Yi's mother held up the hoe and looked at the green lettuce, yellow and brilliant peppers, red tomatoes and tan muddy water at her feet, and smiled like a child.
Mother Yi was seventy-eight years old. Ten years ago, I bid farewell to the city with my second wife and went to a farmer's house at the foot of the mountain in the suburbs to rent two bungalows and a piece of land.
The couple followed the farmer's instructions and planted a piece of land with vegetables and vegetables according to seasons and preferences.
Yi's mother's second wife is three years older than her. Ten years ago, because her wife was ill and unwilling to stay in the hospital for the "last time", Yi's mother ignored the persuasion of her children and accompanied her wife to a rural life with backward medical facilities but basically meeting the needs of life and a health center.
Ten years have passed, and my wife's body coexists peacefully with the disease in the green mountains and green waters.
When Yi Mama was young, she was an ordinary woman who could not be seen in the crowd. Strangely, Yi Mama's peach blossoms are particularly numerous.
Because her family was poor, when Yi's mother was in elementary school, she rode her father's bicycle to the construction site like a boy to sell bread and drinks.
In the sweltering heat of the summer, the little Yi mother straddled the triangle bar of the bicycle, circled uphill and downhill, and whenever the hair stood on the construction site like it was fished out of the water, the migrant workers could not help but empty the bread and drinks that Yi Mama brought.
In the cold winter, Yi's mother and mother got up at four o'clock in the morning, went to the coal yard to pick up the unburned coal cores, and then weighed and recycled. Because of the remuneration calculated by the pound, the thin yi mother will always pick up an hour or two more than others.
In addition, Yi's mother also learned to pull grass to raise rabbits, go down to the river to touch snails... Throughout adolescence, Yi's mother was sexlessly busy.
It wasn't until after work that Yi's mother found out that the female companions around her had boyfriends. Some of them have been talked about several times.
Mom urged Xiao Yi to have a boyfriend, saying that there are so many boys around, you can see if there is a suitable one.
Xiao Yi found that the small partners around him had so many opposite sexes. They tried and invited many times, and Xiao Yi did not understand it, but learned to help their friends "pair up".
First love is a chance encounter that hits by mistake. Years later, Xiao Yi realized that the song "Later" was so true to write her original and later.
The second love affair is a righteous act of self-casting netting. In order to help his girlfriend shake off the boy's entanglement, Xiao Yi "lost" himself into it.
The third time, that is, the first marriage. In the past twenty years, Xiao Yi has experienced domestic violence, cheating, and finally waited for his children to go to college and went through divorce procedures.
His wife Liu Wenhao's first love was severely damaged, and his first marriage was "divorced"... After more than ten years of "not knowing day and night". The illness is that the root is left behind at that time.
More than half a hundred years old, the two people have known each other. Two years later, the two married.
During the relationship, the two had many arguments. What ultimately supports Yi's mother to go down is Lao Liu's body.
Old Liu was in poor health. The only son works in the field and has no time to take care of it.
Yi's mother accompanied Lao Liu to seek medical treatment, and the doctor said that Lao Liu's bad temper was caused by the compression of nerves by brain tumors.
From childhood, Yi's mother was educated to be "kind to others and happy to help others". Coming out of the hospital, Yi's mother did not tell her child about Lao Liu's condition, and decided to stay and take care of Lao Liu, which made Lao Liu's father and son very surprised.
For more than half a year, Old Liu became more and more dependent on Yi Mama. If you don't see it for a while, you have to find the bedroom from the kitchen.
After the two got married, Yi's mother accompanied Lao Liu back and forth between the hospital, home and park.
The last time he went to the doctor, Lao Liu heard the patient's friend say that he would return to the countryside to recover better, and he also wanted to live in the countryside.
Yi's mother entrusted someone to rent the house, and at the same time entrusted the owner to help clean up a little.
Before going down, Yi's mother also did a full-body physical examination. There are many diseases of the elderly. Yi's mother did not tell the child the results of her own examination, simply packed up some clothes, rented a car, and came to the countryside.
Wake up during the day in the countryside to the barking of chickens and dogs. After a simple wash, walk from the path in front of the door to the field and inhale the air with the fragrance of the earth mixed with the wind. In the fields, the early farmers are sweating.
It was getting dark early in the countryside, it was quiet enough to hear the chirping of insects, and the night fell. Simply wash up and go to bed.
Seeing that the couple was fine, the hospitable farmer suggested that they also rent land to grow vegetables.
Following the farmers, the couple planted seeds, planted beans, raised chickens... Eat your own greens, pick up eggs with heat... Occasionally go to the health center to hang bottles and injections.
Ten years have passed, Lao Liu's body has recovered well, and Yi's mother's appearance is much better than before going to the countryside.
Friends came to the countryside to see Mother Yi, and they were envious, saying that they also wanted to plant vegetables and raise chickens on the plate, and live a life of "working at sunrise and resting at sunset".
Yi's mother laughed and listened, thinking about the initial choice to come to the countryside, and no one supported it. From young to old, each choice leaves different regrets, but each choice makes you gain more.
"I really want to break the past, let tomorrow continue well..." Old Liu's mobile phone rang. Be well, waiting for you to come. Old Liu put down his mobile phone and said happily: "Wife, the children will come tomorrow." ”