After Cheng Yue started school, Mo Yan went back home.
Ten years later, the village started building houses. Everyone had made money and was preparing to build a new rural village, where everyone would live in one place with the same house type.
The restaurant has remained open, and Mo Yan comes over from time to time; the prices have never gone up.
Over the years, the restaurant has long been open not to make money, but simply to make things convenient for everyone.
Qian arrived that day and rushed over to Mo Yan upon seeing her. "Mom, I regret it..."
At this moment, Qian Ke was even older than Mo Yan.
These past few years have been anything but financially secure.
She was essentially a free housekeeper, taking care of the father and daughter, as well as her own son. At first, the man would bring some money back, but gradually he stopped wanting to bring any money back at all. All he did was gamble all day, and when he got home, he would just collapse into bed.
Not only does he not come home, but he also goes around saying that he abuses his daughter, can't take care of the family, is a bad woman, and wants to divorce her.
She really didn't understand why, after all she had given, she had ended up with this result. Even Qian Ke's son disliked his mother, saying things like, "Women don't deserve to sit at the table to eat," and so on. He was just like that man.
"This is the path you chose."
Mo Yan only said this one sentence.
It's normal to want a new home, it's normal to want someone to rely on, but it's definitely not like her—she's lost herself, used to depending on others, and even wallowing in self-pity…
"Mom, I want to know, if I hadn't done that back then, if I hadn't gotten involved with him, would things be different now? Would you still let me get married?" This was the answer she had always wanted to know. Actually, the answer wasn't important; it was just that she had a knot in her heart, wanting to know what her mother-in-law was really thinking.
At that time, she overheard some people saying that her mother-in-law would never let her get married and would make her spend her whole life sacrificing for her daughter.
"Yes, at that time I thought you might not be used to it yet since you just got divorced. I thought that after a year or two, when you were used to it, became independent, or met someone you liked, I would marry you off in a grand way. But I didn't expect that before that time was up, you would be so eager to plan everything."
I agreed to your marriage, but I never expected you to find such a scoundrel. Everyone could see that the man was no good, yet you still went headfirst into it.
"You actually dared to expect me to take care of you? Are you out of your mind?"
Qian Ke had no idea how she got out of there. It turned out that she could have had a happier life, but she destroyed it with her own hands. Sometimes, not getting an answer is the best thing, because without an answer, you can still have some hope and fantasy.
If she didn't get an answer, she could tell herself that her choice wasn't wrong, because if she hadn't chosen, her mother-in-law would never have let her get married and would have left her to grow old alone. But now…
She could no longer deceive herself.
Cheng Yongzhi is doing really well these days. He's gone to work on a construction site, working alongside the people who used to come after him for debts.
At first, he needed to pay back the money, so he didn't earn any money at all. Later, he gradually made money, and the contractor even introduced his sister to him.
With them watching over them, they're doing alright even without children.
It's almost Chinese New Year, and they've received their money and are preparing to go back to their hometowns.
Cheng Yongzhi's wife then spoke up, "Shall we go back and see your mother?"
"No, I'm not going. She was so cruel to me back then. She kicked me out and threw me on a bus, insisting on sending me to a factory where I had to work more than ten hours a day and still not earn any money. If I hadn't met you guys, I don't know what I would be like now. She doesn't care about me anymore, so why should I care about her?"
He still harbored some resentment towards his mother. He resented her for being so heartless back then, throwing him out without giving him any money for his journey and watching him leave helplessly.
Upon hearing this, his wife became displeased and grabbed Cheng Yongzhi's ear, pulling it sharply. "Stop talking nonsense! If it weren't for your mother, do you think we would care about you? It's all because your mother told us in advance that you would be on the bus."
She also gave us some money, saying that we should ensure you have three meals a day and that she hoped to find you a job. She said that since you were not afraid of hardship or fatigue, you could pay back the money first.
Later, we were able to jointly contract that project because of the money Mom gave us. Otherwise, do you think we would have had that much capital? What kind of people are my brother and me? You don't know, our family was dirt poor. How could we possibly come up with ten thousand yuan all at once? That was all money your mother worked hard to earn, just so you could have a future.”
Yes, Mo Yan threw Cheng Yongzhi out, saying she would never care about him again, but he was the original owner's own son. The original owner wanted her granddaughter to be well, and didn't really want to completely abandon her son.
Mo Yan found the kids who had been harassing her for debts. She gave them money, found them construction sites, paid for a master craftsman to teach them how to tie steel bars and how to do formwork, and finally gave them the capital to take on projects.
"How is this possible?" Cheng Yongzhi was stunned, somewhat unable to believe it. How could his mother have done so much?
"Otherwise what? I know your personality. If I directly stepped in to help you, you would definitely become dependent and wouldn't work so hard. Now that you've succeeded, I'm only thinking of telling you. Your success is because of my hard work and my support behind the scenes. If you're going to be such an ungrateful wretch, let's get a divorce."
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