Occasionally pop-up messages in the classmate group suddenly brought back Lu Ri's memories that had been buried for thirty years. That past story began with a chance encounter between two mothers. In their interactions after that, the stories Lu Ri heard and the people he met emerged one after another like a tide.
In the summer of 1985, Lu Ri, who returned home after passing the provincial art school, was supposed to have a festive summer vacation. But after picking up his younger brother, his parents' abnormal mood plunged the whole family into a strange silence.
My father, who had always taken care of his family, suddenly began to "disappear" frequently. He would go out every day before dawn with a first aid kit and a straw hat, and would drag his exhausted body home until late at night. He was eating in silence under the lamp, while his mother sat beside him, rubbing his swollen feet with tears in her eyes.
Faced with the questioning of sisters Lu and Ri, their parents remained tight-lipped.
Until one day after school started, Lu Ri received a letter home from his father. A corner of the truth was revealed, and her ignorance was fully revealed, and she finally pieced together the breathtaking story:
In that "perfect family" ruled by his mother Niu Baixiang, the younger brother, who was a guest, made his former classmate Zheng Rong endure an unspeakable "ordeal" because of an unintentional lie. Lu Ri also finally understood why Zheng Rong's mother, Niu Baixiang, always said: "This Nani has a hard life, and she can't die no matter how hard she tries."
This is a story about two families. Some people have their hearts turned into stone in purgatory; some people are running under the scorching sun just to bring another soul back to the world.
Intention: One kind of rice can feed thousands of kinds of people.
