"I can't go with you yet, I haven't finished what I promised Haisheng."

The wife, who had been bedridden and was about to die, said to her husband, who had come to pick her up.

Her husband, who had been standing in front of the bed waiting for her, immediately interrupted her and sighed, "Haisheng may not remember that incident. ”

"He'll remember." The wife smiled: "You forget, he is the child who is most attached to his mother in this world." They sent me a message saying he was on his way back. You wait for me, and when I'm done with that, I'll go down there and find you. ”

The husband had no choice but to turn around.

With the first rays of sunlight in the morning, the husband disappeared, and the wife, who had been bedridden for many days, sat up from the bed like a puppet, moving her stiff hands and feet.

Outside the door, a vendor with a burden hurried by, shouting: "Baked cakes, hot baked cakes." ”

In the Baicao Hall, a man in his thirties slowly bent down and put down the old man on his back. Seeing Nan Jinyi coming, he comforted his mother softly, raised his head, and said to Nan Jinyi: "My mother has a headache, her hands and feet are so cold, girl, hurry up and take a look." ”

Nan Jinyi nodded, walked to the old man and sat down, taking the pulse while observing. The old man's face was tired, his eyes were in a trance, his pulse was thin and tight, his tongue was light, and his moss was thin and white. Headache and body aches, cold limbs, and coughing, at first glance, it is caused by cold.

Hearing Nan Jinyi's conclusion, the man frowned and asked his mother: "Mother, tell me honestly, did you go to the river to wash clothes in the middle of the night last night." ”

The old man said no, but his eyes dodged, and he didn't dare to look at his son.

"Mother, you let me tell you what is good." The man slapped his leg heavily, walked to the door, held on to the doorpost and said, "I've told you a few times, I don't need you to work so hard." Why don't you say you're disobedient? Now that you're sick, I can't do my job, and you say you're not making trouble for me. ”

The old man's face was flushed when he was questioned by his son, and he coughed vigorously, but he didn't know what to reply.

Nan Jinyi was about to help the old man say a few words, when a familiar voice intervened.

"People who are children should be filial, and your mother does things late at night for you, is it appropriate for you to say this about your mother?"

"Big ...... My lord? Seeing that the person who came was Liu Hanshan, the man hurriedly saluted: "My lord misunderstood, I'm not complaining about my mother, I'm feeling sorry for her." ”

The man sighed and said, "My mother is my father's child daughter-in-law, and my father was in his forties when I had a round house with my father. Later, my mother gave birth to me, and my father died of illness before I grew up to be sensible, and my mother raised me with hard work. This other person doesn't know that my mother is suffering and tired, can I not know? I feel more sorry for my mother than anyone else. ”

The man returned to the old man, pointed to the old man's leg and said, "This leg was broken by my mother when I was seven years old, just because I had a fever in the middle of the night, my mother took me to the doctor in the dark, and accidentally fell into the ditch." The ditch was very deep, and my mother climbed up on my back. When the doctor came home, it was already the second half of the night, and my mother guarded me and took care of me all night. By the time I opened my eyes, it was already noon the next day, and my stomach was rumbling with hunger. When my mother saw that I was awake, she hurriedly went to cook, and as soon as she got up, she fell to the ground. My mother didn't know until then that her leg was broken and her bones were poking out. ”

The man said, wiping away his tears vigorously: "And my mother's two arms, because of the year-round pulp washing clothes, I have a very serious rheumatism, and I can't lift it when I see wind and rain." I know that you think I'm not good, that I'm not filial, that I'm murdering my mother, but I can't help it, my mother always goes to work secretly behind my back. I'm almost thirty years old, I can feed her, I can feed her, I can wear warm clothes, I want her to stay at home and enjoy the blessings. ”

"Why doesn't your mother want to stay at home and enjoy Qingfu?" Liu Hanshan asked, looking at the old man: "Have you asked your mother this question?" ”

The man blushed: "I asked, my mother said that my life's major event is undecided, and she can't be idle." She wants to save me more money so that I can marry my daughter-in-law and children. ”

"Then why don't you marry a daughter-in-law?" Liu Hanshan asked again: "Isn't your mother at ease if you marry your daughter-in-law?" ”

"My lord, it's not that I won't marry, it's that no girl wants to marry me." The man touched his head and squatted on the ground: "My father died early, my mother is not in good health, and I am working as a coolie in the dart game. Those who have girls in the family are worried about marrying me and suffering. I also figured it out, just like me, just serve my mother well, whether I get married or not, whether I have children or not, in my opinion, it doesn't matter. I'm almost thirty years old, so don't you also guard my mother? ”

"It's all me, if I hadn't burdened my son, my son wouldn't have been able to marry a daughter-in-law." The old man thumped his chest and coughed more and more.

"I can't marry a daughter-in-law, and it has nothing to do with your old age." The man hurriedly got up and patted his mother on the back: "It's because I'm troublesome, it's because I don't want to marry." If you want to say delay, then I also delayed you. If it weren't for me, you would have been able to find yourself a home again, and you wouldn't have suffered such a sickness because of my hard work for half my life. Mother, it's my son who doesn't want you. ”

"Silly boy, I brought you into this world, and when you came, my mother didn't ask you if you wanted to. If you are reincarnated into a good family, you will not suffer with your mother. Mother has thought about it, as long as there is a girl who is willing to marry you, my mother will go down to find your father. As far as you said, my mother has suffered enough in her life and suffered enough sins, so my mother wants to go to your father, slap him a few times, and ask him why he left so early. ”

"Mother, did you deliberately say these words to anger your son?" The man stood up suddenly, followed by a slap on his cheek, and hit him on the cheek: "If you say this again, my son will go to find his father before you." ”

"Isn't this good to live?" Liu Hanshan frowned: "Isn't it just a matter of marrying a daughter-in-law, this official will arrange it for you." ”

"My lord—" When the old man heard this, he hurriedly pulled his son to kneel down for Liu Hanshan: "If my lord can help my son find a daughter-in-law, my old woman is willing to be a cow and a horse for you." ”

"The old man is serious." Liu Hanshan hurriedly helped the old man up: "I don't need you to be a cow and a horse for me, I just need your son to help me work well." ”

Liu Hanshan walked up to the man and asked him, "Would you like to quit the dart game and come to my house to be a nurse." ”

"Nursing home?" The man glanced at his mother: "I only have the strength to do some rough work of carrying bags and unloading things." ”

"That's enough." Liu Hanshan said: "The yard of the county commander's house, not every thief has the courage to break into, you just need to help me take care of the backyard and be responsible for all the chores in the backyard." As for getting married, there is an old maid in my house, and I can match you as long as you want. ”

"Yes, as long as the girls don't dislike us." The old man wiped his tears excitedly: "Son, quick, kowtow to the adults again." ”