daily quirks

Chapter 1 Dutiful Son
Passing by the side of the street in my free time, I saw a middle-aged man living in a utility room on the street that was about to be demolished. The man seemed to have lived in the utility room for many years. Since I moved here, it seemed that he had lived there for many years. .The utility room where the men live is the same as the utility room where everyone parks bicycles and electric vehicles. It is very small, not ventilated and light-proof, and the door cannot be closed at night when sleeping, otherwise it will be very stuffy.But they all live in the utility room, so they are not afraid of thieves. It's nothing important, but the man doesn't think so. He put a chain on the utility room door. After the chain is hung, the door leaves a small opening for ventilation. Outsiders can't come in either.On the innermost shelf of the utility room were all his belongings, a set of imported tools.It is the kind of electric tool imported from abroad, it is still charged, what kind of hand grinding wheel, etc., every time I take it out and read it, the man will wipe it with a clean cloth, wrap it in a plastic bag, and put it back in the box. The room is full of dust, but there is no dust on the tools.The man lives alone in the utility room, without family or friends, watching a small black and white TV the size of a palm, a day goes by, sometimes he picks up some wooden squares or glass, and makes some gadgets, such as tool shelves Lah, small stools, small tables and so on.

Later, when I was eating in a small restaurant, I heard someone talking about a man, and everyone laughed and called him dutiful son.

Yes, this man is an out-and-out dutiful son.The man originally lived in Shanghai when he was young, and his father was a native of Shanghai. Because he was addicted to gambling, he was pushed on the table in a gambling game.His mother is from Northeast China. Hearing that the man was taken to the casino by his father, she rushed to the casino and found that her child was pressed by her husband on the gaming table as a bet. The child divorced her husband and returned to her natal home.

After returning to her natal home, the man's mother sold milk, sold clothes, opened a snack bar in order to raise the child, and finally found a job and joined a public institution by relying on her father, who was the chief engineer.The man's mother lost her husband and her youth, and found a one-eyed man to marry. From then on, she focused on the man, guarding her only son every step of the way.Every time a man goes out, his mother always finds a way to call him back. The excuse is that the heart is uncomfortable, the blood pressure is rising, and so on. After many troubles, the man knows that although his mother is indeed a congenital heart disease, every time he is sick It was because he lied that he was uncomfortable and wanted to tie him up, so the man didn't take care of him, he still played with himself and went home on time.But the man's mother was not reconciled. She was not reconciled to her son being snatched away by others, so she began to deliberately remember the phone number of the man's friend.Every time the man went out, his mother would call his friends one by one, gently warning her that she was not in good health and not to keep asking her son to go out to play.Once or twice, three or four times, where would anyone be willing to find a man out?Several times of love, but also in the phone calls, fell through.

It wasn't until the man was 27 or 24 years old that the man's mother realized that the man was old and should get married, so she asked someone to introduce a woman from Hebei.This woman is [-] to [-] years old, her family is good, she is unmarried, she sees that the man is hard-working, and usually repairs home appliances, and doesn't care if the man has money, so she gets married after coming and going.

On the day of the wedding, the atmosphere was still very good. The man was handsome when he was young, with a high nose bridge, fair skin, tall and thin, and there was a clear contrast between his suit and his usual oil and dirt. one light.The wedding went smoothly. On the wedding night, the mother who lived in another house paid a surprise visit, and she slept on the sofa in the man's wedding room without saying a word. She had a fight with his stepfather and had no place to live.Normal people would not have thought that their wedding night would turn out like this. Sure enough, the next morning, as soon as the mother left, the newly married woman quarreled with the man. The man knew that it was his fault. If it wasn't right, he apologized repeatedly, and the woman finally forgave him.

Men go to work earlier than women, and every time they go out early, women wake up in the morning and don't want to cook, so they often go downstairs to buy breakfast, but after a month of marriage, the man's mother will take advantage of the man to go to work every day When I went, I opened the door openly and came in blatantly. If I saw a man resting at home, I pretended to care about my son and said that I was here to deliver the buns; Huiyin and Yang will say strangely, why are you so greedy, you eat buns every day, and you are so poor.The woman was stunned immediately, and said, I bought it with my own salary, and I am happy.Then the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had a big fight in the stairwell, and then the woman went to work angrily. When she saw the woman walking away, the man's mother would pick up her phone, dial the man, and complained with snot and tears, saying How does his new daughter-in-law scold her.

The man's first marriage lasted less than a year amid repeated provocations and quarrels.The man's mother seemed to think that she was a general who had won the battle. While comforting her son, she scolded the woman and the woman's family that they were not things, and at the same time pretended to be very enthusiastic to find a new partner for the man.How could a man not know?So I refused. Although my mother did not do it right, at least it was very hard for my mother to give birth to him and raise him. I couldn't do this, so I didn't say anything.

Until the man was 31 years old, the Internet was developed, and the man met her in the game. She was young, beautiful, gentle and pleasant. The man felt that love really cared for him for the first time, but the failure of the first marriage made him He was more careful, vaccinated her in advance, and lived in her home directly after getting married.The woman's parents also disliked the man's second marriage and lack of money, but his daughter likes it, so what can he do?The two got married.

Because I usually live in the woman’s home, and the woman’s home is in the provincial capital city, and the man’s home is in another city. At that time, although the transportation was convenient, but because of the distance, the man’s mother didn’t come to the door. Maybe he felt that his visit was an away game, and the chances of winning were not great. Bar.Until later, the man's mother lied about having a heart attack and asked the man to go home, which successfully tied the man to her. This time, the man's mother knew that her child would not give up on this woman so easily.But things don't always go as expected. The man's mother felt that she could no longer control her son, so she tried to keep him and her at home.So the mother of the man worked so hard, made insinuations, and did all kinds of spy-like activities. Finally, she lived up to expectations and got all the contact information of her friends.History is always surprisingly similar. Every time they go out, before they arrive at the appointed place, they will receive a call from a friend, saying that the man’s mother has a heart attack and is going home. The man naturally knows about the situation, but her friend does not. As long as this is a man who has won a wife and forgot his mother, he has less contact with them and never asks them to go out.And those who knew the truth were unwilling to take the risk, so they were not asked to go out.

The trick of the man's mother made this active couple obediently stay at home and not go anywhere except to go to work.But the man's mother felt that this was not enough. Such an excellent child of hers was fascinated by this slutty woman. This kind of woman must be driven far away and not close to her precious son.So the man's mother felt that it was time for the ultimate kill.

Her job is very easy, because it is also a public institution, with good benefits, and short and leisurely working hours, so she spends a lot of time at home. She can't go out, so she can only play games and watch movies at home.In the beginning, life was still very easy. Men loved her, and they were not willing to let her do housework. The men would prepare her meals at home before going to work, put them in the pot and eat them immediately.And this kind of caring behavior, in the eyes of a man's mother, is that this prodigal woman has confused her son to the point of failure. Otherwise, how could she do what such a woman should do? My son should work hard and make money to honor himself. Can you respect other women?So every time she is at home when she has nothing to do, the man's mother will always come to the door, finding faults and quarreling, and then she has been held in the palm of her hand since she was a child. You will see your daughter-in-law sitting in front of the computer coldly, looking at him without saying a word.The man, who was already very impatient to be sued by his mother, saw this, and immediately came up, and then there was another big quarrel, quarreling, and the man understood everything that happened, so he started to apologize and started Coax, but he has no other choice. Who told him that was his mother?It is not easy to work hard to give birth to yourself and support yourself.

Later, she changed the door lock and prevented the man's mother from entering the door. When she came back to live for almost a year, one day she was sleeping on the bed and heard her door being broken. Just as she was about to get up, she saw the man's mother angry. Chong Chong rushed in, pulled her who was lying on the bed and was about to get up, and dragged her to the floor. After pinching and kicking, she rushed to warm up under her body, a stream of blood came out from under her body, and she was full of blood. His face turned pale, and the man's mother ran downstairs in fright when she saw this.Enduring the severe pain, she crawled to the bed and got through 120.Sure enough, she miscarried.

When she finished all the operations and came out, she woke up and saw the man, and she burst into tears. The injuries all over her body, her child, and her lifelong infertility, all the grievances gathered, and she cried in the dark .The man felt that he was really sorry for her, and he tried to find a solution while comforting her.But what can I do?That is my own mother. It is not easy to give birth to and support myself.

After crying a lot, she seemed to understand something, and resolutely asked for a divorce. Maybe she knew that no matter what she did, she would never be able to surpass his mother's status. No friends, no more children, guarding a husband, playing games at home for a lifetime.

After the divorce, the man lived alone in the house where he got married. The original wedding room was rented out to someone else, and he moved to the original study room. He built a bed with two or three bed boards. I have nothing on the TV, and I don’t go out to work. I sit in the room and drink every day, looking at the palm-sized black and white TV that can only receive two channels for a whole year.Seeing the man's state, the man's stepfather couldn't bear it, and started talking to the man's mother.The man's mother felt that she was doing the right thing. It was the fault of that promiscuous woman that the man would become like this. It was all her who charmed her son. She just did what a mother should do, but the man she looked down on actually said that about herself .The two had a big fight, and the man's mother had a heart attack and was sent to the hospital.

In order to save his mother, the man sold the house where his mother and stepfather lived, performed an operation on his mother, and then took his mother and stepfather to live in his wedding room.When a man's mother sees what her child is doing, she is like a rooster that has won a fight. She feels that her years of hard work in raising her have not been in vain. Her child finally knows her hard work and is willing to take care of herself.

The man doesn't know that his mother thinks so, just silently taking care of the two elders, and then spends free time in his room, watching a small black and white TV, drinking wine, 24 bottles of beer in glass bottles a day, and then drinking white wine , Drink until you fall asleep in a daze, then stop, and drink again when you get up the next day.The man's mother feels that there is nothing wrong with having a little hobby, just drink it and don't care about it, as long as he can treat herself well, isn't that enough?
The man watched black and white TV and news broadcasts all the year round, and gradually became fascinated by the broadcast. He bought a computer and started to learn by using the computer.The man's mother felt that something was entangled with her precious son again, and her son ignored her because of this thing.Therefore, every time the man is reading the manuscript, the man's mother always finds various reasons to interrupt.Because after the last illness, the man's mother was a little bit paralyzed, with weak legs and feet, and no strength in one hand.Although the man feels annoyed by his mother's interruption, he will go over to take care of her immediately. Although the man is talented in broadcasting, he has always been in a state of imitation without breakthrough.But the man is already very content, at least he has other things to do, so he won't just sit around doing nothing every day.

All the relatives only regard the man as a dutiful son, and the mother is paralyzed in bed, and she quit her job to take care of her at home, taking care of her in every possible way.And what about the man himself?He once said to a friend of his, "I no longer think about work, the future, or marriage. Even if they are a hundred years later, I live on the streets begging, and I am willing."His friend hesitated and asked him, what do you think about your two wives?They all paid their youth for you, and one of them even paid a huge price. Could it be that you didn't react at all?The man fell silent.

Although the man's mother did not get worse under the care of the man, she did not get better. After struggling for five years, she finally passed away.The man took care of Cyclops' stepfather again.He knew that although his stepfather was incapable, he was really good to him. His stepfather had a son, and he was not as good as his brother in terms of clothing and clothing since he was a child. He likes his mother like this, but the kindness of nurturing cannot be forgotten, so he also does his best to help his stepfather to retire.

The stepfather was ten years older than the man's mother. In those days, a second marriage was a shameful thing. It was not easy to find a second marriage who was willing to take care of the child. The man's mother only felt that she was losing money. Finding such a one-eyed man who is more than ten years older than her, she tried every means to treat him harshly and find fault in every way, but this man has not left her for so many years, and he is very good to her children.But the mother of a man is still not satisfied, and makes all kinds of mistakes and tosses in life. Later, when she is old and half paralyzed, she can't sleep by herself, and she won't let her wife sleep. Eating snacks and drinking water, and tossing and tossing more than a dozen times a night, the stepfather was miserable but didn't say anything, without the slightest impatience.Every time people come to the house, the man's mother seems to have found a tree hole to confide in. She snotted and burst into tears, saying that she had suffered a lot and found this useless man, and how much she had worked so hard to help his son find him. Work, how hard I have lived for so many years.How could the relatives and friends of the man's mother not know about this? They didn't want to come in the first place. They were harassed by the man's mother's phone calls one after another. When they heard this, they were embarrassed and left after making an excuse.Later, fewer and fewer people came to see this old lady.Who would like to see an old lady who is in the midst of blessings and doesn't know her blessings disrupt her children's marriage and tie her children and wife away from the outside world?The man's mother still thinks that she is right, but she never thought that she has never helped others, and she has not established a good relationship with others. It faded away, and all that remained was impatience.If these former colleagues think this old lady is useful, it is to remind themselves to be content.

The man's stepfather collapsed rapidly in the year after the man's mother passed away. Perhaps it was because of being tormented by the man's mother for so many years that he was hollowed out inside.On the Spring Festival of the second year, the first day of the Lunar New Year, I was finally relieved.When the man was about to be 50 years old, he finally unloaded the two burdens on him and prepared to live his own life.But I never thought that for so many years, I didn't take care of my stepfather's elder brother. In the name of my stepfather's legal heir, I transferred the only house to my own name and sold it, and then forced the man to move out.The penniless man never argued, and his four uncles who never showed up did not stand up. The man was finally kicked out of his former home when he was 50 years old, penniless.

Later, the man lived in this utility room. The man has never understood what he did wrong. Could it be that his filial piety has also become a mistake?For the sake of my mother, I lost my job, my friends, my marriage, my children, and now, the only home that can shelter me from the wind and rain.The man has never complained about anything, but when everyone asks, the man will say, that is my mother, it is not easy to work hard to give birth to and support myself.Sometimes I also say that I never resent or regret it, but the most sorry thing in my life is my two wives.What's more, he didn't understand that the unfilial brother in the eyes of outsiders had both sons and daughters, a happy husband and wife, a car, a house and savings, and he, the filial son in the eyes of outsiders, had nothing. Now that he is over fifty, he can only live in this dim The utility room, stagnant air, and inconvenient water source are always reminding myself, telling myself that I have nothing but myself.

I don't know, dreaming back at midnight, whether the man regretted his previous decision, whether he regretted spending his life being a filial son in the eyes of outsiders.Perhaps, the man himself is not at fault, the fault is that he has a mother, but isn't this the man's fault?Maybe the old lady was an only daughter when she was young, and she was loved and spoiled, so she was a bit unruly and self-willed, but if it weren't for the connivance and tolerance of the man and stepfather for so many years, how could the old lady get worse?The kindness of upbringing is unforgettable. Could it be that the two wives of a man who married into this strange family alone should suffer these injuries?I think what the two wives hate is not the man's mother, but the man, the man's attitude, the man's connivance, and the man's compromise, which make the two women who have left their homes and are alone feel that their future is hopeless , willing to risk their own happiness and future to end this relationship.I don't know if the man's biological father is still alive, what would he think when he sees his child so destitute now, would he regret what he did, or would he think that a man deserved it?If history repeats itself, will the man's biological father still put his child on the gambling table because of gambling?I don't know, I only know that history cannot repeat itself, there are so many filial sons in the world, who can guarantee that they will not lose anything while being filial?

Everyone has only said since ancient times that loyalty and filial piety are difficult to have both.Then if you add your own love, your own friendship, your own future, and your own life to the opposite of filial piety, how would you choose?The man once said that if there was a No. [-] pawn shop in the world, he would be willing to pawn the rest of his life to ensure the health of his mother.I think, if there really is a No. [-] pawnshop and the man really goes to pawn, it will be a relief for him.It should be said that for everyone, it is a relief.A person's life is always losing and gaining and losing again and again, coming and going lightly, without taking a speck of dust.Maybe seeing this, you just want to say a Shakespeare saying: Although I can understand your words between the lines, I don't understand what you are talking about.Well, who cares?

(End of this chapter)