Chapter 466: Acting as an Elder
"What did I do to her that you are so protective of her? I came here today and didn't say or do anything!!"
"She, on the other hand, has a sullen face! She only greeted me, "Mom," when I first arrived, and didn't say anything else to me. She has two faces, one for me and your sister, and another for her grandson's girlfriend."
"I think you have been brainwashed by her. I have raised you to this age in vain!" Grandma Xu said angrily.
Jiang Xue laughed out loud at the side. Seeing others looking at her, Jiang Xue explained, "I've found that many parents scold their children for raising them in vain, thinking that raising children will ultimately be of no value to them and that they've lost out. I treat raising children as a business investment, but business is bound to lose money."
"We are just a family conversation, what does it have to do with you!" Grandma Xu said to Jiang Xue angrily.
At this time, Mother Xu pulled Jiang Xue over. She stood in front of Jiang Xue, facing her mother-in-law.
"I guess in your eyes, I am also an outsider, and I shouldn't speak, but today I have to speak."
"You are my husband's mother. Just because I call you mom doesn't mean you are my mother. Even if you are my mother, I won't be so foolish as to obey someone who finds fault with me in every way."
"My attitude towards you depends entirely on your attitude towards me."
"Jiang Xue is right. You are not an elder just because you are old. You should be respected for what you do. If you act like an elder, always accusing and pointing fingers, and once others resist, you start to put down the mountain of unfilial piety, and talk about your status as a sacrifice, and use moral blackmail and emotional demands on the younger generations."
"You want to show off your authority and family status, so other people in the family should just obey you. Why? Do you deserve it?"
"Your son also said that you raised him when he was young and he will take care of you when you are old. We cannot escape our responsibility and we acknowledge it. But the house has been returned to you and you don't have to give it to us anymore. Xu Mo doesn't need your money for his studies and we can't afford it." Mother Xu said a lot in one breath. The louder she spoke, the angrier she became.
After saying this, before the mother-in-law could reply, her arm was pulled by her son. Just like she had pulled Jiang Xue behind him just now, Xu Mo pulled her to his back and said calmly, "Grandma, you always say that you are good to my dad and good to me. Are you really good? If you are really good to someone, you will love them and their family, instead of being unable to accept their partner and being picky about them."
"Your kindness to my dad is like what Jiang Xue said before, like doing business, like investing. You bought a house for my dad, but deep down you still feel that this house is yours. I, my parents, who live in it should be grateful to you. It's best if you are the master and we listen to you in everything. We can't go against your wishes. Say no."
"But we are all human beings, not puppets in your hands. We can't do everything according to your wishes."
"This is not love, nor is it good, it is the desire to dominate and control."
"You work hard to earn money and contribute a lot to your family. No one can deny your value."
"You took the house back because you wanted to see my parents compromise, but they didn't. So now you're taking the house and the money and giving it to my dad and me, hoping to restore our relationship. In the final analysis, you're actually afraid that you'll be left alone in your old age."
"As a mother, you must understand my father's character. Whether you give him the house or not, he will not ignore you when you are old."
"My parents are in their forties, middle-aged. You can't still want my dad and mom to divorce and marry a daughter-in-law you like, right?"
"I don't want them to divorce!" Grandma Xu quickly explained.
"I just want your mother to be filial to me and be nicer to me." Grandma Xu said again.
"Grandma, will you ask my uncle to treat you like his own son or daughter?"
"I am very nice and polite to my uncle. I remember when I was a child, they had a quarrel not long after they got married, and you always helped my uncle to talk to my aunt. At that time, you told my aunt that if the mother-in-law treats her son-in-law better, the son-in-law will treat her daughter better for the sake of the mother-in-law."
"Why doesn't your logic apply to my mother?"
"My uncle-in-law often cooks for me, and you always praise him for being a good man. But why is it that my father is useless when he does the same thing in my family?"
"Grandma, you are so old now. If you don't like us, then you might as well keep your distance. There is no need to try to please us or find faults to gain attention."
"If you really want to ease the relationship, the smartest thing to do is to mind my mom's business, say less about her, and have a sense of boundaries. But you can't help it."
You have money and a house, so live your life well.
"My dad and mom also have their own lives to live."
"You are really old and can't move. You can rely on your children if you can. If you can't rely on your wealth, let them pay for it. They can hire a nanny, a caregiver, a nursing home, or a retirement home for you. You obviously have a lot of choices. There's no need to be so awkward." Xu Mo spoke a lot in a neither fast nor slow tone, and without any major emotional ups and downs.
"Did you hear that, Mom? Big brother, big sister-in-law, and Xu Mo all said this to you. They told you not to count on them. They told you to have money to hire a nanny and send you to a nursing home, but you still dote on them." Xu Qingqing couldn't help but say in a sarcastic way.
"Little sister, stop fanning the flames." Mother Xu said to her sister-in-law.
"You instigated Mom to cause trouble, and your relationship with us has deteriorated. Everyone can see what you are planning."
"Aren't you all following me here because you're worried that Mom's money will be spent on my family?"
"Instead of thinking about being filial, you resort to these crooked ways every day."
"Today is the first day my son and his girlfriend come to visit us, and they didn't invite you. Please ask your family to leave." Mother Xu said angrily.
"Brother, did you hear what your wife said? She wanted me to leave! Isn't this my mother's home? I didn't say anything. I can't even go back to my mother's home!" Xu Qingqing looked at his eldest brother angrily, hoping that he could make the decision for him.
"My wife can represent me. My family doesn't welcome you today, and we haven't prepared any meal for you. Please leave." Father Xu stood on the side of his wife.
"Just go. I won't come to your house even if you beg me next time." Xu Qingqing said and told her two children to stop playing on the computer and go home.
Just then, her husband came in from outside. Seeing how tense everyone was, he asked in confusion, "What's going on?"
Xu Qingqing said angrily: "My eldest brother said that our family is not welcome and told us to get out."
Having said this, he got angry and prepared to leave with his two children.
He stopped at the gate and turned to his mother and said, "Mom, I don't want it, but you're still forcing it on me."
"If you transfer the house to my brother today and give all the money to Xu Mo, you will no longer be my mother and I will not care about you. When the time comes, I will not even go to see you even if my brother sends you to a nursing home." She said and waited for Grandma Xu's response.
We must make Grandma Xu pretend to make a choice.
Grandma Xu looked at her son, then at her grandson, sighed a little confusedly, and followed her daughter.
My daughter-in-law and I don't get along.
Although her daughter has her own little plans, she is her biological daughter after all.
She can run and jump now. If she really needs a nanny when she is bedridden, she will still be taken care of by her family members.
She will not go to a nursing home. Only people who have no sons, no daughters, and no descendants go to that damn place.
Jiang Xue saw that the others were about to leave, so she stopped them and said, "I have a few points to correct about what you just said."
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