On the tenth day of the lunar month, Tao Shuhui's eldest sister-in-law brought her eldest son over. After school started, her youngest son transferred to a nearby elementary school. Because he was far away from home, he wanted to stay here from Monday to Friday.
Tao Shuhui didn't even think about it and refused directly.
Her eldest sibling said: "Second sister, the primary school environment at home is not good, and we can't do anything about it. Second sister, don't worry, we will provide living expenses."
There was no unnecessary expression on Tao Shuhui's face: "It's not enough to pay living expenses. I'm busy with work on weekdays, and my mother-in-law takes care of the children and home affairs. If you ask Xiaowen to come here for food and accommodation, it will increase the burden on my mother-in-law. Sankui knows
You’ll be unhappy.”
Tao Shuhui didn't agree no matter what, and her sister-in-law took the child back angrily.
The eldest aunt knew about this and said to her: "Shu Hui, since the school here is far from your home, let the children live here. This will make the chopsticks more enjoyable and not be in the way."
After a pause, she explained: "The house was not built yet, so Dabao and the others stayed at your sister-in-law's house for a few months while they were studying! If brothers and sisters have difficulties, they should help each other."
Tao Shuhui was silent for a moment and said, "Mom, it's not that simple."
"What?"
Tao Shuhui said indifferently: "Mom, you, dad and sister-in-law are all sensible people, that's why the relationship in the family is so harmonious. My family is different. My parents only have two younger brothers, so they only want me and my eldest sister to supplement them.
.If we really let Xiao Wen live at home, they won’t pay a penny.”
"Not only that, they often come to our home for food and drinks. Also, if there is anything wrong with Xiaowen's study or life, they will also accuse us."
If they agree, these people will climb up the pole, and there will be no end to it from now on.
My eldest aunt was frightened when she heard this: "Forget it, it's better not to get involved."
The main reason is that Sankui has no other relatives except Tian Shao and Sanya. Sister Tao and her husband are quite good, so she hopes that the relationship between the siblings can be eased. After all, she is only dissatisfied with Tao's parents.
But she didn't know much about her two younger brothers and sister-in-law.
The main reason was a family scandal, and Tao Shuhui wanted to save face so she didn't tell her eldest aunt, so she didn't know that the relationship between her siblings was also tense.
Two days later, Tao's mother came to visit, and she was still worried about her grandson's schooling. The two of them made a promise that they would just let the child live here for a while, and they would pick him up when they found a house.
After Tao Shuhui's previous words, my eldest aunt disagreed for the first time: "Shuhui's school is far from home, and sometimes I don't come back until the evening when I go in the morning. I have to take care of Jiaojiao and do laundry and cooking, and my back is so tired every day.
It hurts, I won’t be able to bear it if more children come.”
In fact, it is not tiring for my aunt to take care of Jiaojiao. Firstly, the child is well-behaved; secondly, Tao Shuhui is not too busy at work and will help her share part of the housework;
Upon hearing this, Tao's mother immediately said that she could move here to take care of Jiaojiao with her aunt.
When the eldest aunt heard this, she couldn't help but think of the previous time when the couple wanted to move here. She said with a stern face: "I have never heard of a mother-in-law bringing her grandson to live with her daughter and son-in-law. You must feel sorry for your child and don't want him to live with her every day.
If you have such a long way to go to school, you can rent a house nearby. If you can't find a house, my nephew and son-in-law work at the police station, I will tell him and it will be fine soon."
Because of her eldest aunt's tough attitude, Tao's mother returned home in disgrace.
I thought the matter was over, but I didn't expect Tao's father and Tao's mother to give up. When Tao Shuhui went to school on the eve of the start of the school year, they went to the school to find her again.
When Tao Shuhui came back in the afternoon, her aunt saw that her eyes were swollen and asked quickly: "Shuhui, who bullied you? Tell mother and she will go find him."
Tao Shuhui shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's just that the sand blew into my eyes. It hurt for a while and my eyes became swollen."
It was okay to deceive the children, but it was impossible to deceive the eldest aunt. I just asked twice and didn't say anything, and the eldest aunt didn't ask any more questions.
The next day, the eldest aunt entrusted Jiaojiao to the care of Li Chun, and then went to school. She asked a female teacher who had previously rented at home to inquire, and then she found out that it was Tao's father and Tao's mother who came to school yesterday.
The female teacher thought that her eldest aunt loved Jiaojiao very much, so she hesitated and said: "Auntie, sister Shuhui's parents scolded her very badly yesterday. They also said that she has no son and is a destitute. If she doesn't treat her nephew well now, she will be old in the future.
No one cares."
My eldest aunt was so angry that she was shaking all over. What does it mean to be extinct? Isn't her Jiaojiao a human being? And even if a nephew is required to support him in old age, it should be a child of their Li family, not a child named Tao.
The female teacher was a little frightened when she saw her like this, and regretted that she had talked too much: "Auntie, Sister Shuhui didn't let go, and even said that she would sever ties with them!"
My aunt knew that these were just Tao Shuhui's angry words. If she really wanted to break off the relationship, she would have told her yesterday instead of hiding and crying secretly.
After thanking the female teacher, the aunt went back. But before leaving, she told the female teacher not to tell Tao Shuhui about her visit.
My eldest aunt is a person who can't hide things in her heart. When she went to pick up Jiaojiao, she told Tian Shao about the matter: "I really didn't expect them to be so shameless and even wanted to take advantage of Sankui's family property."
He said that Sankui wanted his Tao family to provide for him when he was extinct. To put it bluntly, he was interested in his son's house and money. In the past, I only knew that they favored sons over daughters and asked their daughters to supplement their sons, but I didn't expect that they would even care about their son-in-law's property.
Tian Shao saw her angry look and said with relief: "No matter what they plan to do, they will never succeed. Shuhui won't let go and Sankui is not that stupid. Auntie, it's not worth being angry with such a rotten person."
She didn't even bother to look at such a person, let alone get upset.
The eldest aunt sighed and said, "It would be great if Jiaojiao was a boy."
She loved Jiaojiao very much, took good care of her children, and did not show her face to Tao Shuhui for this matter. But she still felt regretful in her heart. It was a pity that Sankui did not have a son to inherit the family business.
Tian Shao said: "In the future, if Jiaojiao is married, the child born will have the same surname as Li."
The eldest aunt shook her head and said, "How can it be so easy? It's hard to find a good bride-in-law. Besides, there are many sons-in-laws who will wait for the father-in-law and mother-in-law to die, sell the house with the land, take the money, and take the children back to their own home."
The older generation accepts the idea that sons will carry on the family line. As long as they don’t treat their daughters poorly, there is nothing to blame. Tian Shao said: "If you have this concern, then don’t recruit a wife and discuss with the man that one of the children will be named Li."
The eldest aunt said: "If the whole family has one child, the man will definitely not be willing to do so."
Tian Shao smiled and said: "Auntie, only those who have a job dare to have one child. If you give birth to a child, you will be expelled. What do you have to worry about if you don't have a job? You will have to pay a fine when you give birth."
When the eldest aunt heard this, her eyes instantly lit up. Yes, why did she make a mistake? She can only have one child if she has a job. If she doesn't have a job, she can have another child.
Tian Shao didn't expect that his eldest aunt would have other thoughts because of his casual words.
Yesterday, I slept with my child and fell asleep myself without realizing it.