Chapter 229 How Husband and Wife Get Along
Yi Ke was not in tears like Han Guihua, but was furious. "Ma Youcai, you are such a male chauvinist. You dare to instigate my man. If I don't deal with you, I don't want you to be my brother-in-law."
Although Yi Ke really wanted to beat Ma Youcai up to vent his anger, it would be best if he could beat him like a pig's head. But she also didn't want Ziyi and Ma Youcai to find out that they were eavesdropping. So when she heard Ziyi walking out, she quickly pulled Han Guihua into the bedroom.
Ziyi came out and glanced at the door that Yike had just closed. He sighed silently for Ma Youcai in his heart. Why not offend anyone else? If he insists on provoking Yi Ke, he will suffer in the future.
Ziyi didn't sympathize with him at all. He deserved to suffer just because he had taught him not to pamper Yike. If it was the original owner, considering that her original intention of marrying Yi Ke was to continue the family line, would she be influenced by Ma Youcai's chauvinistic thinking? That’s hard to say. If that were the case, Yi Ke would not have grown up with him. Fortunately, he had recovered his memory, Ziyi was secretly glad.
"Sister, don't cry. Most people think like Ma Youcai. We can't use other people's mistakes to hurt ourselves."
"Sister, I thought he was different, really. We were very happy after we got married, and I never thought that he thought that way in his heart."
"You're very happy after getting married, OK, so why are you crying?"
"No, that's because I don't know what he's thinking. Let me tell you, after we got married, I was the one who cooked the meals, washed the clothes, and took care of the house. When he came back, I brought him water to wash up, and I served him the cold water. Even when he needed to wash up in the middle of the night, I would boil hot water for him. When I heard him say that, I felt like I was really just a servant, a maid, and the kind of maid who slept in the same room with him." Sister Han Guihua covered her face and sobbed again as she spoke.
Yi Ke wanted to pull Ma Youcai out and beat him up after hearing this. What the hell is this guy? Not only does he have to cook and do laundry, but he even asked his sister Han Guihua to boil water for him in the middle of the night. He is not a real man at all. If you don't want to boil water in the middle of the night, just control your lower body. You shameless thing. I was blind at the beginning and let my sister Han Guihua marry him. I thought he was a good person. You really can't judge a person by his appearance. And you even want to persuade Ziyi not to pamper me. Humph, let me see how I deal with him.
"Sister, it's all my fault. If I had known he would be like this, I shouldn't have agreed to let you marry him."
"No, it's not your fault, I wanted to get married myself. I didn't know he had such an idea. In fact, if he hadn't said it, I wouldn't have realized it. I thought he was really good to me." Sister Han Guihua quickly tried to persuade Yike.
"So, what is Sister going to do? Now you know what he's thinking."
"I, I don't know. I'll probably just live like this, what else can I do? This is the fate of us women. He is still better than other men. I said I wanted to go to the production team to work, but he didn't want me to go, saying that he could support me and didn't need me to work so hard. So, I, I'll just live like this, I'm content, it's much better than staying at my parents' house."
"Sister, it's wrong for you to think like that. If you don't know how to love your man, you might as well live on your own. Sister, don't the elders say that if a woman wants to be able to stand firm in her husband's family, she must be able to stand on her own? Sister, if you are not strong and brave, and don't stand on your own, then your life will only get worse and worse."
"But he's fine now?" "What's so good about him? That's because you haven't seen anyone better. Think about it, which man who loves a woman would ask her to boil water in the middle of the night? Oh, he's refreshed and tired, so the woman isn't tired anymore, and she should boil water for him to take a bath. Sister, most men can't do such a thing. Let's not talk about the distant past, let's talk about your father. When have you ever seen Yang Huaihua get up in the middle of the night to boil hot water? I've even seen your father get up in the middle of the night to fetch water."
"Sister, how dare you say anything?"
"Oh, my sister, the point is not whether I dare to say it or not, the point is that my brother-in-law is really a scumbag."
"What is scum?"
“There’s just no man to take responsibility.”
"Oh, he didn't say he didn't want me, he just asked me to do housework. Isn't housework a woman's job? This doesn't count as irresponsible."
I have a headache. Is this about doing housework? This is a problem of thought, ah, generation gap, this is completely the thinking of women of this era.
"Well, sister, let me put it another way. Suppose one day your brother-in-law doesn't want you anymore, what will you do?"
"Will, will that day come?" Sister Han Guihua's face turned pale with fright.
"Sister, don't be impatient, I'm just assuming, not really."
"No, your assumption may become true. He has a job in the city now, so it's inevitable that a city girl will like him. And the city girl has a job, so the two of us are a perfect match. It's right for him not to want me. As the saying goes, people go to high places, and water flows to low places."
Yike was even more troubled. Why couldn't he just make an assumption? Wouldn't this make my sister even more upset? I really want to drag Ma Youcai out right now and give him a good beating. It's better to give him a headache.
"Sister, don't be afraid. If he really dares to do that, I will beat him to death."
Han Guihua chuckled instead, which confused Yi Ke. Wasn't he sad just now? Why are you laughing again?
"Sister, you are still as funny as you were when you were little. Can a girl like you beat him? But after hearing what you said, I am suddenly not afraid anymore. As long as we sisters can live well, those men are secondary."
"Okay, sister, that's really nice of you. Would you please come and live with me in the mountains for a while?"
"Okay, I heard your brother-in-law said it was very good, I will go in and take a look."
"Hehe, it's very beautiful. I guarantee that you won't want to come out after you go in. It took me a lot of effort to find it after I escaped. If Ziyi hadn't wanted to come out, I wouldn't have come out."
"Yike, time for breakfast." Ziyi shouted outside the door.
"Oh, we were so busy talking that we forgot to make breakfast."
"It's okay. With Brother Ziyi here, we won't starve."
"Is my brother-in-law also so diligent at home?"
"Yeah, he doesn't want me to do anything, but I always accompany him. As a couple, it's fun to do things together. There are no rules about who should do it and who shouldn't."
Han Guihua seemed to be thinking about something, and followed Yike out silently.
On the dining table, there was a plate of noodles cut into strips and sprinkled with chopped green onions; a plate of fried leeks with eggs, a plate of salted shredded radish, and a dish of bean paste. A bowl of polenta.
"Brother, it turns out you can cook too?" Ma Youcai said in surprise.
Yike: …
Han Guihua: …
"Of course, Brother Ziyi often cooks for me at home. You'll learn how to cook naturally if you cook more often, right, Brother Ziyi?"
"Haha, sister Yike, you speak without thinking. Aren't uncle and aunt Hao the ones who cook for your family? When I went there, I always ate the dishes made by uncle and aunt Hao, and they were really delicious. Wife, I will take you to eat the meals made by uncle and aunt Hao in the future, they are so delicious." Ma Youcai said proudly to Han Guihua.
"Haha, do you know who is the chef that cooks for Uncle Hao and Auntie?"
"Who? It must be the chef from some big restaurant."
"You have such a rich imagination. Uncle Hao and his wife are girls from a remote rural area. Where could they learn from a master chef? They have been living in the mountains since they married Uncle Hao. So where did the master chef from the restaurant come from?"
"Then, it can't be that you learned it by yourself, right?"
"You used a good word. It's a pity that your head is filled with sweet potatoes."
"Sister." Han Guihua saw Yi Ke making sarcastic remarks towards Ma Youcai and hurriedly spoke out to stop him.
"Hmph!" He uttered a disdainful sound through his nose.
"Sister Yike, did I offend you in some way? You seem unhappy?"
"I've offended you from head to toe. What? Don't you accept it? If you don't accept it, do you want to go out and practice?"
"I accept. Isn't it enough that I accept? How dare I fight with you? Isn't that asking for trouble? Even Dazhuzi is no match for you, so forget about my little weight."
"Humph, you only know how to bully the weak. You're not a man."
"No, sister Yike, this has nothing to do with being a man or not. I just coveted Uncle Hao and Auntie's food, why did you bring up all this?"
"Then I'll tell you where Uncle Hao and Auntie learned their cooking skills. Listen carefully, her master is my father, your Uncle Hao, Li Haoran. Do you understand?"
"Hao, Uncle Hao can cook? He, a man like him, still cooks at home?"
"Haha, men can't cook? Where does this nonsense come from? Only a good man can cook delicious dishes, because he will study how to cook delicious dishes for his wife. After studying more, he will naturally be able to cook."
"A gentleman should stay away from the kitchen. Aren't men supposed to be outside making money to support their families? Women—" Ziyi kicked Ma Youcai under the table, and Ma Youcai immediately shut up.
Ziyi absolutely believed that if Ma Youcai dared to say that women should cook at home, he would be beaten up immediately.
"Haha! Haha!" Although Ma Youcai didn't say it out loud, Yike knew what the next sentence would be. She was just waiting for Ma Youcai to finish speaking before starting to beat him, but he actually held back. "Yike, come, have this, fried eggs with leeks. I know you like it, so I saw some leeks in the kitchen, so I fried them for you. Eat more." Ziyi used a small spoon to serve it to Yike.
Yike opened his mouth and ate the leeks that Ziyi handed over. Ziyi also naturally put the leeks into Yike's mouth. There was no embarrassment at all about feeding him at the table. It was as natural as if he had done it many times.
Ma Youcai and Han Guihua looked at the two in disbelief. Yike also picked up a piece of bread and put it into Ziyi's mouth, and Ziyi ate it. The two of them fed each other and ate as if no one was around.
Ma Youcai and Han Guihua both lowered their heads awkwardly and ate breakfast in silence. They were too embarrassed to look up at Ziyi and Yike, and only glanced at them out of the corner of their eyes.
Han Guihua was envious and happy, happy for one thing, but Ma Youcai was speechless, as the majestic image of his elder brother collapsed in his heart.
After breakfast, Ma Youcai told Yike that he wanted his cousin to go into the mountains to work. Yike asked, "Does my sister know? Have you discussed this with her?"
Ma Youcai: "No, your sister doesn't need to worry about what's going on outside."
"Haha, then I'll tell you, I don't agree. Without my sister's consent, I won't agree to anything you do."
"Sister, just..." Han Guihua pleaded.
"Sister, this is a matter of principle. He wants to ask your family for help, but he doesn't let you know, doesn't discuss it with you, and directly bypasses you to ask for help. This is disrespectful to you. You can't let him do whatever he wants. Men can't be spoiled. You will spoil him, and one day he will shit on your head and you will help him wipe it."
As Ma Youcai listened, he felt that this sentence sounded a little familiar. I just can't remember where I heard it.
Ziyi kicked Ma Youcai and said, "Why don't you go and discuss this with your wife?"
"Oh, okay." Ma Youcai quickly pulled his wife to the side to explain in detail.
Han Guihua listened silently, but was thinking about Yi Ke's words in her mind. Yes, when she asked her family for help, she was excluded, and she didn't even need to be told. She finally decided to think carefully about this marriage.
"Wife, did you hear what I said?" Ma Youcai saw that his wife seemed distracted, so he shook Han Guihua's hand.
"Oh, yes, are you done?" Han Guihua asked.
"Now that I've finished talking, please help talk to Yike." Ma Youcai was feeling a little depressed.
"Okay, let's go over there."
"Sister, you can handle his cousin's matter as you wish. Don't make things difficult for yourself just for my sake. Remember, I just want you to be happy. It's OK if others can help, but forget it if they can't."
As soon as Ma Youcai said it just now, he knew it was Ziyi's intention. Originally, Ziyi could have made the decision, but he let Ma Youcai ask him. I just want to tell Ma Youcai that he has the final say. In a disguised way, I was also teaching him how husband and wife should get along with each other and that the family is not a one-person show.
It was unclear whether Ma Youcai understood his elder brother's painstaking efforts, but all he knew was that his eyes widened when he heard Han Guihua's words.
He thought Han Guihua would help plead for him, but instead she told him not to make things difficult for him. He was a little confused for a moment and just looked at Han Guihua with wide eyes.
"Humph, for my sister's sake, you can go ahead and call them. But let me be frank, if you are afraid of hard work and fatigue, don't call them. If they come and can't do the job, I will send them away."
"Why don't you go and call him?" Han Guihua pushed Ma Youcai who was standing in a daze.
Ma Youcai looked at Han Guihua with complicated eyes, then rode his bicycle to his grandmother's house.
"Sister, pack your things too, we'll go back together later."
"Okay, I'll go pack up. You and Ziyi can do whatever you want. Just treat this place as your own home." Han Guihua went to pack up her clothes.
"What? Your sister is going in too?"
"Well, I asked her to come in and help with the work, and also asked her to reconsider her marriage to Ma Youcai. You won't stop her just because Ma Youcai is your brother, right?"
"No, I'm on your side, so I'll definitely listen to you." Ziyi quickly stated his position.
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