Narrator: Xiao Guo.
My name is Xiao Guo 32 years old this year, my mother was hospitalized a while ago, and after completing the formalities for her, I called ** to my wife.
In the afternoon, my wife came, brought some clothes for my mother, bought some fruit, and then she went out with a basin.
When I came back in, I saw her fetch a basin of hot water, put it in front of my mother, and then helped my mother take off her shoes and socks, and washed my mother's feet in front of everyone.
My wife's behavior shocked me.
In the afternoon, my wife accompanied my mother in the hospital room for a conversation, and then went back.
After she left, everyone in the ward praised my wife for being good, and said that I was blessed to find such a virtuous and filial wife.
And my old mother, lying on the bed leisurely eating the apple that her daughter-in-law had peeled for her, said in her mouth:
What is this, as a daughter-in-law, it is her obligation to be filial to her in-laws.
Hearing the old mother's words, I fell silent.
For a few days in a row, I had to go to work and go to the hospital to accompany me, and I wanted to be a doppelganger, and my mother looked at me and felt very distressed, and said to me:
Son, go to work, let your wife come!
Since my mother was hospitalized, my wife came that afternoon and refused to come again.
My mother looks at her every day, and her daughter-in-law used to serve her closely, so that I can work as a son with peace of mind.
But the truth is that far from that simple.
In the past few days when my mother was sick, my wife took the child to live at her mother's house.
I can't help but think of what my wife said to me back then:
You must remember what you said today.
It's a long story, my wife and I are college classmates, and the relationship between the two is very good, and we discussed getting married after graduation.
My family conditions are average, my father died early, and my mother is the only one in the family.
Originally, my wife still wanted to buy a house and live alone after marriage, but I couldn't stand it, so the matter of buying a house was put on hold.
My wife felt sorry for me, and when I got married, I persuaded her parents that they didn't ask our family for the bride price, and I was very grateful, but my mother said that she was not selling her daughter, and she shouldn't have asked for the bride price.
Originally, people were also kind, but my mother said it was very difficult to hear.
After getting married, my mother always wanted to set rules for my wife.
My wife was young at the time and didn't take it very seriously, especially once, my mother said:
A married daughter is the water that is spilled, and the affairs of her mother's family will be left alone, it is better to go back less and live in her own house with peace of mind.
My wife replied at the time:
My parents are just my daughter, and when they get married, they will give me to your family.
My mother's face darkened when she heard this.
In order to suppress my wife, my mother later proposed to ask her to wash her feet every day.
My mother also said that this was how she came back then, and of course my wife refused, but because of my affection, I would wash my mother's feet and put it in her room.
After marriage, my wife always complained to me, saying that my mother was targeting her and always making things difficult for her, I told my wife, this is all for your good, I hope to train you to be an excellent wife and daughter-in-law, my mother is also a hard worker.
My wife gave birth to a son 4 years ago, and my mother was very happy.
When his son was half a year old, his father-in-law had to have surgery on his leg.
Because I need someone with strength to be present, my wife told me that I would take care of it for the first two days, so that I would have more strength and it would be easier to take care of it, and I agreed.
Unexpectedly, my mother resolutely opposed it when she found out, and she just didn't allow me to go.
My wife was so angry at the time, and later discussed with my mother and asked my mother to help take care of the child for a week, and my wife went to the hospital to take care of her, but my mother refused, saying that she had back pain and leg pain, and she couldn't take the child.
was so angry that his wife later put the child at her aunt's house, and then went to the hospital to take care of her for a week.
My mother was very angry and quarreled with her when she came back.
My wife was tired at the time, and because of the lack of sleep, she was not in a very good mood, so she yelled at my mother, and when she was excited, she yelled:
Who doesn't have parents?
If you get sick in the future, I won't take care of you, you'd better not get sick in the future!
My mother thought it was my wife cursing herself for being sick.
She stepped forward and grabbed my wife's collar reluctantly, and when I saw that the two were about to scuffle together, I was so frightened that I quickly pushed my wife onto the sofa.
My wife looked at me for a long time, didn't say a word, and went into the room alone.
My mother is still shouting in the back:
I'm old and have a son, I don't need you to serve me, you uneducated thing!
Later, my wife remembered this sentence deeply.
Over the years, my wife and I have bought a house to live outside alone, as long as we don't mention my mother, our relationship between husband and wife is good, go to work and cook after work, and take the children shopping on weekends, but when I mention my mother, my wife's attitude towards me has completely changed.
My mother was not feeling well a while ago, so I took her to the doctor, and the doctor hospitalized her.
After completing the formalities, I think that such a big thing should be known to my wifeI also want to take this opportunity to see my wife's attitude.
Not long after hanging **, my wife rushed over, bought some fruits, and then took the basin to fetch hot water.
She washed my mother's feet in the hospital room, then sat for a while before leaving.
My wife stopped showing up for several days, I had to go to work again and didn't dare to ask for leave, I ran at both ends every day, and I had to sleep in the hospital at night, my mother felt sorry for me, so I asked my wife to come, and said that it was her obligation to take care of my mother-in-law as a daughter-in-law.
As everyone knows, since her mother was hospitalized, her wife took her son to live at her mother's house.
My wife told me with her actions that she had done what she should do as a daughter-in-law, but it was just the latter thing, so I didn't count on her.
She didn't want to help me at all, and she didn't want me to have any hope for her.
Now when I think of his father's hospitalization, my attitude towards my mother, I feel ashamed, since I couldn't count on me at the beginning, I can't count on her now.
It's just that I'm too tired by myself, I have to go to work, cook and accompany me, and my mother is still nagging every day:
Son, you go to work, let your wife come and take care of me, you go!
I don't know if my mother really didn't understand, or if she pretended not to understand.