"Taogu, come here and help!" Sister Tao shouted in her in-laws' house.

"Good! Here it comes! Zhang Tao responded as he walked towards the adobe house next door.

As soon as I arrived at the door, a strong pungent smell wafted from the house. It smells of medicine, urine, sweat, etc.

Living in such a room, the living will be sick.

It is conceivable that Sister Tao's parents-in-law are living.

For more than two years, Sister Tao took care of the two old people alone.

Based on this alone, it can be seen how caring Sister Tao is.

Both old men can be said to be terminally ill.

A foot has stepped on the threshold of death, waiting for the Grim Reaper to snap and pull the deadbolt open.

Her father-in-law has been paralyzed for many years, his body is skinny and skinny, his limbs are completely unable to move, and he eats, drinks, and lazars all in bed.

His consciousness was blurry most of the time.

Occasionally, when I was sober, I also thought that I couldn't stay in the world and drag down my family.

It's a pity that he doesn't have the strength to end his life.

Her in-laws looked blank, like dry firewood, leaning on the edge of the bed and sitting.

When Zhang Tao went in to greet her, she didn't reply, just the eyeballs that were deep in her sockets and turned slightly.

I don't know if this is a response to Zhang Tao, or to show that he is still a living thing.

It's been almost half a year, and Zhang Tao hasn't come to see these two old people.

He didn't expect them to be so sick, and the distance from death was really within reach.

This hard-working couple, they were originally old and had children.

Under their cold-hearted cultivation, their son finally grew up and made a difference.

Life at home is getting better day by day. They enjoy this hard-won happiness.

Unexpectedly, an accidental car accident took his son's life and destroyed all of this.

Losing a child in old age, and still a lone seedling, and there is no incense left to continue, is there anything more tragic than this?

The two old men, who were already sick, all fell down in an instant due to the departure of their son.

Although the filial daughter-in-law takes care of them with all her heart, no matter how good the medicine is, it can't cure their boring hearts.

"Taogu, help me help my dad. I wiped my body for him. ”

"After these two days, Sister-in-law Langui is not at home, and I can't do it alone."

Momoka stood by the bed, holding a towel that had just been wrung out of the basin.

Zhang Tao walked over quickly and helped her father up.

This is still a human body, which seems to be more like an air-dried human specimen.

Except for a few bones that could not be more fine, there was almost no flesh left on the body, and only a layer of skin remained.

The only cells left in his body, those cells that are still a little vigorous, probably can't even bear to clean up the disease.

Sister Tao gently took off the old man's clothes and pants and scrubbed all over his body.

She rubbed it very attentively and meticulously, as if she was bathing her own child, and there was not the slightest disgust or disgust on her face.

When she rubbed it under the old man's house, the small cock that had degenerated thinner than the tip of the chopsticks, she was not shy or shy about it, and even picked it up with her hands and wiped it clean repeatedly.

When Zhang Tao leaned over to help the old man, a smell of the old man waiting for death, or the smell of decay, came to his nose.

The old man's wrinkled, paper-thin skin seemed to peel off from his body when he was touched at will.

As soon as Zhang Tao's hand touched his skin, his whole body couldn't stop shivering, producing a complex feeling mixed with emotions such as fear, fear, pain, and nausea.

Seeing Zhang Tao's reaction, Sister Tao frowned and said seriously: "Taogu, a person must have love. ”

"Love not only contains all the good emotions in the world, but also drives away or dissolves those emotions such as pain, fear, hatred, and sin."

"Especially for the elderly, they need more care than children."

"You know, each of us has old times. As long as you think that this may be what you look like when you are old, you will not be disgusted and afraid in your heart. ”

Sister Tao's lesson made Zhang Tao red-faced and ashamed, and he didn't know how to reply.

Sister Tao ignored Zhang Tao's embarrassment, she scrubbed her father-in-law's body, and turned her head to ask her mother-in-law.

"Mom, did Dad eat something today?"

It took a long time to hear her mother-in-law's reply.

"About half a spoonful of porridge."

When she said this, her mother-in-law's mouth did not move at all.

The voice seemed to be squeezed directly out of the heart, so empty, and so ethereal.

"Mom, you need to eat more, too."

"You see, the meal prepared for you at noon has not been moved at all."

"If you don't eat, how can you have the strength to take care of Dad?"

Although what Sister Tao said was not to her mother, there was no complaint in her tone, but it was full of love.

"Mom, you have to move around more if it's okay, don't sit on the edge of her bed all the time, it's not good for your health."

"Let the past pass. What's the use of being anxious or in pain? ”

"You see that you sit like this all day long, and your body is getting thinner day by day, how can this work?"

"Dad is already like this, do you want to add another one to lie on the bed?"

"I have to run a car every day, and I rely on you to take care of my dad and this family. ……”

Sister Tao is like a child to herself, she keeps chattering, and her tone is gentle and considerate.

"Sister, why is our life so miserable!"

Suddenly, her mother-in-law burst out with a dry howl, interrupting her.

This dry howl is tragic and sharp, containing the deepest pain and misfortune in the world.

Perhaps the tears of sorrow had long since dried up, and there was a glint in her deep-set eyes, but not a single tear fell.

"You say, the good days have just begun, and there will be no more before you taste it."

"This dead old man is paralyzed on this bed, and he wants to die and not die."

"Either you just die early, and I will go with him to accompany my son as soon as possible, so as not to drag my daughter-in-law down here."

"Girl!" Her mother-in-law cried out in grief.

"Although you have not been with Chenggu for a long time, you have done a better job with us than your own daughter, and you are worthy of us."

"Girl, half of our bodies have been buried in the loess. Leave us alone, think more about your own business. ”

"Whether to stay in this family or get married, you can do whatever you want."

"In this world, I don't want to stay for a day anyway. I'll just wait for this old man to breathe, and I'll follow. ”

"It's only bitter for you, my good sister, I didn't leave you anything, and I didn't enjoy a day of happiness when I came to our house."

After a pause, she sighed and said, "Sister, the only thing I'm looking forward to now is that after we leave, you can find a good support, and we will be at ease underground." ”

After saying this, her mother-in-law looked like a living dead again.

Tears slid down Sister Tao's cheeks and fell one by one onto her father-in-law's scrubbed body.

Her father-in-law seemed to be infected by the tears, and he moved.

Sister Tao wanted to say something, but grief blocked her throat and eyes, making her unable to say a word.

With tears in her eyes, she poured out all her love into this delicate scrubbing action.

All this fell into Zhang Tao's eyes, which made him really have mixed feelings, not only sad for this family and these two old people, but also moved by Sister Tao, and even more ashamed of his behavior.

Compared with the suffering suffered by these two old people, what is the pain of falling off the list?

Compared with Sister Tao, what are the strength and fraternity that have always prided themselves?

That's really the light of the grain of rice competing with the sun and the moon!

In Zhang Tao's heart, Sister Tao suddenly became extremely brilliant and beautiful, and she also became a mirror for him to be vigilant at all times on the road of life in the future.

After helping her father-in-law scrub her body, Sister Tao said, "Mom, I'll go cook, you always hold back, you have to eat something!" ”

Her mother-in-law did not reply as usual, and counted the day before death, hoping that this day would come sooner.

"Taogu, let's go, help me carry the bed frame first." Sister Tao turned her head and said to Zhang Tao, who was standing stupidly.

"That is too heavy, I can't move it alone!"

Zhang Tao sighed, like a good little brother, followed closely behind the incomparably tall, brilliant and beautiful Sister Tao, and walked towards her bedroom.

"Sister, why didn't my mother-in-law do this?"

When he arrived in the middle room, Zhang Tao couldn't help but whisper the doubts that lingered in his heart.

"Didn't you hear what your mother-in-law said just now?"

Sister Tao sighed and said leisurely, "A person who is bent on dying early, will she still do this?" ”

"She herself didn't want to take a bath for ten days and a half, would she care about the old man lying on the bed?"

After a pause, she said gloomily, "Several times, I saw her pinching my father-in-law's neck. ”

"I was about to stop it, but she let go of her hand and started crying."

"My mother-in-law cried and cried, I can't do it for so long, why am I so useless? Old man, what is the point of our lives? Why do we still have such a good daughter-in-law? ”

As she spoke, Sister Tao's tears burst out of her eyes again.

Zhang Tao walked around to Sister Tao, his eyes did not blink, and he looked at her quietly.

"Sister, you are too great! It's so beautiful! ”

He said affectionately, "From you, I read what is bitterness, what is strength, what is beauty, and what is love. ”

"Your brilliance surpasses that of any woman I have ever seen, no! Including men, including myself. ”

"Sister, with you, I feel warm, cordial, and attached, but I also feel more small and humble."

"What is the power of my self-proclaimed strength, and the breadth of your love? What is the pain of my failure compared to the pain you have endured? ”

He gritted his teeth and said resolutely, "From now on, I will take my sister as a model, no matter what setbacks and pains I face, I will always smile at life and dedicate my love!" ”

Seeing Sister Tao's tearful and touching appearance, Zhang Tao unconsciously raised his hand, wanting to try to wipe her sadness.

Sister Tao grabbed Zhang Tao's hand, and Zhang Tao threw herself into Sister Tao's arms.

They looked at each other with tears in their eyes and hugged each other tightly.

Sister Tao's chest was full and bouncing, in harmony with Zhang Tao's heartbeat.

But Zhang Tao's heart now does not produce a trace of filth, and what flows is the most holy, noble, and sincere emotion.

It is different from friendship, more precious than friendship; It is also different from love, far beyond love.

After a long time, Sister Tao pushed Zhang Tao away, wiped the tears on her face, and said with a smile: "Look, what this looks like." Let others see it, and don't laugh at us. Walk! Walk! Help me move the bed. ”

Updated on 08-30

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