206 shoulders heavy burdens, tears in the heart

In a simple and dilapidated kitchen.

Ma Xiaoqiang sat behind the small stove, chopped the firewood with a scimitar, and then stuffed it under the stove.

At this moment, she was turning her head to talk to someone.

No one else, it was Li Banxia.

Li Banxia sat at the table, drinking water, and talking to Ma Xiaoqiang without saying a word.

"Xiao Qiang, I just saw your father lying on the bed outside, and a few of us made such a big noise, and he didn't wake up, is he not feeling well?"

As soon as she talked about her father, Ma Xiaoqiang's face had an indescribable sadness and sadness.

"Also, I look at your father's legs, something seems wrong, doesn't it?"

"Sister Banxia is really good eyesight, and I won't tell you, my father's leg was broken by a boulder falling from the mountain when he was working in the mine three years ago. Both legs, my dad can't stand up—"

"What?" Li Banxia felt a pain in her heart, and she didn't know if she heard about her father's misfortune, or if the broken leg made her think of the person she had been missing these days?

"Yes, after that time, my dad lay in bed for three years. In the beginning, my father would endure the irritability in his heart and not show it for fear that we would worry. The more time passed, the worse my dad became. Later, my father's temper became bigger and bigger, and he often got angry at my mother and my brother and me. And in the end, my father didn't even have a temper, the whole person was sluggish, and there was something wrong with his sanity. In the past six months, my dad has been sleeping for a long time every day. When he's asleep, no matter what's going on in the outside world, he doesn't hear, he doesn't see—"

Because his life is lifeless, and living is like dying. He refuses to listen to the outside world and see the outside world.

That's why, their father is still alive, and at a very young age, it was up to the two siblings to carry these burdens.

This is why Ma Rudong, a young man, didn't seriously look for some work to do, but had to do the job of blocking the road and robbing him. Because there are two people in the family who need to be taken care of by them, and one of them is a father with inconvenient legs, even if Ma Rudong wants to go out to earn money, he can't leave.

These two brothers and sisters are really bitter.

"You. It must have been very tiring and bitter. "It's distress, not sympathy. When I think of such a little girl. has to bear the burden of life, and has to bear the unfortunate illness of his father's mother, Li Banxia feels that the difficulties he has experienced before are really too insignificant.

People always seem to be like this, when you are facing difficulties yourself. I just feel that I can't get over this hurdle. I feel very hard and pitiful, and when I meet others who are more unfortunate and pitiful than you, I suddenly realize that what I have experienced before is too childish.

Ma Xiaoqiang shook her head, "I'm not bitter, I'm just a little tired." My father and mother love me, and my brother protects me like this. I don't feel bitter at all. The real bitter is still my brother. ”

Li Banxia looked at her and knew that she was going to tell her a story. A very long story full of blood and tears -

"Three years ago, my father had an accident in the mine, and all the little savings of the family were used to treat my father. My mother picked up the clothes of more than a dozen families alone, and every morning, when everyone was asleep. My mother went to a large family in the neighborhood to collect and change clothes from door to door. Then, while the sun was not coming out, the clothes were washed. Only then will the clothes be sent back to them in the afternoon. ”

In this way, the mother exhausted her energy and life day by day, even in the cold winter weather, she had to wash her clothes in the biting cold water. I wanted to help my mother, but my mother never let me touch these clothes, saying that she was afraid that I would be careless and tear other people's clothes. But I know that my mother just doesn't want me to suffer. ”

"It's because of this that my mother's body is getting worse and worse, and this year, I'm sick for three days. If you are not careful, you will catch a cold. Sometimes it's a lot of days, but this time, I've been sick for more than two months—"

Li Banxia was silent.

Cui's body is so weak today, it is indeed related to the fact that she has been dripping too much cold and causing the cold to enter her body. When she was young, she was overworked and her body was already weak. In addition, each time the disease was not treated in a timely and effective manner, and the root cause of the disease was settled. It is difficult to completely cure it, and it is necessary to recuperate slowly.

It seems that before she leaves, she has to tell the two brothers and sisters that they must not let their mother work too hard and not get cold.

"After my mother fell ill, all the burden of the family fell on my brother, who was only twenty years old at that time. Before this, although my brother's life could not be said to be carefree, he did not have any heavy burdens. My father had an accident, my mother was sick, and the family was so poor that there was no rice to cook, and my brother put all the hardships and tiredness in his heart. Not only do you have to be busy with the family's livelihood every day, but you also have to take care of your father's daily life. ”

"My mother is sick, and the family has no money to treat my mother, so my brother has thought of all the ways and begged people. Originally, there was a big family who took a fancy to me and wanted me to be his concubine, so that the family would not have to worry about money. For the sake of the family, I just don't want to say anything, if my brother really wants me to marry, then I will marry. Sacrificing one of me can save a family, and it's worth it. ”

But my brother refused without hesitation, he felt that the other party was an old man, and I was too young to match him. And he already has more than a dozen concubines in his family, and my brother thinks he is an old pervert, and my life will be over if I marry her. ”

"The more my brother thinks about me, the more I can't watch him work and worry about the family every day, and look at my brother's tired face that still squeezes and smiles at me, and I tell my brother that I am willing to marry him, to the rich old man. If my brother didn't agree, I said that I didn't want to live a poor life at home anymore, and I wanted to marry into a big family to live a good life of eating and drinking spicy food~~"

Li Banxia couldn't help but be moved, everything this brother and sister did was just for each other, for this family, it was really touching.

People say that brotherhood and flesh and blood are close to each other, and this should be the case.

"My brother understands me and knows that I deliberately told him this, he only let me die that heart, and drove away the matchmaker who came to kiss him. I forgot about it completely. Later, I also thought that no matter what happened at home, I would stay at home and face it with my brother. ”

"My mother's illness is getting worse and worse, and I often cough all night, and my brother really has no choice, so he discussed with me to lie on the road. There's no way around it, the last time we met you and the mule driver, my brother and I were doing this for the first time. I didn't expect to meet you for the first time—"

Now Li Banxia knows why they are so wrong, and they haven't even discussed the most basic things. As they say. The first time they do this kind of thing, there will inevitably be a lot of mistakes and mistakes. There was still guilt and self-blame in my heart, so I only shouted and shouted verbally, and did not do anything with them.

It's the same this time, they're not the ones who do these things.

"And what happened to you that day? Why did you suddenly move again? ”

"I can't help it. When the old man came to talk about his family affairs again, I pretended to agree and accepted their dowry. Because my attitude behaved very well, he thought that I was a person who liked money and wanted to live a good life with him, and they didn't have a dike for me. So one night, my brother and I left the village with my father and my mother. We moved a lot, and we dared to go far for fear that the old man would find us. By chance. I settled here. ”

Speaking of these things, Ma Xiaoqiang had guilt on her face. No one would want to do these things if they could, and no one would want to tell such a lie.

"The way to the drive, the money to hire a carriage. The money for the medicine for my father's and mother's treatment was quickly spent. We've just settled in. And they began to struggle again. That's why this morning happened—"

When I first found out that the first person they robbed was her, I only felt that the road was narrow, and the brother and sister were really unlucky. And now it seems that it is a very lucky thing to meet her again and have her help.

"I can't imagine that you have experienced so many ups and downs at such a young age." Li Banxia sighed from the bottom of her heart, it was really not easy to see her still living so innocently and without losing her nature.

"Compared to my brother's, I'm nothing." Speaking of her brother, Ma Xiaoqiang's eyes were really full of distress. It's as if you think of the most heart-wrenching thing of a loved one, and every time you think of it, it always makes your heart sour for no reason.

Li Banxia knew this feeling, and she had this feeling too.

It should be said that everyone has it, as long as that person has someone they care about and has some unforgettable and deep memories, they will feel this way.

To this day, when Li Banxia sees people coming and going on the street, especially those fathers who carry their little girls on their backs, they will remember that her father once carried her like this-

But such memories are joyful, and some memories, as long as they are remembered, make their hearts ache.

"You don't know, my brother had a family affair a few years ago. The other party's surname is Du, and the girl who has a marriage contract with my brother is called Du Yuerong. Our two families already have a good relationship, my brother and Sister Yuerong have been playing together since childhood, it can be said that they are childhood sweethearts, I took Sister Yuerong as my sister-in-law a long time ago. ”

"My brother likes Sister Yuerong very much, and he once told me that he loves Sister Yuerong's eyes the most, saying that she laughs like a crescent moon. Unlike me, when I laugh, my eyes are narrowed into a line, a straight line, which is not beautiful at all. ”

Li Banxia smiled. I couldn't help but think in my heart, Ma Xiaoqiang's words were interesting, but just based on this, it was said that Ma Rudong liked Du Yuerong, and there seemed to be something missing. But Li Banxia thought again, people are his sister, and it is better to know whether he likes Du Yuerong and his sister. Moreover, the feelings of men and women in ancient times are not so clear. The words of the matchmaker of the parents' order are already married, so they naturally become a couple.

"But on the third day of my father's accident, Uncle Du came to the door and wanted to break the marriage contract with my family. The elder brother was devastated and went to find Sister Yuerong, but Sister Yuerong closed the door and only asked Aunt Du to tell him that their fate was over, and he didn't want to force it. That day, my brother stayed in the back mountain and didn't show up for a day. ”

"The next morning, my brother came back as if nothing had happened, taking care of my father as usual, and busy with his own business. At that time, my mother's health was fine, with my mother and I at home, my brother could go to the town and find some work. It's just that my mother and I are women after all, and we are powerless in many aspects, and my brother has never been able to leave the house, and it is very hard to catch up at both ends. ”

"The physical fatigue is not the most difficult, the most important thing is the bitterness in his heart, he doesn't tell others, he is alone in his heart."

"My brother once knelt outside a doctor's hospital all night because of his mother's illness, and that night it was stormy, and my brother knelt outside without moving, and he couldn't impress the doctor at all."

"My brother once robbed the guy from the guy because he didn't have any money in order to buy medicine for his mother, and was finally beaten half to death by the guys in the medicine house and thrown out of the medicine house. When he came back from his wounds, he still had a medicine bag in his hand that he would never let go. It's just that the medicine bag was broken during the fight, and a lot of medicinal materials leaked out, so he lay on the ground and hid some medicinal materials in his arms. My brother used this method to get some medicine back for his mother......"

"When there is not enough food at home, my brother is always the one who eats the least and the worst. He gave everything he could to my father, to my mother, to me, and when it came to him, there was very little-"

“……”

When cooking, Ma Xiaoqiang told Li Banxia a lot of things about Ma Rudong.

If he hadn't heard these things, Li Banxia would never have thought that Ma Rudong would actually be such a person.

Under his seemingly hanging, he has a brave heart.

It turns out that when you know someone, you really can't just look at his surface.

Li Banxia looks at Ma Rudong like this, why doesn't Ma Rudong look at her like this?

At first, in his heart, she was just a little smart, a girl who liked to laugh, but had no sympathy. I never imagined that she still had such a kind heart and superb medical skills.

He definitely didn't expect that this person who ruined their brother and sister twice in a row would eventually be her mother who saved them.

The world is so wonderful, and people pay attention to a fate between people. The first time they deceived people and met her was fate, the first time they robbed and met her, Li Banxia treated their mother, which was also a fate. With so many fates, I'm afraid there will be even greater fates after that.

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