– Do you plan to get a car when you get comfortable at work? – Nadya asked Tolik in the friendliest tone possible, but her mother beat him to it with the answer:
– In no case! It's too dangerous! Do you know how many people die in road accidents every year?! Tens of thousands! Are you really ready to risk the lives of your family members for the sake of comfort?! I had a better opinion of you, Nadezhda…
“I just asked…” Nadya muttered in her defense.
However, her dad always had a car for as long as she could remember, and he never received a single scratch on the road, although he sometimes got into an accident.
At the theater, her mood improved a little: the production turned out to be very interesting and beautiful. In addition, this time Tatyana Dmitrievna allowed Tolik to sit in the middle and did not bother Nadya with her lectures during the performance.
But the intermission resulted in a real disaster.
It all started peacefully, with the three of us going to the buffet. True, everything there turned out to be very expensive, and Tatyana Dmitrievna only allowed the young couple to drink a cup of tea, and then sighed for another five minutes:
– Who would have thought! A glass of boiling water and a bag – one hundred and fifty rubles! A real robbery… I hope, Nadya, that when you get married, you won’t squander the family budget like that. However, I will keep an eye on this…
But this was too much.
– How… trace? – Nadya clarified dumbfounded.
– Very simple! I will control your expenses.
Nadya still didn’t understand how exactly Tatyana Dmitrievna planned to do this. Go shopping with Nadya and watch her every move? This is physically impossible… Demand a daily report? Some kind of madness…
Nadya patted her eyes, already afraid to ask her potential mother-in-law clarifying questions: she seriously began to think that she was not quite herself. Tatyana Dmitrievna, not at all embarrassed, continued her thought:
– We will live together…
– Together..? – Nadya rustled, losing her voice from excitement.
– Well, of course. Where did you plan? Do you have a separate apartment? However, even if so, this is excluded: I need to make sure that everything in your family life will go right. At least for the first few years. Besides, I will be able to help you with the child. For example, walking with a stroller.