"Your sister-in-law doesn't have time. Da Long is very busy with his junior high studies. She's swamped with work." The eldest son defended his wife, then looked at his second daughter, "You're a music teacher, you only have a few classes a week. Why don't you go see Mom?"
"Yeah, Second Sister, you're the most idle one. You're really something."
The youngest daughter and Liang Deping nodded repeatedly, both criticizing the second daughter.
The second daughter retorted angrily, "You think you're so busy? I'm so busy I don't even have time for beauty treatments. I'm teaching piano to over a dozen students, my voice is hoarse from talking so much, and I'm soaking in herbal tea every day. I'm busier than you!"
The four siblings were arguing amongst themselves in the hospital room, each blaming the other.
No one wants to bear the stigma of being unfilial. They are respectable, influential, and powerful people. How could they be unfilial descendants?
It's all because we're too busy.
Also, the other three siblings are too unfilial.
Anyway, it's not his (or her) responsibility.
Sister Wang had calmed down, but she was so angry that she started trembling again, tears streaming down her face. Gu Nianci gently patted her back and comforted her, "Don't be angry. Just think of yourself as someone who has no children. We'll rely on ourselves and not depend on them. Try to think more positively!"
"Yeah, I've completely given up. I was so naive before, hoping these ingrates would have any conscience. Now I don't expect anything from them anymore."
Sister Wang wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, feeling quite embarrassed. All those lies she told in the past had now been exposed by her unfilial children. Would Gu Nianci laugh at her?
"Mom, that's not a good way to put it. How are we ungrateful? We just didn't have time. You weren't feeling well and you didn't even call me. I would definitely make time to come over!"
The eldest son was unhappy and didn't like being called an ingrate. He was about to be promoted to chief physician and couldn't afford to make a mistake. If his competitors found out and used this against him, when would he ever be able to be promoted to chief physician?
His mother really has no sense of propriety.
And that old woman who was trying to persuade him was even more malicious. It must have been the old woman who was stirring up trouble in his mother's ear that made his mother lose her mind and act unreasonably.
The other three said the same thing, blaming Sister Wang for speaking in a way that was unpleasant to hear and for not being considerate of them at all.
Sister Wang wasn't angry, but Gu Nianci couldn't stand it anymore. Her own son was filial and obedient, and her godson was equally considerate. They were a million times better than these four ingrates. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have been able to imagine what these hypocrites were like.
"How busy can you be? Busier than the president? So busy that you don't even have time to visit your mother? Mei'e, how long has it been since they last visited you?"
Sister Wang gave a bitter laugh and said sarcastically, "I can't remember exactly, it's been about two years, maybe even longer."
"Not a single one came to see you?" Gu Nianci couldn't believe her ears.
Living in the same city, not far apart, yet not visiting their own mother for two or three years—these aren't true children, they're just debt collectors.
"without."
Sister Wang shook her head, no longer caring about saving face for her children.
She almost lost her life and had a brush with death. She has come to terms with it. Being too proud is a recipe for suffering. Her children don't care about her, so why should she bother saving face for these ungrateful wretches?
She says what she means, without exaggeration or concealment.
"Mom, you're wrong. I clearly came to see you last time," the second daughter said, dissatisfied.
Sister Wang sneered, "When was the last time? Don't you remember? The last time you saw me was during the Dragon Boat Festival two years ago. You brought me a box of red bean paste rice dumplings that the school gave out, but I didn't eat any of them and gave them all away."
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