The old lady is reborn

When the man woke up the next day and saw his wife was still there, he felt more and more that what happened yesterday was just her throwing a tantrum.

But he didn't have breakfast in the morning. He wanted to ask his wife, but when he looked up, he saw that her cheek was swollen. He vaguely remembered that the red color from the injection yesterday had faded, but now it was blue and purple.

His wife had combed her hair neatly, unlike yesterday when she was slapped by him and the hairpin had come loose, leaving half of her hair loose and slightly obstructed.

The man felt a little apologetic, and thought: If she doesn't want to make breakfast out of spite, then she doesn't have to, I can just eat out myself.

The two of them were silent, each busy with their own things. When the husband finished packing and was about to leave, his youngest son, who was in the yard preparing to go to the academy, said to him, "Dad, look at this wall. My mother built it herself. Isn't it amazing?"

"Has our courtyard wall collapsed too?"

The eldest son who just came out: "Who else's family collapsed?"

The youngest son: "Yes, from there to here, it was all built by mom herself. It's quite obvious. Mom carried bricks and stones and mixed mortar..."

"Why do you carry it back yourself?"

“It saves money.”

The woman came out and called her two sons: "Take your lunch boxes and study hard."

The man wanted to say something to his wife, but he didn't know what to say.

Finally, he said, "The courtyard wall has collapsed. Just wait for me to come back and repair it."

The woman said calmly, "You can't wait. I replaced the gate, and I asked someone to replace the leaking ceiling tiles in the kitchen. I carried the tiles back myself..."

The man's voice became louder. "Why are you in such a hurry? Can't you wait a few more days?"

"It was raining and I was cooking in the kitchen. I was soaked and the pot was full of water from the roof leaking. How could I wait?"

The woman couldn't suppress her anger and resentment after all: "Whenever there is something going on at her place, you come as soon as you call and do it immediately. When there is something going on at her house, you ask us to make do with it and wait."

"My brother is dead."

"I killed him? Why should I and my child bear the consequences in the end?"

The woman put the house key on the table, took the two documents he had signed last night, and opened a large bundle for the man to see: "Except for the clothes and shoes for the three of us, there is nothing else. Take a look."

Then, she walked out of the house before the man, and after taking two steps, she turned back and said, "I left the hairpin and bracelet you gave me when we got married on the table in the inner room. Go and have a look. Don't blame me for taking them later."

After saying that, she turned and left.

The husband was a little confused. When he was about to go out to work, his neighbor said, "You married a good wife. She does the heavy physical work at home every day. If she does more, you will be less tired.

She said you were doing the work of two people and supporting two families by yourself, you must be very tired, and she did everything she could do by herself. "

The husband felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this, but he couldn't be late for work, so he took the key, locked the door, and closed the yard gate, and left home with some trepidation in his heart.

The woman was not completely unprepared. She had been good at managing the household over the years. Although it was hard and difficult, she spent every penny carefully.

She had to worry about the family's food, clothing, housing and transportation, but after all, she had not bought anything for herself in these years, and had not spent a penny carelessly. She had suffered a lot and was frugal, so she had saved some money.

The woman would first go to a middleman to rent a house. She had three requirements: first, it should be cheap; second, it should not be too far from the school but should be within walking distance; and third, the surrounding environment should be a little better. After all, it was where the woman and her children would live. But as long as the house was habitable, it didn’t matter if it was small, old or not.

The middleman took the woman to see three houses, and she readily selected one. After signing the contract, she immediately started working, and she was so tired that she could not even straighten her back as she cleaned up the small house.

Then I bought a lot of things and brought them back home after many trips. Finally, I have almost everything I need. I will slowly buy whatever I need later.

He didn't recognize his two sons in his new home, so he rushed to the school to pick them up.

Then I told the two children about the divorce. I was too tired today and really didn't want to cook, so I took the two children out for a luxury meal of noodles.

The youngest son asked, "Will we no longer have a father?"

"It's because I lost my husband, so you naturally have a father, but I can't really explain it. I feel like it's been like there was no father for quite a while."

Although the eldest son was a little uneasy, he still comforted his mother and brother: "It's okay, I'm here for you."

Children are easily distracted. When they return to their new home, they look here and there. Although they are very small, they still feel a sense of unfamiliarity and novelty. This little excitement temporarily offsets their inner anxiety.

The man returned home at night and found no one at home. Although his wife's words in the morning made him a little uncomfortable, he still thought that his wife had gone back to her parents' home and he would just go and pick her up in two or three days.

But the stove at home was cold, so I had to light a fire and cook something casually.

In the evening, she saw the hairpin and bracelet on the table in the inner room again. They were both made of silver. The bracelet was also small, without any carvings. They looked very simple, but at least they were made of silver, so she didn't want them.

The husband originally planned to pick her up three days later, but he stared at these two things for a long time. The next day, after finishing his work, he bought some snacks and went to his father-in-law's house.

When they got there, they found out that their wife and children had never returned. The husband and his father reported the case to the authorities.

Later, they found the woman's current residence. The man wanted the woman to take the child and go home with him, but the woman was unwilling. She said that since she had taken this step, there was no turning back.

When she was his wife, it was always difficult for her to get him to do some repairs around the house.

Now, after the divorce, she left home with her children and lived alone. If there was anything broken in this new home that needed repairing, the man suddenly became clear-headed and could see it, and he took the initiative to repair it.

The woman set up a small stall and sold臊子面. The capital was small and the profit was slim. At first she had a fixed number of bowls she could sell every day, and then her business gradually got better and better.

The man never thought that the woman would be so stubborn that she would really divorce him and never return home.

Seeing that his wife would never look back, he later thought about living with his brother's wife. But unexpectedly, his brother's wife chose another man to live with, and the reason was: "You have two children, the burden is too heavy. You can't just leave them alone, right?"

He stood there in a daze, and suddenly felt that in comparison, his wife seemed to be better, but his wife did not look back.

Now the police came to find this family, visited them one by one, and asked them to recall what their husbands, fathers, brothers, brothers-in-law, and uncles said and did in the past, and to say whatever they could remember.

After all, fifteen years was too long. Later, the eldest uncle's youngest son said: "My uncle was drunk at that time and liked to say that iron is gold and gold is iron."

After he said this, everyone remembered that the blacksmith did like to say this, but wasn't that just him bragging about his blacksmithing skills and finished products?