Yang Huamei's worries
"Meier, please stop crying. If you have anything unhappy, please tell me."
Wang Shuanzi was at a loss to see his daughter-in-law, who had always been strong and liked to shout and drink, crying like this.
Yang Huamei put down her job, hugged Wang Shuanzi, and laid her head on his shoulder.
This man is thin, short, and has a sickly body that looks like he will collapse if the wind blows.
But over the years, having him by her side has made her feel at ease.
Wang Shuanzi was really not used to Yang Huamei's behavior. He dropped the beans like a little girl. It was funny but also heartbreaking.
He raised his hand and patted Yang Huamei's back gently: "If you have any grievances, just cry. After crying, eat the food while it's hot. If it's cold, your stomach will hurt."
Yang Huamei nodded, stood up straight, turned sideways and wiped the water from her face in embarrassment.
Wang Shuanzi brought the bowls and chopsticks to him again. Under the dim oil lamp in the kitchen, his eyes were filled with warmth.
"I know why you are aggrieved. After all, they are our own children. They are not sensible right now. Let us teach you slowly and you will be sensible when they grow up."
Wang Shuanzi knew that the crux of his wife's sadness was nothing more than the words and deeds of the two children at the dinner table.
Yang Huamei smiled bitterly, "Shuanzi, I have already regretted it..."
"What do you regret?"
"I regret that I shouldn't have spoiled my two children so much. I gave them whatever they wanted and let them do whatever they wanted. Our family is obviously a farmer's family, and we only have enough to eat, but we have spoiled our two children into landlords.
The stupid son of the family."
Wang Shuanzi smiled bitterly and did not interrupt Yang Huamei's words or refute.
Yang Huamei sobbed, and in a rustling voice she went on to review her wrong parenting behavior over the years:
"In the early years when my mother-in-law was still alive, my father-in-law's health was better than now. My parents provided a steady stream of subsidies. My children were young at that time and the expenses were not high. I loved my two children to the heavens."
"In recent years, my mother-in-law has passed away, and my father's body and bones are not as good as before. The income from the fields has been greatly reduced, and my parents have not been able to support me as they used to.
The two children have to go to school and have food and clothing, so the expenses are getting bigger and bigger day by day."
"Even if Dabai doesn't go to school now, so he has to study for Xiaohei, the cost is still huge. Our family's wealth has been depleted a long time ago, and now we have debts outside."
"Not to mention anything else, just take this period of time to buy meat and vegetables as an example. I have already borrowed two hundred coins from my third sister-in-law."
Yang Huamei raised her head, her eyes were red and her nose was also red.
She raised her hand and pinched her face, "Shuanzi, today I went to my third sister-in-law to borrow money again. I really feel shameless. Others borrow money for serious things, but I borrow money to buy food."
With this mouth, I really don’t have the shame to speak. But the two boys at home are so big, yelling, throwing chopsticks and bowls, and I can’t help it without borrowing it.”
Wang Shuanzi sighed heavily, his brows knitted tightly together, and his eyes were filled with depression.
"This is all my fault. It's the son's fault for not being a godfather. It's because my body is not up to par and I don't spend enough energy on their brothers. It's not your fault, Meier."
Yang Huamei shook her head, "No, it's not your fault, it's mine. The main thing is that I'm too used to them."
"When I was a kid and they were fighting over a piece of candy and a rattle, I didn't think about mediating. I just thought it was fun for children to fight."
"In fact, at that time I should have taught them that brothers should be humble to each other, eat together, play together and share together."
"But I didn't. I either let them fight over it, or I took out another one to comfort the one that I didn't grab. I thought that when they grow up, they will naturally know how to share and be humble, but I was wrong."
"I wasn't taught well when I was a child, which encouraged this unhealthy trend. When I grew up, it got worse. At that time, I was grabbing rattles and jelly beans, but now I'm grabbing bigger things."
"If you give Dabai a new pair of shoes, then Xiaohei will definitely want a new set of clothes. If you give Xiaohei living expenses, then Dabai will definitely find an excuse to ask for other things."
"Meier, don't blame yourself. You are right to treat two children equally..."
"No, I was wrong." Yang Huamei shook her head.
"I just want a bowl of water to be balanced, but the appetite of these two children is getting bigger and bigger because of me. I have a hunch that later on, they will want more than just these chickens, ducks, fish, meat, pocket money, new clothes, etc."
Yes, in the future, they want a new house, fields, savings, and a wife. I'm afraid I won't be able to give them to them anymore. Even if I want a bowl of water, I won't even have a bowl.
"
"How will they complain about us by then? Shuanzi, I'm scared just thinking about it, let alone expecting them to provide for us until we die!"
More than ten years have passed since they got married, and Yang Huamei has never spoken to Wang Shuanzi so much in one breath as she did now.
Moreover, every word is heart-breaking and soul-torture.
Wang Shuanzi's face also darkened below freezing point.
"Shuanzi, these two children... are getting worse and worse. What should we do?" Yang Huamei was at a loss.
Wang Shuanzi frowned and gritted his teeth, "In order to prevent them from eating together and waiting to die and become two trashes in the future, we can't feel bad right now and have to take strong medicine."
"What kind of strong medicine?"
"From tomorrow onwards, we will take both of them to work in the fields. Whatever vegetables we eat, they will eat!"
"Then... what if they make a scene?"
"Then let them make trouble. They won't starve to death even if they don't eat for two or three meals. When they are starving to death, they will eat everything!"
Yang Huamei thought for a while and nodded vigorously: "Okay, but we can't bear to be so cruel. Where is your father..."
"After dinner later, I will talk to my father in private and let him understand the powerful relationship between this."
"What if your father understands but doesn't agree with us? I'm worried that once he steps forward to smooth things over, our efforts will be in vain..."
The two children have been naughty since they were young. They know that someone is protecting them, so they are not afraid.
Wang Shuanzi's eyes flashed with determination and coldness: "I will convince my father, they won't know the pain without a strong dose of medicine!"
The two of them had just finished their discussion when Wang Hongquan came over.
"Shuanzi, Mei'er, why are you hiding in the kitchen instead of going to the main room to eat?"
When Wang Hongquan came in, Wang Shuanzi was standing on tiptoes to help Yang Huamei wipe away her tears.
This action was a bit embarrassing, Wang Shuanzi quickly retracted his hand, and Wang Hongquan stayed and went out.
Yang Huamei was still brave. She raised her hand and wiped away the tears on her face, and said to Wang Hongquan: "I feel unhappy. I wiped away my tears for a while. Shuanzi is comforting me. What's the matter with dad coming over?"
She told her so frankly. Wang Hong was not stupid, so he could naturally guess why his wife was unhappy.
"Is it because of the little thing about the two children at the dinner table? Hey, Meier, you are already in your early thirties, as for being serious with your own children?" The old man looked like he couldn't laugh or cry, "Stop crying.
Chapter completed!