2-45 Deputy Department-level mother-in-law and cleaner's mother-in-law
Autumn has arrived. The leaves of the French plane trees all over the streets and alleys of Jiangbei City have fallen. The autumn wind is bleak. The morning air is a bit cool. People who get up early to go to work put on thick coats.
At 6:30 in the morning, the road in Dalian is still shrouded in mist. Occasionally, people doing morning exercises and milk delivery bicycles pass by. In the mist, a cleaner wearing a reflective vest is waving a big broom to sweep away fallen leaves.
This cleaner is Liu Ziguang's mother. Wearing a mask and a hat, she skillfully sweeps the fallen leaves. Although the wind is cold and cold, there is a layer of fine sweat on her body. She is happier to have a job than anything else.
Now my son is prosperous and has become the deputy manager of a property company. His monthly salary is more than 3,000 yuan. He is also doing business outside and has a lot of income. The family has a big TV, air conditioner, and a new fully automatic washing machine. They are prospering in their childhood. The old couple also has a status in the courtyard.
Increasing day by day.
The most important thing is that my son is about to get married and he has found such a good daughter-in-law. She is beautiful, gentle, virtuous, and works so well. She is a regular employee of a public institution. It is impossible to find such a good daughter-in-law even with a lantern.
Thinking of her son and daughter-in-law, the mother's heart is filled with happiness. As a parent, nothing makes them happier than having a good life for their children. Thinking about it, even the movements of sweeping the floor become brisk.
Although her son has made a career, she still feels helpless in the face of the high and almost abnormal house prices. In order to save money for her son, her mother insists on continuing her job as a cleaner. After all, the income of 800 yuan a month is not a lot, and it is not easy for a laid-off family.
How can that burden your children?
The street was very clean and there were no other debris except fallen leaves. Of course my mother didn't know that there would be a group of teenagers from Zhongyi Hall cleaning here every night with brooms to reduce her labor intensity.
The broom scratched across the asphalt road, making a rustling sound. Unconsciously, a shiny black Audi A6 emerged from the mist and parked silently on the side of the road. It had a provincial license plate and a relatively small number.
The front door opened and a man in a suit came out and shouted to my mother: "Come here."
The mother turned around and glanced suspiciously, thinking she was calling someone else and continued sweeping. The man yelled at her again: "The street sweeper is talking about you, and our leader wants to talk to you."
My mother was shocked. What kind of high-ranking official came to her? Did she lose something and come to the cleaners to ask if she had found it? She put down the broom, took off her mask and walked over. She heard someone in the back seat yelling: "
Why is Xiao Li so rude!"
The driver's bossy demeanor immediately dissipated. He politely opened the back door of the Audi and said to his mother, "Auntie, please come in."
Sitting in the back seat of the Audi was an elegant woman who nodded kindly towards her mother, smiled and asked, "Are you Liu Ziguang's mother?"
The mother was stunned and didn't know how to respond. The woman continued: "Hello, I am Fang Fei's mother." She spoke soft and sweet Mandarin with a provincial accent.
Now the mother came back to her senses. It turned out that her biological mother had appeared. Could it be that she came to talk to her about her children's marriage? I didn't expect Fang Fei's mother to be so impressive. In comparison, she couldn't even be described as dwarfed. It was like a world in the abyss.
Don't.
As if she had guessed her mother's embarrassment, the noble woman said kindly: "Get in the car, sister. I have something to tell you."
Mom got into the car nervously. She had never been in such a high-end car. Her hands and feet were so cramped that she couldn't even close the door. The driver came over to help close the door.
"Xiao Li, go to the hotel." My mother-in-law ordered softly.
The Audi started and I couldn't feel any vibration while sitting in the car. The smell of the leather seats mixed with the smell of expensive perfume on the woman smelled very good. My mother calmed down and asked with a smile: "I've wanted to see you for a long time.
I heard from Fang Fei that you are all very busy and haven't been able to spare any time."
The woman smiled: "Yes, I went to Switzerland for inspection some time ago, and the office was quite busy. This time I came to Jiangbei to host a meeting. I had to meet with several city leaders at eight o'clock, so I had no choice but to come in the morning.
I'm sorry to see you delaying your work."
The mother smiled unnaturally and felt uneasy. Fang Fei's mother had a very good temperament and looked very young. However, she was in her forties and looked at the way she directed the driver and the way she spoke, she was clearly a high-level leader.
Fang Fei's mother sat very reservedly. She was obviously more familiar with the roads in Jiangbei City than the driver. She directed the car to the first guest house of Jiangbei Municipal Government. Downstairs of the four-star Yuejiang Hotel, the lawn in the hotel was green and evergreen and the shrubs were lush in the early morning.
It was still early and there were no customers at the door, only two polite doormen.
Audi stopped and a smart lady in a skirt came out of the lobby to help open the car door, took the briefcase from the woman's hand and whispered: "Director Yuan's box is ready."
Mother's heart trembled. Her mother-in-law turned out to be the director of the hospital. When she heard that Fang Fei's father was the director of the hospital, the old couple were so frightened that they were worried about the marriage. Now, her mother-in-law's official title is actually higher than that of her father-in-law.
What's more, they are not from the right family. The prospects for their marriage are not good.
Director Yuan, the "mother-in-law" of the Liu family, took her mother to the private room of the tea restaurant on the third floor. It was a luxuriously decorated private room with a view of the river. My mother had never been to such a high-end place in her life, and she was so timid.
I didn't dare to sit down. After a while, the waiter brought in snacks and tea and then left. Only two mothers were left in the huge room.
"Sister, you haven't eaten yet, why don't you try the dim sum here? The special pastry chef's skills are quite good." Director Yuan said, holding a teapot and pouring a cup for mother. She was very nervous and hurriedly said thank you, "I'm not hungry."
Director Yuan picked up a piece of exquisite pastry and ate it politely and began to talk:
"I have been working in the province and have no time to take care of their father and daughter. I have always felt guilty. Although I have achieved some achievements in my career, I owe my daughter too much. Xiaofei is a very strong and strong child who always has her own ideas, but her
My thoughts were always wrong. I chose health school during the high school entrance examination and chose to stay in Jiangbei when choosing a career. This was something I strongly opposed, but in the end it became a fait accompli because I was too busy with work."
"Xiao Fei is very good at studies, which is what her father does, but her temper is very stubborn, which is what I do, but young people have limited knowledge and don't think things through enough. As parents, we have to help them check things in at critical times, don't you think so, sister?"
Women's intuition is sharp, and the mother guessed correctly that the purpose of the "in-law's mother" trip was to break up her son and Fang Fei. But at this moment, faced with such a problem, the mother could only nod silently.
"That's right, the eldest sister, Xiaofei, is only 21 years old this year. She has not even graduated from college, so she is rushing to get married. I don't think it is a good thing for her. What age are we in now? I think young people should have a wider vision. I
I have made plans for my daughter to send her to study medicine in the UK and I have already contacted them, so..."
Director Yuan said as he took out a small box from his bag, and his mother immediately recognized it as his gift to Fang Fei. It was a pair of jade bracelets, an heirloom of the old Liu family.
"Parents shouldn't have too much involvement in their children's emotional problems, but I want to give my daughter more choices and a broader future, sister, can you understand?"
Mother whispered: "I understand Director Yuan..."
Director Yuan pushed the jade bracelet over and sighed: "Xiao Fei is so infatuated that in order to raise funds for your son's business, she mortgaged the house I left for her and took out a loan of 500,000 yuan.
Money, it’s very difficult for young people to start a business. Let’s use this money as my aunt’s support. I heard that he works as a security guard, right?”
The mother's lips twitched and she wanted to say that her son was the deputy manager of the property, but she still didn't say it. What is the difference between a property manager and a security guard in front of department and bureau-level cadres?
Director Yuan said a lot more, but my mother didn't listen to a word. She saw the other person's mouth moving and she just nodded mechanically.
Director Yuan Xiaozhi talked a lot with reason and emotion. He looked at his watch and it was already past seven o'clock and said: "Sister, I have a meeting. You can eat slowly. Xiao Li will take you back later." After that,
Then he left the private room with brisk steps.
My mother sat motionless at the table for a long time before picking up the box containing the jade bracelet on the table, holding it tightly in her hands and dragging a pair of heavy legs out of the private room. She didn't move a piece of pastry on the table the whole time.
The guests in the hotel also began to go downstairs to eat. The well-dressed guests and the polite waiters shuttled back and forth. No one paid attention to the aunt wearing a cleaner's reflective vest.
When we left the hotel gate, the so-called driver Xiao Li did not show up at all. In fact, my mother would not take that Audi again.
My mother walked all the way back to her place of work, shoveled the fallen leaves onto the cleaning truck, took the truck to the garbage station, handed it in, changed out of her work clothes, and walked home. She walked on the street numbly, lost in thought, and staggering.
The familiar crowd at the familiar alley finally arrived at the door of my house and pushed in. My wife was squatting in front of the briquette stove and blowing air with a cattail leaf fan.
"Why are you back so late today? It's the Mid-Autumn Festival soon. I'll go buy some chickens and fish..." My father said happily without raising his head.
"Old Liu..." The mother whispered and leaned weakly against the door frame. The father looked up and said in surprise: "What's wrong with you and your face is so bad?"
My mother, who had been trying hard to maintain her dignity, could no longer hold back in front of her relatives and burst into tears.
"What's going on?" The father panicked and threw away his cattail leaf fan and stepped forward to help his wife.