I never thought that my family would treat me like this, that my relatives would take advantage of my naivety. In our two-room apartment, my mother, brother and I each had a third of the property. My grandmother also had a two-room apartment. She immediately informed me that she would make a will for her two grandchildren, leaving my brother and me half a share in the apartment. Grandma said that we would either choose who would live there or just sell it and divide the money. When my brother got married, my grandmother was still alive. My brother moved in with my mother after his wife got pregnant unexpectedly to save money on rent. I was living in another city at the time because I had just started college.
My brother and his family now live in a bigger room after my mom moved to a smaller one. My mom and I used to share a room when I came for holidays. But I knew that I would not stay in that apartment after graduation because of my cheeky sister-in-law. My mother did not want to spoil the relationship with her son’s wife and asked me not to make a scene. My grandmother and I discussed my problems. After thinking for a while, she suggested the following solution: “I will give my brother my part of the two-room apartment, and she will amend her will and leave me a one-room apartment”. I discussed this concept with my mother and brother. My brother smiled, saying that I should go to the su dou. Obviously, he was on the losing end.
I executed a waiver of my share, but my grandmother did not have time to rewrite her will. Her health deteriorated, she was hospitalized, and then she passed away. As a result, it turned out that my brother will get a whole two-room apartment and half of a one-room apartment. I tried to enlist the help of my mother, but she supported my brother instead. The agreements were clearly spelled out in the documents. She told me, averting her eyes: “We live under the same roof, there is no need to argue”. Her current status in her brother’s house is a cleaner and nanny. She is needed and valuable as long as she is healthy and working, as long as she can support her financially poor son, because she receives a pension. But what will happen when her usefulness becomes not so noticeable? Since I have no relatives, nothing keeps me in this city. My mother and brother are a great team, so I am not going to keep in touch with them.
