The two chapters are combined.

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In a dilapidated old-fashioned building in Sifang District, Shashi, a middle-aged woman was helping an elderly woman scrub her body.

The middle-aged woman sighed lightly with her back on her back, "Mom, the doctor said, you must be in a good mood for this problem, so as not to develop further, if you really feel sorry for me and Aiqiang, don't always blame yourself." ”

"I'm the one who dragged you down......," the old lady thumped her unconscious left leg, "if it weren't for me, you both went to work, and your days wouldn't have been so tight, why wouldn't I have died?" Your dad is probably tired of waiting, if I don't go, he probably won't wait for me, Fang, you just let Mom go, okay? ”

"Why did Mom start talking nonsense again?" Hu Fang wrung out the towel and carefully wiped it for the old lady a little bit, "You are here, Aiqiang and I have the backbone, if you go to find Dad, what should we do?" ”

"Fang ......" the old lady choked up and couldn't continue, back then, she was extremely dissatisfied with this daughter-in-law, although her family was just an ordinary worker family, but she didn't want to marry a contract worker with a rural hukou, partial, her son fell in love with Hu Fang from the countryside, for this reason, she was not less difficult for Hu Fang, how could she think that when she was old, she still had to rely on this daughter-in-law who she didn't want to see, and her daughter ......

Thinking of her daughter Wang Ailian, the old lady's heart became even more uncomfortable.

When Hu Fang got married, Hu Fang's younger brother Hu Jiang was nineteen years old. is a freshman at S University in Shashi, and he comes to Wang's house every Sunday, and Wang Ailian, who is the same age as him but has a younger birthday than him, especially likes to pester him to talk.

She was worried that her daughter would like Hu Jiang. The anxious trustee found her daughter a mother-in-law she thought was lovely, and forced her daughter to marry early.

First the son-in-law lost two fingers due to a work injury, and then the daughter's mother-in-law and father-in-law died of serious illness one after another, a small family that was originally rich. It was dragged down like that.

The son-in-law felt that his daughter was an ominous person, and he would beat him to death at every turn, before. When she was in good health, she could still help her daughter vent, but now, she can only lie at home and be anxious.

Think about it. This home. is ruined by her prejudice, the daughter-in-law she doesn't want to see is the one who treats her sincerely, and the younger brother of her daughter-in-law who she doesn't want to see is the most promising one among the next generation she knows, and now, she has become the deputy mayor of the city.

If it weren't for her. Even if her daughter and Hu Jiang can't get along, they won't be to the point where they can't get along with each other until now.

"Fang. I'm sorry for you. ”

"Mom, don't talk about this, I said, I am your daughter-in-law, and I should serve you." Hu Fang only felt guilty about the old lady serving her again, so she emphasized again.

"I'm not talking about this, back then, I talked to Xiao Jiang behind my back, saying that even if he was admitted to college, he was still muddy and not worthy of Ailian, and warned him not to beat Ailian's idea, that is, since then, he has never come to our house again."

After being silent for a long time, Hu Fang said, "Mom, I already knew this." ”

"You already knew?" The old lady's body trembled, and she stared at her daughter-in-law in disbelief, "Why don't you question me when you know?" ”

"What is there to question?" Hu Fang smiled bitterly, "Mom's idea was very common in those days, and Mom also felt sorry for my sister-in-law so I didn't want her to marry into the countryside, I can't ask my mother why she didn't let my sister-in-law marry my brother, right?" ”

"Hey!" The old lady sighed heavily, closed her eyes and said no more.

"Mom, it's in the past, don't think about it anymore, let's put it this way, Xiao Jiang and Ai Lian didn't work out, but he is not bad now, and there is nothing to blame for you.

I know that Mom may have thought that if it wasn't for what happened back then, he would definitely be able to help me and Aiqiang, but Mom, how do you say he can help?

Help me and Aiqiang find a job? The two of us need to have academic qualifications or not, technical or unskilled, and we need to be a lot older, where can we arrange people like us?

If it is really arranged, someone will sue him, and Xiao Jiang will not be able to do it, and now this newsstand, if it weren't for him, Aiqiang and I wouldn't be able to do it, so it's good.

Everyone else sells newspapers outside in the wind and sun, but we still have a small kiosk, mixed with some snacks, which is much better than ordinary workers. ”

The old lady said faintly: "Don't comfort Mom, Mom understands, that child, hold a grudge." ”

Hu Fang said helplessly: "Mom, you just stay at home all day, so it's easy to be cranky, otherwise, I'll buy a better wheelchair that can lie down, and I'll go to the newsstand to take you with me in the future." ”

"How much does that cost?" The old lady's eyes are bright, every day she lies at home, eats and drinks Lazar in bed, and the days when she opens her eyes and closes her eyes passes, she really has a feeling that life is worse than death. It would be better if China and Israel went out to breathe, and she had always had this idea, but she didn't mention it for fear of putting pressure on her son and daughter-in-law.

"About five or six thousand."

The light in the old lady's eyes dimmed: "Forget it, just stay at home, with that money, it's not good to do something, I don't know how many days to live, it's not worth buying such a thing." ”

The door opened, Wang Ailian walked in, and smiled at Hu Fang: "Sister-in-law is at home." ”

"Well, I just finished wiping my mother's body, you sit and chat with my mother for a while, and I'll cook." Hu Fang said and glanced at Wang Ailian, and Wang Ailian followed.

"Mom stays at home every day, it's easy to think cranky, and I'm thinking about what happened to you and Hu Jiang back then, blaming myself, you persuade her, I'm really afraid that she will toss herself so much all day long, and something will happen sooner or later.

A few days ago, when I went to get medicine, Dr. Liu said that my mother must be in a good mood for this disease, otherwise, it may affect the right side of the body and gradually become unable to move. ”

"Sister-in-law, I see." Wang Ailian smiled at Hu Fang gratefully, "Sister-in-law, I always can't get out, and my mother depends on you to take care of me." I'm so sorry. ”

"Okay, what are you talking to me about?" Hu Fang waved his hand and entered the kitchen. Looking at her back and stunned for a while, Wang Ailian returned to her mother's bedroom.

My mother has been paralyzed for several years, but there is no smell in this house, and it is really a blessing for my mother to be able to marry such a daughter-in-law.

Thinking of her mother's dissatisfaction with her sister-in-law, Wang Ailian was also embarrassed. If I knew that one day it would be like this, I believe my mother would not have stopped her and Hu Jiang back then, right?

"Mom......." Wang Ailian sat on the edge of her mother's bed, took her arm and helped her gently rub it.

The old lady opened her eyes. looked at her daughter guiltily: "Xiaolian, why are you free to come?" What about Liu Zhu? ”

"He won't beat me now, don't worry, Mom."

After looking at her daughter carefully for a while, the old lady sighed: "Did he go to gamble again?" ”

"Nope." Hesitate for a moment. Wang Ailian looked at the old lady solemnly. "Mom, I'm divorced from him."

The old lady's eyes immediately widened: "How could he agree?" ”

"One thing down one thing, he met a woman he liked......" With a long sigh of relief, Wang Ailian said, "This is very good, I am also liberated." ”

"What the hell is going on?" The old lady pulled her daughter, "You tell me in detail, what does it mean that he met a woman he likes?" He used to always hook up with women outside. But how can I set you free? If you don't earn money for him to spend, how can he be willing to do it? ”

"Mom. Can you imagine, he can be a cleaner for the woman he likes......" Wang Ailian smiled sadly, "I have been married to him for more than 20 years, he has never earned money for me to spend, since he was laid off, he has been idle at home all day, the house has also made him gamble, and he will beat me up when the meal is late."

However, after he was with the cleaner named Miao Xiaohua now, he was a completely different person, not only went to work safely, but also went home every day to cook for the woman.

Even Xixi is very strange, that woman Xixi has seen it, and said that the long dry and thin is not good-looking, but he just likes it and spoils her like a treasure. Probably, that's fate. ”

"Hee-hee has seen that woman?"

Wang Ailian nodded: "Well, he found Xixi and the woman to have a meal together, and asked Xixi to call the woman's mother, but Xixi didn't shout." ”

"You're only forty-four, find one too." The old lady said.

"Mom, I just came out of the fire pit, and you're in a hurry to push me in?"

"Mom is not in a hurry to push you in, Mom wants you to have a ...... to rely on" The old lady took her daughter's hand and said seriously, "Mom hopes that when she is alive, she can watch you find a man who really cares for you." ”

"I really haven't thought about this, I'm looking forward to Xixi finding a good man earlier, and when she has a baby, I can help her take care of it, and when I'm older, I'll go to a nursing home, or, come and accompany my mother with my brother and sister-in-law, anyway, I don't want to find a man to raise as a son."

"You kid, you can't be bitten by a snake once, you've been afraid of the well rope for ten years, there are still good men, we didn't meet it last time, it doesn't mean that we won't meet it next time.

By the time you get old, your mother will be gone for a long time, and although your brother and sister-in-law only have one daughter, Yan'er, what if Yan'er recruits a son-in-law? Why don't you come and live with them?

Even if your brother and sister-in-law are willing, can your son-in-law be willing? This person can't put his hope in others, his own home is the real home. ”

"Mom, I'm just free, you give me time to catch my breath first, I promise you, if you meet someone who is really good to me, I'll try it with someone."

"You......." The old lady shook her head helplessly, "I know that I am perfunctory when I hear what you say, forget it, my mother won't tell you this now, anyway, you are so old, you should know it in your heart." ”

"Mom, I know, you, you're just idle at home all day, just think about these things if you have nothing to do, I ordered you a wheelchair that can lie down, and it is estimated that it will be sent over in a while, and when the time comes, Mom can go out for a walk."

The old lady hurriedly said: "What are you buying such expensive things for, I don't know ...... yet"

"Mom......" Wang Ailian interrupted her, held her hand, and said with a serious face, "I'm also thinking these days, why is our family so tired?"

You and Dad are both kind people, but there is one biggest drawback, which is to be high and pessimistic. You are always envious of those who live better than us, and look down on those who live worse than us.

For me and my brother, too, we are always comparing people who are better than us. Always keep hitting us, partial birth, neither of us is strong in our hearts, as a result, we are hit by you and my father more and more inferiority, everything, always think about the worst.

But. My brother is better than me, he has met a sensible partner, no matter how sad our family's life is. My sister-in-law is all dedicated to supporting her brother together.

When Dad died, when you were sick, if you didn't have a sister-in-law, the family would probably really be scattered. I remember it very clearly. At that time, I felt that the sky had fallen, and so did my brother, completely immersed in his own sadness.

During that time, it was completely supported by her sister-in-law, she went around borrowing money, and her mother's hospitalization expenses were all handled by her. Paying off debts is also what she is worried about.

That newsstand. At first, my brother felt embarrassed and ashamed, but now it seems that thanks to the newsstand, otherwise, my brother and sister-in-law only have one job, what will the life of this family become?

Although the brother and sister-in-law only have one daughter and do not need to marry a daughter-in-law, even if they marry a son-in-law, people still have to look at the family's background, and the mother's family is too poor and will be looked down upon.

Although our current life is not good, we don't owe too much debt, and when Yan'er marries her son-in-law, people won't have too much pressure, Mom, I said this, you understand what I'm going to say, right? ”

"I know that this family is fortunate to have your sister-in-law, if you don't say that, I always know, my mother was wrong before, and now, my mother really knows, but unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in this world."

"Mom......" Wang Ailian looked at the old lady helplessly, "I didn't say this to make you repent, I told you that an optimistic attitude towards life and a pessimistic attitude towards life will really bring completely different consequences to people."

If my sister-in-law is also a pessimistic person like us, do you think about what this family will look like now? If we are all optimistic people like my sister-in-law, I believe that the life of the Wang family will definitely not be what it is now.

Dad's death was because he saw that his old worker was promoted to an engineer and his salary was raised, and he couldn't stand it, so he went in a rage, and his mother had hemiplegia, and he couldn't stand the blow of his father's sudden death.

If it weren't for this kind of temperament, Mom and Dad might be fine now, I know it hurts to say these words, but I must say that at this time, if we don't realize what we are doing wrong, then we may have to live in regret forever.

Now, I'm free, and Xixi also said that I don't have to worry about her affairs, I just need to earn enough money to spend it myself, so I will take care of my mother with my brother and sister-in-law in the future.

Mom is no longer allowed to say that she can't live for a few days, we must buy what we should buy, and we must live a good life. ”

"Yes, let's live a good life." I don't know when Hu Fang, who came over, has already burst into tears, to say that she has never felt wronged, it is a lie, but she and Wang Aiqiang are in free love, in order to get together with her, Wang Aiqiang has been under a lot of pressure, in that era, there are no men with good conditions who are willing to marry a country woman, for the sake of face in front of relatives, no one is willing to marry a country woman unless it is absolutely necessary.

She married Wang Aiqiang, and she did fight for her father and mother to save face, so she always felt that how much she suffered in this family was all deserved.

When my mother-in-law was hospitalized, many people said that the conditions at home were not good, so don't treat it, otherwise, this is a bottomless pit and will ruin the family.

However, she really decided without even hesitation that even if she borrowed money, she couldn't make herself feel uneasy for the rest of her life.

After her mother-in-law got better, she and her husband were completely chained, knowing the situation of their family, and their relatives were getting less and less in contact, even if it was a happy event such as getting married and having children, they were reluctant to inform them.

Behind her back, she also cried secretly, but after wiping away her tears, she was the strong Hu Fang who always had a smile on her face.

In fact, most of the factory sisters who married back to their hometown are better off than her, and the original envy has become superior, to say that she doesn't feel anything in her heart, it is a lie.

However, the days are her own choice, and her life is her own choice, what can she do?

Fortunately, her husband has always understood her, and behind her back, he also said good things to her from time to time.

But, because of her brother and sister-in-law, she is a bit of a person inside and out. The younger brother stopped coming to the door after being complained by his mother-in-law, and the younger brother and sister learned about the younger brother and sister-in-law somewhere. also stopped her from letting her brother associate with her.

Over the years, my younger brother has become bigger and bigger, and people have become busier and busier, so I really can't take care of her. If she hadn't come to the door and begged for help, or maybe the younger brother would have forgotten what kind of life his sister was living.

That little newspaper kiosk was the only help her brother had for her.

She knew that her brother also complained about her in his heart, and he always felt that if she was willing to fight for him back then. Or, he can marry the girl he likes.

And the sister-in-law and the younger brother had the same idea, thinking that if she was willing to help them hide it. Or help them create the conditions, or the results will be different.

But back then, how could she have that guts?

If that were the case. It's good if the parents-in-law don't kill her with a knife!

Finally. Today, my sister-in-law finally understands her hardships and her dedication over the years.

She really doesn't ask for much, as long as her family understands her heart and understands the heart she has given to this family, she will be content.

What is money compared to health?

Now she regrets a little why she didn't remember to take her mother-in-law out before. Or, she made the decision earlier. The relationship between family members has changed qualitatively long ago.

Tell your husband and he'll be happy too.

There is also a daughter, who will come back today, knowing that her relationship with her sister-in-law has changed so much, her daughter will definitely be very happy.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

Several women were crying and laughing, and there was a knock on the door, and it was a worker who was sending wheelchairs.

After the three mothers finished eating, the workers also packed the wheelchairs, and looked at the big guy who stretched out a small bed and folded up to be a chair that was pushed away, and the old lady cried with joy.

It's been a few years, and her biggest range of activities can only be in the yard, and finally, she can go out to see the outside world again, and her days are no longer like a lifetime!

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One stop away from Wang Yan's house, next to the Shunxing Road station, is Wang Yan's parents' newsstand, the area is about ten square meters, the protruding platform is full of newspapers and magazines, the pavilion is some instant noodles, chewing gum, sausages, mineral water and other small commodities.

Wang Aiqiang is forty-nine years old this year, but he looks like he is fifty-four or five years old, a gray-haired woman with a slightly bent waist, he sits on a small stool by the door, staring at the people coming and going in a daze.

He has lived this life for six years, from the first time he was embarrassed to see acquaintances, to today's greeting acquaintances from afar, he himself doesn't know whether his changes are good or bad.

However, he is quite content, the laid-off workers together, as they get older, it is becoming more and more difficult to find a job, and a few of them see that he can support his family by this, and they also want to apply for such a place.

It's all thanks to his brother-in-law's light, but he also thinks about it in his heart, externally, he never talks about his family's high-ranking relatives, others only think that he will take this place because he did it early, one by one, they all say that he has good vision and good luck.

"Lao Wang, how about waiting for your daughter-in-law to bring you food?" The fat boss who opened a mutton restaurant below passed in front of his newsstand and said with a smile, "If you are hungry, drink a bowl of mutton soup first, and I will give you a 50% discount." ”

"No, no, no." Wang Aiqiang hurriedly waved his hand, "I'm not hungry, not hungry at all." ”

"You're worried about money, aren't you?" The fat boss smiled and went down the steps, and after a while, he came up and passed in front of Wang Aiqiang with a few packing bags, there are several office buildings nearby, and the noon meal is too busy, so the fat boss will do it himself.

When he returned, the fat boss had already wet his back, so he stopped beside Wang Aiqiang: "Discuss something with you, why don't you let your daughter-in-law help me deliver food at noon, I will give her 800 yuan a month, how about it?" ”

"Then what's so embarrassing, if she is free, just help you run errands." Wang Aiqiang said with a smile, "We have known each other for so many years, and it is not easy for you, so how can I ask for your money." ”

"You....." The fat boss stretched out his finger and pointed at him, "The elevator over there is often broken, I just climbed sixteen floors, if my sister-in-law doesn't take the money, am I embarrassed to let her help?" ”

"Then I'll discuss it with her when she comes, I can't make decisions about this." Hearing that he was going to climb the stairs, Wang Aiqiang hesitated, although his wife's body was okay, but after all, he was not young, if he went back to take care of his mother at noon every day, and then came back so tired, I am afraid he would not be able to stand it.

It's a pity that his legs can't climb such a high staircase, otherwise, he would have sent it, 800 yuan a month, which is also a big subsidy.

He pondered blindly, the fat boss had already run back to the mutton restaurant, the weather was getting colder and colder, and there were more people eating mutton soup, and he was really busy with his feet not touching the ground.

"Uncle ......"

A sudden call woke Wang Aiqiang from his contemplation, and when he looked at the voice, his face suddenly changed color, "Zhao Jian, what are you doing here?" ”

"Is Yan'er back?"

"Yan'er is also what you can call?" Wang Aiqiang glared at him hatefully, "You get out of here, get out immediately!"

Zhao Jian took a step forward and stared at Wang Aiqiang pitifully: "Uncle, it was all my fault before, I didn't know how to cherish it, I have realized my mistake, you support me to be with her, okay?" ”

"Aren't you married? What are you when I am my daughter? Wang Aiqiang was so angry that she picked up the book and slashed at him, "Haven't you hurt her enough?"

Seeing that she has just become a little lively, and you are going to provoke her again, what is your heart? Are you really willing to kill her? How can there be a man like you in this world? ”

"Uncle, what you scold is that I am a wolf, so now let me repay you as a cow and a horse, okay, I promise, in the future, I will treat you and my mother as my own parents and filial piety."

"We can't afford it." Wang Aiqiang turned his head to the side and stopped looking at him.

"Dad......"

"Don't shout!" Listening to the other party's direct upgrade from "uncle" to "dad", Wang Aiqiang was anxious, his daughter knew that although he and his wife were looking forward to their daughter finding a suitable family as soon as possible, they never thought about forcing their daughter.

The man in front of him hurt his daughter so deeply, and there must be a reason for him to suddenly make such a move at this time, he doesn't know, of course he won't mix it indiscriminately.

For more than a year, my wife has been looking around to introduce a boyfriend to her daughter, just thinking that she can let her daughter quickly get out of the harm brought to her by this man, and finally it has improved a little.

"Dad, I really know that I was wrong, Yan'er she doesn't forgive me, Dad, you used to like me a lot, I can only beg you, Dad, you can help me."

Wang Aiqiang's stopping, not only did not make Zhao Jian stop speaking, but instead intensified his shouting one by one, and the old lady who was selling needlework and socks at the stall next to him looked at Wang Aiqiang with a smile: "Old Wang, is this a son-in-law who has come to the door?" ”

"No, no, no." Wang Aiqiang hurriedly waved his hand and stared at Zhao Jian with a frown, "What do you want to do?" ”

"I want to marry Yan'er."

"Get out of here!"

"I want to marry Yan'er!"

"You want me to hit you with a bench before leaving?"

"I'm going to marry Yan'er!!"

Wang Aiqiang was so angry that he lifted the stool sitting under his buttocks and smashed it down at Zhao Jian, without dodging as he imagined, Zhao Jian stared there quietly with his eyes closed, motionless, Wang Aiqiang couldn't smash it.

After a while, he sighed faintly: "You go and beg Yan'er, as long as she agrees, her mother and I will not stop you." ”

"Thank you, Dad!" Zhao Jianxi grabbed his arm, "I knew that Dad liked me!" ”