In the chapter of family separation, my brother-in-law has to marry his daughter-in-law into my two-story house
The setting sun shines through the clouds of the western hills, casting its afterglow on the second floor of the small courtyard in the suburbs. In late autumn, the courtyard is more peaceful and pleasant.
Wife, what are we going to do about this?Do you want to talk to the boss about it?"Yard**, an old man with gray hair took out a cigarette from his cigarette case, lit it and looked at his wife in the yard with concern.
The old lady in the yard was picking vegetables, and when she heard the old man's words, she responded directly: "I'm not a fairy, how do you know?"It's all your fault, I wanted to build such a building at the beginning, if I listened to me, divided into two sets of yards, built bungalows, and built one for each other, how could there be these troubles. ”
The old man was a little anxious, and shouted angrily: "Wife, when is this coming, don't say this anymore." As he spoke, he threw the unfinished cigarette on the ground and stepped on it angrily, "Why don't we tell the boss and make up a reason that his brother needs this house to get married, and let them move back to the old yard?"I think the eldest daughter-in-law should be reasonable and shouldn't embarrass us. ”
The old lady snorted coldly: "You will bully honest people." She threw the vegetables she had picked on the stone bench and muttered dissatisfiedly.
The old man looked at the old lady and threw the question directly to her: "What do you say?"”
I think, this two-story house, their family lives on the upper floor, let's move back to our hometown, anyway, the area of this house is not small, the upper floor is 1780 square meters, the equipment is quite complete, and it is enough for them to live. The old lady did not hesitate to make her own proposal.
The old man nodded: "This is also an idea. However, the second daughter-in-law has to ask if she is willing, and I will find someone to ask tomorrow, if it is okay, I will do as you say. He pulled a cigarette out of the case again, lit it, took a few puffs, and as the smoke rose, his frown slowly relaxed.
The old man and the old lady in the courtyard were sad about the marriage of the second son in the family. Although the second child is good-looking, he makes his parents struggle to find an ideal daughter-in-law.
Originally, there was a girl named Wanqing near their house, who was the partner of the second child who grew up together. At the beginning, the old people on both sides felt that the two children were well matched, and they also looked forward to them becoming a couple, and the relationship between the two families has always been very good.
However, I didn't expect Wanqing to gradually gain weight, getting fatter and fatter, and by the age of twenty, she had reached more than 130 pounds.
Seeing Wanqing's figure gradually gaining weight, the second child began to feel a little disgusted. He is quite demanding of his appearance and is fond of girls with outstanding appearance. Wanqing was a fair and beautiful girl when she was not fat, but once she got fat, she became less attractive, and the second child gradually drifted away.
Later, the parents of the second child realized from their son's eyes his dislike for Wanqing to get fat. As parents who have always felt sorry for their son, they did not persecute their son.
Seeing that his son was indifferent to Wanqing, after some years, the old couple began to marry their son.
Although the second child doesn't talk much, he is extremely stubborn. He has very high requirements for his future daughter-in-law, and he has to find someone with outstanding appearance, and once it looks unpleasant, he will resolutely deny it and make no compromise.
Seeing that the second child is about to celebrate his 28th birthday, in this place, it is difficult for a boy to find a suitable daughter-in-law if he is over 30 years old and does not have a solid job. And in recent years, girls have become more and more scarce, and those who have outstanding appearance and some ability have left this poor town, and once they go out, they are reluctant to look back.
The son has been looking for so long, but he has not found the ideal object, which makes the old couple anxious. They are worried that their son will miss the best period of their relationship, and they are worried that they will delay it any longer. Old man Wu knew that in their neighborhood, there were already seven or eight older but unmarried boys. Looking at those families with sad faces, in order to find a suitable daughter-in-law, he put a lot of effort into it, and the more he thought about it, the more anxious he became.
In order to speed up the process of finding a partner for their son, the old couple asked around if there was a suitable girl. They spent a lot of money and ran a lot of errands, but they still couldn't find the perfect candidate.
However, fate finally favored the second child, and one day he had a crush on a girl, and that girl did not dislike the second child. So, the two started a relationship.
In rural areas, once both parties are satisfied, the next steps are quickly unfolding: getting engaged and getting married.
Seeing that their son's marriage has been settled, the old couple's mood seems to be letting go of the big stone in their hearts.
The eldest has been married for several years, and the daughter-in-law is reasonable and gets along well with her mother-in-law, and after two years, she also welcomed a lovely granddaughter, and the family is happy.
The old couple thought to themselves that now that the marriage of the second child can be completed smoothly, then they can enjoy their old age in peace.
However, they did not expect that the second son-in-law's family actually made a request, hoping to use the new house as their daughter's dowry.
This made the old couple embarrassed, because the new house was mainly built by the boss, and they only contributed part of the funds, which was actually the property right of the boss.
At the beginning, the old lady suggested that the second child build a similar house in his hometown, mainly out of consideration for the second child's future. However, at that time, Old Man Wu had some spare money in hand, so he encouraged his son and said: "Son, build a two-story house, if the money is not enough, Dad will give it to you, rest assured to build it!."”
As a result, the boss's two-story bungalow was completed on schedule. The eldest daughter-in-law is kind-hearted, and after the house is built, she welcomes the old couple to move in, and has been living with the old man all these years.
Although the eldest paid for the construction of the bungalow, the old couple knew it by heart, and the family also knew about it. In the countryside, it is reasonable for the old man to give some money when his son gets married, and according to the actual situation of each family, it is a common Xi for those who have money to give more and those who have no money to give less.
However, the second daughter-in-law did not know the truth, she mistakenly believed that the house was built by the old couple, and insisted that she must move in after getting married.
After the old couple discussed, they found a matchmaker the next day and took the matchmaker to explain the situation to the second daughter-in-law's house, claiming that one of the floors of the house belonged to her and could be used as a wedding room for marriage.
However, when the second daughter-in-law's mother heard this proposal, she refused on the spot. She said resolutely: "How can there be such a thing, my daughter is still queuing up for a blind date." If she gets married, the whole house and homestead will be my daughter's. Otherwise, forget it, just get out of the marriage!”
When the matchmaker heard the resolute attitude of the second daughter-in-law's mother, she immediately retreated and told Old Man Wu about the situation.
Old man Wu was anxiously waiting for news at home, but after hearing the matchmaker's report, he suddenly felt depressed like an eggplant beaten by frost.
Boss, there is something to discuss with you, your brother is getting married, but his fiancée has to use your house as a place to get married. Old man Wu anxiously mentioned this important matter to his son.
The son listened to his father's words, stopped what he was doing, patted the dust on his body, sat down and said, "Dad, do you want us to move back to our hometown?"Or do you have other plans?”
Son, you can move back to your hometown for a while, don't worry, Dad will come up with a solution. Although I have a small pension, I can always help somewhat. If it's not enough, when you get married, I'll give you all the money, and you can buy a house, build a house, whatever you want, what do you think?Old man Wu expressed his intentions, he worked in the supply and marketing cooperatives when he was young, and accumulated a meager pension, although it is not much, but it is already a lot of money in this town.
Okay, I'll discuss it with Yanyan, move back as soon as possible, and try not to delay my brother's wedding. Without hesitation, the eldest agreed to his father's request.
When Old Man Wu heard his son's answer, the big stone in his heart finally let go. He plans to wait for his youngest son's marriage to be settled, and find a way to get enough money as soon as possible, along with his pension, to give it to the eldest son. Over the years, he felt that he owed too much to the boss.
Back in the house, the wife asked, "Have you told the boss?"”
It has already been said. ”
What did the Boss say?Agreed?”
Agreed, you know the temper of the boss, he has always been a sensible child. ”
My good son, of course I understand, when you didn't let him go to school and let the second child go to school, he only said half a word. The old lady recalled, "Now it seems that one of the two sons did not go to school, and if the eldest was allowed to go to school, maybe it would not be like this now." ”
The old lady's words made the old man Wu, who was originally in a better mood, feel heavy again in an instant.
The old lady was right, he did feel guilty about the boss. Back then, Old Man Wu was accidentally hit by a car on his way to work, resulting in a broken leg. During that time, he was recuperating at home, and later because of the restructuring of the unit, he was never able to go back to work, and the family lost its main income for a while**, and life became extremely difficult.
At that time, the eldest was in the third year of high school, and the second was in the third year of junior high school. The boss has excellent grades, but in the face of difficulties, Old Man Wu told his son about the situation at home.
The eldest is a responsible child, he sees the situation at home and understands his responsibilities. Although he was in high school, he resolutely gave up his studies and went to work on a construction site outside, taking on heavy responsibilities in order to support his family.
Over the years, the eldest has not complained and silently paid for his family, but the second child is a little selfish and willful because he is too pampered. The eldest gave up his studies for his younger brother to study, but the younger brother did not cherish it, and finally hurriedly went to a technical school and left.
Thinking of this, Old Man Wu's mood sank, and he sat helplessly on the edge of the bed. I wanted to take out the cigarette case again, but was stopped by my wife: "Stop smoking, what's the use of smoking, it's not that the whole room is choked." ”
Following his wife's advice, Old Man Wu sighed, stuffed the cigarette back into the cigarette case, and sat on the edge of the bed without saying a word.
When the eldest returned home and mentioned this to his wife Yanyan, Yanyan was immediately furious, jumped up and shouted: Why?Why do you have to move out when you get married?This house is our house for which we paid most of the money!”
The eldest looked at his wife's anger, walked over and said with a smile: "I also understand your feelings, but you also know that my brother is not young." Over the years, he has been through a lot, and finally married a daughter-in-law, we can let them live here first, and then slowly discuss, what do you think?”
I don't care, why should I grieve myself to satisfy them, this house is half of our money, if he doesn't want to live, he will go to his hometown to get married. Yanyan was outspoken and made no secret of her thoughts.
She had heard about it recently, and she was depressed. When she returned to her parents' house not long ago, Yanyan's mother also warned her that she must not give in, otherwise she will definitely suffer in the future.
My parents are so old, I don't want to embarrass them. Don't worry, I'm not a lazy person, and I'm sure I'll be doing well in the future. The eldest tried to comfort his wife, hoping that she would compromise.
These are fundamentally two different things, we earn money to support our families and this problem is completely different. Did you know?This house was built by our own hands, why do we have to move out when we get married, this is simply unreasonable. Yanyan didn't listen to her husband's advice at all, jumped out of bed and paced back and forth in the bedroom as she spoke.
Yanyan is well aware of her husband's strengths, kind-hearted, kind-hearted, and also performs well at work and is well received by others. But she thinks he is too filial and too obedient to his family. Whenever his in-laws spoke, he never refuted. In Yanyan's view, this is a manifestation of too filial piety.
In fact, if it doesn't involve the matter of the brother-in-law, the father-in-law and mother-in-law are still very easy to get along with. Usually, Yanyan has a very harmonious relationship with her mother-in-law, and her in-laws are also very generous to her daughter. During the holidays, whether it is buying clothes or giving money, the family gets along very harmoniously.
However, once it comes to the problem of the brother-in-law, family conflicts will come to the fore. Last time, because the object of the brother-in-law's relationship was introduced by Yanyan, the girl also agreed, and the brother-in-law was willing at first. The two dated for a while, but for some reason, after spending thousands of dollars, the little uncle suddenly became reluctant and proposed not to associate with the girl anymore. At that time, Yanyan was very angry and said to the little uncle, how difficult it is to find a partner now, it's almost enough, you have spent so much money, you should understand the difficulties of the old man.
Later, Yanyan asked her husband to persuade her parents-in-law and let them talk about her brother-in-law. But I didn't expect that my husband went to my in-laws to talk to no avail, but was scolded by my father-in-law and came back without shame.
That incident made Yanyan feel very uncomfortable, she felt that once she was involved in the matter of the little uncle, her father-in-law would put all his concern on the little uncle. Since then, Yanyan's heart has been knotted, she is worried that her brother-in-law will find a difficult woman in the future, and her husband is so good-tempered, she is afraid that she will be bullied by them. Therefore, she must not compromise on this matter.
It wasn't long before Yanyan's fears became a reality. The second married girl who was scheming and calculating, and her mother was still a mercenary person. Moreover, there is an ulterior secret hidden in her agreement to the second child's marriage proposal.