Are there any relatives of the deceased? No!

At least not on site.

Mu Zhenle was on the way here, and his parents didn't know if the notice had arrived at this time, so in a short time, within a day or two, it was estimated that he would not be able to come back.

Hehe, an old man died at home, and there is no one in the vicinity.

This is somewhat unacceptable to Guo Qu. However, for the adults in this village, it is a normal thing.

Life, sometimes it makes people really ruined. Guo took a look at the dilapidated thatched house, and thought about the deceased in the house, it was: Really ruined and dead!

Within three hours, the police arrived, and because they had explained in advance that there was a body, they even brought a forensic doctor.

"There are no injuries, no signs of poisoning, and further examination is required to know whether it was hazarded and the approximate time of death of the deceased. The medical examiner said.

Then he walked to the side with a pale face and vomited.

No way, when he came, he thought it was someone who had just died, and then went in with a mask, only to vomit almost inside.

In fact, the police who came here already knew that the old man had died of natural causes, why? Because they had seen similar things in the past few years, not once or twice.

The reason for everything points to empty nesters.

The so-called empty nest is not having a family by your side. The old man is already frail and sickly, and if there is a sudden illness, no one will know at all.

"I'm so lonely in this world that no one even knows I'm dead. ”

This should be the sentence that many empty nesters think about the most before they die.

Guo Qu felt uncomfortable, and after dealing with everything, he asked the villagers about the specific situation, and then drove away.

Back at school and into the office, he was ready to write an article that he would take to the county newspaper for submission.

It reads as follows:

Old man Mu is 74 years old, living alone in a deep mountain nest in Guizhou Province, the old house, the threshold and the four corners of the door have been rounded, the house is pitch black, only simple tables, stools, cobwebs, and the smell of musty.

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There are no young people in the village, most of them are between the ages of 20 and 50, most of them work outside, most of the people who stay in the village are over 60 years old, and the young people stay in the countryside and earn less than 2,000 yuan a year. The same is true of Old Man Mu's children.

The neighbor said that his children and grandchildren were very good to him, and every time they came to see him, they would give him money to spend, but they were away all the year round and could not take care of him.

A few years ago, the son also took the old man to Guangdong Province, less than three years, Xiang Dalan came back, the life is not familiar, the climate is not used to, the food is not used to it, the days are long, the daughter-in-law can not get along, the more you live, the more painful.

After coming back, the old man Mu became more and more dislike to talk to people, there was no TV to watch, and there was no mobile phone, even if there was, it was estimated that he would not use it, and many times he would sit at the door for a day, watching the sun rise in the morning and watching the sun set in the evening, without saying a word.

Once, when a neighbor saw that he didn't go out for several days, he went to call the door, and after shouting for a long time, he didn't see an answer, thinking that something was wrong. I found a few people to pick the door, and as soon as I touched the lock, I heard the voice inside: "Don't pry the door, don't break it!"

Because of the inconvenience of his legs and feet, Old Man Mu had to ask someone to carry everything he bought. On July 17, he gave his neighbor 13 yuan and asked him to buy 10 yuan of medicinal wine and 3 yuan of painkillers.

On July 18, his nephew came over with a bowl of bean curd, shouted a few times and did not respond, thinking that the old man did not like to take care of people, the nephew left with the bean curd again.

On July 22, a neighbor came to Old Man Mu with medicinal wine and painkillers, and shouted for a long time but did not agree, and another neighbor said that Old Man Mu had not gone out for three or four days.

The village chief, the village party secretary and the old man's sister then rushed over, and after priing open the door, they found that the old man Mu had died on the bed, covered with a quilt, looking like he had slept well, his stomach was bulging, and the house was filled with a foul smell, I don't know if he died of natural causes or died of illness, because no one saw it.

The neighbor said that the sins of this life were over, "If you die, you will be free." ”

In the countryside, such incidents are everywhere.

"A lock when you go out, a lamp when you come back" is almost the truest portrayal of their lives.

Just like the mountains that surround them, there is never an end in sight, there is no way out, and their loneliness and loneliness are equally endless. Death, on the contrary, becomes liberation and salvation.

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This article is too short, Guo went to think about it, and from some things he experienced in his previous life, he wrote another one:

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An old man in the depths of the mountains of Guizhou Province, his daughter works in Guangdong Province, because of the long distance, she only goes home during the Chinese New Year, and after going out to work for 5 years, she has returned home less than three times.

Yes, even during the Chinese New Year, sometimes she can't go home.

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The mother thought that her daughter was busy with work and had been sick several times, but she didn't tell her. So in the daughter's impression, her mother's body has always been healthy, and she doesn't know that her mother has always suffered from heart disease. After the New Year, her daughter was ready to go to Guangdong Province, and before parting, her mother said to her: "Daughter, rest assured, my mother is in good health." ”

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In the middle of the night, my mother passed away quietly, and I didn't go out for several days before the people in the village broke in, and the old man's body was already cold, and I didn't even know when he died.

The daughter hurried back from Guangdong, saw the mother on the ground, and cried: "I regret it so much, I really regret it, I shouldn't go back to Guangdong Province after the New Year." Should stay with mom. ”

Actually, it's not the daughter who is at fault. No one is qualified to blame a child who gets rid of the countryside and goes to the city, that is irreversible rolling red dust, that unbridgeable gap that crosses the gap between urban and rural areas, and will eventually separate children from their parents, perhaps separated by thousands of mountains, thousands of rivers, and finally separated by yin and yang.

As Yi Zhou said, I am too lonely in this world. So much so that no one even knew that he was dead.

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After writing this, Guo went to stop writing, pondered for a while, and then picked up the pen again and wrote the end:

If you are separated from your parents, how many times a year can you go back?

The average life expectancy of Chinese is 72 years old, even if your parents exceed 13 years old and live to 85 years old, how long can you get along with your parents in this life?

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If you go home once a year for the Spring Festival and stay for seven days at a time, in addition to parties, socializing, sleeping and shopping, you can really spend less than two days at home with your parents.

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In this way, in the remaining days of his life, the time spent with his parents was less than one to three months.

I gave birth to my own parents and raised myself, but because I grew up and became busy, and then I used this as an excuse to go home only once or twice a year at most.

Hehe.

—————— cause the aging of the population to become more and more serious, and there are readers with parents and grandparents.

PS: Note: The content of both stories in this chapter is based on real events.