After My Ex-Wife Left, My Former Mother-in-Law Had a Stroke and My Brother-in-Law Wouldn't Help, So My Wife Took Her In and Cared for Her for 5 Years, Then a Surprise Came

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After My Ex-Wife Left, My Former Mother-in-Law Had a Stroke and My Brother-in-Law Wouldn't Help, So My Wife Took Her In and Cared for Her for 5 Years, Then a Surprise Came

Getting along with people is mutual. Only when you treat others well with all your heart will they treat you well. This kind of mutual force doesn't distinguish between blood relations. Everyone has feelings, and the process of giving to others is a process of unconsciously investing emotion. Don't think of it as a pointless drain; giving will be rewarded, and heaven will be kind to every good person.

I grew up without parents, raised on food from many households. I relied on myself for everything. I thought I might always be like that, but since I met my ex-wife, life took a turn. My ex-wife's family was well-off, and I thought her family would object. Unexpectedly, back then my mother-in-law didn't mind my family background and even treated me like her own child. In this family I felt the warmth of home. Overall, except for my good-for-nothing brother-in-law, our family got along very well.

A person's sense of happiness is sometimes like riding a roller coaster; once it reaches a certain height, it passes a turning point and gradually slides down. My ex-wife's accidental death in a car crash made this family feel like it was falling apart, and for a long time I was immersed in grief and unable to pull myself out. I shut myself in a dark space, unwilling to contact outsiders, unwilling to accept the love the outside world gave.

The person I truly owed my ability to move on to was my current wife. She didn't mind that my ex-wife still lived in my heart; instead, she felt I was a person who valued affection. Step by step, she led me to reknow this world, using warmth to slowly melt my already frozen heart.

Although our life together was plain, it was happy. Later, I accidentally learned that my former mother-in-law had a stroke, my brother-in-law ignored her, and the neighbors couldn't stand it, so they took turns caring for her every day. I was very anxious and worried, wanting to take my mother-in-law in to care for her, but also worried my wife would mind. Every day I frowned, not knowing how to bring it up. She seemed to see my difficulty. She took the initiative to offer to help me care for the old woman, and I was very grateful. After my former mother-in-law was brought over, my wife served tea, poured water, wiped her body, and chatted with her every day, without a single complaint. My mother-in-law saw it and remembered it in her heart. Later, my former mother-in-law treated her as her own daughter, and even I couldn't compare to their closeness. 5 years later, the old woman still couldn't withstand the torment of illness and went to heaven.

The only unexpected thing was that before she died, the old woman gave all her property to my wife, but not to her own son. Seeing the old woman's will, although my wife and I were surprised, we both still cried our eyes out; it turned out that even in leaving, the old woman didn't forget to be good to us. Others might not understand why the old woman would rather give the money to a stranger than to her own son. Perhaps only the old woman herself understood in her heart. Do you all think the old woman did the right thing?