When Lao Mu returned home, he watched his wife and children fall asleep, and quietly came to the courtyard, sat in the moonlight and smoked a smoking, staring at the pomegranate tree in the courtyard, the flower had become dim and dull in the moonlight, and looked up at the last quarter moon in the middle of the night, he did not feel the slightest sleepiness.

When he was in school, Tiancheng's learning was far inferior to his own, and therefore he lost the opportunity to go to school, that is, he studied well, and he did not see his greatness, especially when he heard Tiancheng's life plan just now, compared with Tiancheng, it seems much smaller, Tiancheng's heart is filled with the people of the whole village, he wants to take advantage of the east wind of reform, for the welfare of the people, from this point of view, he and Tiancheng are no longer on the same starting line, and he is only on the three-foot podium as a child king, what else can he do? I am born to be useful", it seems that this is really a three-point statement, everyone has their own strengths, this strength is their own advantages, they have been in school for several years, although they have not cultivated any Peking University, Tsinghua University's top students, but there are also a few have been promoted to the university, this is their pride. Tiancheng is different, he not only does a good job in serving the villagers, but also leads everyone to get rich, what a noble heart. Lao Mu thought about it, admiring this little brother who usually respects his eldest brother very much.

"I'm going to avenge you, I'm going to avenge you!" The whispers of his son came out of the ear room and pulled Lao Mu's thoughts back, Lao Mu heard it clearly, not only asked himself: "Who is my son avenging for?" Lao Mu knew the truth that he thought about it day and dreamed at night, and he suddenly remembered Tiancheng's words to remind him to care more about his son, could it be that his son couldn't get to know Liang Zi at school, if Tiancheng knew about this, he would definitely explain it to himself, why not say it directly?

Lao Mu was puzzled, Mu Zhen was a little afraid of things since she was a child, and she never caused trouble outside, so how could she form a bond with others? Lao Mu felt that Tiancheng might be too careful, or he was too careful. Lao Mu remembered the scars on Mu Zhen's face when it rained that day, it seems that Tiancheng said it is not unreasonable, if there is nothing wrong, how did Mu Zhen go to school and come back with injuries on his face, if it is really as Mu Zhen's explanation, this is touched, and how can there be no traces on his body, at this time Lao Mu thought, came to the spirit, he walked lightly to Mu Zhen's window, looked at Mu Zhen sleeping through the window through the moonlight, and suddenly felt that there was something to hide from himself.

Lao Mu took another puff of his cigarette, and there he swallowed the clouds and exhaled the fog, and the smoke looked a little faint in the moonlight, and slowly dispersed. Lao Mu's mind let go in this smoke. In fact, people are like this smoke, quietly coming and going, leaving no trace, this is the life of a person. Everyone comes to this world once, what do they get, power, money, desire, wealth, in fact, in the end, they all leave with nothing, Lao Mu remembered the "Okay Song" in "Dream of Red Mansions", no matter what power, wealth, money, beauty you were born with, and finally when you leave, nothing is yours, everything disappears with your departure.

People are born to do a good job in front of them, don't care about personal gains and losses, the important thing is to leave the spirit behind, can guide the direction for future generations, this is the saint, this is the great man, and we are all ordinary people, naturally there is no such grand ambition, ordinary people want a golden rice bowl, iron rice bowl, is such a small requirement, but also to fight for a lifetime, for half a century, the final get is not sure what is it?

The more Lao Mu thought about it, the more confused he became, what should he do next? What should an ordinary person do? In front of his job, he really lost his way, and he also lost the word "truth" in his heart.

Lao Mu snuffed out the cigarette butt that was about to burn his hands, then retreated to the house, drank a glass of cold boiled water, and lay down on the bed, and after a while, there was a new snoring sound.