Aunt Zhou is an elder sister that my mother knows. At that time, she rented a house outside, dressed in rags, and many of them were picked up in the trash can. But she was too big and too short, so she cut and sewed it, making it colorful. I don't care about eating. Every time I go to the market at night, I will pick up the thrown food and eat it directly. Occasionally, vendors throw away fish when they die. She will also pick it up, smell it and take it home to eat.
I don't know. I thought she was a tramp. In fact, she used to have a regular job. Now she has a pension of more than 2,000 yuan and her own house. But how did it get so messy?
At the beginning, Aunt Zhou and her husband got married in their rural hometown. College students were admitted to the village one by one, and their thoughts became active. They don't want their son to face the loess and face the sky again. I sold the house in my hometown cruelly and contracted it out one acre and three points. I came to this city with the dream of sending my son to college.
The house was rented out, the children's school was also decided, and the couple went out to look for a job. Fortunately, both of them found jobs. Although the salary is not high, giving them a pension is guaranteed when they are old. Every day, apart from going to work, I wholeheartedly provide for my son to go to school, but no matter how they supervise, the children's grades are stable in the bottom five in the class. The couple are very worried. They don't understand and can't help. They can only enroll their son in remedial classes. They arrange for their children to go out every weekend. The children are very obedient, arrange everything and attend classes there carefully. However, their grades have been counting down from primary school to junior high school, and the senior high school entrance examination is approaching. Aunt Zhou and his wife also want to understand that this child is not the material for learning.
As they expected, the son didn't get into anything, so he had to arrange a secondary school for his child to learn auto repair.
The couple scrimped and saved to buy a house with a loan.
Before their children went to technical secondary school, they had been thinking about their children and never thought about themselves. Now that the whole family is quiet and the future is clear, we should consider the issue of providing for the aged. I have a pension, but I have rented the house for more than ten years, so I can't always live in other people's homes. There must be a place for children to get married, or at least two rooms. From now on, one for each son and one for two people.
When you have an idea in your head, you should act immediately, go to work normally from Monday to Friday, do odd jobs on weekends, and do whatever you want. Aunt Zhou will never give up even if she only goes out 10 yuan to buy a bunch of Sugar-Coated Berry a day, even if her finger is swollen. She will walk back and bring a big steamed bun for lunch.
Fortunately, at that time, house prices had not risen sharply. In addition to providing children with schooling, they also saved a lot of money in these years. After the child entered the garage, he bought a new house with a loan. They save the money earned by their sons, and decorate and repay the money earned. Although family life is a bit bitter and food is not good, I am very happy.
Sometimes Aunt Zhou will urge her son: "Son, find a girlfriend quickly, give birth to a grandchild for your mother, and take good care of you while you are still in good health."
My son has been laughing and talking fast, but I didn't expect it to be fast. My son met a girl in the garage who was a handyman in the shop. One day, my son brought it back without saying hello. The girl is tall, matching her son's height and looks average, but her son is not a handsome man. In short, they are very suitable. This girl's condition is not good, not as good as Aunt Zhou. Her father died young, and she has been renting a house with her mother.
Not long after the two adults met, my mother was tall and thin, with a bunch of presents on her face. Polite but distant to Aunt Zhou's family, the words look very amiable, but in fact there is something in them.
In a few words, I said all the requirements: "You said that this child will not listen to us when he is older. I want my daughter to work for a while and earn more money. I can't afford to live with my in-laws like my generation. You know how embarrassing this is. Everyone has been there before. "
"Our neighbor's daughter married a poor boy, and the house is still a loan. I don't want my daughter to live with a loan as soon as she walks in. How hard it is. "
When we first met, Aunt Zhou was afraid of her mother. She has always been an honest person and only listens to her mother's saliva.
When I got home, I said to my son, "Your mother-in-law is really amazing. Can you handle it later? "
"I'm not married to her, so I can't help it."
My son gets married, my mother-in-law wants a house, we move out and their family moves in.
After the in-laws met, Aunt Zhou was dissatisfied, but she couldn't show it in front of her son. She thinks that young people change their partners in three days, and maybe her son won't get married for a long time. But later, my daughter-in-law became pregnant, and my mother was the first to find out.
"I thought the child was still young, so I don't have to worry about getting married. This marriage is a golden opportunity for carp yue longmen, but who wants the children to be disobedient? You say, when are we getting married? "
"Let's have someone look at it."
"Can't talk, where do you live? How much is the bride price? Don't think that being pregnant is your wife. I said that my daughter dare not have an abortion today. "
"Pregnancy is so easy, how can you abort? Besides, it hurts your body. What are your conditions? "
"You lived in this house for my daughter, and you moved out?"
"Then where are we going?"
"You rent a house first. My niece is pregnant. She is not used to living with outsiders. When the child is born, you will move back to take care of the child. "
"That line, that line, listen to your mother."
At this moment, Aunt Zhou's son said, "No, my parents can easily have their own house. How can they move out? "
"This adult talk, not you. You got my daughter pregnant. I haven't cleaned it up for you yet. Shut up. "
Aunt Zhou's family sat quietly, listening to her mother's lectures and arrangements. Her mother's back was straight, and she glanced at her gift from time to time, and her heart trembled and she dared not listen.
The old couple left the next day with their bedrolls and found a house in the country, far from their son, but the rent was only 200 yuan cheaper. Daughter-in-law pays photogenic to marry in, and at the same time, her own mother lives in. The daughter-in-law said that she was particularly pregnant and wanted to eat the meal cooked by her mother, which was understandable.
It's hard for me to see my grandson now. My son lives under oppression.
Ten months passed quickly and my daughter-in-law gave birth to a fat grandson. Aunt Zhou also packed her bags and prepared to return the rent and move back. When the family gathered around their eldest grandson, my mother-in-law said, "My niece said Confucius wanted me to serve. After all, my mother-in-law is an outsider, and I will suffer. "
Aunt Zhou didn't say when to move back after all, and took out a wrapped 2000 yuan red envelope and gave it to her daughter-in-law. My mother took it first, tore open the red envelope, and counted it on the spot with a little spit on her hand. Sitting on the sofa, she said, "You said, my daughter is unlucky, too. Her family has no money, and neither does her husband's family. Our neighbor's daughter gave birth to a child, and her husband's family gave her 20 thousand and bought a mink coat. "
"You know, my husband and I spent all our savings to buy this house, and we are still paying off this loan."
Aunt Zhou's son also came out to speak: "You didn't know what conditions our family had at the beginning. Besides, 2000 yuan is a lot for my parents. Didn't you just leave 200 yuan? Didn't my salary get paid? "
"Your parents can compare with me. I'm still here for confinement. How much does a nanny earn a month? I have more money than anyone. I'm not ashamed to give you a raise. It's not too shabby for such a tall man to earn so little. I don't know how your parents raised him. "
Seeing that there was going to be a quarrel, Aunt Zhou took her son aside for education, and the couple returned to the place where they rented the house.
After that, I continued to live the days when the old couple paid the mortgage and my mother lived. Occasionally they go to see their grandchildren with money and food, and their mother scolds them in a strange way. Sun Tzu also instilled in his grandparents that they were unwilling to take care of him and were alienated from the old couple.
The life of Aunt Zhou's son is not much better. He said to Aunt Zhou, "Mom and Dad, don't take money in the future, just buy something to eat for the children. We don't know how long we can live like this. Going back every day is very depressing. I have saved some money myself, and you have to save money. "
"Son, we can't divorce as soon as we abandon our children. What a pity my grandson is. "
"Is your grandson, see your face called grandparents? Now it's all done by his grandmother, and even my father won't talk to me. Let's do it step by step. If we can't do it, we can't force it, can we? Who let me not see the true face of their mother and daughter at first. "
Aunt Zhou also regretted it. If I inquired more about my mother's personality, or insisted when the other party asked the couple to move out, my son would not be dependent. It is really the children's in-laws, not only the children's character, but also the in-laws' character.
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