I was hospitalized, lying in a hospital bed looking at the ceiling in a daze, feeling a little heavy. The doctor walked into the ward with a notebook, looked at me and said, "Your ** fee has arrived, and you need to pay a part of it."
At this moment, his son Xiao Ming walked in, he squinted his eyes and pretended to be confused, and asked the doctor: "Doctor, didn't we give money a few days ago?" The doctor smiled a little awkwardly and said, "You really haven't paid the fee."
Seeing this, her daughter-in-law Xiaoxue hurriedly turned around and began to rummage through the money in her bag. I suddenly felt a little sad, which made me realize that I was too old to bear the burden of my family.
This sentence is like a bomb that explodes the entanglement of the family. Xiao Ming was stunned, and hurriedly shook his head and said, "Dad, you can't say that, how old is the child, how can there be no grandparents?" I sneered and said with all my might, "You are young and energetic, and I am no longer able to do it."
Xiao Ming and Xiao Xue confronted each other, and they were both a little insincere. Seeing them like this only breaks my heart.
I realized that my physical weakness had disqualified me from family care.
The son and daughter-in-law glanced at each other, and finally the daughter-in-law Xiaoxue lowered her head and said softly: "Okay, we will bring the baby ourselves in the future."
I turned around and closed my eyes. In the days to come, they should take good care of their children so that they can grow up healthy and happy.
Although I am no longer young and can no longer work for my children and grandchildren as I used to, I know that they will understand my hard work.
This family dispute also made me fully realize the reality. I'm not the center of their lives, I'm just a passerby in their lives.
My son Xiao Ming and daughter-in-law Xiao Xue took over the responsibility of taking care of the children, and I felt relieved to see them busy taking care of the children.
However, the disputes in the family did not end there. One day, when Xiao Ming came back from work, he angrily told me a surprising news.
This news was like a cold water that extinguished my hope for their growth. I can't accept the fact that I want them to pay for their children with peace of mind and not be confused about this kind of thing.
His words stabbed me like a knife into my heart. I can't understand his thoughts, doesn't he understand that the most important thing for us is family harmony and affection?
My daughter-in-law Xiaoxue finally said something that shocked me: "Dad, why did you think of letting us take care of the baby by ourselves?" Since you think so, then let me rest assured that we won't trouble you again! Her words pierced my heart like a sharp knife, and I felt like I couldn't breathe for a moment.
Xiaoxue looked at me, her eyes moistened, and she whispered, "Dad, I know that you are for our good, but you have to believe that we are not irresponsible to you."
We didn't want to abandon you. Her eyes were full of determination and helplessness.
I can't say anything more, and I understand that this is not a problem that a simple misunderstanding can solve.
I feel their hard work, but at the same time, I also realize that family entanglements have become an unbridgeable gap between us.
We grew up in different eras, and we have different understandings and responsibilities for family. Family entanglements are not the fault of us, but the collision of different values and lifestyles.
I let go of Xiaoxue's hand and silently looked out the window. I realized that true understanding and acceptance takes time to settle and understand.
His son Xiao Ming took the bill handed over by the doctor and couldn't help frowning. "That's too expensive, isn't it? He complained.
My mood became complicated, Xiao Ming's complaint seemed to cover up their conversation just now, and I couldn't help but think of the sentence "You will bring your own baby in the future".
Xiaoxue raised her head, with a hint of embarrassment and helplessness in her eyes. "Mother-in-law, you know the pressure on us, the cost of living is getting higher and higher now, and everything needs money.
Xiao Xue bit her lip and was silent, and Xiao Ming's eyes became complicated. I suddenly felt a little tired and even regretted my decision to let them take the baby.
Just as the atmosphere became awkward, a voice suddenly broke the silence. "Dad, Mom, don't fight, Xiaoxue and I will take good care of the children.
I looked at the family in the hospital room, and my heart was full of mixed emotions. Maybe this is life, there are always all kinds of contradictions and disputes.
Sure enough, life is always full of surprises. Just when I thought our family's entanglements had subsided, new contradictions resurfaced.
One day, Xiao Ming and Xiao Xue came to visit me with their children. My grandson Xiaohan ran to my bed, pulled my quilt, and said coquettishly, "Grandpa, let's go to the park to play!" I touched his little face, and my heart was full of warmth.
However, his son Xiao Ming suddenly made an unexpected request: "Dad, we are going to send Xiao Han to kindergarten and let him receive a standardized education, what do you think?" ”
I tried to enlighten myself that their decisions were for the good of their children and for their own future. However, fatherly love is always selfish, and I don't want to see my children leave me.
The conflict in my mind kept me from making a decision. I looked at Xiao Ming and Xiao Xue, trying to see what was really going on in their hearts, but I found that their eyes were evasive.
Dad, we're worried that you're not fully ** and can't take care of your children. So we felt that sending him to kindergarten was the safest option.
Xiao Ming and Xiao Xue were slightly relieved by my reply, and they assured me that they would often bring their children to visit me so that I could spend more time with me.
Since then, I have been looking forward to their arrival every day and welcoming the innocent smiles of the children. Even though they went to kindergarten, I could still feel their love for me.