Editor|The Man in Black at Aoyama
When my 83-year-old adoptive mother was seriously ill, I was not there to take care of her.
Even when it was time for the funeral, I was still delayed.
When I learned that my adoptive mother had transferred the old mansion to my name, I was subjected to various insults from my two elder brothers.
But the folks say it's right!
This article declares: The content of the article is purely fictional, please do not sit in the opposite seat!
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I was born in Henan in 1960, during the Great Famine.
Even if the government is implementing various measures for disaster relief, it is largely a drop in the bucket.
Unfortunately, I was born at that time.
That's why my biological parents abandoned me on the side of the road when I was 3 years old.
Just as I was about to lose my hand, a ragged woman picked me up.
And I also seemed to see the hope of life, even though my voice was hoarse, I still kept crying.
Little hands gripped her clothes tightly, and the woman carried me back to the house with a sigh.
And when the woman saw me, the people in the woman's family quarreled with her.
are accusing her of eating tree bark at home, and it brings a burden.
During their conversation, I heard the woman's name being Wang Sufen, and I hid behind her in fear.
And she kept me alone, but they seemed to hate me to the core.
My adoptive father had passed away before I arrived, leaving only my adoptive mother and two older brothers.
Therefore, the adoptive mother can only bear the burden of taking care of the family alone, but because of this, the two brothers have developed a very rebellious character.
Every time my adoptive mother was away, they called me an "outsider", called me a "wild cub", and even beat me all the time.
And threatened me not to let me tell my adoptive mother, otherwise it would be more serious next time.
I didn't want to cause trouble to my adoptive mother, so I took it on my own.
When I was old enough to go to school, my adoptive mother used the money from the basket to send it to school for tuition.
Although life was hard, my adoptive mother was like a ray of sunshine warming my heart.
My two older brothers were eight or nine years older than me, the eldest was called the Red Army, the second was called Jianjun, and my adoptive mother gave me the name of Jianguo.
Every time I came home from school, I would go down the mountain to pick up my adoptive mother, who was cutting wicker baskets up the mountain.
Each time I lit an oil lamp, and although the light was a little dim, it was enough to brighten my future.
I was doing my homework next to me, while my adoptive mother was weaving baskets slightly close to the light, so I was very careful not to disturb me.
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In this way, I grew up, and I was in time for the college entrance examination, which was resumed when I was 18 years old.
And I didn't disappoint my adoptive mother, and I was admitted to an undergraduate university with excellent grades.
At that time, the two elder brothers were also married, and they were around their adoptive mother all day long.
But at the end, there is always a sentence: "Mom, how much money did you leave behind when your father left?"
My mother, on the other hand, was always silent, and they could only return home in a huff, and I wanted to give up the path of going to school.
But my adoptive mother walked up to me and silently took out the money that was wrapped in three layers inside and three layers outside from her close-fitting cotton clothes.
said that it was the "coffin book" that her father left for her before leaving, and that it was better for me to study than to give it to two white-eyed wolves.
This is also true, because both older brothers set up separate homes after they got married, and only appear when they need the help of their adoptive mothers or when they talk about money.
The reputation among the neighbors is not even as good as that of my adopted son, and I am studying at the university while working part-time.
Every time I go home, I bring my adoptive mother a special product from near the school, or buy her a slightly more fashionable dress.
But I bought it, but I didn't see her go through, and every time I said her, she always smiled and said wait for next time.
Every time I buy clothes, I go home with new clothes, and when the neighbors on the street see it, they say, "Yo, the child has bought you something again."
My mother laughed and said nothing, and I didn't feel anything when I heard that.
But when I went out to pour the swill after eating and brushing the pot in the evening, I heard something from the neighbors.
I didn't hear it, but it seemed to mention my mother's name and I, so I crept closer.
Unexpectedly, I heard a piece of news that made me very angry.
It turned out that the reason why the clothes bought for her adoptive mother were not worn on her body was because sister-in-law Xiaoli would always go to the old house to search after she left.
even complained that her mother's family was poor and incompetent, and she was still a sick man, anyway, she usually just sold baskets, saying that it was better for her to wear this dress.
So every time I bought her, most of them ran to her house, and my brother turned a blind eye.
After that, I went home very angrily and asked my adoptive mother if it was true, and when I saw my mother's sad face, I knew it must be true.
The next day, I was already going back to school, so I went to my eldest brother's house after my mother left the house, pretending that I was going back to school the next day.
It was specially for my sister-in-law to hear, so that night, I specially sprinkled itch powder on the cotton clothes I had just bought for my adoptive mother.
As I expected, my sister-in-law ran to her hometown early the next morning, and began to grope in the wardrobe with ease, and sure enough, she found the brand-new cotton clothes.
And the mother still stood aside as usual, listening to the sister-in-law's complaints about her, scolding her for being a useless old thing, and then couldn't wait to put her clothes on.
After that, she kept chattering, but fortunately she didn't have to be arrogant for long, and the itchy powder began to work, and she started to keep going, and she seemed to have expected something.
So he began to point fingers at his adoptive mother, saying that she must have been doing bad things to harm herself, and just when she was about to put her hand on her adoptive mother's face, I couldn't endure it anymore.
I came straight out of the yard, grabbed her by the hand, and threw her to the ground, and she rolled around like a messy shrew, and the beam came to an end.
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The time of college was fleeting, and I graduated quickly, and I could have had a better way out, but I wanted to be closer to my adoptive mother because I missed her.
During my college years, I talked about a girlfriend Xiao Xiaoqin who was very close to me, and we met at a friend party.
It was only during the conversation that we all learned that we all had very bleak memories, so it was as if two wounded souls were comforting each other.
Soon we established a relationship, and after graduation, we couldn't wait to bring Xiaoqin home.
And her mother also likes Xiaoqin, but she encountered setbacks on Xiaoqin's family's side.
The reason is because they feel that their family background is average, and they have two older brothers, and family disputes will definitely be inevitable in the future.
And there is an elderly mother who follows her, and she has no stable job, so she disagrees with our affairs.
And I was in a dilemma, if I wanted a stable and well-paid job, I couldn't be with my adoptive mother.
If you want to be by your mother's side, then the relationship with Xiaoqin is impossible.
Under the urging of all kinds of pressure, I, who had never smoked, began to smoke all day long, and Xiaoqin also washed her face with tears all day long.
No matter how much I pretended to be happy, my adoptive mother saw through my disguise, so she said not to be held back by herself, and to be bold in what she wanted to do.
After hearing my adoptive mother's words, I couldn't hold back my tears anymore, obviously she was doing very unsatisfactory, but she still didn't want to let herself become a burden and drag me down.
So I promised to take her to the city after three faces, and a long-lost smile appeared on her wrinkled face.
But I never thought that the variables would also happen in the next three years, and if I had to choose again, I would definitely choose to stay with my adoptive mother without hesitation.
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At that time, the adoptive mother was 80 years old, although her body was still quite strong and she could control her own food and drink, but after all, her ability was limited.
Because she offended her sister-in-law, she never went to the old house again, and she also cut off a month's living expenses for her adoptive mother, although it was only a few dozen yuan, but it was better than nothing.
And the second sister-in-law is also a very selfish master, although she doesn't care about it completely like the eldest sister-in-law, but she is also very impatient.
Even this adoptive mother took great care of them when she was young, making them cotton shoes and knitting sweaters when it was cold.
But people's hearts are unpredictable, and people will only feel that it is far from enough, and hand over all their grievances to the "scapegoat" to replace, and the adoptive mother has become this "scapegoat", listening to their complaining life all day long.
But the adoptive mother didn't blame them at all, she prayed with a string of Buddhist beads all day long, and kept smiling all the time.
I also know all this, so I kept working hard to stabilize it, but it was reported that my adoptive mother accidentally fell at home, so I hurried home.
But my adoptive mother was very excited when she saw me coming, and kept talking and walking, walking, walking, and there were many neighbors present, and they all said that the adoptive mother was unwilling to drag me down.
Because she was taken to the hospital after a fall, she was also diagnosed with lung cancer, but both sons said that they had no money after hearing about the medical bills, so the old lady was sent home.
Hearing this, I cried again, it turned out that my mother had been wronged so much when she was away.
I knelt in front of my adoptive mother's bed, and my adoptive mother was in tears, and our hands were holding together, and I didn't know what to say for a while, so I could only keep shouting "Mom".
And she still touched my head as before, constantly comforting me, and after taking care of my adoptive mother for three days, the unit kept urging me to go back.
And the adoptive mother also told herself to go back, she was fine, but I was not at ease, and I would definitely not be at ease with the people at home.
So they went to the neighbors and asked them to take care of their adoptive mother in their spare time, and the adoptive mother had helped them at first, so they agreed without saying a word.
Since then, I have worked harder, Xiaoqin's parents agreed to our marriage after my job was stable, and I began to earn money day and night, hoping to pay for my adoptive mother's surgery as soon as possible.
As soon as the salary is paid, the money will be transferred to the neighbor, and the aunt will buy some supplements and medicine for the adoptive mother.
I thought that everything was going for the better, but I didn't expect that the old lady didn't wait for the day when I took her to the city to enjoy the blessings.
Once, after I got off work, I heard that there was a construction site that was rushing to work, recruiting temporary workers, and because it was a night shift, the salary was still very high.
So I went directly to register, and after finishing my work, I took an hour's break and then ran to work again, and after getting off work, I couldn't hold it anymore and fainted in the unit.
And I woke up after a day and a night, and when I woke up, I found myself in the hospital, and Xiaoqin was sitting next to me, and I didn't react, and she cried again with tears in her eyes.
At first, she thought she was excited to see that she was awake, but she didn't expect to hear one of the most difficult things for her to accept, she said that a neighbor called last night to say that her adoptive mother had died.
I can't remember the first time I've cried this year, but this time it was as if my heart had been taken away and my brain went blank, so I pulled the infusion needle off the back of my hand and went home.
But I found that the originally desolate home had become a mourning hall at this time, and the people of the eldest brother and the second brother's family were crying so much that I staggered to the coffin.
And the eldest brother and the second brother rushed forward and began to scold me, saying that I was a white-eyed wolf, and I should have stopped my mother from taking me home, but I was seriously ill and no one was seen, and I didn't come back in time when I was about to die.
And I was still in a trance, and my brain was full of memories of my adoptive mother, until one of my eldest brother's fists smashed on my face.
But the neighbors stopped and said that it was better to bury Sufen first, so they were no longer arrogant, the funeral was completed smoothly, and their ambitions were exposed.
It turned out that the sadness they cried at the funeral was all disguise, just to show their filial piety, so as to calculate the old house, but they didn't expect the adoptive mother to keep a hand.
That is, before he died, he wrote a suicide note and handed it to his neighbor, and then when the neighbor read the doctor's order, he found out that his mother had transferred the ancient house to him.
And they really changed their sad appearance, saying that it must be my plan, and I couldn't bear it anymore, so I reasoned with them.
"In the beginning, when my adoptive mother raised us alone and let you go to school and start a family, what did you do to her after that? Did you add a stitch to her? Where was your own son when she was bullied?"
These three questions directly really they were speechless, but my sister-in-law is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and she told me about the itching powder on my clothes at the beginning, and said that I was a scheming person.
The neighbors couldn't stand it anymore and told them all sorts of things, and gave me the will and the keys directly, and said that if they didn't believe it, they could call the police.
And they also knew that they were at a loss, so they went home, and then I kept filial piety for my adoptive mother for three years, Xiaoqin also waited for me for three years, and finally after the wedding, I took Xiaoqin to visit my adoptive mother.
Later, the old house was rebuilt, and a special room was left for the adoptive mother, and the children also remembered that the photo was their grandmother, and life improved.
Disclaimer: This article is pure fiction, and any similarities are purely coincidental!