Shumei and her child were missing, but she was not anxious at all. Instead, she was furious.
"This unlucky star, I don't know where she's been slacking off again. She really thinks she's the queen! And she's even giving me the cold shoulder."
As she spoke, she walked towards Ji Zong's room and informed him, who was lying on the bed unable to move, "Ji Zong! I wonder where your wife has gone to slack off again."
During Shumei's pregnancy, she had indeed been busy running around, serving her very attentively. But people are inherently stubborn. It's easy to do one or two good things, but it's incredibly difficult to do good things for a lifetime. She believed she had done her best, worked hard all her life, and it was time to enjoy her retirement and the blessings of her children and grandchildren. How could she still be serving others?
When Ji Zong heard that Shumei was missing, he was extremely anxious. "Mom, please go and look for her! I'm afraid she's upset. Go quickly! Dad, Dad..." Seeing that Wu Ju still looked as if nothing had happened, he used the strength of his hands to crawl off the bed with difficulty, wanting to go find Shumei himself.
"She's so rebellious. She's not home in the middle of the night, and I have to go look for her. She's really too arrogant." Wu Ju said as she walked out of the room, dragging Zhang Binglin, who was about to come in, out as well. "This family, it looks like without me, you won't even have a hot meal. They say raising a son is a way to prepare for old age. Others have sons, and I have a son too. Others' sons and daughters-in-law are very filial, but I don't do anything for myself and can't even eat a bite of food. God is really biased."
Even if I have to crawl, I will crawl out to find Shumei. It's me who has implicated her and I feel sorry for her.
But in the end, he was still unable to do it, and he fell off the bed with a thud, and the quilt fell to the ground along with it.
Wu Ju heard the noise from inside the house, and the two elders hurried in. Seeing Ji Zong lying motionless on the ground, they quickly stepped forward to help him up. "Son! Why are you doing this? You are my flesh and blood, and you treat yourself like this. It breaks my heart! You put yourself in this state for a woman. What do you want?"
Wu Ju changed her previous tough attitude and softened her tone a lot.
Seeing his once frugal mother transformed into this state, Jizong knew she blamed Shumei for taking the most important place in her son's heart and was jealous of her daughter-in-law. Even now, he still firmly believed that his mother was not a bad person.
"What's the point? So that life can go on!"
Ji Zong's eyes were filled with tears. Life could go on! Could life really go on? He was now a burden. Shu Mei was not alone in her frustration, and now he himself was also frustrated. He had lost faith in life and was completely hopeless. Living like this, half-human, half-ghost, was better off dead.
A tough guy with a strong will now becomes like a sentimental woman, using tears to wash away the pain in his heart again and again.
"Mother, if you really don't like Shumei, then I will set her free and let her find a good family."
"What are you talking about, you bastard? You're in this state now, but she's enjoying a leisurely life. Who's going to take care of you? It's true that husband and wife are birds of a feather, but when disaster strikes, they fly away separately! Let me tell you, Kang Shumei is a member of my Zhang family in life and a ghost in death. Don't even think about abandoning you. Do you think you can expect me to serve you?"
Wu Ju covered Ji Zong with a blanket and rejected his idea outright.
"Don't bother me, mother. Go get the Dichlorvos from home. Only when I die can we all continue our lives."
"You...you you..." Wu Ju was so angry that she was fuming. She cried loudly beside Ji Zong's bed, "Why is my life so miserable? I gave birth to such a rebellious son like you, right? You don't want to live anymore, right? Fine, then I will burn the house down so that our family can have company on the road to the underworld..."
As Wu Ju was talking, she picked up the kerosene lamp on the table, and with trembling hands, she struck the matches one after another. Zhang Binglin kept pulling and dissuading her.
But it was strange. Why couldn't a single match light up today? It wasn't the matches' fault; she was doing it on purpose. She was wasting her life. A good death was worse than a miserable life. Even ants struggled to survive, so how much more so were humans? She didn't want to die, she was just good at using this kind of provocation.
"That's enough."
Ji Zong was really fed up. They were still in the mood to act in front of him at this time. He roared with all his strength.
Wu Ju was so scared that the matches in her hand dropped to the ground. The room returned to silence, so quiet that she could hear the chirping of insects outside the door.
"I'll go out and look for it!"
Zhang Binglin's voice broke the existing calm. He picked up the flashlight on the table and rushed into the night.
A breeze blew by, making a rustling sound in the bamboo forest. Shumei, whose mood had calmed down, felt a chill on her back. She always felt as if there was something invisible behind her. She quickened her pace and hurried home.
At this time, Zhang Binglin was also looking for this side, but unfortunately his flashlight ran out of battery halfway. He slapped the flashlight hard, and the flashlight barely emitted a faint light and then went out completely.
"Useless fellow, why did he break down at this critical moment, rather than earlier?"
He grumbled to himself, rubbed his eyes, and groped his way towards the river in the dim moonlight. This woman was desperate and wanted to commit suicide, and this river was the perfect place for her.
There was once a girl who was abused by someone and she was so upset that she jumped into the river to commit suicide. So after thinking for a while, he decided to go to the river to look for her, praying as he walked, "Shumei! Please don't really jump into the river. You can go to the river and be quiet, but don't do such a stupid thing. Don't we have a child? The child is innocent, and Jizong is innocent too! No matter how difficult life is, we will get through it if we grit our teeth..."
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