Chapter 11 The so-called relatives, the so-called family affection
Early the next morning, I was directly awakened by a loud knock on the door, and when I opened the door, I found that it was someone from the neighborhood committee, holding a document in his hand, and said to me in a very cold tone: "You are Chen Ge, right?" This community will be renovated in the near future, and all the buildings will be demolished and rebuilt, so you should move out as soon as possible before the end of the month, and then find a new place to live. ”
The tone is tough, and there is no room for negotiation at all.
The document was genuine, and I read it carefully, so I had to nod my head and promise to move out by the end of the month.
This house, I just took a fancy to it at the beginning, and the price was cheap, so I rented it, but I didn't expect it to be demolished so soon.
I habitually lit a cigarette and smoked hard, but my heart was actually very calm. It seems that there are so many things that have happened lately that it has made me numb.
I knocked on the door of the room and found that my wife had woken up, so I said to her: "The house we live in is about to be demolished, and we will move out before the end of the month. ”
The wife hesitated, then bit her lip and said: "Husband, I thought about it all night, and I felt that I was also at fault yesterday, I shouldn't have gone back to my parents' house without saying hello to you, let's demolish the house, we are husband and wife, it's a big deal to move to a worse place, and make do with it." ”
I glanced at my wife and said to myself, "Is this a change of character?"
I shook my head, I didn't feel much moved in my heart, my person's psychological cleanliness is too serious, even if my wife is virtuous, it can't change the fact that she cheated, she cuckolded me, I can't forgive her, absolutely impossible.
After breakfast, I checked all the bank cards and found that with the income earned in the past few days, the total is less than 20,000 yuan, which should be no problem to rent a three-bedroom apartment nearby, but at most it can only last for two or three months, and my son's tuition fees for the next semester, as well as daily expenses, all need money.
It's definitely impossible to borrow from my father-in-law and mother-in-law, I just hit Lin Xiuyan last night, and she doesn't know how to retaliate against me, and there are few people I know around me, and there is a high probability that I can't borrow it, and the only way is to pay for the demolition of the land in my hometown.
I thought about it all morning, and finally made up my mind that I would go back to my hometown tomorrow to see what was going on.
Actually, I want to go back by myself and let my mother stay, first, to help take care of my son, and secondly, to make my wife have some concerns, and not dare to blatantly steal, but no. The land at home is only familiar to my mother, and she also wants to go to her father's grave, so she has to give up.
In the afternoon, the story of the renovation of the community basically spread, and the residents complained about why the relevant departments did not notify in advance, this is the middle of the month, and there are only ten days before the deadline, so where to find a new place to live in such a hurry?
I bought a ticket online, but I didn't tell my wife that I was going back to my hometown, and lied: "Jiajia, don't worry, I will find a way to build a new house, as a man, I will never let you even have a place to live, today I am going to send my mother back to the suburbs, you take care of your son at home, it is best not to go out." ”
Don't go out three words, I deliberately said it very seriously, my wife didn't know if she heard it, her face was a little unnatural, so she forced a smile and asked me to go early and come back early, Xiaoyang She will be optimistic, don't worry about me.
I didn't say anything, simply packed a few clothes, and the next morning, I got on the bus with my mother and went straight to my hometown in Pingxi.
The city is quite far from the small county town of her hometown, at least six or seven hours, when I was in the car, Huo Xinlan also sent me a message on WeChat, saying that she was going to go to other places in the next few days, and the matter of pulling goods would be talked about when she came back.
Quite polite.
Huo Xinlan can't find fault with anything else except for being more budget-conscious, this kind of woman is strong, but she is very good at running a house, and she is a good person to live.
I didn't care, and continued to close my eyes and recuperate. The bus transferred from the city to the highway, and finally turned into the secondary road, drove for seven and a half hours, and arrived at Pingshan County, my hometown, near five o'clock in the afternoon.
I thought in my heart that I hadn't been back for more than two years, and although I didn't have a good relationship with those relatives, I had to buy something and go through the motions, but my mother knew that I was short of money, so she refused to let me buy it, so we had to go home empty-handed.
The cultivated land left by the older generation was not wasted, but it was contracted to grow rice, and the harvest was quite good.
The old house is not far from the side of the road, you can get there by turning a corner, it is ironic, when I came back, it was dark, my mother and I did not alarm anyone, but we were still found by those relatives, about eight o'clock in the evening, the uncle, the second uncle, the fourth aunt, the uncle, these families, as if they had discussed, swarmed into the door.
I haven't come back for more than two years, the house is full of dust, and there is no one to live in at all, so my mother said to my uncle: "Brother, I heard that your family built a new house a few months ago, with four floors, can you let us stay for a few nights?" ”
The second uncle yelled at me with a dark face: "Chen Ge, aren't you developed, didn't you buy a villa in the city?" When I saw you the year before last, you were a cow in the sky, so much money would rather be used to build bridges and roads, donate primary schools, than give it to us, how can our poor relatives afford you? You're so capable that you'll never come back, huh? ”
The uncle smoked a dry cigarette and didn't say anything, but the eldest aunt stood up and said to my mother with a sneer: "His third brother and sister, you don't buy some fruit cookies or anything when you come back, what do you mean, you still want to live in my new house?" Why are you so big-faced? ”
My mother was a little humble, grabbed her clothes with both hands, and said in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, Chen Ge has lost a lot of money in his business, and he came back to give incense to his ancestors, nothing else, we will stay for two days, really only two days." ”
The fourth aunt has a grudge against me, holding her hands next to her, and sarcastically said: "What kind of business loss, is it directly bankrupt?" What did you do when you were developed before? Seeing that our relatives didn't even say hello, they asked you to borrow a few money and pushed back, and now they are in difficulty, so they want to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, how can there be such a good thing in this world? ”
The fourth uncle is a butcher, he looks five big and three thick, he should have drunk wine, and his temper is even more angry, saying that you will come back when you come back, and you will go to the grave, but don't expect to borrow money from us, even if you have, you won't give it away! That's all for now, anyway, your dad had to split up his family back then, and he would rather not plow the fields, not other houses, but this broken house, what about having a compound? Isn't it just close to the side of the road? During this time, it was said that if you want to build a green area, you will have to requisition this land, and if you don't have a penny at that time, you will wait and cry!
Looking at the faces of these relatives, I was so angry that I was angry in my heart, and said viciously that even if Lao Tzu starved to death, he would not borrow a penny from you, now this is my house, you are not welcome, please go out now!
The fourth aunt screamed, saying Look at this little cub, how does he talk to the elders? In the past, we let you have money, but now you have no money and you have a hammer, anyway, you don't have any farmland, and you don't grow vegetables, you deserve to starve to death!
The eldest aunt even intensified, and shouted at my mother with her waist crossed: "The reason why my third brother died so early is because of you, who lost his family, look at the good son you gave birth to, he didn't take care of his family when he got rich, he only cared about his own happiness, since he had the backbone to go out, then don't come back for the rest of his life, it's better to die outside, die far away, save me from worrying!" ”
My mother was surrounded by several relatives, scolded and cried, she kept persuading me not to make too much trouble on the way back, she didn't say a word, she kept her voice down, but why do these people press step by step, why do they have to be so excessive!
With red eyes, I took out a hoe from the back room, smashed the bamboo chair next to me, and yelled: "Disappear in front of me within a minute, otherwise Lao Tzu will fight with you!" A bunch of white-eyed wolves, each of you has borrowed money from me before, but Lao Tzu has never asked you for a cent, if you dare to bully my mother again, the big deal is to die together! ”