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Text: Zhang Shiren
Editor: Zhang Shiren
Short stories are pure fiction, please watch them rationally, and do not sit in the right seats
It is said that it is difficult to be a mother-in-law, and I, a mother-in-law, post a pension of 40,000 yuan a year for my son's family, and eat leftovers and leftovers at home, and I am not as good as a nanny.
But even so, I was found fault by their family, and even opened their mouths to send me to a nursing home!
Leave them and go back to their hometown? I am reluctant to give up my grandson, and I am also worried that I will have no one to take care of me when I am old, and I will endure the accusations of my son and daughter-in-law? That's too much of a bag! What the hell is to be done?
My name is Wang Xiaoping, I am 65 years old this year, and to be honest, my life is not easy at all.
Before I retired, I was a primary school Chinese teacher, teaching and educating people for decades, although the income is not high, but it is also passable, my son was raised by my wife and I when he was a child, but unfortunately my wife died when my son was in college.
At that time, I thought that when my son grows up and has a future, my old bones will finally have a backer, who knows that fate will always have some strange arrangements, which caught me off guard.
After graduating from high school, my son was admitted to a prestigious school in the provincial capital, and later found a good job in a big city with a decent salary.
But just when his career was in full swing, he married a very good wife, the daughter-in-law is beautiful and capable, and she is an only daughter, there is no hidden danger of "Voldemort" in the future, and his son is also quite right, I applauded at the beginning.
It's just that I didn't expect her to become more and more eccentric later, and she pointed fingers at me at every turn, and I put up with it at first, after all, she was an outsider and was not very familiar with the rules of the family, but after a few years, after they gave birth to a son, she became even more unscrupulous.
She goes to work, her son also goes to work, and all the work in the family is on me, an old lady, cooking, laundry, cleaning, and doing everything herself.
My daughter-in-law is busy working to make money, and my son is running around all day, so everything in the family falls on me, an old woman.
I remember one time, when I was busy making sex for my grandson at home, my daughter-in-law suddenly came back and saw me carrying a kitchen knife, she was startled and immediately yelled at me.
"Mom, you're still holding a kitchen knife at your age, what if you accidentally cut your hand? It's so dangerous! "
I was angry when I heard this, but my mouth was still polite: "I should do housework at home, both of you are working outside to earn money to support your family, and it is normal for me to take care of it at home." "
I didn't think that my daughter-in-law didn't appreciate it at all, thinking that I was yin and yang, she glanced at me and yelled at me directly: "Mom, don't talk about this, your husband and I are eating in the city, and our monthly salary is not less than what you earned back then!" If you hadn't insisted on living with us, would we still have to worry about it? "
As soon as I heard this, I was furious, and immediately became angry, and scolded her:
"What do you little hooves know? I get 4,000 yuan of pension every month, and every penny is given to you, what other expenses do I have here besides serving your family of three? If you say anything about mixed eating, I won't eat your leftovers for a day or two! "
As soon as the words fell, I only heard a "snap", and my daughter-in-law raised her hand and gave me a slap! I was dizzy, and as soon as I let go of my hand, the kitchen knife fell to the floor with a "clang", and the scene was extremely embarrassing.
Hit hard by my daughter-in-law's slap, I burst into tears, extremely humiliated and sad, at this moment, my son came back from outside, and when he saw this strange scene, his face was suddenly blue.
I thought that he would finally avenge me and teach this unscrupulous daughter-in-law a hard lesson, but I didn't expect him to turn around and leave without looking back.
I cried out to his back in pain: "Son, don't you support your mother?" How many years have I been serving this old bone in your house, and you just sit idly by? "
The son didn't look back, and coldly dropped a sentence: "Mom, don't do this kind of dangerous work at home in the future, we are planning to find you a better nursing home..."
When I heard this, it was like a lightning strike! I tried my best to pull my son up, and now he wants to throw my old bones into a nursing home? How could I accept this great blow and pain!
Immediately I sat on the ground, crying bitterly, my daughter-in-law saw this, but looked proud, and did not forget to say a sarcastic word to me: "Mom, you are not comfortable living with our little two, you see, our small house can't put your things, why don't you go to the nursing home as soon as possible to live a decent life?" "
I cried even more heartbroken, my heart was very depressed, I worked alone for decades and half my life, and finally I couldn't even have a complete home, and I could only be abandoned in a nursing home by my own son? How could I be willing to do this?
But at that time, I really didn't have any other choice...
That night, I tossed and turned, unable to sleep at all, and the words of my son and daughter-in-law lingered in my mind, and I burst into tears.
I silently got up, packed a travel bag, and tiptoed out of my son's house, tears welling up in my eyes as I looked at my sleeping son and daughter-in-law, as well as my lovely grandson.
My son can't afford to buy a big house in a big city, and now this two-bedroom house is really not big, so I have to repay the loan, and my grandson is growing up and will go to primary school next year, so I really don't have a place to live if I stay any longer.
There is still a yard in my hometown that I can't hold back, I decided to go back alone, although it is very selfish to do so, but I can no longer bear such humiliation and injury, I would rather go back to my hometown alone, live a hard but comfortable life, rather than be a "pathetic old woman" who is blinded all day long in my son's house.
The next morning, my son and daughter-in-law found out that I was missing, and they searched for me everywhere but couldn't find me, and then they found that my things were also missing, and they realized that I had left on their own.
My son made several phone calls back and forth, but I deliberately didn't answer.
In this way, I returned to the dark and dilapidated small house of my hometown alone and began to live my own life.
Life was indeed a little harder, but compared to the grievances I suffered at my son's house, it was indeed a relief, and the meager savings at home were only enough for me to survive, so I started to start a small business on my own.
When the weather was not too cold, I would go to the fields and drill in and out, pick some wild vegetables and farm game that I usually don't want to eat, and then sell them at a small stall in the town.
After coming and going, I gradually got used to this comfortable life, and my body and mind slowly returned to the former peace, and I didn't have to be called around, and I didn't have to worry about the cold eyes and white eyes of my son's family, I felt that I had regained my freedom.
But more than half a month has passed, but the son's family is not peaceful.
One day, my son called out of the blue, and his tone was much softer than before, and he was a little anxious.
He said that his daughter-in-law had taken half a month's leave, and the family was a mess now!
No one cooks and shows off the pot, he and his daughter-in-law can only solve it outside, the house is full of messes, they can't clean it up themselves, and the most terrible thing is the problem of children's pick-up and drop-off, because their commuting times are inconsistent, and children are often left to hang at school and wait for a long time.
For a while, my son bitterly stated my importance at home, and I listened to it with a little joy, but more pity and unbearable, after all, they are also my own flesh and blood.
At that moment, my son suddenly said something I didn't expect.
"Mom, are you really coming back? I promise to respect you in the future, listen to you, you serve our family at home, how about we give you a salary increase, 8,000 yuan a month? "
I was immediately stunned by my son's words! He was actually a servant working for them in front of me? Although the temptation of money is indeed great, the self-esteem in my heart can never be sold.
I immediately rebuked my son: "Your son has gone too far!" I'm your own mother, how can I use money to measure my dedication to you? Just like that, you called me a servant? "
After I reprimanded my son, I was about to hang up the phone in anger, but I remembered the scene when our family of three depended on each other, and I couldn't help but miss the happy old days.
At that time, my son was still in the prime of life, and although my daughter-in-law was not as good as my mother, she was also a virtuous housewife, but unfortunately the material conditions were always limited, and they barely maintained a small life, and I, as the "pillar" of the family, almost all of the 4,000 yuan per month pension was subsidized to my son's family.
I worked at home from morning to night, sharing worries and problems for my son and daughter-in-law everywhere.
Once my son came back too late from overtime, and my daughter-in-law had already fallen asleep, so I warmed up the meal and waited for my son to come back, and as soon as my son entered the door, he shouted: "Mom, I'm back!" I hurriedly brought the dish to the table and handed a bowl of hot rice to my son with a colander.
My son took it and devoured it, and while eating, he couldn't stop praising my cooking skills, how filial and polite my son was at that time! Now he turns his face and doesn't recognize people.
I was so heartbroken that I almost choked up with tears, but in the end I chose to forgive, because blood is thicker than water, and family affection is more important than everything.
"Okay, I'll go back!" I said, "But your family needs to change their temper for me, stop nagging me aggressively, my old bones are now alive and you are the only one left." "
My son was very happy to hear this, and I said yes, and in this way, I returned to my son's home and started my life as a family of four......
In the first few days, everyone was still polite, as if the contradiction between us had never existed.
When my son and daughter-in-law go to work, I will take care of the housework, cook and clean and take care of everything for the grandchildren.
However, one thing that makes me feel gratified is that my son and daughter-in-law seem to have really opened their minds this time, and their attitude towards me has changed greatly, they will no longer dictate to me, my son will often ask me very considerately if I need help, and my daughter-in-law will also take the initiative to share the housework, and the family life together has gradually returned to normal.
Although my life is still hard, but my heart is finally a lot more steady, once, my daughter-in-law actually held my hand and said to me with tears in her eyes:
"Mom, I'm sorry, I was too willful and selfish before, and I didn't understand your situation at all, you paid silently like this, but we didn't know how grateful we were at all, and after you came back, I really realized how important you are in this family."
I looked at the once presumptuous daughter-in-law in front of me, and silently shed tears, although I am over the age of six, but I am still the pillar of this family.
Just as we were getting acquainted with each other again, an unexpected episode happened.
One day my daughter-in-law suddenly received a phone call, her face suddenly became extremely nervous, I noticed that something was wrong and hurriedly stepped forward to ask, my daughter-in-law lowered her head and muttered that her mother had a car accident and was being rescued in the hospital.
I immediately understood the seriousness of this matter, my son and daughter-in-law rushed to the hospital without saying a word, and entrusted everything in the family to me again, that week, as in the past, I took full charge of the affairs of the family, while my son and daughter-in-law were on call in the hospital all day and all night, and the daughter-in-law's mother was in critical condition for a while.
During the day, I prepare three meals as usual, and at noon I pack hot meals and deliver them to the hospital for my son and daughter-in-law.
Sometimes my son would take a nap in the hospital because he was too tired, and I would buy them some fruit or nutritional supplements to recharge.
At night, I clean the house so that when my son and daughter-in-law come back, they can have a tidy environment to rest.
Once, in the middle of the night, my son and daughter-in-law came home from the hospital at 3 o'clock in the morning, and I found that they had no energy to cook anymore, so I warmed up the rest of the dishes and let them pad their stomachs first.
Looking at the two tired and paralyzed "children" on the sofa, I have mixed feelings in my heart, although they used to be unreasonable to me, but now that I have encountered such a change, I am also broken, and I can't wait to share all their pain.
At that moment, my son suddenly woke up and saw that I was about to feed them with leftover food in my hand, and his eyes moistened.
"Mom, I'm sorry, I owe you so much, if you didn't manage it at home, our brother and wife would simply be unable to bear it." As he spoke, the son wept bitterly.
I was deeply touched by my son's heartfelt and affectionate words, and immediately put down the plate in my hand and hugged him tightly, I knew that at this moment, my son finally realized how important I was to this family, and from now on, they would definitely not treat me as coldly as before.
The daughter-in-law's mother eventually recovered from her critical illness, and the doctor said that if her son and daughter-in-law had not found out in time and cared for her, she would have been more than lucky.
The family wept tears of joy when they heard the news, and I have now become the true spiritual pillar and eternal guardian of the family.
Although my son and daughter-in-law work hard outside the home, as soon as they get home, they can enjoy the delicious dishes I made and the warmth of home.
After the critical illness of my daughter-in-law's mother, my son and daughter-in-law began to respect and filial piety to me 100%, and they no longer pointed fingers at me, but regarded me as the most important and indispensable backbone of the family.
Once, my daughter-in-law was going to redecorate her home, and she specially asked me to come up with ideas.
"Mom, you are in charge at home, and you can pretend to be what suits your heart." My daughter-in-law said to me sincerely.
I was deeply touched by these words, and although I have dedicated most of my life to this family so far, I have never been so respected by the whole family as I am now.
I suddenly realized that my importance to this family is far more than just an ordinary domestic worker, but also an important spiritual force that unites the whole family.
I have dedicated my entire youth to this family, silently supporting it like a tough tree, and now this big tree has finally blossomed and borne fruit.
I saw my son, daughter-in-law, and lovely grandchildren growing up healthy and happy in this family, and this happiness and pride could not be bought by any amount of money.
Disclaimer:
This content is a fictional short story, and any name, place name, or other aspect involved in the text has nothing to do with reality (without any implications). If there is any similarity, it is purely a coincidence, please read it rationally.