After Yan Xi left, Tang Mu cleaned the room by himself, then took out the computer, made himself a cup of coffee, and sat quietly in front of the computer to write.
During this period, he received a call from Song Wen.
As soon as Song Wen opened his mouth, he asked, "Where are you now? You won't be going home for the new year?"
Tang Mu gave a "en".
Song Wen was silent on the phone for a while, then suddenly said hoarsely, "It's fine, it's fine, it's fine not to go home."
Tang Mu suddenly felt that Song Wen's tone on the other end of the phone was not right, so he frowned and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Tang Mu heard the sound of walking over there, probably because Song Wen found a convenient place to talk, so he whimpered and cried at Tang Mu: "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's the end of the year, your father likes home It's bright and dignified, so we have to clean it from beginning to end, including the roof and lampshade of our house.
"In such a big house, I must be too busy by myself, so your aunt will come to help. She is fast and does a better job than me. Your grandma loves her daughter, so she has been looking for trouble for me. Your aunt is not very good at talking. When people listened to it, they kept ridiculing me, saying that the house was not cleaned enough, and that I couldn't do housework and couldn't be a good wife."
"Just in time for the cleaning of this house, your Dachengzi brother brought a group of friends over to play. You also know that his friends are all gangsters, very unqualified. In front of me, dare to say Some unpleasant ones. I didn't dare to answer, I just told your grandma to tell them not to break the kettle at home. "
When she said this, Song Wen's voice became more and more hoarse, and Tang Mu could hear that she was wiping tears on the phone.
"Even if your grandmother ran into your Dachengzi brother's house, it would make a lot of trouble. As soon as your Dachengzi brother heard that I said it, he scolded me in the face. Many things in the house were also smashed by him. The previous cleaning was done in vain. Now the house is in a mess, and I really don’t know what to do. After cleaning for the past two days, I can’t lift my waist, woohoo…”
This situation that Song Wen said happened in the Zhou family was not the first year.
Zhou Maoguo's own younger sister has always been a provocateur, and every time she goes home, she has to find something unpleasant for her sister-in-law.
I heard that when Zhou Jicheng's mother, Zhou Maoguo's first wife, was alive, she was very powerful.
No one in Shiliba Village didn't know that the woman was a slut. Every time my sister-in-law came home, she didn't dare to stay at home. As for Wang Hongjuan, she was bullied very hard at that time. She was obviously a mother-in-law, but she acted like a grandson in front of her daughter-in-law.
Even the relatives of the Zhou family did not dare to provoke that one.
But now that it has been replaced by the honest Song Wen, the situation has completely changed.
The Zhou family is like this, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard. As long as Song Wen is more powerful, they would not dare to do this.
Tang Mu took a deep breath, and he said directly: "Mom, you are both certified and legally legal husband and wife. You still have a child, and now I am not at that home, Wang Hongjuan will not lend me this again. Drag the oil bottle to run on you."
"Since this is the case, what are you afraid of?"
"The Zhou family's house is so big that you can clean up the chandeliers and the ceiling alone. Are you the nanny of the Zhou family? Even if you hire a nanny, you can't use people like this, right?"
"The Zhou family is so wealthy, and Zhou Maoguo can buy a belt that is enough for a nanny's salary for half a year. I really don't understand, what are you thinking? Why do you make yourself so miserable?"
"Since Wang Hongjuan refuses to let you hire a nanny, then it's always okay to pay for part-time workers, right? The big deal, you can pay for it yourself."
Song Wen cried even more when he heard this: "It's not like you don't know, if I pay someone else to do it, your grandma will arrange me again, saying that I am a lazy person, and she will also say that when I lived a poor life in the past , she has to work in the fields while pregnant. She will definitely blame me for being hypocritical."
"Yeah, because of this, when you were pregnant with Zhou Yu and almost had a miscarriage, she forced you to go to the kitchen to cook. Then I ask, what would she do to you if you didn't do it at the time? A few words, will she hit you? Does she dare to hit you?" Tang Mu was more excited when he finally said it, and his voice couldn't help raising his voice.
When Tang Mu was in Zhou's house, Song Wen persuaded him to endure every time he had a seizure. If Tang Mu said two more words, Song Wen would cry, make trouble, hang himself with him, and she slapped Tang Mu in the mouth because of this. son.
Is Tang Mu worried that he will be wronged
But it was Song Wen's educational methods and attitudes that made Tang Mu the most angry.
"She still doesn't dare to hit me, but you don't know what she is like!" Song Wen cried even more over there.
"Then what do you mean by calling me? Are you complaining to me? If I'm at home, do you still want to put all your anger on me. Since you have the ability to get mad at me, why can't you pay it back? How about going back?"
Song Wen sniffed when he heard this: "Tang Mu, you know how difficult it is for your mother. If you hadn't met your father, how could you have money to go to school? Maybe your mother and you are still here now. The street begging. I know you are not satisfied with me, but I felt wronged at the time. I had no choice but to take my anger on you. I can't go to your grandma and make trouble with her. Your father has always been a filial piety. , if he knew that I quarreled with your grandma, he would definitely hit me."
Tang Mu's eyes were red with anger: "You have a choice, you are a coward, you are afraid, you dare not, the more you think about calming things down, the more they will slap their noses and faces. If you say something bad, I will die in the future. Who else can you call and cry?"
"People must save themselves first, and then save others. You are too useless to live, but if you think of a way and know how to resist, you will not end up like this today. Don't be reluctant to listen to what I say. Zhou Jicheng is right today. You, even if you endure it and quietly clean up the house by yourself, Wang Hongjuan will not thank you. The Zhou family will not thank you either."
"Not only will they not thank you, they will not remember your goodness. On the contrary, they will feel that you are better at handling it. In the future, they will only bully you even more."
Song Wen stopped crying and said helplessly, "Then what can I do?"
Tang Mu directly gave her a move: "I have left home now, and I will not eat a bite of the Zhou family's meal in the future, nor will I ask for a penny from the Zhou family. In this case, Wang Hongjuan said that you It won't hurt you anymore if you ask your child to take care of your cub, and carry a burden all day long."
"Since it's been busy for a while, and Zhou Jicheng made it like that for the family again, you can call my dad directly. Let him call you money, and let him pay someone to go home to clean up. I believe that if you want this money, Wouldn't he not give it? Isn't he the best face?"
Song Wen calmed down at this moment: "He really won't miss this kind of money, but your grandma..."
"Did I tell you that you don't have to worry about her?" Tang Mu almost shouted at her.
Song Wen gritted his teeth and said, "But she went back to the town commissary and said, it's not like you don't know the people in our town. I'm afraid of them..."
"What they like to say, but those who like to chew their tongues are not good people. I believe that there are still reasonable people in the town, and everyone has eyes to see. In the past, Zhou Jicheng's mother was so powerful, and the people in the town had Did you go to Zhou's house with a knife to cut people? The more honest you are and the more you care about the opinions of the townspeople, the more they will bully you. Don't you think about this truth carefully? Are you living for others to see? ?"
Song Wen was probably inspired by Tang Mu: "Okay, I'll call your dad in a while and ask him to get me money and hire someone to clean the house."
"It's just that, when preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner, your grandmother will deliberately make things difficult for me..."
The Zhou family has many rules, and Wang Hongjuan pays more attention to some old rules. Those rules, Tang Mu had never even heard of them before. If it is said that there are generally such rules in S town, it is only Wang Hongjuan's own rules.
On the eve of New Year's Eve, what time do you steam buns, what time do you get up, what time do you send steamed buns, and what time do you go out to chop wood
If Song Wen did something wrong, Wang Hongjuan would immediately burst into tears, and said that if Zhou Maoguo's business did not improve next year, it would be Song Wen's fault for not following the rules.
Zhou Maoguo only made his fortune after marrying Song Wen. For so many years before, Wang Hongjuan had also spent so many years in poverty, and Tang Mu had never seen them make a fortune.
People in the town said that Song Wenwang was a husband, but Wang Hongjuan, who always liked to engage in some feudal superstitions, would not believe it at this time.
At the end of each year, Song Wen is the busiest time.
Like a donkey, she was ordered by Wang Hongjuan.
When Tang Mu was at home, he could help her share some of the burden.
Now that Tang Mu is away, I am afraid that all the work, including chopping firewood, will have to be done by Song Wen.
The Zhou family's villa burns a boiler in winter. Zhou Maoguo was the owner of a coal mine. He hired someone to burn the boiler, and he burned all his own coal.
Therefore, the Zhou family, in fact, does not need to chop wood at all, nor does it burn wood at all.
But chopping wood during the Spring Festival is a rule set by Wang Hongjuan. As long as she doesn't die, this rule cannot be broken.
If you don't cut firewood during the Spring Festival, and if you don't carry firewood at home on the night of New Year's Eve, then in the new year, Zhou Maoguo will have no luck in doing business.
Therefore, the more wood you chop, the better for Zhou Maoguo's wealth. If Song Wen cut less, he would definitely be scolded by Wang Hongjuan.
It doesn't matter if Song Wen asks a part-time worker to clean the house once. If Wang Hongjuan is angry, she will definitely seek compensation elsewhere, and Song Wen will definitely not be better off.
"Then you don't have to cook the New Year's Eve dinner for the Spring Festival. There are so many restaurants in S town that provide New Year's Eve dinner, why do you have to cook it yourself? As for chopping wood, wouldn't it be better to pay someone to hire someone?" Tang Mu said.
"But… "
Song Wen seemed to have something to say, but Tang Mu directly interrupted her next words: "No but!"
"If you're afraid that Wang Hongjuan will embarrass you, you will pretend to be sick. Anyway, didn't Zhou Jicheng scold you today? You go to the hospital for a comprehensive physical examination. You already have a headache, but this time you are ill, isn't it logical? ?"
"If you are so sick that you can't even get out of bed, can Wang Hongjuan drag you up and force you to chop wood?"
Song Wen stopped crying after hearing Tang Mu's words.
She was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "Okay, you are right, just do it like this."