Yu Jingshu finally got a chance to go on a business trip to Dalian. Dalian is far away from Shanghai. In Yu Jingshu's impression, Dalian is a big city that is almost the same as Shanghai. The degree of development, Dalian is special in that it leads the trend of urban modernization in northern China.Indeed, Yu Jingshu went to Dalian to participate in a week-long training by the State Education Commission. There are always many advantages and disadvantages of a business trip. The advantage is that you can go sightseeing and recuperate along the way. The disadvantage is that you have to arrange everything at home properly, such as the son's basic necessities of life, and the husband's tobacco, alcohol and clothing.Yu Jingshu's husband, Chen Bin, is a white-collar worker in a foreign company. He has a successful career and takes care of housework. Every time he makes extra income, he throws it in front of Yu Jingshu: "Honey, I got another red envelope today. Put it away and go to the house." Buy nice clothes to wear."

When Chen Bin threw a wad of renminbi to Yu Jingshu, he was like most men who earned money outside and gave it to their wives, with a flattering expression on his face, as if he was giving his wife a wad of money, hoping to get Yu Jingshu back 120,000 points of gratitude, so I will support him even more.In fact, Yu Jingshu usually doesn't appreciate it, and she will probably say: "You can use it yourself, I have money." Saying this sentence means that the couple lives in a very respectful way, but the inner meaning is a bit out of place.Especially the last three words: I have money.

This shows that the finances of the couple are not merged. You use yours and I use mine without interfering with each other. Even if one gives money to the other, it must be polite.The giving of money does not seem to be taken for granted. It is used as a gift for negotiation and as a medium for peace and unity.Chen Bin has become a habit of being polite to Yu Jingshu. His wife has always been like this. If he doesn't rely on a man, he can't be her harbor or a shoulder to lean on.It's just such a situation: Chen Bin is Yu Jingshu's family, Yu Jingshu is Chen Bin's family, that's all.They have two children, a ten-year-old son and a four-year-old daughter.

Most people think that there are only two possibilities for this situation, either the couple are returnees who had two children abroad and then returned home.Another possibility is that these two people were married before and had children. Now, they are reorganized families. They have lived in Shanghai for many years. Only when they remarry can they have such two children, one big and one small. This is indeed the case. Three years ago, Yu Jingshu divorced her ex-husband Yang Yi for the simple reason that Yang Yi had an affair.The divorce was very quick and quick, and there was no public announcement, let alone crying and quarreling, just like Yu Jingshu's usual personality, capable and direct.Until half a year after the divorce, several relatives and friends would still ask Yu Jingshu when they saw him: "How is Yang Yi? I haven't seen him for a long time. Say hello to him for me."

Yu Jingshu would probably agree with a smile, and didn't bother to explain. After relatives and friends learned from other sources that they had divorced, the relatives were so embarrassed that they didn't know what to do.When I meet Yu Jingshu again, I will avoid her, afraid of remembering the presumptuous greeting from last time when we meet each other, afraid that Yu Jingshu will blame them for their rudeness, and also afraid that I will get into an unnecessary entanglement.When encountering such a situation, Yu Jingshu would take the initiative to greet them, smile at them, and enthusiastically chat with them a few very boring parental gossips to show that she doesn't mind. Other: I am living a good life, so you don't need to sympathize with me. Even though Yang Yi had a problem, I proposed the divorce.

Yu Jingshu is a bit deceitful. People don't care who actually filed for divorce. People only care about the divorce itself and the reasons for divorce. They have no ability or even interest to really care about Yu Jingshu's life.That year, Yu Jingshu used a bicycle to drive her first-grade son to school, and then went to work by herself.As soon as the off-duty time came, I ran to the bicycle garage and drove to the gate of the elementary school to pick up my son. Then, I bought vegetables, cooked meals, and supervised my son's homework. breathe.After a tiring day, fatigue struck, but he didn't feel sleepy. He nestled on the sofa with his legs limp and hands, looking at this home that hadn't changed in any way from the past, except that there was one less male owner in the house.Yu Jingshu did not discard all the belongings used by the man, including his photos, in order to erase the shadow of her ex-husband and forget the painful memories like other women.Yu Jingshu is very sensible and calm, she never throws away anything that is useful to her, even if it is a sweater that Yang Yi wore, he did not take it away when he left, Yu Jingshu thought, this sweater is still new, it can be used as pajamas Put on.Wearing Yang Yi's undershirt to move around at home, it seems that his body odor still remains on the clothes, but he left and never came back.This feeling is a bit bitter, but Yu Jingshu has to force herself to accept this feeling, as if the more she can bear the ubiquitous shadow of men at home, the more she can express her neglect and indifference to men.Fortunately, this man has not completely lost his conscience. He left the house to Yu Jingshu. After all, she wants to live with her son.As for him, he left home alone to seek his love.

This is what Yu Jingshu thought silently in her heart, but in front of others, she always calmly analyzed: Yang Yi is very naive, at least he is honest, when he has an affair, he can't do it like other men, "the red flag at home will not fall." , with colorful flags fluttering outside."He can't bear two women occupying his life, which shows that he is still pure, so I decided to fulfill him. Yu Jingshu's analysis seemed very rational, and she seemed to be saying that she understood Yang Yi.When Chen Bin heard that Yu Jingshu was divorced and asked about her current situation, Yu Jingshu explained her divorce process to Chen Bin in this way.When she said these words, Chen Bin was sitting in front of her playing with a coffee spoon.Chen Bin was her high school classmate. After graduating from university, she went to study in the Netherlands. After returning to China, she worked as a senior manager in a foreign-funded enterprise. She was a senior white-collar worker and worked for the devils. The small days are both nourishing and tense.He had a daughter who was just born, and at that time, he was expecting a happy new father.The new father, Chen Bin, came to the small town where Yu Jingshu lived because a company invited him to develop an energy-saving product.This accidental meeting made Chen Bin, a man who became a new father, embark on a path that deviated from his original life.At that time, Yu Jingshu had just divorced for half a year.

They were sitting in the Blue Mountain Cafe, in the dark space, the melody of the violin could be faintly heard, and there was a fresh tulip in the porcelain vase on the table.This environment caused Yu Jingshu to suddenly have some romantic nostalgia, as if she was back in her student days, spending a luxurious night in a cafe with very little living expenses, feeling a little guilty, but full of happiness, and then eating a month of happy pickles . She remembered that winter when she was twenty-four, Yang Yi invited her to the Red House Western Restaurant for the first time for dinner.They had just started working that year, and they had never spent money in high-end restaurants, let alone Western food.Young men and women in love decide to go to the Red House to eat Western food, as if it is a coming-of-age ceremony. They have the decision-making power to eat in restaurants, and they also have the ability to consume. They are adults.As a result, this coming-of-age ceremony cost them half a month's wages, and they ate some hard bread, sweet and sour dishes, strange cheese and buttery butter that made them greasy once they tasted it.The final conclusion is that Western food is not good, and it is not as good as the food stalls in front of the university in the past, such as fried snails in sauce, pork ribs and rice cakes, some extravagant ones, buy a roast chicken, it is eaten during festivals, or the first living expenses given by parents One day, the days to come will get worse and worse for the next month.However, although the meal in the Red House Western Restaurant was expensive, the elegant environment, the people talking in a low voice, and the cold and beautiful silver light of the knives and forks used for eating made Yu Jingshu feel very comfortable It feels like a world away.At that time, she believed that she was already an adult woman, and she had the right to fall in love, get married, and even do all the things that an adult woman can do.The coming-of-age ceremony finally took effect. On this Sunday, Yu Jingshu asked Yang Yi to bring fruit supplements to his home to meet his parents. The new son-in-law who had been working underground for a long time finally met his mother-in-law.

Most of the Shanghai girls' parents don't have the feudal concept of patriarchal sons over daughters, and Yu Jingshu's marriage is even more particular than her brother's.Before getting married, most of the girl's parents will be picky, emotional and happy, and then offer various conditions, such as a house, a car, electrical appliances, and a passbook.Then, wronged and wronged, he married his daughter to "that lucky brat" that is often said in the book. I don't know if Yang Yi feels his luck, but in short, life is considered peaceful, there is no noise, and there are not many opportunities for conflicts.Yu Jingshu is a well-educated and reasonable person. Yang Yi often thinks that other men have to endure women's nagging, but he doesn't.Once when he was taking a taxi to work, Yang Yi heard that the radio station in the car was broadcasting a special program for men. The host interrupted a joke. One man complained to another man: My wife is going to divorce me. She hasn’t been with me for three months. spoke.Another man exclaimed: God, you are so happy, where can you find such a quiet wife!

Yang Yi couldn't help but burst into laughter, he happened to have such happiness.Of course, it is not as pitiful as the man on the radio. He and Yu Jingshu did not say a word, but most of them said something like this: "What are we eating today?" "Stir-fried bitter gourd, winter bamboo shoots and dried shrimp soup." "Oh, is there anything going on at work today?" "As usual, class is over, get out of class is over, and meetings are held." "Where's the son?" "Watching TV, Crayon Shin-chan." "Stop letting him watch Crayon Shin-chan in the future, this is a bad Japanese boy, he will learn to be bad."

"Every child is watching, you can't let him watch it." "time to eat." "Okay, eat." This is how life is lived, even the meals are bland, there are few strong dishes such as braised pork and spicy fish, because Yu Jingshu cooks mostly vegetarian dishes.The taxi driver smiled and talked to Yang Yi: "Being a man commits crimes. In today's society, it's better to be a woman. Women don't want to do housework. Cooking and washing clothes will accelerate their aging; women don't want to go out to make money. Making money is for men." Things; there are still many women who are unwilling to have children now, what else can this woman do if she does not have children? Do you want men to have children? So, being a man is hard!" The taxi driver sighed, and Yang Yi laughed even harder.After laughing, Yang Yi began to recall his status at home. Comparing with the taxi driver's words, he found that he was still a man, because he didn't need to do housework, and he had ready-made meals when he returned home.But he couldn't feel the superior status of being a man, and he was not favored at home. It's good to live a peaceful and quiet life, Yang Yi always told himself that.Until Lin Weiwei appeared.