Dad Mu threw the fire stick on the ground, then sat down on a low stool in the patio. He took off a bag of dry tobacco from his belt, lit it and smoked it. After a long time, he raised his head and said, "The spring flowers are gone."
Yes, your sister is gone, your children are gone, why don’t you ask them where they went?”
Mu Rentong then remembered that his father said they had gone out to live, and asked: "You said they went out to live, where did they go to live?"
"Your boss let them live out and gave them some money for living expenses. You are a really good boss. You gave those girls no clothes to wear. They were as happy as anything. Hey, I can see it through here.
, although I have no grandchildren and am ridiculed by people outside, but my life is my own. Aren’t my granddaughters my own? I just made them as shameful as beggars. You are the same, and you let your mother abuse them.
, They are all your daughters, are you so determined?" Dad Mu took a few puffs, then threw the cigarette on the ground and stepped on it with his foot.
Mu Rentong was slightly stunned, "Dad, what are you talking about? When did mother ever abuse them? Didn't she provide them with good food and drink?"
"Food and drink are provided? Although you are busy, you go home every night. When did you see your daughter wearing brand-new clothes? Isn't it always mended with adults' old clothes?
Just make do with what you wear? How can your daughter’s hands, feet, and face not burst in winter?”
"Well, why don't you keep up with your child when he wears old clothes? Mom said I was always like this when I was a child." Mu Rentong stood blankly, unable to figure out why his father was not angry because of his grandson, but
What about the granddaughters?
"When you were a child, you wore old clothes because your father was incompetent. Tongzi, do you still remember when you were seven years old? During the Chinese New Year, other children wear new clothes, but you are still wearing the old clothes from two years ago.
The cotton-padded jacket was not only torn, but also much shorter. After you went out to play for a while, you went home and hid under the locust tree and cried, saying that the other friends laughed at you because you didn’t even have new clothes for the Chinese New Year. You even scolded your father.
I said that I had no ability and that I couldn't make money. You were only seven years old at that time and you were a boy. You also knew how to love beauty, let alone a little girl. As for your wife, I won't say anything about marrying her.
After a few good days here, your mother abused her all the time. She did all the work, never said a kind word, and still made trouble in front of you. You even hated your wife. Later, it was better, and she just got a divorce.
The concubine came in. Fortunately, Chunhua was capable, virtuous, and strong. Your mother expected her to give birth to a grandson, so she was treated better. However, Yue'e, who was pregnant with the child, was ignored several times. On the night the child was born, she was not even stable.
My mother-in-law didn't even look for her, and my child was suffocated to death." As Father Mu said, his head drooped. He had no status in the family, and he was henpecked, so he didn't dare to say anything about anything the old woman did before. Maybe.
, because of this, God wanted to punish him and take away his grandson. Since that day when the regent and his boss came to visit, he thought deeply about it and felt that this is what life is like, but he lived in a coward for most of his life.
Can't even tell the truth.
Mu Rentong never dreamed that things would turn out like this. He stood blankly on the spot, and the brass key in his hand fell to the ground with a clang. He murmured: "The child suffocated to death? Why didn't you invite me?"
Wen Po? Why don’t you ask Wen Po to give birth to a child?”
"Yes, why don't you go to a stable woman? You have to go to a stable woman to give birth to a child." Dad Mu smiled sarcastically, "But your mother said that she had to go to the immortal to forget it. The girl in her belly is a girl. Your mother
He said that the girl was going to be strangled to death as soon as she was born. Why hire a stable mother? It was a waste of money. Your wife was in pain all night. Your sister begged your mother and was beaten half to death by your mother. Fortunately, it was the doctor Chunhua went out to find. The doctor didn't
I was able to enter the house, but your mother stopped me. Chunhua asked for medicine and gave it to your wife. She tried her best to give birth to the child, but the child was stillborn. Poor that little baby, his whole body was blue and purple when he was born.
Yes, it was suffocated, it was suffocated to death in her mother’s belly.”
Mu Rentong squatted down, held his head and howled loudly. Thinking of the scene described by Dad Mu, his heart felt like a swarm of ants gnawing at him. He was in so much pain that he couldn't express it at all. Your child, your wife
, Dad Mu deliberately did not say his name and only used "your wife". It was clearly to remind him that your wife has paid so much for you, what about you? What have you done?
Dad Mu sighed, walked over and closed the door, leaving his son crying in the courtyard. He himself was very miserable. He fetched a plate of water, washed the ashes from his face, and went back to the house to change.
He put on his clothes and tied up his messy hair, then he picked up his son and said, "Let's go, pick up your daughter and sister and go home."
Mu Rentong stood up, his red and swollen eyes slightly opened, and looked at his father who had been a coward for most of his life. He had always looked down on this father and had no future. His mother had always been the one who made the decision in this family, so he
No matter how big or small, he would always discuss with his mother and let her take charge of the family. However, he did not expect that in the end, his most trusted mother would destroy his family.
He let Dad Mu pull him and staggered out.
When the neighbors heard someone crying, they all came out to look around. Seeing that it was Mu Rentong who had returned, they all came over and said, "It will be good if you come back. Go and bring Yue'e back. She has suffered too much."
"Yes, no one would have thought about something like this. She was so heartbroken, yet you still treat her like this. Although the child is gone, she is still in confinement. Being tortured like this by your mother will kill anyone alive."
ah!"
Mu Rentong felt a lump in his throat, and the sad emotion was stuck in his heart. As soon as he spoke, he was about to burst into tears. In his life, he had never been so at a loss as he was now, staring blankly at the neighbors.
With either sympathy or sadness and anger in his eyes, he couldn't say a word, so he had no choice but to let his father pull him out.
The two men walked through the streets and narrow alleys for who knows how long, and finally came to the door of a house.
There was a shouting sound inside, and he could tell it was his mother's voice, and she was scolding someone. His heart, which was numb with pain, suddenly came to life again, and he suddenly raised his fists and banged on the door, shouting: "Open the door.
Open the door!"
The door opened with a creaking sound. The person who opened the door was a woman about fifty years old. When she saw the two of them, she asked timidly: "Who are you looking for?"
Mu Rentong did not answer, but opened the door and walked in.
In the yard, his mother was pointing at her sister Mu Zihui's head and scolding her, "You bitch, they gave you a house to live in, but you really don't want to go home? You have the ability to never go back in your life."
, die outside, and don’t set foot at the door of my Mu family in the future..."
Mu Zihui lowered his head, followed by his children and Chun Hua standing aside timidly, not daring to say anything.
Aunt Mu pushed Mu Zihui away and reached out to pull the eldest girl. The eldest girl burst into tears and shouted: "Grandma, I won't go back, I won't go back."
"I'll beat you to death, you rebellious girl, but you won't go back? Who raised you? Who gave you food? You have wings, right?" As he said that, he slapped Mu Zi several times.
Hui hurriedly stopped her and cried: "Mom, why are you beating her? She is ignorant. If you have any problem, come to me. I won't let them go back."