Post Date December, 03 2023
When Jiang Tao and I got married 10 years ago, we lived in a 15 square meter bungalow on Niu Street in Beijing, where I was born. In fact, my parents have a spacious three bedroom apartment in the west of the city, but we, who love freedom, do not want to be constrained. However, both of us work in private enterprises and our salaries are unstable. We don't want to borrow money to buy a house, so we crowded into a "pigeonhole" to enjoy the world of two.
We painted the walls and tiles ourselves, and renovated the small kitchen next to us. Cooking delicious food in a narrow but warm small home, loving each other at night, and living a happy and joyful life.
But the peaceful life has been chaotic since our daughter was born and we moved to our parents' house.
Would you like to have a shorter shower time? Water and electricity costs are expensive. If you have something to talk about in class, try to avoid having outsiders make phone calls home, it's really noisy. Because our daughter has a lot of expenses, we only give our parents 700 yuan per month, and they provide us with a lot of subsidies in our daily lives. In addition, the different living habits of each other also make the elderly often complain, which makes Jiang Tao very uncomfortable.
And my parents are very capable, one is cleaning the house, the other is buying groceries and cooking, and they do all the household chores. I also take care of my daughter, so he rarely stays at home, who is "idle".
He said he was helping his friends with private work outside, but he didn't get paid in return. I couldn't help but scold him, "You can at least see people without money. What do you think your unscrupulous son-in-law can bring to my family?" My mother also put pressure on him, "You're already a young man, and you've earned just enough money to make ends meet for your mother and son. You need to work hard
In fact, our family has this habit of speaking, often with sarcasm in our words, but without malice. In Jiang Tao's eyes, my home suffocated him like a prison. He has repeatedly advised me, "Let's go back to living in a bungalow. After I change jobs, I will earn more money and take out a loan to buy a house
No! I have no hope of becoming a 'wealthy lady' in this life, and I believe that living in a building is more beneficial to my daughter's health.
We started arguing about whether to move, and my parents also helped me out. One day everyone turned against each other, and my mother even started pushing and shoving Jiang Tao. Her old man's line "People under the eaves have to bow their heads" made Jiang Tao feel embarrassed and angry, so he packed up his belongings and moved away from my house.
(Intern Editor: Chen Hao)
