Chapter VI The Cold War
Gu Xiaojing's home, the whole scene of the post-war catastrophe, everything is a messy and willful face, the one who should be on the bed ran to the ground, the one that should be on the table on the ground, the things that should be in the kitchen entered the bedroom, and the things in the bathroom appeared in the living room in a high-sounding manner.
Gu Xiaojing herself can't tell how many days she hasn't cleaned her room, and she can't tell how many days she hasn't looked at this home seriously, and she can't tell when she didn't want to go home, a few months, or even a few years? Maybe it's after her son goes to school in other places, or maybe it's after her mother-in-law dies, she can't tell, she just knows that her life has been terrible in recent years.
Chen Zhigang has been laid off for more than five years, at that time, she opened a grain and oil store, Chen Zhigang followed her to be busy and busy in the grain and oil store, but the grain and oil store was too small and the business was light, so she took out 5,000 yuan and asked Chen Zhigang to learn to do a small business, but within a month, the 5,000 yuan was lost, and it turned out that Chen Zhigang took it to gamble. Gu Xiaojing and Chen Zhigang had the biggest temper in more than ten years of marriage, you must know that the money was earned by her three catties of rice and one catty of oil every day, but who knew that Chen Zhigang was beaten by her. But life has to go on, she spent more than 300 yuan to buy some gifts for a cousin who held a small position in the county party committee, and told her cousin about the difficulties of their family's life, cousin is not bad, helped Chen Zhigang find an errand to drive in the Food Bureau, to the director of the car, it was a good errand, although the salary is not high, but how much can you report some fuel tickets, more maintenance fees and the like, and the director knows that the driver is hard, and will give him some benefits, but Chen Zhigang does not do things, often couldn't help but drink, and the director didn't dare to let Chen Zhigang, who had drunk alcohol, take him with him, so he found an excuse to quit him. Gu Xiaojing had no choice, seeing that the grain and oil store was not enough for the family's expenses, so he set up an intermediary service agency, at that time, there were few intermediary service agencies, so the income was much higher than that of the grain and oil store, Chen Zhigang went to the intermediary service agency to help, but he was stubborn and straight-talking, and he always quarreled with customers, Gu Xiaojing had no choice, so he no longer let him go to the intermediary service agency.
Chen Zhigang went to work for others again, but every time he worked for more than three months, there were always such and such reasons, either people quit him, or he quit others, and then he intermittently partnered with others to do a few small businesses, and each time he broke up unhappily, not only did he not make money, but he lost the money Gu Xiaojing earned.
Gu Xiaojing was angry in her heart, so she didn't care about him anymore. Last year, by chance, she met the CEO of a head office company in Shijiazhuang who went abroad, and heard that working abroad is a trend now, with high commissions and good income, so she rented a larger face again, and changed the intermediary service to a travel agency for working abroad.
Chen Zhigang saw that Gu Xiaojing was more capable than him, so he simply didn't do anything, and asked Gu Xiaojing to go out to play mahjong with small bets every day, sometimes Gu Xiaojing didn't give it to him, so he went to ask for money from his retired mother who was nearly seventy years old, Gu Xiaojing was annoyed when he knew it, but he didn't listen to him, but thought that Gu Xiaojing gave him less money.
Gu Xiaojing didn't divorce her son in the face of her, she repeatedly comforted herself in her heart, how can she say that Chen Zhiguo is also her son's father, so make do with it.
Gu Xiaojing didn't look down on what Chen Zhiguo had done, and she was naturally estranged from him in her behavior, although the two of them were still barely lying on the same bed, but the matter of husband and wife had already been in name only. Last night, Chen Zhigang also drank elsewhere, and when he went home, he found that Gu Xiaojing had not come back yet, so he called Gu Xiaojing. Gu Xiaojing heard that he was drinking, and she was afraid that he would make trouble on the phone, so she told He Fei that she had something to do, and took a taxi home alone.
Rao'an is 60 kilometers away from Raoxing, and it was an hour later to take a taxi back. Chen Zhigang thought that Gu Xiaojing came back late, so he scolded and was unhappy, and Gu Xiaojing quarreled with him. The two were arguing, Chen Zhigang's phone rang, it turned out to be an account, it was the account he owed by playing mahjong, and the people said that they would go out early and ask him to prepare a thousand yuan. Chen Zhigang put down the phone and asked Gu Xiaojing for money, Gu Xiaojing was angry, and said I still want to ask you for money, I will make money, where can I get money for you?
Chen Zhigang was unhappy, so he began to make irresponsible remarks, saying that Gu Xiaojing didn't go home in the middle of the night, he must be a thief, Gu Xiaojing dragged a quilt over his head and ignored him, because both of them drank alcohol, and slowly fell asleep.
When he woke up in the morning, Chen Zhigang asked Gu Xiaojing for money again, Gu Xiaojing was hard-hearted and said that he wouldn't give anything, Chen Zhigang went online, saying that Gu Xiaojing didn't do anything good last night, Gu Xiaojing was angry, so he called An Dong to testify against her.
Before An Dong came, Gu Xiaojing discussed with Chen Zhigang that if she couldn't get by, she would divorce, in order not to regret it in the future, the two of them would separate for half a year, and if it was still like this after half a year, the two of them would divorce.
Gu Xiaojing just told An Dong that she and Chen Zhigang separated, and she didn't say it in such detail, after all, divorce is not a glorious thing. After talking to Gu Xiaojing for a long time, after lunch, she went home alone, and when she returned home, seeing this scene of war, her heart was like a pool of calm spring water suddenly thrown into a large stone, and it was disturbed in an instant. She knew that if she didn't clean up the room, it would be ten times messier than it was now, and Chen Zhigang wouldn't clean it up, so she changed into slippers, bent down and began to clean up little by little.
When she was almost tidying up, Chen Zhigang came back. He didn't say a word, took out a large package and began to pack his luggage, Gu Xiaojing ignored him and continued to pack the room.
Chen Zhigang was busy inside and out for a while, and almost packed up all the things that should be used, so he used enough strength, tied the big package with a cross buckle, and walked out with the burden on his back.
Hold it. Gu Xiaojing said a word, just left?
Didn't you say okay, separation, I agree. After Chen Zhigang finished speaking, he left without looking back.
The room was quiet, everything returned to its original state, Gu Xiaojing knew that in the past few years of marriage war, she was tired, he was also tired, she felt that this home was not warm, and in the same way, he felt no less cold than hers.
She said that she couldn't say well, in her marriage with Chen Zhigang, who was right and who was wrong, and what percentage was right and wrong? In her eyes, she focused all her mistakes on Chen Zhigang, but from the moment when Chen Zhigang picked up his luggage and left without hesitation, she felt that in Chen Zhigang's heart, her mistakes were also densely piled up in his heart.
She knew that she and Chen Zhigang were about to bid farewell to the noisy and restless stage of the past, and a new and unprecedented new situation awaited them.
The Cold War began.