When Zhang Li and Yanhua saw Lao Tan, they were half relieved. Seeing that Lao Tan looked good, had a good attitude, and had figured out everything, they put down another 40%, and the remaining 10% were blessings.
Lao Tan warmed a pot of soju for each of the three ladies. He also drank Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng liquor. Seeing him drinking, Yanhua and Zhang Li were a little worried. After Wang Shulan's explanation, they felt relieved and asked him to drink.
In winter, the days are short and it gets dark early, so it’s time to turn on the lanterns.
The four of them sat around the Kang table. The Kang was hot under their buttocks and the heater was good. The room was warm and not cold at all.
Zhang Li and Yanhua experienced the feeling of sitting on the Kang to eat once during the opening ceremony of Meiligu Primary School, and they have never experienced it again since then. Both of them came from rural areas, and they not only have memories and feelings for the fire kang.
So it is very enjoyable to sit on the Kang and eat.
Lao Tan asked a lot about things in the store, Zhang Li answered them one by one, and then told him to just relax and recuperate, and not to worry about other things, everything would be fine.
After dinner, the four of them chatted for a while. Wang Shulan burned the kang in the west room while cooking. The room was also heated, and although no one lived in it, it wasn't cold either.
When it was almost nine o'clock, Wang Shulan said to Yanhua and Zhang Li: "You two live in the west room. I have burned the kang and covered myself with a new quilt, so it is not cold."
Zhang Li didn't talk enough and said, "It's just nine o'clock. Do you want to go to bed early?"
"Aren't you tired after driving all day? Go to bed early and continue chatting tomorrow." Wang Shulan said.
Yanhua said: "Old Tan takes a rest at this time every day, and we both go to sleep. I'm a little tired."
Wang Shulan and Zhang Li joked: "If you don't keep chatting with Lao Tan in this room, Yanhua and I will sleep in that room."
Zhang Li blushed, but she was not forgiving and said, "You think I don't dare? If it weren't for the defective parts of his body, I would still want to give birth to a monkey for him."
Wang Shulan and Yanhua laughed.
Wang Shulan settled Zhang Li and Yanhua, returned to the house and saw that Lao Tan had cleaned up the kang, so she went to wash the feet with water.
The two of them sat on the sofa and washed their feet in a basin. There was a hot water bottle next to them, so they could heat the water anytime it got cold.
"How do you feel when you meet two confidantes?" Wang Shulan asked in a low voice.
"I don't feel much." Lao Tan said.
"If you don't tell the truth, are you in a good mood?"
"Well, that's good."
"Let me ask you something, Old Tan. I heard from Xiaomei that you were not married when you met Zhang Li. Why didn't you choose Zhang Li?"
Lao Tan thought for a while and said: "You don't believe me when I say I am loyal to love. My wife and I had a good relationship at that time. We share the joys and sorrows and most people can't break us up."
"Do you regret it now?"
"What regrets do you have? No regrets." Lao Tan said with deep feeling: "Speaking of failure, I neither know how to manage a marriage nor understand how to take care of a family, so I have come to this day - no regrets."
The first one he doesn’t regret is that he doesn’t regret not choosing Zhang Li, and the second one he doesn’t regret is that he caused today’s divorce situation.
He went on to say: "I soaked my own feet and shot myself in the foot. If I don't cry out that it hurts, others won't know it hurts. I just watch the excitement."
I am able to do what I am today purely by myself. When I was young, I was full of energy. I didn't know how to live a good life, so I just knew how to work. I just thought about giving money to my family. I didn't know how to feel sorry for my wife, and I didn't know how to care. I was always away from home.
I always feel that it’s okay for my wife to take care of a child at home. As long as they have food and drink for them, I don’t care about the rest. Now I think I was wrong. It’s not easy for a woman to take care of a child. I shouldn’t go out and just stay at home.
The income is less, but at least I can take care of the two of them, like a family.
In addition, I am also fucked. I love drinking. I don’t distinguish between men and women when I drink. I feel that it is okay to be open-minded. If I don’t engage in male-female relations with others, I just drink. But my wife doesn’t think so, and she is afraid that everything will be turned upside down.
Look, if it were my wife who went out drinking with a man and came home in the middle of the night, I wouldn't be able to bear it.
But I didn't think of this at the time, and I still felt that I was justified. As time went by, my wife stopped caring about me, and I felt that I was pretty awesome. Look, how awesome is my old man? I don't even dare to care about my daughter-in-law when I'm drinking with women outside.
Now I think that I was stupid. I didn’t care about my wife. I just gave up and couldn’t bear to be angry with me. I don’t care about you. You can do whatever you like. If it’s better to stay outside, just take the money and take home.
In this way, it looks like everything is calm, you and I don't interfere with each other, and we are all free. In fact, the relationship is gone like this.
How can a couple not communicate with each other? How can a couple not sleep in the same bed? A day or two is fine, a month or two is fine, half a year is fine--twelve years in a flash, this is unreasonable. What if?
It's okay to go to jail, but it's not jail, both of them are still normal ------
Hey, no matter how good a couple is, they have to divorce------"
Wang Shulan added hot water to Lao Tan's basin. After washing herself, she dried her feet, put on her slippers and went out to pour the water. When she came back, she got on the kang and covered herself with quilt.
Wang Shulan covered herself with the quilt, and Lao Tan also soaked his feet. He got up and went out to pour water. When he came back, he took off his shoes and got on the kang.
The two of them lay on their respective beds.
Wang Shulan turned off the light, laughed softly in the darkness, and asked Lao Tan: "How do you think they miss us?"
"What can you think? Just think normally." Lao Tan said.
"What do you think normally?"
"------"
"They don't know that you are getting divorced. If you get divorced after the Chinese New Year, they will think it's me," Wang Shulan said.
"No, my wife and I know the situation. Besides, are you willing to live with a person who has cancer? If you are willing, I am not willing," Lao Tan said.
Wang Shulan put her hand into Lao Tan's quilt and pinched him, and said angrily: "What are you talking about? Are you just looking down on me?"
Lao Tan grabbed Wang Shulan's hand and said: "I can't drag you down. After the divorce, I want to be clean and live alone. The main thing is to recover from the illness first. If the illness is not good, it will be useless to talk about it."
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Wang Shulan changed from lying on her back to turning sideways, facing Lao Tan, and said: "I know what you are thinking, you are afraid that the cancer will not be cured and will delay others. In fact, you don't have to think like this at all. Just do whatever comes naturally. It's better to just let nature take its course.
good.
To be honest, don't you feel that you have been tired from living these years? Like an ascetic, you are always stressing yourself out. Besides working, you are still working, or you are drinking. I feel you are tired.
You should be free and easy, don't be too tired, and don't worry too much.
Take me for example, I have been divorced for 20 years, and I would not be able to live with you as long as I did.
Also, do you think I have managed a restaurant? Don’t say I haven’t. I have managed it, but not as comprehensively as you. Do you think the five stores in Beijing are messier than those in other districts? Or do they make less money?
No, it's even better than other districts.
You should learn from me and let go. Didn’t you see, both employees and managers do better when the boss is away than when the boss is around?"
"Well, that's it, I'll let it go now." Lao Tan said.
"Besides, I am willing to serve you without any burden. I am not here to divorce you and live with you."
"I know."
"I have become a grandma, and I have no idea. I have never thought about starting a family again in these years. I am used to being alone, and I have become alone. I am not used to having multiple people."
"You're not used to me either?"
"With you------it's okay."
Lao Tan stretched out his hand to pull, and Wang Shulan got into his bed.
Lao Tan hugged Wang Shulan's hot body and put his mouth to her for a kiss.
Wang Shulan kissed back, quickly arousing enthusiasm and murmuring------
"No, you are in good health------" Wang Shulan half-pushed, and then said: "They are in that room------"
Lao Tan gasped and said nothing, and worked tirelessly to do what he wanted to do.