Suffocating Family Ties
Zhao Shufen is an ordinary retired factory worker who raised her son, Lin Bo, through years of hardship. She thought she would enjoy a happy family life in her later years, but her son’s marriage became the beginning of her nightmare. Her daughter-in-law, Xu Jing, comes from a wealthy family, is highly educated, and has a domineering personality. From their first meeting, she looked down on her mother-in-law. After the wedding, Zhao Shufen moved in with her son to help out, only to become a “free nanny” and face constant trouble from Xu Jing. Her cooking was criticized, her habits were picked apart, and even the way she breathed seemed wrong. Lin Bo is timid by nature. Faced with his wife’s arrogance and his mother’s grievances, all he can do is stay silent and run away.
After his granddaughter is born, the conflict erupts completely. Xu Jing forbids her mother-in-law from going near the child, hurls insults at her at the slightest provocation, and even smashes the keepsakes left by Zhao Shufen’s late husband. Zhao Shufen swallows her anger, hoping her son will stand up for her just once. Instead, Xu Jing schemes to force her to sell the home she had planned to retire in. When suffocating family ties become shackles, this family has long since ceased to be a family...
A hard-hitting portrait that tears away the facade of harmony in a Chinese family, exploring the suffocation and struggle caused by family obligations.
This is a series of problems caused by improper marriages. It is true, objective and down-to-earth.
What happened to Zhao Shufen burst the bubble of Chinese-style family affection. When maternal love becomes the reason for being exploited, when silence turns into connivance, this home has long been a gentle execution ground.
Lin Bo represents a typical type of Chinese man. He pretends to be good in front of his wife and pretends to be difficult in front of his mother. What is the saddest thing? It is a mother like Zhao Shufen who tells outsiders that my son is very filial even though her heart is bleeding.
Mother-in-law is not an enemy, but she is the most familiar stranger. Under the same roof, one uses force to cover up her uneasiness, and the other uses patience to maintain dignity. The so-called war is nothing more than a trapped beast's fight between two lonely women.
Zhao Shufen's story is so real that she is a replica of my aunt. Nowadays, young people always say that their mother-in-law is difficult to get along with, but how many daughter-in-laws like Xu Jing treat their mother-in-law as a free nanny and are picky. The most annoying thing is that sons like Lin Bo pretend to be deaf and dumb. It is really chilling.
My mother said that's why I don't go to live with my son. After telling this story to my mother, she sighed and said, "How many old people are like this now? It's ironic to think about it. Raising children to prevent old age has turned into raising children to suffer. How many Zhao Shufen endured silently. This book should be read by all young people preparing to get married."
People like Xu Jing are so scary. With a high degree of education and a good family background, can they trample on the dignity of others at will? I was so angry when I saw the part about smashing the relics. This is not a conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, it is simply mental abuse. The author's writing is so sharp that it completely exposes the dark side of the Chinese family.
Why don't you go back to your own home?
I feel very heavy and depressed, it's so difficult
I like reading it, the story of marriage is written thoroughly
This is a series of problems caused by improper marriages. It is true, objective and down-to-earth.
What happened to Zhao Shufen burst the bubble of Chinese-style family affection. When maternal love becomes the reason for being exploited, when silence turns into connivance, this home has long been a gentle execution ground.
Lin Bo represents a typical type of Chinese man. He pretends to be good in front of his wife and pretends to be difficult in front of his mother. What is the saddest thing? It is a mother like Zhao Shufen who tells outsiders that my son is very filial even though her heart is bleeding.
Mother-in-law is not an enemy, but she is the most familiar stranger. Under the same roof, one uses force to cover up her uneasiness, and the other uses patience to maintain dignity. The so-called war is nothing more than a trapped beast's fight between two lonely women.
Zhao Shufen's story is so real that she is a replica of my aunt. Nowadays, young people always say that their mother-in-law is difficult to get along with, but how many daughter-in-laws like Xu Jing treat their mother-in-law as a free nanny and are picky. The most annoying thing is that sons like Lin Bo pretend to be deaf and dumb. It is really chilling.
My mother said that's why I don't go to live with my son. After telling this story to my mother, she sighed and said, "How many old people are like this now? It's ironic to think about it. Raising children to prevent old age has turned into raising children to suffer. How many Zhao Shufen endured silently. This book should be read by all young people preparing to get married."
People like Xu Jing are so scary. With a high degree of education and a good family background, can they trample on the dignity of others at will? I was so angry when I saw the part about smashing the relics. This is not a conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, it is simply mental abuse. The author's writing is so sharp that it completely exposes the dark side of the Chinese family.
Why don't you go back to your own home?
I feel very heavy and depressed, it's so difficult
I like reading it, the story of marriage is written thoroughly