34 Competitive mother-in-law
I have lived in my mother-in-law's house for a long time, and I have more people in contact, and from everyone's conversation, I finally confirmed my feelings: my mother-in-law is not an ordinary housewife, she not only shows strength in the world, but also has a particularly good face, and belongs to the kind of people who want to die and suffer from face. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
At that time, the eldest brother had returned home from Inner Mongolia, and he would sometimes return home, and it was easy to find from the speech and behavior of their husband and wife that they had a lot of complaints about their mother-in-law, and the implication was naturally that the mother-in-law had a lot of things to do, and she always liked to have nothing to do.
In the words of their son, the eldest grandson brought up by his mother-in-law, "My grandmother has too much to do, otherwise my mother and my father would not have divorced." "I was shocked but not surprised that the child had been brought up by his mother-in-law, and that he was already in his twenties when he said this.
Every time the neighbors come to visit the door, although the mother-in-law is thoughtful and warmly received, she will put down her face at the slightest verbal disagreement, the kind of displeasure, the expression of rejection of people thousands of miles away, even people like me who can't read people's faces can understand, and this situation happens repeatedly.
There are many things that people with an IQ like me can't understand, for example, if someone burns paper on the side of the street near her house that absolutely breaks her bottom line, she will justifiably stop it, and after the person leaves, she will be greeted by her mother-in-law all the way from her ancestors to all the members of his family for a long time.
Mother-in-law has one of the biggest characteristics, that is: she must have what others have, and if she doesn't have it, she can't eat and sleep peacefully.
I didn't know it at first. My mother-in-law often talked about who wanted what was good, and she wanted it, but she never touched it, so she began to pay attention to it, and once she came across what she wanted, she bought it directly. I remember once she wanted a folding chair, saying that it was easy to hold, "It is convenient to take it outside after dinner." ”
It was in Shenyang, one day I took the bus, and suddenly found that there were people selling all kinds of chairs on the side of the road, and I hurriedly went home to tell my husband and mother-in-law, and then the three of them hurriedly took the bus to get there, and really bought the chair she liked. Later, she learned that a neighbor had such a chair, so she began to dream of it.
Later, I found out that my mother-in-law's competitiveness was even reckless. If someone says to her, "Do ** to make money!" So she worked tirelessly, ran around and began to do what people said, and the results can be imagined. If money is really so easy to do, someone would have broken their heads and done it, can there be so many people who just talk about it?
Another time, someone said: "Open a chalk factory to make money, your family runs a kindergarten just to use, you buy equipment, you don't need much money." One person can do it, and then remove his own household, sell the excess, and only make a profit. ”
As a result, the mother-in-law borrowed money from everywhere, and hurriedly sent a telegram to her husband to return quickly. Then her husband went to the place where others told her to buy equipment, learned operation skills, and went home to work for a few days, and he could indeed make chalk, but the quality was too inferior, most of them were half-cut, and there was nowhere to sell them at all. I can only use it reluctantly.
In the end, in the case of high debts, a large amount of money was added.
As the saying goes, "The country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change." "Once a person's personality is formed, it is difficult to change it, unless he experiences something terrible and his heart is hit.
My mother-in-law is getting older and older, the conditions at home are gradually improving, telephones are almost universal, and my husband and I both have mobile phones, and everything can be solved with just a phone call.
One day, she called her husband: "Old son, my mother is also old, this leg and foot are sometimes not very dexterous, I think the cane that Mrs. Zhang bought is very good, and she is very strong with it, she went to other places to visit relatives to buy it, we don't have it here, do you see you have it over there?" Yes, I'll buy one for my mother. ”
My husband ran to Taiyuan Street, and finally bought it in a store for the elderly, and when I took the time to go home, I found a crutch at home, saying that I bought it when I was traveling, probably specially for souvenirs, right?
After a year, my mother-in-law called again: "I saw that the crutches used by Lao Yangtou on the other side of the door are really good, four small claws on the ground, and you can adjust the height and height, how can you not take it down, do you see if you have it?" If you have one, buy one for your mother. ”
This time, my husband was familiar with the road, and went directly to the store for the elderly, and when the same store said, they enthusiastically took out one: "You are talking about this kind of crutch, right?" This is the latest style, with a large load-bearing capacity and stability, and it is selling quite hot now. ”
When my husband saw it, he was overjoyed: "Yes, that's it!" Then I happily bought it, looking for a chance to go home and bring it back, and my mother-in-law looked at it, of course, she was full of joy: "That's it, I see the old Yang head on the right door, and he can walk steadily." So after admiring it, he wrapped it in something and put it away.
After another two years, my mother-in-law called again: "Old son, Sister Hao and her daughter next door bought her a car, usually go to the market to buy vegetables, put things on it and push it away, things don't have to be used as crutches, and when you are tired, put the car down and Zhou Kai can sit on it as a chair." I've asked all over here, no, do you see any over there? If you have it, buy it for your mother. ”
As long as my mother describes it, my husband can sketch the appearance of the car, and he understands it, so he asks around, but there is really no here. I thought it would be okay if I didn't, but my mother-in-law refused to give up, and asked a few times, and when I heard that there was no, I found Sister Hao who she said: "Old sister, when will you go to your daughter's house again, and bring me a car back!" I pay the fare. ”
The old lady promised: "I'll go to my daughter's house in a while, don't worry, I'll let my daughter buy you one." ”
My mother-in-law was so anxious that she wished that a car she longed for would fall from the sky. My husband here knows his mother and knows: if he doesn't buy things, his mother always has something on his mind. So he began to ask for help from friends around him, and it turned out that a friend really knew about the car and immediately called his family to send it to the Southern Express.
My husband immediately called my mother: "Mom, don't worry, I found the kind of car you wanted, and I'll bring it back to you when I go home in a few days." ”
A joyful voice came from the other side: "Then I don't have to chase Sister Hao anymore to go to my daughter's house, I told her that my old son bought it for me!" ”
That time my husband and I drove back to my mother-in-law's house, my husband moved the car to the house, and my mother-in-law took a closer look, smiling with wrinkles on her face: "Old son, this car is better than Sister Hao's, hers is not as strong as mine, and the style is not as good-looking as mine, and I will push the car to the morning market every day in the future, which is much more convenient!" ”
The husband fixed the car, moved down the seat, helped her to sit on it, and then taught him how to push and how to fix: "You must fix the car before you can sit, otherwise, as soon as you get on the car, you will run away, and you will fall!" ”
The mother and mother demonstrated it a few times, and the mother-in-law couldn't help but be full of joy, and some reluctantly wrapped the car and put it away, for fear of falling dust or dirty. Later, I heard that my mother-in-law really pushed this car to the morning market, and my mother-in-law described it with a happy face: "I pushed the car to the road, and everyone on the road looked at it and praised this car for being good, but I can't see it here at all!" ”
My mother-in-law's competitiveness has reached its peak.
I remember when my daughter was in elementary school, she had to go back to her grandmother's house every semester after vacation. Sometimes the holiday is late, and my mother-in-law calls a few times a day: "Why don't you come soon, Wang Peng and Xiao Peng are making up classes, and they are making up for math and Chinese and English a day, and they have been making up for a few days!" ”
I have a feeling that I want to cry and laugh, and my feelings are taking advantage of the make-up class? It's a big pity that I didn't take advantage of this cheapness! I've never been in favor of putting a burden on my children, who study and do homework all day at a young age, and then have to make up for classes during a vacation. In this way, the child's enthusiasm for learning is gone.
Of course, if the child himself feels that he or she is not good at learning or has a special hobby, it is a different matter. What's more, now that children are making up lessons, many people are fishing in troubled waters, just to make money, how can there be any teacher morality? I don't think it's worth the high tuition fee alone.
Of course, what my mother-in-law approves rarely changes, but fortunately, my daughter has always been self-reliant, and no one wants to force her to do what she says she will not do. So as her daughter grew up little by little, she gradually became her mother-in-law's nemesis, and only her daughter dared to shout in front of her mother-in-law and dare to be willful! If anyone is changed, the mother-in-law must be so angry that she will scold and even get sick before she stops.
Later, after my husband bought a car, we stayed at home for a few days during a long vacation, and my husband was so busy inside and out every time he went home. The holiday was over soon, and we were going to go back to Shenyang to work the next day, but the first night, I suddenly remembered that I had forgotten to do something, of course, I could only do it by my husband, and my mother-in-law was not at ease when others were doing things.
My husband didn't go to sleep until the second half of the night, and my mother-in-law woke up my husband who was sleeping in the early morning: "Old son, don't sleep first, wait for my mother to go to Chaoyang, there is an old Chinese medicine doctor who can see a doctor, Mrs. He grabbed a few medicines in him, and it doesn't hurt anywhere after eating, the effect is good, you work hard to take your mother to a trip." ”
I was not happy when I heard it, I didn't squeak for so many days, but when we were ready to go home, she had something, my husband slept for a while, and then I had to go back to Shenyang, can I drive a car safely? Every time there is something at my mother-in-law's house, I don't stop it, and I don't want to say the word "no", this time I really can't see it, after all, driving a long distance is not fun.
I interjected: "It's not an emergency illness (there is no disease that needs to be treated when I go to the hospital to find out, but I look at others, and she doesn't feel at a loss.) I'll come back next time! ”
The mother-in-law didn't give up at all: "I can't wait for next time, I have already told your Aunt Li and Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Chang that they will go today, and they all want to take a ride to have a look." ”
Emotional medical treatment is also a group? Can you do it? Why isn't it you who rides someone else's car? I can't tell how unhappy I am. My husband knew his mother's character, no matter how sleepy he was, he fought hard, and then when the sky was bright, he took the four old ladies to a place 100 kilometers away to grab Chinese medicine.
Nearly noon, a carload of people came back, and the mother-in-law grabbed ten pairs of medicines, as if she had fulfilled her greatest wish, took advantage of it, and happily put away the medicine bag. A few years later, there are still a few pairs of the medicine in good condition, as if it can cure all diseases, listening to my mother-in-law's chatter as if she is good with someone, and I want to give it to others to try!
When I came home that time, I got out of the car in the open, and I couldn't do anything about smoking and eating fruit, and I kept shouting loudly, and I couldn't tell a kind of resentment towards my mother-in-law in my heart. I was reminded of many of her unbelievably grotesque behaviors at once. (This is what happened later, more on that later.) )