Zhou Yaze's car was a silver-gray Audi car. He drove me outside the gate of the community where I lived. After the car stopped, he looked at the name of the community through the car window with the light of the street lamp, and then he
He said to himself: "Xinfeng Homeland? Isn't this the community developed by Yelei's family?"
I said "Hey" softly, and Zhou Yaze turned around and explained to me with a smile: "The developer of this community is the father of a friend of mine."
I nodded lightly as if I suddenly understood, thinking that with Zhou Yaze's financial background, his friends must be either rich or noble, but this is a game between the rich and the rich, and it has nothing to do with me, a commoner.
So I was not prepared to ask further questions.
I was about to express a few words of gratitude before getting out of the car. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yaze spoke again. He looked at me and asked: "Sister Wei, how long has it been since you bought the house here?"
I smiled and replied to him: "It's been about six years. At that time, housing prices had not risen significantly. We bought an off-plan house and paid off part of the loan."
Zhou Yaze nodded with a smile and praised me: "You have good eyesight."
I also smiled, with a hint of pride in my smile. I thought that when I bought this house, I made the decision on my own despite Xu Minghui’s huge pressure. I didn’t expect it to be worth it.
Xu Minghui is the eldest son in the family. Although he is glib in front of me, he is absolutely filial to his parents, and he is absolutely generous to his younger brothers and sisters. Every year after we get married, we have to send back part of our family income.
The Xu family provides for the daily expenses of the Xu family, including supporting Xu Minghui’s younger siblings to go to college. When we bought the house, Xu Minghui’s younger siblings were all in school. It was the time to spend money, and Xu Minghui was afraid that I would spend all my savings on the house.
He bought a house and was in debt, so he would not be able to support his family in the future, so he did not agree with me buying another house at that time.
But I had my own plan in mind. As long as Xu Minghui asked how much money to send to his home every year, as long as it was not too outrageous, I agreed without saying a word, because it was the filial duty that a child should fulfill. However, filial piety to the elderly is what you should do.
But it is also necessary to live a good life as a family of three, especially to make good plans for the future. This is the planning work that I must do as a housewife. Focusing on one thing and losing the other is never the effect I want, so I
I just bought this house under the pressure of Xu Minghui. For this reason, I would rather save money on myself, but the money I send to the Xu family every year has never been less.
Now it seems that I am lucky to have bought this house. Otherwise, Xu Minghui and I would have fought for the property when we divorced. With my personality of cutting through troubles quickly and for the sake of him raising his daughter, I might give him the house. That way
After the divorce, I had to rent an apartment on my own. At least I still have a roof over my head.
Thinking of this, I can't help but feel a little emotional.
"Sister Wei, what are you thinking about?" Zhou Yaze's soft inquiry brought my thoughts back to reality.
I smiled at him a little sheepishly and murmured back: "Oh, it's nothing." Then I opened the door and thanked him at the same time, "Mr. Zhou, thank you for sending me back. Goodbye."
Zhou Yaze held the steering wheel and nodded slightly at me, and his deep voice slowly came: "Goodbye."
I got out of the car and walked on the deep path in the community. I could feel that Zhou Yaze's car was still there, but I didn't look back. When I almost walked into the building door, I couldn't help but take a look. At this time, I found that Zhou Yaze's car was already there.
Drive away.
***
I took a vacation, annual leave plus a few days of leave specially granted to me by President Zhou. I decided to take a good rest at home this time, because the strings on my body have been very tight in the past few years, and I really need to recuperate for a while.
After the vacation, I called my daughter Tiaotiao, hoping that she could live with me for a while, but Tiaotiao refused. She said that her father was on a business trip, and she was quite comfortable living with her grandparents, so I didn’t have to worry about it.
She is worried.
I let out a long sigh in my heart. Xu Minghui’s parents loved Tiaotiao very much. I think Tiaotiao must have been there to wear clothes, reach for food, and open her mouth. No one could restrain her from sneaking up to play games at night. In this way, of course, she
Like to stay there.
Tiaotiao didn't come, but my sister-in-law Xu Mingyao did.
Mingyao is five years younger than her brother, and is now thirty-one years old. She also has a younger brother, Mingqi, who, as mentioned earlier, has already settled down in this city.
To be honest, during my marriage to Xu Minghui, I had a good relationship with his parents, brothers and sisters, so until the day of divorce, the two elders of the Xu family could not find anything wrong with me.
Among the Xu family, my sister-in-law Mingyao and I have the closest relationship. Maybe it’s because we are similar in age and have somewhat complementary personalities, so our relationship has always been harmonious and we can be said to be like sisters.
Mingyao is an out-and-out academic woman. She majored in medicine and has a postdoctoral degree. Now she works in a research institute in the city. She spends all day in the laboratory, working with bottles of chemicals.
There were also guinea pigs to deal with, she had too few contacts, and she had a somewhat boring personality and didn't like to take the initiative when interacting with the opposite sex, so she was left like this.
Mingyao came this time and brought me some recent news about her brother and Xia Yan. She said that after Xia Yan heard that Xu Minghui and I were divorcing, she was also planning to divorce her husband, but Xu Minghui had already made a statement to her.
, even if she gets divorced, he will not marry her and make her think twice before doing so.
My sister-in-law and I were sitting on a couch, chatting sideways.
Mingyao said to me: "I don't know what that woman is thinking. My brother said it to this extent. She still insists on divorcing her husband. She is like that. How can my brother marry her?"
Did she come through?"
Mingyao has a somewhat conservative personality, and she really can't stand a showy woman like Xia Yan. I sighed softly when she heard what she said.
Mingyao looked at me and asked tentatively: "Sister-in-law, you really don't want to give my brother a chance? My brother seems to be waiting for you to look back."
I looked at Mingyao, flipping through a magazine in my hand, shook my head with a wry smile, and murmured: "No, now that I'm out of that siege, I'm not going to go back."
Mingyao looked at me thoughtfully, then she nodded to me and comforted me: "That's fine, then cheer up as soon as possible and start a new life!"
Mingyao is a sensible person, and she will not favor Xu Minghui because he is her brother. I looked at her rather cute round face and teased her: "You are talking about me, but you are talking about yourself? I introduced it to you.
There are so many, do you have anyone you can agree with? How was that teacher who taught physics last time?"
Mingyao blushed with embarrassment and murmured to me a little bit angrily: "Oh, sister-in-law, you really don't want to pick up the pot..." Then she lowered her head.
I laughed and said to her: "What's so embarrassing about this? Men should get married, and women should get married!"
Mingyao blushed and whispered to me: "Don't mention that physics teacher. He is bald, but he asked me if I was...a virgin when we first met. It's so annoying!"
I was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing. While laughing, I patted the sofa cushions with a magazine and cursed in a low voice: "This nerd, hahaha, isn't this too straightforward?"
Mingyao took the magazine from my hand and said angrily: "Oh, don't laugh. Anyway, these people I meet are really worse than the other." Then Mingyao said to me with a hint of joking, "Sister-in-law, you
Don't just laugh at me, you will have to re-enter the marriage market in the future, and you may encounter these crooked people during blind dates, and you will be troubled then..."
My smile gradually turned cold. After Mingyao reminded me, I realized so clearly that I was indeed a single woman now.
After a moment of silence, I poked Mingyao and reminded her: "Stop calling me sister-in-law. I am no longer your sister-in-law. From now on, please call me Sister Haichao."
Mingyao stood up lazily and walked towards the bathroom, while dragging out a long tune and deliberately annoying me: "I know, sister-in-law, sir!"
Then he ran into the bathroom in a hurry, leaving a series of laughter as loud as silver bells behind him. Listening to the laughter, I also laughed and shook my head.
A woman, no matter how old she is, as long as she is unmarried, has a childlike heart like a girl.
***
I originally wanted to take a good rest at home for a few days to calm down after the divorce, but I didn't expect Xu Minghui to come to my door.
The day he came to see me was a Sunday. I was coming back from shopping downstairs. As soon as I walked to the door of the building, I saw him standing downstairs. At that moment, I was very surprised.
After not seeing each other for a few days, Xu Minghui looked thinner and a little darker, his hair was not as neat as before, and there was still some green stubble on his chin.
We stood staring at each other for a long time, and I asked him softly: "Why are you here?"
He was smoking. Hearing my question, he put out the cigarette butt in his hand, and then replied to me in a low voice: "Oh, I was here to do some errands, so I stopped by to see you."
I looked at him, lowered my eyelids, then turned and walked towards the corridor.
Xu Minghui followed me and said to me: "Haichao, I want to talk to you about Tiaotiao."
I turned my head and glanced at him coldly, and then whispered to him: "Then come up with me."
Xu Minghui nodded and followed me upstairs.
After entering the room, Xu Minghui sat down on the sofa, and I sat down on Shaofa diagonally opposite him.
After sitting firmly, Xu Minghui looked at me, hesitated again and again, and then said: "Haichao, after so many days, your anger should have gone away, right? Come back with me."
I stared at him with disbelief and said to him coldly: "Xu Minghui, can't you understand the human language or something? Don't you know that we are divorced? Why should I go back with you? I am now
It has nothing to do with you anymore, do you understand?"
Xu Minghui said to me helplessly: "Haichao, look at you, you have such a temper..."
I sneered: "It has nothing to do with you whether I have a good temper or not. If you think I have a bad temper, why don't you find someone who is gentler and more considerate?"