At this time, there were not many people on the streets, and everyone was staying at home to celebrate the New Year. However, there were bursts of firecrackers.

There was no one on the empty street except Song Wenlin riding his bike.

The dim street lights made his figure look very long.

He pedaled the bicycle slowly.

Ride forward little by little.

A thin line of tire marks was left on the silvery white ground.

There is a small courtyard in Beishun Hutong, and the lights are on at this time.

The yard is not big, about the size of two mu of land.

There is a main room, two east and west wing rooms, a kitchen, and a small house built in the yard. It looks very crowded.

A young woman was squatting at the gate of the yard, crying, holding a two-year-old child.

The man was cursing in the middle of the yard.

"You want money again! You want money again! Do you think I'm a money jar? Can I make money? I really don't know why I married such an unlucky thing like you. First your mother got sick, and then I spent all our family savings. I think I've done my best!"

"And yet, you bitch, you actually sold your job behind my back to pay for your mother's medical treatment! Do you think this job is pie in the sky? If you weren't young and beautiful, would you think I wanted to marry you?"

"What's going on in your family? Don't you have any idea about it?"

"Who could have thought that now that you've given birth to a daughter, she's got a problem! We've spent all the money in the family, big and small, and you still want more money? Where can I get you money? You'd better get out of here with your daughter!"

At this time, an old lady also came out.

He glared fiercely at the woman at the door with his slanted eyes.

"You couldn't even give birth to a son, and you gave birth to a money-loser. You still have the nerve to ask my son for money and even treat his illness? Bah! Dream on!"

"I can't even have a peaceful New Year! It's so unlucky!"

After saying that, he walked to the door and pushed the woman and the child forward fiercely, scaring the little girl so much that she burst into tears.

But she didn't feel sad at all. Instead, she slammed the door in front of them with a bang.

The woman held the child and cried silently.

Only some intermittent sounds could be heard from inside.

"Son, divorce! This marriage must be divorced!"

"Mom, do you think I don't want a divorce? If tomorrow wasn't New Year's Day and the people at the Civil Affairs Bureau weren't working, I would definitely drag her to get a divorce early in the morning!"

These words, like steel needles, pierced into the woman's heart one by one.

But she seemed a little numb, and apart from crying, she couldn't say a word.

He just bent down and looked at the little girl with heartache, silently wiping her tears.

Then he picked her up and walked forward, stepping deep and shallow on the snow on the ground.

A figure was standing at the entrance of the alley, pushing a bicycle, but his eyes were fixed on the woman.

After a while, he sighed softly and followed with the cart.

Song Wenlin just wanted to secretly come and see Zheng Xiaolian to see how she was doing these years?

Do you regret leaving me?

Unexpectedly, on New Year's Eve, he unexpectedly saw this scene.

Looking at the woman in front of him, still wearing thin clothes in the heavy snow, he suddenly felt a pang of sadness in his heart.

I thought I would be happy to see that she was not living a happy life.

Will be happy.

See how wrong your choice was?

But when he saw her current appearance, Song Wenlin couldn't smile at all.

I just felt a tightness in my chest.

It is obvious that Zheng Xiaolian was the most beautiful girl among their educated youth.

She is good-looking, even a little gorgeous.

Now she has a sallow complexion and is thin.

Song Wenlin looked at the part of her arm that was exposed when she was holding the child. It was as thin as the rolling pin that Song Shiwei had used when she was making dumplings just now.

Just skin and bones.

It was such a cold day, and she was only wearing a thin gray coat with a red floral shirt underneath.

The cloth shoes on his feet must have been worn for a long time, and there was a patch on the big toe of his left foot.

In the cold wind carrying snowflakes, Song Wenlin could feel her whole body trembling.

Not to mention her, even the two-year-old child in her arms was not wearing thick clothes. Not only that, but his clothes were modified from adult clothes and were obviously much larger. Not only were they washed white, but they were also covered with patches.

Song Wenlin frowned. He didn't know where she was going with this.

It's obvious that her house doesn't go this way.

And as time went by, he felt something was wrong.

Because a river appeared in front of us.

She held the child in her arms and walked straight in as if she didn't see anything.

Song Wenlin was stunned.

Just as I turned around in surprise, I saw her holding the child and walking towards the river.

Song Wenlin was terrified.

He dropped the car with a bang and ran over.

He grabbed Zheng Xiaolian's arm.

Just as he imagined, she was very anxious. When he pulled with all his strength, she and the child almost flew up. If Song Wenlin had not been quick-witted and supported her back.

I'm afraid the two of them are really going to fall down.

Zheng Xiaolian was even more frightened. When she turned her head and saw the face she had been thinking about day and night, she thought she was dreaming.

Song Wenlin was running so fast that he was still panting heavily.

He glanced at her with some dissatisfaction and let go of her hand: "Zheng Xiaolian, are you going to die? You actually jumped into the river with your child in your arms? Is that man worth sacrificing your life for?"

Hearing his slightly accusatory words, Zheng Xiaolian reacted and suddenly burst out laughing.

As I laughed, tears started to flow from the corners of my eyes.

"Which eye of yours saw me about to jump into the river?"

Song Wenlin pointed anxiously at the river ahead: "If you weren't planning on jumping into the river, why were you walking straight towards here with your child in your arms?"

Zheng Xiaolian looked in the direction his finger pointed and smiled.

"Do you think a river like this can drown people?"

Because he was too anxious just now, Song Wenlin didn't look carefully at all. Now that he looked carefully, he found that because the weather was too cold, a thick layer of ice had already formed on the surface of the river where he jumped.

Just as Zheng Xiaolian said.

A river like this really can't drown people.

"Then why are you... carrying the child over here?"

Zheng Xiaolian looked greedily at the face in front of her that she had been thinking about day and night for three whole years, her eyes full of admiration and guilt.

She could only calm herself down by taking a deep breath.

Then, she seemed to have thought of something and quickly lowered her head.

He even quietly pulled his feet back, intending to cover the ugly patch on his cloth shoes with his trouser legs.

"I, I just wanted to come and see if the ice on the river is solid and if I can still catch some fish..."

"Catching fish?"

Song Wenlin lowered his head to look at the little kid who seemed to be in a bad mental state, and then looked at Zheng Xiaolian who was a little embarrassed in front of him.

He understood instantly.

He turned around and lifted the car off the ground.

Patted the back seat of the car.

"Let's go, I'll take you to dinner!"