Chapter 158: I won't need them to take care of me anymore
When they heard that Sister Qiao was going to Lao Er's house, Old Ding and Mrs. Ding looked at each other and immediately stood up and said, "We'll go too. I'll ask them why they can't accommodate us."
Sister Qiao didn't know how to stop them, because not only Old Ding and Mrs. Ding followed, but even Boss Ding followed.
Ding Lao Da's daughter-in-law is now retired and at home taking care of her grandson.
After rolling his eyes, he followed the second brother to his house.
The second Ding family's house is more than 40 square meters, because now it is the actual area, and it has one more large room than the first Ding family's house.
It does look spacious, at least there is no luggage in the living room.
At this time, Ding Jianshe was sitting on the sofa with his head in his hands.
A middle-aged woman in her forties sat on the other side with a gloomy face.
This person should be Ding Jianshe’s wife Chen Ying.
Sister Qiao said, "Ding Jianshe, you know the basic principle that children should support their parents when they grow old, right?"
Ding Jianshe didn't say anything, but nodded silently.
Sister Qiao continued, "We are here today to understand the real situation. You and your wife both disagree to support your parents. Is there any difficulty or other reason?"
Mrs. Ding said angrily, "What else could it be? Are you disgusted by the two of us old fools coming to eat for free?"
Old Ding said, "Second brother, think about it honestly. It has been your eldest brother who has taken care of us for so many years. It should be your turn now."
Chen Ying sneered, "You are saying this lightly. When you were young and strong, you followed Boss Ding, and now you are old and come to us. How can this make sense?"
Do you remember what you said at the beginning?
My eldest brother is your eldest son. When he separated us, he didn’t give us anything and said he didn’t need us to support him in his old age. Even though it’s been almost twenty years, I still remember what he said.
Although I only have two children, my son has to get married. If you come here, where will my son and daughter-in-law live?"
If you think about it carefully, the Ding family’s house is home to four generations of the family.
But now is the 1970s. Even if the military factory has a large piece of land to build residential buildings, where will the building materials come from?
The most important thing is that I have no money!
It seems that my method still has some hope.
Lu Qiaoge glanced at Old Ding and Mrs. Ding.
Although both of them are able to take care of themselves, they are obviously old.
Faced with his second daughter-in-law's blunt questioning, Old Ding was obviously in the wrong.
This is what I thought when I was young. I would live with the eldest son, who is reliable, and then separate the second son from me so that I don’t need them to support me in my old age.
Who could have imagined that the situation would be like this now.
Old Ding glanced at his eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law who were standing there in silence, and sighed in his heart.
To be honest, when I was young, I could help them take care of the children, cook and do housework, and also earn money for them to spend.
But now I’m old and need to see a doctor frequently, and I still don’t have any pension.
My health is indeed not as good as before.
I'm just old and people dislike me.
It's not that I don't regret it in my heart, but I shouldn't have said it so decisively back then.
But so what?
After all, he is also the old man.
Before he could speak, Chen Ying looked at Boss Ding again: "Brother, when you separated Ding Jianshe and me, didn't you swear that we wouldn't have to take care of our parents in their old age? You didn't even give us a pair of chopsticks at that time. How dare you stand at my doorstep now?"
This is obviously not the first time he has said this.
Boss Ding and his wife didn't take it to heart at all.
Anyway, now we just need to send the old people to the second brother’s house, it doesn’t matter if they get scolded a few times.
Boss Ding said, "It's a different time now. I'm really in trouble now. Look, there are so many people in my family, but our house is not as big as yours. I really can't do anything about it. Can't you two understand us? Besides, didn't your parents raise you, Ding Jianshe, and help you find a wife?"
Chen Ying immediately retorted, "Your parents raised Ding Jianshe but not me. Your brother has the responsibility to support him, but do I? I have never heard of any daughter-in-law having the responsibility to support her."
"Chen Ying, what you said is unreasonable. Doesn't every daughter-in-law have to respect her parents-in-law?" Ding Lao Da's wife immediately became unhappy.
"Yes, you respect your parents-in-law, so why do you want to drive the old man and the old lady out? After all, isn't it because they are old and can't do anything, can't help you at all and have become a burden, so you shamelessly throw them into our house?
Sister-in-law, you are the only smart one in the world, and everyone else is stupid. You are the one who makes the abacus beads clatter, and all the benefits are in your family, and all the disadvantages are in others. Two cadres from the street office, do you think this makes sense?"
Sister Qiao was scratching her head.
There is something unfair and unreasonable about this matter.
But actually there are quite a lot of such things.
When an old man is young, he will help whoever he likes. But when he gets older and is disliked, he will throw the child to the home of the child he doesn't like the most.
If I meet someone who is well-behaved, sensible and filial, I will accept him.
But when I meet someone like Chen Ying, who can't swallow her anger, I really don't want to raise him no matter what.
Lu Qiaoge said: "From a legal perspective, children have the responsibility to support their parents. You should all acknowledge this."
Old Ding and Old Mrs. Ding looked at Lu Qiaoge with gratitude.
Yes, legally speaking, children have responsibilities.
Mr. and Mrs. Ding Jianshe did not say that the law was wrong.
But they didn't speak.
But not objecting is acknowledging.
The Dings nodded vigorously. "That's right, that's what the law stipulates. When we had our study classes before, didn't the factory cadres educate us about the law?"
Old Ding and Mrs. Ding also nodded vigorously.
At first, seeing that Lu Qiaoge was young, no one took her seriously.
I didn't expect that he could use the law to suppress them with just his mouth. It's really amazing.
Unexpectedly, Lu Qiaoge continued, "From a moral point of view, Grandpa Ding and Grandma Ding, what you two did is unfair and unreasonable. Just now, your second daughter-in-law also said that when the family was divided, you didn't even give me a pair of chopsticks. This is no different from leaving the house empty-handed.
In the case of unfair treatment, you and your second son demanded fair treatment. They must have their own ideas, and the two old people should understand them. "
Sister Qiao immediately followed up by saying, "That's the truth. He's your son too, but you didn't treat him fairly. How could they not have any thoughts in their hearts? Although this is all in the past, they insist on remembering it, and we at the subdistrict office can't force them to forget it. Oftentimes, it's very uncomfortable to hold the grievances in your heart."
Chen Ying's eyes were a little red as he sat there.
Old Ding's face turned blue with anger: "I want your street office to help solve the problem, not to hold a criticism meeting for me. What? As a father, I have to apologize to her. Do you want to kneel down for them?"
Having said this, Old Ding actually looked like he was about to kneel down on the ground.
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