The next morning, it wasn't until the sun shone into the room that Lin Dong woke up and looked at his phone, it was already past eight o'clock in the morning.

He hurriedly got dressed and got out of bed, walked outside, saw his mother washing dishes in front of the stove, and asked, "Mom, where is my dad?" ”

Mother Lin looked back and smiled: "Your father rushed to the market early in the morning." When he saw that you were sleeping soundly, he didn't call you. Dongzi, your father and I have eaten, and I have left the rice in the pot for you. Mother Lin lifted the lid of the pot and gave a bowl of gnocchi to Lin Dong.

Lin Dong is not particular, sitting at the kitchen door with a rice bowl, basking in the sun while pulling the gnocchi in the bowl, life in the countryside is so comfortable.

After eating enough, Lin Dong thought of going to Luo Hengliang's house to give gifts, washed up, and said to his mother: "Mom, I went to the town to see Teacher Luo." ”

Mother Lin instructed: "You go early and come back early, don't eat at Teacher Luo's house and cause trouble to others." ”

Lin Dong nodded, got into the car, reversed the car outside the door, and drove along the dirt road in front of the door to the outside of the village. When he passed by the door of Liu Dahai's house, he saw that Liu Dahai's family was basking in the sun at the door, and he didn't stop.

"Mom, look, that's Brother Dongzi's car!" Liu Genzi stood up, pointed to Lin Dong's car, and said excitedly.

Sun Guifang glanced at Liu Dahai and saw that Liu Dahai had a dark face and a complicated look in his eyes.

"The sea, Dongzi is not sorry for our family, if you want to talk about it, our family is sorry for his family, when you see Dongzi in the future, don't always have a black face." Sun Guifang said.

Liu Dahai was furious and glared at Sun Guifang. yelled: "What do you know about a woman, I want you to take care of it!" ”

The big black dog at the door saw that his owner was angry, and rubbed Liu Dahai's leg with his tail between his legs. was kicked by Liu Dahai, and he didn't dare to approach anymore.

Sun Guifang's face turned cold, and she turned around and went back to the house.

Liu Genzi stood on the road in front of the door, looking at the distant car with a longing expression. Liu Dahai sat at the door, smoking cigarettes one after another. The big black dog lay on the ground, drooping his eyelids, looking at the old and the young from a distance.

Lin Dong soon arrived in town. He had been to Luo Hengliang's house many times and was very familiar with it, but when he drove there, Luo Hengliang's house was no longer there, and the houses in that row had been demolished. He got out of the car and asked a fellow villager, only to know that a large supermarket was going to be built here, and Luo Hengliang's family had moved to the street in front.

Lin Dong thanked the fellow and drove to the street in front, driving very slowly along the way. I found out that Luo Hengliang's family lives in the east of the town. Arrived at the east end of town. Lin Dong took the things he brought out of the car, and he didn't know which one was Luo Hengliang's house.

The east end of the town is not as lively as the vegetable market in the center of the town, so there is no one on the road. But there were only a few households, so Lin Dong thought to himself, just knock on the door and ask.

He walked towards the nearest house, but he was not even close. And the door opened, and a young woman came out of it.

Lin Dong saw the woman, and the woman also saw Lin Dong, and both of them stopped and stood in place.

This woman is none other than the woman who has been hiding in Lin Dong's heart - Liu Zhi'er!

For the first time, I saw a married willow branch. Lin Dong had mixed feelings in his heart, and thousands of tastes converged together. But there is not a single one that does not have a bitter taste.

Liu Zhi'er wiped the corners of her eyes and smiled, but she couldn't see a trace of joy on her face, and when she saw Lin Dong again, her heart was about to jump out of her chest.

"Brother Dongzi, let's go home and sit down." Liu Zhi'er saw Lin Dong carrying something in his hand and knew that he couldn't have come to her, but providence was so tricky that the pair of former lovers met unexpectedly.

"Zhi'er, you've lost weight."

Lin Dong stood there, only said one sentence, his throat choked, and he couldn't speak with the bitter taste in his heart. …,

At this time, a lame man came out of the door with a cane, and it was Liu Zhi'er's husband Wang Donglai. The first thing Wang Donglai saw was Lin Dong's luxury car parked in front of their house, and then he saw Lin Dong, and then looked at Liu Zhi'er, and found that there was something wrong with these two people, but he thought in his heart, looking at this man's clothes, how could he look down on his wife, a country woman.

"Zhi'er, it's not early, hurry up and go in and push the cart, my father-in-law and mother-in-law are still waiting for us to have lunch."

Liu Zhi'er turned her head and smiled at Wang Donglai: "Donglai, this is Brother Dongzi of our village." ”

Wang Donglai's heart was shocked, he knew that Liu Zhi'er had been married to a man named Lin Dong in the same village before marrying him, but he had always heard that Lin Dong was a useless college student, and when he looked at it today, it seemed that the rumors he heard were not true.

"Yo, I dare to come to my relatives, please come into the house and sit down."

Wang Donglai walked up to Lin Dong on crutches and took out a cigarette for Lin Dong.

Lin Dong took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, smoked one and handed it to Wang Donglai, "Smoke mine." ”

Wang Donglai smiled and took back his cigarette, "Then smoke yours, you are a rich man, and you probably can't get used to our cigarettes." That one...... Brother, come and sit down. ”

Lin Dong said: "No, I came to find Mr. Luo, his family moved, saying that he moved here, and I don't know which one of his families it is." ”

Wang Donglai looked extremely enthusiastic and said with a smile: "Teacher Luo from middle school, the easternmost household is his house." ”

Lin Dong said: "Then I'll go over, so I won't bother." ”

Wang Donglai stretched out his hand, Lin Dong shook his hand, and said, "Brother will often come to sit at home when he has time in the future." ”

Lin Dong didn't answer, glanced at Liu Zhi'er, and walked towards the easternmost one.

Wang Donglai sneered and walked to Liu Zhi'er's side, hugged Liu Zhi'er's thin waist, and said sadly: "What's the matter, I can't walk when I see my old lover?" He gritted his teeth, his face was hideous, and he twisted it fiercely on Liu Zhi'er's waist. Liu Zhi'er saw that Lin Dong had not gone far, afraid that he would hear the voice, and she didn't dare to make a sound, so she could only endure the pain, let her perverted husband torture her, and her tears rolled down one by one like a beaded curtain with broken threads.

"Don't go home and push the cart yet!" Wang Donglai roared.

Liu Zhi'er turned around and went into the house and pushed the bicycle out. Wang Donglai was lame on one leg and couldn't ride, so Liu Zhi'er rode with him when he went out. Liu Zhi'er helped the car, Wang Donglai moved his buttocks, and it took a long time to get himself to the back seat of the car and sit down. With tears in her eyes, Liu Zhi'er stepped on the bicycle and drove Wang Dong to her mother's house.

Not far from the car, Wang Donglai said: "Little bitch, don't cry, when you get to your mother's house, your parents should show me their faces when they see you crying." ”

"Donglai, why do you say that about me?" Liu Zhi'er said with a crying voice.

Wang Donglai pinched Liu Zhi'er's waist fiercely, and the painful Liu Zhi'er "babbled" a few times, "Yo!" What's wrong with me calling you a little bitch? Hmph, I think you have some thoughts in your heart when you see your 'Brother Dongzi'. You don't want to think about it, how can people look down on you now that they are rich! ”

Wang Donglai's words hit the softest place in Liu Zhi'er's heart, although she no longer expects to be reunited with Lin Dong, but in her heart she always hopes to have a place in her "Brother Dongzi" heart, even if it is just a corner.

Lin Dong walked to the door of Luo Hengliang's house with his things, raised his hand and knocked on the door, only to hear the sound of coughing coming from the house, and after a while, the door opened. It was his mentor Luo Hengliang who opened the door for him, Luo Hengliang raised his head, obviously he didn't expect it to be Lin Dong.

"Teacher Luo, Lin Dong has come to see you!"

Lin Dong said with a smile, he found that Luo Hengliang was much thinner than before.

Luo Hengliang was both surprised and delighted, and hurriedly invited Lin Dong into the house, took out the tea leaves that he had been reluctant to make, made a cup of tea for Lin Dong, and asked, "Lin Dong, when did you come back?" ”…,

Lin Dong replied: "I arrived home yesterday afternoon. ”

Luo Hengliang said with a smile: "I have heard your father say it a long time ago, you are out of the country now, and among my students, you are the most capable." The teacher is right, when you were in middle school, I knew that you kid could do great things in the future! Luo Hengliang said a long series of words in one breath, and after speaking, he began to cough violently, his face was flushed, and after coughing for a while, he became pale again.

Lin Dong saw that Luo Hengliang's face was extremely poor, and asked with concern, "Teacher, are you okay?" ”

Luo Hengliang said: "Alas, I have coughed badly in the past six months, and there is nothing else." ”

"Did you go to the hospital to check?" Lin Dong asked, he saw that Luo Hengliang was so thin, for fear that his teacher would be sick but he would not go to the doctor.

Luo Hengliang said: "I've seen it, but the doctor said it's nothing." It's weird, I don't smoke, I don't know why I cough so much. Luo Hengliang is 45 years old this year, and he usually drinks a little wine, but he never smokes.

Lin Dong put down the things he brought, "Teacher, this is a gift for you." You must take it! ”

Luo Hengliang said with a smile: "My student is out of the picture, and I know that I have repaid the teacher, I am very happy, so I accepted it." He saw that there was Moutai wine and said, "Lin Dong, this wine is too expensive, come to see me in the future, just bring some ordinary ones." Your dad asked you to bring this pig's head, right? ”

Lin Dong nodded, "Yes, my dad said you love this." ”

Luo Hengliang said with a smile: "Yes, your father is my drinking friend, when he builds houses for people in the town, I often call him over to drink, the two brothers have a bottle of old wine, a plate of peanuts, a plate of pig's head meat, and they can chat for a long time when they sit down." ”

Lin Dong sat for a while, but never saw Luo Hengliang's wife, so he asked, "Teacher, why didn't you see your wife?" ”

Luo Hengliang lowered his eyelids, looked at the vicissitudes of life, and said in a low voice: "I have been separated from your master for almost a year. Luo Hengliang was married at the age of thirty-five, married for nearly ten years, but his wife has not been able to conceive, and later went to the hospital to check, it is his problem, after more than ten years of running around to seek medical treatment, it has not been cured. He knew that his wife had always wanted a child, but he was childless, so he took the initiative to file for divorce with his wife. Their husband and wife had a good relationship, and his wife refused at first, but Luo Heng's conscience had made up his mind, and after a long delay, he finally divorced.

Lin Dong inadvertently discovered that the teacher who was once omnipotent in his eyes had become a pessimistic old man, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, life, you have made a few people strong, but you have crushed most of them.