Dumb took the crazy woman, first by car, then by train, along the way, the crazy woman is normal, just like to chatter and ask, "When can we see the pillars." Dumb could only reply: "Soon." ”

After several turnovers, he finally arrived at Zhaoyuan City, Lingxi Province, where the No. 2 Prison of Lingxi Province is located. It was a Saturday, and according to the prison rules, only Sundays were allowed to meet with the convicts, and they had to wait one more day.

On Sunday, Dumb completed the interview formalities for the madwoman and entered the prison interview room with the other family members who came to meet him. In the interview room, the family area and the convict area are separated by a glass wall, so that they can see each other inside and outside, but they cannot hear the sound, and they have to speak by telephone.

The crazy woman is very anxious at the moment, she has been waiting for ten years, and every second at this moment seems extraordinarily long.

Finally, one by one, the criminals in prison uniforms entered the area where the criminals were met, and a sturdy and thin man, about forty years old, walked numbly to the telephone opposite the crazy old lady and sat down. Suddenly, his eyes widened and his mouth opened incredulously.

The crazy old lady outside was already crying, shouting loudly: "Pillar, you are a pillar." The glass walls were soundproof, and she couldn't hear shouting loudly, so Dumb helped her pick up the microphone.

"Pillar, you are a pillar." The old lady shouted into the microphone, while touching the glass with her hand, as if touching her son's face, she was already in tears, crying silently, waited for more than ten years, finally saw her son,

"Mom, I'm a pillar." Ma Zhuzi picked up the microphone, even though he had a thousand words in his heart, he only said one sentence on his lips, and he couldn't speak anymore, how many days and nights, he missed home, missed his mother at home, at this moment, when his mother stood in front of him, he couldn't say anything, just watched quietly.

He is no longer a new prisoner who has just entered the prison, ten years in prison, he has experienced hardships and hardships, in it, he has suffered everything, he has suffered everything, his emotions have long been numb, and his heart has long been strong, but at this moment, his mother's call made his heart like a knife, almost collapsed.

Dumb couldn't bear to see this sour scene, and secretly turned his head away.

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The meeting lasted only half an hour, ten years of separation, ten years of longing, half an hour seemed short, but Ma Zhuzi was already very satisfied, he was already satisfied to see his mother and know that she was safe and healthy.

"Mom, wait for me to come out."

I didn't look back, I didn't cry. "Mom, you must wait for me to come out." Ma Zhuzi shouted in his heart.

The meeting was over, the crazy woman and Dumb were taken out of the meeting room, the crazy woman stood at the door for a long time, refusing to leave, she didn't know when she left, when would she see her son next, and whether she could see her son next time.

"Next time, can we come again next time? When will we come back? The crazy woman looked at Dumb, like a child's expectation.

Dumb wanted to promise her, but after all, he didn't make a promise with certainty, and just said vaguely: "Probably, maybe." “

Watching the other family members who met with them open accounts to buy items for the prisoners inside, Dumb groped through his pockets, counted the money, and finally made up his mind: "Grandma, why don't we open an account for the pillar and buy something, he is working hard inside." ”

"Okay, okay." As soon as she heard that she was going to buy something for her son, she seemed very happy, and when she came out, she was going to bring an old hen and a basket of eggs, but was dissuaded by Dumb.

She fumbled in her pockets and pulled out a few crumpled pieces of money, her face looking very embarrassed, at this time, she was very sober, obviously knowing that the money on her body might only be enough for the journey.

In the end, Dumb also took out some money, combined it with the money of the crazy woman, and prepared to open 500 yuan of items in the name of the crazy woman Huang Xinghua and give it to the horse pillar inside. Because of prison visits, the upper limit for each account opened by the family is 500 yuan.

The crazy woman basically doesn't know how to read, so she can't read the billing list of items, Dumb knows a lot of words, read them to her the same, she carefully selects, and every time she buys something, she asks Dumb how much money is left, and how many things can be bought.

The items were billed and the money was paid, and the crazy woman repeatedly asked when the things would be delivered to his son, and the staff at the window told her that they would be delivered within a week.

The two were ready to go back, but they didn't buy tickets for the day, so they had to stay in Zhaoyuan City for one night, and the travel expenses were very tight, and now they had an extra 500 yuan to open the bill.

Dumb considered that the two of them may not be enough to pay for the journey, did not stay in a hotel that night, first found a KFC shop to rest, did not buy anything to eat, suffered from the waiter's eyes, and finally because the skin is not thick enough, in the second half of the night, Dumb had to take the crazy woman to transfer to a bank ATM to rest, there is air conditioning inside, no mosquitoes, sleep comfortably, no one bothers in the second half of the night. And so it was dealt with overnight.

The next day, Dumb said to the crazy woman, "We may not have enough money, why don't we pick up some drink bottles and sell them first, and then go back?" In this way, the crazy woman followed Dumb and helped him pick up the drink bottle together.

In two days, the two sold for more than 300 yuan, which made the crazy woman very happy.

With enough money, Dumb decided to go home, and at this time, the crazy woman was stunned and said in a pleading tone: "I want to go to the prison to see the pillar again."

Dumb told her: "We can only meet once a month, we just met two days ago, and now we can't see it." ”

"I know, it's good to look outside, even if you can't see him, it's good to be closer."

So, Dumb went to the No. 2 Prison of Lingxi Province again, and the crazy woman looked inside for a long time through the high wall, although she couldn't see anything inside.

In the end, at the urging of Dumb, the crazy woman finally left with him.

When I arrived at the station, Dumb bought a ticket, and it was time to get on the train, but the crazy woman refused to get on the train. Dumb anxiously asked, "What's wrong?" It's time to drive, let's go. ”

"I want to stay here, I'm not going back." The crazy woman looked at Dumb, her eyes full of pleading and expectation like a child. She didn't explain why, but Dumb understood that she wasn't crazy, she wanted to stay so that she could see her son at least once a month and buy something for him.

What Dumb had been most worried about all along, it happened: she came, but she refused to go back. What to do? It's a long way to go. Leave her here alone? She is not familiar with the place, she doesn't know how to read and speak, she can't speak Mandarin, and she can't understand the local dialect. However, he had to go back to Beilu.