PFC Chapter 224 is just that biased.
Chapter 224 is just that biased.
Especially considering that the young couple isn't the lazy, troublesome spendthrift type, and both of them have stable jobs, their parents would be so happy if they had such a family. Yet she's still not satisfied, causing chaos in a perfectly good family.
Lan Xu put her daughter, Lan Tingting, down and looked at her mother, who was throwing a tantrum on the ground, saying, "You're saying I didn't give you money? Think about it carefully, did I give you money or not?"
"Give me a hundred dollars. You earn thousands a year, and you only give me a hundred dollars? Can't a hundred dollars buy a gold ring?"
Bystander A: "Yes, mine only costs forty yuan."
She showed off a small gold ring.
Zhang Guihua: "..."
"So you think your son isn't giving you enough money? That's simple. You can discuss it with your son and daughter-in-law. If they can afford it, ask them to give you more. There's no need to make a big fuss about it, like saying you'd make your son and daughter-in-law divorce."
"Yes, your son is so young. Even if he gets divorced, he'll definitely get remarried. Do you really think his new wife will give you all the money he has? If he gets a shrewd one, he might not even be able to keep a hundred dollars."
"Of course! Don't think a hundred yuan is too little. Ask around, how many people can earn that much in a month even if they work themselves to death? Even if they could, would they be willing to give me a hundred yuan?"
"Auntie, one should be content with what one has."
"That's right. Judging from your clothes, you don't seem like someone who's short of money. What do you need so much money for? If you really do run into financial trouble, I'm sure your son and daughter-in-law won't abandon you."
This statement was a way of giving them a way out.
Zhou Jing immediately expressed her opinion.
“When you really need money, whatever your elder brother’s family gives you, we will give you.”
"Oh, that's right. Sister, your daughter-in-law is a good person. They all said they won't treat you unfairly. Whatever your eldest son gives, they'll give the same amount."
Zhang Guihua's face looked very unpleasant.
And then some busybodies asked, "Sister, you complain that your son and daughter-in-law don't give you enough, but is it because your other sons give more?"
Everyone suddenly realized.
"How many hundred did your eldest son give?"
Give me back a few hundred?
Zhou Jing sneered, "The eldest brother's family didn't give her a single penny, but she even gave the eldest brother's son a hundred."
what?
Everyone was stunned.
Zhou Jing continued, "She wants us to divorce. Money is secondary; her main concern is that I didn't give birth to a son. In her mind, only a son can carry on the Lan family line, and all the money should belong to her eldest grandson. Now that she sees that we plan to buy a house near our daughter's school, she's unhappy and that's why she's causing trouble."
Zhou Jing tearfully recounted her mother-in-law's favoritism.
From the moment they learned she was pregnant with a girl, they started persuading her to have an abortion.
"I was six or seven months pregnant, and they were still forcing me to have an abortion. They're risking my life!"
“My husband wasn’t home at the time, and I only escaped this ordeal by going to my parents’ house to give birth.”
“My husband is a seaman, and he's always at sea for work. If anything happens, you can't find him at all. I thought that with my mother-in-law at home helping me take care of the baby, I could manage while I went to work. But I never expected that even after the baby was born, she still doesn't like me. Forget about helping me; I'm lucky if she doesn't yell at me when we meet.”
“The two families live in the same building, one upstairs and one downstairs. Sometimes when I’m busy, I ask her to help keep an eye on things, but she’s unwilling.”
“My older brother’s son is in elementary school and my daughter is in kindergarten. The kindergarten and elementary school are next to each other. I thought that since she takes my older brother’s son to school every day, it’s the same whether she takes him or two. Anyway, it’s free for such young children to take the bus, so I asked her to pick him up and drop him off as well. But she said she was too busy.”
This is how they treat us, and I still gave her a 100 yuan red envelope for Chinese New Year, and she wasn't happy about it. My older brother didn't give her a penny and even asked her for money, which she happily spent. Since we're asking for everyone's judgment, please tell us, is it right for a mother to act like this?
Listening to Zhou Jing's words, everyone realized that this woman was a sexist who favored sons over daughters. She was bullying her younger son and his wife not for her own sake, but to get money for her older son and grandson.
In this era, the preference for sons over daughters is still quite serious, and many people feel that there is nothing wrong with valuing grandsons, which is understandable to them.
However, people didn't approve of using the younger son's money to subsidize the older son.
How you help your eldest son is your own business, but you can't take other people's money.
The son who isn't favored by his parents is already depressed enough. I don't need your help, but please don't hold him back.
Clearly, this woman is the kind of person who doesn't help out and even holds her son and daughter-in-law back.
Lan Xu's eyes reddened as she listened.
He only knew that his mother favored sons over daughters, preferring his older brother's son and disliking his own daughter, but he didn't know she would go so far.
Before the New Year, his wife complained to him that she was too busy to manage both work and picking up the children.
He was even wondering why he didn't ask his mother to help with picking him up and dropping him off.
So it turns out it was because I didn't want to.
His suggestion to buy a house near the school seems to have been the right one.
"Mom, isn't it just that you don't agree with us buying a house near the school? Humph, look at what you've done! Since you won't help pick up and drop off Tingting, of course we're going to buy a house near the school."
Zhang Guihua felt very embarrassed when her daughter-in-law said that to her face.
Now, her son is criticizing her again, and Zhang Guihua is furious but has no way to refute him.
After thinking for a moment, he still hurriedly shouted, "What's wrong with me taking a liking to my grandson? Before your father passed away, he repeatedly told me to protect the Lan family line. I've worked so hard to raise you two brothers and find you wives. Now that you've protected him, of course I have to protect my grandson."
You think I'm biased? Ask yourself honestly, am I really biased? Think about it carefully. When you were little, didn't I often make your older brother give in to you? You're smarter than your older brother, and you do better in school, so didn't I show you more affection? Didn't I secretly give you the best food and drinks behind your older brother's back?
That's true. When he was little, his parents did favor him more and always told his older brother that he was younger and should give in to him.
He didn't understand his older brother's feelings back then, but now that his older brother has become the one who is being favored, he can say that he's even with his older brother.
"Fine, fine, you think I owe you something, brother. So, did you give me all the money I earned before I got married? You said you'd pay me back after I got married, but I've been married for several years now, and you still haven't paid me back?"
Zhang Guihua: "That money was used to buy a house."
"House? You have the nerve to talk about houses. A few years ago, your and my dad's work units allocated housing, and our family was allocated two apartments. We needed to pay extra, and you just used the money I had with you to cover it. I got the houses, so fine, I won't say anything."
But my older brother and I each got one house. He got one for free, while I paid for two. If you really think I took advantage of my brother when we were kids and owe him something, then paying for that house is how I repay him. I don't owe him anything now. Mom, I want to buy a new house now, and that's none of your business.”