Xiaomi and Xiaogang have been married for eight years. They met in college and have a good relationship. Xiaomi originally planned to get married after their jobs were stable, but Xiaogang's family pressed hard and they got married right after graduation.
Because Xiaogang's family had average conditions, Xiaomi's family didn't ask for much in the way of betrothal gifts at that time. They gave her 50,000 yuan. After thinking about it, they got married in a hurry.
The wedding house was bought by Xiaogang’s family, but part of the mortgage loan needs to be repaid by Xiaomi and Xiaogang together. At first, Xiaomi’s family felt that this was a disapproval of their daughter, but seeing that her daughter had no objection, they didn’t say anything else.
Because they are both college students with very good academic qualifications, they have found pretty good jobs. Apart from the monthly mortgage repayments, they still have a lot of money left, so their life should be quite easy.
But in fact, their life is not particularly wealthy. It turned out that Xiaomi had not seen Xiaogang’s salary card since the two got married.
Xiaogang’s salary card has always been in charge of his mother-in-law. In the words of the mother-in-law, both of them are still young and have no concept of money. They manage their son's accounts and save some money.
Every month when Xiaogang receives his salary, it will be directly transferred to his mother's card, and then his mother will give part of the money to Xiaogang to use it to pay off the mortgage and live in the next month.
At first, Xiaomi thought this was good. He was a lavish spender, and Xiaogang had no idea about money. Taking it with his mother-in-law could really help them save some money.
But later Xiaomi became pregnant and gave birth to a baby, and her mother-in-law still gave her a small amount of money a month, which made their lives a little stretched. Xiaomi also had some opinions about her mother-in-law.
She felt that after having a child, her mother-in-law should spend more money. After all, milk powder and diapers for children are very expensive, costing several thousand a month. The money given before was simply not enough.
But the mother-in-law didn't seem to have this plan, which made Xiaomi a little unhappy, so she discussed with Xiaogang to get the salary card back and they would manage the money themselves. The two have been married for seven or eight years. They are no longer young and have the ability to manage money.
She thought Xiaogang would agree to her request, but she didn't expect that Xiaogang not only refused to agree, but also felt that Xiaomi was worried about her money, so she had a quarrel with Xiaomi.
Xiaomi was very hurt by what Xiaogang said. She felt that after so many years of relationship with Xiaogang, she should be the person he trusted most. Unexpectedly, Xiaogang had been guarding her for the past eight years, fearing that she would spend his money.
Xiaomi was very disappointed with Xiaogang, but life still had to go on. There was no other way. Xiaomi could only save her own expenses and buy necessary supplies such as milk powder for her son.
Due to many reasons, Xiaogang's company laid off employees on a large scale. Although Xiaogang was an old employee, he had not had particularly outstanding performance in these years, so he became the first group of people to be laid off.
Originally, a family of five relied on the salary of Xiaogang and Xiaomi. Now that Xiaogang is unemployed, his salary has been reduced by half, and the quality of life will definitely decline.
My mother-in-law was anxious now and decided to target Xiaomi.
The mother-in-law called the whole family together and held a family meeting. The mother-in-law said that now Xiaomi is the main breadwinner of the whole family, so Xiaomi should hand over his salary card, and the whole family will live on this money in the future.
When Xiaomi heard this, she immediately became unhappy and asked her mother-in-law directly: "Xiaogang has worked for so many years, where is the money you have saved for us? You can't let me support a large family by myself."
Mother-in-law did not expect Xiaomi to ask this, and she didn't know what to say. Later, my mother-in-law said that the money could not be touched and had been saved until death. Now I could only count on Xiaomi.
Not only that, her mother-in-law also said that she would definitely not be able to repay the mortgage by herself now, so Xiaomi’s parents should repay it on her behalf. Moreover, there was a gift of 50,000 yuan, which should also be used to supplement the family income.
The more Xiaomi listened, the more outrageous he felt. This was because he was thinking about his whole family.Not to mention that she has not known how much her husband's salary is for so many years. As for the mortgage, it cannot be calculated on her parents.
Today’s family meeting was superficially about how to live in the future, but in fact it was about trying to get Xiaomi’s money. Xiaogang didn't say a word the whole time, obviously agreeing with his mother's idea.
Xiaomi could see it clearly and was extremely desperate for this family. In the end, Xiaomi did not agree to her mother-in-law's plans, and just asked her to take out Xiaogang's savings over the years, so that everything could be solved.
Unfortunately, my mother-in-law disagreed, and the meeting failed to produce a good result. Xiaogang even felt that Xiaomi was a bit too much, like a miser, but he didn't know that his mother was the real miser.
If Xiaomi had not already had a son, Xiaomi would definitely divorce Xiaogang. She felt that such a family did not regard her daughter-in-law as a family member at all, and she had nothing to miss.
But now for the sake of the children, Xiaomi can only tolerate it. But she also has a bottom line. If she is asked to bite her parents, she will never be able to do it.