Chapter 1159: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1159: Wang Xiaohua Mediates in the Middle

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

After Du Xiaojuan left, Wang Dashan thought more and more that something was off, especially that line from Du Xiaojuan: "Fine then, I'm not talking to you anymore, let's leave it at that."

Because this simply did not match Du Xiaojuan's competitive, never-back-down personality.

This was more like a tactical choice of "I'm not playing with you anymore."

Not playing anymore — what does that signify?

Wang Dashan didn't dare think further.

He got a little panicked, lost his composure.

Should he go apologize to Du Xiaojuan, admit he was wrong?

This thought popped into Wang Dashan's mind.

But then he thought again — he hadn't done anything wrong, so why should he, a grown man, have to apologize to her?

But if he doesn't apologize, would Du Xiaojuan really divorce him over such a trivial thing?

Don't put it past her — when this woman makes up her mind, she even dared tell her own parents to get lost, let alone him, Wang Dashan.

If they divorce, what about the newborn baby?

Custody-wise, could he win against Du Xiaojuan?

For a moment, countless thoughts exploded in Wang Dashan's head, leaving him incredibly agitated.

He simply couldn't untangle this mess, didn't know how to handle it.

In the end he chose to call his Third Brother and talk it out; family shame shouldn't be aired publicly, but his own Third Brother isn't an outsider, and Third Brother's quick on the uptake — maybe he could come up with a good solution.

When Wang Xiaohua received Wang Dashan's call, he had already returned to the old family home in Shanggou Village with Wang Erhai, Wang Zhanggen, and Li Xiulan.

No one had lived here for a long time; the house was covered in dust.

Li Xiulan and Wang Erhai were cleaning, Wang Xiaohua was wiping the windows with a damp cloth.

Wang Zhanggen, acting like an old grandpa, sat on the solid wood sofa, fished out a pack of wrinkled cigarettes from the drawer, and was about to light up.

"Dad, your health can't take smoking!"

Wang Erhai hurried over to stop him.

"I'm suffocating with frustration, if I don't smoke a cigarette I won't feel right!" Wang Zhanggen pulled a long face.

Still holding a grudge.

Wang Xiaohua's phone rang; he picked up.

"Hello, Big Brother, what's up?... We're already back in Shanggou Village... oh oh, I see..."

Wang Xiaohua glanced at Wang Zhanggen, then turned and walked out the door before continuing to talk with Wang Dashan.

It was obvious Wang Dashan had specifically told him not to let Mom and Dad find out about this.

"Big Brother, I'm outside the courtyard now, Mom and Dad can't hear. Go ahead, what exactly happened?"

Only then did Wang Dashan tell the truth:

"After you guys left, Du Xiaojuan and I had another huge fight. I feel our marriage might be in trouble, Third Brother, what do you think I should do?"

Wang Xiaohua's brows furrowed slightly; he didn't answer right away, but countered with a question:

"Big Brother, first you need to be clear in your own heart — do you still want to keep living with Sister-in-law?"

Wang Dashan said:

"Of course I do. If not for myself, then for the child who was just born. But you don't know — Du Xiaojuan has changed, become unreasonable, become selfish! Every little thing she has to make a scene! Take this time — clearly we could all live under one roof, but she insisted on renting a place outside and moving out, making Dad worried and upset! She knows Dad's health isn't good, yet she still insisted on doing it! That's what caused all this unpleasantness! I just want to ask — do you have any way to make her change a bit, so she stops stirring up trouble for no reason in the future?"

Hearing Wang Dashan say this, Wang Xiaohua didn't know whether to laugh or cry:

"Big Brother, not to criticize you, but do you think Sister-in-law is someone who changes easily?"

Wang Dashan said:

"Once she's set on something, it's probably very hard to change."

Wang Xiaohua said:

"If you want to keep getting along with her, just tolerate her a bit more — after all, she just gave birth not long ago."

"But she made Dad... over such a small thing..." Wang Dashan was very unconvinced.

Wang Xiaohua cut him off:

"Big Brother, are you here seeking validation, or are you here looking for a way to solve the problem?"

Wang Dashan fell silent for a while, then said:

"Of course I hope to find a way to solve the problem."

But Wang Xiaohua knew his Big Brother was more here seeking validation.

He was still carrying emotion.

If he truly came looking for a solution, why would every sentence leak dissatisfaction with Du Xiaojuan?

Still, he didn't blame his Big Brother — it's human nature.

Without dissatisfaction, there'd be no quarrels.

And it's precisely because dissatisfaction accumulated to a breaking point that they'd blow up over trivialities, throwing the household into chaos with no peace.

Wang Xiaohua didn't keep criticizing his Big Brother, but said:

"Big Brother, how about this — tomorrow you take the initiative and tell Sister-in-law you'll switch to taking care of the baby."

"Switch to me taking care of the baby?" Wang Dashan was stunned.

He didn't know how to take care of the child.

Since the child was born, a confinement nanny had always been helping to take care of him; he had never really participated.

Even now, he still didn't quite know how to change diapers.

Wang Xiaohua said:

"Didn't you think Eldest Sister-in-law was being difficult? Didn't you think taking care of a child is a very light-hearted matter? Then you go take care of him. After you've taken care of him, if you still think it's very light-hearted, then you can righteously scold her. If you find it not light-hearted, then you apologize to her."

Wang Dashan said:

"That's definitely light-hearted. Mom used to raise the three of us, and didn't she raise us easily? Now raising just this one child, with a live-in nanny helping, how could it possibly be that hard?"

Wang Dashan spoke so righteously.

He thought very simply.

He felt taking care of a child was nothing more than changing diapers, feeding milk, and then there was nothing else to it.

Wang Xiaohua said:

"If you think it's light-hearted, good. Then you go take care of him. You don't need to do it for long. Try taking care of him for one week first."

Wang Dashan nodded:

"Good, good!"

But immediately he felt a bit awkward:

"I just had a big fight with Eldest Sister-in-law. I don't know how to bring it up to her. She probably doesn't want to deal with me right now……"

Wang Xiaohua said:

"Later I'll call Eldest Sister-in-law and put in a word for you. You don't need to communicate with her. Tomorrow morning go take over from her. Then let her go back to sleep, or go back to work, whatever. Just don't let her interfere with any childcare matters anymore."

Wang Dashan nodded again:

"Good, good. Then Third Brother, you help me tell her. I just don't believe it. How hard can taking care of a child be? Can it be as hard as training in the army?"

Wang Xiaohua smiled without speaking.

He hung up Wang Dashan's call and immediately called Du Xiaojuan.

"Eldest Sister-in-law, it's me, Xiao Hua."

"What is it?"

When Du Xiaojuan received this call, she happened to be feeding the baby.

"I know about the matter between you and Big Brother."

Wang Xiaohua spoke thus.

Du Xiaojuan said:

"Don't come persuade me. You should go persuade your Big Brother. To put it bluntly, your Big Brother really has water in his head; he completely can't tell priority!"

Du Xiaojuan was obviously still very angry, so that's why she would say such words to Wang Xiaohua.

Wang Xiaohua didn't refute, but nodded in agreement:

"Right, right. Eldest Sister-in-law, you're absolutely right. You just gave birth, and then ran into my dad's illness. My Big Brother, as a big man, failed to coordinate the two matters well. Indeed, he's in the wrong."

"Not just this point. Also because he simply can't understand my pain. I said I couldn't sleep taking care of the child and was irritable, almost depressed. He actually said I was spoiled. He simply can't empathize with me. So I've been thinking, whether to divorce him. Continuing on with him is meaningless too."

Wang Xiaohua hurriedly persuaded:

"Eldest Sister-in-law, calm down. The child was just born. I've already persuaded my Big Brother. He'll go take over childcare from you tomorrow morning, letting you rest properly for a period of time."

Du Xiaojuan was stunned:

"Really?"

Wang Xiaohua said:

"Of course it's true. Didn't he think taking care of a child is easy? Then let him take care of it. After he's done it, he'll naturally know he was wrong."

Du Xiaojuan heard this and couldn't help but sigh:

"If only your Big Brother's head had half your cleverness, that would be good."