Chapter 136 (Second Update) Making his wife suffer these grievances...
Fu Caiping might not be unaware of the reasoning that Madam Fu was talking about.
But now her granddaughter's marriage is in trouble, and she, as the grandmother, is very worried.
All reason seems to become unimportant in the face of emotion and logic.
Fu Caiping pleaded, "Sister-in-law, didn't you say that a married woman's family is always her support? You are Gu Lin's family too, so you have to stand up for her."
Madam Fu also earnestly advised, "Caiping, true support is not about bullying the weak. As the saying goes, forced relationships are never sweet. True support is giving her confidence and supporting her no matter what she does."
She believed that her sister-in-law was old enough to understand these principles, but those involved were often blinded by their own concerns and became confused.
"Sister-in-law, honestly, if it were your own granddaughter, would you bear to see her suffer like this?"
“If she were my own granddaughter, I would never marry into that family.”
"Sister-in-law, what's the use of saying all this now? She's already married and has a child. Do you want Gu Lin to get a divorce like her cousin Mingli did?"
Madam Fu was displeased by these words. She said that Mingli was her granddaughter, so why was she being looked down upon by her family?
When she spoke again, Madam Fu's tone was clearly displeased: "So what if she got divorced? Our country's Marriage Law stipulates freedom of marriage. This freedom includes the freedom to marry and the freedom to divorce. Don't use your outdated perspective to judge whether someone gets divorced or not. Let me tell you, apart from the person involved, no one can truly empathize with her, let alone have the right to judge. Whether she chooses to compromise and maintain the marriage or to decisively end the relationship, no one else has the right to judge."
It's just that the act of compromising and yielding is frustrating to watch.
This phone call ended unpleasantly once again.
After hanging up the phone, Madam Fu said angrily, "Luckily, your grandfather isn't here right now, otherwise he would definitely be secretly angry again."
Grandpa Fu had always cared about his half-sister, but the two simply couldn't get along. Especially after Gu Lin's incident, they almost became estranged forever.
Things eased up a bit later, but because Gu Lin had been having constant conflicts with her in-laws for over a year, it once again affected the relationship between the siblings.
In the past six months, Fu Caiping has called home many times, and they even visited the Gu family once.
But so what?
The fundamental problem is that Gu Lin's in-laws want her to have another child, or even several. But national policy doesn't allow it.
So, either Gu Lin's in-laws change their mindset, or Gu Lin cuts off all ties; otherwise, it's a vicious cycle.
Thinking that this matter might never end, Madam Fu sighed, "Sometimes, relationships between relatives are truly like a curse."
Fu's mother comforted her mother-in-law: "Mom, you have to think more positively. Before Gu Lin even got married, you warned her that although that family was well-off, they weren't very honest. It was the Gu family who insisted on going their own way, and now that things have turned out this way, what's there to blame anyone else for?"
Speaking of grievances, Fu's mother felt that her aunt's family had gone too far.
Indeed, it was a bit heartless of my father-in-law not to help Gu Lin with her rural assignment, but that's just his personality; asking him to bend the law for personal gain is worse than asking him to die.
My aunt always says that going to the countryside ruined Gu Lin, but it was the policy that ruined her, and you can't blame it all on her father-in-law. Besides, so many young people went to the countryside back then, and they all worked hard to make a good life for themselves after they returned to the city.
Tang Mingli added, "They haven't reached a dead end yet. They can continue living this way or end it if they want. Life doesn't always allow you to have everything; often you have to give up something. To be blunt, even if Grandpa uses his status to pressure them now, can he do it forever? In a few decades, when they're old and faded, they'll be abandoned, which will probably be even worse than it is now."
"Decades?" Old Madam Fu chuckled upon hearing this. "Wouldn't she have lived to be an old hag?"
"How did you become an old monster? Grandpa is only in his seventies now, and in a few decades he will be in his hundreds."
"Not a hundred years old and still an old hag?"
"No," Tang Mingli said seriously, "around a hundred years old, that is, a centenarian."
Decades later, centenarians will still receive subsidies.
The Fu family was amused by Tang Mingli's serious words, which dispelled the unpleasantness caused by Fu Caiping's phone call.
But when Mrs. Fu told Mr. Fu about this at dinner, they inevitably brought it up again.
Grandpa Fu said unhappily, "She'd better not come to pay her respects this Chinese New Year. Otherwise, if she dares to cry and whine, I'll definitely have to scold her."
This statement might lead to another argument.
Madam Fu didn't want her sister-in-law to come crying during the New Year, so she muttered, "If only she had married someone from a farther place back then, the two families could have been further apart."
"That's right." Old Master Fu also regretted it, "We shouldn't have let her mother arrange it back then. We should have let her marry a soldier and changed her personality."
"Does marrying a soldier change her personality? Do you think soldiers are drill instructors?" Madam Fu glared at her husband and said to herself, "No, I have to think of a way to prevent her from coming to pay her New Year's visits."
Tang Mingli's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this. She thought of the popular Spring Festival travel that would be a hit decades later, so she boldly suggested, "Why don't we all go on a trip together as a family?"
"Going out for fun during the Chinese New Year?" Even Fu's mother doubted whether she had misunderstood her daughter-in-law's meaning.
Going out to play is indeed very tempting, but it's not something I dare to even think about.
Who doesn't visit relatives during the Chinese New Year?
Tang Mingli nodded and answered her mother-in-law affirmatively: "We can go to other places during the Spring Festival to experience different customs and cultures, which would be quite interesting."
Madam Fu was tempted by the idea of avoiding her sister-in-law, but she was worried that with the New Year approaching, there might not be enough cars to ride in.
Tang Mingli thought for a moment and said, "If the whole family doesn't object, let's discuss it tonight and decide on a few places. Tomorrow, Fu Ci and I will go to the train station to buy tickets and see where we can get them."
She then took the lead in stating, "I agree with the suggestion I made."
I thought Fu Ci would be the second to agree, but to my surprise, Old Master Fu spoke first.
I agree.
With the most respected members of the family agreeing, the others who were itching to act but had reservations had nothing left to worry about.
The plan to travel during the Spring Festival was unanimously approved.
Next, we discussed where to go for fun.
Tang Mingli simply pulled out a map of China, and the family gathered around it to discuss where would be a suitable place to go.
After discussing it all night, we finally settled on a few locations.
Small cities are definitely out of the question. Putting aside safety issues, transportation alone would be a major obstacle.
Therefore, the only options they could have were a few major cities with direct train connections from Guangcheng Railway Station.
Lying in bed before sleep, thinking about the possibility of going on a trip, Tang Mingli still felt like she was dreaming.
Who would believe it? Their family's practices are thirty years ahead of their time.
I was so happy that I couldn't help but roll around on the bed a few times.
When Fu Ci came out of the shower, this was the scene he saw, and he couldn't help but laugh.
"Are you that happy?"
"Of course, who wouldn't be happy to go out and have fun?"
"But didn't you say it was cold outside?"
"If you can play, you won't feel cold; passion can withstand even the coldest winter."
Only she could make such nonsense sound so reasonable.
However, Fu Ci couldn't help but give her a heads-up, "What if we can't buy train tickets tomorrow and then we can't go out to play?"
I thought my wife would be disappointed, but she blinked and smiled, saying, "It's okay. If we really can't buy train tickets, we can just stay home and celebrate the New Year. We've prepared a lot of things anyway."
In terms of mentality, Fu Ci can only admit defeat.
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The next morning, after breakfast, Tang Mingli and Fu Ci went out and headed straight for the train station.
On the 29th of the lunar year, there were more people at the train station than usual, but not too many; there were about twenty people queuing in front of each ticket window.
Tang Mingli estimated that it would probably take half an hour to get to the front of the line, so she patiently waited in line.
However, to their surprise, the ticket sales efficiency was quite low at this time. There were only about twenty people ahead of them, but the two of them waited in line for almost two hours before finally reaching the window.
Although the process was a bit unexpected, it's fine as long as the result is good.
The two were not discouraged by the long queue; on the contrary, they were in high spirits and asked the ticket seller if there were any tickets available for other destinations.
They had only asked about two places when the ticket seller started to get impatient and asked them, "Where exactly do you want to buy tickets for?"
Tang Mingli was a little unhappy with this service attitude, but she still politely recited the names of the cities they had discussed the night before and said thank you at the end.
The ticket seller, still with a dark expression, said, "There are only two of you. Even if each of you goes to a different place, it's only two of you. Can you please stop causing trouble here?"
Seeing his wife being treated so harshly, Fu Ci, a fiercely protective husband, immediately became unhappy.
Just as she was about to point out the ticket seller's improper attitude, Tang Mingli stopped her.
Tang Mingli was even more dissatisfied with this person's service attitude than Fu Ci; if this happened decades later, he would definitely be the subject of complaints.
Therefore, a job that is too stable is also not good; it makes life too comfortable.
But given the current circumstances, she knew it was beyond her control. Right now, the most important thing was buying a train ticket.
So, suppressing their dissatisfaction, they patiently announced their preferred city, which they had agreed upon the day before, and said, "We need six tickets."
Train tickets were not hard to buy at that time, especially since they bought deluxe sleeper tickets. They managed to buy all six tickets smoothly.
Even after leaving the train station ticket hall, Fu Ci was still fuming.
Tang Mingli teased him, "President Fu's magnanimity shouldn't be limited to this, right? You've been out in the world for so many years, haven't you ever encountered someone with a worse attitude than that person just now?"
"Of course I've encountered that before."
The customer was much more difficult than the ticket seller from before.
But that's what he was facing; no matter how difficult it was, he didn't care.
But he couldn't bear to see his wife suffer such injustices.
Tang Mingli understood what he meant and reassured him even more gently, "Okay, it's okay. The most important thing is to get the tickets smoothly, right?"
To distract herself, she started imagining how to have fun in the area.
"I've heard the food there is delicious, I'm definitely going to eat it properly."
However, before you can fully enjoy this trip, there's one thing you shouldn't forget.
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