Regarding the big quarrel in the Chu family, Liu Dapeng's father Liu Liwei and his wife Wang Huifang were both very sad, but they sighed in different ways.
The couple couldn't sleep until late at night.
Liu Liwei is always bothered by trivial family disputes and gets a headache every time he hears about a fight in someone's family.
He recalled every scene that happened in the Chu family, and after talking to Old Mrs. Chu about it a lot, he felt as if he had seen it before.
That night, as soon as he closed his eyes, he could recall the scene more than ten years ago when his mother and his wife had a fierce quarrel over a pickled vegetable lump. At that time, his mother was sitting in the middle of the room, slapping her thigh and scolding his wife, and his wife, like Old Chu's wife, overturned the dining table.
His mother loved to eat a pickled cabbage lump. His wife, with good intentions, thought that it was too hot in the summer to eat fresh vegetables and why eat a pickled cabbage lump. Neither of them could say anything nice to him.
At that time, he was still the leader of a grassroots group and was very busy. When he rushed home after work, his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had broken a jar while searching for pickles. His wife was so angry that she rolled her eyes and knocked her down on the spot.
From then on, his mother's health was always poor and never got better. The atmosphere at home was always lukewarm. Later, his mother passed away within two years. When his wife knelt in front of the grave and cried, he held his breath and wanted to scold her: What the hell were you thinking about!
Liu Liwei thought of Old Lady Chu saying to him with tears in her eyes:
"I just want to eat some cold cake, I just want to eat that, but Liang Yinqiu just won't make it for me. It's not like in the past when I didn't have the conditions!
Datian'er, he married a wife and forgot about his mother, without even asking me. I'm eighty years old, and he left me in this little building to chase a wife. I understand that he is hoping that I will die quickly, so that I can die peacefully!
well!
Liu Liwei sighed.
He was on the same side of the thinking as Chu Hongtian before, and he could empathize with him a little.
No matter how bad my mother is, or how good my daughter-in-law is, my mother is eighty years old. How many years can she live?
People like him feel upset and regretful when they think about it now. Even though his brothers and sisters have never blamed him, he would get angry whenever he thought about a small fry.
Who doesn't have a mother? If you encounter someone who is unreasonable, you have to accept it and flatter them, right?
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Who says men don't remember these family matters? Who says men aren't petty? It's just a matter of difference!
If they start to make a fuss, they will be more troublesome than anyone else.
For example, Liu Liwei at this moment.
He gave Wang Huifang a big pat on the back, listened to Wang Huifang tossing and turning, and snorted in annoyance.
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Maybe it's because I'm a woman, I can never get rid of the gossiping mentality. This is also deeply rooted in my thinking.
Wang Huifang's emotion of crying along with Liang Yinqiu was real, and when she calmed down and said some words behind Liang Yinqiu to watch the fun, it was also real.
Wang Huifang's true thoughts were, she pushed Liu Liwei's back and sighed:
"In the past, I envied Xiao Liang from the East Courtyard. You don't know, a few years ago, you clearly earned the same amount as Lao Chu, but our family, no matter how much we saved, it seemed like we didn't have enough money to spend. We always felt that life was tight.
Xiao Liang is in a good situation. Old Chu really spoils him. He wears whatever is fashionable and buys the first radio that becomes available on the market.
I won’t talk about televisions, bicycles and other things in recent years, but let’s just talk about the woolen fabrics in the past few years. They were in such short supply that you had to ask people to make arrangements in advance to reserve stock.
As soon as she got her salary, she dared to buy it without even notifying Lao Chu in advance!
In those days, she dared to spend a lot of money on dressing up. She was standing in front of several of our family members. You have no idea how many people in our compound were jealous of her and secretly complained about her for not knowing how to live!
They say Aunt Chu scolds her, but we've been pretty close to her over the years. When I think about how pure wool yarn was back then, people would buy it by the pound. Now I think she's a real spendthrift.
If you ask me, it's true that Old Chu's mother looks down on Xiao Liang. She's definitely a prodigal daughter-in-law!"
Wang Huifang became more and more excited as she spoke, and the jealousy and hatred that had been suppressed in her heart for so many years was now exposed without any concealment.
Today she finally knew what kind of life Liang Yinqiu was living. Although she had heard a few stories before, whenever she asked about it, Liang Yinqiu was always very good at pretending, praising her mother-in-law for her kindness in public and never saying much.
Thinking of this, Wang Huifang changed the subject and, in contrast to Liang Yinqiu's disguised praise of herself, intended to let Liu Liwei know how good she was:
"In the past, the amount of rice and flour was limited, and every family had their own way. I steamed cakes, made two-grain rice, and sorghum rice, and I tried every trick to make it, just to make sure you guys had enough to eat.
What do you think about Lao Chu’s family?
Humph! People either eat sorghum as sorghum or rice as rice. It's so harmful to eat it.
Ask around the compound, and everyone praises my skillful craftsmanship. But over the years, whether it's pickling vegetables or making something unusual, most of the wives in the compound have come to my house to learn from me.
The only exception is Xiao Liang. She is about to have a daughter-in-law, but she still doesn’t know how to pickle sauerkraut.
I heard from the political commissar's wife that when she was acting as a matchmaker for Yiqing and brought Wang Jianan to visit for the first time, Xiao Liang made all kinds of snacks for the new son-in-law. The main dishes were not very good, just watery and terrible!
Liu Liwei is fed up with this old woman, she can't stand the useless nonsense anymore!
Just now, he was wiping tears with Xiao Liang, but just a little while later, he started to talk behind the master's back.
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