Chapter Twenty-Six: The Father's Two Locks

He Xianquan knew in his heart that to melt the feelings of the servants, he must strike while the iron is hot, otherwise he will lose the opportunity and his plan will not succeed.

So he didn't wait for the grief of the ghost daughter-in-law and the ghost baby to dissipate, and began to tell the second story, which is the story of a father and daughter.

The vast majority of fathers spoil their daughters, although they are strict fathers and mothers, in fact, fathers spoil their daughters more often.

Xiaoqing is in adolescence and is contrary to her parents in many things, but her mother has passed away early and can no longer listen to her careful thoughts, although her father loves her, but many words cannot be communicated with her father.

As every day, after school, Xiaoqing was locked in her room as usual, and her father's rough hands made a few dishes and hung them on the table.

The father sighed, locked the door, locked the door again, and went back to his room to sleep. They live in the countryside, and the security is not very good, so he has to check the two locks every day for fear that someone will break in.

In this era of advanced information, mobile phones are a must-have for everyone, and Xiaoqing is no exception, and his father is distressed that he bought her a smartphone with the money from the sale of pigs, so that she can contact her father when she has something. But her father never answered her call, and although he had an opinion on this, he never expressed it.

Xiaoqing knew through her mobile phone that the outside world was colorful, unlike in this poor country, where the monotonous repetition of day after day boredom bore.

One day, while her father was asleep, she stole the keys, opened the two locks, and went to the city with all the family's money to pursue the life and dreams she longed for.

Naturally, she threw them at the door, and she hated them, because they cooperated with her father to lock her in the house, in the black and white countryside, so that she could not fly freely in the sky like a bird, and always be an ugly duckling with a gray and abrupt abruptness!

She went to the city she longed for, and it was indeed full of colors and temptations.

Naturally, it was impossible to go to school, so she chose to go to work. She started as a waitress in a restaurant, and won praise from customers, colleagues and bosses with her diligent hands and feet and fresh smile.

The boss is a middle-aged man with a successful career, who takes good care of Xiaoqing, and soon after, because of her good performance, he gave her the first bonus.

Xiaoqing has been fascinated by the beautiful city life, and even forgot about her elderly father in the countryside and immersed herself in the happiness of success.

She used the first bonus to buy a belt for the boss, she thought it was as it should be, the bonus was given by the boss, as long as she pleased the boss, the bonus would be more frequent in the future.

The boss naturally had no reason to refuse the gift given by the beautiful girl, so he invited her to dinner at the largest western restaurant in the city, and with the strength of the wine, the boss told Xiaoqing, who was twenty years younger than him, about his emotional setbacks.

The boss's plight was sympathetic to Xiaoqing, who thought that the boss was a miserable person with her, so she took on the task of comforting the boss after work. After a long time, she fell in love with this middle-aged man who had a successful career but was emotionally trapped.

The story of the two is very cliché, from a restaurant to a hotel, and then it is logical. The boss rented her a three-room house to provide a place for a tryst between the two.

The boss has stated many times that once the time is ripe, he will divorce his original wife, register his marriage with her, give her a vigorous wedding, give her a happy and bright future, and give her the happiness of a family of three!

Of course, this kind of story is common in today's society, and it is not news.

The colleagues in the hotel were accustomed to it and did not alienate her because of this, she felt that her happiness was getting closer and closer, and she could even smell sweetness.

As with all popular novels, when the heroine is still immersed in happiness, the original wife of the male protagonist will definitely come to the door and have a big fight with the heroine, most of which end in the failure of the third party.

Xiaoqing's experience is no exception, after a tryst with the boss, the boss lady came to the door with someone and beat her up, and at the same time forced the boss to fire her, and also returned the rented house.

The scarred Xiaoqing has no job, no shelter, and no support. Originally, those colleagues who were kind to her also refused to help her, the reason was naturally because of the boss's wife, and no one wanted to offend the real boss lady for a country girl.

Xiaoqing finally realized the cold state of the world, but she didn't have the slightest way, in this huge city, she was only the most humble of them, no one would sympathize with her for her tragic experience, the only person who could sympathize with her and love her was the old father.

She began to miss him, but she didn't know how to turn back, she knew that her original actions must have hurt him, maybe he still hated her for saying goodbye, hating her for leaving him alone in the country, guarding his mother's spiritual position alone, living a difficult life.

Usually, a woman like Xiaoqing has a stubborn child, and after she recovered from her injuries, she found another job, and won applause again for her hard work and diligence.

At the same time, she fell into another vigorous love.

The object is a beautiful man with a standard appearance, no matter where he appears, he will be favored by girls, Xiaoqing is a normal woman, and naturally it will not be an exception.

She fell in love with him, and for him, she worked day and night, worked overtime, bought him food and clothing, rented a house, and even everything he had, all came from her.

She doesn't believe in men's money, but she believes that the love network she weaves will definitely be able to catch the perfect man in front of her.

But the truth of the truth is often cruel, when Xiaoqing overdrew the company's purchase money to the prince charming in her mind, Prince Charming disappeared completely, completely disappeared in the world, the mobile phone was turned off, the name was fake, the job was fake, and even the ID card was fake.

Her world collapsed and she fell into despair once more, and she felt that it was her kindness to him that ruined the relationship.

Xiaoqing began to miss her father again, missed those big rough hands, sat in the restaurant every night and waited for her to eat, although they were not delicious or good-looking, but full of strong family dishes, and ...... Those two locks represent security!

Only now did she understand her father's intentions, those two locks did not want to put her in the countryside, but represented a strong family affection, the heart of a father who was powerless to protect his daughter!

Xiaoqing cried, opened her mobile phone, and looked for her father's former mobile phone number among many names, to her disappointment, her father's mobile phone number was deleted by her as early as when she left home.

She remembered the address of her hometown and began to write letters to her father. That night, she wrote a lot, but she couldn't express her heart, and in the end the letter was not sent, but lay quietly in her drawer.

She started another journey in life, working, making friends, and being hurt again......

Time flies, Xiaoqing has spent ten years in this city where things are not people, although she has saved some money, but she has gained nothing emotionally.

She began to miss her father again, and in the past ten years, she had written many letters to his father, but none of them had been sent, and she was a little scared, afraid of his father's reaction when he saw the letter!

She is lonely, facing the glittering city and busy people with no purpose in life, she begins to become numb and chooses to indulge herself.

Nightclubs, liquor, hotels, all kinds of men and even drugs became her life, and she fell, almost irretrievably degenerate!

If you want to progress to become a master, you may need to put in extremely hard work and have to have excellent luck to cooperate. But if you want to be bad, you can get your wish overnight. This is the so-called one-thought demon.

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A year later, after she came out of the detention center and breathed in the air full of her own smell, she decided to return to the countryside, to her father's side, and to be filial to her.

"My father should be almost seventy years old, maybe he can't even take care of himself, and I should go back." Xiaoqing is no longer the Xiaoqing she was at the beginning, she has experienced many things and has seen through everything in the world, love can be vigorous, but it is violent and intoxicating, but it is far less lasting than family affection.

Before leaving, she took with her all the letters she had written to her father, including those she had written in the detention center that year.

Eleven years can change a lot of things, people can change, and hometown can naturally change.

When Xiaoqing stood at the entrance of the village, it was getting late, and the houses in the village were lit up one after another, like fireflies, and she couldn't tell the direction, let alone where her home was.

If it weren't for the third uncle next door who saw her with an extra mouth, I'm afraid she wouldn't even be able to find her home. When she arrived at the door, she found that the two locks and keys were still tangled in the ground, and they were covered with rust.

The door was open, she gently pushed it open and walked in, the courtyard was clean and tidy, just like when she left the house eleven years ago, the paint on the door had peeled off a lot, and under the ravages of the wind and sun, there were even more huge cracks, and the glass on the window next to it was very bright, without a trace of dust.

Xiaoqing pushed open the door and walked in, there was no light in the room, it was pitch black, she instinctively reached out to the wall, that was where the switch should be.

"Gada!" With a bang, the lights came on, and the forty-watt bulb emitted a dim light, but it illuminated the whole room. On the table in the living room, there were four plates, which were beautiful dishes with attractive aromas, and two bowls and two pairs of chopsticks were also placed in her familiar places, all of which made her familiar and moved.

She sobbed and began to look for her father. At last she found his father in the bedroom, he had changed a lot from eleven years ago, his original straight waist was bent, his hair was scattered, and deep wrinkles crawled all over his face.

"Dad! I am back! "Xiaoqing's heart is about to break.

The father woke up, looked at Xiaoqing with cloudy eyes, and tears suddenly welled up.

The situation of the father and daughter meeting each other was naturally touching to tears, and the two talked a lot.

"Dad, you've always been cautious, why didn't you sleep without locking the door?" Xiaoqing is very strange, she knows her father's safety awareness, if she doesn't lock the door, she won't be able to sleep soundly.

Her father's words made Xiaoqing's feelings explode again, and she finally understood the greatness of her father's love.

"I don't dare to lock the door, because I'm afraid that you won't be able to open the door if you come back late......"

For eleven years, the elderly father never locked the door again, and the reason was for his daughter!

"Daddy!" Xiaoqing couldn't control her feelings anymore and hugged her father tightly in her arms......

He Xianquan stopped talking here, at this moment, not only the ghost daughter-in-law and the ghost baby were deeply moved by this story, but even the ghost head, who had never had any expression, also had a trace of emotional fluctuations, and sighed from time to time.

"I haven't heard such a touching story in many years, and I want to thank you anyway!" The ghost daughter-in-law was sobbing and talking, and the ghost baby also seemed to be infected by her mother's emotions, crying so much that blood and tears kept dripping from her eyes, wetting the clothes on her body.

"The story is not over," He Xianquan said slowly, .......

After hearing this, the three ghost heads turned their eyes to He Xianquan again.

Xiaoqing has obviously changed since she came back, not only has she become filial, but she is also very hardworking, and she is also very enthusiastic about her neighbors.

Every night, Xiaoqing and her father's laughter came out.

The villagers' gaze at Xiaoqing has also changed, and many people don't even dare to pay attention to Xiaoqing, as long as they see her, they will hide away. This incident made Xiaoqing very puzzled, she was very careful in life, and there was nothing to offend the villagers.

Until one day, the third uncle of the neighbor came to the door at night.

's father didn't know where to hide at this time, only Xiaoqing came out.

"Xiaoqing, we all know that you miss your father very much, but you can't always live in the shadows, it's not good for you and the whole village!" The third uncle of the neighbor persuaded.

Xiaoqing didn't understand what the third uncle was talking about, so she showed a puzzled expression.

"Don't blame yourself too much, your father didn't regret it when he left, and he asked me to tell you to live well and take care of yourself." The third uncle said again.

Xiao Qing was very confused by these words, so she asked, "My father is fine, why do you say these frustrating words?" ”

The third uncle also glared at him and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, your father is dead, on the night you left the house, two thieves broke in, rummaged through the house and had no valuable property, so they tied up your father and tortured him, your father was not in good health, and died in a few clicks." The case has never been solved, and the two thieves confessed in a case two years later, which closed your father's case. ”

"No way, I was talking to my father just now!" Xiaoqing ran out frantically and went to other rooms to find her father, but she didn't find it, so she had to return to the third uncle's side, with her head down and tears shedding.

"When the big guy saw you coming back, they all thought that you knew about it, and they were afraid of making you sad, so no one mentioned it. But there are always two people laughing in your house during this time, and one of the voices is your father's, which caused everyone's panic, Xiaoqing...... You ......" the third uncle didn't know what to say when he said this.

"It's not true, when I came home, the whole house was clean and tidy, and there was my favorite dish on the table, which my father made." Xiaoqing's tone of voice was a little crazy, everything was perfect in her eyes, but the appearance of the third uncle made this perfection crack, and it was even broken little by little.

The third uncle shook his head and didn't say anything more, but chose to leave silently, and when he left, he told Xiaoqing to let her wait for him at the foot of Mantou Mountain at the entrance of the village early tomorrow morning, and he would take her to see her father's grave.

Xiaoqing really saw her father's grave, and at this time she had no tears, just sitting silently on the grave, not knowing what to say.

At this point, her father never appeared in Xiaoqing's life again, and the joyful laughter turned into silence. One of the things Xiaoqing has to do before going to bed every night is to lock the door with the two locks that have been repaired, and then she will sleep peacefully......

After He Xianquan finished telling this story, he looked at the ghost head family of three, the ghost head daughter-in-law was no longer crying, and the ghost baby was also crying, only the ghost head was still calm, but his heart was also sour, and there was an indescribable taste.

This touching story also reminded him of his elderly parents, who sat on the threshold every day, watching the direction of his departure, waiting bitterly.

Pity the hearts of parents all over the world!