The next day, seeing her son get up early to wash the sheets, and with a smile he couldn't hide, Yu's mother smiled knowingly.
Liu Yun was in a bad mood at this time. The two of them argued until midnight, and then she fell asleep and had a dream. Now she was lying on the bed, feeling completely numb.
Last night, another book popped into my head, only it was very thin, like a short autobiography. And the protagonist was her mother-in-law.
No wonder she suddenly retired; her mother-in-law, Comrade Zheng Mulan, has been reborn.
Zheng Mulan had four sons. She felt the most guilty towards her eldest son and loved her youngest son the most. Her husband was a bureau chief, and their house had six rooms partitioned off with wooden boards, one for each of her four sons.
The eldest son was in the army and rarely came back. The second, third, and fourth sons each had their own houses. However, the houses of the second and third sons were not large. Although they were apartment buildings, they were about a third smaller than the fourth son's large tenement house.
So the children of the second and third children all lived here after they started school. The second child's family had a son and a daughter, and the third child's family had two boys.
Because she's the only daughter in the family, we favor her a bit. She has her own room, but there's still enough room for her to live in the house.
However, the peace in the family was broken after the fourth son got married. First, his wife gave birth to triplets. Since everyone had to work and his wife's family had many children, she was too busy to help. So she thought she should retire and help take care of the children.
However, it coincided with the period of sending children to the countryside. The second and third children's families had reached the age of retirement, and the other two didn't have many years left. They would have to find four jobs within three years to ensure that their children wouldn't have to go to the countryside, and they weren't even the eldest children.
The second and third sons' wives were arguing fiercely over job opportunities. The situation was tense, and many people were watching, so the husband couldn't easily intervene.
Two years later, the youngest daughter-in-law gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. The second and third daughters-in-law started arguing again, feeling that they were being taken advantage of by helping to raise the fourth son's five children. So they argued again.
The last four brothers had a strained relationship: the eldest brother rarely returned home, and the remaining three brothers avoided contact unless absolutely necessary.
In the end, the couple got old. Although their eldest son hired a caregiver for them, they didn't like it and dismissed her. The two of them stayed at home, and their second and third sons' families rarely saw them unless necessary. They only received some money during holidays and twenty yuan a month for their old age.
Only the fourth child's family usually goes back to the Yu family home for dinner on weekends, and occasionally the children bring them food during the week.
They worked hard all their lives, raising two generations, and now that they're old, it's mostly just the two of them living their lives.
Having been given a second chance at life, she was no longer going to care about those unfilial descendants; she would let them be.
After watching the plot, I realized there was no chance of a second life, and seeing triplets and twins would scare any college student to death! Suddenly, all that beauty lost its appeal. But the marriage was already finalized; there was no escaping it.
Even though she was reluctant, she still had to get out of bed. By the time Liu Yun got up, everyone else was already up.
The Yu family is quite a large family. The eldest son is Yu Qianwu, whose wife is Li Juan. The second son is Yu Qianwen, whose wife is Chen Xi. The third son is Yu Qianyou, whose wife is Gao Lan. The fourth son is Yu Qianhe.
Yu Qianwen and Yu Qianyou, along with their husbands, have all gone back home. They have to go to work today. Now, there are only the four children and the four of them at home. Well, not exactly four children, since they are not much younger than her.
Yu Qianwen's son, Yu Zhang, is 16 years old this year, and his daughter, Yu Shan, is 14 years old this year. Yu Qianyou has two sons, Yu Huan, 15 years old, and Yu Ke, 13 years old. Yu Qianwu also has a daughter and a son, Yu Feng, 18 years old this year, and Yu Mian, 16 years old this year.
Upon seeing Liu Yun, Yu's mother warmly welcomed her, "Come on, Xiao Yun, have something to eat. You have to go to work later."
"Thank you, Mom." Looking at her mother's warm hospitality, she probably wasn't one of her unfilial children! Although she liked her private space, her mother's cooking skills were quite good, and she would probably come over often to freeload.
Looking at the food on the table: white porridge, steamed buns, eggs, and pickled vegetables—this was already a top-notch breakfast. You see, the Liu family often ate sweet potato porridge and potato porridge.
After finishing breakfast, Liu Yun got into Yu Qianhe's car and went to work.
"Xiao Liu is here! Congratulations on your marriage! May you have a long and happy life together and many children."
"Thank you, have some wedding candy." He grabbed a large handful of wedding candy and put it on the table for them to help themselves, while the office staff were considerate and shared it equally.
After returning home three days later and staying obediently at home for those three days to observe her mother-in-law's attitude, Liu Yun finally felt relieved, realizing that she was not among her mother-in-law's unfilial descendants.
She said that someone as lazy and greedy as her would never pass up a good cook like Yu's mother. Besides, there are five children. Let her go. She thinks it's impossible for her to take care of five children by herself. She would definitely make Yu's mother happy so that she would take care of her children.
The gifts prepared by Yu's mother for her son's return visit were quite generous: a grass carp, a carp, two pounds of pork belly, and a pig's trotter. They were all packed in a basket.
The two rode their bicycles slowly towards the Liu family's house. It wasn't far by bicycle, about an hour.
It was already past ten o'clock when we arrived at the Liu family's house. Mr. and Mrs. Liu had taken the day off to stay home.
Upon hearing her youngest daughter and son-in-law's voices, Liu's mother quickly opened the door. "Why are you only coming back now? We've been waiting for you. Come in quickly, it must be cold outside."
"Dad, Mom, Sister-in-law," the obedient student Yu Qian greeted them respectfully.
"It must be cold riding your bike outside! Drink some water to warm yourself up." After bringing over the sweet soup, Liu's mother went to the kitchen.
Soon, several bowls of sweet fermented rice with eggs were served. This is a local custom; when a son-in-law visits, he will make sweet fermented rice with eggs.
"Thank you, Mom. Please sit down and eat, and rest for a while."
Liu's mother sat down and ate two pieces before going to prepare lunch.
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