Lin Wan once thought that the cheap roses she held when she married Zhang Lei contained a stable life for the rest of her life. It wasn't until she stepped into the Zhang family's door that she saw the true face of this "stability" - her mother-in-law's always cold face, her father-in-law's empty wine glass on the table, and her husband's airy words, "My mother is also good for us."
She became a free nanny for the family. During her pregnancy, she suffered from morning sickness and dehydration, but her mother-in-law was simmering soup to replenish her brother-in-law's health in the kitchen. On the day her daughter was born, what was heard outside the delivery room was her mother-in-law's curse of "losing money." Zhang Lei's silence was like a dull knife, cutting away her expectations one by one, until she saw her husband discussing with her mother-in-law about transferring the dowry house given by her parents to her brother-in-law as a wedding house.
On the day when the divorce agreement was signed, it was snowing heavily, and my mother-in-law spat through the glass of the Civil Affairs Bureau: "Divorced women, bring a bottle of oil to see what you can do."
Lin Wan held her infant daughter in her arms and cried all night in the rental house. But the next morning, when she looked into her daughter's clear eyes, she suddenly understood: others' contempt is never a shackle, but her own giving up is. She picked up the design major that had been neglected for many years, delivered food during the day to save for tuition, and drew drawings under the lamp at night. She was scolded by customers for her plan, and her peers took orders away from her, but she never let go of her daughter's hand.
Purpose: Self-respect and hard work are more important than external judgments