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The eldest sister who is married always goes back to her parents' house to get things done

I drove her away with a single word, and the reaction of my husband and mother-in-law was unbelievable.

By jasherPublished 4 years ago 9 min read

The eldest sister is a "mother's thief"

"My brother and sister are off work? I have something to do at home. I'll go back first, and come back another day." As soon as I entered the door, the eldest sister hurried away with a big bag and a small bag. If you don't look at it, you will know that she has come to the house to search for things again, because she is a veritable "mother's thief".

The mother-in-law shook her head and sighed: "She was really blind at the time, and she married such a prodigal man. The family was so poor that she didn't want to make money! Fortunately, we lived close by, otherwise both babies would have to drink the northwest wind. !"

The eldest sister's husband is idle, neither doing farm work nor working part-time, and drinks two glasses of liquor every day. As soon as I drink, I get drunk, as soon as I get drunk, I fall asleep, and then most of the day has passed. The eldest aunt's family has several acres of land, and she does the work by herself, but no matter how hard or tired, the money from the sale of the crops in the field can only barely fill her stomach, and the life of the eldest aunt's family is getting worse and worse. .

The child is still young, and the eldest sister cannot go out to work. When someone in the village had a wedding or a wedding, she would serve dishes, wash dishes, and earn some money to buy snacks for the children. Because the marriage is not far away, the eldest sister returns to her parents' home every three or five times. Every time she came back, she would take whatever she saw, even the braised pork and steamed buns we had left over, she would not let go.

One weekend, I packed up some 80% new clothes and old bags to send to my second sister in my hometown. My second sister lives in the countryside, her son is in college and her daughter is in high school. She has a very stressful life. She is about the same size as me, so I always send her my old clothes. The second sister and brother-in-law are very hardworking. In addition to farming, they also run a pig farm. She has always been thrifty, and has been wearing my old clothes for so many years, and I also habitually send them to her.

That day, I was folding my clothes and stuffing them into the box, when my aunt came. Seeing the clothes, her eyes glowed with gold. "Brother and sister, don't you plan to take any of these? I've packed them up!" I replied bluntly: "Didn't you see that I'm going to send it away? I've already told my second sister."

I don't want to give the clothes to my aunt. One is because I really don't want to, and the other is because she is so big and thick that she can't wear my clothes at all. But they didn't even look at their faces, they took out the clothes I put in the cardboard box one by one, looked at this one, then looked at that one. "These two pieces, I can wear the big ones, I'll take them!" Before I could answer, the aunt had already stuffed the two pieces of clothes into her bag.

Video chat with the second sister, and complained that the eldest sister had to take some things along every time she went back to her parents' house. This time, I even stole the clothes I was going to give her.

The second sister persuaded me: "Help me a little if you can. After all, it's a family. Besides, the farm is making money. Your brother-in-law has been buying me clothes recently, so I'll give your aunt your old clothes in the future."

The second sister opened the closet while talking, and let me appreciate the new clothes my brother-in-law bought her. I was surprised and relieved, thinking that the eldest sister's husband is just as good as my brother-in-law.

Rescue the emergency but not the poor, I appreciate hard-working and down-to-earth people

As the saying goes, the emergency does not help the poor. The two sons of the aunt’s family are growing up day by day, and the family’s expenses are getting bigger and bigger.

Discussing with my husband, our relief for the eldest sister is like a drop in the bucket, not to mention that our own life is not well-off. "Let's take one step at a time, or what else can you do?" The husband yawned again and again, turned around and started snoring.

My aunt came to search for things again, and I asked her, "Sister, have you ever thought about doing something that can make money?" "What big thing can she do as a woman!" I thought I disliked auntie, mother-in-law Cut me off immediately. But, I'm going to finish my sentence.

"Look, now the national policy encourages farmers to develop animal husbandry. You and your brother-in-law can do anything like pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, etc." Talking about the second sister's breeding experience and considerable income, the eldest sister's eyes widened, and her mouth was full of admiration.

This time, for the first time, she didn't loot anything from the house. I took the initiative to give her a pair of sneakers that I only wore once, and the aunt said embarrassedly, "I'm too cheeky to take your things. "

It turned out that the eldest sister went back to her parents' home every three or five, but after this time, she didn't come back for half a month. My husband couldn't help but accuse me of hurting her self-esteem when I said that I made money by raising pigs and sheep. The mother-in-law hurriedly dialed the eldest sister's phone, only to see the old lady listening to the phone with a smile on her face, and she kept saying, "Okay, very good, work hard."

After hanging up the phone, my mother-in-law immediately told us: "Your eldest sister is enlightened! She bought 3 ewes and 2 rams, and built a sheep pen in her yard to raise sheep. Your brother-in-law doesn't drink anymore. Shepherd sheep every day!" My husband and I looked at each other and smiled, sincerely happy for the eldest aunt.

A few months later, the eldest aunt's ewes gave birth to 6 cubs. She sold 4 lambs and got back most of the money she invested. That day, after she sold the sheep, she went back to her parents' house and bought a pair of slippers for me and my mother-in-law. The slippers were not expensive, but we were very happy.

Since then, the eldest aunt stopped scavenging things every time she came home, but chatted with us about her sheep. She said cheerfully that there were several vacancies 500 meters away from their village, and she wanted to rent them out to raise more sheep. Before leaving, her mother-in-law stuffed her with this and that, and the aunt was very embarrassed.

I went to my aunt's house to take a look. It was neat and tidy inside and out. Although there were not many sheep, all of them were fat and strong, and they were neatly groomed. On the way home, I negotiated with my husband and offered 10,000 yuan to let my aunt rent the venue, and let it go. My husband asked me with a smile, "It turns out that my eldest sister took your old clothes, and you hated your teeth so much. What's going on now?" I said, the emergency is not helping the poor, and I admire people who are down-to-earth and hard-working.

Since raising sheep, my aunt and brother-in-law have changed a lot. The eldest sister is busy, studying and raising sheep, and she has a clear idea of ​​how to raise sheep; brother-in-law herds sheep and prepares sheep feed. Every day is very busy. As their relatives, of course I am happy from the bottom of my heart.

"The stream in the forest is gurgling, and the grass is green on the slope"

During the Spring Festival this year, the eldest aunt returned to her parents' house with a large bag and a small bag. Her mother-in-law's eyes were cracked with laughter. She couldn't help joking that the sun came out in the west, and the eldest daughter's grand gift blinded her old eyes.

Indeed, it is the first time I have seen my eldest sister bring so many things to her parents' house in the years since I got married. "I made more than 20,000 yuan this year, and I will try to make 100,000 yuan next year!" The eldest sister said that she will buy a fur coat for her mother-in-law next year.

Not long ago, the eldest sister called us to go to the sheep farm to get peaches. It was the first time we went to her newly opened sheep farm. Just as the car turned into the village entrance, we saw the eldest sister wearing a red robe from a distance, driving fifty or sixty sheep up the slope. There is a majestic sheepdog.

She didn't find us, so she was singing the episode "Shepherd's Song" from the movie "Shaolin Temple": "Sunrise at Songshan Col., the morning bell startling the birds, the creek in the woods is gurgling, the green grass on the slope, the wild fruit and the fragrant mountain flowers. Pretty, the dog jumps and the sheep runs..."

Listening to the tune of my aunt running to my grandmother's house, my husband and I laughed and bent over. "Oh, you are here!" The aunt turned around and found us, leaving the sheep behind and running towards us cheerfully. "The shepherd girl in our family is very happy!" I amused with my eldest sister. "It's all about money, can you be unhappy? Look at that piece of land, I planted some alfalfa, especially for the sheep! And that piece of land, I'm going to plant some peach trees!" Looking in the direction of the finger, there is a lot of green, and there is her hope.

The sheep farm is full of hay, and the eldest sister proudly said that these grasses were not bought with money, but corn stalks, sweet potato seedlings, and bean sprouts that my brother-in-law picked up from the fields harvested by others. Take it home a little bit and chop it up, it becomes free sheep feed. Brother-in-law said: "In the past, these things would be burned, but now they have become food for sheep, and waste has become treasure!"

In a corner of the yard, there were piles of bright red peaches. The eldest sister said that these are the leftover peaches sold by other people. I don't want them. They are all sent to the sheep to eat. "It's still hard to strike iron. It turns out that their peaches are rotten in the ground and they won't be given to us."

I felt a "squeak" in my heart. The peaches that the eldest sister mentioned were not the piles in the yard, right?

But she has already picked out fresh and undamaged peaches for us. Take one to taste, it's really sweet and delicious, and my brother-in-law said enthusiastically that now he is focused on getting rich, and he thinks that there is a future in growing peaches.

Knowing that my mother-in-law and I love to eat cantaloupe, my aunt also asked the neighbors to buy a big bag early. Before leaving, she also prepared a large bundle of green onions and a large bag of garlic for us. The husband couldn't help joking: "Eldest sister, are you going to return all the things you took from the house before?"

"No? So the first thing you do when you get home today is to tell my mother: From now on, I'm no longer a 'mother's thief'!"

I nodded vigorously, why not? Because now the eldest sister who is in the company of sheep is dressed in a splendid manner, her heart is full of pride, and her days are getting more and more joyful...

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