Chapter 60 Fu Chunmei Awakens

They didn’t get up until noon. If Shen Zhiyu hadn’t been hungry, Gu Ye wouldn’t have let go of his wife. She was so soft and fragrant; he couldn’t get enough of holding her. He was comfortable, but she was like a hot stove, it was so cold outside, Shen Zhiyu had sweated a lot. She had to wash the clean clothes she had just changed into in the morning. It took too long to start the fire and cook, so Shen Zhiyu ate a piece of peach pastry to fill her stomach first, while Gu Ye went to the canteen to get food. As luck would have it, he ran into Fu Chunmei on the way back.

 Fu Chunmei was overjoyed to see Gu Ye, “Tuan Zhang Gu, you’re back, where’s Xiao Shen?” Seeing Fu Chunmei, Gu Ye couldn’t help but think of what happened in the morning, and he was a little embarrassed. But he was thick-skinned, he pretended to have just come back from the county, his face didn’t blush, his heart didn’t beat, and he said, “She’s a little tired, she’s catching up on her sleep at home.” “Ah.” Fu Chunmei frowned, “Then I’ll go find her later.”

“Okay.” After Gu Ye and Fu Chunmei left, Xiao He touched his forehead curiously, “Tuan Zhang Gu didn’t go to the county today, did they go by bicycle themselves?” The canteen’s dishes on Sundays were fewer than usual. But there was meat, green pepper and pork stir-fry and fried cucumber slices, and he also got four scoops of rice. He put the lunchbox directly in his arms, it was still warm when he got home. They had both been busy all morning, their stomachs had been empty for a long time, and they finished a big bowl of rice. After dinner, Gu Ye washed the clothes Shen Zhiyu had changed out of in the morning. It was a rare day off at home, and Gu Ye was a little restless.

 It wasn’t that he was greedy, but he had been hungry for three months straight, even if he didn’t do anything, it would be good to lie in bed with his wife for an afternoon. But Shen Zhiyu was now afraid of the bed. She picked up her little basket and slipped away, “I’m going to learn how to make baby clothes from Chunmei Jie.” Gu Ye: “…….” He looked silently at his wife’s departing back, the man suddenly felt deflated, the house that had felt warm suddenly felt empty. Shen Zhiyu loved cleanliness, and she would clean the house every other day, everything was spotless.

She had nothing to do, so she resigned herself to rolling up her sleeves and going to work in the private plot. When she arrived at Fu Chunmei’s house, her husband had taken their two sons to play in the mountains, and only she and her daughter were at home. Seeing her come, Fu Chunmei was overjoyed, but remembering what happened in the morning, she put on a straight face, “Why didn’t you tell me when you went to the county this morning, you made me run for nothing.” “Oh, it was a sudden decision because it suddenly got cold and we didn’t have any clothes, I won’t do it next time, I’m sorry.” Her attitude was so good, she was smiling.

And she didn’t know why, but Fu Chunmei felt that Shen Zhiyu was especially beautiful today, and her voice was especially soft. She wasn’t really angry anymore, and she was immediately appeased by her. She laughed, “Okay, I’ll forgive you this time, but next time I won’t be so easy to talk to.” San Ni was sitting beside her. Shen Zhiyu smiled and put a candy in her hand, and then put three candies in Fu Chunmei’s hand. She knew that Fu Chunmei would always give her two sons the good stuff. Shen Zhiyu deliberately gave her three, just so she could eat one herself.

Who knew, Fu Chunmei actually took two candies and put them in San Ni’s hand, and she ate one herself. Shen Zhiyu was shocked and looked at San Ni curiously. San Ni whispered, “Brother made Mom angry.” When it came to this, Fu Chunmei became angry, her face collapsed as she told her what happened in the morning. It turned out that Fu Chunmei had bought a pound of meat when she went to buy groceries this morning. She thought it was the beginning of winter, so she would make dumplings at home. Her two seven or eight-year-old sons could eat more than adults.

Fu Chunmei served the dumplings, knowing that they were all hungry, so she let them eat first, and then went back to stir-fry a dish. Who knew, when she came back after finishing the stir-fry, there were no dumplings left in the pot, except for the dumplings in San Ni’s bowl that hadn’t been touched. Ma Hongbing and Ma Hongjun, the two brothers, said that they weren’t full and wanted to grab the dumplings in San Ni’s bowl.

When Fu Chunmei saw this, her heart sank. She asked them why they didn’t leave any for her, her two sons didn’t think there was anything wrong, and they said that she didn’t make enough dumplings, there wasn’t enough to eat. In the end, San Ni picked up her bowl and ran to Fu Chunmei’s side, saying that she had left some for her mother. Fu Chunmei didn’t eat in the end, she let her daughter eat them all. This was the first time that her two sons shouted that they weren’t full, and she pretended not to hear them, she told San Ni not to care about them, and to eat her own. Talking about this, Fu Chunmei’s eyes were red again, “I was so angry this morning, I raised two white-eyed wolves.”

 San Ni saw her mother crying and panicked, she put the candy in her hand into Fu Chunmei’s hand, “Mom, San Ni is wrong, San Ni shouldn’t have eaten all the dumplings.” “Oh, don’t cry, it’s just a meal of dumplings, I just got paid yesterday, I’ll go buy some meat and make dumplings later, you bring San Ni to my house for dinner tonight.”

 Fu Chunmei glared at her angrily, “It’s the beginning of winter, you’re going to my house to eat dumplings, people will think my family can’t afford to make dumplings.” Vice Tuan Zhang Ma was the same rank as Gu Ye, and their allowances were about the same.

But the difference was that Vice Tuan Zhang Ma had to send money home every month, and he had three children here. Fu Chunmei also wanted to go to work, but her mother-in-law wouldn’t let her, saying that if she went to work, who would take care of Vice Tuan Zhang Ma and her two sons. So this matter was put on hold for now. Speaking of this, Fu Chunmei was really wronged.

She knew her husband’s character all too well, but what chilled her heart today was her two sons. She was so good to her two sons, she loved them with all her heart, but in their eyes, she didn’t even deserve to eat dumplings.

Shen Zhiyu felt uncomfortable watching this. She had always known that Fu Chunmei favored sons over daughters, she knew it just by hearing San Ni’s name. Such a good daughter was named Ma Youxiong. But their relationship wasn’t that good before, and she knew that people’s ideas were deeply rooted, they couldn’t be changed just by saying so, so she hadn’t said anything.

 But today, Fu Chunmei finally realized it herself, she also sighed and said, “You should think about how you treat them, you don’t even eat fish when you cook it at home, you give all the meat to them, and you say you don’t like fish, over time, Hongbing and the others will really think you don’t like meat.” Fu Chunmei choked. What could she say, every time she saw her sons eating happily, she felt especially at ease? It was even more satisfying than eating meat herself. “It’s not San Ni’s fault, she’s the youngest in the family, so she’s always willing to give everything to her brothers, isn’t it because of you and Tuan Zhang Ma, you teach her that good things should be given to her brothers.”

 Fu Chunmei opened her mouth, “San Ni is a girl, why should she eat so much meat, she’ll get married eventually.” San Ni’s head lowered even further.

Shen Zhiyu felt uncomfortable watching this, she rolled her eyes, “She’ll marry into another family just like you, and continue to give up everything and let your son and husband eat it, and everyone will think that’s what you should do?” “Cherish her, now you still have San Ni at home, San Ni leaves you dumplings, what if San Ni really gets married, who will leave you dumplings?” Hearing Shen Zhiyu’s words, Fu Chunmei imagined that scene, and she felt terrible.