Chapter 160160 Ding Jianguo walked in, and was greeted by Ji Fei...
Seeing her daughter's mother-in-law, Mother Lu didn't recognize her at first. It was only when Yue Hongmei spoke that Mother Lu exclaimed in shock: "Mother-in-law, why are you..."
How did he become such a horrible appearance? Don’t scare her granddaughter later.
Mother Lu had only seen the mother-in-law before her daughter got married. She wasn't very glamorous then, but at least she was presentable. How come she became so thin?
Then I thought that my mother-in-law had gone to the capital to take care of me after giving birth, and I couldn't help feeling uncomfortable.
It takes a lot of dedication to be able to exhaust yourself like this.
Instead of taking care of her own daughter-in-law, she serves an adopted daughter, and takes such care of her. Is she going to rely on the adopted daughter to take care of her in her old age?
Thinking of this, Mother Lu felt uncomfortable.
As a mother and mother-in-law, she would choose the daughter-in-law over the married daughter. Otherwise, she would not ask for compensation from her daughter and son-in-law, for fear that her daughter-in-law would have objections.
But between the married daughter and her daughter's sister-in-law, she would feel uncomfortable because her mother-in-law favored her sister-in-law more, and her face couldn't help but darken.
Yue Hongmei didn't notice that Lu's mother was unhappy at all. She smiled and exchanged a few words, then went into the house to see her granddaughter.
"Mom!" Lu Xiaomei was also surprised by the change in her mother-in-law, but she did not show any concern. She just called her indifferently without a smile on her face.
"Has the child been named?" Yue Hongmei was not unaware of the change in her expression, but she also knew that her decision was a bit unfair to her daughter-in-law, so she pretended not to be able to read her daughter-in-law's expression.
"Ding Meixia, my nickname is Xia Xia." Lu Xiaomei said.
"That's a nice name." Yue Hongmei said with a smile, "Nianjun's son is called Pan Guanghui."
This name is given by the son-in-law, and it also means hoping for glory, hoping that the child's grandparents will end their labor reform as soon as possible and return to the capital.
She was not happy about it, thinking that she could not get her original post back even if she returned. Since she could not be of any help to her son and daughter-in-law, it would be better for her to stay in the Northwest and never come back to hold her son back.
But she couldn't say that.
Yue Hongmei lowered her head and teased her granddaughter who had her eyes open: "Xia Xia, I'm your grandma."
He held his granddaughter's hand and shook it twice, then began to talk to Lu Xiaomei.
She felt very sorry that her daughter-in-law's first child was not a male, but after all, he was the first grandchild of the old Ding family. Yue Hongmei was happy to see him, but after all, she had never taken care of him for a day. Unlike Nianjun's son, she had seen him from birth to full moon. The real feelings she had for him temporarily surpassed the blood relationship. So she looked at her granddaughter, teased the child's hands, and began to tell Lu Xiaomei how cute Nianjun's son was, how loud his cry was, how strong his little mouth was when he was feeding, and how his little penis could water a flower in the air when he peed...
She was talking happily and didn't notice her daughter-in-law's face getting darker and darker.
Mother Lu was already dissatisfied with her mother-in-law, and her expression became more and more tense. When she saw that Yue Hongmei only gave her granddaughter a five-dollar red envelope, she started to speak in a sarcastic tone, implying that she was feeling sorry for her daughter.
"Mother-in-law, I'm not trying to find fault..."
The implication behind this statement is 'I'm going to start finding fault'.
"The child's aunt is married after all. They say a married girl is like spilled water..."
The one being thrown away is not even your own child, so I don't know why you're so fussy about it.
"Ordinarily, it should be her parents-in-law's concern when her aunt gives birth to a child. Since they can't take care of the child themselves, they should find a way to solve this problem for their daughter-in-law. You are only the child's grandmother, but the one at home is your granddaughter, your own granddaughter. The one who is in confinement is your daughter-in-law. When you are old and can't move in the future, you will count on your son and daughter-in-law to take care of you. Do you expect your married daughter to come back and take care of you?"
Mother Lu became more and more irritated as she spoke, and she began to moan and groan, "Oh, you don't know. I took some time off to go home that day. Our neighbors heard that I was here to take care of my daughter after she had given birth, and they all asked me why the child's grandmother didn't take care of her. I didn't know what to say, for fear that if I told them, they would think that my son-in-law was adopted, which would make people laugh at me!"
Yue Hongmei's face suddenly froze and she looked a little unhappy.
What's wrong with my son's mother-in-law? I didn't blame her for not putting in enough effort to take care of my son during the confinement period. She made her son almost look like a nobody, but now she's trying to sow discord between me and Nianjun.
Besides, Lu's mother took care of me during the confinement period with pay.
Yue Hongmei turned around and started arguing with Lu's mother, scaring the child lying on the bed into tears.
Ding Jianguo only took an hour or two off to pick up his mother. After sending his mother back to the family compound, he went to work. When he got home from get off work, he was greeted by chaos.
When Yue Hongmei saw that her eldest son had returned and had someone to support her, she hurried over and started to criticize Ding Jianguo for Lu's mother, saying that she was sowing discord. She also criticized Lu Xiaomei because Lu Xiaomei helped her biological mother and not herself.
The mother-in-law came over and pulled her son-in-law to complain about her grievances: "Who am I saying those things for? It's not for you. Your eldest sister is not your biological child, and the child she gave birth to doesn't have the surname Ding. Your mother just left her daughter-in-law who was about to give birth alone and went to the capital. She didn't even come back after your wife gave birth. Jianguo, let me ask you, who will your mother rely on for her retirement in the future? Will she rely on you, her son, or on her married daughter?"
Nowadays, people believe that sons should take care of the elderly, and it is rare for married daughters to take care of the elderly.
If a married girl meets a calculative in-law family, she can forget about coming back to take care of her parents in their old age. Even if she visits her parents' home more often than not, her in-laws won't look favorably upon her.
Although Ding Jianguo was severely brainwashed by Yue Hongmei since he was a child, years of brainwashing could not withstand a family economic crisis. The second blow he suffered was when his wife gave birth and took care of him during the confinement period. Both of these major events were related to Ding Nianjun.
Therefore, the little brotherly and sisterly affection they had in the past was already in jeopardy after experiencing these two major earthquakes.
Mixed in with this was the nagging of Ding Nianjun's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law about their dissatisfaction with him. At this time, when he heard the talk about elderly care, the little affection that was left completely disappeared, which was more effective than any big truth.
Therefore, Ding Jianguo stood on the side of his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law without hesitation, looked at his mother helplessly, and said, "Mom, Xiaomei has been in confinement for the baby, and you didn't help me at all. Now that you've come back, you've caused a lot of chaos here. Can you please just calm down?"
Yue Hongmei was silent because her mind was blank.
Is my son nagging?
Is he blaming himself?
Is he supporting his mother-in-law?
After a brief period of calm, Yue Hongmei exploded.
He grabbed Ding Jianguo and slapped him, then scolded him: "You ungrateful bastard, what did I teach you since you were a child? I gave birth to you in vain..."
Mother Lu took the opportunity to seize her son-in-law's heart, and she pushed him hard beside her. She also took two slaps for Ding Jianguo, saying, "Mother-in-law, what are you doing? If you have something to say, just talk to her nicely. Why are you hitting the child? Jianguo has it easy..."
Ding Tao came home from get off work and found out that her aunt had returned. She came to her cousin's place, and was ordered by her uncle to call her aunt back for dinner. She saw this scene as soon as she entered the door.
One is her mother Lu who hates her very much. After all, Lu Xiaomei's premature birth was caused by Huang Meihua, and Huang Meihua is Ding Tao's biological mother, so there is a grudge between them. It is impossible for Ding Tao to help Lu's mother at this time.
One was the unpleasant aunt, who used to look down on the second and third wives in her hometown with the pride of a city dweller, and also instigated her mother to do something stupid, causing her mother to suffer mental torture from Ding Ergou for so long. And when she lived in the house, she never treated her well, so it was difficult to convince herself to go over and help.
And my cousin...
There is no point in helping a man who is not in his right mind.
So she just stood there quietly, waiting for them to finish.
The next day, he went to report the news to Ding Guo happily: "Auntie is back. As soon as she came back, she had a fight with my cousin's mother-in-law. In the end, the fight ended in a draw. When she got home, she was scolded by my uncle. Auntie is also a bully who only bullies the weak and fears the strong. When my uncle scolded her, she didn't say a word."
Ding Guo couldn't help laughing. Yue Hongmei couldn't stand up to Ding Zhigang at the moment. When Pan Dingfeng officially took office in a few days, Yue Hongmei didn't know how to be humble in front of Ding Zhigang.
Ding Tao added: "Auntie has been asking me how much dowry my brother-in-law gave you. She can't get the answer from me, so she will come to you sooner or later. You better be careful."
Ding Guo smiled and said, "It's okay, I can handle it."
That day, her colleague called her and said her mother was looking for her.
When he came out and saw Yue Hongmei's emaciated state, Ding Guo's eyes were calm and he asked, "What's the matter?"
"Look at you, can't I come to see you if I have nothing to do?" Yue Hongmei forced a smile and said angrily.
Ding Guo got goosebumps all over his body.
"You are so great now, you found a man with a good family background..." Yue Hongmei knew the family background of her eldest son-in-law, and she felt it was unfair rather than happy.
She felt that her judgment was correct, Ding Guo was Ke Nianjun's.
Her Junjun was in trouble, but Ding Guo's fate was good, so good that she could not even imagine it.
So even though Ding Feng had implicitly told her not to continue to be at odds with Ding Guo and to find a way to ease the relationship, as he might need her help in the future, she still couldn't help being sarcastic when she saw Ding Guo.
Ding Guo didn't tolerate her and turned away.
“Hey, hey, hey…” Yue Hongmei hurried forward to stop her, “I’m just wondering why you’re so angry.”
Thinking of the purpose of her visit, she hurriedly said, "Your father and I are happy for you to get married, but you are really brave. You got married without any worries of being cheated. Aren't we worried about you? Tell mom, how much dowry did his family give you? Did you get three turns and one ring?"
Ding Guo sneered: "You gave me tens of thousands of dollars. You can just give me a dowry based on that amount."
Yue Hongmei choked.
Ten thousand and eight thousand, Ding Guo dared to say that she had never seen ten thousand and eight thousand in her life.
Don't even think about dowry. This jinx doesn't even help the family, so how can I possibly give her a dowry?
"Tell me the truth. Mom doesn't want your money."
Ding Guo smiled and said, "Since you don't want my money, why do you care how much I received as a gift? Of course, I won't give it to you even if you ask. Comrade Yue Hongmei, has your daughter-in-law finished her confinement? If you have the time, why don't you go and take care of your daughter-in-law during the confinement period? If you can't afford it, you can make some matchboxes to supplement the family income. Your family is barely making ends meet, and you still have the time to bother me."
After saying this, he didn't give Yue Hongmei any chance to chase or intercept him, and turned back to the factory. On the way, he opened the backstage and saw Yue Hongmei rolling up as expected.
Yue Hongmei stood at the door angrily for a while, then turned around and left cursing.
"They are so heartless and ungrateful, and they are all ungrateful..."
Why would she go to serve a baby during confinement? What's the point of serving a little girl?
Originally, she believed that she did not favor boys over girls, but Lu Xiaomei and her mother annoyed her, and her love for her granddaughter diminished a little.
She didn't even have time to make matchboxes, she had to find a house for Junjun.
The loser eldest son was asked to help find a house, but after searching for several days there was still no sign of one, so she had to step in.
"Oh no!" Yue Hongmei slapped her forehead, "That unreasonable guy forgot about me."
In addition to asking about the bride price, she also wanted to ask Ding Guo how he found the house, but what channels he used.
She also planned to talk about Pan Dingfeng's job transfer, and wanted Ding Guo to ask her husband for help to see if Dingfeng could be reassigned to another job.
I think so, but looking at that cold-hearted person, it’s hard to see how he would help.
Yue Hongmei sighed heavily, stretched her old legs, and began to stroll around Fengning.
A few days later, Ding Tao came to deliver the news. The first piece of news was that the aunt made a scene at her cousin's house that day, and Lu Xiaomei got so angry that she had a fever and was hospitalized for infusion. Ding Jianguo went around looking for people to exchange milk powder tickets, and the conflict with his biological mother successfully escalated.
The second piece of news was that her aunt had found a house. The location was a bit remote, but it had its own door and yard. She said at home that the environment was better than the slums in the capital. She said that the slums in the capital were not places for people to live in, and she praised the accommodation environment in the capital.
Ding Tao sighed, "My aunt is really good at running. She used to be in the capital and couldn't come back to help my cousin's wife during the confinement period, but this time she came back and didn't help. She was only busy looking for a house for Ding Nianjun. She was afraid that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law could be repaired."
She added, "Auntie is biased. Big sister, you don't know. Our ears have become calloused from hearing her talk these days. Whenever the family sits down to eat, she starts talking about Ding Nianjun's confinement, and how cute Ding Nianjun's son is, how much he can poop and pee, and how much energy he has in feeding."
Ding Tao rolled her eyes. She didn't know what was so worth praising over and over again. Which baby doesn't have the energy to drink milk?
Ding Guo listened to her chatter and suddenly asked, "Has your aunt ever been to Tiananmen Square? Has she ever climbed the Great Wall? Has she ever been to the Temple of Heaven or Houhai? The scenery of Houhai is very beautiful in this season. Has she ever eaten roast duck? Has she ever been to Wangfujing for shopping?"
Ding Tao's eyes widened and she suddenly became excited.
When Yue Hongmei returned home in the evening and talked about the trivial matters of taking care of Ding Nianjun during the confinement period, Ding Tao asked a series of questions and finally said, "Auntie, please tell us about it."
Yue Hongmei was stuck on the spot.
When Ding Nianjun got married, they went to the capital in a hurry and didn't go anywhere.
The same was true this time when she went to take care of her mother during the confinement period. When she arrived in the capital, Nianjun had already given birth, and she was busy taking care of the adults and children. Who had the time to go out for a walk?
She had lived in a slum in the capital and had gone nearby to buy groceries. She was very familiar with that street, having walked back and forth on it. But as for where these places Ding Tao mentioned were in the capital, or which way the gates faced, she couldn't tell me a single one.
Roast Duck?
She has eaten roast duck before. When Pan Dingfeng and Nianjun were not married yet, they were given roast duck from the capital when they came to visit her home.
Ding Tao pouted: "What's the point of eating the roast duck we brought back? I heard from Dayong that you have to sit in the restaurant to eat roast duck. The freshly roasted duck is greasy and still steaming. The chef slices it into slices, puts a few slices of roast duck meat on the special pancakes, a few cucumber strips and green onion shreds, and then dips it in sweet noodle sauce, wraps it up and eats it..."
Of course, she had never eaten like this before. She just heard it from Ding Guo. But she was afraid that if she told Ding Guo, the aunt would scold her again, so she simply changed to Dayong.
Anyway, Dayong had been to the capital, and she didn't know whether he had ever eaten roast duck in the restaurant. But she saw the photo of Dayong and Ding Guo in front of Tiananmen Square, and she was very envious.
Ding Tao drooled as he spoke, and the other members of the Ding family couldn't help swallowing their saliva.
Yue Hongmei no longer had the desire to show off her grandson, and said angrily: "Only idle people have time to go out for a walk. I'm so busy in the capital, how can I have time to go out for a walk..."
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