Divorce in middle age: starting with the manor system

Chapter 3 3, The Calm Father
The countryside!
Especially the detached house, once the dog barks, no matter it is night or day, he will come out to have a look!
Although there are fewer thieves now, and there is nothing to steal, but the older generation is used to it!

An old lady in her early sixties came out of the earthen house next to the three-story small western-style building. When she saw Wu Qingfeng, she immediately cried out happily!

"Mom!" Wu Qingfeng shouted hastily, carrying the suitcase to greet her.

"Why did you come back?"

"Old man Wu, come out quickly, your son is back!" the old lady shouted excitedly.

"I miss you, I'll be back!" Holding his mother's hand, Wu Qingfeng's eyes were moist.

Last Chinese New Year, he didn't go home!
After all these years of marriage, he only returns to this house once every three years to celebrate the New Year. Although he comes back to see his mother every year, he only realized at this moment that the white hair of his mother in her early sixties is already visible to the naked eye!

"Why are you back?" Wu Shixun came out wearing a military overcoat.

Seeing his son Wu Qingfeng, he was a little surprised.

My son has time to go home every year, either during the Spring Festival or on August [-]th.

Moreover, he had just attended his granddaughter's wedding and had seen his son a few days ago.

"Go, go, go, what did you ask?"

"My son is back, why do I need a reason!" The old lady said disgustedly to her husband Wu Shixun.

Wu Qingfeng didn't speak!

At daughter Wu Duo's wedding, the father went, but the family needed someone to watch after all, so the mother didn't go.

It is normal for the father to be puzzled and the mother to be excited!
The old lady didn't care about anything else, she dragged Wu Qingfeng into the house.

Her son came back once on August [-]th last year. Counting the time, she hadn't seen him for more than half a year.

Now that her son came back suddenly, of course she is happy!
Wu Qingfeng put down his luggage and looked at the familiar earthen house.

He was born in this house, and it has been 42 years, and the house is still going strong.

The inside is smoky, mixed with the smell of smoke and bacon!

It is early spring in March, and it is still a bit cold in the northwest this season, especially the elderly are afraid of the cold, so they are still cooking firewood.

Although there is a small western-style building next to them, the two old people still live in the earthen house. According to the old people's words, the building is icy and cold, and they feel like coffins!
I am used to living in earthen huts, which are warm in winter and cool in summer, and my feet are on the ground, which is solid.

In short, the two old people do not want to live in a building!

Wu Qingfeng also persuaded him several times about this, but still, the old man has his own feelings and cannot be forced.

Now the three-story small western-style building, except for him taking Wu Di, Wu Duo goes home and lives for a while, and no one usually lives there!

The old lady moved a bench for her son excitedly.

"Feng, how long will you stay this time?" Wu Qingfeng just sat down when the old lady sat next to her son and asked.

Her cloudy eyes looked forward!

In the past, her son only lasted three or four days. Although she knew it might be three or four days this time, she still couldn't help asking.

"Mom, I won't leave this time!" Wu Qingfeng looked at his mother and smiled.

Parents are probably the only ones who are excited when he comes home.

"You kid, you're talking nonsense again!"

"Have you eaten? I'll cook!" The old lady knew that her son was comforting her, but she was still very happy, and hurriedly got up to cook.

"Mom, don't worry!" Wu Qingfeng grabbed his mother.

"I have something to tell you and Dad!"

At this time, Wu Shixun, who was smoking an old man's cigarette, looked up at his son. Although he had only seen his son a few days ago, Wu Qingfeng was still very happy when he came back!

However, when he heard this, he felt a little bad!

After all, the son came back at an inappropriate time, and he was carrying a suitcase, and he still had miscellaneous supplements in his hands.

Wu Shixun tapped on the old pipe and listened quietly.

The old lady also listened quietly!

Wu Qingfeng glanced at the two old people, picked up a piece of dry firewood from the side, put it on the fire, and said calmly: "I divorced Yang Liu!"

"what?"

"Why did you get divorced?"

"Did the Yang family force you?"

.........

Faced with her son's divorce, the old lady seemed a little flustered like a thunderbolt.

"Shut up, what are you yelling about?" Wu Shixun glared at his chattering old woman.

Facing Wu Shixun's authority, although the old lady was worried, she still kept her mouth shut.

Wu Qingfeng smiled lightly.

When they were young, their father Wu Shixun basically had the final say in their family, of course it has always been.

My father is a soldier who has been on the battlefield. He is basically vigorous and resolute in his actions, and he speaks quite dignifiedly.

And the mother is basically submissive, a typical ancient woman, basically dare not refute the father's words.

Of course, from the current point of view, this may be a different kind of "oppression"!
However, in reality, the father was very kind to the mother.

Back then, my mother and father got married in a hurry, and then my father went to the battlefield and stayed for four or five years.

Even so, my mother has never suffered.

Because the grandparents are still alive, basically the heavy work is done by the grandparents.

This was unbelievable in that era of sharing.

But mothers are like that!
Belongs to "Old Ha people"!
What do you mean?
That is the meaning of an honest person. To put it bluntly, he is not smart and stupid.

It was the same when my father retired from the army. He basically did heavy work and didn't let my mother do it.

Although my father often called my mother a fool, it was useless!
But when it was time to work, even if the farm work was busy, he never let his mother go up the slope to do farm work.

As for life, I have never been stingy in buying clothes and food for my mother.

That's why outsiders say that it's fortunate that my mother married my father, otherwise, an "old Kazakh" like my mother would probably suffer a lot of beatings.

After all, in those days, everyone was eating for one bite, and if they didn't know how to work, it meant wasting food. In many cases, many families couldn't tolerate it.

Wu Shixun tapped his cigarette pouch again, sent another piece of firewood to put on the fire, and then asked calmly, "Why do you want a divorce?"

Facing the calmness of the father!
Wu Qingfeng was actually very surprised. His father's character was one-sided, vigorous and resolute, which also meant that his temper was very domineering.

He can endure small things countless times, but once a big thing angers him, it will be turned upside down.

Is his divorce a trivial matter in the eyes of his father?

Wu Qingfeng didn't dare to agree with this. In fact, he knew in his heart that his father was not satisfied with his marriage from the very beginning.

However, because of the arrival of Wu Di and Wu Duo, the twin granddaughters and grandsons, the father finally compromised.

"There's no particular reason!"

"I just feel that Wu Di and Wu Duo have married and don't need me anymore, so I want to live the life I want!" Wu Qingfeng said lightly.

He originally had thousands of reasons to come to deal with his furious father, but his father was so calm, he also felt that he didn't need any reason to divorce.

Just follow your inner thoughts.

"Is it all done?" After a long time, Wu Shixun exhaled a puff of smoke, glanced at his son, and asked indifferently.

(End of this chapter)