Chapter 8: Estrangement
Zeng Fanxing picked up her grandfather and uncle at the bus station, she rarely met with her father's relatives, once or twice a year, she knew that her mother didn't like her grandparents, and she didn't let her have more contact.
Zeng Fanxing has heard too much about her grandparents since she was a child, and she can't afford to be close to her grandfather's family, but now, the person who can empathize with her is her grandfather's family, except for her mother.
"Lovely. Zeng Zhibo first saw Zeng Fanxing dressed in black.
Zeng Fanxing ran over, "Grandpa, uncle." ”
Zeng Guangdong looked at Zeng Fanxing, dressed in black and pants, with white flowers tied in his ponytail, his eyes were red and swollen, and he was emaciated and haggard, "Where's your dad?"
Zeng Fanxing was about to cry when she heard this, but she bit her lower lip desperately, "I'll take you to him." ”
There was a heavy atmosphere in the taxi, the driver learned that the destination was the cemetery, and he didn't open his mouth to chat, at the door of the cemetery, Zeng Fanxing bought a bunch of sunflowers, Zeng Zhiyuan wanted to buy something, but he didn't know what to buy for a while, and he turned around helplessly at the door of the supermarket.
"Do you have a bread with ham in it, buy two of that, once upon a time, every time your eldest brother took the first place in the exam, I would buy one of that bread for him, and he would keep half of it for you, and he had never eaten it himself. Zeng Guangdong said.
Zeng Zhibo reached out and wiped two handfuls on his face, wiped away his tears before asking the shopkeeper if there was any bread with whole ham in it, and finally bought two breads with meat floss in them.
Zeng Zhiyuan's tomb was on the top of the comparison, and Zeng Fanxing explained to them that it was because his father liked a higher place.
Zeng Zhibo nodded, and Zeng Guangdong followed silently, this staircase went up, and there were neatly arranged square tombstones on the left and right, which was not a place for the living.
Zeng Fanxing led his grandfather and uncle to his father's grave, the sunflowers that were placed yesterday were still very fresh, "Dad, grandpa and uncle came to see you, I'm sorry, I was late to inform you." ”
"Brother. Zeng Zhibo couldn't stand it when he saw the photo of the eldest brother on the tombstone, and cried and threw himself up to hug him, "Brother, big brother." ”
Zeng Guangdong stood three steps later, looking at his crying youngest son and granddaughter unaware, he stared at the square inch photo on the monument, his eldest son.
His eyes were bloodshot, he wiped his face, and wanted to take two puffs of cigarettes, but he felt empty on his waist and didn't bring out the cigarette gun.
"Girl, let me ask you. Zeng Guangdong's hoarse voice seemed to have cried violently, even from last night to now, he has not shed a single tear, "Your father is completely down, there is nothing missing in the car accident." ”
"The car accident didn't hurt anything. Zeng Fanxing said, "Dad is cremated, and Dad's ashes are buried here." ”
Zeng Guangdong was stunned for a long time when he heard this, and finally let out a long sigh, "I don't want to see the last one." ”
Zeng Fanxing felt uncomfortable when he heard this, "I'm sorry grandpa, I'm sorry, I should have called." ”
The three of them stayed in the cemetery for three or four hours, and finally Zeng Guangdong drove his son and granddaughter to sit in the hall at the foot of the mountain, and he stayed alone in front of his son's tomb for another two hours.
When Zeng Guangdong came down, Zeng Zhibo and Zeng Fanxing looked at him, "Is your grandmother in her own house or in yours now?" Zeng Guangdong asked.
"At my house. Zeng Fanxing said, "My mother has been bedridden since my father's accident and needs to be taken care of. ”
"Then go to your house. Zeng Guangdong said.
Zeng Fanxing thought in her heart that her mother said that she would never see her grandfather, but she still stopped the taxi and drove home, she had no way to say to her grandfather, don't go to my house, my mother doesn't want to see you.
When he got home, Zeng Guangdong said to Zeng Fanxing, "Don't go up first, you can go up again when we come down." ”
"Grandpa. Zeng Fanxing said at a loss.
"Your grandmother and I didn't talk well at that time, and you couldn't hear it well. Zeng Guangdong said, "It's just that there are two words to ask your grandmother, don't worry." ”
Zeng Zhibo accompanied Zeng Guangdong up, and after ringing the doorbell, Magnolia came over to open the door, and when he saw that they were the ones who immediately closed the door again.
"Liyuan, no, your father-in-law and uncle are here. Magnolia turned back and patted Xu Liyuan's door, and Xu Liyuan came out, "What are they doing?"
"No, let them go back. ”
Magnolia walked to the door, "Go back, Liyuan doesn't want to see you." ”
"If I don't see Liyuan, I'll see you. Zeng Guangdong said, "If you don't open the door, I will let the neighbors know what you have done to lack morality." ”
"How do you speak, why do I lack virtue?" Bai Yulan was not convinced, "It's better to be reasonable." ”
"My son died, and no one informed me. ”
"This is still my son's home, I can't enter the door, if you don't feel sorry, let's ask someone to preach and say, who is lacking in virtue. Zeng Guangdong said.
"Your son won't tell you, why are you here?" Magnolia warned through a small door, "My son-in-law had an accident, my daughter couldn't eat or sleep, and everyone fainted several times, she didn't say that she wanted to notify you, who knows how to notify you." ”
"She fainted, and so did you. Zeng Guangdong said, "You are not a person, and the daughter you brought out is not a person." ”
"Hey, how are you swearing. Magnolia said. "You are thinking that there are only two women in the house, and you two will come to the door to bully people, I have already called my son, and he will be back soon. ”
"I'm not talking nonsense with you either. Zeng Guangdong said, he raised his voice to make sure that Xu Liyuan inside also heard clearly, "The daughter-in-law sticks to her mother's house, it's not a day or two, I can't take care of it when my son is here, he is not here now, and no one can take care of it, but Magnolia, let me tell you, half of this family is a girl, if you let me know that the girl has been wronged in money, let's go to the court to find out." ”
After Zeng Guangdong finished speaking, he motioned for his son to leave.
Magnolia was let out by him with a wave of cruel words, and said outside, "The uneducated mud legs still know the court, who are you scaring about." ”
"They're leaving?" asked Xu Liyuan.
"Hmm. Magnolia said, "They reminded me, they are Zhiyuan's parents and the beneficiaries of the inheritance, you hurry up and transfer some of the family's money to me first, and I will help you keep it, so that even if they come to ask you for money, you will say no." ”
"The family didn't have much money, and in the end, the 500,000 yuan was lent to my younger brother. Xu Liyuan said with disgust that when she thought that the last conversation between her and Zeng Zhiyuan was for the 500,000 yuan, Zeng Zhiyuan's last words to her were divorce, her heart was like a knife, and she regretted not being at the beginning.
"Your current pension, compensation, and insurance money, that's a lot of money. Magnolia's eyes sparkled.
"The money hasn't arrived yet. Xu Liyuan said, "Besides, Zhiyuan hopes that Fanxing will study abroad, and this money will be kept for her to study, and her grandfather will not ask for this money." ”
"What do you do with that money for studying abroad, a girl. Magnolia said.
"This is Zhiyuan's wish, and I must fulfill it. Xu Liyuan said.
Zeng Fanxing sat on the edge of the flower bed downstairs, waiting quietly, and it didn't take long for grandpa and uncle to come down, Zeng Fanxing estimated the time, it must have been that the door didn't enter, Zeng Fanxing felt a trace of embarrassment and shame, "Grandpa, uncle, my mother is so sad, so she is emotionally unstable, don't take it to heart." ”
"Your mother and I haven't seen each other for four or five years, and I've already guessed this kind of occasion that it's nothing. Zeng Guangdong said, "Cute." Do you know how much money your dad left for you?"
When Zeng Fanxing heard the word money, he thought of the content of the quarrel between his parents that day, 500,000, there were more before, and the few reasons why his father quarreled with his mother were because his mother gave money to his uncle.
But I couldn't say that to my grandfather.
Zeng Fanxing shook his head.
"Do you know how much you can pay for this accident?" Zeng Guangdong asked.
Zeng Fanxing still shook his head.
Zeng Guangdong sighed, "You have to ask to understand, this will be your money in the future, otherwise it will become the Xu family's money, you are still young, and there will be more places to use money in the future, you know in your heart, they can't fool you." ”
Zeng Fanxing looked at him, and he didn't know if he listened or not.
"Let's go back, if you pack up your father's belongings, pick up two and send them back, so that your grandmother will have a thought. Zeng Guangdong said.
"I'll take you to the station. Zeng Fanxing said.
"No, we'll take a taxi ourselves. Zeng Guangdong said, "Go back and rest, there is no flesh on your face, your father is gone, you have to work harder to live a good life in the future, so that your father can feel at ease underground." ”
"Call if there's anything. ”
Zeng Fanxing nodded.
At the gate of the community, I watched them get into a taxi and go away.
Zeng Fanxing went home, and Magnolia asked her, "Did you take your grandfather and uncle to the cemetery?
"Then I went home. Zeng Fanxing said.
"What I said, she must have brought it back, otherwise those two would have found it. Magnolia said to her daughter.
Xu Liyuan looked at Zeng Fanxing, "What did my mother tell you yesterday, I said that if you want to bring your grandfather back, I will die, do you want me to die?" ”
"You didn't let grandpa into the house, did you see grandpa?" Zeng Fanxing said, "You shut out your father's real father and brother, and your father's photo is here, aren't you sorry?"
Xu Liyuan slapped her daughter with a snap.
"Aren't you sorry that you just talked to me like this in front of your father's photo?" Xu Liyuan roared.
"Just because I didn't give birth to a son, their family didn't treat me as a person, and now my daughter, the daughter I gave birth to myself, doesn't treat me as a person?"
"It's not a question of having children at all. Zeng Fanxing said that for the first time, she felt that perhaps Xu Liyuan was the only person who had been immersed in the emotions of being discriminated against without a son.
"Okay, don't say a word, don't irritate your mother. Magnolia rounded up and said, "Come into the house." ”
Then helped Xu Liyuan back to the room, Xu Liyuan sat on the edge of the bed and covered her face and whined, Bai Yulan looked at her and sighed, "Even if the mother is pregnant for ten months, it can't be worth the blood relationship with their family name." ”
"I'm going to modify the stars. Xu Liyuan said, "Let her be surnamed Xu in the future." ”
"Oh, that's not going to happen. Bai Yulan's heart jumped and said, "This house is still surnamed Zeng, how can two women surnamed Xu live in it." ”