1. The current situation of the Du family: the hardships of a widowed mother (500 words) In an ordinary family in Linjiang City, 47-year-old Du Ruyu supports the family with a strong will. 18 years ago, her husband Chun Menglong died of poisoning from tasting strange grass, leaving her alone to raise her four daughters.
Today, her daughters are 29-year-old Chun Jinrong, 28-year-old Chun Peilan, 20-year-old Chun Banxia and 18-year-old Chun Keling. Fine lines have climbed into the corners of Du Ruyu's eyes, but her gaze is still firm.
Whenever she looks at her four daughters, she has both relief and deep worry in her heart. Especially when she saw her eldest daughter Chun Jinrong, her brows would always wrinkle unconsciously. The family's financial situation is not optimistic.
In order to give her daughters a stable living environment, Du Ruyu had to borrow 100 taels of silver from Guo Zhensheng and bought a house in Linjiang. However, this debt weighed on her like a mountain.
Recently, a blind date by Chun Jinrong has brought a new financial burden to the family. Because of a box of rose soufflés with poison misplaced, not only did the family work out, but they also had to compensate the other party 50 taels of silver.
Du Ruyu looked at the few savings left in the family, sighed, and decided to return to his old business and open a tofu factory to make a living. "Mother, I can help with some tofu." Spring and summer take the initiative to ask for help.
"I'll grind tofu." Chun Peilan said softly. Du Ruyu nodded with satisfaction, but her eyes unconsciously drifted to Chun Jinrong. I saw that the eldest daughter was bowing her head and playing with the ends of her hair, and she didn't seem to care about the plight of the family.
Du Ruyu had mixed feelings in her heart. As a mother, she has to play the role of a father and fulfill the duties of a mother. In the face of the current financial pressure, she felt anxious but had to pretend to be strong.
She knew that she had to be the pillar of the family and support her daughters. However, whenever Du Ruyu was alone in the dead of night, she would also allow herself to shed a few bitter tears.
How she wished her husband was still alive, and how she wished that she could give her daughters a better life. But the burden of reality can only be carried by her alone, and she has no choice but to continue to walk strongly.
2. Chun Jinrong: The spoiled eldest daughter (550 words) Among the four sisters of the Du family, the 29-year-old Chun Jinrong, as the eldest daughter, should have been her mother's most powerful assistant and a role model for her sisters.
However, the reality is very different from what was expected. Chun Jinrong is lazy to eat, and he only thinks about marrying into a wealthy family and living a worry-free life. Recalling 18 years ago, when Chun Menglong died, Chun Jinrong was only 11 years old.
It stands to reason that children at this age should be sensible, able to understand their mother's hardships, and take on some family responsibilities. But Chun Jinrong didn't seem to realize the changes in his family, and still went his own way, and even intensified his coquettishness.
"Jinrong, you should also help." Du Ruyu often said this, with both helplessness and doting in her tone. "Mother, I don't know how to do housework." Chun Jinrong always replied like this, blinking his big eyes and looking pitiful.
In this case, almost all the big and small affairs of the family fall on the second child Chun Peilan. Chun Peilan worked hard and silently assumed the responsibilities that should have belonged to her sister. But Chun Jinrong is like a pampered eldest lady who avoids housework.
Chun Banxia couldn't look past it, and often made sarcastic remarks: "The eldest sister can pretend that she doesn't know us, and she doesn't have to do the work at home anyway." Whenever this happens, Chun Jinrong always pouts, turns around and leaves, not caring about his sister's words at all.
Du Ruyu saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart. She once threatened: "From next year, the family will no longer prepare meals for Chun Jinrong." However, this has been said many times, but it has never really been implemented.
Chun Jinrong seems to be used to this feeling of being pampered, and even at the age of nearly 30, he is still the most spoiled person in the family to his mother. She often said in a sweet voice: "Mother, I want this, I want that."
And Du Ruyu, even if she knows that her family is in difficulty, she always tries her best to meet her requirements. In Chun Jinrong's heart, a strong dependence psychology has already been formed. She fantasizes that one day she can marry into a wealthy family and live a life of fine clothes and food.
However, the huge gap between reality and dreams made her both unwilling and at a loss. Du Ruyu's doting is undoubtedly the main reason for Chun Jinrong's current character.
She is always soft-hearted and reluctant to be strict with her eldest daughter, but she hurts Chun Jinrong. This preference not only failed to make Chun Jinrong grow, but instead fueled her willfulness and selfishness.
Today's Chun Jinrong can neither share the worries of the family, nor can he live independently. She is like a flower in a greenhouse, which cannot stand the test of wind and rain. And this is precisely where Du Ruyu's deepest worries lie.
3. The emergence of family contradictions: conflicts between sisters (500 words) As Chun Jinrong's laziness and special treatment became more and more obvious, the family conflicts of the Du family gradually surfaced.
This contradiction is mainly reflected in the relationship between sisters, especially Chun Banxia's dissatisfaction with Chun Jinrong is the strongest. One day, when discussing the matter of returning to the old business to open a tofu workshop, Chun Banxia said unceremoniously: "After the tofu workshop opens, I can order tofu, the second sister Chun Peilan can grind tofu, and Chun Jinrong can pretend not to know us."
She called her eldest sister by name, and her tone was full of sarcasm and dissatisfaction. As the third child in the family, Chun Banxia has a straightforward personality, and he is most unaccustomed to Chun Jinrong's lazy appearance.
She felt that Chun Jinrong, as the eldest sister, not only failed to fulfill her responsibilities, but became a burden to the family, which made her feel both angry and helpless. At the same time, Chun Peilan silently took on most of the housework.
She has a docile personality and is hardworking, but she lacks a sense of security inside. Although she rarely complains, her eyes often show exhaustion and grievances. Whenever she saw her eldest sister Chun Jinrong having nothing to do, Chun Peilan would also feel a trace of unbalanced emotions in her heart, but she chose to be silent.
In the face of increasingly serious family conflicts, Du Ruyu also felt a headache. She once said helplessly: "From next year, the family will no longer prepare Chun Jinrong's meal." Although this sentence is just talking, it also reflects Du Ruyu's disappointment and helplessness towards her eldest daughter.
However, Du Ruyu's attitude did not really change anything. Her verbal threats not only did not make Chun Jinrong wake up, but instead planted the seeds of injustice in the hearts of other daughters.
Chun Banxia and Chun Peilan saw it in their eyes, and they were even more convinced of their mother's preference for Chun Jinrong. As a result, the family atmosphere became tense. Although there is no open competition between sisters, there is an invisible competition in secret.
Chun Jinrong enjoys special treatment, and the other sisters are trying to prove their worth. This imbalance casts a shadow over the originally harmonious sisterhood.
Du Ruyu was caught between her daughters, in a dilemma. She wanted to correct Chun Jinrong's problems, but she was reluctant to be harsh on her; I want to affirm the efforts of other daughters, but I don't want to hurt Chun Jinrong's feelings.
This ambivalence makes her seem hesitant when dealing with family relationships. With the passage of time, family conflicts continue to accumulate, like a time bomb, which may detonate at any time.
Du Ruyu realized that if these contradictions were not resolved in time, I am afraid that it would cause irreparable damage to the entire family. 4. Hidden Economic Problems: The Secret of Private Money (550 words) The Du family's economic problems are not only reflected in the superficial difficulties, but also expose the long-hidden secrets in an accident.
This secret is about Chun Jinrong's private money. It all started with a routine cleaning at Chun Peilan. As she carefully cleaned the beams, she stumbled upon a purse hidden in the corner.
Out of a sense of responsibility, she handed over her purse to her mother Du Ruyu. When Du Ruyu opened the purse, it was five taels of silver. "This is Jinrong's private money?" Du Ruyu muttered to herself, her brows furrowed.
She knew that the family was not wealthy, and this amount of money was not a small amount for the family. However, it doesn't end there. Soon after, Chun Peilan accidentally ingested poisonous mushrooms and thought that her life was short.
On the occasion of "dying", she confessed to her mother the fact that she also had private money. "Mother, I... I also have some private money... Chun Peilan said weakly, with guilt in her eyes.
Du Ruyu was not surprised when she heard this. She knows that Chun Peilan has always been frugal and is responsible for the family's big and small purchases. The daily expenses are all through her hands, and it is reasonable to save some private money.
Moreover, Chun Peilan is hardworking and capable, and this money is undoubtedly the fruit of her hard work. However, when Du Ruyu compared Chun Peilan's confession with Chun Jinrong's private money, her mood became complicated.
Only Du Ruyu and Chun Peilan have money in the Chun family, and Chun Peilan's money is the family's living expenses. After thinking about it, Du Ruyu's heart sank. She realized that over the years, Chun Jinrong had probably taken a lot of money from her under various pretexts.
Even though the family was financially constrained, she unknowingly gave her eldest daughter a lot of extra money. This discovery made Du Ruyu fall into deep self-blame and contradictions.
However, in any case, this incident exposes the problems that exist in the family. Chun Jinrong is 29 years old and unmarried, Du Ruyu is anxious, but more disappointed in the behavior of her eldest daughter.
The family is not well-off, but Chun Jinrong secretly accumulates private money, which is in stark contrast to the efforts of other sisters. Du Ruyu stood in front of the window, looking at the other daughters who were busy in the yard, her heart was full of contradictions and entanglements.
She realizes that her preference may have made a big mistake, and not only did it not help Chun Jinrong grow, but instead contributed to her selfishness. This hidden economic problem, like a mirror, reflects the complex family relationship of the Du family, and also sounded the alarm for Du Ruyu.
She knew it was time to rethink her approach to education. 5. Du Ruyu's preference: The complex side of maternal love (400 words) Du Ruyu's preference for Chun Jinrong is like a double-edged sword, both warm and hurtful.
As the eldest daughter, Chun Jinrong occupies a special place in Du Ruyu's heart. However, this preference has led to a series of negative effects, not only affecting Chun Jinrong's personal growth, but also unknowingly hurting the feelings of other daughters.
Chun Peilan's silent dedication always seems to be overlooked. She worked tirelessly to take on the housework, but received little special attention from her mother. Chun Banxia expressed her dissatisfaction in an outspoken manner, and she was keenly aware of this partiality, and often used words to satirize Chun Jinrong's laziness.
Du Ruyu knew very well the problems caused by this preference, but it was difficult for her to change her behavior. Whenever she sees that 29-year-old Chun Jinrong is still unmarried, she falls into deep anxiety.
This anxiety drives her to constantly condone and protect Chun Jinrong, hoping to create better conditions for her daughter. "Jinrong, you should also worry about your life's affairs.
Du Ruyu often sighed like this, and her tone was full of worry. However, Du Ruyu's approach made Chun Jinrong more dependent on her and unable to face the challenges of life independently.
This ambivalence makes Du Ruyu feel tormented - she wants to protect her daughter and hopes that she can grow up. The imbalance in the family is already evident. The dissatisfaction of the other daughters is accumulating, but Chun Jinrong seems to be unaware of it, and still goes his own way.
Du Ruyu realized that she had to re-examine her education methods, otherwise the family could face an even greater crisis. Mother's love is great, but excessive preference can become a stumbling block to a child's growth.
Du Ruyu's experience is a typical case of interpreting the complex aspects of maternal love. Her story reminds us that loving children requires not only heart, but also wisdom.