"Oh, Xiao Jie's mom, calm down. It's just a small matter. Why make it to the point of divorce? Xiao Jie's grandma, you're also at fault. This is a new era. Our old methods are outdated. We need to raise children scientifically and not let them lose at the starting line."
Sometimes you need to listen to your daughter-in-law and not be so headstrong. Xiao Jie's mother is a postdoctoral fellow; she's definitely right. Just do as she says.
Hearing the arguing outside, Lin Shufang came out to see what was going on. She saw Ye Qingqing and Xiaozhu there. At first, she was worried that Ye Qingqing was arguing with someone, but after listening for a while, she knew what was going on.
She knew Xiao Jie's grandmother better than Ye Qingqing. The old lady wasn't a bad person at heart; she was just a petty rural old lady who was also a bit self-righteous. She always thought her son was the best in the world, even better than the emperor. Even if a princess were to marry into the family, the old lady still felt that he was not good enough for her son.
Lin Shufang also disapproved of the old lady's way of raising children. It was one thing that she didn't pay attention to a balanced diet, but the old lady was also unhygienic. She liked to use the chopsticks she had used to feed Xiao Jie, and Lin Shufang had seen it several times.
Lin Shufang had said this a few times before, but Xiao Jie's grandmother was unwilling to listen. She was particularly stubborn and even ridiculed Lin Shufang.
"My son has a PhD, what did your son study?"
Lin Shufang was an honest person, and she spoke the truth. She bluntly stated that Lu Mo only went to high school, and after that, the old lady became even more arrogant and wouldn't even bother to talk to her.
What right does a mother with only a high school education have to talk to her?
However, Lin Shufang still did not approve of Xiao Jie's mother getting a divorce. She felt that Xiao Jie's mother made the decision impulsively in a fit of anger and would definitely regret it later.
Moreover, the children are the ones who suffer the most from divorce. Many of the juvenile delinquents come from single-parent families, and the psychological damage they suffer cannot be compensated by material things.
"Xiao Jie's mom, calm down first. Don't scare Xiao Jie. Besides, you have to think about Xiao Jie. How painful it would be for the child if he were really separated from you. I think you two are just having a small family dispute. Sit down and talk it over properly and resolve the problem. Don't talk about divorce so easily. Marriage is not a game. You have to think more about the child."
Lin Shufang pulled Xiao Jie's mother aside and gently comforted her, slowly calming her down. In fact, she had indeed acted too impulsively.
But it wasn't entirely impulsive. She had been feeling too stifled all these years, and the fact that Xiao Jie had been raised like this by the old lady made her resentful. She also resented her husband for being indifferent to the family; he was the kind of person who wouldn't even pick up a fallen soy sauce bottle.
But Lin Shufang's words also make sense. Divorce would hurt the children the most, and she really didn't want to get a divorce unless absolutely necessary.
But the current situation must be changed, otherwise Xiao Jie will be ruined sooner or later.
"She has such a terrible temper, even harder to please than the Empress Dowager. She threatens to divorce me if I say a few words to her. And I'm her mother-in-law! She doesn't even respect me as an elder... Oh dear... Why is my life so miserable..."
The old lady was initially frightened, but after Lin Shufang's persuasion, she straightened up again, thinking that her daughter-in-law was lying to her. How could there be no share of the villa for her son? Her son was a PhD!
With that thought, the old lady felt even more confident. She used her village specialty and sat down on the ground to throw a tantrum.
Ye Qingqing snapped, "You'd only be happy if your son got a divorce, right?"
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