(Due to the excessive number of words in this chapter, it has been updated in two parts, and the following is the first half of "34a".) ）

On the sixth floor of Building C in Fuchun Community, Bao Xiaoxing got up at half past seven and went to the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash up. When she looked in the mirror, the meticulous woman found that the skin on her face was dim, the pores were large, and there were about a dozen small rashes the size of sesame seeds on her chin. When she was packing her things and preparing to go to the farmer's market, she suddenly felt frightened - her menstrual period had not come for a long time.

Bao Xiaoxing remembers the last time she came, but she only remembered that before the last time she came, she bought four packs of sanitary napkins and put them on the bathroom shelf. The sensitive woman hurriedly went to the bathroom to check, the sanitary napkins on the shelf were gone, she called her daughter Meimei, and Zhong Xuemei, who was on the bus, confessed that she used three packs.

After Bao Xiaoxing hung up the phone, she checked the record of the last time she bought sanitary napkins, and after a long time of rummaging through the payment records, she found out that the last time she bought sanitary napkins was May 20th. From May 20th to today's August 4th, her menstrual period has only been here once! Bao Xiaoxing reflexively felt heavy and her organs were slumping, and she took deep breaths to soothe the conclusion in her mind: her ovarian function had completely declined — she was menopause.

The panicked woman collapsed into the couch and recalled that she had been sweating from time to time, depressed and restless, and often insomnia...... She thought it was her daughter who was admitted to college, she was anxious about her tuition, she thought it was her sister who was born prematurely, and she was worried about her being too old to marry, but it turned out that she was menopause.

Is it really menopause? She was just over forty years old. Bao Xiaoxing quietly wiped the tears on her face, she would rather she was seriously ill than have early menopause. Do you want to go to the hospital for certification? Hyosung's body was weak and unable to move.

Zhong Neng didn't see his son on the first floor of the shop when he got up in the morning, and there was no one to look for him in Zhong Li's room. When Zhong Neng called the door of the shop, a big man was lying on the ground horizontally, and Zhong Neng knew that it was Zhong Li at a glance. He looked down at his son's burly body lying on the dirty ground at the door, his expression sluggish and sad.

Zhong Li drank until two o'clock last night, and was carried back by Lao Tao, Da Qiang and Lao Lei. After returning to the door of the shop, Lao Tao didn't find the key on Zhong Li, and the drunk Zhong Li also yelled at them to leave it alone. Lao Tao was not at ease, so he made two calls to Bao Xiaoxing, and Hyosung had already turned off his phone. The three of them were helpless, so they embarrassedly put Zhong Li at the door of the shop and went back to their respective homes. The farmer's market is full of acquaintances, there is surveillance everywhere, and the security is absolute, but the ground is dirty. The half-drunk and half-awake Zhong Li didn't care, there was no difference between sleeping on the ground at the door and the floor in the sleeping door.

Zhong Neng couldn't move his son, and he couldn't wake up after a few kicks, so he only took two steps towards the door, and then the old man went about his work. He thought to himself, waiting for Zhong Li's daughter-in-law to come over and help him to bed.

Lying on the sofa, Bao Xiaoxing, who was cold and cold, suddenly remembered that today was the weekend - the day when Xuecheng and Tsai participated in golf training together. As soon as she saw that the time was half past eight, she called Gui Ying first, then put down the panic in her heart and hurried to the shop. After arriving at the farmer's market, I saw Zhong Li sleeping on the ground from a distance before I entered the door. She glanced at the neighbors who had already opened shops, and estimated that everyone was used to getting drunk every day—it was not strange for them to sleep on the floor alone.

The child's grandfather had just opened up more than 20 kinds of beans and put them away, and he was busy filling in the few varieties that had been sold out yesterday. When Zhong Neng saw Hyosung coming, he pointed at Zhong Li and said, "Xingxing, let's pick him up!" ”

"No need, let him sleep!" Hyosung looked at her husband, who was sloppy and sleeping on the ground, and swallowed the breathless air, with only coldness on his face.

"It's not good to wait for someone to come!"

"It's not good-looking, go buy it elsewhere!" After Hyosung finished speaking, the corners of her eyes flashed, and she went directly to the second floor to wake up Xuecheng without stopping.

Heartless words come out of a gentle and gentle mouth - even more heartless! Zhong Neng felt sad, he put down the work in his hand and squatted down to call his son: "Li'er!" Li'er! Zhongli! Hurry up! Your daughter-in-law is here! Li'er, hurry up! It's eight o'clock, it's ugly, don't sleep here! Zhong Li ...... "Zhong Neng slapped Zhong Li on the shoulder vigorously until Zhong Li stopped snoring and opened his eyes after a few minutes.

"What for?" Zhong Li turned his face and shook his arm at his father.

"Hurry up, the stars are coming, the baby is also up, don't be ashamed! The people on the left and right sides of the door are watching! ”

"Don't touch me! Get up! Zhong Li sat up vigorously, and then frowned at his father.

Hyosung took Hakseung downstairs to wash, and in the small space, the four of them went in and out, back and forth without talking to each other. Hyosung took a piece of bread from the refrigerator and gave it to Hakseung, and when she was helping the child pack her schoolbag, Gakseung, who was nibbling on cold bread, secretly glanced at his father - only to see that he frowned, his expression was tense, as if he was angry, as if he hadn't woken up, his thick hair was crooked, his black half-inch beard stretched from his ears to his neck, the back of his black pleated T-shirt was dusty, his chest was sweat stains, and the soles of his slippers were broken in half......

After Hyosung packed his schoolbag, he said to Chung Neng, "Big! There is a training class today, I will send him there, and you look at the store in the morning! ”

"Good, good!" Zhong Neng said yes.

After saying that, Hyosung took Xuecheng's hand and left the shop without looking at Chung-ri. Zhong Li squinted at the back of his wife and children, and was stunned.

Gui Ying got up early and forgot about the training class for her two children because of Xinghua's affairs, and when Hyosung called, she hurriedly packed up. At half past nine, Bao Hyosung's car arrived downstairs, Gui Ying said hello to Lao Ma, hugged Yangyang, and led Tsai Zai away with a large bag. At ten o'clock, Guiying and Yangyang arrived at the training place for painting, and then Hyosung took Xuecheng and Zaizai to the training place for golf lessons.

In order to make a clean day for Zhiyuan, Gui Ying specially persuaded Lao Ma to go to the farmer's market to chat with Uncle Zhong, relax, and go shopping before leaving. Lao Ma, who was deeply unhappy about Xinghua, felt that it was not bad to go out for a walk and talk to his old buddy, so he packed his things and waited for his son-in-law to come back and send him to the farmer's market.

Still relieved Xinghua, the old horse sitting on the sofa dialed Xingcai's phone, told Xingcai that if Xinghua went home, let him know, and told Xingcai to take care of Xinghua in the future, just stare at the three babies. After Lao Ma and Xingcai finished chatting, they called Xingsheng again and asked Xingsheng to go to Lao Qin's family in Qinjiayuan Village on the Yellow River beach to buy some tobacco leaves for him and send them over. The old Qin family's tobacco has been smoking for more than ten years, and he is so used to it that he can't change his mouth.

After Zhiyuan went home, he heard that his father-in-law was going to the farmer's market, and he was happy, so he went downstairs with the old man without saying a word. Along the way, in the car, the two of them chatted about Xinghua and their sons, mostly shaking their heads and sighing.

"You took them to the station?" Lao Ma asked Zhiyuan.

"Well, to the ticket gate."

"Did you see which train they were on?"

"Yingying asked me to watch it specifically, I looked at their train tickets, and they were going to Guangxi."

"Hey, I just thought they would go back, and just now I called Xinghua and her brother - Xingcai stared at it! Ay! The old horse sighed and never spoke again until he saw Zhong Neng.

At eleven o'clock on Sunday morning, Bao Xiaoxing, who was supposed to watch Xuecheng go to class and take Xuecheng to dinner at noon, suddenly drove to Gui Ying again. As soon as Gui Ying saw her coming, she knew that something must be something. In the hall filled with colorful balloons and small flags, Gui Young stared at Hyosung's face and said, "You don't look right!"

"You found out too?" Hyosung smiled intangibly.

The two sat in the parent waiting area of the training class, Bao Xiaoxing looked out the window with a blank face, and after a few minutes, she said to Gui Ying with very difficult and sad eyes: "I have menopause!" ”

"What? No way! You're only forty! Gui Ying frowned and stared at Hyosung with a solemn expression.

"I don't believe it either, I calculated at home this morning, and the last time I came was at the end of May......" Hyosung bit his lower lip and lowered his head and smiled bitterly.

"I'm so tired! You go to the gynecology department of the Chinese medicine hospital and take a look! Gye-young held Hyosung's arm.

Bao Xiaoxing shook his head, and a tear rolled down his right eye when he sighed.

"You must be anxious because of Tang Tang's matter! As soon as a person encounters a major event, his body is not good! ”

Hyosung didn't speak, shook his head, and another tear rolled down his left eye.

"Is it reluctant to Meimei? It's a good thing that the baby is going to college! Gye-young shook Hyosung's body.

Hyosung gritted his teeth and shook his head again, a few pieces of wet on his skirt.

"The business of the shop is not good, so it will be closed if it can't be done! It's also possible to work outside, and I'll help you introduce you to work! You really can't turn around, Xing'er, I have money! I'll lend you! Let's help me and I help you all these years, don't open your mouth! I see you like this now—I feel bad! Gui Young faced Hyosung, her heart was empty and her face was cramped.

Hyosung shook his head and said with a tearful smile, "I borrowed your ...... last time I haven't paid it back yet! ”

Gui Ying patted her thigh and said, "It's okay! There are also ...... in our interactions It's been twenty-four years......" Speaking of this, Ma Guiying's throat choked and she couldn't go on.

Bao Xiaoxing took out a pack of paper from her bag, first took out one for Gui Ying, and then took out one to wipe her tears and blow her nose, and then she opened her mouth: "I went to the shop this morning, and it was nine o'clock, and he slept on the ground at the gate...... It's not the first time...... Hyosung said this, bowing his head and covering his mouth, sobbing quietly.

Gui Ying patted Hyosung's back, and after about ten minutes, when she stopped crying, Gui Ying looked out the window and said slowly: "Tue back then...... Back then, I also watched you step by step to get married...... Later, there were Meimei and Xuecheng...... I've wanted to tell you for a long time, but it's been twenty years since I think of you......," Gui Ying suddenly got stuck in her throat and said silently: "You know what I'm talking about!" ”

Hyosung smiled with red eyes, pinched her nose with tears in her eyes, and then she said softly to Gye-young, "It's not important to be separated, what matters is how to live...... You know I've been in Nongpi for more than 20 years...... Tut! Reluctant! ”

"You can still live in another place, it just depends on whether you want to or not!"

"I know. Now shop ...... It's completely unsuccessful, I want to wait until Meimei is gone. The shop is her home, she has been in the shop since she was a child, and I don't want to ...... I don't want her to see the store close...... Tsk! Hyosung tilted his head, and when the two lines of tears squeezed one after another to reach his chin, he slowly wiped it off with the soaked paperball.

"Mei Mei's tuition ......" Gui Ying was interrupted by Hyosung before she could finish speaking.

"You don't care about this! A little money! After Hyosung finished speaking, he patted Gye-young's thigh, and Gye-young stopped talking.

Two middle-aged women leaned against the column, one with his hands on his chest and his brows locked, and the other with his hands between his legs with a sad expression, both of them looking at the palm leaves swaying outside the window, and their faces were dripping with intermittent tears. Silence, silence all the time.

Life is not a matter of being born into a wealthy and noble family, being admitted to a dream university, finding a decent and well-paying job, and marrying a beautiful woman. Life is full of foreshadowing and ups and downs, and those things that are remembered by the world at a certain time and those that are envied by the world are just one or two accidents in the ordinary, boring and ridiculous long life of some people!

Absolute meaninglessness and absolute desolation pervade everyone's life. Often, it is the things that the world covets that end up being the greatest source of tragedy in the owner's life.