Chapter 45 After Wang Ma left

After Wang Ma left Less than a year after Wang Ma left, our little family changed drastically.She left for her hometown on the third day of September last year. That day happened to be Sunday, and my husband—Jian—was at home.In addition, there is a three-year-old daughter, Lingling, who sleeps with Wang Ma.We usually don't like Wang Ma very much, because she does things capriciously and doesn't take us seriously.But we feel happy when we have her together, and we don't have to worry about our family when we run around.Now, well, it's too bad, I haven't been to the cinema for seven or eight months!

It was in the afternoon when she left, and I remember it very clearly. After she went out, we checked the things in the house.It wasn't that we were afraid that she would bring something with her. In fact, we usually handed everything to her, but we didn't know where it was put.While we were sorting things out, we talked about Wang Ma's benefits, and forgot about her willful temper in the past. The more we talked, the more we felt sad, and we couldn't help but tear up our four eyes.Lingling didn't understand what we meant, and kept making noises in the middle. Later, we were exhausted, so I suggested that it's better to go out to the restaurant for dinner first, and then come back to tidy up later in the evening.So everyone changed clothes and washed their faces.After being busy for a while, I let the things pile up in a mess in the front and back rooms, slammed the door and went out.Along the way Lingling clamored for my hug.Jian said that the tram was very crowded, so Lingling should let her father hug her.Lingling refused, I was annoyed, Jian hugged her hard, crying and hating her, Jian's brows were also furrowed.This was the first time he frowned at me since he got married. Although I didn't say it, I was very angry.

After entering the restaurant, Jian said that he wanted to drink a few catties of old wine to relieve boredom, but I kept silent.He asked me what I wanted to eat, and I told him to order whatever he wanted. All he ordered were dishes with wine. I don't drink alcohol, and I don't like to eat that kind of food.Lingling clamored for this and that, we couldn't even coax and scare her, so we had to give her a taste of everything.Jian had a cup in his hand and didn't care about anything else, but I hurriedly finished the meal and waited for him with Lingling in my arms. The more I waited, the more impatient I became.

It was so easy for him to come out together after finishing his drink. On the way, he remembered that Lingling had never eaten porridge, so he bought a piece of bread for her in Guansheng Garden.After getting on the tram, Jian said that he drank too much wine and didn't eat enough, and regretted not buying more bread at Guanshengyuan.I also feel that my stomach is empty. After all, eating out is not as good as eating at home. Everyone should order two more shrimp noodles after returning home. But as soon as I entered the door and saw the messy situation everywhere, I felt troubled in my heart.Lingling didn't wait for us to finish unloading, and hurriedly clamored to go to bed, so Jian moved the things on the bed to the table randomly, and told me to sleep next to Lingling, and he opened the door and went out to call for shrimp noodles.At first Lingling didn't want me to cuddle, she cried and called Wang Ma.Finally, his eyes were dimmed and he seemed to be falling asleep, but Jian led the delivery guy up the stairs yelling.Lingling was woken up by them and wanted to eat noodles again, so she dressed her again, sent the noodle guy back, and moved the things on the table again.After going on like this for more than half an hour, Lingling was finally very tired and went to bed first. I said, let's wash our face for a while, and let's talk about tidying things up.Jian didn't answer, just picked up a cigarette and lay down on the sofa. After a long while, he stretched and said that there is no need to worry, and things will be adjusted slowly tomorrow.I said he was lazy, you went to the office tomorrow, don't you have to clean up all these things by yourself?He said that's it, let's put all the things in the back room for now, and tomorrow morning you hurry to the recommendation shop and call an aunt to come, and tell her to take a break in the second half of the day and slowly tidy up.

I didn't talk all night, my arms were sore and my legs hurt. The next day I called Xingjian and told him to take care of Lingling at home, and then I went out to find a recommendation shop.There are many recommended shops near the small vegetable market, so I picked the largest one and walked in. "Ah, you're calling me Niang Yige?" A thin-faced guy came up to him and asked. I nod. "Do you want to cook the rice?" "Of course!" I said. "Ah, do you want to do laundry?" I nod again. "Wipe the floor, tidy up the room?" I told him that we only had one aunt who did all the cooking, washing, mopping the floor, and tidying up the house.

"Oh, I really have to do it all at once." The thin-faced man understood, and then he turned around and asked a middle-aged maid: "Ah, are you going to try?" The maid shook her head, she wanted to work exclusively in the room.The guy then asked several people, both young and old, but most of them were reluctant.I felt infinite humiliation and anger in my heart.So I couldn't care less about the soreness of my legs and feet, so I turned around angrily and wanted to pick it up elsewhere.A man who looked like a boss came out to stop me. He said: "Don't be impatient, there are many aunts." The family shouted to the corner of the house; Staggered out from the corner, eyes dull, a big braid behind his head.The boss pointed to her and introduced to me: "This eldest sister is very nice. She just came out of the country, and she is honest and doesn't care about her."

So I took her home and tried it out. After trying it for a day, I realized that the elder sister was really nice, she didn't have any tricks, but she couldn't do one thing.The briquette stove can't make a fire, and the iron pot can't cook food. Those country people are used to using big stoves and big pots!I had to do everything for her, even when she went to the toilet, I had to follow her to pull the toilet.I was exhausted from this day, I was doing it for her and teaching her at the same time, let your words dry out my tongue, but she was still "sacred as ever" and couldn't learn anything.After Jian came back in the evening, I suggested that we still go to the restaurant. This time we ate western food, so Lingling didn’t have to buy extra bread.As for the eldest sister who called, I was responsible for sending it back to the recommendation shop before I left, because she didn't know the way.

Jian said: The recommendation shop is the most snobbish, seeing your young lady come to pick it up in person.I knew this mansion was not rich, so I refused to come if it was good. I'd better ask the waiter in the company to call you one tomorrow.I think there should be some truth in this sentence. Tomorrow around eleven o'clock, the waiter really accompanied me by a clever maid in her thirties.As soon as the maid entered the door, it was as if she had lived in my house for ten years. She could find everything, and she brought out bowls of food.Jian was out for lunch. In order to please the new maid, I gave her all the braised beef in brown sauce and herring water that I wanted to leave for him to eat in the evening. Although this is not right in my conscience I live with my husband, but good maids are rare. I can't make people feel discouraged and run away on the first day!I have to buy her favor with delicious food, and win her over with a pleasant face.

After eating, she came in to make some boiling water, wringing out the towel very attentively, I thought the beef and herring were not in vain, and I needed a rest from the exhaustion of the past two days, so I took off my clothes and prepared to take a nap. Suddenly the aunt opened the door again and came in and called "Young Mistress". I quickly cheered up, put on a smile, and listened to her quietly. She said, "I'm going, I'm sorry." "Going?! Where are you going?" I was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day. "In the recommendation shop." She smiled lightly, not taking my embarrassment to heart.

It's over!Everything is over!It turned out that the beef and herring could never win her favor, and the pleasant appearance couldn't keep her body. I felt humiliated and disappointed.My lips trembled, and I wanted to ask her "why don't you want to do it"?But self-esteem shut me up, and I had to pretend I didn't care and let her go. After that, I went to the recommendation shop a few times, and the waiter also helped us a few times, the old, the young, the smart, the stupid, the beautiful, the ugly, the clean, the dirty, the honest, the fierce. Yes... I have seen all kinds of maids, and I have gained a lot of knowledge.In the end, we had tidied up the sundries piled up in the back room by ourselves, and we could barely do life such as lighting a fire and cooking.

It is even more inconvenient not to have an aunt: First, I have to get up early in the morning to buy side dishes, so I have to take care of Lingling during office hours.Second, when customers come, I can't go out separately to buy cigarettes or make snacks, and the order can't be delivered on time.Third, it doesn't cost much to change clothes and send them to the laundry, which is too inconvenient for you.Fourth, when you go out, you have to worry about the stove being turned off, and you will return in a hurry if you don't have fun.Fifth, Lingling has really suffered a lot. She was originally the central figure in the small family, but now she has become the object of venting her anger.Sixth, husband and wife quarrel from time to time, and go to restaurants to eat snacks from time to time. ...So we changed our original intention in less than half a month, let's still find a maid! Jian said: With a lot of rewards, there must be a brave man. We plan to pay a lot of money, so we must find a good aunt. So we found Zhou Ma.Lun Zhou's mother is really good at doing things, but for some reason, we always feel that we can't entrust everything to her.We are worried about leaving her to look after the house when Shuangshuang goes out, and we are even more worried about letting her take care of Lingling alone.But although we are worried about her, we can't show the slightest worry, because we can't let her run away in a fit of anger!We are very careful with her.For her, we dare not get up early, eat late, buy less side dishes, hold back our headaches and invite relatives and friends to come to us to play cards more, and dare not talk about the beef and tomato soup she brought. There is a smell of cockroach feces in it... Our patience is really amazing. If a son can bear his father like this, he is a filial son; if a woman can bear her husband like this, she is a virtuous woman.Although Jianhe and I were not usually filial sons and virtuous women, today we are Mama Zhou's obedient hostess and housewife.Since we were able to guide Zhou's mother, although we have made every effort to flatter our ass, we still have to leave us after three months. Because Jian accidentally settled the accounts one day and found that the amount of expenditure was more than three times that of before. "That's why everything has been hoarded," he explained to me closing his account books.When I think about it carefully, I feel that the price of rice has risen from 70 to 80 yuan to 120 to 30 yuan, and the price of briquettes has risen from 67 yuan to 15 to 16 yuan a load. From six buckets of lunar eclipse rice to nine buckets, and two to three and a half buckets of moon-burning coal balls, which one should be responsible?Moreover, after inspection of other things, many of them have disappeared. Handkerchiefs, socks, pens, watches, and even a set and a half of silk shirts and trousers are left. The one who punished and cursed screamed, and then howled and cried, crying and cursing the wronged person for a bad death, and after cursing for a while, he put on a straight face and left. We took a breath, and then we got busy again.Jian sometimes talked about it with others, and often said with a sigh: "To marry a wife, you must know how to manage the family!" Although I felt ashamed when I heard it, I was still mostly angry after all. I often resent and hate that the progress of this society is too slow. Public canteens and nurseries have not been established so far, which makes us who are not good at managing the family really suffer. It is not worth the waste of energy.But sometimes I really regret it. I regret that I didn’t read a few Shakespeare plays at the beginning. Common sense such as washing and cooking is more important than Prince Hammond! I dare say that since Wang Ma left, we have never been able to work and study in peace, and the instability of life is not only caused by airplanes and cannons.