Does Xiang Hongqi have any affection for his mother?
Yes, he was neglected by his mother since he was a child and was trained to obey her. He never thought of resisting.
Mrs. Xiang is an expert at PUA and is good at educating people through hardship.
Of course, this term didn’t exist in that era, but Mrs. Xiang’s behavior fits this definition very well.
She even used these teachings as her motto.
That is, every day Xiang Hongqi was indoctrinated: Mother gave up blah blah for you... Mother did it for your own good...
Since childhood, she has only wanted to build a siege for her son to worship her as his master.
Children are like a blank sheet of paper and don't understand anything. They only have a natural dependence and admiration for their mothers, and they don't doubt the motives of the person they trust the most.
One can imagine what kind of filial son Xiang Hongqi is, as he was brought up in such a way.
It's not just Xiang Hongqi. His eldest brother Xiang Hongwen, who just passed away, and his third brother Xiang Hongwu, who passed away eighteen years ago, are all first-class filial sons.
Only the youngest son, Xiang Tiezhu, received a little rare maternal love, which was not so rigid.
People in the surrounding area all praised Grandma Xiang for her good fortune. Her four sons were all very filial, which made Grandma Xiang stand tall with pride in the village.
Even after marrying Zhang Jidi, Xiang Hongqi could not stop himself from being filial to the old lady.
Eight years after marriage, even though five children, Xiang Liguo, Xiang Meimei, Xiang Lidang, Xiang Lihua and Xiang Lili, were born one after another, he was still stubbornly filial to his biological mother.
No matter how hard Zhang Jidi tried, it was useless. This man was stubborn.
The turning point was Xiang Liming's death. At this moment, Xiang Hongqi deeply realized that his mother did not love him.
It was only when faced with such a life-or-death situation that Xiang Hongqi realized his mother's partiality.
Perhaps it should be said that he had already seen it clearly by his age, but he just covered his eyes and didn't want to see it clearly.
When Zhang Jidi was heartbroken, Xiang Hongqi decided to split the family business.
But filial piety was too important at the time, so he could only agree to leave the house and pay 20 yuan in alimony every month. He had to pay a huge amount of money to get the letter of severance.
Otherwise, Mrs. Xiang would never agree.
The severance letter stipulates that the two families will no longer have any relationship with each other and cannot take the initiative to get involved. If they are involved once, the alimony will be cut off for three months.
The restriction on Xiang Hongqi's side is that 20 yuan of alimony must be given to Mrs. Xiang before the 10th of each month, otherwise it will be doubled to 40 yuan before the end of the month.
This letter of severance maintained peace for eighteen years.
Xiang Hongqi walked home in a daze. He never expected that his mother would do such a thing.
When he returned to his hometown to attend his eldest brother's funeral, the old lady avoided seeing her son and the two did not meet.
The old lady wanted to control her son and make him surrender and ask for a meeting.
Xiang Hongqi, who had been worried all the way, finally breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know how to face his mother who gave birth to him and raised him but whom he had not been in contact with for 18 years.
In this strange atmosphere, Xiang Hongqi just kept watch over his elder brother for the seventh day after his death and did nothing else.
As a result, before leaving, the unwilling old lady Xiang forced Xiang Yaoyao to test him.
Under the siege of the clan elders' lectures, Xiang Hongqi had no choice but to bring his niece to the county town reluctantly.
That was because having a teacher would bring benefits to the whole village, so he weighed the pros and cons before bringing the person to the county town.
Everyone knows what happened next. In Xiang Yaoyao's ambition, things turned out like this.
He thought it was ridiculous that the old lady still expected Zhang Jidi to take care of her niece during the confinement period.
Of course we have to help family members, but are they really a family?
The letter of severance clearly stated that they would never have any further contact with each other, so why did Mrs. Xiang think that he would care about family ties?
Making an exception and bringing Xiang Yaoyao along has already made the whole family uneasy. Xiang Hongqi will never step into this fire pit again!
When Zhang Jidi got home from get off work that afternoon, Xiang Hongqi specifically told him that he didn't need to pay alimony for the next three months.
Zhang Jidi nodded quietly. She knew without asking why that someone from her hometown had come to cause trouble.
Ever since Xiang Yaoyao started working in the county, she knew this day would come.
She was able to completely cut off ties with the people in her hometown. These eighteen years were the happiest days for her. She hoped that these evil stars would leave quickly and not have anything to do with her.
On the other side, the old lady Xiang, with frail limbs, was slowly walking back to the hospital.
It’s not like when we were young and could throw tantrums and roll around without any burden. Now that we’re old, even rolling on the ground makes our whole body hurt.
She pounded her waist and legs, and when she returned to Xiang Yaoyao's ward and sat down, she saw Chen Daya busy washing and rinsing, and she got angry and kicked her eldest daughter-in-law's calf:
"You want to die? You didn't see me in this state and didn't come to help me!"
Chen Daya had been exploited for nearly forty years and had no intention of resisting, so she quickly massaged the old lady's waist and legs.
Her expression was numb and her face, devoid of hope, made her look even older than her mother-in-law.
The old lady felt comfortable after the massage and was finally satisfied: "He is useless. He can't say a single nice word. He is like a fool!"
Find faults in your daily life so that there is room for improvement.
Chen Daya didn't say anything, but she massaged more diligently.
I closed my eyes with satisfaction and raised the corners of my mouth to the old lady. This is the good life my mother-in-law should live.
It's a pity that I can't punish that bitch Zhang Jidi. My eldest daughter-in-law has used all kinds of tricks on her, but I don't feel any sense of accomplishment at all.
Mrs. Xiang had no worries at all that her second son would stop receiving alimony.
She thought she had control over Xiang Hongqi's motherly love and never thought that the child could escape from her grasp.
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