Just as the neon lights of the city lit up the night sky again, my phone suddenly rang. It was a call from my friend Xiaoli, ** on the other end of the year, she confided with a sobbing voice, which made me feel the seriousness of the matter.
It is said that blood is thicker than water, but sometimes blood can't resist reality. The opening was Xiaoli's heavy words.
1. The sweet burden of dreams
Xiaoli grew up in the countryside, but there is one thing she doesn't want to mention. Xiaoli didn't know who her biological parents were since she was a child, Xiaoli was brought up by her adoptive father and adoptive mother, because of this reason, Xiaoli was ridiculed since she was a child, and it was for this reason that Xiaoli rarely talked to her adoptive parents.
Later, Xiaoli made up her mind that when she grew up, she would leave this place and never plan to come back in the future.
Not long after, Xiaoli met her husband, and it didn't take long for the two of them to get married. But when she got married, Xiaoli didn't tell her adoptive parents.
And when Xiaoli got married, Xiaoli's husband didn't give a penny as a dowry, but Xiaoli still chose to be with her husband, I don't know if it was because of the incident when she was a child, or because of love.
Xiaoli and her husband have been married for three years, and the two are diligent and work hard in the big city, with a combined monthly salary of nearly 40,000 yuan. It stands to reason that life should be a happy life. But since deciding to have children, their lives have started to get complicated and difficult.
They try to save money every month just to give their future baby a warm nest. Finally, after several years of hard work, the long-awaited new home and new life arrived at the same time.
But happiness always comes with challenges, especially for a career woman like Xiaoli. Xiaoli can be said to be a strong woman, very strong at work, Xiaoling has always wanted to rely on her own and her husband's efforts to bring better conditions to her children.
But now that I have children, do I quit my job and go home, take care of my children full-time, or continue to work?
2. Helpless choice and angry confrontation
Faced with the problem of raising newborns, Xiaoli thought that her mother-in-law would help, but she didn't expect that her mother-in-law was unwilling to help. The mother-in-law said that she grew up in the countryside and had never been far away, and if she went to the city, let alone with her children, she might be lost.
Xiaoli also thought about hiring a nanny, but if you hire a nanny, the monthly cost is also a lot, although Xiaoli and her husband's income can reach nearly 40,000 yuan a month, but because they bought a house, they can't have too much expenses.
Later, when Xiaoli and her husband talked to her mother-in-law about this matter again, her mother-in-law promised to help take care of the children, but there was a requirement, that is, the children must be sent to the countryside, and they would not go to the city anyway.
In the end, their only solution was to send the baby back to their hometown to be cared for by their mother-in-law. Despite all the reluctance in their hearts, they made this decision for the sake of their livelihood.
3. Seeing is not as good as regretting it, and what you have lost cannot be looked back
After Xiaoli sent her children to the countryside, she returned to the city to work. Although Xiaoli's work is very busy, Xiaoli thinks about her children every day at work, Xiaoli has always been worried about her children, she always wants to go back to the countryside to see her children.
20 days later, on the weekend, Xiaoli hurriedly returned to her hometown to visit her children. As soon as she opened the door, she was stunned by everything in front of her. The child was lying in a simple cradle, his cheeks covered with red spots from mosquito bites.
The mother-in-law was washing clothes outside, and when the mother-in-law saw Xiaoli coming back, she walked up to Xiaoli and said: Don't worry, it's like this in the countryside, and that's how I raised my son.
Xiaoli burst into tears, remorseful. At this moment, she understands more than ever that nothing is more important than taking care of her children herself. She immediately decided to quit her job and go home full-time to take care of her children.
The ending isn't perfect, but at least it's true. In life, we are often forced by reality to make choices that may not be what we want, but they are the ones we have to face.
What about you? If it were you, what would you do? Will you give up a high-paying job in the city and choose to go back to your children? Publish a collection of dragon cards to share millions of cash