My husband Jiang Mu Mu and I were high school classmates. We were in a provincial high school in Hunan, and our grades were good. We were the type of people that parents and teachers didn't have to worry about. There were a few couples in the class at the time and we were one of them. We were both good students and never held hands in public ****ing situations. Only once, we couldn't help but hold hands on an isolated side street. Unfortunately, we were bumped into by a teacher. Next, we were told by our parents.
Soon, the news that we were in love reached the principal's ears, as Jiang Mumu's parents knew the principal well. That's how we learned that Mumu's family was a wealthy local.
But parents, school, life experiences, college entrance exams, none of that was a reason to stop us. Our relationship just got better.
On one occasion, I called Jiang Mu Mu's house, and Jiang Mu Mu's mother stopped the call from another extension, scolding me and telling me not to pester her son so as not to jeopardize Jiang Mu Mu's future. I was so angry that I said into the microphone, tell your son to leave me alone, and hung up the phone. Later, Jiang Mumu left home to come to me. We were at an Internet cafe*** using a computer to pass the time. That night, we swore not to part.
In 2003, I went to study at Central China Normal University and Jiang Mumu was arranged by her family to go to Singapore. When I called Jiang Mumu, he was at the Guangzhou airport, and I could hear Jiang Mumu's mother yelling at him to hang up over the phone. His mother saw me as a fox who had seduced her baby boy. I didn't want to embarrass him. I hung up.
In those days, schools didn't have easy access to the Internet. The first thing I did when I went to college was to wait for the library computers to be free and tell Jiang Mumu my cell phone number in Wuhan. He was in Singapore and I was in Wuhan, writing emails and calling every day. The longest was 13 hours, and he fell asleep. When he woke up the next morning, the phone was still on. This was not the way to continue. Jiang Mumu insisted on going back to Changsha to study for transfer credits so he could continue his studies abroad after three years. Three years, he had won another three years for our love. After all, he was the only son in the family, so his mom had to obey him.
During the winter vacation of my sophomore year, Jiang Mumu took me to his house to pay a New Year's visit. I prepared some gifts to bring to his house, and Jiang Mumu's mom gave them back to me. I stood on the floor of Jiang Mu Mu's house, my tears turned to ice. Mu held my hand and whispered in my ear, hold on, hold on a little longer.
My heart was colder than that winter. Because of the bad relationship between my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, my parents divorced when I was five years old. I thought it was impossible for someone as nice as my mom to have a mother-in-law-daughter-in-law relationship, let alone me. In those days, just because I was a girl, my grandmother put pressure on my mom by not letting her sit during the monthly period and not even giving her food. Are all mothers-in-law in the world evil?
When I came home, my mother-in-law turned her back to the door and squatted on the windowsill to see if I had returned. I was holding a cake and flowers with gifts, and my sister took out a gift for my mother-in-law. At that time, the mother-in-law red eyes, said thank you over and over again. The corners of my father-in-law's mouth rarely smiled. My heart was filled with sweetness.
It was not just a special day. Usually when I go to the supermarket, I will help my in-laws to buy some favorite food for their family, buy some good hangers to help my father-in-law to dry his pants, put some scented sachets in the cupboard, and buy a beautiful and good fruit knife to help my father-in-law to put away and fold the clothes. Of course I do it from the heart based on my interest, just like I don't like cleaning, lol! My father-in-law doesn't like other fruits, so he likes plums and peaches. So when I shop and see a good one, I always buy them. Even though they are heavy, these peaches and plums will crush and deform my pretty bag.
All in all, make that your home, think of them as your family and don't hold grudges.
Everyone is succulent inside. Who would reject someone who is genuinely nice to you?
Melt the ice, the more scared you are, the more haunted you are.
Jiang Mu Mu thinks I'm pestering Jiang Mu Mu for money. I'm going to show them in action that I'm not that kind of girl!
Mu's English is not very good. His family was in foreign trade and had planned to send him abroad since he was a child. In the summer of his junior year, I became his mentor. Mu has the inertia of a great wealth, loves to sleep, and his mother spoils him. When I was a little strict with him, his mother said, "Leave him alone and let him sleep. I felt aggrieved in my heart and cried on the pretext of going to the restroom. If even Mumu doesn't cooperate with me, is there any point in my persistence? When I came out, I saw Mu Mu meekly bowing to me and admitting his mistake, and I saw hope again.
Mu has a sister who is ten years younger than him. She was only ten years old at the time, and her name was Iyi. Yi Yi liked me very much and was very clingy to me. Because of my arrival, that summer she volunteered to stay home and do her homework. Ichi had nothing to say to his parents and brother, but when they were alone with me, it was as if they had endless things to say. Papa Kimi loved his daughter and wanted me to spend the night with Ichi***. At night, Ichi and I shared a bed and Ichi and I talked until the wee hours of the morning. Mom was jealous and asked Ichi: Do you have anything to say to that woman? She thought I was a scheming woman trying to impress Iyi.
It's hard to be misunderstood.
The third winter vacation, when I went to Jiang Mu Mu's house to pay New Year's visit, Jiang Mu Mu's mother gave me a red envelope, 1000 yuan. The red packet was not big, but in our hometown custom, new prospective daughters-in-law would give red packets.
The more this happens, the less I want Jiang Mumu's family to think I'm interested in their money. This tension sometimes makes me cope in an unorganized way. Once Jiang Mumu's father came to Wuhan on a business trip and had his driver call me for dinner. When we met, he gave me 500 yuan. Told me to make cab fare. I wouldn't take it. Off the top of my head, I gave it to you as a New Year's red packet. Now give me the money, I do not want.
It was a terrible thing. In JiangmuMu's dad's mind, I may have made a deep note of what I said about giving red envelopes in the coming year, and may hate me for it. If I went home and reported it, wouldn't my mother-in-law-daughter-in-law relationship, which I had managed to ease, be frozen again? Others said that once I entered the mansion, I was in deep shit. I choked a few times before I went in .
Heart attack, heart succulent.
Fourth, Jiang Mumu's parents saw us talk for so many years before they actually acquiesced to us. In my senior year of college, I didn't go on an internship. Miki Jiang and I stayed home to apply for our study visas. During that time, Jiang Mumu's parents were busy working, and I got up every day to cook for Jiang Mumu and Yi Yi.
Mumu and I were in a hurry to get a marriage license before he left the country. When he left the country, I wanted to go back home to be with my mom. But my father-in-law wanted me to stay home and take care of Yi Yi. Yi Yi is rather quiet and doesn't like to talk at home. She used to get good grades, but her grades slipped when she rebelled. My mother-in-law has a collection of books for reading romance novels. Knowing that her father-in-law, Yi Yi, was very close to me and listened to me, she said she would give her to me. At that time, she was tutoring and asked me to follow every day. Early in the morning, she was tutoring and I was there reading novels. For this reason I read the whole collection of Jin Yong again. After class, I took her back to cook for her. In the afternoon, I cooked and waited for my in-laws before they came home, or they went out to socialize, so Yi Yi and I ate dinner at home. I always thought that when my husband left and I was alone with my mother-in-law, my hard time would come . The truth is, that's how our relationship got better. It can be said to be a long time coming.
My in-laws don't have any other hobbies, they just like playing mahjong. When they are not busy, they invite their good friends to play mahjong at home. My duty is to pour water for them, cut fruits, and then go to my room to surf the internet. I guess the words of those uncles had a great stimulating effect. Those uncles said it's rare to meet such a daughter-in-law nowadays. Nowadays girls usually have nothing to do at home. Those uncles like me very much. They don't call me by my name, they directly call me daughter-in-law and sister.
My mother-in-law's birthday is coming up. My husband mentioned it to me before and I remembered it. I buy my mom a gift every year, so I think it's time to buy my mother-in-law some gifts now that I'm married. Asked my sister she and her husband have never given a gift! When I remembered that my mother-in-law said her hair clips weren't nice, I took my friend for a day of fun and got her a beautiful one. I also ordered a cake and a bouquet of carnations, and went to Estee Lauder to buy my mother-in-law a bottle of skincare. I left the house at 6:00 on my mother-in-law's birthday. I told my sister to keep her mouth shut, but there was a traffic jam on the road and I came back late. My in-laws were worried when they realized I wasn't home.
Instead of being separated by the ocean, the two hearts were closer together.
Shortly after my husband left the country, I also left the country. When I applied for my visa, I did it all by myself. This gave me extra points in my mother-in-law's heart.
On one occasion, my mother-in-law chatted with me while knitting a sweater and watching TV, and said a lot of things from her heart. She said that at first she saw that I was a child of a single-parent family, so she was strongly opposed to it. Later, through contact, I felt that I was optimistic and understanding, not at all like what she had imagined. After saying that, she smiled and looked at me.
In fact, I don't blame her for her opposition at that time. What mother doesn't want her children? And early love itself is not right. Because of the understanding, my mother-in-law and I, a former enemy, got closer and closer. When my husband first arrived in Australia, he videoed with us every day, and my in-laws always chatted for a while and then left the time for me. This harmonious relationship has allowed me and my in-laws to grow deeper and deeper.
On the day I left the country, my mother-in-law didn't go to bed until 4am. Early in the morning, she insisted on going to Changsha with my mom to see me off. That day, I had mixed feelings and cried like a tearful person. What I didn't expect was that when I called my mom later, she said that her mother-in-law had exchanged phone numbers with her and that she would contact my mom more often in the future. They got along fine. Then my mom volunteered to make cotton shoes for my in-laws. Now my in-laws treasure the shoes my mom made and wear them every day, not caring about the image. This year's blizzard was especially cold, so those cotton shoes really came in handy.
There is a video of my mother-in-law telling me that I am more important to her than her daughter. Whether that's true or not, I'm glad she said that.
Jama asked us to make up the wedding in December after Christmas break. Now I'm already looking forward to December. When I shop in Australia, I always think of bringing one for my mother-in-law. Like today, I went shopping and wanted to buy it, said Miki Chiang. You can't go wrong, can you? I will buy it from now until December? He did not understand that a woman, once she genuinely likes someone and is liked by someone else, will go all out to repay the favor.
While many may say I'm woolrich outlet, my husband's family is so rich. In fact, it's especially uneconomical to buy things here in RMB. I work in a gift store for more than five hours a day, practicing my spoken English and making money. The money you make every day is equivalent to RMB, more than 600 yuan. It makes more sense to buy gifts for your in-laws after you've earned your Aussie dollars.
What makes me proud is that my mother-in-law now tells me more than Jiang Mumu every time she videos or calls me, because we have a lot of **** the same topics, such as Jiang Mumu's daily life, Yi Yi's study, when I'll be pregnant and have a baby, beautiful clothes and cosmetics. Sometimes my mother-in-law would complain to me that Yi Yi is naughty and disobedient at home and asked me to call her back and tell her. My mother-in-law said Yi Yi will listen to you.
If you think about it, how many mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law can get along like we do? At that time in the domestic family dinner, I will take the initiative to fill all the rice, pour a cup of water for the in-laws and put it aside. I wonder if my in-laws can get used to eating without me?
Everyone's happiness is actually of their own making.