after a hangover

"Mom, how did you decide to be with my dad in the first place? He looks so ugly, and the family has no money."

After Chen Wenxuan wandered around the kitchen for almost half an hour, he finally mustered up the courage to ask his mother this question.

He thought the old lady would be embarrassed to hear this question, and then say something casually to prevaricate him.

But unexpectedly, the old lady was very calm after hearing this. She glanced at Chen Wenxuan, twisted two pieces of pigskin jelly from the chopping board, stuffed them into his mouth, and continued to work, "You are still young now. We used to live on the edge of the Songhua River, but people would drown when the water flooded every spring, so the government moved our village to Qingyuan. When the water flooded the land, my father and I were Neighbor, your dad takes care of me every day, and if any boy bullies me, he must return it. Your dad looks ruthless, and he beats people with dead hands, so that those kids dare not bully me."

"In the second year after moving to Qingyuan, your grandpa disappeared, leaving your grandma to lead me. At that time, the People's Commune was still there, and every family had to work in the production team. All jobs were shared equally, but the work was not paid. Money means work points. Your grandma is not in good health and can’t do heavy work, but every family has to work hard. If there is no way, I have to work for your grandma. I was only fourteen at that time, and I didn’t have much energy. I complained to the captain that I didn't work hard, and I had no other choice but to cry secretly, and then your dad dropped the work he was doing to help me."

"Son, you have to remember that a person who is really good to you will not say superficial words, he will only help you solve all difficult problems without saying a word. Or you are still young and only see the surface, a Whether a person is good or bad can't be seen with the eyes, but with the heart. From childhood to adulthood, all my difficulties were solved by your father, and he didn't want anything else from me, just me. I Well, I was so used to him that I couldn’t leave him, so I stayed with him, and it’s been almost 30 years.”

After Chen Wenxuan finished listening, he didn't speak anymore. He remembered the more than 1000 photos he saw in Qin Heng's hands, all of them were of him, so did Qin Heng just picture him when he was with him?

Thinking of this, Chen Wenxuan decided to take this opportunity to have a good chat with his mother, because he suddenly found that everything his mother said made sense.

"Then you and my dad have lived for so many years, has my dad done anything that you think is particularly unforgivable?"

Chen Wenxuan reached out to the chopping board to touch a piece of cucumber, and asked naturally.

The old lady slapped Chen Wenxuan's hand and blamed: "How many times have I told you not to reach out while I'm cutting vegetables, but I don't have a long memory!" After finishing speaking, she cut half a cucumber and handed it to him, "I know how to eat it!" , Tell me how much you have eaten since you came back, and whether you will eat or not when you eat later."

"Eat, why don't you eat it?" Chen Wenxuan chewed the cucumber and said inarticulately: "I just have something to eat when I have nothing to do. Don't delay eating for a while. You haven't answered my question yet."

The old lady put the shredded cucumbers into the plate, and started to slice the carrots again, saying, "Why not, what kind of person do you think your dad is? When you were in the third year of junior high school, your dad didn't know what was going on." I started to learn how others gambled. It was originally a small gamble, and I lost tens of dollars at a time. I thought that he was tired from working all day, so I just relieved my fatigue. Although I was nervous, I didn’t say anything. The bigger the bet, the bigger the bet, and finally took out all the money in the family behind my back. At that time, your grandma began to feel unwell, and she had to take medicine every day, and your grandpa couldn’t work. The whole family pointed at me and your dad .”

"Later, once I was going to the county to give you living expenses, and found that all the money in the house was gone. I was shocked, thinking that a thief had broken into the house, so I hurriedly told your father, but he hesitated I couldn’t speak. I felt that something was wrong at the time, so I went to your grandma’s house to find your grandma. As soon as your grandma came with a whip, your dad told the truth. He said he lost everything. That’s 5000 What a lot of money, it may not be much now, but it was enough to cover your living expenses for a semester in the past. Not only did your father lose the 5000 yuan, but he also owed a lot outside."

"I was so angry at the time, I told your dad that we would divorce after you finished high school. You may not know why I was angry. Your grandpa used to gamble back then. When he lost all his money, he would use the things at home to offset the debt. I still remember that when I was a child, people came to the house to move things casually, and your grandma hugged me and cried, so what I hate most in my life is gambling. But your grandma is a good person, she knows about my previous family, she After beating up your dad, tell me that I won't stop you from getting a divorce. The old Chen family is sorry for you. I still have some money in my hand and I will give it to you, but can you look at it for Xuanxuan's sake? Think again, the child is innocent."

The old lady said with a sigh, "Later I thought, yes, what would you do if I divorced your father. At that time, a factory in Qinghe County was recruiting female workers, so I went. I worked there After more than half a year, I have figured out a lot of things. Some things you don’t understand without experience, just like me and your dad, we have passed more than ten years before he made a mistake, and this is not counting the time we spent together when we were young. The relationship between me and your father is not something that can be broken just by saying it. This matter is beyond your control. Besides, there is still you between us. After a long time, my heart softens. When I close my eyes, it’s all because of your father’s kindness to me. No matter how bad he is, he treats me really well, no one ever makes a mistake..."

"Hey, no," the old lady suddenly said, "Chen Wenxuan, tell me the truth, did Bai Zhi come back to look for you? Are you going to want her again?"

Chen Wenxuan was taken aback by her question, then smiled and said: "Mom, where are you thinking, I just want to chat with you, nothing else, don't think about it."

Bai Zhi was the school girl who made the Chen family a joke in the whole village. This name was once a taboo in the Chen family.After these years, Chen Wenxuan almost forgot the name. Today, when the old lady mentioned it suddenly, he was stunned for a moment before he realized it.At the same time, she was secretly afraid that the old lady would react so strongly because she guessed that he wanted to be with Bai Zhi again. If she found out about her and Qin Heng in the future, she didn't know how angry she would be.

Thinking of this, Chen Wenxuan sighed silently in his heart. Even if he forgave Qin Heng in the future, it seemed impossible for Qin Heng to enter his Chen family.

The old lady stared at him suspiciously for a long time, and finally believed, "Son, it's not that Mom is talking too much, you are an adult now, and you have to be responsible for what you say and do. Mom is telling you the truth, if you still want Bai Zhi, Mom won't stop you either, but you have to figure out whether Bai Zhi is worth it for you to have her again. Let's not talk about her remorse, just say that she is not sincere to you at all. If she is sincere to you, she can't I ran away with someone else at the wedding. At that time, I thought she was not a stable girl, but if you like it, mom can't say anything. The family hasn't urged you again in these years. We are afraid that if you are too anxious, you won't be able to pick a good person. We all know that you were in a hurry to marry Bai Zhi because of your grandma, otherwise you couldn't have the wedding before you got the certificate. So, no one can complain about this matter, don't think about it all the time, just live well, Our family is fine."

This was the first time Chen Wenxuan heard his mother say such words since he grew up, and they were all heartfelt words. He didn't know what to say for a while, but silently hugged the old lady who was washing the lettuce.

The old lady was taken aback by Chen Wenxuan's sudden movement, and she couldn't help laughing and cursing: "This damn child, you startled me. Let go quickly, I'm going to cut the meat."

Chen Wenxuan didn't let go, and with this posture, he finally said the words that had been hidden in his heart for a long time, "Mom, if I say that I don't want to get married in this life, will you be angry?"

Chen Wenxuan felt the old lady in his arms stiffen, and then broke away from his embrace.

The old lady turned around, looked at Chen Wenxuan, and said seriously: "Chen Wenxuan, are you telling me this as a joke, or are you serious?"

Chen Wenxuan's heart jumped wildly, and he nodded with difficulty to the old lady's gaze, "I'm serious. Ever since the incident with Baizhi, I found that I don't have any thoughts about women. Every time I think of wanting to I feel scared when I marry a woman, I'm afraid that she will lie to me again, I'm afraid that our family will experience that kind of thing again, our family, our family can't stand such a torment."

After Chen Wenxuan finished speaking, he lowered his head, not daring to look at his mother again.

The old lady didn't speak for a long time, and after an unknown period of time, she turned around and went to wash the vegetables.Chen Wenxuan couldn't see her expression, only heard her whisper: "Mom doesn't care about you. I have lived for so many years, and I have met all kinds of people. People can live without marriage. But you have to remember that the blisters on your feet go away by yourself. If you choose to live like this, you have to be responsible for yourself. You have to think about what you will do when you get old, when you can no longer move your legs What should I do if I can’t move while lying on the kang. Isn’t the reason people get married and have children so that when they grow old, there will be someone who will serve you tea and water by the kang? You can just make up your own mind, and Mom doesn’t care about you.”

After hearing the old lady's words, Chen Wenxuan blinked, forced a smile and said, "I'll be fine, don't worry." He sniffed and said coyly, "Mom, thank you."

The old lady didn't look back, and said with her back behind his back: "Stop shaking here, it makes me dizzy, hurry up and help your dad post couplets."

Seeing the old lady pushing him away, Chen Wenxuan went out obediently, but when he reached the kitchen door, he turned his head and found that the old lady was secretly wiping tears.He knew that what he did was not filial, but he really couldn't think of any other way besides doing so.

After lunch in the afternoon, Chen Wenxuan sat on the kang with his grandfather, ate melon seeds and listened to Errenzhuan. The old man pushed him out to find friends, but he didn't go.Since he started school, he has rarely been in contact with those former friends, mainly because he has nothing to talk about together, and he doesn't want to be the gossip of those seven aunts and eight aunts when they are eating melon seeds.

In the past, Chen Wenxuan felt that the older he was, the more boring the new year would be, but now he thinks that sitting on the kang with the old man eating melon seeds, listening to duo, and occasionally chatting about the old man's past is quite interesting.

This sitting is an afternoon.

At around six o'clock in the evening, the family sat together and finished making dumplings.Chen Ma put ten coins in the dumplings. This is a repertoire of the Chen family's New Year's Eve. In the past, Chen's father ate the most, because the family members were unwilling to eat dumplings, so he had to eat more.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the family watched the Spring Festival Gala for a while and began to prepare for the new year.

The old lady went into the kitchen to cook dumplings, and Chen Wenxuan followed his father out to set off the whip, leaving his grandfather to continue watching TV at home.

Half an hour later, the dumplings in the pot were boiling, and the old lady opened the door and shouted outside, "Let's fire the whip, the dumplings are boiling!"

After Chen Wenxuan's father received his mother's command, he lit the firecrackers wrapped around a two-meter-long piece of wood. As soon as the firecrackers sounded, the old man shouted at Chen Wenxuan: "Son, hurry up and get the firewood!"

This is also the repertoire of the Chen family's New Year's Eve, and the homonym of "cai" is "cai".

Hearing his father's shout, Chen Wenxuan immediately rushed to the firewood pile and put some firewood into the greenhouse, then went out to set off the whip with his father.

It may be that this year Chen Wenxuan went home to celebrate the New Year, which made his father too happy. After the old man set off a [-]-ring earth red, he set off ten second kicks, plus two large boxes of fireworks. In the end, Chen Wenxuan was so fucking angry. The old man led Chen Wenxuan into the house when he said that the dumplings were going to be cold.

Most of the villages set off firecrackers to welcome the New Year around ten o'clock. At that time, the sky above the village is always bright, and the mountains on both sides are always echoing with the sound of firecrackers.

Although the Spring Festival Gala became more and more unsightly, Chen Wenxuan still watched the Spring Festival Gala while eating with the three old people in his family.

Chen Wenxuan doesn't like to eat dumplings stuffed with celery, but his mother refused Chen Wenxuan's request to eat dumplings stuffed with sauerkraut in order to win the Chinese New Year, and also gave Chen Wenxuan an order on the night of New Year's Eve that he must eat twenty dumplings , or you are not allowed to leave the table.

Chen Wenxuan looked down at the dumplings on the plate, then looked up at his mother in despair.

The old lady shoved the chopsticks into his hand, "It's useless for me, I have to eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year. Hurry up and eat, can't such a big guy eat twenty? Look at you..." The latter words were taken back by the old lady, she really couldn't say that Chen Wenxuan had lost weight, so she could only stare at him.

Chen Wenxuan had no choice but to pick up chopsticks and start eating.

After eating twenty dumplings, Chen Wenxuan felt that he was lucky enough to buy a lottery ticket today.After making the dumplings, he deliberately counted them. There were a total of [-] dumplings at home. His mother put ten coins in them, and he ate all the coins his mother put in the twenty dumplings.

The three old men on the table stared dumbfounded at the coins beside Chen Wenxuan's table. His grandfather looked at them for a long time and said, "Xuanxuan, you are going to make a fortune this year."

Chen Wenxuan also looked at the pile of coins in surprise, and stammered: "I'll go, my idea is going to explode."

After the New Year's Eve dinner, Chen Wenxuan accompanied the three elderly people to watch the Spring Festival Gala.

After twelve o'clock, the old people are not sleepy and continue to watch.After twelve o'clock, Chen Wenxuan's mobile phone received New Year's greeting text messages from his colleagues one after another. After he simply replied some, he sent text messages to the school leaders. In the end, only Zhang Weiwei and Shen Qiao were left. , he decided to call them.

Chen Wenxuan watched the old people happily watching the Spring Festival Gala, so he quietly got off the kang, walked into the warm shed and called Zhang Weiwei and the others.

What Chen Wenxuan didn't know was that as soon as he went out, the old lady who was concentrating on watching TV pushed his dad. Seeing his dad turn around, she whispered: "Xuanxuan is probably in trouble."

His father said loudly while following the TV music: "What's going on?"

As a result, Chen Wenxuan's grandfather, who was also watching TV, tickled him a bit, "You can't keep your voice down, you're also deaf."

His father was amused by the old man's scolding, and said to his daughter-in-law: "Look how good the hearing aid Xuanxuan bought for our father is!" Chen Wenxuan's mother gave him a blank look in anger.

"Xuanxuan asked me today why I forgave you at the beginning. I said for a long time that something was wrong. I thought it was Bai Zhi who came back to look for him, but when I asked him, he still said no, and told me that he didn't want to get married in the future. What do you think he is doing?" What do you mean?" Although angry, Chen Wenxuan's mother still told what happened in the morning.

"Then what did you do?" Chen Wenxuan's father was also serious, turned around and asked instead of watching TV.

"What can I do? When Bai Zhi ran away, Xuanxuan's reaction was so scary, how could I dare to force him? I can only tell him to follow him, but you said he can really stop looking for it? "

Chen Wenxuan's father scratched his chin, and said seriously: "We can't control this matter. Xuanxuan is an adult now, if he doesn't want to look for it, we can't force him to look for it. He has to decide on his own affairs, just like When it came to applying for a major, we forced him to apply for a teacher. You can see how much he suffered this time. I think Xuanxuan suffered from women, and he was afraid."

"Yes, that's what he told me." Chen Wenxuan's mother nodded hurriedly.

Then the old lady worried again: "But I really won't look for it? Then what should I do when he gets old?"

Chen Wenxuan's father didn't answer any more, but Chen Wenxuan's grandfather next to him said to his daughter-in-law after teaching his son: "Mother Xuanxuan, don't worry about it anymore, Xuanxuan was born to be blessed, look at his ears, thick Thick ones, blessed. In the past two years, learn to memorize words, wait for these few years, it will be fine, if you can’t prepare for this year, you will be fine, look at the money he ate."

Chen Wenxuan's father also said: "Let's leave it alone, he can do whatever he wants. If he feels comfortable, we can't force him to find someone. When he sends money home in the future, we will give it to him." He saves, and we will work for a few more years to save our pension money, so he doesn't have to worry about us."

Chen Wenxuan's mother sighed, she knew what her husband said was the best way now, but she was still worried about Chen Wenxuan's future, but she didn't dare to speak out, she could only hold back in her heart.

Chen Wenxuan outside the house didn't know that the old people at home were worrying about him. After he called Zhang Weiwei and Shen Qiao, he had been standing outside, staring at the screen of the phone—the familiar phone number in his heart had never been heard. appears on the screen.

After standing for a while, Chen Wenxuan couldn't help cursing secretly in his heart, he wouldn't contact him if he wasn't allowed to contact him, why wasn't he so obedient when he lied to him back then.

Just when Chen Wenxuan was about to enter the room in anger, the originally quiet cell phone rang suddenly, but it stopped after one ring.Chen Wenxuan looked at the string of familiar numbers and snorted coldly.As soon as his voice fell, the phone rang again, and then stopped.Then it rang again.

Chen Wenxuan couldn't hold back, and sent back a text message: 【What do you want】

After sending the text message, Chen Wenxuan waited for a long time, but the phone stopped ringing.He was so angry that he punched the wall, opened the door and entered the house.

The author has something to say:

It's a bit late to update.

After the exam today, I spent the whole afternoon, and then I spent a while with my roommate in the evening, so it was a little late.

Finally, a spoiler, there will be a surprise tomorrow, someone you are looking forward to will appear.

Last but not least, thank you all for your support, I love you all, huh!