Chapter 111 Unfilial Daughter
The family hadn't been reunited for a long time, and they were particularly cordial when they first met. Even Ye's father, who was usually taciturn, couldn't help but say a few more words.
Mother Ye served the mutton soup to everyone. She was too busy to sit down to eat, saying that there was rice cooking in the pot and she had to check the fire from time to time.
Maybe it was because she had been away from home for too long, but Ye Zhenzhen had a hard time drinking mutton soup. She had already gotten used to the lighter taste of Jiangnan cuisine without even noticing.
Ye Zhenzhen frowned slightly, and to make her mother happy, she took the mutton soup calmly, smiled obediently and said, "Mom, you have worked hard. Come and sit down and eat."
Father Ye had dark skin and a wrinkled face. When he smiled, his teeth were slightly yellow. His teeth looked a little white against his dark skin. He said in a rough voice, "Let's eat first. Your mother will come over when she's done cooking..."
Wang You looked at Ye Mao intentionally or unintentionally without saying anything.
Faced with the chauvinism that Ye's father inadvertently revealed, he was worried that Wang Youzhi would have bad thoughts. Ye Zhenzhen hurriedly tried to smooth things over and gently advised his father: "Dad, don't be feudal. Equality between men and women is popular now. Husbands and wives should love and respect each other. You should be more considerate of Mom..."
Ye Mao still had a smile on his face, and his toes quietly touched Ye's father's feet under the dining table.
Father Ye probably reacted and said with a wry smile: "Okay..."
Ye's mother finally finished her work and came to the dining table. Ye Zhenzhen stood up, pulled out a chair for her mother, and helped her sit down.
Wang You was a little reserved when she met her boyfriend's parents for the first time. She looked shy and looked up from time to time to look at her future in-laws.
Father Ye drank a mouthful of mutton soup and wiped his mouth with his hand. "Xiao Mao, Wang You is a good girl. When are you going to get married? Your mother and I will go back after the New Year to prepare..."
Ye Zhenzhen took the tissue box, took out a tissue and handed it to her father, suggesting that he use it to wipe his mouth.
Father Ye glanced at his daughter sideways and curled his lips. Considering that his future daughter-in-law was present, he couldn't get angry. He could only take the tissue with a wry smile and wipe his mouth obediently with it.
"Dad, Wang You and I are still young, let's wait a year or two before we decide." Ye Mao put down his chopsticks, eager to dispel his parents' idea of rushing to get married, and said with a playful smile: "Ye Zhenzhen hasn't even gotten married yet, so we're not in a hurry..."
The topic unexpectedly shifted to Ye Zhenzhen. Her face changed and she looked at Ye Mao with fiery eyes.
Ye Mao realized that he had said the wrong thing, and immediately tightened his mouth corners and looked at his sister with an apologetic look.
Mother Ye stopped picking up food from her bowl and said with a happy expression: "Zhenzhen is not young anymore, and there are many people in the family who want to propose marriage to her..."
"Mom!" Ye Zhenzhen couldn't sit still and her voice rose uncontrollably.
Father Ye cleared his throat and instantly put away his smile. Although he remained silent, he exuded a strong sense of oppression.
Ye Zhenzhen had no choice but to lower her voice and protested softly: "I don't want to go on a blind date, can you please stop forcing me?"
Ye's mother said with a tone of someone who has experienced it: "Get married and have children early while you are still young, and your body will recover faster..."
"Eat first, eat..." Ye Mao knew he had made trouble, so he interrupted his mother and said with a smile, "You don't know that I miss the taste of my hometown..."
Mother Ye said to Wang You enthusiastically: "Wang You, eat more. I don't know what you like to eat..."
Ye Zhenzhen suddenly lost her appetite and couldn't eat anything.
After seeing Ye Mao and his brother off after dinner, Ye Zhenzhen felt a little guilty facing her parents alone.
Before her parents arrived in Yuncheng, Ye Zhenzhen bought a small bed and placed it in the study. The original plan was to let Ye's father and mother sleep in the bedroom, and she would sleep in the study. However, Ye's father said that it was convenient to smoke in the study, so he let Ye Zhenzhen and her mother sleep in the bedroom.
At night, the mother chatted with Ye Zhenzhen in a low voice, and the topics were nothing more than clichés, such as getting married and having children.
Ye Zhenzhen ignored it and didn't take it to heart at all.
She was only thinking about communicating with Wen Baijing on WeChat. Using the saying "a day without seeing each other feels like three years", it had been several years since they last saw each other.
Wen Baijing's circle of friends has very few updates, all of which are related to work. Ye Zhenzhen cannot analyze his movements through the circle of friends.
However, this does not affect their sharing of every detail of their lives on WeChat.
Wen Baijing asked her, "Are you happy to see your parents?"
Ye Zhenzhen said: "I am happy and unhappy at the same time, but I miss you so much."
Now she is becoming less and less stingy with her sweet words, she just thinks whatever she wants, openly and honestly.
She could even imagine Wen Baijing's expression, with a faint smile on the corner of his lips and tenderness in his eyes.
Wen Baijing said, "Do you want a video?"
Ye Zhenzhen hurriedly shook her head at the screen, and after shaking her head several times, she realized that Wen Baijing couldn't see her. She laughed at herself and replied, "My mom is sleeping next to me, and my dad is watching TV in the living room. There's no place for us to video chat..."
Later, the two of them came up with a way to comfort their longing for each other. They turned on the video and stared at the person on the screen without saying a word.
The signal was very good and the video was smooth, but Ye Zhenzhen found that Wen Baijing seldom blinked, and his eyes were still as bright as stars.
They said good night to each other with their mouths. Ye Zhenzhen occasionally said "I love you" to the screen. Wen Baijing understood her lip movements, but just smiled dotingly and never responded with the same lip movements.
Every time I reluctantly hang up the video, it is a painful farewell that makes me want to cry. It is like a ship going out to sea late at night, with an unfamiliar route, no direction, and an unknown way forward.
Ye Zhenzhen originally thought that the family could celebrate the New Year happily and just brush off the blind date and marriage urging issue.
When she got home from get off work that day, she was greeted by her furious parents.
Ye's mother helped her daughter sort out clothes and found men's clothes and pajamas in the closet. She also found men's slippers and bath towels at home.
Including family planning supplies.
Ye's father was furious and raised his hand to teach his daughter a lesson. Ye Zhenzhen had done something so immoral that it was a disgrace to the family.
Working people only have one face to live with throughout their lives. Ye Zhenzhen tore her parents' faces to pieces with her own hands. She is truly a rebellious and unfilial daughter.
Although that face cannot be exchanged for money, at least there is still face even if there is no money. Now that Ye Zhenzhen has done this, even the face that her parents cherish the most in this world has been torn apart.
Seeing her husband about to hit someone, Ye's mother hurriedly stopped Ye's father and turned to ask, "Zhenzhen, what's going on? Which man are you living with..."
Before her parents came to Yuncheng, Ye Zhenzhen specially packed up Wen Baijing's belongings. She thought she had hidden them well, but she didn't expect her mother to find them.
Ye Zhenzhen was a little overwhelmed for a moment. She couldn't tell the truth, so she had to bite the bullet and argue: "I didn't..."
After hearing this, Ye's father became even more furious and insisted on adhering to the educational philosophy of "beating children to make them filial".
Ye's mother couldn't bear to see her daughter get beaten, so she hugged Ye's father's waist tightly and couldn't help asking, "Zhenzhen, what are you doing? How can you live with a man?"
Seeing that his daughter didn't speak, Father Ye angrily shouted, "Are you going to tell the truth or not? If not, I will beat you to death, you unfilial daughter..."