"Master, I want you to help me interpret my dream."
"It has been happening every year on the same day since I was ten years old, and it's been happening for ten years now."
"The protagonist in the dream was my mother, whom I had never met. She passed away when I was six months old. The only photos left at home were the family photo from her wedding and the black-and-white photo from after her death.
In my dream, my mother was coaxing me to sleep when a man with a blurry face suddenly broke into the house.
He and my mother must have known each other, and they talked for quite a while.
Suddenly, he threw me onto the hanging basket beside him and pressed my mother on the bed. My mother's resistance seemed to annoy him. He took out a knife from his waist and slashed at my mother fiercely.
There was a lot of blood on his mother's body. Seeing the blood made him even more excited. He thrust in and out until his mother was completely motionless.
Then, he walked up to me with the knife that was still dripping with blood, stared at me for a while, and then turned and left. When he turned around, a drop of blood from the knife fell onto my face.
Over the years, I have doubted whether what happened in my dream actually happened, but my family members insisted that my mother died of illness.
Moreover, my father has not remarried for so many years, which shows that his relationship with my mother should be very harmonious. If my mother was murdered, he would not be indifferent.
With these evidences, I always treated this dream as a wonderful experience until I returned home some time ago because of the household registration transfer.
A crazy old man in the village took my hand and said, "What a poor child! He gets along so well with the murderer of his mother."
Although his family explained to me that the old man had confused my mind, I could still see the guilt in their eyes.
After returning home, I tentatively asked my father: "Dad, did Mom really die of illness? Why did I hear that her death was an accident and was related to a family member?"
Hearing my question, my usually gentle father lost his temper at me for the first time: "Where did you hear these rumors? You even suspect one of us. I don't want to see you now. Go back to your rental house."
His strong reaction seemed to confirm the truth of the old man's words. Since the beginning of our conversation, I have been dreaming about it more and more frequently, and I can even feel the warmth of blood on my cheeks.
Master, is my mother's death related to my family members?
[It must have been a dream. According to what he said, he was only six months old at the time, so how could he have any memory?]
[Yes, if his mother was really murdered, why didn't the murderer kill him as well?]
Who says babies don't have memories? Sometimes I still get flashes of childhood memories, and my mom is shocked and asks how could you remember such a small thing?
[Perhaps a mother and son are connected by heart. Wasn't there a case where a brother was murdered and his sister dreamt of the place where the body was dumped? Don't underestimate the connection between family members.]
Su Yan: "Although it sounds cruel, your mother was indeed murdered, but the murderer was not your father."
Liu Yuanyu just breathed a sigh of relief. If it was really related to his father, he really didn't know how to deal with it. Then he heard Su Yan continue: "The real murderer is your grandfather."
"What did you say, my grandpa!"
"Yes, your grandfather. Otherwise, why didn't your father take you back to his hometown for so many years? Your grandfather only has your father as his only son. Naturally, there wouldn't be such a melodramatic drama where he forces his child to be unwilling to recognize him because of favoritism."
"But my father said he didn't recognize Grandpa because he felt they didn't take good care of Mom and let her pass away at such a young age.
He also said that when he returned, he would think of his mother and feel uncomfortable.
Su Yan looked at the silly child in front of her: "Do you think it's possible? Just because he died of illness due to poor care, is it worth it for father and son not to see each other for so many years?
After all, their relationship has become so strained that if your father doesn’t come home, they won’t come over on their own initiative.”
This sentence had a great impact on Liu Yuanyu. He finally understood the contradiction in his father's words. According to his father, his mother had an acute illness and died in her sleep.
This kind of sudden accident cannot be blamed on others.
Moreover, over the years, when my father had to go back for some unavoidable reasons, the more feudal elders in the village did not say that he was unfilial.
Many people looked at me with pity in their eyes, but now it seems that it was not just pity for the young child who lost his mother.
"But why did my grandpa do this? Didn't my grandma and the others suspect anything at the time?"
Su Yan: "After your grandfather drank with outsiders that day, he wanted to go to the room to see his grandson.
In the dim light, he became beastly and wanted to violate your mother.
Of course your mother disagreed, and during the struggle he felt provoked, so he picked up the axe at his waist and started fighting.
After the incident, although your grandmother was heartbroken, in her heart, your grandfather was her husband after all, so she would naturally protect her husband.
"When your father rushed home overnight, he saw your mother's miserable condition. He wanted to call the police, but your grandparents repeatedly brainwashed him."
"Son, it was your wife who provoked your father first. You don't know that your father just wanted to go into the house to see his grandson, but your wife pointed at his nose and scolded him.
Don't you know your dad's temper? He's quick to anger, and he was drunk last night. Under the influence of strong emotions, he made a mistake and caused something irreversible.
Son, we raised you up, but are you not as good as a woman who has just been married for less than two years?
If you really send your father to jail, I will die."
The father, cigarette in hand, continued, "If I were to go to jail because of you, the spit from the villagers would drown you.
Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your child. His mother was killed by his grandfather. What will he think of our family when he grows up? Do you want your son to disown you?"
“Under their coercion and inducement, your father decided to keep this matter deep in his heart.
Then they lied and said your mother had a disease and might be contagious.
In rural areas, infectious diseases are something that everyone fears. Although your grandma and her family were sad when they heard about it, they didn't think of opening the clinic to see their daughter.
And so, your mother was buried in a hurry.
Although the villagers, especially the neighbors in front and behind your house, know a little about what's going on, they will see each other sooner or later, and they will not let the relationship between the two families become strained because of a stranger.
After all, no one can guarantee whether your grandfather will hurt them after telling them.
Later, your father couldn't bear the torment in his heart, so he took you away from his hometown.
Although your grandparents are sad, they dare not come to see you."
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