Chapter 629 By What Right?
Liang Min's face turned pale. She chased after him for a few steps, but her father-in-law stopped her: "Why are you in such a hurry? Your mother isn't going to argue with Director Lu. She just wants to ask him how he manages the factory and how he treats the workers."
We all know that work is important, but are workers' lives and families not important?
Your mom's been holding this grudge for days. Just let her go find someone; otherwise, will she be happy if she vents it on you?"
Liang Min stopped in her tracks.
My father-in-law's words seem to make a lot of sense.
But things weren't done that way.
Liang Min glanced again at her husband, who was sitting in a chair holding their daughter Ranran.
For some reason, a feeling of disappointment welled up inside me.
She wasn't stupid, nor was she weak or incompetent; she was simply an orphan with no parents and no relatives to rely on.
She and Tian Daming met through an introduction.
They had never spent time together and had no emotional foundation, but they both felt they were a good match. She didn't want a dowry, new clothes, or a bicycle; she just wanted him to give her a home.
So the Tian family happily agreed to the marriage.
She wasn't a family member of someone working at a military factory before.
Her hometown is a town hundreds of miles away. After her mother passed away, she and her father depended on each other for survival. However, her father also fell ill and entrusted her to her second uncle's family before he died. Her second uncle worked in Jiangcheng and was willing to take care of her because her father gave him a sum of money.
But according to my second aunt, what can you do with just over three hundred yuan?
Everything she lives in, wears, eats, drinks, and uses costs money.
But from the age of twelve when she went to her second uncle's house until she got married at the age of twenty, she basically didn't have a single day of leisure during those eight years.
She had to take care of her younger cousins, do housework, laundry, and even cook.
As she grew older, she wanted to settle these scores with her second uncle and aunt.
But her second uncle and aunt didn't bother to settle the score with her at all.
Her aunt told her directly, "Do you think I care that you do my laundry and cook for my family? We can still do the housework without you, but do you know how much trouble it is to have you around?"
Your cousin can only sleep on a makeshift bed in the living room. He hasn't slept on a proper bed since you came.
What else do you want?
If you really want to calculate it with me, then there's a lot to it.
She was speechless and couldn't argue with those two people.
And then I never dared to mention it again.
I met Tian Daming through a neighbor's introduction. Although Tian Daming was an ordinary person, he had a job. Although he was a loader, he was a regular worker.
Most importantly, he can give her a home.
Liang Min had nothing and her own circumstances were not good at all.
When she married Tian Daming, she didn't even have a job.
She has the lowest status in this family.
Then, the first child she gave birth to for the Tian family was a daughter.
Although she did not feel inferior, she consciously kept herself in the lowest possible position.
It's been five years since she married into the family. Don't they know what kind of lives her parents-in-law, her brother-in-law, and even her husband are living?
She took care of the family perfectly, just like a maid in ancient times.
And she also has a lovely daughter.
It can be said that her daughter is her closest relative in the world.
For her daughter, she could endure any hardship and suffer any injustice.
She only hoped that her daughter would never have to live a lonely and dependent life like she did.
But she didn't completely rely on her husband to support her.
While doing housework, she worked as a temporary worker on the construction team.
Later, when Xiangyang Food Factory recruited workers, she was among the first batch to be hired.
This factory gave her a different feeling. She didn't know why, but she felt particularly at ease and motivated here, and she felt that there was hope for the future.
Actually, the factory rarely requires overtime.
The Tian family couldn't take it anymore after working overtime for less than a week.
Can't you just be patient?
Liang Min was heartbroken and said with a grim expression, "It's not just me working overtime. There are thousands of workers in the factory working overtime. Are we expecting every worker's family to go hungry and wait for them to come home and cook?"
Tian Daming put down his daughter, stood up, and pointed at Liang Min: "How dare you talk like that? Isn't cooking your job? My mother is so old, what can she do? Didn't she marry you so that you could do housework, laundry, and cooking?"
Old Tian frowned: "You certainly have a lot of complaints. Are you using overtime as an excuse to avoid doing housework? If that's the case, our Tian family might have to consider whether to divorce you."
Liang Min's face turned pale instantly.
But when she thought of Old Granny Tian who had already run away, she didn't have time to say anything more. She gritted her teeth, turned around, and ran out as well.
Old Tian glanced at his son's gloomy face, tapped his pipe, and muttered, "Don't worry, Lu Qiaoge is young, and your mother is so old. Even if she says something wrong, it won't do anything to her. Besides, I heard that this overtime work will last for more than a month. If you let your wife keep working overtime like this, how will this family manage?"
Tian Daming remained silent.
Old Tian continued, "Your mother doesn't want to cook anymore, and I don't know how to cook either. Your younger brother is still in school. Do you expect me to come home and cook every night?"
Tian Daming's voice was a little loud: "So what if it's a month? What's wrong with asking my mom to cook some food? Will it tire her out? She's in good health now, she's not some old woman who can't move."
"You make it sound so easy. I wouldn't dare order your mother around like that. I couldn't stand her temper and endless tantrums. Besides, why don't you talk to your mother? What are you pretending to be, playing the good guy?"
Seeing that the two seemed about to start arguing, Ranran blinked her big, fluffy eyes, looked at her grandfather, then at her father, and then at the doorway, and suddenly burst into tears.
Tian Daming immediately ran over, hugged his daughter, and gently coaxed her.
Old Tian curled his lip.
So Liang Min, what do you have to be dissatisfied with?
With your current circumstances, marrying into the Tian family and becoming his son's wife would be a blessing.
Look around, how many men these days are willing to coax children, especially little girls who are a money pit?
Meanwhile, Old Lady Tian had already run out of Building No. 10 and was standing next to the building, with the bus stop not far away.
Xiangyang Food Factory is five stops away from her home. If she runs there, Lu Qiaoge will definitely be off work by the time she gets there.
Does she really want to go to Lu Qiaoge's house hungry and demand an explanation?
Old Mrs. Tian touched her belly.
The night wind helped me calm down a bit.
However, my thoughts will not change.
In this world, no matter what it is, the worst thing is to make it a habit.
Because it becomes second nature after getting used to it.
If Liang Min works overtime every day from now on, won't she have to cook and serve this whole family every day?
Why should I?
(End of this chapter)
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