"Old Zhao, come and think about it for me. Is there anything I missed? Let's prepare it quickly while there are still a few days." Meng Ying was lying on the bed with a night light on at the head of the bed.
He flipped through a list in his hand and waved to Zhao Mingze who was sitting at the desk.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Mingze put down the documents in his hand, stood up and walked over, took the list from her hand and quickly went through it, "It's well prepared, it looks good to me, thank you for your hard work during this period." He put his arm around her shoulders and said gently.
He has been very busy with work recently, leaving home early and coming back late every day, with no time to rest. She and the two children are busy preparing everything, which really makes him feel guilty.
Meng Ying leaned over his face and glanced at him sideways. "Why are you being so polite to me? Shushu has been by my side since she was born until she grew up. She's like my own daughter. Isn't this as it should be?"
"I just made you run around everywhere, and I couldn't help at all." Zhao Mingze sighed lightly.
"Work is the most important. I'll take care of all the things at home. Don't worry about them all the time." Meng Ying comforted her gently.
After being married for so many years, there's no need to worry about who lost and who gained. If you have to calculate everything, how can you live your life? It's so frustrating.
Mutual understanding, mutual support and mutual care are the principles of life.
Zhao Mingze gently kissed the top of her head and whispered, "Thank you."
Thank you for your consideration and understanding over the years.
Many times, due to work reasons, he was always unable to take care of the family and she had to support it all by herself, but she never complained about it and always silently supported him behind the scenes.
Meng Ying understood the unspoken meaning in his words and responded with a gentle smile, "You're welcome."
"Even these things, I always feel like they're not enough." Meng Ying sighed, holding the list in her hand. "It's also because Shushu didn't catch up with the good times. If it were in the past, these things wouldn't be here. Logically speaking, life should have been getting better and better. Looking at it this way, it's not even as good as when we got married."
Zhao Mingze smiled bitterly when he heard this. When they got married, although it was during the war, the family still had some financial resources and good things, including the necessary dowry and betrothal gifts.
But nowadays, even if they have money, they dare not spend it, especially families like theirs, they have to be more cautious.
Although his wife bought a lot of things, the total value was not that much. Furniture, quilts and mattresses accounted for the majority of the purchases, and the rest were just some small miscellaneous items, and there were not many valuable ones.
"There's nothing we can do about it. You've already prepared everything, and the rest is beyond our control." Zhao Mingze could only comfort her in this way.
"Oh! It would be fine if there really is nothing at home, but I clearly have a lot of things hidden in the bottom of the box, but I can't take out any of them. It's really... What do you think this is?" Meng Ying couldn't help but complain.
"Shut up!" Zhao Mingze covered her mouth and whispered in her ear, "We can't control these things, so don't bother. We just do what the higher-ups say."
Meng Ying turned her face to the side, avoiding his hand, and whispered, "I'm just complaining in front of you. I won't say a word outside."
She knows what she can say and what she cannot say.
"Of course I believe you, but walls have ears. It's never too careful in matters like this." Zhao Mingze hugged her and whispered, "In this life, I only hope that our family will be safe and sound."
He didn't know how everything had come to this point. At the beginning, everything was under control, but then, at some point, everything got out of control.
Over the years, he watched everything around him coldly. All he could do was to protect his family from being swept up in the turbulent situation and being caught in the vortex. For the rest, he had limited ability and could not control it.
Fortunately, no matter how chaotic the situation was outside, the army could not follow suit. After the initial chaos, the situation finally stabilized a lot.
This is the only way to spend these years in peace and stability.
"Me too." Meng Ying leaned gently in his arms and said softly.
Yes, isn’t the most important thing to be safe and sound?
"Those things in our house cannot be moved now. Not only can they not be moved, it is best not to even think about them. Don't mention them to anyone, including the children." Zhao Mingze gently stroked Meng Ying's shoulder and looked down at her to remind her.
Meng Ying looked at him and nodded, "Don't worry, I know. No one else in the family knows except the two of us."
In the past, the children in the family were still young, and they only knew how to eat, drink and have fun every day, and didn’t care about anything else. She would not have nothing better to do than to tell the children about her family’s financial situation.
Later, the child grew up and went to school, and she no longer worried about these things. He didn't ask and she didn't say.
Later on, I didn’t dare to say it anymore.
Even she herself wanted to forget those things.
Mentioning this, Meng Ying couldn't help but feel a little relieved, "Luckily you reacted quickly back then, otherwise, we wouldn't know where we are now."
Anyway, it is impossible to live in peace like we do now.
"This is all thanks to Old Jian. If it weren't for him, I really wouldn't have thought of this." Zhao Mingze said with some emotion.
At first I thought it was just a minor incident and had nothing to do with my family. Who could have thought that things would develop into this?
It must be said that Jian Yucheng is very sensitive in this regard. As soon as things started to show signs of happening, he had already noticed it and arranged everything.
"Yes." Meng Ying also nodded.
"To be honest, it's a good thing that you don't have the habit of wearing jewelry. Otherwise, even if the things are dealt with properly, people's memories cannot be erased, and we won't be as peaceful as we are now." Zhao Mingze suddenly remembered something and said with a smile.
Meng Ying's face turned red. It wasn't that she didn't like wearing jewelry. She had her reasons for not wearing it.
At first, it was because she had just settled down and didn't want to stand out. Later, it was because she had a child and wearing these things could easily hurt the child. Later, seeing that Qiao Ling and the others didn't wear them and that everyone around them lived a simple life, she followed suit.
Gradually, I got used to it. Who would have thought that it would become a blessing in the end?
But she didn't explain it specifically, just smiled and agreed.
Anyway, it is a fact that she didn't wear any jewelry, and I don't know if she will wear jewelry in the future.
Why expose it?
So he changed the subject, shook his head and sighed, "I'm afraid I'll never get the chance to wear it in my lifetime. I wonder if Shushu and Lingling will ever have the same chance. I don't know if my things will ever see the light of day again."
"There is a chance, there is definitely a chance." Zhao Mingze hugged her, his tone revealing some certainty.
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