Everyone else became interested and started asking about the gossip. The old lady next door to the Zhao family, surnamed Hu, was even more energetic and vividly described the disputes that had been going on in the Zhao family these past few days.
"To be honest, Xiao Jie's mother is really well-mannered. Even though Xiao Jie's grandmother made such a fuss, she didn't get angry. She even spoke slowly and calmly. It was those two old hags who were making trouble. Tsk, I've lived for over seventy years and have lived in the countryside for decades. This is the first time I've ever seen such shameless people. Xiao Jie's mother is truly a beautiful flower stuck in a cow dung pit."
Grandma Hu still spoke of the Zhao family with disdain, but felt great pity for Lin Baiwei.
The well-off old lady sighed and remarked, "Capable women usually don't marry well, while silly, simple-minded women are the ones who manage to marry good men."
Another thin but energetic old lady nodded in agreement, feeling a pang of sympathy. "Sigh, take my daughter and daughter-in-law as an example. My daughter was capable from a young age. She could manage household chores when she was seven. At that time, my husband and I both had to work, getting up early and working late. We didn't have any elders to help us, and we couldn't take care of the house at all. My son was only three years old, and my daughter raised him. When my husband and I came home from get off work, we could still have a hot meal, and the house was always in perfect order."
The thin old lady looked both gratified and tender. "My daughter is not only capable, but also has excellent grades. We have never had to worry about her studies. Later, she was admitted to Pingjiang Normal University and is now teaching there. She has even been promoted to professor."
“Your daughter is so accomplished. How many of them can become professors? What do you have to complain about?”
Others found it strange; to become a professor meant the old lady's daughter was successful and should be living a good life.
The thin old woman shook her head and sighed, "I've never worried about her work, but my daughter is exhausted, and so is her husband's family..."
At this point, the gaunt old woman gave a cold laugh, hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to speak out. She was so frustrated that she felt better after saying it.
“My son-in-law works in a government agency and is a mid-level official. He is an only child with three older sisters. The whole family spoils him so much that he doesn’t even know how to wash his own socks. He expects to be waited on hand and foot. If I had known he would be like this, I would never have agreed to my daughter marrying him.”
The gaunt old woman gritted her teeth and recounted a series of bizarre things her son-in-law and family had done, leaving everyone speechless. Indeed, life is far more exciting than fiction, and there are truly awful people everywhere!
“My daughter’s health isn’t very good; she has low blood pressure. Giving birth is a real life-or-death situation for her. I know that adopting a child isn’t realistic, so I let my daughter take the risk and have one.”
"My daughter was nine months pregnant, and she spent half the time in the hospital on bed rest. I was on tenterhooks every day, terrified something might go wrong. Meanwhile, that family continued to eat and drink well, never even cooking a chicken for my daughter."
The gaunt old woman sneered and said, "I took great care of my daughter and finally she gave birth. She had a C-section and gave birth to my granddaughter. When my in-laws heard it was a granddaughter, their faces darkened in front of me. My daughter was still lying in the operating room when the child's grandmother said she wanted to have another child, even if it meant losing her job, she had to have another grandson."
I was so angry! I got into a fight with that old woman in the delivery room corridor. I yelled at her, saying she wanted a grandson to inherit her savings for her funeral. I said some really nasty things. Since then, I haven't spoken to that family or had any contact with them.
The thin old woman got angrier and angrier as she talked. Even though more than 20 years had passed, she was still angry and felt even more sorry for her daughter.
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