Chapter 218: Advance to Retreat With

this in mind, she instantly changed her attitude towards Lin Shu and the elder sister Lin, and became enthusiastic.

It was definitely not appropriate for Lin's mother to take care of her daughter during the confinement period. The elder sister-in-law and her two sisters had to keep one to help cook and take care of her mother-in-law, so... Her eyes moved back and forth between the faces of the elder sister Lin and Lin Shu, her eyes bright and full of calculations, which made the elder sister Lin a little scared.

Lu Yuan smiled enthusiastically, reached into the bag, and asked, "Where are the children? I heard that several children came, I'll give them some candy."

Lin Shu turned her head to look, and a few black heads looked at the door and ran away.

They didn't care about the candy of unfriendly people.

Xiao Mianmian was sleeping, and it was estimated that they would be back when she woke up.

Lu Yuan didn't see the older child, so she took her hand out of her bag. After all, there were only two candies in the bag, which she put in to comfort her younger son.

She looked at Old Lady Jiang with concern, "Mom, how is your foot? Is it strong?"

Old Lady Jiang: "... Oh~ Oh~... It hurts."

She was afraid that her younger daughter-in-law would notice something, so she tried to stab her head against the kang.

The old lady was originally wearing a headband, but the previous tossing and turning was too big and too fast, so the headband was crooked, and her hair was messy. In addition, there was a cut behind her ear where her nails had been split yesterday, and a blood scab had formed, which was very obvious now.

Lu Yuan saw it.

Could it be that the eldest sister-in-law pinched her?

It seems that the mother-in-law is having a really miserable life.

The eldest sister-in-law is really good at pretending. She usually calls me "Mom" and acts very affectionate. But in fact, she is just pretending at the beginning. After getting along for a long time, the contradictions will gradually increase. Won't the true colors be revealed?

She asked with concern: "Mom, have you gone to the hospital for a check-up? It hurts so much. I wonder if you hurt your bones." She turned her head and looked outside, "Where's my eldest brother? Why didn't he drive you to the hospital for a check-up?"

Lin Xia said: "The doctor from the factory clinic came to see me. He said that there is nothing wrong with my bones, but I sprained it badly. In addition, there is a root disease left when my mother gave birth to my second child. My bones hurt."

Lu Yuan was very angry when he heard this. If you say that the bones are fine, then just say that the bones are fine. What do you mean by saying that it is a root disease left when you gave birth to your second child?

Is this a satire on Wei Guo for letting his mother get a root disease but not coming to take care of her?

Lu Yuan knew that even if her mother-in-law and her eldest brother had no objection to Jiang Weiguo living in Yue's house (they might have some objection, but they haven't argued about it for so many years, so just assume they have no objection), her eldest sister-in-law would definitely make trouble.

When her eldest uncle got married last month, she deliberately tested her eldest sister-in-law, saying with a smile, "Sister-in-law, you are so lucky. Our mother has been waiting for you for so many years. She said she would take care of the children for her eldest brother and sister-in-law and would not go to our place." She hoped that her eldest sister-in-law would accept the fact that she would live with the old lady and take care of her until the end of her life.

At that time, her eldest sister-in-law was very happy and said, "Sister-in-law, you are right. Our mother is a rare good mother-in-law in the world. I am really lucky."

Hearing that her eldest sister-in-law and her sisters also said privately that Aunt Jiang was much better than Qian's mother and was a rare good mother-in-law, Lu Yuan sneered in his heart at that time, thinking that her eldest sister-in-law was really pretentious.

How many daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law are really good to each other?

The mother-in-law always thinks about herself, her son and grandson, and the daughter-in-law thinks about herself and her family. There

can only be one woman who is the master of the family in a family. If both the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law want to be the master of the family, there will inevitably be conflicts. The mother-in-law

has no job and does not make money. Doesn't she want to take her son's salary? She definitely wants to take her daughter-in-law's.

Which mother-in-law is willing to live by the daughter-in-law's face and ask her for money? The same goes

for the daughter-in-law. After getting married, which woman doesn't want to be the master of the family and take her husband's salary? Who wants to give it to the mother-in-law?

Lu Yuan believed that the eldest sister-in-law wanted to drive the mother-in-law to the second room.

If her mother-in-law was healthy, she would be happy, after all, the family needed help. But now her mother-in-law had twisted her ankle, or even broken it (she thought it was definitely not as easy as it looked, she must have fallen hard, most likely fractured the bone, and she couldn't work for at least three months at her age), so she would definitely not be happy.

Although Lu Yuan was upset, she had no choice. She naturally felt sorry for her mother. She chatted enthusiastically with Lin Shu and others for a while, and then changed the subject: "Eldest sister and third sister don't have anything to do at home, right? Do you want to find a job?"

She knew that it was not so easy to arrange a job in the city, and her eldest uncle was a principled person who would not arrange jobs for relatives casually.

It was possible that Sister Lin and Lin Shu came to him to help arrange jobs, but they just didn't get it.

If she offers them jobs that can earn money, they will definitely be happy.

Sister Lin glanced at her and said, "Sister Lu, can you arrange jobs for us?"

Lu Yuan thought she was tempted and said with a smile, "I'm not that capable of arranging regular jobs, but I can arrange temporary jobs to earn some living expenses."

Mother Lin was very tempted. There was less work in the countryside in winter. Although people could still work in the production team, there was less work and less work points. Many people wanted to go to the city to find temporary jobs.

She wanted to find some work for your second sister and second brother-in-law. The second brother and his wife have been working with the electrician team to do construction work everywhere in the past two years, and they can earn extra money to supplement their income. They also help her family grow private plots. There is no problem with food and drink, but the second sister's family is really poor.

Mother Lin tried, "What are you doing?"

Lin Shu quietly pulled Mother Lin's sleeve to tell her not to be fooled.

Judging from Mrs. Jiang's past conversation style, this Lu Yuan clearly has the attitude of "I won't take advantage of you, and you don't take advantage of me." He wants to draw a clear line with his mother-in-law to prevent her mother-in-law from wanting to live in her home for retirement.

When the second sister and Jiang Weidong got married, Lu Yuan looked like "we are not familiar with each other" and did not take the initiative to help with the arrangements. It seemed that he was really a guest, which was far worse than Han Yun and others.

She made it clear that she came here to help her mother-in-law. Now she saw that her mother-in-law was in a bad situation, so she changed her mind and helped arrange the work. Could anything good happen?

Just bait.

Lin Shu was really... It was outrageous enough to let her mother-in-law serve her own mother, and she was trying to trick her sister-in-law's mother and sisters into serving her mother?

Mother Lin came to her senses and stopped interrupting. She poured warm water for Old Lady Jiang to drink, "Sister, if you feel pain, take a painkiller."

Old Lady Jiang cooperated very well, humming and drinking water from her hand, then lying down and continuing to moan occasionally .

Lu Yuan was still talking about how it was hard for country people to make money, and how it was good to go to the city to do odd jobs, and then she mentioned that one of her colleagues' mother was sick and needed a rural sister-in-law to take care of her for two months.

Sister Lin couldn't help but ask, "How much will you pay?"

She felt that Lu Yuan was really cunning, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to instigate a man to be at odds with his own mother and elder brother. Of course, Jiang Weiguo himself had a bigger problem.

Lu Yuan smiled and said, "It's not me, it's my neighbor. She calculated that the minimum living standard in the city is six yuan a month, so one yuan is enough in the countryside, right? I heard that a person in the countryside doesn't spend a dollar a month, I don't know if it's true or not. She is quite generous and is willing to give five yuan a month."

Lin Xia: "Sister-in-law, your colleague is not a good person, you should avoid dealing with her."

Lu Yuan's face changed, and he forced a smile and said, "She is a good person, sister-in-law, why is she so... Why do you say that to people?"

Lin Shu spoke for her second sister, "Sister Lu told us that she wanted to find out how much money we spend in the countryside in a month? In terms of cash, it really doesn't cost much, and five yuan per person per month is not enough. But asking someone to leave their entire family and go to the city to take care of a patient, and only giving them five yuan, this is such a smart calculation, why not just provide food and accommodation and let them take care of it at the same time? Isn't this more economical?" "

Five yuan to hire someone?

In the city, you have to pay twenty yuan a month to hire a sister-in-law to take care of you after confinement. If you want to take care of the patient and cook, you can't find someone without paying thirty or forty a month?

Living expenses in the countryside don't cost five yuan, but do you dare to just find someone from the countryside? Do you

dare to use someone without knowing anything about their background?

Even if we just find one, most of the country women can't do delicate work, and they will be noisy all day long.

Liu Shuxia used to earn ten yuan a month, but what about now? Now she is the daughter-in-law of a rich family.

There are also nannies like Cai Genhua, most of whom want to buy a house after becoming a stepmother.

If they don't want something, why would they serve your mother?

Well, if I can't serve your mother, I can be your stepmother. Do you want it?

Seeing how rude they were, Lu Yuan felt a little embarrassed. Fortunately, he was talking about his colleagues. If he had said that, his sister-in-law would probably have ridiculed him on the spot.

She said, "Ten yuan is fine. Ten yuan is really a lot. It would cost ten yuan a month to hire a rural nanny with food and lodging."

Lin Shu was not polite to her. Since you are talking to me as "my colleague", I will cooperate with you.

She said, "We country people have a hard time. Let me calculate for you how life is in the countryside..."

She counted for Lu Yuan, including the four things of country life, raising children, buying cloth to make clothes, and the sick elderly. She said, "It is a big problem when the elderly are sick. It is not like you city people who have factories to reimburse you. In the countryside, there is basically no treatment for serious illnesses.

People come to your house as helpers, and they must want to earn some money to save for the elderly's medical treatment.

You don't know, in our place, there are sick elderly people, and several sons are together. The old people are all equal. Some of them follow whoever they are working for, and the brothers and sisters who don't support the old people usually give money. Those children who don't give money and don't work are looked down upon by us country people, and we poke their backs!

We all say, "Hey, the second kid of Who's Who is unfilial, an ungrateful wolf, his parents raised him up and he has a promising future, but when his mother was sick, he didn't take care of her for a day and didn't give her a penny, tut tut"... "

Lu Yuan's face darkened instantly, she was so angry that her heart was beating wildly, her blood was boiling, and she could almost hear the sound of blood flowing in her ears.

Lin Shu looked at her expression and said with a smile: "Look at me, I always go off topic. This is what uneducated people do. Don't mind it, Sister Lu. I'm talking about the ignorant women in the countryside. They have to earn money by doing odd jobs in the city. They will definitely be unhappy if they are missing. I don't mean to say that your colleague is unfilial. Don't be angry."

Lu Yuan jumped off the kang and didn't want to stay here for a minute.

Jiang Weiguo also said that his elder brother and mother loved him, but it was all fake!

This sister-in-law dared to ridicule her in person, which shows how calculative the elder sister-in-law is.

Lin Shu: "Sister Lu, don't be angry. I really don't mean to say that your colleague is unfilial. After all, we are all educated people and formal employees. No one needs to pay for the medical treatment of their parents..."

Lu Yuan was furious but couldn't find a reason to be angry. She had to force a smile, which made her look a little bit sly.

She slapped five yuan and put it on the kang, "Mom, I came in a hurry today and didn't buy anything for you. I'll give you five yuan and buy it yourself."

Old Mrs. Jiang groaned, "No, no, take it back, take it back."

This was the first time that Old Mrs. Jiang pretended to be sick in her life. She felt guilty and didn't have the nerve to ask her daughter-in-law for money.

Lin Xia also said, "Sister-in-law, take it back. Isn't your aunt sick? Is she feeling better? You and your second brother are too busy at work to come, so just hire someone and pay more. They will do their best to take care of her, and we can rest assured."

Lu Yuan believed that she was mocking him, and his mouth twitched and he smiled with gritted teeth, "That's for sure. Our family is not short of money. My father is generous and pays at least 20 yuan a month to hire someone."

So much money, but he just won't hire you!

Go away!

She originally wanted to ask her mother-in-law to help for a while, but not only did she fail to hire her, but she was also ridiculed by her eldest sister-in-law and sisters.

She regretted bidding five yuan and should have given one yuan earlier.

Leaving the steel rolling mill, Lu Yuan was angry and aggrieved. She

didn’t ask her mother-in-law to take care of her during the confinement period after giving birth to three children, and she

didn’t ask her mother-in-law to take care of the children. Now that her family is in trouble, she wants her mother-in-law to help for a few days, but she can’t. It’s obvious that her uncle and mother-in-law are selfish and cold-hearted people. Now they are even worse after being instigated by her sister-in-law. She was

right not to get close to them earlier! She first went to Jiang Weiguo to complain, "Your brother and sister-in-law are so calculating!

Your mother is controlled by your sister-in-law. She dares not even say a word. Your sister-in-law has the final say in the family!

Your mother sprained her foot and lay on the kang. She might have been beaten by your sister-in-law. I gave her five yuan.

Jiang Weiguo, I have done my best for your family!"

Jiang Weiguo didn't say a word. She complained a lot and went home angrily, wiping her tears.

She discussed with her parents and decided to find a sister-in-law from the nearby countryside to take care of her. She didn't have to live at home, and she would give her 15 yuan a month as a trial. If it didn't work, she would give her 20 yuan.

Lu's mother was reluctant to spend the money. She thought that her maid would take care of her in the morning, her husband would take care of her in the afternoon, and her son-in-law would help at night. Why waste money?

"I'm only strong now. If you take care of me, maybe I'll be much better in two months."

She just didn't have strength, but she wasn't paralyzed. She could take care of herself after a rest and regain her strength.

Lu Yuan felt sorry for her mother. She knew that her father couldn't take good care of her, and she had never done housework since she was a child. Now she had to work and take care of her mother, which was very tiring and she couldn't take good care of her. She still had to hire someone.

At worst, the family could save some money.

She earns 35.85 yuan a month, Jiang Weiguo earns 43.65 yuan a month, and Lu's father's pension is 58.55 yuan a month, which is enough for them to spend, but he has always been extravagant. Lu's father is a bit pretentious and likes to buy stationery and other gadgets, and likes to drink good tea and good wine. As long as he saves this part of the money, it will be enough.

But Lu's father doesn't want to downgrade his consumption, thinking that it is too hard on himself.

He complained to Lu Yuan: "Yuanyuan, you know that Dad can't bear hardships and can't bear being offended. I really can't live a hard life."

Saving his living expenses is really killing him.

Lu Yuan was also very upset, "Dad, what do you say we should do? Do Weiguo and I have to take care of my mother every day after work, and you still stay at home and be a hands-off leader all day? Why do you hire someone? Isn't it because you don't want to take care of my mother? If you cook, wash clothes, and take care of my mother, our family can save 20 yuan a month! Why don't you want to?"

Lu's mother: "Yuanyuan, don't argue with your dad. Your dad has never had a hard life. He's having a hard time now, and he can't even drink tea. Didn't you go to find your mother-in-law? Your sister-in-law and sisters are here, and your mother-in-law can't leave?"

Lu Yuan said that his mother-in-law was also sick.

Father and Mother Lu did not ask how Old Lady Jiang was doing. Their first thought was, "Your eldest sister-in-law, her mother and two sisters are here, eating and drinking for free. How can we ask one of them to come to our house to help? You didn't mention it? We can give them a few dollars, and they will also provide food."

Lu Yuan: "They refused! They even mocked me and poked my spine for not supporting my mother-in-law!"

"Hey, why didn't I see that your mother-in-law and eldest uncle were such people before? Your eldest uncle used to look open-minded, young and promising, but now he is far from Weiguo."

Jiang Weiguo ran to his eldest brother's house to confess and cry bitterly without eating lunch at noon.

Originally, Old Lady Jiang was eating Spanish mackerel dumplings. When she heard that her youngest son was here again, she had to lie down quickly. Fortunately, the big rice dumplings she had wrapped before had not been pulled off yet.

Jiang Weiguo ignored Lin Xia when he entered the house. He sat on the kang and hugged his mother and cried.

"Mom, it's all my fault. If it weren't for giving birth to me, how could you have such a chronic disease?"

Old Mrs. Jiang scolded, "Don't talk nonsense! It's an old problem for many years. I got up at night last night and was too lazy to turn on the light."

Jiang Weiguo interpreted it as he came to mention it yesterday. The eldest sister-in-law was angry and quarreled with the mother-in-law. Even if she didn't hit her, she must have been very angry. Otherwise, why didn't she dare to turn on the light when she got up at night?

She was afraid of being scolded by her daughter-in-law!

Seeing his sincere feelings, Lin Xia advised: "Second brother, mother is fine, just rest for ten days or half a month."

Jiang Weiguo snorted coldly and ignored her. He only said to Mrs. Jiang: "Mom, how about I take you to take care of her? My sister-in-law is in confinement, and you can't help her and you are still making trouble here." Mrs. Jiang was pretending

at first, but now she sat up and scolded: "Second brother, you owe your sister-in-law! If you treat your sister-in-law like this, you don't have to come in the future!"

Although he is her own son, Mrs. Jiang has to say that people are different and their hearts will change.

As a mother, she will always think about her children and can't be cruel.

Even though her daughter-in-law stabbed her many times, she never complained to her son, thinking that it is better for the young couple to live a good life.

The son also knows it, but he may not want to have a conflict with his daughter-in-law for this.

If the mother points out that her daughter-in-law is bullying her, will the son intervene? If

he intervenes, he will have conflicts with his daughter-in-law.

If he does not intervene, he will be labeled as someone who forgets his mother after getting a daughter-in-law.

The son is the one who suffers, so what can the mother do? For the sake of her son, of course she will turn a blind eye.

But what did the son do?

It’s okay for him to not want his mother after getting a daughter-in-law. After all, the eldest son is filial and willing to take care of her in her old age, so she doesn’t have to share the burden with his younger brother. She feels that she is still blessed.

When the son was with his father-in-law and mother-in-law, he didn’t think of his mother. He wanted to take his mother-in-law to live with him because she was sick. The daughter

-in-law came to make a plan but failed to get what she wanted, and then he came to sing, chant, and act.

Are you trying to make trouble for me and your eldest brother, or for me and your sister-in-law?

After your eldest brother and sister-in-law are instigated by you to dislike me, will you really take me with you or just talk about it?

Don't you know how your wife treats me?

Can I follow you as well as your eldest brother and sister-in-law?

Do you think I'm a fool?

Aren't you just complaining that I don't live in the eldest son's house like some fools and let the eldest son's wife serve me and then plunder the eldest son to subsidize the younger son?

Jiang Weiguo was stunned, "Mom, I didn't do anything to my eldest sister-in-law?"

Old Mrs. Jiang: "I'm not blind."

Jiang Weiguo sniffed, wiped a tear, and then apologized to Lin Xia, "Sister-in-law, I'm a straight-forward person who doesn't beat around the bush. I'm simple-minded. I was too anxious just now and my attitude may be bad. Please bear with me."

Lin Xia certainly wouldn't argue with him about this. She now agrees with her third sister.

"If your brother-in-law and aunt don't stand on your side, you must be angry. You must be angry and you must be angry right then and there. If they stand on your side, you don't need to be angry at any time and you must be generous."

Lin Xia: "Mom, your foot still hurts, take a rest, don't be angry. Second brother, don't worry too much, you should go back and help your sister-in-law take good care of aunt."

Jiang Weiguo has calmed down.

He was really a little impulsive and really sad. He and Lu Yuan felt that his mother was really bullied by his sister-in-law and that she sprained her ankle. His mother lived a life of dependence.

His wife came to him to complain about her mother and his elder brother and his wife. He also complained about his elder brother and his wife, but he felt sorry for his mother more and hated himself for being incompetent. He watched his mother suffer and could not take her out, so he could only let her be tortured by his elder sister-in-law. He comforted

his mother a few words, and his mood became heavier.

It was raining cats and dogs.

Lin Xia invited Jiang Weiguo to have dinner, but he didn't want to eat in a huff and wanted to leave.

At this time, Jiang Weidong and the four children came back from outside.

Seeing him coming, Jiang Weidong was quite happy, "Weiguo, are you free today? We can have a drink together."

Jiang Weiguo wiped away his tears and returned to his honest and reserved look, "No, brother, I have to work in the afternoon, so I'll go back first."

Jiang Weidong thought that he must have come to see his mother without having dinner, and of course he couldn't leave with an empty stomach.

In the morning, Panpan and a few other children ran to the office to report that Grandma Jiang twisted her ankle last night. It didn't hurt at the time, but it hurts now. However, it was fine after applying medicinal wine. They also reported that Lu Yuan had come over, so Jiang Weidong thought his brother came to visit his mother. But Jiang

Weiguo insisted on leaving .

Jiang Weidong frowned, thinking that he seemed angry.

Grandma Jiang said unhappily, "Let him go, and go back to work."

Jiang Weidong sent him out.

After walking for a while, Jiang Weiguo said, "Brother, you and I will support mother together in the future. How much do you think I will give you a month?"

Jiang Weidong joked, "You just remembered to support mother in her old age now?"

Jiang Weiguo's face changed.

Jiang Weidong smiled and punched him, "Okay, your sister-in-law and I are not unable to support our mother. Don't think about it if your family has problems." Jiang

Weiguo hoped that he would ask himself why he said that, whether someone said something on purpose, but his brother didn't ask.

Is it because he knows that his sister-in-law bullied his mother, and he feels guilty and dares not ask?

He said, "Brother, if you don't want money, then we can take turns to raise my mother. You raise her for one month and I raise her for one month. What do you think?"

Jiang Weidong stopped smiling, knowing that his brother was not happy. "Weiguo, why are you so gloomy all of a sudden? When did I show that I didn't want to raise my mother?"

Jiang Weiguo felt pressured by his serious look. He glanced at him and looked away. "You didn't mind before. Now that you are married, you don't mind, but your sister-in-law may not mind."

Jiang Weidong: "Your sister-in-law doesn't mind."

Jiang Weiguo snorted, and a sarcastic expression appeared on his honest face.

Jiang Weidong's face sank.

He stared at his brother sharply, "Weiguo, I don't care what you heard. If you have any misunderstandings or dissatisfaction with me and your sister-in-law, just say it out. There is no need to hide it. We brothers don't need to beat around the bush."

​​Jiang Weiguo didn't look at him, with a look of disdain, "No, how dare I, my mother is in my hands."

Jiang Weidong's face was angry, "Jiang Weiguo, I will give you another chance. If you have any misunderstandings about your sister-in-law, just say it out. Don't disrespect her." Jiang Weiguo

realized that his elder brother was angry. He looked at Jiang Weidong in disbelief. Is his elder brother angry with him because of a woman?

Ha, it's true, he has changed after having a wife.

When he got angry, he said in a desperate tone, "Brother, you should pay more attention to our mother and don't let others bully her. At her age, she not only has to take care of people during the confinement period, but also has to take care of the whole family. Are you treating our mother like an old mother?"

Jiang Weidong was so angry that he laughed.

I asked you to come and visit more often but you refused. Now you are making up stories that Lin Xia bullied your mother-in-law? I

haven't seen you care about my mother for so many years, so you are showing off now?

Jiang Weidong is not the kind of person who likes to argue with others. If his subordinates make mistakes, he will give them a chance to explain. If they don't admit their mistakes, he will punish them directly until they realize their mistakes.

He said coldly: "Oh, didn't you say you would help me take care of mom in her old age? Your mother-in-law is ill, and I don't think you have the energy to take care of her. So pay the money. Five or ten yuan a month is up to you. Buy more nutritional products for mom to show your filial piety."

He was still worried about leaving his mother to his second brother.

Jiang Weiguo looked at him in astonishment, obviously surprised by Jiang Weidong.

The eldest brother has always been generous and tolerant to him, why is he so mean suddenly?

He just wanted to say that I only have that little salary a month, and you asked me to pay ten yuan. Do you still want me to raise the child?

Jiang Weidong didn't give him a chance and continued, "Of course, if you are very filial and want to pay back the filial piety you should have given to your mother since you started working, I won't stop you."

He took a step back and looked at Jiang Weiguo coldly, "In the future, be respectful to your sister-in-law whenever you come to her house. Otherwise, don't come, or I will be rude to you!"

After saying that, he left Jiang Weiguo and turned back home.