That day, I participated in a special volunteering event. We went to an old man's house, and when I walked into the house, I saw a woman burning something.
I was a little surprised and asked her why she was doing this. She was silent for a moment, then voiced her grievances.
It turned out that her mother-in-law did not treat her when she was alive and often found fault with her every move. What made her most angry was that her mother-in-law left a lot of things when she was alive, but she didn't leave any of them, but left them all to her husband's brothers and sisters.
She lit a wooden box, and the contents of it were reduced to ashes and scattered into the air. Suddenly, she pulled out a beautiful comb.
I asked her why she kept the comb, and she said it was her husband's childhood toy and the only thing her mother-in-law left for her husband.
A few days later, someone came to her door. The man was a collector and saw her in action. He said he was willing to pay 300,000 yuan to buy the comb.
This incident shocked me. The comb may be a valuable antique to a collector, but for the woman, it is a vivid memory.
A few days later, I went to the woman's house again. When she saw me coming, she smiled and invited me into the house to sit down.
In a casual conversation with her, she told me about some conflicts in the family. It turned out that her husband never showed concern and understanding for her.
Her parents are old and live in the country, and she doesn't have time to take care of them, which also makes her feel deeply guilty.
"Why don't you tell your husband about your pain?" I tried to give her some advice.
"I don't know what to say. She whispered, tears glistening in her eyes. I understand her concerns, after all, in the family, it often takes courage to take the initiative to communicate.
While we were talking, someone suddenly rang the doorbell. It was a middle-aged man who claimed to be a colleague of her husband.
The request shocked and confused her, and she didn't know how to reply. The surrounding contradictions converged into a powerful wave at this moment.
After the collector left, the expression on the woman's face was complicated and indescribable, as if she had something on her mind that could not be explained.
I talked to her for a long time, and she told me about her difficulties.
It turned out that the woman married into a traditional family, and her mother-in-law has always been dissatisfied with her. Now her mother-in-law has passed away, but some relatives have a grudge against her.
She tried to quietly restore the precious photos, but was opposed by her family, who believed she had no right to do so.
I comforted her and told her to think about it for herself. She stood in front of the collector's house for a while.
I looked at her back and sighed in my heart.
The day after she left, I went to her house to see how she coped with it all. But when I arrived at her house, everything had changed.
A luxury car was parked at the door, and a well-dressed middle-aged man walked out. I looked at him in amazement, he was the collector.
He insisted on seeing her, even visiting her house. Hearing about her husband, they share a common emotional entanglement with this comb.
The woman sold the comb to the collector and got 300,000 yuan in return. After that, she changed and began to become more selfish and withdrawn.
The woman no longer takes care of him as before, but pays more attention to her own enjoyment. This puzzled the husband, who caught the problem but didn't know how to fix it.
The news of the woman's sale of combs gradually spread, attracting some criticism. Her husband's family was unhappy with her behavior, feeling that she should not sell what she had left behind, and some even wondered if she really loved him.
The woman felt that living in this family was becoming more and more unbearable, and for her, 300,000 yuan might not be enough to pay for the grievances she suffered in the family.
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