During our three long years of marriage, my beloved husband has always been immersed in the role of a filial son, taking care of the physical and mental well-being of our parents. Whenever the festival comes, he can always flexibly wrap the elderly with bulging red envelopes and buy practical and thoughtful gifts, although his parents have stable retirement security and live a self-sufficient life. In order to be able to provide a higher quality of companionship and education for our baby, I decided to give up my dream career and devote myself to the duties of a housewife, while my husband did his best to stabilize the financial foundation of family life. Although our pace of life is plain and low-key, it is full of warmth and happiness in the world. The husband's filial piety is not limited to this, he pays more attention to the details of life, unconscious care and companionship, silent is better than sound. You see, on Saturday afternoons, he always finds precious time to walk and chat with his parents on street corners, caring about their trivial matters and paying attention to their physical condition. And I, under his influence, treated my parents without sloppiness, abiding by filial piety, and letting them deeply experience the love of children. At the end of the year, my husband and I visited all the elders one by one with carefully selected gifts.
When we stepped into my mother-in-law's house, we saw my mother-in-law writhing beautifully in high spirits, while my father-in-law was practicing traditional qigong intently. The whole space was full of soothing and peaceful atmosphere, and when we arrived, my mother-in-law smiled like a flower, greeted us, cordially invited us to take a seat, and prepared a cup of fragrant warm black tea for us. In the bright and spacious living room of my mother-in-law's house, we talked about the shortcomings of our parents, and my mother-in-law proudly told us about her recent community activities and shared her health regimen with affection. My father-in-law also spoke with interest about the new qigong method he had recently developed, the benefits it brought to the body and its life-prolonging effects. Listening to their sharing, my heart welled up with a little warmth, and the indescribable happiness was instantly filled. When I came to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator to prepare for dinner, I was surprised to find that the refrigerator was empty, except for the half of the cold and hard steamed buns lying alone in the corner. Surprised, I called my husband, and the two of us did a careful search, but we didn't find any edible ingredients. Just when we felt at a loss, my mother-in-law walked briskly, happily pointed to the nutritional protein powders and said, "Nowadays, we pay attention to health, and many foods on the market have hidden dangers. She expertly unpacked four sachets of protein powder, poured it into piping hot water, and then smiled and motioned for us to taste it. Is that all they eat at home? My mother-in-law's unwavering self-confidence puzzled me.
My mother-in-law seemed to sense our doubts, and confidently began to explain the multiple advantages of these protein powders, including meeting the various amino acids needed by the human body, improving immunity, and so on. She also told us that all this knowledge is based on an expert dietitian. The husband tried his best to be patient, searched every room in the house, and finally found a health care liquid box stacked at the height of a human head in the corner of the balcony. Each outfit is beautiful and expensive. What is particularly striking is the small account book, which is badly worn. Every page of the register is filled with the names of various health products and the staggering amount of money consumed. After a rough calculation, it's jaw-dropping! In less than half a year, more than 180,000 yuan in cash passed away like an invisible wind, leaving nearly 30,000 yuan in debt. When the husband learned about this, he was furious and almost wanted to tear up the clever advertising leaflets. He really couldn't understand that the wealth he had accumulated through diligence and thrift in his early years was now being used by a group of wanton fake health care product companies and easily defrauded.
He tried to explain to his parents-in-law through patient explanations that these so-called "miracle drugs" may not actually be effective as advertised.