The old lady is reborn

Hearing his wife's question, Huan Qing suddenly didn't want to explain anymore.

He asked himself that he had made a lot of efforts and concessions to maintain the peace and happiness of the family.

But I also know that this peace and happiness is achieved at the expense of my parents.

He originally thought that this was known to everyone and that everyone had a scale in their hearts. But now it seems that not only did they make his parents suffer and make him feel guilty, but they also wanted him to admit that all this was voluntary and fair.

On weekdays, when he lives with his whole family, he would feel regretful that his parents are not around and he cannot fulfill his filial duties.

Especially when his father passed away, he cried bitterly due to guilt. After taking care of his father's funeral, looking at his mother who was alone, he asked her if she wanted to come and live in Yancheng.

The mother looked at her daughter-in-law and her husband and wife, who had different expressions on their faces, and finally shook her head: "I'd rather live here, closer to your father... I'll come to his grave and talk to him whenever I have time."

The three people behind him breathed a sigh of relief.

Recalling the past, Huanqing sat down as if relieved of all his strength, looking at the people around him with blank eyes.

His father-in-law and mother-in-law looked at him coldly, his brother-in-law and his wife crossed their arms and looked at him with contempt. His wife was still crying and forcing him to make a promise again.

These people have relied on him and his parents for support over the years, especially his brother-in-law and his wife.

Even when he returned to the village to attend his father's funeral, the hired ox cart was filled with new rice, beans, sweet potatoes, various vegetables, and dried vegetables.

The mother sat there in a daze after losing her father. When the daughter-in-law came over to say goodbye, she asked, "Can we take some vegetables and fruits from the fields with us when we leave?"

The mother murmured, "Take it. In the past, we two always packed a whole car for you. We are sorry this time. Just take whatever you like."

At that time, he felt very uncomfortable when he saw three people carrying grain and picking vegetables everywhere, so he helped his mother back to the house.

Later, when he returned to Yancheng to unload a truck, he saw the familiar old basket, which was covered and full of eggs. He was extremely dissatisfied: "You brought only these eggs laid by your own hens?!"

The mother-in-law said, "I left the money on the table."

It was not until he received the letter from his younger sister who had asked someone from the village to bring it to him that he realized there were only thirty copper coins on the table.

He asked his mother-in-law in disbelief, and she said, "Mother-in-law didn't really want us to give her money. She just put it on the table as a token of her appreciation. Besides, the money we have is given by you. Isn't it just in the same big pot after all?"

But now it seems that all the food is not in this big pot, but in their own small bowls.

As time went by, they took it for granted...

The father-in-law was the first to notice that something was wrong with Huanqing. If Huanqing lost his mood, many things would become difficult.

He scolded his daughter and son twice, and then said to Huanqing: "You are a good man and you can support the family.

My in-laws are luckier than us. Their sons and daughters are both successful and can support themselves and earn money.

Unlike us, we can only live under someone else’s roof…”

He was still talking, but Huanqing remembered that his younger sister who was found told him that his father-in-law and mother-in-law just slapped him twice and then gave him a smiling face.

He didn't know if he was out of his mind at the time, but he asked, "Isn't it a case of giving a sweet date after two slaps?"

The younger sister rolled her eyes at him and said, "Are you willing to give you the sweet dates?"

He chuckled at the time, thinking that his younger sister was exaggerating and thinking too badly of people's hearts.

The little sister rolled her eyes at him and stuffed two pairs of shoes at him: "I made them, try them later."

He added: "It's not that far actually. If you have time on weekdays, you can come back twice more often by yourself and help mother with some work and talk to her."

He thought about it and it made sense. The last time he went back, his mother said that the roof of the barn was leaking. Every time he wanted to help fix it, he was always interrupted by other things.

Sometimes the two children want to go up the mountain to play, to pick fruits and mushrooms; sometimes the father-in-law wants to find an old acupuncture master in the village to treat his legs; sometimes the daughter-in-law asks him, "Which river was your favorite place to go fishing when you were a child?"

Let's go catch some fish and add some to the dishes, shall we? Mother had to cook for so many people and clean up the rooms and beds for so many people. And I didn't find the time to repair the roof of the barn until I left.

So, he followed his younger sister's advice and went back home more often to help his mother with work, listen to her nagging, and eat all the meals she cooked.

Now thinking back, the only thing that could comfort him was the few times he went back to see his mother alone. He remembered that there was a gentle and peaceful smile on his mother's face.

But when my brother-in-law and his wife rushed in angrily, pointed at my nose and cursed me, I repeated what my younger sister had said to them.

Huanqing couldn't help feeling guilty after hearing this. The little sister was right to scold him, because wasn't she scolding him?

When Yancheng was in chaos, Huanxi asked his mother and Lu Xiaolan: "How big is Aunt Li's house? How many people can live in it?"

The old lady didn't understand what he meant. "Since you are here to help mother, I won't rent her house anymore. I will live in my own house and be free."

Lu Xiaolan seemed to understand Huanxi's meaning: "Old people are frugal and naturally want to save money. I originally planned to rent a house and choose a small one.

Aunt Li's house has a bedroom, a main room, a kitchen, a barn, a cellar, a pigpen, and a small yard in front and back.

The main room is also a passage between the bedroom, kitchen and backyard, and cannot be used for living."

Huanxi confirmed after hearing this: "There is only one sleeping room, and you can't change anything else, right?"

Lu Xiaolan went to see the house in person, thought about it and nodded.

Huanxi heard this and said, "Then let's rent it and mother should move.

But we have to sell the house my mother lives in as soon as possible. It's a real sale and also a fake sale.

If my mother wants to live alone, I'm afraid this house won't be big enough."