Good Dad System [Arc 1] Chapter 4.1: Father, He Is A Great Man (7)
Su Xiuzhen’s craftsmanship is very good. Even if there are no expensive ingredients, she can still make a table of delicious food. Neither the original owner nor Pei Naochun are picky people, and they enjoy eating it.
Although humans in the future will live longer, their lives will be limited after all. What is advocated is to use their limited lives to do unlimited things. When eating, they wish they could have a nutrient solution to solve everything. That is to say, they can eat so comfortably in an assessment system that does not consider time.
Su Xiuzhen tasted the same thing. She looked at her husband who was very satisfied eating, and her heart became more and more congested. She once tried to reduce the living expenses of the family and let her husband realize the living conditions of the family. The result? She and her daughter eat blandly every day, and her husband is as satisfied as he is now.
There was no quarrel, no fuss, divorce—Su Xiuzhen quickly dispelled this terrible thought. The county was so small, and she had a well-organized work plan. A divorce could be gossiped about for eight hundred years! The head nurse of the next ward in the hospital, her husband cheated on her and got divorced, which is still a topic of conversation after dinner.
Seeing that all three of them had emptied the bottom of their bowls, Pei Naochun, who had eaten the fastest, rubbed his hands and glanced at Su Xiuzhen: “Xiuzhen, let’s go to the house first. I have something to tell you.”
Su Xiuzhen took a deep breath and stood up after consciously preparing herself: “Okay, let’s go into the house. If you have anything to say, tell me quickly. I have to clean up the dishes!”
“Hey, okay.”
Pei Naochun followed Su Xiuzhen into the room. The curtain could not block the sound, so he closed the door and locked it.
“What are you locking the door for?” Su Xiuzhen sat down beside the bed, her eyes confused.
“What happened in the afternoon…”
“If you don’t want me to lose my temper again, don’t tell me about what happened in the afternoon.” After saying this, Su Xiuzhen’s eyes immediately turned red. She sniffed hard and started to accuse, “Qingqing just wants a dress. Is it too much? She is a girl. When she goes out to compete, everyone is dressed beautifully, but she is not dressed appropriately. Think about it for yourself if she will be upset.”
She looked down on herself in her heart and always wanted to convince her husband that he was wrong. But this was not the first time she said this, has her husband changed his mind? Not at all!
“Forget it, stop talking, I will find a way.” Su Xiuzhen waved her hands, and she began to figure out whether her colleagues had children of the same size as Qingqing. She didn’t know whether it was because she couldn’t keep up with nutrition during childhood or because of heredity. Qingqing has never been too tall, and she’s too thin, so it’s really hard to borrow these clothes.
After all, she blamed the father who never cared about his daughter. She cut Pei Naochun’s eyes viciously, wishing she could cut his flesh off.
Pei Naochun licked his slightly dry upper lip, fumbled in his pocket for a while, and took out a pile of colorful banknotes: “…Xiuzhen, what happened today is my fault. I borrowed some money from a colleague, we agreed that in three months we would still…”
Su Xiuzhen was stunned. Her husband and borrowing money were never on the line. She looked at her husband blankly: “How much have you borrowed?”
“One thousand.” This value is neither low nor high. Although sunshine wages have been implemented in recent years, it has not affected the county town too much. Pei Naochun has a lot of seniority, and his salary can generally be five or six thousand.
“But this doesn’t mean we have to pay it back…” Su Xiuzhen breathed a sigh of relief. She couldn’t bear to see her daughter’s disappointed expression anymore, but at the same time she still wanted to say something to her husband. After all, she didn’t know who would pay back the money. Don’t donate the money happily again after a while, and dawdled in front of her to ask for money to pay off the debt.
“Xiuzhen, I’m sorry.”
When Su Xiuzhen heard such words for the first time, she felt a bit absurd. She twitched the corners of her mouth stiffly, wanting to say something sarcastic, but she couldn’t say it: “It’s not me you’re sorry for.”
“No, I’m sorry for you, and I’m sorry for Chu Qing.”
“…” Su Xiuzhen reached out and pushed the fallen hair behind her ears. She couldn’t think of what to say.
“You also know that our village is one of the poorest in the ten miles apart. You have some idea of the life I lived in my hometown since I was a child.”
Of course Su Xiuzhen knew that her two elders were still alive when they first got married, and she accompanied Pei Naochun back to the village several times.
“I’ve always thought that life is good now. I’ve never thought about whether it’s right for me to use my own standards to demand from you guys.” Pei Naochun also sat on the bed, so shocked that Su Xiuzhen moved a seat to the side. “I take it too much for granted.”
The original person naturally took it for granted. When he himself lived a hard life, he felt that his family had a hard life. He had no material needs, so he thought that his family’s material needs were unnecessary. When he donated money, he lived a happy life, so he felt that I am bringing my family happiness.
But these are just what he thought.
“This afternoon, the fight you and I had really woke me up. When I woke up and looked at the faces of you and Qingqing resisting me, I asked myself, is this what I want? ?” Pei Naochun smiled bitterly, “I’m very greedy. I want to do good things, but I don’t want to lose you and Qingqing.”
Su Xiuzhen quickly caught the key words and almost begged: “Do good things, do good things, you still just want to do good things.”
Pei Naochun turned sideways and grabbed Su Xiuzhen’s hand: “Xiuzhen, can you believe me?”
“I have believed you too many times, again and again.”
“Just this time, I know I still have to learn. I will learn to balance my family and my kindness, and never leave you and my daughter behind, okay?”
Seeing her husband’s pleading eyes, Su Xiuzhen’s heart couldn’t help but soften. Why didn’t she know that her husband was a good person? It’s just that this kindness to others hurt her and her daughter too deeply.
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