The cruelty of reality is that it can be more desperate than you expect.
Just as Su Mingzhe is unemployed, Su Mingcheng's family in China is not doing much better.
Since the eldest son left, Su Daqiang has been staying at his second son's house for several days in the blink of an eye.
However, he looked like a walking zombie, as if Zhao Meilan's death had brought a huge blow to him.
When no one spoke to him, he would hang his head and stare blankly at the TV.
When Su Mingcheng and Zhu Li saw him like this, not only did they not dare to offend him, they even thought twice before speaking, for fear of offending him by saying something wrong.
But other things were tolerated by both of them. There was only one problem with Su Daqiang that brought Julie to the brink of collapse, and that was that her father-in-law had a very strong body odor.
Every time she got a little closer, she would feel sick and nauseous.
Despite repeated complaints from his wife, Su Mingcheng did not dare to force Su Daqiang to take a bath. If it touched his father's fragile nerves, he would be very sorry for his dead mother.
However, when he tactfully mentioned taking a bath to him, Su Daqiang would say in a serious tone: "I only take a bath once a week in winter. Besides, your mother has just passed away. I feel uncomfortable because I'm afraid of getting into trouble in the bathroom."
When Su Mingcheng heard this, he didn't dare to force him, so he had to let his father stink and let Zhu Li avoid him as much as possible.
Anyway, he thought that as soon as his father's visa came out, he would send him to Big Brother America immediately, and he would have to endure it for a few more days.
However, the body odor on Su Daqiang's body was far more terrifying than they imagined.
Since it is winter now and the weather is cold, the couple used to go to work during the day and only turn on the air conditioner when they got home at night. Su Mingcheng originally thought that his father would be as frugal as he used to be at home, never wasting a kilowatt hour of electricity and using an extra drop of water. Who knows?
After living in his house, I don't know whether he became stupid because his mother died, or suddenly became generous. He was at home alone every day, and from morning to night, he kept turning on the two-and-a-half-horsepower air conditioner in the living room.
Speaking of electricity bills that are skyrocketing every day, the key point is that every time I open the door when I get home, a strong stench hits my face.
For this reason, Julie worked overtime every day these days because she didn't want to go home and smell the stench.
She also gave Su Mingcheng an order, that is, let Su Mingcheng go home first after get off work every day, take Su Daqiang out to eat, and take the opportunity to open all the doors and windows for some ventilation before going out. After eating, she would take him outside to walk around more. , let him go to bed early when he comes back.
Only after Su Daqiang fell asleep did Zhu Li dare to go home.
It’s just that everything has its own gains and losses. Zhu Li was already doing well in the unit, but now she works overtime every day and does a very good job. It seems that the boss also has a better impression of her and often praises her in front of all her colleagues.
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However, Su Daqiang was not a peaceful person. Because Su Mingcheng and his wife were busy, he could only eat takeout and fast food every day. Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore, so he got up early and cooked a pot of porridge, planning to make a good breakfast.
But halfway through, he realized that Su Mingcheng didn't even have any seasoning at home, so he hurried out to buy some seasoning.
But he forgot to turn off the gas before going out, so the porridge was thrown out and put out the fire. The gas leak triggered the alarm, causing a huge commotion.
Early in the morning, Su Mingcheng and Zhu Li were bothered a lot about this matter. Then in the evening, Su Mingcheng could not go back early because he had to accompany his boss and clients to dinner. Zhu Li had to go back early in order to prevent Su Daqiang from being hungry.
go home.
But when she returned home, she found that Su Daqiang had brought some old friends at home. A group of people had made the house a mess. Cigarette butts, soot, melon seed shells and peels were thrown all over the floor, which finally made Julie's mentality completely
After the explosion, I immediately called my husband and asked him to go home immediately.
Su Mingcheng knew that his wife had been wronged, and finally couldn't help but say a few words to Su Daqiang.
But how could the old man hear this? He immediately called Su Mingzhe in the United States to complain, saying that the two of them despised him and asked Su Mingzhe to take him to the United States as soon as possible.
Su Mingzhe is now unable to protect himself and is busy looking for a job, so he can't take care of his father's affairs.
He had no choice but to ask his father to hand the phone to Su Mingcheng, scolding his younger brother, and finally made everyone unhappy.
When sleeping, Julie complained again on the bed: "What did you mean by Dad? He was suing us for blackmail!"
"I'm almost bored to death. You said I said it, so what else can I do?" Su Mingcheng was also helpless to the extreme. How could he not be annoyed?
After thinking for a while, he pondered and said: "Honey, we have to find a way to make the old man live. Otherwise, he will become moldy if he stays at home like this every day, and I won't even dare to take him to apply for a visa. Otherwise, it will be my turn."
When it comes to him, how can he get through like that? It would be really troublesome if he got called back."
Julie bit her lip and said, "I have thought about this problem for a long time, but I don't even know what your dad likes. I only found out in the past few days that when I went to your house before, your dad was like an invisible man.
I don’t know much about him. Do you know what your dad likes? Why don’t you take him out to play while you have a day off tomorrow?”
"I don't really know." Su Mingcheng shook his head: "How about I take him to the zoo tomorrow? I only remember that when I was young, he and his mother liked to take us to the zoo."
Julie nodded and said: "Okay, let's try it. You have to try it no matter what. Your dad is always like this. There is no solution. Also, you have to convince your dad to take a bath and let him go to the zoo to ride a horse.
, I just have an excuse to persuade him to take a bath when I come back."
"The horse stinks or my horse stinks, that's still a question. These days I wish I could block my nose so I can't smell the smell." Su Mingcheng smiled bitterly and said, "Oh, I really hope the visa can be issued soon and handed in early.
To the elder brother, the old man still listens to what the elder brother said a few days ago."
"Actually, your dad seems to also listen to Mingyu's words. Mingyu doesn't even need to say anything, your dad will just do it." Zhu Li muttered.
Su Mingcheng snorted coldly: "How can she be disrespectful to her father? She is just as rude to the aunt who cleans the house. I can't imitate her attitude. Although I am not a traditional person like my eldest brother, I can't.
I didn’t want to treat my dad as my grandson. As for her attitude at my mom’s funeral that day, I will never forgive her in my life!”
"Don't tell me it's you, I'm also very angry. Mom was so kind to me back then. Every time I went to your house, I felt very warm. Every time I went there, your mom kept the matcha yogurt that I loved.
, I don’t even dare to say what dish is delicious, as long as I say it, your mother will definitely work hard to prepare it next time..."
At the end of the sentence, Zhu Li sighed: "Oh, I really don't understand why Mingyu treats your mother like this when she is such a good person."