Be in low spirits

"Are you two arguing again?" Kong Jianping looked as if he knew everything.

"Dad, do you have any secret to why your marriage with my mom has lasted so long?" She didn't know how to confess, so she just went along with him and talked about some middle-aged topics.

"Marriage is all about accommodation. Look at me, I've been accommodating your mother for so many years, and now everything is fine, isn't it?" He ate a skewer of lamb.

"Ah? Are you sure it's not my mother who is indulging you?" When she heard her father say this, she felt as uncomfortable as if she had swallowed a fly.

"Just accommodate each other. What's wrong? What did you quarrel about?"

"No, it's just... Didn't I tell you at the beginning that this was a temporary solution? I thought that we would have to get divorced one day, and the longer we put it off, the more problems we would have, right?"

"I think you'd better not get divorced. Isn't Xiao Li a good person? Except that he's a little busy with work, right? You're lucky to have found someone like him."

"You just despise the poor and love the rich!"

"Look, it's because of your kind of awareness that you are not worthy of others." As he spoke, Kong Jianping began to belittle others again.

"Oh, yes, yes, who can compete with you?" She threw down the barbecue skewer and walked away angrily.

Kong Jianping looked at the barbecue on the table and shouted, "Hey, did you pay? My money is with your mother!"

"Find a way yourself!" She drove away angrily, not caring about her penniless old father anymore.

Li's mother cooked a tonic soup for Li Li as Kong Zhixi said. Kong Zhixi took a sip and sighed, "Is it so unpalatable?"

Li's mother said, "Just prepare whatever you want to give to Xiao Li. He will drink it when you give it to him." Although she knew that this mother was a little busy recently, she didn't expect her to be so busy. She used to think that she was not nice to her son because she wanted her help and did it for her to see. But now she felt that this mother really didn't care about this son.

She delivered the lunch box to the security room today, but didn't go in. She had to go to the tea room to check on the progress of the renovation. Li Li drank two sips of soup, but didn't say anything, and poured out the rest.

When they arrived at the teahouse, they found the decoration was indeed nice. Li's father also felt a sense of accomplishment and looked forward to the teahouse becoming lively after it opened. Li's mother felt that the decoration was almost done, so she suggested eating out today. The three of them hit it off. In the evening, when Li Li got home from work, he didn't see anyone, so he called Kong Zhixi. The three of them rolled their eyes and tried to make up an excuse to lie to him, so they said that the real estate developer gave them a coupon, so they went out to eat.

He asked for the address, and several people covered the phone and discussed it. They felt that they couldn't hide it, so they told him the location.

Li's mother thought that her son's habit of sticking to his wife after work was not good, so she suggested that her daughter-in-law go home to talk about the past with him and have a quarrel. It was the first time that Kong Zhixi saw a mother-in-law who encouraged her daughter-in-law to quarrel with her son. Li's father advised: "Hey, this habit is not good. But this time, I think you can listen to your mother. Your mother is also good at controlling her husband."

"Dad, I can see that you've been suffering too," she teased.

When Li Li arrived, he sat next to her naturally and asked, "Why did you come out to eat today?"

"My parents cook at home every day and are very busy, so we thought of going out for dinner today." Kong Zhixi picked up a piece of vegetable for him and explained.

"Has the house issue been settled?" He just felt that these people were hiding something from him, and the only thing he could think of for the moment was the house.

"Houses are too expensive. Those who are satisfied with the purchase can't afford it, and those who can afford it are not satisfied with it." Father Li thinks the issue of housing should be put aside for the time being.

"Mom and Dad, this is what I think. As for the house, we should still buy one..." Li Li took a bite of the food and wanted to talk about his plan.

"Let's wait and see about this first. Did you drink all the soup at noon today?" Kong Zhixi interrupted him.

"Did you make that soup?" He was a little scared. What if his wife made it? How would he explain it to him if he drank two sips and poured it out? Say it tasted bad?

"I made it, what's wrong? Did you pour it out?" From his tone, Li's mother knew that he didn't drink much.

"Well... no, I drank a little." He was relieved that it wasn't made by his wife, but he didn't want to say it was too bad in front of his mother.

Kong Zhixi was trying not to laugh. She knew it tasted bad. "You are becoming less and less dedicated to your job. When you are middle-aged, you should work more overtime. You need to change your habit of looking for your wife as soon as you get off work." Father Li also started to bring up the past with him.

"Dad, I'm only 33, not middle-aged, right? And...my husband and I haven't seen each other for a long time. Who should I go to after work if I don't go to my wife? Your wife?" He felt a little confused. What happened in the past month? Did he offend these two old people?

"Don't you have a wife? You want to find my wife? No... You've made me so angry. You're an adult, don't you have your own things to do?" Father Li was so angry that he couldn't say anything nice.

"My job is to find my wife. Why do you two always pull my wife aside? " He stared at the two old men, wanting to know what they were doing recently.

"You're talking nonsense again. I just accompany them to have meals and take walks after get off work on weekdays, and take them to look at houses on weekends. What else can I do?" She put another piece of meat in his bowl, thinking that she could fool him.

The family of four finished their meal and went back home. Father and Mother Li walked in front, and the two young people walked behind, strolling downstairs.

"What kind of soup is that? It tastes so bad?" Li Li held her hand and asked quietly.

"It's just... ordinary chicken soup. Mom herself doesn't think it tastes good, so she asked me to bring it to you." She thought it would sound more realistic if she added a few more sentences.

"What have you been doing lately? You look so tired?"

"No, I'm just looking at houses...it's quite busy." How can I not be tired? Running here and there, and still have to go to work.

"Honey, let me discuss something with you. The house we live in now is in my name, and I plan to put both of our names on the new one I buy. How about I pay the monthly mortgage then?"

"If you're under too much pressure, you don't have to buy the house yet." She didn't really want to buy a house, because when they get divorced, it would be hard to sort out these things.

"No, that won't work. It's not convenient for so many people to live here. Besides, didn't you feel that last time in the car..." His voice got lower and lower, and what he said became more outrageous.

Kong Zhixi widened her eyes, in disbelief that he could bring up such things: "Are you sick?" She spoke so loudly that the two old men in front turned around to look.

As she said that, she shook off his hand and walked forward on her own.

"Hey hey hey...no, wait for me, I'm just giving an example." Li Li hurriedly chased after him.

"Well, look at the good son you taught, he has offended his wife again." Mother Li hit Father Li with her hand again. Father Li held his stomach and complained: "Is this my fault?"

"Are you blaming me?" Li's mother also walked ahead angrily.

"No, they are arguing, why are you angry too?" He also quickly caught up with his wife.

When the new store opened, Kong Zhixi was at work and had no time to go over, so Meng Yiran sent her a lot of videos.

After dinner in the evening, while the father and son were talking, Li's mother quietly slipped into the room and handed Kong Zhixi a gift, saying, "Your father and I will stay outside tonight, so you two should enjoy your anniversary."

"Anniversary? What anniversary?" She was completely confused.

"Today is your third wedding anniversary. You guys are being so rough with it. I'll talk to Li Li later. You guys should celebrate it well and ask him to give you a present tomorrow." Li's mother said with an ambiguous look on her face. She was a little nervous about such a hypocritical show. "Mom, no, we don't celebrate these days. If we really do, it will be endless. You don't have to move out, really!"

She didn't really want any gifts. She had been married for three years, but the first two years combined didn't have as much to do as this year.

"I've already talked to his father. Don't worry. I'll go talk to him." Li's mother put the gift on the dressing table and walked out. She quickly chased after her and tried to hold her back.

"Old Li, hurry up, it's time to go out." Li's mother also noticed her nervousness, thinking that she had already forced the issue and could not give up now.