Chapter 37: Returning Home
The collapse of the brick kiln is not a trivial matter, not to mention the rain and snow, even if it is a knife, everyone has to rush back. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ infoFor these people who are away from home, this brick kiln is their home, and the things at home are their net worth, money, clothes, quilts, which are all inseparable, this day is cold, if these things are missing, it is no different from asking for their lives.
Almost all people are running because of these things outside the body, no one cares about whether the brick kiln can't fall, and no one cares about how much money Director Ye has lost because of this, of course, there is one person who still chooses to abandon these things outside the body and worry about others, this person is Ding Fengjun.
Ding Fengjun also ran to the brick kiln with the workers, he had been thinking about Sun Xiaowei in his heart, Sun Xiaowei did not come out to eat with them, then he must still be in the brick kiln, now that the brick kiln has collapsed, what will Sun Xiaowei do at this time? Ding Fengjun can only pray silently in his heart, he only hopes that Sun Xiaowei is not in the brick kiln, even if he goes out alone.
In the process of running, some people who feel sorry for their own things actually ran and cried, there is no way, in this era, some people may not even be able to solve the problem of food and clothing, such as clothes, tea jars and other daily necessities, but the family has worked hard to buy, and now all of them are going to come to naught, how can they not feel distressed and cry for it?
When everyone ran to the location of the brick kiln, they were all dumbfounded, the original towering chimney was now only a ruin, although the sky was drifting with rain and snow, but this open space like gunpowder smoke was already filled with dust, everyone ran to this ruin like crazy to find their own things.
"How can this be, how can this be!" Director Ye stood in the rain, letting the rain and snow invade, his brain was dizzy, this is a business he has been operating for a long time, how can he say that it will fall. Seeing these crazy workers digging indiscriminately, he got angry, reached out and grabbed one by one, and kept saying, "What the fuck are you looking for, what the fuck can you find!"
The workers he pulled to the ground replied in the same way: "My belongings, all my belongings are buried here." β
Then there was a cry that resounded through the heavens and the earth.
"How much are your broken things worth, who can feel sorry for my brick kiln, that's my hard work for more than ten years, you guys of white-eyed wolves who can't be raised, it's really a fucking bunch of wreck!" Director Ye scolded while continuing to pull these people, when he pulled Ding Fengjun, he was stunned for a moment, and then a trace of coolness appeared in his eyes, he coldly asked Ding Fengjun, who had lost his mind: "What the hell are you digging again, isn't it possible that you are also digging your broken copper and iron like them?"
Ding Fengjun's hands had been ground out of blood by the bricks, his tears were mixed with the rain, and he replied in a choked voice: "I'm looking for my good brother, my good brother!"
Ye Wen was stunned, originally he was going to give Ding Fengjun a slap, but when he heard Ding Fengjun say the three words good brother, his raised hand actually stopped in the air, and he muttered to himself: "Who is your good brother? Shouldn't there be no one in the brick kiln today?"
Ding Fengjun replied with tears in his eyes: "Sun Xiaowei, Sun Xiaowei didn't go out, he should be in the dormitory, he should be buried inside." β
Ye Wen was stunned, Ding Fengjun's words shocked him like a thunderbolt from the sky, and for a moment Ye Wen was a little at a loss, and he didn't even believe what Ding Fengjun said.
"No way, how could it be, didn't I let you all go? Director Ye looked up to the sky and laughed, he suspected that Ding Fengjun was lying to him, he grabbed Ding Fengjun's shoulder, Ding Fengjun was still desperately picking up the mud, and was caught by Director Ye on the shoulder, he turned his head for some reason, but was slapped in the face by Director Ye.
Ye Wen is over 40 years old, and it is in middle age, and that strength makes Ding Fengjun feel painful.
"You're fucking lying, how could Sun Xiaowei be buried inside, didn't he go out with you?" Ye Wen finally scolded, and finally collapsed due to physical exhaustion and mental breakdown, squatting down and starting to cry.
Ding Fengjun understood Ye Wen's mood, although he was slapped by Ye Wen, Ding Fengjun stood up from the ground, and still resolutely walked in front of Ye Wen, squatted down to comfort him.
"Director Ye, you don't have to be so sad, I know you are uncomfortable when your brick kiln falls, but you must be strong, if you fall, this brick kiln will have no chance to stand up, in addition, you should mobilize them to find Sun Xiaowei together, instead of cowardly avoidance!"
Ding Fengjun's sonorous words did not wake up Director Ye, who was hugging his head and crying, and Director Ye only repeated that it was impossible, impossible, how could you lie to me like this!
Ding Fengjun was disturbed by Ye Wen's crying, he couldn't bear it, he pulled away Director Ye's hand, and there was a loud slap on Director Ye's face, and after this slap, Director Ye finally quieted down.
"Director Ye, I usually see that you are a man, how come it is at a critical moment, how can you be more fucking than a girl! You have to cheer up, you must know that this is only one of your dozen brick kilns, and if one brick kiln is gone, you have more than a dozen, but Sun Xiaowei's life is gone, he is really gone, and he will never be able to get it back!"
Ding Fengjun put his hands on Ye Wen's shoulders and kept shaking, he wanted to shake this confused Director Ye awake!
Ye Wen finally woke up from Ding Fengjun's relentless violent shaking, and he rose from the muddy bricks and dust, reorganized the workers, and together began the operation to dig up Sun Xiaowei.
Sun Xiaowei died, and died peacefully and peacefully. The police also participated in the investigation, and the results of the forensic examination showed that Sun Xiaowei committed suicide. His direct cause of death was drinking pesticides, and the collapse of the brick kiln was caused by the fracture of the bonding place of the bricks that had not been repaired for many years, although Sun Xiaowei's death was not directly related to the brick kiln, but out of humanitarianism, Ye Wen still planned to give Sun Xiaowei's family a part of the money just to show his heart, as for the loss of these workers, Ye Wen said that he was fully responsible, and after all these things were dealt with, Ye Wen sent all the workers in the brick kiln home, but he called Ding Fengjun to a separate place to talk to Ding Fengjun.
"Xiao Ding, you are a righteous person, I really didn't misunderstand you, are you willing to continue to follow me?"
Ding Fengjun smiled bitterly and said: "Director Ye, you are also a good person, to be honest, if it wasn't for this accident, I wouldn't have left, but now, this brick kiln has also fallen, even if I have the heart to follow you, you have no place to arrange it, I don't think it's better to embarrass you." β
Director Ye smiled and said: "What are you talking about, even if others send me with big chickens and big fish, I won't consider them, you also saw yesterday's events, they only think about themselves, but never think about others, you are different, not only thinking about Sun Xiaowei but also thinking about me, and now the slap you hit me still hurts." Ye Wen touched his face with his hand as he spoke, Ding Fengjun laughed embarrassedly, and said apologetically: "I'm really sorry Director Ye, I was also in a hurry at that time, so I missed hitting you, and I hope you can forgive me." β
Ye Wen laughed, waved his hand and said: "Xiao Ding, what are you polite to me, I just didn't owe a beating at that time, if it wasn't for your slap to wake me up, I don't know what I'd be like now." Don't worry, as long as you nod, I will immediately change the environment for you and continue to work. β
Ding Fengjun was taken aback, and he said in surprise: "Really?"
Ye Wen pretended to be angry and said, "This can still be fake, besides, when did I lie to you." β
Ding Fengjun raised his hand and scratched his head a little embarrassed, and said with some embarrassment: "Director Ye, I am quite willing for you to do it, but Sun Xiaowei asked me to promise him one thing before his death, I have to keep my promise, and I have to finish this matter before I go with you." β
Director Ye was stunned for a moment, frowned slightly and asked, "What's the matter?"
Ding Fengjun said: "He said that if he dies on the kiln, he hopes that I can send him home, he doesn't want to be buried in the field, then he will be very lonely, how to say that this is also his last wish, I want to help him complete it." β
Ye Wen took a long breath and said: "I thought it was something, isn't this matter simple, isn't it over for the police to notify the people in their family to claim the body, why do you have to run this trip yourself." β
Ding Fengjun shook his head and said, "No, he said that he had to let me go and send him in person, so that he would feel at ease." Although I don't know what his intentions are, I still hope to do my part for him on the last journey of his life. β
Ye Wen sighed, and there was nothing he could do about Ding Fengjun, who was so stubborn, he said thoughtfully: "Since this is the case, then I won't embarrass you, in this way, I'll go find a car, and I'll accompany you to send him home, how to say that he has been with me for more than two years, for the sake of this situation, I can't stand idly by." β
Ding Fengjun looked at Ye Wen gratefully and said, "Then I will thank Director Ye on behalf of Brother Sun Xiaowei." β
Ye Wen hired a car from the hospital, he looked for several cars, when the owner of the car heard that he was going to pull someone to death, he was unlucky and refused directly, until someone gave Ye Wen a trick to ask him to go to the hospital to find a car, no one in the hospital had pulled the car, whether it was horizontal or vertical, whether it was standing or lying, presumably this car was already strange, Ye Wen also felt reasonable, so he went to the county hospital, but he didn't expect to really find a car, after negotiating the price, after several twists and turns, finally sent Sun Xiaowei's body to his home, when the car stopped in front of Sun Xiaowei's house, Ding Fengjun and Ye Wen were dumbfounded, is this really Sun Xiaowei's homeοΌ
On the wooden gate is a rusty iron lock, this house is not very big, just two earthen houses, the outside of the earthen wall has collapsed for some reason, the yard is full of wild grass, bare two jujube trees set up on one side of the yard, nothing else, Ding Fengjun did not see the daughter-in-law and two children that Sun Xiaowei talked about, the car came to the village, attracting a lot of onlookers, the ancestors of the village have never left the village, there is a high curiosity about this behemoth, many people come to watch, especially some half-grown children, and always have to reach out to touch, if it is not for the adult's reprimand and stopMaybe these kids will succeed.
Ding Fengjun was not too surprised, Sun Xiaowei had already informed him of the situation at home before, although Ding Fengjun was a little unbelievable before, but in terms of the situation in front of him, Sun Xiaowei was not exaggerating at that time, Sun Xiaowei had told him that Sun Xiaowei and Ding Fengjun must not be revealed to the second person, otherwise even if he died, he would not die with peace of mind.
Ding Fengjun pretended not to know anything, as if he was talking to himself, and as if he was talking to Director Ye, he said: "Is this really Sun Xiaowei's home, how can it be so desolate." β
Ye Wen also only felt breathtaking, he didn't dare to imagine that his worker Sun Xiaowei, although he was not as good as others, was usually dressed as clean and tidy, and he was happy all day long when he was in the brick kiln, who could see that he was so poor and poor.
"Yes, it's too desolate, but what is the purpose of him asking us to send him back, and what is the meaning?" Ye Wen couldn't figure it out, Sun Xiaowei's family background had fallen to such a point, even if he returned home, what was the point, there was no other difference between burying his bones in his hometown and burying himself in a different place.
"Director Ye, you are really smart and confused for a while. Ding Fengjun turned his head to look at Ye Wen, and his words made Ye Wen, who was already confused, even more inexplicably compact at this moment. Ding Fengjun saw Ye Wen's doubts, sighed lightly and continued: "It is precisely because there is no one else in his family that he asked me to send him back, how can I say that he was born here and has to be buried here, he was not adrift before his death, and now that others are dead, he can't be a lonely ghost anymore." β
When Director Ye heard the lonely ghost and the wild ghost, he couldn't help but chill, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Don't say anything ghostly, weird." β
Ye Wen clasped his arms and rubbed them up and down a few times, and suddenly he said as if he remembered something: "By the way, didn't this Sun Xiaowei say that he still has a wife and children? Could it be that he lied to us? At that time, he was very clear-sighted." β
Ding Fengjun smiled bitterly and said, "Maybe he's talking nonsense, look at this house, it is estimated that it has been abandoned for a long time." β
Ye Wen was suspicious, he looked at the surrounding villagers, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, so he asked, "Big guy, does anyone know where the owner of this house is?"
Everyone looked at Ye Wen's unfamiliar face and was silent, and Ye Wen spoke again: "Don't worry, I'm a friend of Sun Xiaowei, I just want to ask where this family has gone." β
Everyone still stared at Ye Wen without speaking, and when Ye Wen was a little anxious and wanted to ask again, a voice came from the crowd: "You can't find the people from this family, or where did you come from?" β
Ye Wen's brows twisted into a big pimple, and he asked, "Why?"
The man who had just spoken spoke again, "Because all the people of this house are in the shade under your feet." β
After speaking, everyone laughed, Ye Wen was shocked, doesn't this mean that the family is not all dead? They are all buried in this courtyard? Just under his feet? Ye Wen involuntarily looked down at his feet, and suddenly felt that the soles of his feet were cold, and it seemed that a cold air rose from under his feet, he hurriedly dragged Ding Fengjun and said while walking out: "I think we should go back, we can't stay in this place of right and wrong for a long time, it's too filthy!"
Ding Fengjun shook off Director Ye's hand and said calmly: "What's this, as the so-called dead and dead, one hundred dead, what is there to be afraid of." β
As he spoke, he glanced at Director Ye with disdain, and said in a weird manner: "Director Ye, confess, did you do something bad to make you so afraid." β
Ye Wen was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly explained: "Who did something wrong, I wasn't afraid, I just thought this place was too unlucky." β
Ding Fengjun covered his mouth and snickered, and said: "Okay, Director Ye, let's do something serious, since we want to be a good person, then do this good person to the end, let's make a home for Sun Xiaowei." β
"Be a family?" Ye Wen didn't understand what Ding Fengjun said, Ding Fengjun sighed again, this Ye Wen is really old and has a poor memory, at this moment, Sun Xiaowei's body is not still in the car, what's the matter, I have to bury Sun Xiaowei, let him be buried in the ground, but Ding Fengjun's heart.
Ye Wen looked at Ding Fengjun's mournful sigh, and immediately understood what Ding Fengjun meant, he hurriedly patted his head and said: "Yes, yes, yes, we have to give Sun Xiaowei a home, but I don't do it, this pit is not easy to dig, besides, there are still dead people buried in the ground, if you really have to dig something, you must not die of bad luck." β
Ding Fengjun shook his head, no longer paying attention to Ye Wen, he walked straight to the center of the yard, there was a weed, Ding Fengjun squatted down, and kept groping in this weedy pile with his hands, and after a while, his hand stopped moving as if it had touched something, and when Ye Wen was looking at Ding Fengjun in a daze, he saw Ding Fengjun arch his waist and exert a force, and all the weeds in that area were uprooted by him.