If you want a husband, you have to fight for it.

"I know I'm just a country bumpkin. I'm uneducated, not pretty, and not sweet-talking. No one likes me."

Wan Chuncao lowered her head and said, "I'm stupid, I can't compare to these sisters in the city, who are so sensible, know everything, can take care of people, and make people happy."

Xu Zhi had thought about it in his mind, but when Wan Chuncao said it, he was a little panicked: "Um... son... daughter-in-law, don't think like that."

After opening his mouth, Xu Zhi realized that he still didn't remember Wan Chuncao's name.

Wan Chuncao pretended not to see the guilt in Xu Zhi's eyes and said, "Dad, I didn't think too much about it. In fact, I didn't think too much about these words. My man said them."

"When I first got married, he wanted to divorce me."

Xu Zhi was a little surprised.

Wan Chuncao said it was not surprising at all: "He often said these things at home, and said depressing words."

Xu Zhi understood what was going on.

Wan Chuncao sighed deeply: "He is always sad and upset every day because of his leg."

"That's right. A grown man who can't even stand up needs a woman like me, an old maid, to take care of him. How can he not be sad?"

Since Xu Zhi hadn't remembered what Xu Muyu's life was like for a long time, Wan Chuncao helped him recall it.

She said: "He never left his wheelchair from morning till night, and his flesh was almost growing into the wheelchair. Did he want to sit in a wheelchair? He just couldn't leave the wheelchair."

"We have to serve him meals and pick up dishes for him. He has no freedom in what to eat and what to do with going to the toilet. He falls down several times a day at home."

Xu Zhi then asked anxiously: "Did he fall again?"

"You know that man, Dad. He's a man. The more impossible something is, the more he has to do it."

Wan Chuncao said in a sad tone: "Sometimes I can't bear to watch him, so let him curse."

"What's wrong with a couple of scoldings? He just scolded me a couple of times. How can the two scoldings I endure be as sad and painful as what he felt in his heart?"

"Will his leg get better if I scold him a few times? Will he stop feeling pain if I scold him a few times?"

She turned to Xu Zhi and said, "I would rather he scold me than feel so miserable. If scolding me can make him feel less miserable, then I would rather he scold me for the rest of his life."

"I was just scolded twice, but he will never be able to stand up again in his life."

Xu Zhi blushed when he was looked at.

She seemed to be saying, Xu Muyu can scold him if he wants, he can't even stand up, what's wrong with scolding him if he feels sad, why should he bother with him.

More importantly, she, a newly married daughter-in-law, could endure being scolded like this for the rest of her life, so why couldn't Xu Zhi and other relatives who were related by blood bear it?

Xu Zhi hesitated and said, "Mu Yu, it wasn't like this before."

He used to be a good boy, and their relationship wasn't so bad before.

Wan Chuncao didn't ask them why they became like this, she just said, "So as a family, we should be more tolerant of him. If we can't even take care of a patient like him, what kind of family are we?"

Xu Zhi likes a harmonious family, but the premise of harmony is mutual giving.

Xu Zhi also knew it, but it had been too long.

Xu Muyu had hurt people with his words too many times. Even if everyone was tolerant of him and gave in to him, he was still not satisfied until he personally drove away everyone around him.

"Dad, what do you mean we are a family?"

Wan Chuncao suddenly asked Xu Zhi: "Isn't it true that even if the bones are broken, the tendons are still connected? A family is still a family after all."

Xu Zhi likes family, so Wan Chuncao uses family to talk about things.

"A family is a family no matter what. It doesn't matter if it's hard or happy. They have experienced all the ups and downs. Only then can they be a family."

"Doesn't he know this? Doesn't he think about you and feel sad when he says those hurtful words?"

She said, “He just didn’t let you know.”

Xu Zhi was stunned.

Wan Chuncao also said: "Dad, you don't know, he was so happy when he heard that he was going to have dinner with you guys, he even asked me to dress up well so that you wouldn't look down on me."

That’s why there is this peony flower in Xu Zhi’s hand. It is the result of her careful dressing up.

And it was Xu Muyu's suggestion that she dressed up so carefully, as Xu Zhi still had a place in his heart as a father.

Xu Zhi was silent.

He thought Xu Muyu had hated him all these years and even refused to have a meal with him.

Wan Chuncao took the flowers back from his hand and said, "Dad, we are all family. It's okay for a family to have a quarrel. There is no overnight hatred. We are not enemies."

"Besides, stepmother and brother Xiaocheng are so nice. They are still thinking about us when they are abroad and want to have a meal with us."

"We, on the other hand, not only talked back to our elders at the dinner table, but we also didn't even bring the gifts we were supposed to bring when we met them."

"Dad, blame us. We are all young and don't understand these things."

These words made Xu Zhi ashamed.

When they were abroad, they didn't think about Wan Chuncao, Xu Muyu and others. Not only did they not bring any gifts when they came back, they didn't even call them.

When he came back, he told them directly to have dinner together as a couple.

There was no discussion or personal notification, and it was as if the person being notified had to be in place.

Not only did the couple not care, they were looking forward to the dinner and even thought about bringing something with them.

Xu Zhicai was shocked to realize that this was how he had treated Xu Muyu for all these years.

From the beginning, they only informed Xu Muyu without any discussion.

And when did they start to think this was a normal thing?

Seeing that Xu Zhi didn't say anything, Wan Chuncao asked him again, "Dad, are you really not going to go home and take a look?"

Xu Zhi came back to his senses. He looked at the house behind him that had not changed for so many years and said, "Forget it..."

Wan Chuncao smiled without any grudges: "It's okay, Dad. I have used my dowry to renovate it. If you want to see us, you are always welcome to come."

Xu Zhi was shocked: "You reinstalled it?"

Or is it the dowry?

"Yes dad."

Wan Chuncao nodded.

After nodding, she looked down at her feet and said, "There is nothing at home. The first night I got married, I didn't even have a bed to sleep on. I slept on the floor."

"At home, the walls are broken, the floors are damaged, and I tripped a few times. How can my husband not fall when he is in a wheelchair?"

"The room is very cold. Even the bright sun can't shine through the room. It's freezing. There aren't even two windows. There are bamboos blocking the window, so there's no light at all."

"It's the same with food. When I first came here, I couldn't even get a hot meal at home. I just ate a few bites at a time as long as I didn't starve to death."

She said it so heartbreakingly: "I couldn't stand it. I told my husband many times. He scolded me or whatever. I cried for many days before he agreed to pretend."

"In the end, we used my dowry to reinstall the floor and some doors. We didn't install anything else because it was too expensive."

Xu Zhi was quite shocked!

How did Xu Muyu's life become like this! ?

Isn't there Liu Ma at home? What is Liu Ma doing? How is she taking care of Xu Muyu?

Wan Chuncao ignored Xu Zhi and continued, "My stepmother said that after I married her, I would just enjoy life. I am just a country girl, how can I know what life is? The life I can enjoy is having food and drink at home, and my husband is still around, and he can be the master of the house for me. I dare not think of anything else."

"But he is poorer than the bachelors in our village. The old woman at home is too old to take care of him. He can't even have a sip of hot water to drink."

"The day my stepmother sent me here, she left without even sitting for a moment. I think she was embarrassed to say it because our home was too shabby."

Xu Zhi frowned: "She sat for a while and then left? Didn't she leave anything for you?"

"Stayed."

Wan Chuncao nodded: "I left a greeting."