Liu Genhu, male, 59 years old, a well-known "good man" in our village, helps this daughter-in-law sharpen scissors today, helps the old lady repair bicycles tomorrow, and goes to build a cowshed for the widow Wang in the next village the day after tomorrow, etc.
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In my memory, he is not tall, wearing a "liberation hat", although the clothes are not very new but very clean, when walking, he is used to poking his two hands into his sleeves, he has always been alone, if he meets the little daughter-in-law chatting on the road, the old aunt, he will definitely come forward to join in the fun.
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He has lived a single life for nearly 40 years, and whenever the owner gets married and the children of the west family are full moon, he can always see his busy but lost look in the crowd. At this time, some people will joke and say, you can find another one too, and he always said in an indifferent tone, "No, no, it's good to be alone." "I think he's probably still haunted by the past.
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Listen to the people in the village, Liu Genhu's parents died early, the family has no savings, and then when he was almost in his 20s, he found a daughter-in-law to get married, after marriage, he was lazy, often borrowed the time to dig flowers, usually there is no odd job in the village is not willing to do, and the life after marriage is relatively poor, so almost two years later, his wife went out to work with a man in the neighboring village, and has not been heard from since.
I remember one time, when I went to the street with my family, I happened to meet him squatting in front of a small stall selling garlic.
Ask the garlic seller: "Have you peeled your garlic?"
The garlic seller replied, "This is how garlic is sold, who will peel off the skin for you?"
He raised his voice and said, "Alas, you don't know, the daughter-in-law at home is very fierce, and she has to let me peel it when she buys it with skin, which is very annoying." It made the people around him laugh.
Just as we were chatting energetically, I noticed my family and I standing in the crowd, and it was obvious that his smile slowly became stiff and embarrassed, and his voice became quieter and quieter.
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I know that his heart at this moment should be embarrassed and slightly sad.
In fact, a woman is the backbone of the home, a home without a woman is imperfect, just imagine, when you are busy all day, there is no hot food when you come home, there is no one waiting for you to come home, the cold kitchen, the empty house, what is the point of not going home?
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Moreover, husband and wife themselves are complementary to yin and yang, whether it is life or physiology, they need to be solved.
Whether it is a man or a woman, it may be easier when you are young, you can feed the whole family without being hungry, and you can also go out to play cards with three or two friends when you are bored, chat for a while, and pass the time.
When you enter middle age, you must want to have someone who knows cold and hot, and in the dead of night, a person will definitely be in a daze at the empty room.
Not to mention when you are old, when you are sick, you have to have someone to help you serve tea and pour water, and someone to talk to.