Today is a special day, and the three members of the in-laws are sitting at the dining table waiting to eat. The room was filled with the scent, but the meal was never served.
I looked at the food on the table and couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
"Mom, why don't you cook again?" I asked, looking at my mother-in-law, who was sitting across from me.
"If you don't want to do it, your dad can do it. The mother-in-law replied impatiently.
"I'm going to get busy, you can figure it out yourself. "My husband hugged his phone and stood up without hesitation to leave.
I stared at this scene with wide eyes, and I felt a little lost. My mother-in-law looked at me and didn't speak.
Days like this have been going on for a week. Since I married into this family, I have always been a housewife in the family, doing housework and taking care of my mother-in-law and husband responsibly.
I was overwhelmed by the daily chores, my mother-in-law was always critical of my cooking and cleaning, and my husband seemed to ignore me.
I try to think back to life in our family, I am not a difficult daughter-in-law, I have been married to this family for several years, and I have tried to fit into this family.
I don't put up with this treatment anymore. I stood up, picked up my bag, and said to my husband, who was sitting in the living room in a daze, "I'm going to get out of here for a while, and I need to calm down."
I walked down the street, and I couldn't calm down for a long time. When I arrived at a park, I found a bench and sat down, quietly thinking about my troubles.
When I looked back, it was a girl of the same age, wiping tears from her handkerchief.
"What's wrong with you?" I asked with concern.
The girl looked up, rubbed her eyes, and smiled reluctantly. "Things at home...... It's annoying. ”
"Me too, I just left home today. I started talking to her.
The girl told me that she and her mother-in-law did not have a good relationship either, and that there were often conflicts in the family. In her telling, I felt an inexplicable intimacy, as if I was listening to my own shadow.
Unexpectedly, the girl suddenly found that she had received a text message on her mobile phone. After reading it, her expression became pleasant.
I looked at her happy appearance, and there was a little warmth in my heart. Just then, my phone rang.
"Where are you? I waited at home all night and didn't see you back. There was a hint of anxiety in my husband's voice.
"I'll calm down outside, you finally care about me now?" I replied with some emotion.
"Don't get me wrong, I have something to tell you......" My husband's voice was a little slurred, and he didn't know what he was talking about.
I had a sense of foreboding in my heart and quickly asked him, "What's wrong with you?"
"That's right, Mom is sick, the results of the hospital examination are not good, I need you to come back. My husband said.
When I heard the news, my heart tightened. I suddenly realized that no matter how big the conflict in the family is, no matter how wronged I am, my mother-in-law is always my husband's mother, and my husband needs me at this time.
After hanging up the phone, I said goodbye to the girl and hurried back to my in-law's house alone.
The woman's feelings after going out are very complicated, on the one hand, she feels that she has vented her dissatisfaction with family life, and on the other hand, she is worried that there is no one to take care of her at home.
She wants to be alone and calm, but her heart is full of concern for her family.
These days, she is not happy to be alone outside. All kinds of unpleasantness at home kept reappearing in her mind, making her whole person a little irritable.
She thought about it, but she didn't know where to start.
Just then, she received a call from her husband. My husband's voice was anxious: "My dear, where are you? The fish tank at home is broken, and the water has spilled on the ground, and I am about to panic."
Hearing her husband's voice, the woman felt a burst of sadness. Although she was dissatisfied with her family and angry at her husband's indifference, her husband at the moment was helpless and panicked in front of her like a child.
This phone call seemed to be an opportunity between the woman and her husband, and their conflict was eased a little bit.
She decides to go home and face the family's problems. She understands that the problems at home cannot be solved by one person, and everyone needs to face them together.
Looking up at the sky, I felt that the gloom in my heart was gradually being left behind. I came to a scenic mountain village and found a secluded cottage to live in.
There is no hustle and bustle, no distraction, just a quiet and peaceful beauty.
However, I didn't expect that this escape from life would not last long. One day, I received a call from my mother-in-law.
A wave of accusations and blame welled up over the phone, and I felt a headache. I tried to explain my feelings, but my mother-in-law categorically refused to listen to me, and just kept blaming me for betraying and avoiding my family.
After hanging up, my heart began to churn. I walked out of the hut and let out a long breath. It all made me feel overwhelmed.
Looking back on my years at my in-laws' house, I always tried my best to fit in with the family, but I always encountered provocation and indifference.
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