01
Aunt Chen knew that her daughter-in-law and granddaughter had never been close to her, and thought she disliked her because she came from a small place, but she didn't know that was not the case.
Aunt Chen and her husband finally raised their son and sent him to college. After graduation, he worked in the city, got married, had a daughter, and bought a commercial house of more than 100 square meters in the past few years. Although it has been hard work along the way, , but Aunt Chen is very proud.
When a daughter-in-law gave birth to a child, according to local custom, the confinement period had to be at her husband's house.
My daughter-in-law lives in the city and her parents are still at work. Aunt Chen is a housewife and has plenty of time. However, she considers that her daughter-in-law is from a big city and feels aggrieved to go back to the county town for confinement, so she comes to the city alone. She took care of her daughter-in-law during her confinement period at her son's house and looked after her granddaughter.
After half a year, her son hired a nanny, and she returned to her hometown with confidence.
My wife is alone in her hometown. It has been a long time and she is worried.
In a blink of an eye, the little granddaughter grew up under the care of the nanny and Aunt Chen in turns.
The sons and daughters-in-law work smoothly, especially the son, who is diligent and hard-working. After two years of training at the grassroots level, he was promoted to a department-level cadre shortly after returning.
The young couple and their parents were very happy. A few years later, their son bought a commercial house with a mortgage and happily moved into the new home. When Aunt Chen found out about it, she praised her son's ability to everyone she met.
02
A few years later, his wife retired, and his filial son took Aunt Chen and his wife to live in the city, living in a welfare house allocated by the work unit.
The welfare house is very close to my son's commercial house, only a 20-minute walk.
According to Aunt Chen's idea, after she comes, she will do the housework such as shopping for food, cooking, and cleaning.
Her son's home is very close to each other, so she takes care of the family's meals at her place. She goes to her son's home to clean once a week. Her son's wife spends her energy on work, and her granddaughter is studying in high school and is nervous.
At the beginning, her son’s family did eat at her side. The old couple were very happy to see them every day, thinking that their lives would go on like this.
Gradually, my wife stopped coming to have meals. She said that the work had a group meal and it was convenient to eat at the work.
Then, the granddaughter also stopped coming to dinner because she was nervous about studying.
Fortunately, her son continued to come for dinner every day, and there was no change. Aunt Chen was still very happy. She wanted to ask mother and daughter several times if they were not used to her cooking. I was afraid that I was overthinking and didn't ask.
In fact, the reason why my daughter-in-law and granddaughter stopped coming is because of Aunt Chen’s nagging mouth.
Every time they came over, she kept saying that today the price of vegetables has increased again, and cabbage costs 2 yuan a pound; tomorrow she said that her nephew's wife had a baby, and it would cost another 1,000 yuan to catch it. The day after tomorrow, someone's daughter-in-law downstairs went back to her parents' house in anger and left her grandson to her mother-in-law...
Aunt Chen, who was talking happily, did not notice everyone's reaction at all: silence.
My wife and son are used to this, and if they don't let her talk, they will suffocate her to death, but what about the daughter-in-law and granddaughter?
03
My wife knows how to repair electrical appliances. Not long after he moved to the city, he often went to the electrical repair shop downstairs to brag. The boss saw that he was an expert and knew how to repair, so he invited him to work in the shop to earn extra pension money.
lives in the house assigned to her son, her wife has found a job making money again, and she can see her son every day. Aunt Chen's joy is unprecedentedly high.
was chattering at home and croaking outside. She said everything that should be said and shouldn't be said. Some jealous people spread her words everywhere. Soon, it reached the ears of her parents-in-law who lived in other districts.
The mother-in-law called her daughter home, told her daughter exactly what she heard, and asked her to go back and remind Aunt Chen not to tell anyone.
After the daughter-in-law came home, she told her husband that it was difficult for her to talk.
The son went back to ask his mother. Aunt Chen refused to admit that she had said those words, and even cursed those people on the street for talking nonsense. She was jealous that she had a good wife, a son who was an official, and that she was living a good life.
When the son saw this, he had no choice but to tell her again and again, like how much money his wife earned every month, he would give it to her without leaving a penny; like where his son went on a business trip and what he bought her; like how his wife took a long time to see her. Once, during the Chinese New Year, she gave her granddaughter a lot of lucky money. Don't talk about it outside.
Aunt Chen asked her son where he heard this? The son didn't tell her the source of the news, but kept telling her to pay attention. Misfortunes will come from the mouth.
Aunt Chen reluctantly agreed. She guessed that her daughter-in-law came back after asking about it and asked her son to talk to her.
04
Once the seeds of suspicion are planted, they cannot be pulled out and they will continue to grow.
If the daughter-in-law doesn’t come to dinner, she must be dissatisfied with her; if the granddaughter doesn’t come to dinner, it must be the daughter-in-law’s instigation, and she wants her granddaughter to not be close to her...
Aunt Chen is not so dedicated to the hygiene of her son’s house, and still cleans it, but Sometimes I only go once every two or three weeks.
When her wife asked her why she didn’t go every week, she would either say she was busy and had forgotten about it, or she would say she felt unwell and didn’t want to move.
Knowing that a wife is better than a husband, my wife sighed and said, "Just do it. It's a good home and a harmonious one. What's wrong with that?"
"What? You have no conscience, old man. I work hard to serve you every day." , It’s okay if you don’t defend me, and you accuse me of doing it, I won’t stop you.” Aunt Chen howled;
“Okay, okay, you’re right, you’re right, why don’t I stop talking?” I can’t afford to offend my wife, so I’ll hide. Affordable.
After another two months of this, my son told Aunt Chen that they had applied for an annual card for housekeeping company , so that she would not have to worry about cleaning in the future, and asked her to take care of herself.
This is a good thing. Professional people do professional things and relieve the elderly. Why not?
But what Aunt Chen was thinking about was her son. They would rather spend money than let her clean it. She must be dissatisfied with her uncleanness.
05
Soon, my granddaughter was admitted to college and went to school.
Her son was transferred to another unit and promoted to deputy director, which made Aunt Chen feel proud again after having been depressed for several years.
At the dinner table at her parents' house to celebrate her promotion with the young couple, she used her "eloquence" to the extreme. No one else could say a word. Later, her son directly told her to stop talking, so she shut up.
At this time, the in-laws and the couple have retired.
When the housekeeping company sent people to clean the daughter's house, someone needed to be at home to keep watch, so the in-laws went to keep watch. The in-laws also bought saplings such as ginkgo, osmanthus, bougainvillea, rose, and covered the roof of the daughter's house. The garden is well-proportioned, and when the flowers are in bloom, the garden is filled with the fragrance of flowers.
My son is getting busier and busier. He often travels for business and socializes outside, and he no longer goes to Aunt Chen's house for dinner. The old couple are completely left alone.
Whenever she heard that the in-laws were traveling again, Aunt Chen would be envious, but she was reluctant to go out. If he goes out, the old man's income will decrease.
Sometimes when she went to her son's house, she saw the in-laws chatting happily with her son and his wife. She felt uncomfortable because her son and his wife had never been in a dragon gate formation with her like this!
During the Chinese New Year, her son’s family took turns to spend the New Year with the elderly. Aunt Chen insisted on being at her home on New Year’s Eve, and she must be there every year.
Her parents didn’t argue with her. For the past 20 years, every New Year’s Eve, her son’s family had a reunion at Aunt Chen’s house.
06
When the news came that her son and his wife were traveling to Lijiang with their in-laws, Aunt Chen was stunned and really wanted to cry.
She couldn't understand why the son and granddaughter she raised were not close to her.
I have always been polite to my daughter-in-law, so why can't I get her sincerity in return?
's son is listening to what he says, but he does not implement it very much and drags it out a lot. Alas!
I can’t get involved in the affairs of my son’s family. Almost all the in-laws are involved. Why?
After her son's family left home for dinner, Aunt Chen felt that her son was drifting away from her.
Aunt Chen would give hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands to her granddaughter on her birthday, when she was admitted to college, or when she started working. However, her granddaughter's polite attitude made it impossible for Aunt Chen to get close to her.
I thought that after raising my son, working, getting married, becoming an official, and having a granddaughter, I would be relaxed and happy, but I didn't know that it was not the case. The harder I tried, the worse it became, and my in-laws took advantage of it.
Compared with my in-laws, I have paid so much, but where did I lose?
(Special statement: This novel is purely fictional, please do not take it personally)
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