The disappeared mother

Liu Zhe is a senior student, he grew up with his parents came to the city, his father Liu Jianjun is an honest farmer, no skills, has been working on the construction site, rented a house in the city, has been Liu Zhe and his mother live, Liu Jianjun once in a while back.

　　Liu Zhe senior academic tension, living far from school, every morning, it was still dark, ran to the crossroads of his mother's breakfast, took his mother's breakfast prepared for him, and rushed to school on his bike.

　　At 4:00 a.m., Liu Zhe heard a commotion at home, and his mother got up to start preparing again. The familiar sound of such a voice was accompanied by his mother pushing the breakfast cart out of the house, and the house fell back into silence.

　　Liu Zhe rushed to the intersection again in the morning, without raising his eyes, took the breakfast handed over by his mother, and rode away with his classmates who were waiting for him in a hurry.

　　Liu Zhe's mother looked at her son's distant figure, opened her mouth to say something, and then closed it. She knows that her son is studying in the city, the last time she had a few words with her son in the morning, the classmates next to her son in school taunted, her son came home with a very bad face, since then, she is in and her son almost rarely speak outside.

　　Outside has been hanging a gale, until the next morning, more than four in the morning, Liu Zhe has not heard any movement at home, unconsciously to five thirty, Liu Zhe hurried to get up, wash up, rushed to take the school bag, looked at the yard breakfast cart also missing, the mother should have gone out.

　　The day is still very dark, the intersection of the street lamp also do not know when it broke, the surrounding dim lights hit down, the wind blowing mother's breakfast cart, around the leaves flying around, Liu Zhe and hurriedly cycled over, this morning's business is not very good, no one, only the mother alone in the busy.

　　Liu Zhe took his mother handed him soy milk, pancakes, are hot, touching his mother's hand, but cold so that he shivered. Today he raised his head to look at his mother, his mother's face was pale, her hair was a little messy, but looked at Liu Zhe or smiled.

　　Liu Zhe could not help but feel a little guilty about his mother and wanted to greet her, but his classmates had come over on their cars, he looked at his mother and said nothing and left in a hurry.

　　It has been three days, Liu Zhe has not heard the morning at 4:00 a.m. home movement, he was a little worried about his mother's health, but every morning he can always take his mother handed him breakfast at that dimly lit intersection, but the last few days the breakfast seller seems to be no one, each time he went alone to get breakfast.

　　The fourth morning, there is still no movement at home, Liu Zhe could not sleep, he had to get up to ask his mother if she was not feeling well. He was always until 10:00 p.m. to get off the evening study, these days, home at night, the mother also rested early, only the prepared meals on the table, only in the morning to take breakfast, to see his mother.

　　Liu Zhe walked out of the room and looked at the kitchen light was still on, he was slightly relieved, but the home was unusually quiet, there was no sound. Liu Zhe walked to the kitchen door and called out a few times

　　"Mom, mom, are you up?"

　　The kitchen has been no sound, Liu Zhe pushed open the kitchen door, the mother is not in, Liu Zhe pushed open the door of the mother's room again, turned on the room light, the mother's bed quilt folded neatly, people are not in the house.

　　Liu Zhe went to the yard again, the breakfast cart was not there, Liu Zhe thought his mother should have gone out early. In the morning riding a bicycle, the mother is still selling breakfast alone.

　　A week has passed, Liu Zhe can only see his mother in the morning, but in the way of classmates, every time he wants to greet his mother, and swallowed back again and again.

　　Liu Jianjun suddenly came home, and has been at home for three days, this is something Liu Zhe did not expect, this is Liu Jianjun stay at home for the longest time, Liu Zhe before almost unanimously is living with his mother, and his father Liu Jianjun rarely communicate.

　　Since Liu Jianjun came back these days, Liu Zhe found a problem, since his father came home, every morning before he left the door there is a good thin rice and vegetables on the table, the father is also not in, Liu Zhe also do not eat, are going to the intersection to take his mother prepared for him breakfast, and rushed to school.

　　Liu Zhe came home at ten o'clock after his evening study, and Liu Jianjun opened the door for him. After making a meal for Liu Zhe, he suddenly asked Liu Zhe: "Xiao Zhe, how come you don't eat breakfast in the morning?"

　　"Oh, my mother is selling breakfast, the morning rush, every time my mother prepared for me, I go to her every morning to take it away" Liu Zhe finished his speech, some angry head down has been eating, Liu Jianjun not often home, even his mother selling breakfast is not clear.

　　Liu Jianjun did not care that his son's speech was a little impulsive, frowned, and asked Liu Zhe, "How do you eat these days?"

　　"I have not said clearly? My mother sells breakfast, she prepared for me. And, where is my mother? How do I keep missing her at night?"

　　Liu Jianjun's pupils dilated a bit, hurriedly took out a cigarette and smoked it, hurriedly grabbed Liu Zhe's hand and asked, "Xiao Zhe, are you sure that your mother gave you breakfast in the morning?"

　　"That there is sure not sure, that is my mother, could I be mistaken?" Liu Zhe somehow could not figure out what was going on with his father.

　　Liu Jianjun took a hard puff of smoke, said to Liu Zhe: "Xiao Zhe, I'll tell you something, your mother, your mother, she recently night we have a relative in our city here to introduce her to a night job, she wants to earn more, she is away at night."

　　"Oh," Liu Zhe in did not think much about it, until more than twelve o'clock at night, homework finished, Liu Zhe stretched, want to drink a mouthful of water, passing by his parents' room, through the doorway, only to see Liu Jianjun sitting alone on the bed, the gods holding a box of black cloth, mouth incessantly chanting something.

　　Liu Zhe some strange father how a day some God Tao, lying on the door only to hear Liu Jianjun's mouth has been chanting, "Go! Let's go! Rest assured to go! I have it, first, I'll tell him in a few months.

　　Liu Zhe also wanted to listen when the door of the house suddenly rattled, Liu Zhe walked to the courtyard to see when the mother came back, the mother's face is very pale, people are also very thin, may be too hard, people are too tired, but the mother as a whole is also very strange, for a while Liu Zhe can not say.

　　"Mom, you're back," the mother just smiled and nodded, and went inside. Liu Zhe thought about his mother is too hard, want to care about care, turn around, the mother has disappeared, only the cold wind in the courtyard scraped more seeping.

　　Closer and closer to the time of the college entrance exams, the days are getting longer and longer, and now at six o'clock in the morning, the sky is also very bright. But Liu Zhe has not seen his mother until now, his father Liu Jianjun said that his mother now goes directly to work with relatives, in not selling breakfast, and so on a few days before returning.

　　Liu Zhe went out in the morning, and as usual, habitually looked at the yard breakfast cart is not there, did the mother came back to sell breakfast? Liu Zhe was a little excited and ran out without eating the breakfast prepared by Liu Jianjun.

　　These days the dawn has been very early, the intersection only morning rush to and fro pedestrians, Liu Zhe some lost, empty stomach went to school, the whole day is distracted.

　　In the evening, when I went home, I passed by the intersection, and looked at the location where my mother used to set up her stall, it was empty, no one was there. Riding a bicycle slowly, in front of the dim light walking a figure, very thin, clothes are also very thin, Liu Zhe hurriedly pedal car to catch up, seems to be his mother.

　　Liu Zhe rode fast, but it seems that how can not catch up with the woman in front. Liu Zhe was anxious and kept shouting behind him, "Mom, mom, is that you? Where are you going? Let's go home! You wait for me ah!"

　　The figure in front began to stop for a moment, and then kept going, Liu Zhe kept chasing, until the park in the woods by the creek, Liu Zhe could not find.

　　Once home, Liu Zhe asked Liu Jianjun, "I seem to see my mother tonight, where in the end she is working? A day is still not home."

　　Liu Jianjun has been blindfolded. Do not speak, has been smoking cigarettes, Liu Zhe anxious, shaking Liu Jianjun's shoulders, "Dad, you tell me, my mother when to come back?"

　　"Oh! Your mother called me yesterday and said, you want to college entrance exams, she wants to earn more, for you to go to college, do not miss her, she does not want to distract you."

The mother who disappeared

　　Liu Zhe heard, secretly sent a determination, must be on the exam, can not let the mother so hard. Hastily after eating, he went to study.

　　Soon to be the college entrance examination, school holidays, Liu Zhe home reading, a knock on the door came.

　　Liu Zhe opened the door, outside the door are two uniformed police officers, "Hello, please is Liu Jianjun home?"

　　"Yes, officer, quickly, come in and sit down." Liu Zhe did not understand what the officers came to the house. Liu Jianjun bare-chested, very anxious to run out to talk.

　　"We came for ......" a thin, tall, thin, middle-aged police officer's words had not finished, Liu Jianjun hitched a conversation to, "Oh! I know, is our construction site that worker accident thing, you ask, I slowly to you, my son still have a few days on the college entrance examination it? Learned okay, his mother is determined to let him take a good university, his mother is quite good."

　　Liu Zhe frowned, the father casually interrupted others to speak, so very disrespectful. The father speaks upside down again, it is difficult to understand the father's thinking.

　　"Well, we were going to ask ......" another young officer on the side opened his mouth to say something, the middle-aged officer on the side forgot Liu Zhe glance said, taking over the conversation and said, "We are here for this matter ", the young officer on the side also then continued to ask one by one.

　　Liu Zhe listened on the sidelines and learned that his father was due to an accident on the construction site, before returning home, on the heart more secretly determined that he must take the exam, back to the house to read the book will be more attentive.

　　There are only two days left before the exam, Liu Zhe looked at the book, unknowingly fell asleep, suddenly Liu Zhe felt very cold back, Liu Zhe opened his eyes, look, is his mother added a shirt to him.

　　"Mom, have you come back tonight? The day after tomorrow I'm going to take the college entrance exam, you don't go out to do anything these days, I haven't seen you for a long time," Liu Zhe looked at his mother's pale hands, white hair, some heartache to his mother said.

　　The mother did not say anything, just shook her head, tears flowed out of her eyes, touched Liu Zhe's head, and walked out of Liu Zhe's room. Liu Zhe chased out, the book on the table was touched to the floor, Liu Zhe woke up at once, it turned out that he had just had a dream.

　　The words written in ballpoint pen on the book have been blurred by Liu Zhe's tears, but his shoulders were indeed draped with a dress, and he had some trouble remembering when he put on this dress.

　　The summer night, or easy to catch a cold, Liu Zhe covered with a shirt to sleep, sleep blurred, always feel that his mother at night at the head of the bed watching him, but he just can not wake up. But by the end of his college entrance exams, this was no longer the case.

　　"Dad, I'm all done with the college entrance exam, I've estimated the score, it must be okay, where is my mother working, I'll go find her!" Since the mother this almost half a year in did not push the breakfast cart to sell breakfast, Liu Zhe has thought carefully to understand that there is no shame in the mother's work.

　　"Well, wait a little longer! When you get the college notice, we will go together" Liu Zhe looked at his father and said these words very plainly, and his excited and happy mood gradually calmed down.

　　More than a month has passed, Liu Zhe finally received a call from the school, let him go to pick up the notice. He and his classmates agreed to get up very early and ride together to pick up the notice.

　　On the way, the classmate suddenly said, "Liu Zhe, I have a thing I do not understand, we will be busy studying, now free you can tell me?"

　　"What is it?" Liu Zhe is very happy to receive the notice today, humming a little song all the way.

　　"In the winter, I will wait for you in the morning, often see you alone to stay at the crossroads for a while, you are doing it?"

　　"No! And my mother?" Liu Zhe's face was suddenly a little white.

　　"No, at first there is auntie, I know, but then there is a week is just you alone."

　　Liu Zhe felt a little dizzy, took the notice, pushed the car all the way back, he, did not understand. When he passed by the place where his mother used to set breakfast, he looked and looked, where there was still his mother's figure.

　　Liu Zhe silently pushed open the door, his father and two officers sitting in the yard, his father took Liu Zhe's hand and walked into the house, "Go, go see your mother."

　　Liu Jianjun took out the black box wrapped in black cloth, pointing to Liu Zhe said, "Xiao Zhe, your mother is here, she has been gone for half a year, I have not told you, is worried about your studies, now you have been admitted to college, I will give your mother a good explanation," Liu Jianjun hands clasped his head and cried, he endured also have He has been holding back for half a year. The officers on the side can only watch in silence.

　　Liu Zhe's head, suddenly felt the sky spinning, "impossible, impossible, I saw her a few days ago, she can't be" Liu Zhe's notice fell to the ground, he went a little crazy, his mother has been with him since childhood, she can't be.

　　"Children, listen, it is true, that breakfast car has now been in the bureau, two suspects have now been caught, you can take a good university is also the completion of your mother's last wish." Middle-aged police officers helplessly patted the snotty nose and tears have been very fuzzy Liu Zhe.

　　"Children, these two days to bury your mother, after the matter, come to the bureau to find me, my name is Yang," Officer Yang explained, and left.

　　Liu Zhe did not ask anything more, one night, father and son did not speak, the lights were not on, until the next morning. Father and son went to the funeral home with Liu Zhe's mother's urn, simply for his mother after the funeral, Liu Zhe let his father go back first, his father was also very painful, how did he survive these months, he can not think, everything he still asked Officer Yang.

　　Into the police station, Officer Yang took him to his very familiar breakfast cart, "Liu Zhe, by the two suspects explained that morning your mother went out very early, it was very dark, the two suspects were originally two vagrants, the two had a whim, early in the morning to see no one, wanted to rob your mother's money, and then and your mother when the fight, your mother was killed, the two were worried about being found, took advantage of that would be no one , threw your mother to a park grove in the lake, and then it was found, behind the other you know, we found your mother when she was still holding a vegetable bun, you see this breakfast cart when you push back?"

　　Liu Zhe's eyes wet, vegetable buns, that is his mother in the morning specifically for him, he does not eat large meat soup buns in the morning, his mother only do a few for him every day.

　　He pushed the breakfast cart all the way back, he misses the breakfast his mother prepared for him in the morning, misses that taste. But what he regrets most is that when his mother was selling breakfast, she tried to speak to him on the last morning, but he turned his head and left because he was ashamed.

　　He shouted "I love you, Mom, I love you, I love you so much" to the empty place.

　　After shouting, and silently pushing the car away, the stall is very dark, vaguely as if there is a figure, waving his hand to the distant Liu Zhe, in saying goodbye.