I gave my mother-in-law 3,000 yuan for her 50th birthday. I found that my sister-in-law was having a hard time, so I gave her 3,000 yuan. Did I do the right thing?

I lay on the bedside and looked at my husband, who was having some kind of sweet dream. I saw him smiling with the corners of his mouth curled up, and mumbling words that I didn’t understand. I don’t know if he was dreaming about counting money or holding another beautiful woman. Thinking of this, I reached out and pinched my husband’s nose. When he was about to wake up, I immediately let him go. Suddenly my son walked up to me from outside and whispered to me, Mom, can't you wake dad up? Do you want my help? I nodded and walked to the room with a smile. As soon as I left the room, the sound of my husband and son playing around could be heard in the room.

I suddenly felt really happy, so I went to the kitchen and quickly made three breakfasts. When I brought the breakfast to the living room, the father and son had already washed themselves and were waiting there obediently. I gave my eggs to my son, and he very wisely gave half of them to his father. He put them into his father's bowl and said, "Dad, you need to eat more. Don't wait until the baby grows up." I can’t hold the baby anymore. Seeing such a warm interaction between father and son, I feel that no matter how much hardship I endured in the past, it is all worth it now.

After dinner, my husband took our son to the room to change clothes, while I was clearing away the dishes. Soon our family got in the car and prepared to go to my mother-in-law’s house to congratulate my mother-in-law on her birthday. When my son heard that we were going to his grandma's house, he was very excited and kept talking all the way. While my husband was driving, he was chatting with my son. They all said that daughters are father’s little lovers, but I feel that since I had my son, my status in my husband’s mind has plummeted.

I was looking out the window in a daze, and my husband asked me, are the red envelopes ready? How much money are you going to give to my mother? Don't give too much and make other brothers and sisters feel bad. When I heard my husband say this, the corners of my mouth twitched uncontrollably. I said with some disgust, "You sound like you are rich. Is three thousand yuan too much?" If you think it is too much, then we will give you less. Who asked your mother to give you so many brothers and sisters? This fight for favor and beauty is the same as the palace fight.

My husband hasn’t spoken yet, but my five-year-old son said, Mom, what are you talking about? Isn’t my father the best and the most powerful? My husband and I laughed out loud, and my son looked at us blankly, as if what he said was right. After about two hours, we finally arrived at my mother-in-law's house. My mother-in-law's house was already very lively. My brother-in-law, sister-in-law, eldest aunt, and eldest uncle all came back with their families. My mother-in-law had five children, and my husband took third place. When I found a chance to be alone with my mother-in-law, I gave her my red envelope.

I gave my mother-in-law three thousand for her 50th birthday, which was actually not much. After receiving the red envelope, my mother-in-law said a few polite words to me and then asked me to go out to eat. When I came out of my mother-in-law's room, my sister-in-law was walking from outside. My sister-in-law seemed to have lost a lot of weight recently, and her round face had now turned into a oval face. After saying hello to her, I didn’t think much about it. Who among the little girls nowadays is not clamoring about losing weight? After dinner, we all sat together, chatted and watched TV. The whole family was very lively. Then the eldest brother started sending red envelopes to my mother-in-law.

When I saw the red envelope my sister-in-law took out, I was stunned! The red envelope in her hand must be the one I gave to my mother-in-law in the room before, because there are some differences in that red envelope. I dug it out from under the closet and it was a style from a few years ago. Although I was shocked, I didn't say anything. I didn't want to ask more questions, but we were a family after all. I felt that I still needed to care, so after my mother-in-law entered the room, I followed her in.

My mother-in-law told me that my sister-in-law’s husband was actually sick, but she didn’t tell us because of her face. I remember that two years ago, when she insisted on marrying the man who had nothing, she also said that she would never leave her parents’ home in the future. Take the money. She really didn’t take any money from her parents’ family. She really couldn’t come up with any money for her mother-in-law’s birthday this time, and she was worried that her brothers and sisters would laugh at her. She had no choice but to take the red envelope I gave to her mother-in-law and show it to her.

At this time, my sister-in-law came in, and I asked her about her situation. She was a little embarrassed and said that her husband's illness had improved a lot. I chatted with her for a while, and then I gave her 30,000 yuan. We are all a family, and we will help as much as we can. As my husband is in a fairly good family, he naturally needs to help his brothers and sisters, right?