novelaction Chapter 216 If I had known earlier, I would have been nicer to her
Chapter 216 If I had known earlier, I would have been nicer to her
Mother Wen might have thought of all the grievances she had suffered in the past, and she really started to cry.
It seemed as if he had no choice.
Even if she had no choice, what had the innocent Wen Wan done wrong? Why should she be treated as a punching bag?
In fact, Wen Wan had already thought of the word "punching bag". From her mother's perspective, it was indeed the most suitable term for her youngest daughter.
My parents-in-law are so filial that they don’t even have time to express their feelings, so how can they dare to vent even a little bit?
Not to mention Wen's father and Wen Shengli, one is the husband and the other is the son. They are the three obediences and four virtues for a woman, with the two most important ones.
When a woman gets married, she obeys her husband; when her husband dies, she obeys her son. She depends on her husband for her living now, and on her son for her living in the future. These two people cannot be offended.
After all, Wen Ya is her favorite daughter, and she has a bad temper, and it is really unbearable to see her crying.
The only one left is Wen Wan, who is gentle and obedient. She is also considered to be the culprit who caused her to be unable to give birth to a son, so naturally she wants to use Wen Wan as a punching bag.
It is true as Mr. Lu Xun said, when the strong get angry, they draw their swords against the stronger ones, and when the weak get angry, they draw their swords against the weaker ones.
Now that he saw that it was profitable, his once lost conscience had returned, but not much, not the tearful confession and request for forgiveness.
Instead, she tried hard to create the impression that she had her own difficulties, so that Wen Wan would empathize with her and sympathize with her, and make Wen Wan feel guilty, thus achieving the effect of forgiving her in a roundabout way.
But these two elders seemed to think that Wen Wan was just a dog that they could call upon at will.
Even though she wanted to give Xie Changqing face, Wen Wan couldn't help but said, "The past is over and can never be returned.
Just like a cooked egg cannot be regenerated, you chose to treat me like that in the first place, so don’t expect me to forgive you.”
After hearing this, Mother Wen looked at Xie Changqing with confused eyes, seeking help.
Xie Changqing just gave her a look to continue and didn't say anything.
"..." Mother Wen was stunned for a moment, then continued, "Wanwan! Mom knows I'm sorry for you, but it's hard to ask you to forgive us.
We don’t ask you to forgive us, we just ask you to give us a chance to make amends.”
Mother Wen stuffed the rolled-up change into Wen Wan's hand again, "This is a little gift from mom and dad. Your brother and sister-in-law have already spent all the money from last time. We can't do anything else. Don't think it's too little."
"I do not want!"
"Don't!" Wen's mother said, "We know you are a teacher now, and you don't care about these trivial things.
But this is the only thing we can give you after racking our brains.
You also know that what parents value most in their lives is money. They will do anything for money. We are willing to give you all our money.
It means we really regret it and really want to do our best to make it up to you."
Wen Wan looked at the five and ten yuan bills spread out in her palm and felt both ironic and amused.
It's obvious that the money is quite old. Although old, it's well maintained without even a folded corner. Moreover, the degrees of newness and oldness are completely different. Some of them even have marks on them.
This is a habit of some people in rural areas. They are afraid that their money may be lost and cannot be found, so they put a mark on the money to make it easier to find it.
There were four or five marks on a roll of money. It seemed that Xie Changqing must have visited several families to collect the change.
The purpose was to make Wen Wan believe that this money was really squeezed out of their own pockets and saved for her.
I just want Wen Wan to feel the selfless love of parents who want to give everything to their children.
Wen Wan looked at the money and curled her lips speechlessly. It was really a well-intentioned thing.
"Alright!" Wen Wan said, "I'll take the money, but I really don't want to have anything to do with you anymore. You should go back!"
Mother Wen said: "We came here just to accompany you, we can't leave."
"I am neither a baby who has not been weaned, nor an old lady who cannot take care of herself. I don't need your company.
Besides, my place is small and there is no room for you to live here."
Now Xie Changqing finally had room to show his talents, and he stood up and said with a smile: "The small yard next door for parking cars has just been cleaned up, so my parents can live over there!
They came all the way here, and now we are sending them back. How sad they must be!
Wanwan, do you think this is okay?"
Wen Wan looked at him and thought, isn't that what you were planning to do? Now you ask me if it's okay, aren't you afraid that I will say no?
Xie Changqing felt a little uneasy when he saw her look. Didn’t foreign newspapers say that children are always waiting for their parents’ apology?
Although Wen's mother was trying to shirk responsibility, she at least apologized.
Even if you don't accept it, you shouldn't be angry!
Seeing that he was feeling guilty, Wen Wan pursed her lips and said, "That's Mr. Xie's territory. I have no objection to whatever arrangement Mr. Xie wants to make."
Although what he said meant that he had some objections, the atmosphere had already come to this point and things had been done. He couldn't really let the two old people go, so he could only let them stay.
Fortunately, this is only the first step of his plan. As for the arrangements that follow, even if Wen Wan does not forgive, she will not feel that there is something missing in her heart because she has never received the love of her parents.
But I didn’t expect that Wen Wan had seen through it long ago but didn’t say it out loud.
Because it was still summer vacation, Wen Wan didn't have to get up early, but the two elders couldn't sit still and couldn't fall asleep before dawn.
But when I get up, I don’t know what to do. If I were at home, I could go to the fields and dig a few ridges, but unfortunately there is no land here.
Xie Changqing had thought of this problem early in the morning, so he asked them to go to Wen Wan's place to clean up the yard as soon as they got up in the morning.
First remove the weeds in the yard, then turn the soil, and then plant seasonal vegetables, fruits and melons to make Wen Wan feel at home.
Then he calculated the time Wen Wan would wake up, prepare breakfast and then call her to get up and have breakfast.
I heard from the children in the company who have a good relationship with their parents that their parents are always afraid that they will be hungry, so even if they say they don’t want to eat, their parents will force them to get up and let them eat breakfast before going to bed.
Wen's mother and father strictly followed Xie Changqing's instructions.
As soon as they came to the stage of making breakfast, the two of them were in trouble. They racked their brains but couldn't figure out what Wen Wan liked to eat.
When Wen Wan was a child, her family was poor, and all they had in the morning was porridge with pickles. Wen Wan was the youngest, and every time it was her turn to serve, there was only the thinnest rice soup left in the pot.
Father Wen has to do heavy work, so it is natural that he should eat the thickest part. Wen Shengli is the only boy in the family and will be the pillar of the family in the future, so it is natural that he can't eat badly.
On the one hand, Wen's mother favored Wen Ya, and on the other hand, she really hated Wen Wan, so every time she visited Wen Ya, she would deliberately give all the remaining porridge and rice to Wen Ya.
When Wen Wan saw that there was not even a grain of rice in the bowl, she started crying. Every time this happened, her mother would put her hands on her hips and say in a condescending manner, "What can you do to me?"
"That's all. Eat if you like, and stay hungry if you don't."
Wen Wan was too timid to do anything, so she could only walk away sobbing with the bowl in her hand.
Whatever food, drink or clothes there are at home, they are always given to Wen Shengli first, and the rest are given to Wen Ya. Wen Wan can only watch.
Gradually, Wen Wan became quieter and always watched all this silently, as if it had nothing to do with her.
Thinking of this, Father and Mother Wen looked at each other, with the same look of guilt in their eyes.
"Alas!" Mother Wen sighed, "At that time, I would never have thought that Wen Wan would be in such a situation now.
If I had known this earlier, I would have treated her better and could have benefited from her success."