Fan Quanfang's lifelong wish is to see her only daughter Lingling grow up smoothly and have a successful career. As a middle school teacher, she has been strict with Lingling since she was a child, hoping that she will be admitted to a prestigious school.
Lingling also lived up to her mother's expectations and entered a key university in the south to study Xi in the college entrance examination. Watching her daughter leave home to study, Fan Quanfang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and arranged a post-retirement travel plan with her wife, wanting to show off her style.
However, the good times did not last long, and his wife died suddenly of a sudden illness, which made Fan Quanfang feel that the sky had fallen. My daughter was about to graduate from college and had a good job opportunity, but seeing that her mother was exhausted by herself, she resolutely decided to give up and go home to accompany and take care of her mother through the difficulties.
In order for mother and daughter to be together often, Lingling found a job in a local research institute and stabilized to prepare for postgraduate studies.
Under the worry of her mother, Lingling started her own relationship. The subject is a high school classmate Wang Pan, a local whose father is a worker and whose mother works in the Highway Bureau, and is an only child.
Fan Quanfang felt a little lost in her heart, she hoped that her daughter-in-law would be a wealthy family, but she didn't expect it to be so ordinary. But then I thought that I was just a teacher, so what qualifications did I have to find fault with others.
So, under the witness of the mother and daughter, Lingling successfully married Wang Pan.
After Lingling got married, Fan Quanfang began to frequently go to her daughter's house to help take care of her life and accompany her daughter through pregnancy. However, after a few times, she gradually discovered a problem - her mother-in-law Wang Pan's mother is suspicious and likes to calculate people.
The first thing that bore the brunt was that the mother-in-law proposed to let Fan Quanfang sell her house and invest the money in the school district house for her son and his wife. Of course, Fan Quanfang understands that this is just her mother-in-law's first move.
The house is the biggest support for the elderly, and the mother-in-law is tantamount to making her daughter lose her financial independence. If Fan Quanfang really sells the house, I am afraid that she will be at the mercy of her mother-in-law in the future.
In addition, the mother-in-law also asked her son-in-law to hand over the gift money from relatives to the newlyweds, on the grounds that "I will return the gift in the future". Fan Quanfang knew in her heart that her mother-in-law was only doing this to control the family's finances, so that the young couple would have to rely on her mother-in-law for everything.
What worries Fan Quanfang even more is that her mother-in-law has frequently mentioned a retired man named Liu Feng in front of her recently, with a posture of wanting to match. Liu Feng's family is well-off, and his mother-in-law obviously wants to remarry Fan Quanfang to obtain Liu Feng's resources and provide for her own retirement.
This made Fan Quanfang realize that he had become a tool for his mother-in-law to make profits, and he must be vigilant.
A series of signs show that the mother-in-law is extremely good at calculating and taking advantage of others. Fan Quanfang is worried that if she continues to connive, she and her daughter will become victims of her mother-in-law's calculations.
She realized that she had to stop her mother-in-law in time to reduce the possibility of her mother-in-law controlling the family.
With the start of retirement, Fan Quanfang has more time to go to her daughter's house to take care of her grandson. However, frequent interactions also made her see her mother-in-law's calculations more clearly. The mother-in-law even proposed to introduce Fan Quanfang to a remarriage partner in person, on the grounds that "no matter how filial the children are, it is better to find a partner".
First, her house is her own pension, and no one has the right to put her beak. Even if Lingling is her only flesh and blood, financial independence and old age safety are more important.
Therefore, her property will not be easily sold or invested in her children.
Second, as a retired teacher, her retirement and savings are enough to support her current and future living expenses. She will never be forced by life to become a financial burden for her children.
Therefore, the child does not need to worry about her future pension funds.
Third, she has firmly rejected any proposal to remarry after her husband's death. Even in the face of loneliness, she has the ability to cope with it alone. She will not easily step into the calculation trap set by others because of loneliness.
Therefore, the mother-in-law can stop her from introducing her to a remarriage partner.
Fan Quanfang hopes that by clarifying her position, she will avoid becoming a tool for her mother-in-law to control and use. She will remain financially independent and will not be a financial burden on her children, thus reducing the possibility that her mother-in-law will control her to exert undue influence on her daughter.
After a series of events, Fan Quanfang was already wary of her mother-in-law, Wang Pan's mother. She realizes that she is facing a mother-in-law who is calculating, calculating, and will stop at nothing to achieve her goals.
In the future, in life, my mother-in-law will continue to use her brilliant mind to set up a situation to calculate the people around her.
Fan Quanfang's biggest worry is that her smart mother-in-law will use Lingling as a tool to achieve her goals. Lingling is simple and kind, and she has never known how to give in to her mother-in-law, and she is easy to be used.
It is very likely that the mother-in-law will control the thoughts of Lingling and her son-in-law in various ways in the future, forcing them to serve their own interests. This would make Lingling's life very painful.
As a mother, Fan Quanfang couldn't bear to see her daughter become a victim of her mother-in-law. She decided to minimize her chances of confronting her mother-in-law as much as possible, so as not to provoke her mother-in-law and cause Lingling to be rectified.
But she will also hint at her position in front of Lingling, warning Lingling to beware of her mother-in-law's calculations, and to seek help from her mother in time when she encounters life problems.
Fan Quanfang hopes that through her own efforts, she will try to reduce the influence and manipulation of her daughter's life by her smart mother-in-law. She knows that she can't change her mother-in-law's personality, so she pays more attention to raising her daughter's vigilance and cultivating her independence and autonomy.
This is to give Lingling the ability to face possible family problems without being held back by her mother-in-law.