allonlinenovel Chapter 217 Human nature is always pushing for more
Chapter 217 Human nature is always pushing for more
Fortunately, it is not too late to be nice to Wen Wan now. Even if Wen Wan is lukewarm towards them now, at least she has not really driven them away.
More importantly, they now have the support of their brother-in-law Xie Changqing.
If they can coax Wen Wan back, they will gain the most. With this pair of rich and capable daughter and son-in-law, they will definitely not have to worry about the rest of their lives.
Wen Shengli's family will also be able to rise with him. When the time comes, let Wen Wan buy a house and land for his brother's family and find them a proper business so that they can live a happy life.
After encouraging themselves, Father and Mother Wen became even more motivated, and they wanted to worship Wen Wan as their ancestor.
I cooked meals according to the recipes Xie Changqing gave me, and then urged her to eat again and again, but sometimes she would yell back at me.
That would have been fine, but when they sat down to eat, they had to pick up food for her first, which Mr. and Mrs. Wen were not used to.
In the past, although Wen Wan could sit at the table with them during meals, she never picked up food for her. Even when she wanted to pick up food for herself, she had to first check the expressions of Wen's father and mother, and only after they agreed would she dare to pick up food carefully.
Even if I pick up some food, I dare not take too much, and I only take one dish from a bowl of rice. After eating, I am still responsible for washing the dishes.
She had been living like this for many years, and now it was really uncomfortable for her to suddenly have the high-handed Mr. and Mrs. Wen humble themselves and pick up food for her.
That's fine. After all, for the sake of the family's future happy life, it's not something that I can't tolerate.
But what was unbearable was that even though Wen's mother put on a smiling face and picked up some food for her, Wen Wan not only didn't even smile, she even got angry, threw down her chopsticks and said she didn't want to eat it.
At first, Mr. and Mrs. Wen thought that it would be fine not to eat, as this table full of delicious food would be just right for the two of them.
But they forgot that they were doing this for money, and Wen Wan was their client. If the client was unhappy, they might even lose their jobs and would not be able to eat.
Mother Wen suppressed her anger and said softly, "What's wrong, Wanwan?
Mom remembers that these are your favorite foods. Is it that my cooking method is wrong or the oil and salt are not used correctly?
"If you tell me what I did wrong, I will change. Isn't it okay? Don't be angry!"
Wen Wan was angry with herself. She was obviously disgusting, but she was still cooperating with them in acting here. She was even more angry with Xie Changqing. He was really looking for trouble.
It is true that some things would feel incomplete if they were missing, but having something extra just to make people feel sick and physically reject it.
Wen Wan leaned back in her chair and sneered expressionlessly, "You said you remembered that these are the things I like to eat.
But I remember that in the 1960s and 1970s, rural families were considered to have a good life if they could eat white rice and white flour buns.
Even if we had white rice and white flour buns at home, it would not be my turn to eat them, let alone the table of braised pork, prawns in tomato sauce, and steamed spareribs with rice flour.
At that time, such dishes had never appeared on our dinner table, and even if they had, I would not have had a share of them.
How did you come to the conclusion that these are what he likes to eat?"
Mother Wen paused as she was putting spareribs into Wen Wan's bowl. She looked at Xie Changqing with difficulty, thought for a moment, and picked the most ridiculous excuse among millions of excuses.
"What's the conclusion?" Mother Wen put away her chopsticks a little embarrassedly, "Mom has never been to school and can't read a single word. Those words in the books know me, but I don't know them.
Wanwan, when you talk to me next time, can you please not bring up things from books? I don’t understand you.”
You like to act dumb, right?
Then you guys can pretend to your heart’s content.
Wen Wan curled her lips and apologized, "Sorry, it's my problem.
What I mean is, I was quite curious about why other people's memory gets worse as they get older, but I didn't expect that it would be the opposite for you, that your memory gets better as you get older.
It's just that maybe he confused me with someone else, and these are not the foods I like to eat."
Although she was somewhat puzzled by Wen Wan's sudden submissive attitude, Mother Wen still subconsciously asked:
"Then tell me what you like to eat and I'll make it for you tomorrow."
After she finished speaking, she realized that she had said the wrong thing, and quickly made amends, "It's all my fault, Mom, I forgot that you are not a teenager anymore.
I forgot that you are already married and a university teacher.
It’s my fault. I will remember it in the future.”
Now that things have come to this, if Wen Wan doesn't make any more requests, it would be a waste of the efforts of Wen's father and mother.
Wen Wan said: "I prefer to eat seafood now. I accept fish, shrimp and crabs. However, I don't like to pick bones and peel shells, so I don't eat much."
I thought the two elders would give up when faced with difficulties, but I didn't expect that after hearing Wen Wan's words, their eyes almost glowed green.
Mother Wen looked relieved and excited, rubbing her hands and saying, "Child, why didn't you tell me earlier that you like to eat! It made us and dad think about it for a long time.
Don't worry, your dad and I are here, so there's no way we'll let you pick out the bones and peel the shells yourself. Your dad and I promise to make sure everything is done well for you, so you can just eat it directly."
Wen Wan declined without any expression, "It's too much trouble, let's forget it."
"What's the trouble?" Mother Wen smiled so hard that she couldn't close her mouth and said, "You are my parents' favorite little daughter. As long as you like it, it's not a trouble. We are afraid that you won't bother us!
Your parents didn’t take good care of you when you were little, so of course they should do their best to treat you well now.”
He really took every opportunity to speak well of me. Wen Wan was glad that she hadn't picked up her chopsticks yet, otherwise she would have vomited on the table.
In the next few days, Wen Wan tried to find something for Father and Mother Wen to do. On the one hand, she didn't want them to keep asking her if she wanted to eat this or drink water while she was writing, which would easily interrupt her train of thought.
Secondly, they treated her the same way when she was a child, so they should suffer a little to repay the childhood Wen Wan.
This is called tit-for-tat and energy conservation with balanced income and expenditure.
It's just that human nature always pushes for more.
Especially people like Wen's father and mother who are greedy and don't know themselves.
If you give them some color, they will dare to plan to open a dyeing factory.
After staying here for a while, although I was busy every day, I still had to serve carefully like a maid or a nanny, for fear that if I did something wrong I would make my master Wen Wan angry, and I had to coax her carefully after she got angry.
No matter how angry he was, he had to hold it back for the sake of his own interests, and he almost vomited blood.
If you feel depressed for too long, you will inevitably feel resentment and imbalance in your heart.
Especially these days, seeing Xie Changqing sending Wen Wan jewelry like water, and even property certificates and car keys.
After they truly saw the differences between human beings, they felt that their initial ideas were too conservative.
Xie Changqing was so generous, and Wen Wan was so used to it that she didn't even bother to look at it.
The couple should have so much money that they can never spend it all. Even though they are so rich, they only plan to buy a house and land for their son.
I guess Xie Changqing wouldn't give this little even to a beggar.
On second thought, I feel that God is too unfair. We are born of the same parents, but why is it that Wen Wan becomes a university teacher and can earn a lot of money just by writing at home?
That would have been fine, but she also found such a rich son-in-law who hangs around her all day long and doesn't do any work, and yet he still has a house, land, a company and a car.
Their family had saved money for most of their lives only to buy their son a wife like that. Although she was nimble and could work, she could never dig out any money from the fields, and she only knew how to ask them for money.
Some things really cannot be compared. Once Wen's father and mother compare them, they feel that this matter is not only unfair but also extremely infuriating.
Thinking of what her son said to her last time, Mother Wen said, "Do you think it's possible that it's really like what Shengli said, that you chanted the wrong name when you went to the grave, and asked the ancestors to bless the wrong person.
Otherwise, how could he not bless Shengli, a boy, but instead bless Wen Wan, a married girl?"
"I'm not so old and confused that I wouldn't even call my name wrong." Father Wen couldn't accept the blame.