My mother has been in my house for 7 years, and she didn't pay a penny, but she gave her little nephew 200,000 yuan, and my wife and I moved overnight.
Yesterday, my wife saw a report on the Internet about a special life experiment, which is an experiment in which a person leaves the familiar city life without any social relations and lives a primitive life for a month.
I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, thinking it was just a newspaper story. However, unexpectedly, the report of that experiment became the fuse for us to move out of the house.
Here's the thing. I have a family of four, in addition to my wife and me, and a pair of children. We used to live an ordinary but happy life as a family, until that day my mom did something that surprised us.
One day, my mother suddenly announced that she was going to take out the savings she had saved for many years and give my brother's son 200,000 yuan for his study and life when he grows up.
My wife and I were very surprised and angry at this sudden decision.
We persuaded for a long time, but my mother insisted on finding a way for her grandson. We felt very frustrated, thinking that when she was old, we would be filial to her, but we didn't expect her to be so generous for her brother's children.
That night, I discussed with my wife for a long time, and finally made a decision that I didn't expect - to move.
"We can't do this anymore, this is not our home. The wife said as she began to pack her luggage.
"But, that's my mother, and if we move out, she'll be alone. I said with some hesitation.
"Alone, she doesn't treat us like family at all!" the wife's voice echoed in the room.
We both stayed up all night, worried and hesitant. The next day, we made the decision to move. Go to a city that is completely new to us and start a new life.
Our family left the original city and came to a place where we were unfamiliar. The new environment made us feel strange and uneasy, but at the same time, it also gave us a chance to start over.
Life after moving is not easy, work, life, socializing, everything needs to start from scratch again.
My work is also getting back on track, and the children are still adapting to the new school and environment, but they are slowly getting used to it.
However, just when we thought everything was getting better, something unexpected happened. When my mom learned that we were moving, she was very angry and accused us of disrespecting her and not being filial to her.
"How can you do that, I take care of you wholeheartedly, and yet you are so ruthless to me!" said the mother's voice, with a deep sense of loss.
"Mom, don't you understand why we left in the first place? It's so unfair that you did that. "I tried to explain it to my mom, but she didn't listen.
"You left me alone in the original city, how can you be worthy of me?" Mom's words were full of grievance and resentment.
My wife and I were silent on the other end of the phone, because we knew that any explanation would be futile in the face of my mother's accusations.
This sudden quarrel left us exhausted and we felt exhausted. In this new city, we thought that there would be a new beginning, but we did not expect that the conflicts of family relationships would be so entangled in us, leaving us with nowhere to escape.
We are conflicted, full of heartache and helplessness. I thought that leaving would make everything better, but now I realize that the problem is not solved.
What the future holds, we don't know. We can only do our best to face the challenges and contradictions in front of us and find solutions to them.
We rented a small house in a new city and started a new life. In the beginning, we all felt very anxious and lonely.
"How can you do this to me? I have always treated you as my own children, how can you not be filial to me?" Her words made me feel distressed, but there was still anger and incomprehension in my heart.
Still, we started a new life. We wandered around, looking for new jobs, new livelihoods.
However, the new life did not bring the expected peace. One day, I received a call from my brother saying that my mother was unwell and needed my care.
Seeing my mother lying on the hospital bed, I had mixed feelings and hesitated. When she saw me, there was a look of love and relief in her eyes: "Child, you are here.
I relented and began to stay in the hospital to take care of her.
At this time, my wife called and blamed me for not listening to her advice. "How can you sneak out of the house?" her voice was filled with anger and bewilderment.
I was by my mother's side with a lot of thoughts. I don't know if I'm right or wrong. My guilt for my mom and anger for my wife were intertwined, leaving me confused and exhausted.
I don't know what the future holds, but I know I have to deal with the problems in front of me.
I need to think well, adjust my inner conflicts, and find a way to solve them.
We found a neighborhood in the city and moved in, and the new environment was full of challenges for us. Although we are full of fear and anxiety about the future, we feel that this is the only way out of the current situation.
We have found a job again, and life has slowly returned to normal, but the knots in our hearts have not been resolved.
This made me feel very frustrated and sad, after all, she was my real mother, and I never thought of cutting off contact with her like this.
After trying to live hard in our new environment for a while, we decided to go back to our hometown to see my mom. When I walked to the door of my hometown, a familiar smell came to my face, and in an instant, I was pulled back by time many years ago.
However, when my wife and I knocked on the door, we found no one at home. I panicked, could it be that my mother had moved away, and her luggage was gone, as if she had just disappeared.
"Is she sick?" asked the wife worriedly.
"No, she should have let us know if she was sick. I replied with some anxiety.
While we were looking around, a man came to the door. When I saw it clearly, I found that it was my brother's eldest son, my nephew.
"Do you know where she went?" I asked eagerly.
The nephew frowned and said, "She went on a trip with her family, and she should not be back for a few days." After saying that, my nephew walked into the house, leaving my wife and I outside.