The all-round housekeeper is a stick

Chapter 116: Inevitable Dislike

"Dad, is my brother okay? When will you come home?" Lin Yuanze asked his father excitedly.

Lin Jianhua glanced at his mother-in-law and said nothing definite. He only said vaguely, "Just observe her today and she'll be discharged tomorrow."

Lin Yuanze exclaimed that it was great.

Then he patted himself and ran to Tang Shuangyue. Seeing that the little guy had his eyes closed, he asked softly, "Grandma, is my brother asleep?"

"It's time to sleep. Go see your mother." Tang Shuangyue turned her little grandson around so that Lin Yuanze wouldn't touch him.

But she knew that her grandson was a naughty boy who didn't care about hygiene and was very dirty.

Lin Yuanze didn't know that he was being disliked, and happily went to the bedside to see his mother.

"Mom, when can you go home tomorrow?" Lin Yuanze saw that his mother was awake and hurried over to ask.

These two days, he went to the cafeteria alone to get his mother's meals. Although he was happy to eat, there were teachers around him and he felt uncomfortable without his mother.

After only two days of not seeing her, he already missed his mother very much.

"You can go back to school after your mother finishes her confinement. If you don't feel comfortable eating there, just take your bowl and eat with your classmates nearby." Many children in their school bring their own lunch to school to heat up, or simply pay money to exchange for food coupons in the cafeteria.

Lin Yuanze nodded: "I understand, Mom. When can you, your brother, and your father come home?"

Thinking of returning to her parents' home to recuperate after giving birth, Lin Huaiyu glanced at her husband and said, "Dad will be able to go home tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Mom will have to stay at grandma's house for a month."

This was something they had discussed as a couple. She hadn't taken care of a child for several years. Lin Mumu was such a money-hungry person, she didn't think that if she went back, Lin Mumu would be able to help her with the confinement period.

She is old now, and the baby is too big. She was injured during the birth. The doctors said she needs to take good care of herself, so she needs to take good care of herself during the confinement period. It will definitely be a worry for her to go home.

But it’s different on my mother’s side. Besides my mother, there is also an older sister who helps. Moreover, in order to raise this grandson well, my mother will definitely be willing to give her good food and nourishment.

If I go home, even if my mom buys it and sends it to me, how many times can she send it to me? How can it be the same as eating it at home every day?

The most important thing was that the child was registered under the parents' household registration, so the child support had to be negotiated. Because the matter hadn't been finalized yet, it wasn't certain whether it would be a boy. During the month they'd been at home, they hadn't discussed the monthly child support payments.

Not to mention food and daily necessities, even washing diapers and taking care of the children require a lot of money from Lin Mumu.

Just today, the little one has changed seven or eight diapers, plus clean clothes and soiled pants. That's about ten to twenty pieces a day. So, if we count 20 pieces, I'll give Lin Mumu 2 cents a day. That's 10 yuan in 2 days.

What's more, that little girl raised the price. A piece of thick clothing costs 3 cents. From then on, all the clothes for changing have to be thick.

Thinking that this was all about money, Lin Huaiyu decided to stay at her parents' house as long as she could. As for her two sons, they were already grown up, and Lin Mumu was there to do the housework. They wouldn't go hungry or get dirty, and they wouldn't be hungry when their father came home. So, there was nothing to worry about.

Lin Yuanze was disappointed to hear that his mother would be staying at his grandmother's house for another month. However, Lin Yuanyu was not surprised. He had guessed it when his father didn't clearly answer his brother's question.

A somewhat surprising, yet not so surprising answer.

Although they had visited their grandparents' house every holiday over the past month, and their parents and grandparents had always cordially called them to eat and brought them snacks, their parents or grandparents had never once let them stay there.

They went in the morning and came back in the afternoon. Mom didn't talk much to them, except for a few minutes of intimate conversation at the beginning. After eating, they either went to sleep or leaned on the sofa to watch TV.

And every time they asked for food, their mother would get impatient and always ask, "Why did you finish it so quickly?"

There were no extra vegetables, only rice and noodles, pumpkin, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc. No meat, no fish. They both ate a lot, and were barely full, so why did they complain about eating too fast?

"Then let's go to Grandma's house after school to eat?" This was the first time Lin Yuanze asked his mother when she complained about her eating too quickly. Lin Yuanyu still remembers how fast his grandmother ran when she heard this, afraid that his mother would agree.

Grandma said that the two of them were going to have lunch at noon, and she wanted to treat them well and cook a lot of food for them to nourish them.

My brother and I said we didn't need to cook a lot of fancy dishes, and we could just cook normal meals. But my grandmother said that she was the one who cooked all three meals, and she couldn't cook so many meals every day.

Because of this reason, later when they mentioned that there was not enough food or eggs, although Mom would still complain about why they ate so quickly, she would just say one sentence and then let Dad take the food coupons to buy them.

However, they can’t help but feel disgusted. They are also told to play less outside because they get tired and their energy depletes quickly after playing for too long, which makes them eat more.

When they lived together before, they played and ate like this. Back then, Mom said they were good eaters and that exercise would help them grow taller and stronger. Why did she start to look down on them like they were just two big gluttons after they started living together?