Zhou Xiaoyun’s Happy Life

Chapter 3 Damn Poor Days

What?

Zhou Xiaoyun was shocked: "What did you say? Say it again."

Li Tianyu whispered: "Xiao Gu came to me tonight and said that he was short of money and wanted to borrow some money from me to meet the emergency. I thought we still had 20,000 yuan in hand, so I agreed."

 Looking at Zhou Xiaoyun's face getting darker and darker, he couldn't speak any more.

"Li-Tian-Yu!" Zhou Xiaoyun said every word, gritting his teeth and wanting to beat him up, "That's what I saved every penny from saving money in the past few years to buy a house. Why do you ask? You agreed to lend money to others without asking me? "

Zhou Xiaoyun got angrier as he talked: "Even if you can't afford a house, you still have to prepare for your children to go to school! Do you know how much it costs to go to school now?"

Li Tianyu knew that he was in the wrong, so he listened to Zhou Xiaoyun's complaints without saying a word.

"I've been married to you for seven years. Have I ever had a good life? Have I ever had a good meal? Have I ever worn any decent clothes? I'm still renting a house with you, not even a decent person. They don’t even have a home. They have to go to work, take care of the children, and do housework every day, and they don’t even have time to rest and breathe. Their girls marry well, live well, wear gold and silver, go shopping when they have nothing to do, and live in a small building. Driving a car. What about me?"

 When Zhou Xiaoyun said this, he burst into tears. For a moment, all the dissatisfactions came to his heart.

 Since childhood, she has been a dispensable and insignificant girl in the family.

There are four brothers and sisters in the family. She has an eldest brother, a favored younger brother and a youngest sister.

 My family is poor, so I have to take care of my younger brothers and sisters first if I have delicious food. There was not much left when it was my turn. The clothes I wear are the clothes of my cousin next door, adapted into smaller sizes. Her parents were busy farming and doing odd jobs to earn money, so no one had time to pay much attention to her.

She was originally a very smart girl, but no one cared about her studies, so they all went to waste.

After graduating from junior high school, she naturally dropped out of school and studied in a garment factory for a year before starting to work to make money.

The salary I received was given to my family for my younger siblings to study. When she reached the age of first love, she met Li Tianyu who had returned from the army. She fell in love with him wishfully. The family has found another family for her with a good financial situation, but Zhou Xiaoyun is unwilling to meet the man who is said to have a formal job.

 She resolutely made a decision that she would regret for the rest of her life: living together with Li Tianyu.

Soon they had Niuniu, but the family couldn't get rid of her, so they had to let her get married to Li Tianyu.

 After Zhou Xiaoyun got her wish, she found that her married life was not what she had imagined. Li Tianyu was unrestrained, playful, and careless when he was in love, but after marriage, he became indolent, lazy, and unambitious. To put it in layman's terms, he is the kind of hopeless man who lives his life day by day.

 Zhou Xiaoyun woke up from her passion and soon welcomed the birth of her child. Completely started the life of a housewife.

 When the child is a little older, he enters kindergarten. She and Li Tianyu came out to rent a house, and they had enough of the hardships of life.

In order to support her family and make it easier to take care of her children, she had to find a toy factory that didn't care about working hours, and she was paid on a piece-rate basis. In order to make money, she often took the factory work home to do. Every day I have to pick up and drop off the children, buy groceries and cook, wash and mop the floor.

 I live a life of worrying about things all day long, even when I buy groceries, I carefully calculate my monthly expenses to the nearest yuan.

 The family’s frugal life does not know when it will end, and this day seems far away.

Is this what people say: "If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, if you marry a dog, follow the dog"? She married the man in front of her who didn't have much ability. Is this the life she should live?

Li Tianyu saw Zhou Xiaoyun crying so hard that he became a little impatient: "Come on, just say a few words and that'll be it!"

 What is this attitude?

Zhou Xiaoyun wiped away her tears and said to the child: "Niuniu, go to the room and watch TV."

Niu Niu put down the bowl and comforted Zhou Xiaoyun in a soft voice: "Mom, don't be angry. I will buy a house for you to live in when you grow up."

Zhou Xiaoyun felt warm and coaxed the child into the house.

After Niuniu was settled, she sat down at the table with a sullen face, ready to have a good talk with Li Tianyu.

Li Tianyu became happy when he saw Zhou Xiaoyun's serious face: "What's wrong? Today, you are going to give me an ideological and political lesson!"

Zhou Xiaoyun ignored his playful smile and said, "I tell you very seriously, Li Tianyu, I will not lend you this money."

"That won't work. Brother, I opened my mouth once and I agreed again. I can't break my promise."

“Whether your face is more important or our lives are more important!” Zhou Xiaoyun almost shouted.

 Of course face is important!

Swallowing the words on his lips, Li Tianyu looked at Zhou Xiaoyun's face and finally had the sense not to say anything that would make her angry.

“Tell him tomorrow that I have used the money and I have no money to lend him.” After Zhou Xiaoyun finished speaking, he went to clear away the dishes.

Li Tianyu remained silent, not knowing what he was thinking.

Zhou Xiaoyun didn't pay attention to her husband's face. She thought the matter was over now.

 She never expected what would happen the next day.

 (End of this chapter)