"Dad, I've got good news for you." As soon as the eldest daughter heard the sound of the bicycle, she knew that her father was back, and ran out of the house in a hurry, shouting,

Lao Yang had just arrived at the door of his house on a bicycle when a car stopped at his daughter's feet with a sudden brake, "You have been transferred to work in the brigade of our village." Lao Yang listened, his heart was overjoyed, and he tied up the bicycle, but frowned slightly, "What is the girl's yelling about?" ”

The daughter lowered her head and ran into the house, the meal had already been prepared, the dishes on the table were fragrant, Lao Yang's daughter-in-law was busy serving rice to Lao Yang, and kept adding vegetables to Lao Yang's bowl, Lao Yang enjoyed his wife's preference with peace of mind. Lao Yang's wife is not good-looking, and she is a few years older than Lao Yang, Lao Yang refused this marriage at first, but later agreed under the pressure of his parents. Fortunately, Lao Yang's daughter-in-law is very good at hurting people, and the work at home is always done neatly, as long as Lao Yang goes home, the meal is ready, and the tea is poured, Lao Yang doesn't like to drink boiled water, and he is not used to drinking tea, but he has a soft spot for jasmine tea, Lao Yang's daughter-in-law remembers it in her heart, buys jasmine to make tea, and when Lao Yang comes back, the whole house is full of flowers. The neighbors all praised Lao Yang when they saw him, saying that Lao Yang was blessed and married a good daughter-in-law, Lao Yang smiled and didn't speak, thinking about the good of his daughter-in-law, but thinking about it, flower tea is not always that taste.

"It's been a hard day, eat more." Lao Yang nodded, and stuffed a large amount of chopsticks into his mouth, thinking that he was going to work in the brigade tomorrow, he was relaxed and comfortable, and his appetite also soared.

Lao Yang's daughter-in-law got up early, made breakfast and told Lao Yang to get up, and his son and daughter also got up to eat breakfast and prepare to go to school. The son and daughter are also in their teens, they are well-behaved and sensible by their mother, the son is handsome, and the daughter Shui Ling has inherited Lao Yang's excellent genes.

Lao Yang took the teacup with jasmine and pedaled on the bicycle after breakfast, the sky was already bright, the neighbors were busy, half of the morning glow reflected the white river at the edge of the village, the air in the early morning was sweet, with the wind straight into the arms of the people, Lao Yang hummed a song, and the birds on the side of the road also chirped and echoed. When he arrived at the brigade office, the door was still new, and Lao Yang felt that he had come early. Pushing the door to see, it turned out that everyone had arrived, "Hey, Lao Yang, it's here!" Lao Yang smiled, pushed away the cigarette handed over, said that he didn't smoke, and soon found his place to sit down, a pair of eyes swept around, it was a spacious office, but there was a desk between the place where the water was received and himself, and the woman with her head down on the table was writing something, and slowly raised her head with the sound of Lao Yang moving the chair, and looked like she smiled slightly, "Brother Yang is here." Lao Yang looked at her, nailed into the depths of her dark eyes, as if looking at her, and as if looking farther away, Lao Yang found that this woman seemed to be familiar as soon as he entered the door. It's Chunfang.

Old Yang was stunned, a sense of confusion through time and space, the past came to his face, Brother Yang...

"yes." Lao Yang replied reluctantly, with some nostalgia but quickly retracted his gaze, he knew that he had lost his temper just now because of something, he tried to see something from the other party's eyes, some emotions similar to nostalgia, she just met his gaze like that, and couldn't see joy and sorrow. However, Lao Yang caught a glimpse of her ears red, which made Lao Yang feel that his face was hot.

Lao Yang sat down, drank some water to relieve himself, and watched everyone talk and laugh, especially Chunfang, Lao Yang's heart was happy and sad for a while. He also occasionally joins in the conversation, but often absent-mindedly.

"Chunfang, help me get a glass of water." Lao Yang said this sentence countless times in a day, and everyone laughed and quipped, Chunfang is really sitting in the wrong place. Chunfang was not annoyed, carefully poured the water and handed it to him, Lao Yang would first take a sip with a smile, and then take a big sip, thinking, it was still the same taste back then.

Lao Yang didn't work very hard all day, and when he came home, he had a straight face, hurriedly picked up a few mouthfuls of food and went to sleep, usually he always had to watch TV until late at night, or drinking alone, and didn't eat vegetables, and he began to go crazy while drinking, screaming and screaming at home alone, and he was tired of screaming, and he fell to the ground and snored at will. It's always Lao Yang's daughter-in-law who cleaned up the mess and dragged him to the bed who was drunk, she did all these jobs silently, and never even complained much, and she didn't know why, she felt that this was what a wife should do, a woman who was obedient and obedient, because poverty and even her own destiny was difficult to control, what she longed for was just to be able to spend every day plainly and steadily, and it was best not to make mistakes if she didn't make mistakes. As for Lao Yang, he is her husband, the person she relies on. Lao Yang was surprisingly quiet today, and went to bed early, and his wife didn't know why when he saw this, but he didn't say much. I'm afraid that saying more will ignite all kinds of anger that Lao Yang has no reason for.

That night, Lao Yang tossed and turned, difficult to sleep, he picked up the teacup, sniffed the jasmine fragrance, opened the door, the house was quiet, I don't know where his wife and children went, the fog was a little big, a round of the moon like a hook, hazy showed some bright light, and the yard was deserted. I don't know where to go, but I really want to go out for a walk, memory guides him to a hut, the house is very small, and a little simple, a pair of candles flickering and dimming, reflecting a warm and happy dinner scene, sitting next to Chunfang and her man, the two daughters in the middle are smiling cutely, with deep eyes similar to Chunfang, and Chunfang's man's unique thick eyebrows, Lao Yang stood outside the window, looking at it and was fascinated, "Brother Yang, why are you here?" When they come, they don't go in and sit. Chunfang smiled and walked towards him, looking like she was before, even wearing old clothes from the past, the moon sprinkled softly on her face, at this time, her smile was lit up,

Without waiting for Chunfang to react, Lao Yang grabbed her hand, "Fangfang, have you been happy all these years, are you happy?" ”

Chunfang wanted to break free but couldn't, her eyes were full of doubts and dodging, and the shadows on her face where there was no light covered half of her face shallowly, "What did Brother Yang say?" Why am I not happy, life is comfortable, and my man treats me well. ”

"How can you be happy without me, how can you be happy without me。。。。。。。 You say, you say... "Disappointment, despair is followed by roaring, anger.

The loss of control of emotions woke him up from his sleep, he woke up a little early today, Lao Yang's daughter-in-law was still busy in the kitchen, Zhang Luo was having breakfast, Lao Yang sat at the head of the bed, recalling the past, at that time he was still young, a talent, handsome and chic, Chunfang also

Beautiful as a flower, the two grew up together since childhood, and secretly fell in love with each other in the daily relationship, and the two love each other will naturally get better, Chunfang likes jasmine, loves to use jasmine to make tea, these, Lao Yang has always remembered. originally thought that the days would pass like this day by day, Chunfang would always accompany Lao Yang, as she said, never give up, Lao Yang would always accompany Chunfang, as he said, grow old together, life and death depend on each other. Lao Yang even thought about marrying Chunfang. However, Lao Yang's father failed to realize his dream of joining the army when he was young, so he pinned all his hopes on Lao Yang, and Lao Yang himself had the ambition of protecting his family and defending the country since he was a child, so he obeyed his father. Lao Yang thought that when he returned from the army, he could marry Chunfang. Before leaving, Chunfang's big eyes were full of tears, and she said, wait for you to come back. This sentence is the only hope and motivation in the boring and tiring life of Lao Yang's military brigade. When he returned to his hometown with anticipation and joy, he learned that Chunfang was already married, and another man in the same village, Lao Yang, had asked Chunfang more than once, why didn't he keep his word, why didn't he wait for him, and said okay. Chunfang also felt guilty in her heart, but Chunfang said that she really liked that man, his husband. Chunfang's words made Lao Yang desperate, he began to drink heavily every day, in order to alleviate his pain, like in his dream, he stood in front of Chunfang's house countless times after getting drunk, every time he saw the harmony and warmth of the family, he hated, hated that he couldn't get the woman he loved, hated Chunfang, hated Chunfang for being too ruthless to himself, and spent the rest of his life with other men, but Chunfang was still like this, no matter how he asked every time, Chunfang would say gently, she loved her husband, no matter how gentle she said, Lao Yang's heart is like being stabbed by a knife, it hurts, it hurts all night, this pain is a few years, in these years, he has become an alcoholic, and he has also fallen a lot of diseases, especially after getting drunk, he is often delirious, crying and yelling, in those years, although he doesn't go out much, but he still has a very bad reputation, which family has a banquet and will never dare to call him, but he will go every time. Thinking of this, Lao Yang smiled bitterly, and his eyes were red. His parents often looked for a daughter-in-law for him, but no girl from any family was willing to marry an alcoholic like Lao Yang.

Later, I met Lao Yang's daughter-in-law, her family was poor, and she felt that Lao Yang's family was also rich, and she would not suffer hardship if she followed him, and she didn't care if she was a drunkard or not. Lao Yang has always disagreed, ugly and old women are not worthy of themselves at all, and then I thought about it, if I can't marry Chunfang, whoever I marry is not the same. So I agreed. Lao Yang's daughter-in-law pushed open the door and interrupted Lao Yang's thoughts, it was time for breakfast, Lao Yang responded, quickly got dressed, Lao Yang felt uncomfortable, but he always looked forward to going to work early, so that he could see Chunfang earlier. Lao Yang's daughter-in-law couldn't get used to Lao Yang's face, and kept nagging during the meal, there were not many such times, she probably said something by hearsay, Lao Yang dropped the bowl, grabbed the door, and locked all the nagging and complaining in the door and left it behind.

Lao Yang's daughter-in-law still silently picked up the bowl, cleaned up the mess, a little choked, she wiped her eyes, and continued to chew slowly and a large table of dishes, tears slid down her face, finally, after she picked up a chopstick dish and fell to the ground, she threw the chopsticks violently, lay on the table and whimpered and cried, at first it was sobbing, and then it was like a flood that burst the embankment, out of control, she simply sat on the ground, just screamed, the neighbor was startled, ran over and wanted to help her up, at this time, Her body was already trembling terribly, and her limbs were numb, but she struggled desperately to get up. The neighbor had no choice but to let her sit stubbornly on the ground, and asked her what was wrong and what grievances she had suffered, but she couldn't say anything, just cried vigorously, and couldn't stop crying. What's the matter, the neighbor wondered, did he suffer any grievances? Could it be that Lao Yang bullied her? But isn't she so tolerant of Lao Yang? What's wrong? Lao Yang's daughter-in-law also wondered, life is good, he just lost his temper like before, and he doesn't want to live a good life together in the future. But what's the matter, Lao Yang's daughter-in-law only felt that the bitterness in her heart was about to come out, she wanted to tell her neighbors, how Lao Yang couldn't change his bad temper, how he forbears in every way, Lao Yang always drinks secretly, gets drunk and goes crazy, and sometimes even beats her. But her mouth seemed to be dumb, but she could only scream when she opened it, and she couldn't spit out a complete word, and the more she was like this, the more uncomfortable she was, and the more uncomfortable she was, the more she cried.

Lao Yang stepped into the car, quickly pedaling the pedal, the river, those past seemed to be able to disappear with his strength, Lao Yang felt that he had changed a lot over the years, wine often only dared to drink secretly, only one person secretly hurt himself, his daughter-in-law treated him well, thought he liked to eat wine, and he was not angry after finding out, the more so, the more Lao Yang had to inch in, he sometimes thought, since Chunfang is married and very happy, he should also let go, but, he lives a life, always feels depressed in his heart, I always feel uncomfortable, and I always feel that I have to borrow wine to drown my sorrows. It's like the jasmine tea made by the daughter-in-law, it is also jasmine tea, but it is not always the same taste. The better the daughter-in-law treats him, the more angry he becomes, the daughter-in-law doesn't understand him and doesn't sympathize with him at all, even if she treats him well, what's the use? He doesn't have too much affection for his children, and even has hatred at some moments, in his opinion, their existence is to remind him of the betrayal of Chunfang's love all the time.

Ay! He let out a long sigh and pushed open the office door, still panting quietly, he felt that he must be old, and he could be tired from such a close road.

When he walked into the office, Lao Yang found that Chunfang had arrived early, and there was only Chunfang in the office, Lao Yang was a little happy in his heart, and he had a thousand words to tell Chunfang, but when he saw Chunfang smiling and greeting himself, he couldn't say a word. He suddenly felt that the past was not so important, and Chunfang was always alone after experiencing so much love. Lao Yang looked at Chunfang, the woman he loved most in his life, the indescribable complexity in his eyes, Chunfang found out, and asked suspiciously, Brother Yang, what's wrong. Lao Yang squeezed out a sentence for a long time, it's okay, help me get a glass of water. Chunfang took the cup, and the moment she turned her face, a flush on her face just entered Lao Yang's eyes, just like the shyness she felt when she was first together. Now it is probably burned red by Lao Yang's blazing gaze. Lao Yang picked up Chunfang's half-peeled apple and peeled it. Chunfang handed over the teacup, Lao Yang took the teacup and took a sip as before, and then drank it all. The eyes are still looking at Chunfang, well, it is still the original taste. "Brother Yang, I'll cut it myself. Chunfang reached out for the apple, but Lao Yang took the opportunity to grab Chunfang's hand fiercely,

"Chunfang, if I hadn't joined the army and hadn't left you, would you be willing to marry me?"

If that were the case, I wouldn't have met my husband, and maybe, we could be together. ”

"And now?" Lao Yang's eyes flashed with the excited look they had when they were together,

Before Chunfang could react, and before she even heard what Lao Yang asked, she saw a knife stabbed straight into her throat, and the blood flowed like an infusion, splashing onto Lao Yang's hand, Lao Yang's face was smiling, satisfied, happy, and Chunfang's blood droplets, this time, we can finally be together, forever and forever together.

After that, he took out a knife and stabbed it into his throat, blood splattered out, Lao Yang's face was still full of smiles, he tried his best to hug Chunfang, and used his last strength to hold Chunfang's hand tightly, and the smile was frozen in the corners of his mouth.

On the table, there is an unfinished apple lying quietly, and if you look closely, there are four crooked characters engraved on it, life and death depend on each other.