Jenny's real mother is in town to look after Tony. "Jenny's real mother?" you say? Yes. The mother-in-law I have been talking about adopted Jenny because Jenny's real mother had three girls and really wanted a boy. So, Jenny's real mother gave two of her girls away.
Jenny's real mother was at our wedding. She stood in the background as it were..
Yesterday was the first time, She had laid eyes on her biological grandson. When I left the house today, she was babysitting Tony.
This a rather strange situation for this Westerner. I imagine that She must have felt some emotions as she saw Tony for the first time. But the Chinese feel different about these things. I have been told that the Chinese will give up a girl of their own blood to adopt a son in order to keep the family name.
Jenny admits she feels some anger at this woman, but she tolerates her presence. And as they say: time heals.
Yesterday was also the first time that one of Jenny's biological aunts saw Tony in person. One of Jenny's sisters came to Wuxi yesterday.
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