"I'm useless. I can't let you live a good life. If only I could afford a mother-in-law, we wouldn't need to cook by ourselves." Han Ji held Zhang Luoyi's hand with a look of shame and distress. hand.
"How can I blame you? I'm too squeamish." Zhang Luoyi was very touched by her husband's thoughtfulness and care, and the dissatisfaction in her heart disappeared immediately. What's the point of having a full drink of water instead of eating some unpalatable food? As long as you can have love and affection with your husband, it's worth eating branyan vegetables... Zhang Luoyi thought so.
However, when she saw the porridge that had been cooked, her tenderness for Han Ji disappeared a little bit.
Fortunately, although the porridge was not cooked well, they did not delay eating. The couple ate the rotten porridge in silence.
Han Ji filled a bowl and brought it to Wu Shichu's door: "Mom, the porridge is ready. You can get up and eat." After saying that, he stretched out his hand and the door opened.
Wu Shichu wiped the corners of his mouth and swallowed the last mouthful of snowflake cake. When he saw Han Ji coming in, he "weakly" got up from the bed and took the bowl of porridge with trembling hands.
"Mom, don't move. I'll put the bowl directly on the counter." Han Ji saw her trembling hands and was afraid that she would drop the bowl.
"Have you eaten yet?" Wu Shichu asked feebly.
"After eating, mother, how do you feel now? Are you feeling better?" Han Ji asked worriedly when he saw the sallow skin on his mother's face.
"It's better than in the morning, but I'm still a little dizzy. I may not be able to take care of you during this period. Can you take care of yourself?" Wu Shichu asked Han Ji lovingly.
Han Ji's face froze, and he felt very embarrassed when he thought of how busy he and his wife had been all day and how badly they had done housework. He really wanted his mother to get better immediately and return to her previous state, so that he could concentrate on nothing else. But now that his mother looked sick and was in bad health, how could he still want to strain her?
Thinking of this, Han Ji agreed with shame: "Of course we can take care of ourselves, mother, just take good care of yourself. You have worked hard these years. Now that your son has married, it is time to be filial to your mother."
When Wu Shichu heard what he said, he was immediately very pleased: "My son can say that, so I'm relieved. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to do anything, and you and your daughter-in-law would dislike me. I didn't expect my son to be so filial." , then I’m not afraid anymore... You and your daughter-in-law must support each other, so that our family can prosper..."
"Yes, we will definitely support each other." Han Ji said quickly.
Wu Shichu contacted his son for a while, finished the porridge, and let him go out.
When Zhang Luoyi saw her husband coming back, she asked him hopefully: "How is it? Is mother's health feeling better?"
"I'm feeling better, but I'm still sick and may not be able to get out of bed for a while." Han Ji shook his head and said worriedly.
"What? Then should we ask a doctor to come back and take a look at mother? It's not good for her to stay in bed like this all the time." Zhang Luoyi suggested, but she was thinking in her heart that if her mother-in-law doesn't get well, then she won't be able to do all the housework in the future. By yourself? So she was even more anxious than Han Ji, her biological son, to get Wu Shichu better.
"I advised my mother to ask for a doctor, but she said that our family had just arranged a wedding for us and there was no money left. If I used it to ask for a doctor, I wouldn't have enough money to go to the college, so she refused to say anything..." Han Ji sighed helplessly and said, "It's because of me, a useless son, that my old mother is sick and can't even afford a doctor."
Zhang Luoyi immediately shut up. Before she married into the Han family, she knew that the Han family was very poor. Han Ji's money for studying was earned by his mother's hard work doing embroidery, but she didn't expect to be so poor. Is it so bad that you can’t even afford a doctor?
For the first time, Zhang Luoyi realized what she was going to face after marrying low. Even if Han Ji was smart and studious, there was a high probability that he would be able to get ahead by studying in the future, but it would definitely be several years before he really made a difference, that is to say. , she has been living such a hard life for several years...
Zhang Luoyi's eyesight went dark, but she soon realized that her husband was feeling depressed and she should comfort her, so she barely suppressed the uneasiness in her heart, raised a smile and comforted her: "Husband, you are already better than many people. How many people are you?" Can you be admitted as a boy student at the age of fifteen, and as a scholar at the age of eighteen? You have not lived up to your mother's expectations. She worked so hard, didn't she just hope that you can get ahead? Now the family's money is spent on you, Mom is willing, I believe that even if she would rather suffer through her illness, she doesn’t want you to live too hard..."
When Han Ji heard what she said, he felt a little better. He remembered that Chang's mother had also said that no matter how hard it was, as long as he could make a difference, she would be able to endure anything, so Han Ji's heart suddenly felt heavy. Just disappeared.
Wu Shichu didn't know that his son and daughter-in-law were so "filial". She had a good sleep, and the next day when the sun was high, she "weakly" walked out slowly, holding on to the wall.
"Mom, are you up? Are you feeling better today?" Zhang Luoyi's eyes lit up as soon as she saw Wu Shichu, as if she was seeing an old decathlon woman.
"It's better. I can walk slowly, but I'm still a little dizzy. I have to take a break after walking a few steps." Wu Shichu said with a breathless voice.
Zhang Luoyi was immediately disappointed. Doesn't that mean she still has to work by herself?
"Where is Han Ji?" Wu Shichu asked as he sat on the bench in the living room.
"My husband is studying in the house. He is going to the academy tomorrow. He has missed a lot of homework in the past few days and needs to make up for it quickly." Zhang Luoyi explained quickly.
"That's good. We need to study hard. Our family's hope lies in him. We can't relax." Wu Shichu nodded.
"Have you fed all the chickens, ducks, and pigs at home?" Wu Shichu heard the hungry sounds of chickens, ducks, and pigs coming from the chicken coops and pig houses, and he already knew the answer.
"No, no... I, I was so busy that I didn't even think about it... But I haven't fed them before, and I don't know how to feed them..." Zhang Luoyi replied with a panicked look on her face, screaming in her heart, how could she feed these poultry and livestock? !
"It doesn't matter if you don't know how to feed. I'll teach you. Now that you and Han Ji are married, you are part of our family. I'm not in good health, so I should leave the family affairs to you." Wu Shichu looked loving. Di said to Zhang Luoyi, "We don't have much money at home. We raise chickens and ducks to lay eggs for money. Occasionally, we kill one to replenish your husband's health. We also need to raise a pig, otherwise our family will have nothing during the Chinese New Year. It will make people laugh..."
Zhang Luoyi listened with fear to Wu Shichu talking about chicken, duck and pig to her. Her vision went dark and she wanted to faint. She didn't want to hear these words. She was a delicate eldest lady and had only eaten chicken, duck and pork brought to the table. , how could I have imagined that one day I would have to make food for chickens, ducks and pigs by myself, feed them by myself, and clean up their feces by myself? This is too scary. Is this the life she will live after getting married?
