The son of the eldest brother's family is getting married.
The condition put forward by the woman was to ask for a bride price of 180,000 yuan.
Eighth, three gold jewelry, but also a car and a county building.
The in-laws called everyone in the family together to discuss, emphasizing that the old Zhou family only had this one child, and hoped that everyone could lend a hand. The uncles were asked to help the nephews buy a house, the aunts gave a bride price, and the eldest brother's family was responsible for buying jewelry and cars.
When I heard this proposal, I was immediately a little dissatisfied. My girl is obviously a child of this family, why is she excluded? It's a bit excessive!
Stepping into the wax moon, the hometown called ** one after another, insisting that we must go home for the New Year.
The last time we were so enthusiastically urged to go home was when my eldest niece got married.
Also at that time, as soon as the wax moon arrived, the family began to frequently urge **.
Gifts are of course essential when you go home for the New Year, but it's no longer just about bringing big bags and small bags, it's more important to prepare various forms of belongings.
When we first got married, it was a tire, but later it became a fundraiser, children go to school, the elderly are hospitalized, the house is flipped, home appliances are purchased, etc., there are countless reasons why our financial resources are difficult to support.
Until the eldest niece got married, we gave a congratulatory gift of 10,000 yuan. However, the sister-in-law immediately changed her face, straightened her face, and raised the corners of her mouth. I thought she was going to get angry, but it wasn't.
In front of a group of relatives, she complained that we despised people, and felt that the gift money of 10,000 yuan was used to give her daughter's dowry, and she felt shameless.
I wanted to have a seizure many times, but my husband repeatedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake, begging me not to ** in front of everyone, saying that I couldn't afford to lose the scene.
I hated it so much that my heart was itching, and the anger in my eyes almost erupted, and I stared at my sister-in-law so closely that I almost couldn't help but come forward and have a public quarrel.
In the end, in order to save my husband's face, I swallowed my anger and spent my eldest niece's wedding in silence.
After the wedding day, I sat under the big locust tree at the most lively street in Zhuangzi and chatted with a group of two aunts and three aunts. I inadvertently revealed that I had added a bride price of 10,000 yuan for my niece's marriage, which caused my sister-in-law's dissatisfaction.
For a while, I saw everyone's eyebrows and eyes, and there was almost a brushed feeling in their eyes.
I continued to play the image of an honest and honest daughter-in-law, and talked in a flat voice about my in-laws' constant asking for money from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
Then, there was a loud noise, like oil being poured on a fire, and everyone couldn't help but gossip.
Your mother-in-law said that you don't care about the old people in the city, you never take money from your home, and you are not filial. The third aunt of the village lowered her head, looking like she loved to tell gossip.
I blushed in a hurry and stammered: "That's, that's not like that, we, since we got married, we asked for 1,000 yuan in the first year, and at that time, the two of us combined were less than 1,000 yuan a month." In the second year, I asked for 2,000 yuan, saying that it was for retention. The third year ......”
I counted it, and the number was not small, it was already more than 100,000, and everyone was dumbfounded.
Your mother-in-law also said that the last time she was hospitalized and sick, you didn't even ask! The second aunt on West Street also bowed her head and said, in a mysterious tone.
My mother-in-law called us before she was hospitalized, and I first gave her 10,000 yuan, and then ordered her a nurse online for 200 yuan a day. ”
Did you get the money reimbursed by the NCMS? Everyone asked eagerly.
I was taken aback: "Can you still get reimbursed for the money?" ”
Then, everyone looked at each other for a while.
Between the questions and answers, the relationship between me and the eldest ladies and aunts in Zhuangzi became more and more intimate, and the affairs of our family were completely spread out.
Everyone said that my sister-in-law pretended to be sick all day long, never went to work, and did not work, and my in-laws had to take care of everything at home.
She always sows discord everywhere, in addition to loving gossip, she likes to tell right and wrong, which is really unbearable.
However, people always pay attention to a set of things when they speak, and when they see ghosts, they talk about ghosts, and when they see people, they talk about people, and no one can compare.
After chatting with everyone, I stood up and clapped my hands and left.
In short, I will definitely suffer a loss, but I don't suffer a dark loss.
Anyway, I'm going back to the city, and the long and short talk in the village has nothing to do with me.
Since then, I haven't been to my mother-in-law's house.
The day I returned home was the thirtieth year of Chinese New Year's Eve.
Pushing open the door, the sister-in-law did not have a straight face as usual, but greeted us with a smile.
The boss is still as kind as ever, and his face is full of righteousness.
I ignored them and stopped coming home with a full bag as I used to.
Just took a few gift boxes and politely came over to greet the New Year.
My in-laws were a little unhappy when they saw what we had in our hands.
The mother-in-law frowned, and the father-in-law sat at the table of the eight immortals in the hall without saying a word.
In the past, when I saw my in-laws like this, I would be uneasy, and I would quickly come forward to curry favor and say something nice.
But now, I don't care, I don't care, I don't care.
Sit in the cleaned room and play with your phone with your head down.
After Zhou Qiang went home, his in-laws pulled him to talk.
I don't know what they said, and I'm not going to ask, and they probably don't want to see me anyway.
In the eyes of my in-laws, I am an outsider, and they will find their son to solve something, and they will not even take care of their daughter-in-law.
I don't have the heart to find myself uncomfortable, but everybody is quite comfortable anyway.
The tradition of my mother-in-law's family is to eat dumplings on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and then observe the New Year.
I drove home for the New Year, exhausted to death, and on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, I ate two dumplings and fell asleep.
I don't know when Zhou Qiang came home, maybe he came back very late.
Early in the morning of the first day of the new year, before dawn, someone came in to pay New Year's greetings.
I got up with my husband in a daze to greet the New Year, and it wasn't until noon that I went home that my mother-in-law and sister-in-law slowly prepared lunch.
I sat on the sidelines and helped, unobtrusively.
Zhou Qiang sat in the house with his father and brother smoking, drinking tea, and eating melon seeds.
Every Chinese New Year, the in-laws are busy with women, but men seem to suddenly lose their motivation, and their limbs are weak, inexplicable.
What's even more strange is that the eldest sister-in-law is actually cooking with a smile on her face, which is simply incredible.
My first instinct was to be suspicious.
My experience of more than 20 years of marriage has taught me that whenever my brother and wife have a smile on their faces, my heart will be alert.
I secretly sounded the alarm, feeling that something was not quite right, and that the future was worrying.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Zhou Qiang's sister and her husband to come.
The sister-in-law still greeted them with a smile on her face.
My mother-in-law prepared a table of sumptuous dishes, and we sat around and enjoyed them.
The eldest brother's family of three, our family and Zhou Qiang's sister's family, the atmosphere is not bad. After all, family affection is there, and there are only so many reunions a year, and everyone chats happily.
However, just as we were eating in high spirits, the eldest brother suddenly cleared his throat and began to speak.
Good news, good news, our Xiaoqiang is getting engaged,"The eldest brother announced with a beaming face, "It's set for the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, everyone has to come to help!" ”
The nephew sat next to him, looking triumphant, eating and drinking, without looking up at all, looking even more arrogant than his grandfather.
My husband and Zhou Qiang's sister and I looked at each other, not knowing what to say. My nephew's engagement came suddenly, and as uncles and aunts, we didn't even have time to react.
I put down my chopsticks, smiled softly, and looked at my sister-in-law, who was smiling like a pistachio.
This is indeed good news, but," I looked at her, "we have to go to work on the seventh day of the new year, and I'm afraid we won't be able to make it." ”
The sister-in-law waved her hand disapprerovingly.
It's okay, you're busy with yours, it's good for my uncle to participate. ”
Zhou Qiang hurriedly explained: "We all go to work on the seventh day of junior high school. ”
The sister-in-law also wittily followed and said: "We may not be able to go that day, there is a big event at the child's grandmother's house, and it has already been decided, if we don't go, we dare not be absent." ”
As soon as the words fell, the sister-in-law's face became gloomy again, and Xiaolong finally raised his head, his eyes rolled up, and he squinted at everyone.
The table was so quiet that only the sound of breathing could be heard.
Xiaolong is a puzzling child. We had a lot of expectations for him. His uncle has been tutoring him in his homework, and every time he comes back, he is more careful than his own daughter. I usually teach in **, hoping that he can achieve something, at least leave the countryside.
However, it backfired. When Xiaolong graduated from junior high school, he was resolutely reluctant to go to high school, and had to go to vocational secondary school, saying that it was good to be a skilled worker, and blue-collar workers in the United States had high wages. His uncle persuaded him that if he was in high school, he would have the opportunity to go to college, and with a college diploma, he could take the civil service examination or enlist in the ......But Xiaolong didn't listen, he stood at the door and pointed at his uncle's nose and scolded: "Which green onion are you, my parents don't care about me, why do you care about me!" ”
Poor Zhou Qiang is a highly respected leader in the unit, but he was scolded in public by the juniors of his own family, and he was so angry that his forehead was bruised, and he turned around and left!
At that time, the in-laws and the eldest brother's family stood aside indifferently, and even the sister-in-law treated it as a joke with a smile.
The father-in-law pretended to cough, and then slammed his chopsticks on the dining table.
Xiaolong came out of breath, and he had a partner at the age of 20. The woman's family is not bad, and the marriage must be done well, and it can't be laughed at! ”
Although he didn't understand what was so great about the 20-year-old talking object, Xiaolong listened to his grandfather's words and was immediately proud.
My mother-in-law glared at my sister-in-law's husband and grunted her dissatisfaction.
We only have one child, Xiaolong, and he has to come back to help whether he has a job or not! ”
The woman asked for a bride price of 180,000 yuan, three gold jewelry, a car, and a house in the county seat. ”
It's not easy for the old family these years, you buy a house, the second brother buys a car, and your eldest brother solves other things by himself. ”
The mother-in-law muttered a few words as she spoke, as if she had wronged the eldest brother.
I'm so angry, what kind of bullshit is this!
Without saying anything, I stood up, picked up my suitcase and prepared to leave.
Zhou Qiang, are you willing to go, if you don't go, I'll go! ”
Zhou Qiang walked out with me without saying a word, and said to his in-laws as he walked: "Dad, Mom, you think clearly before you speak, if we don't want to, we won't come back." ”
As soon as we walked out, my sister-in-law and her husband followed us without saying a word.
The eldest brother and his wife immediately jumped up from the stool like startled frogs, hurried to the gate of the yard, and slammed the door shut.
The in-laws sat in the house, trembling with anger, and said, "You are all so old, you are actually disobedient and unfilial!" ”
Seeing that I couldn't leave, I simply turned around and walked back, kicking away the stool that was blocking the door.
What do you mean that this family is just one child? My sister-in-law's Huihui is not a child, my family's Min Min is not a child, and my sister's Dahai and Xiaohai are not children! ”
Our children don't have time to go home when they go out to study, and our grandparents don't even ask, and they regard sleeping as a retirement life! ”
What else to say, it's really bad luck to say such things during the New Year! ”
The father-in-law said with a gloomy face: "The girl who marries sooner or later is not from the Zhou family!" ”
I nodded: "Okay, I'll let Zhou Min change his surname when I go back, follow my surname Qiao, and call Qiao Min in the future." ”
My sister-in-law's husband also interjected: "The children of our old Zhang family are indeed not surnamed Zhou. The children of your Zhou family have nothing to do with our old Zhang family, whether you want to buy a car or not, we don't care! ”
The mother-in-law hurriedly came out to ease the atmosphere: "Don't get me wrong, that's what we mean. ”
She came over and pretended to be cordial and took my hand: "Second son-in-law, you don't have a boy, you helped Xiaolong, and in the future, he will be filial to you like his own parents, I will decide this matter." ”
I withdrew my hand and said, "Don't, we will handle the matter of you and my dad taking care of the elderly." ”
Zhou Qiang was so angry that he couldn't speak.
I knew I couldn't leave, so I sat directly on the kang and stared at the family.
Let's just be open and honest, and don't hide it. The marriage of a child is a big event, and as an aunt and uncle, of course we are happy for the child. According to our family tradition, we pay as much as we want. As for buying a house, we really don't have the ability, and we shouldn't force it if we can't afford it. ”
The situation was tense, the sister-in-law could not come forward, and the eldest sat anxiously on the ground crying.
Back then, I got out of school early and worked hard to earn money to help my second brother go to college, who knew that now my younger brother has benefits, but he ignores me, a useless big brother! ”
He slapped the floor as he wept, as if he were talking to a rural woman.
It's like never before!
Zhou Qiang finally couldn't bear it anymore, grabbed his brother, and decided to go out to talk.
Let's go, big brother, let's go out and talk. Tell me what happened between me and you over the years! ”
Back then, was it because you didn't work at school and were driven home by the teacher? Did you use your tuition fees to buy baked cakes, hide in the dormitory and not go to class, watch **, and play poker? ”
Over the years, I have given you more than 180,000 yuan, and I gave you this money secretly, without telling the child. If you count these, how much do you say! ”
Are you still not satisfied? Last time Huihui got married, we gave 10,000 yuan, but you called me stingy on the street, what did I say about you? ”
When the in-laws saw Zhou Qiang angry, they didn't dare to speak. When Xiaolong saw his uncle pulling his father, he didn't dare to speak, but just stood aside obediently.
The sister-in-law stood aside, tears mixed with words.
Over the years, my parents have always asked us to work when they have something, and never ask if our family is busy or tired! ”
They came to us when they didn't have any money, and they didn't care about the feelings of our children's grandmothers. We also have two children, and over the years, I have sent gifts back every New Year's Day, but you have never given us a single thread. ”
Mom and Dad, you are old people, and you are so biased to the extreme. ”
I sneered, stepped forward, grabbed Zhou Qiang, and soothed his arm that was trembling with anger.
Over the years, we have been as filial to you as any family in the village, and we should do our best. Otherwise, it's not your turn! ”
After speaking, I took Zhou Qiang's hand, opened the door, got into the car, and left my hometown like this.
On the ninth day of the new year, I transferred 5,000 yuan to my sister-in-law's mobile phone.
In my place, men and women are equal, so I gave 10,000 yuan to my niece for marriage, 5,000 yuan for my nephew's marriage, and 5,000 yuan for marriage.
I thought my sister-in-law would be angry and not accept it.
As a result, she accepted it instantly.
However, he still didn't say a word to us.
Later, my sister-in-law told me that they didn't go that day, and my in-laws and sister-in-law said that we couldn't take leave from working in the city, and my sister-in-law said that her mother-in-law couldn't go when she was hospitalized.
In short, the marriage ceremony went on as usual. List of high-quality authors