Chapter 12: The Legend of the Madman
I really forgot where the old was, here is completely different from a few years ago, the change is too fast, the highest house in the past is the hotel building in the county, now one is taller than the other, I picked up the previous phone book, I don't know if he is still using it, I lit a cigarette casually, the smoke is about to burn out, but I still didn't call the big bear, the reason is that I don't want to contact the previous group of people anymore, I don't want to get involved in the smell of the rivers and lakes, I want to live quietly. After that incident, many brothers went in, think about it, they shouldn't do that, if it doesn't work, they still have to fight, otherwise Yang Lei won't know when he will be beaten to death, why are you standing there? Why didn't you do it? I touched my mouth, ah! It hurt so much that it was swollen, it didn't hurt much last night, why did it hurt so much today! Of course, it was still hot yesterday, it definitely didn't hurt, I felt that I couldn't lift my thighs, the sour pain, my forehead didn't talk about it, the swelling pain, it can almost be said to reach the heart.
I said, "Do you want to go to the old's house?" Of course you want to go? Oh! It's been a long time? I'll go after lunch, okay! The old lives in Datang, but I haven't been there for some years, and we were all young when we went. The old brother finally mustered up the courage to call out, hey? Who are you looking for? Do you know the phone number of the old? Who are you? Zhang Chao! Big Bear, you don't even remember my voice? Brother Chao is you! When did you come back? Don't say anything to us, I didn't say anything when I came back, why do you want the old's phone? The old rents a house in the big circle, or I'll take you to him! No need, you call me, I'll call him myself, see you in the evening, Xindu Sichuan restaurant, I'll do the east, okay! Brother Chao's face must be given, see you in the evening! After a while, the old called herself, Brother Chao, misunderstanding! Misunderstanding! Let's meet at night! This kind of thing should be said to face, okay! Xindu Sichuan Restaurant. Okay! I hung up first, my face was swollen like this, so I didn't have to go, right? Go! I have to say this to my face, oh! Naya wants to go, I can go, if I don't want to go, oh! I don't know why my brother is very upset, maybe the old didn't look for him first. In this way, I lay down in the rented room for a day, and Ya said that she only came to see me in the evening, but fortunately it was a weekend or she would have to take time off, and it would be better to go back to school after two days off.
I limped to open the door, and I didn't know where my brother and Zhang Wei went, Ya brought a lot of medicine and some to eat, and I instantly felt so happy, it turned out that I was so happy to be taken to heart by others. Come and eat a mango, how can I eat it when my hands hurt? You feed me! I hate it! Ya carefully peeled off the mango skin and fed me one bite at a time, so sweet, I really wish we could stay in this moment forever, I really want to tie up time and let it stay in this moment forever. The elder brother said at the door, and suddenly made me and Ya embarrassed to death, come in and don't say anything, you are too devoted, it turns out that you want to go home today to burn paper, so the elder brother and the elder brother went to the street to buy things, July and a half, commonly known as the Ghost Festival, is the day to pay tribute to the ancestors, that is, the folk say to send money to the ancestors, each ethnic group to the ancestors to burn paper in a different way, for example, the Buyi people do not need to envelope, directly burn loose paper, while saying while reading the old man's name, which means to ask him to receive money. Also use a broom as a guard, do not allow other ghosts to rob money, we Han people are not like this, you have to buy a wrapper first, which is written how many years of fortune, to whom the date, and who sent it, the address is generally heaven and earth bank, rich people will buy some money in reality, or beautiful cardboard boxes to burn money to the elderly. When writing the envelope, these must be written clearly, illiterate is not able to get it, especially the ancestor single, some of the writing is traditional characters, you can see that your head is swollen, you have to burn some wild money before burning paper, I remember saying this, robbing the dead, the cannon killed, the lonely soul and the wild ghost want money to come with me, while walking and talking, and not allowed to look back, at this time the door of the house must be closed, go to about 10 meters away from the burning paper, burn some paper money, use the bowl to make some rice, put some water, come back and put the bowl at the door, to put it in reverse, after these are done, you can burn the paper, you have to cut the paper horse before burning the paper, which means to give them camel money, and will replace the underworld with some real-life things, such as eggplant for pork legs, cowpeas for flat shoulders, and millet for all grains. It is also necessary to write a filial piety to the ancestor of the site, the bag of the owner of the site must be placed in the middle, and the paper must be burned on his knees to show respect and sacrifice. My brother and I built it every year, and my parents were almost not at home. This year is different from my father, who came to the house to make a house, so this year they got it. The July and a half of our Guizhou side is quite big, almost as important as the Mid-Autumn Festival in August. Am I going to go home tonight and burn the bag? Of course, I want to! How do you tell my father? You just say that you and your brother fell while riding a bike, well, that's all. Do you want to go to the old? I have an appointment at 21 o'clock in the evening, when the paper should be burned. In the end, I still didn't go home, I was afraid that I would go home and tell my dad that I wouldn't be able to tell him clearly, I told my dad that I had to go to class in the evening, and my father's idea was to read the most, and I couldn't delay reading anything. Otherwise, he wouldn't have spent a lot of money to let us rent a house in the city to study, and he is very busy right now and has no time to take care of me. In order to make up this lie, my brother couldn't go home and burn paper, so he told us to wait for him here in the rented house. Ya and Sister Tao have burned paper in their house, and their house is not the same day as mine. And so we spent the first seven and a half months of the year in my rented house. Sister Tao was also bored at home, came to see me, and my brother told us to eat casually, there was something delicious at night. We waited until 21 o'clock for the old man to pick us up. My brother has booked a seat in advance, so he can have food and drink as soon as he goes.
I've seen old with stolen eyebrows. It was about half past 21 o'clock, and the old brought the one I hit on the head with a stool that day and the one who beat me together, that is, the old's brother. Sure enough, he came with gauze wrapped in his head, and the old brother said that he came, making you wait for a long time, and the old brother picked up a bottle of beer and said: I will do it first as a respect, and I will finish it in one sip, and after drinking, the old brother said, old, you see how to deal with this matter. Brother Chao can deal with it as you want, this matter is my brother's fault first, I saw the old pick up a bottle of beer, and it was also clean. Old, you know my character, and I will take revenge if I have a person. The grievances are very clear, your brother beat him one by 5 people, fortunately he is a clever kid, otherwise he will either die or be injured. When the time comes, don't say that I'm a madman who turns his face and doesn't recognize people, and I won't give him this face when the big bear comes. They are all scholars, and the elder brother pointed to Ya and said: This is my brother's girlfriend, and he already has a boyfriend, this is your brother and friend, do you think he is benevolent and righteous like that? Although I haven't come out for a long time, but the word benevolence and righteousness, I think it will not change no matter what time it is, my brother is like a gang brother in the bewitching boy at this time, he is very fan, and he speaks a set of things, I can't say it. Brother Chao taught a lesson, and at this time, the one with his head stood up and said: Sorry brother, I was wrong that day, I don't know the situation, I don't know that you are Brother Chao's brother, and after speaking, it was another bottle of beer. I thought to myself, MD, it's a bit spicy to my throat when I go down to a bottle with beer. But I couldn't sit still! I stood up, and I didn't know each other, and I drank a bottle of beer in one gulp. Sister Tao and Ya, brother and I are here tonight. He took the initiative to shake my hand, and I generously stretched out my hand to shake him. The old's brother said that it was okay to talk about it now, and it would be fine. We're brothers in the future. I thought to myself, Ma's brother, the ghost and you are brothers, if it weren't for the elder brother who said that he would deal with this matter, Lao Tzu would have called someone to hack you to death.
Talking and talking about the old brother talked about his past, maybe he drank a little bar, I remember that I was playing with Big Bear and a few brothers in the forest park, and met a few women, Ma saw the beauty at that time and saw the same as gold, Sister Tao cast a strange look, Ya listened very seriously. I remember once and tight, in order to chase girls, in the middle of the night from his MA's spark to the city to be released, the old said on the side: Brother Chao's prestige was very loud at that time, it can be said that for the brothers to stick a knife in the ribs, in the rivers and lakes are very respected. With the word righteousness, many brothers want to follow Brother Chao. At that time, there were people who called Chao Geyi crazy, but most of them were called Zhang crazy. It's exaggerated, it's exaggerated, don't mention these things, the hero doesn't mention the courage of the year, come and do it! Sister Pick asked on the side, what are the heroic deeds, let's listen to it, it may be that the elder brother wants to talk about his majestic deeds back then, so he talked about the past.
Back then, Brother Chao slashed people with one hand, do you know? Sister Tao asked seriously, yes? Come and listen! Ya asked me on the side, do you know? Of course I know, he is my brother, and I feel very proud to have such an old brother. But I don't know the specifics, I just remember that night, my aunt asked us to go to his house to hide, saying that my brother was causing trouble outside, and I was afraid that the enemy would find me and Zhang Wei. The old said: I really should hide, I know this, I was in the Internet café that night, and I was scared when I saw it. The old brother said: You know? Tell me about it, let's see if you are exaggerating! The original story of the matter, I found out later, after cutting people with one hand, there is no longer the shadow of a madman on the rivers and lakes. We don't know where Madman Zhang has gone. The old told us in the form of a story.
Here's the thing, Brother Chao had a car accident, about three months ago when he cut people with one hand, Brother Chao rode a few brothers, somehow, he had a car accident and broke his hand, and the details of this incident had to be asked Brother Chao, and the old brother said: Don't mention the past again. Sister Tao said on the side: He doesn't talk about you! I really don't know about Brother Chao's car accident. Here's what happened, we had a brother who was fighting with them, there were five of us on our side, but there was only one car at the time, so let's think about it, just squeeze it! The guy knew there were a lot of people, and he rode so fast, and finally collided with a motorcycle. They all thought that the man was going to die, but they were later saved. When I entered the hospital, I was the least injured, and who knew that I was the worst injured in the end. The others look very serious, but who knows that they are all skin injuries. As for me, it looks fine, but I actually have a broken hand and a sprained thigh, and I've been in the hospital for the longest time.
Oh! That's how you got into a car accident! The old continued, I heard that one night, I came to you with a knife, and he was cut down, right? At that time, I had just been discharged from the hospital for a month, my thigh was recovered, but my hand was still hanging, and that night I was carrying a bloody knife, and he ran to tell me that he had been cut down, and I saw that the knife was full of blood, and I asked him how many knives he had, and he said that he had two knives in his back, but he slashed the man five times, on his hands and shoulders, and he went home to call someone, his house was on the street, and told me to help him, and I had no choice but to call 10 people over, and we went to find the mongrel. Who knew that he was only 5 people called. We just got there and got started. Yes, I just saw it from the window of the Internet café, it was terrifying. I was on a night that day. So see. I remember it was drizzling that day. That day, after the bastard was caught by us, he knelt down and called grandpa, and Jinshuang almost said that he had cut off his head, I said that there was no need, and the boy saved his life, and finally Jinshuang didn't know how, since he took off one of his hands. I didn't pay attention to it, otherwise I wouldn't let him do it, I said almost enough, let him go, this one, that's it. In less than 20 minutes, more than 100 people were looking for us, and we were about to have supper, but that guy actually called more than 100 people to search for us all over the city. His 120 was still called to him by Lao Tzu. Tight Shuang was caught, and we called the police when we saw that the situation was wrong. Then the big bear told me to run away. I couldn't help it, so I bought a train ticket and left. I was still hanging one hand. I did it with one hand when I cut people, and that night I was covered in blood, it was horrible. Each of the five people was stabbed more than 10 times, and I myself was slashed a few times, and I still suffered a loss in one hand.
Ya was stunned on the side, Sister Tao seemed to appreciate my brother's heroic deeds of sticking a knife in his brother's ribs. Sister Tao asked, and finally I went to Guangdong to stay for 5 years. I was only 15 years old at the time, and I slept in parks, hospitals, and flyovers. After eating steamed buns for 3 days in a row, what is the concept? Later, I went in, and I heard that the guy also came out of the ghost gate! Fortunately, I didn't cut people to death, and it was useless to cut people to run anywhere, and now I don't want to go the way I used to be, I should be sensible, no matter how good I mix, the rivers and lakes will not say that it will always be yours. That's right! Brother Chao is right! Leave the nickname of Crazy Zhang to the past, I want to wait for my brothers to come out and make up for the guilt in my heart, the brother of the old said at this time: Brother Chao can't blame you for this! At this time, the phone rang in the old brother, it was a big bear, saying that he couldn't burn paper at home, and he would pick up the wind and wash the dust to make amends for the old brother another day, and I felt that the old brother was no longer the same as before. I saw him say: There is no need to catch the wind and wash the dust, I still remember that I Zhang Chao is already content. Just go to my place another day. Without saying much, the old brother hung up the phone.
We're pretty much there tonight, we'll be back at about 1 a.m. I sent Ya back to my residence before returning, and I really feel that my brother has matured a lot, and in my memory he is the kind of person who will not give up after all, and he talks about righteousness. There are many younger brothers who want to follow him, and he really has a lot of brothers, so it can be said that no one didn't know him at that time. Now he is much gentler, and the prodigal son will not change his money! I really hope that my brother will know that he has lost his way.