Three or Two Things about Rebirth

A daughter-in-law is the first relative you can choose.

Blood-related relatives are all destined by God, and you have no say in this.

Zheng Wei knew that he was the least valued one in the family, but he had no complaints because he was the second child.

When he was about to marry Qiu Luming, his eldest brother advised him, "Dawei, have you really decided? They are three brothers-in-law! Each of them is capable and will beat you to death! Qiu Luming is also famous for her stubbornness and hard life. You can find other women, so why do you have to find her?"

"It's her."

"Really?"

"Really, she's the one for me in this life."

"You're drunk again. I shouldn't have said so much! But since I'm your biological brother, no one will tell you if I don't say this. I'm afraid you wouldn't think of these things, so I'm reminding you. Forget it, it's late autumn now. It's really unnecessary for me to say these things. You've been subdued by others since you were young. You've been treated like a slave and you almost lost your life to others. What else can I say? But what I said today is out of context. You're not allowed to tell Xiao Qiu, otherwise he will hate me as his uncle..."

"That's possible. If he's happy, he might just go out. I don't hide anything from my wife!"

"You heartless person, have you forgotten that I got beaten up a lot because of you when we were little? Damn Qiu Moshi was the worst. Do you still remember that time when we both came home with bruises on our faces, and when our mother saw us, she was so angry that she picked up a broom and beat us up again?"

"Why don't you remember? Humph, our mother mainly beat me. When she beat you, it was like slapping dust."

"Nonsense! He beat me to death, and my butt is bruised."

"whispering sound!"

"Well, my grandma said you have a hard-on, maybe that's the reason..."

"What? Why don't I know?"

"You don't believe these things. Besides, it's not that you are unlucky for your parents, you're just not that lucky..."

"Oh, no wonder you agreed to let me marry Qiu Luming, it turns out you think I'm not afraid of bad luck."

"You are such a heartless person. Our mother didn't agree before, but you insisted on marrying her. Bah, bah, bah. What's the matter with the incompatibility? In my opinion, a woman who brings prosperity to her husband means using her own luck to bring prosperity to her husband's family. Of course, her husband's family would like such a daughter-in-law. I think it's because you have a strong destiny that your parents think you can find any kind of man, so they don't object."

"Zheng Daqiang, you are just a good guy, you only know how to smooth things over!"

"Really? I think your horoscope means that your parents bring you good luck, but you don't bring them good luck, haha."

"Yes, it's very lucky for me. With my grades, I can still go to school, get a good job, and marry a good wife! But I think that living a down-to-earth life is the best feng shui! Just wait and see, my family will definitely be prosperous!"

"Okay, wait for me, big brother. My brother is good at making a living. You two will definitely have a good life!"

***

After Zheng Wei got married, his former friends would always joke with him, "Brother Wei, how does it feel to be a married woman?"

Zheng Wei was not angry either, he just gave the other party a half-truthful slap, "It's fine!"

He lives in the house that his wife's company provides him with. In the eyes of the world, isn't he a son-in-law who marries into the family?

He often goes to his father-in-law's house to work and cook, which further solidifies his reputation as a son-in-law.

But he really doesn't care what others think and is content with his current life.

He simply cleaned up the house allocated by the Electricity Bureau and rented it out. He used the first year's rent to buy a gold necklace for his wife.

His wife also bought him a big motorcycle. He would ride it with his beautiful wife on it whizzing through the streets, which attracted so much attention!

My mother-in-law has always been amiable, no longer as serious as she was in school. She calls him Xiaowei affectionately, as if she is calling her youngest son. She also always praises him for the delicious food he cooks, the neat way he chops firewood, and even the way he turns the soil in the back garden better than his second uncle.

Although his father-in-law didn't talk to him often, he could feel that the old man liked him. As they were married for a long time, he could even feel that the old man had a kind of dependence on him, which gave him a special sense of satisfaction.

He could vaguely understand his eldest brother's feelings with this feeling of being valued and trusted. When he and his eldest brother were young, their mother always said that she would rely on Daqiang to take care of them in their old age. The kindness they showed to his eldest brother was the kind of kindness that came from the same alliance and the same community of interests, which was obviously exclusive and would always be out of his reach.

Now he was focusing on his own family and his wife's family. His mother was actually a little jealous. Every time he came home, she would say that her eldest son was wasted and had become a foster child for the old Qiu family. But his mother was very concerned about her reputation. She only said a few words to him in private. She praised her second daughter-in-law in front of outsiders and relatives, and was even more polite in front of Qiu Luming.

Once, the customs divided two pieces of frozen prawns, and his wife asked him to send one piece back to his parents. His mother actually secretly gave him money, and looked him up and down, as if he had suffered a great injustice, "Dawei, have you quit smoking? Is she not letting you smoke because she is afraid of spending money? Have you been injured recently? Tell me the truth, did your uncles bully you again when they came back? Don't you get a penny of your salary? Here, mom will give you money. A grown man without money in his pocket is a joke!" As she spoke, her eyes turned red.

Zheng Wei laughed at the string of words. "Mom, I quit smoking because my father-in-law said it's bad for my lungs. Besides, we plan to have a child, so of course we have to quit smoking. No one bullies me. I'm a good fighter. I'm not afraid of anyone! I have money too! I'm also planning to open an electrical appliance store!"

"Why open a store? Isn't it all about working hard for your wife? I heard from Meili that you insisted on letting Lu Ming manage your salary when we just started dating. Tell me, are you a slut? You really pissed me off!"

"Oh, it hurts! Stop pinching me! If I didn't use my cunning, how could I be with your son if I had such good conditions? If I wanted to go to Harbin, I would go to Harbin. If I wanted to go to Beijing, I would go to Beijing. I stayed here just for me!"

"Bullshit, she's just afraid that she won't do well there. Besides, only a fool would give up such a good job!"

"Well, your two hundred yuan is not enough. Can your son borrow twenty thousand yuan from you?"

"What?"

"Twenty thousand yuan. Two years ago, you gave my eldest brother thirty thousand yuan to buy land in Qingshan Township!"

"No!" Mother Zheng took back the two bills in her hand and glared at her son. "You are such a scoundrel. You want me to give you the capital, and then you can use the money you earn to honor your wife! You are dreaming!"

"I'll return it to you next year!"

"No!" Zheng's mother got up and left. She really wanted to throw away this son. He was not on the same page with her. When she reached the bedroom door, she turned back and asked, "Can you get the formalities done? Can a public official open a company?"

Zheng Wei paused, "I used my mother-in-law's name..."

Mother Zheng choked up and pointed at her son with her index finger, saying angrily, "Zheng Laoer, you are really good! Your mother has also retired, but you thought of your mother when you borrowed money, and you thought of your mother-in-law when you started a company to make money!"

"Mom, this is a risky thing. I don't have much experience in business, so how can I take risks with my own mother? Wait until I make money, and I will buy you a gold brocade!"

"Get lost! Don't think I don't know that you bought your wife a gold chain right after you got the rent. I'm counting on you to buy gold bracelets, and you'll never get there! Get lost! You deserve to be ridden by Qiu Luming for the rest of your life! Get lost! Go to your mother-in-law's house and cook!"

"Okay!" Zheng Wei put down the prawns with a smile, turned around and left.

He knew that his mother would not give him the capital, so he was not too disappointed.

He used his savings over the years and Qiu Luming's savings to open the electrical appliance store. He knew that his third uncle always sent money to his mother-in-law and his wife, and he didn't want them to think that he was incapable of making money and couldn't even support his wife.

But he had to use his wife's private savings as the start-up capital, which made him even more determined to make something happen.

A real man will not be petty. He does not care about his parents' partiality, nor does he care about the selfishness of the Qiu family.

Zheng Wei knew that his father-in-law had secretly compared his horoscope with that of Qiu Luming, and guessed that he would be more prosperous for the other person's daughter. He also knew that his mother-in-law praised him in every way just to get him to treat her daughter better. His three uncles used both soft and hard tactics on him just to make him hesitate and not let down their sister.

Although he felt that they were doing too much, he could understand their feelings. If he had a daughter, he would do even more than they did.

When he was injured in the car accident, his mother hugged him and cried. It was the first time he saw the fear of losing him on his mother's face. For a moment, he was overwhelmed with emotions. He was glad that his actions saved Qiu Luming, and he also unexpectedly experienced his mother's deep and limited maternal love.

When they got engaged, his mother wanted to show Qiu Luming her power, but he stopped her. He made a solemn statement in front of everyone in the family that anyone who dared to offend Qiu Luming should not blame him for overturning the table.

Zheng Wei is always famous for fighting outside, but he rarely loses his temper at home. Faced with his mother's favoritism, he never fights for it. This is the first time he spoke in a domineering manner. The family members looked at each other. Zheng Meili rolled her eyes and snorted loudly.

"What are you talking about? You're the first one I'm talking about!"

"Humph!"

"I like Sister Luming! Don't worry, second brother, I will protect her!" Zheng Lingling is the person in the family who most supports him marrying Qiu Luming. The little girl's perspective on things is not as realistic as that of adults. What she values ​​is Qiu Luming's dressing style and the courage to ignore worldly views. She feels that having such a special sister-in-law makes her different.

In return, Qiu Luming treats his sister-in-law best.

Zheng Wei knows his wife too well. She is just this kind of person. If you are good to me, I will be good to you. If you are not good to me, I will not be good to you either.

**

It was two years after their marriage that Zheng Wei and Qiu Luming had a child.

He felt a little sad. He had opened his heart out, but his wife still insisted on two years of adjustment and making sure that they were really suitable to live together before she was willing to get pregnant and have a baby.

As it turned out, the daughter-in-law was right to do so.

At least they spent two years in a carefree world of two.

Zheng Meili always said that Qiu Luming was a demanding wife who didn't know how to devote to the family, but Zheng Wei didn't want a devoted wife, he was a devoted husband. Maybe he was just like his mother said, he liked to watch his wife eat the food he cooked, watch his wife count his salary, and even in bed, he always put his wife's pleasure first, and when his wife was happy, he was happier than her.

There's nothing I can do about it, that's just the way he is.

The principle of yin and yang, complementation and mutual assistance, this is their family’s life model.

Qiu Moshi always said that they had no common language. Qiu Luming said that they did, but Qiu Moshi didn't believe it. Zheng Wei complained in his heart, "We have endless intimate things to say and endless happy things to do, so how come we have no common language? We are forty-five years old, and we still cover ourselves with the same quilt every day. Am I showing off to you?"

***

Zheng Wei became a well-known figure in the county because of his wife's pregnancy.

It wasn't because he hit the target with one shot, but because after his wife's father-in-law diagnosed her pulse as being two months pregnant, he began to have morning sickness, feeling nauseous and vomiting at the slightest provocation, and he almost vomited out his gallbladder.

It became a huge topic of conversation for people all over the county, and the discussion lasted for months.

When Qiu Luming was about to give birth, he became famous again.

Qiu Luming was pregnant very well. After she started to have her period, she walked to the hospital by herself and waited in the delivery room. She did not scream, but just held Zheng Wei's fingers tightly and gritted her teeth to hold on.

Suddenly, big tears dripped onto the back of her hand. It turned out that Zheng Wei was crying. He whispered, "Wife, you have suffered in order to give birth to a child for me! I will treat you well all my life..."

The ward was suddenly silent. His crying voice reached everyone's ears clearly. Two seconds later, everyone burst into laughter.

Zheng Wei blushed, wiped his eyes, and went to the corridor to calm down.

When Qiu Luming entered the delivery room, Zheng Wei suddenly held her hand tightly and refused to let go, as if they were parting forever. The doctor said, "Oh, let go, otherwise how will the baby be born in the corridor?"

He then let go and circled at the door of the delivery room.

His mother-in-law advised him, "Xiaowei, sit down and rest for a while. When the baby comes out, you go and hold the baby first. I'll take care of it."

He nodded heavily in response.

But when the loud cry of a baby was heard from the delivery room and the nurse came out to say that mother and daughter were safe, his legs suddenly went weak and he collapsed to the ground, actually fainting.

The mother was so angry that she hit him hard on the back, "You are useless! You are useless! You don't take any responsibility at all!" While shouting at Zheng Qiang to call a nurse, she waited at the door to pick up the child. When the child was brought out, Zheng Wei stretched out his hands weakly on the ground. The mother took the child and smiled happily, "Oh, my eldest granddaughter!"

Ten minutes later, Qiu Luming was pushed out. Zheng Wei, who had been refusing to go to the ward to rest, rolled over and crawled over, holding onto the moving bed, "Wife! Are you still alive?"

Everyone started laughing again. Zheng Wei was kicked on the butt by his mother. He cried out "ouch" and started laughing too.

The three uncles all rushed back to see their niece. When Qiu Moshi heard Zheng Wei's performance, he sneered, "Histrionic personality!"

Qiu Luming laughed, "Third brother, you are the master of performance, that's enough, you have been bullying for several years."

"I have to suppress him for the rest of my life, and see if he dares to make any trouble!"

He Manshu came over and said, "Third brother, Xiaowei's reaction was definitely not fake. Your sister didn't have any morning sickness reaction at all, but she took it all out on him. Don't you think it's weird? I saw it with my own eyes at the door of the delivery room. He was really worried. His face was as white as paper and he was sweating all over. Don't scare him anymore in the future. Just be good."

"What a shame! A grown man would do such a thing!"

Zheng Wei could vaguely hear what was happening outside. He felt very uncomfortable and had a tight feeling in his chest. He really wanted to rush in and have a good fight with his third uncle.

Suddenly, I heard my wife say, "Third brother, if you say that again, I will really turn against you! Zheng Wei is my husband, I can scold him, I can bully him, but you can't!"

"...Ouch! You girly extrovert thing!"

The three people in the room suddenly laughed.

Zheng Wei outside the house couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth: his wife is starting to protect him.