Dreaming of 1988, I have the ability to see ghosts and ghosts

Her husband passed away early, leaving her alone and a widow with two children. Life was very difficult, and her son was getting older and older but still hadn't found a wife.

Two years ago, my son went to work on a construction site in another place with some young people from the village, and life at home became a little better.

Two years ago, he married the divorced mother Dongju through an introduction and gave birth to this little grandson.

In order to earn more money, after the Spring Festival this year, he left his grandson with her at home, and the couple went to work on the construction site together.

Unexpectedly, three months ago, my daughter-in-law was cleaning up things at the construction site and was hit to death by falling steel bars.

The old woman wiped her tears as she spoke, her eyes always looking towards the door.

She was undoubtedly kind and didn't want Dongju to hear this heartbreaking news.

I nodded with great emotion, and my heart suddenly tightened. How would poor Dongju face all this?

When I told the old lady the news that Dongju's father had also passed away, her pupils dilated with shock.

She couldn't believe what was wrong with the world. Why all these misfortunes happened to this poor child.

Seeing Dongju coming out, I quickly signaled to the old woman to wipe away her tears.

I also wanted to burst into tears and lament the unfairness of fate, but I couldn't show it in front of Dongju.

My idea is to keep it a secret for as long as possible, at least to give her some buffer time, maybe let her grow up a little bit, even if she's a year or half a year older, she should be stronger.

"Mother-in-law, where is my mother? Isn't she at home? Where did she go?"

Dongju came to us with a disappointed look on her face. At this time, the old woman and I barely regained our composure.

Because Dongju was thinking about her mother, she didn't notice the changes in my and the old woman's expressions.

It’s better this way. If she feels that there is something wrong with us, her sensitive and fragile heart will become suspicious.

"Oh, Dongju, your mother and uncle went to work in other places, and they may not come back for the New Year."

This was the excuse that the old lady and I had agreed upon, to give her a heads-up in advance, otherwise she would definitely ask about my mother's whereabouts during the Spring Festival.

"Oh, so that's it. Grandma, please tell me my mother's address. I want to write to her."

Dongju's lost expression was beyond words.

"Well, I'll ask for you. I don't know either." The old woman looked at me with difficulty.

"Oh, Dongju, your uncle and mom are working on a construction site. On the one hand, the construction sites are relatively remote and they can't receive mail. On the other hand, when one construction site is completed, they will move on to the next one."

I explained for the old woman.

"Oh, so that's it!" Dongju's eyes dimmed.

"It's okay, Dongju. Wait for your uncle and mom to send a letter back. Your mother-in-law will tell you their specific address." I comforted her.

"Yes, Dongju, I will tell your grandfather when the time comes and ask him to go to the village committee and call you." The old woman also hurried to comfort her.

Dongju's tense expression relaxed a little.

The old lady also told me that after her son dealt with his wife’s funeral, he had gone out to work again. Life had to go on and he had to raise his grandson.

We said goodbye to the old woman and went to Dongju's grandfather's house.

Because it was a village, we drove along the gravel road and arrived at Dongju's grandfather's house in less than 20 minutes.

An old lady with a somewhat dazed expression was sitting at the door. She looked a few years younger than Dongju's mother's new mother-in-law, but she had much more white hair on her head than her step-mother-in-law.

Seeing a car parked at the door, he did not stand up. He was still holding a little girl about 3 years old in his arms. The little girl tried hard to break free from his arms, but she just held her tightly, making the little girl cry anxiously.

Uncle Huang heard the conversation between the old lady and me just now. He looked at Dongju with more pity. He parked the car and got out with us.

As soon as Dongju got on the car, she called out "Grandma" loudly.

Her grandmother seemed to be frightened. The moment she saw Dongju, she didn't react. She just stared at her blankly and finally let go of the hand that was holding the little girl.

The little girl took the opportunity to break free from her hand, and perhaps because she was afraid of seeing strangers, she slipped into the house.

"Grandma! Grandma!" Dongju was very happy as she hadn't seen her grandmother for half a year. She shouted again and threw herself into her grandmother's arms.

"Dongju, why are you here?"

Grandma finally came to her senses, hugged Dongju, and tears as big as beans immediately flowed out.

I know that the pain of seeing a child die before her is tormenting this grandmother, and she has not yet recovered from the pain of losing her daughter.

I took out the gift, walked up to her and said hello.

She stood up stiffly. After Dongju introduced Uncle Huang and me to him, she realized that grandma was crying and asked in confusion.

"Grandma, why are you crying?"

"Oh, grandma, you're not crying. You're not crying. She's just happy to see you."

Apparently her grandmother didn't want to tell her the sad news that her mother had passed away.

Just as we were greeting each other, Dongju's grandfather also came out from the backyard.

This dark and thin country man was obviously also hit hard. He was not too surprised to see Dongju, but frowned even more tightly.

He asked his wife to take the two children to prepare lunch, and then he brought Uncle Huang and me into the room. He wanted to talk to us about his daughter.

When we got to the room, we sat down. He tremblingly took the kettle, poured two cups of hot water and handed them to my uncle Huang.

I told him that we had already been to his daughter's current husband's house, and he sighed and tried hard to hold back tears.

When I told him that his ex-son-in-law had passed away and Dongju's stepmother was now sick in the hospital, hatred appeared on his face.

"It's what they deserve. This is their karma."

Before this, he didn't know that his former son-in-law had passed away.

So he told us some things about his daughter, Dongju's mother.

He and his wife only have two daughters. The eldest daughter is Dongju's mother. The younger daughter got married two years ago and was kept at home to find a son-in-law. The child his wife was holding just now was the younger daughter's child.

He said he felt very sorry for his eldest daughter, as she had good grades when she was young. However, the family was not well off at the time and could not afford to send two children to school.

Dongju's mother took the initiative to give up her studies and followed her sister from the village to work in the city before graduating from the third year of junior high school.

She first worked as a nanny in a family in the city. After a few years, the employer fulfilled his promise and helped Dongju's mother find a job selling clothes in a shopping mall.

The salary was not high, but it was still relatively much for rural people. She used all her salary to support her younger sister's education, and later her younger sister was admitted to a technical secondary school.

I met the eldest son-in-law who drives a truck, and he is Dongju's father.

Although driving a truck was hard work in that era, the money earned was high. After Dongju was born, the eldest son-in-law did not allow Dongju's mother to go to work, saying that the little money she earned a year was not as good as what he could earn by making more trips.

In this way, Dongju's mother lost her job and concentrated on taking care of her husband and children at home, and the whole family was very happy.

But the good times did not last long. When Dongju was 4 years old, the eldest son-in-law met Dongju's current stepmother while playing mahjong outside, and the two of them got involved.