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Preface
As the old saying goes: the water spilled by the married girl, I didn't understand this sentence at all.
I'm the second oldest in the family, and I've been the one who has done the most work in the family since I was a child, and my mother has always said that girls have to learn to work, and I always think my mother is right.
Later, after I got married, I went back to my parents' house for dinner, and the stir-fried lobster in the kitchen was not served until I left.
I couldn't sleep at night, and my husband woke me up with something to say......
01
My name is Xiao Jing, my brother is three years older than me, he has been steady since he was a child, and his academic performance has always been top.
For as long as I can remember, my mother has held my brother like a baby, and she doesn't let him get involved in housework, and she just lets him nibble on books in the house.
As for me, I have been helping my mother since I was very young.
I remember my mother often said: "My daughter's family has to learn to do housework as soon as possible, and when you get married in the future, your in-laws won't pick on you." ”
I think my mother is reasonable, so I have always been happy to help her.
When I was six years old, a new child was added to my family – my younger brother was born.
It's a pity that his body has been weak since he was a child, and he has been sick twice in three days, so his mother naturally focuses more on his younger brother.
Sometimes my mother was busy cooking, doing laundry, and boiling medicine, and I had to help watch my brother and coax him to play.
Later, I also reached the age of going to school, and I am a person with a big personality, not as quiet and beautiful as my brother, and my academic performance naturally can't compare with him.
Every day, when the bell rang after class and I came home with my schoolbag, my mother still let me take over the housework.
As the years passed, I grew up and began to understand something.
I remember one time, I rushed home with my schoolbag on my back, and before I even stepped into the threshold, I heard my mother say in a low voice: "Hurry up, eat quickly, and don't let your sister see it before she comes back." ”
I pushed open the door, just in time to bump into my brother holding a big chicken leg in his hand, biting his mouth full of oil, and eating it so happily.
At that time, I was about twelve or thirteen years old, and it was the time when I was growing up, and when I saw meat to eat at home, my eyes lit up, and I quickly asked my mother, "Mom, where is the meat?"
Who knew that my mother was embarrassed and said to me: "Xiaojing, there is only one meat left, your brother is in high school, keep it for your brother, he has to study hard enough, and my mother is not willing to eat it." Wait two days, Mom will go to the market and buy you a new one, okay?"
Hearing my mother say this, I felt aggrieved, they are also biological babies, why can the two of them receive such special treatment.
But after thinking about it, my younger brother is weak and needs to be nourished, and it is really not easy for my brother to study under pressure, so I couldn't help but make any more trouble.
The next morning, I picked up my schoolbag and prepared to go to school, but my mother boiled me an egg and handed it to me by hand.
At that time, my heart suddenly blossomed, and I understood that my mother still had me in her heart.
02
My brother has been a top student in our school for three years in high school, sitting firmly in the first position in the grade, until the end of the college entrance examination, he was unsurprisingly admitted to a key university, and the whole family was immersed in a joyful atmosphere, and that joy lasted for several days.
As for me, I will face the high school entrance examination in a month.
Looking at my brother's title on the gold list, the whole family held him high, and I also encouraged myself in my heart, and secretly vowed to study hard and strive to be admitted to a good university.
As a result, I was admitted to our regular high school here, and I thought I could go to school naturally.
However, one evening, my mother called me to her side and said earnestly: "Xiaojing, why don't you go to high school, go to a secondary school to learn technology, and after three years, you can work directly to make money." ”
Hearing this, I was instantly dumbfounded, and stammered and asked, "Mom, I was obviously admitted to high school, why didn't I let me?"
My mother sighed and told me, "Girl, you brothers and sisters in our family, your brother's expenses for college are not small, and your brother's health is weak, so he needs money to see a doctor and take medicine all year round." If you go to high school and then college, your dad and I will have to provide for you for six years. You look at a secondary school, you can be independent in three years, how good. ”
I was so aggrieved that I couldn't do it: "Why can't my brother go to college?"
Mom said helplessly: "You are a girl, it's different, boys will have to support their families in the future, you, find a good mother-in-law, life will not be bad." Besides, when your brother graduates from college, your father and I are old, the family may have to rely on you and your brother to support us. We really can't do it anymore. ”
Listening to my mother's heart-wrenching words, I felt so distressed, but I felt extremely unwilling.
However, considering the practical difficulties of the family, in order to reduce the burden on my parents as much as possible, I finally agreed to my mother with tears, and according to her wishes, I applied for the technical secondary school and chose the accounting major.
Three years passed in a flash, and after graduating from secondary school, I immediately stepped into a factory for internship.
The eldest sister who took me to the beginning was a good thief and taught me a lot of doorways and practical skills in the workplace. After a period of experience, I learned my craft, so I jumped to a larger company, and my salary also rose, and my life finally had some hope.
At the same time, my brother, who graduated from college, relied on his diploma to find a job, which was much easier than I was back then.
It didn't take long for the brother to bring back a beautiful girl, saying that she was his girlfriend and announcing that they were getting married.
But the woman's family asked for a bride price of 100,000 yuan, and when my mother heard it, her eyes widened, and she shouted "so much money".
The elder brother explained that they had such a custom there.
My mom had no choice but to come to me to discuss if she could borrow some money for emergencies.
I have only been working for a few years, and the money I earn is basically consumed by the daily expenses of my family, and the little savings I have left in my pocket are not much.
But after all, it was my brother's lifelong event, so I gritted my teeth and took out the little money I had left, and gave it to my mother.
My mother took my money, and begged relatives and friends for help, and borrowed it, and finally got the bride price together, so that my brother could get married.
03
Later, when I was working in the company, I also met my current husband, who was really sincere and considerate to me.
When it came time to talk about marriage, when it came to the bride price, what I didn't expect was that my mother actually asked my husband for a bride price of 150,000 yuan.
I was stunned when I heard it, so I quickly dragged my mother aside and asked her which one she was singing.
Mom was very calm and said, "Think about it, when your brother got married, the bride price was 100,000, your sister."
Besides, if your brother gets married in the future, it is estimated that the bride price will only be higher. These are all for the future. ”
Just when our mother and I were arguing, I didn't expect my husband to nod in agreement, and said that this is how it should be, and it is not easy to raise a daughter.
So we had a smooth wedding.
After we got married, we would bring our belongings home every week to visit our parents.
Once, on our way home, we found that my mother had bought lobster and a whole bunch of other good dishes.
I wondered in my heart, what special day is today, my mother is going to make so many hard dishes?
At noon, there were a few light vegetarian dishes on the table, and from beginning to end, the pot of lobster I was thinking of was nowhere to be seen.
Originally, I thought it was just an accident, lying in bed at night and brushing my mobile phone, I accidentally saw my sister-in-law posted a photo of dinner in the circle of friends, a large table full of sumptuous dishes, and a pot of fragrant fried crayfish was placed in the middle.
At that moment, I suddenly realized that I seemed to be an outsider in the family compared to the simple lunch table.
Growing up, my mother's attitude towards me and my brother and brother was always subtly different.
Now, with my hard-earned money, I have helped my brother marry a daughter-in-law, and the bride price has to be prepared for my younger brother, but in the end, I feel that I am very alienated from this family.
When my husband saw me hiding in the corner alone and crying silently, he came over to take a look and found the photo of the family enjoying themselves on the screen of my mobile phone.
He gently took me in his arms, patted me lightly on the back, and comforted: "Xiaojing, don't take it too seriously, the old people sometimes just hold those old concepts, saying 'the water spilled by the married daughter', which is the traditional thinking is at work."
Even if they treat you differently than your brother, they are really pulling you up with a handful of and urine, and without their nurturing grace, how can you have your current life?"
He continued: "Besides, in the future, I will protect you and love you, and your position in my heart will always be the most important. You're sad, I'm worse than you. ”
Listening to my husband's words, the depression in my heart seemed to be dissolved at once.
No matter what my parents do, I know that they still love me in their hearts, but in different ways.
As a daughter, I should also fulfill my due filial piety. Thinking of having such a reasonable and caring husband around me, I can't help but feel a deep sense of satisfaction and happiness, and the haze in my heart also dissipates.
Author's Statement: At the end of this story, I would like to emphasize that this story is completely fictional. All described characters, episodes, and events are the product of the author's imagination and have nothing to do with any real people, events, or places. Any resemblance to real-life people, events or places is purely accidental, and the pictures are from the Internet and have nothing to do with this story. I hope you enjoy the story, but please don't relate it to anything in real life.