Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse-Chapter 397 - 393 Zhou Xiuhua Becomes a Good Mother-in-law【050 Votes+】

Chapter 397: Chapter 393 Zhou Xiuhua Becomes a Good Mother-in-law【050 Votes+】

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Xiuhua felt somewhat relieved to see that Zhou could still be helped out by his youngest child, walking normally.

She quickly pointed to the last glass of honey water on the coffee table and said to the youngest child, "The remaining cup of honey water on the table is left for Xiao Zhou. Have him drink more to soothe his stomach... Really, was it necessary to drink to the point of risking one’s life for the sake of helping the mood?"

Seeing the four grown men ’collapsed’ on the living room sofa, the mother-in-law kept nagging non-stop, and Jiang Xiaoying, hearing this, smiled and continued her cleaning work.

Jiang Xiaoying thought Aunt Xie was too adorable. Clearly worried sick, yet still nagging incessantly. Due to her late husband’s influence, her impression of ’mother-in-laws’ wasn’t really good.

Especially since she officially started her postpartum care work last year, she had become ’well-acquainted’ with various mothers-in-law. It was truly rare to see someone as sensible and progressive as Zhou Xiuhua.

In fact, it was true that the old lady was naturally kind-hearted. Another thing was that Zhou Xiuhua herself had a daughter, and the mere thought of her own daughter possibly suffering from her mother-in-law’s treatment made her feel sick at heart.

As mothers themselves, as long as the daughter-in-law wasn’t a total ’piece of work,’ someone who wouldn’t listen or be awakened by scolding, Xiuhua would not want to become an unpleasant mother-in-law who is disliked by others.

Yes, disliked.

Humans have hearts of flesh, and empathy is essential. If you, as a mother-in-law, make life difficult for your daughter-in-law from the moment she enters your family, can you really expect her to treat you well when you’re old and sick?

By that time, it would truly be a case of ’the daughter-in-law turning into the mother-in-law,’ and how could she sincerely care for you?

She now lived in the county town, where every other old lady had her own set of troubles.

Those who treated their daughters-in-law well either had daughters-in-law who were too dull or too crafty, always trying to trick the mother-in-law, taking advantage of her gentle nature, and repeatedly deceiving her. And yet, they would still blame the mother-in-law publicly—

Hearing this, Zhou Xiuhua could only feel that such old ladies were truly naive. Clearly being capable and handling all the household chores themselves, yet their daughters-in-law would just leave all the work, either going back to their parents’ home during holidays or sleeping in. With the mother-in-law doing the part of the daughter-in-law, there was nobody left to blame!

This was simply not holding their ground, and they asked for it!

Imagine, being just in your forties as a mother-in-law, having more than one son, and living in a property owned by you and your husband, you’re being bossed around by your daughter-in-law in this manner?

It only shows that they valued themselves too lowly. If it were Xiuhua, she would have set the rules for the ’daughter-in-law’ right upon entry. It’s normal for her to get up earlier than the in-laws, with exceptions for special circumstances. You have a job, you go to work, and you have your reasons, but that doesn’t justify leaving your and husband’s clothes for your mother-in-law to wash. What does that look like?

Not to mention doing household cleaning and chores, they even dare to order the mother-in-law around to wash the daughter-in-law’s clothes?

If it were her daughter-in-law, she would have been sent packing back to her parents’ house long ago.

What nonsense?!

If one is healthy and has more than one son, and does everything on their own, why should they put up with the daughter-in-law’s nonsense?

The son is also too soft-hearted; even if the mother is willing to do the work, he doesn’t hold the value of ’filial piety’ close to his heart as a son, just wasting good food and resources!

To speak frankly, the wife has just been brought into the household, but the mother has looked after you for the first half of your life. For such an unruly wife to cause distress to your mother, if it were her son, what’s needed would be a broken leg!

If her daughter-in-law were her daughter, she wouldn’t give her an ounce of kindness either. It’s fundamentally rotten, and simply brings shame to her family, only causing people to think there’s no upbringing.

Truly cultivated families would never raise their children this way.

Without saying much, just the ’lack of filial piety’ alone is against the cultural traditions that have been passed down for five thousand years.

Xiuhua believes that as long as a person stands firm on ’morality,’ they can live well wherever they are.

Therefore, in raising the children, she prioritized ’filial piety, propriety, benevolence, and forbearance.’

Apart from Xie Jingchen, who was an exception, the rest of the Xie Family’s children were all very courteous and filial good kids.

Even with the grandson, Xie Tiesheng and Zhou Xiuhua still taught the same way. Having one person to take the helm at home was enough; a peaceful life is the real blessing.

And then there’s another terrible mother-in-law, though her son was filial, as a mother-in-law, she was too much; treating her daughter-in-law like a little servant, and even having her son beat her occasionally just to assert her authority for a mere retort from the daughter-in-law?

Does she really think the daughter-in-law is a fool?

It’s moms like her who raise such foolish sons who think others are without temper!

And she still dares to show off in front of her?

Zhou Xiuhua really looked down on such a ’mother-in-law.’ What was she showing off in front of her? Was she showing off that she would one day be treated the same by her daughter-in-law?

Now is a new era, not like the old society where daughter-in-law = little sister [lowly maid], to be ordered around and silently bear unmerited blame.

The more miserable her daughter-in-law is suppressed by the wicked mother-in-law now, the more miserable the wicked mother-in-law will be in the future.

Truly, all hearts are made of flesh.

When the daughter-in-law is respectful and filial to you, yet you still maliciously trouble her and torment her, do you still dare to expect her to wholeheartedly be a ’devoted’ daughter-in-law when you are old and sick?

When that time comes, you’ll be old and she’ll be strong, and the wheel of fortune turns!

Thinking how you treat your daughter-in-law, that she ’must’ take care of you in old age; wicked mother-in-law, you’re really thinking too much!

Before the daughter-in-law married into your family, she too was a cherished and pampered daughter of another family.

Even if she’s had a bit of a tough time now, but as a daughter who’s grown up under their protective wings and married, how could there be no affection?

If you devalue their daughter like this, in the future, no matter how excessive the daughter might be, the parents will only feel it’s ’retribution’!

And then you expect after despising their daughter for over a decade, to turn around and demand they ’educate’ their daughter, so the wicked mother-in-law won’t have such a ’miserable’ later life; what were you doing all those years ago? freewebnσvel.cøm

Not to mention seeking an explanation from the daughter-in-law’s family, even your own son and grandson, don’t they have their own thoughts?

If the son sides with his mother, wouldn’t the grandson feel pity for their mother?

Ethics, ethics, it’s not only the wicked mother-in-law who has children; the daughter-in-law who has gone through all manner of hardships also has sons and daughters, they have eyes and thoughts, after ’personally’ witnessing how the grandmother treats their mother, do you still expect the children to be ’respectful, filial, good, and compliant’?

Tsk, people are all like this, blinded by the immediate.

Zhou Xiuhua looked down on those who became wicked mothers-in-law, and similarly, she felt both sympathy and pity for that troubled daughter-in-law, but what could she do as just a neighbor? Could she truly go over and scold the wicked mother-in-law?

It can only be said that she, as a daughter-in-law, held herself too low!

The Republic has been liberated; as a human being, there’s really no need to stoop so low as a daughter-in-law.

Regardless of where one is, standing firm on principle, how could one let their situation become so appalling?

She believed her daughters were not foolishly ignorant, as long as she guided them well now, they would surely stand firm in their marital homes—