Chapter 315 Apology
Although Cheng Guizhi had never formally met Tang Xuewen, she knew everything about Tang Xuewen and Miao Feng through the assistant Guo Yanhong.
That evening, she vaguely heard commotion over there, so she went to check it out.
She had been holding it in for so many days, and she just had to get it off her chest.
At first, she did have a good feeling about herself.
In the past, whenever she took charge, there was no marital case she couldn't resolve.
But today, she was scorned and cursed; almost every woman looked at her with hatred.
Her man, upon hearing that she had been insulted, did not help her; instead, he returned and reprimanded her.
Feeling extremely wronged, she subconsciously retorted, "I'm not a freeloader. I don't rely on you for support. I have my own job. You're the pillar of the family, yet you don't help your own woman. In your eyes, am I just an animal?"
Cheng Guizhi's rebuttal was met with Yu Fu forcefully choking her.
Yu Fu pinched Cheng Guizhi so hard her eyes rolled back.
"You think you're so great just because people call you 'director'? Without me, could you have become a director? You really think you're so capable? If you're so great, why are you being called a coward today? You better not run away!"
Cheng Guizhi's arrogance subsided because, in her heart, her job truly depended on her man.
The words spoken earlier were like firewood that was suddenly lit; the flame shone for only a moment before being extinguished by the cold winds of reality.
After venting his anger, Yu Fu sat on the edge of the bed and smoked.
As the fireworks flickered, he said this:
"You've made such a fool of yourself today, so don't go to the Women's Federation anymore. The women don't trust you anymore, and it will be difficult to carry out your work in the future. You might as well not go anymore; I don't think you're even ashamed to go."
He was so ashamed that he never dared to go out again.
Cheng Guizhi remained silent for a moment.
She was reluctant to lose her title as director, but she was also afraid of how others would look at her.
After struggling with her thoughts for a while, she said, "So where are you planning to send me to work?"
Yu Fu scoffed, "You still want to work? Didn't you say yourself that men earn money to support the family and women take care of the home? That's how it will be from now on."
Work can bring income, and those who earn income will not have a lowly status at home. Even if Cheng Guizhi agrees with her own ideas, she also knows that women need to earn money.
“No, I’m not home. Let’s earn our salaries together and save more each month.”
Yu Fu sneered, "Fine, you go. I'll let you go. You offended the regimental commander's sister today. Go apologize to her and let this matter pass. From now on, I'll let you continue working."
Having just been humiliated by Wei Zhao and developed a psychological trauma, Cheng Guizhi was filled with disgust, hatred, and fear towards Wei Zhao. Asking her to come and apologize at this moment would be like trampling her into the mud, which would be worse than killing her!
"I'm not going! It's so embarrassing, I'd rather be dead."
Yu Fu took off his shoes and got into bed, coldly snorting, "You have to go whether you want to or not! You've dragged me down with you, and I'll have to work with the regimental commander from now on. If he causes me trouble, our whole family will suffer! If you want to have a good life from now on, you'd better control your temper."
Cheng Guizhi fell silent.
Yu Fu never considered that making his wife apologize would be a cowardly act that would also embarrass him.
If he really did that, once word got out, everyone who knew would look down on him.
Yu Fu knew to some extent that his actions lacked backbone. After thinking for a while, he said, "If we want to minimize the impact of this, we need to appease that woman and find her some relatively easy work as compensation."
Cheng Guizhi straightened up in disbelief and said, "You're going to arrange a job for her? Are you crazy?"
Yu Fu scolded, "Didn't you reflect on why you were scolded and couldn't even talk back today? If you don't appease that woman, everyone who mentions her will remember what you did. Tomorrow you'll have to make sure everyone sees you visiting her with gifts and publicly admit your mistake..."
Cheng Guizhi understood every word her man said, but after understanding it, a chill began to run down her spine.
If she listens to her man, she will embarrass herself again after embarrassing herself today.
She wiped away her tears in despair: "You really aren't helping me at all."
Yu Fu was already in bed. He was getting sleepy quickly, and upon hearing this, he simply turned over and mumbled, "I'm just thinking of you. Think about it carefully, isn't that what I'm saying?"
Cheng Guizhi wanted to say it was nonsense, but for as many years as they had been married, she had listened to her husband and done things his way.
Listening to her man and living by his word is ingrained in her very being.
Overnight, the reputation of Wei Zhao, the regimental commander's older sister, surpassed even that of the commander himself in the vicinity.
The men dared not provoke her, and most of the women admired her. However, some women felt that Wei Zhao's ideas were unconventional, even rebellious, and they whispered behind her back that it was no wonder she got divorced. They said it must be because she had a bad temper and wrong ideas that her husband didn't want her anymore.
Wei Zhao noticed that since that night, the people around her had become noticeably more polite to her.
After being thoroughly berated by her, Cheng Guizhi didn't leave the house for three days straight.
In the morning, Wei Zhao took the kindergarten children to the regimental headquarters to weed and collect firewood. He was busy all morning before going home.
The children in kindergarten are at least four years old. The younger children haven't been sent to kindergarten yet. The oldest child is nine years old. With so many children, there are a lot of things to do. Wei Zhao gets a headache every day from their noise. He has to keep a close eye on everything, from weeding to gathering firewood, to prevent any of the little ones from getting into an accident.
Kids are hard to take care of. If some silly little thing poops in their pants, she has to wash their pants.
However, after working at the kindergarten for a few days, Wei Zhao felt like he had aged ten years.
She didn't know what Wei Yang was making her wait for; she was now eager to go to the Women's Federation to do the work she was good at.
When Wei Zhao dragged his tired body home, he was surprised to find Cheng Guizhi sitting in the courtyard with an unfamiliar man.
At this moment, Wei Yang was also sitting in the courtyard talking to the two of them.
Could this be the opportunity Wei Yang gave her to wait for?
Wei Zhao's spirits lifted, but when facing Cheng Guizhi, he remembered her outrageous words and still couldn't manage a smile.
"Oh, isn't this Director Cheng? Who are you here to lecture this time?"
Cheng Guizhi's fingernails dug into her flesh.
She forced a smile. "Comrade Wei, you've misunderstood. I've come here today to apologize to you."
Wei Yang got up and used a fire poker to push the firewood into the stove.
The mixed grain rice was steamed in the front stove, and the spinach and tofu soup was cooked in the back stove.
The cabbages and radishes are almost ripe, but it's not time to harvest them yet. The supply and marketing cooperative has been offering very few vegetables lately, so there's really not much to cook. We've been eating spinach for the past few days, but thankfully the tofu shop had some tofu today.
Not long after Song Lubai returned home, Cheng Guizhi and Yu Fu, along with Wei Yang, arrived.
Listening to what the couple said, Song Lubai thought that Yu Fu was quite sensible, but if Wei Yang treated her like this, she would definitely divorce him.
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