Zhao Xun and his father came to Liu Laizi's house on Monday, but found that the two children were at home and did not go to school.

Zhao Xun did not speak.

"Good boy, have you eaten?" The father asked his sister.

"Not yet, my brother drank milk, I don't have much appetite, I don't really want to eat."

"Then you can't skip dinner, uncle will take you out for lunch today."

"That's not good, no need, let's just eat at noon."

The children were still young when those things happened, and they didn't know what had happened, let alone what they knew about their father, they just knew that his father might just be a kind neighbor who came to condole, compared to other people's families.

"Are you going to school tomorrow, is my sister in high school?"

"Not yet, in the third year of junior high school this year, I will be admitted to high school in the second half of the semester."

"Oh, then you have to hurry up and study, you're about to take the high school exam, it's a lot of pressure, right? If you have anything, just ask you Sister Zhao, she is a college student. Seeing that the two children were in a terrible mood, the father quipped.

"It's okay, but I don't feel like I have the heart to study now, I haven't turned over the books since these things happened at home, and the school has taken a vacation for a while."

"Well, take your time, what about my brother? Is my brother in elementary school, or in middle school? ”

"I'm in the fifth grade, uncle." The little boy hurriedly returned to his father, as if he was afraid of missing something, what a simple and good boy.

"Really good, how are you doing at school, are you doing well? Are there any children who bully you? ”

"I like to go to school, I am at the top of the class, last week my mother went to give me a parent-teacher conference, the teacher praised me in front of the whole class, I will be an astronaut in the future, to win glory for my mother and sister!"

"Hehe, good boy, astronauts are not easy to test, so you have to study harder from now on, you know?"

"Okay, uncle, I see!" The younger brother blinked his big eyes, and his eyes rolled back and forth.

"Uncle, my sister told me that my mother has gone to a far, far away place, and now my sister will take care of me, uncle, will my mother never come back? I miss my mom! ”

As soon as he talked about his mother, his younger brother suddenly cried, and the sound of whining was really intoxicating.

The father kept staring at his brother's eyes, he didn't want to lie to him, he didn't want to tell him, your mother just went to heaven, she just won't come back, she can't come back in this life, but he can't say it, even if the father knows that what he tells will be a lie, a panic for the child, but he has to do it, at least in his heart, this lie is good.

"Good, don't cry, you've grown so big, manly man, men don't flick when they have tears, we're big boys, you're good, mom will come back to see you, and when you grow taller, mom will come back."

"Ah, really? Is it true? Is it true, sister? Uncle said that when I grow taller, my mother will come back! Hope suddenly flashed in the younger brother's eyes, and he only hoped that the good news he heard could be shared with the people closest to him, his favorite sister, as soon as possible.

My sister held back the tears rolling in her eyes, and nodded her head again and again, my sister couldn't say anything at the moment, how she hoped that all this was true, she really couldn't bear it so much alone, and she was just a child herself!

Although the children are said to be natives of this town, after all, they live and go to school outside all the year round, so naturally they don't have too much reflection on their father and Zhao Zhao, but after all, they are also neighbors, and they know each other, but this can be regarded as the "first" formal meeting to show a very friendly feeling to their father, which makes my father feel very gratified.

may also be because the children are now lacking the love of their families, so they show a happy acceptance of this sudden concern, and the father is treating Liu Laizi's family like this now, probably to make up for the debt in his own heart, in his heart, she feels that he owes Liu Laizi's family.

At the beginning, for the so-called "money", he Liu Laizi did not hesitate to sell his soul and send his wife to another man's bed, and he himself lost the bone tube that he and his stepmother had worked hard for more than ten years for the sake of the trace of abstinence at the bottom, and in the end, in order to survive, he even lost his daughter's life.

Who has been young and frivolous, but his youth and frivolity were too much.

Now all this, he feels that it is really enough, in this life, he has lost so many things, so much that he even feels a little unaware of his current self.

Suddenly, my sister's words broke the silence.

"Uncle, I don't want to study anymore." My sister said firmly and persistently.

"What, you kid, how can you say such a thing? How angry you must have been for your dad to hear him, haven't all these years of hard work been for you and your brother! ”

"Hear? He couldn't have heard. ”

"It's such a big thing as whether you want to study or not, it must be through your father's consent, and if you say it here now, it will definitely not work."

"Uncle, my brother and I already know, you can tell us the truth, my father's affairs are ......, maybe I won't see him in my life, right?"

"Your dad? Listen to me, child, things may not be what you think. ”

"How's that? I've heard people say that my mom is gone, and now even my dad has had an accident, and there are no grandparents at home, and now only my brother and I rely on each other. ”

My father knew and couldn't hide it.

"When did you find out?"

"We'll know when we send my mom!"

The mystery in his father's heart at this time was slowly solved one by one, no wonder when he mentioned where Liu Laizi went, the two children didn't even dare to raise their eyelids, even relatives and friends must have known the truth at that time, but everyone felt that there was no need to publicize this kind of thing, after all, the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, and no one said it.

So at that time, only the father didn't know where Liu Laizi went, so the two children must know the ins and outs of this matter in their hearts, and they must also know what Xianglian's death was.

Thinking of this, my father was really hateful and anxious, he hated himself why he didn't see such an obvious thing at that time, his head must have been funny at that time!

"Child, your mother and her, then you must have known at the time, how did your mother and her accident happen at that time?"

"That day, I was still in class, and it was the head teacher who received a call, saying that something had happened at home and asked me to hurry home, but when I got home, I only saw my mother lying there coldly, and my aunt said that my mother had been in a car accident, and the rescue was ineffective, and I didn't even see my mother for the last time."

After repeated questioning by his father, he finally knew what Xianglian's death was, but seeing that his sister was crying as she spoke, his father hurriedly changed the topic.

"Okay, child, let's not talk about this problem, don't you reminisce, child, you must go to school hard, and get admitted to a good university in the future, your mother will definitely be at ease under Jiuquan, you must not mention that you don't want to study anymore, as for the tuition fee, let's figure out a way together, have your aunts talked to you about this matter?"

"Uncle, you also know in my family on weekdays, my dad is not forgiving, and he usually doesn't have any more communication with relatives and friends, plus the outdated holidays don't have a relationship with relatives and friends, and now this kind of thing happens at home, they can't hide it yet, how can they send it to the door in person."

"Maybe in their eyes, I'm a hot potato now, whoever touches it is unlucky!"

"I can't believe they can be so cruel! After all, there is a family's blood flowing in their bodies, to put it seriously, can they really see death and not save it? ”

"Hehe, since something happened at home, after my aunts and uncles buried my mother, not to mention that someone came to the house to see, there was not even a phone call to greet her, but my aunt was a little better, and I came over two days ago to send some fruits and vegetables, saying that it was for me and my brother to be stronger, and the days to come will be long, so let me go to her if I have anything."

"Yes, isn't this that you still have your aunt, then let's go find her, maybe what can she do? By the way, how many children does your aunt have in her family! ”

"My aunt's family also has an older brother, and my uncle's health has not been very good over the years, and he has taken medicine for more than 10 years with high blood pressure and diabetes, and the family conditions are not very good, so I don't want to trouble others."

"You kid, how can this be called trouble? They support you to go to school, we will definitely not let her provide for nothing, in the future, when you grow up and have a chance, you will naturally repay them, and you will not treat them badly. ”

"Alas, although I said that, how can things be so simple, I am about to go to high school, my younger brother is going to junior high school, not to mention going to college in the future, but it will require a lot of expenses at present."

"However, I can't just watch you stop studying because of money!"

"Uncle, this may be our lives, I admit it! My dad owes too much to this world, and in the end it will all be returned to our sister and brother, there is always someone who needs to bear this, I have already thought about it now, I can't watch my brother drop out of school, I will go back to school in the next few days, and then I will go to work, and I will provide for my brother to study! ”

"Now that our country's welfare policy for the people is so good, let's find a way to apply for some student loans and subsidies from the town, and subsidies and the like can always solve some urgent needs, so that your sisters and brothers will not drop out of school and stay at home!"

"Far water can't quench your thirst, even if you apply for this money now, you can only do it for a year and a half, so what about living expenses or something in the future? It simply won't work. ”

It is said that my father is the heaven of the family, but now that my father is not at home, the sky of the family suddenly stepped like this.

So my sister didn't say a word, and only supported her brother to kill the whole day, all saying that women are weak, in fact, I want to say this sentence for our female compatriots, a woman's life, from the pearl of his parents when he was born, to his lover in his youth, to the wife who started a family, and later became the mother of the children, they continue to play a new role in the family, or hard, or sweet, but there is no complaint.

What they reveal in their bones is the original strength and fortitude of women, the weakness of women, and the rigidity of motherhood.

I remember that Liang Qichao, a representative of China's modern reform faction and new legalism, once mentioned in "Xinmin Shuo": "Women are weak, but mothers are strong; The child is weak, but the mother is strong. I think the understanding of these two sentences should be like this.

Women are born with weak bodies, but when they have children, they generally show strong willpower, and the aura of maternal love envelops every child, and this may be the nature of women.

Young children are weak, they are like flowers in a greenhouse in urgent need of irrigation from their parents, and when their mother is away, they can still hold up a piece of the sky above their heads, she must be strong to take care of the people around her, this is her duty and her mission.

Just like her sister now, she took on this heavy responsibility when she was only a teenager, she was still a child herself, but she was still determined to take care of her young brother, not for anything else, just for her to give her brother a good future in the future.

Maybe my younger brother in his early teens won't understand what his sister's dedication means, this is the age when he can eat, drink and play, I think when he grows up, he will understand the purpose of his sister's decision now!

The father looked at the two poor children, and his heart couldn't help but feel sour, the adults patted their butts and left, maybe only the children were suffering.

I have a pot of wine, but who will comfort the dust.

If someone cares for it and someone loves it, who would be willing to pick up this burden that doesn't belong to them, and who wants to be a three-year-old child!