The room was stuffy and hot, and I could hear unclear babbling voices.
Old Mrs. Xia woke up with a frown and saw her husband, who had been dead for a long time, sitting at the end of the bed smoking.
She felt a sharp pain in her head and a burning sensation on her face.
Seeing that she was awake, Old Chen stood up and said, "It's good that you're awake. You said you're a grandmother, why are you still arguing with the younger generation?"
"Wenying didn't do it on purpose. I asked her to come and apologize to you, and let's forget about it."
Old Mrs. Xia still didn't understand the situation and stared at Old Chen in confusion as he left.
After a while, she saw her eldest daughter-in-law walked in reluctantly, frowning, as if this was all her fault.
Old Mrs. Xia blinked and then she remembered what time it was.
In her previous life, because she transferred her job to her second son, her eldest daughter-in-law Zhu Wenying felt that her family was at a disadvantage and argued with her.
Zhu Wenying felt that they were the eldest child, and according to the current social atmosphere, the eldest child would be responsible for supporting the two elders in their later years, so why should the second oldest child get a job for nothing?
At the time, she thought she should give the job to the second brother first. After all, it would be embarrassing for him to tell others that he was a grown man earning the money of a temporary worker. Besides, she had already compensated the eldest brother privately for this matter. She had made it clear when she gave it to him, so why was he unhappy now?
As a result, Zhu Wenying was so angry that she slapped herself in the face, and she fainted on the spot.
Afterwards, Old Chen asked his eldest daughter-in-law to apologize in a perfunctory manner, and at the same time, as if to compensate her, he asked her to work for his in-laws.
The Zhu family had just married the deputy factory director's daughter and was busy preparing for the wedding. Zhu Wenying didn't want her own mother to be tired, so she pushed her mother-in-law out.
Xia Yue'e, a capable woman in the compound, was known for her toughness, yet for some reason she acted like a slave to her family, groveling and acquiescing to their every request. She agreed without even saying a word, working hard for the Zhu family for two months, only to be disdained by her mother-in-law for her inefficient work.
Why didn't she think about the fact that ever since she passed away, she had been doing all the dirty and tiring work in the Zhu family. Those lazy women in the Zhu family were waiting for her to serve them like masters, so she had no time to handle it all.
After two months of hardship, she lost a lot of weight. After returning, she was even sexually assaulted by her eldest daughter-in-law.
Thinking of this, Xia Yue'e smiled bitterly. She felt like she was under a spell. She was clear-headed and unafraid to curse people when facing outsiders. She was also very powerful when fighting those old women. But how could she be completely manipulated by these blood-sucking insects?
In this day and age, a daughter-in-law who hits her mother-in-law will be criticized. Zhu Wenying was a little panicked after she calmed down, but when she thought about her mother-in-law's previous behavior, she felt that it should be no big deal. Besides, she was not being unreasonable. It was obvious that the old woman was biased. How could she be blamed? She was the victim.
Thinking of this, she gained confidence and a look of dissatisfaction appeared on her face.
"Mom, I'm sorry." Zhu Hongying's eyes were wandering and her voice was a little aggrieved.
"Mom, this is not Wenying's fault. Your work can be sold for a thousand yuan, and you gave it to the second brother. Then I would be at a disadvantage. You only gave us two hundred yuan. Why? I am still the eldest brother." Chen Xiangdong pulled his wife behind him and looked at his mother reproachfully.
"Brother, how can you say that? You make me feel like I'm really getting a great deal. When you married your sister-in-law, Mom gave you three tangs, one ring and two hundred yuan as a betrothal gift. When I married my wife, Mom only gave me one hundred yuan. Add to that the money Mom gave you secretly over the years, the amount I know about must be more than one thousand, right?" Chen Xiangnan said unconvinced. He still felt that he was at a disadvantage. Why did his brother marry his wife in such a glorious way? He was also his biological son, but he only had one hundred yuan.
Chen Xiangdong felt visibly guilty and opened his mouth but no words came out.
Zhu Wenying immediately straightened her back and pointed at Chen Xiangnan. "Second brother, don't blame your sister-in-law for being so harsh. After I accepted the betrothal gifts and other gifts, I left a hundred yuan for my parents' family. I brought the rest back with me. My parents also gave me several quilts as a dowry. That's quite a lot of money, right?"
"Look at your wife again, what did she bring back?"
When Chen Xiangnan thought of his unfortunate wife's family, he looked down on them even more. Even though everyone favored boys over girls at that time, there was no way she would marry into the family without a single cent of dowry and wearing only tattered clothes, right?
"What about the subsidies your parents gave you privately?" Chen Xiangnan had not forgotten this.
"Your parents have been giving you a lot of money privately, right? Why don't you say anything?"
Seeing that several people were arguing, if it were in the previous life, Xia Yue'e would have asked them to stop arguing, and she would not blame Zhu Wenying for hitting her. Then Old Chen would come out to be the good guy, and in the end he would suffer a little loss, and the family would be harmonious on the surface.
But now, Xia Yue'e watched them quarrel as if she were watching a play. It turned out that at this time, the children at home no longer took her seriously. They were not even dead yet, but they were already coveting the things in her hands.
They quarreled right in front of me, completely disregarding the presence of the elders. Why didn't I realize in my previous life that these children didn't change after the family split up, but their personalities had been distorted for a long time.
I still want to be filial to them, I hope I don’t force them to death. Xia Yue’e thought with a chilling heart, in her previous life, she was forced to death, right?
Old Chen waited for a long time but didn't hear Old Lady Xia's voice. He tried to signal her with his eyes, but he didn't know what she was thinking. She pouted and smiled, and didn't pay any attention to him at all.
Is he mad?
Old Chen was shocked. This couldn't happen. If she went crazy, the family would be in chaos. He didn't dare to wait any longer and spoke out to stop this farce.
"Enough, what's the point of a family quarreling like this? Shut up. Can't you see your mother is still sick?" Old Chen frowned and scolded angrily.
They stopped and looked at Old Mrs. Xia on the bed.
Old Mrs. Xia laughed at herself and continued to lie there, still without saying a word.
Old Chen is very tired. They were so in sync before, why is she like this today? It can't be that she is heartbroken by the children, right?
But it is not impossible. After all, it is unheard of for a daughter-in-law to beat her mother-in-law. Even if his wife has a good temper and doesn't care, she will still feel uncomfortable.
So, Old Chen pretended to criticize his eldest daughter-in-law, but since he was the father-in-law, he could not say much. Seeing that Old Lady Xia turned around, he thought that she had come to her senses like before, and immediately made the decision:
"The second son's job should still be given to him as it was. But since the eldest son feels that he's being taken advantage of, I'll make the decision and ask your mother to help your mother-in-law. Your mother-in-law is sick, and your family has a happy event coming up soon, so she's too busy to handle everything. When your mother gets the job and has nothing to do at home, go over and help her."
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