The name Ma Fugui also deeply carries the expectations of the old lady and her dead husband, hoping that their only son will live a rich life.
Ma Fugui is the only precious son that Old Lady Ruan gave birth to at the risk of her life after she had given birth to five daughters.
Since childhood, Ma Fugui has been brought up spoiled by Old Lady Ruan.
What is puzzling is that despite his parents' unconditional pampering, Ma Fugui did not grow up to be a bad person, but instead became an honest, capable and studious child.
Old Mrs. Ruan was madly exploiting the value of her five daughters. When each of them got married, she accepted high dowries just to support Ma Fugui until he graduated from high school.
Ma Fugui also worked hard and was admitted to the Yangcheng Machinery Factory after graduating from high school, where he became a skilled worker.
After working, through hard study and work, he was promoted from a junior technician to a senior technician.
His wife was a co-worker he met after joining the factory.
Not long after getting married, his wife gave birth to a son, which made the whole family very happy.
Old Mrs. Ruan went into the city under the pretext that she wanted to help take care of her grandson.
Old Man Ma felt sorry for his son's heavy burden and was unwilling to move to the city, so he stayed in the countryside to farm.
An elderly man living alone accidentally fell ill. It was just a minor cold, but it turned into acute pneumonia. No one knew about it, and he died miserably.
Two days after Old Man Ma died, the team leader saw that he had not been to work and had not said a word to him, so he went to his house to ask about the situation.
Only then did they realize that Old Man Ma was gone.
The captain quickly called Ma Fugui and asked him to come back to deal with Old Man Ma’s funeral.
Ma Fugui brought his mother, wife and children back. When he saw the body of old man Ma, he hugged him and cried, saying that it was his son who was useless and unfilial, and that he let his father die so miserably.
He cried so heartbreakingly that the people around him couldn't help but be moved to tears.
When Old Man Ma’s daughters heard the news of his death, they all rushed over with their families.
However, they have been exploited by their parents since childhood, and their lives are not easy after they get married, so their hearts have long been numb.
When they saw their father was dead, they only cried a few times, but they didn't cry like Ma Fugui did, who almost died of crying.
The siblings, relatives and friends saw Old Man Ma off together.
After the matter was settled, Ma Fugui privately gave each of his five sisters twenty yuan.
He said: He has never forgotten the contributions of his five sisters. Because of them, he has a good life today. He has always been grateful to them. If they have any difficulties in the future, they can come to him and he will do his best to help.
When his five sisters heard what he said, they burst into tears instantly and cried even more miserably than when their own father died. It seemed that they finally had an outlet to vent all the grievances they had suffered over the years.
In this era, rural girls are often treated as victims.
As long as there is a son in the family, most girls will make contributions and sacrifices for this son.
Of course there are exceptions.
For example, in a family with only one boy and one girl, the girl is relatively more precious and is more likely to be loved by the family.
After Old Man Ma died, Old Mrs. Ruan wanted to stay closer to her son and was determined to live out her retirement in the city.
In fact, she was very scared inside. If she didn't keep a close eye on her son, she was afraid that she would end up like old man Ma, with no one knowing she was sick, in pain, or even dead.
Ma Fugui must be very filial to his parents who have spoiled him since he was a child.
When his old father refused to go to the city, he would send money and things back to his father every month.
Now that his old father is gone, even if Old Mrs. Ruan doesn't insist on staying in the city, he will take the initiative to support his mother and let her enjoy her old age.
Life was particularly hard in the past, and she gave birth to so many daughters, and was looked down upon by family and outsiders. This made her develop a character that loved to throw tantrums and to grab things even if it was unreasonable.
After Old Lady Ruan discovered that she was shameless, those people didn't dare to provoke her. They were even so scared that they would take a detour when they saw her.
Instead, she was very proud of herself and regarded this kind of tantrum and rogue behavior as her survival rule.
After living in the city, she still did not change her bad habits.
Most of the people in the city have some education, and when they meet a weirdo like Old Lady Ruan, few of them can match her. They can only complain to their leaders, demanding that she be punished and sent back to the village.
As the factory manager, Jun Ziru asked his subordinates to talk to Ma Fugui after receiving the complaint.
Ma Fugui promised that he would talk to his mother and make sure she would never do such a thing again.
After each conversation, Mrs. Ruan would be quiet for a while.
But before long, she returned to her bad habits.
The people in the machinery factory’s staff quarters annoyed her to death.
In Jun Ning's memory, whenever he thought of Old Lady Ruan, all he could think of were the weird things she had done.
If she smells meat in broad daylight, she will dare to drag her grandson to your door to ask for meat. If you don't give her meat, she will stay in your house and won't leave until you give her a piece of meat.
But it was late at night and her son was at home, so she couldn't go out to beg for meat. She could only curse people viciously at home to vent her anger.
She just wanted to vent her anger, but how could Jun Ning not be angry when she heard her cursing her relatives? So she punished Old Lady Ruan by making her mute for a week.
Jun Ning used his mental power to transmit a message, leaving a hint in Old Lady Ruan's mind, saying that if she dared to curse anyone so viciously again, he would make her mute from now on!
Old Mrs. Ruan was frightened and terrified, so she rushed in to find her son for comfort.
Ma Fugui was tired after a long day and had just fallen asleep when he was woken up by Old Lady Ruan again.
Seeing Old Lady Ruan screaming in fear, Ma Fugui and his wife were also frightened and stood up immediately.
Ma Fugui asked nervously, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Old Mrs. Ruan pointed at her throat, tears streaming down her face, and sobbed, but she couldn't utter a word.
Ma Fugui immediately asked her, "Mom, is your throat uncomfortable? Can't you speak?"
Old Mrs. Ruan nodded vigorously, "Hmmmm..."
Ma Fugui got up, put on his clothes, and said to Old Lady Ruan, "Mom, I'll take you to the hospital right now, don't worry!"
Old Mrs. Ruan nodded vigorously, but her tears still flowed.
At the critical moment, her son is indeed reliable!
Ma Fugui said to his wife again, "A Ping, you stay at home and look after our son. I'll take Mom to the hospital to see what's going on."
Lin Pingping nodded and said, "Go ahead and take the money with you."
Ma Fugui looked at his generous wife affectionately and said, "Well, thank you, my wife."
When Mrs. Ruan saw that her son was so good to his daughter-in-law, she was so angry that she felt like her daughter-in-law had taken her son away from her. Even her tears stopped instantly and she glared at her daughter-in-law.
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