Chapter Twenty-Nine: Reminiscences
The suicide of Chen Shiling's mother Li Xiufang has always been a lingering painful memory for Chen Dajun, and it has also led to a bad relationship between father and daughter. This is all because Chen Shiling has always felt that her mother's death was due to Chen Dajun's fault.
On the one hand, her daughter's incomprehension, and on the other hand, her deep self-blame, Chen Shiling is willing to bring up the past again, and Chen Dajun feels that it may be an opportunity to untie her daughter's knot.
When the Yu family heard this, they looked at each other, not knowing whether to comfort Shiling or keep silent.
"Dad! Uncle Yu, Mother Xie, I'm fine, to be honest, after so many years, my mother's appearance is a little blurred, I just want to know what happened back then? ”
said that it was okay, but Chen Shiling's tears did not betray her, and involuntarily rolled down her cheeks.
Xie Chunhua hurriedly hugged Chen Shiling, "Shiling doesn't cry!" Shiling doesn't cry! ”
Xie Chunhua stroked Chen Shiling's hair, wanting to comfort her, but she didn't know what to say.
Chen Dajun sighed and began to tell the unbearable past......
After the Chen family came to C Town, Chen Dajun's small contractor team gradually grew, from a few people at the beginning to a scale of more than 30 people.
At the end of each month, it is the day when the contractor team pays the wages of the workers.
By this time, Li Xiufen will withdraw all the workers' wages for the month at a credit union in Town C.
The monthly salary was more than 100,000 yuan, which was already a lot of money at that time.
Fortunately, this credit union is very close to Yu Ping'an's house, at first Chen Dajun would accompany Li Xiufen to withdraw money together, but after a long time, he felt that he was surrounded by familiar neighbors, and it was not far from Yu's house, so Chen Dajun gradually relieved Li Xiufen to withdraw money alone.
After withdrawing the money, Li Xiufen would return to the rented house, divide each worker's salary against the account book, put it in an envelope, and then mark the envelope.
Town C is some distance away from the construction site in City B, and after Li Xiufen divides the workers' wages, she will wait for Chen Dajun to return home at home, and then the two will return to the construction site together the next day to pay the workers' wages.
That time, Li Xiufen also went to the credit union near Yu's house to withdraw money as usual.
Every month, Li Xiufen will come here on time to withdraw money, and the people in the credit union are very familiar with Li Xiufen, every time Li Xiufen comes to withdraw money, the people in the credit union will quickly withdraw the money to Li Xiufen.
Li Xiufen collected more than 100,000 yuan of salary and put it in her shoulder bag, and the shoulder bag on her back was just sandwiched between her body and her arms.
She has to come to withdraw money every month, and she is very close to the Yu family, Li Xiufen has become accustomed to it, even if she is holding cash that seemed to be a huge amount of money at the time, she does not feel too worried.
After Li Xiufen took the money, she immediately returned to Yu's house.
At this time, the children had not yet finished school, so Li Xiufen first put more than 100,000 yuan into separate envelopes according to the attendance records, so that they could be sent to all workers tomorrow.
After dividing the salary, Li Xiufen bundled all the envelopes and put them in her satchel, and then went to prepare dinner for Chen Shiling.
Li Xiufen was washing vegetables in the kitchen when she suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, so she put down what she was doing and came to open the door.
"The army is back? How did you come back so early? ”
Li Xiufen wondered, thinking in her heart that if Chen Dajun or Chen Shiling went home, they didn't need to knock on the door, and Chen Dajun would not go home until a little later.
Li Xiufen opened the door and found a sixteen or seventeen-year-old young man standing outside the door, with a delicate and slightly immature face.
"Who are you looking for?"
Li Xiufen asked suspiciously.
"Is this Chen Dajun's house?"
The boy's tone was a little anxious, and his brow furrowed.
"Yes! Is there anything wrong with you? ”
Li Xiufen looked at him and became nervous.
"Are you Chen Dajun's daughter-in-law?"
The boy asked in a hurried tone, staring at Li Xiufen.
"I am!"
"That's... Chen Dajun was hit by a car at the market, go and take a look! ”
After confirming Li Xiufen's identity, the young man hurriedly said.
Without waiting for Li Xiufen to react, the young man urged again: "Come with me!" ”
Li Xiufen listened to the young man's words, and suddenly panicked, and she didn't have time to think about it at all, so she wanted to go with him.
As soon as the two of them went out, the young man who was leading the way in front turned around and asked, "Did you bring any money?" I see that Chen Dajun's legs are broken, and he has to go to the hospital! ”
When Li Xiufen heard this, she was even more anxious, and her eyes were red, "Yes, yes!" Wait, I'll get the bag! ”
With that, Li Xiufen turned around and prepared to return to the room to get her shoulder bag.
"Remember to take your ID card!"
The young man reminded him again.
Then, under the leadership of the young man, the two left the small courtyard of the Yu family and ran in the direction of the market.
At this time, Yu Ping'an came home from school and walked in the direction of his small courtyard. I just met Li Xiufen, who left in a hurry.
"Auntie! You're back? Shiling is on duty today and will come back later. ”
Ping An saw the anxious and anxious Li Xiufen and said hello.
"Good! Ping'an, when my sister comes back, you tell her that I have something urgent to go out. ”
Li Xiufen saw that it was Yu Ping'an, stopped and hurriedly said a few words to Yu Ping'an, and then hurriedly followed the young man again.
Yu Ping'an looked at Li Xiufen, whose eyes were a little red, and faintly felt bad. When I turned around, I saw the person who was older than himself who also looked back at Li Xiufen.
After a while, the figures of the two people disappeared from Yu Ping'an's sight.
It's time to get out of school, and it's the weekend. This small market in Town C is crowded with people shopping and lounging.
The young man weaved through the crowd, turning back from time to time and saying, "Right ahead!" Coming soon! ”
Li Xiufen followed the boy through the crowd with red eyes.
"Dajun, he's okay, right? You okay! ”
Li Xiufen was muttering to herself as she walked, sweat oozing from her forehead.
As he was walking, suddenly a man with sunglasses and a mask crossed the market, just blocking between Li Xiufen and the young man leading the way.
Seeing that someone was blocking in front of her, Li Xiufen hurriedly passed by the person, eagerly looking for the figure of the young man who led the way.
But in that moment, the person leading the way in front of him was gone, and for a moment Li Xiufen was flustered, eagerly looking for that person in the crowd.
After wandering in the bustling crowd for a long time, the young man was still nowhere to be seen, and Li Xiufen, who was anxious, had to continue to move forward, preparing to cross the market to find Chen Dajun on the side of the road.
Li Xiufen walked through the crowded market, came to the side of the road, and looked around, but she didn't see any car accidents at all.
Li Xiufang was not at ease, so she ran along the road for a while, and found that there were no car accidents or abnormalities on the road near the market.
Li Xiufen, who was exhausted, sat on the stone steps on the side of the road, her mind was very confused.
"Was Chen Dajun taken to the hospital?"
For a while, Li Xiufen didn't know what to do.
At that time, mobile phones were still a luxury, and Li Xiufen, who didn't have a mobile phone, couldn't contact Chen Dajun at this time, and couldn't wait here aimlessly, so she was ready to go home first to see, if Chen Dajun really had something, he could also ask Yu Dongfeng for help.
Li Xiufen got up blankly and walked in the direction of home.
Although Li Xiufen's mind was still a little chaotic, she was much calmer than at the beginning, after all, the blurred picture of flesh and blood in her imagination did not really appear in front of her.
Walking through the market and returning to the vicinity of the Yu family's small courtyard, Li Xiufen subconsciously used her arm to clamp the satchel under her arm, and suddenly felt that the thickness of the satchel had become much smaller.
Li Xiufen froze there all of a sudden, her whole body was like an electric shock, her blood seemed to congage instantly, and she took down the satchel stiffly and looked through the situation inside......