The family conditions of our two families are not particularly good, so we can only rely on our own efforts. Work outside this year, raise the down payment for the house and go back to my hometown to get married. After marriage, we stayed in our hometown city, and my husband worked odd jobs in the city. I work as a clerk in a supermarket. Although I am not particularly rich, my life is passable.
My husband has a married brother. Now that he lives in the village, his father-in-law has long since passed away. My mother-in-law raised him and her husband by herself. Now that she lives with her family, we also want to take her to live in the city. But her mother-in-law said that she was used to living in the village, so she didn't come. My husband and I don't hesitate to give her living expenses in 800 yuan every month. For the standard of living in rural areas, just a mother-in-law is enough.
However, my sister-in-law still thinks that I have given less for a month, saying that there are many job opportunities and more money in our city, which is too stingy. My husband and I are also suffering, and my sister-in-law is right, but the consumption in the city is high and the expenses are high. We must provide for our children to go to school. In fact, there is not much money left every month.
My sister-in-law called me the other day and said that my nephew is on winter vacation now, and she wants him to stay in the city for a few days because she misses her son. I thought that now that my son is on holiday and the two children are about the same age, I really should strengthen my feelings and readily agreed.
Thinking that my nephew would come the next day, I decided to go to the market to buy some food. I just saw someone selling mutton. I didn't know if my nephew would eat it, so I called my sister-in-law to ask her. Unexpectedly, I heard something else.
I didn't hang up after I finished. Maybe my sister-in-law forgot. I heard the sister-in-law on the other end of the phone say to her nephew: Go to your uncle's house, eat whatever you have, and don't starve yourself. If your aunt takes your brother to buy clothes, ask her to buy you a set. When you go to the supermarket, bring expensive snacks. Don't save money for your aunt. Hearing this, I suddenly got angry. Sister-in-law, this is too much. Do you think I did the right thing?