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Xu Ge returned home, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw his father greeted him with a smile on his face, stretched out his hand and hugged his shoulders and said, "Xiao Ge, thank you for your hard work, hurry up and take a bath, go and get rid of the filth, Aunt Lin has made you a table of good dishes waiting for you." ”

Looking at his abnormal smiling face, Xu Ge's heart was full of doubts.

In his memory, this man had not given him a smile for many years, and every time he saw him, he would keep a straight face, shout at him, or have a silent face.

Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief.

He said this in his heart.

"Hey, Xiao Ge, I finally look forward to your coming back, rest well, Auntie will make a meal."

The woman surnamed Lin also came out of the kitchen, smiling like a flower, and calling him with a gentle face.

Xu Ge glanced at her in disgust, then shook off Xu Maolin's hand and entered his mother's room.

OK!

Everything was business as usual and did not turn into the woman's cloakroom.

Xu Ge's heart breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and he picked up the once sweet and happy photo of a family of three from the table.

At that time, he smiled so innocently and so cutely.

And the man also smiled honestly, looking at his wife and children's eyes, full of love.

Now, it's a matter of fact.

His finger touched his mother's photo gently, "Mom, I'm back, I'm sorry, I must have disappointed you and made you sad." ”

After speaking, tears flowed.

After a while, Xu Maolin pushed the door in, picked up another photo, and looked at it with a complicated expression.

He is full of affection for his deceased wife.

Without his deceased wife's previous hard work and dedication to him, he may still be the primary school teacher in the mountain village, at most a primary school principal.

It was she who resolutely asked him to quit his job and go to school.

It was she who shouldered the burden that should have belonged to her, took care of her elderly and sick parents with filial piety, took care of young children, and worked hard to keep busy with the few acres of fields in the field.

Therefore, he has no worries, concentrates on his own business, and climbs step by step.

He also thought that after he returned to his hometown, he would let her live a good life and enjoy all the blessings.

When he became the director of the Labor Bureau of City A, he finally had the opportunity to take his wife and son out of the countryside and let them live in the city.

At that time, she was already sick because of long-term hard work, and he wanted to take her to the doctor, but she always pushed and said no, she was fine, she was just a small problem, just endure it.

At that time, he was busy climbing to the position of deputy mayor, going out early and returning late every day, managing various connections, and desperately trying to make himself have political achievements.

Hearing her say this, he also believed it, and felt that she should not have much trouble, just some small problems that middle-aged women often make.

In his heart, he had subconsciously regarded her as a strong tree that could provide shade to his entire family, and he never thought that she would fall down one day.

As she vomited blood and collapsed at home, he was sitting on the dinner of his superiors.

The young son called him several times, but he didn't answer it, for fear of affecting his image in the eyes of his superiors.

By the time he returned home drunk, she had been taken to the hospital by a neighbor.

rushed to the hospital, but it was when she was dying.

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