01
Seeing my wife lying on the hospital bed, but her eyes were always looking at the door of the ward, but she never waited for her son to come, my heart became heavier and heavier.
My wife is getting older, and the underlying diseases have begun to appear one after another over the years. In the past, the old couple took care of each other, slowly got through it, and never dared to trouble their son easily.
But my wife's condition this time was more serious than ever, and the doctor informed her to have surgery as soon as possible. But the son used the excuse that he was busy with work and never came back.
That's right, our only son, since graduating from college, has been living and working in a foreign country. As for us parents, it is not easy to get in front of our sons and daughters-in-law, and we seem so blind.
02
In the past, we didn't think that our son would grow wings and fly away when he grew up, but it wasn't until our son married an only daughter from another place and bought a house in his daughter-in-law's local area, which had the meaning of settling down and living for a long time, that we began to panic.
When our son and daughter-in-law got married, they asked us for a bride price. Originally, my wife and I had planned to buy a wedding house for our son in our local provincial town, which was close to our hometown and convenient for us to go to and from our son's house.
But the daughter-in-law refused, and the son naturally obeyed. In desperation, we had to empty our family funds to get a down payment for our son. For this reason, he was complained by his daughter-in-law for a long time, saying that the marriage house should have been bought by the man in full, and they had to repay the mortgage after the loan was bought, which only increased the pressure.
My wife and I looked at each other, and after my son came back again and again to complain about his poverty and cry poverty, he took over his son's monthly mortgage of 5,000 yuan, so that they could have children and raise children with peace of mind.
03
Our big package can also win the gratitude of our son and daughter-in-law at the beginning. But after a long time, they took our efforts for granted. Which month's money was late or less, my son called to hold us accountable, saying that we were delayed.
During this period, my daughter-in-law was pregnant and gave birth to a child, and I also offered to take care of the confinement and the child, but my son refused. The son said, we are far away, we are not familiar with the place, there is no need to leave the homeland, everything is covered by his parents-in-law.
As soon as these words came out, I also stopped thinking about becoming a free nanny. But we didn't go, and my son told us that we wouldn't come. In desperation, we had to give our daughter-in-law another 10,000 yuan, which was considered a reward for her.
After that, the son had to raise the child and support the family, and his 5,000 yuan a month became our share. We helped our son pay off the mortgage, but the daughter-in-law didn't respect us much, but when she was short of money and needed a lot of money, she asked her son to come back to collect wool.
04
Thinking that I am such a son, and the family property will be left to him and his grandson in the future, my wife and I naturally did not search, although we did not respond to requests, but we basically asked and gave them.
However, when his son took the money, he disappeared without a trace, and it was difficult to see him during the New Year's holidays. If it weren't for my wife's illness and hospitalization, I probably wouldn't have called my son easily.
The son heard that his wife was sick and hospitalized, but his tone was as calm as ever, without the slightest anxiety and worry. I advised him to take the time to come back and see his wife, and that we could always feel at ease with our son by his side.
But my son said that he was on a business trip to do a project, and he would not be able to go back for a while, so I asked me to take care of it first, and when he came back, he would come back to see his old father immediately. I believed it.
05
If I hadn't had my daughter-in-law's WeChat, I had no intention of seeing my daughter-in-law post photos of them traveling with their children and parents-in-law in the circle of friends, maybe I would have been kept in the dark.
watched them check in different attractions and beautiful things every day, while the wife was still looking forward to her son's return. My wife is a man, and I miss and worry a little, so I can't talk about it, so I can only look forward to my son's return.
But my wife has been hospitalized for 5 days, but my son is busy taking his parents-in-law to travel to other places to celebrate his birthday, but he tricked us into going on a business trip. How dare I burst my wife's illusions?
I called my son again, and his words were still the same, and told me not to call him casually, he was very busy. I couldn't help but sneer, my son must be busy, busy traveling to celebrate the birthday of his parents-in-law, where can I take care of my biological parents who are far away?
06
I can't bear to expose my son's ruthlessness with my wife, so I can only persuade him to have surgery first, and my son will not be able to come back for a while, but I still miss you and transfer 5,000 yuan back. I smiled to reassure my wife, but my wife's eyes were secretive, so that people couldn't see anything abnormal.
Until his wife recovered and was discharged from the hospital, his son did not take the time to come back to visit his old father. My wife sighed deeply, and then asked me to cut off my son's monthly supply.
I can't bear it, my son's salary is not high, but the expenses are not small, if we didn't help him support the mortgage, maybe he would have been out of breath, where is there still today's chic and happy days, with his parents-in-law to play in the mountains and rivers?
As soon as I interrupted my mortgage, my son found out immediately. Knowing that we knew the truth, my son and daughter-in-law rushed back as quickly as possible with some nutritional products to apologize to us, the palms and backs of their hands were full of meat, and the parents on both sides had just gotten together, and they couldn't do anything.
Looking at my son, who has been apologizing and admitting his mistakes, my wife's attitude has been shaken, but I still made up my mind to cut off my son's monthly mortgage and let my son be self-reliant. As for whether I can count on raising children to prevent old age in the future, I don't dare to have any more extravagant hopes.