Chapter 10: Suspicion
After attending their mother's funeral, Ye Jingshu and Pu Dafu accompanied Ye's father for a few days in City A, and then hurried back to H place.
Along the way, Ye Jingshu saw that her husband was depressed, and she didn't like to answer when she talked to him, and she seemed to be resentful, but Ye Jingshu thought about it carefully, and she didn't seem to make him unhappy. However, out of concern, I still asked:
"Husband, I see that you don't seem to be happy all the way, what's wrong with you?"
When Pu Dafu heard his wife's words, he sneered in his heart: Stinky girls, you can still see that Lao Tzu is in a bad mood! But I still have to coax her, now that this mother-in-law has recognized her father, if she offends her, don't beat her.
So, enduring the strong discomfort in his heart, he replied in an extremely gentle tone:
"No, Jingshu. I'm just sad and sorry for my mom's death. As a son-in-law, I haven't fulfilled my filial piety for a day, and I have let you suffer with me for so many years, I really can't help it. β
Hearing her husband's answer, Ye Jingshu felt a warm current in her heart, it turned out that her husband still cared about her. It's worth the years of suffering I've suffered.
At this moment, Ye Jingshu's eyes were full of tenderness: "Husband, you don't have to be sad, as long as our husband and wife work together, I believe that my mother's spirit in the sky will also be happy for us." β
Pu Dafu looked at Ye Jingshu's appearance, and somehow, a complicated feeling flashed in his heart.
This woman has been with her since she was twenty years old, her appearance is not outstanding, and her figure is slightly fat. But whenever she looked at herself, she was a little naΓ―ve.
Since returning to the countryside with him, the daughter of a rich family who does not touch the spring water with her fingers has started to do the menial work of rural women for him: from washing and cooking to collecting pigweed and feeding livestock.
He saw Ye Jingshu secretly crying in the corner because she was embarrassed by her mother, and saw her distressed by her sister taking her things casually. But in front of herself, this woman never said a word that they were not.
Over the years, I have rarely been patient with her, and I went out to work after graduation because I could stay away from her.
In Pu Dafu's impression, the good memories between himself and her are pitiful, and every time she wants to get close to herself, she subconsciously pushes her away.
It is said that the best way for a man and a woman to develop a relationship is a harmonious bedside relationship. Mother has always complained that Ye Jingshu has not given birth to a son and a half daughter for the Pu family for many years of marriage, but the number of times between him and Ye Jingshu is pitiful, and she doesn't want Ye Jingshu to give birth to her own child at all.
Every time I have a desire, I would rather go out and find a woman outside than touch her.
Even so, Ye Jingshu, do you still want to be in the same boat with me and grow old together?
After several days of traveling, the two finally returned to the rental home.
When Ye Jingshu entered the house, it was not surprising to see that the room that had been cleaned up at the beginning had become messy again:
The quilts were piled up on the bed, and half of them had fallen to the floor; In the sink, unwashed pots and pans are crammed into the sink; Smelly socks are thrown haphazardly on the ground. There was a disgusting foot smell throughout the room.
As soon as she opened the bedroom door, Ye Jingshu saw that the alabaster she used to wipe her face was being pulled out by her mother-in-law in large chunks and smeared on her old face with furrows. Seeing Ye Jingshu suddenly come in, Pu Mu was startled:
"Oh Jingshu, why are you back, don't knock when you come in!"
Ye Jingshu laughed angrily at her mother-in-law's words: "Mom, Dafu and I just came back from City A, and we have just entered the yard for less than a minute. And this is my bedroom with Dafu, how are you in our room? β
After hearing this, a trace of unnaturalness flashed on Pu Mu's face, and she smiled dryly:
"Jingshu, that's the case, when I cleaned your room in the morning, I saw that your little box was very good-looking, so I unscrewed it to take a look, but I didn't expect it to smell good. What's this? β
Ye Jingshu looked at the bedroom, heh, there is no mess but more messy, there is a yellowed apple core in the corner of the house, it seems that it was not thrown today, and the cobwebs on the beams that I didn't have time to sweep are still there. Is this embarrassing to say cleaning your own room? Hehe!
"Oh, Mom, this is called alabaster, I bought it at the supermarket here, if you like it, I will give it to you."
"Okay, good" As if she was afraid that Ye Jingshu would regret it, Pu Mu put the bottle in her pocket with lightning speed, turned her head and hurriedly left the room. After taking two steps, as if remembering something, he explained:
"That, Jingshu, I'm old, I just had a sore back after a while in the morning, and I haven't done it well, you help clean up, and by the way, make lunch." Alas, I have a backache to death, go back to the house and rest for a while, and call me when your meal is ready. β
After that, he swaggered out of the bedroom, yo, where does this posture look like a person with back pain?
It was already more than one o'clock in the afternoon after Ye Jingshu cleaned up everything, thinking that it was already late, so she simply made a pot of stewed noodles, beat a few eggs, and made a tomato and egg soup. Later, I saw my father-in-law and elder sister coming back from outside. I woke up my husband and mother-in-law, who were still resting, and started eating.
At the dinner table, the eldest sister began to talk about what she had seen in the morning: "Oh, this big place is different, and there is a zoo." I've lived for more than 40 years, and this is the first time I've seen a tiger. β
"Who's to say it's not, everything is good here, it's just that it's too expensive. In the past, in our village, a pound of eggs cost five cents, but now I come here, I asked, good guy, eggs are sold, and each one is three cents. Pu Mu interjected.
"Jingshu, our family has no money. When you went home this time, your father-in-law didn't mean anything to you? Pu Fu, who has always been silent, asked.
When Ye Jingshu heard this, she felt uncomfortable for a while. His mother had just died, and no one in her in-law's family cared about it, but she was mentioning money as soon as she opened her mouth.
In their eyes, is there no use for them except to give them money and feed their family? The reason why the Pu family was willing to accept her was just because of her family background?
Seeing Ye Jingshu's gloomy face, Pu Dafu knew that she was unhappy, so he explained: "Dad, Mom, Jingshu just finished the funeral for her mother-in-law, let's not mention these things first, okay?" β
When Pu Mu heard her son's words, she thought that her ear was broken, which ...... Is this still your own wealth? In the past, Dafu didn't react at all when he saw himself bullying Ye Jingshu, what's wrong today?
I want to spill. When she looked up and saw her son's impatient look, she quickly closed her mouth and reached out to roll up her sleeves and took a big mouthful of rice into her mouth, as if Ye Jingshu was the rice in her mouth, only eaten by herself.
But the sharp-eyed Ye Jingshu saw the bracelet on Pu Mu's hand and neck, and exclaimed: "Mom! Where did you get this bracelet from? β
Pu Mu saw Ye Jingshu's shocked face, and muttered in her heart:
It's your business that my eldest son sent me. was about to open his mouth to teach her a lesson, but he heard Pu Dagui explain: "That bracelet definitely didn't come from the right way!" That's what I gave to my mother, I bought it! β
But Ye Jingshu didn't believe Pu Dagui's words. The bracelet is smooth and elegant, the jade is of high quality, the workmanship is excellent, it is a rare Hetian jade, not to mention a small place like H, even in the capital, it is difficult to buy a bracelet of this color.
Moreover, this bracelet looks very similar to his mother's one, but he was re-covered by his mother-in-law with a sleeve without looking carefully just now. No, I must find time to take a good look at the bracelet to confirm my guess.