The people in the western village couldn't believe that Mrs. Liu, who was usually in good health, also lay in a black coffin a month after her wife's death.

A month ago, Mrs. Liu's wife had a sudden cerebral hemorrhage, and when she found her in the toilet the next day, her body was already cold. Just the day before, the old man was still clamoring to eat braised pork, and he was hospitalized a few days ago because of this, but he just didn't have a long memory.

But more than half a hundred people this year know that he is already half in the ground, and he has been busy for most of his life, and he still can't be idle on weekdays. This braised pork is still eaten, smelling this sweet smell of meat, no one can stop it, where can the children persuade to move, the old father shouts to eat the braised pork, the children don't buy it, they will only let the neighbors chew their tongues behind their backs.

The funeral was held at Mrs. Liu's eldest son Jianfeng's house, and the second son Jianming was working at the construction site, and when he hurried back from hundreds of miles away, the eldest brother had already prepared all the things to be used for the funeral.

A lot of money was spent before and after the funeral, but the eldest brother saw that Jianming didn't earn much money while working outside, and he didn't ask him for money when he came back late, and the funeral expenses were basically paid by the eldest brother, Jianming and Cuifen were not less worried, and the gift money received at the funeral was almost enough for the eldest brother to spend.

But the younger brother and daughter-in-law didn't think so, and said to Jianming behind her back that in the few days that he didn't come back, although the eldest brother had prepared all the things he needed, he saw him with Mrs. Liu all day long, ostensibly comforting the old mother, but in fact, whether he asked the old mother for money, no one knew, just like that, the second child was also thinking behind his back all day long, working outside, the old mother was not distressed at all, and he felt very uncomfortable.

After this funeral, I didn't spend much, but I made a lot of money, no wonder the eldest brother was so worried, the second child thought to himself in his heart. He worked hard to support his family day and night, and the marriage house after marrying his daughter-in-law was still built in the village, and he didn't spend less money from working outside at that time.

After the death of the wife, the brothers discussed the way to take care of the old mother, Mrs. Liu, who was over seventy years old, looked like there was nothing wrong with her body, but her eyes were getting worse and worse, and if she fell on her own, she might not be able to get up, so that the old mother lived alone together, and the children were really not at ease, and this was to make the village laugh, so they discussed taking turns to take care of their mother every month.

After discussing the meeting, the second child didn't say much, so he acquiesced.

After the funeral was done, the second child took the train to the construction site overnight, the first month was fine, the old mother was taken care of carefully in the old family, and in the second month, it was the turn of the second family to take care of, the eldest brother sent the old mother to the younger brother's house, and came out to pick up the daughter-in-law, the eldest said a little thing to pay attention to, and the daughter-in-law smiled and agreed.

A few days ago, it was okay, the daughter-in-law took care of her mother-in-law like her own two children, but after a long time, the daughter-in-law became impatient, and she had to serve it to her every day, and sometimes she had to feed it herself, and the daughter-in-law gradually scolded this old immortal.

The more she thought about it, the more unfair she felt, she couldn't swallow this breath, and complained to her husband every day that it was the same son, why is there such a big gap. After complaining for a long time, he was also annoyed and panicked, he was tired from working all day, and he listened to his wife complain about this and that all day long, but when he thought about it carefully, he felt that he couldn't swallow this breath.

So the next time it was their turn to take care of Mrs. Liu, the daughter-in-law didn't let the old mother enter the door, and the relationship between the brothers was estranged.

During this period, it was not that her sister Cuifen had not discussed with the eldest brother and second brother, but no matter what she said, she was still not convincing, and the eldest brother and second brother kept hanging like this.

The old mother has been living in the old family, originally the eldest son, should be taken care of, but to live here for a long time, the eldest son can't stand it, if he has time, he will find the second theory, the second is on the other end of the phone, talking about how much money he rolled up at the funeral, the old mother has not given him a penny, and scolded as he spoke, the boss began to explain, but then he didn't bother to explain.

In order to prepare for the funeral, he almost never slept, kept a wake for his old father, received relatives, and seemed to have turned white overnight, but the old mother saw it. As a result, the brother still didn't understand, so he made a hat to take advantage of.

Although Mrs. Liu is over seventy years old and her eyes are old, her brain is not too confused, she knows that she has caused the two brothers to have a conflict.

Cui Fen didn't think about taking her old mother to live in her own house, but not to mention the distance, this husband was also strongly opposed. There are two sons, and the old mother still has no one to take care of, and her husband always tells Cui Fen with a little mockery, and gradually, she dispelled this idea when she talked at home did not count.

In this way, Mrs. Liu has been living in the old family, but after a long time, the daughter-in-law of the old family is also impatient, quarreling all day and night, the two children in the westernmost room are so noisy that they can't sleep at night, the neighboring old mother says that she can't sleep every day, let her son buy sleeping pills, seeing that his wife doesn't understand, the eldest son who wants the old mother to sleep well will buy a little bit every day, watching the old mother love to eat.

The quarrel between the eldest son's family is far from over, but it is getting more and more intense, the old mother has long been aware of this matter as long as she does not die, there is no head, but she can't go anywhere, every day the food is served to the front of the life, the old mother is ashamed and helpless, she has long wanted to go down to accompany her old man, she doesn't want to be a burden on the eldest son's family, and she doesn't want the eldest and second to continue the cold war because of herself.

The night before the old mother died, she talked a lot with her eldest son, and the eldest son also worked during the day, and he was tired at night and couldn't stand it, and he didn't like to listen to the old mother's nagging, and he didn't pay much attention to her, so he went to bed early.

But the next day, the sun was getting high, and the old mother didn't get up, and when they went to see it, the old mother couldn't wake up. Next to her shabby pillow, there was a small red cloth bag, and there was a damp white thing in it, which smelled like sleeping pills, but the boss could not have imagined that he took medicine according to the amount every day, and saw the old mother put the white pill in her mouth, how could it not be like this.

Suddenly, a picture flashed in his mind, every time he finished taking the medicine, the old mother hurried back to her bedroom, and then looked at the damp saliva on the red cloth, he instantly understood something, knelt in front of his mother's bed and cried bitterly.