Chapter 3 — Spring Falling On Red Dress

In the middle of the night, he had a high fever and heard Tong Bach Xuyen go out to fix Bach Tri Duong's plumbing but still gave him his coat. "Dad, have you ever asked me if you're in pain?" Dad was silent. Manh Thu Binh took the opportunity to push me. "Your father works every day in the factory to the point of not being able to straighten his back. How do we have time to listen to the bitter words of your daughters? What marriage does not have to endure bitterness? Living with your father does not mean everything is satisfactory." "So you take out all the unsatisfactory things on me?" Her face suddenly changed. "What do you say?" I looked at the silver bracelet on her wrist. "That's it." My mother's." Manh Thu Binh instinctively retracted his hand into his sleeve. "The things your mother left behind, I'll help you keep them, what if I wear them for two days?" "And the pair of gold earrings in the makeup box, the two silk sheets at the bottom of the cabinet, the twenty coins my grandmother gave me as savings." Tang Van Hoa immediately stood up straight. Manh Thu Binh's tears fell again. "Mr. Tang, listen, he sees me as a thief and is wary. I married into this house for so many years, washed his clothes, cooked for him, where did he mistreat him?" Dad raised his pipe again. "Tang Thanh Chi, I'm sorry, my aunt Manh." I'm sorry again. From the Tong family to the Tang family, everyone wanted me to apologize. "I'm not sorry." The pipe fell hard on the table, making the enamel mug bounce. "Then don't go to work tomorrow." Dad looked at me, squeezing every word. "I asked someone to arrange the job in the factory's propaganda department. When you think clearly, you can come back." Tang Van Hoa's eyes became even brighter. Manh Thu Binh pretended to stop him. "Mr. Tang, you can't miss her work." Dad said coldly: "If her wings are stiff, you should know how to live when she leaves the family." Outside the door, the sound of wind hitting the window paper. The cold air from the bottom of the feet gradually creeps upward. Dad thought that if I just cut off work, I would kneel down and beg. The previous life was the same. He used his love to force me to get married, Tong Bach Xuyen used rules to force me to bow my head, Bach Tri Duong used his life-saving grace to force me to give way. "Okay." I turned around and walked towards the inner room. Manh Thu Binh panicked. "What are you going to do?" I opened the lid of the trunk, the hem of my red dress swept over the edge of the bed. The cowhide paper bag crushed at the bottom of the trunk is still there. Inside were the issues of the newspaper with my articles, the acceptance letter that I had quietly accumulated over the past three years, and the money transfer form sent by the arts magazine of the provincial newspaper. Just as his fingertips touched the paper bag, Tong Bach Xuyen's voice suddenly sounded outside the door. "Uncle Tang, I'm here to pick up Thanh Chi and go to the Tong family's house to apologize." 4 Dad immediately stood up and opened the door. Cold wind flooded into the main house. Tong Bach Xuyen stood outside the door, his shoulders covered with a layer of frost. Bach Tri Duong did not come. But in his hand he held that sprain treatment bag. It's like being afraid that others won't know who you're worried about tonight. Manh Thu Binh quickly wiped his tears. "Bach Xuyen, Thanh Chi doesn't understand, making you laugh." Tong Bach Xuyen put the bag of medicine on the table. "Don't say that, auntie. I was a bit hasty in taking care of her." This was the first time he admitted his mistake in front of others. If it were a previous life, I would definitely think that he had softened his heart. But the next sentence was truly a blow. "The engagement cannot be annulled. Tomorrow we will still have the engagement dinner as usual, the day after tomorrow we will register the marriage." Dad breathed a sigh of relief. "With this sentence from you, I can rest assured." "But tonight Thanh Chi must follow you to the Tong family's house and explain everything clearly in front of your mother and Tri Duong." The parchment bag was wrinkled by me. "Based on what?" Tong Bach Xuyen looked over. His eyes fell on the bag

paper, paused for a moment. "Based on the friendship between our two families for many years." "Based on the relationship between my father and your father, or based on the relationship between you and Bach Tri Duong?" Manh Thu Binh took a breath. Dad angrily shouted: "Tang Thanh Chi!" Tong Bach Xuyen's face tightened. "Tri Duong once saved my life, that's the truth. If you can't accept this, how can you become a military wife in the future?" "I won't." He seemed choked up. Tang Van Hoa suddenly spoke up. "Sister, don't act too high. Regiment Commander Tong has personally come to pick you up, what else do you want?" She walked up to Tong Bach Xuyen, her voice softened. "Regiment Commander Tong, my sister has a tough personality, don't be too picky with her. Since childhood she has been spoiled, she actually cares about you very much in her heart." Tong Bach Xuyen did not answer. But his expression softened a bit. I've always liked that type of person. Obedient, understanding, always thinking of others. As long as that person isn't me. "Van Hoa." I called her. "You understand things like that, why not apologize for me." Tang Van Hoa bit her lip. "Sister, I just want the best for you." "Then you marry him for me." This time, dad's slap fell. My face tilted to one side, my ears were ringing.