It's just that after holding on for all these years, my mother never came back, and the news I heard didn't make any sense. This disease was not only a problem for Haitang's father, but also for Haiyue.
I feel hung up in my heart and can never let go, even though I know that my mother is no longer alive. It would be nice to burn some paper money for her on the first and fifteenth day of every Qingming Festival, pay her respects, and express my inner feelings.
However, nothing is clear yet.
This feeling of being unresolved is really bad. I am haunted by dreams and think about it day and night.
"In all the years you have been in Bailu Village, if my mother had come back, she would have come back long ago. If she is still alive, something happened that prevented her from coming back, or she forgot the way back. If she is gone, there is a 70% chance that she will come back.
Eighth, he died in a foreign country and became a lonely ghost." Haitang said.
"What do you mean by forgetting the way back? How could my mother not remember the way back in these years in Bailu Village?" Haiyue asked.
"My mother disappeared from the river. One possibility is that her head hit a stone, which caused her to forget some things, such as Bailu Village, and you and me. She couldn't even think about it," Haitang said.
"My mother will never forget us. Do you still remember how well she treated us when we were children? She would rather be hungry or cold than let us two sisters suffer any injustice. Women in the whole village belong to mother.
The most capable. Everyone envies that dad can marry his mother, which is the blessing of the Bai family. Now everyone says that dad is not lucky, and marrying this person is really..." Haiyue couldn't go on.
When it comes to mother, Haitang thinks of her own mother. She has never met her in person, so naturally she is not that close to her. However, Haitang feels that she has the responsibility and obligation to find her mother, so as to give an explanation to Haiyue and her father.
Let them realize a big wish.
"Let's go to Qiaotou Village. It's close to the county seat and has a lot of people. You can ask around. You haven't been there in the past few years," Haitang said.
Haiyue shook her head, she had never been anywhere.
"Do we have a portrait of my mother at home?" Haitang asked sheepishly.
"You don't even remember what my mother looked like... How can we draw a portrait from a poor family?" Haiyue said.
"After all these years, I don't know what my mother looks like now?" Haitang was even more embarrassed. She didn't even have a portrait of the person she was looking for, and she didn't know how to find her.
"I believe that Mom is still the same as before. She is a beautiful woman who always cleans herself up neatly. Even if she is wearing coarse linen clothes, she still has a beautiful face, just like you." Haiyue said.
The only clue Haitang got was that her mother looked most like herself.
Looking at herself in the mirror, Haitang really didn't know what a person who looked like herself looked like.
That night, I met everyone and had another reunion dinner. This time the meal was different from the past. All kinds of chicken, duck, and fish were all oily, and besides, they were all hand-made by the stepmother.
The fat son was not so greedy, but added a big piece of meat to his father first.
This meat is my son's favorite thing. It's not easy for him to hold back and give it to his father first. Everyone sees it.
My family has never been so rich in my life.
Haitang tasted it and found out that the stepmother was not without merit. She made some meat dishes that were really tasty. She must have put in a lot of effort.
"Haitang, Haiyue, Lao Bai, please eat more. Thank you for your hard work. My cooking is not delicious. Please forgive me. Especially Haitang, knowing that you are used to eating delicacies from the mountains and the sea, I really feel wronged for you to come back to our valley.
Now, just make do with it." The stepmother said embarrassedly.