After talking to her son, Tong's mother's heart suddenly brightened up a lot and became much easier.

"Mom, it's cold at night, let's stop standing here and go home."

Tong Minkun let go of his mother's cold hand, took off his school uniform jacket, and draped it over her.

"Hmm." Tong's mother nodded and gathered her son's thin coat over her.

"Mom, why did you marry my dad in the first place? And that old strong, did you two ...... before?"

Tong Minkun was curious in his heart, and at the end of his words, he still felt a little abrupt, so he wanted to stop talking.

Tong's mother turned her head sideways, she didn't expect her son to suddenly mention her and Lao Qiang's matter, raised her eyes to look at him, was silent for a while, and her mind was flooded with memories of the past, love and hate......

She nodded, shifted her gaze from Tong Minkun's face, stared at the dead night, muttered for a while, and continued to walk slowly, while teasingly speaking: "Yes, Mom worked in a factory when she was young, and Lao Qiang also worked there." We are close to each other, and he always likes to talk to me when there is nothing to do.

Just because of the problem of chatting at work, the two of us were criticized by the director.

At that time, when I got off work, Lao Qiang would always come to me to go out.

After this back and forth, we naturally came together.

At that time, people were not like now, both of us were dealing with each other for the first time, holding hands and worrying about death, afraid of being poked in the back by others, afraid of being gossiped by others.

Say it, I'm really afraid that you will laugh at your mother.

There is a small forest near the factory where my mother works, and Lao Qiang and I dare to hold hands and hug only in that kind of place where there is no one.

Ay...... Thinking about that time, it was really the happiest time in my mother's life. ”

Telling about this good time, the corners of Tong's mother's mouth couldn't help but rise, she missed it very much, however, in an instant, she didn't know what she thought, but her eyes became dark again, there was no light, and some were just sad that was difficult to hide.

“...... Originally, Lao Qiang said that he wanted to marry me, but his family objected.

Speaking of which, it's no wonder that my mother's background is really bad, not to mention a good family background, and I don't even have a parent.

Don't look at Lao Qiang's appearance now, when he was young, he was also a guy who liked girls, and he looked very energetic.

He had a sweet mouth, and then somehow got along with the daughter of a cadre in the city.

At that time, your father also worked in the same factory as us, and he would send me some small things at both ends of the three days, but I didn't think it was good to accept other people's things for no reason, and of course he never accepted them.

I don't ask about his thoughts, but I know it in my heart.

Thinking about that period of time, my heart is all on Lao Qiang, where can I accommodate your father in my eyes.

Ay...... But Lao Qiang suddenly married the cadre's daughter......

After marrying that woman, Lao Qiang lived in a good house, quit his job in the factory, and had a better place to go, and all of a sudden, his whole person was like he was gone, and I couldn't see him anymore.

Now that I think about it, I actually think it makes sense, if it were me, I would have married that woman......

But at that time, he was young and vigorous, and he was angry that he met such a negative man, and his heart was panicked.

Your dad saw that I had a falling out with Lao Qiang, and this was going around me every day, comforting and greeting me.

I see that your father is a good person, diligent, honest, and good to me, plus I am embarrassed in my heart, so I was with him without thinking about it.

This person has lived for a long time, and he feels that things in the world are really not clear in one or two sentences.

In fact, when I first got married, your father was good to me.

But then somehow, this old man suddenly appeared again, and he coincidentally became the department manager where your dad worked.

Since Lao Qiang appeared again, your father has begun to change, he is suspicious all day long, and he gets angry at every turn and loses his temper at me.

At first he just scolded me, then smashed things and lifted the table, and then he started to do it. ”

Speaking of this, Tong's mother couldn't help but reddened her eyes again, her body curled up involuntarily, and she tightened the coat on her body even more.

Taking a deep breath, she continued: "Actually, every time your dad makes a big fuss about me and Lao Qiang, I feel very empty.

Over the years, Lao Qiang often took advantage of your father's absence to visit our house, and at first I had a grudge against him in my heart and didn't want to deal with him.

But seeing that he has come too much, I am ...... The heart softened again.

He said that he had been depressed and panicked all these years, and every day he thought about the happy days when we were young.

Also said...... Although he doesn't have to worry about food and clothing now, and his daughter-in-law can always arrange him with easy and labor-saving work, he has no status at all at home, and he is like a pug in front of his domineering daughter-in-law, who has no dignity for any man, and he doesn't even dare to fart.

This man just doesn't know how to remember.

Over the years, I have seen that Lao Qiang has always come to me, and after more contact, I actually had thoughts that I shouldn't have.

Unexpectedly...... I really thought that Lao Qiang still had me in his heart......"

Mother Tong suddenly shook her head and smiled bitterly.

"That night, your dad didn't come back from a business trip, and Lao Qiang went out to socialize at night, drank more wine, and came to our house in a daze.

With the strength of the wine, he said the sentence I had been waiting for, saying that he had been thinking about me all these years, thinking in his heart that he wanted to divorce his wife, and let me divorce too, and then the two of us lived a good life together.

Scold......

I'm not a little girl anymore, I actually believe it, I really believe it......"

Tong's mother became more and more sad, as if she wanted to be in pain, but she smiled bitterly.

It's just that no one knows whether she is laughing at Lao Qiang's unreliability at this time, laughing at herself for being ridiculous, laughing at herself for being too naïve, or laughing at reality for being too cruel......

"Little Quint, Mom is actually not as good as you think. Although it was too much for your father to beat me and torture me, there was nothing wrong with him scolding, my mother is indeed not a woman who is safe and secure......"

"Mom, don't talk about yourself like that." Tong Minkun comforted his mother, who blamed herself, her eyes were full of confusion, and her heart was chaotic, and she couldn't tell what it was like.

He never knew about his mother's past.

Who is right and who is wrong...... He couldn't tell.

The dark night, the vastness was speechless, and the darkness enveloped two people whose hearts were full of sorrow and heaviness.

They supported each other, shoulder to shoulder, walking in the direction of home, passing through one narrow and old alley after another, the wall skin on both sides of the wall has already begun to peel off, and there are big "demolition" words everywhere, the color is bright red like blood, even in the middle of the night, it is very conspicuous, and the old alley that has gone through vicissitudes of life is more and more mottled, as if the ruins of the wall......

The dark clouds drifted back and forth in the sky with the night wind, the moonlight flickered on and off, and the light and shadow kept changing, rendering the potholed road under the feet of the two people vague, confusing, and ...... Rundown.