My Mom Gave My Son a One-Yuan Red Envelope for His First Birthday, So I Cut Ties with Her

For our son's first birthday, my mother gave him a red envelope with one yuan in it.

She said it was for her grandson.

“ONE means everything complete and the family reunited. It's the luckiest number.”

My husband was nearly in tears. “Didn't you tell Mom our son is sick? She's our last hope. Without money, he'll never be able to stand again!”

Unexpectedly, my mother immediately turned nasty when she heard that.

“You two are the ones who failed to raise him properly. Now that there's a problem, you want to guilt-trip me into giving you money?”

“Whoever gives birth to a child is responsible for him. What does it have to do with an old woman like me?”

I stopped my husband and smiled as I accepted the red envelope. “It's the thought that counts, Mom. The amount doesn't matter.”

When she later broke her leg and was hospitalized,

I went to see her carrying two bottles of mineral water.

“Mom, water is the purest thing in the world. This is the best thing for you to drink.”