"I don't think I fell by myself. Think about it, it has been raining for such a long time here, and it must be raining at home too.
Since it’s raining so heavily, my mother and the others will definitely not go to work.
The floor of the house is all dirt, and the paths to the kitchen and toilet are paved with stones to prevent anyone from falling due to the slippery road."
Lu Qingyan didn't believe that her mother-in-law fell down and became paralyzed. She must have been pushed down by someone.
"Isn't that possible?" Gu Mingze couldn't figure out who pushed his mother down, so he could only doubt his wife's words.
"Why don't we just wait for a letter from home and ask?" Lu Qingyan was just speculating and couldn't guarantee that her mother-in-law was pushed over by someone, so she should wait for someone to write and ask.
"Yeah." Gu Mingze nodded, hoping that his family would write to him soon.
As for the Gu family, who has the time to write to Gu Mingze?
Because of Lin Dacui's paralysis, her temper became even worse.
When she returned home, she found that the only people willing to take care of her were the old man and her two sons.
The other daughters-in-law came to see her and left, and even her third son came to see her and left, and never came again.
This made her even more irritable and she started cursing in the house.
"Eldest wife, second wife, you are all dead. Didn't you hear me calling you from inside the house?" Lin Dacui pounded the kang with both hands and cursed.
"Can you please stop scolding me? If you have anything to say, just call me. I'm not here." When Old Man Gu heard the old woman scolding him again, he sighed and said,
"I scolded them but they didn't come. If I didn't scold them, they wouldn't come. They are all conscienceless." Lin Dacui's eyes turned red as she scolded: "The fourth one is even more conscienceless. When she heard that I was paralyzed, she didn't even come back to see me, a heartless thing."
"Old Four just came back a while ago, so it's impossible for him to have a vacation. Don't even think about getting him back." Old Man Gu really had no idea what to do with the grumpy old woman.
After all, she is the old woman with whom I have lived for almost my entire life, and I can't bear to ignore her.
I could only control my temper and persuade her to just tell her if she had anything to say and stop scolding her.
"It's true, what do you mean it's true? I think he just wants to support his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and doesn't care about us." Lin Dacui started crying as she spoke: "If I had known that the fourth son would get married and leave us, I would never have let him get married no matter what I said."
"Okay, can you please stop talking and be quiet?" Old Man Gu was really annoyed. He tapped the pipe in his hand and shouted at the person who was still crying.
But he began to wonder which son should take care of him in his old age.
On the other side, Niu Lili sat on the kang in anger and panted, "Look, look, mother is scolding me again.
I went to see her and serve her all day, but she scolded me when she came into the house.
If I don't go, you will scold me. My family members know this, but outsiders don't. They think I have no conscience."
"Don't be angry. Mom is just lying on the kang, feeling uncomfortable. Let her scold if she wants to. Don't be like her." Gu Mingtao looked at his angry wife and could only comfort her and ask her to bear with it.
What else can they do if they can't bear it? One is their own mother, and the other is their own wife. The mother is paralyzed on the kang and can't move. What else can they do except for the children to bear it?
"Okay, I'll endure it. If I can't afford to offend her, can I not hide from her?" Niu Lili said, took off her shoes and went to sleep on the kang. Before closing her eyes, she said, "If your mother calls you again in the future, go and don't call me again."
"Hey, what's the matter with you, woman? It's natural for a daughter-in-law to take care of her mother-in-law, why do you think you're rebelling?" Gu Mingtao was unhappy when he heard this, and he reached out and pushed the person lying on the kang pretending to be asleep.
"What do you mean by natural and right? What do you mean by natural and right? She scolds me every day, but I still have to serve her. Why am I so cheap?" Niu Lili became impatient after being pushed around, and she sat up and said
"Say it again, say it again, do you believe I will slap you?" Gu Mingtao was so angry that he raised his hand and pretended to slap her again.
"Hit me, hit me! If you can't kill me today, don't even think about asking me to serve your mother in the future." Niu Lili said as she moved her face closer to let Gu Mingtao hit her.
Gu Mingtao looked at his wife who was unmoved. When he saw her actions, his mind was confused and he really hit her hard.
"Ah! Gu Mingtao, you really dare to hit me?" Niu Lili was also stunned by the beating. After she came to her senses, she rushed forward and scratched Gu Mingtao, saying:
"Gu Mingtao, you have no conscience. I gave birth to two sons for you and took care of you. Now you dare to hit me for such a small matter."
Gu Mingtao was tickled so hard that he was bleeding. He wanted to hit her, but he was afraid that this crazy woman would get even crazier.
If I don’t fight, I can only get down to the ground and run away.
"Gu Mingtao, I'm telling you, if you dare to come back, I'll scratch you." Niu Lili watched the man run away, still unconvinced and yelled
"This elder brother and his wife are fighting." Xu Lihua was sitting on the kang. After hearing the scolding from the next room, she whispered
"Go ahead and hit me. We just need to take care of ourselves." Gu Minghai thought about his mother lying on the kang and didn't want to talk to his wife anymore.
"You don't want to bring your parents to our house, do you?" Xu Lihua asked, squinting her eyes as she looked at her husband.
"I have that thought, but I don't know if my parents can come." Gu Minghai nodded and said
"Gu Minghai, what do you mean? You didn't even discuss with me such a big thing as bringing my parents here?" Xu Lihua saw that the four men really nodded, and immediately said unhappily
"What am I telling you? I am my own father and mother, so I can't make decisions for him?" Gu Minghai frowned as he looked at his daughter-in-law.
"Yes, they are your parents, you can make the decision, then you have the ability not to let me serve me." After saying this, Xu Lihua turned around and covered herself with the quilt, not wanting to pay attention to what the man said.
"Lihua, it was not easy for my parents to raise me. If others don't raise me, I can't be so heartless as to not raise me." Gu Minghai looked at his wife and saw that she really ignored him, so he said in a calm voice.
"If you want to raise the child, then do it. Don't ask me." Xu Lihua felt sad at what her husband said, and she couldn't help but soften her tone.
"Then I'll take it as your consent? I'll go tell my parents right away." Gu Minghai said, and was about to go downstairs to tell his parents the good news, but was stopped by Xu Lihua.
All I heard her say was, "Don't go yet. See what the eldest brother and the others say. After all, you are the second child. If you take care of yourself first, it will be easy for the eldest brother to be criticized by the people in the team."
"Yes, I won't ask my parents now, but I will go ask my eldest brother and see what he means." Gu Mingtao listened to what his wife said and nodded and said that he would not go to his parents, but go out to ask his eldest brother.
"Then go ahead. Let's talk it over. If Big Brother also wants to support his parents, then we shouldn't fight over them." Xu Lihua let go of his hand, gave him a few instructions, and let the man go.
"Master, if we take our parents in and raise them, then the pension money given by the eldest, second and fourth brothers every year will belong to us..."