Chapter 38: Memories Are a Knife
Yao Lixue sent a message asking what to eat at noon, in the group they formed yesterday, Lin Hanshuang replied to the appointment, Yao Lixue was clear, and went to Meng Basket to eat, and the other men were not spoken.
got on Jiang Ningyu's Mercedes-Benz, the two of them tacitly agreed, Lin Hanshuang is still more confident that Jiang Ningyu is looking for a place to eat, he is definitely an expert in life arrangements, more than ten years, the two of them have lived together, Lin Hanshuang can be said to have no more than any heart, Jiang Ningyu's arrangement is clear.
The car was parked in an alley, and although there were not many people, it looked like an old-fashioned store.
"This grilled fish is good, try it." Jiang Ningyu smiled and received Lin Hanshuang, as gentle as ever.
ordered a Wujiang fish with few spines, added a few side dishes that Lin Hanshuang liked, and in order to take care of Lin Hanshuang's taste, she ordered a slightly spicy one, she likes to eat spicy but can't eat too spicy.
While they waited, they could finally talk.
"I haven't told you much about my father, so I'll tell you about it today, ha." Jiang Ningyu took out the chopsticks and handed them to Lin Hanshuang, and then poured water for her, with a gentle appearance, which made people not hate it.
Jiang Ningyu really didn't officially mention his father, Lin Hanshuang only knew that she had a young widowed mother, and she worked hard to train him to be what he is today, of course, it wasn't all the credit of his mother, but his mother's contribution was definitely the greatest.
Lin Hanshuang has mentioned many times that he should take his mother to Beijing to be raised, but Jiang Ningyu always resigned because his mother was not used to the rhythm of the big city, they had the opportunity to see her twice a year, one was eleven, and the other was the Spring Festival, the family would return to the place where Jiang Ningyu was born and spend a festival together, Jiang Mu rarely stayed with his grandmother for a few days.
For her mother-in-law, Lin Hanshuang has nothing to say, a simple rural woman who can't be simple, kind, beautiful, and frugal, and treats her like a son.
Although they didn't spend much time together, they left a deep impression on Lin Hanshuang, which also made Lin Hanshuang have a stronger impression of Jiang Ningyu, a child cultivated by such a woman must have no problem in terms of morality!!
But for his father, he was secretive,
Lin Hanshuang occasionally mentioned it, but he was also perfunctory, and he didn't say any details at all, only knowing that his father died of liver cirrhosis, and other information was gone.
Suddenly mentioning this topic today, Lin Hanshuang was very surprised, nodded, "Hmm," and said.
"His name is Jiang Huacheng, in his early years, because he was treated unfairly at work, he contracted the habit of drinking alcohol, and later he became alcoholic, and then he began to abuse me and my mother."
After Jiang Ningyu finished speaking, after successfully seeing the shock on his wife's face, he continued with a smile: "Don't be surprised, this is a fact, he beat people very hard, I was very young at the time, he dragged me as if he was dragging a small machine, dragged out, in the yard, picked up something with no head and no face and hit me,"
Lin Hanshuang has been stunned, what is this?
Why did she never know that Jiang Ningyu still had such a father?
Why was his life so miserable when he was a child?
"My mother loves me very much, you know this, she has to be beaten for me every time, once, Jiang Huacheng took a hoe with a shovel and slammed it at me, my mother was anxious to block the hoe with her body, as a result, she cut her calf, and a lot of blood came out at that time, I was so scared that I screamed and cried, Jiang Huazhi said, "What's it, so I can't help beating," and left, and continued to drink. With the help of my neighbors, I sent my mother to the health center, and my mother has become lame since then, you don't have to be afraid, it's all over," sighed, Jiang Ningyu took a sip of water,
Lin Hanshuang knew that her mother-in-law's legs and feet were not good, but she didn't expect this reason.
"After I went to elementary school, I gradually gained some strength, but I still couldn't beat him, and our mother and I were often beaten by him."
"Why didn't you call the police?!" Lin Hanshuang couldn't listen to it anymore,
"I reported it, but after calling the police, his attitude will be temporary for a few days, and when I drink alcohol and repeat the show, over and over again, we are already numb,"
"Can't you get a divorce?"
Jiang Ningyu slowly raised his head and looked at his kind wife, his heart ached like a knife, yes, can't he get a divorce?
"My mother once filed for divorce, but after being beaten half to death, she stopped thinking about it, hehe,"
Jiang Ningyu seemed to be recalling, smiling and continuing: "Fortunately, the sky has eyes, in the first semester of my first year of junior high school, there was no junior high school in our village, and I needed to go to the township to study, one day we were having morning exercises, and the head teacher called me away, he said to me, Jiang Ningyu, something happened to your family, you go home immediately, he sighed after speaking, when I heard this, my first thought was that my mother was beaten, and she may have been beaten very badly, I didn't care about packing anything, I borrowed a bicycle and rode home quickly, I rode and rided, I swore in my heart that if my mother was crippled by him again, I would kill him,"
Jiang Ningyu was already a little excited, his eyes were full of hatred, Lin Hanshuang believed that he really hated, hated his own father, tears flowed unconsciously, and his heart was full of distress for a junior high school child.
She remembered that when she was so old, she was at the age of being coquettish in her parents' arms, but on the other side, her child's father was so miserable.
"When the door of my house slowly became clear in my eyes, I saw that the two pillars of the gate were hung with burning paper, you may not know this custom, someone in the family died, usually hung up, my mind was no longer turning, I don't know how to get to the door of the house, many people are at home, I can't hear what they say to me, I only had one thought: I want to kill him!"
Lin Hanshuang's hand attached to Jiang Ningyu's clenched fist, and he slapped it lightly twice, Jiang Ningyu slowly eased up, he was too excited.
"When I finally entered the house, I saw my mother wearing linen clothes, kneeling on the side, living a good life, haha, can you understand my mood at that time? I was so happy, I stepped forward and hugged her, I said, Mom, great, you are still alive, great, the person who died is him, hahahaha, I laughed, the neighbors present probably looked at me with strange eyes, but I don't care, I am happy, I am happy from the bottom of my heart,"
Jiang Ningyu was silent when he said this, he should be giving himself a buffer time.
Lin Hanshuang silently withdrew his hand and quietly looked at the man with a painful expression on the other side.
"I heard that he died of gas poisoning, I'm sorry I lied to you before, he didn't have liver cancer, and later, my mom and I got national poverty relief, and my mom got several jobs for me to go to high school and college, you know I've always been very concerned about scholarships, because if I get a scholarship, my mom can do one less job. Isn't it very inspiring, hehe. Jiang Ningyu wiped his face, and at the same time took out a tissue and handed it to Lin Hanshuang on the other side, "Wipe it." ”
Lin Hanshuang took the tissue and realized that his tears had fallen several times.
"Huang Qiuyang's husband is an alcoholic and domestic violence person," Jiang Ningyu said this, his eyes were fixed on Lin Hanshuang,
Lin Hanshuang raised her head, "Well, go on," she actually understood why she suddenly told her about her father-in-law's past.
"This reminds me of him, so many years have passed, although my mother has asked me not to hate him many times, but I really can't do it, when I saw Huang Qiuyang's husband, I knew that I could never forgive him in my life, Huang Qiuyang's husband and him are exactly the same, soon I helped them divorce, but he still didn't let her go, I aroused a delusion that Huang Qiuyang was my young mother at that time, a strong desire to protect, I helped her rent a house and help her find a job, and then because I was afraid that the man would follow, I also went to see her after quitting my job, but once she called me and told me that she had fallen and couldn't get up, I was a little anxious, and after I passed, I found that she actually fell in the bathtub. After settling her, she said that she had cooked for me to eat before leaving, and I thought that I would go back to the company and have no food, so I ate, and then I drank a glass of wine, and that was the first time I spent the night there. Jiang Ningyu wasted a lot of effort before he finished talking about this matter.