Chapter 354 Mother Lu sighs about her eldest son’s family
Mother Lu took a train for a whole day and night, and arrived at the station at five in the morning.
The conductor helped Mother Lu carry her things down.
Mother Lu was very grateful.
When she walked out, she saw Father Lu waiting outside.
Father Lu smiled when he saw his daughter-in-law, and took the luggage from her in two or three steps.
Usually, the old couple didn’t feel it, but now that his wife has been in Jinling for more than half a year, he feels that the house is much quieter when he gets home from work.
He eats in the cafeteria like the unmarried young men in the factory. Occasionally, when the eldest son’s family cooks something fishy, they will ask him to go over for a bite.
But the eldest daughter-in-law is a little afraid of him, so he basically goes once out of three times.
Later, the eldest son also understood what he meant, and he didn't call him anymore, and just gave him a portion of the food he cooked.
So he lived a good life alone, but he was a little lonely.
At this time, he understood the meaning of "young couples are companions in old age".
Father Lu came on a bicycle. He put a military coat on Mother Lu and hung the luggage on the handles on both sides. The luggage that was difficult to hang was held in Mother Lu's arms. The old couple rode back home slowly on the dark road in the early morning. After
Mother Lu returned home, she found that the house was still as clean and tidy as before she left, and she couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.
Thinking of the beef jerky made by her daughter-in-law, Mother Lu couldn't bear to eat it along the way, and left it all for her husband to drink.
She has lived with her youngest son's family for the past six months and has never been disappointed.
She took out the beef jerky and handed it to Father Lu, "Here, this is the beef jerky that Xiaoyu grilled. It's spicy. It's for you to drink with wine."
Father Lu took it with a smile.
"Let's have some drinks tonight?"
Mother Lu also smiled, "Okay, let's have some."
She can drink a few glasses of wine for no reason, but she has to take care of the children at her youngest son's place, so she can't drink. It would be bad if the children are irritated. And if she is careless after drinking and the children get bumped, she can't get over it.
Moreover, there are regulations in the army that prohibit drinking. Although this restriction applies to soldiers, she always feels that drinking in the family compound is not good. She
just feels a little guilty.
Now that she is back, she can have a drink with the old man.
Father Lu hadn't seen Mother Lu for a long time. Now, seeing her wearing clothes he had never seen before, she seemed to be younger. He couldn't help but say, "It's the feng shui of the big city that makes people grow up. You look like a city person. How come you look younger and younger?"
Mother Lu's smile widened. After not seeing her for such a long time, she didn't expect her husband to have such good taste.
She sorted out her clothes and said, "Of course, everything I wear was bought by my daughter-in-law. Our Xiaoyu has good taste. The clothes she matches are very good."
As she said this, she suddenly remembered that Xiaoyu also bought clothes for the old man.
"Xiaoyu also bought some for you. Wait for me to find it."
Soon Mother Lu found the bag of clothes.
She took out the clothes and asked the old man to try them on. She couldn't help but say, "Speaking of daughters-in-law, Xiaoyu is really considerate. She remembers the sizes of us two old people. I see that your figure has not changed much in half a year. This dress should be a good fit for you."
Father Lu went to change clothes in a good mood.
When he walked out of the room wearing the clothes that fit him well, Mother Lu kept nodding.
Father Lu also looked in the mirror in the room. It fit him very well.
At this time, he remembered the attitude of the two daughters-in-law towards him. It really proved what his wife said. The younger daughter-in-law is more considerate.
They are not snobbish. They like which daughter-in-law has money, but they can tell at a glance whether she is attentive or not.
Father Lu thought that he didn't ask for anything else, just that the eldest daughter-in-law should not act like she saw a ghost every time she saw him.
In fact, he thought his face was much kinder than that of his youngest son.
After all, the youngest daughter-in-law was the bravest. Just look at how prosperous she and Weiguo were living.
"Xiaoyu has a good eye." Mother Lu praised. Father
Lu also nodded, "Not bad, it fits well and is warm."
Hearing her husband also praising the youngest daughter-in-law, Mother Lu thought of the eldest daughter-in-law, Qin Ping.
She suddenly sighed.
Father Lu didn't understand, "Why are you sighing when nothing happened?"
Mother Lu said, "I just think the eldest family is a little unreliable. On Xiaozhen's previous birthdays, his uncle never forgot to buy him things, but when it was Shenshen's birthday, they didn't show any gratitude at all."
Mother Lu said angrily, "Don't say that they are busy. No matter how busy they are, can they be as busy as Weiguo, who is a soldier? When Xiaoyu came back for the first time, she brought so many things. Even this time she brought toys for Xiaozhen."
If the eldest son's family was not well off, she could have given them some money to make things work. But the eldest son's family is not doing badly. How can they not even afford a birthday gift?
Father Lu was a little confused, "When Shen Shen celebrated his birthday, didn't the eldest brother send something to Shen Shen?"
Even he, as a grandfather, bought toys and sent them to Shen Shen.
"What do you think?" Mother Lu sighed again, "When Shen Shen celebrated his birthday, his uncle and grandparents prepared gifts. On weekdays, his uncle would send some fun and delicious things from time to time, but I didn't see any packages from the eldest brother's family." Father
Lu saw this and quickly asked her to calm down, "Don't be angry, children and grandchildren have their own blessings, it's useless to think so much, you just help Weiguo take care of the children, and don't interfere in the affairs between the brothers. If you interfere, the relationship between the two families may become strained." Mother
Lu also knew this, so she only complained in front of her husband.
She guessed that the old lady was upset because she went to Jinling to help take care of the children of her youngest son.
But there was nothing she could do about it.
She had been taking care of the children here for twelve years.
Whenever a child was sick, she was always there to help.
The eldest daughter-in-law has little experience in the factory and cannot take leave often. It is only because she still has some face in the factory that she can help take care of the children more. When
the children have no pocket money, they run to the factory to ask her after school, and she is never stingy. Whenever
there is something delicious at home, she thinks of her.
The most important thing is that she is an official in the factory. It goes without saying how much she takes care of her daughter-in-law on weekdays. Whenever there are benefits, she always picks the best and keeps them for her.
But what does the younger daughter-in-law have?
Not to mention that she didn't help at all during the pregnancy, just take the confinement period. She helped take care of the children during the confinement period and then went back to her hometown. She just started taking care of the children in May this year. On weekdays, she has no place to spend money on Shen Shen.
When the eldest daughter-in-law was just pregnant, she often cooked all kinds of delicious food for her. When she was pregnant, she even washed her clothes.
If you want to say who took advantage, it was the eldest daughter-in-law and her family.
Father Lu said: "Let's not think too much. After all, it's these two sons. Let's try to treat them equally. Of course, people are all made of flesh and blood. Usually, the younger daughter-in-law is filial, so you should pay more attention to her in private, and don't let the eldest daughter-in-law see it."