Although Yuan Qiuhua entrusted his mother-in-law to the second brother-in-law Shu Zhiqiang to take care of him after opening a store in the county seat, he is a relative after all, even if he lives in the Xie family for a long time, his identity is still a foreigner, not a descendant of the Xie family, and he will never be the head of the household, and he will not be the master in this life, but he can only be limited to the status of a guest.

From the perspective of common sense, the Xie family's daughter-in-law should not trouble him to work, unless his son and daughter-in-law all drag their families to work outside, or move to the city, the old mother in the countryside is unwilling to follow because of the lack of adaptation to the water and soil, the language barrier, the inconvenience of access, the unaccustomed food and clothing, and the different living routines.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the sons work outside the home, leaving their widowed mother alone in their hometown to guard the empty nest and no one to take care of them, they should be tired and tired of their daughters, or take them to serve for a long time, or come back regularly to take care of them. It is not that the daughter and the son-in-law turn against each other, the son-in-law eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles, and steals money from domestic violence, forcing the daughter to run away from her husband, and is still an orphan man, a single man, a widower, and a single son-in-law in the father-in-law's house, taking care of the husband's death, widowhood, widowhood, and widowing for many years.

But special people, everything is an exception, erudition makes people humble, ignorance makes people proud, foolish people do not shy away from scruples, stupid people do absurdity and carelessness, treat serious things as child's play, but take jokes as sincerity. I don't know what his intentions are, for what purpose, Gong Magpie wants to leave Shu Zhiqiang in search of death and life, "to provide for his old age and send him to the end", and does not allow his son and daughter-in-law to put a beak.

The son-in-law raises the mother-in-law, and the son and daughter-in-law cannot agree, and agreeing means "not providing for the elderly", nor can they disagree, disagreeing is "not filial piety", or whether they agree or disagree, they are "not filial", because only the old man who is "not filial" by his son and daughter-in-law has to be "sent to his old age" by his daughter and son-in-law. The rules can't be broken, the reason can't be said, the filial piety can't be violated, the son and daughter-in-law can only be angry, "listen to the convenience, and bear the consequences".

According to the relationship between relatives and people, the wife ran away from home, first from her mother-in-law's house, just to avoid the "unsuccessful" husband, and then from her mother's house, just to escape from the "shameless" husband, encountered this kind of separation between the two places, long-term no communication, old age and death do not get along, the fact that "the relationship between husband and wife exists in name only" The embarrassing situation of divorce, any matter of the wife's mother's family, Shu Zhiqiang can not interfere, can not speak, the situation is not good, it is best to see the opportunity and be interested, quickly retreat, take the child back to his own home, and find another way.

But self-reliance, self-responsibility, for the lazy scoundrel who likes to work hard, but it is a hard burden, the obligation to suffer, of course, will do everything possible to evade responsibility, today there is wine, today is drunk, who cares about the dizziness tomorrow? As soon as the palace magpie mentions "old-age care and send-off", it is undoubtedly sleepy and sends pillows--- which is exactly what he wants, so he is full of promises, and he preaches everywhere, taking the old man of his mother-in-law as his responsibility.

At that time, a man in his early forties, a young man, a sixty has not arrived, the rhyme is still alive, the lonely man and widow are in the same room, one does not conform to human etiquette, two does not conform to moral norms, and three does not conform to civilization and education.

The people in the village who abide by the old rules believe that as long as a woman is widowed, she can remarry, and she does not have to keep her chastity for her deceased husband. Whether it is twenty chastity, or sixty observance, the widow is most taboo with men other than blood children and grandchildren, including father-in-law, uncle, uncle, son-in-law, etc., there is any inexplicable involvement, if there is abnormal interaction, whether it is true or not, everyone looks at it, and discusses the behavior, that is, it is both the first and the archway of chastity.

Women in their fifties and sixties, whose families are full of children and grandchildren, have to farm and do housework, and also have to take care of grandchildren, unkempt all day long, dressed casually, busy and jumping, tired and tired, and are too busy with their own family affairs, how can they have the energy to take care of their son-in-law's family affairs? Gong Magpie is different from them, only bringing grandchildren, not grandchildren, not helping sons, only helping sons-in-law, especially helping Shu Zhiqiang, helping to marry a wife, helping to have children, helping to raise children, eating and living and pocket money, he is better than his husband, children, and grandchildren, this is the case when his husband is alive, and it is still like this after his husband's death. She dresses differently from them, young people wear lip makeup, she also paints grease and powder, young people wear fashionable jewelry, she also wears jewelry, young people dress fashionably, she also dresses modernly, wears silk cheongsam, wears crotch stockings, wears high heels, holds a parasol, wears toad glasses, but it is a pity to look at the back image of Fang Ling seventeen or eighteen, the opposite side is a thin old lady, walking on the muddy roads in the countryside, staying in the farmhouse pigsty cowshed, sprinkling more and the most expensive perfume, it is difficult to hide the smell of urine and. Coupled with bad problems, she has been imdecent from childhood to old age, frivolous in words and deeds, frivolous in her manners, her eyes are rolling, there is spring in the corners of her eyes, she seems to be smiling even if she is not smiling, giving people the first impression, she is by no means a good wife and mother.

Everyone's history is written by their own words and deeds, and everyone's image is erected by themselves. Everyone watched, and the clansmen were noisy and condemned in unison. Shu Zhiqiang begged for a life under the wings of his mother-in-law, his name was not right, his face was not good, he had no skin, no interest, no rules, no status, Shu Zhiqiang took shelter from the wind and rain under the eaves of his wife and brother, shameless, homeless, uneducated, intellectual, ignorant and shameless. In this way, he abandoned his family and business, betrayed his ancestors, did not abide by family ethics, and did not abide by rural customs, smart people can see through it at a glance, he is "filial" with his mouth, observing words and colors, doing what he likes, catering to flattering his mother-in-law, and secretly stealing and embezzling the Xie family's property "wolf ambition", as for conscience, white wine red face, gold black heart!

There is no praise from everyone, all of them are criticized, and the son and daughter-in-law are also despised by the side. Dogs can't change eating, scorpions can't change stinging people, the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change. He is brave and ruthless, riddled with vices, wandering, and unscrupulous "unscrupulous" brothers-in-law, who occupy the magpie's nest, and his wife and brother are quite dissatisfied, and criticize him, and he can't support his own life, how can he support his mother-in-law's old age? His own parents have not been sent to the end, and he will still sincerely practice filial piety to his mother-in-law? Then, he suspects that it is behind his back, provoking the relationship between mother and son, dividing the feelings of brother and sister, deliberately muddying the waters, just wanting to touch the fish, and coaxing his mother-in-law to sell his house and land for him to gamble and prostitute himself, and squander it. So, with empty praise and empty checks, polite words, and defensive hearts.

In the past, Xie Han and his wife were not at home, so Xie Wen and his wife took the initiative to petition and undertake the reception. During the meal, the mother, the second brother-in-law, and the nephew were invited to the dinner, one was to accompany the guests, and the other was to thank the second brother-in-law for taking care of his mother.

When it was mentioned on the wine table, he couldn't help but say some kind words on the scene, and Shu Zhiqiang took care of the daily life of the elderly, which seemed to be dragged down and suffered. However, in fact, the old man is not old enough to work, in addition to doing housework, farming, planting vegetables, raising pigs, herding cattle, a pair of diligent hands, worthy of his lazy and slow hands. Those who don't know listened to it, thinking that it was the old age of the son-in-law's mother-in-law, but those who knew the inside story said that it was the old age of the mother-in-law and the son-in-law. But whether they understand the situation or don't know the inside story, relatives and friends all hold the mentality of "it's not about it, hang it high", and "more things are better than less", laugh, toast, coerce the food to suppress the shock, and then talk about it left and right. No one in the younger generations spoke up about righteousness, and no one in the older generations set things right, they were full of wine and food, said goodbye, and left everything as it was. Talking about it behind his back, he just said, "It is difficult for a Qing official to judge family affairs, and the affairs of which family are best solved by the people of which family, so why do outsiders need to get involved? Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, there is no need to cause trouble for yourself, and trouble comes from the mouth!"

Moreover, during the New Year's Festival, on an unusual day, the descendants of the Xie family want to go back to their hometown to worship their ancestors, and Shu Zhiqiang must also go back to the hometown to respect his ancestors, so as to conform to the local customs and customs, and the common feelings of people. The mother-in-law has many sons and grandchildren, and he didn't have to take care of him as a son-in-law, but he is so extraordinary, not only is he very distant from his own brothers and sisters, he never gives a little favor, never sows a trace of spring breeze, even the red happy event, the white funeral is also either hiding or fleeing, very forgetful, even the New Year does not go back to the reunion, the first day of the new year does not go back to worship the ancestors, the fifteenth does not go back to shine the lantern, the Qingming does not go back to sweep the tomb, and even worship the ancestors, lead the lion, dance the dragon lantern, race the dragon boat, repair the family tree and other family activities, he does not go back to participate.