Chapter 1: Is it a reflection of the light?
There is wind, blowing gently on my face, and it feels quite comfortable.
This is the only feeling that sleeping Hua Xiali feels at this time.
I don’t know how long it took before she slowly opened her eyes. Her left eye was swollen and painful. She couldn’t open it at all, so she could only open her intact right eye.
What comes into view is the earthen wall covered with newspapers. The whole room looks simple and empty, without even decent furniture, and there is a strong smell of Chinese medicine on the tip of the nose.
Looking at the light shining from the roof, Hua Xiali blinked in confusion. This was the old house she had lived in since she was a child. She had lived here for decades before and after marriage, and she couldn't be more familiar with it.
But later the land in the village was expropriated and the house was demolished. Why is this house still in good condition now?
And she clearly remembers that her ex-husband's mistress came to snatch her placement room and pushed her down the stairs. She was thrown to her old age and died. Is this a return to the past?
Looking back, I can see the house where I grew up, but can I see my family?
She misses her father, mother, eldest sister, eldest brother-in-law, little sister...
She missed them so much that her heart ached when she dreamed about them at midnight.
Can you let her take a good look at them one last time?
Or can she be reunited with them down there?
I didn't accompany them well during my lifetime. Let her stay by their side after death. She doesn't want to go anywhere.
"Xia Li, Xia Li, get up and have lunch." There was a crisp knock on the door and a familiar shout.
Hua Xiali was stunned when she heard this. Was she hallucinating? Otherwise, why did she hear her mother's voice, and the voice sounded so young, not old at all.
Did God hear her cry, know her regret, and let her take one more look at her mother before she died?
Thinking of this, Hua Xiali shouted excitedly, "Mom, Mom..."
Can she finally take a look at her mother?
Hua's mother was very worried when she heard Hua Xiali's urgent shouting. She hurriedly opened the door and walked in, "Xia Li, what's wrong? Are you having a nightmare?"
When Hua Xiali saw Hua Mu, she rubbed her intact right eye in disbelief and wondered, "Are you my mother? Why are you so young and beautiful?"
What is in front of her? Hua Mu looks like she's only forty at most. In her early appearance, her skin color was dark and yellow due to the exposure to wind and sun from farm work, but her facial features were very superior, with smooth cheek lines, clear jawline, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a high nose bridge, and no trace of excess on her face. of fat.
You can imagine how amazing you must have been when you were young, otherwise the three girls would not have been so beautiful.
Hua Mu thought Hua Xia Li was praising her, and a trace of heat rose up in her cheeks. She scolded, "You child, your mother, I am only forty years old. Of course I am young and beautiful." Then she left. He came over and sat on the edge of the bed, lowered his head and looked into Hua Xiali's eyes, "What did you say? You're so careless, why are you trying to get involved when you see those kids fighting? You're going to get engaged soon. How can you get engaged if your eyes are hit with rocks like this? I'll cook you some hard-boiled eggs later. Roll your eyes well..."
Hua Xiali listened to Hua's mother's nagging without any impatience. She felt particularly warm. When she heard the word 'engagement', Hua Xiali's eyes widened and she looked at Hua's mother in confusion. , "What kind of engagement is there?"
She is seventy or eighty years old and is about to be laid to rest, so what kind of engagement is there?
"Then Wang Liang and Ding Yong are chasing you so closely. No matter who you choose, won't you get married before the end of this year? But mom still supports you to choose Wang Liang, he My home is in the village next to me. It only takes ten minutes to walk there. , it is convenient for you to take care of the family, and there is only one sister in his family, so there is less trouble. Ding Yong’s family is too far away, and there are three sisters above. If you marry him, it will be like having four more mothers-in-law. You can’t handle it. ..." Mother Hua started talking nonchalantly again.
Hua Xiali only realized when she heard the names of Wang Liang and Ding Yong. Her mother was talking about what happened in 1990, when she was nineteen years old.
Before the Chinese New Year, she and her eldest sister went to the supermarket to buy new year's goods. They met Wang Liang and Ding Yong, two of her eldest sister's elementary school classmates. Wang Liang and Ding Yong pursued her fiercely at the same time. She listened. With the persuasion of her mother and family members, she chose Wang Liang, who was close to home.
She got engaged to Wang Liang in May 1990 and married Wang Liang in November.
After marrying Wang Liang, she gave birth to their eldest son the following year. A year later, when she found out she was pregnant again, Wang Liang disappeared and never came back. After getting back a penny, Hua Xia Li was pregnant alone and had to take care of the child. Her parents-in-law and eldest sister didn't help, and they always came to bully her.
Especially that eldest sister, she can do more things on her own than ten mothers-in-law.
Later, Hua Xiali raised her two sons with the support of her natal family. When the younger son was ten years old, Wang Liang came back with a pregnant woman. In order to give the woman a name After breaking up, he came back to divorce her.
It was also at this time that Hua Xia Li realized how useless Wang Liang was. It turned out that he had always had a girlfriend outside, but he couldn't afford the bride price of several thousand, so he went back to his hometown to see To Hua Xia Li looks beautiful Liang came over to chase Hua Xiali. In order to make Hua Xiali willingly stay at his house to serve his parents, he stayed at home for two years, just to let her give birth to a child, completely tie her heart, and then in When she got pregnant for the second time, he just ran away.
Because he knew that Hua Xiali couldn't live without him.
The reason why I came back for divorce is because my girlfriend is older, already in her thirties, and has to get married.
Hua Xiali is a high school graduate after all. She has studied in the city for several years, and she is not a fool. People have bullied her like this and made her suffer for twelve years. How could she let those two scum go so easily, so before going to get the divorce certificate, she went directly to the court to sue Wang Liang and his girlfriend.
Even if they can't get compensation, they still have to ruin their reputation, or have their children cut off any relationship with Wang Liang and no longer have any relationship.
And it can also be a reminder to women in rural areas. If your husband does not go home during the holidays and does not send money home, then there is probably a woman by his side.
After all, they are ordinary rural people, and their income is not high. If he raises one woman, he will naturally not be able to support a second one. But if he sends the money back home, the women outside will naturally be unwilling to follow him. Most men want to coax him to live with him. Women outside choose to treat their wives and children badly in their hometowns.
(End of this chapter)