The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 60: As long as I don't let Xianyu down, I can try
"Jiaojiao is my child, not yours. You can't control her even if you want to."

Perhaps it was because he had not faced Wang Shengnan’s anger for a long time after getting married, Wang Dingnan retorted unhappily, but his voice became smaller and smaller until...
"Sister! Stop hitting me, I was wrong, I was really wrong, wuwu, stop hitting me."

Tang Jiaojiao watched her mother being beaten by her aunt without any reaction.

Under Wang Shengnan's strong suppression, Wang Dingnan cleaned up the house with grievance. However, after entering the kitchen, Wang Shengnan couldn't help but say a few words when she saw her using a kitchen knife to cut out the different sizes of vegetable shreds.
"The child is so old and can't even cut vegetables. Don't you usually cook?"

"Usually it's Yuanming who does it."

Wang Dingnan was cutting vegetables and wanted to stay away from his sister.

But Wang Shengnan obviously would not stay away from her. Instead, she grabbed Wang Dingnan's ear.
"Tang Yuanming has to cook for you after a day's work, right? What do you do at home every day?"

"Hey, don't push too hard. I have to take care of the kids every day. I don't have time to do anything else."

Wang Dingnan put down the kitchen knife, was pulled by the ear and walked out of the kitchen. He sat at the dining table. Wang Shengnan was furious.
"You take care of children. Do you have anything else to do besides taking care of children?"

Wang Dingnan turned his face away and didn't want to look at Wang Shengnan, but he also admitted that he had nothing else to do.

"Can't you just tidy up at home after sending the kids to school and practice your cooking skills? Why should Tang Yuanming serve you like this? He is the class teacher now, he is exhausted every day, and he still has to cook for you and your mother when he comes home. You are a member of the exploiting class."

"Don't say such harsh words."

Rubbing his hands, Wang Dingnan felt that this was very harsh and secretly looked at his sister

"Don't you also come home from get off work every day to cook for the family?"

"Then can you compare with Lin Dawei? In our family, Dawei makes money, Miaomiao studies, and it is my duty to serve them. Everyone has to have a division of labor in the family. Even during holidays, they both have to help me clean the house. What about you? Have you given money to the family? Or have you helped the family with anything? You are a parasite now. To put it bluntly, Tang Yuanming kicked you out and found someone younger than you without any pressure. Can you find someone better than Tang Yuanming now?"

"Sister! You also think Tang Yuanming is cheating, right?"

Hearing Wang Dingnan's words, Wang Shengnan felt her blood pressure jumping. She stared at Wang Dingnan's still pretty face, gritted her teeth, clenched her fists, and really wanted to punch him.

Keeping repeating "my sister, my sister" in her heart, Wang Shengnan suppressed her anger and spoke again.

"How did you come to the conclusion that Tang Yuanming cheated on his wife?"

'Many aspects'

When Wang Dingnan heard this, he perked up and turned to Wang Shengnan, counting Tang Yuanming's crimes on his fingers.
"Look, Yuanming has been texting people on his phone all this time, laughing from time to time, and when I ask him, he's communicating with his parents."

"Have you read the message yourself?"

Wang Shengnan interrupted Wang Dingnan and asked a key question.

"Looked at it."

“What about the actual content?”

"It was indeed a message sent by a student's parent, and it is indeed quite funny."

Looking at Wang Dingnan with his head down, Wang Shengnan pressed her temple to signal her to continue.
"Also, he has been sleeping early lately, and when he does it occasionally, it's very perfunctory, without any passion at all."

Hearing this, Wang Shengnan was a little upset and held her sister's face with both hands.

"What a useless man! Tang Yuanming is almost 50 years old, half of his body is buried in the ground. Are you planning to be a widow? No man is useless at this age."

"Can't you take medicine?"

Wang Shengnan's hand holding her sister's face suddenly exerted force, her face became serious, and she looked at Wang Dingnan

"Dingnan, tell me seriously, do you want to be a widow?"

“Not really.”

"Then how can you say such a thing? That's medicine, and medicine is poisonous. You should have thought about this situation when you chose to be with Tang Yuanming. A man's peak period is around 30 years old, and the more he ages, the worse he will be. I tell you very clearly that your current situation is entirely your own fault."

Wang Dingnan stopped talking. Wang Shengnan sighed and took back her hand. There was nothing she could do about this problem. She and Lin Dawei were of the same age and had a deep understanding of this kind of thing. Fortunately, she was past that age and didn't need it that much. But her sister was only in her thirties. Thirty was a woman's age.
Looking at Tang Jiaojiao who was eating snacks and watching TV, Wang Shengnan stood up, made some toppings with the limited ingredients, and cooked a pot of noodles.

Seeing Tang Jiaojiao eating voraciously, Wang Shengnan felt distressed. Just because of this matter, the child's father was locked out of the door and not allowed to come in, causing the child to not even be able to eat.

Thinking of this, Wang Shengnan couldn't hold back her hand and hit Wang Dingnan on the back. Wang Dingnan was eating noodles and was suddenly hit like this. A look of pain distorted his face.

"Sister! What's wrong again?"

"Look how hungry you made Jiaojiao. Are you still a human being? You let your own child starve like this. From today on, you must learn to cook for yourself. Next time you come to my inspection, at least make something edible. If you can't, don't blame me for being rude."

"understood--"

Wang Dingnan answered perfunctorily with a long drawl and continued to eat his meal, not taking the matter to heart at all.

At least both sides were persuaded, and Tang Yuanming returned home. Wang Shengnan and Lin Dawei did not stay long. In the end, they were told to talk things out properly and not to leave them any chance to explain.

Sitting in the driver's seat, Wang Shengnan looked hopeless. She originally thought that there was something wrong with her relationship, but in the end she found out that it was actually a physical problem with her sister. What should she do?

When they returned to the community and went upstairs, they passed Wu Xianyu's house. The door was suddenly opened and Lin Miaomiao came out. She was also startled when she saw the two of them.

"You scared me. You came back from your aunt's house."

"Well, what did you have for lunch?"

Seeing that her parents looked tired, Lin Miaomiao closed the door of Wu Xianyu's house and tactfully walked forward to help them back to her home.

I asked my parents curiously what happened, but Wang Shengnan and Lin Dawei didn't say anything, just left a sentence

"Your aunt and uncle had a quarrel over a misunderstanding, nothing else, they have reconciled."

The two returned to their room for a nap. Lin Miaomiao returned to her own room and played with her cell phone. Although she was curious about what was going on at her aunt's house, there was no one to ask.

Back at school, Lin Miaomiao and Mai Ju talked about the misunderstanding caused by the constellation. She didn't talk about what happened at Wu Xianyu's house, but only talked about the misunderstanding of her parents. After hearing this, Mai Ju covered her mouth and laughed so hard that she fell backwards. After laughing, she asked Lin Miaomiao curiously:

"Do you still have your first kiss?"

"Yes, why not?"

Lin Miaomiao answered frankly, after all, indirectness doesn't count.

The two talked about the school trip next week. Mai Ju suddenly held Lin Miaomiao's hand with a pleading look on his face.

"Miao Miao, please promise me one thing. You must promise me."

Lin Miaomiao was a little overwhelmed by this and answered cautiously

"Well, as long as I don't let Xianyu down, I'll give it a try."

"I won't let you feel sorry for him. But when the time comes, let's just share a room. I don't want to share a room with other girls."

Hearing that it was just this request, Lin Miaomiao felt much more relaxed.
"That's all. No problem. Just follow me when we assign rooms."

Seeing that Lin Miaomiao agreed, Mai Ju breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Lin Miaomiao's puzzled face, Mai Ju explained with a wry smile:
"I have some psychological problems recently and I don't dare to trust others, but I think you are worthy of my trust." Being trusted by others like this, Lin Miaomiao suddenly felt a sense of responsibility surge in her heart, and her chest, which was not much to begin with, thumped loudly.

"It's okay, come to me if you have any problem, I can solve it for you."

Mai Ju quickly reached out and held Lin Miaomiao's hand

"Alright, alright, stop filming. If you run out of filming, I'm afraid Wu Xianyu will come to trouble me."

radio station.

When they were having dinner after the broadcast, Wu Xianyu heard Lin Miaomiao say that Mai Ju wanted to share a room with her. He was not surprised and looked at Lin Miaomiao.

"After all, you were the only one who took the initiative to talk to her when she first came. It's normal for her to trust you. Just don't let her down."

"Then let's take her with us when we play."

Lin Miaomiao finally revealed her intention. She blinked her big eyes and looked at Wu Xianyu, wanting to get good news from him.

Looking at Lin Miaomiao's eyes, Wu Xianyu wanted to agree directly, but he still pretended to be embarrassed.

"No way, living together is fine, but you have to bring him along when you play. Isn't that just a light bulb?"

"Is it okay~Is it okay~Brother Xianyu, brother~"

Seeing that Wu Xianyu was not very willing, Lin Miaomiao immediately used her ultimate move, holding Wu Xianyu's arm and shaking it, and making coquettish remarks. Wu Xianyu felt that his soul was shaken away, and he agreed in a daze.

"Okay, okay, take it with you. Didn't you take Haozi with you before?"

"Hey, I knew you would agree."

Rubbing his face, Wu Xianyu still felt dazed. It took him a while to calm down. Fortunately, he was in the radio station. After a while, Wu Xianyu suddenly reacted and looked at Lin Miaomiao with a raised corner of his mouth.

“No, I didn’t benefit from this.”

Seeing Wu Xianyu's raised mouth, Lin Miaomiao looked around and seemed to be about to do something. Wu Xianyu was startled and hurriedly stopped her.
"Hey, wait, let's go home, this is school, this is school, calm down."

"Hey, there's no surveillance here anyway."

Lin Miaomiao felt like she didn't know what was wrong with her and she was becoming more and more courageous.

Wu Xianyu didn't dare to respond, for fear that he had given Lin Miaomiao strange confidence.

After the holiday, they went back to their respective homes to pack the things they needed to take. There wasn't much to bring, really. Just clothes, cell phones, wallets, and those were all that was needed. This time, Wu Xianyu was too lazy to bring his guitar as he heard they were going to hike.

Then fill the remaining space in the suitcase with snacks, and you’re done.

After dinner, when the two of them were petting the cat, Lin Miaomiao told Wu Xianyu

"I'm going to visit my aunt with my mother tomorrow, and then I'll come to your place in the afternoon."

"Well, it's okay, you can come anytime you want, don't you have the key?"

Lying on the sofa and watching TV series, Wu Xianyu touched his brother who was lying on his belly with one hand, and held Lin Miaomiao's hand with the other hand. He felt that Lin Miaomiao's hand was more comfortable than his brother's, soft, sticky and elastic.

Lin Miaomiao's hand was being held, so she could naturally feel Wu Xianyu's hand. His hand was very big and could directly wrap around her own hand. His skin was not delicate but not rough either, and was very resilient. She could not poke it with her fingers at all.

After playing for a while, Lin Miaomiao moved closer to Wu Xianyu, kissed him on the forehead, and said with a smile:

"I've made up for what I said on the radio station last time. I'm going back to sleep."

"Go ahead, good night"

Wu Xianyu was watching TV, but he didn't hide the smile on his face at all.

"Good night, bye Yuwan, bye my friend"

Saturday morning.

Lin Miaomiao followed Wang Shengnan to Wang Dingnan's house and rang the doorbell for a long time before Wang Dingnan opened the door with a sleepy face. When he saw Wang Shengnan, he turned around and lay down on the sofa, muttering
“You’re here so early.”

Lin Miaomiao looked at her mobile phone suspiciously. It was already half past ten, but she didn't dare say anything, because Wang Shengnan's face turned very dark when she saw that the house was in a mess, just as messy as last time.

Wang Shengnan stepped forward and slapped Wang Dingnan on the butt a few times to wake her up. She then forced her to clean the house and watched her cook.

Lin Miaomiao sat cross-legged on the sofa, looking at her aunt's miserable expression, and was glad to find that her mother still loved her.

After watching TV for a while while holding Tang Jiaojiao, Wang Dingnan brought the meal he had cooked to the table, and Lin Miaomiao took her directly to the restaurant.

Seeing the food on the table, Lin Miaomiao was a little confused. What was this plate of fried eggs, ham, and hot milk? Wang Shengnan's face was not looking good either. She let Tang Jiaojiao eat first, and then she looked at Wang Dingnan with her arms folded.

"Is this what you've learned to cook these past few days? Then what do you cook for lunch and dinner?"

"I cook a pot of rice at noon, order takeout, and then have egg fried rice with the leftover rice for dinner."

Before Wang Dingnan could speak, Tang Jiaojiao spoke first. She ate the fried eggs and sausage bit by bit, and it was obvious that she was tired of them.

"You're the only one who talks too much"

Wang Dingnan frowned and expressed his dissatisfaction with his daughter. Tang Jiaojiao was not afraid. Instead, Lin Miaomiao felt the air around her was getting colder and colder. She involuntarily leaned towards Tang Jiaojiao and away from Wang Shengnan.

Before Wang Shengnan could speak, Wang Dingnan threw himself aside, looking like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.

"These are all I can do. I don't have your skills. You can hit me if you want."

With her eyes closed, Wang Dingnan waited for Wang Shengnan's violent attack, but Wang Shengnan didn't want to touch her at all. Instead, she looked at her with disappointment.

"Do you think I was born knowing how to cook those dishes? Don't you have to learn? How can you cook other dishes if you don't learn? You will definitely be malnourished if you eat this every day."

"No, I buy Jiaojiao's vitamins on time."

"It's over." This was Lin Miaomiao's psychological reaction the next second after she heard what her aunt said. Sure enough, Wang Shengnan couldn't help it and had to take action.

Reaching out and grabbing Wang Dingnan's ear, he gritted his teeth

"Is this how you act as a mother? You haven't learned anything from how our mother raised us. And vitamins? Do you think they can be eaten as food?"

Wang Dingnan, who was being pulled by the ears, did not resist.

"I am like this, even if you kill me, I will still be like this"

Helplessly letting go of his hand, Wang Shengnan looked at Wang Dingnan, wanting to say something but giving up, she finally managed to say

"Why don't you find a class to take? You studied accounting, so it should be no problem for you to find a job in a small company."

(End of this chapter)