"How can you say that!" Youqing's wife was anxious, but she didn't know what she was anxious about. She just felt that this was not right.
"Shumei is amazing, but she's a little too amazing! Not only is her family amazing, she's amazing too. How is Xuejun supposed to stand out?"
"What kind of man would endure his woman all the time? What kind of man would he be? Besides, where is the limit of endurance? If you don't know how to endure anything, will our whole family endure it?"
"Even if they live outside after we get married, won't they come back to see us in the future? Will they not take care of us when we are old? I can't expect them, as their mother-in-law, to keep pampering them, right?"
Youqing's mother finally realized the problem.
Her daughter-in-law has been a daughter-in-law for many years and is about to get her due. She is unwilling to accept this!
"...Are you resentful towards me?"
Youqing's wife's passion froze for a moment, and she stammered,
"No, no, how could it be possible... Mom, you misunderstood..."
The old lady doesn’t care whether it’s a misunderstanding or not. She is already so old and her grandchildren are so grown up. She doesn’t care what her daughter-in-law thinks.
Her daughter-in-law is honest, but she is also a bit stupid. She is always stubborn.
According to the old thinking, I was thinking about what I would do after becoming a mother-in-law.
As a result, the eldest son went ashore after graduating from Chinese studies and ran so far away. People said that the eldest son in his family is similar to the second son in the Lin family, and they, as parents, have no control over his marriage and future.
Even if she gets married, he will definitely not be around in the future, so it will be difficult for her to act like a mother-in-law.
Then the only option is the second one, but seeing that he is trying to marry someone above his station, she becomes anxious.
"If you can make a lot of money, I will support you!" The old lady looked at her speechlessly.
"We've been mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for 20 or 30 years. Do I bother you with work every day, or do I always let Youqing overpower you?"
"No... I didn't say that..." Her face became redder as she spoke.
"When you first got married, I was the head of the household. That was because we were poor at the time and had to calculate our food, clothing and expenses.
You young people have to go to work and are very busy, so I'd like to help out a little. I've also asked you if you have any objections."
"When did we have any objections?" Xu Youqing glared at his wife. "Mom, don't listen to Xiaohong's nonsense. You know how she talks..."
The old lady waved her hand and continued,
"Then times have changed. The children are all in school, and you have your own businesses. So I just ask you throughout the year, 'How's business this year? How much did you make?'
I didn't ask you to give me money, did I? I only accepted the living expenses that Youqing gave me and his father occasionally. If you think..."
"Mom! Aren't we talking about Xuejun and Shumei? How did we get here? You are my parents, you gave birth to me and raised me. How can I be unfilial?"
Xu Youqing was really anxious, pointing at his wife who realized that something was wrong and started scolding her.
"What the hell have you been doing these past two years? You feel uncomfortable if you don't stir up trouble every other day, right? You weren't like this before, weren't you that Li Sanjia? How many times have I told you..."
Seeing that her son was about to go out and find someone to take the blame for this matter, Youqing's mother quickly stopped him.
"Alright! Youqing! You said it yourself, I know your wife's mouth, that's all.
Right now, I just want to give you two some adult advice, starting from the beginning."
The two adults were now like two primary school students, standing obediently by the side and listening attentively.
"There's no need to elaborate on the Lin family's situation and ours. Being able to marry into their family is something that would make us secretly happy, even if our ancestors' graves aren't smoking.
Shumei is the girl we have watched grow up. She has more of a spoiled temper than Shuying in their family, but it is because our family is not as wealthy as theirs that we think she is spoiled. Her family doesn't think so.
Besides, his character is definitely fine, and he's better at studying than Xuejun. Maybe he'll be better at work than Xuejun in the future...
It would be a blessing for a child like this to look up to Xuejun and marry into our family.
Xuejun can't make a name for himself because he has no ability. Just don't let other girls dislike him. Are you still holding back...
Decades ago, the Chairman said that women hold up half the sky. How can you still be a man who tolerates women?"
As a person of the older generation, Youqing's mother was speechless about her daughter-in-law's feudal traditional ideas.
"But if you really put it that way, this might really be the tradition of the Lin family. Regardless of whether a woman can handle things or not, men have to support her..."
Xu Youqing and his wife both thought of Liang Shengdi, the best elder of the Lin family. Even before the reform, Mrs. Liang seemed to have suddenly become a different person and started working frantically.
But the impression of Xianyu from the past few decades was too deep, especially since Xu Youqing could remember, she had been like this, and didn't Lin Guoqing's father have any complaints?
And then there's Chen Chunhua. She was the first to start, and everyone in the family has to follow her lead...
This might actually become a tradition.
"Then, then, what if..." Youqing's wife thought with a distorted face,
"If Shumei had learned from her grandmother when she was young... wouldn't it be a disaster for us to learn from the military..."
Youqing's mother sat there with her eyelids drooping, her tone a bit chilly.
"Have you seen Guoqing's mother when she was young?"
Youqing's wife was suddenly speechless. She was a married-in daughter-in-law. When she married in, Chen Chunhua had already given birth to Shuying. How could she know?
"If you don't know, don't follow others and make a fuss!" Youqing's mother raised her eyes and glanced at her.
"If Shumei really looks like her grandmother, then it will be even more clear whether you, as a mother-in-law, are reasonable or not!"
When she married Xu Dashan, Liang Shengdi had just given birth to Lin Yulan and was no longer willing to work, but she was not completely unwilling to work.
She and her mother-in-law also witnessed the whole process of Liang Shengdi gradually becoming a complete loser.
In fact, it cannot be said that Liang Shengdi’s mother-in-law Zhang Xiaonv was unreasonable. It was just that the situation was so difficult at that time that there was really no point in talking about reason.
Sometimes I think, if it were me, I’m not sure if I could survive with the same peace of mind as Liang Shengdi.
But if even at this day and age, a good person can still be forced to become Liang Shengdi, then ninety-nine percent of the time it is the mother-in-law's fault.
In the end, Youqing's wife felt that she was the only one hurt in the world, so she asked again without giving up.
"Then, then, what if the two of you are not compatible?"
Her mother-in-law looked at her with dismay, "Then it's all your fault that the horoscope you gave to Xuejunsheng was wrong!"
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