Inside and Outside the Siege: A Woman's Battle for Marriage

Chapter 12 Lack of self-reliance is fatal (1)
To be a full-time wife or a professional woman

It was already 09:30 in the morning, and Du Mengyuan actually woke up early, but she just didn't want to get up.It is useless to think about it, it is better to lie on the bed for a while and kill a little more time.Now she has nothing else to do except sleeping, shopping, doing beauty treatments, and exercising.Living a formulaic life every day, boring and flustered, the most difficult thing to pass is time.

At 10 o'clock, Du Mengyuan finally woke up. After washing, she lazily went to the living room. The nanny bowed slightly to her and greeted her with a smile: "Good morning, madam!"

"Good morning." Du Mengyuan smiled slightly.

The nanny has already prepared breakfast and placed it on the dining table in the dining room.The nanny is a Filipino maid named Linda, who is proficient in English and Chinese, warm and cheerful, and knowledgeable and courteous.Linda is very responsible and keeps the house spotless every day.Even the inconspicuous places on the window sill and in the corner of the wall are meticulously cleaned, and there will be no trace of dust when she wipes them with her fingers.Linda also knows how to grasp the host's wake-up time. For example, when Du Mengyuan wakes up at 10 o'clock, she will heat up the breakfast 10 minutes in advance and put it on the table. It is neither hot nor cold, and the temperature is just right.Giving her a monthly salary of 4000 yuan is really worth it when you think about it. Other nannies really can't reach this level of service.

After breakfast, Du Mengyuan acted according to the original plan as usual: go to aerobics first, then go for beauty treatment, and finally go shopping in the mall to see what new styles of clothing are on the market.

After entering the beauty salon, the service girls greeted Du Mengyuan enthusiastically, and Sister Du smiled and called out shortly.It's no wonder that she is a VIP card customer here and spends tens of thousands a year.These days, as long as you have money in your pocket and are willing to spend it with them, you will be respected everywhere.

A tall service lady came over and said flatteringly, "Sister Du is so energetic today." The lady's name is Li Yan, and she is the best beauty masseur here, and she is the one who provides services for Du Mengyuan every time.

"Will it not be like this one day?" Du Mengyuan knew that Li Yan was trying to get hot, so she didn't take it seriously.

Du Mengyuan was lying on the beauty bed, and when Li Yan massaged her face, she praised: "Sister Du's complexion is getting better and better, and she is getting younger and younger."

"Hehe. Li Yan is trying to make Sister Du happy." Of course Du Mengyuan knew that they were just making her happy, and let her spend more money here.She knows best whether she is young or not. 30-year-old women are all bean curds, let alone women over 40, their appearance is like a rotten stock, it is getting worse and worse, and it is getting worse day by day.When she woke up this morning, she looked in the mirror for a long time, and found that the spots on her face were getting bigger and bigger, the wrinkles around her eyes were getting deeper and longer, and the skin on her face was getting worse. It's getting looser and less elastic.These inescapable facts told her cruelly that she was making great strides towards the ranks of old women.Looking at herself in the mirror and her aging face, she felt melancholy and lost, as if she had lost something precious.

Squinting her eyes and enjoying Li Yan's fine tricks, Du Mengyuan entered a half-dream and half-awake state again. In a haze, she thought of her husband again.

She found that Zhang Zhonghou seemed to have changed suddenly recently.The number of times he went home to eat was less and less, and the number of times he had sex was also less and less, especially during this period of time, he even went home to live less and less often.Every time I asked him, he said that the company is too busy, there are too many things to deal with, too many entertainments, a lot of things.These are the reasons every time, and I am impatient to ask more questions, as if he is the busiest person in the world, and the president of the United States does not have as many things as he does.

It's not that she is too sensitive, but that he has indeed changed.They have been an old husband and wife for decades, and his living habits suddenly changed, so she can't help but worry.

Thinking of Zhang Zhonghou, she felt a little depressed, feeling as if something was stuck in her chest, making her feel uncomfortable.She felt that she was really at a loss. When she was young, she assisted Zhang Zhonghou in starting a business. She worked from dawn to dusk, day and night, working tirelessly. She had to take care of the business as well as her children and family.Especially during the opening of the restaurant, I was busy all day, and everyone was exhausted.At that time, she was still young, and she was a flower among friends and classmates around her, but because she was busy making money, she never ate well, dressed well, and played well. At that time, she always dreamed that one day she would have endless money.Later, when Zhang Zhonghou became rich, his family had a lot of money, and their children were grown up, so the relationship between them became estranged and they talked less.Especially in the past two years, they can't find a common topic at all. He always talks about his company, what new projects are going to be launched, how much money is going to be invested, the company's personnel changes, etc. She No interest in those topics, and of course he had no interest in hers.The two of them said something differently, and one of them would automatically turn off the fire before they could say a few words.

He seems to be very busy every day, coming and going in a hurry every time he goes home, treating his home as a post.Unless his sons came back, he would be absent-minded if he stayed at home for a long time.Especially in the last one or two months, he often didn't go home at night, and he called back at first, but later he didn't even call at all.The reasons are, of course, entertainment, working overtime, and playing mahjong with government leaders.Even when he was at home, he never took the initiative to touch her, and went to sleep directly after taking a shower, making her almost grow grass.The day before yesterday, she really thought too much, so she took the initiative to catch him, and he had to pay the "public rations" once, but it was very perfunctory, as soon as she got into the mood, he withdrew.

Friends, classmates, and old colleagues around all envy them for being rich, saying that she is now a rich wife, lives in a villa, drives a BMW, and wears famous brands.In fact, she envied their ordinary life even more.They work desperately for daily necessities, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea, and earn money; for their children's schooling, they choose schools, transfer schools, and ask for jobs; ...

Now she suddenly felt that that was the real life, and that kind of life was more full of human fireworks.She even misses her working life before. Although she didn't have much money at that time, she had dreams and pursuits.Now she seems to have nothing but money.

Sigh, look at my current home, the children are studying abroad, and the husband doesn't come home. Although the huge villa is magnificently decorated, it looks deserted and lifeless.Alas, the man in the family has become the man of his company, the man in the business field, the man of the government official, and it seems that he is not the man of her family at all.She can only chat with Linda every day, but Linda always listens to her nagging and sighing tirelessly, and becomes a faithful trash can for her complaints.Fortunately, there are a group of friends who are full-time wives around her. When she is bored, she often goes to play with them, chat about family matters, and complain to each other.Otherwise, I really can't live this day!
The days passed like this day by day, and she was getting old day by day.

After finishing her face, Du Mengyuan sat in the VIP room drinking tea.The conversation between the two full-time wives next to her could be heard.

A man with a fat face said: "From now on, my mother will spend money hard, and she will never feel bad."

One said, "Why?"

"My husband has a mistress and raised a woman outside. Thinking about us women is really not worth it, and I am reluctant to spend an extra penny. It takes a long time to get a beauty card, and I even bargain for 5 cents when buying vegetables. Those stinky men are outside Raising wild women doesn't feel bad, and they buy houses and cars for wild women at every turn, and spend money like water."

"What did you find?"

"I've been followed by a private detective. He bought a house and a car for his mistress... The family assets have been seriously lost. My mother can't wait to kill that vixen who is raised but not taught! Oh, let's not talk, the more I talk, the more angry I get, This old lady really wants to kill someone!" The angry old woman's eyes were burning brightly, her face was livid, and she looked like she was about to kill someone.

"Hey, men are like birds, eating from the bowl and staring at the pot. If I find out that my husband is a mistress, I will definitely cut off his criminal tool. I think he dares to flirt!"

"Hmph, what are you talking about? If you don't believe me, you should also find a private detective to check on your husband. He must have a mistress too."

"You say that, I also need to explore. How to contact them?"

"I have a phone here." The angry old woman gave her girlfriend a mobile phone number as she spoke.

Seeing the two nervous full-time wives, Du Mengyuan thought, fortunately, at least her husband has not reached the point of being a mistress, otherwise life would be even more boring.

After leaving the beauty salon, Du Mengyuan called Li Yao: "Li Yao, what are you doing?"

Li Yao said: "It's not boring at home. How about you, Sister Du?"

"Just got my makeup done."

"It's still Ms. Du who knows how to take care of herself."

Du Mengyuan sighed and said, "When I'm old, I won't look good if I don't take care of it."

"Come and sit at my house. I'm home alone."

"Okay. It's boring anyway. Let's chat with you." After speaking, Du Mengyuan drove to the community where Li Yao lived.

Li Yao is Zeng Deyi's wife. Because of the relationship between Zhang Zhonghou and Zeng Deyi, the female family members of the two families met several times and became friends.It just so happens that both of them are full-time wives, so they have a common language and often talk about family affairs together.

Girlfriends affect fate
The reason why Du Mengyuan and Li Yao have a common language is mainly because they have common troubles and sympathy for each other.

Li Yao was a primary school teacher at the beginning, and she loved her job very much, and was rated as an excellent teacher in the district and city several times.After Zeng Deyi developed a construction company, she was asked to stay at home full-time to take care of the children and the family. So far, she has been a full-time wife for 10 years.

In the first few years when they were full-time wives, their husbands and wives followed each other, and their lives were peaceful and beautiful.Over the past few years, Zeng Deyi has made more and more money, and his career has grown bigger and bigger. The relationship between their husband and wife has become more and more tense. Not only did they talk too much, but they often quarreled.The most unacceptable thing was that Zeng Deyi actually told her to fuck off during several quarrels, which made her very sad—sacrificed his own career, went all out to support his career, he succeeded, and actually told her to fuck off, thanks to him being able to say it!

No one listened to her and understood her difficulties, so she often complained and complained with Du Mengyuan.As both women and full-time wives, they have too many similarities.

When Du Mengyuan arrived at Li Yao's house, she saw Li Yao was mopping the floor, so she couldn't help but said, "Why do you keep doing it by yourself? Hire a nanny!"

"It's hard to find a good nanny."

"Please Filipino maid."

"The Filipino maid is too expensive, so I can't bear it." Li Yao straightened up and smiled, "Sister Du, I'm no better than your family. Your boss Zhang makes a lot of money."

Thinking of the conversation between the two full-time wives in the beauty salon, Du Mengyuan said: "Why save him money? You spend what you need, don't feel bad."

Only then did Li Yao tell the truth: "Oh, it's not a matter of money or not. If you don't find something to do all day long, you'll be bored. It's better to just do it yourself."

The two chatted for a while and then talked about their husbands.Du Mengyuan said in a low mood: "Oh! Zhang Zhonghou of our family is getting more and more outrageous. Not only does he seldom go home for dinner, but he often spends the night outside. I asked him several times, and he said that he would work overtime and accompany him. The leader is playing mahjong outside. There is no one who works overtime and plays mahjong all night. There must be ghosts."

"Isn't Zeng Deyi just like a bird?" Li Yao handed Du Mengyuan a cup of tea and said with a sigh, "Zeng Deyi seldom comes back to eat now, he almost treats his home as a hotel, and occasionally comes back to eat, and wants to leave after eating , it seems like a ghost is pulling his feet... He also rarely comes back to sleep, always saying that the project is too busy and he has to live on the construction site. Think I am a 3-year-old child? How can the boss live on the construction site? I suspect that he is out with women, I'll have to check it out someday."

Du Mengyuan took a sip of tea, thought about it, and said, "Well, I also suspect that Zhang Zhonghou has a woman outside... I heard two full-time wives talking about their husband's mistress in the beauty salon today. I also have this suspicion."

Li Yao smiled and said: "Probably not. Mr. Zhang is such a steady and honest person with status, so he shouldn't be that kind of person. Zeng Deyi of our family is the one who suspects him, and he has a mischievous eye all day long. It's not a good thing at first sight. "

Du Mengyuan said quietly: "It's hard to say, men are all like birds. Zhang Zhonghou looks like a man on the outside, but he is afraid that he is a ghost behind his back!"

"That's right. A man now."

"Hey, I'm not afraid that you will laugh at me if I say it. Our relationship between husband and wife is useless now. He doesn't touch me once a month..."

"Aren't I the same? I'm no different from a nun now." When it comes to married life, Li Yao also feels the same way, "Last week I managed to catch him once, who knows that he will deal with it hastily and not It's 3 minutes. Humph! I guess he just ran out of bullets outside, that's why."

"We are also normal women with normal needs. Their men are so selfish and too much!"

"It's the two of us too. If it was any other woman, she would have already looked for a man outside."

The two full-time wives talked to each other for a while, and Li Yao said: "Sister Du, let's not think so much about what we should do, and don't get angry. Promotion, wealth, and death of wives are the three major blessings for middle-aged men. They're happier when we're mad at our bodies."

"That's right! Then why do you still do housework by yourself?" Du Mengyuan said, "It's not easy for you to find something to do? Come with me to do aerobics, do beauty treatments, and go shopping!"

Li Yao nodded and said, "Yes! I will go to gymnastics and beauty treatment with you from tomorrow. I also want to hire a nanny... Yes, I will ask the Filipino maid. Ask Linda to introduce one to me."

"It's okay to ask Linda for an introduction, or you can find a domestic service company that specializes in providing Filipino maids." Du Mengyuan said thoughtfully, "Li Yao, do you think men will lose their libido when they reach Zhang Zhonghou's age?"

Li Yao said: "This should not be the case. Mr. Zhang and Zeng Deyi should be at the age when their sexual desires are the most vigorous. They are only in their 40s. They don't touch their wives once a month. There can only be one explanation: they do it outside. Something bad happened...but Mr. Zhang probably isn't that kind of person, it's hard for our family Zeng Deyi to say."

Du Mengyuan stood up and said goodbye: "I'm going back."

Li Yao got up to persuade her to stay: "Why don't you just have a meal here? Sister Du."

"I won't eat. I still want to go out for a walk, and I feel very annoyed." Du Mengyuan said and walked out of the door.

Li Yao poked her head out from the door and shouted: "By the way, Sister Du, you call me tomorrow, and I will go to the beauty salon with you to get a card."

Worse than a snail dwelling is a snail marriage

Xu Qiuying was walking around the living room in her pajamas, aimlessly like an animal trapped in a cage.

Xu Qiuying's mistress's life is obviously not as rich and colorful as imagined. Apart from being rich materially, it is very empty spiritually.Every day I sleep until I wake up naturally, and then I either go shopping, have a beauty treatment, or play online games, read novels, watch TV at home, or simply sleep, often sleeping for most of the day, sleeping in the dark.

(End of this chapter)