Chapter 16: The Truth
Ye Jingshu quickly walked to the door of the house, and was about to knock on the door when she suddenly heard a fierce quarrel in the courtyard:
"I haven't been back for so long. Today, the police said that the mother resold cultural relics, what is going on? Do you know something?
This is the voice of Daddy Pu. The old man, who had always been at home and didn't care about anything, finally began to speak.
At this time, the courtyard was as silent as death. It seems that the eldest sister and her husband don't want to talk about it.
"Don't you tell me soon, when are you going to hide from me, an old man?" The old man raised his voice suddenly, it seems that his father-in-law is really angry this time. Ye Jingshu silently complained in her heart.
Just after the father and son of the Pu family were stuck for a few minutes, the husband's voice finally sounded: "Dad, my sister and I don't know about my mother's reselling of cultural relics this time." However, the jade bracelet that my mother sold was the one I wore around my mother's neck when we had dinner a few days ago, and it really came from the wrong way. ”
When Pu Father heard this, he panicked and hurriedly asked, "Dafu, you hurry up and tell me what you know." ”
So, Pu Dafu told Pu Dafu in detail about the eldest brother Pu Dagui who was killed by his car a few months ago and snatched the jade bracelet from the injured woman's hand and caused the woman to fall off the cliff. Pu Xiu on the side also occasionally interjected and added a few words when Pu Dafu was telling what happened:
"So, Dad, after this happened to my brother, he escaped. Anyway, even if my brother didn't run, the driver would have died on the spot, and the woman had fallen off the cliff, what about these two lives, once the police caught my brother, it would definitely not be able to live! Murder pays for life! If our family doesn't run, they will all be accomplices at that time, and they will all be finished! Now my mother and my brother have been arrested and taken to the police station, alas, you can't say anything! ”
After Pu Xiu explained things clearly, he exhaled a long breath of turbidity, as if he was more relaxed. After all, I have been carrying this in my heart these days, and I can't feel guilty, Pu Xiu feels that I am going to be overwhelmed.
At this time, after listening to the story of the two children, Pu Father realized that he had been kept in the dark all along, and he didn't know anything, like a fool.
Now that I think about it, I finally find that there is a reasonable explanation for everything: why did their family live well in Sichuandi, but Dagui'er suddenly wanted to move out in a hurry, and they didn't even want to work in the braised meat shop and slaughterhouse they were running; Why did his daughter-in-law suddenly have such a good bracelet on her hand; Why don't they mention going back to their hometown in Sichuan again......
This pile, one by one, caught Pu Fu off guard. People say that "it is natural to repay debts". Yes, if your son just owes money to others, that's okay to say; But now it's not money that is owed, it's life! How to pay it back? I and the old woman are almost eighty years old, and half of our bodies have already been buried in the ground, and now I don't see the prosperity of the family, and the children and grandchildren are full, but I want the white-haired people to send the black-haired people. Oh, my God! What kind of sin have their Pu family created!
Thinking of this, Pu Fu's legs weakened and he collapsed on the ground.
And Ye Jingshu, who was outside the door, was completely stunned after listening to her husband's words. It's obviously a scorching sun outside, but Ye Jingshu just feels so cold, it's a kind of bone-chilling cold from the outside to the inside. In the heat of June, the cold began to spread from all directions, from the legs and feet to the waist, to the chest, until it was not topped. She felt like her whole body was frozen into ice. And on this frozen body, there are countless sharp blades.
She wanted to kick open the door and break in, she wanted to scold and ask loudly: Why did her mother-in-law, who had been serving her for 20 years, be the murderer of her mother? At that time, my mother was not dead, she was not dead! She tried her best to win a glimmer of life, just to go back and see her daughter again, to see her happy! Why did Pu Dagui not only not save him when he saw death, but also pushed his mother off the cliff with his own hands! What's even more ridiculous is that the husband, who is regarded as more important than his life, knows everything and becomes an accomplice; The eldest sister who has exhausted her efforts to support is also ruthless?
But Ye Jingshu found that her throat hurt as if it was rubbed by gravel, and it was bleeding. She fiercely suppressed the blood that poured up from her chest, and her eyes were scarlet: Isn't the most ridiculous person her own? He raised his mother-killing enemy for twenty years without regrets! Is there anyone more ridiculous in the world than her Ye Jingshu?
Just as Ye Jingshu was about to break down the door, she suddenly heard a sound of footsteps coming from far and near. Not good! Someone's coming! Ye Jingshu hurriedly took a few steps back and hid in the small bamboo forest next to the courtyard.
It was a woman in her thirties, tall and slightly fat. There is a very conspicuous black mole on the round face. The complexion is slightly yellow, and the lips are slightly thick, which is really not outstanding. For this woman, Ye Jingshu did not have any impression. The strange thing is that Ye Jingshu has moved with the Pu family for so long and has never seen her, how could she come to the Pu family? What does this woman have to do with the Pu family?
I saw the woman rudely slap the door with her slightly swollen hand, and shouted loudly: "Pu Dafu, you stinky man, hurry up and open the door for the old lady!" ”
Ye Jingshu chuckled in her heart: Why did you come to find her husband? What is her relationship with her husband? I have been married to Pu Dafu for so many years, and I have never heard of any woman he knows!
In Ye Jingshu's heart, although her husband is disabled and does not want to make progress, he is at least loyal and honest, and he is still very loyal to his family. Not to mention anything else, based on this alone, Pu Dafu is already stronger than many men. In any case, these twenty years have passed through ups and downs, and the trust built up over the years is indestructible.
At this time, Ye Jingshu saw Pu Dafu open the door for this woman, and then the two went in shoulder to shoulder! And this familiar appearance is obviously not the first time!
Ye Jingshu was speechless by the scene in front of her at this moment. In just this short moment, the pillar that held up the sky collapsed! Twenty years of trust are gone! The sharp pain that tore the liver and the gall swelled violently. However, why can't I cry when it hurts so much? Yes, Ye Jingshu felt that she really wanted to cry, but what about tears? Where do the tears go?
Tears may have dried up!
For the Pu family, this is destined to be an ordinary day. If Pu Mu and Pu Dagui were taken away, and the truth about the relocation of the whole family was an earthquake of up to 12 magnitude for the Pu family, then Xu Hong's arrival was a typhoon, which also made the Pu family restless.
"Pu Dafu, your mother only gave me a hundred yuan last time, didn't she say that she would give five hundred? When will the rest of the money be paid? ”
Looking at Pu Dafu, who bowed his head and was silent, Pu Dad was even more confused this time: "What's wrong?" Girl, when did my mother-in-law owe you 500 yuan? ”
Xu Hong looked at the puzzled Father Pu: "Old man, why, you don't know me, but I know your Pu Dafu and your mother-in-law Liu Cuiyu!" My name is Xu Hong, and two months ago, your wife brought your son Pu Dafu to our foot-washing city to serve me. He said that he would give me three months, seven days a month, and let me give birth to a child for your family. As soon as the time came, he immediately gave me 500 yuan, and at that time, your wife gave me 100 yuan under the pretext that she was short of money and procrastinated, saying that she would pay it back slowly after giving birth. Now that more than half of the time has passed, I'm going to come and see it today. Why, do you only eat meat and don't pay for it? Do you want to pay the bill or how to drop? ”
Hearing Xu Hong's words, Old Man Pu was even more angry and blushed and his neck was thick: "Rich! You tell me the truth, is it true that my mother spent money to buy you a woman? Say! ”
Looking at Pu Dafu, whose head was about to drop to the ground, Xu Hong let out a frivolous and sharp laugh:
"Yo, Pu Dafu, you cowardice, dare to do it? Come, since you don't dare, then I'll say it for you. After that, he looked at Daddy Pu proudly and said:
"Oh, this uncle, you extinguish the fire, this woman, your son is not the only one looking for me! I heard Liu Cuiyu say last time, in the past, in your village, she spent money to find more than a dozen for Pu Dafu! But you think, in the past ten years, so many people have changed, but why aren't any of them pregnant? Alas, speaking of which, I really sympathize with your daughter-in-law, Liu Cuiyu has been shouting that her daughter-in-law is a hen that can't lay eggs, but I see, who can't survive or not necessarily ......"
Before Xu Hong finished speaking, Pu Dafu, who had been silent for a long time, seemed to have been guessed by someone: "Slut! Get out of here! As he spoke, he picked up the broom in the yard and was about to greet Xu Hong.
"Oops! Someone! Pu Dafu is going to kill! Help me! Xu Hong's screams like killing pigs came from the yard.
Ye Jingshu, who came out of the small bamboo forest, wandered aimlessly on the street. At this moment, she felt that her body was no longer her own, she was very empty from head to toe, her steps were vain, and her eyes were blank. Ye Jingshu didn't know where she was. Along the way, she wondered, what did she have? Love? Or is it affection? Maybe that's all I'm left with.
People say, "The grace of parents is high and the sea is deep". Thinking about yourself in just a few decades, it turned out to be a joke. Mom is gone, and Dad is still in pain. The enemy, who had been supported by himself for twenty years, played himself like a monkey. Maybe in the future, after he dies, he will be shameless to face his mother. She can't repay her parents' kindness in this life, so since everything started with her, it should end by herself.