In the yard, Widow Qin was cleaning up the yard.

Hearing the noise, he raised his head suddenly.

When she saw it was him, she smiled: "Are you here? Sit down, I'll be finished in a moment."

Old man Zhu stood at the door, a little embarrassed, but finally walked in.

Widow Qin moved a stool for him.

Old man Zhu sat down.

Neither of them spoke, one continued to do what he was doing, and the other just sat and watched.

"I'm sorry, there are a lot of things and I kept you waiting for a long time." It had been a while since Widow Qin finally finished her work.

"It's okay, I don't have anything to do, I'm just walking around." Old Man Zhu said.

Widow Qin gave him another glass of water, moved a bench, and sat next to him.

"Just wandering around, why don't you come to my place? Did you have a fight with your mother-in-law again recently?" She asked tentatively.

"No."

Widow Qin smiled and said: "I think so. I heard that your family is planning to build a house recently, and the house it builds is a blue-tiled house, which is really enviable. I'm afraid this is the only one in the Taidang Mountain area.

Aunt Zhu is so lucky to marry you."

"No, I didn't build this house, it was all the old lady who was busy..." Old Man Zhu hesitated, not daring to speak too clearly.

He can't say that the money to build a house has nothing to do with him, right?

As a man, I still have some self-esteem.

Old Man Zhu never felt needed at Ye Yuran's place, and only when he was with Widow Qin did he feel that he had some status.

"No matter how busy a woman is, how can she be so busy without a man?" Widow Qin said with emotion, "I am also a woman, and no one knows this better than me."

"In the past, when my husband was here, he would hold up the sky if it fell. At that time, I was quite annoyed by him. He would quarrel with me for nothing, and he wouldn't be able to grow much food."

"But it was only when he was gone that I realized how heavy he was."

"Without a man, life is truly miserable."

…

Thinking of Widow Qin raising the two older children by herself, Old Man Zhu couldn't help but sympathize with her: "Don't say that, everything is over, and now your two children have grown up. After they married

When your wife gives birth to children, it’s time for you to enjoy your happiness.”

Widow Qin shook her head helplessly: "It's not as easy as you think, Brother Zhu, let's just talk about my two acres of land. If it weren't for you secretly helping me, how could I be so busy as a woman? I would still do this.

I didn’t thank you properly.”

"What are you talking about? Thank you. Didn't I say that we all belong to the same village and we should help each other?"

"That's not okay. You have to be grateful for what you deserve. People have to learn to be grateful. If others help you a little and you don't know how to thank others, who else will be willing to help you in the future?"

After hearing this, old man Zhu looked at the gentle Widow Qin and sighed: "You are so kind! A woman as good as you should find a better man..."

Before he could finish speaking, Widow Qin shook her head at him again: "Brother Zhu, not all men are as good as you. Aunt Zhu is lucky to have met such a good man like you. But I... my destiny

In this case, I can only endure it."

Speaking of this, a look of loss and sadness appeared on his face.

She looked into the distance, not knowing where she was looking.

Old man Zhu felt a little distressed inexplicably and had to reach out to comfort her.

He raised his hand in the air, but thought that his current status was not suitable for him, so he put it back again.

Widow Qin caught a glimpse of it from the corner of her eye, but still pretended not to see it, and continued to sigh: "Hey... I wish I had been the one to marry Brother Zhu back then."

Old man Zhu was silent and did not dare to answer.

For example, he really knew Widow Qin back then, but even if the boy was unmarried and the girl was unmarried, it was impossible for Widow Qin to marry him based on the conditions of his family at that time.

Old Man Zhu knew this deep in his heart.

After all, he went out to work part-time because he couldn't find a wife, so he wanted to go out to earn some money and save enough to come back and marry a wife.

But he was lucky. The owner of the house where he worked part-time happened to be selling Ye Yuran at a cheap price, and then...

Involuntarily, Old Man Zhu revealed some traces in a subtle way.

"Actually, my wife and I didn't get married normally."

Widow Qin looked surprised: "It's not a normal marriage. How did it happen? Did Aunt Zhu do something to force you to marry? With Aunt Zhu's temper, this matter is really possible..."

Although he did not speak ill of Ye Yuran openly, he did sow discord from time to time and made someone recall some bad things.

"It's a bit complicated and hard to explain." Old Man Zhu was a little embarrassed.

Widow Qin's heart felt like a cat scratching her head, she couldn't hold it in at all.

But she knew that this old man Zhu would run to her without any problems because of her gentleness and understanding.

I could only retreat in order to advance, and thought of another move: "If you don't want to say it, forget it. I don't want to embarrass you. If one day you suddenly want to say something and need a listener, you can come to me at any time."

At this time, Old Man Zhu still had some brains and was not hot-headed, so he allowed the "secret" he had hidden for so many years to be revealed.

On the surface, he pretended not to care about his old wife's past, but in fact, he still felt that this matter was somewhat disgraceful, otherwise he would not have hidden it for so many years.

Old Man Zhu and Widow Qin, when you left, it was going to be dark.

Widow Qin enthusiastically invited him to stay for dinner, but when he didn't want to, she stuffed him with a boiled egg.

"Brother Zhu, you are really too polite. You don't even want to eat. Are you afraid that our family doesn't have enough food? It's okay if you don't eat, but you must take away the eggs, otherwise you won't treat me as a friend.

Already."

Old Man Zhu couldn't put it off any longer, so he took it over.

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but when Old Man Zhu touched the egg, he accidentally touched Widow Qin's hand.

Widow Qin's face turned red immediately.

She looked at him shyly, closed the door and hid in the yard as if running away.

Old Zhu was stunned for a moment and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

It seemed that the warmth of that woman still remained on his fingertips, so gentle that it could flow into his heart.

In fact, Old Man Zhu never wanted to have anything happen with this woman from the beginning. He just felt that no one would listen to him at home and wanted to find someone to chat with.

The old woman doesn't need him, and the children don't need him. He can find some sense of existence with Widow Qin.

As soon as he got here, he could feel his back suddenly straightening, and his whole body became extraordinarily tall, like a mountain peak, capable of becoming someone's support.

Thinking of that old godly woman, Old Man Zhu sighed heavily: "Hey..."
Chapter completed!