Ten Days End

I stood at the door of my house and hesitated for a long time, and I hadn't thought of what to say first.

At this moment, the phone in my pocket vibrated, I took it out and saw that Xiao Sun sent a WeChat message.

"Sister, have you arrived?"

Seeing this sentence, I felt a little relieved.

Yes, I haven't told Xiao Sun that I'm safe yet.

"I'm here."

I wanted to put the phone back in my pocket, but I saw that he was "typing", so I held the phone and waited for a while.

"Sister, my eyelids keep twitching, can you send me a location? I'll pick you up after the wedding tomorrow."

I felt a little funny, is Xiao Sun also a superstitious person?

"What are you worried about? I'm going home, not to the battlefield."

"No, sister." Xiao Sun quickly replied, "I've been seeing news about bus accidents recently, and I'm really worried. I'm free tomorrow, so I'll drive to pick you up."

"No, it's too far."

"Not far, send it to me."

Seeing that he was so persistent, I sent the location, and Xiao Sun replied "received" and then there was no movement.

I put my phone away and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Yes, I have my own life.

This time I went home just to put an end to this village.

Break it off early, end it early.

I opened the door and found that they were happily preparing to eat.

My mother, my father, my brother, and a fat girl I had never seen before.

That should be... my future sister-in-law, right?

When these four people saw me enter the room, two of them rolled their eyes, and my sister-in-law didn't even raise her head and kept eating.

Only my old man just stared at me blankly.

It was really nice, this expected welcome ceremony, this happy family atmosphere.

"Is Lai Di back?" The old man stood up and said to me expressionlessly, "Have you eaten?"

"Dad, I have eaten." I nodded, "Chengcai is getting married, I must come back."

"It's just right to wash the dishes when you come back." The woman said, "You haven't worked at home for many years? I gave birth to you just to let you enjoy life?"

"I won't wash the dishes, mom." I smiled and shook my head, "I gave you the money to eat these things, I don't have to help you wash the dishes, it's not fair."

The woman's eyes clearly flashed a hint of ferocity. In the court, this expression will only be shown when you want to ruin the other party's reputation.

But I saw this look in my own mother's eyes.

"Hey... kid..." The man waved at me, "Come sit down, let's eat something together."

"I don't want to eat anymore, Dad." I said as I took out a thick red envelope from my backpack and put it in front of Chengcai, "Chengcai, I wish you a happy wedding. You must be responsible when you start a family in the future."

My brother picked his teeth with his hand, wiped it on his pants, and then opened the red envelope in front of me, without looking at me from beginning to end.

He roughly counted it, quickly rolled his eyes, and then threw the red envelope in front of my mother.

"Damn it, it's just 10,000 yuan." Chengcai said.

"What?!" The woman was furious, "Zhang Laidi!!"

"Mom, my name is Zhang Chenze now." I said.

"Zhang Lai Di, do you have any shame?!" She pointed at my nose and cursed me viciously, "There are so many sisters in the village, but you are the only one who doesn't give money to your brother to get married! You are already 35 years old! You have been working for more than ten years, and no one wants you. How can your brother not be wanted?!"

"Mom, I am 33 years old." I said again, "I have done my best to give a red envelope of 10,000 yuan. Since my brother has started a family, it means that he has the ability to start a family. From this month on, I will not give the family living expenses. This time I came here to make it clear to you."

"What?!"

She immediately picked up an empty bowl on the table, and it seemed that she wanted to throw the bowl in my face.

"Hey!" I stopped him instantly, "Forget it! Forget it! Lai Di finally came back! Don't hit me!"

The atmosphere was extremely depressing.

I sighed and turned around: "I wanted to show up at Chengcai's wedding, but now it seems unnecessary. Now that everything is clear, I'll leave now."

"Laidi!" The old man stopped me, "It's too late now! Do you want to stay overnight?"

I looked at the sky outside and was indeed a little embarrassed.

The village is different from the city. After five o'clock in the evening, it is already pitch black outside.

Now I can't get a taxi, and even my mobile phone is running out of battery.

I turned around and nodded. Although I hate this place very much, these people are my relatives after all.They just made me feel sick, but they didn't put me in danger.

"Then I'll stay for one night, and I'll leave early tomorrow morning."

"Laidi... aren't you staying at home for two more days?" the old man asked again.

"Well, I'm busy, I'll come to see you and then go back."

After that, I walked into the inner room, where my old room was. It has not been cleaned for many years, and it is full of clutter. I can barely find a dusty bed.

This environment is not bad for me. After all, I have even slept on the sofa for three years, and there is nothing I can't bear.

I climbed onto the bed, pushed aside the spider webs at the head of the bed, found a wall plug that had been covered in dust for a long time, and then took out the charger from my backpack and charged my phone.

Fortunately, I was wearing casual clothes, so I could just go back and wash them if they got dirty.

This time I came to cut off this difficult family relationship, so I will suffer a little, which is fair.

From now on, I will slowly get better and try to "test happiness" as much as possible.

I didn't turn on the light, just looked out the dark window in the dark room.

The village was quieter than the city. There were no cars honking at midnight, and no drunk lunatics shouting on the street.

I was just a little hot. The weather in June brought a lot of flying insects to the room, but it didn't matter. They were just some mosquitoes and moths. I often lived with them in Chengdu.

As long as I can get through tonight, I can start my new life. This will be a long dark night that belongs to me alone.

"Laidi...slept?"

The old man's voice sounded at the door.

He stood outside the door with a stainless steel cup.

I slowly frowned: "No, what's wrong?"

"The milk is for you." He whispered, "I haven't reminded you to drink more milk for so many years."

He put the cup on the table, sighed, and walked out of the room.

I looked at the still shaking cup of milk and felt nauseous.

When I was nine years old, the old man heard that drinking milk could make a woman's breasts bigger and help her find a better family, so he brought me a glass of milk every night.

He didn't care whether I had eaten or not, whether I was happy or not, whether the milk was expired or too cold to swallow, he only cared whether I drank milk or not.

This made me want to vomit when I saw milk for a long time, until I had severe insomnia and gradually started drinking milk under the doctor's advice.