House with a thief

Author: Zhang Mengqi
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Marriage is a difficult challenge, and the author Zhang Mengqi is an expert at solving it. First, he is not bound by conventional notions and chooses to walk his own path. After careful consideration, he decides not to go out to work, staying at home to take care of his wife and children, doing housework, enduring the ridicule and sideways glances from friends and onlookers. Next, he manages his life and family well, finding joy in it, and while managing the household, he completes three books (including A Husband I Can't Stand). Such a person, who disregards all praise and criticism to create an ideal family, is truly a "brave man," not a "wretch." The author is always known for loving his wife. Before becoming a full-time househusband, he was heard to have personally cooked hot soup on a cold winter night and delivered it to his wife's office because she was feeling unwell. And of course, this brave man's wife is no ordinary woman either. Because her husband is outstanding in household management, she is mistakenly thought to be a fussy and lazy wife. This woman, envied by many, has accumulated a wealth of grievances, which she expresses in over 4,000 words in the preface of the book, partly to complain and partly to regret not being too indulgent towards her husband. The author has been a full-time househusband for three years, and this book provides a detailed record of this unconventional man's way of thinking, his practical methods, and his own satisfaction with his life.