So now, my father-in-law and mother-in-law want to take care of my son personally, and Zi Ping has no objection. My father-in-law is busy, so my mother-in-law will take care of my son. I don't want to do that."
"So this is your family rules. I'm really sorry. Just treat it as nonsense I just talked about." Meng Tao apologized.
"No, you're right, I am indeed an unqualified mother... My son is so pitiful, he always cries at my mother-in-law's, doesn't eat well or sleep well, is always sick, and is still so thin and small after a hundred days.
Ziping is very busy at work and can't stay at home all the time. He told me to be more open-minded, to be virtuous and filial, and to get along well with my mother-in-law. Then she will let me take care of the children. I listened to him, but it was no use!"
"Your father-in-law is not always at home, why doesn't your mother-in-law let you take care of your son? Are you worse than a nanny?"
"She said she didn't want the child to get used to me being around, because she was afraid I would spoil the child and make it difficult to teach him."
"Tsk, how old is the child? What's there to teach him? Even if your father-in-law has the patience to talk to him about the great principles of life, can a baby who is only one hundred days old understand? Since ancient times, children have been enlightened at around three years old. Your mother-in-law is holding the child in her hands now. What does she mean? Have you thought about it? The child needs his mother the most. Don't disbelieve it. He is not comfortable with your mother-in-law and misses his mother. That's why he cries and refuses to eat. If this continues, the child will be weak and developmentally retarded. In the future, you will be the only one who feels uncomfortable and regrets. Not only will your mother-in-law not admit that it was her fault, she will also say that you did nothing and she raised him with great difficulty."
Fu Yuting: “…” Her chest heaved violently and she looked anxious.
Granny Wei was chatting and laughing with the guests while loudly asking where Fu Yuting had gone. "Let's go, or else your grandmother will come over here and see you and scold you."
Meng Tao lifted up the canvas bag in her hand and looked at it. She reached in and pretended to tidy it up. She took out a bottle of strawberry jam from the space and put it in it. Then she handed the canvas bag to Fu Yuting: "This is for you and the baby. You and the baby can drink milk powder and malted milk. Strawberry jam is appetizing. You should drink one or two spoonfuls of it with boiled water every day. You must eat more. A strong body is more important than anything else."
Fu Yuting took it and her eyes were red again: It was not her turn to make decisions in this family. Even during the confinement period, the food and drink were fixed and it was difficult to eat more. The gifts from relatives and friends who came to visit during the confinement period, as well as the gifts and money for today's 100-day banquet, were all registered outside and collected by her mother-in-law. She would not handle them, and if she looked at them more and let her mother-in-law know, she would not give her a good face.
But Meng Tao handed the gift directly to her.
"Thank you Taotao! You are so kind to me. This is so precious. I will always remember your kindness!"
Meng Tao shook her head: "You're welcome, but these are imported goods, they are really good, they are my love for you and the baby, I just want you to keep them for yourself and don't give them to others."
"No, I'm not sending it! I'm going to lock it up and eat it myself and for the baby too!"
"Yes, take good care of yourself. Your mother-in-law can use this as an excuse to stop you from taking care of the baby."
Fu Yuting nodded, holding the canvas bag tightly with both hands, and a bright light flashed in her eyes: Every time her mother-in-law refused her to take care of the baby, she would say: I buy the best and most expensive milk powder for the child, what do you have to feed him? Do you want to starve him to death?
Now that she has such good milk powder, she can bring the baby home and take care of it herself, and she won't be afraid of starving the baby! The mother-in-law is too shrewd in the family, and she manages everything carefully and strictly. Wei Ziping's salary card is taken by the mother-in-law, and Fu Yuting is not allowed to go out to work, saying that the Wei family can support their daughter-in-law and there is no need for her to show up in public. However, Fu Yuting has to do housework at home, and she has no salary. The pocket money she gives her is less than ten yuan a month.
So sometimes, even if Fu Yuting felt aggrieved and depressed, she didn't have the confidence to fall out with her mother-in-law.
The mother-in-law gets angry easily, and the father-in-law scolds her, but do they care about the mother's mood and the baby's health? So why should they care about others? !
Fu Yuting wanted to take Meng Tao to her room and put away her things. Meng Tao said, "I won't go. Someone is carrying a baby out over there. Many guests are watching. Is it your baby? I want to go and see, too."
Fu Yuting looked around and nodded: "Yes, it's my son, and the person holding him is the nanny."
"It's the mother who should hold the child at this time. Go put your things away and then come back to hold your son."
"Yeah, I'll be right there!"
Fu Yuting left through the moon gate, while Meng Tao turned and went to the crowded place over there. The guests who were surrounding the nanny and looking at the child were saying words of blessing, but no one asked to hold the child.
Meng Tao remembered that on the day of Xiao Yunhai's full-month banquet, she had just finished feeding the baby when a swarm of girls and wives nearby lined up to hold the baby.
Meng Tao walked closer and saw the baby in the nanny's arms. She couldn't help but sigh. She understood why the guests didn't hold the baby. They should be afraid to hold the baby: the baby was too thin, with dark skin, and looked sick and spiritless. The weather was already very hot, and he was still wrapped in a towel blanket. The brand new blue children's clothes he wore were too big, and his hands were invisible. He had a pointed little face and wrinkles on his forehead... He didn't look like a hundred-day-old baby. People might believe he was just a month old.
Someone patted Meng Tao on the shoulder. Meng Tao turned around and saw it was Meng Lijun, and called out "Auntie".
Meng Lijun smiled and said, "I didn't know you were coming, otherwise I would have come to pick you up. If you come to drink, who will watch the baby? What if he gets hungry?"
"The baby was asleep when I came, and his grandma was taking care of him. I will go back as soon as possible." Meng Tao replied.
"Okay, I'll go back with you later. I haven't seen Xiao Yunhai for a few days. I miss him so much."
"OK."
As they were talking, Fu Yuting came over, having changed into a loose top. She walked to the nanny, stretched out her hands and took the child in her arms, then turned and walked into the house.
The nanny was caught off guard and after a moment of shock, she quickly chased after him, saying, "Sister-in-law, you can't hold Dongdong. Dongdong's grandma is calling you to greet the guests. Hurry and give Dongdong to me!"
The guests nearby heard what the nanny said, and some laughed and said that this nanny was really strange. Why can't a mother hold her child? (End of this chapter)
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