Story one prompt: The second aunt has always been thinking about why Xiao Min wears a mask when eating. She really wants to see what she really looks like when she takes off the mask...
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二When my aunt came home, she asked her second uncle: "How was it?" "Not so good. She seems to be older than Youting, and I didn't see her face clearly. Maybe it's what they said!" The second aunt knew that her second uncle was not good. They were the ones who were talking about my daughter-in-law’s teachers. They said they were surprised by Youting’s eyesight when they saw Youting’s girlfriend in the mall!
The second aunt disagreed and said, "Being beautiful cannot be eaten, it is better to live a down-to-earth life! As long as you are good to Youting, cherish each other's fate, and live together for a long time." She knew that Youting and the others were already renting a house and living together. Today, seeing them together, I feel happy for them from the bottom of my heart.
The second aunt no longer argued with the second uncle, and sat alone on the sofa. Thinking back to today's scene, she felt a little relieved, but also a little doubtful: Why is the girl always reluctant to take off the mask? Is she really used to it? Or is there another secret? Is there any secret hidden under the mask?
Over the years, she had watched Youting grow up, and she had worried about him, worried that he would blend in with society and fail to learn well, and she had also worried about him, worried about whether he would be okay in the army. I worried about his unrealistic pursuit of learning skills, worried that he would be deceived and bullied, and even worried that he would be lost in the colorful world.
Youting is the son of his second aunt and his younger sister. He grew up with his grandparents. The second aunt's family has five brothers and sisters. Although they are not very wealthy, they live a very happy life thanks to their father's diligence and mother's management. The second aunt has an older sister who is married, and a younger brother and two younger sisters.
In the eyes of the second aunt, the younger brother is the only boy in the family. Adhering to the traditional concept of " favoring boys over girls" of the older generation, he is naturally the "pearl in the palm" of his parents. The little sister has been well-behaved and smart since she was a child, and she looks very good. She is cute and loved by her father. The year my second aunt got married, my little sister had not yet finished primary school.
However, it is this sister who is deeply loved by her parents, but it makes her aging parents very troubled. My little sister has not loved studying since she was a child, and has only been fond of playing. At that time, the county middle schools were first divided by neighborhood committee areas, and later by academic performance. Students without good grades were naturally assigned to the worst school in the county.
After entering junior high school, my little sister was like a wild horse running wild. Skipping classes and school became a common occurrence. Before graduating from junior high school, she blended into society and fell in love at a young age. My old parents obstructed me in every possible way. The little sister ran away from home in anger. After all, she was a child of a good family. After living abroad for a few years, she realized that she had no future and returned to her parents obediently.
After coming back, the little girl developed many bad habits, like eating and being lazy, and also learned to smoke. Her old parents had nothing to do with her, they just wanted to find a good family and marry her as soon as possible! Sure enough, not long after, the trustee introduced a young man who was a volunteer soldier who had served in the army for eight years. His family was in the countryside and he had changed his career to work in the county. He fell in love with her, and her parents hurriedly arranged for her to marry him.
Two people without any emotional foundation cannot have feelings even if they are reluctantly tied together. However, marriage is different. With "Youting", they have their own family. But within a few years, the restless little girl began to miss the feasting and free life outside again. She entrusted her son to her old parents and went to Shenzhen without hesitation.
An honest and dull man can't win a woman's heart, so he has to let her go. Because he works in the county town, he occasionally comes to his parents-in-law's house to see his son, and then leaves without saying a word! Under the protection of his grandparents and the care of his uncle and three aunts, Youting grew up ignorantly day by day, but rarely felt the love of his parents or the warmth of the family.
Her aunt's departure did not bring any changes to her. Maybe it’s because she’s not as happy as she could be outside, maybe it’s because there’s still a trace of attachment to her family and concern for her son.When she came back from Shenzhen, the only change was that there was an extra silk scarf on her chin, a conspicuous red silk scarf, which also had a lot of vicissitudes of life; when she returned to her parents' home, she regarded the place where her son was as her own home.
A woman who travels around all year round will not have a few words of truth to her family. Even if she is grateful to her parents, brothers and sisters, she will not show it easily. She can only bury her thoughts and experiences deep in her heart. In fact, she has already seen everything clearly. Yan doesn't care much anymore.
But she is a woman after all, a woman with a strong desire for love and hatred, and a woman with a story. That year, she returned to her hometown, her son, and the city where she was born and raised. She no longer had a caring friend or a sister with whom she could whisper. As for everything in the past, it was like a dream.
She also wanted to gain some momentum and start over, even if it was not for herself, she should consider it for her son. She wants to have a home of her own, a caring husband, and a suitable job. She doesn’t want to sit back and live in vain, doesn’t want to be dependent on others, and doesn’t want her old parents to sigh for him anymore! I don’t want to feel despised anymore, and my heart is always ready to stir.
However, in that year, she had an accident! She slipped and fell into the water, and the silk scarf around her neck disappeared, leaving only an ugly scar. The relatives who came after hearing the news only hadtily buried her, and no one cried for her to pursue justice for her, because she fell into the water after her slip. And looking for the truth; in this world, she only left an unconfirmed rumor and a sigh!
Youting's father never came to take a look, only Youting howled hysterically a few times. At that time, he didn't understand what sadness was at all. When he became an "orphan", he could only be cared for by his third aunt who took pity on him. A few years later, his third uncle sent him to Dongguan , hoping to give him a new growth environment and at the same time hope that he would have the skills to support himself.
Thinking of this, the second aunt's eyes became moist. She couldn't rest assured, she didn't believe in the saying that fortune comes around, and he didn't believe that Youting had a girlfriend just a few months after he started working; she didn't believe that there was no story behind the mask that Xiao Min didn't want to take off, and she didn't believe in them. Will living together be an impulse? ! She thought that she must understand it from beginning to end.
Thinking of her sister who died young, the second aunt wanted to know more about the girl beside Youting... The answer lies in the third story.
Please read the true story of "The Mask I Don't Want to Take Off"
