Twilight

Zhang Yang's older sister is Zhang Chun. He was still studying when Zhang Chun married. His brother-in-law Zhao Jianxin is a bad gambler. Zhang Yang only found out after his sister gave birth to two children.

Zhang Chun and his family live in a mountain village next to their small city. Zhang Chun did not do well in school, so he went to work in a garment factory in their city as soon as he graduated from high school.Later, colleagues in the factory introduced her cousin Zhao Jianxin to her.

In the words of the introducer, Zhao Jianxin is from the city, and he belongs to the so-called Nanhu Brigade. The Nanhu Brigade is located in the center of the old city, and the rent dividends given by the Everbright Brigade every year are enough. It was about to fly up the branch, so I was tempted at that time, so I didn't inquire about the man's details carefully.

After getting married, the old couple found out that the son-in-law is the "Nanhu Brigade". However, when he was studying in his early years, that area had not been developed, and his household registration was moved out. Later, he developed tourism, and the household registration of that area was in short supply, so he couldn't move back. Yes, dividends have nothing to do with him.

Zhang Jianxin's parents have a house, but his father is his own father, and his mother is a stepmother. The stepmother also gave birth to a pair of children. The house is divided equally by head, and he can't even get one.That's all, the most important thing is that since he was young, his father didn't love his mother or his mother, and he was not controlled by anyone. He had a lot of bad habits. He likes leisure, hates work and loves to gamble. When he first married Zhang Chun, he was restrained. When he gave birth to his first child Then gradually revealed the clues.

Later, Zhao Jianxin gambled more and more. He borrowed high/interest/loan years ago, and he couldn't afford it and ran away.

Because it cannot be proved that it is a gambling debt, Zhang Chun can only follow him to repay it. The few deposits in the bank card have been debited, and the salary will be transferred every month as soon as it arrives. Yue gave money to his sister in private, adults and children had to pay for it.

During the Spring Festival, his parents found out about Zhang Yang secretly giving money, and the family couldn’t help but have a lot of troubles. It’s not that his parents didn’t let her sister out, the main reason was that she was poor, and Zhang Yang wasn’t married yet— ——Nowadays, you need to have a house when you get married. The old couple knew that the dilapidated house in their village would not be able to count, and they were not in good health. The little farm was barely enough for the daily expenses of the two of them, so the burden of saving money to buy a house was the burden. It fell on Zhang Yang himself.

Under the vision of the old couple looking forward to their son's early marriage, it's okay for their daughter to be unable to help, how can she be allowed to hold back?The daughter's debt is already owed and can be repaid slowly, but the son's finding a partner cannot be delayed any longer, after all, he is already 28.

The truth of the old couple is laid out, who would dare to say that they are wrong among relatives and neighbors?

It’s okay for Zhang Yang to be urged to marry by his parents and relatives every day at home during the Spring Festival, and he still has to listen to his parents’ complaints about giving his sister money. down this thing.

Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, and Zhang Yang, a young man, has nothing to do in the middle. He can only mix noodles in clear soup with chili to save some money from the food expenses for his sister, and he has to carry his mother behind his back.

Yan Duo took the beer and disposable plastic cup brought by the proprietress, opened a bottle on the edge of the table, poured a glass and handed it to Zhang Yang, "I was asking about your sister, not your opinion or your parents' opinion."

Zhang Yang drank half a glass in one gulp, "My sister, she should want to leave. The family died in chaos during the Spring Festival, and I didn't say a few words to her."

The whole family has ideas, but no one cares about the wishes of the parties themselves.

Yan Duo sighed silently, and refilled Zhang Yang's wine, "Well, you can ask your sister, if she is willing to divorce, I can help her get custody of the child, although my mother's company's lawyers are not doing this. It’s cheap, but it’s definitely more professional than us. When we get divorced, I’ll pay off the part of the debt she has to bear first, and then rent a shop for her, like the one next door that sells tobacco, alcohol, and cold drinks. She should be able to handle it Come on, it's probably not a problem to support herself and her two children."

"Actually, the little money I saved is enough to pay her back..."

"Don't you still have to make up the down payment? Just treat it as a loan from me to my sister. She will pay it back slowly when she has money, or if you get it with me, you don't have to pay it back if you become a relative."

The second half of the sentence is completely a joke, the person who said it didn't take it seriously, and the person who heard it didn't take it seriously.Zhang Yang didn't even give Yan Duo any more expression, and said: "If I follow you, my parents' old feudal system can immediately drink the herbs. Okay, I will ask my sister later, if she is willing to leave me Say it, thank you for your kindness." He raised his cup to Yan Duo as he spoke, and then sighed in frustration.

Yan Duo has a bad stomach. The restaurants here are generally "heavy taste". After ordering five or six dishes, he can only eat a plate of fried vegetables and scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and the rest are for Zhang Yang. Like a bright mirror, he ate his head for a while, and suddenly said with emotion: "It would be great if you were a girl."

Yan Duo twitched the corners of his mouth and laughed at himself: "Yes, it would be great if I were a girl."

Zhang Yang put down his chopsticks, lay down on the table and laughed silently.

Yan Duo couldn't help laughing, and tapped his fingers on the table, "I didn't come here today to help the poor. Do you still remember how we met?"

Seeing Yan Duo's solemn expression, Zhang Yang straightened his face, "A family-seeking society?"

It was a very small club, and it was only held for one year, and there were few activities. In the second year, the club was automatically disbanded.In retrospect, the original intention of the undertaker is worthy of scrutiny.

Yan Duo nodded, "You said that there was a second sister who was abandoned by her parents when she was born, have you tried to find her?"

Zhang Yang's expression became solemn, and he nodded quickly, "I asked someone to find out." After a pause, he looked at Yan Duo's expression and said after deliberation: "I remember you said your father...he has news now ?"

Yan Duo lowered his eyes, and after a while, he took a deep breath, looked at Zhang Yang and said, "Actually, I lied about one thing. It is true that my father is missing, but it was soon confirmed that he passed away."

Zhang Yang opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. After so many years, Yan Duo confided the truth to him for the first time.

Yan Duo lowered his head and picked up some vegetables, chewed and said, "Now there is a non-profit organization that helps people find relatives. My mother has been sponsoring them. I just found out. If you still want to find your second sister, you can put Just sort out the information you know, and just hand it over to this person." He said, he took a business card from his trouser pocket and handed it over.

The corner of the business card was already a little folded, Zhang Yang took it and looked at it seriously, Hou Dajun, he said the name silently in his heart, and solemnly stuffed the business card into the interlayer of his wallet.

(change)

After Yan Duo and Zhang Yang broke up, he took a taxi to the shopping mall, and then took a taxi home from the shopping mall. The taxi refused to enter the community, so he dropped him off at the east gate. He ran into him just two steps away. Neighbor.

Prior to this, Yan Duo only knew that a month ago, someone moved into another apartment on the top floor that had been idle for a long time. The reason why he paid attention to this was because his neighbor installed a camera at the door as soon as he moved in. The monitoring range covered his door, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Zhao Jianfei rolled down the car window in front of the gate pole, stretched out half of his head enthusiastically, his eyes stayed on the two supermarket shopping bags in Yan Duo's hand for a moment, looked at him and said, "What a coincidence, I'll drive you in Bar."

Seeing Yan Duo's hesitation, Zhao Jianfei smiled familiarly and said, "I live across from you, and I just moved here a month ago."

"Thank you, I want to go." Yan Duo refused.

The greening of their community is relatively good. There are man-made rockery lakes inside. There is still a little distance from the east gate to the building where Yan Duo lives. Being able to save money, Zhao Jianfei failed to judge others by himself, so he had to wave his hand, "Then I'll go first." He retracted his messy chicken coop head into the car, ignored the speed limit sign at the door, and disappeared without a trace with one kick of the accelerator. trace.

It is impossible for an adult to be so enthusiastic about someone he doesn't know. It would be a bit nonsense to say that it is for the purpose of developing neighborhood relations.Yan Duo wondered if they knew each other before, but after thinking about it, he was sure that he had never seen this person before.

Yan Duo entered the community and walked slowly along the tree-lined road. Occasionally, adults with expensive dogs and children on skateboards would pass by. The cicadas would suddenly chirp a few times, and then remain silent without warning. The street lamps would turn on at some point, and the sky would be completely dark before you knew it.After arriving home, he sorted out the things he bought, and was just about to take a shower when the phone rang.

Yan Duo felt a little headache looking at the name on the phone screen, finally bent down to pick up the phone when the call came in for the third time, and shouted calmly: "Mom."

Cui Yuezhen's anxious and restrained laughter came, "Xiaoduo, are you busy?"

There was a bit of flattery in her words, which made people feel weird, she was always like this in front of her son, Yan Duo felt that it should not be the attitude a mother should have towards her son.But what about himself?His attitude towards her is probably not how a son should treat his mother.It was an unsolvable question that had begun when he was 12—the summer she and his father divorced.So many years!Time can dissolve some things, but it can also deepen some things... such as rustiness.

"No... just on the balcony, I didn't hear you." He panicked.

The other end of the phone laughed twice, and then asked, "Have you had dinner yet?"

"Eat, have you eaten?"

"I've eaten it too. Is your stomach okay recently?"

Yan Duo switched the phone to his left hand, freed his right hand and poured himself a glass of pure water, "It's pretty good, how about your health?"

"It's also good. Well, the college entrance examination is over, summer vacation, do you have any plans for summer vacation? Why don't you go on a trip and relax, I'll let Xiaogao arrange it for you..."

Yan Duo interrupted her, "No need." He felt that the rejection was too straightforward and a little merciless, after thinking about it, he said politely: "You know, it's very tiring to lead the graduation class, I want to stay at home first Take some time off."

Cui Yuezhen was stunned for a moment, then forced a smile and said, "Yes, I forgot about it."

We talked on the phone once a month, because of the tacit old grievances between each other, so it was awkward, and the embarrassment exacerbated the estrangement between the two.The topic was perfunctory until here, the air pressure was so low that it was difficult to breathe, Cui Yuezhen finally stopped insisting, and hung up the phone after exchanging a few more pleasantries.

This happens every time!Can this twisted relationship survive in the future?

Yan Duo squeezed the phone, let out a long breath, and then felt his whole body become more empty, unbearably light.

In fact, discord between husband and wife and divorce are nothing new. When I was in school, there were no children from single-parent families in my class, and Yan Duo could accept it.But his father died three months after their divorce, alone, alone, in a foreign country.During those days, he was tortured by that video tape so painfully, but what about her?There was only one thing she did about her ex-husband's death, and that was to take the opportunity to take him away from his elderly grandpa.At that time, Yan Duo only thought that this woman was crazy and had no sense of humanity.She didn't know the existence of that video tape, and it's understandable that she didn't know about Yan Duo's psychological trauma, but what about the impact of her father's accidental death on Yan Duo?What about the effect on grandpa?Has she ever cared about the feelings of a child who lost a loved one?Have you ever thought about the grief of an old man with white hair sending a black-haired man?

That is to say, from that moment on, their originally weak mother-child relationship completely went to a dead end.

Later, when he grew up, Yan Duo recalled the past and tried to find the reason for the breakdown of their mother-child relationship. He found that the problem was actually very simple, that is, poor communication and unequal expectations, but the long-term relationship has been twisted and developed. So far, he has been powerless, even if he can disregard his shame and say some words of forgiveness, Cui Yuezhen probably won't believe it, even if he does, he will only be more grateful to his son with trepidation.

Yan Duo froze for a while, then pulled himself out of the phone, turned on the fire, and prepared to fry the peppercorns.

He likes peppercorns, just like some people can't drink without wine, and he can't eat without peppercorns.After the oil is hot, put the peppercorns in, and then turn off the heat immediately. The aroma of the peppercorns evaporates together with the oily smoke. He inhales deeply, the smell is all too familiar.

In the oily smoke, there was no expression on his face, as if the whole world had nothing to do with him, his facial features were gentle, but they were so beautiful that they were unreal.

The scent of peppercorns brought Yan Duo back to his senses slowly. He glanced at the mobile phone on the desk in the distance, and suddenly remembered something—posting on Weibo.

Yan Duo's Weibo has only one follower besides the few zombie fans sent by a certain wave. Hospitalized, Xiao Yuan believed that his stomach problems were caused by his irregular diet, and asked him to either move in with them or eat well. Yan Duo naturally chose the latter, so he uploaded photos for each meal, and Xiao Yuan came over regularly Like and accept.

At that moment, he clicked on Weibo and uploaded the picture of vegetables and scrambled eggs with tomatoes just now.