You should have been here to care for your daughter-in-law during her postpartum period. Itâs not acceptable that you havenât even visited your grandchildren once.
Meng Yunhan could only console Yun Men, âAs long as your husband treats you well, thatâs enough. People are hard to predict.â
Yun Men agreed with a nod, âI think the same way. As long as Zhang Jiang treats me well, itâs fine. It might be hard now, but as the kids grow, things will get easier.â
Meng Yunhan wanted to stop Yun Menâs line of thought: Raising children will not always be easier, especially when they must go to school, and need school fees. Itâs like a heavy burden.
But if she starts her own business, she could lend them a hand one day. She could also try her hand at farming or fruit-growing.
In a few years, growing a business will come down to courage. The timid might starve, while those daring may survive.
As long as you have the audacity to fight and to take risks.
âYes.â
âMy elder brother married again. His new wife is a widow, and she is pregnant. I suppose itâs because of her that my mother-in-law hasnât dared to come home. I heard that this new sister-in-law is pretty much like the previous one. I really donât know what my brother-in-law sees in her.â
A phrase popped up in Meng Yunhanâs mind: Birds of a feather flock together.
Every wife he has married is of the same sort. It seems that Zhang Jiangâs elder brother is really a glutton for punishment. Heâs looking for trouble himself, and nobody else can stop him. You would have thought he might marry someone mild-mannered, alasâ¦.
âShe will soon regret it,â Yun Men is still anticipating a juicy spectacle, which makes Meng Yunhan quite amused and exasperated.
âXiaomen, you canât talk like this in front of Zhang Jiang. After all, they are his parents who gave birth to and nurtured him. We, as their children, should respect them. This kind of talk will put Zhang Jiang in a difficult position.â
Meng Yunhan knew it very well. If it hadnât been for Zhang Jiangâs nephew pushing Xiaomen, Zhang Jiang might have kept silent. He would have continued to watch his parents favor his elder brother and nephew.
In his eyes, he did not receive his parentsâ love. He wanted their approval and fell deeply into the moral obligation of filial piety. He did not realize that he had fallen into blind filial piety.
That shove suddenly awakened him.
Yun Men sticks her tongue out, âI was just venting to you. I would never complain about his parents in front of Zhang Jiang. He sees the truth himself.â
The man has seen it clearly. Now he knows that the only people who truly care about him are his immediate family of four.
As soon as dinner was ready, Zhang Jiang was back.
Seeing Meng Yunhan, he was surprised and greeted, âThird-sister.â@@novelbin@@
âGo tell father itâs time for dinner,â Yun Men told Zhang Jiang.
Zhang Jiang knew who his wife meant by âfatherâ.
âAll right, Iâm on it.â After he finished speaking, he headed out.
Meng Yunhan quickly went to check on Little Huzi, who hadnât been fed since the morning.
Back in the room, she saw Little Huzi and Little Zhuzi playing on the bed.
Mother Yun was watching from the side, keeping a close eye to avoid any accidents.
âLittle Huzi, are you hungry? Mommy will feed you.â
Little Huzi got excited the moment he saw Meng Yunhan. He reached out to be picked up by her and stopped playing with Little Zhuzi.
Meng Yunhan picked up Little Huzi, changed his diaper, and then nursed him.
By the time Father Yun came in, Little Huzi had already fallen asleep.
He looked at Little Huzi and sighed at the sight of his face, which looked more and more like Ahao when he was young. How time flies, thirty years have gone by in the blink of an eye.
They were getting old. So old.