Compared with Gongli Town, Xieji Town seems to be far behind.
The name Xieji Town sounds a bit strange to outsiders.
There is a little story involved here.
It is said that in ancient times, the Kang surname was the only rich one here, which aroused the jealousy of the three neighboring surnames, so the three surnames united and built a Sanji Temple to make "Cran (Kang)". Later, the surnames developed in a balanced manner. In order to thank the "Three Chicken God", it was renamed "Xieji" town.
The story is not very glorious, but the name Xieji Town has been retained.
In addition to Xieji Town, there are also Xieji Ridge, Xieji River, Xieji Village, etc.
Li Zhen is from Xieji Village.
He worked in a furniture factory in the county, but he didn't go to work in the past two days and asked for leave from his boss.
Because his father died.
After losing his mother when he was young, now his father is gone too.
Li Zhen, a forty-year-old man, burst into tears. In addition to being sad, it's more of a relief.
Yes, relief.
Prior to this, his father, Li Xiangliang, had suffered a stroke and was paralyzed in bed for more than half a year.
It is said that there is no dutiful son in bedside for a long time. Li Zhen thought that he had done his best, eating, drinking, sleeping, and taking care of everything. However, his father never gave him a good look until his death.
It can even be said that the attitude is harsh!
People in the village asked him more than once if he had picked it up, otherwise why would it be like this?
Happy families are all alike, and every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Li Zhen has lost his mother since he was a child, and Li Xiangliang is incompetent and has a bad temper. He likes to get angry with his brothers and sisters, beating and scolding them at every turn.
If it was just like this, forget it, but Li Xiangliang doted on his uncle's children and gave them all good things. On the contrary, he never looked at the Li Zhen brothers and sisters.
Can you say that such a person is a qualified father?
Li Zhen went out to work before finishing junior high school. The reason was that his family was poor and his grades were not good, so he was not allowed to study.
In fact, his grades are pretty good.
I worked in a black factory for three years, and my monthly salary was sent home on time, and I kept 200 for food.
Even if Li Xiangliang scolded me for just 200 yuan, why not send it all back?
Li Zhen, a half-year-old child, could only hide in the toilet and cry secretly.
In Li Xiangliang's world, it seems that apart from beating and scolding children, there are no other educational methods. So much so that the people in the village couldn't stand it and said it many times.
However, some people's bad habits are just like that and cannot be changed.
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When he was 20 years old, Li Zhen took his girlfriend back.
The family was still a tile-roofed house at that time and was so poor that they didn't even have a new quilt. The girl didn't mind it, but Li Xiangliang disagreed and said he was short, so he drove him away.
Since then, Li Zhen has never talked to anyone, no matter which relative introduced him.
He finally understood that he must have committed too many sins in his previous life, so he had to be treated like this in this life.
It wasn't until I was nearly 40 that I found a second marriage to a 38-year-old man whose children are now in the third grade of junior high school.
Li Xiangliang was naturally very angry and had all kinds of objections.
But this time Li Zhen didn't care.
Anyway, he brought it back and showed it to his father. He knew that it was enough to have such an extra person in the family. They usually rented a house in the city and only went back to Xieji Village on Saturdays and Sundays.
Li Xiangliang howled everywhere, saying that his son would no longer be a father when he had a wife, and that he had no conscience and had raised such a child in vain.
It's a pity that Li Zhen is determined not to go back and face his stinky face.
In fact, the woman he found named Wang Ying was not reliable either. She was a bad gambler and owed tens of thousands of dollars in debt. It was because of this that she divorced her ex-husband.
However, Li Zhen had already looked away.
At his age, he has no skills to make a living and can only work hard. It would be great if someone is willing to live with him.
He can help pay back the money owed, as long as the two of them can survive.
A home is only considered a home if it has a mistress.
Otherwise, like his father Li Xiangliang, a man raising three children would only destroy the children.
He also treats Wang Ying's daughter from her ex-husband as his own child.
Considering that the child is about to take the high school entrance examination, I bought various tutoring materials for him and helped him sign up for tutoring classes. He received a box of high-calcium milk and a box of daily nut snacks every month.
What does it matter if it is your own biological child?
Some people's biological things are worse than those they picked up.
He is old and just wants to have a complete family.
Until one day, Li Xiangliang suffered a stroke.
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After Li Zhen got the news, he hurried back to the village, contacted an ambulance, and sent Li Xiangliang to the hospital overnight.
The patient was rescued, but he was left with the sequelae of hemiplegia. The doctor said that with more massage and exercise, things would gradually get better.
Li Xiangliang lay in the hospital for less than half a month before being discharged and returned home.
Ironically, none of the nieces and nephews he considered his own came to see him when he was in the hospital. Instead, the three brothers and sisters Li Zhen, who had been disliked since childhood, were waiting around 24 hours a day.
Especially Li Zhen, who had to carry both feces and urine, so he only slept three or four hours a day, for fear that he would feel uncomfortable.
Unfortunately, all I got was complaints and abuse.
The patient in the next bed in the same ward was in disbelief when he saw it. Is this person seriously ill? His son has been taken care of so well and yet he is still not satisfied? If it had been him, he would have killed such a thing long ago.
In short, Li Xiangliang was discharged from the hospital.
I just temporarily lost my ability to take care of myself.
Li Zhen was worried and could only go back to live in Xieji Village. He rode his motorcycle back and forth between the village and the county every day, no matter the sun or rain.
Wang Ying was unwilling to return to Xieji Village, let alone take care of Li Xiangliang, a half-dead old man, so she stayed in a rented house in the county.
Days like this lasted for several months. It was not until Li Xiangliang's condition improved that Li Zhen returned to live in the county.
Wang Ying seemed to have started gambling again, not a penny of her salary was left, and she still wanted to ask him for money.
Li Zhen refused, not intending to give her the money to waste. He would rather pay for his stepdaughter's living expenses and contact the school teacher instead of being led astray by this woman.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long.
Li Xiangliang suffered a second stroke and became paralyzed. Li Zhen had no choice but to return to Xieji Village, where he stayed for another half a year.
The old man probably really can't survive this time.
In the early days, I could still eat and drink, but later on I started talking nonsense, and my body lost weight visibly, until I was reduced to skin and bones. I cry at every turn, saying that I don't have much time left, and no one cares or takes care of me when I get old.
Li Zhen didn't want to say anything anymore, he had already done his duty.
On this day, Li Zhen woke up early as usual to cook pork porridge and fed it to his father, only to find that he could not wake up.
I should have gone there in the middle of the night.
Li Zhen knelt in front of the bed blankly, holding the thin and cold hand, and couldn't help but start sobbing, and then gradually turned into howling.
He no longer has a father.
On this day, grapefruit leaves are hung on the doorsteps of every house in Xieji Village.
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The funeral was arranged simply because there was little money.
Li Zhen called Wang Ying back, and no matter what, the two of them received the certificates.
The two sisters who were married outside also came back with their brother-in-law for the funeral. With the help of several uncles and elders, they invited a master to put Li Xiangliang in a shroud and put it in the coffin.
With the noisy sound of suona, gongs and drums in his ears, Li Zhen stood at the front of the team, wearing clothes and filial piety, with a dull expression and red and swollen eyes.
I can't cry anymore.
When I came out of the funeral parlor, the person who was fine yesterday was now an urn in my hand.
The cemetery has been chosen. It is on the same hill as his mother whose face he can't remember, but not close to each other.
He was afraid that the old guy would bully her.
The funeral is over.
We left and dispersed. Relatives and friends just gave a few simple words of comfort. After all, anyone who said they felt the same was a lie. People's joys and sorrows were not the same.
But the deceased is gone, and life still has to move on.
However, what people didn't expect was that things didn't end there.
I got stuck and it took me a long time to finish it, but I didn’t want to take a day off. I love coding so much! This chapter is a bit short, I’m going to take a nap and come back tonight~
(End of chapter)
