Chapter Thirty-Eight: Why Are You So Troubled?
In the days when I was at home with my mother-in-law, someone helped take care of the children, and suddenly I felt a lot more relaxed, I always didn't have time to eat before, but now it's almost lunchtime to let my mother-in-law help me watch the children, I go to cook, and then the two of us eat alternately.
When I came back from cooking in the kitchen, I was about to call my mother-in-law to eat, and I saw that my mother-in-law was helping to feed the little cream. I saw my mother-in-law take a spoonful of egg custard and put it in her mouth to chew, and then use a spoon to feed the chewed egg custard to the little cream. When I saw this move, I instantly felt sick to my stomach, and I ran to the bathroom and vomited.
My mother-in-law nervously ran to see how I was doing, and I wiped my mouth while shaking my head at my mother-in-law to indicate that I was okay. I stabilized for a while, returned to the living room, took the supplementary food bowl, and said to my mother-in-law, "Mom, you have worked hard, you can eat first, and I will feed the little cream." ”
The mother-in-law asked with concern, "Are you okay?" ”
"Thank you, Mom, I'm fine, I may have choked on the smell of oil smoke just now, and now it's fine."
While my mother-in-law went to eat, I changed the spoon again and fed the little cream to eat complementary food. I've been thinking about how to deal with this matter more appropriately. I wanted to tell my mother-in-law directly, but I was afraid that my mother-in-law would be upset. After thinking about it, I decided to discuss this matter with Lin Jia first to see what to say.
Lin Jia came back very late today because of surgery, and when he came back, it was already eleven o'clock. I decided to cut a long story short and let him get some rest. But unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the house, he changed into pajamas and went straight to bed and played with his mobile phone.
I said, "Lin Jia, can I tell you something?" ”
"What's the matter?"
"Hmm...... It's not a big deal, it's just that when our mother feeds her child with complementary food today, she chews the food with her mouth and gives it to the child to eat. I think you can take a suitable time, can you tell your mother tactfully, eating like this is a bit unhygienic. ”
"Oh, I know" Lin Jia's eyes didn't even move the phone screen, so he casually answered me, and there was no follow-up.
"Is that all?" I still didn't give up.
"Hmmm! Didn't I promise you already? Okay, I've been busy all day today, can you let me look at my phone for a while and take a break? ”
"But...... I'm afraid that you're busy with work and forget, this is not a trivial matter, think about it, I can't tell my mother directly, if I say it directly, our mother will feel uncomfortable. So I want you to help me. ”
"Oh, you're endless, why do you have so many things, aren't the two eldest brothers fed like this? I haven't heard my sister-in-law mention my mother's opinion, do you think my mother is not feeding well, it is not to your liking, you can just feed it, I won't hurt my mother if this kind of thing happens? Would you like to be more inclusive? Mom left home alone to help us take care of the children, so you don't have to look for trouble. ”
As a general surgeon, I don't believe he doesn't know that it's wrong to do this, but every time he talks about things related to his family, it seems that it's right to be wrong. If I do something wrong, I will bear it, and if I do it right, I will thank it.
Thinking of this, the only hope I saw in my eyes seemed to dim. I pursed my lips and stopped talking, watching Lin Jia turn off the lights and sleep under the quilt. I sat awkwardly on the edge of the bed, not leaving, not leaving.