Three Women in the Cage

Yang's mother stood there in silence, and didn't react until they walked away!

Huanhuan walked forward and gently pulled Yang's mother back to sit on the stool, and asked worriedly, "Grandma! Are you okay?"

Mother Yang came to her senses, shook her head, and said that everything was fine! She just sat there!

She finally understood that she was no match for her in-laws after all! She was despised after all, and she was not worthy of sitting down to eat with them after all!

But she couldn't understand why her own son was like this, not just her daughter-in-law. Why was her third son, who had been so sensible, filial, and caring, now also complaining about his mother's ugliness and poverty?

Perhaps Yang Ming himself wasn't even aware that he was already subtly showing his disdain. Deep down, he didn't want to admit his worldliness, his vain pursuit of vanity. He thought he was still clinging to his original aspirations, still clinging to his former gratitude, but he didn't realize that the changing circumstances had conditioned him to a life of feasting and revelry! He was unconsciously escaping, or even distancing himself from, a past filled with difficulties and hardships! For a moment, it seemed as if he had always lived in this privileged life, and that the past, when he had escaped hardship, had never even reappeared!

He slowly began to enjoy the life of an upper-class person, without any trace of his former inferiority or shame! However, the appearance of Yang's mother and the two sisters would invisibly remind him of the past he had been deliberately avoiding! He wanted to hide them from those who knew him! He wanted them to hide deeply and avoid appearing in front of acquaintances as much as possible!

Human hearts are strange. When you are poor, you stand on the same level, each one admiring the other's simple and hardworking virtues. When you see the other's hard work and sweat, you are filled with gratitude and the motivation to fight for it!

You think that you are fighting for them, and one day, you will fly to the branches, pick the fruits of the labor, and willingly give them to those who have contributed to you!

You thought so at that moment! But when you finally picked the fruit after going through so much hardship, looking at the tempting sweetness of the fruit, you no longer wanted to give it up!

You have been on the branches for so long that you have become accustomed to looking down on all living things. How can you be willing to lower your head and look up at those you once looked down upon?

And you can't stand the condemnation of those who once did you a favor, so you force yourself to fulfill your previous promise, but you are unwilling to bow your head like that, so you have to use a cover-up method to prove that you have not forgotten your original intention on the one hand, and on the other hand, you make things difficult for others everywhere!

At this moment, all those big words I said to my parents as a child seemed so ridiculous and pathetic! The once sincere original intentions have become unrecognizable, but they are still pulling each other deeply, and in the unclear entanglement, they have hurt each other's hearts! Silent resentment is buried deep in my heart!

Ma Mei looked at their sudden silence and pretended to be puzzled, "Why are you all so quiet all of a sudden? No one is talking?"

Listening to Ma Mei's voice, Yang's mother forced a smile and said, "My throat feels a little uncomfortable, take it slowly..."

Of course Ma Mei knew that her throat was not uncomfortable, but she was just unwilling to keep her, so she pretended to be kind and said, "There is hot water here, just drink it yourself! It will be good for your throat..."

Mother Yang nodded awkwardly. When she was about to get some hot water, Yaya had already held her down and said softly, "Grandma, I'll get it for you. Just sit here..."

After saying that, he walked to the teapot and poured a cup of hot water!

When the hot water was handed over, Yang's mother took it. The heat from the cup immediately warmed her cold hands! With a "gulp", Yang's mother drank the water in the cup in one gulp. The warmth flowed down her throat into her stomach, and her stiff body instantly softened, and her whole body was warmed!

She sat there quietly, sighing that this cup of hot water that warmed her body and soul came from her granddaughter, but not her biological son!

She thought about her son, who respectfully poured two cups of hot water for his mother-in-law and sister-in-law, but didn't even bother to give her a cup! He didn't even ask if she was thirsty or cold, and just left her in the corner. Even when his mother-in-law talked about it, he chose to ignore it!

At this moment, she felt that her son seemed to disappoint her even more than her mother-in-law! After all, in his eyes, her closest relatives had been put out of place!

Seeing that it was getting later, Ma Mei had to remind them, "Hanhan, you two sisters, go downstairs and find some food, and then bring some back for your grandma! Do you know where to eat?"

The two sisters were somewhat upset because of what Ma Mei had done to their grandmother! They were not fools. They watched their aunt and uncle scold their grandmother from the moment they entered the door, and then ignored her in front of Ma's mother. Whether it was their eyes or their words, they were full of contempt and perfunctory!

They saw their grandmother's loss and embarrassment, and they felt distressed and indignant at the same time! Now, they heard their aunt wait until it was almost dark before letting them go for dinner, and then once again asked their grandmother to stay. They knew that their grandmother must want to go out for some fresh air. If they were left alone, she would be even more helpless and would have to face her aunt's embarrassment alone!

Therefore, Huanhuan didn't care about anything else and said first, "Aunt! How about I stay here and let my second sister take grandma downstairs! It's cold now, and we can eat hot food downstairs. If we pack it up, the food will get cold soon. Grandma is old and she will definitely not be able to eat the cold food!"

Yaya also agreed, "That's right, aunt, let me take grandma down to eat!"

Mother Yang really didn't want to stay here at the moment. She was feeling suffocated and uncomfortable. She was afraid that she would be embarrassed in front of her daughter-in-law, so she was looking forward to going out!

How could Ma Mei not know what they were thinking? Since they said so, she couldn't refuse anything. Moreover, she was also afraid that Yang's mother would eat cold food and damage her health, and would not be able to help her take care of the child, and would even hinder her!

So she casually said, "Okay, go ahead! I'm not a bad daughter-in-law. How can I let my mother-in-law eat cold food? Yaya, take your grandmother out to eat something good! After eating, come back immediately, don't linger outside!"

After saying that, he took out a small bag from under his pillow, took out twenty yuan, handed it over and said, "Here, this money should be enough for you to eat! Take it and go!"

Yaya didn't expect her aunt to only give her twenty yuan. That wasn't enough to buy a hot meal; they could only eat street food! It didn't matter what they ate, but at her age, she couldn't eat those snacks! Not only would it not fill her up, but it would also be difficult to digest. Elderly people have fragile stomachs, so they definitely wouldn't be able to handle it!

When I think about my aunt's own mother, she lets her uncle take her out for a big meal, but why does she have to eat these cheap and unnutritious things when it comes to her own grandmother?