Zhang's mother's cute expression finally loosened the old man's rigid face, so he saw that the old man hurriedly handed the bowl in his hand to his little daughter, turned around and wiped his tears.

And from beginning to end, only although the eyes are dull, there is always a smile on her face, as if she has returned to her childhood, Zhang's mother, eating the hawthorn she fed one bite at a time, and her eyes are blinked by acid from time to time. And Zhang He, who has been sitting at his mother's feet since he came back from the doctor's office, planning in his heart how to clean up his father, did not say a word. Naturally, I have no intention of appreciating the big drama starring these women in front of me.

It wasn't until the afternoon that he said goodbye to his mother and the fourth aunt who was designated to stay, and Zhang He got on the subway with his grandfather and the three aunts. And it just so happened that he and his grandfather's seats were not very close to them. He whispered to his grandfather: "Grandpa, don't buy a color TV for the Spring Festival." ”

But the old man who was full of worries looked straight at the floor of the carriage with his eyes, as if he didn't hear his words, so Zhang He pushed his grandfather's shoulder and repeated: "Grandpa, I'll talk to you! I said let's stop buying a color TV, okay?"

As if he had lost his soul, the old man turned his head slowly, looked at Zhang He's eyes and said listlessly: "Ah! What are you talking about? Say it again!"

"I said, can we not buy a color TV first?" Zhang He repeated with a serious face.

"Why? Don't you always want to watch color TV?" the old man asked rhetorically.

"I don't want to, I don't think it's worth it to buy a color TV for 2,000 yuan. I'm here for a better purpose, I don't know if you'd like to lend me the money first. Zhang He stared at his grandfather's eyes and said.

"Borrow you?" The old man hesitated for a moment, and then said in surprise: "Eh, who told you that grandpa wants to buy a color TV? How do you know that the color TV costs 2,000 yuan?"

"I saw it when you gave my aunt money. In fact, Zhang He is talking nonsense, there is no picture he said in his memory, he just remembers that it was his aunt and aunt-in-law who brought the color TV at the end of this year, and they vigorously invited credit for themselves, saying that they didn't spend 2,000 yuan, and found 200 yuan for their grandfather.

Coincidentally, the old man agreed with him, and with an "oh" sound, he put his left arm around his shoulder. Somehow, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he turned his head to Zhang He and asked, "Do you want to lend money to your mother to make up for the surgery fee?"

Zhang He replied categorically: "No! I want to use this money to get my dad out!"

The old man couldn't help but frown immediately when he heard this, and looked at him without speaking. I don't know if I'm waiting for him to say it, or if I'm blaming him with my eyes for bringing up the old things of that day again.

But at this moment, Zhang He doesn't care what grandpa means? I saw him continue: "Grandpa, I didn't say this just because today I knew that my mother's two surgeries were signed by you, so it was just a whim. But as I said before, I just don't want my mother to go with me. Think about it, my mother is such a big thing, he doesn't even leak his face, he doesn't even pay attention to it, what the hell is this, Ya is still someone's husband? Can you still point to him and be good to my mother? I'll tell you the truth, you know Ya... Zhang He almost didn't hug his child and told him what was about to happen later.

But unexpectedly, after listening to his words, the old man did not fall into silence like last time, but immediately withdrew the hand on his shoulder, and scolded him angrily with a displeased face: "Who taught you to scold?

Zhang He's face sank instantly, and he retorted: "Shouldn't he scold?"

The old man said loudly: "It's not your turn to scold? Where did you get so much anger at a young age, he is your father." The old man's tone suddenly attracted the sideways glances of the people around him, and even the three aunts five meters away couldn't help but glance over here.

"Yes, it's now. Zhang He was anxious, and he no longer cared about how his grandfather would react to his next words, so he said to his grandfather with a serious face: "I'll tell you the truth, when my mother's operation is successful, my father will propose a divorce to my mother, and he will write the divorce agreement." I want to borrow money from you just to get him out of the house. Because only then would he agree to leave the two-bedroom unit allocated to them to my mother. ”

The old man couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and after a long time, he asked again with an angry face: "Your father didn't show up, and your mother didn't mention the division of the unit, how do you know? When your mother successfully filed for divorce after the operation? How does he know which success and which failure? There is also a divorce agreement, which has a nose and eyes." When have you seen your dad in the last few months? When did you come with your mouth open? Who did you learn from? Am I going to beat you?"

"If you don't believe me, you can send my aunt to Shougang to ask? You can investigate it yourself to see if the unit is divided into rooms." It's in the old mountain of Bajiao Village, I know the floor, the 12th floor. Zhang He said impatiently, not thinking about how he would end up in the future. It can be seen that he is really anxious, and the information he has obtained in this life one after another is like the last straw that crushes him, so that he no longer wants to care about it.

But the old man still asked with a straight face: "Who said this?"

"I'm going to say that the old fairy told me, and you don't believe it. But I promised my mom that I couldn't betray people. People are also kind and want me to give my mother a preventive shot, for fear that my father will suddenly come to such a hand, and my mother will suffer a big loss. "I knew that my grandfather couldn't have left any impression on my mother and colleague who was only a one-sided relationship, not to mention that everyone's attention was on my mother that day. Therefore, Zhang He deliberately exposed a flaw and pushed all the sources of justification in his words onto his mother's three colleagues.

The old man was stupid now, he finally believed his grandson's words. I saw him straighten up, and slowly threw his eyes to the ground again, as if talking to himself: "Why wait until the operation is successful before he proposes divorce?"

"If you divorce before hospitalization, you can't be considered a dual-income worker, and the house will be gone. At this time, even if the crime of abandoning his wife and children is confirmed, he has to think about his reputation as a section chief! At least he can't let the boss in the unit think that he is not authentic! But when the operation is successful, he will file for divorce, and the house will be gone, and his reputation will not be too stinky. What's more, if the operation fails and the person is gone, wouldn't it be more convenient. Zhang He's words were like a sharp knife, plunging into his grandfather's heart, making the old man, who was already gray-haired, seem to be several years older all of a sudden. But Zhang Hezhen did not deliberately smear his father in order to achieve his goal. On the contrary, it was the "perfect explanation" he had heard from his father in the face of his mother's questioning in his previous life, when his father threatened to push her downstairs. He even remembered his father's expression when he said this, it was a cheeky and smug look!

The old man looked at the ground and was silent for a while, and suddenly said in a low voice: "Tell grandpa, what are you going to do with these two thousand yuan?"

Zhang He also stared blankly at the ground, and replied casually: "Give him money! Let him take the money and get out of here, and change the book of this suite to my mother's name." ”

"There's no way your dad agrees, and he's not stupid. Grandpa Zhang He shook his head at the ground and said.

"Hmph, it's because he's not stupid that he agrees, I know better than you what he is. Zhang He gritted his teeth with a fierce look and said.

"Then why did he agree?" asked the old man, looking up.

"Listen to me tell you slowly!" Zhang He grabbed his grandfather's arm and said in a low voice: "These two divorced, did they divide the family property? Does the house have to be half of one person? The children of the two, that is, me, and Heng'er, can't follow him, right? Even if I go to court, at my age, I have to sentence me to my mother! So, this problem comes. I followed my mother, and he had to pay monthly child support, and why did he have to pay 30 a month for this year, and this year it was 360. Over the years, as wages rise, so will prices. The alimony is not a dozen, one or two hundred is it, and this year it is a few thousand, not to mention that I have to give it until I am 18 years old. ”

Zhang He suddenly paused when he said this, and subconsciously glanced at his aunt's side, and then continued: "So I mean, we don't want any of these, even like any carpet, tape recorder and TV, etc., all give him, and give him another 2,000 yuan, we just need a house! He is a section chief, divorced, and the house can be taken over by the unit." And most importantly, at the moment this house is not considered a commodity, it is not valuable. You said that with my dad's money-eyed goods, can he disagree?"

The old man listened to Zhang He's words, and did not show any grievances about what he said about "don't do anything", and secondly, he did not inquire about the "house is not a commodity" he mentioned. just nodded expressionlessly, and said in a deep voice: "Let grandpa think about it, don't mention it to your aunt and your grandma first." ”

Zhang He looked at himself in the glass opposite, pinched his grandfather's arm with the hand holding his grandfather in response, and scolded secretly in his heart: "Sun thief, no one treated you in the previous life, I don't think you can be so proud in this life." ”

In fact, before going to the doctor's office, Zhang He never thought about "punishing" his father in this life. On the contrary, he just wants to be a father like he did with his aunt. As long as his mother can quickly escape from his father's "clutches" and start a new life, how can he have the leisure to worry about the past with him.

But who would have thought that the doctor's unintentional words would provoke him to suddenly have a sense of revenge. made him feel even more that he had been instilled by his mother since he was a child, "to be a man must be tolerant, to know how to calm people, to learn to empathize, to believe that good will be rewarded, what to take a step back and open the sky, what to suffer in this life and enjoy happiness in the next life." "It's all an excuse used by the mother to whitewash her weakness, and the truth is nothing more than a trick used by the saints to protect themselves. Retribution is the truth for "bad people" like my father.

"The reason why bad people are bad people is because they don't think they are wrong at all, on the contrary, they only feel that everything is their natural choice, the result of their brains and strength than others. The so-called condemnation of conscience and inner torment are nothing more than the laws of cause and effect imagined by the weak. ”

Thinking back to the only three times he had been with his father in the past 20 years after his mother's death, Zhang He couldn't wait to smoke himself at this moment. He finally realized that he was actually a copy of his mother, and he couldn't be ruthless with his father.