Chapter 369: Weak? Really a weakling?
The reality is too cliché and the most hurtful.
Lin Yiyi didn't want her sister-in-law to see the truth so early, and would rather she be confused and know nothing.
Because she knew too well the development trend of this matter. Whether she could see it clearly or not, whether she could get over it or not, the person who would be sad and painful would only be Ma Dongmei.
The scariest thing is that after knowing the truth, she can't get rid of it. She can only get rid of her former self.
Ma Dongmei was very happy with Lin Yiyi's warm hospitality and the fact that she did not look down on her like her sister-in-law did. However, she was thinking about her husband and could only shake her head to refuse.
"I'll stay here for a while before I have to catch the bus. I can't go with you to visit Ze County. Where are my two nephews?"
She has never eaten sweet tofu pudding, but it must be delicious, right?
"The little guy has grown up and can't stay at home. He wants to go out every day. My cousin's wife took him out to play."
Lin Yiyi pulled Ma Dongmei to sit down and stopped her from continuing to fiddle with the backpack.
He took out some cookies and candies from the cupboard and gave them to her, smiling gently and teasing her deliberately, "Why are you in such a hurry?
It's rare to have a free day in a year. If I go to see him a day later, Zhao Li will be in the provincial capital and can't leave. "
Ma Dongmei took the biscuits and candies without saying anything, just smiled embarrassedly.
Seeing that she didn't want to eat the candy and only ate the cookies carefully, not wasting any crumbs, Lin Yiyi felt a little jealous for her, "Dongmei, why did you suddenly want to go to the provincial capital to find Zhao Li?"
It was best not to find anything when I went to the provincial capital.
How embarrassed would Ma Dongmei, as his wife, be if she saw or caught Zhao Li chatting with a female comrade?
Lin Yiyi understands better than anyone else.
It was difficult for her to bring up this incoherent matter, so she just made up a story and tried to stir up trouble.
Ma Dongmei finished her biscuits and drank two sips of warm water. "I was worried that he had encountered something serious. He didn't tell me when I asked him. I was anxious at home. So I decided to go to the city to find him and ask him about it when I had some free time."
Big deal? A secret affair?
Lin Yiyi complained in her heart but didn't say it out loud. She looked at the water in the bowl on the table and her eyes suddenly lit up and she had an idea.
"Well, I can't keep you here. Are you hungry now? I'll make you a bowl of noodles. It takes more than three hours to get to the provincial capital by bus."
“No…” I had just said one word when my stomach growled.
Ma Dongmei felt a little embarrassed, and she said the last word dryly, "Hungry."
Lin Yiyi chuckled, "Why are you being so polite to me? Come on, I'll make you something to eat."
I took my sister-in-law's hand and went to the kitchen to light the stove and boil water. "Would you like a big bowl or a small bowl?"
Ma Dongmei looked at the two bowls of noodles in her hands, which were about the same size, and said, "I can't eat so much. A small bowl will do."
To fill such a big bowl of noodles, one needs to eat a lot of fine grains.
Lin Yiyi cooked noodles according to her own portion, added an egg and a handful of green onions as vegetables, and steamed the steamed buns she hadn't finished eating in the morning.
"If it's not enough, eat two more persimmons." The noodles were going to be left as complementary food for the twins, so Lin Yiyi didn't say anything about cooking more if it wasn't enough.
"That's enough. I still have some dry food in my bag." Ma Dongmei sat by the small stove, eating noodles with a bowl in her hand. Lin Yiyi sat next to her and watched, thinking of seventeen or eighteen assumptions in her mind.
Keep it a secret and wait for Ma Dongmei to find out herself.
Or tell her and destroy her happiness.
Destroy her relationship with Zhao Li, but then what?
If Ma Dongmei chooses to divorce, she will need to swallow her husband's infidelity and face the outside world's slander and defamation alone.
Can she leave her two sons behind? Will Zhao Li allow her to take them away?
Even if I take the child away and return to my parents' home, won't my brothers and sisters-in-law look down on me and gossip about me?
No family is rich, and no one would support a married woman with two burdens to share food rations.
A few days or months maybe, but what about a few years?
Then he would definitely urge her to remarry, no matter what kind of ugly guy she is.
Which normal young man of marriageable age would marry a woman who brings two sons into the family?
Is there too much food at home?
Even if there is such a person, will his parents agree? It ends in chaos.
Besides, who can guarantee that the next marriage will be better than this one?
Ma Dongmei's best choice is to know the truth and not divorce, to treat each other with respect and to fulfill their respective obligations to their children.
Either you look for sugar in a cesspool, or you look for sugar in a shit pit.
After finishing her noodles, Ma Dongmei thought about how unfamiliar she was with her husband and couldn't help asking and comparing, "Do you talk a lot with your second brother?"
"It's hard to say whether this word is too much or too little. He is a quiet person and I'm the one doing most of the talking." Zhao Sheng doesn't talk much, but he takes a lot of actions.
Lin Yiyi understood what she meant and asked, "You and Zhao Li don't communicate much, do you? Don't you have any correspondence?"
Ma Dongmei nodded, looking embarrassed. "I received a letter every month last year, but it became less frequent after that. I didn't receive much education, I only went to elementary school, so it was hard for me to write."
My second sister-in-law and second brother both graduated from high school, so naturally they get along well. What a stupid question she asked?
Without communication and contact, the relationship will definitely fade and slowly disappear over time.
Lin Yiyi tilted her head to look at her, seeing the forced smile on her face, and made up an excuse, "I can see the problem for you. It's because you haven't studied enough, so you have a gap with Zhao Li who is studying in school, so you have nothing to say to him."
The color faded from Ma Dongmei's face. "...Yeah, you're...right."
That's true. She can hardly understand what her husband says to her now.
Lin Yiyi used the question to draw out the purpose, "So, you also need to study, isn't it the slack season for farming now?
Zhao Cong's books should all be at home. You can find them and study by yourself. If you don't understand something, ask the educated youth. "
"It's too late to start studying at my age. People will laugh at me." Ma Dongmei looked embarrassed.
Lin Yiyi didn't advise her whether to study early or late, she just smiled and started chatting.
"If you were to tell me about crops to grow or farming techniques, I wouldn't be able to follow you because I haven't learned anything.
I don’t need to do farm work and grow crops, so I won’t learn it. With this mistake, we have almost nothing in common. ”
"Your life now is farming, and you earn work points from farming to support yourself.
But Zhao Li has now become someone who supports himself through studying, and he no longer needs to farm to make a living.
And you are still stuck on something he doesn't need, so if you want to talk to him, you have to learn from him, otherwise what can you talk about?"
Lin Yiyi didn't know what she was talking about, but this was the only thing she could do.
Instead of being afraid of the unknown, it is better to enrich yourself and face the unknown.
“There is still a year and a half before Zhao Li graduates from university, and you are already more than a year behind.
So we must study hard and squeeze out every minute and every second to study hard." Then we will take the college entrance examination next year.
The timeline is also suitable. The college entrance examination was taken at the end of November 1977, school started in March 1978, and Zhao Li graduated in June of the same year. The salary he earned was just enough to support his two sons.
When I graduated from college and got a job that could support myself and my children, I dumped my husband who was just a tool.
We are just partners in joint breeding without any seriousness.
Lin Yiyi could only make small calculations in her mind about what was said next, as this was also Ma Dongmei's only chance to change her fate.
She had already shown her the way.
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