I came home and saw that a lot of things that my daughter bought for my money, moved to the mother of my son-in-law, it alerted me.

Tatiana always sat in the back of the taxi: so the driver has at least one reason to start a conversation. I thought, “What is my destiny?” Since childhood in labor, without dying. And now we have to support a man who is quite healthy, capable of acting, because the daughter of the soul in him does not hate. He admitted that he was crazy about him for seven years. Like, well, let yourself be lazy, but what kind, affectionate, cheerful... Yes, for someone else, especially for mother-in-law, it is easy to have fun, the woman sighed. What is it like to keep a man and his mother in addition? ?



Holding a man slammed the door, tiredly sat down on the poofik, changed shoes, rose, cleaned up her outer clothes in the closet, took a shower, wanting to fall asleep quickly. She covered herself with a plaid bound by her mother from a flattener - cool until spring - and, feeling how affectionately the heat envelops, as if they hug their mother's hands, closed her eyes. “Good night, Mommy. If you lived, together would come up with something, but so...” – once again sighed Tanya and turned on the night-bra in the form of a lotus. Sleep didn't go or go.



Yeah, and mom and she had to work hard. When she was widowed early, her mother raised her alone. The nurse at the local hospital earned little. Massages, injections, droppers at home helped a little, but I had to work in the neighboring gardens in spring and summer, and knit in the autumn-winter period. Especially the slacks from the linen. Even though there was no debt...

Tanya studied as a cutter, as she loved to invent and sew clothes for herself, her mother, and her friends. She got married, gave birth to a daughter, Yashu. Just in the decree was going when the sugar plant was privatized, as they say, with a swing. They were put on scrap metal, for nothing that the company gave work to almost half of the adult residents of the town. Without a job, Tanin's husband increasingly took a drink until he got divorced. Back with the baby to Mom.



Worked a lot, of course. Yashu was raised, trained. And then my mom got sick. And a year later, she was gone.

Daughter’s wedding was neglected, and there was nothing left for the wedding. Tanya herself invented and sewed the dress, and everything else went into debt. Tatiana decided to give them on her own so that the newlyweds could dispose of “wedding” money at their own discretion. So I went to Italy.



While caring for Signora Sophia, Tanya recalled her mother's advice. In almost every salad she rubbed celery, did massage, walked a lot with her ward, danced, learned poetry, did finger gymnastics ... Six months later, Signora Sonya happily noted that she remembered most of the poems she had learned. Without much thought, correctly calls the names of friends, learns on a walk neighbors, their children and grandchildren. Tanya got a raise.

Once the lady asked where her assistant buys her clothes, and was delighted when she heard the answer: "Shuh herself."

Soon the son and daughter of Signora Sophia allowed Tatiana to sew for herself, for their mother and for them, if she wanted. So little by little she was able to send more money to her homeland, paid off her wedding debt and more often passed the money to her daughter.



Having arrived home now, Tanya with her daughter and son-in-law went to visit the matchmakers. There she saw something that still kept her awake. In the kitchen, the matchmaker was a microwave, stove and refrigerator, purchased with money sent by Yase from Italy.

The daughter, seeing how shocked Tatiana, tried to explain when they were alone: “Well, mom! What are you doing?! The microwave and stove we gave Dimin parents when they renovated the kitchen. And then their fridge broke down, so we gave ours away. They bought a new one for themselves.



The woman wanted to answer that such simplicity is worse than stealing. But Yaroslava is in the second month, you can not upset her. Jasya whispered to her mother: Dimka really wants a new, more powerful and durable car, maybe an SUV. You know how fond he is of mountaineering and speleology. And to get to the caves and the mountains, you need a strong car. Can you help? We've already collected some.

Tanya silently patted her daughter on her hand and rushed home. There was an indignation inside: “What a fool!” And Yasya does not understand that it is used... How do you open your eyes to this?! After all, her cheerful and kind lazy person works in a lazy way, does not overwork himself, so that there is plenty of time for a hobby. You rolled your lip! What about my son-in-law, who is falling for my money?



Scrolling all this in memory, the woman watched the shimmer of the night-lotus: the flower petals flashed with rosy lights and slowly faded, and the leaves glowed with a gentle green, mint hue. She gradually fell asleep... Will the morning be wiser than the evening?