Chapter 102: Family Conflicts
Shen Qing sat at the table and ate breakfast, and Shen's mother brought Aunt Zhao's freshly stewed soup to the table, "Xiaohe hasn't come down yet?" β
Shen Qing shook his head, "I guess I'm wearing clothes upstairs?" By the way, Mom, He Annian told me last night that he would go back to their house for the Chinese New Year this year. β
Shen Qing then told Shen's mother what the two discussed last night, and Shen's father also walked down from the upstairs at this time, and when he heard this, he said directly, "Then let's go directly to Beijing for the New Year, and then just pack up our things and go over." β
Shen Qing thought about it, and said with a headache, "I am the first time that my new daughter-in-law has spent the New Year in their house, is there anything special about it then?" β
Mother Shen thought of Beth when she heard this, "I don't know what you have to pay attention to over there, you can ask that Beth about it, you two are concubines, just discuss this kind of thing." β
Shen Qing nodded, Father Shen thought about it and sighed a little helplessly, Mother Shen sighed when she heard the old man in the morning, and said a little angrily, "What are you sighing in the morning?" β
Father Shen glanced at Mother Shen before he spoke, "If I don't go back for the Chinese New Year this year, the ...... who will go to the grave."
Shen Qing glanced at his father when he heard this, so he took the initiative to speak, "Why don't I buy you a plane ticket and you go home directly, or I will buy you and my mother a plane ticket and you two go home?" β
Mother Shen hurriedly waved her hand when she heard this, "You are pregnant, I won't follow you, and no one will worry about this for you at that time." β
"You just buy a plane ticket, and when the time comes, let your father go directly to the grave, and come back the next day, our house is deserted, the house is uninhabited and there is no fireworks."
"Why don't you stay in a hotel if your dad is alone? Just buy a ticket for the same day and go back on the same day, and come back to rest and rest. β
"Our home is not far from Beijing, and you can buy high-speed rail without a ticket, so it is convenient and you don't have to go home and toss."
Shen Qing nodded when he heard this, so he looked at the ticket and booked the ticket in advance, and then continued to eat breakfast.
He Annian came out of the room and saw Shen's father sitting there alone, "Dad, what's wrong with you?" β
Father Shen raised his head when he heard this, "This is not an arrangement for the New Year, your mother will go to Beijing with you, and when the time comes, I will go back to my hometown directly by myself, and come back after going to the grave." β
He Annian nodded solemnly when he heard this, "Dad, are you going alone?" Do you want me to go with you? β
Shen Qing couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard this, "Why are you going as a son-in-law, if you go, won't you become a son-in-law?" β
"Besides, there are basically no people in my hometown, my father probably went back when he was in the Chinese New Year's Eve, set off a firecracker at the last tribute ceremony, and then talked to those people in the village and probably came back."
"Anyway, it's a bit of a toss, go and come back the same day, and you can catch us for a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner."
Father Shen said helplessly, "It would be nice to have a son, so I don't have to toss and let my son go directly." β
After he said this, the expressions on the faces of several people present were a little serious, and Shen's mother was a little angry and slapped the chopsticks on the table directly, "Now I envy the son of your eldest uncle's second uncle's family, you have long said so, what's the use of you going back to the grave to worship your ancestors!" β
"People die like lights go out, when your mother was alive, I didn't see how good your eldest brother and second brother were to them, and now that people are dead, they go back every year to burn paper and graves......"
The following clichΓ© made He Annian a little embarrassed, and the first time he encountered this kind of husband and wife at the dinner table, they quarreled.
Shen Qing ate in silence, and when he heard his mother stingily about to talk about the things of the year, he said helplessly, "Mom, my dad just said it casually, don't talk about my dad." β
Shen's father and Shen's mother were silent and didn't say anything more, and after eating, He Annian did not go to the company immediately but returned to the room.
Shen Qing silently packed his clothes for the capital city, and He Annian said with some worry, "Your parents ......"
Shen Qing couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard this, "When I heard them quarrel before, I would think it was my reason. β
"Now I don't think it's my reason, my mother's heart hurts my dad and said it, his concubines have sons, but his belly can't give birth to a son."
"I felt a little sad at the moment when I gave birth to my daughter, thinking about why it wasn't my son, and when I told me that I was pregnant in the future, I would understand that the mood of having a daughter and giving birth to a son is completely different......"
Shen's mother originally wanted to tell Shen Qing to tell him not to go to his heart, but when she stood at the door, she heard what the husband and wife said in the room.
Shen's mother stood there and didn't say anything, when she heard Shen Qing continue to say to He Annian, "You don't have to take these words to heart, just listen to them, otherwise, can they still work hard to have a son at such an old age?" β
He Annian stretched out his hand and hugged the person into his arms, "Actually, you also have some minds, right?" β
Shen Qing casually threw his clothes on the bed, "It doesn't matter if you mind or not, my dad said that it would be nice if he had a son, but he never thought about not going to the grave, my mother quarreled with him, and never felt that he didn't have a son." β
Shen's mother couldn't hold back her cry when she heard the words in the room, and after he turned around and returned to the room, Shen's father looked at the old woman and cried, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with you?" β
Mother Shen gently wiped her tears with her hand and combed her hair again, "I was outside your daughter's room just now, listening to what the husband and wife said. β
The middle-aged woman finally said all the words of her daughter, but these words were like tearing off the last fig leaf of the couple.
The two of them sat silently on the edge of the bed and did not speak, Father Shen felt a stone in his heart, took a box of cigarettes from the table next to him and said, "I'll go out and smoke a cigarette." β
Shen Mu nodded with red eyes, and then sat on the bed blankly.
He Annian today is the last few days of work, so after packing up his things, he went out and drove directly to the company.
He Annian saw his father-in-law smoking in the back garden, and the middle-aged man was hunched over at this moment, as if he was many years old.
He Annian remembered his wife's words, and for a while found that he was actually powerless for many things, and the damage caused by the past could not be remedied.
After Shen Qing packed up his things, he drove out directly to find Beth and told him that he was going to He's house for the New Year, and Beth was very happy.
Beth leaned lazily to the side, "You don't know, the atmosphere in the He family is not good at all, and I am really depressed to death for the New Year over there." β
Beth told Shen Qing all the relatives and some bullshit he saw at the He family, and finally couldn't help but say, "You are pregnant, you don't have to deal with those people, and when they say something you don't like to hear, you can just turn around and leave." β
"At that time, I will take care of you in the name of taking care of you, and I don't have to listen to those women who are jealous, envious, jealous and hateful about the He family's wealth."
"The emperor still has three poor relatives, and the He family has a big business, and they must all seek cooperation and play style."
Shen Qing listened quietly, and after a while lay down on the chair and fell asleep, Beth hurriedly took a blanket to cover the other party.
After Shen Qing woke up, it was already noon, and he twisted his sore neck, "Let's go, go home and eat." β
Beth packed up her things, "Our studio is going to close today, if you don't need to hurry, you can post the couplet with me, and then you will have to come back." β
The two of them covered the last things and furniture, Shen Qing pressed it here, and Beth directly pasted the Spring Festival couplets on it, and a lively and festive atmosphere appeared at once.
Shen Qing and Beth finally lost the power and drove directly back to their respective homes to pack the luggage they were about to bring.
Shen Qing didn't know if he was overly attentive, or because his parents' quarrel affected his emotions, and when he got home, he was a little lazy and didn't want to face his parents.
Shen's mother's eyes were red and obviously she had cried, Shen Qing didn't know how to comfort the other party for a while, and the aunt felt that the atmosphere of the family was a little strange, but a nanny didn't know what to say.
The meal was served on the table, He Annian also went home to eat, the family of four was silent and no one said anything, Shen's mother just wiped her tears from time to time, which made Shen Qing's already somewhat sensitive and angry emotions even more irritable.
The chopsticks were thrown on the table, making a crisp sound, and several people who were immersed in eating looked up at Shen Qing who was sitting there at the same time.
Shen Qing took two deep breaths, and finally suddenly spoke with some impatience, "What do you mean?" I don't think I'm a son, and I've wronged you two, right? β
Father Shen looked at Mother Shen, whose eyes were red, a little irritably, "Are you there?" is crying so sadly for the New Year, no one is sorry for you. β
Shen Mu was a little broken when she heard this, and pointed at Shen Qing, "I came to serve you so hard, and you are treating me like this now, aren't you?" β
Shen Qing couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, "What's wrong with you?" β
Father Shen wanted to stop it too late, and Mother Shen poured beans in a bamboo tube and said all the words she heard outside Shen Qing's door.
After listening quietly, Shen Qing asked calmly, "Isn't this true?" β
The last fig leaf on Shen's mother was also ripped off, and his fingers and lips were trembling, "You ......"
The sarcastic smile on Shen Qing's face became more and more obvious, "When I was young, every time you saw my lobby brother, you had to say that a boy is smart, not as stupid as my daughter and so poor at studying. β
"When I was in junior high school, you would say that it doesn't matter if a girl is good or not, and you still have to count on your son in the future."
Every time Shen Qing said a word, Shen's father and Shen's mother directly lowered their heads, some words were put in their hearts, but once some words were spoken, it was like a knife that deeply tore through everyone's disguises.
"Am I treating you badly? I took out most of my savings for so many years to buy a house for you, and if something happened to my grandmother, I rushed back without saying a word to support you. β
"I'm a daughter, I'm not qualified to go to your ancestral grave, I'm not qualified to follow you to worship my ancestors, I never said anything, I haven't been there, your family's ancestral grave, I am not qualified to go to the ancestral grave when you are old, I will trouble my lobby brother, if you want to buy the ancestral grave, I will buy you a cemetery."
Every word Shen Qing said was like returning what the husband and wife had said in the past few decades to each other, all that Shen Qing said was the truth, and these bloody facts were like a sharp sword, directly tearing apart the performance of patriarchy.
"Mom and Dad, you are getting older and older, I say something unpleasant, and you have been thinking about your son all your life, and you are not willing to work in the end, and you dare not give birth."
"Don't blame me for being a female in your belly, and don't blame me for being a girl, don't you feel very uncomfortable now, and think that your daughter has to go to her mother-in-law's house for the New Year."
"Aijue went to her mother-in-law's house with her daughter for the New Year, what's going on? I feel that it is very uncomfortable in all aspects of the soul, all kinds of discomfort. β
After Shen Qing said this, he directly stood up with his waist up, and He Annian hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Shen Qing and walked in the direction of the room.
The restaurant was quiet, and Shen's mother trembled and cried, "This kid ......"