After burying his old father, Awen returned to the empty home and sat on the edge of the kang in a daze.
The image of his parents, wife, and young son all passing away one after another was clearly visible in his mind.
If it weren't for his two sons, Awen would really feel lonely.
Two sons, you look at me, I look at you, no one dares to say anything.
They are also very sad.
Dashun seemed to have grown up a lot suddenly.
It was getting dark, so he took the initiative to light a fire, hoping to keep the room warm.
Since then, Awen and his two children have been dependent on each other.
He talks a lot less.
Every day is nothing but work.
He seemed to be trying to numb himself with work.
My sister would come to see them from time to time, improve their lives and make them new clothes.
The two children don't like to study and always get into trouble in school.
Especially for Ershun, the head teacher came to see the parents again and again.
Every time Ershun came home after talking to the teacher, he had to be scolded by his father.
But he can't change his naughty nature, it's just his nature.
Dashun has a very good personality, is patient, and has a strong sense of responsibility.
He does have the air of being an older brother.
Always willing to consider for my brother.
But the younger brother has a bad temper and doesn't appreciate it at all.
Both children did not like to study. They stopped going to school after primary school. They were idle at home and could only follow Awen to farm, leading a life like that of most rural children at that time.
Gradually, they all grew up one after another, took wives and had children.
My daughter-in-law is from the countryside and works with them in farming.
But the two of them are pretty good at dressing up, so they always make ends meet.
Some of my neighbors went to coal mines far away to make money.
Dashun thinks this is a good way to make money.
I found an acquaintance and asked about it.
The man said to him: "The coal mine is quite big. There are coal diggers, coal transporters, and skilled workers. The more you work, the more you earn. You can earn 1-2 hundred yuan a day with just a few words." After listening to these words,
, Dashun was tempted.
Soon, Dashi finished his work and took his wife and children to the coal mine.
He feels that he can earn much more money here than farming.
Dashun is very smart. He quickly made some friends in the coal transportation team and learned some techniques.
Ershun saw that Dashun could indeed make money, and he also had the idea of ????going there.
He wrote to Dashun and asked him to help contact him for work.
Dashun has been promoted to technician here.
He quickly approached the leader to solve the problem of letting Er Shun do the work.
Ershun also came with his wife and son.
The two children came together again and became playmates.
The two daughters-in-law also found cooking jobs and settled down here.
Nowadays, Awen works alone at home.
Sometimes, when he is too busy, Alan asks his children to help.
Basically every year during spring planting and autumn harvest, children have to help.
After a few years of this kind of life, once, there was a problem in the mine, and Dashun needed to solve it.
As a result, not long after Dashun went down, the pit collapsed, and Dashun was trapped underneath.
When he was rescued by people, he was still breathing.
The mine leaders quickly transferred him to a large local hospital for rescue.
After rescue, Dashun's life was no longer in danger, but he was in a vegetative state and unresponsive.
Later, he was brought home after much tossing.
When Awen saw Dashun's condition, he cried silently in sadness.
Dashun's wife waits on him every day.
A day or two is fine, but as time goes by, Dashun’s wife loses her patience.
He always gets angry at Dashun who doesn't respond.
Awen saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart.
About three months later, grief struck again. Dashun stopped breathing, and Awen lost this obedient and sensible child again.
Awen lost his son in middle age, which was a great tragedy.