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What makes the world sigh is that the 98-year-old Xiao Guizhi has a haggard and withered face, his breathing is so weak that he is almost nothing, and his life is like a thread, quietly withering away.
This woman, who was once known for her health and tenacity, is now facing a life-and-death test, and the flame of life may be extinguished at any time, making people sigh at the ruthlessness and cruelty of the years.
However, at the moment of Xiao Guizhi's death, her three daughters were indifferent to her condition and never showed up.
When her daughter-in-law Jiang Shuiyue called to inform her youngest daughter Zhang Xiu that her mother was seriously ill, Zhang Xiu's response was surprisingly calm, and she couldn't take leave to go home to visit her mother on the grounds that she was busy with work.
The other two daughters, after learning the bad news that their mother was critically ill, also made excuses to shirk and promised to visit again the next day, as if they were talking about an innocuous trivial matter. In the face of their mothers who are about to die, their ruthless performance is really embarrassing.
Only the daughter-in-law Jiang Shuiyue has been waiting by the old man's side since 18 years ago and taking care of her. She knows that Xiao Guizhi's greatest wish is that she hopes that her children can be by her side, so that she will no longer feel lonely and desolate in the last stage of her life.
However, even in old age, this simple wish was not fulfilled, and the old man's daughters always ignored their mother's desires.
Jiang Shuiyue stared at the unconscious old man, her eyes flashing with anger and helplessness.
Back in 1988, 18 years ago, in order to follow the long-ingrained bad habit of "raising children and preventing old age" in rural areas, Xiao Guizhi's family signed an agreement on supporting the elderly.
The agreement stipulates that in the future, the two sons will each have the responsibility of supporting an elderly person.
At the time, the whole family, including several daughters, agreed with the agreement. Since according to traditional customs, the daughter has married outside, and it is not their obligation to support their parents, so they are full of recognition of the content of the agreement.
However, who could have predicted that only a few years after the agreement was signed, the eldest son of the Xiao family died unfortunately, and Xiao Guizhi, a widow, had to go to the family of his second son Zhang Cheng, and his life was managed by his daughter-in-law Jiang Shuiyue.
It was this old agreement that forcibly tore the originally harmonious family in half. The daughters began to regard their adoptive parents as enemies, refused to take any responsibility, and pushed it all to Zhang Cheng's family.
The years have passed in a hurry, and a long 18 spring and autumn have passed in a blink of an eye. Jiang Shuiyue was silently taking care of the lonely old lady Xiao Guizhi.
However, when the old man, who was suffering from illness, had to be admitted to the hospital, her two adult daughters showed their filial piety and love in such an indifferent way, ignoring the illness and not even seeing their mother for the last time. They are self-righteous in interpreting the fulfillment of their maintenance obligations as "on the way to help others".
Hearing such ignorant and cruel words, the anger in Jiang Shuiyue's heart instantly burned, and she retorted mercilessly: "Supporting parents should be the duty and obligation of children, how can it be regarded as helping others?
Among Xiao Guizhi's daughters-in-law, the eldest daughter-in-law Liu Chun's behavior is the most outrageous. Not only did she always refuse to take the responsibility of taking care of the elderly, but even when Xiao Guizhi was seriously ill and hospitalized, she was even forbidden to step into the threshold of her own house, all of which was seen by her mother-in-law's eldest grandson, Zhang Mingming.
Although Zhang Mingliang was indignant about this, he could not change the status quo. He has tried to fight for his mother-in-law's rights many times, but Liu Chun's attitude towards Xiao Guizhi has always been cold, and he does not treat her as a family member at all.
In contrast, Liu Chun treats his father-in-law with respect, lest he take on the responsibility of taking care of him and cause family disputes. Whenever Zhang Mingming's father wanted to visit the old man Xiao Guizhi, Liu Chun always obstructed him in every possible way, and his attitude was arrogant and rude.
Liu Chun has always been shrewd in handling things, but she is not merciless when it comes to greedy for small profits. For example, when neighbors, relatives and friends give supplements or gifts to the elderly, she always takes the first step and pockets all the money, leaving nothing for the elderly.
Liu Chun's various immoral behaviors have long been seen by Zhang Mingming, which makes him full of anger in his heart. However, because his father has always been a fearful person and is firmly controlled by Liu Chun, he can only choose to forbear.
Despite this, Zhang Mingliang knew that one day, he would seek justice for his mother-in-law.
In fact, Liu Chun's indifferent attitude towards his mother-in-law Xiao Guizhi was also seen by Jiang Shuiyue and Xiao Guizhi herself, and both mother and son were extremely angry at Liu Chun's behavior. It's just that considering the harmony of the family, they did not show it in front of Liu Chun, but chose to endure the humiliation.
Faced with such indifference to her mother-in-law in front of their daughters, Zhang Cheng and his wife decided to take action, trying to arouse the importance of supporting their mothers from several daughters who had forgotten their responsibilities.
After several rounds of exploration and negotiation, the daughters reluctantly accepted the arrangement of taking turns caring for their mothers, but who in their hearts was willing to take on this involuntary obligation?
Liu Chun's family was even more excessive when they took turns to take care of the elderly, and they directly chose to escape and lost their elderly mother to Zhang Cheng's family again.
In order to prevent her mother from falling into a homeless situation again, Jiang Shuiyue had to grit her teeth alone and shoulder the heavy responsibility of taking care of her. However, as time passed, the physical condition of the elderly deteriorated day by day, and they were no longer able to cope on their own.
Zhang Cheng was very troubled by this, and could only repeatedly beg a few sisters to lend a hand. However, whenever this matter was mentioned, the sisters always showed extreme reluctance, and even resented Jiang Shuiyue, thinking that if she had been able to do her duty, the old man's physical condition might have improved.
There was a fierce quarrel between the two sides over this, and you and I blamed each other for their faults. However, as a last resort, they eventually reluctantly agreed that each family would take turns taking over the care of the elderly on a monthly basis.
After painstaking negotiations, the seemingly complex issue of maintenance was finally temporarily resolved. However, the estrangement between the sisters due to financial interests has not disappeared, but has only worsened.
Soon after, when it was Liu Chun's family's turn to take over the care of the elderly, she again refused without hesitation.
Seeing that the elderly Xiao Guizhi was about to face the dilemma of homelessness again, several daughters had no choice but to send her back to Zhang Cheng's house, and her daughter-in-law Jiang Shuiyue continued to bear this heavy responsibility of support.
Liu Chun's ruthless behavior made Zhang Mingming, the eldest grandson of his mother-in-law, deeply angry. Although his father had always been under Liu Chun's control, Zhang Mingliang finally couldn't stand Liu Chun's behavior.
One day, in front of the whole family, Zhang Mingliang finally couldn't bear it anymore and scolded Liu Chun for treating the old man like this. He accused Liu Chun of taking possession of all the supplements and gifts given to the old man by others, and did not leave a penny to the old man.
In the past eighteen years, Jiang Shuiyue has silently and carefully taken care of her mother-in-law, but Liu Chun's attitude towards her is so brazen and chooses to evade in the face of responsibility.
At that time, Liu Chun was extremely dissatisfied and humiliated by Zhang Mingming's words of truth, but even so, she still appeared tough and showed a fearless appearance. She raised her head high, her expression arrogant and arrogant, as if she felt that she was absolutely justified, and ignored the existence of Jiang Shuiyue and Zhang Mingliang at all.
"What can you young people understand? Our grandparents did their best to manage the household chores and handle the trivial matters of the whole family's life in an orderly manner, and you are here to point fingers and make comments?" Liu Chun reprimanded in a tone of contempt and contempt.
Zhang Mingliang was so enraged that he could barely control his emotions, but he could only reluctantly accept reality.