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(Note: This article is purely fictional, if you have similar experiences, it is purely coincidental, please read it sensibly)
Some time ago, my parents-in-law suddenly contacted us and said that they wanted to come to our house for a few days, and I was very happy when I heard that since my wife and I got married, the second elder has not come to our house. But at the same time as I was happy, I was a little nervous, for fear that I would not take good care of my parents-in-law when they came.
My name is Lin Si, I am Chinese New Year's Eve years old, and my wife and I got married three years ago, and last year we added a new life to our small family, when I felt the responsibility of fatherhood for the first time.
My parents-in-law also came to our city to take care of my wife during her pregnancy, and I worked hard during this time to create a better future for our unborn child.
Since we added someone to our family, our family has also rented a bigger house and sold the smaller house we bought, while my wife and I are already saving up to have a small nest in the city for our family of three.
At the same time, I also hope to accompany my child to grow up and give him a good childhood, because I have been in the rain, so I want to shelter my child from the wind and rain.
Speaking of me, I have to mention my not very good childhood.
I grew up with my grandparents, I was a left-behind child since I was a child, my father has been working in other places, and my mother left me to return to my father in the third month after giving birth to me.
I can say that I was raised by my grandparents with a handful of and urine.
Although my parents didn't come back to see me for a long time, they still sent some money back to my grandparents every month to subsidize the family.
When I was six years old, my parents came back with a baby in my mother's arms, my own brother.
They stayed at home for a month, repairing my grandparents' house, during which time they seemed to have only thought of my son, and then cared for me very perfunctorily.
I thought that my parents would take me away when they went to work, but they only took my younger brother away, and their reason was that my younger brother was still young and he was worried about his life in his hometown.
I was still young, and I just felt like my parents treated me differently from my brother, but as I got older, I finally understood that my parents may love me, but they love my brother more.
When I was eight years old, my grandparents started thinking about how much I would pay for school.
They asked my parents to take me to school because I was old enough to go to school, but my parents refused to let me go to them on the grounds that I had my younger brother to take care of and could not take care of two children at the same time, but they also sent back a large sum of money for me to go to school.
There was no way, in order to let me go to school, my grandfather, who was nearly seventy years old, dragged himself to the town more than ten miles away to enroll me, and fortunately the primary school in the town could be accommodated.
Since then, I have been going back and forth between school and my grandparents' house every month, and my grandparents often feel sorry for me, they think that I have not had my parents by my side since I was a child, and now I am allowed to live at school at such a young age, and I will feel lonely without the company of my grandparents.
I wasn't too afraid of being lonely, and although I was still young, my child's perception of things was sensitive, and I could clearly feel the love of my grandparents.
Time flies, I have graduated from primary school, most of the people in the town have also gone to other places to seek development, and there are only a few teachers and students left in the town's middle school.
My grandparents couldn't sit still and wanted my parents to take me over to live with me, and by the way, solve my school problem.
After all, they want me to have a good future more than to keep me around.
But I refused, and as time went by, every time I came home, I might find that my grandparents were a little older than the last time we met.
Eventually, my grandparents didn't bother me, and they promised me to go to junior high school in town.
But they also made me promise them that when they were in high school, they would go to their parents' city, because there was really no high school in the town.
I didn't forget the teachings of my grandparents in junior high school, I studied hard for three years in junior high school, and even won the first prize in a middle school essay contest.
The time of hard study always flies, three years have passed, this time my grandparents did not get my wish, I thought about helping at home, and then wait until the school year to go to a high school in a nearby county.
But as soon as the high school entrance examination was over, they stuffed me on a long-distance bus to my parents' city, and no matter how I refused, they didn't listen to my advice, and they just shoved 2,000 yuan into my hand.
Grandpa also said to me: "Ah Si, if your father and mother dare to treat you badly, you can tell grandpa, and grandparents will support you." ”
I was moved to tears.
After I moved into my parents' house, my father also found me a high school, so I still chose to live in a dormitory, which at least made me feel comfortable.
During the summer vacation, I watched my parents and younger brothers play a blind date and love a family every day, but they turned a blind eye to my existence, which also made me truly sure that my parents did not love their children, but the children they loved were not me.
Although my parents didn't love me, they understood the importance of reading and were very supportive of my studies.
Anyone who has been in high school knows that high school is a particularly difficult time in your life, but it also hone your will.
When I was struggling in high school, whenever I had free time, I would think about my grandparents and go back to a place where I could call home in my heart. I wanted to return to my grandparents several times, but I was pressed hard by my reason, and I knew that my grandparents could only be happy if I studied hard and got into a good university.
In the end, because of my love for literature, I was admitted to the Chinese department of a good university in China.
On the day the offer came out, I immediately returned to my grandparents and announced the good news to them.
They were also genuinely happy for me with the news.
In the following years, I was also active as a qualified college student, made many contributions to the school, and also won many scholarships.
After graduating from university, I was introduced by my teacher to work in a publishing house, and I also gained my love at the same time, and at the same time, we got married naturally after two years together.
I didn't mention it to my parents about getting married, but I just took her to meet my grandparents, and my grandparents were quite satisfied with her.
Before leaving, my grandmother stopped me, handed me a passbook and said: "Ah Si, here is 40,000 yuan, which your grandfather and I have saved in the past few years, don't be too little, your grandfather and I have always been looking forward to you getting married, and now your wish is gone." ”
Then I met her and her current father-in-law, both of whom are teachers, and I was a little reluctant to meet him, afraid that they would not agree to marry my daughter to me because of my family background.
My parents-in-law didn't agree at first, but as I communicated with my parents-in-law, they were moved by my sincerity, and I promised them that I would be good to her and give our children a future.
Out of respect for my parents, I still took my wife to meet my parents, and they generously blessed us when they knew that I was going to get married.
My parents didn't love me for me, they were almost always responsive, so I didn't care what they thought, but my brother and I would support them for the rest of their lives.
After getting married, my wife and I had a few years of savings to buy a 35-square-meter house, and after a period of time, the world of two people.
My wife was pregnant, and after I got the news from my wife, I quickly informed our parents and grandparents, and it was not difficult for me to guess from my grandfather's cheerful laughter on the phone that my grandfather was happy about the birth of his great-grandson.
After my wife became pregnant, she still went to work at first, but after she was four months pregnant, I felt that I couldn't let my wife do this anymore, so I discussed with her that she should leave her job without pay first, and raise the baby with peace of mind.
In the end, my wife also followed my advice and raised the baby at home.
When my wife was about to give birth, my parents-in-law came to us from my hometown to take care of her.
This made the house where only the two of us lived in it crowded, and the parents-in-law left after the wife's confinement.
I don't worry about my grandparents in my hometown, they are also old, and no one around me takes care of me, so I discussed with my wife, let's rent a bigger house, first give this small house to my grandparents to live in, and when we have saved enough money, we even bought this small house, and sell a bigger house to take my grandparents over to live together.
My wife agreed with my proposal, and the matter was settled.
As time passed, it also came the day when my parents-in-law came to our house. We originally wanted to arrange our parents-in-law in the original small house, but considering that the house was for sale after all, we still took the second elder to our rented house.
In the past few years, my wife and I have been promoted again and again, removing the fixed expenses every month, and when we sell the small house and save for another half a year, we can buy the house we like and take our grandparents over to live together.
My parents-in-law came to our house on Tuesday, and after my parents-in-law came to the house, I also fulfilled my obligations as a son-in-law.
I took a week's vacation to take my parents-in-law to the city's major attractions, and I didn't forget to buy a few clothes for the two elderly people while playing.
Originally, I was thinking about changing the second elder's mobile phone, but I suddenly remembered that the mobile phone had just been changed for the second elder during the Chinese New Year this year, so I had to give up.
But I still bought a smart watch for the two elders, which can check their physical condition from time to time. Knowing that my father-in-law likes to drink tea, I bought a tea set for my father-in-law, some good tea, and a gold bracelet for my mother-in-law. It cost more than 20,000 yuan a day.
In a blink of an eye, my wife and I took our children and parents-in-law to the park to play, during which my son pestered his grandparents to tell him stories, and my parents-in-law smiled and told stories to their children, and our family of five had such a happy day of play.
Originally, I planned to take my parents-in-law, wife and children to the botanical garden for another day the next day, but I was told by my parents-in-law that night that I would go back tomorrow, and I had already bought a ticket.
No way, I can only go to see my parents-in-law to the train station early the next morning, before leaving, my father-in-law suddenly patted me on the shoulder and said, I am relieved that my daughter will be handed over to you, you kid is good. It's just that you don't sit well on the sofa at home, go back and see what's going on.
On the way home, I wondered how there could be a problem with the pillows for my parents-in-law who were newly bought before their second elder came.
I went home with doubts, carefully measured the sofa, but found no problems, and then I did it, as soon as I sat up, I found that there was something under the buttocks, I picked it up and looked, it was a passbook, opened it and found that there were still 150,000 in it, at this time my father-in-law's WeChat also sent over: You keep this money for changing houses, to reduce the burden on you, don't worry about me and your mother, you still have to take care of your grandparents, but don't forget to take care of yourself.
Seeing these words on WeChat reminded me of the way my grandmother handed me a passbook when I took my wife to meet my grandparents.
Since then, I have secretly made up my mind to work harder, not only to let our small family have a happy life, but also to give the two old people a peaceful old age in the future.