Filial piety to parents is a traditional virtue, but to be filial to parents, one must rely on one's own hard work and dedication. If one asks others for filial piety and ignores the feelings of others, this kind of filial piety is not desirable.
Li Song and You Fang met and became lovers when they worked in the city. Li Song once felt inferior. He said to You Fang: I am from the countryside, you are from the city, you will not dislike me in the future! You Fang said: Nowadays, people in rural areas and cities live by working. How could I dislike you?
When the two got married, Li Song said to You Fang: We have such a good relationship. You know, our family is in trouble. Can your parents pay the full amount to buy us a wedding house? You Fang said: How is that possible? I have a younger brother. I think this is what it should be for buying a wedding house. We will pay the down payment together and we will pay the mortgage together in the future. What do you think? Li Song said unhappily: This is the only way to go!
After Li Song and You Fang got married, the two were busy earning money to pay off their mortgage and decided not to have children for the time being. However, Li Song was very dissatisfied and began to hate his father-in-law and mother-in-law for not helping him.
Father-in-law and mother-in-law are both workers in the city and have a son. Last year, my son got married, and my father-in-law and mother-in-law owned a house and bought a wedding house for her son. At the wedding, my father-in-law and mother-in-law were busy entertaining guests, but she seemed to have not seen Li Song. This was obviously looking down on him, a poor son-in-law, and Li Song was very dissatisfied.
At home, Li Song complained to his wife You Fang and said: Your parents are too partial to buy a wedding house for your younger brother, why not buy you a house? You Fang said: It is normal for a married girl to splash water, so don’t worry.
A few years later, my father-in-law and mother-in-law retired because they all have retired wages and live happily every day.
Li Song returned to his hometown and his mother said to him: Your brother has not married yet. He has never returned home when he works outside. He does not send money back. Your father has chronic lung disease and he is panting as soon as he works. My health is not good. We are all old. What should I do in the future! Li Song comforted his mother: I will find a way to do it!
Li Song returned to his home and said to his wife You Fang: You are the daughter-in-law of our Li family. You should be filial to your parents-in-law. You and I are a family, and you should be the same as me! You Fang asked: What does it mean? Li Song said: Your parents are partial to you. If you buy a wedding house for your younger brother, you will not buy a wedding house for you. I decided that we two will live in your parents’ home in the name of being filial to your parents and find a way to get the house. As for the house we live in, I will bring my parents to live in and we will provide them with their elderly care!
You Fang heard this and said angrily: Your name is selfish and immoral, I can’t do it!
Li Song said: Everything is up to me, just don’t object!
On this day, Li Song took his wife You Fang to his parents-in-law's house. Li Song said: Dad and Mom, from now on, we will live with you. You are old, so we will support you!
Father-in-law said: Thank you for your kindness. We have a retirement salary and you don’t need to support us. Besides, I have a son, so how can I let my son-in-law support us!
Li Song saw that his goal was not achieved, and he hated You Fang. He began to hate You Fang and said to You Fang: It’s really unlucky to marry you as a wife, you can’t get anything!
You Fang finally got angry. She said to Li Song: I will endure everything you do, you made me lose face in my parents’ home! Why do you want our things? You are not my parents' son! A man doesn’t want to make money, so it’s embarrassing to ask for a house from his father-in-law! Since you hate me so much, let’s get divorced!
You Fang is a person who does not make decisions easily. Once she says it, it will not change.
Li Song and You Fang divorced, and they were shameless to go back to their hometown and went to find his younger brother who had not been married yet. The two brothers worked together.
Li Song wants to be filial to his parents, and his filial piety is commendable, but he does not work hard and tries every means to occupy his parents-in-law's property, so he hated his wife. This is unethical. His wife divorced him, which is also his own fault.