Gu Lei died tragically, and Feng Xiaoqin became the spearhead of everyone in the Gu family, everyone believed that Feng Xiaoqin killed Gu Lei, but standing in Feng Xiaoqin's situation, he felt very innocent.
Feng Xiaoqin's marriage was not right, she was originally from Anhui, in order to be able to stay in Shanghai, she used her marriage with Gu Lei to take root, but for more than ten years as a cow and a horse for the Gu family, it can never be exchanged for their approval.
And the Gu family to Feng Xiaoqin, there is no shortage of food and clothing, the only bad thing is that they do not want her to buy a house, Gu Lei is an honest and weak, and he can't fight feng Xiaoqin, who is smart and clever, and can play all kinds of tricks.
The Gu family felt that once Feng Xiaoqin and Gu Lei were allowed to live alone, not only would there be no one to take care of the elderly in the family, but Gu Lei might also be suppressed by Feng Xiaoqin without the dignity of a man.
The two sides have their own minds, each calculating, both hoping to achieve a state that is most beneficial to themselves, and the more they calculate, the more they lose, and the price of their mutual calculation is Gu Lei, who is sandwiched in the middle.
Gu Lei is the only seedling in the family, but also Gu Qingyu's younger brother from childhood to adulthood, their greatest wish is not to hope that Gu Lei can fly Huang Tengda, only hope that he can be safe and secure, and live an ordinary life by guarding this foundation of the family.
And Feng Xiaoqin, as a daughter-in-law from abroad, has never been able to squeeze into this home, as a housewife, her only chip is Gu Lei, she hopes that Gu Lei can assume the responsibility of a man, can take care of his wife and children, and can buy a house of his own in Shanghai.
In such a stalemate between the two sides, Gu Lei died unexpectedly, Feng Xiaoqin did not even have the only dependence, and the Gu family hated her to the bone, thinking that she was a mourning star, which completely tore open the hidden pain of Feng Xiaoqin's marriage with Gu Lei's interests.
Daughter-in-law from out of town
Feng Xiaoqin's biggest wish in this life is to be able to take root in Shanghai, she came to Shanghai from the age of ten, looking for various opportunities, suffered countless hardships, but without culture and no background, there is no way to rely on her own ability to have a place in Shanghai.
Gu Lei is one of the safest opportunities That Feng Xiaoqin has ever encountered, in Feng Xiaoqin's eyes, Gu Lei is as safe as a house, first of all, this man is honest and kind, it is easy to control, and secondly, he is a local in Shanghai whose conditions are ok.
In order to seize this opportunity, Feng Xiaoqin used means and used Gu Lei to enter the Gu family's door, the little tiger was unmarried and pregnant, when Feng Xiaoqin was able to catch up with Gu Lei, she was like an ant staring at the feet of the heron, stalking and beating.
Although the Gu family was forced to accept these things that could not be put on the table, they were full of contempt from the heart, and although Feng Xiaoqin came from a small place and had no culture, she was a clever, clever, clever, and eye-catching, and Gu Lei was not her opponent at all.
Gu Qingyu and Gu Lei are fraternal twins, Gu Lei was born a minute later, but the personality and ability and appearance of the two people, but one in the sky and one in the underground, Gu Qingyu has always loved this stupid brother.
So from the moment Feng Xiaoqin's belly entered the door, Gu Qingyu has been guarding Against Feng Xiaoqin and has always mentioned his brother: Feng Xiaoqin has an opinion, but you can't fully listen to her, you must know that you are the head of the family.
Feng Xiaoqin entered the Gu family gate for eight years and gave birth to a small tiger, during these eight years, Feng Xiaoqin worked hard to take care of the family, from the grandmother in her nineties to the little tiger who was still in elementary school, everyone was unconscious.
Feng Xiaoqin has to get up every day when everyone is still asleep, make breakfast that meets the tastes of all ages, the old lady wants to drink porridge, the little tiger wants to eat bread fritters, and the busy work is for several hours.
After breakfast, you have to clean up for half a day, then send your children to school, come back to clean up, clean up the house, start making lunch again, and then pick up your children from school, make dinner, and at the end of the day, busy feet do not touch the ground.
But this is not the most bitter day for Feng Xiaoqin, she married from Anhui to Shanghai, not only the difference in geography, but also various habits such as food culture habits, Feng Xiaoqin, as the daughter-in-law of the Gu family, must learn to cook Shanghai cuisine.
Everyone said that Feng Xiaoqin was a good daughter-in-law. Once a woman rises to the level of "daughter-in-law", it has little to do with region, education, and appearance, which is another set of evaluation systems and hard indicators.
The old lady of the Gu family used to be a big lady, the taste is extremely picky, Feng Xiaoqin learned to make Shanghai cuisine from scratch, but also to make everyone satisfied, it is a difficult thing, but she still did it, the old lady will pop up two words of praise from time to time.
The Gu family has a habit, every Saturday to a big family aunt and uncle to get together for a meal, thunder can not move, this is Feng Xiaoqin's busiest time, a total of thirteen people, a family to eat, only Feng Xiaoqin alone to do, sister Feng Xixi to play the hand, hot cold, cold and hot, a meal down, the sisters do not have time to eat.
After eating, everyone patted their butts and left, Feng Xiaoqin and her sister cleaned up in the kitchen, a thick stack of bowls and pans in the sink, a wash, a cleanup, assembly line operation, every week, Feng Xiaoqin and Feng Xixi were used to it.
Although Gu Qingyu is the daughter of the family, she has always been ten fingers without touching the Yang Chunshui, chatting with her father and grandmother before eating, and pulling her father and brother to the house for a small meeting after the meal, talking about some words that Feng Xiaoqin, an "outsider", cannot listen to, to be precise, is to teach Gu Lei how to deal with his daughter-in-law.
Feng Xiaoqin and the family of these four generations are crowded together, there is no independent space of their own, even the usual education of children and the lesson of husbands, will be pointed out by grandma and father-in-law, Feng Xiaoqin is very distressed, she hopes that she can have a house of her own, not so suffocating life, but also a little sense of security.
But Feng Xiaoqin gave up self-growth for this family, came back to be a housewife, took care of a large family, did not have her own income, wanted to buy a house, relying on Gu Lei alone, it was simply impossible, so Feng Xiaoqin thought of borrowing money from her eldest sister.
Feng Xiaoqin thought that Gu Qingyu could earn eight million in a single business, and it should not be too much to borrow a million with her, but Gu Qingyu was not willing to let his brother and daughter-in-law move out, so that the two old people in the family would not be taken care of, and the younger brother would not be protected, and would be killed by Feng Xiaoqin.
Count each other out
Feng Xiaoqin often said: Although there are few people in the family, it is also a small society, soldiers will come to block, water will come to cover, fighting wits and courage, the outsiders are actually not bounded, the routine is all used in their own families, interesting, not interesting.
In order to buy a house, she and the Gu family alone wrestled wits and courage, Gu Qingyu called her brother and father to the room, discussed how to deal with Feng Xiaoqin, not only did not lend her money, but also let her continue to be a free nanny for the family, they felt that if Feng Xiaoqin bought a house, it was not easy to control, Feng Xiaoqin in their hearts, has always been an outsider, Gu Qingyu instructed Gu Lei and his father:
If you want to buy a house, no matter how much money I can lend you, but if it is her meaning, and you are not so approveable, it is another matter, you have to understand that you are the head of the family, she has ideas can not she say what is what it is! Dad, I reckon she can't borrow money today, she may borrow it from you, you must not be soft and agree to it!
The Gu family is all managed by Feng Xiaoqin alone, everyone feels that this is her responsibility, it should be taken for granted, all pushed to her, Gu Qingyu is the eldest daughter of this family, and also has the responsibility to take care of the elderly, but Gu Qingyu feels that she naturally has its own reason for not taking care of the elderly, she told her girlfriend:
Feng Xiaoqin's idea is right, the daughter-in-law can take care of the elderly, why can't the daughter? There are two kinds of truths under the sky, there is one that can be put on the table to speak, taking care of the elderly everyone is responsible, who if you say it is not good, you will definitely be scolded, but there is another kind, it may not be able to put it on the table to talk about it, everyone also recognizes, it is ugly to say it, my brother's conditions are not good, but Feng Xiaoqin, who was two years older than my brother, was like an ant staring at the feet of a heron, desperately chasing my brother to the hand, you say why!
Feng Xiaoqin has a plan, but she has never pretended, but her desire is indeed too greedy, the daughter-in-law in the field is not easy to do, it is understandable, and it is normal to want to become a Shanghainese, but what Feng Xiaoqin thinks is to buy a house by herself, let her sister have her own independent space at home, and then take over her brother and mother, so that the family is Shanghainese.
This point of careful thinking, Gu Qingyu, an elite who has been mixed in the workplace for many years, has long guessed that as long as Feng Xiaoqin has a house, Gu Lei can't be the lord, living together is fine, there is a father and her to manage some, Gu Lei will not suffer losses, if you move out, Gu Lei can only be arbitrarily pinched.
Although Gu Qingyu has always admitted that her brother has no ability and no opinion, she is not willing to watch her brother be used as a springboard for class jump by others, and Feng Xiaoqin is not a vegetarian, she plays away from home and throws a mess at them.
Usually the family is orderly, but Feng Xiaoqin is not there, the family is like a disaster, chaotic, the grandmother's usual medicine is Feng Xiaoqin's good, Feng Xiaoqin left, even when to take what medicine, how much to eat do not know, Gu Lei sent the child also broke himself.
Feng Xiaoqin has long become an indispensable part of this family, and it is the most important part, but the Gu family has never seen Feng Xiaoqin's wholehearted dedication over the years, only to see her careful machine, small calculation, Gu Qingyu even if she has that ability, she will not let Feng Xiaoqin get her wish.
In order to make Feng Xiaoqin dispel the idea of buying a house, Gu Qingyu and his father also found a great aunt and aunt to advise Feng Xiaoqin, saying that it was advice, but in fact, it was ironic that Feng Xiaoqin had no conscience, selfishness, leaving the two old people alone, living her own life, conscience was eaten by dogs, these words directly angered Feng Xiaoqin, she told her grievances in front of a large family:
Today you two came to know why, persuade me not to buy a house, right? I don't understand why so many people don't want me to buy a house, why? To say selfish, I have selfishness, I want to buy a house of my own belongs to my own Feng Xiaoqin's own house, and live a good life with my husband and two people, who am I hindering?
I have been in the Gu family all these years, have I ever done something sorry for Gu Lei? Or I said on my face that I want to divorce Gu Lei, you are so uneasy about me, so guarded against me, Gu Lei, I have been in your family for eight years, I just married you and you asked me to resign, you told me that there are two old people in the family to take care of, and there is a child, eight years, you hire a nanny is also hundreds of thousands, or in your eyes, even a nanny is not as good as ah!
Half of Feng Xiaoqin's words are true, all these years for the Gu family as a cow and horse, did not take half a penny, because she regarded this place as a home, treated them as a family, and they have been guarding against her, everything in the Gu family does not belong to her, she got just a Shanghai hukou.
And these eight years, even if it is to be a nanny for others, even if it is 100,000 per year, it is also hundreds of thousands, Gu Qingyu threw a home all over her to take care of, his ten fingers do not touch the Yang Chunshui, do not make a point, he has endless money to spend, borrow Feng Xiaoqin a million from it, in fact, this requirement is not too much.
Her husband died tragically
But the Gu family has always insisted on not letting Feng Xiaoqin get her wish, mainly Feng Xiaoqin, and she once again called her father and brother to the house for a meeting, which is what their grandfather and daughter like to do the most.
Feng Xiaoqin knows that as long as it is a meeting, it is generally talking about her things, but she actually does not think too much, she also accepts that she is an outsider, but this time, they are too explicit to speak, but also poke Feng Xiaoqin's mind, Gu Qingyu said:
Have you ever wondered what you're going to do in the future? Do you want to talk to her white head to old age, now Dad is still young, I also live close, we can still help you hold a little, and in a dozen years or so, what do you do? She is smarter than you and can do it, and she is very good at planning for herself, she is now giving you a heart, to serve you comfortably, she is in case there is something else in the future, you will not be able to get her.
But she bought a house this time is also a racking of brains, then the real estate deed must have your name to know, can not only Feng Xiaoqin's name, anyway, I don't care, this is a matter of principle, how much money do you have in the family after you move out, you must have a number in your heart, she now has a sister to live on you, and then take her brother over in the future, you can stand it!
Gu Qingyu's words are not wrong, but too rational, Feng Xiaoqin is very good at planning for herself, and she also thought about taking her brother over, this is Feng Xiaoqin's calculation and greed, and Gu Qingyu is not without mistakes, her first half of the words, no half emotion, is completely Feng Xiaoqin as a tool to use.
Gu Qingyu even thought of the idea of letting two people divorce, she felt that her brother could not get Feng Xiaoqin, divorce is a good choice, that is to say, Feng Xiaoqin's eight years of pay, in Gu Qingyu's view, can be discarded at any time, this chess piece is available, just keep this use, if you can't control, choose to give up.
In fact, this is where Feng Xiaoqin's obsession with buying a house lies, but where the Gu family truly treats her as a family, everyone spreads out what they say, don't hold any small meetings without moving, Feng Xiaoqin will not be so insecure, nor will she be bent on bringing her family to Shanghai.
Feng Xiaoqin married into Shanghai alone, swallowing everything, if there is a family, at least there is a place to go after being wronged, not a person drunk and running to the bathing center to lie down, not being wronged and running away from home without a place to go, and not being dignified to cling to Gu Lei, a person who cannot be counted on at all.
It is this kind of calculation that does not give in to each other, turning a family that could have been happy and happy into a vendetta, and what could have been solved by a suite of things finally lost a human life, the more calculated, the more lost, the more it is gained.
Feng Xiaoqin was hurt his self-esteem, he wanted to run away from home, Gu Lei went to stop, the result was pushed down the stairs, crashed on the glass, the rescue was ineffective, the two old men of the Gu family sent black haired people, Feng Xiaoqin lost his only dependence, no one got half a benefit, everyone was at fault.
And the next thing is that the Gu family hates Feng Xiaoqin, Feng Xiaoqin has no way to go, to start living on her own again, such a calculating life, after all, can not withstand her own efforts to fight for what she wants to be happy.
epilogue
The marriage of Feng Xiaoqin and Gu Lei is not a combination of two people's love, but an interweaving between two classes, local people in big cities look down on foreigners, and foreign daughters-in-law cannot truly integrate into the family, which is an eternal phenomenon.
Locals will always feel that the daughter-in-law of a foreigner marrying a local is simply for the sake of class jump, so everything is guarded, like a thief, which is that any foreign daughter-in-law will be uncomfortable.
Feng Xiaoqin chose Gu Lei, who is useless, is a plan, but also has a heart, she has a calculating component for Gu Lei, there is also an element of love, On Gu Lei's birthday, Feng Xiaoqin also sewed a handmade rose to Gu Lei, if it is a complete calculation, why weave love into it one stitch at a time.
Treating the two old people of the Gu family, Feng Xiaoqin is sincerely good to them, every day to divide the grandmother's medicine well, tell her to eat a few, when to eat, the father-in-law's glasses are broken, others have not found, she found the first time to repair immediately.
These are the details of love, it is the step-by-step defense of the Gu family, so that Feng Xiaoqin is older and more insecure, they do not treat her as a family, she will never have a home, always just a free nanny, or the kind of child.
Feng Xiaoqin was afraid that the Gu family would think that she had no use value that day, and drove her out, and then she would not even have a place to go, so she tried her best to buy a house with its own name.
She didn't want to leave it alone, she said that even if she moved out, she would still come over every day to make three meals a day and clean the house, which was sincere.
But her ambition is too obvious, but also frightening, originally the marriage is calculated, the ambition is so obvious, the Gu family regards her goodness as flattery, but more defensive.
Feng Xiaoqin is selfish, very selfish, but her selfishness is also forced, if you do not plan for yourself, when you are swept out of the house in the future, it is too late to regret it.
Gu Lei's death, everyone is at fault, but in the final analysis, Gu Lei is a victim of the class struggle, marriage still has to pay attention to the door to the right, Feng Xiaoqin became a Shanghainese by marriage, but she is not happy, and the future hard days are still countless.
And the Gu family should not find a daughter-in-law who is much lower in status than them, not only can not be sincerely relative, but also always be on guard, if a family wants to be like this, it is better not to combine well.