The courtyard: the atmosphere of human life

After Darong and Wenying left, Zhong Yunxing and Zhong Yunsheng also called Zhong Yunhong to the small west room.

"What on earth did you two quarrel about?" Zhong Yunxing asked Zhong Yunhong, whose eyes were bloodshot.

Zhong Yunhong sat on the sofa with his head down, and didn't speak for a long time.

Seeing that he hadn't spoken a word, Zhong Yunsheng stood up and took out a bottle of wine and three wine glasses from the cabinet.

Although Zhong Yunhong didn't say anything, he drank every glass of wine. After drinking more than half a bottle, Zhong Yunhong suddenly grabbed Zhong Yunsheng's shoulder with one hand.

"I'm sorry, second brother. I was about to transfer to another job that year...I didn't dare to stand up for you when she said that..."

In fact, there are many moments in a person's life that can never be forgotten.

These moments may be deeply engraved in our hearts like a brand. No matter how time passes, they always linger in our hearts and are difficult to erase.

Wu Meifeng's words back then didn't just hurt Zhong Yunsheng, the guilt in Zhong Yunhong's heart also continued to torment him.

That day was the first time that the three brothers of the Zhong family sat together alone to drink and chat since they got married. When the three of them hugged each other and cried, Mother Zhong was already in the east room with tears streaming down her face.

Darong and Wenying rode their bikes and soon arrived downstairs at Wu Meifeng's house. Along the way, Darong urged Wenying to reconcile the two brothers for the sake of their friendship.

Wenying is also a person who knows the big picture. Minor conflicts are minor ones, but after all, they are still a family.

People of that generation always had a much stronger sense of family than we do today. After all, as only children, we have never experienced the love of siblings.

"Is Meifeng at home?"

Darong knocked on the door twice and heard no movement in the room. She called Wu Meifeng's name twice and then she heard footsteps in the room.

After Wu Meifeng opened the door, she turned around and went back to the inner room.

Darong and Wenying walked in and saw the mess on the floor. They didn't know where to start for a moment.

The two looked at each other silently. Darong went into the house first to see Wu Meifeng, while Wenying took out a broom from the kitchen and cleaned up the glass shards on the floor.

Darong sat beside Wu Meifeng's bed, but actually didn't know what to say to persuade her. She hesitated for a while before speaking.

"Don't be too angry. After all, you are a couple. You still have a long life ahead of you. Why make such a fuss?"

"There is no future. I want to divorce him." Wu Meifeng replied coldly while lying on the bed with her back to Darong.

"Divorce is the easiest thing, but who will look up to us after the divorce? Even if you are full of words, can you really resist the saying 'it takes two to tango'? Have you ever thought about Jixiang?"

When Darong mentioned Jixiang, Wu Meifeng finally couldn't hold back her sobs and trembled. People who have never been a mother will never be qualified to judge a mother.

The conflict between Wu Meifeng and Zhong Yunhong did not really go beyond the bottom line and principles, so an outcome like divorce would definitely not happen.

After Darong and Wenying helped Wu Meifeng clean up the house and persuaded her for a long time, Wu Meifeng finally calmed down.

"It's not hard to quarrel, what's hard is to live a good life and make your man agree with you."

After Darong finished saying this, Wu Meifeng and Wenying looked at her thoughtfully and did not respond for a long time.

In the evening, Darong, Wu Meifeng and Wenying returned to Erdaohezi together.

When they got home, Zhong Yunhong and Zhong Yunsheng were still snoring loudly on the bed in the small west room. They both drank a lot of wine in the afternoon and it might take them a while to wake up.

Children always live in their own circle. The two people who had just caused trouble for the whole family over a small spoon at noon continued to fight over a pair of chopsticks in the evening.

The pair of short children's chopsticks that Ruyi used when she was a child were once again chosen by the two boys at the same time. They were about to start a fight with their necks stiffened. Ruyi snatched the chopsticks and broke them in two with a snap.

"Here's this, here's this, everyone, shut up and eat!"

Ruyi's two sentences were more effective than ten sentences from adults. Jixiang and Xiangrui looked at each other, but no one dared to resist. They sat down obediently and ate their meals.

All the adults at the table were trying to hold back their laughter, but no one made a sound out of tacit agreement.

After the Spring Festival that year, Zhong Yunsheng never bought crabs on purpose again. Instead, he almost never bought them again. In fact, after the knot in his heart was untied, he was often the one who let himself go.

"Ruyi, what did your mother feed you? You're only ten years old and you're already as tall as me."

On the sixth day of the New Year, Xiaoping brought Miaomiao back to Erdaohezi, and Darong happened to be there with Ruyi.

Xiaoping felt that Xiao Ruyi, whom she hadn't seen for about a month, seemed to have grown a lot taller.

"My mom? My mom won't feed me. She almost sewed my mouth shut. She doesn't even bother to feed her child."

After hearing what Xiaoping said, Ruyi pouted and complained to Darong.

Little girls tend to start to enter their developmental period around the age of ten. Little Ruyi has indeed grown a lot taller during this period, so her appetite has also increased a lot. Darong is very afraid that Ruyi will eat too much and grow too big.

"You ate less, didn't you? You're still eating so much despite what you've said every day. You'll cry when you gain weight in the future."

Darong poked Xiao Ruyi's head and glanced at her own little prickly girl.

"Ruyi, this time I also support your mother. We are so beautiful, we must pay attention to maintaining our figure."

Xiao Ruyi pouted and looked at Xiao Ping, sighed, then took Miaomiao and ran out to play.

Although little Ruyi is very powerful, she never bullies her younger siblings, so Jixiang, Xiangrui and Xiao Miaomiao all like to follow Ruyi and run around together.

"I heard that my second brother fought with her again?" Xiaoping came close to Darong and asked with a suppressed smile.

"That's right. On the first day of the new year, the two of them smashed the house. When your third sister-in-law and I went there, the house was full of broken glass."

Darong knew that Xiaoping must have heard about it when she came on the second day of the Chinese New Year, so she spoke to her softly.

"Hmph, you deserve it. My second brother should have chased her away." Xiaoping snorted coldly and said with disdain.

"Hey, how can we go like that? It's better to persuade them to live a good life."

"My second brother is now a senior engineer. She is not worthy of him. It's just a matter of a word whether to keep her or not."

"No matter how bad she is, she is still your second brother's original wife and Jixiang's biological mother."

Darong's tone was noticeably colder. She and Wu Meili were not close, but now Xiaoping was speaking like this in front of her. As they were both sisters-in-law, Darong really didn't like it.