I received a phone call from my mother that day, saying that Grandma Cao had left and hanged herself under her stair room (the stair area from the first floor to the second floor). Uncle Man found it. He went to grandma Cao's house to borrow something, but no one answered after knocking at the door for a long time. I felt something was wrong, so I asked my second uncle to knock on the door and found that she had left. As soon as I heard this, I was depressed. I didn't expect her old man to choose this way to end his life.

In fact, shortly before this incident, my mother told me another thing about grandma Cao on the phone, and maybe there were signs at that time. One day, Grandma Cao went to her grandmother's house in a neighboring village to play. She walked home alone, but she forgot how to get there. She sat on the only road in the village, crying like a sad child.

My second uncle found her. On the way home from the village primary school, my second uncle found Grandma Cao sitting on the ground crying and asked her, "Grandma Cao, what's wrong with you?"

"come on I don't know how to get home. I don't even know the way home. Woo-hoo, woo-hoo ... "(Hengyang dialect: Great! I don't know how to get home. ?

"What's the matter? Let me take you home!"

The next day, the whole village knew, and the battalion chief said no. Shunfa (grandma Cao's eldest son) had to be called home. After all, it is not a problem for grandma Cao to be alone at home. She is old and has a poor memory, so no one can take care of her.

In fact, Grandma Cao has four children, two daughters and two sons. The two daughters have been married for a long time, and both sons are working in Dongguan. Grandma Cao's husband, Grandpa Dayuan, is still alive, but she has always felt ashamed because her second son has been in prison before. He moved to the mountains alone, lived in a shabby hut in the mountains and never came home again. He makes a living by picking up garbage every day, and it also pays off.

Less than ten days after the battalion chief called, something happened to grandma Cao. At this time, Shunfa has not returned home, and it has been a while since she resigned. Who knows that grandma Cao was heartbroken and passed away like this?

Speaking of grandma Cao's life, the whole village said it was hard luck. She married Grandpa Dayuan as a child bride. At that time, if the family was not particularly bitter, she would not have married her daughter as a child bride. After all, it is already after liberation. At first, Grandma Cao gave birth to two daughters, but Grandpa Dayuan was a little dissatisfied. She has been scolding grandma Cao for being useless and not having a son. Later, it was better for her to have two sons in a row.

The two daughters are obedient, and the life is still bitter. The two sisters got married very early. Later, many people in the village went out to work, and the two brothers Shun Fa followed their fellow villagers to work in Dongguan.

In Dongguan in the late 1980s and early 1990s, there were many factories, but they all liked to recruit female workers. His two brothers don't read much, so it is difficult to find a job. At first, both brothers followed their fellow villagers to work on the construction site, being honest and doing things with peace of mind, but Lifa was not a steady person. Seeing someone jealous, he slowly embarked on a petty theft industry and started a shady business.

Who knows that Lifa became bolder and bolder, and then he did something that shocked the whole village. He actually followed several people to rob a bank. It is said that he robbed a lot of gold wares and bank notes and made a fortune, but the French Open is long, sparse and not leaking. Not long after, I heard that they were arrested in Yunnan. He was one of the felons and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

From the day she learned that her son was in prison, Grandma Cao was very guilty and always blamed herself for her bad life. How can such a small son be born? Grandpa Dayuan moved directly from home to the mountains after learning that his son was in prison. He thinks he can't lose this man.

At that time, the two daughters were married long ago, but both of them were married to a poor family and had no money to take care of grandma Cao. At that time, grandma Cao was almost 60, and she couldn't farm alone. Although Shunfa works outside, she has no money to send it back to her. In order to make a living, she has to help others take care of their children to support herself.

She brought 3-4 children, all a few months old to about 2-3 years old. Grandma Cao takes good care of her children, but in general, families with better conditions are willing to give their children to others, and the family is bitter, or only give them to people like Grandma Cao who avoid family planning, and of course they will not give much money.

Taking care of children aged 0-3 is a very hard thing, and the experience of her second son also breaks her heart. Grandma Cao looked much older in those years. When she was almost 70 years old, she was too old to take care of her children, and no one was at ease to let her take care of her.

Fortunately, people who work slowly have some money. Many people use their own money in Gai Lou, and so does Shunfa. In addition to sending money to grandma Cao for living expenses, she also built a two-story building. Lifa came out early because of her good performance.

Grandma Cao finally lived a good life, but the two brothers still like to work outside because they don't have much money to save when they go home to farm. And working outside is relatively easy. Grandpa Dayuan still likes to live alone in the mountains and doesn't want to go back to the building built by Shun Fa.

Grandma Cao still lives alone. A 70-year-old man stays alone in a building every day, with no one to talk to and take care of. This loneliness can be imagined. During the day, she will walk around the village, chat with other left-behind elderly people like her and spend boring time together.

What makes her most happy is that during the Chinese New Year, two sons will come back to accompany her for the New Year, and the daughters will also bring their nephews to pay New Year greetings. However, the sons can only leave for about half a month's holiday, leaving her alone is another long day after day.

Later, she hanged herself. After receiving the phone call and knowing that her mother had left, Shunfa immediately rushed home with his wife, children and younger brother Lifa. After the funeral, Shunfa made a major decision in life and stopped working in Dongguan. He wants to stay at home, even if he is tired of doing farm work, he will invite Grandpa Dayuan to come back to spend the rest of his life with his father.

The death of grandma Cao gave the whole village a great warning. Many young people who work outside the home choose to go back to their hometown to accompany their elderly parents and young children, and there are fewer empty nesters and left-behind children in the village. Sometimes I wonder if grandma Cao just wants to tell everyone in such a unique way that money is really not that important, and family together is the best life.

Grandma Cao, are you okay over there? Don't worry, Uncle Lifa is a good son, and Grandpa Dayuan can enjoy life now. In February this year, Uncle Lifa also hosted a banquet in honor of Grandpa Dayuan's 80th birthday. The whole village came to offer birthday wishes to Grandpa Dayuan. Grandpa Dayuan is so happy that he is waiting for his great-grandson now!