Chapter 28 Tomorrow and I will talk about the divorce
Xu family, cold pot and cold stove.
Xu Damei covered her bulging belly and pushed her father, "Dad, I'm hungry. Go steam some sweet potatoes."
Her father sat motionless, "You want me to steam it? Don't you know how to do it yourself?"
Xu Damei cried: "I don't know how to light a coal stove, wuwuwu, I'm starving to death..."
After all, she is my daughter, so I can't really starve her to death.
Xu Qiang saw that it was getting dark and his wife hadn't come back yet, so he had to start steaming the sweet potatoes himself.
"Qiangzi, why are you cooking for yourself today?" the neighbor asked with a smile.
Xu Qiang lit the fire of the coal stove with unfamiliar skills, then poured water into the pot, and said disgustedly: "My wife went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things and she hasn't come back yet. Waiting for her to cook, my family and I will have to wait for her to cook."
starve."
"Ah? The supply and marketing cooperative stopped queuing after two o'clock this afternoon, and only asked the people in front of No. 299 to stay and wait..."
"Then why has she been gone for so long?" After Xu Qiang asked, his neighbor shook his head and hurriedly went back to the house to find his daughter.
Xu Damei was rummaging through the boxes and cabinets looking for something to eat, "Huh? Where did mom hide the peanuts?"
"Damei!" Xu Qiang shouted, "Xu Damei, come here..."
"What are you doing?" Xu Damei asked impatiently.
Xu Qiang walked to his daughter and pulled her arm, "Is your mother really waiting in line at the supply and marketing cooperative?"
"Ah...well, yes, right." As she spoke, Xu Damei's eyes kept wandering, and she was obviously feeling guilty.
"Yes means it, no means no, what does it mean? Tell me clearly, where is your mother?"
After Xu Qiang finished asking, his daughter was not sure how to answer the question when the door was suddenly pushed open.
"Mom is back," Xu Damei broke away from her father, "Go and ask her!"
Xu Qiang turned around and saw her wife walking in.
The woman's face was pale, her eyes dull, and she looked worried.
Seeing her come back empty-handed, Xu Qiang asked angrily: "What have you been doing all day?"
"I'm going to cook now..." Lin Yulan avoided his question, bent down and found some taro and vegetables in the sack, and then hurriedly walked out the door.
Her husband followed behind, "What on earth did you do in the afternoon?"
The two of them went out and met Sunan Bing who was spitting at the door of his house.
"Hey! The second son of the Su family, what are you doing?" Xu Qiang shouted.
"What are you doing? Just spit."
Sunan Bing put his hands on his hips, as if a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.
His mother stopped him and said, "Don't make trouble! Didn't you hear a word of what your father just said?"
"My dad said whoever strikes first will be the one to blame. I just spat and didn't take action now, so it's not certain who is the one to blame." He was angry, and now he spoke louder and louder, attracting many people to walk out.
"What's going on? The Su boy is in trouble again?"
After hearing the neighbor's question, Xu Qiang said loudly and confidently: "Everyone, come and take a look. Master Su's second son is really getting more and more unruly. He spits at other people's doors and is so arrogant!"
Lin Yulan was worried that Su Nanbing would reveal everything she had done today, so she hurriedly stretched out her hand to grab her husband, "Stop talking, I am a child who is ignorant, so just throw up..."
"I'm going to be 13 years old soon after the Chinese New Year. How about having a baby? We can't get used to this kind of uncivilized, polite and hygienic behavior. Is that right?" Xu Qiang asked loudly.
Many people nodded, "Yes, you have to apologize for spitting."
"Sister-in-law Su, you also saw your son spitting, why didn't you take care of it?"
After Xu Qiang finished speaking, Bai Lu was about to respond when Su Jianmin, who had just put the sleeping little Jinbao into the cradle, came out, "Of course I can discipline my son, Qiangzi, please also take good care of your wife!"
"What happened to my wife?" Xu Qiang was puzzled.
"What else is going on... If she doesn't jump in line to take the number I worked so hard to get, but pushes my fourth child, will my second child spit at your house?"
As soon as Su Jianmin said this, there was a lot of discussion around him.
"What? Xu Qiang's wife jumped in line?" Zhang Hongmei, who loves to watch the excitement, hurriedly squeezed to the front of the crowd and asked curiously, "Master Su, what exactly happened? Please tell me carefully."
"My father gave me the number 299 to my third brother. The third brother and the others waited all day long before their number was called," Su Xiaosi pointed at Lin Yulan with her index finger, "but she suddenly jumped in line and said she was the number 299.
Are you angry?"
"Isn't it possible? Isn't there a number written in chalk on the sleeve? How did she jump in line?"
"She wrote the number 299 on the beautiful sister's sleeve!" Su Xiaosi said angrily.
Zhang Hongmei walked up to Xu Damei and pulled her sleeve, "There are really traces of chalk, it seems to be 299..."
Xu Damei was so ashamed that she hid back in the house.
"Well, that was written by the clerk," Lin Yulan couldn't get off the tiger, so she could only pretend to be calm and ask, "Where did I get the chalk?"
"That's weird! I arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative at around nine o'clock in the morning. My second brother didn't even have lunch and was waiting there. What time did you go?" Su Jianmin asked.
Lin Yulan was embarrassed, "This..."
One of the neighbors hesitated for a while and said, "Sister-in-law Xu, why do I see that you only went out in the afternoon?"
At this time, Xu Damei, who was hiding in the room, blushed and was too embarrassed to listen anymore.
She ran out and said: "Oh, Mom, just admit it, you just jumped in line! Please apologize to me quickly..."
"Damei, you...oh..."
Lin Yulan blushed and wished she could crawl into the ground.
Not only her, but her husband Xu Qiang also felt embarrassed for a moment.
In order to save face, he raised his hand and slapped Lin Yulan in the face, "Smelly bitch, look what immoral things you did? It has completely disgraced my old Xu family!"
Lin Yulan covered her face and burst into tears, "I'm not just buying new year's goods..."
"Buying New Year's goods, who doesn't want to buy New Year's goods during the Chinese New Year? You can jump in line and take someone's number just to buy New Year's goods?"
"Ugh... you don't do any work at home. You cross your legs and smoke every day. After I cook for you and your daughter, you have to wash the dishes and do the laundry. You have to work for a long time before you can rush to buy new year's goods. Where can you buy them?"
When Xu Qiang heard her crying and complaining about himself, he raised his palms again in anger.
Su Nanbing stepped forward to stop him, "My dad and eldest brother both said that men don't hit women. Uncle Xu, I spat at your house. I apologize to you. I also ask Aunt Lin to apologize to my third and fourth brothers."
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"Of course! Apology is necessary, but I have to teach this woman a lesson for what she did!"
Zhang Hongmei said in a mocking tone: "What's the point of a man beating his wife?"
"That's right, Xu Qiang, I'm not talking about you. Everyone is busy at the end of the year. They have to clean and arrange New Year's goods. Today you have a holiday and you should help your wife. For example, Master Su went out early in the morning to do New Year's goods.
How does it look like you?"
"If you help your wife with some work, she won't be confused and do something wrong."
Hearing what the neighbors said, Lin Yulan cried aggrievedly again.
Xu Qiang felt that she had lost all face and did not want to be embarrassed anymore, so she dragged her daughter-in-law home.
After returning home, the atmosphere was tense, and Lin Yulan shivered and hid in a corner.
Xu Qiang sneered and said, "Don't worry, I won't hit you. You can apologize to Master Su and his family later, and then go get a divorce certificate with me tomorrow!"