Mother-in-law's borshch. Story.

One mother-in-law could not bear in-law.

Daughter married against the will of the mother. These days are not old times; Mother resigned, but did not love Andryusha’s son-in-law. He was simple, he worked in a factory, stupid, ugly, not equal to an educated daughter.

The young people rented a room, and they visited my mother once a week. So it should be. Daughter watched TV, only tea saw. And in the kitchen, this mother-in-law's mother-in-law served with various tasteless things. What remains, so to speak. Or what is cheaper. A chill in the soup, a three-day soup, cutlets that had long been lying ... Not like it was sour or rotten, but it fed him tasteless. Neglected and that way tormented the soul. And son-in-law Andryusha ate with appetite. With bread, too, sometimes callous. Well eaten! He ate everything up to the crumbs, wiped the plate unintelligently with bread to shine, and ate the bread. And he always said: “Thank you, it’s very tasty!”. Mother-in-law thought he was a voracious fool. But it was rather profitable to feed the remaining food to Andryusha. And somehow the mother-in-law even got used to the son-in-law.

And once he ate borscht, which had already lost its color from warming up, from a bowl — the mother-in-law served him specially in an enamel bowl in a bowl. Lot. And do not feel sorry for a bowl. He ate everything and said: “Thank you, it's very tasty! Never ate such tasty borscht! My mother died when I was two years old, and in the orphanage they did not give such delicious borsch! You cook so tasty and always imposes so much on me! ” And this evil mother-in-law turned pale and her hands shook. A lump in her throat appeared, and then she began to cry. And this silly Andrei began to console her and stroke her on the shoulder; called his wife out of the room. And he said: “Your mother is crying! What happened? Maybe I offended her? "

He never knew why the mother-in-law was crying. And why she has become even better to cook. And why he began to serve food in an old porcelain plate with forget-me-nots ... Simple he was a man. And now they live very well and communicate, for twenty years ...

Anna Valentinovna Kiryanova