After eavesdropping on his wife's conversation with his best friend, he changed from a mom bao man to a "wife protector".
After the movie, Fang Ting and her best friend walked out of the theater leisurely. She pulled out her phone and was surprised to find that there were more than a dozen missed calls. When I opened the phone, I saw that all of them were my mother-in-law and my husband's. Fang Ting's heart tightened, and she felt that something must have happened at home, otherwise there would not be so many **.
She hurriedly dialed her husband Xu Ming's **: Hey, what's wrong?You guys hit so many **, what's going on at home?”
Xu Ming said impatiently: "You are embarrassed to ask, why are you so irresponsible to be a mother by leaving two children under the age of three at home alone and going out to play alone?"”
Fang Ting couldn't believe her ears after hearing this, and her voice became higher: "What?."Isn't your mom taking care of the kids at home?”
My mom came home early in the morning, I'm driving back now, you can come back soon!Xu Ming said impatiently.
But ......Before Fang Ting finished speaking, ** had already been hung up by Xu Ming. She hurriedly said goodbye to her best friend, flagged down a taxi and hurried home. Fang Ting hasn't gone out shopping with her girlfriends for months, and usually takes care of the children and does housework at home. This time it was for her best friend's birthday, and Fang Ting had discussed it with Xu Ming half a month ago.
At that time, Xu Ming was still very supportive of her going out to party. However, early this morning, Xu Ming said that he had made an appointment with his colleagues to go out, claiming that he had forgotten that Fang Ting was going out. The two quarreled because of this, and each insisted on his own words. Just as Fang Ting was about to go out, Xu Ming mentioned that his mother would go home in the morning, but Fang Ting didn't hear it at the time. After leaving the house, she took a taxi to the house.
Xu Ming thought that Fang Ting was taking care of the children at home, so he went out with confidence. As a result, two children under the age of three were left alone at home. When Fang Ting got out of the car, she ran into Xu Ming, and after the two glanced at each other, they both twisted their heads to the side and stopped communicating.
Opening the door, Fang Ting almost fainted to the ground. The house was in chaos, and everywhere the children could touch it was a mess. Biscuits and fruit fell to the ground, and several glasses shattered into slag. There was also a large puddle of water on the ground, I don't know if it was urine or some other liquid. There was also something that looked like blood on the couch.
Fang Ting anxiously looked for the child and found that the two were hugged tightly, and there were scratches on their little hands and feet. The daughter was even more serious, with extensive burns on her hands. Fang Ting and Xu Ming didn't say a word, picked up the child and rushed to the hospital. In the hospital, my son was able to deal with it in a timely manner, but my daughter needed to be hospitalized**. The mother-in-law also rushed to the hospital, picked up her eldest grandson and said with tears in her eyes: "My eldest grandson, don't have an accident, otherwise grandma, how will I live!."”
Xu Ming comforted on the side: "Mom, Lele is fine, don't worry too much." It's just that Jingjing's injuries are more serious and require hospitalization**. Before he finished speaking, his mother pointed at Fang Ting and said angrily: "How can you be like this, two children who are less than three years old are left alone like this, and you run out to play alone." If anything happens to my grandchildren, I'll have to settle accounts with you!”
Fang Ting felt aggrieved and hurriedly explained: "I discussed with Xu Ming half a month ago, today is my best friend's birthday, and I want to go out for a while." And I didn't know you would be home today, and it's not my responsibility alone. And I haven't been out in months!”
However, Fang Ting's explanation actually angered her mother-in-law. She scolded Fang Ting violently as if she had turned on a machine gun: "I heard me right, do you know what you just said?"You're embarrassed to blame my son. Isn't it natural that you don't have to work and take care of your children every day with your children?You can't just eat and drink all day and do nothing at home, just want to go out and play all day, right?”
In the hospital, the mother and daughter-in-law seemed to be about to break out. However, Xu Ming stood aside and was silent. Fang Ting looked at Xu Ming with some disappointment, feeling cold in her heart. For so many years, no matter how her mother-in-law blamed her, Xu Ming never stood up to say a fair word for her.
In fact, Fang Ting also understands Xu Ming's efforts for this family. Every day, from morning to night, the family of five depends on him to feed. But it is not easy for Fang Ting to take care of two children at home alone. The mother-in-law would sometimes come over to help, but her heart would always be only for her son and grandchildren. No matter how hard Fang Ting tried, she was always dissatisfied, always feeling that only her son was doing his best for the family, and Fang Ting was just sitting back and enjoying the results. For her mother-in-law, Fang Ting lives in a big house, she doesn't have to go out to work, she only needs to take care of the housework and take care of the children at home, all of which doesn't seem to be worth mentioning.
During her daughter's hospitalization, Fang Ting was always by her side, while Xu Ming occasionally went to visit, and due to his busy work, he looked a lot darker and thinner. One weekend, Xu Ming was finally able to rest at home, his mother prepared a hearty meal for him, and his mother was distressed to see her son lose weight after working hard during this time.
Xu Mingming really had a hard time during this time, and after waking up on the weekend, he had a great appetite and ate several bowls of rice in one go. His mother was relieved to see him happily enjoying his meal. After eating, Xu Ming asked his mother to pack some food and carry a lunch box to deliver food to his wife and daughter.
When he walked to the door of the ward, he found that Fang Ting's best friend was in the ward, and the two were tasting delicious food. Xu Ming originally planned to go in, but after hesitating for a moment, he decided to listen quietly to their conversation outside the door.
Fang Ting, you have to eat a little more, you have lost weight like this in less than a month, and you haven't eaten well every day, right?Xu Ming was too busy to leave you and your daughter in the hospital. The best friend looked at Fang Ting and reproached distressedly.
Fang Ting replied with a wry smile: "My mother-in-law brings me food at noon every day, but it is all something I don't like to eat, basically it is leftovers, and I have no appetite when I look at it." Do you say you can not be thin?”
Xu Ming stood at the door, listening to their conversation, and the anger in his heart couldn't help but rise. He thought to himself, it turned out that Fang Ting had a bad temper and always found fault and quarreled with him, but he was actually influenced by this best friend. How could Fang Ting say this about her mother-in-law and him in front of outsiders?
After adjusting his mood, Xu Ming entered the ward with a lunch box. Seeing that his best friend barely squeezed out a smile, he said with a straight face: "You have almost eaten, what's the point of me bringing food?"If I had said it earlier, I wouldn't have asked my mother to leave you food. Why are you so ignorant!”
Fang Ting smiled at Xu Ming's words: "Okay, as far as you are sensible, you are a good boy who listens to your mother." Then you can eat the food you brought, and save yourself from waste!The couple quarreled one after another, and a tense atmosphere permeated the entire ward. The daughter looked at her father quietly, her eyes were round and silent.
Xu Ming was even more angry when he heard his daughter's comment, and he blamed Fang Ting: "How can you educate your children like this?"You have an opinion about my mother, and if you don't like her cooking, forget it, why teach these grievances to children?”
Fang Ting was amused by her daughter's innocence, and she responded to Xu Ming and said, "I don't have the spare time to teach my daughter this." Others say that the fairy tongue is unscrupulous, this is just her true feeling!With that, Fang Ting opened the lunch box. Xu Ming looked at the food on the table and was dumbfounded: "How, how, how are these meals?."At noon, I obviously ate ......”
It turned out that Xu Ming's mother and daughter served Fang Ting's mother and daughter all the leftover dishes from yesterday, and only one dish was made today, and it was something that Fang Ting didn't like to eat. Xu Ming looked at the bowl of soup on the table again, and remembered that at noon, his mother fished out all the meat in the soup and gave it to him, leaving only clear soup and a few bones.
Fang Ting said lightly: "I know that you are busy with work every day, and you are under a lot of pressure, and you don't have the time and energy to take care of things at home. Sometimes you believe what your mother says, and you don't think from my point of view at all. But the truth is not what your mother said, you have to be careful, otherwise our lives will be very difficult. ”
Xu Ming didn't speak again, just looked at his daughter blankly. There was a thought in my heart, what would he do if his daughter grew up in the future and was bullied in her in-law's house after getting married?He seemed to have realized something at this moment, and after walking out of the ward, he did not go home directly, but chose to take a walk outside. As you walk, you think.
He felt that everything was normal, and his mother often blamed Fang Ting, but he didn't care too much at first. As time went by, he subtly agreed with his mother's point of view, and felt that Fang Ting seemed to be everywhere. After thinking about it carefully, Xu Ming suddenly found that he seemed to be a little blind and filial, always irrationally favoring his mother.
Xu Ming is not a very patriarchal person, he respects women and believes that men and women are equal. However, after getting married, his wife took care of the children at home, and he was responsible for earning money alone, and after the financial power was in his hands, he became lazy and did not care about the affairs of the family and the children. He realized the seriousness of the problem, but he didn't bother to solve it, so he was content with his comfort zone and was unwilling to change the status quo.
A few days later, his daughter ** was discharged from the hospital, and Xu Ming happened to be promoted. He specially handed a few hundred yuan to his mother: "Mom, you take this money, go to the vegetable market to buy some dishes that Fang Ting likes to eat and your own favorite food, don't always buy what I like to eat alone." ”
Of course, the mother was happy to learn that her son was promoted, but after listening to her son's words, her expression froze: "How can it be, you usually work so hard, I don't buy more of what you like to eat for you, how can your body stand it!."”
Xu Ming smiled: "Mom, I know you care about me very much, but it's not easy for Fang Ting to take care of the child. During this time, she was busy in the hospital alone, and everyone lost a lot of weight. You don't have to worry about me buying more of your favorite dishes, I can eat anything as a big man, I'm not a picky eater. ”
After hearing this, the old lady muttered and said, "I'll just say that the current woman is expensive, and we didn't all take care of the children by ourselves, so how could anyone help." Isn't that what happened?How difficult is it for a woman to take care of her children at home and do housework, what is so hard?”
Xu Ming knew that what he had just said aroused his mother's dissatisfaction, but fortunately he reacted quickly and said to his mother: "Actually, this promotion was not my chance, it should have been promoted by one of my colleagues." The matter has been decided, but just when it is about to be realized, he and his wife divorced, and the family was in turmoil. This not only caused him to lose his chance to be promoted, but also threw the whole family into chaos!So it is not unreasonable for others to say that the family and everything is prosperous, your son, I am very fortunate to have such a good mother and daughter-in-law behind me, so that I can make some achievements in my career!”
When the old lady heard this, she was overjoyed in her heart, as if Fang Ting had instantly become her right-hand man on the road of protecting her son. From that moment on, Xu Ming's attitude towards life has undergone earth-shaking changes. He no longer lies on the sofa every day when he comes home from work, takes out his mobile phone and swipes **, but takes the initiative to help Fang Ting tidy up the housework and accompany the children.
Whenever his mother opened her mouth to reproach Fang Ting, Xu Ming would always stand up: "Mom, okay, don't say more." Do you think that only your son is excellent, and other people's daughters are useless?If Jingjing of our family marries into someone else's family in the future, if she is also blamed by her mother-in-law every day, can you not feel uncomfortable?”
For the first time, such words came out of her son's mouth, and the old lady was stunned for a long time, unable to come back to her senses. In the past, whenever the old lady blamed her daughter-in-law, the son was always silent, and sometimes even sided with his mother. But today, Xu Ming actually stood on his daughter-in-law's side, and later Xu Ming spoke for Fang Ting many times, and the old lady gradually stopped blaming Fang Ting in front of him.
Every weekend, Xu Ming will take the initiative to take on the responsibility of housework and taking care of the children, so that Fang Ting can go out to eat and go shopping with friends. He would also ask his mother to go to other relatives' houses to chat, and when he came back in the evening, the whole family was filled with laughter and joy, which made Xu Ming feel a sense of accomplishment. Family relationships are like a lubricant, and there is finally some improvement.
Half a year later, the two children went to kindergarten one after another. At this time, Xu Ming encouraged Fang Ting to go out to work, hoping that she could have her own career and social circle. As for the pick-up and drop-off of the children, it was his mother who was in charge, the family was united, and the whole family was full of joy.
On Mother's Day, it also happens to be my mother-in-law's birthday. Fang Ting proposed that the two families have dinner together, and since it was her mother-in-law's birthday, many relatives came. Fang Ting went to the mall to buy the same style of necklace for her two mothers. When relatives and friends saw this harmonious family, the mother-in-law was kind, the daughter-in-law was filial, and there were two lovely children, they were very envious. The mother-in-law smiled even more and sighed at her blessings. Xu Ming and Fang Ting glanced at each other and smiled tacitly.