Chapter 3 The landscape is no longer what it used to be
At noon on the third day of Ye'er's arrival, I specially bought two catties of pork belly according to Ye'er's request yesterday, and also bought a few other dishes, Ye'er fell asleep on the bed as usual, I cooked a few dishes in the kitchen downstairs, and the meat was washed and cut, so I went upstairs and called Ye'er downstairs to make braised pork.
"Did you really let me burn it?" Ye'er said.
"Of course, yesterday you made a mess of a few dishes I cooked, and you whetted the appetite of me and the baby, so today you have to show your skills and let us see." I said.
Ye'er got up and got dressed, and said: "Okay, when you took the baby to the street to buy vegetables in the morning, I woke up, and I thought about getting up and mopping the floor, but your mop is too small, you should buy that kind of big mop that is more than one meter long, and you can mop the floor clean in a few clicks." β
What Ye Er said was the kind of flat mop used in the unit school, "Have you ever seen anyone who bought such a big mop at home?" Those big flat mops are used in school units. I explained.
"Then don't blame me for not helping you mop the floor, in the future, you will use your own small mop to mop the floor." Ye Er said as she walked downstairs to prepare to make braised pork.
Dizzy, such a woman really made me dizzy, just like washing the dishes yesterday, Ye'er always inadvertently shirked her responsibility, and made you unable to grasp the handle, leaving you speechless, because she always found a reason to declare it first, making you feel that none of this was her fault.
It turns out that although Ye'er was not very good when she was not divorced, she was not like now, digging pits everywhere to make you jump into it! Yes, when you have experienced some people and some things, the current scenery is no longer the original scenery.
Ye Er was cooking braised pork in the kitchen, and while cooking braised pork, she kept putting forward her opinions and talking about her dissatisfaction.
One will say that the soy sauce is not right, what kind of soy sauce should be bought; One will say that soybean oil is not good, and it is better to buy peanut oil; After a while, he said that chicken essence and monosodium glutamate should be eaten less, and eating too much is not good for people's healthγγγγγγ Let you make a dish, as for saying so much nonsense and finding so many reasons?
It turns out that Ye Er said that she can make braised pork, which is definitely!
I saw Ye Er constantly stir-frying the meat pieces in the pot, stir-frying, adding seasonings at the same time, adding salt, sugar, chicken essence, and soy sauceγγγγγγ , anyway, you can't understand what seasoning she wants to add in the end. I saw that the meat the size of a matchbox was boiled alive by her into a square piece of meat only the size of a thumb nail, and the pot was full of brown meat scraps stained with the pot, and there was nearly half a pot of pork fat that had been dried out. I watched from the sidelines, and it was hard to say anything, because according to my observations, as long as I raised a different opinion, Ye'er would either get angry or take the opportunity to give up. So, I'm going to have to watch you perform, maybe other people's dark cuisine is really unique.
Finally, I saw Ye Er breathe a sigh of relief, served the braised pork she said, and while putting it on the dining table, she was embarrassed to explain: "You taste it, it's not as good as it used to be, maybe you haven't cooked for a long time, and you have forgotten your skills." β
But no matter how Ye'er persuaded Dabao and Xiaobao, these two children just didn't want to stretch out their chopsticks and put a piece in their mouths to taste it.
"Mom, are you sure you're making braised pork?" The eldest daughter asked her mother rhetorically.
Yes! Could this be what Ye'er said about the specialty dish braised pork? Two catties of pork belly were dried by the leaves and turned into very few dried meat that was only packed at the bottom of the plate, I frowned and tasted a piece, hard and hard jerky, I can't tell what it tasted like. This is thousands of miles away from the practice of braised pork, even if you say that you are handmade, but no matter how good your craftsmanship is, this is not the practice of braised pork!
"I finally cooked the dishes, but none of you will eat them, and I will not cook them in the future, you still eat the dishes cooked by your father!" Ye'er said. Yes, I knew that Ye'er would definitely say so.
Some people come to you to tell you what the truth is; And some people come to you and tell you what hypocrisy is. I already clearly feel that Ye'er went home this time, just in love with my kindness to her, what she did was even more unacceptable than when she was not divorced, I was just an inn for her to rest at will. It all feels like the gift of life, and everything is still going onγγγγγγ
In the past few days when I got home, Ye'er's mobile phone was always in silent mode, and I asked Ye'er why she set her mobile phone to silent mode, so it was very inconvenient to answer calls and send messages. But Ye Er just said lightly that this is a habit she has formed over the years, and she is not used to being disturbed by people she knows or doesn't know. Perhaps, because sometimes there are really many people who collect debts from her.
At the beginning, when Ye'er decided to resign and leave, she borrowed at least 100,000 debts from several friends she knew with high interest rates as bait, and then went away, but now Ye'er is home, so she can only hide at home every day and not go out, for fear that others will know that she has come home to collect debts from her.
Ye'er always keeps her mobile phone in her hand, even when she goes to the bathroom. She always answers her phone selectively, and every time she answers the phone, Ye'er will always explain to me that this is so-and-so, her good friend; This is so-and-so, is the person on her field, let her return to the field, the cards have been better recently, and the luck will not be badγγγγγγ
However, I was no longer interested in what she said, and I only wanted to listen to the voices of the soul and learn to understand their meaning.
In the evening, Ye'er said to me: "Husband, I can't stay at home with you like this every day. You also know, because of the previous and current years, I owe a lot of money to others, and I can't earn a penny if I stay at home like this, so I decided to go back to the chess and card room and earn money to pay off the debt. β
"Think about it yourself, how much do you owe to others? If it's only 180,000, then I'll help you pay it back, and you won't go out in the future, find a job and live at home. I said.
"There is no exact number, but I estimate that it should be at least half a million."
"So much! If the money is because you are sick and hospitalized, or your business investment fails, even if it is to smash the pot and sell iron, I will help you pay it back. But this money is owed because of your gambling money, so I won't help you pay it back. I said.
"I didn't expect you to help me pay it back. Now I have a preliminary estimate that I owe less than 200,000 to our locals, and about 300,000 to a few friends in Huai'an. So, I had to go out and earn money to pay off my debts. Otherwise, even if I go home, I won't be able to go to the streets and live a normal life like a normal person. Because as soon as they know I'm home, they're going to break down the door and collect the debt. Ye'er said.
"However, when you go back to the chess and card room, your money will only get more and more owed, who have you ever heard of who would get rich because of gambling? Ten bets and nine losses, this is the truth, Macau gambling king Stanley Ho has hundreds of billions of wealth, because of what? Don't you know? Because he never gambles because he only opens casinos! I said.
"I understand all these truths, but if I don't go out to mix, how can I pay back the money?" Ye Er said anxiously.
"If you go out like this, it will only make your 500,000 become 510,000, 520,000, 530,000γγγγγγ Sometimes standing still is also a kind of progress! Do you understand? You can only stay away from the chess and card room. I persuaded.
"However, I still have to decide to go out and give it a try, my bones are idle at home these days, and my friends have been calling me to urge me to come over these days, saying that the cards have been very good recently, maybe my luck will come." Ye Er said excitedly.
"It's not that you want to go out and mingle, it's your gambling addiction that inspires you again." I said angrily.
"I'm used to it, but this time I don't go far, I'm just mixing in a county town below the city, if you don't worry, I'll take a taxi home every night after the card game." Ye Er still insisted on her own ideas.
"Take your liking! Remember, though, that standing still is sometimes a way forward! Think about it yourself. I can only say helplessly.
"Husband, there's one more thing I want you to complete." Ye'er said.
"What's the matter? Why don't you let me give you money? I asked, confused.
"It's not about money, I used to be young and ignorant, and I always used my family's money to go out to gamble, and now, after so many years, I should be sensible, and I will never use your hard-earned money to go out to play in the future. What I'm talking about is that because the baby's mother is addicted to drugs, you are a teacher, and you don't understand these nonsense things in society, so you were deceived. Drug addicts are very messy, so, after I leave tomorrow, you will take the time to take the baby to do a paternity test, if it is your baby, I will treat it as my own and love her well; If it's not your baby, we'll give it to her mom. Because we are not obligated to raise children for other people's families. β
This is an unexpected topic that I never thought of, the first person I saw after the baby was born, it was me, I was the baby's father, from childhood to adulthood, I have been raising my baby for nearly four years, and I have never had this evil thought.
"What the hell do you mean? Tell you, I won't take the baby to do a paternity test, Xiaobao is my baby, and I don't allow anyone to hurt her! As I said this, two lines of tears ran down my cheeks. The baby is my baby, the baby was raised by me, including now, my baby is only more than three years old, it is the stage of love, how can Ye'er have such evil thoughts?