Three people ate two meals, which were high in carbohydrates and low in protein, and they were really not hungry. On the third day after the separation, the close relationship between mother and daughter also began to show cracks.
Second cousin's aunt: "Xia, you've been back for quite a while. After all, those two children are your biological children. Now that their father is gone, as their mother, why don't you go back and look after them?"
Cuixia bit her lip, her eyes reddening. Go back? Could she even go back? It had been so ugly back then, with the two children clinging to her thighs and refusing to let go, and she had forcibly pried their arms apart, ignoring the two children's heartbreaking cries behind her. She left without a trace of regret.
Moreover, it was her mother who brought a few brothers to "support her".
At that time, the old lady begged her to stay for a few years, saying that her two children had just lost their father and now their mother was gone, and she was afraid that the children could not bear it. She also said that if she was willing to stay, when the children turned fourteen, if she wanted to move forward, they would never stop her, and would give her the more than one thousand yuan pension as a dowry.
Cuixia thought about what she said at that time and couldn't help blushing. She felt that it would take another eight or nine years for the two children to turn fourteen. By then, she would be old and ugly, and it was doubtful whether she could get married again. Besides, more than a thousand yuan sounded like a lot now, but she didn't have a job. Raising two boys, providing them with food, clothing, housing, transportation, schooling and marriage, all required money. What could she do with more than a thousand yuan?
So she pushed her mother-in-law aside and scolded the old lady harshly for her scheming. But Cuixia was not stupid and she was reluctant to give up her child. But if she had to blame someone, she should blame their bad luck.
.......
Later, because of the distribution of more than one thousand yuan, the two families had a big fight. Her in-laws hated her so much that she thought going back would be humiliating, so there was no way she could go back.
"How about you use the money to rent a yard in the village? The educated youth camp behind the brigade headquarters is now unused. It's a bit shabby, but if you decide to rent it, Dad will take you and your brothers to fix it up for you."
Seeing that his daughter was silent, the second uncle continued, "It's not that your mother and I don't want you to stay at our house. You see, we are old and will have to rely on your brother and sister-in-law to take care of us. Now the food is served in quantity, alas..."
Cuixia glanced at her father with resentment. After all, in their hearts, their son was more important? And paying for a yard? She knew these so-called relatives were just after the 500 yuan pension she had!
And the house at the educated youth center has cracks on three sides of the adobe wall, there are no frames left on the windows, all the tiles on the roof have been stolen, and only the rafters are leaking through. Can that even be called a house?
Cuixia sneered: "Don't chase me away, I'm leaving now. From now on, even if you ask me to come back, I won't come back!"
After hearing her harsh words, my second aunt covered her temples and cried out that she felt dizzy, and my second uncle also sighed, but neither of them asked her to stay.
Seeing this, Chu Cuixia was in a dilemma. She heard the sneering voice of one of her sisters-in-law coming from under the window outside the house, which made her feel even more embarrassed. She quickly packed her clothes into two large bags, picked up the shoulder pole in the corner, and was about to run away from home.
After walking out of the room, several sisters-in-law pretended to go to work with brooms, buckets, and dung forks, but in fact they were all listening attentively to Chu Cuixia's movements.
Seeing her come out, the sisters-in-law were a little embarrassed and smiled awkwardly. Chu Cuixia snorted coldly, picked up her bag and left. No one stopped her until she walked out of the gate, out of the village entrance, and onto the stone road in the village.
Standing on the railway track in the village, Chu Cuixia couldn't help but feel sad, and tears rolled down her face.
The world is so vast, yet I don't know where she can find her place! ...
It was late October in Northeast China and the weather was already very cold at night. She cried for a while out of self-pity, then picked up her bag and continued on her way. She had to find a place to stay before dark.
At the same time, two little paper men fiddled with their short legs and followed her quietly. When they saw her stop a truck carrying wood on the road, the little paper men stuck to the door of the truck.
When she got off the car at the provincial road in the county town, the little paper man took her hand and slipped into her bag: Oh my god, I'm so tired, I can't move my legs no matter what.
Chu Cuixia picked up the shoulder pole and looked at her two bags in confusion: Strange, why do they feel a lot heavier?
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