Chapter 406: On Protracted War

Yi Zhonghai was now in a dilemma, as if he had returned to the night when Liu Haizhong practiced "ruling by doing nothing".

Divorce Yi Zhonghai had never considered it. Divorce at such an old age is nonsense. Was it because he cheated on his wife and she started spending money recklessly? Or was it because he couldn't have children and his wife adopted a child behind his back?

Anyway, Yi Zhonghai got angry on the spot, slammed the table and said that everything else was fine, but the furniture must be returned.

Who would have thought that his wife didn't respond at all, but gently asked him to eat first, and then acted as if nothing had happened. No matter how angry he got, she didn't scold or talk back. She completely ignored his talk of returning the furniture, and still greeted him with a smile. She even washed his feet before going to bed.

Yi Zhonghai then ran all over the trust stores but couldn't find where his wife bought it. The person who delivered the furniture was also aloof and didn't say a word when asked. He finally took some time off to track them down, but they were reasonable and said that the goods could be returned but the person had to do it in person. The two of them were at a stalemate.

Finally, the matter alarmed the street office, and Liu Junming and the aunt from the Women's Federation came to handle the matter. Liu Junming was very eloquent, and based on Yi Zhonghai's salary, he calculated that he could definitely afford this set of furniture.

It is also said that Yi Zhonghai, an eighth-level worker, didn't even have a sewing machine at home before. What does this have to do with thrift? Let's just talk about how stingy he is.

Yi Zhonghai didn't want to recall how the matter was handled specifically. Finally, Liu Junming also said that if he was not satisfied with the result, he could wait for their Section Chief Zhang to come back and appeal. Their street office and relevant personnel were familiar with the common property and could be called over to explain it to him if necessary.

The posture of holding the final right of interpretation made Yi Zhonghai instantly think of officials protecting each other, deceiving their superiors and subordinates, and colluding with each other. Compared with others, he was not at the same level when he covered the sky with one hand.

Anyway, in the end he successfully took back the financial power of the family, but he just took it back.

My wife has completely changed into a different person. She becomes more and more talkative. The food we buy is gone every day, and she only cooks as much as the pot can hold.

She gets up early every day to cook for him. If she dares to eat, she will ask for money directly. If he doesn't pay, she won't cook at night. She will ask him to take her to a restaurant, saying that she has no money to buy vegetables and that she doesn't feel like eating steamed buns, so she doesn't cook.

But as long as you give her money, no matter how much, it’s gone once you let go, and the main point is not to let the money stay overnight.

He went to the supply and marketing cooperative more often than to the toilet, bought a lot of random things for the family, and ate snacks every day. If the money given was not enough, he would take the food and children to the pigeon market to exchange them for tickets and food.

As soon as he gets home from get off work, he will be served immediately, with dishes, rice, water and feet washing. He is expected to obey his every command, which will relieve half of his anger.

In the end, I had to go out of my way to buy groceries after get off work, but the women would cook whatever they had. Yi Cheng was a grown-up boy anyway, so he would eat everything without leaving any. I also tried to cook it myself, but the taste was indescribable, and the women also learned to guard their food...

After a week, Yi Zhonghai, who had gained two kilograms, could no longer bear it. The ration of food and exchange was not enough, so he started to change the two-column flour at home to three-column flour, and also bought vegetables by the root.

But the next day I found that they still ate as much as they bought, and if I didn't pay, they would continue to exchange food for other things.

What was different was that several women at the door of his house started chatting again. When Yi Zhonghai heard the wives asking about how the husbands at home made less than 100 yuan a month, and the wives and children at home were not well fed and clothed, and the Women's Federation did not care, his head was buzzing...

After all, it was not proper for a grown man to buy groceries for himself, so he sighed and returned the food allowance to his wife, and gave her the normal amount of money to buy groceries. After settling everything inside and outside, he went to work.

When he came back and saw the usual three dishes and one soup, he pondered for a long time with lifeless eyes before he realized that this strategy of "slowly taking it step by step" might have to be changed to "a protracted war".

My wife is still holding back her hatred and is planning to spend all my money so that I will be forced to pay attention to these two children, otherwise I will be left with no money and no descendants when I am old...

After figuring it out, Yi Zhonghai went completely crazy. When he got home, he would enjoy meticulous care at night, but in the morning he would have to pay money with a sad face. This made the family feel like a mess. Every day was like a world of misery and anxiety...

Jia Dongxu knew only a little about these things of the Jia family. Anyway, he only knew that recently everyone in the master's family had added new clothes from head to toe. The master had gained weight, and the master's wife's figure was quickly approaching that of his mother. Even the two wild children had caught up with the Banggen...

However, none of these affected Jia Dongxu's riding of the new bicycle. Yi Zhonghai only mentioned it tentatively, but Aunt Guan immediately agreed. The main reason was that she didn't know how to ride it, and she had already hidden the bicycle registration. This thing didn't belong to anyone who rode it. She had a consultant in the street office...

Zhang Xingwang's family is now surrounding the eldest sister. Tomorrow is the day she is getting married. The fourth sister looks at her two sisters with envy as they whisper to each other. The little girl is also smiling heartlessly beside them.

Zhang Xingwang originally felt that the atmosphere was quite harmonious, but then he noticed that his mother's face didn't look very good. He thought that his mother was reluctant to let her daughter get married, so he casually said a few words of comfort, but ended up being scolded by his mother instead.

"Xingwang, not only is your sister getting married tomorrow, but Xu Damao is also getting married on the same day. Why haven't you received any news from Xiaoya yet? Did something happen? Why don't you take a leave and go again? Or take mother with you."

"Xu Damao is getting married tomorrow too? This guy is hiding it well enough. Don't worry about Xiaoya, it's just a matter of a few days. She must have been delayed because she went back to the village."

"Xingwang, you have to pay attention, otherwise how can I explain to your grandparents if they ask about it?"

Wang Xiulan was right on the mark. Early the next morning, the old couple and the second aunt and her husband came carrying large and small bags.

Seeing several people panting, Wang Xiulan hurriedly invited them to sit down and drink water. The news was brought back by her eldest cousin the day before yesterday. The old man said that the eldest and younger aunts would be here soon. The eldest sister's marriage was a big event, and her family had to come to support the occasion, otherwise what if she married into the city and was looked down upon? It was heard that the man was a cadre.

The old lady looked a little unwell. She took a long time to speak after coming in:

"We have brought your eggs to you. This wicked and smoking thing, Genwazi, climbs over our wall every now and then in the middle of the night to deliver eggs to us.

It would have been fine if he had just climbed over the wall, but this stupid guy didn’t have the skills to get out. He tried twice in a row but couldn’t get out. He knocked on the window in the middle of the night and asked someone to open the door for him.

He was not happy when I said a few words to him. Do you think he is stupid? A good person would bring a ladder. Giving something away is not stealing..."

According to the old lady, the gate to her house was originally unlocked, but ever since Uncle Yougen delivered the eggs, she didn't know whether she should lock it or not. If she locked it, this damn thing might knock on the window in the middle of the night to wake her up. If she didn't lock it, what would happen if the eggs in the yard were eaten?