Li Fang is 50 years old and lives alone in an old house in the county seat. Her daughter Lin Chuchu had already gotten married and moved out, and the couple worked in the city, occasionally returning to see Li Fang on weekends.
Lin Chuchu married engineer Zhang Li, Li Fang was still not very comfortable. Because the son-in-law Zhang Li is mediocre and not tall, the most important thing is that Zhang Li's parents are in the countryside of his hometown, and the conditions are average.
Now Lin Chuchu and Zhang Zhang have been married for two years, and their relationship is very good, but Li Fang is still worried, for fear that one day her daughter will dislike Zhang Zhang and divorce him.
After all, in her opinion, her daughter's conditions are much better than Zhang Li, and Lin Chuchu will dislike Zhang Li sooner or later.
In order to keep this son-in-law, Li Fang decided to do everything she could.
She first exaggerated her appreciation for Zhang Li to Lin Chuchu, saying that Zhang Li has strong work ability, is easy-going, and is a good man, and Lin Chuchu must cherish it.
Lin Chuchu felt that her mother was too much, she and Zhang Zhang had a good relationship, and there was no need for Li Fang to say this.
Seeing that persuasion was ineffective on the surface, Li Fang decided to take action to keep her son-in-law.
She repeatedly asked Zhang Zhang to go out to eat and chat, buy gifts for him, and told him earnestly that if there was any need in the future, just ask. Zhang Zhang was a little puzzled at first, but it was not good to refuse the kindness of his mother-in-law directly.
In this way, Li Fang found Zhang Li to go out to eat from time to time, and sometimes called Lin Chuchu, and the three of them ate together. Lin Chuchu saw it in his eyes and felt that his mother's actions were a little excessive.
Once when the three of them were eating, she couldn't help but say, "Mom, don't always find the strength to come out to eat, and give him a little free space." ”
Li Fang was a little embarrassed when she heard this, she explained: "I don't care about you, you young people are busy with work, so I just want to help you save snacks and make you happy." ”
Lin Chuchu thought to himself, you are a 50-year-old man, how can you have a common language with us young people, and asking us to come out for dinner is just to unilaterally satisfy your own ideas, what can make us happy.
But she didn't want to say it directly, she just said: "Mom, I have a good relationship with Lili, you don't have to worry about it, the space that should be there is still for us." ”
Li Fang heard the meaning of her daughter's words and knew that her daughter had seen through her little plan to keep her son-in-law.
She was a little embarrassed, but continued to carry out her plan for the sake of her goals.
In the following days, in addition to continuing to have dinner with her daughter and son-in-law, Li Fang also came up with even more ridiculous ideas.
She bought a car for Zhang Li, saying that it would be more convenient for Zhang Li to drive to and from work in the future. Zhang Zhang initially refused, but accepted it despite the repeated insistence of his mother-in-law.
After Lin Chuchu found out about this, he was very angry.
She bluntly reprimanded her mother for her inappropriate behavior, buying a car is a family affair between her and her husband, and now her mother-in-law is giving gifts without authorization, which is a bit out of bounds.
Mom, you're deliberately currying favor with Lili, you're going to embarrass him like this.
I'll say it one last time, don't meddle in the affairs between our husband and wife anymore, and don't give inappropriate gifts to Lili!Lin Chuchu said very seriously.
Li Fang was very ashamed of what her daughter said. She realized that what she was doing was indeed inappropriate, and she must leave due space for her daughter and son-in-law in the future and stop interfering too much in their lives.
To Li Fang's surprise, at this moment, Zhang Zhang took the initiative to propose the idea of divorcing Lin Chuchu.
Lin Chuchu cried and asked him why, and Zhang Zhang said: "I don't want to ruin your relationship with your mother, I will have a disturbed conscience." ”
It turned out that Li Fang's diligent care for Zhang Zhang made him feel a lot of pressure.
He didn't want to accept the gift from his mother-in-law, but it was difficult to refuse, which made him feel embarrassed.
And Li Fang's behavior of crossing the line also made him see that the relationship between the mother and daughter was not simple, and he didn't want to get involved in the relationship between their mother and daughter.
Lin Chuchu hurriedly calmed Zhang Zhang and said that he would never divorce him. She found her mother and said sincerely: "Mom, I have a good relationship with Lili, you don't need to worry about us anymore."
As long as you stop meddling in our lives, we'll be fine. ”
Only then did Li Fang realize that her repeated attempts to keep her son-in-law not only made her daughter angry, but also almost ruined her daughter's marriage.
She learned from the pain and decided to let her daughter and son-in-law live an independent life from now on, and no longer overstep.
In the end, with the joint efforts of Lin Chuchu and Zhang Li, their marriage survived.
Li Fang has learned to be a mother who respects her children's lives, and her lesson makes people understand that they can't force someone to keep for their own purposes, but should give the other party space and let the relationship develop naturally.