"Stop crying, stop crying. If you cry again, your mother will cry too." Chengmei, who was helpless, finally freed up a hand to wipe away her tears. While her child was asleep, she stood by the phone and dialed again. Got the number of the food stall. The man was probably playing cards with three friends in the stall, and listening to the noisy shouting on the phone, he seemed to be having fun. When the strange woman muttered in a low voice, the man actually smashed the cards in his hand on the table.
"I'll have something to eat and go back!"
"When can you finish eating! Give me a sure message!"
Chengmei really wanted to use a stick to break the glass window of the gearbox and curse the man loudly, but the impenetrable air barrier determined that in the other world, she could only look as frustrated as if she had eaten shit. .
"You'll have to wait a moment. I'm working overtime today and this stool isn't even hot yet!"
Win or lose, lose or win, Chengmei called again and again.
"Brother, there must be something wrong with your wife urging you so urgently. Otherwise, let's just stop here today."
It was raining outside, and when his friend's wife said that the phone rang again, his face suddenly became gloomier.
"It's been two and a half hours! Can we still go home?"
"Can't you see out the window? It's raining so heavily, how do you want me to go back!"
The fan on the ceiling was spinning so annoyingly that Seungmei stared at the window with some complaints.
"Okay, I'll call your sister right now and ask her to pick you up for me!"
"Li Chengmei! Your husband has been working all day, and I'm exhausted. What's wrong with eating, chatting, and playing cards with friends right now? Is it illegal?"
The friends who were playing cards together were all whispering and joking about strict wife control. In anger, the man actually disconnected the phone line in one go.
The hour and minute hands overlapped at one o'clock in the morning. The man who had lost everything finally thought of going home. The lights were on, but his wife and children were not at home. Just then, the phone rang again, this time it was the man's mother.
"I don't care how busy you are at work or how many social events you have, but your biological children still need a helping hand. Do you want to put all the raising of children and housework on your wife? Fortunately, it was your daughter-in-law who found your sister this time. My sister told me everything exactly, which saved a family turmoil. Let’s see how you explain it to your mother-in-law again? Do you want to watch two old people fighting with you? "
If this disobedience to her husband hadn't happened, maybe Chengmei would still be the obedient woman who was ordered around by her husband. Under the well-intentioned but ineffective efforts of her mother-in-law, the relationship between the two quickly became rigid. The man began to vent his anger on the family by evading or even treating her coldly. Sitting in a life that was devastated and changed beyond recognition, Chengmei, who came from that world, covered her face and cried silently.
"Do you regret it? At such a young age, all you can marry is a handsome face and false gentleness. Take a good look at it for yourself! What on earth is your man doing while you are coaxing your two children to sleep?"
There were no lights on in the utility room, and the surroundings were dark and clicky. The only sound between Seungmei and the man was the awkward sound of the mouse.
"I skipped work because I couldn't get permission from my boss and couldn't bear to let my children wait alone. Now I've been penalized by my employer. Not to mention I didn't earn a daily salary, and all my work for the first two days was in vain. Yeah! What else do you want from me? Is it so difficult to answer a phone call or send a message? Let me ask you for the last time, is the child mine alone? I take care of all the housework and children, and I also work like a man. Do it with all your strength, haha, then why do I want you? Are you a father? Is it just air? Is it a decoration? How can you not have any sense of responsibility when it comes to your children! I am even thinking that if I withdraw from the lives of you three, father and son, Can you still live in this world?" In the dream, the other Chengmei seemed to have never spoken to a man in such an angry and broken tone.
"Honey, I really know I was wrong. Please calm down. Not long ago, I rushed back when I saw the missed call in the hospital. Don't you know how scared I was?! Even the doctor called me I didn't even dare to stop when I was applying the medicine." The man explained in a trembling voice.
"Not long ago?!"
The man covered his face and didn't react for a moment. Chengmei's face revealed a look of gloating.
"Which one do you think I will believe, the car accident or not long ago? Haha, sure enough, when people lie, they don't take into account the preface and the afterword at all."
The man stared, his gaze was direct and hard, and suddenly a cold aura from his bones filled the whole room. Chengmei stretched out her hand to comb the messy hair in front of her forehead, then raised her chin high and proudly took a step closer to the man.
"I've been acting like a lunatic all day long. I've been yelled at and yelled at in the workplace? Do you think it's because I'm addicted to self-abuse?"
There was a strong wind blowing outside, but Chengmei still heard the muffled sound of whistling past her ears underwater.
"Is this all you can bear? I should be the one who should be wronged! From the day we got married, all the housework and children have been put on my head! As a father, you pat your chest and promise that you will be promoted. You will get a new job, get a salary increase, and get a year-end bonus! What’s the result? Ten years have passed, and your salary is just a red ticket a year! Everyone after you has become a supervisor! Don’t worry about who you are relying on. He came from a different background, I only remember that he was promoted when you were in your ninth year of work!"
At this moment, the world suddenly became quiet. The cold moonlight shone on Chengmei's face, and the long aperture dragged dust in the air towards the man's face.
"Why have you become obsessed with material things?" The man pointed at Chengmei's nose and said bitterly.
"You are calling me materialistic! Haha, open your eyes and take a good look! How can a family earn less than 7,000 a month? Is it enough for a family? Our family has a mortgage, two children, and three elderly people to support! Just because you are incompetent , I had to find a job as a masseuse outside of my busy family life! Ten hours a day, two days off a month, and when I got home every day, my fingers hurt so much that they almost broke, but I still had to be strong. I have to endure changing diapers, washing clothes, and cooking for all of you. Because I am a mother and the wife of this family. I have to work hard with tears and laughter?! And you, when you are flipping through the calendar, When you are living in confusion, have you ever thought that you are a father, a husband, and the eldest son of the Zheng family? Hahahaha, yes, in our small family, I have to support you. My parents-in-law and mother-in-law are still here. You have a sister-in-law! By the way, your biological sister has probably never complained to you once, right? Just because you put the burden of life on others, she is now extremely afraid of marriage! "
In fact, Chengmei felt guilty at the moment. She was a strong-willed woman who could not resist the power of a finger, a word, or a straw. Any form of rebuttal might make this woman with long-term insomnia lose her mind. However, she must stand firm and establish her crazy image in the eyes of her husband.
"Honey, I was wrong. Can you give me another chance? I promise you that I will work conscientiously in the future!" The man looked at Chengmei's face, his eyes full of expectation, and his half-pushing hands seemed to believe it. As long as the entanglement continues, Chengmei will definitely compromise.
"If it could really be done, you would have done it ten years ago! Haha, in front of two children who are waiting for food, and parents-in-law who are still running for you despite being in their 60s, do you think these words are human? Pig dog? You inferior bastard! Get out of here! Get away as far away as possible!!"
Suddenly, the man's face turned gray and his expression became stiff, as if he had witnessed something cruel.
Chengmei slowly turned around and saw a crab approaching, leisurely and swaggering through the man's head. Then it was like lightning that split the entire scene into two. There was no time to prepare, and an extremely powerful slap fell on Chengmei's shoulder, while the cold wind swept over quietly like a tide.
"It turns out it was that dream again..." When Chengmei woke up, it was already a misty morning outside the window. The lonely and bleak light shone on the mirror opposite. Looking at the familiar things in the mirror, a touch of sadness appeared in it. In Chengmei’s eyes.
