Chapter 263: Mother-in-law is here again
Mu Nan received a call today, it was from my sister. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info she said that she was already at the station with her mother, so let Mu Nan come and pick it up. Since Mu Nan and Xinxin lost their hands and walked away, the maintenance of the Mu family's mother-in-law has been suspended. In the end, under the mediation of my sister, I finally came up with a result, that is, the eldest brother, the second brother, the elder sister, and Mu Nan lived in the family for a month. Although Mu Nan is not there and has no idea, but people have set it for you, what can you do? If you don't do it, we won't do it, anyway, it's my mother who will suffer in the end.
Xinxin and Mu Nan were "regulated" again. Shin Shin was a hundred unhappy, but everyone came, and it was too late for her to say anything. Xinxin's parents were afraid that the little couple would quarrel over this, so they hurriedly packed up their things and went back to their own house, making room for the Mu family's mother-in-law. Although Mu Nan was grateful for the reasonableness of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, he was very apprehensive about Xinxin's attitude in his heart. Fortunately, Shin Shin didn't say anything in the end. In the final analysis, Mu Nan didn't know about it, and he couldn't blame him for this.
People are staying. But Xinxin's attitude was light. It was as if her mother-in-law was a breath of air to her, and she could completely ignore it. When her mother-in-law talks to her, she responds, and if she doesn't say it, she won't take the initiative to pay attention to her mother-in-law. Mu Nan looked a little embarrassed and a little anxious, but he had no choice but to be more enthusiastic about his mother. But in this way, it makes Xinxin even more cold. Mu Nan was afraid that her mother would provoke Xinxin's reasoning because of this, which would trigger a new round of family war. But, the mother-in-law didn't.
My mother-in-law has changed a lot, she is much more diligent and easy-going. I cared a lot about Shin Shin, and even the volume of my speech was much lower. But Shin Shin is still faint. She basically doesn't go back to this home, and sends her children to her parents' house first if she doesn't eat in the morning. I just had breakfast at my mother's house and drove to work; Lunch can be solved in the unit, and she rarely goes home to eat, unless Mu Nan forcibly asks her to go back, she really can't find a reason to shirk; Dinner was also eaten at my mother's house when I picked up the children at my mother's house, and then I drove back until seven or eight o'clock. The time at home is to get some sleep at night. Therefore, the mother-in-law's change Xinxin's experience is very shallow and slight.
But Mu Nan is different. Because of Shin Shin's coldness. He was more and more afraid that his mother would be embarrassed, so he spent a lot of time at home. And he saw the changes in his mother little by little. Initially, he was delighted by this change. But gradually, he felt a little distressed again. It's been decades. He knows his mother's temperament very well, he has been strong for a lifetime, he has been competitive for a lifetime, and he is in his sixties, and he is getting old, but he is forced to change by the environment. Perhaps, she was willing, but in her son's eyes, she was unspeakably sad and helpless. Mu Nan still remembers it clearly. When I was a child, my mother was angry with my grandmother, and when she came home to cook for the family, she wiped her tears with her big rough hands, and my father sighed silently and went out. Little he held his mother's hand. He swore to his mother, "Mom, when I grow up." I raise you, and I will not let you be angry! ”
Now, he is grown up, and his mother is old. But did he keep his promise to his mother? His sad discovery. He didn't. Not only not, but I'm afraid there won't be any in the future. Unless. He gave up his life, his marriage. But then, will the mother be happy? I'm afraid that even my mother herself can't answer this.
The days passed without panic day by day, and no one could see any changes in Mu Nan's family, only they knew that this day was quiet, too quiet, so quiet that it made people feel depressed. Especially my mother-in-law, she was so lonely that she was going crazy these days. The child doesn't need her to look at it. Xinxin's mother and son rarely even met her. Mu Nan often comes back. But he also has to go to work. More often than not, the mother-in-law is at home by herself.
It turned out that when her father-in-law was there, she didn't think it was a big deal to have one more person by her side. But now, she is alone at home, and she finds it too lonely and quiet. Most of the old ladies who knew each other were gone. Aunt Li and Grandma Zhang, who had the best play, also left. Most of the other elderly people came to see their children temporarily, and when the children were a little older, they all went back. The newcomers are either with a child in their hands, or busy square dancing and playing mahjong. My mother-in-law and others don't have a common language, so I have nothing to say when I talk about two sentences. And she was afraid that people would ask her, "Do you have any children?" Why don't you have to watch? ”
She is not good at dancing and rubbing hemp, but people have enthusiastically taught her, but she is illiterate, and it is a bit difficult to learn. All of this in turn requires some economic investment. I remember that when she came here for the first time, as long as she said that she was going to dance, or a few old sisters rubbing hemp, Xinxin would immediately give her money, or directly buy her shoes and clothes for square dancing. But now, Shin Shin won't. To be precise, she doesn't care about anything about her mother-in-law anymore. For her mother-in-law, she is almost ignoring it now. And Mu Nan is a man, he is not so careful, he just listened to his mother's words, and did not think about other aspects at all. It's not that her mother-in-law has no money, Mu Nan also gave her pocket money, but she is reluctant to spend it. After a few months of events, she began to realize the importance of money. Just because Mu Nan showed the intention of not giving money, the attitude of the eldest and second family has become much worse, and the daughters-in-law who she thought she was in charge of began to make trouble with her again. So now, she's starting to save money. She found that life without money is really difficult, especially when people are old. She finally understood a little why her mother-in-law Mu Nan's grandmother looked at her with such resentful eyes when she protected her family's grain stack and didn't let her father-in-law's younger siblings get close. Unfortunately, she did not understand what it was like to be old and could only count on the favors and charity of others. At that time, she only thought that this was my thing, and no one could touch it, not even her husband's own mother.
Recalling the struggle with her mother-in-law, her mother-in-law gradually understood that the reason why Mu Nan's grandmother, who was "old and immortal", did not like herself was not only because she could not give birth to a son, but more importantly, she was too "protective of food", she refused to understand the difficulties of the old man raising a large family at that time, and stubbornly let her husband share the food of his family and desperately save his "private house". After the separation, she was even more unscrupulous to help her mother's family, but she refused to let her husband and mother-in-law get a penny. And in countless mother-in-law and daughter-in-law struggles, the reason why she was able to fight more and more bravely was not only because she gave birth to a son, but also because she was young enough, strong enough, and rich enough. People, the most resistant, is a "old and poor".
As the saying goes: think during the day, dream at night. Because she was too immersed in memories, the image of the dead Grandma Mu Nan began to appear frequently in her mother-in-law's dreams, sometimes she scolded viciously, and sometimes she looked at it so bleakly and silently, and her mother-in-law felt cold for a while. (To be continued.) )