From my brother's frantic hint that I shouldn't tell the truth, I knew that my brother must have concealed the news of my father's death.

My grandmother's cloudy eyes were staring straight at me, waiting for me to answer.

I was in a dilemma, I really didn't want to deceive a lonely old man, but I was afraid that my grandmother would be overly sad when she found out that my father was dead.

After all, over the years, my father would come to visit my grandmother several times a year.

"Grandma, my dad has been busy lately, so he sent us brothers over to see you. ”

When I spoke, my expression was extremely unnatural, even very uncoordinated, and I felt extremely awkward about telling this big lie to my grandmother.

The corners of my grandmother's mouth were always raised, and my brother and I should be happy to come and see her together.

Hearing that my father didn't come over because he was busy, my grandmother's eyes flashed with a touch of loss, and then she continued to smile and beckoned us to dinner.

Dad came once in the first half of this year, so the bed he slept on hasn't been removed.

At night, my brother and I were huddled on a hard, moldy wooden bed, and my grandmother had slept in another room, and we were finally able to talk alone.

"Wencai, come back with me tomorrow, the third route of the police will definitely be investigated, because that is the most direct evidence. ”

"Now that the murderer has basically been locked up, if you go back, you will be fined at most as a punishment, and you will not be arrested, but if you keep hiding, it will attract suspicion, and the police will think that you have committed something else. ”

"When the time comes, they will thoroughly investigate you, and if you have anything unclean in the past, won't it be self-defeating?"

In the dark, I lowered my voice to persuade my brother.

I couldn't see his face clearly, I didn't know what his expression was.

The night in the mountain village is dark, and even darker on a moonless night than you can see your fingers.

I only felt my brother's breathing a little heavy, and he paused and replied:

"Brother, I used to treat you like that, not only did you not want to hate me, but now you haven't traveled thousands of miles to help me, I really thank you. ”

"But I can't go back with you. ”

"Why?" I asked, straightening up.

"Because...... In order to get to the top of the club, I broke the leg of my predecessor's eldest brother. ”

"Because the eldest brother is usually fierce and unreasonable to his younger brother, many people hate him, see that he is down, and he also broke a leg, so that night, I heard that he fell into the river. ”

"As for whether I fell into the river or was pushed down, I don't know, and in the end, the official report was that I had lost my footing, so this matter did not continue to be investigated. ”

"Brother, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that if this matter is brought up again, then I will become an accomplice to murder, and I will definitely go to jail!"

My brother's mood fluctuated greatly, and although I was shocked in my heart, I didn't forget to pat him on the shoulder to comfort him.

"Wencai, don't be afraid, the sealed case will not be retried if no one appeals again. ”

"You have to behave normally, answer honestly what the police ask you, anyway, this matter doesn't carry much weight to you, you have to believe me, I won't harm you." ”

My brother's ups and downs calmed down a bit, and he grabbed my hand tightly and asked, "Brother, do you really want me to go back with you?"

"Well, I want you to go back with me and live in the sun together in the open. ”

I squeezed my brother's hand a few points and continued: "The company is developing very well now, by the end of this year, I am very confident that I can earn 10 million, Wencai, you come and work with me, don't stay in that club, I will worry about you." ”

The old brother seemed to sigh deeply at the endless darkness, and it was a long time before he replied to me.

"Brother, it's easy to get into the club and it's hard to get out, do you see those martial arts movies, which one of the people who washes their hands in a golden basin can die well in the end?"

"Those old boys in Hong Kong films, which one of them wants to turn positive can have a good result?"

"I've fallen into the abyss and can't climb out again. ”

"But you are different, you are on the right path, you can live in the sunshine openly, and I will help you silently in the dark. ”

"Wencai, you can go ashore, don't give up on yourself. My voice trembled a little, and tears were already rolling in my eyes.

My brother stopped me and continued:

"Since my dad died, I felt like the sky was falling, so I indulged myself, eating, drinking, prostituting, gambling and smoking. ”

"That time, I almost died, and when I felt that death was near, and there was only powerless despair, you appeared, like an angel with a halo, you saved me, and took care of me. ”

"Since then, I've made up my mind not to give up on myself, I'm going to be stronger, even if it's to give my life, I'm going to do something for you. ”

My elder brother Jiang hugged him tightly, tears rolling down his cheeks: "No, I don't want you to pay for anything, you have to live well with me!"

My brother patted me lightly on the back, just like when I was wronged, my mother hugged me in her arms and patted me on the back to comfort me.

"Brother, I finally understand what my father often tells me. ”

"He said, 'Wencai, your brother is your own brother, now he is helping you, in the future, you have the ability, you must also help him, brothers work together, in order to make profits.' ’”

"I used to be disdainful of everything you and my dad had given me. ”

"Later, I understood that you just love me, let me, and spoil me, and all of this will have to be repaid sooner or later. ”

I clasped my brother's hands again: "No, you are my brother, what is mine is yours, and there is nothing between me and you that I have not returned." ”

The elder brother comforted me again: "Brother, come out to mix, sooner or later you will pay it back, as long as you are good, I can do anything for you, you remember, it is anything." ”

"Dude. ”

I opened my mouth and wanted to say something, but it was like a fish in my throat, and a heavy sadness welled up in my heart.

My brother let go of my hand and patted me on the shoulder.

"Brother, go to sleep, let's finally come here, stay here with grandma for a few more days and then go back, see you this time, maybe there will be no next time." ”

I suddenly thought, "Why don't we take my grandmother over, I will rent a bigger house, and then you and your grandmother will live in, and our family will be reunited every day!"

The elder brother immediately sighed and said, "No, my grandmother is old and can't stand the toss of taking a car and changing cars." ”

Moreover, the fallen leaves return to the roots, and my grandmother can't adapt to life in the city, she is used to living in the mountains, and it is her greatest wish to rest here. ”

The elder brother seems to have grown up suddenly, and he has become a little old-fashioned in his speech, like an old man who has lived for decades.

But he's still a young man in his twenties!

What happened to him in the days when he disappeared?

"I'll mention it to my grandmother tomorrow and hear what she has to say. ”

I still don't want to give up, once my brother and I leave here, my grandmother will be at home one day peacefully, and there will be no one to keep filial piety in front of the bed, what a miserable thing it will be!

Grandma was kind and friendly all her life, and she was also a good person, but why, a good person had to fall into such a situation.

Is it because of poverty that poverty is the original sin?

I can't help but think about me in a few decades, will I have children and grandchildren who will be filial piety in bedside?

In the dark, the sound of the elder brother snoring was endless, like a tactful and somewhat noisy nocturne.

With this different kind of rural night, I also gradually fell asleep.