It is said that mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are difficult to get along with, but for Zhang Xiaoke, it is an exception. She gets along well with her mother-in-law, but she doesn't get along with her eldest aunt.
Let’s talk about marriage first. My mother-in-law asked my eldest aunt to accompany them to buy bedding. She said she would make a few cotton quilts and bring back some nice quilt tops.
Zhang Xiaoke has long been interested in Suzhou and Hangzhou satin. It is not only fine in workmanship, comfortable to the touch, but also has festive and grand patterns. However, when she told her boss that she wanted a Chinese red and light chrysanthemum green satin quilt cover, her eldest sister refused. Zhang Xiaoke was confused. Several of her girlfriends specially chose satin quilts for their weddings. Why did the eldest aunt object?
The eldest aunt said firmly: "If it can't be used, it just can't be used." There must be a reason for everything, but Zhang Xiaoke was patient. After asking three times, the eldest aunt still refused to give a clear answer. Xiaoke became angry: "Sister, I have been interested in this kind of quilt for a long time, and
Chen Xing also likes it. Nowadays, when young people get married and buy furniture and bedding, they all follow their own wishes, right? At this time, The eldest aunt sighed: "I didn't want to say it at first, but you had to ask. According to the custom in our rural areas, we must annihilate our descendants.
Although she is not superstitious, Xiao Ke felt very unlucky when she heard her say this on the big day.
But she still persuaded patiently: "Sister, satin represents silk and satin, which means wealth and prosperity. My best friends bought it when they got married, and
they all gave birth to sons. Those are simply nonsense."
Chen Xing sighed: "Have you forgotten what I told you before?" Zhang Xiaoke kicked a stone away from his feet with a blue face: "I know, your sister has worked hard in your family, so she even interferes with your wedding." In the Chen family, the eldest aunt is indeed extraordinary. My father-in-law passed away at an early age, and my mother-in-law worked hard to raise a son and a daughter. Orphans and widowed mothers will inevitably be bullied by others, not to mention that the mother-in-law is kind and weak. The eldest aunt is seven years older than Chen Xing and has seen the harshness of the world early. In order to help the family, she dropped out of school early and lived a better life than men. Not only was she first-class in housework, but she was also as good as men in plowing and hoeing. She has a fierce temper, and when someone comes to bully her, she protects her mother and younger brother like an old hen protecting her chickens. With her care and hard work, Chen Xing was successfully admitted to college and became the first college student in their remote village. Thinking of this and looking at Chen Xing's embarrassed look, Xiao Ke had no choice but to say
. The quilt incident was over, but Xiaoke always felt uncomfortable every time she saw her quilt.
Two years later, Xiaoke gave birth to a boy. Chen Xing went back to his hometown to pick up his mother-in-law. On the day he came back, Xiaoke was surprised: his eldest aunt was divorced and brought her four-year-old daughter with her mother-in-law.
It turns out that the eldest aunt was in her wedding year and had not yet graduated from Chen Xing High School. Therefore, the eldest aunt refused to get married early and wanted to wait for her younger brother to succeed in school. As a result, she became an older leftover girl. Although she is capable, her strong and aggressive temperament also scares away the men in the nearby villages. After all, no one wants to marry a tigress!
Finally, the older son of the Zhang family from the neighboring village who has been working outside all year round comes to propose marriage. After meeting several times, my mother-in-law and eldest aunt had no objections, and they got married six months later. After the marriage, the couple worked together and quickly built a new house. The eldest aunt gave birth to a son and a daughter one after another. The brother-in-law is diligent and capable, and his life can be described as sesame blossoming. I thought the suffering was finally over, but I didn't know that my brother-in-law, who lived a comfortable life, was addicted to gambling.
From then on, he refused to work hard anymore. He only focused on being addicted to the casino and refused to go home all day long. My eldest aunt tried to persuade him, quarreled, made trouble, and even went to the casino to overturn his card table again and again, but what she got in return was domestic violence from her brother-in-law again and again.
The home that was once warm and nostalgic was no longer there, the people she once trusted and attached to had fallen into depravity, and my aunt's heart sank into the abyss little by little...
When her brother-in-law, who became hateful, violently abused her again, my aunt The elder sister wants to leave, and the younger brother has already started a family, so she no longer needs to think about the family.
So she discussed with her mother-in-law: "Chen Xing just gave birth to a boy, and we are happily married, but what about me? I don't want to live like this. My mother-in-law and Chen Xing firmly supported my eldest aunt to leave the scumbag.
My brother-in-law firmly refused to let my eldest aunt take care of their son. Go, saying it is the root of his old Zhang family.
Finally, the eldest sister wiped away her tears and returned to her parents' home with her four-year-old daughter.A woman who had not studied for a few years, could only do farm work, and had a four-year-old daughter, where else could she go besides her parents' home?
Xiaoke accepted her eldest aunt and four-year-old niece with sympathy. Although the incident of being raped left a little pimple in my heart when I got married, it was really insignificant in the face of family ties that are thicker than water. However, the young couple bought a small two-bedroom apartment when they got married. It was usually not too crowded, but now that there were three more people, it suddenly seemed crowded.
Especially my niece, everything she sees is new and novel. She keeps running around every day, chirping like a happy bird. Xiaoke didn't feel anything at first, but after a few days she couldn't bear it anymore. She breastfed at night and wanted to take a nap during the day, but the little girl was noisy and couldn't rest well at all. Later, she discovered that her mother-in-law and eldest aunt didn't know how to organize things, and there were three more clothes and luggage for three people in the house, making the house look crowded and messy.
The most important thing is that three people were added to the family at once, and the expenses were a lot higher. In the past, Chen Xing could still make some savings from his monthly salary, but now even if he budgets carefully every day, he still cannot make ends meet. Xiaoke suddenly regretted her original decision. She discussed with Chen Xing and asked her eldest aunt to find a job first. Otherwise, with so many people in the family relying on him to support them, life would become increasingly difficult in the future. But Chen Xing said that it was unreasonable for his eldest aunt to support him in his education and endure hardships for many years. Now that he was in trouble, he urged her to make money.
Xiaoke was so angry that she ignored him for two days, but even though she was extremely angry, she couldn't ask her eldest aunt to find a job. Over time, Xiaoke's patience and enthusiasm disappeared. Seeing her like this, the mother-in-law didn't mind, so the eldest aunt couldn't help but say, "I'm just going to be in trouble here for a few days, and you're going to shame me?"
The mother-in-law hurriedly pulled at the corner of her clothes to stop her from talking any more. The eldest aunt snorted coldly and went downstairs with the child in her arms. Xiao Ke was so angry: They made such a mess. Do you have to force yourself to smile when you are in a bad mood? During lunch, both of them had cold faces. The mother-in-law looked anxiously at her daughter-in-law and then at her daughter.
After the low pressure lasted for a few days, the eldest aunt moved her things out.
It turned out that the eldest aunt rented a basement nearby, sent her child to kindergarten, and soon found a job as a nanny.
Xiao Ke breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what, the family finally returned to peace.
Even though my eldest sister moved out, she still came to ask for it from her younger brother when she was short of money. Chen Xing attaches great importance to affection. As long as she opens her mouth, she will definitely give it to her. If she doesn't have it at home, she will go out of her way to buy it.
Although Xiaoke was not happy, she thought that thanks to her mother-in-law's help in taking care of the children and doing housework, she could return to work. If you stay angry with your eldest aunt, it will inevitably make your mother-in-law sad and Chen Xing sad. Therefore, for the sake of her mother-in-law and husband, Xiao Ke refused to argue with her eldest aunt and should repay her for supporting Chen Xing in school. The days passed by quietly, and in the blink of an eye it was the child's first birthday. According to the custom in my hometown, guests were invited to come over for a drink. In addition to giving red envelopes, some relatives also bought two sets of small clothes for their children.
When the eldest aunt took out four sets of small clothes from the bag, Xiaoke thought to herself: Could it be that the hard-earned man changed his gender and bought so many at once?
However, when she saw those sets of clothes clearly, they turned out to be out of date. The processing of the money made the heart that had just warmed suddenly drop to freezing point.
The eldest sister also said in front of her that the clothes sold in the supermarket were really cost-effective, and she could buy four sets for 40 yuan. Hearing her sound of getting a big deal, Xiaoke was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood. Nowadays, children are so precious. Who’s child still wears a set of products that cost ten yuan? I remembered that when I first got married to Chen Xing, my eldest sister went shopping with them. Chen Xing said to his two-year-old niece: "Let aunt give me some." How about buying new clothes? "
A two-year-old child doesn't know what adults are thinking, so he just smiled at his aunt stupidly.
On that day, Xiaoke spent more than 300 yuan to buy two sets of children's clothes for her eldest aunt's daughter.
Today is her son’s birthday. The stingy aunt actually bought four sets of treatment products for 40 yuan for her son. Xiaoke really wanted to get angry. When packing her things that night, Xiaoke threw all four sets of clothes into the trash can.
Xiaoke was quite surprised when she learned that her eldest aunt was planning to remarry.It turned out that the family where my eldest aunt was working as a nanny saw that she was hardworking and introduced her to a distant relative who ran a small business. The other party is also divorced and has a five-year-old boy. After dating for half a year, the eldest aunt married that man.
Although she still felt resentful, Xiaoke still sent a big red envelope to her eldest aunt. After all, she is Chen Xing's sister. If she had not dropped out of school early to support Chen Xing in college, she would not have known him. Besides, my mother-in-law is taking care of her children, and I’m afraid she’ll feel uncomfortable without the elderly.
The most important thing is that Chen Xing cares about her sister so much that if he doesn't give it to her, he will secretly give her more. It's better to be a good person, spend money wisely, and let her mother-in-law and Chen Xing know how good she is.
Sure enough, when they saw the big red envelope, the mother-in-law and eldest aunt were very moved and kept praising Xiaoke.
Xiaoke breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his eldest sister and his family leaving. Just one year after the quiet and comfortable life, Xiaoke's life was hit again.
Chen Xing was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma . After initial chemotherapy, the doctor recommended a bone marrow transplant. The transplanted bone marrow can be divided into autologous and other people's transplants. Doctors pointed out that autologous transplantation has a low risk of rejection and a high postoperative recurrence rate, but the surgical cost is correspondingly lower, while transplantation by others has a high risk of rejection and a low recurrence rate, but the cost is much higher than that of autologous transplantation. For Xiaoke, any kind of transplant is a huge expense. She felt that her life was suddenly in a desperate situation. In just one month, she lost 20 pounds, and her originally plump face was only skin and bones.
Xiao Ke was very worried. Her mother-in-law was old and she didn't dare to worry about it. Chen Xing had to hide it even more. Even her parents didn't dare to tell her. She suddenly discovered that there was no one to discuss such a big matter. With anxiety, she dialed her eldest sister's phone number. Within two days, the eldest aunt suddenly came to her home with more than 100,000 yuan and expressed her willingness to get a matching match. Seeing the eldest aunt take out the piles of money from the black satchel, Xiaoke's eyes instantly became wet. But the eldest aunt would have the wrong meaning: "Don't cry, no matter how big the problem is, it will pass. This is the money your brother-in-law and I have spent on business this year and the family's savings. If you use my bone marrow to transplant Chen Xing, it will be nothing." Everything is gone!"
Xiaoke shed more and more tears, thinking of the boredom and misunderstanding of her eldest sister over the years, and she felt quite guilty. Which woman is willing to live like a man? In the final analysis, it is her domineering and strength that makes her weak-tempered mother-in-law and young Chen Xing suffer a lot. She used to think that her eldest aunt was stingy, but now she realized that it was her diligence and frugality that allowed an uneducated rural woman to support her younger brother in college and come up with so much money at this critical moment. Although in the past, Xiaoke had a bad attitude towards her eldest aunt because she looked down on her, she still lent a helping hand at this critical moment. Xiao Ke secretly thought that she would have to change her petty ways in the future. Half a month later, news came from the hospital that the match was successful. Chen Xing also successfully underwent the transplant and recovered well after the operation. After this incident, Xiaoke understood that the family should not care too much about each other. After all, nothing can compare to the family love that blood is thicker than water. Between flesh and blood, a little more honesty will leave a little more tolerance, and there is no need to be too clear about right and wrong.
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