There is a feeling called heartache

Chapter 39 Qiangzi's Mother
Qiangzi knelt in front of his mother's grave, blood dripping from his heart.Mother!My son wants to be filial to you now, but he has no chance to be filial to you.

At the end of the year, the cold wind swept across the barren mountains.Qiangzi was the only one on the entire barren ridge, lonely, like a remnant of withered grass.The sound of firecrackers in the village came one after another, but Qiangzi felt that he was getting farther and farther away from the village.

Qiangzi stared straight at the raised mound in front of him, tears welling in his eyes.His mother is buried here!Only now can Qiangzi think about his mother quietly.Every time he thought about it, his heart was cut by a knife.If it wasn't for my unfilial piety, would my mother have left so early?Thinking about the past, Qiangzi scolded himself in his heart, unfilial son, damn Qiangzi.But even if she scolds herself a thousand or ten thousand sentences, she won't be able to come back. The feeling of being slaughtered by the past, life is worse than death!

Qiangzi's father died early, and his mother brought him up single-handedly.It is conceivable how difficult it is for an illiterate, frail woman to pull another child!Many well-meaning people advised Qiangzi's mother to marry someone else, it is too difficult for you mother and child.Qiangzi's mother shook her head, it was difficult, but she couldn't let Qiangzi get angry with his stepfather, let alone let people point fingers and laugh at him.well!It will be fine when the child grows up.

Qiangzi grew up, and suddenly he was in his 30s, but he was even more worried-it was his mother's heart trouble that his son could not find a wife.Qiangzi's mother almost trusted all the matchmakers in the village, but Zhun didn't want to worry about it.yes!Orphans and widows who are so poor that no girl from any family wants to marry.Watching the grown son come in and out, the mother has more gray hair.Qiangzi comforts his mother not to worry, he can live a good life with his mother without a daughter-in-law.The mother said that only when the son becomes a family can the mother's heart be relieved.

Qiangzi's mother, she asks matchmakers everywhere.Finally, a distant relative in the neighboring village introduced one: Although the woman was married twice, the son has married after all.On the day the woman came to recognize the door, Qiang Zi found that her mother's wrinkles had stretched out.The daughter-in-law was straightforward and agreed to the marriage, but she also made a request. After the marriage, Qiangzi's mother must move out.Qiangzi was afraid of losing his daughter-in-law and hurting his mother, so he scratched the ground with a fire hook in embarrassment.Qiangzi's mother went into the back room and secretly wiped a few tears, then came out and said to the matchmaker, "Okay, I'll move out immediately after finishing the wedding for them."

After the matchmaker and his daughter-in-law left, Qiangzi said, "Mom, where are you going to live?" "We have two vacant houses in our village. If you discuss with them, you should treat them as housekeepers." "But is this a joke?" "As long as you live a good life, who is making fun of it?" "Isn't it hard for you?" "What's the bitterness? Mom sees that you have a family, and eating Coptis chinensis is sweet." "But you are so weak." "I'm not weak. I'm in good health. I'm busy with the autumn harvest. I can still do the work in the field for you." "Why don't you give up this daughter-in-law." Once you have a family, your mother will feel at ease in the loess." Qiangzi cried, but he couldn't help it, after all, a man in his 30s wanted a woman too much.

After the daughter-in-law came in, Qiangzi's mother moved into another empty room.Qiangzi wanted to take the time to visit his mother, but his wife refused to let her die.For some reason, the daughter-in-law just doesn't like her mother, thinks her dirty, sick, and... "But she is my mother, how can I not care?" Qiangzi said this, and the daughter-in-law stared: "You don't care!
You control!Who won't let you manage?As long as you take care of it, I will leave, and you and your mother will go there. "Qiangzi didn't dare to say any more.

One Spring Festival, Qiangzi secretly brought a bowl of dumplings to his mother.Unexpectedly, the daughter-in-law had already checked the number. As soon as he entered the door, the daughter-in-law lost her temper and hit a few bumps on his face with a spoon.Qiangzi argues, it's Chinese New Year, it's not too much to serve mother a bowl of dumplings, right?Without saying a word, the daughter-in-law was about to smash the bench.

At this time, Qiangzi's mother came in with dumplings, knelt down in front of her daughter-in-law and said, "Dumplings, I haven't touched a single one, so stop arguing." The daughter-in-law turned around and scolded: "Old man, get out, because you are old Things are here, we will not have a good year." Qiangzi's mother hurried away.The daughter-in-law scolded, "I think you are dirty", and dumped the dumplings into the pigsty.

The next day, when Qiangzi passed by his mother's door, his mother slipped out of the gate, looked at the pimple on his head, gave him two eggs, and then hurriedly walked into the house and locked the door behind him.Later, Qiangzi's mother was hanged in the woods at the west end of the village.

Qiangzi buried his mother, and when he came back, he beat his daughter-in-law out of the house.

Today, Qiangzi knelt in front of his mother's grave, blood dripping from his heart.Mother!It's Chinese New Year, I'm here to accompany you.Mother!My son wants to be filial to you now, but he has no chance to be filial to you.Mother...

(Wang Shujun)

(End of this chapter)