My wife and I have been married for 4 years and are living with my in-laws and have never been able to return to my grandmother’s house to celebrate Tet.
My parents only have two daughters, I got married and my sister went to work abroad, so on Tet, only my parents were absent.
For the first time, I was able to celebrate Tet at my grandmother’s house with my husband and children. Illustration
I didn’t come home to celebrate Tet at my grandmother’s house, not because my husband and parents-in-law were strict, but because I was pregnant in a row and gave birth close to Tet. This year, the child has become stronger, so my husband asked his parents for permission to take his wife and children to his mother for a long New Year.
Her parents-in-law happily agreed because for the past few years, the daughter’s family had all come home to celebrate Tet at her grandmother’s house, and her sister’s house was nearby, so the house was quite crowded.
I feel very happy because I can celebrate Tet with my husband and children at my grandmother’s house.
Remembering years ago, on New Year’s Eve, thinking regarding the scene where my parents were alone preparing, tears flowed down my face. However, before Tet, my brother-in-law heard that my mother’s family returned to her mother to have an opinion. She texted my husband and said: “You can have a Tet holiday at your grandmother’s house for 1-2 days, but you can’t go for so long”, my husband was silent and did not reply.
I know my brother-in-law doesn’t want my house to be gone for so long for many reasons. Since I became a bride, every year my brother-in-law’s family has come together to celebrate Tet from December 27 to the full moon of January.
During the whole New Year, I took care of my small children while serving my brother-in-law’s family very hard from eating to washing. She just put on makeup to go out, and when she got home, she fell asleep. When my husband suggested, my mother-in-law said: “It will take a while for his brother to come home, let him rest.”
It would be better for her two children to be docile, over here, eating and drinking requires one thing following another, when my children sleep, they play and run loudly. I was angry but tried to hold back because I thought it was not good to speak harshly during Tet.
My husband’s answer made the younger sister silent while the brother-in-law blushed. Illustration
Not to mention, when she returned, she only brought a few packets of jam as a gift, and the entire cost of taking care of New Year’s meals was paid for by my husband and I. A family of four eats at home for almost a month, the living expenses are not small.
This year, from the 28th of the Lunar New Year, my family went to my grandparents’ house, planning to come back on the 10th to open the shop. During Tet, my brother-in-law called repeatedly to urge my husband to bring his wife and children home, he told me to take it slow. But on the 3rd day of the Lunar New Year, we heard that our mother-in-law was sick, so we went back to our grandfather’s house.
While celebrating Tet, my grandmother still criticized her brother
Because I was not at home, my mother-in-law had to take care of everything and serve the youngest aunt’s family, so she fell ill. My family just got home around noon, my brother-in-law was waiting at the door, and when I saw my husband, he said: “I have a precious brother, I can’t see my face for the whole New Year because I’m busy eating Tet at my grandmother’s house.” .
My husband said: “Oh, so my brother-in-law is also living in that house? Hearing that, her brother-in-law was silent and her husband blushed right behind his wife.
I don’t know if it’s because of pride that my brother-in-law’s family insists that they will come home on the 5th, earlier than planned. My husband tiredly said: “It’s been hard since childhood, fortunately, if I meet a gentle husband or not, the door will be closed. destroy the house”.
Turns out, every year near Tet, her brother-in-law also tries to cause trouble with her husband’s family to use an excuse to arrest her husband to celebrate Tet at his grandmother’s house. The youngest uncle followed his wife, but his heart was not happy. But maybe next year will be different…
