C172 (1/2)

Ever since Yu Meng left without a sound, Duan Hong felt as if he had lost something in his heart. This feeling was like a calamity that had gone down her spine and emptied her of everything. Actually, but judging from her age, Duan Hong was not old at all. However, her face that had been ravaged by the passage of time had long since been riddled with wrinkles.

When Duan Hong looked at himself in the mirror, he saw his own fish-tail stripes, the wrinkles on his face, and some freckles. Her skin was getting rougher.

In rural areas, she would go out every day to work, or to work. The people she met were all people from the village, and everyone could talk about it. However, after Tang Tianbao had taken her to Chaozhou City and moved into a high-rise building, her circle of living had become smaller. Every day she barely went anywhere but down to the market to buy food. In this neighborhood, she didn't know anyone and didn't know who to talk to. The city was developed, but the people were alienated. She had always felt that there was a layer of estrangement between people. Perhaps it was the estrangement between the countryside and the cities. It was a type of feeling of inferiority that Duan Hong could not put into words.

Duan Hong usually went to a small restaurant in front of the district at around 5 PM to buy vegetables. Over time, she met a woman about her own age who also went out to buy vegetables, and their timing was the same and punctual. They walked out of the same unit one after the other, out of the same neighborhood, and finally to the same grocery store. Almost at the same time, they placed the dishes they had chosen in front of the shelf and started settling the accounts. Carrying their respective dishes, they walked back to the same district, the same unit. After a while, the two of them got to know each other. Duan Hong began trying to talk to that person.

”Buying vegetables?”

”Yeah, that's right.”

At first, it was just a simple greeting, but when they met, they would only say a single sentence. Or perhaps, there was only a nodding and smiling face. Later Duan Hong found out that Zhang Shuhua lived alone, her son bought a house in the city, and her old wife went as well.

Be compassionate and compassionate with each other.

Duan Hong started chatting with his neighbor downstairs. Every day, they would all go to the grocery store together, talking and laughing along the way.

Duan Hong knows that person's name is Zhang Shuhua, his hometown is Hebei. She married later to Chaozhou. Her wife had died many years ago, and she had lived by herself all these years. She looked optimistic and strong, but her hair was mostly white. After all, the loss of her father was a huge blow to her.

The two of them were equally bored. They had plenty of time, but they didn't know how to spend it. Zhang Shuhua started to ask about Duan Hong's family affairs. Sometimes, what women couldn't avoid together was discussing their own family matters, because other than these housewives being familiar with their own family matters, they knew almost nothing about the outside world. Other than the topic of their families, they didn't know what else to talk about.

Duan Hong had no qualms about talking about family matters. She had frankly told her neighbors downstairs about her family's situation; however, Zhang Shuhua was an open person, so she had no qualms about it.

Duan Hong said, ”Right now, I'm only relying on my son to survive.”

”You have a son with you. I can't do it. ” Zhang Shuhua said in envy.

”Don't you have girls as well?” Duan Hong hinted.

”Yes, there is. ”It can be considered as having both a child and a child.” As Zhang Shuhua spoke to here, she couldn't help but let out a sigh. However, she continued to speak, ”There is no difference between having one and not having one. This city not only has my children, but also a relative, but these things are all useless to me, just a memory. ”

”How can you say that?” Duan Hong was curious. This is better than nothing. What's going on?

After asking, Duan Hong suddenly felt that something wasn't right. Since Zhang Shuhua said there was a difference, it meant that her son and daughter had some sort of role to play.

Zhang Shuhua was silent for a moment. She did not want to answer Duan Hong's question. She did not want to reveal her family's shame.

Duan Hong knew that he had said the wrong thing and hurriedly changed the topic, ”The weather today is really good, so it's suitable for us to walk around. It'll probably get hot in a few days.”

Duan Hong brought Zhang Shuhua's brain over, but she still hasn't recovered from the memory. Although she knew that her family was shameful and untouchable, her own children were too unfilial. She didn't want to talk about their wickedness, but she always felt that her heart was a bit unbalanced.

”Sigh, my children are unfilial.” Zhang Shuhua sighed.

”Oh?” Duan Hong asked.

”You don't know, they hardly ever come to see me. Although I live in the same city as them, it is harder than climbing into the sky to meet them. You see, it doesn't matter if I have children like that right? ” Zhang Shuhua lamented as he silently lamented in his heart.

”Big sis, don't say that.” Duan Hong persuaded Zhang Shuhua and put her hand on her shoulder, ”Look, didn't your children buy you that big house? They are busy with their work, so as parents, we should be more considerate towards them. ”