Wang Shouzhi led Qian Shulan in front, and Wang Shouren followed in a horse-drawn carriage. After about five minutes, they finally arrived at the family quarters of a cotton mill.
Qian Shulan looked at the big words on the gate of the community and asked, "Is this the house you were assigned?"
Wang Shouzhi nodded. "My father-in-law is a small leader in the cotton mill. He specially asked someone to assign a small two-bedroom apartment to us."
After hearing his words, Qian Shulan frowned. Why did she feel that his words were not right? She always felt very depressed and aggrieved. She sighed and patted the back of his hand, "Xiaowu, you have suffered so much."
These words were very emotional. Wang Shouzhi's back, which had been pressed down by his wife, froze instantly. It turned out that his mother knew everything. He smiled dryly and said, "Mom, Caiying is a good person except for her bad temper!"
Wang Shouren, who had been following closely behind the two, was so embarrassed that his face turned red. He originally thought that there had been no news about Xiaowu in these years because he had not found a job as a worker, and he was afraid of being blamed by his family for not going back. But who would have thought that it was not the case at all, and Xiaowu had already become a worker. Now seeing that his mother only cared about Xiaowu, she had long been dissatisfied, so she interrupted, "Mom, how is Xiaowu suffering? He married Li Caiying and lives well in the county, and has long forgotten us country folk. You worked hard to train him, but he didn't even get to enjoy his happiness for a day. What is he dissatisfied with?"
He paused and continued, "What's more, Xiaowu is educated, good-looking, and treats Xiaowu's wife well. He doesn't despise her for only giving birth to a daughter. Why should Xiaowu's wife be so rude to Xiaowu? It would be good enough for her not to divorce such a wife."
Qian Shulan was stunned for a moment. She never expected that the boss would think this way.
The reason why she said Xiaowu was suffering was that although Wang Shouzhi was wearing a Zhongshan suit with a fountain pen in his pocket and Dacron pants without a patch on his body, he looked a little gloomy and his eyebrows were tightly knitted, which was obviously caused by long-term oppression.
Qian Shulan pondered over it and felt that Wang Shouzhi, a country boy, was not a good match for a city girl. In her original memory, Li Caiying was a bad-tempered person. When they lived together, Li Caiying must have given Xiaowu a lot of coldness. Most men of this era were somewhat chauvinistic. Wang Shouzhi, who had been oppressed, might have been psychologically distorted, so she comforted him and gave him some motherly care.
What's more, she felt that the reason why Wang Shouzhi had not returned might be Li Caiying. But if Wang Shouzhi could stick to his own opinion and had his own legs, could Li Caiying still tie him down and prevent him from returning
Qian Shulan guessed that Wang Shouzhi was holding a grudge against the original body. After all, it was the original body who instigated Wang Shouzhi to marry Li Caiying in the first place.
When Wang Shouzhi was old enough to get married, the original body arranged several marriage partners for him. After looking at three in a row, Wang Shouzhi didn't like any of them.
Finally, when he was looking for the fourth one, Wang Shouzhi fell in love with a rural girl named Lin Fang from Linjia Village. Both families made a living by digging in the fields, so they were considered a good match for the Wang family.
But just when the Wang family wanted to discuss marriage with the Lin family, Li Caiying suddenly intervened. I don't know why she fell in love with Wang Shouzhi, and she actually asked someone to go to the Wang family to propose marriage.
The original body was naturally overjoyed to see Li Caiying dressed so beautifully and was a city girl.
She immediately turned down the offer from the Lin family and got engaged to the Li family the next day.
Wang Shouzhi felt insulted. He really liked Lin Fang, who was petite and pretty, and could arouse a man's desire to protect her.
Unlike Li Caiying, who is not only average looking, but also looks down on others and always thinks of herself as a city girl. When she looks at others, her eyes almost grow to the top of her head. He dislikes her very much. Moreover, what makes him most angry is that the girl came to propose the marriage, which is simply shameless. This aroused his rebellious heart even more.
When the original body wanted him to marry Li Caiying, Wang Shouzhi opposed it at first, but later he heard his mother say that Li Caiying could arrange a job for him in the city. Wang Shouzhi was tempted. It was unthinkable to work as a worker in the county and eat commercial grain for the rest of his life. Although he was a junior high school student, he could not find a job after graduation because his family had no connections.
He didn't want to work hard all his life like his brothers, so he compromised.
After the marriage, his father-in-law kept his promise and arranged a job for him at Beitai Steel Plant. Facing the envious eyes of others, Wang Shouzhi began to feel proud again, thinking that his original choice was right.
Because of this, Wang Shouzhi let Li Caiying make all the decisions about matters at home and outside.
As for why he didn't go back to see his mother, he was actually taking his anger out on her.
Although Wang Shouzhi had a job and became a city dweller, he did not like his wife and his only child was a daughter. From then on, he would be a bankrupt.
All these were forced upon him by his mother. Since his mother had ruined his future so thoroughly, he would personally destroy her purpose. Didn't his mother let him marry a city woman just to live a good life? But he just wouldn't let her do what she wanted!
With this mentality, Wang Shouzhi became more and more gloomy.
Whenever Li Caiying acted arrogantly and spoke ill of him, Wang Shouzhi would hate his mother and become increasingly impatient with Li Caiying.
He was originally grateful to Li Caiying. After all, she arranged a job for him, and they were already married. But he didn't expect that Li Caiying was a complete shrew. She married just to find a servant, and acted like a queen at home, which really turned him off. Originally, he disliked Li Caiying in his heart, and after getting to know her, the little good impression he had left was gone.
He began to hide in the factory and work overtime. Only in this way did he feel like a living person.
Now seeing his mother and elder brother coming over, and thinking of Li Caiying's attitude, Wang Shouzhi felt that his unbearable life was about to be broken. He didn't know whether he was looking forward to it or reluctant to let it go, anyway, he was very tangled.
After the door was opened, Wang Shouren took the things off the carriage. These were all his mother's food rations for the past few days.
The reason why Qian Shuying brought these foods here was mainly because she was worried that the two of them would not have enough food and would think she was eating for free.
She couldn't give them any chance to complain, so she took the initiative to bring rations over.
When he walked into the house, he saw that the floor tiles were laid neatly and swept clean, which made Wang Shouren, a country bumpkin, exclaim in amazement again.
"Caeying and Xiaodie are not at home?"
Xiaodie is the only daughter of Wang Shouzhi and Li Caiying, and she is already five years old. Just now on the road, Qian Shulan asked about Wang Shouzhi's situation.
Wang Shouzhi came over with a thermos, poured a cup of hot tea for each of them, and replied softly, "Yes, Caiying has to go to work, and Xiaodie has to go to school."
Qian Shulan nodded and asked, "Where does your father-in-law live?"
"Go two rows forward, it's the second one on the right."
"Okay, I'll bring some stuff over when he gets off work."
Wang Shouzhi seemed a little absent-minded. Qian Shulan thought to herself, was he trying to drive her away
Fortunately, Wang Shouzhi quickly spoke up to dispel her thoughts, "Mom, you live here, if Caiying says something unhappy, please bear with her."
Qian Shulan laughed in her heart. How shameless a son must be to say such a thing, asking his own mother to take care of his daughter-in-law. Fortunately, this fellow was not her own son, otherwise she would have been furious.
She looked at Wang Shouzhi with a half-smile, "If I offend your wife, will you and your wife kick me out together?"
Wang Shouzhi's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. He looked up at his mother and saw that she was smiling. He didn't know if she was joking or serious, so he smiled ingratiatingly, "Mom, how could I be so stupid!"
Qian Shulan snorted, sighed heavily at Wang Shouzhi, shook her head helplessly, and said in a very disappointed tone, "If it were your eldest brother, he would definitely stand on mother's side." In order to make sure what she said was true, she turned her head to look at Wang Shouren, "Boss, do you think I'm right?"
Wang Shouren, who had been playing the invisible man, nodded hurriedly when he heard his mother's question, and said as a matter of course, "Of course, you can marry another wife, but you only have one mother!"
Wang Shouzhi was choked. What a fool! He only has one mother, but she has so many sons. However, he didn't dare to say what he was thinking. He took Qian Shulan's arm and started to act cute. "Mom, I'm just worried that Caiying will get angry with you. You have such a bad temper. You are famous in the village. If you quarrel with Caiying in the city, it will be embarrassing for me!"
Qian Shulan patted his hand with a smile, "Don't worry!" If she wanted to throw a tantrum and destroy her image, it would depend on what the matter was. Arguing is such a simple matter, just confront it, why bother arguing
Wang Shouzhi didn't get his mother's assurance, so he was a little nervous, but he also knew his mother's temper, so he didn't dare to say anything more, for fear of really angering her. However, he felt a little uneasy, as if he was sitting on pins and needles, as if there was a needle pricking him under the sofa.
Qian Shulan pretended not to notice his little move and asked casually, "I will get up tomorrow morning to cook for you. Do you have a black market here?"
Wang Shouzhi was stunned for a moment, frowned and said, "You can just go to the department store to buy groceries. How expensive is it to go to the black market?"
Qian Shulan rolled her eyes at him, "Don't I know that the black market is expensive? I just saw that you are so thin, so I wanted to buy you some fresh vegetables and make you something delicious." While she was talking, she looked him up and down, looking at him very seriously. At the end, she sighed, "I haven't seen you for six years. How come you have become so thin, Xiaowu?"
She choked up a little, and her voice was full of heartache. Wang Shouzhi felt extremely guilty, and the filial piety value on his head actually increased by two points. His mother might not be so scornful of the poor and love the rich, and his mother might be heartbroken for him.
Qian Shulan was delighted. She had never thought that saying nice things would be so useful. If she cooked more for him and let him experience what motherly love was, would the score be higher
After figuring this out, Qian Shulan felt that it wouldn't be that difficult to defeat Wang Shouzhi.
Wang Shouzhi left quickly. He had just asked his boss for leave and could not stay long.