Chapter 132
On the way back, Tan Wenyin and Meng Hua didn't say anything. When the car stopped at the door of their home, Meng Hua opened the door for her and said:
"You went to look for mom?"
"Um."
Meng Hua stared at her eyes, which were as red and swollen as walnuts. "How long have you been crying?"
"I started crying when I saw your pager, and I have been crying non-stop until now."
Meng Hua frowned even more tightly, "What are you worried about?"
If he hadn't said this, Tan Wenyin wouldn't have been angry. But after hearing this, all of Tan Wenyin's grievances came flooding back.
Tears welled up in her eyes. "You still ask me why I am upset? Why don't you reflect on yourself? Have you fulfilled your responsibilities as a husband in our marriage?"
Meng Hua laughed at the question, "I didn't fulfill my responsibilities? Did I not make money, or did I not take care of my family? I admit that I often go on business trips, but every time I come back from a business trip, I always bring gifts for you and the children. I also gave you a gift on your birthday, right? I bought the house, and the car you drive was also given by me. There is a nanny at home to take care of you and the children. How have I not fulfilled my responsibilities as a husband?"
Tan Wenyin could no longer hold back her emotions. "Do you think everything will be fine once we have enough supplies?"
Meng Hua was stunned. "What else do you want?"
Tan Wenyin felt extremely aggrieved. She fell in love with Meng Hua at first sight and pursued him like crazy without caring about her modesty.
But Meng Hua chose her only after weighing the pros and cons.
"I don't want material things! Do you think you're great just because you make some money?"
Tan Wenyin ran upstairs and slammed the door. She didn't open the door even when Ren Menghua knocked.
Little Tan Cong came over and blinked, "Dad, how did you piss off my mom?"
"I didn't mess with her."
"How can she be angry if you didn't provoke her?"
"She is just looking for trouble, don't put it on me."
Tan Cong secretly called his grandmother. After Zhen Zhen heard what he said, she called Meng Hua out, and the mother and son found a small tavern near Meng Hua's home.
Meng Hua poured wine for his mother, "Mom, this seems to be the first time for us to drink alone."
Zhen Zhen smiled and said, "The number of times is not important. What's important is that we are happy every time we are together."
"My son is busy with work and has little time to spend with you. Please don't blame him."
"Although you are busy with work, mother knows that you are a filial child and you are thinking about mother in your heart. Do you know why?"
Meng Hua looked at her doubtfully, and then heard Zhen Zhen say in a gentle voice:
"You are my son, and mother and son are connected by heart. I know your character best, so I trust you unconditionally. But Wenyin is different from me. A woman needs the love of her husband. You are often on business trips, and we have been separated for several months. Wenyin will definitely have wild thoughts and worry that you are having an affair with other women outside. Once the seeds of suspicion are planted, they will grow into towering trees."
"She is just imagining things, mother. I am telling you the truth. I am not a good person, but I am absolutely loyal to her and my family. Before I dated Wenyin, I had never dated other women. After we got married, you asked me to treat my wife well, and I did. I bought her a house, a car, and a nanny. What else is wrong with me?"
"Materially, my son is impeccable, and his appearance is impeccable. But emotionally and spiritually, have you satisfied him?"
Meng Hua was stunned by what her mother said, "What do you mean emotionally, spiritually? I can't just stay at home all day and do nothing but accompany her to talk about love, right?"
Zhen Zhen took a sip of the wine. The wine brewed by this small tavern was quite mellow.
"At first, it was Wen Yin who pursued you, right?"
Meng Hua looked at his mother and said, "Yes."
"Wen Yin was the one who proposed marriage?"
"yes."
"That's the problem. She thinks she's being too enthusiastic and that you don't like her and are just being with her to get by. So she feels insecure and thinks you don't love her!"
Meng Hua suddenly realized what her mother said, and realized that this was the problem.
Frankly speaking, Meng Hua's mind is all on his career, and he has little interest in love matters. He thinks it is enough for him to marry a wife and have her give birth to and raise his children.
In his impression, there was only triviality in life between his parents, and no so-called love.
"Does love have to be there?"
Zhen Zhen really wanted to use a hammer to pry open this man's brain.
"The problem is not love, but that you, as a husband, have not met her emotional needs. A woman's emotional needs are greater than a man's. She needs your love and care. For example, in today's incident, what she can't accept is that you bought flowers and luxury goods for Chen Qingqing."
"Why?"
"You know to buy these for Chen Qingqing to help her act and pretend, but do you do the same when talking to Wenyin in your daily life?"
Meng Hua finally understood why Tan Wenyin felt wronged.
He did not do well. He knew that women needed romance, but he thought that since they already had a child and he did not treat her badly financially, he naturally ignored her needs.
"Mom, I understand. Tan Wenyin wants to be seen."
Zhen Zhen slapped his thigh, "That's exactly the truth!"
Meng Hua understood, but he also felt that his mother had a very difficult life. His mother was also a woman who needed to be seen and needed the love of her husband. However, for the sake of their family, his mother had never remarried over the years.
On the way back, Meng Hua bought a bouquet of flowers for Tan Wenyin and a cute panda doll and hung it on Tan Wenyin's car. Seeing that Tan Wenyin's car was a little dirty, he picked up a rag and helped her wipe the car.
Tan Wenyin came down from the building with a look of astonishment on her face. "What are you doing?"
"Show love."
"What?"
"My mother criticized me, saying that I can't ignore your needs just because I'm rich. Women need love and need to be seen. I will try to correct this in the future. I hope you can see my sincerity."
In the following days, Meng Hua asked someone to send a large bunch of imported roses to Tan Wenyin's office every day.
Every day after get off work, I go to the department store to buy bags, clothes, and jewelry. I even bought her ten boxes of sanitary napkins!
Looking at the mountains of goods in the warehouse, Tan Wenyin couldn't help herself, so she jumped up in the middle of the night and beat Meng Hua up.
Fortunately, as they were fighting, the two of them ended up on the bed.
After this incident, Meng Hua has been paying attention to Tan Wenyin. He found that Tan Wenyin was shy. As long as he was nice to her, she would blush and be flattered, like a shy little girl.
This discovery was novel. Meng Hua had not expected that he would be able to rekindle his relationship with his wife when Tan Cong was about to go to elementary school.
The relationship is good and they are more harmonious in bed. Meng Hua is almost 40 years old and can't handle having sex three times a night. He has dark circles under his eyes every day and even walks unsteadily.
Tan Wenyin smiled secretly and made him a cup of water with ginseng and wolfberry.
Meng Hua couldn't possibly accept this kind of thing. "I'm in good health, I don't need any supplements!"
Having said that, he turned around and continued to speak like a madman.
After this incident, Tan Wenyin realized that Meng Hua really made corrections seriously and was not just perfunctory in his attitude. He was reflecting on their relationship from the bottom of his heart.
Tan Wenyin knew that this was all thanks to her mother-in-law. While her mother-in-law was still in Beijing, she would take her mother-in-law to the park, eat out, and go shopping in department stores whenever she had nothing to do, to thank her for her support in their marriage.
These days, Meng Nan has been obviously absent-minded.
Zhen Zhen asked: "What's wrong? You kept looking at your pager while eating."
Meng Nan sighed and lost his appetite. "Grandma, my boyfriend hasn't contacted me for three days."
"You didn't go to see him?"
"No, he said he was busy with work and didn't have time to entertain me."
Zhen Zhen knew it very well. She was probably thinking that Chen Qingqing was drawing cakes for Meng Nan's boyfriend and was exhausted from eating too many cakes drawn by others. How could she have the heart to care about Meng Nan?
"It's okay for a girl to take the initiative. Why don't you send him some food as a surprise?"
Zhen Zhen hopes that Meng Nan will suffer a short pain rather than a long one.
Meng Nan also thought it made sense. "I won't disturb him from working. I'll just bring him some food and leave after that!"
Meng Nan packed a portion of braised pork and skipped to her boyfriend's workplace.
Meng Nan's boyfriend is Deng You, who works at Beijing TV Station. There are a lot of intrigues in TV stations. Deng You came from the countryside, so it was not easy for him to gain a foothold in the TV station.
Deng You's dream is to own a house in Beijing, marry Meng Nan, have two children, and let his mother take care of the children.
In this case, the house must be at least 30 to 40 square meters to be livable.
But houses in Beijing are so popular, how could a young man like him with no support get a chance?
Deng You originally planned to work hard with Meng Nan, but recently an intern named Chen Qingqing came to their unit.
Chen Qingqing comes from quite an influential background. People in her workplace say that she was able to land on TV station because of her distinguished family background!
Chen Qingqing is pretty and nice. She often asks him questions and flirts with him.
Deng Yu thought he was overthinking it until last night when Chen Qingqing stopped him and said she wanted to talk to him.
During the chat, Chen Qingqing revealed that her father was the city party secretary and her uncle lived in the Beijing compound.
As long as Deng You agrees to be with her, Chen Qingqing can ask his father to make Deng You his permanent wife.
Competition in the television industry is fierce, and Deng You does not yet have a staff position at a television station. If he can be converted to a full-time employee, it would be equivalent to settling down in Beijing.
This huge temptation made Deng You dizzy and turned around.
Chen Qingqing also said that her father would buy a house for them.
"An apartment in Beijing, a black Santana, a permanent position, and no dowry! By the way, my dad said that if you are willing to join the system, he will arrange it for you." Chen Qingqing smiled very sincerely.
Deng You couldn't bear to leave Meng Nan, after all, she was well educated, beautiful and considerate.
But Chen Qingqing is not bad either. Chen Qingqing has a better family background. Being with Chen Qingqing, he can struggle less for twenty years.
A colleague walked in and said, "Deng You, your girlfriend is here to see you."
Deng Yu was stunned, and subconsciously looked at Chen Qingqing, but saw Chen Qingqing smiling nonchalantly:
"Deng You, I know you have a girlfriend, but I heard that your girlfriend's family is from the countryside? Think about it carefully, besides being beautiful, what can she do for you? If you are with her, you will only be dragged down by her, but it's different with me. I can help you reach the pinnacle of your life."
When Meng Nan came to see Deng Yu, Deng Yu became very nervous, fearing that someone would see him and Meng Nan together and make Chen Qingqing unhappy.
"Why are you here?"
Meng Nan was stunned. "Why can't I come? I'm your girlfriend. Isn't it normal for me to come to see my boyfriend?"
"That's not what I meant," Deng You laughed dryly. "It's mainly because I've been busy with work lately. I don't have time to entertain you when you come. I'm afraid you'll be bored alone."
Meng Nan held his arm affectionately. In order to save money, Deng You always didn't eat well. She felt sorry for her boyfriend and specially brought him some braised pork to nourish his body.
"Have you eaten? I brought you your favorite braised pork."
Meng Nan was very kind to him, which made Deng Yu feel guilty.
But he understood that feelings were nothing compared to a bright future.
Love cannot be eaten. Deng Yu looked at the braised pork in the bowl and lost his appetite.
"This meat will cost a lot of money, right?"
"It's not the 1970s anymore. How much does a plate of braised pork cost?" Meng Nan said nonchalantly.
Her family raises pigs, and she is tired of eating meat and doesn't like pork at all.
Deng You frowned, "Meng Nan, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you're really lavish with your money."
Meng Nan was stunned for a moment. "How am I being extravagant? I was worried that you wouldn't eat well at work, so I bought you some braised pork to improve your diet. What's wrong with that?"
"I'm not saying you're wrong, but have you ever thought about our future?"
“I have thought about it.”
"What do you envision for the future?"
"We have a stable relationship, get married, have kids, and live our lives according to the rules. My parents are like this. They look like an ordinary couple, but they are actually very loving. I also want to live a life like this."
Deng You laughed at her naivety, "Have you ever thought about this? We don't even have a house in Beijing, so how can we get married and have children?"
Meng Nan really didn't understand, "What does this have to do with braised pork?"
"It doesn't matter! Why are you so naive? You don't have the life of a girl, but you have the illness of a girl all day long. If you don't live frugally, how can you buy a house? Where will you get the money to get married and have children? Do you think you are the daughter of a rich family? You are from a rural area, so you should be self-aware. People like us cannot get ahead without support from our families."
Meng Nan disagreed. "How can it be impossible? Our country is in the stage of market transformation. My father said that as long as you work hard, you can make a lot of money. My grandmother said that if you stand on the wind, even pigs can fly. We are all graduates of prestigious universities. We have hands and feet, which is better than many people. Why can't we make a name for ourselves?"
"What do these country folk know?" Deng You's face turned red after being scolded by her. "You are too naive! In a unit like ours, if you don't have connections, you can't even get a permanent job."
"According to you, all those who got permanent jobs did so through connections?"
"Isn't it?"
For the first time, Meng Nan felt that Deng You was very extreme. There are people who rely on connections, but there are also many people who rely on hard work.
Why did Duncan deny the power of the individual?
"Deng You, you can't be so cynical. Although we are young, we are not stupid. Pavel Korchagin once said that this is how one should spend one's life..."
"That's enough! Can Pavel Korchagin make me a regular employee? Can Pavel Korchagin let me live in a big house in Beijing? Can Pavel Korchagin change my life?"
"Who can?" Mannon demanded.
Deng Yu secretly said in his heart that Chen Qingqing would be enough.
As long as he is with Chen Qingqing, he can have all of this.
"Anyway, you can't do it! Your father is a pig farmer, your mother is a seamstress, and your grandmother sells melon seeds! You have several brothers and sisters! A family like yours can't give me any help at all. We won't be happy together."
Meng Nan was confused. When Deng You asked her what her parents did, she said these words as a joke.
But she didn't expect that her unintentional words would become Deng Yu's evidence to measure her family background.
It turned out that he had been secretly evaluating everything about her in his heart.
It was her first time falling in love, and she had no idea how evil people could be.
"Deng You, you can get rich by raising pigs, you can get rich by selling melon seeds, and you can also run a chain of tailors..."
Deng Yu laughed when he heard this. It was the first time he realized that Meng Nan dared to be so vain.
How much money can you make from raising pigs?
Every household in his village raised pigs, and every household was extremely poor.
Being a tailor was even more undignified, riding a bicycle from door to door to take measurements and make clothes for people.
Selling melon seeds was even more difficult. I had to sit at the entrance of the cinema with two bags of melon seeds, weighing them with a small scale, and selling them at a few ounces at a time. I made less than two yuan a day.
Meng Nan's talk of getting rich is nothing but a fool's dream!
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