The road from Africa to Europe

Chapter 992

The old couple felt a feeling of being looked down upon by their own daughter-in-law. This feeling is very subtle. Only the parties can feel that unspeakable feeling, as if some city people say that everyone is equal. Yes, but he doesn't like country bumpkins in his bones.

It's always that kind of feeling that makes people feel uncomfortable, especially the old couple is even more uncomfortable. You must know that they are going to visit their son, help their daughter-in-law who has just given birth, and even bring money.

But the various situations they encountered after they arrived made them inexplicably feel that they were not son's elders at all, but old servants of his son's family! ! ! !Or an old servant who made the hostess feel very unhappy.

Really sad!As parents, instead of being respected by their daughter-in-law, they became treated like old servants. This kind of gap is so huge that it is unacceptable, but they have to endure it. Who asked them to help their son.

You can't just turn around now, can you?It was only at this time that they discovered a problem, that is, they couldn't leave early even if they wanted to, because the flight back home had already been booked, and the round-trip ticket was booked at the beginning.If you want to leave early, you need to refund the ticket first, and then book the ticket.

And if you want to go through this procedure, you need to contact the relevant airlines, and here is completely different from the domestic, they can't do it, you need to let your son handle it, because they have a complete language barrier with the outside world, and they are a little out of touch.

It's not that the husband and wife didn't learn related foreign languages ​​because of their professional titles. It's just that they didn't use them all year round after learning them, and they basically forgot about them.

Even if they don’t forget it, it’s useless, because when they get to the place, they find that there is a certain gap between the foreign language in the book and the colloquial foreign language. They have been learning the dumb foreign language and cannot speak it at all.

Even if they can find a place to practice their spoken foreign language, they will still find accent problems.There is still a big difference between the spoken language I learned before and the spoken language in reality. Sometimes when I speak the same foreign language, I find that they don’t understand each other at all.

This situation is really not very friendly to the elderly. Even if they want to learn a foreign language, they will find it really difficult. The memory of the elderly is obviously not as good as that of young people.It can be said that the disadvantages of being old and unable to understand the language made them never think about working in the past.

How to work?They signed visas to visit relatives, and the time was not long, and there was no place to work in the place of residence, which meant that they had to go far away to work. People in their 70s and [-]s went to work, which is hard to say.

In fact, after hearing the murmur of the daughter-in-law complaining that the parents-in-law did not go to work, the uncle and aunt were really angry. They wanted to ask their son what he thought, but they didn't have a chance to talk to him. The son who was busy with work basically couldn't get anything out. Time to talk.

Even if there is some free time during the week, my son has to drive a car to a nearby place—the supermarket, to purchase food and other necessities for the family for a week, and the food is very cheap.

Seeing the old couple here, they really feel sorry for their son. The son works very hard and has to support the family. He is not very rich in money. When shopping, he chooses to leave good things for his wife and son. They don’t eat Yes, it's my son's turn to eat.

In this case, even if they had a lot of dissatisfaction with their daughter-in-law, they finally swallowed their dissatisfaction and didn't say anything, because they didn't want to put more pressure on their son.

The old couple couldn't complain to their son, so the only way was to go home. Every night when they slept in the living room, they calculated when they could return to China.At the same time, I also have a thought: I will never come abroad again, this life is really hard, I can eat fresh green vegetables every day in China, there are many choices, I will let the good life go, and go abroad to live a hard life, this is my brain. water.

It can be said that the old couple can't wait to return to China when the time comes, but the son tried his best to keep them when they left, saying that the visa could be extended, and that they could be provided for the elderly, but the so-called elderly care does not mean living with the son's family, but going to a nursing home abroad Pension.

The old couple refused repeatedly. They had long been impatient with being abroad. It was better to experience the hype than others said.They are unwilling to stay abroad because of many problems.

I really feel that the two of us are not suitable for living abroad. Not only are we unfamiliar with the place, but we also have a complete language barrier.I don't know if there is life for the elderly.

They still don't know that in many foreign nursing homes, it was revealed that the elderly were abused and sexually intercoursed.

But after living for many years, they have their own pensions and have enough opinions, so they directly refuse to live in this completely unfamiliar place. They still cannot see their sons in the nursing home, but it is more likely that they call Tian Tian because of language barriers. No, the ground is not working.

Seeing that the son couldn't leave his parents behind, he drove them to the airport and left. When the plane the old couple took landed at the Capital Airport, the two finally felt relieved. The aunt called her sister, Ling Xiao's mother. , please get her ready with the key.

It was only after receiving a call from the second sister that the couple had returned to China. Ling Xiao's mother went to open the windows of her sister's house, cleaned the room, and filled the refrigerator to prevent the refrigerator from being empty when she got home. Nothing, unable to cook and eat.

Just as she opened the door with her big and small bags in hand, she heard the fixed line ringing. Ling Xiao's mother couldn't help but feel very strange, who is calling?Fortunately, she came here today, otherwise she might have missed it.

Picking up the phone with some curiosity, I thought it was the second sister and his wife, but only after receiving the call did I realize that it was my nephew—that is, the second sister's son, which is really rare!
The second sister said that her son usually makes two phone calls a year, why would he call today?The second sister and his wife had just met their son, so they separated from him, right?Why did my nephew call so quickly?
Really shouldn't!The nephew asked his parents directly, only to know that he hadn't arrived home yet, and he just called back from the Capital Airport not long ago, so he asked when he could come back?
Naturally, Ling Xiao's mother would not hide it. Even if she had objections to her nephew, this was not her own child. Both his parents and mother were alive, and it was not his turn to be an aunt to teach him a lesson.So tell the truth: "Well, I heard from your mother that they have gone to the train station, and they will probably be back tomorrow."

As soon as the nephew heard it, he said: "I'd better wait for them to come back and call again!" After that, he hung up the phone, and Ling Xiao's mother didn't care, but quickly cleaned the room, and then left.

After returning home, she talked with her husband about the phone call from her nephew with some curiosity. If it is said that the couple had hoped for their daughter to have a future, after seeing what happened to the second sister, she stopped forcing her and felt that her daughter would not be a villain. just fine.

It can be said that brothers and sisters of Ling Xiao's age group.Live more freely than brothers and sisters who are the same age as my cousin. Whoever makes a child from someone else's family really live as a person from someone else's family has no time to pay attention to his biological parents.

It can be said that the cousin alone caused Ling Xiao's elders to lower their requirements for their children. Parents don't expect their children to be very promising.Anyway, parents are not the kind of people who are too promising, so why should they expect their children to become dragons and phoenixes?

Ling Xiao's mother sympathized with her second sister very much, and wondered why her nephew called. Could it be that something happened and she needed to communicate with the relatives who had just parted?With some curiosity, she drove the car to the train station to pick up people, and sent the tired couple back to their home.

After returning home, the couple breathed a sigh of relief. While helping to cook, Ling Xiao's mother remembered that her nephew called the couple. After learning the news, the uncle and aunt thought about it, as if they knew something.

In their conversation with Ling Xiao's mother, they revealed one thing. They said that the two of them brought nearly [-] dollars in cash for living expenses, and they didn't spend much. They planned to leave it to their son's family. The son didn't want it, but the old couple decided to stay. .

Before leaving the apartment, the old couple left the cash in the suitcase and did not tell their son, because the son never wanted it. If they gave it, they would have to push it back and forth. They planned to tell their son when they boarded the plane, but they didn’t have time because of the rush. Tell your son where the cash is.

"This is the first time I've called in such a hurry, hey!" Ling Xiao's mother looked at the couple after hearing this, and the second sister said helplessly, "The child is still good, but isn't there a daughter-in-law? I'm afraid." Said She didn't want to talk about it when she got here.

Ling Xiao's mother's eyes widened, not knowing what to say.This really confirms the folk jingle: the flower magpie has a long tail; married a daughter-in-law and forgot her mother, the old mother was thrown into the ravine, the daughter-in-law put it on the kang, closed the door, blocked the window, and slipped out to drink noodle soup.

After returning home, Ling Xiao's mother sighed. This son still has some conscience, but he cares more about his wife and children. Is it really useful to have a son?

Ling Xiao shook his head secretly when he recalled this. The reason why his uncle and aunt are looked down upon by his daughter-in-law is not because they don’t have enough skills. Being looked down upon by the daughter-in-law?But the relationship that has become harmonious because of money is not very reliable.

Why!It's really hard to get along with!Two generations who have no blood relationship at all live together, naturally there are various inconveniences, after all, there are too many generation gaps, and each other is not used to it.

Isn’t there a saying: three-year generation gap? Speaking of it, my uncle got married relatively late and had this son when he was in his 30s, and my aunt also had a son at the age of 25 or [-], so the generation gap between them and his son’s family has widened.

Because people live in different ages, they often have different views on each other. If it’s just an ordinary relationship and they don’t live together, even some generation gaps can be resolved. Seek common ground and ignore differences.

But living together is a completely different matter. Sometimes small things can become big mistakes, and this requires everyone to learn to step back, instead of wronging one party. If only one party backs down, it will eventually make that party One side couldn't bear it.

This is probably the reason why uncles and aunts can't get along with their daughter-in-law. The parents-in-law gave in, but the daughter-in-law insisted on being herself, without any consideration for others.

When she did things, she took things for granted and didn't consider her in-laws. She felt that when other people's parents came to their son's house, they thought about how to work and earn money. Why couldn't their own in-laws?
The most sad thing for my father-in-law is that because of his age, his throat is not very comfortable, and he will cough lightly from time to time. It is not a virus, and it will not be contagious when he meets him.

When the daughter-in-law found out, she refused her father-in-law to see the newborn child. She also felt that her uncle was there, and the elder son also caught a cold and fell ill, and that as long as the child got sick, it was the father-in-law's fault, and she regarded the father-in-law as a carrier of the virus.I knew that I would not take care of others at all. Anyway, the old man is old and in poor health.

The old couple who live in their son's house have to watch their daughter-in-law's face, and inexplicably understand that some old people who don't have retirement pensions need their sons to take care of them, and they are rejected by their children. They are not without temper. Afraid to go home early.

(End of this chapter)