Chapter 10 Turning Hostility into Friendship
Since the lotus flower entered the door, the home was full of life, thriving, immersed in joy and happiness, although it was still made at sunrise and rested at sunset. However, there was often laughter and laughter in the family, and the whole village praised my family for marrying a virtuous and good daughter-in-law. People from the neighborhood often come to my house to chat with Lotus, and Lotus has become good friends with aunts, aunts, girls, and sisters in the village.
Lotus's little hands are very skillful, the Chen family asked her to tailor, the Zhao family asked her to weave, the aunt asked her to make shoes, and the sisters asked her to embroider. Although he is busy, he has lived a very fulfilling life.
In the spring, Lotus and I went to visit my mother-in-law, just entered the village and heard someone noisy, approached to take a closer look, but found that it was Lotus's mother and people quarrelling, and asked the reason, only to know that the sheep raised by my mother-in-law gnawed Aunt Li's tung sapling, and the angry aunt did not give up, and had to beat the sheep to death.
At that time, the rural economy was very backward, and a sheep was the entire property of the family, and the mother-in-law was willing to give it up. quarreled with my aunt, you and I didn't give in to each other. Watching the lively people stood together, the public said that the public was polite, the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was reasonable, chattering, talking non-stop, and the chaos became a swarm of bees.
Seeing this situation, Lotus and I hurriedly stepped forward, first let go of a circle of cigarettes, and then apologized to Aunt Li with a smile on our faces, and Lotus said that she was willing to buy a large paulownia sapling for Aunt Li to plant to make up for Aunt Li's loss.
Aunt Li saw the new guest apologize, and she didn't want to lose her temper again, so she had to give up and return home angrily.
Sent to Aunt Li, I helped my mother-in-law home, and told her the truth that damage must be compensated, mother-in-law is also a reasonable person, seeing us go to see her, the anger has disappeared by half. complained that she was too unreasonable, although the sheep gnawed her paulownia sapling, that is a livestock, she should not meet and scold, and beat the sheep to death.
After the mother-in-law chatted for a while, her anger subsided, and she was busy looking for cigarettes and pouring tea.
I stepped forward to stop my mother-in-law, saying that if you don't smoke or thirsty, don't be busy, let's talk. After hearing this, my mother-in-law sat down, and I looked up and saw that my mother-in-law was dignified, showing off her wisdom, although she was a, she still had a rich charm. Speak elegantly and generously. It gives a sense of intimacy.
My mother-in-law has also read for a few years since she was a child, and she is virtuous and well-read, and she is deeply influenced by the three obedience and four virtues, so her father-in-law has been dead for many years and has not remarried. There are two brothers and sisters in the family, and their parents are very strict. My brother graduated from middle school and participated in the work, and is now a cadre of the supply and marketing cooperative. The brother and sister have a very strong relationship, and there has never been any estrangement.
Since marrying his father-in-law at the age of nineteen, the husband and wife have been affectionate and loving, like glue, vowing to the mountains and mountains, heaven and earth can be learned, filial piety to their in-laws, housework, hard work, and never complaining. She has been repeatedly rated as a model daughter-in-law and a model for women by the commune and the brigade.
Two years later, the mother-in-law had a lotus, a daughter carved in pink and jade, which was the icing on the cake for this family, and the whole family regarded it as a famous pearl in the palm of her hand, and the stars held the moon like care.
When Lotus was five years old, God played a big joke on this family, and his father-in-law died due to an accident. The loving husband and wife have never grown old together and have been dependent on each other for a hundred years. Since then, the separation of yin and yang has also brought endless pain and loneliness to this home. The in-laws need to be honored, the daughter needs to be raised, and the burden of a thousand catties is on the shoulders of the mother-in-law. After the death of her father-in-law, there were many times when someone came to the door to propose marriage, and the stubborn mother-in-law politely declined one by one, and there were even some long-tongued women with bad intentions, who slandered her personality, but she scoffed at it and never ignored it. Those who are confident and clear are self-purifying, and they are not afraid of shadows.
Under the promise of Lotus, I went to the market to buy a large tung tree sapling, and when I went home, I changed it for Aunt Li. Since then, the two families have been reconciled as before, and they have never blushed again.