People who speak sour things are even more sour in the afternoon.

Because that afternoon, Amy and Grandma Wang Niuniu went together with gifts to greet the people who had helped them.

Even if this help was only to help hoe the ground when he was working in the field, and when Grandma Wang or Amy was bullied, he said a fair word, and he received a gift that was very expensive at first sight.

The aunts who said sour things were so red that they couldn't do it, but they had no choice but to grit their teeth and sigh at home, and secretly pray that Amy would be unlucky.

When Grandma Wang took Niuniu up the mountain to burn paper for Xiaojun, she found that there were almost no weeds around the tomb, and there were traces of paper ash in front of the tomb.

Therefore, they specifically found the pillars.

Zhu Zi and Xiaojun used to be very good friends, and he has been taking care of Grandma Wang since Xiaojun died.

When Grandma Wang left Mao'er Village, she specially asked him to help take care of Xiaojun's grave.

The pillar has great strength and is willing to endure hardships, so he has been living a good life before.

It's just that after he and Zhang Hui divorced, the spirit of the whole person slowly collapsed.

Especially after the lotus flower couldn't get pregnant anymore because of the injury, the small family they formed didn't have any warmth at all.

When Amy and the others arrived, there was not even a fire in the house, and it was bitterly cold.

Obviously it is the New Year's Day, but there is no festive atmosphere in this house, it is cold everywhere, there are only two vegetarian dishes on the table at lunch time, and there is no meat.

The lotus flower is not at home at this time, only the pillar is there.

Amy was stunned when she first saw him.

The pillar, which was originally tall and strong, was now a little hunched on his back, his face was also very haggard, and his eyes were dark and blue, and he looked like an old man who had been sick for a long time, and he was gloomy.

"Pillars?"

When Grandma Wang called him, her voice was trembling.

She couldn't believe how such a good person could become what she was now.

The pillar slowly raised his head, and his movements were very slow, like in slow motion in a movie.

His eyes were very hollow, there was no light, and he was stunned for a long time when he saw Grandma Wang.

"Pillar, it's me, Xiaojun, you."

Grandma Wang was so distressed to see him like this.

In the years since Xiaojun left, the pillar has almost become half of her son.

Although she was very angry because of the lotus incident, she couldn't carry it clearly, but she still had feelings in her heart.

The pillar finally woke up when he heard her voice, and his numb gaze finally had a faint light.

"Auntie, are you back?"

He pressed his hands on the bench and struggled to get up to pour her water and bring her something to eat.

"Don't be busy, I won't drink water."

Grandma Wang pulled him down and sat down at the table.

"Pillar, why are you like this, what's going on?"

For the sake of rushing to the pillar to clean up Xiaojun's grave, Grandma Wang couldn't leave it alone.

"I ......"

The pillars were stumbling and didn't know what to say.

After a long time, he held back a sentence:

"I regret it...... Auntie, you're right, I was blinded by lard at that time to treat Huihui like that, she was so good, I actually ......"

As he spoke, a big man actually covered his face and cried.

His cry was low, low, apparently trying to hide it.

But there was so much despair in the cry that even Amy couldn't listen to it.

"What the hell is going on, you can talk to us about it."

Grandma Wang was also anxious.

Amy and Niu Niu helped him clean up the house briefly, transported all the garbage and dirt piled up and threw them away, and then polished the dusty windows, and replaced the shiny quilt covers and soaked them in the water.

As she did this, Amy's mind was full of doubts.

You must know that in the past, the pillar's house was the best in the village, and Zhang Hui was an expert in housekeeping, taking care of the house inside and out, and planting a bunch of small flowers outside.

But now?

There are cobwebs hanging in the corner of the wall, and because they have not been cleaned for too long, they have become a white ball, like a large ball of cotton thread tangled together, and it is uncomfortable to look at it in a mess.

The things you can see at home are either gray or oily, and you can't see the original warm and beautiful appearance at all.

How did this man live his life the way he is now?

Amy remembers that Lotus is also a little expert in work, and she loves beauty and is very particular.

At the beginning, Zhang Hui had a conflict with the pillar, and it was because Lotus always came to the house to help the pillar work, and she was so diligent that she was about to take over.

Zhu Zi was reluctant to say it at first, but under the sincere guidance of Grandma Wang, he finally confided the truth.

It turned out that after Zhang Hui took the child to the city, his life with Lotus was not easy.

At first, the lotus was not self-respecting, but she was married to the pillar, but she was still the same as before, and she was very close to many single men in the next village.

Of course, the pillar was not happy in his heart, and after saying it a few times, Lotus began to quarrel with him.

During a quarrel, the lotus was too excited and hit the corner of the table, and the three-month-old child in her belly was gone.

After this time, she could not save any more children in the future, and the doctor said that she was injured.

Until now, they have not had a child.

"I have to live without children, and now there are many people in the city who have no offspring, so don't they live well?"

The people Amy said were usually people who had lost their families and children because of the previous catastrophe, and they were alone and unwilling to start a new family, so they lived alone.

Not to mention that there are lotus flowers on the pillars?

"I ...... Of course, I felt uncomfortable at first, but then I figured out that this might be God's retribution for me, because I ...... Huihui and my two children like that."

The pillar choked up in his voice, and Niuniu hurriedly handed over the hot water at just the right temperature for him to drink.

She remembered the care that this uncle had taken care of her after she lost her father.

The pillar took the water and looked at her.

"Niuniu has grown so big, she really looks like a small army. Good, that's good. ”

He said to himself, and it was a long time before he finally mentioned why he was the way he was.

There is no other reason, just because, once a person who likes lotus flowers was admitted to college.

Being admitted to the university is equivalent to becoming a city person for the people in the village, and they can be assigned jobs in the future, which is like a carp jumping over the dragon gate.

Lotus was originally hit by the fact that she could no longer be a mother, but when she heard the good news, she immediately cheered up.

She wanted to go into town.

So, she cried with that person, saying that it was because Zhang Hui made too much trouble that her reputation was ruined, so she had to marry Zhuzi, saying that he had always liked him in her heart.

That person has been next to the lotus flower for so many years, and as soon as she cried like this, he immediately felt so distressed that he agreed to take her into the city.

As a result, Lotus began to divorce Zhuzi.

Today, the day before the first lunar month has passed, the lotus flower, who has already slept in a separate bed with the pillar, got up early in the morning to talk about the divorce.

The pillar was unwilling, so she left in a fit of rage and went to the boy's house to find him.

"Why can't she figure it out, that man didn't pay much attention to her after going to school for the first half of the year, he must have met a girl he liked more outside......"

The pillar drank the water and drank the momentum of wine, and sighed vigorously.

"But I told her that she didn't believe it, and that I was deliberately trying to sow discord between them."

Amy was speechless as she listened.

What's the point of continuing such a relationship?

"Then you still like her and want to continue to live a good life with her?"

The pillar shook its head.

"No, I just think that after all, I can't stand Huihui before, and I can't hurt anyone again. If I really agree to divorce, she will definitely go with that man, and she will suffer a big loss at that time. Although the man is now a college student, he is not a serious person at first glance, and I have seen him secretly holding hands with several women. ”

Grandma Wang shook her head as she listened.

"How did this good life come to be? You ......"

She wanted to say that she knew that she shouldn't have been together in the first place, and Lotus took the initiative to come to the pillar at that time, angry with Zhang Hui and her two children, but she lived her life like this.

What's the point?

But come to think of it, things have already happened, and it is impossible to go back to the past.

"You talk to her well, if it really doesn't make sense, you can divorce, leave Mao'er Village after the divorce, and find a county seat to work in a prosperous life."

The pillar didn't answer, and Amy could tell that he had almost lost all enthusiasm for life.

She sighed.

"Think about two children. Although you and Sister Hui are divorced now, the child is brought by her. But what you are and what you are not are is completely different. The two children should be in junior high school now, and they will get married and have children in the future, do you really ignore them when you are a father? ”

The pillar jerked its head up, its eyes bursting with dazzling light.

"Yes, I still have two children, I can't go on like this, otherwise they will marry and other girls will not look down on him in the future."

He muttered, got up and ran to wash his dirty face and change into clean clothes.

When it was almost dark, the lotus came back, and he had a good talk with the lotus.

Lotus still insisted on going to the man.

"You can't give me the happiness I want, why stop me from finding the happiness that belongs to me?"

The pillar looked at her and finally nodded, giving up all these years of struggle.

"Okay, you go find your happiness."

Soon, the two went to the brigade to get a divorce.

Then, Zhuzi returned his land to the village, and took a few clothes that Zhang Hui had made for him and got on the train.

Neither Grandma Wang nor Amy knew where he had gone, but remembered what he had said before he left.

"I will come back every year to see Xiaojun, and I will definitely not let him run out of money below."

Amy's side, the gifts were given one by one, and the sincere thanks were also said one by one.

Soon the day will come when Amy must return to Jiangcheng.

"Grandma, if you want to stay here for a few more days, I'll go back first, Niuniu is here to accompany you, and I'll pick you up when you want to come back."

The old man is getting older and older, and although Grandma Wang's body is still very strong now, Amy knows that the old man should rarely come back in the future.

"Silly boy, what's not home, where you and Niuniu are, it's home. Let's go home. ”