058 The beginning of the contradiction

As far as I can remember, my mom and grandmother have been to Beijing. At that time, the tourism industry was not as developed as it is now, and it was not an ordinary thing to be able to travel to Beijing at that time. Therefore, my grandmother was still complacent about this until the moment before she died. When he has the opportunity, he takes his loved ones out to see and learn, so it is not difficult to see how much my father attaches importance to family affection.

It can be said that before his uncle failed to live independently, his father's support and care definitely surpassed that of his grandfather. Later, after my uncle graduated from high school, my father also took him out and taught him hand in hand. Although my father took out a lot of people, he didn't really teach many of them personally. It can be said that it is precisely because of family affection that my father poured countless efforts into his uncle.

Maybe it's because my father is older and he's getting along outside, so my grandfather has been helping my uncle in dealing with brotherhood issues. Originally, it was all built by my father, but at the strong request of my grandfather, four new blue brick houses were built and became my uncle's new wedding house. Later, when the family separated, the new house was naturally given to my uncle, and our family was only three old houses with a much worse location. Since then, when my grandfather was alive, he stayed at his uncle's house and helped him wholeheartedly. All the income from labor (with the reform and development, people's living standards continue to improve, grandpa's income from killing pigs has gradually increased, coupled with the high income of the white fruit tree every year, after the separation, grandpa can indeed be busy with a lot of money every year) all went to my uncle, and at the same time asked for a certain amount of money and food from my family every year as my father's alimony. Grandpa's injustice has actually laid a huge hidden danger for the later brothers' rebellion.

If grandpa is the type who can't move while lying down, then it is estimated that there will be no scramble. The mother is a typical rural woman, and of course she cannot be a generous person. This extremely unfair practice towards my grandfather may be endured by my father, but my mother will definitely not be able to bear it. Although my father is away almost all the year round, every time I go home during the Spring Festival, my mother is bound to complain in front of my father, saying that there are many things wrong with my grandfather. At the beginning, my father just asked my mother to endure it, saying that my grandfather was an elder after all, so let him go.

For several years after my father and uncle separated, although the two families were relatively peaceful, in fact, the contradictions were accumulating over time. Lies are repeated a lot, and they become truths. What's more, what the mother said is still the truth! After a long time and many times, my father will inevitably have opinions about my grandfather. Opinions have accumulated a lot, and one day they will completely explode.

At that time, I was young, so I can't remember what the fuse was. Anyway, one day, my father fell out with my grandfather. Both of them have hot tempers, and they are angry, so that time the father and son fought. Since then, the relationship with his uncle's family has been reduced to a freezing point. I don't usually talk much.

When my grandfather was still alive, during the Spring Festival, we (including my parents) would still go to my uncle's house to pay New Year's greetings. Moreover, my father never refused to give up the annual alimony. In my father's words, he (grandpa) is no longer a father, but after all, he is still his own father.

But for some reason, my uncle at that time was full of resentment towards my father, and even during the Spring Festival, my uncle's family would never step into our house, including my uncle's two sons.

Originally, they were brothers, but due to the injustice of their grandfather, they finally completely cut off all contacts, and they were almost like passers-by. It was probably the grayest time for our family. There are also warm-hearted persuasions, but how can fathers and uncles, who are also stubborn, easily accept the opinions of others?

I can't remember exactly when it got into trouble, but I have the impression that the relationship with my uncle's family has never been very good. Grandpa was a traditional person, and when he was dying, he still dropped everything and called his father. After all, the father is the eldest son. Although the father had a grudge in his heart, the one who lay down was his grandfather after all. The father who received the news ran back thousands of miles without saying a word, and then did his best to be filial to his grandfather's bedside. In the last month of my grandfather's life, my father was by my side almost all the time.

When the family was separated, although my house was three old houses in a poor location, it was an ancestral house after all. Returning to the roots of fallen leaves is the traditional concept of the Chinese nation. Therefore, my grandfather's last words were to place his coffin in my ancestral house, which is my home, before he was buried. Although the grandfather helped the younger son, in his mind, he still believed in his eldest son's ability to do things. Grandpa finally handed over his own affairs to his father. At the last moment, the father and son finally let go of all prejudices. It's impossible to know what Grandpa thought at the time, but I guess Grandpa must have left with a smile.

My father is a man who keeps his promises, and my grandfather's funeral is completely handled by my father, and he strictly follows his grandfather's last words.

In fact, my mother's heart was full of unwillingness. Oh, when you were alive, you helped the little ones. When he was dying, he remembered the big one. We didn't get the slightest benefit from you, and now that you're dead, why should we take care of the aftermath? The benefits can't be thought of for us, but the expensive and laborious things are for us to do. Why? What is the basis for this? However, after all, the mother could not stand up to the father.

Afterwards, instead of feeling a loss, my father was extremely complacent. In his words, although the old man has spoiled the small one all his life, he still has to rely on me, the big one. In his mind, he did not see his father's affairs as a burden, but as the glory of his life. This is the father. A father who values family affection above all else.

Grandpa passed away, and my uncle's family was still closed during the Spring Festival. The father is the eldest, so how can he give his younger brother a New Year's greeting first. Since then, my father has not set foot in his uncle's house again. But even so, at first my father asked my sister and me to go to my uncle's house for New Year's greetings. However, it was not only my uncle and aunt who did not come to my house to pay their New Year's greetings, but also his two children.

Strictly speaking, our branch is a lineage, so the genealogy of our family is in our family. It's just that due to poor storage, it is now lost. Although there is no ancestral hall, the ancestral tablet has always been offered in our home. To this day, my cousin still comes to our house every Spring Festival to worship his ancestors. But after the death of his grandfather, the uncle only offered his grandfather at home. My father once said that it is possible that the ancestor in his eyes is only my father? It is not difficult to see that after the death of his grandfather, his father still had a lot of prejudices against his uncle.