Chapter 3: Mother-in-law's Troubles
This period of watching the children every morning is the happiest time of the day for the mother-in-law. The grandson is the most well-behaved and lively at this time, and he doesn't need you to tease him to babble and talk to you, and he likes the dead. But today, my mother-in-law was not very happy. Recently, my daughter-in-law has always stopped eating the dishes that have been fried, and has to order another dish separately. Originally, asking her "What do you want to eat, I'll make it for you" was a polite remark, but the daughter-in-law was really polite. Treat her as a person, and she becomes more and more energetic.
The mother-in-law was watching the child in the house, but what she was thinking about adding vegetables to Xinxin was even filled with the smell of freshly fried green onion eggs in her nose, and the more she thought about it, the more unhappy she became. To tell the truth, the old lady is reluctant to open a small stove for Xinxin, and she doesn't milk much, and she is so troublesome, she is really ignorant. And the most annoying thing is that Shin Shin's mouth is very tricky. In the past, when she cooked confinement meals for Mu Nan's two sisters-in-law, they devoured everything she did. Also, everything is made by the old woman, and if you don't eat it, you won't eat it for nothing. In Xinxin, everything is paid for by Xinxin, but she always doesn't like to eat the things she makes. The old lady is not a taste in her heart, it is better to pay for her daughter-in-law to eat, so she is happy to be happy.
In fact, the mother-in-law's unhappiness in her heart has not been a day or two, and she has been immersed in troubles in the past few months when she arrived at her son's house. However, this annoyance was not entirely caused by unhappiness, but rather, she had two completely opposite but equally strong feelings about her present life: extreme enjoyment and extreme disgust.
The enjoyment is multifaceted, the first is that Shin Shin gave birth to a big fat grandson. Before Xinxin came back from a prenatal checkup, she asked her son to ask if it was a boy or a girl, and Xinxin replied that the hospital had rules that could not be said. The mother-in-law learned this to a group of old ladies who were walking together, and Aunt Li in the neighborhood asserted at the time: "Your daughter-in-law must find out that it is a girl, and she dare not tell you!" ”
Although the mother-in-law did not pick up the stubble at that time, she also agreed with this assertion in her heart. Who knew that God opened his eyes, the child was born a big fat boy, and the old lady couldn't close her mouth, and suddenly felt that her waist was much straighter. Bringing grandchildren, of course, is a kind of enjoyment, especially when facing those old ladies who bring granddaughters.
There is also a kind of enjoyment that my mother-in-law never wants to say to others. In the village, if an old man does a little housework, he will be looked down upon, so she also did her best to take care of all the housework, and every family is like this, and she also feels that it is understandable. Leaving the rural environment, the positions of men and women in the city seem to be completely reversed, not only for the son and the daughter-in-law, but also for the outside.
At first, the mother-in-law was unimpressed, and it would be strange if someone in the village didn't make people laugh like this. But gradually, she found that the people in the city did not think like this, like Aunt Li, who was in charge of the old man's everything, but was the object of envy of many old ladies, not only arrogant in front of everyone, but also became the leader of the old ladies. Of course, Aunt Li's sphere of influence is not limited to the old man, and her son and daughter-in-law are also the objects of her management. Although the mother-in-law is obedient to the old man in every way, she still manages her children well, and her daughter-in-law has become a mother-in-law for many years, and she is not soft on her daughter-in-law. Therefore, after Aunt Li listened to her glorious deeds of "fighting her daughter-in-law" in her hometown, she immediately put away her previous disapproval of this "peasant woman from a mountain village" and began to have blue eyes for her. From time to time, he also taught her some tricks to subdue the old man. Under Aunt Li's words and deeds, her mother-in-law began to feel that the previous half of her life was really in vain, why did she serve men as a cow and a horse all her life? On the other hand, it is natural for the old man to be good to himself. She began to "train" her father-in-law under the guidance of many old sisters. Over the past few months, the results have been remarkable. The old man, who hadn't done housework for many years, finally began to work for her, and he was much more considerate to her according to the local customs. And when she beat her waist and legs many times and complained to him that she was very hard and that her daughter-in-law was difficult to serve, in order to comfort her, the old man even began to bring her face and foot washing water. If it had been before, she would have been flattered, but thinking about what Aunt Li said, and looking at Xinxin's service to her son, she also began to feel that she deserved to enjoy it.
There is less work in the city than in the countryside, and you don't need to burn a fire to cook, just turn on the gas; You don't need to grow your own vegetables to eat, you can buy them in the market; You don't need to rub your hands to wash diapers, just stir them in the washing machine...... Coupled with the help of the old man, my mother-in-law's life in the city was the easiest and most comfortable in her life, how could she not enjoy it! But she still feels that there is a big fly in the ointment, or a lingering disgust, which is self-evidently from Xinxin. Shin Shin is so hard to serve. Stir-fry a dish, one moment too light, one moment too salty, one moment say too much oil, another time say too little oil. Obviously, according to the fried food she demonstrated, she didn't take away the sample at all, but she said that the taste was wrong. There is no meal that makes you happy, and it is really infuriating. And it's always around you to point fingers, what raw and cooked should be separated, and the knife that cuts raw meat can't cut cooked meat; All kinds of brushes can not be mixed, and the brushes for brushing the sink cannot be brushed and washbasins; Wash your hands after urinating or defecating; You can't spit...... The small mouth has to be pooped all day long, and it can grind people's ears out of cocoons.
Let's take the last cold dish for example. On that day, my mother-in-law instructed my father-in-law to peel and wash a few raw hairtail fish, and my father-in-law used a small stainless steel basin when making fish, which my mother-in-law usually used for noodles. After the fish was ready, the mother-in-law casually soaked the pot and began to mix cold dishes in it. Vermicelli, beans, plus freshly peeled peanuts, and then add soy sauce, vinegar, and minced garlic one by one, that's called a fresh! The mother-in-law specially lit sesame oil in it and happily brought it to the table. Who knew that Xinxin tasted it and immediately said that it smelled fishy, and her mother-in-law puffed out her mouth and said that the basin was clean, so she shut up. At night, Xinxin had a fussy stomach and took a bite of the cold dishes that were not clean. My mother-in-law was so angry in her heart, everyone ate it, why was she the only one who was uncomfortable? Eighty percent of her stomach will be upset when she gets cold, but she puts the blame on the old woman, which is simply unreasonable.
Let's talk about porridge. How delicious is the pure millet porridge, I want to add this and that in it, it is a jujube and a dried fruit, one plus is eight or nine, make a good pot of porridge messy, sweet or not, salty or salty, there is any taste, it is hard to drink to death. Give her a slight change, and she is not happy. Such a delicious stick stubble porridge, not to say that it is not nutritious, do not drink it! Don't say it yourself, instigate your son, and let your son complain about himself. No wonder Aunt Li and the others all say that the educated daughters-in-law in the city are more yin and more difficult to get! It's not fake at all.