Chapter 17

When I was 12 years old, my mother suddenly became seriously ill, and I happened to be in the sixth grade of elementary school. Why Qiuyue took care of me for my studies? So I have been a primary school teacher. In that year, two years after I got married, my mother was completely admitted to the hospital. Because the hospital could be rescued at any time, the family could afford the expensive expenses. At the beginning, my father and I were at home, and Qiuyue took care of my mother alone in the city. However, since I was a child, it was the first time I left my mother's side. After a few days, I couldn't stand the longing for my mother. In the end, my father had to send me to the hospital and let me meet my mother and Qiuyue, the two women who are most important to me.

Qiuyue has to take care of her mother and me. Fortunately, I am already sensible at the age of 12 and help Qiuyue do some errand work. My father is alone in the village to take care of the fields. When I arrived at the hospital for a week, two strangers suddenly came to the hospital, wearing suits and tie, very rigorous. When the two strangers came, my mother drove me out of the ward. My mother, Qiuyue and the two strangers had done nothing in the ward. About an hour later, the two strangers left. Qiuyue and her mother were alone in the room for more than an hour. My family members of the patient in the next room were watching. When Qiuyue came out to pick me up, I saw Qiuyue's eyes were red, as if they had just cried. After I went in, I saw the weak mother, her face was pale, as if she was an old lady, and she was still young at the time. I didn't know who the two strangers were. Qiuyue and her mother talked about separately.

A day later, many people suddenly came to the ward, including relatives and villagers. My father and parents-in-law came, as if they were back to the scene of my marriage. They couldn't stay in the ward. The corridor chairs outside the ward were full of people, while my mother was lying on the hospital bed without moving, with an oxygen hood on her face, and her eyes were blinking very slowly. I was sitting by the bed. My mother's hand was tightly pulled me and clenched tightly. Her eyes kept looking at me. Occasionally, she would glance at Qiuyue and other children who grew up in rural areas. She did not receive pollution from the city, and she was still relatively simple. So at that time, she only knew that my mother was uncomfortable, and I was also uncomfortable, but she didn't know what to face next. My father and Qiuyue kept wiping tears. Occasionally, my father and Qiuyue would still put their ears close to my mother's oxygen hood, as if listening to what my mother said, etc.

Finally, I couldn't stand the sleepiness, so I fell asleep beside my mother, sitting on the chair, my face pressed on my mother's hand. It was already midnight, I really couldn't bear it. I just couldn't bear it. I was awakened by the crying. It was not alone. There were many people crying, including men, women, young people, and old people. I quickly opened my eyes and found that the doctor took off the oxygen mask for my mother, and then covered my mother's face with a white cloth. I saw that my mother's eyes were slightly open, and there seemed to be tears in the corners of her eyes. Her face and eyes were facing me. Qiuyue knelt on the edge of the bed and cried. My father, parents-in-law, and many relatives were crying. At that moment, I knew that my mother passed away and I completely lost my mother.

Wife, will my mother die? When I first arrived at the hospital, I asked Qiuyue with a look of fear.

No, my mother just got sick, and it would be better in a few days... Qiuyue smiled and comforted me like this. My mother also said this to me. The two women I believed most were my mother and Qiuyue, so I felt relieved at that time. I stayed in the hospital every day waiting for my mother to recover. But I didn't expect that after this day, I was already confused. My hand was still grabbed by my mother, and I was listening to the crying of the people around me. My tears also flowed down. Mom, why did you lie to me? Qiuyue, why did you lie to me too? I kept thinking about these two sentences in my mind at that time.

I was 12 years old that year, and my mother still couldn't bear it. The joy was just a blessing and aspiration. Feudal superstition had no practical meaning. I knelt in front of my mother's coffin with filial cloth. Qiuyue also joined me. According to our custom, the body would have to be kept for three days before it could be cremated and buried. I was crying in the funeral home. I was really not ready to lose my mother at that time. Thinking of myself without my mother, I really couldn't believe it. I thought my mother was just asleep and would wake up sooner or later. I always thought so in my heart that my mother had been cremated and turned into an urn. I went back to the village to bury her. I knelt in front of my mother's grave, just a small earthbow. At that moment, I felt that my sky seemed to have stepped down. Although I was still young at that time, I was much sadder than some adults. Fortunately, Qiuyue had been with me and comforting me.

Wife, I have no mother anymore... I have been lying in Qiuyue's arms several times and crying.

Don't be afraid, you and me, I will always be with you and take care of you... Qiuyue will hold me tightly in her arms and keep patting me. Speaking, during this period, Qiuyue and I are inseparable, and all the funerals are taken care of by my father-in-law and father.

After the mourning period, I came back to school and Qiuyue finally returned to school to teach, but I was in a bad mood. When I thought of my mother, I secretly wiped my tears during class and at noon. Qiuyue would hold me and comfort me at night. I lay on the familiar big bed on the second floor. Qiuyue hugged me tightly and patted me. Everything was the same, but there was no mother's microscope. The weak voice, without the cough of my mother, has finally calmed down now, but I am so unaccustomed to the fact that I had no other thoughts during that time, and even thoughts of touching Qiuyue's breasts. During that time, Qiuyue mainly hugged me in her arms, pressed my face between her breasts, and used her frankincense and heartbeat to comfort the injured me. It can be said that during that time, Qiuyue was better to me than ever, almost never leaving me, as if she was afraid that I would get lost.

Time passes day by day, and the pain in my heart gradually fades away. I slowly accept the reality of my mother's passing. It can be said that if Qiuyue was not there, I would not know how long this pain would last. Qiuyue took me meticulously. She was with me almost 24 hours a day, taking me to school, teaching, tutoring me homework, cooking for me at home, washing clothes, bathing me, and sleeping with me. It can be said that Qiuyue filled the gap that my mother lacked, this motherShe did the word, which was one of the reasons why I was so dependent on Qiuyue later. On TV, the child bride and mother-in-law were generally bullied at the house of the mother-in-law. They were washing clothes and cooking, and were similar to a free coolie and slave, but in our family, they almost didn't make Qiuyue suffer any grievances. Although Qiuyue also did housework at my house, etc., they did not force her. Even my father helped to do it together, and money, clothing, jewelry, etc. can be said to be treated like Qiuyue as a family member.

In the days to come, there was no mother at home, only father left. I and Qiuyue had no burden to take care of my mother. My father focused on the tea garden and Qiuyue taught with peace of mind. On weekends, my father and Qiuyue would take me to the tea garden on the mountain to take care of it. My father originally planned to put me at home, but Qiuyue was worried. Under Qiuyue's insistence, the two had to take me to the mountain. Qiuyue and her father inspected and sorted the tea garden. My father explained the knowledge of tea trees to Qiuyue, and I was catching insects and butterflies on the mountain. I had a lot of fun. When Qiuyue was working, my figure must be in her sight.

It was also from that time that my father handed over the financial power of the family to Qiuyue, treating her as the hostess of the family, and even handing over the tea garden to Qiuyue to take care of it. Everything began to gradually show signs at that time. However, I was still young at that time and just wanted to study and play, and didn't care about too many other things. Even if there were, I might not be able to find too many things. If my mother passed away later, even if I died as an adult, there might be so many things that made me feel uneasy later...