As soon as the inch-headed man's words came out, it greatly surprised everyone on the scene. He held his phone in his hand, and his hands trembled slightly, as if he couldn't believe it. Hu Zongren walked up to him and said, look carefully, is this really your mother? The inch-headed man stared at the photo on his phone, looked at it again and again, and said with great confidence, yes, this is my mother.

I hurriedly asked the inch-headed man to explain the situation in detail. He put down his mobile phone, sat down on the stool closest to him, and told us that his surname was Chen, a native of Shapingba District, who did not do well in his early years, and went out to serve as a soldier in his teens. His father was also a soldier in his early years, and died during the Vietnam War, Boss Chen said that he was still very young at that time, so his impression of his father was basically not very deep.

Boss Chen said that he still has two older brothers at home, and among the three brothers, he is the only one who is mixed up, and the eldest brother and the second brother are not living well by themselves, so when the mother retired, the three brothers had a big difference of opinion because of the mother's support. The eldest brother said that his conditions were not good, his health was not good, and he had no extra energy to take care of his mother, and the second brother said that he had no money, and his mother had preferred the third child since he was a child, so he was not willing to bear the obligation of support, and Boss Chen himself was busy with business matters, and he really couldn't spare time to take care of the elderly, but he said that he was willing to bear the alimony of the elderly, but the two elder brothers needed to take turns to take care of them. The brothers quarreled, and it was very unpleasant, and since that incident, everyone has had very little contact.

Boss Chen said that at that time, my mother saw that our children were unhappy with each other because of this matter, so she said that she didn't need us to take care of it, and our three brothers just scraped together money to hire a nanny for her. However, in the years since, the eldest brother and the second brother have basically never taken care of my mother, and even the money for the nanny was paid by myself. Boss Chen said that there was not much money at home, but he felt uncomfortable when he thought about it, and several times his mother said that the stove at home was broken and the water pipes were rusty, and he called his sons to help repair it, but the two brothers found all kinds of reasons to excuse themselves, so they had no choice but to find workers to help their mother repair it. Later, the mother's house was facing demolition, and the land near the Shapingba business district was expensive, and at this time, the eldest brother and the second brother ran out again, rushing to transfer their household registration to their mother before the demolition, just to be able to share a part of the capitation fee and demolition fee during the demolition. So at that time, the three brothers sat down again and studied the maintenance of the elderly.

Boss Chen said that I have a good life, and I don't think I'm short of that money, but the house is my mother's property for a lifetime, so I won't follow it. The mother also repeatedly told the three brothers that when she died in the future, her property would not belong to the three of them. So that day, when the brothers talked about their mother again, Boss Chen said that he could gradually let go of his business over the years, and he had more time, and he could take care of his mother with his brothers in turn, in order to share the demolition fee, the eldest brother and the second brother agreed that the mother would follow the three brothers, and each family would live for three months, in order of eldest and youngest. After negotiating, signed the demolition agreement, the mother first moved to the eldest brother's house for three months, and when it was the second brother's turn, the second brother began to shirk again, saying that his house was small and there were many people, and he couldn't squeeze it out.

Boss Chen said, I was angry at that time, I said that you have a small place, I will rent you a big house, and you must take care of your mother as agreed. As a result, after renting the house, the second brother did take care of his mother in the first month, but when he went to visit his mother in the third month, he found that his mother was no longer in the big house he rented. Boss Chen said, you said that I was not angry at the time, I spent money to rent a house to let my second brother take care of my mother, but he drove my mother to live alone in the small house he used to live in, and their family lived happily in the house I spent money to rent, so the two brothers fought that day, and Mr. Chen also quit the rent on the same day, and took his mother to his own home.

Boss Chen said, don't look at me as an old person, I haven't been married or have children yet, so my family is relatively large, and my mother also has a place to live. The eldest brother's conditions are not good, and he didn't plan to continue to trouble him for the rest of the day, but the second brother was disgusted when he thought about it, so he didn't continue to communicate at all. But after all, he is a businessman, so he spends relatively little time at home, so he hired a nanny to help with housework at home and accompany the old lady by the way. And a year ago, because of the red and black movement in Chongqing, and because of some business dealings, he didn't stay at home most of the time, and it was during this time that his mother fell out of bed with a cerebral hemorrhage and couldn't be saved.

After speaking, Boss Chen stretched out his hand to wipe his tears and said, all these years in order to make money, this money is earned, I want to be a filial son but I don't have a chance. The three brothers regretted their mother's funeral, saying that they had not been able to accompany the old man well before their deaths, and they had long been disheartened by the two brothers, and their mother died in a hurry, leaving no will, and I didn't take any of the expenses for the resettlement house before, and they were all distributed to the two brothers.

Boss Chen's initial arrogance is gone, and he is just a remorseful son sitting there at the moment. So Hu Zongren and I spoke to him a lot more politely. Hu Zongren asked him, did your mother have Alzheimer's disease when she was alive, because Xiao Tian said that it seems that the old lady is not very conscious. Boss Chen said that there was no dementia, but he was a little anxious, which led to high blood pressure, and the cerebral hemorrhage was also induced for this reason. I told Hu Zongren that Xiao Tian heard the old lady speak clearly, probably because it was past the 49th period. Hu Zongren asked Boss Chen again, did your mother often come to your store when she was alive, shouldn't it, if that's the case, how can your group of clerks not recognize it?

Boss Chen said that he took over the store after his mother's death, and his mother never came. Hu Zongren said, you are such a rich person, why does your mother look so plainly dressed? Mr. Chen said that he didn't understand this, when his mother lived with him, he ate and wore good clothes, and often bought new clothes for his mother, and his mother often wore new clothes, but you see that the clothes in this photo are so old, like the style of the seventies and eighties...

When he said this, Boss Chen suddenly opened his mouth and was stunned, and then he looked at the photo again, ignoring the surprised eyes of his employees on the side, and cried. We didn't know why he cried for such a big battle, and he even fell to his knees crying and crying. Seeing him crying so sadly, Hu Zongren and I didn't stop him, as a man, willing to cry in front of outsiders, if it wasn't too fragile, it must be heartache unbearable. If you persuade him, it may not make sense. He cried for a while before he got up and sat back in his seat, and a clerk handed him a pack of toilet paper to wipe away his tears.

Boss Chen held his mobile phone, looked at the photos on the screen, and still sobbed and said, I remember, this is the dress that my mother wore when she came to pick me up from school every day when I went to school in this neighborhood when I was a child.

I've watched a lot of TV dramas that reflect that era, so I know that although the old lady's dress looks very dirty now, everyone was dressed like this back then. Boss Chen said that when he was a child, he was more playful, and Shapingba was not as prosperous as it is now, and he always didn't go home on time after school, and every time his mother found him from those villain's bookstores or places where he turned sugar paintings, and every time his mother came to pick him up, he always held an umbrella. That, he said, was because he was afraid of the rain on the way home. Xiao Tian also cried a little at this time, the old woman said, he misses the child, in fact, he misses you, her consciousness knows that you are the boss here, so I come here every day to find you, wearing old clothes and carrying an old umbrella, probably just want to take you home. But I've been working here for so long, and you haven't been here except today. The old woman has been waiting for you for many days and refuses to leave.

Now that the matter has been figured out, although I sympathize with the old woman, we all know that her way of showing up is unreasonable, even if it is because she misses her son. So I told Boss Chen, many people say that ghosts don't let you go, usually to express a kind of resentment, your mother has now become a ghost, and she also comes to you, but it is a kind of miss for you, the reason why your mother didn't go to the other two sons, is also because she knows that you are the best person for her, so don't blame yourself too much, since the matter is clear, go up with us, see the old woman the most reluctant, and then the dust will return to dust, the earth will return to the earth, we have her wish to see her son and send her on the road, You also have to continue to live well with your mother's thoughts.

Boss Chen wiped away his tears and followed us upstairs. The difference this time is that the employees who were originally scared and roared also spontaneously followed them upstairs, but Hu Zongren did not let them get closer, but stayed far away in the corner where they could not see the toilet. When the door was opened, the old woman soon appeared and saw her son. Boss Chen also knelt on the ground and kowtowed again and again because he saw his mother again, crying bitterly. Hu Zongren and I gave the mother and son a little time to be alone, because after that, maybe they can only remember from the photos. After Boss Chen opened the door and walked out, I accompanied Boss Chen downstairs, and Hu Zongren got into the toilet and sent the old woman on the road.

After collecting the money and leaving the fast food restaurant, Hu Zongren and I stood at the door and smoked, he didn't say a word until he threw away the cigarette butt and said to me, brother, listen to you, I decided to marry Xiao Nizi.

I said, oh, congratulations. He said, "Then I have a reason to bring my mother here and live with me."