So after giving birth to her third child, she felt the tightness in her chest dissipate, and she felt much lighter. Therefore, she did show more favoritism towards her third child at that time.
Yu Qiuying wiped away her tears and looked at Zhou Caiping. "I ask myself honestly, I have never shown favoritism to any of you five in terms of material things or care. Your eldest sister has always been obedient and sensible since she was little, so I never scold her. As for you, I scold and hit you the most, but did I scold and hit you for no reason? Every time it was because you were too naughty and annoying that I got really angry, so I scolded and hit you."
"You only remember me scolding you and hitting you, but you don't remember why I scolded you and hit you. You have never listened to me once since you were a child. You always go against me. You insist on doing the things I tell you not to do. Of the five children I have, you are the one who gives me the most trouble."
Zhou Caiping, her eyes red, stubbornly held her head high, her lips opening and closing twice, but she couldn't utter a word for a long time.
Yu Qiuying then looked at Zhou Jiadong, "And the third brother, you resent me for being too strict with you, for wanting to control you in everything and for making you listen to me in everything. Maybe I really was wrong. I shouldn't have controlled you like that."
“But when you were little, I didn’t let you play in the river with other kids because I was afraid you would get into trouble and drown. I didn’t let you climb trees and raid bird nests with other kids because I was afraid you would fall and get hurt. During the New Year, I didn’t let you play with firecrackers because I was afraid you would hurt your hands.”
“When you were in the first year of junior high, you said you didn’t want to study anymore. I forced you to finish the third year of junior high because I didn’t want you to be illiterate. After graduating from junior high, you wanted to learn tailoring from your classmate’s father. I didn’t let you learn because I know you’re always only enthusiastic for a short time. You simply don’t have the patience to learn that kind of delicate work to the end. A year ago, I asked you to learn architecture from your Uncle Qiu. You said you didn’t want to learn, but I forced you to learn because I wanted you to have a skill so you could make a living in the future.”
She then looked at Zhou Caixiang, "And you, out of the five of you, you've been the most fortunate. You've basically never done any work since you were little. Before, I always indulged you and gave in to your every whim. I thought about how hard you worked studying, so I didn't let you do anything, just so you could focus on your studies. But what about you? You don't know how to be grateful at all. You've never felt sorry for your mother. You even think that everything I've done for you is a given. You think I should just fawn over you like a maid and serve you."
"I didn't..." Zhou Caixiang retorted softly, her eyes red, but her tone lacked conviction.
Looking at her children, Yu Qiuying thought that perhaps she had really made a mistake and didn't know how to raise children.
But this was her first time being a mother, and she didn't know how to raise a child to be obedient, sensible, successful, and filial.
She just wanted to be as good to them as possible because she had a hard childhood, so she did everything she could to make their lives better.
What mother in the world doesn't want her children to be obedient, sensible, successful, and filial?
She wanted to too!
But she really didn't know how they ended up looking like that in their past life!
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