The first snow of 2020 fell on the morning of November 23, the sky was dark, the cold wind carried the snowflakes to the vast and humid land, and the trees shook slightly and the dead leaves withered in a few bursts of chirping sparrows.

After sweeping the floor at the door, I looked at the smooth and clean ground, and my heart was full of doubts: always wipe diligently, don't cause dust. The dust is clean, it is obvious, how to "wipe", what to "wipe"? Also, "dust" out of external force, or self-provoking?

It wasn't until an old man on a battery bike appeared in front of me through the snowflakes that my thoughts wandered back to normal. The old man's eyes were red, his sockets swollen and shiny, and he jumped with resentment among the furrows and wrinkles on his face. He pulled out the battery car key and limped towards me, "Is this the police station?" ”

"No, it's next door." I pointed to the blue and white building next door.

"I'll ask you, I'll let you judge—" He stretched out his gnarled fingers and rushed to the dark sky above his head.

"What's the matter, you say."

"In this world, is it right for a son to beat Lao Tzu? Lao Tzu's money should be given to his son, and Lao Tzu should die? He patted his chest and gasped for breath, "I gave all the money to my son and daughter, but they don't care about me now." A few days ago, they asked me for money, but we didn't give it. The two children beat us so hard that my mother couldn't move, and my legs were lame......"

I suppressed my anger, "Such a thing? I ask you, what is your appeal? ”

"Appeal?" He looked confused.

"What do you want to achieve in the end, what do you want your son and daughter to do, and you are satisfied?"

"I'm going to go to the police station to sue them, let them pay back the money, and let them eat in prison! I'm going to go to the Nanjing factory to make trouble for them and make them shameless! His fingers pointing to the sky trembled with his body.

"Old man, go sit in the office and talk, right? It's cold outside. ”

"I'm not going, I'm not cold." He waved his hand, "I have mud on my shoes, and it stains the ground." ”

Respect is better than obedience, for a while, several emotions flooded my heart, and I tried my best to remain calm, "How old are you?" ”

"71, I'm 71 years old. I didn't go to school before, so I couldn't read. I've been working on the farm since I was a teenager until last month, and now I'm sick and can't work. When I was young, I gave all the money I earned to my parents, and then I set up a household, and I gave all the money I earned to my son and daughter, and I was reluctant to eat, I was reluctant to wear, and I was reluctant to buy medicine for colds and fevers......" He sniffed hard, whimpering and unable to speak anymore.

"Don't feel bad, you also dissipate your anger, and you will suffer if you break your body."

He nodded, lifted the thin placket of his coat and wiped away the tears that he couldn't contain. Once upon a time, he was also a man who stood up to the sky, and he never dreamed that when he was 71 years old, he was penniless and full of pain, and he would cry in front of a stranger. It took a long time for him to stop crying.

"Are both children in Nanjing now?"

"They are all in Nanjing, they all have houses and cars, they are all leaders in the factory, they are all Communist Party members, they are all rich, and they are not people!"

"I guess it's not once or twice that your son and daughter beat you."

"There were many beatings, and when we were young, we could earn money for them, and we were beaten less. Now that I am old and earn little money, I am still sick and unable to work, so they beat me hard. ”

"Family ugliness should not be publicized, and family conflicts and disputes should be mediated by relatives and elders to seek a mutually acceptable result, which is also a way?"

"How many times have I mediated, no, the child promised to be good on the surface, but he didn't listen at all behind his back, I must sue them this time!"

"You have to go to the court, not the police station. If you sue the child, the court will order the child to fulfill the maintenance obligation, which means that they will pay the monthly living expenses, and of course, if you have a disaster or illness, they will also take care of you, so that you have no worries. I deliberately comforted him, but I couldn't help but worry, adding: "However, once you sue, your relationship may be more rigid, and the father-son relationship will be difficult to repair." ”

"I don't have a son or daughter!"

"You said that you were going to Nanjing to make trouble for them, this is angry talk."

"It's not angry, I'll go to Nanjing in the afternoon!"

"This approach is even more undesirable, so that everyone has no good face, and the result is out of control, don't do this, you listen to my advice."

He thought for a moment, then let out a long sigh.

"Don't tell the neighbors next to the door about the unpleasantness that you and your children have, and it's better not to tell the people around the village, because your living space is narrow and fixed, and I'm worried that after you say it, it will be difficult for the people around you to really understand, and there may even be boring people gossiping. Things at home have become a joke, and this is a consequence that no one wants to see. Besides, choose to forget the past, the sons and daughters are all biological, and they really paid in the past, and now they choose to have no regrets. ”

"How can I say this kind of thing, I didn't say anything. Others asked me why my leg was lame? I said that I fell by myself. I just saw you sweeping the floor, because you are a stranger, so I told you. ”

At this time, an uncle who had been standing on the side of the road for a long time probably heard the conversation between the two of us, and couldn't help but come close to talk to him: "You said that your child beat you, which Zhuangzi are you?" What's your last name and what's your name? ”

The old man glanced at the uncle vigilantly, and the protective choice was silent.

"Money should be given to the son, who is the money not given to the son? I earn money now for my sons and grandchildren. The uncle pointed to the nursing home not far from our south, "There are all people who have no children and no daughters, they want to give their sons if they have money, but do they have sons?" ”

The uncle retracted his contempt, "No matter how bad your son is, he is still a son, and when you die and come out of the funeral, at least there will be a person who 'breaks the old pot'!" ”

"Fall into the old basin? I'm a desperate household! I don't have a son! I'm not as good as the 'Five Guarantee Households', they don't get beaten when they get old! ”

The uncle ignored the stubble and turned his face at me: "Today's young people are simply lawless!" How can anyone sue their son? ”

"There is a reason for the incident, and there is nothing wrong with the elderly being forced to sue, but as children, they should reflect on why they became defendants."

"In the countryside, even if you starve to death, you can't sue your son, and you can't sue if you can die!" He pinched his face, "After sueing, it's too late for him to regret it, how can they meet people for generations?" Then he walked away.

I continued to comfort the old man, "Don't listen to his fallacy, you should eat, drink, get your body right, take care of your wife, and enjoy your own blessings." ”

For a moment, the old man's face showed a particularly complicated expression, "Thank you, I said what was in my heart, and I feel much better now." ”

I patted the snowflakes on my shoulder, and when I looked up again, the old man had already ridden the battery car and hurriedly disappeared into the wind and snow.

I know that I don't have rich social experience and experience, I don't have wisdom and means, I don't know how to look forward and turn around, I just think that most of the verbal disputes in life are not for the thing itself, but struggle in the whirlpool of emotions, unable to control myself.

It is difficult for us ordinary people to have earth-shattering shocking moments in their lives, and those bits and pieces of chickens and dogs are enough to bring down all living beings. In a lost life, we need enlightened wise people, but wise people are hard to find. We need to get rid of negative emotions and seek support from our mental strength, but most of us just can't. Even, at one point, we urgently need a thoughtful listener, only to find that it is very regrettable.