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At 1 o'clock in the middle of the night, Xiao Xu (pseudonym) suddenly received a call from his mother: "Daughter, you come to save me, your sister-in-law won't let me eat, your brother will send me to a nursing home..."
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Xu heard a voice of his sister-in-law talking over there, and the phone hung up.
Xiao Xu felt that something was wrong, booked a ticket overnight, and rushed back to his hometown early the next morning.
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Xiao Xu is also not easy, since her daughter is in her third year of high school, she has no time to go back to her mother's house, in addition to going to work every day, she is to serve as an auxiliary helper for her daughter at night to help her endorse books, check answers and so on, helping her save time.
So on the train back to his mother's house, Xiao Xu was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes.
In the dream, Xiao Xu dreamed of her mother being bullied, which scared her up again, and went straight to her mother's house as soon as she got off the car.
My sister-in-law and mother lived for nearly 10 years, originally their hometown was in the town, and then the sister-in-law settled in the city near their hometown, and after their father died, my sister-in-law took my mother to live together, so my mother's living conditions were still very good.
Xiao Xu came to the door of her sister-in-law's house, saw the clean and tidy corridor, everything was not abnormal, she knocked on the door, called her mother, and after a short while, her mother came to open the door.
Sure enough, my sister-in-law had gone to work, but my mother stayed at home.
But the mother didn't say anything, turned her head and left, and went into the toilet with one turn.
Xiao Xu didn't have time to take off her shoes, and immediately followed, she clearly saw her mother unkempt, rice stains on her clothes, and a pair of chopsticks in her hand! What's going on?
Came to the door of the toilet, Xiao Xu almost vomited!
The mother actually squatted on the floor of the bathroom, holding a large bowl of rice in her hand, and stuffed it into her mouth expressionlessly! And she is leaning against the toilet wall, next to the toilet, how can she eat?
Xiao Xu immediately picked up her mother, took her out of the toilet, and comforted her softly.
Xiao Xu thought of last night's call, and suddenly burst into tears, his mother must have been abused by his sister-in-law!
Seeing her mother become such a crazy look, Xiao Xu was very uncomfortable, crying and said: "Mom, I should have come to see you a long time ago, what did they do to you?" ”
After crying for a while, Xiao Xu steadied her mind and wanted to call her sister-in-law, but looking at the time, it was almost noon, so she ordered takeaway first, wanting to give her mother something good, how can she just eat white rice?
Xiao Xu couldn't eat or drink, and after tidying up his mother, he guarded her step by step.
When his sister-in-law entered the door, Xiao Xu immediately rushed over, grabbed his eldest brother's collar and scolded him: "What did you do to my mother?" You unfilial son! ”
The brother was startled, saw that it was his sister, did not fight back, and asked rhetorically: "Why are you here?" ”
Xiao Xu pointed at his mother and asked him: "When I came, my mother was hiding in the toilet to eat, what did you do to my mother!" ”
The brother frowned and looked at the old mother, then at his sister, sighed, did not speak, first took off his coat, and then sat on the sofa and rubbed his face.
Coincidentally, my sister-in-law also came back from work, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw this battle.
Without waiting for Xiao Xu to ask, her sister-in-law understood it and took the initiative to say: "The sister is here, my mother called you last night, it's good if you come, we really can't hide it." ”
After his sister-in-law's description, Xiao Xu knew the truth.
It turned out that in the more than 1 year when Xiao Xu's daughter was busy preparing for the college entrance examination, her mother had Alzheimer's disease.
It happened very suddenly, that is, one day, when my mother was basking in the sun with other old ladies in the community, she suddenly said to someone with a dull expression, "My son abused me", which startled people.
The son thought that he had upset his mother, and he carefully coaxed her for a few days, but she turned out to be normal, and one day he suddenly said that his son and daughter-in-law abused her and abused her.
The couple felt that their mother's demeanor was abnormal, so they took her mother to the hospital for examination, only to learn that she had Alzheimer's disease.
At first, the situation was not serious, the mother could still recognize her son and daughter-in-law, knew that her daughter was busy, and watched TV at home. At that time, my mother also said: "I have this disease, I know I can't run out, I must get lost, I will stay at home." ”
The mother was so considerate of her son and daughter-in-law that they were very touched and very sad.
But after a few months, her mother's condition deteriorated rapidly and she began to run away.
After the couple left for work, my mother sometimes felt that she was in her 20s and wanted to go to the factory to turn the screws, and she felt that when it was time to eat a large pot of rice at noon, she quickly took the lunch box to cook.
Where can my mother find factories and canteens? So she recognized the neighbor's house as a factory building, and used the neighbor's kitchen as a canteen, and the neighbor was also kind, so she acted according to her "script" and coaxed her to obediently eat lunch.
When the son and daughter-in-law returned, they were very grateful to the neighbors.
This neighbor is also old, retired for a few years, has nothing to do, like Xiao Xu's old mother, he cooks for his children at home and comes to retire, so he is very considerate of the old lady's illness.
From then on, the neighbor's uncle would pay special attention to the old lady, and when he saw her run out, he would catch up and coax her to his house, lest she get lost.
In fact, the daughter-in-law has always wanted to resign to take care of the elderly, but if she earns less money, her son's study and the elderly see a doctor have become problems.
Xiao Xu was married to another province, and her sister-in-law didn't want her to worry every day thousands of miles away, so she didn't tell her.
The sister-in-law gave the neighbor a sum of money, begged them to help take care of the elderly, and did nothing, just locked her up in their house, looked at the old man, and don't let anything happen to her.
The old man felt unfree, a little unhappy, coupled with Alzheimer's disease, she began to talk nonsense again, every day to the neighbors that her son and daughter-in-law abused her, did not let her eat, and domestic violence her.
Fortunately, the neighbor's uncle knows, otherwise it will really make a big trouble.
They didn't expect that the old lady would secretly call her daughter in the middle of the night to complain, which scared Xiao Xu.
That night, her sister-in-law heard movement in her mother's house, but she didn't expect her mother-in-law to be on the phone, and thought she was talking to herself again, she didn't want to make the old man angry, so she knocked on the door, said "Mom, it's too late, go to bed quickly" and left.
And Xiao Xu really thought that his mother was abused, and hurried back to his hometown, which was why there was this quarrel.
After Xiao Xu learned the truth, he regretted it very much and apologized to his brother and sister-in-law, but they didn't pay attention to it at all. The husband and wife are both real people, the brother has loved his sister since he was a child, and after marriage, he is even more reluctant to increase the burden on his sister and support his mother alone.
Moreover, Xiao Xu has always felt that he has failed to fulfill his filial piety, and he is very uncomfortable with his sister-in-law, and he will send money to his sister-in-law every month.
A few years ago, when her mother had just moved into her sister-in-law's house, Xiao Xu often made video calls with her mother.
So Xiao Xu saw with her own eyes how good her mother's living conditions are, she is very grateful to her brother and sister-in-law, and her relationship with them has always been good. Now Xiao Xu is quite regretful, feeling that he is too impulsive, and subconsciously does not fully trust his sister-in-law, which is not right.
However, Xiao Xu's thoughts, his brother and sister-in-law did not think at all, their goal now is to find a suitable way for the old mother to provide for the elderly.
They had planned to send their mother to a nursing home, but her mother seemed afraid of the word.
Even when the mother complained everywhere, she said that her son and daughter-in-law were going to throw her into a nursing home, which shows her attitude.
In the eyes of the general elderly, living alone in a nursing home may be a very scary thing, because it means that the children are not filial and the elderly are helpless, after all, everyone likes to live in their own home and does not want to live in the same place as the ward.
But neither sister-in-law nor Xiao Xu can resign, and they can only send the old man to a nursing home, otherwise the old man runs out and has an accident.
They can't really use the neighbor's uncle's house as a nursing home.
After discussing for a long time, Xiao Xu and his sister-in-law finally reached an agreement and decided to send the elderly to a local nursing home, this place is not big, but the qualifications are relatively old, in the south of the city, the surroundings are not desolate, it is very convenient to visit the elderly.
The fly in the ointment is that the price is more expensive, and Xiao Xu decided to share the cost equally with his sister-in-law.
Choosing this nursing home is for the safety of the elderly, and it is worth it.
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