Story: When a man took the baby and I was miserable, after begging my mother-in-law to help me, my stepmother also came to add to the chaos

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1

Other people's weekends are resting, and my weekends are in the calendar.

"Can you stop fighting?" I kindly advised the two children not to play when eating, not to throw food, and not to fight.

A bowl of hot porridge fell on my lap and the bowl fell to the ground. The table was a mess.

"I don't want porridge!"

"I don't want to eat eggs!"

An egg smashed in my face and knocked off my glasses.

I advised myself to hold back. But the hand did not listen to the call and patted the table, "Can you stop?" "My roar is probably audible upstairs.

The two children were instantly quiet.

But there was silence for only a second, and then there was crying.

Why didn't I hold back, why did I yell? I really regret it.

Because every time I yelled, they would give me a louder cry. I was relieved for only a second, and I had to spend half an hour trying to coax them.

Tired, the whole person is like being hollowed out.

That's my weekend.

Zhao Qiang worked overtime, and Gao Sister, that is, my parenting sister-in-law had double rest. I watch two sensitive and energetic kids alone, online 24 hours a day.

The phone rang.

The kindergarten teacher informed, "Dear parents, I received an urgent notice from the Education Committee that in order to cooperate with the prevention and control of the epidemic in Beijing, from tomorrow, the school will be closed." ”

The moment I saw the information, I was devastated.

Two children who don't attend classes means someone has to stay at home with them all day.

He began to send a message to Sister Gao, discussing the increase in salary from 5,000 yuan to 7,000 yuan, so that she could change from four hours of escort after school to full-day escort.

Nervously staring at the mobile phone screen, afraid that Sister Gao would not agree. Another one was sent, rising to 8,000.

Sister Gao's children are in high school this year and will go to college right away, which is the age to spend money. Sister Gao has always been sensitive to salary. 8,000 is already a lot, and Zhao Qiang's monthly salary is only 10,000 blocks.

But Sister Gao did not reply for a long time.

The child is still crying. I could feel the green tendons on my forehead, jumping and jumping. More important than coaxing the child is to make sure that Sister Gao can promise me.

Send a small essay to Sister Gao, shoot the skills of the leader rainbow fart are used, and it is a praise and a plea, if Sister Gao does not agree, I will be finished.

Sister Gao did not return for a long time. Thinking that it was almost the New Year, I sent a red envelope to Sister Gao.

Sister Gao unexpectedly received the red envelope in seconds.

Then show that the other person has been typing.

Enter half a day and it's sunny thunderbolt.

"I'm sorry Mom, my kids are out of class too." I couldn't get past it. Rest assured, after school starts, I will continue to help you watch your children after school. ”

A feeling of powerlessness swept through the body.

I sent the suspension notice and the conversation with Sister Gao to Zhao Qiang.

Zhao Qiang replied to me, "You take them to work?" Or are you taking time off and working from home? ”

I want to drop my phone in Zhao Qiang's face.

2

Last year, kindergarten teacher training, closed for a day, I took two children, peaceful and safe, to the company. It was a major mistake in my life, and there was not one of them.

They were scribbling on the wall with markers during my meeting, tearing dozens of pages of white paper with their bare hands, and throwing confetti into the sky to pretend it was snowing, when my leader Kevin came to me.

Kevin immediately grabbed one in one hand and pulled it into the corner to punish standing. So I heard them crying in the next conference room. When I rushed out, I found them punching and kicking Kevin.

Kevin was very embarrassed, his meticulous hairstyle, which was specially waxed, was messed up, and there were several more shoe prints on his pants.

At the end of the year, Kevin gave me a score of C, citing management skills to be improved.

So, I can't take them to the company anyway.

I messaged Kevin to apply to work from home starting tomorrow. Kevin agreed, and very kindly reminded, don't forget tomorrow's debriefing convention.

At this point, I feel that Kevin is more considerate than my regenerative parents.

The next day, however, I discovered that working from home was a self-deceptive nightmare.

Halfway through the video recount, a pillow was thrown over and punched me in the face.

PingPing ran over and shouted, "Mom help me!" ”

Then Ann Shawl ran over, "Mommy she tugged at my hair!" ”

Two people circled around me, and the video was full of the shouts of the girls, and the whole department sat on the other side of the video.

I had to pause my debriefing, and again I didn't hold back, yelling at the two girls, "Can you be quiet!" ”

Then the two sensitive girls brushed and cried in unison.

I have two options.

Either let them cry for thirty minutes, and I continued to report on the line.

Or make the people in the conference room wait for thirty minutes, and I'll coax them with a good voice.

I chose the former, locked myself in the bathroom, reconnected, and insisted on finishing my debriefing. Kevin joked that he kept hearing the sound of banging on the door and praised me for being such a tough mother.

The others in the room also applauded, and I felt like a clown.

This year's evaluation, the probability is still C, it is also possible, will fall to D.

When I opened the door again, Ping Ping and Ann were rolling on the ground, his voice was already muted, and his body was twitching.

I put down my computer and went to hug them.

I felt like a hollowed out machine.

3

In the evening, Zhao Qiang returned from overtime, and the children fell asleep.

I said to him, "Let's take turns working from home, one person a day." ”

Not negotiation, but notification.

If I continue to work from home, I guess I'm going to lose my job.

"Li Li, you know I'm about to be promoted, how can I take a leave of absence at this juncture?"

"It's not about asking you to take time off, it's about asking you to apply to work from home."

"How about working from home?!!" The leadership certainly disagrees. Li Li, I know that watching children is hard, but I also work hard overtime, all for this family. ”

Even toe knows that he is going to say next, he fights, he works overtime for promotion, promotion is to solve the problem of children going to key primary schools.

He is a civil servant and can be assigned to attend a key primary school, but the number of places is limited. Whether the children can go on or not, not necessarily. But if he doesn't work hard in front of the leader, he certainly can't get on.

These cars rutted and talked back and forth hundreds of times.

Before he could open his mouth, I interrupted him, "If I'm unemployed, will I pay you your mortgage?" Car loan do you pay back? ”

Zhao Qiang and I are small-town problem makers, with hard work to brush the problem into the famous school, involuntarily exuded from a small place to the big city of restraint and longing, perhaps sympathetic, we were together in our freshman year.

In order to avoid the tragedy of breaking up after graduation, we scientifically developed a route for love to emerge. It was agreed that after graduation, one person would be responsible for making money and one person would be responsible for household registration. The goal is to become a decent Beijinger.

So he went to the civil service exam, and I went to a fortune 500 foreign company to do sales.

As agreed when I first graduated, he worked hard to earn invisible resources, and I tried to make money.

It's as if we are butterflies with only one wing, and we have to hold them together before we can fly.

But as the family of two became a family of four, we flew harder and harder, as if a slight wind in work life could turn us upside down.

"Why don't you let my mother help you?" Zhao Qiang tentatively proposed.

"What does it mean to help me?" I glared at him, "My girlfriend is my own, isn't it your own?" ”

"Why are you still chewing on words?" My mom always wanted to come and stay with us. I'm afraid you won't agree, just let her come and show us the child. ”

Zhao Qiang's father died early, and his mother-in-law brought Zhao Qiang up alone. If she hadn't been my mother-in-law, I would have admired her, and twenty years ago I would have had the courage to divorce a man and pull the child up alone.

But the reality is not if, this woman who is strong everywhere and has a strange temper is my mother-in-law, and I can't stand with her.

The last time my mother-in-law came to help me see the baby, it was just after my maternity leave, and I spent less than 1 month with her, and every day I jumped. Finally I roared to let her roll to the end.

But if I can have a better way, I don't want my mother-in-law to come.

However, I had no choice.

4

I asked Zhao Qiang to call my mother-in-law.

Last year we didn't go back for the New Year, she talked about it all year. This year, I have long wanted to come over, and now Zhao Qiang took the initiative to invite her, and she sold Guanzi again.

"Strong, mom is older, unwell, and Lili is demanding, mom is afraid of giving you a bad child."

I rolled my eyes, and she was self-aware. But I had to say against my will, "Mom, in the past, I didn't understand things, so don't worry about me." Peace and security are your granddaughters, and if you don't want them, who else can they count on? ”

I pulled the two children to the phone and told them to jump up and down, and screamed sweetly at Grandma.

The mother-in-law reluctantly agreed.

Even if she didn't like it anymore, blood was thicker than water.

When did the mother-in-law start not to like peace and security? Probably from the moment of birth.

I still remember that when I was pregnant, my mother-in-law was eager to rush from my hometown in the northeast to Beijing to take care of me, afraid that I would eat badly and affect the baby's development.

Especially when I heard that I was pregnant with twins, I was even happier to keep my mouth shut, and everyone said that her daughter-in-law's stomach was angry. Also, two children born together, how can there be a male doll.

Even the newborn's small clothes are prepared in blue.

Who would have thought that what was born was a pair of daughters.

When she was not yet discharged from the hospital, the mother-in-law looked at the two girls and sighed. I was lying in my hospital bed, and the cut of the caesarean section hurt so much that I couldn't speak, or I would have let her roll.

Later, she flashed her waist and offered to go back to her hometown.

At that time, I was still confinement, she turned her head and left, leaving me bedridden, a girl waiting to be fed, and a dry-eyed Zhao Qiang. Fortunately, I had the foresight to find the sister-in-law in advance in case of unforeseen needs, and as soon as the mother-in-law left, I let the sister-in-law come.

During the month, I bit down on the pillow and shed all my tears, feeling that there are no relatives in this world, who are closer than my sister-in-law.

But the sister-in-law is expensive, and I can't always please, wait for the confinement, the sister-in-law is gone, I watch the child alone. The maternity leave of the foreign company was only three months, and before I went to work, I went to my mother-in-law again.

But we didn't get along well, and finally I shouted hysterically at her, "Roll!" You roll me!

Thinking about it, I started to have a headache.

I swear that this time I will control my temper, not argue, not growl, as long as she can look after the two children and let me go to work with peace of mind, even if she steps on my face.

5

After doing psychological construction for himself and preparing to sleep, Zhao Qiang touched it.

Our family is a two-bedroom apartment, and since I had a baby, I have slept with Zhao Qiang.

During maternity leave, I had to get up at night to breastfeed, and the child often cried at night, so I sympathized with his hard work during the day and offered to take the children to sleep for the second time.

After the maternity leave, I also had to go to work during the day, and at night I wanted him to take care of the children together, but I didn't expect him to sleep like a dead man, and he couldn't wake up, and he couldn't count on it at all. I just put the child to sleep, and he also snored to wake the child up. A model for pig teammates.

So I took the child back to sleep in the second bedroom.

Those nights, I always wondered, what is love, love is not as good as the sister-in-law.

I ask myself almost every day, why not get a divorce? Since you are tired of dying every day, why stay here?

Because I'm not myself anymore. I am no longer a liu lili who walks around alone. I am a mother of two children.

Divorce, I have to fight lawsuits, grab custody, I have to take care of the children alone. The situation is not much better than it is now.

If you want to blame me, I think that after marrying love, happiness will come naturally.

I thought my mom was lying to me when she told me that life wasn't as simple as you think.

I thought I had found someone who would love me unconditionally, spoil me, understand me, and cherish me, but unfortunately sweet love, like fireworks, is as brilliant as fireworks, and easy to pass away and short, day after day marriage, is life.

In the first year after giving birth, Zhao Qiang and I quarreled almost every day, and I smashed a TV with my own hands. As a result, I not only had to go to the hospital for stitches, but I also had to pay for a new TV. Later I learned to be well-behaved, quarreling only to throw pillows, and everything cheap.

Quarrels are really of no use except to consume each other's energy.

6

On Tuesday the mother-in-law came.

In the evening, I warmly received her, personally cooked, and made a table of Northeastern dishes. After eating, she wanted to wash the dishes, but I stopped her.

I took out my newly purchased electric footwash and poured her water myself.

I thought my posture was low enough, but my mother-in-law didn't seem to be enough.

"Li Li, when I was waiting for you to confinement, my waist flashed, and I never got better." It hurts as soon as I bend down. She tried to reach for her shoes and shouted oops.

The acting skills are so exaggerated that even Zhao Qiang can't look at it, "Mom, isn't your waist already good?" ”

I know what she means. After all, four years ago, it was I who pointed to her nose and told her to roll. Now that I'm begging her to come back, I have to do something.

"Mom, I'll help you." I helped my mother-in-law take off her shoes and socks. Put her feet in the foot wash basin.

As long as she can help me watch the child in a down-to-earth manner, she is my mother, not to mention taking off her shoes and socks to wash her feet, let me rub her shoulders and pinch her back.

The eldest husband can flex and stretch, I want to entrust my child to her, I am willing to bow my head in exchange for her feelings, not to make me stumble behind my back.

The mother-in-law's face finally overflowed with a satisfied smile.

"Mom, I know it's hard to watch the children, and I'm ready to hire another hourly worker." You don't have to cook, wash, clean, you just look after the two children, and the rest is done by the hours. ”

"How expensive is that?"

"It's okay, Mom, I pay for it, your health matters."

I'm glad that of the two, it's me who's responsible for making money. Let me still have the confidence to speak in this marriage.

I told my mother-in-law about the character and precautions of the two children. And she repeatedly stressed that the child is still small, the stomach is weak, and the family does not eat overnight leftovers.

My mother-in-law promised to be fine, and on Wednesday, I worked for a day, and when I came home, I saw that the kitchen countertop was full of leftovers. I wanted to scold people, but I resisted, did not confront my mother-in-law, I asked the hourly worker, "Why didn't the leftovers be dumped in time?" ”

The hourly worker was very aggrieved, "Your mother asked me to keep it, saying that she ate." ”

Hour worker said while squeezing my eyebrows and making eyes, meaning that I have seen a lot of situations where your mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are not compatible, and you must fight and don't sandwich me in the middle.

Insisting that more is better than less, I did not ask any more questions.

At night, I took Ping Ping and An An and Zhao Qiang to sleep in the master bedroom, and arranged for my mother-in-law to sleep alone in the second bedroom.

That night, Ann rolled around, and I thought it was her who recognized the bed. Unexpectedly, she said that her stomach hurt, and she rolled straight on the bed in pain, and then ran to the toilet and sat on the toilet and couldn't stand her legs straight. I quickly took her to the emergency room and drew her blood for tests.

The result is gastroenteritis, and it is necessary to get a hanging injection, from the middle of the night to almost dawn.

When I got home early in the morning, I asked my mother-in-law, "Did you give An An leftovers?" ”

The mother-in-law did not admit it, saying that every meal and hourly work made fresh food for the children, and only she ate leftovers.

Eat the leftovers of the morning at noon, eat the leftovers of the noon in the evening, and you are still aggrieved.

There was no surveillance in the house, and I couldn't prove whether my mother-in-law was telling the truth.

"Ann is fine." Instead, my mother-in-law came to comfort me.

I ignored her with a cold face. Took Ann back to the bedroom.

Zhao Qiang said that I threw my mother-in-law's face.

I pointed to his nose and asked, "You think you're done with a hanging needle?" The doctor said that in acute gastroenteritis, the intestines were swollen. Hang the needle for 7 days in a row. What does this mean?

Every day, we have to go to the children's hospital 15 kilometers away, re-register, queue up, open orders, and get injections. For 7 consecutive days. Is your mom going, or are you going? In the end, I can't go?! ”

"You whisper!" Zhao Qiang lowered his voice and said to me.

Which of my words is wrong, why should I whisper?

Stayed up all night, too late to rest, changed clothes, and went to work. As soon as I opened the bedroom door, I found that my mother-in-law was quickly pasted on the door. She brushed her hair awkwardly and asked, "Is Ann hungry?" Drink a milk, right? ”

I just wanted to say that gastroenteritis can not eat high protein, only noodle porridge. Unexpectedly, the mother-in-law walked into the bedroom, handed the milk that had not been drunk the day before directly to An An, and forced her head to drink.

"Mom!! The milk was opened for more than two hours and could not be drunk, and it was all broken. ”

"It didn't break, I left it outside the window, but it was cold and it worked better than the fridge. You young people are exquisite, this milk An An drank yesterday morning, or I forced her, only half of the drink at night, this is still half, drink it, don't waste it. ”

Four years ago, I let my mother-in-law roll because she always fed the children leftovers, and she chewed them up with her mouth and spit them out to feed the children. There are also words, and the older generation is like this. She thinks she has brought up Zhao Qiang, and she is a parenting expert. And whatever she said, she had a reason.

Poor Ann had gastroenteritis when she was four months old, she couldn't find the blood vessels on the back of her hands, and the hanging needle was stuck from her head.

Now, she gave An Ann a broken milk!

I snatched the milk bottle from her hand, and I had an irrepressible urge to drop the milk bottle. It is best to crush into slag, the kind of glass slag that splashes around.

But I held back. I suppressed the nausea and nausea in my heart, but silently went to the kitchen and poured the milk. I bit my lip, afraid that as soon as I opened my mouth, I would let my mother-in-law roll.

If my mother-in-law rolls, I won't be able to go to work. If you can't bear it, you will be chaotic.

7

For the next 7 days, he went to work during the day every day, took An An to the Children's Hospital at night to see the little night number, and got a hanging needle until midnight.

My father, who was far away from home, messaged me and asked me, "How's it going?" ”

I didn't tell him that the school was closed, the childcare sister-in-law couldn't come, the mother-in-law made my child sick, I was getting a hanging needle in the hospital, my year-end evaluation was C, there was no promotion and salary increase, even the property fee had to be delayed, and the credit card was always unaffordable.

"The staff were very friendly and helpful." I replied.

"That's fine, take care of yourself. Homesick, come back. ”

My nose was sore and my eye sockets were moist.

I have hardly returned home since the birth of my child.

On the surface, it is because the child is small and there is an epidemic, but in fact, my father knows that I am complaining about him and complaining that he has cheated on me.

The reason why I got married after graduation is also to cut off my own retreat. I want to stay in Beijing and never go back to the small county that winter can't finish, and never go back to that home.

Wiped the corners of his eyes and sent a message to the agent.

Immediately, immediately, recommend me a parenting sister-in-law. I want to be able to work now.

The agent said that it was going to be the New Year soon, and the childcare sister-in-law who was not alive had already left. There are living child-rearing sisters-in-law, all in other people's homes.

I sent a red envelope to the agent.

The agent said that there was a childcare sister-in-law, who was a novice and had only brought her own children.

I said, OK. As long as it is a living person, can communicate, listen to commands, and give money to work.

I decided that as long as the childcare sister-in-law was in place, I would let my mother-in-law go.

8

On weekends, hourly workers rest, mother-in-law went downstairs to walk the bend, Zhao Qiang was working overtime, I was cooking, while paying attention to the children, do not fight. Almost every two minutes, the table was looked at, and the agent said that the childcare sister-in-law would be in place at noon today.

I've already thought of the wording to make my mother-in-law roll.

Just say, mom has worked hard for you during this time, your waist injury is not good, or go home and rest well.

I certainly wouldn't accuse her of causing her diarrhea by giving Ann bad milk. Because I was worried about not being able to hold my emotions and bloodied the dog that my mother-in-law scolded. In case there is a next time to ask her to help, it is estimated that it will not be as simple as washing feet.

Finally, ding-dong, the doorbell rang.

I was as excited as I was to see a loved one who had been reunited for a long time, wiped my hands on the apron, and pulled my hair together before opening the door. This year, good parenting sisters-in-law pick customers.

The door opened.

I really met my loved ones.

"Mom, how did you get here?"

surprised.

Since I came to Beijing to study at university, my mother began to instill in me that after you get married, the child will be shown by the mother-in-law, and I will not help you see the child. She did what she said. Really didn't help me see the kids for a day. Even in the middle of the month, it was like walking relatives, or the sister-in-law made a table of dishes to entertain her.

My nose is sour, did she see the epidemic control in Beijing, knew that classes were suspended, and came to help me?

But from the smile on her face that was more embarrassed than mine, I suddenly understood.

"The agent asked you to come?"

Her expression is very interesting. It is the kind that has been debunked, but I want to deny it, but I don't know how to argue it.

Two years ago, I moved, my mother has not been here; for information security, I left my real name for the agent, so my mother did not tell me that she came to Beijing to work as a childcare sister-in-law. And it was such a coincidence that the intermediary recommended this inexperienced novice to me who was impatient.

How should I let my mom in the door? Mother-daughter relationship, or employment relationship?

I called her mom for 32 years, but she was actually my stepmother. Her mind was full of her son. The reason why I married my father is because it is too difficult for a woman to pull a son, and it will be easier to work with my father.

"Yow! The family is coming! My mother-in-law walked back, "Didn't you say that the parenting sister-in-law came over today, this is?" ”

The mother-in-law's eyes turned back and forth on the stepmother.

For now, I have to choose to choose a position quickly.

I took my stepmother's arm and said to my mother-in-law, "The agent said it's almost the New Year, and the parenting sister-in-law is home." I asked my mom to come and help. ”

In the second half of the sentence, you have a waist injury, go home and nurse it, I didn't say it.

After all, it was the stepmother who came, not the mother- Until I fully understand the situation, I have no confidence in a showdown with my mother-in-law.

In the evening, Zhao Qiang returned, and the family sat on the sofa and chatted, as kind as if they were in advance of the New Year.

After two rounds of kind words, Zhao Qiang began to yawn, he had been working overtime for a month, and he said to go to rest first.

Just got up and was dragged by me.

"You sleep on the couch tonight."

"Ah, why?"

I looked straight at him, does this still need to be asked?

There are only two bedrooms in the home. The original plan was that Zhao Qiang and I, two girls, would sleep in the same room, and my mother-in-law would sleep in the same room. Is it difficult to let two old ladies sleep in the same room now?

Only I slept in the same room as my stepmother and my mother-in-law. Zhao Qiang slept in the living room.

The mother-in-law immediately stood up, "I sleep in the living room!" I love sleeping on the couch, the couch is the softest! “

It will always be like this, at home, Zhao Qiang can't be a little wronged; every time he washes the dishes, his mother-in-law will say I come, let him sweep the floor, and his mother-in-law will also say that I come, let him go out to buy some vegetables, and the mother-in-law will also say that I come. As long as the mother-in-law is at home, Zhao Qiang is not my husband, but my son and my mother-in-law.

I didn't bother to care anymore, my mother-in-law and Zhao Qiang who slept on the sofa, I led my stepmother into the house.

While changing the children's sleeping bags, he asked her, "Why don't you come to Beijing to work and don't talk to me?" Didn't my dad give you enough money to live on? “

"Alas." She first sighed, "Fan Fan is going to get married next year, the woman said she wanted to buy a house, and your father refused to pay for it." Wherever it is not your father's own child, it is understandable that your father does not pay for it. ”

When she spoke, she bowed her head, like an old cow that recognized her fate, facing the yellow earth with her back to the sky, no longer like when she was young, calculating and dancing with long sleeves.

"I saw an advertisement in the circle of friends saying that the parenting sister-in-law's salary was high, and the intermediary also gave free training, so I came."

The expression on her face was as willing as a gluttony, and she was always ready to give for her son.

"You're not afraid of pyramid schemes?"

"Yikes! No way? Her face was full of surprise, and a little afraid, and her hand unconsciously tightened her pants, "I think I can earn a little bit." ”

In fact, since I knew that she was my stepmother, I had been particularly rejecting her. Because I think all her efforts to me were bought by my father. She didn't love me, and she did everything for her son.

But at the moment, I suddenly understood her a little, in her cognition, her first identity is the mother, the second identity may be my father's wife, followed by my stepmother.

She gave for her son as much as I did for my daughter.

9

After turning off the lights, I sent a message to my former childcare sister-in-law, "Sister Gao, are there any other relatives around you who can help watch the children?" During the suspension, you ask relatives to watch your children for you. You come to help me, and I will give you double salary. During the Chinese New Year, you will be paid three salaries. ”

The so-called double salary refers to working for one day and giving money for two days.

The practice in the housekeeping industry is that holidays are double salaries.

I gave her three salaries, which was really top of the sky.

This senior sister, in addition to being greedy and cheap, delicious and lazy, likes to chew the root of the tongue with the old man and the old lady downstairs, there is no other disadvantage. Since I let my mother-in-law roll after maternity leave, she followed me and handed the baby to her, and I was relieved.

She will play with the mud with the children, catch insects, can carry them home one by one, and when the children are bullied, they can also be the first to rush over to support the children, and they will feel that peace and security are the best babies in the world.

She loves my two children, she is more reliable than my mother-in-law and my stepmother.

I looked at the blue light on the screen of my phone and couldn't sleep for a long time.

The nervous mood is like trying to save the wife who ran away from home.

My marriage, at the beginning, was to marry Zhao Qiang, and after having children, it was to marry my sister-in-law.

I earn money for her to spend, and she helps me take care of the family.

My sister-in-law and I are like husband and wife, and Zhao Qiang and our two girlfriends are like our children.

After a long time, Sister Gao replied to my message, "I'm really sorry, when the class resumes, I will go to your house immediately." ”

It is understandable that Sister Gao's child is in her third year of high school this year, and now that classes are suspended, she does not go back to guard her children, and the children will be left unattended. Sister Gao divorced ten years ago and is also a poor person who pulls the child alone.

In the darkness, I listened to the sound of peaceful and sound breathing, and felt both relieved and sad; glad that they were lively and lovely, no illness or disaster, healthy and healthy, and sad that no one could help me.

Thinking about it, my nose was sour.

He let out a long sigh.

I knew that my stepmother hadn't slept yet, because she, every time she fell asleep, would snore, and at this moment, she had her back to me and didn't make any sound at all.

"Mom, you come out to work to make money, and it's the same for anyone who works." I'll give it to you at the price of a parenting sister-in-law, and you'll help me watch the baby. ”

She didn't make a sound for half a second.

I don't know if she's embarrassed or if she feels greedy and humiliating to take the money.

"To Zhao Qiang and my mother-in-law, I would say you are here to help." Give you the money, I'll pay for myself. ”

"Okay." The sound was too light to be lighter.

Neither of us spoke again after that.

10

My mother died of a heart attack when she gave birth to me. My dad wouldn't take care of me, either spitting up milk or having a red ass, and carrying me to the hospital for three days. After being introduced, I met my stepmother.

My father always praised my stepmother for being kind, and after knowing me for a long time, he treated me like a daughter.com. She also has a son who is waiting to be fed, and in my father's eyes, my stepmother treats us equally. Eat the same milk powder, use the same diapers, sleep at night, and also hold one in one hand.

But in my heart, when I go to bed at night, her face is always biased towards my brother's side, and when she is asleep, she will involuntarily rush sideways to that side.

When they remarried, I was less than a year old and had no memory. And they also deliberately concealed it, so for a long time, I thought that my stepmother was my mother.

I thought she liked my brother because she preferred sons to daughters. I used to go to great lengths to compete for favors, to make her love me a little more, to see me more, but in her heart, my brother was always ahead of me.

We were 1 year apart, in the same grade, or even in the same class.

The whole class strongly formulated extracurricular book materials, our family only fixed one, I will always be the one to go and say to the class teacher, I am determined, I am not sure;

The class organizes cleaning, everyone takes tools from home, my brother always holds the good bucket, I take the bad bucket, my brother takes the brand new rag, I take the rotten cloth strip.

My dad was a rough man, and he didn't notice the trivialities of life.

Later, the middle school physical examination required a blood test, I was O, my dad was B, she was A, and I learned that she was not my mother.

I cried for a long time, feeling that the sky had fallen, and my father said that he had originally thought of being good for me, and he thought that he could hide it forever and give me a complete home.

How ridiculous, I have been praying to someone who will never love me wholeheartedly, for unreserved selfless love.

I felt like my past efforts and efforts were like a joke, and the first half of my life was like a joke. For this reason, I also had a grudge against my father, and if he had told me the truth from the beginning, I would not have been longing for the love that I could not ask for for so many years, and I would have been torturing myself and suffering all the time.

So when I was in college, Zhao Qiang said that he would hurt me, love me, spoil me, protect me, and be good to me alone in his life, I felt that he was an angel, and he would not marry in this life.

After I fell in love with Zhao Qiang, when my stepmother repeatedly stressed to me that she would not help me see the child, I only replied to her lightly, rest assured, I will never need you.

People really can't be too hard-mouthed, otherwise it is still themselves who will finally punch their faces.

Immediately transferred 8,000 yuan to her with her mobile phone, prepaid a month's salary, hoping that she could persist until Sister Gao returned.

That's what it's like to go to sleep.

11

On Monday morning, before the children had woken up when the alarm rang, I crept into simple clothes and went to the living room to find that the table had been laid out with a simple breakfast, millet porridge, eggs, steamed buns and salt.

I like to eat eggs with salt, I haven't had breakfast with her in more than ten years, I didn't expect her to remember my habits.

A hint of awkwardness rose in my heart.

"Mom, you can get some more sleep in the morning and just get up with the kids without having to prepare breakfast for us." I went to the unit to eat. ”

"How does that work?"

"Usually, Sister Gao is also like this, you just need to look after the children."

The mother-in-law was folding the futon of the sofa, and sure enough, last night the mother-in-law slept in the living room. She skimmed her lips and began to chant, "That old tall, delicious and lazy, the ground is not swept, the clothes are not washed, the oil bottle is poured and do not help, I don't know what you like about her?" ”

"When An An is sick, she can take An An to the doctor; Ping Ping fights with people outside, she can keep her head down and make compensation with people; if I come back late from overtime, she can put the two children to sleep."

All in all, Sister Gao is the perfect child-rearing sister-in-law in my heart, and what my mother-in-law can't do, she can do it all.

"Then there is no need to give 8,000 yuan a month, it is almost catching up with Zhao Qiang's salary!" Zhao Qiang worked hard and cheapened her! ”

I really don't want to theorize with my mother-in-law anymore, in the parenting market, 7000 to 8000 is the average price, if you take the hand to help the child write homework, ten thousand is more; the reliable parenting sister-in-law is more sought-after than the job, you dismiss her today, people can find the next home tomorrow. The relationship between parents and parenting sisters-in-law, who is Party A and who is Party B, only middle-aged women who are old mothers can understand.

My mother-in-law wanted to nag again, so I went to the bathroom to wash up and then quickly went out.

When squeezing the subway, I also have to use my mobile phone to deal with mail, prepare for the morning meeting, and this point with my mother-in-law is not even an unpleasant quarrel, I have long forgotten.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Qiang could even send me a message after a busy time, "My mother said that if Sister Gao can't come, don't let her come." 8,000 yuan a month is also quite expensive. Since your mother is here, let her show us a little more time. Rest assured and save money too. ”

I was a little crying.

When I first fell in love with Zhao Qiang, the grievances of my youth, the delicate relationship between me and my stepmother before, I cried to Zhao Qiang many times, and he also comforted me, "It doesn't matter, from now on, you have me." ”

Later, when I got married, I talked less to him.

Saying too much, it is all a rotten thing in their own family. Not only could he not help himself, but he once quarreled with Zhao Qiang, and he also turned it over and chewed the root of his tongue.

Say what, even if the mother-in-law looks bad, the mother-in-law is good, and my mother, even does not show her face.

If Zhao Qiang and his mother-in-law knew, I gave my mother 8,000 yuan a month and hired her to show me the child, I may not know how to say it.

I snapped my phone to my desk and didn't reply again.

After A man with a baby I was miserable, and after begging my mother-in-law to help me, my stepmother also came to add to the chaos

The first day my stepmother saw the child, I was still a little uneasy, I was panicked all day, and after the regular meeting in the evening, I rushed home quickly. When I stood at the door and opened the door, I didn't hear the sound of chickens and dogs jumping in the house.

After opening the door, the smell of stewed ribs wafted and the sound of reading stories, and the two little girls sat quietly next to her, listening intently to her storytelling.

I almost forgot that my stepmother was a primary school Chinese teacher.

In the market, tutors who can help with homework and grasp final exams are starting at 20,000. Looking at it this way, I still earned.

The children didn't even notice that I was back. I quietly closed the door again and went to dump the garbage at the door.

12

I even bought an ice cream and walked slowly downstairs. I've forgotten the last time I had such a laid-back mood.

Before I could finish the ice cream, I decided to sit on the bench downstairs for a while and eat it in small bites.

Then I saw Zhao Qiang driving back. Parked in the parking space downstairs, he didn't rush to get out of the car, he lit a cigarette.

I hate the smell of smoke, when I was in love, Zhao Qiang said that he did not smoke or drink, and had no other hobbies except to spoil his wife. In the past two years, I have often smelled the smoke on his body, and he said that it was a colleague who smoked it, and I actually believed it.

He smoked one cigarette after another, typing on his phone while smoking.

Is he messaging? But my phone never rang. His message was not sent to me.

Until I finished eating the ice cream, he was still in the car.

I didn't grab the bag on the spot, I went upstairs first, and half an hour later, he came up. I beckoned him to wash his hands and eat, casually asking, "Just got off work?" ”

"Hmm."

"You've been working a lot of overtime lately."

"Well, there are a lot of things at the end of the year, and everyone is quite late." His face did not change color when he spoke.

In the past, when he lied, his eyes would always drift around, but this time, I kept looking into his eyes, and he didn't dodge at all.

"You know that we are such an organ unit, unlike you who have an index assessment, we just look at attendance and look at overtime time." So even if you're okay, you have to sit in your seat. ”

His eyes were bright, and he kissed me on the cheek after saying that, which made me look stingy and suspicious.

I wanted to say two more words, but my mother-in-law had already come, and she was picking up her coat, taking her briefcase, handing over a water cup, and beckoning him to wash his hands quickly, eat some freshly cut fruit first, and fry the dish immediately.

They all say that they are relatives in the next generation, but the mother-in-law has never been so concerned about peace and security.

In the evening, while Zhao Qiang was taking a bath, I unlocked his mobile phone with a peaceful birthday.

It turned out that during the night when he was smoking in the car, he was messaging with my mother-in-law.

The mother-in-law said, "I suspect that her mother is a child-rearing sister-in-law introduced by the intermediary." I heard her call his son and say she made $8,000! ”

Before it was too late to turn over more, Zhao Qiang's voice floated out, "Wife, you help me get a bath towel." Zhao Qiang called out to me.

I quickly put down his phone.

13

The following week, my mother was at home to help me watch the children, my mother-in-law to help cook, a rare family harmony, peace and quiet, just like the harmony before the storm.

Privately, I heard my mother-in-law and Zhao Qiang say many times that she wanted to come and stay with us for a long time. Before Zhao Qiang could speak to me, I had to strangle this sign.

Chinese New Year's Eve night, after dinner, I respectfully handed my mother-in-law a red envelope, "Thank you for your dedication to the children during this time." Without you, I wouldn't know what to do. But you work so hard every day, I really don't want to go. Since your waist has not been good, after the Spring Festival, you will go back to your hometown to rest. Over here in Beijing, my mom helped me watch. Today I asked the teacher, the recent epidemic situation has stabilized, it is estimated that the school will start after the Spring Festival. ”

The mother-in-law looked nervous and stared at Zhao Qiang, "My waist is actually getting better." Don't get in the way. ”

"Mom, you are older, your body comes first, and taking care of us is secondary."

The mother-in-law kept giving Zhao Qiang a look, and Zhao Qiang called me into the bedroom and asked, "Why don't you discuss with me in advance?" ”

I asked him, "What to discuss?" ”

If he wants to give his mother a pension, I have no problem. But don't try to dictate in my house and be in charge. Over the years, if his mother can help me in the slightest, I will also be unreservedly grateful, but my mother has helped again and again.

Zhao Qiang shouted in a low voice, "You know that it is not easy for my mother to bring me up alone, she is old and only wants to live with us." You let her, she's my mom! ”

"Yes, she is your mother, and she raised you with hard work, and you can be filial to her, but she is not my mother."

I could see Zhao Qiang's green tendons burst out, and his hands began to tremble. I know I'm a bit cruel. But if I don't be cruel to him, I have one more pig teammate who can't support the wall, and in the end I will be cruel to myself.

"If you give your mother 8,000 yuan to your mother, she will be able to give you a satisfactory look!!"

I'm a little weak-minded, but I can't be weak-minded.

I use my own money to give it to my mother, why should I be weak-hearted? In the past, which cent of the money given to Sister Gao was not from me?

"I didn't." I deny it.

"You have a transfer history on your phone!"

"You look at my phone?!" I thought that even if zhao qiang and I burned out in love, there was still trust.

"You looked at my phone first."

Bang bang bang, someone knocked on the door.

My mom poked in half her head, her face full of joy, "Van his girlfriend is pregnant!" Say get a license after the Spring Festival! After speaking, I found that Zhao Qiang was also there, and specially explained, "Li Li and her brother are going to get married and become a father, I am so happy." ”

I could see that she was really happy, and the tears came out of the corners of her eyes. Unmarried and pregnant, even the money for the house has been saved.

"Li Li, I still want to discuss with you, I will go back after the Spring Festival, the new daughter-in-law has just become pregnant, the fetus is unstable, I have to take care of her." Moreover, unmarried and pregnant, the girl has a thin skin, and she must hurry up to get married for her. ”

What can I say? Tearing her face and asking her, how do you take my 8,000 pieces and leave? I just took my mother-in-law away, you pick a pick, what should I do?

Zhao Qiang's face floated a trace of sarcasm, as if he was waiting for me, and then he softened his breath and whispered to him.

He must have felt that he had won, after all, her mother was a mother, and my mother was a stepmother.

bang! Bang! Bang Bang Bang!

Brilliant fireworks bloom outside the window.

"Mom and Dad, come and see the fireworks!!" The children ran into the house and dragged Zhao Qiang and me to the floor-to-ceiling glass window in the living room to watch the fireworks.

"Mom and Dad, you're about to make a wish!" Ping Ping said.

"It's fireworks, it's not a shooting star, it's a wish!" An Ann said.

"But it's the New Year, so you should make a wish!" Flat argument.

The two children chirped, cheered, and prayerfully closed their eyes to make a wish for the fireworks.

I still remember when I was in college, on the first New Year's Day in Beijing, Zhao Qiang took me to the outskirts of Beijing to watch fireworks, and at that time he also said, Make a wish! Then when I closed my eyes, he kissed me.

My wish at that time was to be happy and happy with him forever.

However, the wish was only half fulfilled, and we were together, but what about the happiness of the good.

Zhao Qiang wrapped his arms around the children in one hand and tried to hug me with the other, "Big New Year's Day, let's not argue, right?" ”

Yeah, quarrel, can't get a divorce, and have to reconcile.

"Mom, what did you make?"

"Mom don't say! It doesn't work to say it! ”

Zhao Qiang quietly took my hand and asked, "Is it still the same wish as then?" ”

I looked at the fireworks and didn't answer.

I have made wishes year after year, once I hoped that I would be happy and happy, and now I hope that my family will seek common ground while reserving differences, peace and joy.

I hope the child grows up soon, I hope my shoulders are stronger, and I hope that I will grow old slowly. I hope that the happy life that was once eagerly awaited can really come. I hope that the people I love also love me.

Hope that the next time I say to Dad that I'm fine, I'm really good. (Original title: "The Truth About Marriage")

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