It was already dawn, and Huizi had everything ready. She was going to load everything onto the tricycle and set up her stall at the alley entrance. If she was lucky, she could sell out in a little over an hour, which would give her time to take care of her daughter.
Selling breakfast was the best way for her to make a living. She only needed to go out for an hour or two in the morning and spend the rest of the time at home. Zhu'er couldn't be left alone, and she was really worried if she didn't keep an eye on her.
Although she had to get up in the early morning, it was nothing. She was still in good health and could handle it. She was only worried about Zhu'er's health. Fortunately, she received an unexpected windfall of 50,000 yuan yesterday. She sold breakfast and took Zhu'er to a big hospital.
"Mom, you're up so early again, cough cough..."
Gong Zhu woke up. She wanted to get up and help her mother with some chores, but when she saw the neatly arranged ingredients, she felt a pang of sadness. It was all her fault that she had dragged her mother down. Otherwise, with her mother's abilities, she wouldn't have to live such a hard life.
She's a jinx, an unlucky person. She's brought trouble to my mother and him. If she weren't worried about my mother, she would have gone to the underworld to find her child and the child's father long ago.
Huizi laughed and said, "I'm getting old and don't sleep much anyway. You should sleep a little longer. I'll buy some breakfast and then take you to the hospital. I made a small fortune yesterday!"
Gong Zhu smiled bitterly, coughed a few more times, and her pale face turned flushed. Although she was thin and bony, her features were delicate and she resembled Hui Zi somewhat. If she hadn't been so seriously ill, she would have been a stunning beauty.
"Cough cough... Mom, don't waste any more money, my body doesn't need to see a doctor anymore... cough cough..." Gong Zhu coughed uncontrollably, like a withered tree swaying in the wind, as if she might collapse at any moment.
Huizi quickly poured some warm water and gave it to Gongzhu to drink. Gongzhu's cough improved a little.
"Don't say such discouraging things. We need to have confidence. Do you want your mother to live a lonely and miserable life, Pearl?" Huizi encouraged her daughter.
Gong Zhu smiled helplessly. Of course she couldn't bear to part with her mother, but she knew her own body very well. She should have died twenty-six years ago. If it weren't for her mother's meticulous care, she wouldn't be alive now.
Her mother had suffered so much these past 26 years, and she really wished she could end her life so her mother could have an easier time.
But she still couldn't bear to leave her mother!
"Mom, if I leave, please go find Dad, okay?" Gongzhu pleaded.
These days she's had a strange feeling that her time is almost up, and she's very worried about her mother!
Huizi's eyes reddened, and she pretended to scold, "Don't talk nonsense. You will get better. Mom won't look for your father. Mom just wants you to live well."
Gongzhu smiled, stretched out her withered hand, gently wiped away her mother's tears, and whispered, "You still have your father in your heart, otherwise you wouldn't have chosen to settle in Pingjiang. Promise me you will go find your father."
Huizi forced a smile and said, "Your father is ninety-three years old this year, how could he still be alive? Mom is going to sell breakfast, don't think too much, wait for Mom to come back!"
She wiped away her tears, kissed Gongzhu on the forehead, and pushed her tricycle to set up her stall.
Gong Zhu looked at her mother's retreating figure with complicated emotions and murmured, "Mom... I'm sorry, I can't stay with you anymore. You'll be better off without me!"
She took out the sleeping pills she had been saving for a long time, along with a pen and paper, and carefully wrote her will. She couldn't burden her mother anymore, and she missed her child and her child's father!
Goodbye, Mom!
Gong Zhu smiled slightly, a smile that was both poignant and beautiful. Without hesitation, she swallowed the sleeping pills, closed her eyes, and fell asleep peacefully.
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