The story of a cook

Chapter 241 Everyone Wants the Old Lady

New Year's Eve.

Mother, Lin Yan and I, our family of three celebrated the New Year happily.

Warm and peaceful.

Home is always a warm place.

My mother is 67 years old. Although she is not deaf or blind, she is old after all. Looking at her is both comforting and uncomfortable.

My mother has worked hard all her life, and life is better now than before, but my mother is also getting old.The mother has suffered all her life. Although she is enjoying her old age in peace, she still has a lot of guilt in her heart as a son.

If you have the ability, you should take your mother to the city, serve her every day, and be filial by her side, or return home to marry a wife and have children to fulfill your filial piety.But I can't do both, and I feel like a failure.

Both Lin Yan and I wanted to take our mother to the city. If we couldn’t afford a house, we didn’t want to buy a house. We rented a bigger house to take our mother there, so that we could see and take care of my mother every day.But my mother disagreed, saying that she was too old to be used to living in the city, and she was not used to it. If she could live ten years in the countryside, she would only live five years in the city.

why?Aggrieved.

My mother said: "It's not that you are not filial, nor that you don't support me. It's because I am old and I am not used to living in the city. I have been in the countryside all my life. I am not used to living in your city. Taking advantage of me I can still move now, I can cook and eat by myself, you don’t need to worry about me, you live your life like nothing else, if I don’t get sick and suffer from disaster, it’s your blessing, if I get sick and suffer from disaster, none of you can stop it .”

My mother said: "I think I have been fine for the past two years, so you just go out and do your work well, and you won't go to your place when I really can't move. These girls can support me in any house I go to. I don’t want to leave this house when I’m old. If you have money, you can give some money to whoever supports me. The son-in-law may not be happy when the time comes. It’s up to you whether to give the money or not, and I don’t care. No."

What my mother said is clear, and I can understand it too. As a son, it is difficult to untie this knot in my heart. I have been educated to raise children to guard against old age since I was a child, and every family has sons to support their parents. No parents go to the daughter's house when they are old. to retire.Now when it comes to myself, my mother is old but can't take care of her by her side, and the filial piety of being a child can't make it through.I thought it would be great if I told my ex-son about a daughter-in-law at home, and I worked outside to earn money, and the daughter-in-law took care of my mother at home, it would be the same, and I felt at ease.

Ideas are ideas, not realized.

First of all, Lin Yan will not come back to serve her mother at home. It's not that she is not filial, but that she can't let go of her job.She wants to work in the city. If she takes her mother to live in the city, she will definitely be a filial daughter-in-law and will take good care of her mother.It would be impossible to ask her to come back here, unless her home is here too, a home like Zhou Xiaomei's is here, so she can take care of the elderly at home with peace of mind.

My mother doesn't go to the city, Lin Yan doesn't come to the countryside, and I'm a chef, so if I want to earn money, I have to stay in the city, unless I don't want to be a chef anymore and go home to farm.If I don't go out to work, I can start working at home now. If so, Lin Yan and we can't be together, we can only break up.To Lin Yan, I was selfish and filial to my mother, but I felt uneasy.

To be honest, that was the first time I felt powerless.

At that time, I thought about what it would be like if I went home and stopped working.With my own ability, I can do well at home and live a good life.

What about Lin Yan?
I'm sorry, my mother wouldn't let me do this either.

I once told Fifth Sister my thoughts, and Fifth Sister said no, absolutely not, that’s not something people do.

On the first day of the new year, I went to pay New Year's greetings to my uncle and aunt as usual.

On the second day of junior high school, the eldest sister and the others all came back, Qiuping and He He also came, and the whole family had a lively day.

The eldest sister has a daughter-in-law, and the family lives happily.

The second sister's family, Qiuping, is working outside, and He He is going to school, and the house will be rebuilt next year, all of which are good things.

Fifth Sister's family said they would also build a house.Now the fifth sister lives with her father-in-law and mother-in-law, which means that a house will be built in the east garden of her home for the three members of the fifth sister's family.

As soon as the third sister's uncle of the third sister's family started to support the elderly, the old house was given to the third sister's uncle.The third sister’s family bought a house outside, and now the third sister’s brother-in-law stopped supporting the elderly. The third sister and the third brother-in-law moved back to the old house to support the parents-in-law. The father-in-law passed away last year, and the mother-in-law was left. Yard flip house, ready to tidy up.

The fourth sister’s house was built the year before last, with four BJ flats, and it is one of the best in the village, but the fourth sister’s house is too picky, and she only knows how to live behind closed doors, and rarely walks with relatives and friends, so her reputation in the village is not very good.

Generally speaking, everyone is doing well, but I am the only one who can't do it, and I have to work hard.

In the first few years when I came back to the second day of junior high school, it was my denunciation meeting. Now that I have a partner and my home is stable, the denunciation meeting was naturally cancelled.

Now there is a feeling that no one cares if I am at home or not. I am no longer the focus of the family, and the focus has shifted to the issue of where my mother will take care of the elderly, and there are endless arguments.

The second sister said: "I think it's best for my mother to come to my house. My house is the most peaceful. There is no husband or wife. There are only four of us, and Qiuping is still working outside." Then she said to her mother: "Go to my house, my family lacks such an old lady."

The third sister retorted: "Go to your mother to stay? Just your house, hum! The second brother-in-law drinks all day long, and mother will get tired of drinking."

The second sister said, "Tell him to quit drinking."

The third sister said: "He listens to you like that? You go back and ask my second brother-in-law to quit drinking, and see if he can quit."

The second brother-in-law now has three meals of wine a day, and he can't do without a meal.

The second sister said: "Why can't you quit, hey—" The second sister called the second brother-in-law: "The old lady is coming to our house, can you give up drinking? If you quit, go."

The second brother-in-law said: "When my mother comes to our house, I welcome her with both hands. Quit, you must quit!"

Everyone just laughed.

The fifth brother-in-law said: "Second brother-in-law, believe it, if you quit drinking, I will quit eating."

The second brother-in-law said: "Then you just wait to starve to death. My mother will go to my place. As long as she goes, I will quit drinking today if she goes tomorrow."

The eldest brother-in-law said: "You are bragging. People don't know me and I don't know you. Quitting drinking is like killing you. No matter what you say, you can't quit drinking. If you can quit drinking, you have to wait for your mother to go. If you want to quit Quit it sooner.” Then said: “You brother, it’s not the eldest brother talking about you, you just talk about it, once you say that and we listen to it, it will be considered that you quit drinking.”

The second brother-in-law laughed, and he also knew that he couldn't quit drinking.Said: "Brother still understands me, I can't quit drinking, if my mother asks me to go there, I promise not to make my mother angry, and I promise to be obedient to whatever my mother says."

The eldest brother-in-law said: "Why should I go to your house? I can't go to my house. It's just that the old lady is not wrong. I haven't said anything. Whoever's house is blessed. If there is such an old person in the family, then let's talk about it. "

The third brother-in-law said: "Yes, I have wanted to pick up the old lady of our family for a long time. Even if the old lady doesn't go, I can't help it. Now that I'm done talking today." The third brother-in-law looked at everyone and said, "Today I can’t pick it up, I’ll drive over when Guohua leaves, and the old lady will come to my house.”

The eldest brother-in-law said: "What's wrong with you, you have no law? You started to jump out as soon as I settled your second brother-in-law. What's wrong with your house? You don't want to go to your house. Now it happens that Lan Jun is also married. I My mother didn't follow me either, she followed my old brother, our old lady happened to come to my house, your eldest sister and I can serve an old lady, no matter how old I am, it's okay, who's living I don’t want to have an old man sitting at home, don’t look down on this old lady, she is a blessed person. If you don’t agree with you, Bibi, who can raise six children by himself, and each of them has a family and a career? Old lady, who doesn't admire these three miles and five villages? "

The eldest brother-in-law said righteous words, but no one said anything after the words fell.

I said, "Don't forget, there is a son."

The eldest brother-in-law said: "What's wrong with my son, my son also stepped aside, you ran five or six hundred miles away, you are young, and my mother will suffer with you at her age?"

I shut up.

The fifth sister said: "I think it's because of an old lady that each family is going to war. Others are fighting because they don't want to support the elderly. Our family is fighting to provide for the elderly." Come on, Jiaxu and I support you!"

The whole family laughed.

In the end, it was the eldest sister who said: "It's useless to say anything, you have to listen to my mother. Mom can go to whoever's house she wants."

My mother said: "Don't argue, what is a dry old lady arguing about? I have been fine for the past two years. I can eat, drink, and move. If I can move, I won't go to anyone's house. I don't say good girl or brat. Well, in the past two years, your family has lived well, and I am happy to see it. Now, can I cook for myself? I can cook for myself at home, and no one will go. Now I am used to being alone, I am afraid of making troubles and crowds, so I like to be quiet, and when I can't move, I will go again if you are still like this."

The fifth sister said: "Let me see, my mother is in good shape now, and there is nothing wrong with it. Let her be at home by herself. She is used to being quiet. Even my Jiaxu here knows that her grandma likes to be quiet and doesn't speak loudly." Let me tell you now that my mother eats at the right time and sleeps at the right time, but there is a rule. Tell me, if only my mother can meet the conditions of my mother, if she doesn’t want to go to another house, I will follow her. The transportation is also convenient now. If you are worried, come back twice a day to have a look. If you don’t have time, I will come back every week. I will call you if I have anything to do. My mother doesn’t go to anyone’s house, so I will stay at home first. I think it’s pretty good. good."

After the fifth sister finished speaking, the eldest sister said: "The old fifth is right. Now don't say whoever's family, whoever's conditions are fine, if you say that you can afford to support the elderly. Don't say that we are not filial as children, what? It's called filial piety, filial piety and filial piety, and obedience is called filial piety. If my mother doesn't want to go to someone's house, she can be at home by herself. You say, when you go to your house, you can guarantee that you won't fight and make trouble. My son's mother looked at who you were talking about? Don't say it, that's not the case. If you say it, you are all big and big, and your mother still has to be angry. It's better for her to be at home, out of sight and out of mind. No one makes her angry. Can live for two more years."

The eldest sister went on to say: "We are so filial, don't we just want my mother to live happily for two more years? Then let her live, wait until the day he can't move, this group of children can't be called a The old lady fell to the ground. If you don’t think it’s too much trouble to support you, take my house to take care of me. Now that my mother doesn’t want to go, she can stay at home by herself. Every family has a motorcycle. Don’t save that little gas. Go home when you have nothing to do Run twice."

After the elder sister finished talking about the mother's affairs, it was decided that she would not go to anyone's house, and she would stay at home by herself.

During this period, I was rejected by the elder sister whenever I wanted to speak. In her words, I have no right to speak at all. I have been away from home all year round, and I have been excluded.My mother belongs to them, and I only have the opportunity to go home and see it every year.

Want to pick it up?no way!

(End of this chapter)