Xia Juhua looked at her youngest son who was led astray by his wife and mother-in-law in her previous life, and she felt sad: it is said that sons will have their own families after they get married, and the elderly should not interfere too much. In her previous life, apart from helping them take care of the children and do housework, she didn't say a word about what happened in the house, but she was called a bad mother-in-law every day.
At that time, whenever the younger son saw me talking to Sun Hongmei, he thought I was making things difficult for her and refused to listen to my explanations, so I had nothing to say to him. How many years had it been since my younger son had waited so obediently to listen to me?
The past is too painful to recall, and it brings tears to my eyes whenever I think of it.
Mother shed tears again, and Liu Zhishuang panicked: "Mom, what's wrong with you? Isn't it okay for me to listen to whatever you say?"
Xia Juhua, who was crying because of the memory of her past life, was shocked when she heard her youngest son say "be obedient". Tears are so useful. No wonder Sun Hongmei cried all the time in her past life. Xia Juhua always thought that she should not shed tears in front of others, so as not to make people think that she, a widow, is weak and easy to be bullied. It turned out that she was wrong.
Learned it.
Someone was going to be obedient, so Xia Juhua naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity: "It's okay, Mom. I remember that you're getting married, and you'll be able to start your own household and be the master of your own house. I'm happy for you."
Are you lying? Gao Xing is still crying? Liu Zhishuang looked at his mother's red eyes in disbelief, and unconsciously expressed his determination: "Mom, it's not easy for you to raise us two brothers. This family is not worse than others because of you, so you have to be the head of this family. Besides, my eldest brother and his wife have been married for three years, haven't you always been the head of the family?"
"That's different." Xia Juhua tried to wipe away tears. "You weren't married at that time. If your sister-in-law was the head of the family, your betrothal gift would have to come from her. Whether it was more or less depended on other people's faces. Who can be like mother, giving you her heart without feeling any pain? That's why mother refused to let go even though she was the head of the family."
Liu Zhishuang's eyes turned red with emotion, and he managed to hold back his words: "I know that my mother loves me the most."
It's good to know. Xia Juhua decided to stop while she was ahead and took Liu Zhishuang to recall how difficult it was for her and her two children to go from living in a shed in the production team to having their own house, and how much dowry they had given to each of them to get married. She also lamented how they could never have imagined their current life before. By the time Liu Zhiquan came back, she had successfully brought back Liu Zhishuang's tears.
Liu Zhiquan walked into the room and saw his mother and two brothers crying. Naturally, he wanted to ask what was going on. After listening, they also fell silent. Xia Juhua knew that her eldest son was not as talkative as her younger son, so she did not ask him to persuade her. She was also not like her previous life, who could not bear to see her sons suffer and swallowed all her grievances.
Think carefully about it and understand how hard it was to raise them all these years. Isn't it a good thing to be brainwashed by your wife later on?
"Mom, dinner is ready." Wang Caifeng called out from outside the house, waking up the mother and her three children who were lost in their memories. Xia Juhua then remembered the purpose of keeping Liu Zhishuang and asked her to come in.
Wang Caifeng saw all those things piled up on the cabinet as soon as she entered the room. She was also a person who could live a simple life, so she could tell how many eggs and noodles there were without having to count them. Seeing that the things were exactly the same as those she had brought back when she returned home, she felt that her mother-in-law was fair, so she said politely:
"Is this a return gift for Hongmei? Life is good at home now, so give more to Hongmei's family and make Zhishuang proud in front of my father-in-law's family."
The things were displayed for Wang Caifeng to see. She was being polite now, but Xia Juhua did not follow suit. She said seriously, "That won't do. I only have two daughters-in-law, so I have to treat them equally. Besides, this time the gift will be not only from Ping'an Village, but also from the new daughters-in-law in the surrounding villages. It will be counted." If you had brought the same things back to your parents' home at that time, it would have been a proud thing.
In her previous life, Xia Juhua had suffered from her mother-in-law's partiality. Before she married a daughter-in-law, she thought that she must not be a partial mother-in-law, and she had always been committed to treating both children equally. Unfortunately, she was a person who did more than she said. She wanted to treat both children equally in her heart, but she never said it in front of others.
She had been thinking about not repeating the same mistake for the rest of her life, and she had to say everything she had to say. Although she was not yet comfortable expressing herself, she still forced herself to say it.
Sun Hongmei, who was standing outside the door, was upset when she heard this: her sister-in-law said she would give Liu Zhishuang face, but her mother-in-law refused to give her anything more. If her son looks good, wouldn't she also be proud? !
But the mother-in-law made it clear that the two daughters-in-law had to be treated equally. No matter how you put it, there was nothing wrong with it. Sun Hongmei, who had just got married, had no way to complain. She thought that when she had the chance to meet her aunt, she would ask her if she had any misunderstandings about her mother-in-law. The mother-in-law didn't look like someone who kept everything to herself.
Then the tricks I had thought of would not work. Fortunately, my mother-in-law said that I should treat everyone equally, so I didn't suffer any loss. If I could coax my mother-in-law, maybe she would secretly give me some money under the pretext of treating everyone equally.
Thinking of this, Sun Hongmei also walked into the house with a smile: "I know my sister-in-law is on my side, but I can't just go back and empty our family's belongings."
Wang Caifeng was just being polite, but her sister-in-law took it seriously and thanked her. She felt that her politeness was fake. Afraid that her sister-in-law would notice, she said awkwardly, "Zhishuang is your brother, and you are younger. As your brother and sister-in-law, we should be more considerate."
"That's too much..." Xia Juhua interrupted Sun Hongmei before she could finish her sentence: "I am of course happy that you, as brothers and sisters-in-law, care about your brothers and sisters-in-law. But you should understand that if you care about them, they should also care about you. As a brother's wife, you cannot suppress your sister-in-law. Hongmei did a good job in this regard."
What did she do that she didn't want to do!
Sun Hongmei wanted to say that she wanted to bring more things back to her parents' home than Wang Caifeng, so that everyone would know that her mother-in-law favored her, the younger daughter-in-law. She thought so, but she couldn't say it out loud. If she said it out loud, wouldn't it be that she, as the brother's wife, wanted to suppress the eldest sister-in-law and didn't care about her brother and sister-in-law?
Sun Hongmei really didn't feel sorry for Liu Zhiquan and Wang Caifeng. She even thought about how to suppress Wang Caifeng before she got married so that she could directly take charge of the family. It's just that this thing can be done, but she is not so thick-skinned as to say it out loud.
Sun Hongmei was speechless and was blocked. What else could she do except pretend to be a shy new bride?
Not only could she not say or do anything, but in order to make everyone believe that she really cared about her sister-in-law, she had to actively coax Liu Baoguo during meals to prevent him from disturbing Wang Caifeng's meal. After Wang Caifeng finished eating, she hurriedly ate a few mouthfuls of leftovers, watching Xia Juhua teasing Liu Baoguo with anger in her heart.
Fortunately, Xia Juhua had not forgotten what she had said at Old Liu's house. After Wang Caifeng finished washing the dishes and took the child, she asked Liu Zhishuang to take Sun Juhua to Old Liu's house and told him: "Hongmei is your fourth aunt's niece, they must have something to talk about. Zhishuang, just accompany your grandmother to talk, don't drag Hongmei along and leave her and your fourth aunt no time to talk."
Sun Hongmei, who had wanted to have a good talk with Sun Guizhi about Xia Juhua, suddenly turned pale: "Mom, when I marry Zhishuang, I will be your daughter-in-law. If you have any private words, you should talk to you." Her aunt and Xia Juhua had always been at odds, so her mother-in-law must be testing her.
Straight man Liu Zhishuang said even more: "That's right, Hongmei is different from the fourth aunt. If she was like the fourth aunt, trying to take advantage of others everywhere and being lazy and stirring up trouble, would I marry her?"
Good son, I will remember your words. Xia Juhua looked at Sun Hongmei with sympathy, and waved to the two of them to go and come back quickly. After all, Sunjia Village was more than 20 miles away from Ping'an Village, and the two of them had to get up early tomorrow.
With her own words in mind, Xia Juhua believed that Liu Zhishuang would pay attention to Sun Hongmei throughout the whole process. As a new daughter-in-law, Sun Hongmei probably didn't want to damage her image in Liu Zhishuang's heart.
Sun Hongmei went to Old Liu's house today, but she had neither the opportunity nor the courage to complain to Sun Guizhi about her bias.
In fact, even if Sun Hongmei still complained to Sun Guizhi, Xia Juhua was not afraid - after one day's experience, she had completely understood where she had gone wrong in her previous life. She had also made up for possible problems and sorted out her future coping methods. Even if Sun Hongmei and Sun Guizhi continued to slander her like they did in their previous life, she could make them reap what they had sown in no time.
Fortunately, Sun Hongmei is not stupid. Judging from what Liu Zhishuang told Xia Juhua when he came back, the two of them going back to the old Liu family was really just a formality, and Sun rarely said anything cold to Liu Zhishuang.
To be exact, Sun didn't say much the entire time except for staring at Liu Zhishuang for a few times.
Mrs. Sun didn't say anything, but Sun Guizhi, the aunt, showed some concern for Sun Hongmei's newlywed life. She told Sun Hongmei to take charge and told her that with her aunt around, if Sun Hongmei felt wronged, she could tell her and she would talk to Xia Juhua about it.
Liu Zhishuang was still very angry when he learned from her: "All the grievances in our family over the years were caused by Fourth Aunt and Grandma. How dare she say such things."
Xia Juhua didn't care whether Sun Hongmei was embarrassed or not. She just thought it was rare that Sun Shi didn't agree with Sun Guizhi's words.
The next day, Liu Zhishuang and Sun Hongmei went out at dawn - there were no bicycles at home, so they wanted to try their luck at the village entrance to see if there was a oxcart heading towards Sunjiazhuang and get a ride.
When they were leaving, Xia Juhua heard the noise but didn't get up - in her previous life, she did see them off to the door. Sun Hongmei still had a sullen look on her face after returning from her parents' home, and Liu Zhishuang's face also looked unhappy.
At that time, Xia Juhua did not ask them why they looked unhappy. Now she thought that it was because Sun Hongmei's mother had said something bad about her. It was also from that time that her son gradually became estranged from her.
You can't rely on a son who is alienated from you.