Title: Su Yu’s Promotion Record in the ‘60s
Translator: Fuyu
Chapter 15 - A wife wasn't as reliable as Big Sis (1)
It was almost dark when Liu Mei came home. There was still a smile on her face.
During these past few days, she had been worried over the issue of separating the family. Seeing that there were difficulties on the Su's side, she simply went to her maiden's family to discuss.
Her maiden family's idea was that they would come over to discuss the issue with her older sister-in-law. Anyway, Dazhi and her were of one mind on this issue, so this matter would be easy to handle. When the time came, they would just scare her older sister-in-law a little by saying that if the family didn't separate, she'd go back to her maiden family and let Dazhi live alone. With how much her older sister-in-law cared for Dazhi, she would definitely crumble to their demand.
As for where the other members of the family would go after the separation, that wasn't a problem. Her older sister-in-law could go live in the factory's dorms for single people and her younger-in-laws can go to live in the school dorms. In the future, her older sister-in-law would get married and have a place to live. When her younger in-laws graduated school and joined the workforce, they could move into the factory's dorms.
Liu Mei didn't feel that she was cruel. She was fed up with having a large family living together and crowded in a single room. She had finally married someone, and there was no father-in-law or mother-in-law to control and suppress her. It was only natural that she would think of ways to improve her life and provide a good living environment for her future children.
How could she let her children live a hard life after they were born?
Right after returning home, she saw Su Dazhi and Su Lin sitting on the chairs with their eyes closed. The light wasn't on, and the room seemed cold and cheerless.
"Why didn't you turn on the light? Where's Big Sis?"
"Big Sis is sick." Su Dazhi said in a muffled voice.
Liu Mei was surprised. "How could she be sick? Wasn't she fine before?"
"Exhaustion, malnutrition." Su Dazhi remembered how Su Yu looked on the hospital bed and felt even worse. "Liu Mei, why did it take until now for you to come back?"
"I went to my maiden home," Liu Mei put the newspaper down and turned on the light. The family's electricity bill was paid by her sister-in-law, so she wasn't reluctant about using the electricity.
Hearing Liu Mei's words, Su Dazhi felt as if his heart was stuffy. He touched his hungry stomach and asked, "Have you eaten? Little Lin and I haven't eaten yet."
"Why not?" Liu Mei asked in surprise. "I ate when I was over at my parents' home. I thought you guys had eaten too."
Su Dazhi's eyes were sore at once. He was still hungry, but Liu Mei ate her fill by herself before coming back. Even if he got money and food stamps now, the restaurants were already closed.
"Older brother, I'm so hungry." Su Lin was weak with hunger. She felt so regretful. She would never torment herself like this again. She'll never go on a hunger strike just to show she was angry. This method was just making herself suffer.
Su Dazhi got up and walked out.
"Hey, where are you going?" Liu Mei looked at her man inexplicably. She felt there was something wrong with the situation at home. Her older sister-in-law had suddenly gotten sick, and her man was also acting strange.
"Going get the key from Big Sis." Su Dazhi answered without looking back. He was sullen from having to hold back his grievances.
He had talked big in front of his older sister in the daytime, but now, he had to go back to her to ask for food.
His tears overflowed and dripped down as he walked.
Big Sis was right. He really was useless.
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At this time inside the hospital, Su Yu and Su Xiaozhi had just finished eating.
Su Yu felt that since she was lying inside the hospital, she needed someone to take care of her. She hadn't yet trained the younger sister, so she had no hopes for her at the time being. The big one was still muddle-headed, and she really couldn't stand seeing his cowardly and incompetent appearance. Of the remaining options, she could reluctantly make do with Su Xiaozhi as the one to take care of her. So, in the afternoon, she had asked Yan Xiaofang to help her by informing Su Xiaozhi that his older sister was in the hospital.
If it was before, Su Xiaozhi wouldn't be so proactive about taking care of her. However, after Su Yu's words in the morning and the two of them eating breakfast without their siblings, Su Xiaozhi felt that he and Su Yu were on the same side. In addition, Su Yu promised to find a job for him, so he immediately came running over after hearing the news.
After he had arrived at the hospital and Su Yu had acted out a bitter performance, he obediently took out his money to buy meat buns at a state-run restaurant and congee in the hospital cafeteria. They had a pleasant meal together.