It is a story full of family conflicts and emotional heaviness, about a woman who faces the harshness and pressure of her mother-in-law in her marriage, and the unexpected reversal she experiences in the midst of a tragedy.
The story begins five years ago, when the heroine marries a traditional working family and has been living with her in-laws. She has been working as a clerk for these five years, working hard to support her family's finances. However, her in-laws are not kind old people, but they are stressful beings.
Every morning, the heroine gets up early and cooks a bowl of hot porridge for her mother-in-law, accompanied by some side dishes, because this is her mother-in-law's usual breakfast habit. When she came home in the evening, she still had to complete all the housework, and her mother-in-law always urged her to "marry us to be filial".
However, the heroine's desperate dedication is not understood and respected. The mother-in-law not only asked her to do more, but also blamed her for failing to hold their grandchildren for them. The mother-in-law has always been patriarchal, and she is dissatisfied with the situation that the heroine is 32 years old but has no children. The heroine is busy with work and her body is a little unbearable, but her hardships are always ignored by her mother-in-law.
This became the fuse for the frequent quarrels between the heroine and her mother-in-law. Emotional tension and conflict intensify in the family. However, the dramatic turn of the story comes one day, when the heroine can't stand her mother-in-law's violence and is beaten by her mother-in-law, she angrily walks into her mother-in-law's room.
However, surprisingly, three days later, the mother-in-law passed away. This sudden tragedy caught the heroine off guard, but her husband scolded her for being the culprit and wanted to call the police to arrest her. However, the heroine laughed, laughing with a kind of relief and enlightenment.
Perhaps it was during these three days of grief that the heroine re-examined the contradictions between herself and her mother-in-law. Maybe she saw something in her mother-in-law's dying eyes that softened her heart. Perhaps it was only after her mother-in-law left that she truly understood her mother-in-law's desire for children and her own pursuit of family responsibilities.
Although her mother-in-law was harsh on her during her lifetime, she felt a sense of relief after her mother-in-law's death. She saw the fragility of life and the fragility of her family, and she was also aware of the efforts she had made in her family. This made her no longer feel guilty about the death of her mother-in-law, but smiled a sudden smile in her husband's scolding.
Through vivid description, the story shows the contradictions, conflicts, joys and sorrows in family relationships. Through the death of her mother-in-law, the heroine also found an understanding of life and an understanding of family. This may be a bitter but true story that teaches people to understand and be tolerant in family affection.