Chapter 4 — Awakening Brick

"Don't be afraid, we're here." Mother's lips moved slightly. "I'm bothering you." Aunt Ngo's eyes turned red. "She's always so polite." When we reached the yard door, Duong Duc Giang suddenly called out: "Sister-in-law, don't forget, bad things in the house must not be brought out." I stopped walking. Turned his head to look at him. "When you beat someone, you weren't afraid of losing face." "Now are you afraid of outsiders knowing?" Duong Duc Giang's face darkened. "Duong Am, don't say such merciless words." I said: "I can say even more merciless." "Twenty thousand yuan of Duong Hao's tuition fee, don't you dare get a penny from my mother." As soon as the sentence ended, Ma Thuy's face immediately changed. My mother was stunned. She looked at me. "Tieu Am, what twenty thousand?" Duong Duc Giang immediately said: "No such thing." I stared at him. "What you said outside the kitchen door this afternoon, I heard every word." "Say my mother is weak." "Tell my father that all she has to do is yell and she will give her the money." "Saying women keep money is useless." The main house was silent. My mother's hand tightened little by little. The swelling on her face had not yet disappeared, but another pain gradually rose in her eyes. Turns out it wasn't because she cooked rice slowly. It turned out that from the beginning, they were targeting her money. Duong Duc Hai shouted: "Duong Am!" The police officer glanced at him. He just went back on his word. I helped my mother out of the yard. The cold wind outside blew, making her whole body shiver. I took off my coat and put it on her shoulders. She was about to take it off and give it back to me. "Put it on." I held her hand. "Mom, don't always give good things to me in the future." "You should also be warm for once." She looked at me. Tears fell again. This time there wasn't just one drop. Arriving at the hospital in town, the doctor frowned as soon as he looked at her face. "How did you get injured like this?" Mom bowed her head and said nothing. I showed the video to the doctor. The doctor sighed. "Let's take a film first, then assess the injury." "The corner of the mouth is torn, there are also bruises behind the ear." I went with her to do the examination. With each result that came out, my heart sank a little. On her face was a new wound. But there are old injuries on his arms. The inside of the shoulder also has a bruise that has turned yellow. The doctor asked: "Were these marks also received today?" Mother quickly pulled down her sleeve. "No." I asked her: "Since when?" She didn't look at me. "Bumped into things." I couldn't laugh. "Mom, how long do you want to hide for him?" Her lips were white. After a long time, he said: "Your father wasn't like this before." I looked at her. "So was there ever a time when he was like a human being?" She was stunned. I won't force you anymore. But in my heart I know. There are things you don't say, I will also investigate clearly on your behalf. When receiving the injury assessment certificate, the police also went to the hospital. He asked his mother if she agreed to make a record. Mom held the pen, her hands shaking violently. Duc Hai Street is not here. The Tang family is also not here. But the shadow they left behind over the years still weighs heavily on her back. I don't answer for you. I just put my hand on her shoulder. “Mom, you say it yourself.” She looked at the record. A long, long time later, she wrote her name down. Tham Ngoc Mai. Three crooked words. But like a blade, for the first time, it sliced open the fabric that had covered this house for more than twenty years. As soon as the report was completed, my phone rang. It's a strange number. I picked up the phone. On the other end came Duong Duc Hai's deliberately condescending voice. "Duong Am, do you really think that just an injury assessment can do anything to me?" "Your mother's salary card is still in my hand."05 I held the phone, my fingertips getting colder little by little. Duong Duc Hai laughed on the other end. "If you and your mother are good, don't come home tonight." "She has something in her body."

a few dollars, you know better than me." "The hospital needs money, eating meals needs money, renting a place to live also needs money." "Duong Am, you can take care of her for a day, but can you take care of her for a lifetime?" I didn't scold him. I was afraid that if I opened my mouth, I would smash the phone. I just pressed the record button. "You admit the salary card is in your hand?" The other end was silent for a moment. Duong Duc Hai's voice immediately became tough. "I am your husband. So, what should I do?" "The money in the house should be under my control." I asked: "Does she agree?" He laughed coldly. "Does she dare not agree?" That sentence was completely recorded. I looked at my mother lying on the hospital bed. The blood on her face gradually disappeared little by little. She heard it. She finally understood why I did not let her continue to be patient. Duc Duc Hai still said, "You told her to come back tomorrow on her own." "Kneel down on your own." Sorry to my mother and my younger brother." "Tonight's matter, I can't pursue it." I laughed. "You don't pursue it?" "Duong Duc Hai, have you forgotten who the person who was beaten to the hospital is?" His voice was low. "Duong Am, don't be so arrogant." "I tell you, that card has three months of her salary." "If she doesn't come back, don't expect to get a penny."