Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 211

Chapter 211: Chapter 207: Profoundly Understanding the Essence! 【-39 More】

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"I..." Lin Caixia quickly shook her head in shame.

"Don’t cry, wife. I’m not scolding you, it’s just that Mom’s health is really not good. As her son and daughter-in-law, we can’t be by her side to take care of her. We both feel guilty. Everything else can be discussed, but hearing my mother-in-law speak ill of my mom makes me feel terrible—"

Lin Caixia was stunned for a moment, feeling her husband suddenly gripping her shoulders tightly, filled with immense shame—she had spoken thoughtlessly before, merely venting her own dissatisfaction, which ended up hurting her husband’s feelings!

Xie Jinggang forcefully covered his face with his large hand, looking down at his wife’s bewildered expression, his voice hoarse with painful murmurs: "Wife, that is my own mother, she’s old—she fell ill and has been in the hospital for so many days, and I haven’t visited her once!"

The distance is one thing, having a wife who just had a baby and needs postpartum care is another, but he is also a son, and not fulfilling his duty to care for his elderly mother is his fault!

"Whoo~~I’m sorry."

Hearing Xie Jinggang’s self-reproaching words, Lin Caixia buried her head in her husband’s shoulder, softly sobbing and apologizing.

Their baby, held in her arms, made an uncomfortable whine "whoo", slightly moving his little body, causing Lin Caixia to come back to her senses, gently rocking to soothe him.

She silently shed tears, and to be honest, she indeed harbored some resentment towards her mother-in-law.

The care provided by her own mother was not as meticulous as that from her mother-in-law. When it came to cooking, her mother-in-law spared nothing for herself, feeding it all to her, and although they were a bit poor back then, she felt genuinely appreciated - her mother-in-law was truly a good one.

But whom could she blame? Now that her own mother was taking care of her, she couldn’t complain about her own mother and ended up resenting her sick mother-in-law instead.

It’s strange how the human heart works; even though she knows the one at fault is her closest kin, she deflects the blame onto someone innocent, since the bond of blood is unbreakable. She couldn’t possibly reproach her own mother face to face, could she? After all, her mother had left behind the affairs of Lin Family to come and take care of her married daughter!

Such acts were rare in those times. It was also because Jinggang permanently lived in town, separate from his family home, that she could have her mother stay over.

And Madam Lin behaved this way because the Lin Family had always been poor, struggling financially.

Initially, Madam Lin could resist not eating her daughter’s postpartum supplements, but she couldn’t resist the temptation and gradually ate more. At first, Jinggang would secretly add some meat, but no matter how much he added, the amount his wife ended up with was still so modest, he didn’t want to add more.

Nowadays, with the market not doing well, meat is expensive and not always available; even this was from a favor he secured through connections.

Lin Caixia was truly kind-hearted; seeing her mother eating well and getting healthier, whilst she herself quickly lost weight, made it hard for her to say anything. Her husband already treated her very well compared to others who might eat chicken every three to five days.

She got about half a chicken daily, and if there wasn’t chicken, there would be pork to supplement, with eggs cooked in wine for meals. However, what ultimately ended up in her mouth was consumed mostly by her own mother, and it wasn’t her in-laws treating her poorly.

"All is past now. Be more careful with your words next time, wife. Harmony in the family is the key to prospering."

This phrase was often on Dad’s lips in the past, which Jinggang had not understood before. But now, witnessing the candid talks between his wife and mother-in-law, he suddenly recalled this saying and understood what Dad had wanted to convey.

No matter what others say or do, only when your own family understands, acts logically, and is united, can a family live in harmony and happiness blossom!