand, wrapping his hand in her palm, and said, "I like children, but I can't bear to see you suffer..."
"When you gave birth to A'Luo, your father was seriously ill. At that time, our family needed money and was so poor that we could hardly afford a midwife..."
At this point, Wei Lian subconsciously tightened her grip on Sun's hand, and after a while she said, "It was too dangerous at the time. I don't dare let you try again."
It’s not that I don’t want to, but that I dare not.
She was afraid that Sun would just lie on the bed with a pale face and not respond no matter how she called him.
That feeling of fear, once is enough.
Hearing her say this, Sun also remembered that all the family money had been used to treat Wei Lian's father's illness. She was about to give birth, and she was reluctant to spend money to hire a midwife. She thought that since there was no one in the poor family to deliver the baby, she could still give birth herself.
But no one expected that it would be so dangerous at that time. Luo's head was not released for a long time, and he almost lost two lives...
Thinking of the feeling of being on the verge of death, Sun's heart tightened. Although so much time had passed, the fear of having one foot stepping into the gates of hell was still there.
Feeling Sun's fingers curled up, Wei Lian couldn't help but gently rub the back of his hand with her thumb in a soothing manner.
"I just don't want you to have another child, but you think I want a daughter... You are becoming colder and colder towards me, and I don't know what to say to you." So the two of them lived like this, becoming colder and colder every year.
Wei Lian felt that now that she thought about the matter carefully, she was also wrong. Her mistake was that she liked to keep things in her heart and not say them out loud.
Wei Lian's words were like an invisible hand, tightly grasping Sun's heart. With every word she spoke, the hand that was grasping his heart contracted a little. When she finished speaking, his heart was almost twitching with pain...
Sun recalled that after he gave birth to Wei Luo, he thought his wife didn't like their son, and he was angry and aggrieved, and had a bad temper. Usually, whenever she opened her mouth, he would almost instinctively retort.
She was not a talkative person to begin with, and she became even less talkative later on.
Sun pulled her hand out of Wei Lian's palm, curled up and cried silently.
It turns out that all these years, she has had him in her heart...
Wei Lian sighed, gently picked up her sleeping son, and sent him back to his own room.
After returning, he hugged the crying Sun in his arms and wiped his tears with his hands until both of his hands were wet with his tears. Then Wei Lian hugged him in his arms, put his big palm on his back, and stroked his back again and again.
Sun clutched the clothes on Wei Lian's waist, bit her lips, and cried in a suppressed yet relieved voice.
Wei Lian lowered her eyes and gently kissed the top of Sun's head. Her movements were gentle and restrained, like someone who had never been intimate before. She felt a little awkward and a little nostalgic.
The two of them hadn't been intimate for a long time, and now Wei Lian was cautious even with a simple kiss.
Sun's eyes were swollen from crying. She raised her head and asked Wei Lian for a kiss.
Touching these soft lips again, Wei Lian's heart trembled slightly, and she couldn't help but hug Sun's waist to deepen the kiss.
After the two of them were intimate, Sun lowered her eyes and whispered, "Although I blame you for loving Ah Min, if Ah Ruan was not good-looking, or Ah Min had no feelings for Ah Ruan, I would not let her marry Ah Ruan..."
It was only after he saw that Wei Min did have some feelings for A'ruan that he made up his mind to nod in agreement.
Wei Lian stretched out her hand and intermittently smoothed Sun's hair, saying, "We are the ones who are sorry for Ah Min in this matter... Let's go to the old house tomorrow to take a look."
Sun's knot was now untied, and the guilt she felt towards Wei Min surged up like a tide, overwhelming her. Upon hearing what Wei Lian said, she immediately nodded in agreement.
Wei Lian patted Sun's back and half-coaxed him to sleep as he did to Wei Luo, but he himself could not fall asleep for a long time.
Discipline your son in front of others, and discipline your husband behind others’ backs.
Her husband did something wrong, and she was responsible...
The next day, Wei Lian and Sun got up early and went to the old house with Wei Luo.
Wei Min always gets up early in the morning to read, but when she woke up today, the bed was empty.
Wei Min came out of the inner room and saw that A Ruan had already prepared the meal and was bending over to place the dishes and chopsticks on the table.
Hearing the voice and turning around to see Wei Min, A Ruan couldn't help but wipe her wet hands on the apron tied around her waist. She smiled at her, feeling a little uncomfortable.
Wei Min laughed, "Why did you get up so early?"
Ah Ruan wanted to raise her hand to "tell" her that she was used to it, but then she remembered that Wei Min didn't understand sign language, so she put it down awkwardly, twisted her apron with both hands, and shook her head slightly at her to indicate that it was nothing.
Seeing that Wei Min was still standing, he immediately poured the hot water he had boiled and brought the water for her to wash her face.
Except for the clothes that Wei Min put on himself in the morning, A'ruan took care of almost everything else for him. He felt so comfortable after being ironed and he immediately felt that life was different after getting married.
With my husband by my side, even the water I drink in the morning is hot and has a light sweetness.
The author has something to say: Small theater
Wei Min: With my husband around, my daily life is doubly protected.
Ah Ruan: ... hooligan (/▽╲)
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