When mother-in-law is unhappy, the dutiful husband is not happy either.

He said to me, "No matter what, mom has a good heart. It's quite hard for her to come and take care of the baby and cook for us. Sometimes you also need to understand the elderly."

Hmm.

Understanding husbands are all similar, but husbands who lack understanding each have their own issues.

Who is really not understanding whom?

Does being older mean being right?

I superficially agreed with him.

"Yes, I also think mom is not having an easy time. If I weren't still in confinement, I would definitely help her out. How about this, let's have mom go back, anyway, we have you here, right?"

The husband fell silent.

After a while, he reluctantly said, "Then don't keep her confined at home all the time. My mom loves going out, she's already tired enough cooking and doing laundry for you, she should be able to go out and relax."

To be honest, my mother-in-law's various tricky maneuvers didn't make me angry.

But my husband's words really angered me.

I threw what I had in my hand directly at his face and scolded him.

"Chen Zhihui, have you eaten too much pig's trotters and got your brain muddled with oil?

"Your mom is here to help, I should be grateful. But you need to understand, ultimately she didn't come for me, she came for you and your son! I'm a new mother in confinement, I shouldn't be doing housework in the first place. If it's not her doing it, then it should be you! Tell me, who is she really cooking for? Who is she doing the laundry for?

"Also, am I the only one eating the food she cooks? Are the clothes only washed for me? Is she confined at home because I don't allow her to go out?

"Your own mother doing housework is hard, but your own wife who had a cesarean section, risking her life to give birth to a child, isn't that hard?

"If you feel sorry for her, why don't you do more? Why don't you tell her she doesn't need to take care of me during confinement? If you want your mom to go out and relax, you can go tell her right now!"

My husband couldn't argue with me and left with a black face.

Not long after, he came back dejectedly, asking me to allow him to go out and look for a job for a few days, and in front of his mom, he would say he's going to work.