Chapter Twenty-Five: Did Dad Commit Suicide?
Because not many relatives arrived, Liu Ru's funeral ended quickly. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Ruoqing didn't understand why his uncle buried his mother in this cemetery. According to Shaoyang, he was buried around the ancestral grave in his hometown, and Uncle Wang said that his father had revealed the idea of wanting to return to his roots after the leaves fell, but he didn't expect the leaves to fall so soon, so Uncle Wang did what his father wished. And Liu Ru was buried next to her grandparents. My mother is a married person, so why is she not buried in the place of her husband's house?
Ruoqing's tears had long since dried up, and he stood in front of the tomb in confusion. The strangeness of the funeral, the indifference of her relatives to her mother's death, and her aunt's words, everything was inexplicable, but it made her even more sad.
Ah, you must be happy to finally be able to meet your father, Mom?
"Ruoqing, let's go, let's go. The uncle shouted Ruoqing, he didn't want his niece to stay here for too long.
My aunt's noisy voice is always everywhere.
"Ruoqing, come back with us, it's gloomy here. ”
"Uncle, I want to stay with my mother for a while, you can go back. ”
Seeing Ruoqing so stubborn, my uncle didn't say anything anymore and followed my aunt.
Ruoqing looked at the photo of Liu Ru on the tombstone, smiled, and said to Wu Mei: "Look, how beautiful my mother was when she was young, right?"
Wu Mei also stared at the photo on the tombstone, although Ruoqing's face was high-definition and cold-eyed, she didn't expect her mother to be so beautiful.
"Ah, yes, my mother was so beautiful when she was young. ”
Tears crossed Ruoqing's face.
"I think it must have been this beautiful face that made my father love and hate it, and finally left her and me to go to heaven alone. ”
"Ruoqing ......"
Wu Mei stretched out her hand to hug Ruoqing, and gently patted her back, like a mother comforting her daughter.
"It's all over, we all have to be strong in the future, the road is very long, let's work together!"
Ruoqing hates other people's pity and sympathy for her life experience the most. They were like piles of salt that, when they appeared, would pounce on her wounds and make her roll on the floor. But she knew that Wu Mei was well-intentioned, and she followed her here because she was worried about her. Now, my mother is gone, my uncle is being managed by my aunt again, and I have no relatives around me, and the only thing I can rely on is these friends! Thinking about it this way, Ruoqing is not so sensitive.
"Well, I'm going to be strong! Let's go. ”
"Good. ”
Wu Mei walked behind Ruoqing, and the two walked in the direction of the highway. Only 2 days later, Ruoqing has lost a lot of weight, and his already thin body looks even more beautiful, and as soon as the wind blows, it will be blown away at any time.
"Wu Mei, I think, why don't I go back and see my father. ”
Kindness?!
Wu Mei finally drove Ruoqing home, how could she let her .......
"There are still classes at school, and besides, didn't you just go there not long ago? ”
"Oh, by the way, I'll go first, and the only parent is my aunt and uncle. Ruoqing said leisurely, without emotion. She wanted to go back to the countryside to see her father, talk to him, and ask him if he was happy to see his mother? By the way, there was also Uncle Wang! Why didn't he come to his mother's funeral? He was his best friend, why didn't he come?
"Let's go back to school tomorrow. Ruoqing suddenly turned around and said with a smile at Wu Mei, as if the haze just now was a dream.
Wu Mei was a little surprised, and looked at Ruoqing blankly.
"Oh, yes. ”
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"Ruoqing, why don't we go back to your uncle's house?" Wu Mei had more and more questions along the way, and was very surprised by the indifference of the Ruoqing family. Although the family is small, the funeral is not so deserted. Almost all of them are relatives from Ruoqing's mother's side, and the people from the family only came sporadically. Among them was an old lady, holding Ruoqing and wiping away tears. What else do you say about the hard-working child, your father is the hardest, this woman should have gone down there to apologize to your father. And Ruoqing's aunt is also as indifferent as ever, but she doesn't dare to be bad to Ruoqing, but she doesn't seem to have a good word for the late Liu Ru. Everyone seems to feel that this moment seems to have come earlier, which is what everyone is looking forward to?
Ruoqing's mother's death, is it what everyone is looking forward to?
- Hard-working child, your father is the hardest-suffering child, and this woman should have gone down there to apologize to your father.
These words have always been in Wu Mei's mind, and in this case, you can't ask Ruoqing, and she keeps beating drums in her heart. Now, Ruoqing is not going back to her uncle's house, where is she going? Thinking of the complexity of Ruoqing's family, she couldn't help but shudder in her heart.
"My dad has a very good friend, he used to be the treasurer of our family's factory, I haven't been to see him for a long time, tomorrow we will go back to school, I don't know when I will come back next time, I want to go see him today. ”
"It's almost there, master, it's the neighborhood in front of you. Ruoqing pointed to the intersection in front of him and said to the driver and Wu Mei.
Uncle Wang didn't come to his mother's funeral, so he couldn't say anything about it. On the day of her father's departure, she never forgot the way her grandmother and Uncle Wang looked at her mother.
Everyone said that Dad committed suicide because the factory was closed.
But Ruoqing doesn't believe that Dad is such a cheerful and positive person, and the collapse of the factory will not make Dad choose to commit suicide, let alone leave himself.
So why did Dad commit suicide? This mystery has visited Ruoqing for countless nights.
Unconsciously, Ruoqing and Wu Mei walked to the door of Wang Xiaojian's house, and it was already evening. The one who opened the door was Wang Xiaojian's wife, the wife he picked up.
"Ahh
Wang Xiaojian walked out of the kitchen and frowned when he saw Ruoqing's emaciated face. He tore off his apron and motioned for his wife to come over and take over the kitchen. The two are still so tacit, as long as Wang Xiaojian makes a move, she understands how she should cooperate with him next.
"Uncle Wang, I haven't come to see you for a long time. ”
Wang Xiaojian was still like Ruoqing when she was a child, reaching out to stroke her hair, smiling and her eyes could already be narrowed into a line.
"Little girl, if you can come to see your uncle, your uncle will be moved!"
It may be that the uncle's smile is too reluctant and too gentle, which evokes all the sadness that Ruoqing hides in his heart. She suddenly hugged Wang Xiaojian and cried.
This action frightened Wang Xiaojian, his hand was raised high, and then he was stunned for a few minutes before falling and hugging Ruoqing. Ah! Poor boy! Yi Shaoyang, what kind of sin have you made! All of a sudden, he also remembered all the past, and Yi Shaoyang's face appeared in front of his eyes.
"Child, cry, cry. ”
Wu Mei, who was standing on the side, was frightened, and Wang Xiaojian's wife came over and pulled her into the kitchen. "Let her cry, you come and help me, I'll cook some of her favorite dishes. ”
Ruoqing was crying, wanting to cry out the bitterness in her heart and her thoughts about her father.
A few minutes later.
Ruoqing wiped the tiredness from the corners of her eyes, sobbed and said, "Uncle, I want to eat the sweet and sour fish cooked by my aunt." ”
"Okay, okay, I'll eat sweet and sour fish, you sit here, and your aunt and I will make you something to eat. ”
Ruoqing sat on the sofa, watching Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang and Wu Mei busy in the kitchen. It seems that I saw my father and mother busy in the kitchen, and I also saw the scene where my father took him to Uncle Wang's house to eat, and kept wiping away tears.
"Oh, Wang, you haven't shaved the scales clean!"
"Where is it not cleaned!"
"Oh, you're so old! Look, isn't there a big piece here?"
"I'm old, won't you be old?"
"Auntie, I'll scrape these fish scales, I'm young!"
"Oh, you little girl, you mean I'm old?!"
"Hahahaha!"
I don't know whether it was reluctant or natural, but from time to time there was noise and laughter in the kitchen. The aroma of the food overflowed the whole house, and this scene of harmony in the small family, Ruoqing was afraid that he would not be able to live it anymore.
Soon everyone served the dishes, and the table was filled with 8 dishes one after another, basically all of which Ruoqing loved to eat.
"Ruoqing, come, try the sweet and sour fish made by your aunt, and see if your skills have improved. Wang Xiaojian sandwiched a large piece of fish into Ruoqing's bowl, and then sandwiched a large piece to Wu Mei.
"Little girl, although you say I'm old, but I'm not angry, come, you can taste it too, this is your aunt's proudest craft, Ruoqing often relied on our house to eat the dishes her aunt made when she was a child!"
If you break the tears for a smile.
"Uncle, how can I have it!"
Wu Mei and Ruoqing took a bite of the fish and showed a look of surprise.
"Wow, Auntie, your craft is getting better and better! This fish is even more delicious and delicious. ”
"Yes, Auntie, this is the best fish I've ever tasted!" Wu Mei's words of praise gushed like a river.
Wang Xiaojian kept picking vegetables for Ruoqing, and Ruoqing's grace became like a hill.
"Uncle, don't clip it, I'll clip it myself, you see I can't hold it in my bowl. ”
"Oh oh! Okay! You come by yourself, hahaha!" Wang Xiaojian's eyes narrowed into a line again.
The aunt was too upright, and a word broke the short-lived joy.
"Ruoqing, have dinner at our house tonight, do your uncle and aunt know?"
Ruoqing was stunned and remembered the purpose of coming to Uncle Wang's house. She put down the bowl and chopsticks in her hand, smiled and said to her aunt, "Well, I said it." Wu Mei, who was sitting next to her, also put down her chopsticks, and inexplicably followed Ruoqing to this house, and followed the couple to perform an inexplicable play.
Wang Xiaojian glared at his wife.
"Why do you talk like that, Ruoqing is an ignorant child?
The aunt also realized that she seemed to have said the wrong thing, and laughed awkwardly.
"Yes, yes, yes, you look at me, just like you, old man! Come, Ruoqing, eat vegetables. ”
Although Wang Xiaojian wanted to work hard to get through this embarrassing moment, Ruoqing couldn't eat it anymore. Tears rolled in her eyes, ready to fall at any moment.
"Uncle, my mother's funeral, you, why weren't you there......?"
She knew that it was strange to ask Uncle Wang like this, but she had already made up her mind to solve all the mysteries.
Wang Xiaojian knew that he couldn't dodge, so he also put down the chopsticks in his hand and let out a long sigh.
"Hey......"
He wanted to talk and stopped, and it seemed that there were many, many stories in his belly.
"Ruoqing, I've been too busy these days, and seeing that your uncle and they are taking care of it well, I won't go. After all, you know that my father and I are good friends, but I am not with your mother, and I don't have any dealings, so as an outsider, it's better not to show up. Lest your mother's house see me and think of your father, right?"
What Wang Xiaojian said is reasonable and well-founded, and his teacher is famous. As an outsider, he can indeed not appear at Liu Ru's funeral. As Yi Shaoyang's former friend, it is good for everyone that he does not appear. And as himself, when he doesn't appear, he is very good, he is afraid that he will not be able to restrain himself from being angry with the late Liu Ru. For so many years, he has never let go of Yi Shaoyang's death. He had countless nights when he wanted to rush to Yi Shaoyang's house and solve the woman who had scourged Yi Shaoyang with his own hands. But he can't, he has a family, and according to Shaoyang, Ruoqing, she can't live without her father and mother.
Ruoqing lowered her head, tears streaming into the bowl.
"Uncle, I know, you must know why my dad committed suicide. ”
Suicide?
Wu Mei was stunned in her heart. She didn't expect things to be so complicated, and she didn't expect Ruoqing to carry a past that was more complicated and heavy than they imagined. She couldn't accept it a little, because if that was the case, if that was the case, were all the smiles that Ruoqing showed in front of them on weekdays fake? Are they all so reluctantly pretended? It's terrible!
Wang Xiaojian and his wife heard Ruoqing say the word suicide, which also reminded them of the past.
Over there, Wang Xiaojian's shouting, according to Shaoyang's departure, the crying from the hospital, according to Shaoyang's mother's departure...... It's like a rewind, and it's playing. Wang Xiaojian was the most reluctant to think of the picture, at this time he was very bitter in his heart, but he couldn't tell it.
"Ruoqing...... That's all in the past, don't pursue the adult's business anymore, okay?" Wang Xiaojian looked at Ruoqing with a pleading gaze. Yes, he pleaded from the bottom of his heart, imploring Ruoqing not to open up those painful pasts.
"No, uncle, I want to know. Ruoqing was determined to know the truth, and the firmness in his tone almost made Wang Xiaojian tell the past immediately.
"Ruoqing, don't embarrass your uncle, you still have a long time to go in the future, we have to look forward, okay?"
The aunt wanted to stop Ruoqing, her tone was full of uneasiness, she didn't know what kind of situation would become when the truth came out. But as elders, they have an obligation to maintain Ruoqing's memory and growth environment.
Wang Xiaojian insisted on refusing to say what happened back then, he thought that this was also based on Shaoyang's thoughts, and he couldn't cause any more harm to Ruoqing's heart.
"Ruoqing, your father, it is true that he chose to leave us in that way because the funds in the factory were cut off and the pressure was too great. ”
Ruoqing has heard this speech since he was a child. There are those who are kind, there are those who make fun of them, and there are those who are sympathetic...... In short, she was tired of it. Wang Xiaojian's words made Ruoqing's emotions start to riot.
"Then why don't you go to my mother's funeral!" Ruoqing roared at Wang Xiaojian without warning. Wu Mei and Wang Xiaojian were taken aback. They looked at the two of them in alarm.
Wang Xiaojian knows that he can't go on, Shaoyang, I'm sorry for you!
I sighed in my heart.
"You...... Dad, it's true that he committed suicide. However, most of the reasons for suicide were because of the factory, and your father didn't tell me anything else, so I don't know. Your mother, I really don't have much contact with her, I only know that before she married your father, she was very famous in the town, because of her beauty, and because of her relationship with the famous son Li Deyang at that time......" Wang Xiaojian stopped talking.
Li Deyang?!
Li Che's father?
Ruoqing seemed to faint. She didn't expect that her mother would still have a relationship with Li Che's father.
"Uncle, what does this have to do with my father? That was before she married my father. ”
Wang Xiaojian shook his head.
"Ruoqing, hey, it's your mother, who hurt your father!"
Ruo Qingteng stood up from his chair, his eyes wide open. Unexpectedly, what she had guessed for so many years turned out to be true, and she fell into panic and anger as if a nightmare had come true.
"Li Deyang later approached your mother, your father wanted to divorce your mother, but your mother refused. Later, Li Deyang manipulated the factory's funds, and finally ...... The factory can't hold it anymore. That's all I know. ”
Wang Xiaojian didn't dare to tell Ruoqing the whole truth, it was too cruel.
Ruoqing lowered his head, and tears continued to fall. Wu Mei was too frightened to speak, he didn't know who Li Deyang was, but she could hear from Uncle Wang's words that there was a more complicated story, and she didn't know what kind of role to comfort Ruoqing at this time.
Wang Xiaojian held his forehead in his hand and said nothing. Wang Xiaojian's wife wanted to open her mouth to say something, but she stopped. She knew that her husband was embarrassed and sad, and deliberately concealed part of the truth.
The four fell silent.
Sure enough, my mother was an unchaste person. Ruoqing found the reason why her grandmother didn't want to see her mother back then, and all the contradictions in the family at this moment seem to have an explanation. But, what's the use? Dad is gone, grandma is gone, mom is gone, who's right and who's wrong? Why do you want to dig up this truth? It's all the sins of the deceased, and now that they know the truth, they will only trap themselves like spider webs, and they can't move an inch.
"I see, uncle, thank you for telling me the truth. Ruoqing raised his head and looked at Wang Xiaojian, revealing a reluctant smile.
"Uncle is right, this is all in the past, it's all in the past. She tried to comfort herself.
"My dad is so cruel that he abandoned me for a factory!
This laughter does not match Ruoqing's age at all, but it is like the emotion of a middle-aged man after experiencing prosperity and decline, full of self-deception.
On the way back, Ruoqing's expression became even colder.
"Wu Mei, tomorrow is the ball game agreed upon by Li Che and Shen Jiawei, right?"
"Oh, yes. ”
"You asked Xiaomei to help me pass a message to Shen Jiawei. ”
"Huh?
- "If he wins the game, I'll be his real girlfriend." ”
Ruoqing thought that it was time for him to contact Li Che. And Shen Jiawei is the best flag.