第６２話『嫁・姑戦争』の巻

Yonesuke:

Upon the day she married, a horrific battle between her and

her mother-in-law erupted– (Coughing badly)

Shizuka chan:

OK, drink this water. (patting her father’s back) Then??

Yonesuke:

(Coughing pretty badly) I don’t know why

but I guess that’s because the mother-in-law was from a rich

noble family, so she couldn’t do anything by herself properly.

Not only could she not do chores, but she was also a person who

couldn’t even fold the kimono she had taken off.

So, your mother had no choice but to run around the house

putting away the clothes scattered all over the place,

instead of her mother-in-law doing it like she was supposed to.

According to the story I heard,

the closet drawers were left open all the time.

Socks were left hanging half out of the drawer.

Shizuka chan:

She was a sloppy woman rather than one of good noble stock.

Yonesuke:

Exactly.

Besides, her mother-in-law wasn’t her only tough opponent.

In that family, they had her husband’s unmarried sister,

the proverbial old maid. The sister seemed to have been raised

as doubly spoiled as the mother-in-law.

What I was told was that her face lotion got used up

unbelievably fast. She was using a face lotion that her mother

bought at a price of 20,000 yen just for one bottle,

and she didn’t care about using it like tap-water splashing it

on her face.

Noticing that the brand new face lotion got empty so fast

in the bathroom, I suspect your mother must have the idea of

“OK, maybe I could make free with it”.

All told, one night, her frustration came to a climax and

she started venting on her husband all the complains

about her mother-in-law and the old maid sister.

Then, upon hearing it, her husband suddenly jumped out of

the bed and began shouting, “Earthquake, earthquake….!!”.

He was obviously half asleep.