Unlike him, his filial daughter, he didn't need to look after her, he shook his head, it wasn't that he didn't need to look after her, he missed his beloved granddaughter, every time she and her mother came home, he would bury his face in her soft hair and sniff. But with his daughter, he had to be indifferent.
The daughter boasted that she had just received two projects at the same time, and that she was working with extremely talented people. Hearing one sentence made her realize many things. She was busy as hell but very excited, not knowing what fatigue was. The daughter's voice dropped again, she came home at nine or ten every day, and then she sat there until one or two in the morning. Ca Keo was neglected by her mother, always alone, eating and drinking haphazardly, just now she cried and said that her mother wouldn't take her to art class. If her grandfather lived with her, she would have someone to take her to school, she would be able to go to music and art classes as she wanted. Not to mention, she would be able to eat hot meals cooked by her grandfather to her liking, instead of seeing the maid more than her mother every day.
Hearing his daughter complain, he felt sorry for her and her grandchild. Since she was little, his daughter had realized that her family was poor, so she worked two or three times harder than everyone else. When she was at home, they also planted and harvested, but his fields were always weed-free, the water was drained earlier and dried up later than others. His daughter never rested, so when she went to the city to study, she worked two or three extra jobs, and when she had enough money for tuition, she sent home to ask him to fix the fence to prevent buffaloes from destroying the garden. Now that she was doing the job she loved, she was like a fish in water, absorbed in it and didn't care about anything else. It was natural that Ca Keo would assign her to help with the chores.
- Dad Fish is still running back and forth, isn't he?
His daughter paused but quickly smiled.
- Dad, think about it, I'm not home, would he dare stay home alone with the maid? He should pick up Ca Keo, let him in the house and leave. Only when Dad comes will he dare to come in.
He wanted to tell Ca Keo's father to go home. But he couldn't say it. He knew his son's personality, once he was stubborn, even a reinforced concrete building couldn't hold him back.
He wanted to give the two of them a chance to reconcile, but with his daughter's nature, he was afraid that his fake son-in-law would not know when.
When they were students, the two met during a cultural exchange between the two schools. The other guy knew how to play music and sing, had the appearance of an artist but was also a sweet talker. He somehow fell in love with the daughter of the man who worked in logistics. The girl tried every way to avoid him because she saw that he was known to be a womanizer and an unreliable person. It seemed that being rejected made him uncomfortable and hurt his male pride. He kept pursuing her until they both started working.
After graduating, he became more serious, less ostentatious, had some achievements in work, and because they were always together, girls got used to his presence.
He sighed, and the little girl Keo came.
- I'm sorry for making you ashamed and losing face in front of the village. But if I didn't have feelings for him, I wouldn't have done that.
That day, his daughter told him that when the boy's parents came to visit, asking for the two of them to live together. His daughter also had feelings for him, so he happily agreed. He thought that after that there would be a wedding, his daughter would wear a wedding dress, and he and his in-laws would happily wait for their grandchild.
Who knew that after that meeting there would be no wedding. People had come all the way here, just then they were chatting happily, having a meal together, thinking that tomorrow his son would have to find someone to clean up the garden, fix the yard, go around the neighborhood to talk and ask people to come and set up the stage and decorate. In his mind he had already remembered the place to print wedding invitations, rent tables and chairs, bowls and chopsticks, sound and light, the ladies in the neighborhood would be in charge, weddings in the countryside did not have to cook like in restaurants but mobilized available forces, rarely did the village have a wedding, he used to help the whole village, now that he asked, people would be happy, it would be lively and bustling for days. He would do all the preparations to send his daughter off to her husband's house, she just had to make a guest list and go try on wedding dresses. He also had to rent a formal suit. Life only happens once.
Who knew that when the in-laws were about to return, the daughter had something to say. She thanked them for coming to visit, apologized for bothering the elders, but there would be no wedding. She said she didn't feel ready to be a wife, a daughter-in-law, her child was still their grandchild.
No matter how he asked, she would only briefly say that she would raise the child alone, and she cried and said that she was making her father suffer again. Hearing her cry, he knew that she was feeling very upset and hurt, she said that she also had feelings for that boy, and that there was only one last step left, so why didn't she continue? There must be a reason, he didn't blame her, he just wanted to share with her. But she remained silent to him. The boy's parents kept apologizing, saying that it was all their son's fault, and now they would listen to whatever their daughter decided, whether she married him or not, they would consider her their daughter-in-law and always welcome her home.
The daughter was calm after all, giving birth to Ca Keo alone, when Ca Keo's father came she did not object, when Ca Keo's grandparents came to pick her up to visit her home she also agreed. Occasionally the two of them went to Ca Keo's grandparents' house for dinner, but that was it.
Many times, Mr. and Mrs. Ca Keo asked for Ca Keo's father to come and live with his mother and daughter so that Ca Keo would have both parents. The daughter smiled lightly:
- Not everyone in the world has a complete mother and father. And not everyone born into a complete family becomes a good person.
It spoke as if it were talking to itself. Its mother died when it was three years old. The old man raised it alone. It grew up amidst the pitiful eyes of the villagers, amidst the gossip that tomorrow when its father has a new wife or a new sibling, it will be left out. People think that children do not know pain, so they play pranks and pranks. The daughter responded in kind, and many people said it was rude. It glared:
- If you don't want to be rude, talk to yourself, don't point at your neighbors!
Many times he had to apologize for his son, but he was also proud that he knew how to protect himself. He did not want him to become this or that in the future, he just wanted him to be healthy and safe.
The son-in-law called to ask to see him, he didn't know what he was going to say. From the father's perspective, no father could be gentle with a man who made his children suffer. Every time he thought about his daughter, who was alone for nine months and ten days, he figured out what he needed to eat and what he should avoid, went to the hospital by himself, and watched his child become clearer on the ultrasound scan. His daughter had morning sickness, vomited, and then continued to eat without anyone coaxing or encouraging her. He bought and mixed the milk himself, bought and washed the baby's clothes and diapers himself, and left them in a plastic basket. On nights when he had painful cramps and tears, he woke up and massaged himself. He was a man, there weren't many things he could do to help his child, seeing his child being strong and comforting him made his heart ache. At those times, where was he? His daughter didn't blame him, but he couldn't be so tolerant. What use was his parents, who were reasonable? For the past few years, he has been helping his daughter take care of Ca Keo, he has no one else, so how about that, is that enough? Ca Keo was taken care of by his daughter alone, how many times he vomited, how many times he had a fever, how many times he went to the bathroom, how many nights in the hospital, how many teeth grew. The first time he rolled over, the first smile, the first babbling, the first time he crawled, the first step, the first spoonful of porridge, the first spoonful of rice… did people see, did they know?
The fake son-in-law said, it was all because of him. The day his parents came to visit, he decided to get married, he had pursued her for so long, now there was a result, he was proud of his friends. But when he followed his parents to his grandfather's house, he thought that this result was not because he was accepted by her, but because of the child. He felt that in this game, he was the loser. A boy who was always surrounded by beautiful girls, now he was helpless and surrendered to a girl who was not as pretty as the other girls, and not necessarily talented. So during the argument, he couldn't help but mock, he said that his grandfather's daughter was clever, she had caught him in the middle of the flower forest, and could even force him to voluntarily step into the grave of marriage. This trap was extremely perfect, it must have had a lot of help from the father and daughter, him.
- When I said that, I knew I was wrong. She was silent, cold, her lips pursed, she just looked at me like that, not angry, not mad, she coldly smiled and said: "Then, this grave does not welcome you!".
The boy scratched his head:
- I know you raised her alone, to her, you are heaven and earth, brother, friend, home, pride. I was wrong dad, she was right to say I'm not trustworthy. For the past few years, I've done everything, tried everything but she still hasn't forgiven me even when she heard I was getting married.
He quickly waved his hand:
- I didn't have the mind to look at anyone else. I asked my friends to spread the news to see if she would react. As a result, she was indifferent like listening to a story on the bus.
He sat still, looking at his son-in-law. The poor man was also somewhat blameworthy. He also wanted to speak up for him, so that his daughter and grandchild could have a complete and warm home. Unfortunately, he had touched his daughter's inverse scales.
Thinking for a night, he called his nephew to come and stay, conveniently looking after the fields and gardens. Everyone just heard that and congratulated him that from now on he would be at ease, waiting for his daughter to repay him. He smiled, his daughter had already repay him a long time ago, he didn't have to wait.
At the beginning of the month, he will leave, his daughter sees him as the sky, now the sky must do something to protect her. The sky also knows pain. He will be by her side like when she was little, will take Ca Keo to school every morning and afternoon, Ca Keo wants to learn to play the guitar, sing, or draw, he will do it all, the two of them will take care of each other so that Ca Keo's mother can do whatever she wants. Maybe in the afternoon, he will cook a few dishes, call the fake son-in-law to pick Ca Keo up and keep him for dinner. For so many years, mother and daughter have been living well, as his daughter, she has to stretch to fit into a large shirt, if only there was someone for her to lean on, to share with, to nag, to cry, to laugh and be happy.
He can only do that, the rest depends on the two of them.
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