Chapter 25: Two Lives
With a loud sound, the towering iron door slowly opened, and Qian Zhen slowly walked out of the iron door. The black and shiny flat head, the dark complexion formed by long-term sun exposure, and the old but clean clothes, which were Qian Zhen's clothes two years ago. The two-year prison career finally ended, and Qian Zhen finally regained his freedom.
Standing outside the gate, Qian Zhen took a deep breath, it felt so good to be free, the air was so fresh, it was really refreshing for a long time. Qian Zhen has never looked back all the way, this is the rule of prison, never look back, don't say goodbye, from now on be a new person, live again, and never return to prison. As a frequent visitor to the detention center, Qian Zhen naturally knows this rule.
Since he was sensible, Qian Zhen has been living in quarrels. Parents will always make a big deal because of trivial things, the family often rings a symphony of pots and pans, fortunately, none of the bowls and pans at home are porcelain, Qian Zhen does not have to eat with a broken bowl with a gap every day, but he is still often stabbed by glass slag, there is such a pair of parents who love to drink, there is no shortage of wine bottles at home, and it is impossible not to break a few wine bottles every time they quarrel.
Every time his parents quarreled, the skinny Qian Zhen curled up in the corner, shivering, in addition to the living room, there was only his parents' bedroom at home, which was Qian Zhen's forbidden area, he was young and had nowhere to go, and he didn't dare to leave the battlefield to take refuge in this war, so the corner became his only refuge area.
When his younger brother Qian Gui came to the world, the family finally calmed down for a while, and Qian Zhen also loved this younger brother very much, after all, only this younger brother in this family was well-behaved and quiet, did not quarrel, did not smash things, and did not drop wine bottles. But the good times didn't last long, and it didn't take long for the prelude to the family war to start again, and Qian Zhen could only return to his refuge area, the only difference was that this time he had a crying baby in his arms.
Qian Zhen has no good impression of this family, and he is disgusted with it, but what choice does a child have if he has no ability to survive? Qian Zhen can only continue his life here.
Of course, sometimes Qian Zhen can also experience some happiness. When my father was drinking at home alone, he would pull him over to accompany him, and at this time, Qian Zhen would be able to get some snacks to eat, peanuts, edamame, and some pickled beef, chicken thighs, and the like.
For Qian Zhen, it is the most delicious thing in the world, and Qian Zhen often secretly keeps some for his younger brother, so that his younger brother can also share this delicious food in the world.
Occasionally, when his mother was in a good mood, he would give him five cents of pocket money for him to spend by himself, at this time Qian Zhen was very happy, he saved all the money, thinking that if he saved more, he would be able to take his younger brother out of this cold home and go to a place full of warmth and laughter, which was a place he had seen on TV, and he hoped to live a life on TV.
It's a pity that Qian Zhen's hard-earned money is often secretly taken away by his parents, but the young Qian Zhen doesn't notice it, just worrying about his little piggy bank always pretending to be dissatisfied.
When he was a little older, Qian Zhen should have gone to school, and finally he didn't have to be locked up in that gloomy home every day. Qian Zhen took his younger brother to school every day with his schoolbag on his back. However, because he was dressed plainly, carried a small oil bottle, and often smelled of tobacco and alcohol, his classmates were reluctant to play with him, and even the teachers did not want to see him. Only his homeroom teacher, Hao Jie, made him feel warm.
In the young Qian Zhen's heart, Hao Jie is a sun-like existence, beautiful, warm and kind. never looked down on Qian Zhen because of his poverty, but often brought some food to the hungry Qian Zhen, bought him some stationery, criticized the bad boys who bullied Qian Zhen, and took Qian Zhen to play with the children, so that Qian Zhen could also feel the fun of having friends.
Sometimes Qian Zhen thinks about how good it would be if Teacher Hao was his mother, and how happy he would be! Every day when he goes to school to see Teacher Hao, Qian Zhen's heart is warm, and that is his happiest time.
But the good times didn't last long, one day Teacher Hao didn't come to school, Qian Zhen didn't see Teacher Hao for a long time, he asked a lot of people, and everyone didn't know where Teacher Hao went. Maybe I have something to ask for, I should be able to see Mr. Hao again tomorrow. Qian Zhen thought so.
But Mr. Hao never appeared on campus again, but the police came. When Qian Zhen saw that the police came to the school to consult Teacher Hao, he secretly lay outside the window of the principal's office and listened, when he heard the police say that Teacher Hao was robbed on the way home and was stabbed to death, although he still couldn't understand what robbery was, but he could understand death, which meant that Teacher Hao would never return to his side.
The young Qian Zhen couldn't help but shed tears. After the police left, the principal called Qian Zhen to the principal's office, handed him a small school bag, and told him that it was a birthday gift from Mr. Hao. Qian Zhen couldn't help but burst into tears, he knew that it was to keep this small schoolbag that Teacher Hao lost his life.
Not long after, the police took his father away from Qian Zhen's home, and Qian Zhen also knew that the culprit who killed Mr. Hao was his father. His young heart was wounded again, he hated his father to death, and he never saw this man again, and he believed that this man had taken the life of the person he loved the most, and also took away his only happiness.
Later, Qian Zhen's mother also remarried, and Qian Zhen and his younger brother Qian Gui, who had become a burden, naturally could not appear in the new family, so they had to be sent to their uncle's house and lived a life under the fence. The uncle had pity on his two poor little nephews, but the aunt didn't like these two children, thinking that their arrival had increased the burden of his life, and naturally he would not be very good to them.
As an elder brother, Qian Zhen still has to protect his younger brother, so he naturally suffers more beatings and scolding. And Qian Zhen's uncle is cowardly by nature, so he can only choose to ignore all this, and can only secretly buy some snacks for the two children when Qian Zhen's aunt is not at home to make them a little happier.
Without the protection of Teacher Hao, Qian Zhen's school career was no longer happy, ridicule and bullying became the norm again, and he began to use his fists to fight back against those who bullied him, and slowly, the weak child who was bullied became the little bully in the school, and then the little bully walked out of the school and started his new career on the street.
Before graduating from junior high school, Qian Zhen completely left the school, fought fiercely, stole chickens and dogs, and did all kinds of bad things, in this small city, Qian Zhen became a street bully, every day with his brothers, helping people cut people, standing up for people, helping people to ask for accounts, and occasionally seeing something unpleasant will act as a robber and rob him.
Qian Zhen had a lot of dealings with the police for this reason, and he had to enter the police station every once in a while, but he was still young at the time, and he was released every time he was educated. Therefore, it is rumored that he has a relationship in the police station and is not afraid of accidents. It made him famous on the streets, and he became the king.
My uncle's house can't stay anymore, and Qian Zhen is not sad, it's much better to wander around in his house than to send people under the fence, at least I don't have to look at my aunt's face anymore. The only thing that saddened him was that his brother was too young to take him out, so he could only be left alone in that hateful place. When Qian Zhen left, Qian Gui cried with tears on his face, but Qian Zhen left without looking back, he didn't want his brother to see him cry.
Although he left his uncle's house, Qian Zhen would still sneak back to see his younger brother every once in a while, and every time he came back, he would bring a bunch of delicious food to his younger brother.
"Brother, why don't you come back to live, you're so lonely when you're not alone, my cousin always bullies me, my aunt always beats me, they say you don't want me anymore, they say you won't come back, is it true? Don't want me, I'm obedient, okay?"
Qian Zhen couldn't help but teardrop in his eyes when he heard his brother's words, he touched Qian Gui's head, and said: "Don't worry, my brother won't want you, my brother is going to earn money for you and buy you delicious food, you are obedient, my brother will often come back to see you." ”
Qian Zhen knew that his younger brother would definitely be wronged at his uncle's house, but he couldn't do anything, he could dominate one side outside, but he didn't dare to support his younger brother, because his younger brother was still too young, he didn't want his younger brother to wander around like him, at least his younger brother still had a place to sleep at his uncle's house. What's more, he doesn't want his younger brother to know what he is doing now.
Qian Zhen is even more aggressive to make money, save money, as long as he can make money, he is willing to do anything, all kinds of bullying and dominating the market are not less, in front of outsiders he is a devil who eats people and does not spit out bones, but for his younger brother, he is still the only relative, the brother who loves him.
Qian Gui is different from Qian Zhen, the life under the fence did not make him deviate, Qian Gui has always used his well-behaved and sensible in exchange for his own living space. Even if he was scolded for no reason, even if he was deliberately bullied, he always endured it silently. It was only when he saw his brother that he dared to reveal his true emotions and his sadness.
In school, the smart and well-behaved Qian Gui is endearing, from the beginning because he was often bullied because he didn't have his parents around, and later everyone was willing to play with him, and Qian Gui's top grades also won him the teacher's favor, and his uncle and aunt also began to treat Qian Gui well.
After all, compared with his son's embarrassment every time he attends a parent-teacher conference, every time he participates in a rich parent-teacher meeting, he has a sense of honor of being awarded for meritorious service, which brings them great satisfaction, and even the two of them often rush to hold a parent-teacher conference for Qian Gui rather than hold a parent-teacher conference for their son.
Those bad boys who love to bully people don't want to offend this teacher's favorite, so they all avoid him, of course, there is another very important reason is that Qian Zhen has become a veritable street bully at that time, and those children naturally dare not touch this mold.
In this way, Qian Gui grew up day by day in a fairly friendly environment, he greeted everyone with a smile, so that everyone liked him and loved him, although he sometimes felt disgusted with his mask, but as long as there were others present, he would unnaturally put on this mask. Only in front of his brother can he be his true self again.
Qian Gui also proposed to Qian Zhen that he didn't want to go to school anymore, didn't want to stay at his uncle's house anymore, hoped that Qian Zhen could take him away, and hoped to live with Qian Zhen, but was rejected by Qian Zhen, he didn't want his younger brother to live a life of exile like him, and he didn't want his younger brother to step on the underworld, living in fear every day, that was not the life that his brother should have, he hoped that Qian Gui could live a normal life and live a happy life.
Qian Gui came step by step, junior high school, high school, university, and then went abroad for further study, and even since high school, Qian Gui has never spent a penny for going to school, every school is rushing to ask for him, and every year he earns enough scholarships to cover tuition, and even take out part of it to his uncle and aunt, which also makes Qian Gui's uncle and aunt extremely supportive of his school journey.
In private, Qian Gui still often contacts Qian Zhen, that is the only relative in his heart, although in the eyes of outsiders, the two brothers are completely different, but Qian Gui knows that only Qian Zhen is the person who really loves him, and only Qian Zhen is the person who can show his sincerity.
In this way, although the two people are drifting apart in the direction of life, their hearts are always firmly tied together.
The sky net is restored but not leaked, Qian Zhen finally paid the price for his rampantness, that time was a big boss of a chemical factory who owed gambling debts and did not pay back, the other party found Qian Zhen and asked him to help, Qian Zhen took people's money to eliminate disasters for others, and let the brothers imprison the big boss in the hotel room, until the big boss's family gave him the money with both hands before he was released, of course, the trick of knocking bamboo is naturally indispensable.
Unexpectedly, the big boss couldn't get angry after returning home, and actually called the police, and the police naturally hated Qian Zhen with his bad deeds, and with such a good reason, of course, he sent Qian Zhen to prison naturally. Illegal detention, extortion, and combined punishment for several crimes, Qian Zhen was sentenced to three years in prison, although he behaved well in prison and received a commutation of his sentence, he still spent two years in prison.
In the past two years, no one has visited Qian Zhen except Qian Gui, and when Qian Gui learned the news of Qian Zhen's arrest, he was still abroad, and when he called his uncle and aunt to greet him, his aunt said the news with a little disdain. At that time, Qian Gui was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and he couldn't wait to return to China immediately, but he had to wait until the holiday to find an opportunity to come back to visit Qian Zhen.
Qian Gui didn't understand how Qian Zhen could become a prisoner of the subordinates, and Qian Zhen didn't explain, but just told Qian Gui the password to a safe, which was the wealth he had accumulated for many years, and the wealth he had saved desperately for the future of the two brothers......