On the bedside table was a handful of candy, a handful of peanut candy wrapped in white frosting.

This kind of sugar is the memory of many post-80s children.

A few cents can buy a handful.

It's a pity that when I was a child, I thought it was very sweet, and when I tasted it when I grew up, I would feel tired and panicked.

The boss and the boss's ex-wife are almost the same age, and they are also in the early 80s, and these peanut candies with frosting are probably the best memories between them.

Thinking so, Xing Ruyi found a clean bag and packed all the peanut candy. In order to make the packaging look better, she deliberately folded a candy carton with colored paper. Thanks to quality education, she has not forgotten these memories of going to school in primary school labor classes.

For this handful of peanut candy, she deliberately took a bus across the city to return to her office in the old city, and put the peanut candy on the boss's desk.

"What is this?"

The boss stared at the handmade, somewhat crude candy box.

"Say it, boss, you may not believe it. Last night, I had a dream about a beautiful mother holding a child. She told me that she had left me something and asked me to give it to your boss. When I woke up, I saw something like that on the bedside table. I was afraid that it would not look good to take it directly, so I folded such a box myself. Oh, by the way, the beautiful mother I dreamed of is very much like the bride in the boss's wedding photo. ”

"Did you really have a dream like this?"

The boss picked up the candy box and his expression changed slightly.

"I swear, I really dreamed it."

"Why can't I see it?" The boss said, opened the candy box, and when he saw that it contained peanut candy, his eyes turned red: "I know what you guys are talking about me in private." I also know that I am a scumbag, and if I were not a scumbag, I would not divorce my wife when she just gave birth to a child. I know it's not right, but I can't help it, that's what I think, and I can't change myself. ”

The boss said and clenched the peanut candy.

"My parents are both in the system, and two of my three older sisters have also entered the system. The only sister who didn't enter the system also married someone in the system. I was the youngest, and I was a boy, and I was spoiled since I was a child, and even my three older sisters had to let me go and get used to me. I know I'm a jerk, but my jerks are what they're used to.

When I was in my early twenties, I thought it through and figured it out. I don't want to live this kind of life of being spoiled by my parents and being used to by my sister, I know that if I continue like this, I will have to be abolished. I ran away from home without telling my parents, and I spent almost two years tossing and turning outside. I guess you've heard that I started as a building material, and in those two years, I spent all day in the building materials market, starting from a small salesman, and running was almost unpresent.

By the time I earned money, I was old enough to get married. What do I say? I don't have much feeling for relationships, and I think it's the same to marry anyone, but I have to have a child, a boy to inherit the family business I have saved so hard.

My wife grew up in the same yard as me, and she has more affection than others, and I know that she is very good to me. Since you are going to get married, since you are going to have children, marrying her and having children with her is undoubtedly the best. Her parents are also in the system, and when we got married, we were still many years away from retirement, and when we had children, we could get all the special care.

Don't laugh at me, we are all human beings, and we all know that in this society, it is easier to mix with those who have relationships than those who have nothing to do, and the road must be easier to walk.

She gave birth to a daughter, and I was really a little tired of it. She was also in the system, and there was no open two-child policy at that time, so we basically had no hope of having a second child. In order to have a son, in order to solve the matter as soon as possible, and in order for her to see my true colors as soon as possible, withdraw in time, and live a good life, I wrote a divorce agreement, but the agreement also took care of her and her daughter.

I really didn't expect that she would commit suicide, and I didn't expect that she would commit suicide with her daughter, if I knew...... If you know ......"

"If you knew it would be the current outcome, would you still write that divorce agreement, boss?"

"Honestly, I don't know." The boss let go of the hand holding the peanut candy: "There is no ifs in life, what has happened, none of us can change it." I just, really want to see her, even if it's in a dream. I want to tell her that I'm sorry for her and I'm sorry for our daughter. ”

The boss never told the story about the peanut candy, and only handed her the packet of peanut candy before Xing Ruyi left the office. He said that when people are gone, their thoughts gradually disappear. These sugars, even if they were sweet once eaten, have become bitter when they are eaten again.

Coming out of the office building, Xing Ruyi stood under the bus stop sign and waited for the bus. There was an old woman sitting on a bench under the stop sign, and her eyes were always on her hand holding peanut candy.

"Girl, where did you buy that candy?"

"It's not bought, it's a ...... Sent by a friend. ”

"Can you give me some? I searched a lot of places, but I couldn't find this candy. Now the sugar is colorful, the packaging is colorful, and the price is also colorful, but I can no longer find the feeling I had at the beginning. When my son was younger, I used to buy him this candy a lot. At that time, the family was poor, and his father was not in good health. I work in a carton factory in the city, and I only earn a few dollars a month. The food and drink at home, his father saw a doctor and bought medicine, and he had to count on those few dollars to study and go to school. It's only during the holidays that I buy him candy, that's it. Don't look at him small, but he knows that he is distressed, and he will secretly hide the candy I bought for him, and then stuff one into my mouth while I am not paying attention, and then ask me with a smile if it is sweet. ”

The old woman said, as if she was a little embarrassed. She looked down at the tip of her shoe and said, "Don't be surprised, girl, this person is old, and he loves to remember things." My son is filial, and he knows that I am talking about this candy, and always wants to buy it for me, but he can't buy it anywhere. Girl, can you give me a few, I want to taste this candy again with my son. ”

The grandmother's words made Xing Ruyi a little moved. She looked at the candy in her hand, then at the old grandmother, and said with some embarrassment: "Grandma, it's not that I don't want to give it to you, but that I gave this candy from a deceased friend." I'm not making it up, it's true. If you don't dislike it, if you don't want to be taboo, I'll give you all this candy. ”

"Thank you, girl, there is nothing taboo for this old man. People, live for a lifetime, no matter how long or short, you have to pass when you arrive. They all say that ghosts are terrible, and they all say that ghosts harm people, but in this world, there are several people who have been killed by ghosts. ”

"Then, this candy is for you." Xing Ruyi handed the candy to the grandmother: "I haven't eaten it, and I don't know what it tastes like." If it's just a thought, you and your son can just take a look. When you're done, let's find a place to bury the candy. Throw it in the garbage, I'm afraid my friend will blame. ”

The old grandmother nodded, and took the peanut candy with a trembling hand.

When he let go, Xing Ruyi accidentally touched the old woman's hand, and only felt that the old lady's fingertips were cold and scary. There seem to be a few blue spots on the back of the hand, like age spots.

A small episode, when I got on the bus, I almost forgot about it. People are like this, most of the things they encounter on the road will not be remembered in their hearts, and when they occasionally think about it, it is just used as a little talk after dinner.

Back in the new city, it was already more than three o'clock in the afternoon. The sun is very poisonous and the sun is wilting. At the entrance of the community, there are some wreaths, and all the funeral things are also placed in them. The doorman at the property was poking his head out to look inside.

"What's going on, someone in this community has passed away?"

"I heard that it's an old aunt, and it's pitiful." The gate guard finally caught a gossip with him, and there were more words: "I heard that this old aunt is not easy, the man died early, and he pulled a son and a daughter with a handful of and urine." As a result, this daughter was diagnosed with leukemia just after graduating from college, and she cleaned up this already poor home before she earned a penny. The money is gone, and the people are gone. As for this son, he is married, but after getting married, he doesn't recognize her as a mother. ”

"Houses in this neighborhood aren't cheap, are they?"

"Isn't it cheap?"

"Then how can this aunt still afford to buy a house here?"

"Do you know about the demolition? Although the money of this aunt's family has been spent for her daughter, the house is still there. Caught up with the demolition and compensated a lot. The aunt felt guilty, so she gave all the money to her son, and his son bought a house here. At the beginning, the mother and son were doing quite well, and I often saw this son take his aunt down for a walk, which was talking and laughing. But later, isn't this son going to marry a daughter-in-law? This has a daughter-in-law and a son-in-law, and the contradiction is big. The aunt couldn't think about it, so she hanged herself in the house. ”

"That daughter-in-law is very powerful?"

"It's not awesome, you have to close the door to know. But this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law contradiction, no one can create it. This daughter-in-law is young and has her own ideas and ideas, and it is normal that she can't get along with the elderly. There was something in the doorman's words, and seeing that there was no one around, he lowered his voice a little: "Actually, this old aunt is not easy to get along with." It's pitiful, it's doable, it's really capable, but the more this kind of old man, the stronger he becomes, always thinking that everyone can be like her, and they all have to live according to her way. But the son is his own, and the daughter-in-law is someone else's, so can the living habits be the same? People can be like an ancient little girl, what you say and what you listen to, when you are an ancestor like worship. Even if you want to be an ancestor, you have to see if you have the family background of a big family. Other girls don't dislike your son for being poor and incompetent, so it's not easy to be willing to marry. Look at me, I can be regarded as a talent, don't you still fight a bachelor. ”

As he spoke, the old man's family came out with the portrait in his arms.

As soon as Xing Ruyi saw the portrait, he felt that his scalp was numb for a while.