Chapter 707: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 707: The Truth Often Hurts the Most

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Erhai came out to help kill the chicken; Li Xiulan caught a rooster from the coop and brought it out, had Wang Erhai hold the chicken's feet and wings, then bled the chicken.

"Erhai, Meiqi has a bit of a temper; you need to be more tolerant. You're a grown man, don't take her to heart. Family harmony brings prosperity in all things, understand?"

Li Xiulan said these words to Wang Erhai in a kind and earnest tone while killing the chicken.

Clearly, Li Xiulan had heard Wang Erhai and Liu Meiqi arguing just now.

"Mm, I know, Mom."

Wang Erhai kept his head down and didn't explain anything.

Because he didn't want his mother to worry about him.

So no matter how many times he and Liu Meiqi had fought, he had never told his parents at home; every time after a fight, he digested it himself.

"When two people are together, what's actually most tested isn't marriage, but life after having children; life before and after having children are two completely different states."

Li Xiulan continued to speak kindly and earnestly, teaching him diligently.

Although she wasn't very educated, she was someone who had been through it.

She had personally experienced so much hardship brought by marriage; she not only didn't want Liu Meiqi to become another her, but also didn't want her second son to become another Wang Zhanggen.

"Mm, I know, Mom."

Wang Erhai kept his head down, still not explaining anything.

Li Xiulan still wanted to keep talking.

But at this moment Wang Erhai stopped her:

"Mom, I'm not a little brat anymore; you don't need to worry about these small matters, I'll handle them myself."

Li Xiulan sighed:

"I'm just afraid you're not doing well."

Wang Erhai smiled to cover it up:

"You're worrying too much; I'm doing great. You don't know, my business in County Town is already big and strong, making money. As long as there's money, this life can't possibly go badly, right?"

But Li Xiulan was still worried:

"That's the principle, but..."

"No more buts; let's hurry up and kill this chicken, hurry up and go worship at the Ancestral Hall, so that woman doesn't get angry again!"

Li Xiulan didn't say anything more.

After bleeding the chicken, she took a large iron basin and drew a basin of boiling water from the stove.

She scalded the chicken feathers, then started plucking them.

Chicken feathers were much easier to pluck than duck feathers; the two plucked skillfully, and in ten or so minutes, the whole chicken was plucked clean.

They opened holes on both sides to remove the organs, cleaned the intestines, liver, kidneys, and other organs, stuffed them back in, then took it to blanch and set its shape.

They made the rooster into a posture with its head raised in worship.

After blanching and setting its shape, they could take it out, put it in the basket, and take it to worship the gods.

"Liu Meiqi, let's go!"

Wang Erhai carried the rooster in the basket and shouted to Liu Meiqi inside the house.

Liu Meiqi was looking down playing on her mobile phone, still sulking:

"I'm not going; you go yourself!"

Hearing this, Wang Erhai was almost stunned on the spot.

"What are you making a scene about now? Didn't we agree to go worship at the Ancestral Hall together to pray for children?"

Liu Meiqi had a cold face:

"I just don't want to go now. You all have no sincerity; going to worship is useless!"

Wang Erhai laughed in anger:

"Who exactly has no sincerity! With your attitude, you dare say that about me?"

Liu Meiqi threw a tantrum:

"I have no sincerity, say that and you're happy, right? Wang Erhai, you tell me—who am I having children for? Isn't it for you, you heartless one? And this is how you treat me!"

Wang Erhai had endured to the extreme:

"How have I treated you? Am I not good enough to you?"

If it weren't at his Hometown, if it weren't that his mother Li Xiulan was right outside, Wang Erhai figured he would have already hit Liu Meiqi.

In his view, Liu Meiqi just needed a cleaning up, needed a beating!

If he didn't beat her for a day, she'd get itchy and just knew how to make trouble!

"Since you have no sincerity, then let's not have children; we'll be child-free for a lifetime. Are you happy now!"

Liu Meiqi was huffing and puffing with anger.

She felt Wang Erhai's concern for her wasn't enough.

Having children for Wang Erhai required her to pay a lot.

Not to mention all the preparation needed for pregnancy preparation now; later if she got pregnant, ten months of pregnancy, ten fingers dilated, raising the child—how much price would she have to pay!

And these prices could only be borne by women; Wang Erhai didn't need to bear a thing, just waiting to be a father!

In this situation, she felt Wang Erhai should spoil her and side with her!

As it turned out, Wang Erhai not only stopped doting on her, he even gave her the cold shoulder.

Her temper flared up.

"DINK then DINK, I never planned to have kids with you anyway, lest we bear a neurotic like you and your mother."

Wang Erhai's Qi rose to his head, and speaking without thinking, he accidentally blurted out what was in his heart.

He indeed had no intention of having children with Liu Meiqi.

Liu Meiqi was just a neurotic.

He was truly afraid that the child born of him and Liu Meiqi would have the same disposition as Liu Meiqi, also a neurotic.

"Fine, fine, fine, you finally said what was in your heart, right? You dislike me that much?"

Liu Meiqi was stabbed by Wang Erhai's words and couldn't help but cry out.

Before, no matter how Wang Erhai scolded her or even hit her, she hadn't cried.

But now she couldn't help but cry.

One can only say that sometimes the truth hurts the most.

"Exactly, you're right." Wang Erhai was expressionless, staring at Liu Meiqi, waiting for her to voluntarily shout out the two words "divorce"; as soon as she said those two words, he would agree immediately, without a shred of hesitation.

That way both sides would be freed.

It was a pity that he waited for a long time, yet never heard Liu Meiqi shout those two words.

Liu Meiqi seemed to know his intention, and after remaining silent for a long time, she opened her mouth and said:

"Wang Erhai, don't think I don't know what you're thinking; you just want me to speak up first and ask for a divorce, don't you? I won't let you have your way; even if I die, I'll drag you down with me!"

After Liu Meiqi said these words, a feeling of exhilaration involuntarily arose in her inner heart.

But after the exhilaration passed, her heart involuntarily shuddered.

For a moment, the sight of her mother taking revenge on her father appeared in her mind.

Her mother Deng Cuihua often shouted such words at her father Liu Shanshui: You want a divorce, but I won't divorce you! Even if I die, I'll drag you down with me!

"Neurotic!"

Wang Erhai coldly cursed a sentence.

Then he carried the chicken basket and turned around to walk out of the living room.

"Mom, cut the chicken into pieces, and cook it at noon for the workers to eat."

Li Xiulan saw that Wang Erhai hadn't gone to worship the gods yet, and was asking her to cut the chicken into pieces, and she couldn't help but be slightly surprised:

"What's wrong?"

Wang Erhai gave a dry laugh:

"That woman threw a tantrum, saying she won't go worship the gods; fine, she won't worship, as if I begged her to go worship!"

Wang Erhai was full of resentment, with nowhere to vent it.

Being messed with by Liu Meiqi like this, he felt he was going crazy.

Seeing this, Li Xiulan couldn't help but worry:

"Erhai, what did I just say to you? Family harmony brings prosperity in all things; you should be more tolerant toward Mei Qi. When she throws a tantrum, she just wants you to coax her. Don't always lecture her with principles; go coax her!"

Wang Erhai was unwilling:

"I won't coax her; clearly she's being unreasonable, and she also said you..."

Li Xiulan interrupted his sentence:

"How she said it doesn't matter; what's important is that you two live well together. Hurry and go coax her; consider it as me begging you."

Seeing his mother like this, Wang Erhai had no choice but to make a concession:

"Fine, fine, then I'll go coax her."

He could give Liu Meiqi no face, but he couldn't not give his own mother face.