unkind [rebirth]

Zhang Qiu told Du Guo that Yuan Mei's mother-in-law died unfortunately after being ill for a year, and they went back this time to attend the funeral.

Grand-in-law Yuan Mei's family lived in a nearby village, and the custom there was that on the first night of death, the old man had to stay in the funeral parlor for one day, and then sent to the funeral parlor for the funeral the next day.

The town where grandma's house is located is not far from the airport, and it only takes an hour to drive by myself.Du Guo and Zhang Qiu set off early in the morning. They thought they would arrive soon, so they didn't need their third uncle to pick them up. Unexpectedly, they encountered road construction and were stuck in traffic. When they arrived at grandma's house, it was already noon.

Zhang Qiu's family relationship with Yuan Mei was too far away, so he could have come here in person without having to work hard.However, Yuan Mei also watched Du Guo grow up, and her relationship with Zhang Qiu was not relative, but better than relative.Zhang Qiu has always known that Yuan Mei's family is not happy, but her upbringing is not to inquire about other people's private affairs casually, and Yuan Mei never asks for help to complain, so Zhang Qiu can only care about her silently. Call Yuan Mei, and send money to Yuan Mei as usual, for fear that Yuan Mei will suffer at home.

It's just that Yuan Mei returned all the money. She felt that she didn't work and shouldn't be paid.

Du Guo and Zhang Qiu missed the funeral and went directly to Yuan Mei's husband's house to attend the funeral banquet.But he didn't see Yuan Mei, but he saw Third Uncle first.

"Sister-in-law is here?" The third uncle was drinking with other men at the same table, when he saw Zhang Qiu, he immediately got up and greeted him. "Come in, I'll find you a place to sit."

It was the first time for Du Guo to see a funeral banquet held in the countryside.He went out in the morning and didn't eat anything. He bumped all the way up to now, and he felt sick to his stomach when he saw anything. Zhang Qiu was not much better than him. After the mother and son sat down, they didn't have any interest in the fish on the table, and only ate it symbolically. A few mouthfuls.

The third uncle made arrangements for the two of them to leave, no one at the same table knew each other, Du Guo and Zhang Qiu didn't speak, silently waiting for Yuan Mei to appear.

Yuan Mei's in-law's family name was Sun, they only saw a few Sun brothers welcoming and sending them off, but they couldn't see Yuan Mei for a long time.Zhang Qiu couldn't eat anything, so he simply stood up and went to find Yuan Mei.

"Mom, I'll go too." Du Guo looked out of place sitting here, he always felt that someone was looking at him, but when he looked up, he couldn't tell who it was.

"Row."

The two entered through the front door and turned several turns before arriving at the kitchen.Because of the large number of people eating, all earthen stoves and iron pots in the kitchen were requisitioned, and induction cookers and gas were also used.

Yuan Mei was frying vegetables profusely in sweat.

"Sister Mei." Zhang Qiu walked to the door and called outside instead of going in.

Yuan Mei turned her head in response, seeing that it was Zhang Qiu, her slightly frowning eyebrows immediately relaxed, and said in surprise, "Why are you here?"

The fat aunt who was adding firewood to the stove wiped her hands on her apron, smiled at Zhang Qiu friendly, and grabbed Yuan Mei's shovel: "You talk to the guests, I'll come."

Yuan Mei smiled gratefully at her, and led Zhang Qiu and Du Guo to the backyard: "I told you that my mother-in-law died not because I wanted you to come. Are you tired? Why don't you eat in the front yard? Du Guo will get points for the exam. Right? How did you do in the exam?"

"Eat." Zhang Qiu always spoke in a simple way. She took out an envelope from her bag and gave it to Yuan Mei: "He did well in the exam, so you don't have to worry about him. But you, the old man has gone, and you should go back to the city." Bar?"

Zhang Qiu hesitated to speak, his melancholy expression flashed past, and he said with a smile: "Let's talk about it after we've been busy for a while. I've been so busy today that I didn't treat you well. I can't ask for this money. Don't worry, both of you." Let's go, let's talk again when we are free for a while."

Du Guo could also see that Yuan Mei was busy, there were so many people in the front yard with their mouths open, Yuan Mei probably stayed in the kitchen the whole time.

Zhang Qiu stuffed the money into Yuan Mei's pocket. "Why are you being polite to me? Isn't it a funeral? Why do you still let you cook?" Yuan Mei looked very embarrassed, and Zhang Qiu couldn't help asking her.

Yuan Mei smiled indifferently: "Shall I save some money? It's okay, I won't be tired after cooking."

Yuan Mei didn't have that much time to chat with them, so she had to go back quickly after talking about it.Du Guo and Zhang Qiu found a table with few people and sat down, waiting for Yuan Mei to finish her work.

"Mom, which one is Aunt Yuan's husband?" Du hasn't been here for many years, so he can't tell who is who.

"Chatting with people under the tree... the square face, the puffy one..."

Du Guo looked according to Zhang Qiu's description and saw several that fit this characteristic.

Du Guo: "..."

The mother and son chatted one after another, during which Zhang Qiu would often walk away to answer the phone, but Du had no appetite and unknowingly filled his stomach with drinks.

"Mom, I want to go to the bathroom... um, where is the bathroom?"

Zhang Qiu thought about it in confusion, then smiled helplessly: "I really don't know, you should look for it."

"it is good."

The weather was stuffy and hot, Du Guo had long wanted to go for a walk, and called Luo Wei by the way.After finally finding the toilet and filling it with water, Du Guo ran under a big tree to enjoy the shade.

"Hey."

As soon as Luo Wei's voice came out, Du Guo immediately felt refreshed.He suppressed a smile and said, "Hey, I'm looking for my boyfriend."

"Your boyfriend is not here, it's the same if you have something to say to me." Luo Wei is always very cooperative with Du Guo, and every time he cooperates, he is very serious, as if he is talking to someone about business.

Not only did Du Guo not feel disappointed, but he also enjoyed it: "Oh, then tell him for me that his tall, mighty and handsome husband misses him."

Luo Wei finally laughed.

"I miss you too." Probably because Luo Wei's demeanor is too serious, the sweet words he uttered are particularly touching, even a simple sentence of missing you can make Du Guo hear the meaning of the pledge of eternal love.

"Ah! I miss you even more when I hear your voice..." Du Guo was on the phone while studying the ants on the tree trunk: "Can you hear me screaming here?"

"I can hear it, it's going to make my ears ring."

"Then listen for a while."

People in love always have a lot of nonsense to share with each other, and every sentence is considered important, so they can't spit it out.This state kills singles in seconds, and they can pass through a hundred steps by just relying on their voices. They will either be jealous to death by them, or they will be annoyed to death by them.

After being bored endlessly for a while, Du Guo had to say goodbye to Luo Wei.On the way back, I noticed that there were far fewer people in the front yard.

it is finally over.

Du Guo doesn't like crowds, especially in summer, when it's hot and noisy, it's easy to get headaches.When he walked to the door, his gaze was drawn to someone.

It's hard to ignore the real version of Shamat Boy.

The hair that had been bleached and dyed red was half-length but not short, and curled because of lack of nutrition, it was on the boy's head like withered grass.He is not good in appearance, because he is thin, his whole face looks like a monkey cheek.The young man has slender arms and legs, and is not tall, only reaching above his shoulders by visual inspection.Wearing a tight-fitting black vest, overly baggy overalls, and a pair of colorless sneakers on his feet, he realized that Du Guo looked at him and walked over generously.

"Dude, the earrings are pretty good. I'll take them for a price." The boy said to Du Guo in a nonchalant manner while chewing gum.After speaking, he pretended to blow a chewing gum bubble, but the chewing gum was not the kind of bubble blowing, and he almost spit it on Du Guo.

The word "pretentious" whizzed past Du Guo's mind. This unique temperament made Du Guo feel like a waste of air when he said a word.So he bypassed the boy directly, and hummed two words concisely: "Not for sale."

The boy probably hadn't been hit, so he followed Du Guo into the yard aggrievedly, and wanted to continue pestering him, but Du Guo's attention was completely off him, and there seemed to be quarrels coming from the backyard.

Du Guo was thinking about Zhang Qiu, so he walked very quickly with his long legs, and ran into the backyard in a few steps, and the sound of the quarrel was transmitted to his brain clearly.Especially when he saw Zhang Qiu being pushed by a man through the gaps in the sparse crowd of onlookers, he staggered and was supported by someone so as not to fall.

The anger burned to the top of his head in an instant, he aggressively pushed away others, and went to help Zhang Qiu first, but the scolding continued.

"Go, go, go, mom just closed her eyes and you were leaving, why don't you go die? Bitch, I'll kill you bastard!" The man who pushed Zhang Qiu cursed and slapped Yuan Mei vigorously. .

"I also want to earn money. I will be in high school soon, so there will be more places to spend money." Yuan Mei was tired all day, her face was numb with pain, and she felt extremely exhausted inside. She whispered a word of persuasion to her husband Sun Jiangang, while The woman eating melon seeds said bitterly: "Sister-in-law, does this mean that you don't plan to pay? People who do funerals have to support the family. Does it mean that sister-in-law's family needs money to raise children, but our family doesn't?"

When the woman said this, Sun Jian was furious, turned around and slapped Yuan Mei again: "Stinky bitch, you will embarrass me! Give me money!"

Du Guo made sure that Zhang Qiu was not injured, and turned around to settle the score with Sun Jiangang.The fat aunt I met in the kitchen before thought that Du Guo was going to fight, so she immediately stopped Du Guo.

"Children, don't be impulsive. Their husband and wife fight, and outsiders can't manage it. They may complain at that time. You are a child, don't interfere."

"Then you can't hit people." Zhang Qiu reasoned in vain. She saw Sun Jiangang beating Yuan Mei, and she wanted to stop her anxiously.

"I'll do it." Du Guo asked Zhang Qiu to stand aside, he went up and grabbed Sun Jiangang's wet collar, and dragged Sun Jiangang back several steps, away from Yuan Mei.

All the people watching the excitement around were related to each other. At this time, some people wanted to control but dared not speak up. Only Zhang Qiu stepped forward to help Yuan Mei.His face and body were injured, and his heart became colder and colder.

Sun Jiangang obviously drank too much, his footsteps were unsteady, and he almost fell down when Du Guo pulled him.He stabilized his figure, and realized that there was a junior in front of him, and he became even more furious.

"Who the hell are you, you brat, you're tired of meddling in my own business!"

The long-lost viciousness lingered around him again. Du Guo thought he would never fight again, but he was still too young.Violence is not the solution to the problem, the premise is to look at the object.Sometimes violence is not a solution, but a means.

Du Guo stared at Sun Jiangang with squinted eyes, and said coldly: "I shouldn't have fought with the elders..." Before he finished speaking, his hard fist had already slammed into Sun Jiangang's face.Then, the next words floated out:

"But if you hit a woman, you're considered a bullshit elder."

Du Guo's behavior can be regarded as treasonous. Sun Jiangang's body, which had been hollowed out by tobacco and alcohol for a long time, could not withstand Du Guo's full blow.The men who had been watching the fun put away their playful faces in an instant, and stood up one after another to seek justice for Sun Jiangang.

The third uncle hurried over to smooth things over: "Don't do anything, don't do anything, we are all a family, don't let outsiders see the joke. Du Guo, apologize to your uncle."

Du Guo is quite ignorant on this point, he only punched him and he was showing mercy, apology?Totally impossible.

"Third son, what do you do with your children? They dare to beat up their elders, so why don't you become a robber someday."

"What should we do about this matter! If you want to go like this, you can't do it! You have to give an explanation!"

The third uncle smiled and tried his best to wink at Du Guo, but Du Guo pretended he didn't see it, and simply checked Yuan Mei's injury.

Zhang Qiu couldn't take it anymore: "Sister Mei, come with us."

Yuan Mei shook her head: "I'm not leaving, I'm leaving, what should I do if I'm small..." Yuan Mei's eyes moved and fixed on the former Shamate boy.

It turned out that it was the grandson.It's just that Sun Zhuang stood idly behind the crowd, watching everything just now with cold eyes.

Zhang Qiu wanted to persuade him again, but Du Guo said first: "Aunt Yuan, what can you change if you stay? Let your son watch his mother being beaten by his father day after day? Let him follow the example and continue beating himself after he gets married. wife?"

"Du Guo!" Zhang Qiu warned and nudged Du Guo slightly, telling Du Guo to pay attention to his words and deeds.But Du Guo knew that now that Yuan Mei's heart was swinging left and right, he had to give her the heaviest weight.

"You gave birth to him and raised him because he served people outside in a low voice, and he didn't even dare to fart when you were being abused, he would just watch the fun from the sidelines. In the eyes of your son and husband, you are just a The cash machine is a slave, a poor wretch who can be beaten and scolded whenever he wants. You married a wimp and gave birth to a wimp. They don't know anything but gnaw your bones and eat your flesh. Still stupid, think about them!"

"Shut up!" Zhang Qiu was enraged by Du Guo's vicious words, and punched Du Guo in the chest.But Du Guo admits that if Yuan Mei doesn't go with them today, she won't have a chance in the future. All that awaits her is the hopelessness of darkness and the relief of death.

What is scolding compared to death?

Du Guo's words made Yuan Mei completely collapse. She covered her face and cried bitterly when Du Guo's words fell. This forbearing and gentle woman, she tried her best to convince herself to accept her failed marriage for many years, and worked hard to support her so-called family. The children all know that she is worse than a pig or a dog.

"Yuan Mei! If you dare to step out of this house today, I will not let you go! I will destroy whoever you find, see if I dare!" Sun Jiangang has brothers to back him up, and he doesn't take Du Guo seriously. , still clamoring loudly.

Du Guo was full of mean words waiting in his heart, but this time Zhang Qiu preemptively said in her ice-cold voice, "I'm waiting for you to destroy me."

After speaking, without looking at anyone else, she dragged Yuan Mei, who was streaming down her face, and left.

"It's really unfeminine, how decent is it to run with outsiders!!" An old man's old voice sounded from behind, Du Guo looked back and smiled, his eyes were full of sarcasm and sarcasm.With four fingers together, he made a gesture of wiping his neck, and before the other party chased him, he took out his wallet, took out all the hundred-yuan bills in it, and slapped them on the flowerpot table at the door.

The third uncle followed out annoyed, and his black taxi was at the door. "Let's go, get in the car."

Several people did not refuse, and quickly got into the car.The black taxi was shaken in the hands of the third uncle, and turned onto the dirt road in the countryside.

"Du, you are too impulsive, how can you talk back to your elders like that." When the third uncle saw someone coming out, he sped up and slipped away: "Your grandma will be angry again later."

"En." Du Guo perfunctory.Fortunately, there is third uncle's car, and it is also fortunate that he made a move today, otherwise it would be difficult to take Yuan Mei away.So he thanked him sincerely: "Third Uncle, thank you today."

If the third uncle doesn't care, Du Guo probably will inevitably have a fierce battle.But he has to protect Zhang Qiu and Yuan Mei, so he will be hindered everywhere.

The third uncle glanced at Zhang Qiu in the rearview mirror, "Forget it. I don't think I should go back to grandma's house. I'll send you off directly. To the airport or to the train station?"

This is exactly what Du Guo wanted, because returning to his territory should be his home field.