Luo Yuan didn't sleep all night. In the early morning, she stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom. In the mirror, she saw herself with wrinkles on her face and dull eyes.

At this moment, she suddenly remembered what she looked like 20 years ago.

Looking at the mirror at this moment, she only felt that the self in the mirror was very strange, strange like never before.

Luo Yuan didn't understand how she became what she is now, and tears fell silently from her eyes again. She lived to this age, should be the age to start enjoying life, but she was working hard for the family every day.

She worked hard to maintain this family, because she was an orphan, so she cherished every family member, husband, son, and daughter-in-law.

But at this moment, all the previous beliefs collapsed.

The door was knocked suddenly from outside, accompanied by Tianya's voice, which interrupted Luo Yuan's thoughts, "Mom, are you inside? I have to wash my face and brush my teeth."

Luo Yuan quickly wiped away the tears on her face and opened the door.

The two squeezed into a bathroom to wash their faces and brush their teeth. In a mirror, there were two faces, one young and one wrinkled.

"Mom, I want to drink crucian carp soup tonight. I feel very tired these days, and I want to drink some fish soup to make up for it." Tianya said while rubbing her right shoulder.

Luo Yuan caught a glimpse of the mottled marks on the neckline of the clothes when the other party raised his hand. The scene of last night appeared in her mind like a revolving lantern.

Last night, the son didn't come home at all.

Tianya looked at her and muttered, "...that's weird."

That day, Luo Yuan was absent-minded at work, and her mind was full of this matter. Those things in the past have changed after last night.

Her husband's kindness was never for me, and the apple the day before yesterday was not bought for me at all.

At the moment when she wanted to understand, Luo Yuan's heart was weeping blood. It was not only herself who loved apples, but also her daughter-in-law.

"Aunt Luo, what's the matter with you today, are you feeling unwell?" The colleague couldn't help asking after the third time he found out that Luo Yuan's sewing machine had broken a needle.

The usual Luo Yuan would not break the needle so frequently.

Could it be that something happened at home again?

Is it her son who likes to gamble and go back to his old ways?
Or did she quarrel with her husband again?
Luo Yuan was full of grievances and resentments and wanted to confide, but at the moment she couldn't utter a word, as if the words were stuck in her throat.

The colleague saw that she didn't want to talk about it, and guessed in his heart that it was the bad things at home, and sighed slightly, "Aunt Luo, I didn't say that you are so busy every day, you still need to rest."

"Look at others, it's just that they are too tired. In the end, they are tired and sick, and they don't have money for medical treatment. The gain outweighs the gain. Besides, you are not the only earner in your family, let the young two earn it!"

She persuaded Luo Yuan that after so many years, she couldn't stand it as an outsider.

I have to work two jobs, and I have to take care of the whole family. I have a husband who yells and tires all day long and can’t earn two yuan. I have a son who has lost everything. Yes, but also a non-worker.

This heavy burden rested entirely on Luo Yuan alone.

She didn't understand why that family was so blood-sucking, they just stared at Luo Yuan and sucked it.

Luo Yuan pursed her lips, "It's okay, I will rest in two days."

The colleague sighed, knowing that he couldn't be persuaded anymore, and he didn't want to persuade him any more. Talking too much would not be flattering.

...

Yan Shu shook his head, Luo Yuan's family is really miserable.

Originally, when she saw that Tianya, she thought she was very caring and gentle. Although that Liu Shu quarreled with his wife on the surface, he would remember what his wife liked to eat and what to buy.

As a result, what Liu Shu remembered was not Luo Yuan at all, and these two were not human at all, no doubt animals.

If the usual Yan Shu would have cursed, but now Yan Shu dared not speak out, fearing that it would affect Yan Qing and Luo Yuan, and it would be bad if there were any accidents.

...

On the way home from get off work that day, Luo Yuan bought vegetables and meat at the old place, but she was absent-minded all the time. The second aunt who sold vegetables knew her very well, and usually had to bargain, but today she didn't say a word.

The second aunt stared at her for a long time, "What's wrong with you today?"

It doesn't look right in spirit.

Luo Yuan was slightly taken aback, "Why do you ask that?"

The second aunt said, "You are not as sluggish as Xin today. Something happened at home?"

Luo Yuan shook her head, "No, I just didn't rest yesterday..."

Just as I was talking, two more grocery buyers came by, pushing Luo Yuan aside, and my second aunt stopped talking to Luo Yuan, and asked what the customer wanted to buy, Luo Yuan then fell silent, and returned with her things. Home.

Not long after returning home, his son Liu Mao also came home, reeking of alcohol and drunk, as soon as he entered the door he yelled, "Tian Ya! Tian Ya!"

But Tianya wasn't there at all, Liu Mao shouted and became impatient, picked up the things at hand and smashed them.

Luo Yuan, who was already irritable in the kitchen, came out and went to help Liu Mao, but as soon as she put her hand on Liu Mao's arm, he pushed him aside and hit her head directly on the sofa next to her.

Luo Yuan was dizzy from the bump, and stood up with the back of her head supported. Looking at her son who was drunk and didn't know anyone, her eyes were red with anger.

At this moment, Liu Mao's cell phone, which had fallen to the ground, rang, and Luo Yuan took the opportunity to answer it...

"Liu Mao! If you fucking don't pay back the money, I'll bring someone to your house with a knife to kill someone!"

An angry male voice came from the phone. Luo Yuan had heard such words countless times... Her fingertips holding the phone were so white that they lost all blood, "How much does Liu Mao owe you?"

The person on the other side heard that it was a woman who answered the phone, and guessed that it was Liu Mao's wronged mother who helped pay off the debt. "The principal with interest is 50! Tomorrow is the final payment..."

The phone slipped from Luo Yuan's hand and hit the ground with a "bang", the blood seemed to flow backwards rapidly at this moment, her fingertips were trembling with cold, 50...

After repaying one hundred thousand and one hundred thousand, after repaying 20 thousand, there is still half a million...

Tears fell from the corners of her eyes, she had never been so desperate as at this moment, and she could not see any hope.

Not long ago, the son who vowed to find a job owed 50 yuan.

Luo Yuan wanted to kill the drunken son in front of her, but she only raised her hand to drag him into the room that made her sick.

The 50 yuan on the phone just now echoed in Luo Yuan's ears.

50, where did she get 50, for the money, she worked so hard to get to this point...how could she have any money.

This phone call weighed heavily on Luo Yuan, making her breathless.

The smell of crucian carp soup filled the kitchen. At this time, Luo Yuan remembered that she forgot to buy coriander after washing all the dishes.

At this moment, Liu Shu and Tian Ya also came back from get off work.

Luo Yuan's face froze slightly, "Why did you come back together?"

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