Although she is proud, she is not stubborn. She understands that right is right and wrong is wrong.
With a soft sigh, Duan Qinya had no reason to be stubborn and not admit her mistakes in front of her closest relatives: "I underestimated Grandma Miaomiao before, and I also misjudged her. I was petty. She is actually... quite good."
If it were another mother-in-law, who has been disobedient to her daughter-in-law and caused trouble for her for so many years that she has become estranged from her son, she would definitely be eager to drive such a daughter-in-law away as soon as possible.
Duan Qinya's voice was a little low, her emotions mixed. "I really feel so sorry for Li Yanhong. On the way back, I've been thinking, all these years... have we been a little too selfish?"
She now feels guilty and has no face to face Li Yanhong.
She had never given Li Yanhong a good look every time they met before, and had humiliated her so many times that she blushed when she thought about it now.
Duan Qinya: "On Li Yanhong's side, Xiaojun is the most promising, the oldest and the most responsible. We originally wanted to make our daughter's life easier so we didn't ask Xiaojun to live with her in our house."
"It's like we took away the pillar of support that Li Yanhong relied on the most when she needed someone to support the family the most."
After so many years, Li Yanhong still lived in such a messy place with many people and gossips. Duan Qinya couldn't bear to think about how Li Yanhong, an orphan and a widow, would be bullied if there was no reliable man to support her family.
Thinking about it this way, it’s no wonder that Li Yanhong’s second son has become a second-rate person now.
Maybe it's just the pressure of life.
The most reliable eldest brother neglects his family. In order to prevent his family from being bullied, he has to pretend to be someone who is not to be messed with even though he is very young.
If this continues, you'll become a gangster.
And what about our own side?
After enjoying the filial piety of other people's sons for so many years, he still looks down on other people's families for being poor, and looks down on his son-in-law's younger brother for being a second-rate person and not learning well, and looks down on them for not being able to lend a hand and not being presentable.
But I never thought about why their family became like this.
Aren't they the ones who bully orphans and widows?
After telling these thoughts to the father and daughter, Duan Qinya didn't feel much better. On the other side, Sun Qizhi and Sun Miao fell silent at the same time.
"Mom, I'm sorry to my mother-in-law!"
After she finished speaking, she stood up and was about to go out. Sun Qizhi stopped her and said, "Where are you going?"
Sun Miao said without even turning his head: "I'm going to pack my luggage. I will definitely get along well with my mother-in-law in the future. She has had a hard time over the years. I have to be nice to her."
Isn’t it just that the conditions are bad and the food is not good?
She has money, why bother about these useless things!
Sun Qizhi: "Wait a minute!"
Sun Miao: "Dad, don't stop me."
Sun Qizhi was helpless: "I'm not stopping you. Just wait for two days while I investigate what's going on between Xiaojun and that woman outside."
"If you're sure it's okay, your mom and I will go buy the house in your mother-in-law's yard for you and Xiaojun. Your mother-in-law hasn't had a hard time these past few years. Because Xiaojun lives in our house like a son-in-law, she must have been laughed at a lot."
"So if you move back this time, we have to make your mother-in-law look good and let her neighbors see that her in-laws are not bad, and you are not a bad daughter-in-law either. This is not something that can be achieved in a hurry..."
I wonder what big move the Sun family is planning without making a sound.
Li Yanhong was escorted home by her eldest son. She didn't mind giving him any advice: "Be a man of conscience, and don't forget your wife when you're rich..."
Anyway, she used whatever old sayings were appropriate to throw at her eldest son.
Lin Jun was getting impatient but couldn't show it, so he had to change the subject: "Mom, my mother-in-law said that she wants Miaomiao and I to move back home."
He didn't need to explain this much. Li Yanhong knew it in her heart: "Can you trust what your mother-in-law said? She is just testing me. If I agree to it, she will be unhappy."
She was not saying bad things about Duan Qinya behind her back. After so many years of contact, she knew Duan Qinya very well.
Li Yanhong waved her hand: "Don't be silly and just listen to what your mother-in-law says. You have to figure out what your mother-in-law really thinks. Sometimes what your mother-in-law says is different from what she thinks."
"She's arrogant and likes to say the opposite of what she means. Take what she said today, for example, that she wants you and your wife to move back home. If you believe her and move your things back, she'll be furious."
"Her original intention must be to show me how to retreat in order to advance. She asked you to move, and you made it clear that you didn't want to move, so that she could tell me that she didn't want to steal my son, but that you wanted to be by her side and be filial to her."
Duan Qinya had used this trick before. It's not that Li Yanhong didn't learn her lesson, she was just too lazy to argue with Duan Qinya.
After all, when two elders compete with each other, isn’t it the younger generation who is stuck in the middle and suffers in the end?
"Xiaojun, you believe me. When you go back, tell your mother-in-law that you don't want to move back. This will prevent her from feeling bad and thinking she doesn't like you as her son-in-law."
It's like she can't keep her son-in-law around for seven years, providing him with enough food and drink. But as soon as she leaked the news that the couple should move to her mother-in-law's house, the son-in-law packed up and ran away without saying a word.
Who wouldn’t feel disappointed?
Lin Jun nodded: "I understand."
He stopped after looking at the entrance of the alley where they were staying.
"Then I'll send you here first, and not go into the alley..." There were so many people around, and Lin Jun was annoyed by the way the old neighbors looked at him.
Don't think he doesn't know that group of people are secretly saying that he is a son-in-law and has no spine.
He was too lazy to deal with those gossipers.
Before leaving, he felt in his pocket and took out a stack of money from his trouser pocket: "Mom, take this money. Don't tell Miaomiao. This is what I saved privately."
Su Lixuan had been silent all the time, but when she heard this, she couldn't help but open her eyes wide.
It was the first time she had seen someone talk so openly about hiding their own private money.
Li Yanhong was speechless for a moment, then quickly pushed the money back after she realized what was happening. "I was wondering why you had to send us back today. No, you can keep the money yourself."
"You've just arrived at your new position, so you need to have some money to build relationships with people. I know how to give people cigarettes and stuff like that. There are so many ways to spend money, so keep this money for yourself."
Lin Jun said impatiently: "Just take it if I tell you to. Otherwise, what will our family eat and drink? You're only supporting your family with that little pension and we're all starving?"
"After all, I'm the eldest brother, and I have the responsibility to support the family. I can't just act like a son-in-law and not care about anything at all. That would be really heartless."
Pushing his bicycle, he said without even turning his head: "Take it. If it's not enough, tell me again. After all, I am more capable than before, and I have enough energy to take care of the family..."
Li Yanhong stood there in a daze, looking at her eldest son's back. Holding the stack of money, she felt heavy in her hands and her heart.
She seemed to be talking to Su Lixuan and the others, but also seemed to be talking to herself: "I thought he hated me..."
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