Chapter 11 The Continuation of Love: Between Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law
Xiaoqing's belly is getting bigger and bigger, and it is more and more difficult and clumsy to act. Still, she had to squeeze the bus to get to and from work, and when she got back to her residence, she had to do laundry and cooking. Before the child was born, she had already tasted the taste of difficulty.
However, Xiaoqing soon had a helper. The waiting mother came to call the market. The arrival of the waiting mother is really a relief for Xiaoqing.
When the waiting mother came, she also carried a large bag full of all kinds of baby products, including clothes, small bedding, toys, and bottles...... Hou Mu took out Xiaoqing one by one like a treasure on display.
"Isn't it too early to prepare this?" Xiaoqing asked.
"It's not early. If you wait until you are born to buy it, it will be too late. ”
"You made all these clothes, small bedding and shoes?"
"Yes. I sew it all by stitch. ”
"You don't have to go through such pains. These things are available in stores. ”
"What I bought in the store is comfortable to wear because my grandmother made it herself. Children are no better than us adults, with fine skin and tender meat, and a thread will keep him awake all night. So, I left the thread on the outside when I sew. ”
"Baby, it's a blessing to have a grandmother like you. ”
"Who made him my own grandson? I don't feel sorry for him, who else does he feel sorry for? I came this time, and I specially asked someone to put a long-life lock on my little grandson. As she spoke, she pulled it out of the pocket of her jacket.
"It's still golden. ”
"It's gold inside and out. It cost thousands of dollars. ”
"What a valuable gift!"
"Isn't it just spending a little more money? For his own children, he can still care about this money. If my grandson wears this golden longevity lock, it is a golden life, and he will definitely live a long life. Although the mother's words are superstitious, her love for her grandchildren is evident from the sun and the moon.
"This lock is so beautiful!"
Hou Jing also wore one of these locks when he was a child. But that one is silver. Silver is not worth as much as gold. Therefore, those who wear silver locks are not as long as those who wear gold locks. If my son wears a golden lock, he will ......" Mother Hou couldn't go on. Hou's mother's words also caused Xiaoqing to cry sadly.
When the waiting mother came, she took over all the household chores. Xiaoqing just has to commute to work with peace of mind. Her mother once persuaded her to quit her job and concentrate on raising a baby at home. Xiaoqing insisted on commuting to and from work, saying that she wanted to earn back her children's future nutrition fees. The waiting mother couldn't resist her. With the good helper of Hou Mu, Xiaoqing's whole person is much easier.
The little life grew up in Xiaoqing's body day by day, and was finally able to kick Xiaoqing. Xiaoqing was overjoyed. She took a leave of absence and raised the baby at home, just waiting for her child to be born. In order to relieve Xiaoqing's boredom, Hou's mother often chatted with Xiaoqing. They talked the most about the soon-to-be-born child.
"Isn't it hard to have a baby?" One day, Xiaoqing greeted her mother.
"What do you think?"
"I think so. It's all played like that in film and television dramas. They lay on their beds, screaming as if someone was going to kill them. Some of them lost their lives due to difficult childbirth. ”
"It depends on whether the woman who gives birth likes their man?"
"How?"
"If women like their men. They will be happy to have children for their men. What is the pain of childbirth to them? Even if they suffer from difficult childbirth, they will gladly accept it, because they have long regarded hardship and hard work as a blessing. ”
There is a saying in China: The chairs in the hall take turns, and the daughter-in-law becomes a wife for ten years. I don't know how many daughters-in-law's hardships and grievances are covered by the word "boiling"? The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in China is probably the most difficult of all interpersonal relationships.
No matter how smart and virtuous the daughter-in-law is, the mother-in-law always picks her nose and eyes at her daughter-in-law. After the daughter-in-law becomes a mother-in-law, she will torture their daughter-in-law in turn. This continues, so that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will always be so tense.
If Chinese mothers-in-law could abandon harshness and pickiness like waiting mothers, and instead treat their daughters-in-law with appreciation and concern for their families, then Chinese families would become more harmonious than they are now.