01
"Mom, you're retired, come and help us take care of the children, I'll give you 3,000 yuan a month for living expenses."
My daughter-in-law warmly invited me, and after thinking about it for a long time, I decided to say yes.
I am not Tu's daughter-in-law's 3,000 yuan living expenses, but Tu can live with my son and grandson. After all, this was the first time my daughter-in-law had invited me to her house so warmly.
Without waiting for my wife's consent, I moved into my son's house with my luggage. Looking at my daughter-in-law, who welcomed me with a smile on her face, I made up my mind to take good care of my son's family of three.
02
The day after I arrived at my son's house, my daughter-in-law took the initiative to bring me 3,000 yuan, saying that it was for my living expenses. I didn't want to take it, I have my own pension. But my daughter-in-law insisted that I accept it, saying that she couldn't let me work hard in vain.
At that time, I was still very emotional, thinking that my daughter-in-law was really good at talking and doing things. 3,000 yuan, for me, is neither more nor less, but it is enough to maintain the living expenses of a family.
It wasn't until I saw people eating and drinking at regular times in my family every day that I realized that I was overly optimistic and underestimated the cheekiness of others.
In the first few days of her arrival, as soon as the meal arrived, the daughter-in-law urged her parents and younger brother to come to dinner. At first, I just came to eat at night, and after eating, I didn't put away the dishes and chopsticks, patted my butt and wiped my mouth, and left.
03
Later, everyone became familiar, whether it was Chinese food or dinner, as soon as the meal arrived, the five of them pinched it. When I came, I didn't say that I helped with cooking, I just sat on the sofa and played with my mobile phone and watched TV.
And I have to take my grandson, who occasionally cries naughty and has to coax him. So, it became me alone while coaxing the children and cooking at the same time.
In the beginning, my mother-in-law would also cook and help. But after three days, she excused herself that her waist was not good and she couldn't help. I was afraid that she would be careless and tired her waist again, so I hurriedly shouted to stop her.
And the daughter-in-law's brother and daughter-in-law basically sit on the sofa as soon as they come and go, and rarely move anymore. No matter whether her child is crying or making trouble, or her nephew is crying or making trouble, she will either call the child's father or the child's grandparents, and she will never do it.
04
My daughter-in-law's mother's family, if you want to come to rub rice, come to rub rice, I'm not such a stingy person, it's just a few more pairs of chopsticks and more meals.
However, people are not so demanding. Every day, after eating, I start ordering food. Today I will order tomorrow's recipe and let me follow the recipe.
One will say that the two in-laws have high blood pressure and high blood sugar, and they can't eat fried, can't eat braised food, and want to steam it, and then said that the child likes to eat crispy and delicious. Anyway, all the hard dishes and seafood, they take turns to order.
I have some meat pain, all the hard dishes and seafood, not cheap, according to their requirements to sit down, a meal has to start at 200 yuan.
05
I feel a little sorry for my son, and I feel that my son is the whole family who uses his own salary to support his daughter-in-law. But every time I secretly sued my son, my daughter-in-law would accuse me of being nosy, saying that she didn't give me money.
But how long can the 3,000 yuan my daughter-in-law give me every month last me? A large family, almost 9 people, has to start at 200 yuan for a meal.
If there is a holiday or someone's birthday, the food bill will start at 500, because my daughter-in-law will desperately tell me to buy more vegetables and cook more.
The daughter-in-law likes to slap her swollen face and become fat, and the son obeys the daughter-in-law in everything, so that the expenses on my side are getting bigger and bigger. Not only is my daughter-in-law's 3,000 yuan not enough to cover expenses, but I also have to take my own pension of 3,000.
06
But our son's monthly mortgage of 5,000 yuan is also borne by us, and if I am asked to pay 3,000 yuan to help my daughter-in-law support her mother's family, I am very aggrieved and angry.
Raising a son and a family of three, my wife and I are gritting our teeth and insisting. Now that I have a daughter-in-law's family of 5, I can't bear it. And I think that my daughter-in-law's mother's brother and sister-in-law have hands and feet, so why do I have to go to my sister's house every day to eat and drink? Is it because we are in the same community?
Now I regret that I should not have followed my daughter-in-law's advice to buy the same community as her brother, and now I would not have so many trivial matters.
After serving my daughter-in-law's family for three months, I couldn't bear it anymore, so I threw 3,000 yuan back to my daughter-in-law, asking her to find someone to take care of the children, and find someone to serve her parents and younger brother's family, I couldn't afford to serve.