Starlight in the hand of rebirth

The pace of life in small counties in the south is slow, and there are not many pedestrians on the streets at almost eight o'clock in the morning.The breeze was blowing the trees by the roadside, and the bauhinia was in full bloom.

Meng Lizhen rushed to the gate of the Civil Affairs Bureau with a big snakeskin travel bag.

Today was not a special day. There was no one at the gate of the Civil Affairs Bureau, and the person Meng Lizhen was waiting for had not yet arrived.

She took out an elderly mobile phone and turned on the screen. The time displayed on it was already [-]:[-].

At nine o'clock, a taxi stopped at the gate of the Civil Affairs Bureau, and a man and a woman got out of the car.

The man who got out of the car saw the luggage bag that Meng Lizhen was carrying, and asked, "Have you packed everything?"

Meng Lizhen quickly responded, "It's all packed."

The coquettish woman next to him holding the man's hand didn't say a word, but just glanced contemptuously at Meng Lizhen who was wearing a ten yuan T-shirt.

"Then hurry up, I'm in a hurry." The man took out his marriage certificate and walked to the divorce registration office.

Meng Lizhen took out her marriage certificate from her pants pocket and followed.

The scene in front of him is obvious, this man is Meng Lizhen's husband, she is a bad wife, and now her husband has found a beautiful mistress and wants to divorce her.

In front of the registration window, the two handed over the bright red marriage certificate together, and took back an equally bright red divorce certificate.

When he got the divorce certificate, the man smiled and handed it to the coquettish woman, and the coquettish woman also smiled.The man hugged the coquettish woman's waist even tighter, and the two cling to each other like Siamese twins and want to leave. "Wait a minute..." Meng Lizhen stopped the man.The man turned his head and said impatiently: "What are you doing!"

Meng Lizhen kept rubbing her hands together, and said in a low voice with little confidence: "It's Haohao..."

Meng Lizhen was interrupted by the man before she finished speaking, and said: "Don't think about it, the son belongs to me, you come to raise him, do you have a job, do you have money? The child will drink the northwest wind with you!"

The man said something, and without looking at Meng Lizhen, he led the alluring woman to the marriage registration office.

Meng Lizhen, who stopped at the same spot, clutched the divorce certificate in her hand. Didn't she have no job or income just to give birth to this man and take care of the old mother to clean up the house?After more than ten years of marriage, she has gained nothing, even her own child will be lost.

But there is no way to be unwilling.At this point, Meng Lizhen walked to her mother's house with a big luggage bag.

Her current economic situation makes her reluctant to take a two-yuan bus.

The economic development of this small southern county is not bad. The bustling commercial street and the newly developed European-style real estate are no worse than a city.

All these prosperity have nothing to do with Meng Lizhen, she walked to the undeveloped old city.There are still many old brick houses here, and even abandoned loess houses can be seen.

Meng Lizhen pushed open the dusty and cobweb-covered iron gate of a two-story red brick house with a small courtyard.This is her natal home.

In the small yard, a two or three-year-old boy was playing on a wooden horse with a badly worn bottom.He is the child of Meng Lizhen's younger brother.

Seeing someone coming, the little boy raised his face and shouted into the house: "Grandma, there is someone!" "Who is here?" An old woman's voice came from the house.

Meng Lizhen bit her lower lip and stood nervously at the door.

The old woman came out to take a look, frowned and said, "Why are you back?"

"Mom, I..." Seeing her mother Meng Lizhen having a habit of fear, she put the luggage bag down and said, "I'm divorced."

Mother Meng's eyes widened, as if she was shocked and angry when she heard her precious grandson being beaten: "Are you divorced? If there is no money, who will raise the child?"

Meng Lizhen replied: "Abin gave me 1 yuan, and the child will also be raised by him."

"1 yuan!" Meng's mother wanted to swallow Meng Lizhen. "You agree to 1 yuan. Didn't he have [-] yuan after going outside for so many years? You're out of your mind and won't ask for more money!"

"You gave birth to a son for him!" "You served his mother all these years, and you actually divorced after asking for 1 yuan!" Meng's mother was heartbroken as if she had lost 10 yuan.

Meng Lizhen didn't dare to speak, the divorce certificate she had been holding in her hand was soaked in sweat.

The little boy riding a rocking horse on the ground babbled and yelled at Grandma for candy.

Meng's mother's attention was drawn back, she hugged her grandson and coaxed her, and asked Meng Lizhen, "Are you going home with your luggage?"

Meng Lizhen nodded quickly. "What a prodigal." Meng Mu's cloudy eyes stared at Meng Lizhen's luggage bag, as if looking at a pile of garbage.

Meng Lizhen took out 5000 yuan from her pocket and gave it to Meng Mu.

Mother Meng took the money and put it in her pocket, carried her grandson into the kitchen, and said, "You used to clean up your room yourself."

With her mother's consent, Meng Lizhen took her luggage bag and entered the house.

She pushed open the door of her previous room, which was already full of sundries, because no one cleaned it, and the floor was full of dust.

Meng Lizhen piled up all the sundries, wiped the bed boards, and sprinkled water on the floor to clean up the dust little by little.

There was an old-fashioned cabinet in the room. Meng Lizhen opened it and saw that all the quilts she used before were in it.There were no mothballs in the cabinet, and there was a musty smell.

But now there is no time for Meng Lizhen to wash the quilt carefully, she plans to dry it.Meng Lizhen reached out and pulled out a peony bed sheet, and a shiny cockroach emerged and fled to the back of the cabinet with its tentacles shaking.Meng Lizhen looked so calm as if she hadn't seen the big cockroach, so she took the quilt to the yard to dry it.

After tidying up the room, it was already afternoon, and Meng Lizhen felt her stomach was empty before remembering that she hadn't eaten lunch yet.

Mother Meng no longer knew where to visit with her grandson.

Meng Lizhen went into the kitchen and looked around but found no leftovers, so she filled a bowl of porridge and ate it with salted radish.In the evening, Meng's father and Meng Lizhen's younger brother Meng Hao came back.Meng Hao's wife has a bad temper and goes back to her natal home every three days, so she is not at Meng's house now.

There are two older sisters above Meng Lizhen. The eldest sister couldn't bear Meng's mother's harsh treatment and went to work, and then she didn't hear from her.The second sister is married and doesn't come back often.

"Sister, why are you back?" Meng Hao asked when he saw his sister.

Before Meng Lizhen could answer, Meng's mother yelled, "She's a prodigal and only came back after getting divorced."

Meng Hao was surprised, her sister was the most standard kind of good wife and mother, but she would get divorced?But he didn't bother to ask, it wasn't his business anyway. "Okay, let's eat quickly. I have big chicken legs for my grandson today." Mother Meng carried her grandson into the kitchen.Meng's kitchen is divided into two parts, one is the stove, and the other is a table for eating.

Meng Hao and Father Meng sat down directly, waiting for someone to serve them food.

In the past, this work was done by Meng Mu, but today there is Meng Lizhen.

She consciously took a bowl to serve her father and younger brother, just like when she was not married.

The child was held by Meng's mother, holding a big chicken leg with oily hands, the other chicken leg was in Meng Hao's bowl, and Meng's father's bowl contained two chicken wings.

Meng Lizhen sat down and started to eat after the meal was served for everyone.

At the dinner table, Meng's father drank the wine and did not speak, and Meng Hao occasionally teased his son while playing with his mobile phone.Meng's mother was nagging about trivial things about the neighbors.

Meng Lizhen lowered her head and picked up the white rice.

Mother Meng talked about her while she was talking, and said, "Ah Zhen, you have to find a job tomorrow, the family doesn't support you to eat and drink for nothing."

"Understood." Meng Lizhen answered with a pale face.

"Who wants you to work with such a sad face all day long!" Meng Mu scolded with her eyes wide open.

She was always hitting and cursing her daughters.And Meng's father only cared about working to earn money, and he ignored how his wife disciplined the children.

Among the three girls in the Meng family, Meng Lizhen's treatment is considered pretty good.Because after giving birth to her, Mother Meng gave birth to a son and beat her daughters less.When Meng Lizhen's eldest sister was born, Meng's mother firmly believed that it would be a boy, but it didn't happen. The eldest sister received the most beatings and scolding after she was born.

When Meng Lizhen got married, not a penny of the gift money from the man went to her, and it was all used by Meng's mother to subsidize Meng Hao.

Because of this, Meng Lizhen received a lot of stares from her mother-in-law, who scolded her family for selling their daughter.

After dinner, Meng Lizhen entered the room, but no one paid any attention to her.

Meng Lizhen lay on the bed, looking at the top of the torn mosquito net.She just stared blankly like this, many things flashed through her mind, but she seemed to be unable to remember anything.

There is a TV outside the living room, which is a cartoon that children like. Mother Meng coaxes her grandson in Mandarin with a southern accent.

Meng Lizhen turned over and curled up into a ball.She forced herself not to think about anything, she had to find a job tomorrow.If you find a job and have money, you can go to see your son. Last time, Haohao said that he wanted a remote control car, and he could buy it for him if he earned money.

The next morning, before the whole family got up, Meng Lizhen woke up.She went to the kitchen to cook a pot of porridge with the leftovers from last night.Mother Meng has always been frugal and will never waste food.

There is also a field for growing vegetables in the small yard, and there are several large pots of rough pottery around which ginger, onion and garlic are planted.

Meng Lizhen cooked porridge and watered the vegetables in the yard.She has been doing these jobs since she was sensible, until now.

After eating a bowl of plain porridge with salted radish, Meng Lizhen went out to look for a job.

Now Meng's mother has just received 5000 yuan, and her attitude towards her is okay. If she doesn't give her money after a long time, Meng's mother can use a thousand and one tricks to call Meng Lizhen a prodigal, eating and drinking for nothing.

In order to find a job, Meng Lizhen puts on her latest dress.Although it is also a street stall in the market, it is also the better-looking one in the street stall.

After graduating from junior high school, Meng Lizhen got married and quickly became pregnant.Her husband went to Guangdong to work, and he must have done a good job. Although the money sent back was not a lot, it was enough for Meng Lizhen and her mother-in-law to live, but it was a bit difficult to raise a child.

Meng Lizhen also wanted to go to find a job, but was scolded by her mother-in-law for not wanting to see the children and not serving her mother-in-law.Faced with the matter of finding a job, Meng Lizhen was at a loss and a little scared.

She walked for a long time and saw a poster looking for a salesperson posted on the door of a clothing store.Meng Lizhen read the poster carefully but dared not go in.This store is really beautifully decorated, the floors are all shiny, she is wearing street stalls that cost less than 50 yuan, and she bought them the year before last, so they will definitely not recruit her.

Meng Lizhen stood at the door of the clothing store for a long time, and when the people inside saw it, she left quickly.She'd better find another job.

Meng Lizhen walked all morning and couldn't find a job. She was really thirsty and hungry, so she went to a roadside rice noodle stand and ordered a bowl of five yuan rice noodle.Now a bowl of rice noodles without meat costs five yuan.

The rice noodles were served quickly, and Meng Lizhen stuffed them into her mouth without being too hot.She ate up a bowl of rice noodles, and even drank most of the soup.

After sitting at the rice noodle stall for a while, Meng Lizhen went on to look for a job.

A clear voice sounded behind her: "Meng Lizhen, is that you?"