I am a rural woman and have lived in the countryside all my life. In a place like ours, there is not much pressure, so naturally it can't be compared with people born and raised in the city, which I admit. However, I am not a very untidy woman. I still clean every day, both at home and outside. Although it is not spotless, it is bright and clean. I've never been called dirty, lazy and incompetent. That's none of my business. My wife passed away a few years ago. At that time, my son was a senior in the city and was about to graduate. Although we are not the kind of rich family, we are not short of clothes and food, and we are the kind of family that has never found it difficult.
My son found a job in the city after graduation and got married and started a family not long ago. Everything is going well. He is also very competitive, motivated and filial. After marriage, you will take me to live in the city anyway. At that time, I didn't want to leave the country where I had lived for decades. I think I have a good life in this environment, and I have no problem staying alone. But in the end I couldn't resist my son's kindness and had to agree. The daughter-in-law is a very clean girl. In my opinion, she is a city girl with some cleanliness addiction. When she comes back from the outside, the soles of her shoes should be disinfected with alcohol, not to mention anything else. However, she has been very polite to me since I came here. On the surface, we still get along very well, without contradiction and unhappiness.
Just over a month ago, my daughter-in-law forced me to dance square dance every Saturday. I can't even go if I don't want to. The reason given by her is that the elderly should do more activities, make more friends there and live more colorful lives. I thought she was kind and would listen. Once I suddenly had a stomachache and didn't want to go outside to go to the toilet, so I came back early. The door was not closed at that time, so I pushed it gently and opened it. When I walked in, I found my daughter-in-law cooking towels for me in the kitchen to disinfect. Neither she nor my son found me. She said loudly that I couldn't clean my love. If I hadn't tried to get rid of me, I didn't know how many bacteria would be on my things. My son said beside her that she was picky, and she was unhappy, saying that I had never seen such a careless person since I was a child.
Only then did I find out that her apparent calm has always been disgusted with me, but it was hidden because of my son's face. I stayed in the same place for a long time. They were a little panicked when they saw me suddenly appear. My son saw tears in my eyes and quickly comforted me, saying that I thought too much, but I didn't believe it. I also thought that if I stay, there will be more and more contradictions between my daughter-in-law and me. Everyone said, should I go back to my hometown?