Mother's Lover (short story) Zhang Baotong 2016.6.25

I said to my second aunt, "My mother said that she was going to Xi'an to work, but she had surgery on her lungs, and the doctor wouldn't let her do heavy work. Otherwise, go and persuade her. ”

The second aunt put down the wooden hammer in her hand and said, "I'm afraid she won't use it." It's not that you don't know your mother's temper, she is very stubborn, and no one can persuade her if she recognizes something. ”

I said, "But my mom listens to you." ”

The second aunt sighed and said, "I originally said that I was going to your mother's place to see how the two of them were doing together, but I was too busy to take care of it, and who knew that this kind of thing happened." ”

I asked my second aunt, "What's wrong with that person, so that my mother can't live without him?"

The second aunt said, "That man is very nice, clean and neat, has a good temperament, and is willing to spend money." You can't find such a man even with a lantern. Don't talk about your mother, if you meet me, I'll like people too. Then, the second aunt said, "I heard your mother say that when she was working in Xi'an, the weather was very hot and she couldn't sleep at night, and people were afraid that your mother would be hot at night, so she immediately bought a fan for your mother. What woman doesn't like such a man?"

Hearing my second aunt say this, I remembered that this city person is rich, and he is willing to spend any money on my mother. Because my mother's lungs are not good, I can't smell mosquito coils at night, but if I don't light mosquito coils, there are a lot of mosquitoes, and I can't sleep. As soon as the man came, he put up a new mosquito net on his mother's bed, and his mother was usually reluctant to spend money, and her clothes were very unsophisticated, but the man bought her beautiful clothes and skirts, and dressed her up like a little daughter-in-law. My mother used to be very economical in eating, and she often used to pass away a meal with a piece of bread and a glass of water. However, since the man came, my mother had meat to eat every day, fresh vegetables to eat, and fruits all day long. And I heard that my mother's water, electricity and mobile phone bills were paid by that person for my mother. It's not that my mother is stingy and loves to take advantage of others, it's that person who says that my mother doesn't earn money and doesn't let my mother pay.

I don't remember these good things about the man, but if he goes on like this, he will take his mother to the ditch. Because the more he was like this, the more my mom liked him. And people have feelings, and once men and women have feelings, it is easy for bad things to happen. So, I can't let my mother's reputation be ruined on this person. So, I said to my second aunt, "What's the money? I can't let my mother ruin her reputation just to spend that little money." ”

The second aunt immediately said with a stern face, "How can you say this? Do you think your mother likes other people's money? Wrong, if your mother was like that, I'm afraid people would have hated your mother a long time ago." Do you think that people in the city have too much money to spend, and they are all fools? Let me tell you, your mother really likes that person, and that person loves your mother very much. He always said your mother is pitiful. ”

I asked, "He loves my mother, doesn't he have a wife?"

The second aunt said, "Listen to your mother, that person has always had a bad relationship with his wife, and he has been getting a divorce, but his wife just doesn't agree, so he hasn't left." ”

As soon as I heard this, I said, "My mother is so stupid, she knows that people have wives and wants to be nice to others, but my mother's brain is really in water." ”

The second aunt's face fell suddenly, and she said, "How can you say this about your mother? Who has your mother worked so hard for all her life? Not for you and your brother?"

I said, "We're going to be grateful to my mom, but can't she do that kind of sorry thing for my dad just because of that?"

The second aunt was a little reluctant, and said, "When did your mother do something sorry for your father? How many people were chasing after your mother when she was young, but she followed your father, and your father's family was so poor that our whole family was against it, and we didn't let your mother go back for three years." You also know that your mother has been working outside since she got married, so that your father is guarding the house, but your father said that your mother has never forgotten her old relationship with others because her past lover touched her, and beat your mother to death. You don't see that on a rainy day, your mother's leg is going to hurt, and this is all left by your father. How could you ask her to recognize your father's goodness? If I had broken up with your father, I would have broken up with you. ”

The second aunt's words made me speechless, but I am also good for my mother, if I am not afraid of my mother's reputation being damaged, I can ignore my mother and follow her to that man. However, we rural people and mountain people still pay great attention to reputation, and if a person has a bad reputation, he will not be able to stay in the village. Otherwise, there are two or three widows in the village who have died early, and they have not been silently widowed for many years, although those bachelors who slipped away with a mallet always harassed them and seduced them, but they never dared to go out of line, for fear that they would have a bad reputation and would not be able to stay in the village in the future. It's annoying that my mother doesn't think about this kind of thing at all, which makes people dizzy as soon as they treat her well.

I said earnestly to my second aunt, "Second aunt, you should go and persuade my mother not to let her go to Xi'an to work." ”

But the second aunt said, "If you let her stay at home half-dead like this, it's better to let her go." ”

I said, "But after all, she is old and in poor health, and I am afraid that if she gets sick again, she will be in trouble." ”

The second aunt said, "I think what you're worried about is not that you're afraid that she will go out to work, but that she'll go to that man again." The second aunt thought for a while, and then said, "You don't want to think about it, you are all old, you don't need your mother to take care of you, your father is gone, your family has such a big empty house, let your mother guard it all day long, how lonely and pitiful your mother should be?

At this time, the second aunt came back from the opposite mountain with a basket of walnuts on his back, and when he saw me and the second aunt sitting with their faces stretched out, he said, "Juncheng is here?" I hurriedly handed the cigarette over so he could rest for a while. He wiped his sweat with a towel and smoked a cigarette and said, "I heard your mother is hospitalized?"

I nodded and said, "It's not a big deal, I just don't feel well." ”

The uncle-in-law said to the second aunt, "You go to the hospital to have a look, Junliang is gone, and she is pitiful." ”

The second aunt said, "I went to cook, and after eating, I went to the hospital with Juncheng." "The people in the mountains eat late, it's almost three o'clock, and they haven't eaten lunch yet.

The uncle-in-law said, "She likes to eat fresh peaches, so you can go to the town and buy more fresh peaches." ”

The second aunt said, "Got it." Then, I washed my hands and started cooking.

At this time, my uncle-in-law asked me, "That city man still lives in your house?"

I took a long puff of my cigarette and said, "No, he's gone." "Because I don't want to say that I drove him away, it's easy to get a lot of buzz.

The uncle-in-law said, "That man is very good." He stayed at my house for a few days, helped me work all day, and when he left, he insisted on leaving us 300 yuan, saying that it was for our room and board. ”

I thought that we people in the mountains were poor and could easily be bought with money, so I said, "No wonder my second aunt and your family say that man is good." ”

My uncle-in-law said, "I'm not saying that people give us money and say that he is good, he is good, that person is a cultured, knowledgeable and learned person, well-informed, no arrogance, and he is also very kind and kind." ”

I don't want to talk to my uncle about that man, and if he doesn't have that kind of relationship with my mother, I'm afraid I'll say he's good.