After Liang Zheng got married, he spent a short time of happiness. Sometimes when he opens his eyes in the morning and sees a porcelain doll-like beauty lying beside him, he can't help but kiss her. Even on a rainy day, his world is clear.

His initial idea was that although his parents were very old, they were knowledgeable, easy-going, and had enough space at home, so he wanted Xiaoying to follow his parents for a year or two before moving out. He also said to Xiaoying: "There is an aunt at home, so we don't have to do the housework ourselves, isn't it good?"

At first, Xiaoying also agreed, but less than a month after marriage, she was depressed. She said that the home was too depressing, and the whole community was too quiet, which was completely inconsistent with her lively personality. It's like a little bird being locked in a birdcage and completely losing its freedom.

Liang Zheng was distressed for a while, and finally discussed with his parents that the young couple moved out. The Liang family had prepared a wedding room for him a long time ago, and it was not difficult to move out. It's just that the daughter and son have moved out, and only the old couple are left in the huge house. Although they were very lonely, considering that young people also had their own lives, Liang's father and Liang's mother agreed to their request.

Liang Zheng's new house is an enviable school district house, and it is a residential area with very complete supporting facilities. Liang Zheng moved in happily, looking forward to starting a new life with Xiaoying, but he didn't expect that the first time Xiaoying stepped into the house, he muttered, "This house is so small!"

Liang Zheng was stunned, the house is 120 square meters, the house type is perfect, and the small couple lives more than enough, even if they have children, they are not necessarily crowded. Liang Zheng just wanted to comfort her, but Xiaoying said again: "There is no cloakroom in this house...... Also, where will the maid live in the future? The house is only one floor, and if the servant moves in, we will have no privacy at all. ”

Yes, she used the expression "maid", as if she really regarded herself as a wealthy young grandmother. Liang Zheng's parents are both people with a certain status, but Liang Zheng has never heard his parents say the word "maid". When addressing the nanny at home, Liang Zheng called her "aunt" very respectfully. Besides, even if they are independent from the family, how much housework can two people have? How can a "servant" be needed to serve them if one hourly worker is enough?

In short, the Liang family did not provide a mansion or a "maid", so Xiaoying had nothing to post on the Internet, and she was embarrassed for a while. But in any case, she married a civil servant with good roots, and this marriage greatly reversed her image in the eyes of the public - it turned out that she was not a person who loved vanity, she did not choose to be rich, but chose to marry love.

The independent life of the two started from stumbling, Xiaoying could not do housework, let alone cook, and there was no fireworks at home. Liang Zheng always works overtime and can eat at the unit, but when he returns to that cold home, he still feels lost. Before the spring of 2009, he had a severe cold, and he was so lightheaded that he could barely get off the ground.

He was lying in the quilt shivering, Xiaoying didn't know whether she was anxious or impatient, in short, her husband was very sick, and she cried. Liang Zheng asked her to help her get some medicine to eat, told her that there was a green package of medicine in the medicine box, and told her the name of the medicine, and asked her to help her make a cup. Xiao Ying agreed, hurriedly helped him flush the medicine, and after working for a long time, he actually used the cold water in the water purifier to flush it.

Liang Zheng was so sick that he was weak, although he was speechless, but he couldn't care about picking and choosing. He drank the bowl of cold water, but not only did he not get better, but he became even more drowsy. Xiaoying didn't care if her husband was okay or not, she went out and came home in the afternoon, and her husband was already in a state of semi-prostration.

She was so scared that she hurriedly called her mother-in-law, and Liang's mother was instantly anxious: "What are you calling me for? Call 120 first!"

Xiaoying woke up like a dream and finally sent her husband to the hospital. Fortunately, he was sent to the hospital in time, and Liang Zheng hung up the potion overnight, so it was nothing serious. Later, when he got home, he saw the wrapping paper thrown on the kitchen board, which read, "Stomach Nourishing Granules".

His brain hurt so badly, how could this be? No matter how confused she was, how could she feed him the medicine for stomach problems as a cold medicine? Liang Zheng also told her the name of the medicine and the color of the package, and she could make a mistake. Fortunately, this is not taking care of the child, but what will happen if she gives the wrong medicine to the child?

After this incident, Liang's father and Liang's mother once again carefully considered the issue of their independent life. Xiaoying really can't take care of people, and seriously lacks common sense in life. And my son is busy with work, and these two people live together, which is really worrying.

The old couple considered letting them move back in, but before they could decide, Xiaoying's parents were going to come to the capital to live for a while. I met once when I was engaged before, and the two of them were polite, and they didn't have any requirements for the wedding, just let the Liang family watch it, and they had no opinion.

Thinking of this, Liang Zheng couldn't help it. The two of them married their daughters, and they came all the way back, but they didn't cause trouble to the Liang family, let alone make any requests. So this time, Liang Zheng welcomed his father-in-law and mother-in-law to come to live in the capital, and compensated them by the way.

I didn't expect that after only a few months, they were like a different person. Xiaoying's father no longer accompanied the smiling face, but became swaggering, as if he could call Liang's father a brother. At Liang's house for dinner that day, Xiaoying's father did not shy away from asking: "At your level, you can easily get one million a year after retirement, right?"

Father Liang stopped his chopsticks and said flatly: "Not so much." ”

Liang Zheng felt that this question was really inappropriate, and he wanted to give his father-in-law a look, but he didn't expect his father-in-law to notice it at all, but laughed and said, "It's unlikely......, isn't it? Isn't it easy to get a million a year?"

Liang's mother also put down her chopsticks, her face full of displeasure. And Xiaoying's father still didn't notice, he shook his legs, his face was full of red light, as if he was still proud of his erudition.

Liang's father adjusted his emotions before saying: "I was not in good health in the first two years, and I retired as soon as I reached the age. I don't teach and I don't work part-time. It's good to practice calligraphy and piano at home. ”

"Yo, that's a pity. Xiaoying's mother wiped the oil on her mouth and asked loudly, "What kind of disease?!"

The more they shy away from something, the more they say something. Father Liang's hands were already trembling slightly, and they didn't care. Liang Zheng replied for his father: "My father's liver is not very good, he has undergone surgery, and he has been recuperating at home for a few years, and now he is much better. ”

Xiaoying's mother sighed twice, and then said: "I know an old Chinese medicine doctor who is very good at liver disease, and liver cancer can be cured! Big brother, don't keep taking Western medicine, that thing can hurt your body! Western medicine is unreliable! Wait for me to give you a few pairs of Chinese medicine next time, you can see how the effect is." ”

Liang's mother endured it for a long time, but finally saw her husband's eyes, so she didn't have a seizure. Liang's father was very well-educated, and he still smiled and thanked him: "Then thank you very much." ”

Maybe Xiaoying also felt that her parents' behavior was a little too much, and she didn't talk much on the way back, looking out the window with a gloomy face. Her father didn't pay attention at all, and kept talking to Liang Zheng: "Xiao Liang, how good it is for your father's driver to send us, that is so face-saving, you can drink two sips at noon." ”

Liang Zheng was very unhappy, and said sullenly: "The distance is not far, I can drive by myself." ”

Xiaoying's father looked at the scenery flashing outside the window, shook his legs and said, "Xiaoliang, this time we came to Beijing, we want to have a good time." ”

"Well, don't worry, I've planned the itinerary for your reference. ”

"If you want me to say, don't take us to those ordinary attractions, if you want to go, go to those places that ordinary people can't enter...... If you take pictures in those places, it will be a lot of face!"

Liang Zheng was silent again, it was not difficult for him to enter and exit those places, but he didn't know why, he didn't want to take them there at all.

Liang Zheng was very tired that day, and when he returned to his home, he said that he had a headache, so he went to the bedroom to sleep for a while. When he seemed to be asleep, he heard his wife arguing with his parents-in-law: "Why do you want to say something like that? If you can't speak, don't say it! Don't you see, my father-in-law is not happy?"

His father-in-law said in a low voice: "Before you got married, your mother and I endured it again and again, and we didn't dare to say anything, just to let you marry into such a family." Now that you've married in, you think we're ashamed? What have we done with you to feed you so much? If you can't say anything, you can't ask for anything, why do we let you get married? Really, how many relatives are greedy, but we don't get any good, doesn't this make people see a joke?"

His wife was sobbing softly, and Liang Zheng closed his eyes tiredly, not wanting to listen to the words that chilled his heart anymore.

At that time, he was preparing to go on assignment, and he couldn't wait to go to the United States and leave the house for a while. Xiao Ying noticed his coldness, and asked with a cold face, "Do you look down on my parents?"

"I'm trying to understand them. Liang Zheng said: "We grew up in different environments, so they have some ideas that I need time to digest. Xiaoying, no matter what our parents do, we still have to live together. ”

Xiaoying is still unhappy, and she doesn't want to go to the United States with her husband. Liang Zheng persuaded: "If you go, you are really a diplomat's wife, don't you want to experience it?"

This identity is still attractive, Xiaoying is a little tempted, but she is still not satisfied: "Until now, you haven't even bought me a Hermes bag...... I don't want to go to a banquet with you, that's shabby. ”

Regardless of whether she was coquettish or not, this remark had a great impact on Liang Zheng. With a year's expatriate allowance, he can buy her two Hermes, so will he have to live? If his wife carries a Hermes to an event with him in a high-profile manner...... He didn't dare to imagine the consequences.

Liang Zheng remembered the article called "The Necklace", Xiaoying is the heroine Mathilde, and he is the poor civil servant husband. A borrowed pearl necklace satisfies Mathilde's vanity, but because of the fake necklace, the couple spent a whole decade of hard work. Liang Zheng didn't dare to imagine that kind of life, he thought over and over again, it would be good if Xiaoying didn't go to the United States, at least, it would reduce a lot of trouble for him!