曾剛偉總算出院回到家里，可不順心的事情又緊跟著來了。這一次車禍，住院費，買假肢，加上賠償，幾乎把曾剛偉多年的存儲給掏光了。曾剛偉不能干重活，覃丹紅又得在家里照顧他，坐食山空，曾剛偉一家陷入了困境。

    曾剛偉雖然套上了假肢，柱根拐杖可以行走，可他還是不習慣。整天苦著臉，長噓短嘆，甚至有時還無緣無故地發火。

    覃丹紅理解他的處境和心情，也不頂撞他，讓他發泄，待他平靜后才跟他說話。

    有的時候，曾剛偉在半夜里偷偷地哭泣，覃丹紅也會爬起來陪著他流淚。

    別哭，別哭啊。覃丹紅安慰道。這個時候，她的話已經起不了什么作用了。                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

    關你什么事？曾剛偉生氣地說。

    好，不關我的事。覃丹紅說。其實她知道，曾剛偉是在說氣話，他心里不好受。

    曾剛偉實在憋不住了，有天，他忽然對覃丹紅說，丹紅，你還是回家去吧，你不要管我。

    覃丹紅認真地看了曾剛偉一會兒才說，我不管你誰來管你？都到這步田地了，你還這么倔，你還想讓我帶著你的骨肉嫁給我哥？

    不這樣，還能怎樣？曾剛偉說，我又不能養活你們！

    你不能，我能呀。覃丹紅說，我可以養活你們呀。

    你這么樣，怎樣養活我們？曾剛偉說，我都成了這號人了，不想拖累你。

    你把我想成怎樣的人啦？我想要走，早就走了。覃丹紅說，我回去幫我爸打工，阿爸不會虧待我的。我是想，等你習慣了，我就回去。你別忘了，礦場里還有我的一份財產呢。

    可阿爸，他不會同意我們的。曾剛偉嘆息道，他的脾氣你也懂。

    別擔心，我哥說了，等過了一段日子，我這身子大了，你習慣走路了，我們一起回去求阿爸，準行。

    曾剛偉認真地注視覃丹紅，還是搖頭長噓短嘆。

    這天上午，日頭剛爬上山嘴，明媚的陽光普照大地，山野顯得更加清新了。

    這是一個好日子，可覃丹紅的心里卻不那么好。她騎著單車回家，一路上，她都在想著如何向阿爸求情，怎么樣讓阿媽站在她這一邊支持她，讓她度過難關。

    回到家里，只有媽媽和劉河在家。張為梅看見女兒覃丹紅憔悴得變了模樣的樣子，傷心地抱住她，不知道說什么好了。劉河卻顯得高興的樣子，說妹妹你回來就好，別想那么多了，回來就好。

    張為梅說，丹紅，回來就好，你先坐一下，跟你哥說話，我做飯去。

    媽，不用忙了，我爸不在家？覃丹紅說。

    不在家，今天鄉政府舉行閉路電視線路安裝儀式，鄉政府邀請你爸參加剪彩去了。張為梅說。

    哦，等下他回來嗎？覃丹紅問。

    回來的。回來的。劉河說，剪彩儀式不用很多時間的。

    哥，我想去看剪彩儀式，你送我去，好嗎？覃丹紅問。

    劉河把目光投向張為梅，張為梅知道劉河的意思，點頭說，去吧，阿河，送你妹妹去看吧。

    好的。劉河說，走，我們去看剪彩儀式。

    劉河推出摩托車，跨了上去，回頭對覃丹紅說，上車吧，妹妹？這次讓我來開。

    覃丹紅跨上了摩托車，輕輕抱住了劉河的腰部。

    覃丹紅覺得這是她很多年以來沒有過的溫馨的享受了。

    摩托車在鄉間公路上飛馳，陽光明媚，一棵棵樹興奮地往后閃去，兩邊的稻田，水稻禾苗長勢良好，一片青綠，生機盎然。

    摩托車很快就來到了鄉政府文化站的廣場。