The husband's face
1
Looking at his wife Zhang Xiaoxi slamming the door and leaving, her husband Gu Xiaodong hung up the phone and sat on the sofa at a loss. He raised his hand and slapped him in the face, the scorching pain seemed to make him awake a little.
The cause of the incident is very simple, and Gu Xiaodong's father called in his hometown. On the phone, the old man said that after the New Year, his hometown would build a new house. My father-in-law planned to build a four-story house on his homestead and build a new house so that his family could marry Gu Xiaodong's younger brother. Of course, there is one of the newly built houses left for Gu Xiaodong. This new house has a share of Gu Xiaodong, so of course Gu Xiaodong will have to pay a portion of the money for building the house. On the phone, my father did some calculations for Gu Xiaodong. It is estimated that it will cost 300,000 yuan to build a house at home. Due to the poor family's conditions, Gu Xiaodong, as the eldest son of the family, had to bear more and would pay 200,000 yuan.
Building a new house in my hometown is a big event at home, and it is related to the face of the old Gu family in the village. Gu Xiaodong naturally needs to strongly support it. Gu Xiaodong did not ask his wife for advice and agreed directly on the phone. Gu Xiaodong's actions made his wife, who was listening to the phone, very angry. Before her husband could hang up the phone, Zhang Xiaoxi slammed the door and left angrily. Gu Xiaodong is becoming more and more bold now. Since he was promoted to a small leader by the company last year, he has become less and less concerned about himself.
After Gu Xiaodong was stunned on the sofa for a while, he could only bite his teeth and go out to find his wife. After all, my wife was in charge of the money at home. Without discussing such a large amount of money with my wife, I agreed directly. Gu Xiaodong also realized whether he was hasty.
Zhang Xiaoxi slammed the door and left, and walked on the deserted road, and didn't know where to go for a while. The family is not wealthy at all. Both of them work in a state-owned enterprise and have been married to Gu Xiaodong for almost twenty years. The family is still crowded in the small property house assigned by the unit more than ten years ago. The family of three lives in a house of more than 40 square meters. A few years ago, Zhang Xiaoxi was almost squeezed out of depression. It was not until his son went to middle school and lived in the school that the family seemed a little more spacious. But now, my son is about to go to high school and is about to take the college entrance exam in a blink of an eye. It is time for his son to use money. The couple can only barely support their son’s savings over the years until they finish college. What if their son’s high school entrance examination or college entrance examination is in trouble? What if there is any accident in the future? I have given all the money to my father-in-law in my hometown to build a house. Do you still want to live in this small family?
Zhang Xiaoxi walked aimlessly while wiping tears.
But Zhang Xiaoxi also knows that her husband Gu Xiaodong is an extremely vain person and wants to save face. After so many years of marriage, the couple doesn’t go home very much on weekdays, and they basically go back one or two years.
But every time I go back to my husband's hometown, it is a nightmare for Zhang Xiaoxi. Gu Xiaodong's home is in a small mountain village in , southwest of . When I go back to my husband's hometown, I have to take a train for more than ten hours, then take a local long-distance bus, stagger for five or six hours, and finally have to hike for more than ten miles of mountain road... It's just the kind of place where birds don't poop, Zhang Xiaoxi doesn't understand why his father-in-law still built a house in the village, and also built a room for Gu Xiaodong and himself. Is it meaningful to build a house for his own house? Are you still trying to make money by yourself?
is a problem caused by Gu Xiaodong's bragging habit. In the past, every time he went home with him, he would always brag in front of his relatives and friends, bragging about how well he had done in big cities. After bragging for a long time, Zhang Xiaoxi doesn't know whether others believe it or not, but she knows that her bragging husband believes it.
Due to Gu Xiaodong's bragging, some people came to find Gu Xiaodong a few years ago, asking for money and asking for help looking for a job... But both of them are just ordinary workers, what are they going to help others? Gu Xiaodong's behavior of slapping the swollen face and pretending to be fat is often the same as the ground. At the beginning, someone secretly said that Gu Xiaodong had forgotten his original name after marrying a wife from the city.As time goes by, everyone understands that Gu Xiaodong really does not have the ability. Gradually, there are no fellow villagers who come to ask him for help.
Zhang Xiaoxi still remembers the Spring Festival seven years ago, when his son was still in elementary school. Before the Spring Festival, Gu Xiaodong borrowed a used car from a friend and drove the family back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year.
For Gu Xiaodong's face, his wife and son suffered a lot along the way. In order to save tolls, Gu Xiaodong was unwilling to take the highway. The bumps along the way almost made Zhang Xiaoxi vomit even his bitter gallbladder. But Gu Xiaodong still called it a self-driving tour, which is close to nature and appreciates the beautiful mountains and rivers of the motherland.
A friend's used car walked on a mountain road more than 100 kilometers away from his hometown village and the engine was shut down. In the barren mountains and rivers where there is no village in front of the village and no shop behind, Gu Xiaodong's family is close to nature.
At night, the family of three was shivering in the car and shivering with coldness. Hearing the cold wind outside the car window, the howling of unknown animals did not stop overnight... It was not until the next day that the master of a local car repair shop rushed over and the family was saved.
2
Zhang Xiaoxi was walking aimlessly when she suddenly almost ran into someone.
"Xiaoxi, why are you? You don't have eyes when you walk!" A blaming voice rang beside you.
Zhang Xiaoxi looked up and found that he walked to his parents' doorstep without knowing it. He almost ran into his mother.
"Mom..." When Zhang Xiaoxi saw her mother, she couldn't help crying when she saw her mother.
Mother patted Zhang Xiaoxi on the back, frowned and asked, "Are you quarreling with him again?"
Zhang Xiaoxi nodded in tears, and then shook his head quickly.
Mother lovingly wiped away the tears hanging on Zhang Xiaoxi's face and pulled Zhang Xiaoxi into the house. "Have you eaten yet? I just finished my meal and am about to go out for a walk... The leftover rice in the pot is probably still hot, so I'll serve you a bowl."
Mother settled Zhang Xiaoxi and sat down in the living room, went into the kitchen to get busy, and soon the hot meal was served on the table.
Zhang Xiaoxi had no appetite at all and was dazed at the food in front of her.
"Tell me, why is this quarrel?" The mother looked at her daughter in a daze at the food, then pulled over a chair and sat down aside.
Zhang Xiaoxi remembered that Gu Xiaodong readily agreed to his father-in-law’s request despite his own gesture, and felt a little angry. "Their hometown wants to build a house, and marry his brother's wife... His father asked him to pay 200,000 yuan."
The mother smiled and heard his daughter say, "What did I say back then? The old people often say that there is a reason for being a good family. You are not marrying him alone... You marry his entire family."
"What should I do? Do you pay 200,000 yuan? There is no such reason. His brother gets married, and I will pay for him to build a house." Zhang Xiaoxi said angrily.
"Building a house is a major event for rural people in their lives... Gu Xiaodong, as the eldest son of the family, contributes his part. In the eyes of rural people, it is natural for rural people to... "The mother analyzed carefully and said, "But it's really a little more to pay 200,000."
"What is our family? Is it easy for us to make some money? It's 200,000 at the beginning of the day!" Zhang Xiaoxi picked up his job and gritted his teeth.
The mother stood up and rubbed Zhang Xiaoxi's head, and said, "You are afraid you will pay a portion of the money. After dinner, you go back and discuss it with Gu Xiaodong."
"What are you discussing? If he really dares to send money to his hometown, I will divorce him!"
"Are you stupid again? What should you do if Dabao divorces?"
The mother said Dabao was Zhang Xiaoxi's son. Thinking of his son, Zhang Xiaoxi lost his mind again. "Anyway, I won't go back, the money is in my card anyway... I think what he will do!"
Mother shook her head and said to Zhang Xiaoxi: "I went out for a walk... You couple's affairs will be done by yourself, as long as it doesn't affect my baby's school trip."
" All the money is built for his younger brother, so how much money is there to support your grandson in school? "
The mother gave Zhang Xiaoxi a blank look. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Gu Xiaodong standing at the door. The mother gave her son-in-law a blank look and said to Gu Xiaodong: "You two have a good discussion and no quarrels are allowed. "
Gu Xiaodong quickly nodded and agreed, watching his mother-in-law leave, and then he carefully entered the house.
Zhang Xiaoxi was concentrating on eating, and did not look at Gu Xiaodong.
Gu Xiaodong looked at his wife and said with a smile: "Wife, I was wrong about what happened just now. I should discuss it with you first. "
" I discussed with me, wouldn't you send money to your hometown? "
Gu Xiaodong smiled embarrassedly and said, "I'm afraid I'll still have to send it. "
Thinking about the phone just now, Gu Xiaodong patted his chest and boldly agreed to his father's request from his hometown, looking like he didn't care and didn't blink, as if he could easily take out the money.
Zhang Xiaoxi snorted twice and laughed: "Why are you pretending to be a rich man? "She remembered the hardships over the years, and tears of grievance almost rolled out of her eyes again. "After so many years, our family of three lives in a house of more than 40 square meters. Have I said anything? A big boss is still so proud of his face. What are you trying to do? "
Gu Xiaodong also said with a smile: "Don't there still some savings at home now? Take it out first, we will earn money every month, so can we save the money slowly in the future? "
" Two hundred thousand, is this a small amount? How long will we save? Does Dabao spend money on schooling? Wouldn't you buy a house in the future? Don’t marry a wife? "
" Wife, you are right... But these are things that happen in the future. Now our hometown is going to build a house... This new house also has our share. If we don't pay for it, it's unreasonable. "Gu Xiaodong straightened his back and tried to defend himself.
"Is it useful to me to build a house in your village? Since you say you are building a house for us, then you can tell your father that I don’t want him to build a house for me, and I don’t have the money to build a house in your village... I don’t want the house anymore, so I can’t pay it, right? "
Gu Xiaodong murmured in a low voice: "If you don't want a house, you're afraid you have to pay for it too! "
" What? How can there be such a truth in the world? "
" Wife, isn't this a matter of reason? Is this a matter of the face of our Gu family? My dad and my brother, I, are not separated, so building a house at home is the business of everyone in our family! "
" Then you and your family go over! "Zhang Xiaoxi felt that she was about to be furious.
" Wife, can we tell some truth? No matter how we say we work in big cities, our family conditions are much better than my father and younger brother, and they live better than most families in the village... I don’t pay for my son to build a house at home. How can you tell me to be a good person in the village in the future? "
Zhang Xiaoxi was so angry that she trembled, "You think you have no shame to meet people, you know that you want shame and face, but do you know that face is earned by yourself, not given by others. "
Gu Xiaodong hung his head and was silent for a moment. He raised his head and looked at Zhang Xiaoxi and said, "Then you say, everyone else knows that we work in a big city and build a house at home, I can't even afford to pay for it. Am I still apologizing for death? "
Zhang Xiaoxi was stunned for a moment, she sneered and said, "Yes, you work in a big city, but you can see where we live? We have no place to live in, and you still want to build a house for your hometown. Is your face so important? "
Gu Xiaodong was also angry now. He looked at his wife coldly, and didn't want to say anything more, so he turned around and slammed the door. Zhang Xiaoxi looked at her husband's departure back and spat in her heart. Her husband's silence made her feel that she had finally gained the upper hand in this matter. Now, she can live her little life with peace of mind.
3
Gu Xiaodong's house in his hometown seemed to have become a foregone conclusion. Gu Xiaodong never mentioned the money to his father in his hometown in front of Zhang Xiaoxi again. Zhang Xiaoxi was too lazy to ask when he saw that his husband didn't mention it.
but Gu Xiaodong has always looked worried recently.
As soon as I went to work that day, people at the work station looked at Zhang Xiaoxi with strange eyes. Zhang Xiaoxi was stared at and felt uncomfortable all over, so she quietly pulled a little sister over and asked, "What's wrong today? Why are you looking at me like this?"
"What's going on with your Gu Xiaodong? Why don't you know?" The little sister looked like you pretending.
"What's going on with him? I really don't know!"
The little sister was mysterious and lay next to Zhang Xiaoxi's ear and whispered: "Yesterday, the company's financial account checked, and there was news that your Gu Xiaodong misappropriated the company's 200,000 public funds. You won't know, right?"
Zhang Xiaoxi heard this, as if it was a bolt from the blue. He hurriedly ran to the company office, and she couldn't figure out that her husband could really take risks for his ridiculous face.
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