Everyone in the family is crooked and illogical. It seems that only the mother is a sensible person in this family. She argues about everything she sees, and everything she does is right, while everything others do is wrong.
She is my biological mother, what can I do about her? If it were anyone else, I would have ignored her long ago.
She seemed to have no flaws, but in reality, all the flaws were in her. However, she never realized this. She was her own biological mother; if it were her husband, they probably wouldn't have been able to stay together.
My mother said whatever she wanted in front of my father, never considering his feelings.
Her father usually ignored her. He wasn't good-tempered, but he wasn't unreasonable. He would simply ignore her, but once he did, he would get very angry.
In this day and age, there's a prevailing idea that a woman should follow her husband wherever he goes, whether he's a chicken or a dog. If this were the 21st century, my parents' marriage would have ended in divorce long ago. No one could stand having a wife like that.
It is often said that daughters resemble their mothers, but Li Yuzhu and her two siblings have personalities more like their father. They are tolerant of others, and they are both strong and gentle. Their personalities are the complete opposite of their mother's.
The mother was furious after hearing the father's words. She slammed her chopsticks on the table and said, "You always play the good guy at home, so I get to do all the bad stuff. Are you only satisfied when our daughter goes to jail with Dongqing?"
My father had this one strength: he didn't respond to my mother's words. He knew that he was entangled with his wife and that anything he said in front of her would be wrong, and she would get angry if he said the wrong thing.
After hearing what his mother said, the father stood up, picked up his rice bowl, and went to eat on the street.
This proves the saying: If you can't afford to offend me, can't you at least avoid me? I won't eat anything expensive, and I won't pay attention to whoever is powerful. The bigger the tree, the more the wind will blow. If I don't take shelter under your tree, what can you do about it?
Married for over twenty years, my father had long since figured out my mother's temper. No matter when he picked up on her words, they would start arguing. If he ignored her a hundred times, nothing would happen. But if he couldn't let go of her even once out of a thousand times, it would never end. This is like stirring up a pile of shit with a stick, making it stinkier the more you stir it.
My father also has a bad temper. He usually doesn't lose his temper, but when he does, he doesn't care about his wife's feelings at all, and he'll say whatever he wants.
Perhaps this is just a way to vent accumulated over time. Since you're already angry, why be afraid of anything? One argument is still an argument, and a hundred arguments are still an argument. Why not just let it all out?
This is the reality of married life. The weaker party is not actually weak; they just don't want to get angry every day. Once an argument starts, who's afraid of whom?
After her father left, her mother said, "Girl, if you have something to say, say it. If not, just leave after you've finished looking after the child. Just pretend you don't have a mother like me."
Li Yuzhu knew her mother wouldn't listen to anything she said, so she asked, "Yuqiu, are you still working at the porcelain factory?"
Li Yuqiu, the younger sister, said, "What can I do if I don't work? The porcelain factory pays by piecework. I work myself to the bone all day and only earn a little over two yuan. It's so frustrating."
Li Yuzhu said, "Don't feel bad anymore. Don't go to work anymore. Dongqing told me yesterday that we have too many businesses and won't be able to manage the porcelain business next year. Starting today, you can learn how to do business with me. Next year, we'll give you the car and our customers for free. How about you start selling porcelain?"
The mother said, "Girl, stop now. Do you think Dongqing is that kind? Tell him not to try to bribe me with this. It won't work on me. Even if he gave us a mountain of gold and silver, I wouldn't agree to let you remarry him. He should just give up on that idea."
Li Yuzhu said, "Mom, please don't think so badly of people, okay?"
The mother said, "It's not that I think of him as so bad; he's not that good either. A weasel offering New Year's greetings to a chicken has no good intentions!"
Li Yuqiu said, "Mother, I don't care whether it's a trap or not. You only know one side of the story. With Dongqing's current conditions, he could marry any beautiful young woman. Why would he use such means to remarry my sister? Because he loves my sister. Wake up, my dear mother."
The mother said, "Bullshit! I've seen more of the world than you've ever walked. He loves your sister? Nobody believes that! He's only after your sister's looks. Do you really think he'll treat her well after they remarry? Will he still love her when she's old and frail? Nobody believes that!"
This is like taking something as a fact and making it seem like there's no girl more beautiful than her daughter in the world. Even if she realizes she's wrong, she won't admit it because that's just her personality.
Li Yuzhu knew she couldn't reason with her mother, and she knew her mother wouldn't care. She said, "Yuqiu, you make the decision. If you're willing to come with me on business, I'll pay you 500 yuan a month, and at the end of the year, I'll give you a car and clients for free. If you're not willing, I won't force you. You can just stay home with your parents and live a hard life."
Not bad. After hearing this, her mother didn't say anything more, picked up her chopsticks and continued eating. Li Yuzhu could easily tell that her mother had tacitly agreed.
Dong Qing and her daughter gave her hundreds of thousands of yuan in wealth. If she said she wasn't tempted, she wouldn't believe it herself. At this point, she could only accept it. She couldn't stand money, no matter who she was against. But in this matter, she was still reasonable.
Seeing her mother's tacit approval, Li Yuqiu said, "Okay, I'll accept the gift from my sister. It's almost the end of the month, and if I quit my job now, my boss won't pay me. Can I give him a heads-up beforehand and quit at the end of the month?"
Li Yuzhu took out 100 yuan from her bag and handed it to her younger sister, saying, "Is this enough for your monthly salary?"
Li Yuqiu reached out and took the ten ten-yuan bills from her sister, smiling as she said, "As long as you have money, I'll quit my job today. Wait for me to come home right away."
Li Yuzhu laughed and said, "That's all you're good for."
Li Yuqiu made a face at her sister, put down her bowl and chopsticks, stood up and ran into the yard. Her mother said, "Crazy girl, come back and sit down to finish your meal before you go, okay?"
Li Yuqiu ran into the yard, got on her motorcycle, and said, "I'm not eating anymore. My sister gave me money; I'm going to go to the street to buy some good food!"
The mother cursed, "Damn it, just keep going crazy!"
The second brother could no longer hear her cursing; the sound of the motorcycle had long since disappeared into the street.
After her sister left, Li Yuzhu carried her son out the door.
When I walked out onto the street, I saw my father sitting alone on a stone in the street, eating.
He walked up to his father, sat down on a rock beside him, and let his son stand in his lap. The father said, "You've seen it yourself, that's just how your mother is. Her personality will never change, and you've suffered because of her."
Li Yuzhu said, "My mother can be really unreasonable sometimes, but she's not a bad person at heart. She's just naturally like this, and no one can change her. It's been over twenty years, and you've argued and fought with her, but you still haven't been able to change her, have you?"
“I’m approaching fifty, so I guess I’ll just have to make do with your mother like this!” The father paused for a moment and asked, “Your mother came back from the city the day before yesterday. She said you divorced Dongqing because of an investment. Is that true?”
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