It has been ten years since Lao Wai came here to recruit a husband, and he has never sat alone with his "father" like today, talking about the situation in his hometown.

Originally, Liang Jinyuan and Lao Wai's parents had a relationship that nothing could be done to influence them.

Neither relatives nor friends, almost strangers.

This is the case for every family looking for a husband.

The main reason is the low status of recruiting a husband from a mountain, and also because of the awkward relationship, the widow's father-in-law has almost no interaction with the man's parents.

Now that "Dad" was caring about her so lovingly, Lao Wai couldn't help but tell her everything about his hometown.

His mother is over seventy this year.

Before he came out to find a husband, he lived with his parents, a family of three.

The eldest brother and the second brother had already married and lived separately.

Later, my husband left and my parents were the only ones left in the three rooms.

Later, my father fell ill and passed away. My mother was in good health and could live by herself as much as she could. She did not want to be crowded with her son and daughter-in-law.

Just a few days ago, my mother went to the well to get water and fell on the well platform.

This kind of big well in the village is found in every village. There are often more than one big well in a village in the east of the village, in the west of the village, in the south of the village in the north.

Villagers carry water from big wells.

Because people in the past never dug wells in their yards.

Later, some people began to dig wells in their yards, but the elderly objected, thinking how could a well be built in a good yard?

Ominous.

However, nothing bad happened to the first family to eat crabs. After that, more and more families began to dig wells in their own yards.

There are abundant underground water resources these days, and the water level is not deep. You can dig out the water source by digging six or seven meters down.

Once the spring emerges and the water level rises, it is basically a dry tube of two or three meters, that is, the water surface in the well is only two or three meters above the ground.

Then install a homemade manual water pump on the well.

In this way, more and more people will not have to carry water to eat.

Only a few families like Lao Wai's mother still go to the big well to fetch water for food.

The well platform is surrounded by four large flat bluestones. People have been carrying water for decades, and the soles of their shoes have worn down the stones several centimeters, making them extremely smooth.

Such a slippery well platform will freeze when water is poured on it in winter.

Those who draw water are very careful on the well platform.

Including Lao Wai's mother, she was extremely careful in winter. Fortunately, she never slipped or fell into a well.

It's summer now, and it's not freezing, so we don't have to be so wary.

No one came to fetch water for a day or two, and it was windy these two days. There was a layer of floating soil on the well platform, which became a little muddy when it saw water.

On such a smooth well platform, the fine mud acts as a lubricant, making it even slipperier than stepping on ice.

The old lady fell down.

I was rushed to the hospital and took a X-ray to see that the femoral head on one side had fallen off.

The femoral neck is originally very thin and has poor healing ability after it is broken.

In addition, the old lady is over 70 years old. Even if she undergoes surgery to reattach it, the doctor cannot guarantee whether it will heal.

But now there is no other way but to have surgery to reattach it and leave it to fate.

If there is a man-made one, it would be great to replace it with a man-made one, but unfortunately there is no one now.

After my mother had the operation, she stayed for more than ten days. The doctor said she could be discharged from the hospital and go home to take care of herself. She would check again later.

Regarding the whereabouts of his mother after she was discharged from the hospital, Lao Wai's sister-in-law asked a question that no one had thought of, which stumped Lao Wai.

My sister-in-law’s family used to be the real landlords.

Some people say that the daughter of a landlord is not easy to take care of.

Probably because he is used to being strong.

When I married into this village, when we were in a large group, we liked to take advantage of every opportunity to eat and occupy more, and we were unreasonable.

After I started working alone, I became quite selfish and liked to take advantage. I felt I was at a disadvantage even if I couldn't take advantage. I often had conflicts with my neighbors.

His character is very average.

Because the eldest brother married the daughter of a landlord, he felt that she looked very noble, so he was more henpecked.

I listen to my wife in everything.

Not only does he not care about what his wife says or does, but he also follows her instructions.

The situation at home is that Yin is rising and Yang is declining.

Before Lao Wai broke his leg, my sister-in-law had a normal attitude toward her brother-in-law.

Later, Lao Wai's leg was broken by a carriage and he became disabled. He was nicknamed the "Three Cripples" in the village.

Not only the people in the village called him that, but also his sister-in-law and outsiders called him that.

This brother-in-law is disabled and basically a bachelor.

A cripple, a bachelor, a very low-class person.

My sister-in-law is ashamed of her.

Not only did she look down on her third brother-in-law from the bottom of her heart, but she was also afraid that outsiders wouldn't know her mentality, which would make her look inferior.

So he consciously showed his disdain for his brother-in-law.

This is the same attitude no matter in front of outsiders or my third uncle.

The third brother-in-law has a disabled leg, but he is not mentally disabled. He still has some self-awareness. Since his sister-in-law is discriminating against him, he should try to stay as far away as possible.

Save yourself the trouble of dragging down your whole family’s worth.

His sister-in-law treats him this way, and his nephews and nieces treat his third uncle in the same way.

Otherwise, why should we always emphasize the issue of "family tradition"?

Parents are their children's first teachers. Every child grows up admiring and imitating their parents according to their parents' words and deeds.

Crucially affects children's values.

The third uncle is a low-class person, so the nephews and nieces think that they should be discriminated against. If they show respect to him, it would be an insult to themselves.

These are the values ​​that children develop from childhood.

They looked down on the third uncle, and for the same reason, the elder sister-in-law's family could only show discrimination against the poor orphans and widowers of the Liangjiahe family where the third uncle went to recruit her husband.

During the holidays, Okura-niang took her children to visit her grandparents. In fact, the eldest aunt always had her nose turned upward, very superior, but had a bad attitude.

The children in her family also bullied students, always bullying the Okura brothers.

So over the years, the sister-in-law and the Okura girl have been considered sisters-in-law, but they are almost like two smooth stone eggs. They will separate after touching each other at most, and they will never be able to connect with each other.

Lao Wai also tried his best to keep a distance from his sister-in-law and his family.

But this time my mother broke her leg and was hospitalized. The family sent a message and called the three cripples too.

Because the third cripple got the news late, his mother had already undergone surgery when he got there.

As soon as the sister-in-law saw the third uncle coming, she immediately said a lot of crazy things with a bad attitude before he could speak.

After all, it actually means that I only have three sons, and I must share the medical expenses of my mother-in-law equally.

But the second sister-in-law is a reasonable person and ignored her when she heard this.

Although it is more miserable to have a son-in-law sitting in court than to have a son-in-law come to the door, it is still similar in essence. It is because the family cannot afford to marry a wife for the son, so they can only recruit a wife.

The son who is recruited is like the water thrown out by the daughter who is married off.

If the parents fail to fulfill their responsibilities in arranging marriage arrangements for their sons, then the recruited son will also be exempted from the obligation to support his parents and provide for them until they die.

After all, the son-in-law who comes to the house has to support the woman's parents and provide for her until her death.

Therefore, the second sister-in-law thinks that when the mother is injured, the third child should take care of her and fulfill her son's filial piety, but she should not share the medical expenses.

Of course my sister-in-law understands this truth deep down.

But she is not a reasonable person and will never accept the opinions of her brothers and wives.

She kept saying that her mother-in-law had three sons who were raised by her own biological parents, so she must be responsible for providing for them in their old age.

The two sisters-in-law argued endlessly about this matter, and then it developed into a quarrel. The conflict was about to escalate, and they were ready to curse each other.

The three cripples stopped the conflict between the two sisters-in-law in time.

He is willing to share the medical expenses.

Of course, he also understood that the adopted son was a waste of money and had no obligation to share the medical expenses.

But there is no way, who makes us rich?

When we arrived, the boss heard that his grandmother had broken her leg and had to go to the hospital.

I knew I would definitely need surgery and be hospitalized.

Just after my stepfather went out, he secretly stuffed three hundred yuan into his hand.

Lao Wai was so moved that his nose became sore and he left in tears.

Of course, the reason why I cried was because I thought of my mother breaking her leg.

Now my sister-in-law is asking for a share of the medical expenses. She can do things easily if she has money, and he is pretending to be cowardly.

The sister-in-law was satisfied and calmed down, and the three cripples devoted themselves to serving their mother in the hospital.
Chapter completed!