Chapter 540: Finding Your Place

Chapter 540: Finding Your Place

Wang Yumei wouldn't listen to Liu Guifang at all; she had entered a state of paranoia.

She stubbornly believed that because she hadn't had children, her sister-in-law was sarcastic and looked down on her. She thought that once she had children, she could finally hold her head high in front of her brother and sister-in-law.

Her parents will also treat her differently.

But Liu Guifang always felt that this was a wrong perception.

Having children is for oneself, but the husband's family may care a lot about whether or not there is a grandson, as this is related to the issue of their family line continuing.

But from the perspective of her family, her brother has already had a son, so who cares whether she has a child or not?

Of course, the parents, as the bride's family, will definitely worry about their daughter's fertility.

But that doesn't mean that if you have a child and go to someone's house for Chinese New Year's Eve, their attitude towards you will improve.

At that time, not only you, but your children will also have to be mindful of others' attitudes and be disliked.

"Sister-in-law, come with me to the city in a few days. I heard that the city hospital's gynecology department has brought in another renowned expert, known as the 'Goddess of Fertility.' I'll have the expert give me a thorough check-up. I'm determined to have a baby this year, no matter what."

Liu Guifang nodded, "Okay, going to the hospital is simple, I can go with you."

Liu Guifang originally wanted to tell Wang Yumei that their neighbor, Bai Zhi, was a highly skilled doctor who knew a lot about fertility issues, and that Bai Zhi could take her pulse and diagnose her specific health problems. However, Liu Guifang thought about Wang Yumei's temper and decided against it. Wang Yumei was still upset about Lu Ye's promotion to deputy battalion commander and Zhou Jianmin's failure to get promoted this time.

I always felt that Lu Ye had taken Zhou Jianmin's position.

No one could persuade her otherwise.

Although Bai Zhi is young, she is very opinionated and has a strong personality.

If Wang Yumei didn't give her a pleasant look, she would never have deigned to take Wang Yumei's pulse and examine her, so Liu Guifang wisely gave up and didn't bring it up again.

After having dinner at Liu Guifang's house, Wang Yumei vented to Liu Guifang for a while, and her mood finally improved. Now she didn't want to think about anything, and just waited for the hospital specialists to start work so she could have a comprehensive check-up.

She needs to find an expert to give her a proper diagnosis to determine the specific problem.

"When is your husband, Lao Zhou, coming back?" Liu Guifang asked her.

Wang Yumei pursed her lips and said, "I don't know. He left after we had a fight, and he didn't tell me exactly how many days he went back."

Liu Guifang felt that things couldn't continue like this, so she gave her some advice: "Call your in-laws later and wish them a Happy New Year during the Spring Festival."

You're someone's daughter-in-law. As long as you and Zhou Jianming don't divorce, your status won't change. As a junior, you should at least show basic courtesy and not give them any reason to complain.

Wang Yumei looked resistant and spoke in a willful tone, "I went back for two days and he didn't call my parents' home at all. Why should I call his family? I won't let them indulge this habit."

Looking at her willful behavior, Liu Guifang felt speechless.

She herself is a mother of a son. If her son gets married in the future, she won't even come home and will cut ties with them completely. To be honest, it's really heartbreaking.

"This is a matter of basic manners. No matter how much you two quarrel, you, as the younger generation, should still show respect. It's already very impolite of you not to go back to their home for the New Year, and you didn't even make a phone call. What are they going to think?"

Liu Guifang is a typical traditional woman who follows her husband wherever he goes, so she finds it hard to understand Wang Yumei's willfulness.

"They can think whatever they want."

“Yu Mei, if you want to live a good life with Lao Zhou, then you need to change your attitude a little. You can’t be so willful. You’re both 30 years old, it’s time to mature. You also need to control your temper a bit, you can’t be as willful as a young girl. They’ve worked so hard to raise their son, to adulthood, and now he’s married. As his daughter-in-law, you should at least greet the elders. This is also to give Lao Zhou face, so he can talk back to his parents. Otherwise, given your current situation, his family will definitely sense that you two are not getting along, and the elders will worry.”

Wang Yumei wouldn't listen to a word Liu Guifang said. She had her own opinions. "Sister-in-law, I'm still angry that he won't come back to my house with me. I don't care what his family thinks, unless he apologizes to me first when he comes back. He's always the one who apologizes first when we argue. This time, I won't let him get away with such a bad habit."

Liu Guifang knew that Wang Yumei was stubborn and had her own way of doing things, but she still couldn't help but try to persuade her. "A couple's life must be based on equality. There's no such thing as one person marrying above the other or being more capable than the other. Look at you, you haven't worked for over a year and you're being supported by Lao Zhou, and he hasn't said anything. I think your Lao Zhou is a good person. Try to control your temper, live a good life with him, and stop arguing. If you're wrong, just admit it appropriately. You can't keep this stalemate going on forever."

Zhou Jianmin didn't call Wang Yumei during the Spring Festival, he must have been angry too.

He naturally felt disheartened that Wang Yumei wouldn't go back with him to visit his parents.

Regardless of gender, taking the initiative for too long will eventually lead to exhaustion.

Wang Yumei scoffed, "He won't come home with me for the New Year, and he expects me to apologize to him? No way."

"It's a good thing he didn't go, otherwise, if your sister-in-law had given you and your husband a hard time, how would Zhou Jianmin have felt? Your own man, how could you feel good about having to put up with other people's attitudes?"

Upon hearing Liu Guifang's words, Wang Yumei fell silent.

Actually, Liu Guifang is right.

The reason Zhou Jianmin didn't go back with her was because when they went to her parents' home for the Spring Festival last year, her sister-in-law didn't look too happy.

He was also sarcastic and unsettling.

It's just not as outrageous as this year.

Seeing that she had finally stopped arguing, Liu Guifang continued to advise her in the tone of someone who had been through it all, "From now on, just listen to me and live a good life with Lao Zhou. During holidays, go to your husband's family to visit the elders. Don't go to your own family so often. They say distance makes the heart grow fonder. As long as you know your place and treat yourself like a relative, your relationship with them will actually improve. You'll see."

The reason why a sister-in-law harbors hostility and rejection towards her husband's younger sister is because the younger sister keeps returning to her parents' home after getting married, making the sister-in-law feel that others are invading her territory and threatening her position.

In reality, both Wang Yumei and her sister-in-law felt that they were the masters of the house and the other party was an outsider.

As long as Wang Yumei understands her place and treats them like a married daughter, visiting them occasionally and treating them as relatives, the relationship between the two sides will actually become closer.

Liu Guifang has an older brother and a younger brother. This is the way he has figured out over the years how to get along with his sister-in-law and brother's wife.

Whether in the city or the countryside, as long as there are families with sons and daughters.

The phenomenon of favoring sons over daughters exists to varying degrees.

No matter how much a father loves his daughter, he only gives her small favors; in the future, the property and the house will still belong to his son.

After they get married, they just need to manage their own little family well and live their lives properly.

She doesn't covet her parents' family's possessions, and of course, her partner knows that her parents' family is just an ordinary rural family.

There was little family property to divide.

It's different from Wang Yumei's family.