Aunt Yang: "Your younger brother is married, and you have to pay for your brother. "The eldest son, "why".
Aunt Yang has been very happy recently, because her youngest son Yang Hao is about to enter the marriage hall, but her mood is difficult to keep up with this joy.
Aunt Yang has two sons, the eldest son, Yang Yuan, who married 10 years ago and now has an 8-year-old child and runs a successful fast-food restaurant in the town. The youngest son, Yang Hao, found a job in the urban area and has a college degree.
Now that her youngest son is about to get married, and her fiancée also works in the city, she has asked to buy a house in the city. Although Aunt Yang had already built a house for her youngest son in the village, considering that her youngest son worked in the city, they urgently needed a suitable place to live. Aunt Yang did not hesitate to take out 200,000 yuan to help her youngest son pay a down payment for a two-bedroom apartment, and the rest of the loan was borne by the young couple themselves.
The fiancée asked for a car to facilitate the future commuting between her parents' home and her in-laws' house. Although this is not too much to ask, in today's society, marriage seems to be inseparable from an RV. Aunt Yang once again generously provided 100,000 yuan for the purchase of her youngest son's new car. As for the bride price, according to the current custom, it is acceptable to use 80,000 as the benchmark.
The son and his girlfriend Xiaocheng went shopping together before the engagement and prepared a lot of items for the wedding. A diamond ring cost more than 8,000 yuan, a necklace and earrings cost a total of more than 5,000 yuan, and there are also more than 5,000 yuan of clothing. Xiao Cheng took a fancy to a gold bracelet, and the cost was as high as 20,000 yuan. Xiaocheng called ** to her mother and learned that the items for marriage should be in pairs. In desperation, Aunt Yang once again donated generously and spent an additional 20,000 yuan to buy an identical gold bracelet for her future daughter-in-law.
Aunt Yang's funds are already a little tight, because there are still places to spend on engagement banquets, wedding photos, weddings and so on. Despite this, Aunt Yang does not feel anxious, because she also has an eldest son with financial strength, and when her younger brother gets married, her brother will naturally provide some financial support.
The eldest son opened a fast food restaurant in the town, and ran it together with the hard-working and capable eldest daughter-in-law, and the business was not bad, earning more than 100,000 yuan a year. Aunt Yang thinks that the eldest son's family is still young, and there are not many places to use money, so she should have saved some money.
With fresh vegetables and domestic eggs, Aunt Yang went to her eldest son's house in town. It's past three o'clock in the afternoon, and the fast food restaurant is not busy. When Yang Yuan saw his mother coming, he didn't greet him warmly as usual, but turned around and went back to the store.
Aunt Yang followed in and put down her things. Aunt Yang felt that her eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law were not very happy, but she talked directly about her intentions.
Aunt Yang said: "Your younger brother is about to get married, and the family's funds are a little tight, as an elder brother, should you provide some help?" ”
The eldest son was about to speak, but was stopped by his eldest daughter-in-law. The eldest daughter-in-law said, "Mom, if you don't come to me, I still want to go to you." It's all the sons of a father and mother, are you too biased? ”
Aunt Yang feels that her heart for her two children is the same, but her younger son has been frail and sickly since he was a child, so he naturally has to take care of him more. Aunt Yang said angrily, "What do you mean by that?"”
The eldest daughter-in-law sneered and said: "When I got married, the house was built by the village itself, and the bride price was 10,000, and the sum of the three gold was less than 10,000. Look at your siblings, the house, the car, the diamond ring, the gold bracelet. ”
Aunt Yang said: "How can this be said to be eccentric, one thing at a time, now it is such a ** rule, I can only follow the situation, and I can't be the master." ”
The eldest daughter-in-law said: "Well, it is true that the situation is changing quickly, even if I haven't caught up with the good times." Then when I got married, the house was built by Yang Yuan by working to make money, and the three gold and bride price were also used with the money he earned, and the money spent on marriage was all earned by himself, and after getting married, he had nothing left in his hand. When Yang Hao got married, why did the family pay for it. ”
Aunt Yang was speechless for a while, and then reacted before saying: "Isn't the boss capable, it's not as hard to make money as before, besides, your younger brother works in the city, and there are many places to spend money, so he didn't save money." ”
The eldest daughter-in-law said disdainfully: "Since you haven't saved any money, why are you so happy when you agree to other girls' requests." ”
Aunt Yang said with emotion: "It's not easy to marry a daughter-in-law now, and the woman's requirements are not excessive, so we will try our best to meet what we can meet." ”
The eldest daughter-in-law replied disdainfully: "Since you can meet these requirements, why do you come to us for money." When I gave birth to a child, I wanted you to come over and help take care of it, but you said that you were not free and had to earn money for your brother's daughter-in-law. I was busy taking care of the children alone, and at the same time I had to help Yang Yuan deal with things in the store, and I didn't have your help when I was sick. Later, the landlord of the store wanted to sell it, and we wanted to buy it, but we asked you to borrow money but were refused, so we had to go to my mother's house to raise money. ”
The eldest daughter-in-law said that tears flowed down her eyes, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "Mom, even if I give you money today, are you embarrassed to ask for it?"”
Aunt Yang didn't expect her eldest daughter-in-law, who had been silent, to say such harsh words. She looked at her eldest son, "Boss, what do you think about this?"Do you think I'm treating you and your brother unfairly?”
The eldest son lowered his head, did not look at his mother, and said after a moment of silence: "Don't mention the past, you are my own mother, and I have nothing to say." However, daughters-in-law are all the same, and you can't treat them differently. ”
Aunt Yang frowned and said, "What do you mean by that?"”
The eldest daughter-in-law sneered and said, "We plan to buy a suite in the county, and it will be convenient for the children to go to school in the future." The original van was about to be scrapped and didn't look good to drive, so we wanted to get a new car. ”
Aunt Yang suddenly stood up and said angrily, "What are you going to do?"I've been married for ten years, and I've long since separated, and I want to buy what I want, so I can't manage you for the rest of my life. ”
Aunt Yang left her eldest son's fast food restaurant in a hurry, very dissatisfied, obviously going to withdraw money, and almost became her own money. She was angry, feeling that her son had forgotten herself after getting married, most of the people used to be obedient, and they went out to work after graduating from junior high school, and the money they earned every month was sent home except for some pocket money. It was only after the eldest started working that the family's situation gradually improved. And now, his own brother is getting married, which is a big deal, but he doesn't even mean to help. What made her even more angry was that they took the opportunity to ask for money. The more Aunt Yang thought about it, the more angry she became, and suddenly it occurred to her that she was here to withdraw money today, what should I do if my youngest son got married?
Aunt Yang hurried back to her eldest son's shop.
The eldest daughter-in-law went to pick up the child at this time, and only the eldest son was in the store. Aunt Yang breathed a sigh of relief and had the opportunity to have a good talk with her son.
Yang Yuan saw his mother coming back again, and teased: "Why are you back again, are you here to send us money?"Aunt Yang didn't get angry, but took a breath: "Boss, you were so sensible and obedient when you were a child, and you let your brother everywhere." Now that his marriage is a major event in his life, can you watch your brother and your parents embarrassed?”
Yang Yuan said with a straight face: "Mom, I'm just too sensible and obedient, which makes you feel like a bully." Since you were a child, you have favored your younger brother, and the delicious food and fun are all his, and I do the dirty work. My younger brother works in the city, and you call him every once in a while, instructing him to do this and that, not only do you not take his money, but also give subsidies from time to time. And I, after graduating from junior high school, went out to work, every time I went home, you told me to work hard, not to be lazy, to earn more money, but never asked me if I was tired or not, and I missed home. All the money I earned was sent home, and you said it was for me to marry my daughter-in-law. When I got married, you said that all the money was spent on building a house, and my brother got married very early, so you insisted on using the money I earned to help him build a house, and said that it was for fairness. My daughter-in-law asked for the bride price and jewelry, you let me solve it myself. As soon as I got married, you paid for my brother's mobile phone and computer. ”
Aunt Yang defended with some humility: "At that time, my younger brother had just been admitted to college, can't I reward him?"Other classmates have these things, and they can't let their classmates look down on them. ”
Yang Yuan snorted coldly: "It's been like this since I was a child, and I don't care about it, but my daughter-in-law won't be as good at talking as me, don't expect her to be like me." ”
Aunt Yang said: "You are the main breadwinner of the family, take some money to your parents, why doesn't she agree!."”
Yang Yuan felt helpless: "Mom, we are husband and wife, and the money we earn is joint property, I will secretly give you money, what else can I live?"It's not easy for me to make money, and my adoptive parents deserve it, but why raise my younger brother. ”
Yang Yuan continued: "Mom, I am your biological son, you gave birth to me and raised me, you can do whatever you want to me." But you have to be kind to my daughter-in-law, have a good relationship, and think about the future. When you get old, do you expect your brother to take you to the city to retire?Don't you still have to rely on us who live closely?You are not good to my daughter-in-law now, when you are old, will my daughter-in-law still support me to support you?My brother is already an adult, and you can't always rely on others when marrying a daughter-in-law, just do your best. From childhood to adulthood, he has developed this Xi, and now he does not stop, do you want to raise him for a lifetime. ”
Aunt Yang was stunned by her son's words, pointed at her son and was stunned for a long time, and said: "Your younger brother is married, if you don't want to pay for your brother, forget it, and threaten me with the matter of providing for the elderly, you are really a good brother and a good son." Don't worry, I don't want your money, I'll go out and borrow it. Aunt Yang left in a huff. Yang Yuan looked at his mother's back and shook his head helplessly, my mother didn't hit the south wall and didn't look back, I just hope she won't regret it when she gets old.
Aunt Yang began her journey of borrowing money, visiting her siblings, nephews, and neighbors. Every time she went to the house, she cried about her eldest son's unfilial piety. Although the borrowed money is not much, the matter with the eldest son has spread throughout the village.
After learning about these things, the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law were extremely angry, feeling that they had become the wronged party over the years. obviously worked hard for the family, but in the end he ended up with a reputation of being criticized for being unfilial. Now that things have turned out like this, they have decided to put an end to it all, preferring to go their separate ways and live their own lives.