Chapter 135: Alienated Family Affection
Little Pepper's eldest son, Qingquan, rushed back the day after Little Pepper's accident. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info full of resentment about what the old lady did.
Since childhood, the two brothers have not been particularly close to the old lady. Especially as the eldest son, he feels even more sorry for his father, who works all day and speaks little.
When he was a child, he often followed his father to work in the fields, and often saw sweat dripping down his father's face and falling into the dirt. And Pepper always dresses up all day long, and sometimes even asks him and his brother to wash their clothes.
When he had the ability to make his father happy, Mingwu became ill and passed away. When his father was buried, looking at Mingwu, who was tortured by illness to the point that only a handful of bones remained, Qingquan's heart felt a tearing pain.
After the death of Mingwu and his younger brother Qingcheng, they rarely came back except for going home to sweep the grave during the Chinese New Year. The younger brother has not been back for several years, and the brothers have been a little estranged, and only the existence of the old lady and the little pepper is the fragile connection of family affection. Every time they meet, they get angry when they don't have more than three words to say to Pepper. Pepper's cheesiness, that kind of showmanship, and that kind of nagging made it hard for the two brothers to bear.
They hardly have much contact with Pepper except for the monthly routine of living expenses.
This time, Qingquan first received a call from the seven old men. After answering the phone, Qingquan was so angry that his whole body trembled. This worry-free old lady actually poked out such a big leak.
Qingquan hurriedly called his younger brother Qingcheng to tell him what had happened and asked him what to do.
Unexpectedly, Qingcheng only said coldly on the other end of the phone: "Let her bear the trouble herself." How much has she done for us since childhood? I don't want to clean up this mess for her today. Cleaned up this mess today, I wonder what she will do tomorrow? ”
"Then, you just watch her go to jail, after all, she's so old, it's not good to say it?"
"So what, more than 300,000, I can't take out that much money at once. I don't have any money at all, I have to use money everywhere on the construction site, and I owe money everywhere. Qingcheng didn't want to talk to Qingquan more, so he hung up the phone.
Qingquan held his mobile phone and looked at the somewhat gloomy sky outside the window through the glass window of the office, and his heart was also low.
Over the years, the two brothers have been busy with their own careers and have rarely communicated emotionally. The barrier of time and space makes family feelings alienated. Think about when I was a child, the brothers fought and grew up together, and they were so close at that time. Now those childhood memories are as distant as a lifetime away.
Qingcheng can say that no matter what happens to the old lady, Qingquan can't do it. Even though Pepper has so many things that dislike him, she is still his wife after all. He couldn't have watched his mother go to jail at such an age.
When Qingquan saw Pepper at the police station, she felt as if she had changed into a different person.
Under the messy hair, a pale face. His eyes were a little distracted, and he walked a little shaky, as if he had aged several years overnight.
Qingquan was a little heartbroken, after all, it was his mother who had given birth to him. But it's more angry, and it doesn't stop at such an age.
"Clear Spring." Pepper shouted, her voice a little hoarse. She wanted to throw herself into her son's arms and cry bitterly. The night of fear made her feel like a child who had been wronged and needed someone to comfort her.
Qingquan's cold eyes made Pepper not dare to move forward, but just stood in place.
"What do you say you've done yourself? What have you done for this family since you were a child? You just care about yourself, have you ever felt sorry for our brothers? Have you ever felt sorry for your father? It's good to get into such a big problem now. My brother doesn't want to take care of you, and I can't either, so you can wait to go to jail yourself. ”
Pepper knew that what his son was saying in his heart, and if he didn't want to care about her, he wouldn't have come at all. But she didn't like her son's attitude of talking to her, after all, she was still his mother, how could she talk to her like this.
"Then I'll go to jail. The old lady raised the two of you for nothing. Mingwu, I can't live anymore, if you leave, no one will care about me. Pepper cried.
As soon as Mingwu was mentioned, Qingquan's heart softened, and he couldn't say many words of reproach.
"Why can't you live like other old people? You say, every year we give you so much money, isn't it enough for you to spend? You're going to make a fuss like this, like that. "Qingquan didn't want to count all the rumors about Little Pepper, and he felt that his face was dull when he mentioned it." You look at the home, the refrigerator, the color TV, the washing machine...... Which household appliance is missing? You're more comfortable than those old people in the city, what do you think you're missing? ”
"What's the use of having money, I talk to a pile of money every day, eat with a pile of money, sleep with a pile of money? You said that you don't want me to live with you, I know that you have grown up, are educated, and have a future, and look down on me, an uneducated country girl. But you should come back to see me often, even if it's time to call back. You say that I am an old woman, and I feel uncomfortable in front of an empty house all day long. Yes, I don't lack anything, but I'm afraid, afraid of eating and sleeping alone, afraid of waking up at night and facing a lifeless and empty house. ”
Xiao Pepper's words made Qingquan a little shocked, he had never thought about the spiritual needs of the old lady. He always thought that if he could let his wife not lack money to spend, he would enjoy his old age in peace. I feel that Xiao Pepper will not worry about eating and drinking in his old age, and he is much happier than his Lao Tzu Mingwu. He has worked hard all his life, and he has not enjoyed a single day of happiness. In fact, she lives so lonely, often alone in front of an empty house, how uncomfortable it is to suffer from that emptiness and loneliness!
"Alright, don't talk about it so much. I'll find a way to get you out. Qingquan bit his lip and shook his head.
He didn't lack more than 300,000 yuan, but he took out more than 300,000 yuan and threw it into the water at once, making anyone feel distressed. But Xiao Pepper is his mother after all, and he still has to walk back and forth in Cheche Mountain, he is also a person with a head and a face, and he doesn't want to be said to watch his wife go to prison.
Looking at the back of her son walking out, Pepper knew that she had really broken her son's heart this time. The mother-son relationship was not very good, but this time the rift is even greater.
Pepper sat down in her chair as she remembered the past between mother and son.
At that time, when Qingquan was first born, he was such a chubby big white boy. That was the eldest grandson of their house, and at that time, the parents-in-law regarded the child as a pearl in the palm of their hands. This child was born with glory and joy for her.
The fleshy lips used to be so greedy and nostalgic for her milky breasts. The little feet and palms used to be so attached to her arms. At that time, every night Qingquan's little brain melon would fall asleep on her arm. Those days were so warm, full of sweet affection between mother and son.
But I don't know when, the once little doll has grown up, and the mother who was once deeply attached to him also disliked him, and the emotions between mother and son are sometimes alienated like strangers.
Little Pepper has been reminiscing about the past two days, and she secretly sighs in her heart that maybe she is really old.