Li Changpu had morning training and got up early. He usually went out quietly because his roommate Jiang Tingxia was still sleeping.

But this morning, when he just got up, he found Jiang Tingxia wrapped in a quilt, sitting on the kang, with a pair of eyes like a giant panda and a pale face, staggering.

Li Changpu asked, "You didn't sleep all night?"

Jiang Tingxia nodded weakly.

"It's finally daytime."

After saying that, he fell asleep.

Li Changpu felt unhappy seeing her like this. Jiang Tingxia's small body just sat there like this all night, and she didn't know if her body could withstand it.

He took two light steps, and only when he saw that he did not wake up the sleeping Jiang Tingxia did he feel relieved and left.

He slept on a stool these past two days. Not only did he have to curl up, but he couldn't even turn over all night. When he woke up in the morning, his whole body felt uncomfortable, numb and painful.

Li Changpu stretched his body and saw Zhao Yong walking out of the house yawning.

Zhao Yong's wife also quarreled with him until midnight yesterday.

Zhao Yong asked, "Lao Li, didn't you sleep well?"

Li Changpu replied absentmindedly, he was still thinking about Jiang Tingxia's fainting appearance in the morning.

Li Changpu was puzzled. You said it was normal to have a few mice in the house, but who would have thought that she would not sleep all night because of this. Li Changpu thought again, there are few mice now, and they are timid. Wouldn't it be better to scare them away by throwing something? When he was a child, people didn't have enough to eat, and the mice were hungry and crazy, crawling around on their feet. People just glanced at them and didn't bother to care about them, and they would fall asleep again after lying down.

What is she doing?

Zhao Yong looked at his brother's face, which was full of dark clouds. He knew that it was because he had quarreled with his wife last night. He said casually, "The one in your family is not decent."

Zhao Yong's words were considered polite. He had never seen such a lazy woman. Li Changpu had only been married for a few days. After work, he had to rush back home to cook for his wife who had been lying in bed all day. Zhang Hongxiang told him that Jiang Tingxia did nothing but dress up every day. She wore different clothes every day. Whoever married a wife like this would be unlucky.

But then he took a detour and comforted her, "After all, she is a city girl and has never been exposed to our environment. Just let her get used to it. There is no need to get angry."

What could Zhao Yong say? He was already married, how could he get a divorce? Seeing his brother's face full of bitterness and hatred, he could only comfort him in this way.

Li Changpu felt even more uncomfortable after hearing what Zhao Yong said. Yes, Jiang Tingxia was not adapted to the environment here, so was his attitude towards her too bad?

Li Changpu had been thinking about this matter all morning and rushed home as soon as the training ended.

Jiang Tingxia was still sleeping, so he didn't call her and went straight to make breakfast.

Li Changpu even specially steamed a bowl of egg cake, and she didn't even notice him doing that. It was like coaxing a child. When he was sick or making a fuss when he was a child, his mother would steam a bowl of egg cake for him to coax him.

Jiang Tingxia didn't wake up until he finished his meal, packed up and was about to leave.

Li Changpu instructed, "Breakfast is warming up in the pot, eat it when you have a good sleep."

Jiang Tingxia hummed twice and closed her eyes again. She hadn't slept all night and her head was still dizzy.

Zhang Hongxiang heard her neighbors quarreling in the middle of the night yesterday, and the next day she couldn't wait to know what happened. However, she didn't have much contact with Jiang Tingxia, and when she suddenly went to visit, people would immediately see that she was there to watch the fun, so Zhang Hongxiang was so anxious that she paced back and forth in front of her house.

The two families actually lived in the same yard, but were divided into two households by a half-person-high brick wall. If one wanted to get closer to the other family, one could see everything clearly.

At this time, Zhang Hongxiang saw Jiang Tingxia coming out with a basin to pour water, so she quickly greeted him, "Sister Tingxia, you're up."

Jiang Tingxia was actually still feeling sleepy, and even lying down was uncomfortable, so she simply got up and washed her face to see if she could feel more comfortable.

When she heard someone greet her, she nodded and responded, "Good morning, Sister Hongxiang."

They had just met and there was not much topic to talk about, so Jiang Tingxia didn't say much and went back into the house with the basin.

Zhang Hongxiang got the gossip and stopped standing at the door. She went out with a ball of wool.

When the men go out in the morning, the women who have nothing to do go to the open space in the southwest corner and sit for a while. Some knit sweaters, some pick vegetables, and they chat about family matters while they are busy.

Liu Ying was surprised and asked, "Really? Did you really take care of her?"

Zhang Hongxiang even stopped knitting. "Yes, I heard it clearly. When Li Changpu gets angry, it's scary. He smashes pots and bowls, making a lot of noise."

"This morning, I saw that Sister Xia's eyes were swollen from crying, and her face was pale."

Zhou Dongmei sighed, "We just got married and it's already like this. How are we going to live like this from now on?"

Li Chunmiao picked the vegetables skillfully and said, "Who would not feel bad if they married a woman like that?"

Yang Jinfeng also interrupted at the right time, "Brother Li is such a good person, but he can't control his temper. This is really what Sister Xia said..."

Yang Jinfeng didn't continue, Liu Ying continued, "This Xiao Li has such good conditions, he is an officer who gets paid every month. I wanted to introduce him to a girl from the beginning. My niece is so capable, she is good at farm work at home. If they can get together, our life will not be like this."

Yang Jinfeng groaned in her heart, cursing Liu Ying for being a toad who wanted to eat swan flesh. Some time ago, she brought her niece to live with her for a while. She was dark and ugly, and she always tried to get close to Li Changpu. How could Big Brother Li like her!?

Zhang Hongxiang, "Isn't it? So many people were eyeing this piece of fat meat, Li Changpu."

"What a pity. It would be a waste of effort to introduce him to someone."

Zhang Hongxiang lamented, "They got engaged many years ago, and it was a senior leader who acted as a matchmaker, saying they would get married when the girl reached the right age. But Li Changpu has been single and waiting for several years."

"Or else, with her conditions, she would be 25 or 26 and still not get married."

Liu Ying was holding her breath because her plan to introduce her niece to Li Changpu failed. She said sarcastically, "Just wait and see. He will regret it in the future."

Everyone knows that Liu Ying is a narrow-minded person. Zhou Dongmei asked with a smile, "Sister-in-law Liu Ying, in your heart, Captain Li must marry your niece in order to not regret it."

Liu Ying was hit on the heart of the matter, and quickly said, "That's not what I meant. It's not like my niece can't get married. I meant that anyone in the surrounding area would be better than the one she has now. I just think it's a waste of Li Changpu, so I said those two words."

Everyone laughed when they saw Liu Ying's panic.

Only Yang Jinfeng was so angry that she messed up the yarn in her hand. If he hadn't been engaged so early, she and Li Changpu would have been able to succeed. But she couldn't blame Li Changpu and even spoke for him, "You won't regret it later. Brother Li didn't want to get married from the beginning. The problem is that he was the one who arranged the marriage."

Everyone thought so in their hearts, but they didn't dare to respond openly. After all, everyone knew who made the final decision on Li Changpu's marriage.

Everyone agreed that Li Changpu was capable and promising, and the young man was handsome, so in the end, he was the lucky one. Jiang Tingxia had nothing worthy of Li Changpu except her good looks, so Li Changpu must have been unwilling in his heart, but he had to marry her because of the engagement.

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