Chapter 66 Section 24

In the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival of 2006 was approaching, and Chuanzhi didn't want to go back to his hometown for the New Year, but wanted to accompany his wife, who was nearly eight months pregnant.Unexpectedly, a call from my hometown disrupted the layout: the old lady is seriously ill and wants to see her son and daughter-in-law.The exact news is that the old lady may be terminally ill and wants to see her son and daughter-in-law for the last time.In Chinese people's minds, this kind of wish is probably more responsible than the birth of a child, and rebirth is more important than death. Pregnant women must also understand this request, which is not an exaggeration. The elderly who are dying are the biggest, let alone the biological mother of the husband. , Let’s write off the previous grudges first. As the saying goes, when a person dies, there is nothing unforgivable when a person has only his last breath left.

This year, the Spring Festival came early, and it was just catching up with the coldest April 9 weather in the north. The north wind blew the roads and there were few pedestrians, but it did not extinguish the enthusiasm of the city's four million migrant workers to go home for the New Year. There is a long dragon. He Lin couldn't squeeze the train with her big belly.The old He and his wife felt sorry for their daughter and didn't want to let her go, but they thought that their in-laws were about to pass away. It is human nature to see their son and daughter-in-law, as long as the journey is safe and safe.So Yu Huaming lent her blue Buick LaCrosse to her son-in-law, and repeatedly told her not to hurry on the road, and to put safety first, especially for her daughter who was tired from walking, and she couldn't tolerate any mistakes.

But Yu Huaqing on the other side was eating melon seeds and pouring cold water from time to time, "In such a cold day, the son can just go by himself, so what's the point of the daughter-in-law going or not? Why does the mother-in-law look at the daughter-in-law? What is there to worry about, what to see? " Her sister was dissatisfied, "It's not that the old lady is about to die, she wants to see the younger generation, why shouldn't she fulfill this wish?" Yu Huaqing rolled his eyes, "The point is that it's meaningless! The old lady is important, is He Lin's body important now? When a person dies, he dies, and there is no escape. So far, running back and forth, how can we make up for what happened to the child? A lot, I don't believe what this mother-in-law has to say to her daughter-in-law at this time!"

No matter how the boss was not happy, He Lin went anyway, 650 kilometers, and drove for nearly eight hours. The sun was shining when I left in the morning, and I was already in the night shadow when I returned to the Wangjiadian where the north wind was blowing.Chuanzhi got out of the car and sat in the crotch pose for a long time, almost unable to walk.He Lin is better. Sitting, lying down, and lying down in the back seat, she doesn't respond much except being tired. Under the dim light of the low-wattage light bulbs in the yard, He Lin didn't feel any different from three years ago. The peaceful and messy small courtyard was full of dry and hard chicken droppings, and plastic bags were placed on the low and messy grape racks. There was a rattling sound in the wind.On the other hand, the light was on in the East Wing. Hearing a noise, the door opened, and first Zhaodi and then Wang Chuanxiang's head poked out.

It seems that after giving birth to a grandson, the grandson's mother is eligible to live in the mother-in-law's courtyard, although she did not live in the main house. "Brother recruiting, your Aunt Hua brought the baby to see you." He Lin had a good impression of the little girl. The little girl is much taller than before, her hair has grown, and her big eyes are flickering, but she is not as curious and enthusiastic as before.She just grabbed the door frame and looked at the penguin-like "Aunt Hua", without saying anything or moving. Wang Chuanxiang didn't say anything, and went out to greet his second brother.

He Lin was embarrassed, and vaguely saw the outline of the sister-in-law embroidered behind Zhaodi, that kind of look of waiting or keeping a respectful distance - flashed by, and a child inside called out with a prolonged voice, and then disappeared. He Lin also withdrew her politeness and enthusiasm, followed her husband straight to the main room, and heard the old lady's sobbing "Son", the eldest and second child hurried into an old lady's bedroom on the west side of the main room, covered by a layer of curtains Separated from the living room.He Lin stood outside the curtain, turned sideways, and watched the old lady leaning against the wall pasted with colorful newspapers, holding the hand of her second son with tears in her eyes, talking intermittently, coughing violently while talking, and coughing suddenly My son caught sight of He Lin, but he didn't focus.He Lin thought that she had seen her from the moment she entered the room, and the angle she was lying in could see the living room through the gap in the curtain, but she pretended not to see her on purpose.Moreover, He Lin firmly believed that the old lady was fine. Although her complexion was not very good-looking, it was by no means bad and unhealthy. It was even better than the complexion of herself and Chuanzhi who were pale all the way.

Chuanzhi said, "He Lin and I came to see you." The old lady continued to hold her son's hand, and continued to speak in a sticky and inarticulate manner.Seeing that her mother-in-law didn't intend to summon her, He Lin went straight to a small room on the east side. She touched the thin light cord and turned on the light. The hard bed was still there. As soon as the blanket was laid out, I covered it with a thick blanket, and finally put on the heavy quilt from my husband's house, and lay down.It's cold, there is no heating, and after spending another day in the car, tired is just one word.Lying down, I found that my husband’s shotgun had been replaced. Reflecting the dim light in the yard, I saw that the window was equipped with an air conditioner. Then I realized that the air was a little warm. The air conditioner was not turned on, and there was no stove. The red light source in the corner of the living room must be a high-power electric heater.Well, be careful with the electricity in your own home.

While she was thinking, Brother Zhao and her mother came over, pushed open the door of the east room, did not go in, and asked in a low voice at the door: "Are you hungry? If you are hungry, cook something to eat." My sister-in-law is holding a nearly one-year-old chubby child on her arm, with a fat head and big ears, obviously overnourished, but I don't know if ### is still old.The little guy is also very cute, leaning on his mother, sticking out his tongue and looking curiously at the stranger on the bed in the dark.He Lin couldn't help stretching out her hand to the little guy. After all, it came from the fetus who had lived in her house for several months, so she naturally felt a little close.It's just that they don't understand why their expressions are so indifferent. Is it because they didn't give this child a Beijing hukou?

"Thank you, I'm not hungry, don't bother me," she resisted instinctively. Zhaodi and her mother turned and left, forgetting to lock the door. When He Lin went down to close the door, she saw the Haier refrigerator in the living room, and the drum washing machine behind the door. They were all modernized. Whose money is it?Is it because the eldest son has to pay a fine of 700 per month for raising a son and has just received a few months' salary?The old lady on the opposite side was still reminiscing about the past, recalling when her sons were young, recalling the happy time when her old man was alive, crying while talking...

He Lin went back to the bed again, shrunk into the bed, looked at the wall, and made sure that there were no spiders or myriads lurking, An Anxin closed her eyes and rested, and said to herself a hundred times in her heart: magnanimity, magnanimity, Dadu, don't provoke anyone, ignore anyone, and go back after two days.Time passed quickly. She was in a good state of mind, and fell asleep quickly, and she didn't know how long it had been in a daze under the warm quilt, so she heard Chuanzhi call her and push her. "He Lin, my mother is seriously ill and is dying, you have to get up, go and see—"

The second daughter-in-law of the Wang family woke up all of a sudden, sat up slowly, stared at her husband sleepily, and thought, so fast, the old lady is really going to die? "Be obedient, my mother is holding back her grievances and can't come up. You are more obedient to her. After all, we are also juniors. No matter how old the old man is, we can't watch her get angry..." He Lin didn't know what it meant, so she was helped out of the bed, put on a cotton coat, walked through the living room, and came to the mother-in-law's room.That scene really frightened her. The old lady was leaning against the wall in a daze, her eyes staring straight ahead. The flesh on her face was stiff. I don't know if it was a hallucination or a psychological effect. She really looked like a dying person—— — "He Lin, you and your mother have always been at odds. The old man's heart was hurt by quarreling and fighting. My mother has a lot of resentment in her heart. If she doesn't come out, she probably won't be able to pass this test. You, you, you have to say something soft. Well, sorry—" He Lin was frightened and stupid, and her head was not enough. If she wanted to apologize, she would apologize. At this point, there is no need to investigate who is right and who is wrong, but how do you apologize?Say sorry, okay? "Kneel down, tell me where you are wrong, please forgive me, my mother's life is too difficult, she can't be angry to death, right? Then our brothers are also unfilial, what's the point of living?" Kneel down? !He Lin was a little dazed, turned her face away, and Chuanzhi had landed on her knees, kneeling in front of the bed, "Mother, I'm not filial, I made you angry, old man, don't take it too seriously, I'll tell you with He Lin now." I made a mistake..." The old lady coughed suddenly, a piece of phlegm was blocked and her hands were shaking. "Mother, forgive us, we won't make you angry again, we won't make you suffer anymore... Kneel down!" He Lin was pulled hard by her husband, panicked and puzzled, the old lady is really going to die?Suddenly caught a glimpse of the face of the elder brother next to him, with an angry and contemptuous expression... In the panic, her knees gave way, and He Lin knelt down on the ground with difficulty, her hands were placed on both sides of her heavy belly, and her buttocks were sitting on her heels. "Mother, open your eyes and take a look, He Lin has admitted to your old man wrong—tell me quickly!" "Mom, I, I...was wrong..." After speaking, He Lin suddenly found that she was the only one kneeling on the ground admitting her mistake, and Chuanzhi had got up to testify to his mother.The elder brother over there seemed to have a relaxed and satisfied look on his face. The mother-in-law, who was suffocating with phlegm just now, choked up sobs, "My life—" she burst into tears in front of the two sons. He Lin stood up behind, trembling all over, turned around and moved stiffly across the living room to the bed she had just left, her hands and feet were so trembling that she couldn't get on the bed, counting ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four in her heart , three, two, one, zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten... She sat shivering under the blanket, her mind blank.The old lady cried and said something to her sons. She was not interested in it at all, and she didn't bother to hear it. She was just trying to figure out what happened just now. Was that scene a dream or imagination?Happened or did not happen? Suddenly, sister-in-law Xiuhua hid in like a shadow, brought a bowl of egg soup, put it on the table within her reach, and stood far away.She looked at her face with that distant and unfathomable look, as if it were part of a conspiracy, if not directly involved.The sister-in-law greeted her softly, but she didn't hear it, and didn't want to hear it, she just sat cold and stiff.Embroidery turned and left. After a while, Brother Zhao came in again, not standing as far away as her mother, next to the bed, looking at Aunt Hua's pale face for a while, and her big bulging belly for a while.After a long time, she was treated coldly, and the little girl also left. The next day, He Lin got up before dawn, took her small bag and walked out of the house and the yard of her husband's house without a sound. Go in the direction of the county seat.The left side of the dirt road is still an endless farmland, the hard wind blows from the open land like a small knife, whining, the woods on the right side of the dirt road have been cut down, leaving only big pits everywhere, and the soft soil layer When it blows up, it floats into the distance like a flock of sparrows.Walking on the desolate field, He Lin felt that she was simply too small and fragile, and that she might end up like the withered grass on this land at any time.She also suddenly understood in another way the way of life of a hard-fated character like her mother-in-law. Under such conditions, she could only express her existence in the form of copper peas, and she also understood that her husband lived in such a rough life. The way he adapts to life is so simple and direct, because he has lived through the tougher days, and no matter how bad the new life is, it is far from reaching his bottom line. Their requirements for the bottom line of life are different. , and the requirements for their respective life encounters are also different.A water onion growing in the tropics may never be able to adapt to the severe cold. After walking for a long time, he came across a tricycle taking relatives away. He Lin stopped them and offered to give the money, as long as they were taken to the county seat. The owner of the tricycle didn't ask for money and put her on the asphalt road with the bus.He Lin spent eight yuan and finally took a dilapidated big bus to a county with better public facilities.When the sun came out, she found a cleaner shop to have breakfast and bought a few cans of Lulu. The county town is small and there is no train station, so she looked for a taxi everywhere. "to Beijing." The driver was stunned for a long time before jumping out four words: "How much is it?" "How much do you need?" He Lin had no idea. "How much can you pay?" "one thousand." "Let's pay more, one thousand and three, is it right?" make a deal. He Lin took a taxi all the way north. Chuanzhi found that He Lin was missing, and searched everywhere, but couldn't find it. He got scared and called her cell phone, which rang twice and was turned off. A trip to Beijing brought in 1,300 yuan, excluding gas money and tolls, half of the net profit, no matter what.The driver was driving desperately, and he didn't take the high speed. He filled up the gas once on the way, and asked He Lin to pay for it. He said that when he arrived in Beijing, part of the gas money was cut from 1,300 miles. It's not easy either.In the end, I didn't believe her a little bit. A pregnant woman with a big belly sent her to Beijing. If she said she has no money, what can you do to her? He Lin didn't care about the little gas money, she just wanted to get home quickly, asked to take the expressway, and paid for the toll herself. After nearly ten hours of turbulence, the exhausted taxi driver left the pregnant woman at the door of a bank.The pregnant woman got out of the car and went to the ATM to withdraw more than 1,000 yuan.Alright, the nightmare is over, and I finally returned to my own territory. Standing in front of her three-story building, it was already sunset, the winter night came early, the street lamps became brighter one after another, the cold light dragged her shadow and printed it on the wall long.The second time she bit off her tongue in remorse, it was supposed to be her own house, it was originally her natal family's house, why did she have to add his name and become a co-owner with him?The bitch!What kind of scum comes out of what kind of family!This time, I will not let you succeed, and I will never forgive you!She cursed through gritted teeth. Opening the door, the phone rang like a cat's claw in the living room.She ignored it, went straight to the kitchen, cooked a large bowl of egg noodles for herself, put it on the table and ate it vigorously, and drank all the soup, alas, the little baby was starving to death, kicking around in the stomach Kick it.Then he went upstairs stroking his belly, lying on the bed, tears streaming down his face.