Chapter 60: The Scars of "Pain" (2)
She opened the other box heavily, and found the clothes she had worn only for the most important occasions and put them back on, a navy blue cardigan with buttons, which she quickly put on and looked at the mirror carefully, straightening out the wrinkles of the dress over and over again, and changing her pants with new ones. She found a pair of unworn white cotton socks, carefully put them on her feet, and then went to the cabinet to find a new pair of black cloth shoes, which she had sewn with her own hands, and had been making them for two years, and had been reluctant to wear them. The reason why she has never been willing to wear her is because she is very thrifty, and she wears shoes very economically, and usually a pair of shoes will not be worn out for a year or two. She did everything before she lay down peacefully on the bed.
Now, she has a small dark brown bottle in her hand. There was no label on the bottle, and only she knew what was inside. She didn't know how to read, otherwise, before she opened the lid and drank the liquid from the bottle, she would have had a lot to write down in a notebook or on a piece of paper, and explain everything that should be explained. In her heart, she was reluctant to give up on her son, but she had to take this path to atone for the sins of her ancestors, hoping that she could be forgiven by her ancestors. She still had a lot to do before she left, but there was no time left to do it, and she knew that she would not be able to fulfill her life's wishes. Everyone's wishes cannot be fully realized, Li Zhutao, like most ordinary people, she also has happiness and pain, as well as the pride of success and the regret of failure. She had wept more than she laughed, but she was content to live to be seventy-three. There are not many people who live so long, and she wants to compensate her son Fang Yunxing for the rest of her life, which is the last gift of her mother, and it is also a gratuitous love.
Fang Yunxing went home, but he didn't see his mother, and when he saw that the door of his mother's room was closed, he thought that his mother had gone out to do something again. He asked the neighbors in the yard if they had seen his mother, and they all said that they had not seen her go out this morning, and they did not know if they would go out through the side door. Luckily said that my mother usually does not have the habit of locking her own door, but today she also locked the door, and it is estimated that it will take a long time to come back after going out. Xu Zhiguo said, didn't your mother tell you where you were going? Yun Xing shook his head and said no. Xu Yunqin interjected next to him and said: I saw Grandma not going out. Xu Zhiguo scolded his son and said: What are children talking about, we adults are talking, what are you doing when you are involved? Yun Qin didn't dare to say more. Jin Xiaoju said: If Yun Qin didn't lie, you have to go into the room to see, Grandma may be unwell? A sentence reminded Yun Xing, so he went to knock on the door, the door was locked from the inside, Yun Xing couldn't push it open, so he came out again and called everyone who was eating in the yard to come and push it together. Xu Yunqin came over early to see the excitement, so he ran to the front, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he turned back and shouted: It stinks inside, and he covers his nose while talking. This made everyone nervous, and they hurriedly ran over, and everyone worked together to open the door lock, and saw Li Zhutao lying on her back on the bed, a medicine bottle fell to the ground, and her mouth was full of white spit, and there was a strong smell. Everyone knew what was going on, so they quickly organized personnel to get a stretcher and quickly sent Li Zhutao to the health center.
Li Zhutao survived the ghost gate by herself, which was a great joy for her son Fang Yunxing and the entire Fang family's big yard. Especially Fang Yunxing, he expressed his gratitude to Xu Yunqin for being the first to remind him that his mother did not go out and bought him time to rescue his mother.
For this reason, Fang Yunxing specially bought a little gift and sent it to Xu Zhiguo to express his gratitude to Xu Yunqin. Jin Xiaoju said happily: This is a great life for the wife, and she will definitely live a long life in the future. After this incident, Li Zhutao's mind gradually became more open-minded, and some of her thoughts and views on the past have undergone earth-shaking changes. Although she is sometimes depressed, she usually looks happy and happy, and she no longer seeks Fang Yunxing to inherit the heavy responsibility of incense for her. This also released a lot of pressure on Fang Yunxing. Although Fang Yunxing's speech is still the same, his enthusiasm for participating in public welfare seems to be much more active than before. This family is rarely treated as a joke anymore.
Fang Yunqing's wife He Xianxiang had just passed away at this time, and her mood was very low, and she didn't pick up the goods to sell, and she either washed her face with tears all day long, or drank so much that she was drunk and rested. Li Zhutao would take the opportunity to come over and talk to him about some happy things. She joked: "Yunqing, you have all the children and grandchildren, are you still not satisfied?" Don't you see that my orphans and widows are still happy? She instructed Fang Yunqing's daughter Fang Caili to take good care of her father's life, and usually talk to him more. Fang Yunqing likes to drink, so she asked Fang Yunxing to bring the wine bottle over, and the two of them sat down to drink together.
Bao Yumei's eldest daughter Fang Tingting, as we have already mentioned, gave up her true love with Xu Zhonghai because of the interference of her mother and aunt. Xu Zhonghai returned home from the army, knowing that Fang Tingting had changed her mind, and his heart was full of pain. After many efforts, he still couldn't help, so he had no choice but to give up. Since then, he no longer has anything to do with Fang Tingting.
The Guo family is powerful in the local area, and Xu Zhonghai can't help Guo Jian, the son of Guo Qingpeng, who "snatches love with a knife", but the hatred in his heart can't be erased for a while, and the trauma in his soul can't be smoothed out for a while.
The Guo family discussed with Fang Caiyu about Fang Tingting and Guo Jian's wedding. Fang Caiyu informed Bao Yumei that they had agreed on a marriage date together. Bao Yumei wanted to send Tingting over as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night. In this way, the final decision was made on the day of the wedding without Fang Tingting's informed consent, at the cost of a man and two women colluding for an afternoon, and the two young people only had the life to execute.
Bao Yumei returned home happily and told Fang Tingting the great news. Fang Tingting was not as happy as her mother, on the contrary, she secretly ran to the lawn of Xiaoshangang and cried bitterly. At this moment, although she stopped contact with Xu Zhonghai, she still had a little sadness and past feelings in her heart. Xu Zhonghai Since Fang Tingting changed her mind, he couldn't believe it at first. It wasn't until he found Fang Tingting in person that Fang Tingting told him with tears in her eyes that their relationship was over that he knew that the foundation of his relationship with Fang Tingting was so weak. Xu Zhonghai didn't shed tears, he knew that Fang Tingting's change of heart responsibility could not be borne by Fang Tingting alone, didn't he Xu Zhonghai have a little responsibility? He felt that it was unfair to Fang Tingting like this, he was a man, and he should naturally bear the responsibility. But now it doesn't make any sense. Fang Tingting is already someone else's fiancée, and he, Xu Zhonghai, is not comparable to Guo Jian in any other condition except that he is still a flesh-and-blood man. Xu Zhonghai doesn't want to waste time in this regard, he wants to work hard, he wants to live better than Fang Tingting and Guo Jianqiang. If he doesn't work hard now, let alone live a wonderful life and live better than them, it is also a luxury to be able to meet the current conditions of the Guo family.
Fang Tingting cried enough, so she calmed down, she sat on the grass, thinking about the sweet time when she missed Xu Zhonghai: thinking about his vows to her, thinking about him walking and fighting with her in the moonlight, and deliberately scaring her when he crossed the river and creek on his back, and wanted to drop her into the river to feed the fish. Although the two have not been together for a long time, that time is fulfilling, happy, and sweet, yearning for sunshine and full of longing. What a fairy-tale spring dream it was, but unfortunately, this dream had been shattered early. Fang Tingting just didn't expect the broken dream to come so quickly and so suddenly, she and he didn't expect it at all. Now, the other party has set the wedding date with his mother. On the day of this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, it is also the third day of the National Day. When Fang Tingting heard such news, she had no joy, only surprise. She hated herself for not even being able to make her own decisions about her marriage, she had not contacted Guo Jian yet, although she herself had acquiesced to him, but after all, their marriage was based on pure materiality, not on a deep emotional basis. She still puts Xu Zhonghai in an important position in her heart, but Fang Tingting is just an ordinary girl, and she doesn't have too many ideological pursuits and ideals. Her mother and aunt could easily force her to comply.
She felt the need to meet with her partner Guo Jian to discuss how to prepare for the marriage during this period of time. She asked her aunt to say hello to Guo Jian first and set a time to meet. The aunt quickly brought back the information to her, and Fang Tingting went over to discuss it with Guo Jian on the appointed day. Guo Jian said: My parents are almost ready for other things, just waiting for the arrival of the Mid-Autumn Festival. I still don't know much about the preparation of your family, you had better discuss it with your parents in advance, the scene should not be too shabby, after all, our family is also a person with a head and a face, if your family ignores the people sent by my family to pick up relatives, my parents' faces will be troublesome if they can't cover their faces, you must pay special attention to this. If your parents don't have enough money for a happy event, you ask your parents to quickly bring it up to the matchmaker, and the matchmaker will bring it up again to my parents. However, Tingting, let me tell you, your mother can't open her mouth, my parents are not fuel-efficient lamps, and an excessively heavy dowry will also hurt the feelings of our two families.