roccoschili Chapter 223 Every family has sutras that are difficult to recite
Chapter 223 Every family has sutras that are difficult to recite
Zhou Jing shook her head and said with a wry smile, "It's okay. Every family has its own problems. Who doesn't have some troubles? I'm lucky. Although Tingting's dad is often away from home, at least he doesn't argue with me."
Nobody's home, so of course they won't argue with you.
Liu Yihuan said with a worried look, "Your mother-in-law probably went to persuade your brother-in-law to divorce you, Sister Zhou, you..."
Zhou Jing waved her hand, "It's okay. My husband and I got married because we fell in love on our own, and we have a very deep relationship. He was the one who suggested buying the house."
what?
"So you just said it was you who suggested it?"
Zhou Jing shook her head with a wry smile, "It makes no difference. Even if I said it was my husband who suggested it, his mother wouldn't believe me. She would still say that I was the one who encouraged him."
This does fit the stereotype of a wicked mother-in-law, where all the bad things are the daughter-in-law's idea.
Her mother-in-law wasn't joking; she actually went and made trouble for her son.
An hour later, Zhou Jing had almost forgotten about the incident and was chatting and laughing with Lin Yuyao and the others when she saw her mother-in-law return, dragging a man in with her.
The man was also holding a little girl of about three or four years old. These two were Zhou Jing's husband and daughter.
"Come on, everyone's here. Explain yourself."
There were guests present, and Zhou Jing glared at the man with a dark expression.
The man was about to speak when Zhou Jing interrupted him again, "Go upstairs."
The man nodded, picked up the child, and went upstairs.
Her mother-in-law wouldn't let it go, and said in a loud voice, "Why go upstairs? You know you have some shame, don't you? If you don't go upstairs, we'll talk here and let everyone see whether a spendthrift woman like you should be divorced."
Zhou Jing glared at them with a cold face.
The man said coldly, "Mother, this is where Xiaojing works. She works here, she's not the boss. How can she go to work if you keep making such a scene?"
"Why bother with a job? Ha, she's rich, she has a man who's working himself to the bone to support her, why would she need to work? She can quit this lousy job and go home to be her empress. I'm such a miserable old woman, I gave birth to a son who doesn't support his old mother, all the money I earn is squandered by his wife. Everyone, come and see, let everyone judge, should I divorce such a wife?"
Zhou Jing's mother-in-law started throwing a tantrum and acting unreasonably, right in front of everyone.
Before the man could say anything more, Zhou Jing stopped him.
"If she wants to say it here, then let her say it here. Let's let everyone see who's in the wrong."
Her mother-in-law dismissed it, coldly saying, "Hmph, fine, then say it."
After saying that, she even reached out and rolled up Zhou Jing's sleeve, saying, "Come on, everyone, take a look at this bracelet. Is it big? Is it valuable?"
Actually, it's not that big, maybe thirty grams at most.
But gold is valuable, everyone knows that.
Even if it's only 30 grams, it's still a luxury for the average person.
One bystander asked, "Auntie, just tell me what's wrong with this bracelet!"
She tearfully told the crowd, "My son, the son I raised with so much effort, works as a seaman, earning several hundred yuan a month, several thousand yuan a year. When he came back, he only gave me one hundred yuan and gave the rest to his wife. Do you think this is reasonable?"
“The money your son earns is his family’s money, so it’s normal for his wife to keep it. Auntie, I’m not trying to be nosy, but things are different now than before. There’s no such thing as handing it over to the family now. Every household does it this way. Now that your son is married and has his own family, the money he earns is definitely for his family.”
"Yes, don't just talk about your family, it's the same in my family. My two sons don't give me any of the money they earn, and even if they did, I wouldn't take it. I tell them to give it to their wives. As long as they can live their own lives well, that's better than anything else."
“This old lady is right. It’s a good thing that your son and daughter-in-law can earn money. You don’t know that my neighbor’s son and daughter-in-law are both playful. They’ve been married for three years and neither of them has found a stable job. They were anxious a couple of years ago, but now they’re not. They just stay at home watching their parents eat and drink, and they go to disco every night. Their mother is so angry that she cries every day.”
"Oh my, if you have a son and daughter-in-law like that, you can't help but cry."
Zhou Jing's mother-in-law, Zhang Guihua, originally brought it up so that everyone could judge, but it unexpectedly turned into a contest of who was worse.
One group of onlookers was saying that the neighbor's son and daughter-in-law were disappointing, while another group was saying that the son and daughter of a relative on her mother's side were also disappointing.
These days, there are plenty of disappointing sons and daughters.
It's considered good if someone stays home doing nothing and doesn't have a job; there are others who cause trouble everywhere.
There was a family with a son who was involved in organized crime and had been in and out of jail several times. That was enough to make their ancestors so angry they couldn't even hold their coffin lids down.
Finally, everyone summarized.
"Auntie, look at your son and daughter-in-law, they both have jobs and don't cause trouble. Your granddaughter is so cute. You're really living a blessed life."
“Enjoying life? Humph, he’s more like enjoying a chamber pot. You only see that he can make money now, but you don’t think about how hard it was for me to support him all these years. He doesn’t even give his hard-working mother any of the money he makes; he lets his wife squander it all. This big gold bracelet is enough for our whole family to eat and drink for a year.”
“Buying gold isn’t just a waste of money. Gold is money too. If you really need it urgently, you can sell it for cash. What’s wrong with buying a gold bracelet if you have the means? I think it’s better than putting it in the bank. In the bank, people see it every day, but with money on your own wrist, you can see it yourself every day.”
“Hey, you’re right, that makes sense. I’ll take out the money and buy a big gold bracelet too.”
Seeing that everyone was speaking up for Zhou Jing, they felt relieved.
Lin Yuyao whispered to Zhou Jing, "Sister Zhou, there are still more reasonable people than not."
Zhou Jing nodded gently, "Yes."
She said to her mother-in-law, Zhang Guihua, "Mother, just tell me, what exactly do you want to do?"
"I want you to get a divorce."
Everyone: "..."
What kind of mother acts like this?
She's probably mentally unstable.
Zhou Jing smiled faintly, looked at the man with a grim expression, and said, "Lan Xu, your mother says she wants us to get a divorce. What do you think?"
"What do you think? It wasn't easy for us to get married. Even if the King of Heaven himself came, we wouldn't get divorced."
Zhou Jing spread her hands and said to her mother-in-law Zhang Guihua, "Look, Lan Xu doesn't want to leave."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Guihua immediately started throwing a tantrum, sitting on the ground, slapping her thighs and wailing.
"You little bastard, I raised you for nothing! You've forgotten your mother now that you have a wife, and you listen to your wife in everything. The 'good son' I raised with half my life has become someone else's dutiful son. God, why don't you strike him down with lightning?"
It's the Lunar New Year, and people are cursing their own son like that; even the onlookers can't stand it anymore.
Everyone was saying bad things about Zhang Guihua, saying that no mother would curse her son, and that she had never forced her son and daughter-in-law to divorce.