life struggle

The rainy nights in the early autumn always seem particularly peaceful. The bleak darkness outside makes people feel palpitating. 【】In the middle of the night, Wu Pingshun was thinking about the burial of Mrs. Ma. He tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. He was half lying down and smoking a cigarette, when he suddenly heard a rapid and creepy "bang, bang, bang" knocking on the door outside. When I opened the door, I was taken aback, "Xiao Yun, Sun Ran, it's the middle of the night, is there anything urgent for you to come here in the rain and through the mud?"

Xiaoyun cried and said, "Father, I can't live this day. Xiaofu is too bullying. When he comes to my house at night, he will beat me to death."

Wu Pingshun's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly said, "Come inside quickly, and tell me slowly what's going on."

Xiao Yun and Sun Ran came to sit down in the main room, Xiao Jun's mother and Xiao Jun heard Xiao Yun's voice, and hurriedly got up to ask what happened.

Wu Xiaofu had a big fight with his father in front of many people at his little aunt Erni's house. He wanted to prevent his father from accepting Mrs. Ma's choice of a cemetery, but he didn't expect it to anger Wu Pingshun's strange temper, and he ignored him at all. set.Xiao Fu had no choice but to return home angrily under the persuasion of everyone, and fell asleep all afternoon in anger.

In the evening, many people in the village already knew that Mrs. Ma was going to be buried in the field in the south of the village, and they were discussing and spreading the news in private. The women chatted excitedly, but after hearing the details from the side, they hurried back home with a pale face. Seeing that Wu Xiaofu was still asleep, he was so angry that he picked up a broom and slapped him violently. Twitching, cursing non-stop, "You trash, you know how to sulk at home, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep to death, you have no ability at all, your old man who deserved to die a long time ago, I don't know who fed him I took the medicine, which nerve was broken, and I didn't have a brain, and I agreed to that dead girl Wu Lian to bury her in the south of the village and the north of the village."

Wu Xiaofu shuddered when he heard the words, got up from the bed and asked with wide eyes, "What did you say, where is Mrs. Ma buried?"

Qiao Na raised her voice and shouted, pursing and cursing, "The biggest piece of land in the south of the village is at the north end. Your father is really a fool. He doesn't know how to think about his children and grandchildren. If he turns his elbows outward, he must die badly. What a wonderful piece of land!" Let them bury the grave. When I saw it, he died and threw it there. He didn’t discuss with the children, he made his own decisions, and he could do whatever he wanted. I can tell you, if the old man doesn’t bury it there in the future Land, maybe some grandson will snatch it away, we may not be able to get it, and you must not regret it when the time comes."

Wu Xiaofu felt the seriousness of the problem, which involved his own direct interests, and a side issue suddenly appeared. He felt lost and helpless, and gritted his teeth with hatred.Secret Dao must not give up on this, and must not let the old man's temper go wild. He must do everything possible to stop the old man, and he must not let the sister-in-law bury her in a large piece of land.

In fact, Wu Xiaofu had his own ideas in resolutely preventing people from being buried in the courier, and he had planned the land for many years.The third child, Xiaosen, is working in the county town, eating and drinking without worrying about food, and the fourth child, Xiaojun, is in high school. It is hard to say what will happen in the future.

Seeing that the old man and the old lady are getting older and older, they can't keep the land for a few days. At that time, it will not work if they don't give it to themselves, the second child, or even the fourth child. No one outside will dare to go to the field to plant crops. It is a certainty that sooner or later thing.Among the ten or so acres of land, the land in the south of the village is the most convenient to cultivate and can grow good crops in drought and flood. No matter what, we must get that land.The most convincing and high-sounding reason to get it is that the land must be used as a cemetery. In the future, parents will be buried in that land. As the eldest son, it will naturally belong to him in the future.Even if someone raises an objection, there are generally irrefutable arguments that can be brought to the table, "there are many people in the family, and many people will go there in the future. If it is handed over to any other brother, no one will be able to guarantee it at that time." No one will be allowed to enter. In such a situation, who can tolerate him? I am the eldest of the whole family, and I can’t say anything. Even if I tell my relatives, neighbors and friends, I won’t agree. I can’t break the unshakable rules passed down from generation to generation. .”

The old man is notorious for his violent temper. Once he has decided on something, no one can change it. The more he confronts him, the worse it will be.Over the years, I have hated myself to the core. If I go directly to him and tell him that it is absolutely impossible, if I forcibly block the coffin from entering the ground, the matter will definitely get bigger and bigger.What should we do, and who is the right person to persuade and pressure him to change his mind?After much deliberation, I thought of my elder sister Wu Xiaoyun, and thought that Xiaoyun was good at speaking in front of the old man, and was easier to persuade, but after thinking about it again, Xiaoyun's temper was also rather weird, and there was a very stiff relationship between brothers and sisters. The grievances are deep, like a broken relationship, without any contact, will she listen to her to persuade the old man?

Wu Xiaofu thought about it, was in a dilemma, and couldn't make up his mind, so he said to Qiao Na, "After much deliberation, I can't find someone who can talk and work hard in front of the old man. Relatively speaking, only Xiao Yun may be better." Some, I'm afraid she won't talk to me, it's hard to handle."

Jona said excitedly, "What time is it now? You still look forward and backward, and worry about this and that, and you don't use your brain to think about it. On the surface, it is not for ourselves, but for the good of the whole family. The second child is like a tortoise and never shows up when things happen, the third child is a fool and doesn't ask anything, the fourth child and the old man share their nostrils, if you don't show up, the old man's ten acres of land will not be harmed by him, I think How can you get it, even a dead horse has to be treated as a living horse doctor, even if you bite the bullet, you have to talk to her."

Wu Xiaofu didn't even eat dinner, so he came to Wu Xiaoyun's house anxiously and anxiously in the rain.

Wu Xiaoyun, her husband Sun Ran, her mother-in-law, and two children were having dinner when they saw Wu Xiaofu, who had never stepped into the door for many years and had a dignified face, suddenly came to visit. Strange eyes watched Wu Xiaofu step by step into the house.Before a few people could react and speak, Wu Xiaofu said nervously and uglyly, "You are eating, eat first."

Sun Ran stood up at a loss, and said anxiously, "Brother is here, what's the matter, let's sit down and have something to eat together."