Wolongtang Village, an inconspicuous coastal village in the Wudong area.

Many years ago, Gu Yufei and his sworn brothers Fang Baiyu, Xue Shuanglin and Gong Hanzhang went to sea together, and the scholars engaged in maritime smuggling. The first pot of gold was found on the belt of his head and pants. Later, the first flour mill was set up in this small village, from the flour mill at the beginning to the steel rolling mill later, and 48 village-run enterprises were set up before and after. The pattern of Wolongtang industrial cluster has gradually been formed.

The entire Wolongtang industry is dotted on the coast of the East China Sea, adjacent to Wolong New Port, backed by the Banyueshan Provincial Highway, and the geographical location can be described as unique.

The 412 households in the village, with 2,800 people, are all minority shareholders of these 48 village-run enterprises.

In that year, he caught up with the great man's southern tour, encouraged the development of the private economy, and proposed that the pace of reform should be bigger. For a time, this spring breeze from south to north blew all over the country, and Wolongtang Village also caught this spring breeze, which was set up as a model of rural reform and construction by Tian Xiangnong, then secretary of the provincial party committee, and the name of Wudong No. 1 Village has been known since then. Gu Yufei, as the leader of Wolongtang Village, was unrivaled in those years. The Gu family gradually gained supremacy in this village.

Gu Yu flew out to see a doctor, and after walking for more than half a year, as soon as Leng Buding returned home, he announced that there was a successor to the old Gu family. The whole village was dumbfounded when they heard the news. Some important people in the village couldn't help but be curious, and came to the door under the pretext of visiting the sick to see what kind of color this wild seed Gu Dalong brought back?

Gu Dalong is Gu Yufei's milk name, and only the elders in the village are qualified to call him that.

It has been half a month since Gu Tianyou returned to the village with Gu Yufei, and the people who came to visit him were Gu Yufei's elders, and naturally they were also Tianyou's elders. These people are not so much here to visit the sick as they are to explore the way. When they entered the door, they carried gifts in their hands, their faces were full of smiles, and when they saw Tianyou, everyone couldn't stop praising them. However, from these people, Gu Tianyou didn't feel any sincerity.

In the last days of Gu Yufei's life, he had almost every day something that seemed to be endless to say to Tianyou. Gu Tianyou knew in his heart that he was explaining what was going on after his death. In the final analysis, he still can't let go of Wolongtang, which he founded from scratch, and he is not at ease or unwilling.

One day half a month later, in the Gu family's new house, in the room, more than a dozen pots of precious orchids bloomed against the laws of the seasons under the greenhouse effect, exuding a refreshing fragrance. Gu Yufei lay on the couch for several days, dry and inactive, and his life had entered the countdown.

Gu Tianyou sat on the edge of the bed, holding the bowl and slowly retracting the spoon.

"Don't waste your efforts, you've studied medicine, so you should know that my time is over. Gu Yufei's voice was weak, but it was rare to speak clearly.

Gu Tianyou looked at the blood on his face, and knew in his heart that this was a sign of returning to the light, looked left and right, and sighed: "Those who should come always have to come, it's rare to have a home, I actually like this place." ”

promised Gu Yufei to accompany him on the last journey of his life that day, and then he would leave. Now, at last, it's time to separate. At this moment, Gu Tianyou was faintly reluctant in his heart. In the sixteen years since I came to earth, it is the first time that I have made a place outside of prison my home.

"I know you have something on your mind to ask me, so ask while I'm still conscious. Gu Yufei looked at Tianyou intently, as if he wanted to engrave this moment in his mind and take it to another world.

"She ••••••" Gu Tianyou hesitated for a moment before asking, "What kind of person is she?"

Of course, she refers to Yu Shaofen. Gu Yufei narrowed his eyes slightly, as if immersed in memories, and said slowly: "She is a very amazing woman, she was born as an orphan, she is very smart, she is very good at reading, and her grades from elementary school to college are very good. ”

"How did you come together and have mine again?"

"She was an orphan, I provided for her to go to school, in the year she graduated from college, the students in Yanjing made trouble, she was one of the leaders, she was wanted by the government, and when she was desperate, she thought of me, and I was doing a private business at sea at that time, she came to the door and offered to live with me, I did not refuse. ”

Gu Yufei thought for a while, and added: "Your mother is very good-looking, speaks and acts neatly, and has gone to school in the capital, she is a very knowledgeable woman, much stronger than the one in my family, and she gave me advice a lot during that time, and we spent a happy time together." ”

"What happened later? How did she get into prison?" Gu Tianyou actually wanted to ask him why he had ignored his mother and son for so many years.

"We got together a few months before the accident, our boat met the coast guard at sea, and then fought, I and your big head uncle, Uncle Shuanglin jumped into the sea, your mother is better than me, but at that time she refused to jump, stayed on the boat, when she searched her body, she suddenly pulled out a gun and killed an armed police cadre, the three of us drifted at sea for a week, and we were going to starve to death before we met your Uncle Hanzhang, and when we returned to land, your mother had been sentenced to death, and I still wanted to fish her out, but I found someone to inquire about what she did in Yanjing, and we didn't dare to touch it after that。 ”

He went on to explain: " After that time, I have made up my mind to wash my hands and go ashore, when Secretary Tian just arrived in Wudong as the secretary of the provincial party committee, when he was sent to Wolongtang Village to work, my father treated him well, relying on this little incense I went to the door, and finally got the factory license and loan approval, at that time the flour mill was good to say, the key is that I also started the rolling mill, at that time the supply of materials was tight, the steel market was controlled by national enterprises, and it was not easy for the private economy to drill into this field, and the review at all levels was very strict, so I ••••••"

"Watching your woman die in prison with your child?" Gu Tianyou frowned slightly, and suddenly remembered Master Long, the stubborn old man who dismissed his four wives. I couldn't help but feel a burst of disdain.

"Your mother was just one of several women around me at that time, and I didn't know she was pregnant. Gu Yufei closed his eyes and said with a long sigh: "In my life, I have never wanted to be a moral saint, and I am to blame for coming to this day, you can hate me and hate me." ”

"People who taught me since I was a child said that resentment is the practice of the weak, and I like to have revenge and revenge!" Gu Tianyou changed his words and said: "It is she who should hate you and complain about you, no one has the right to choose parents, and without you, there will be no me, so I have no right to hate you and hate you." ”

"This time ••••••" Gu Yufei hesitated for a moment before continuing: "Thank you, I am very happy to accompany me through the last paragraph." ”

Gu Tianyou felt a certain expectation in his eyes, and knew that he had something to do, so he simply remained silent.

Gu Yufei continued: "I know you're leaving here. ”

Gu Tianyou's face was expressionless: "I'm not welcome here, and besides, this is what we said before." ”

Gu Yufei: "What are you going to do after you leave?"

"I don't have any specific ideas yet, let's take it one step at a time. Gu Tianyou said indifferently.

"Actually, you can consider staying. Gu Yufei blurted out, and quickly added: "I mean that if you really don't have any good places to go, you might as well stay in Wolongtang, after all, you are my son." ”

He said it anyway. Although he had expected it in his heart, Gu Tianyou was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "You know what kind of environment I grew up in, and you should also understand that for me, in that kind of environment, every wrong choice is likely to mean that there will be no chance to make the next choice." ”

The environment is the fairest and most ruthless teacher, and Gu Tianyou's childhood has been over since he can remember. Although he was lucky to be protected by Long Ye, the role that Long Ye played in Tianyou's growth was never a father or grandfather. In Long Ye's eyes, Tianyou has never been treated as a child, and the process of raising him by Long Ye is the process of cultivating an unqualified soldier into a qualified soldier.

In a normal environment, if a child makes a mistake in the face of a choice, he will be protected by his parents and will have the opportunity to choose again. And Gu Tianyou has never had such an opportunity. He still remembers the consequences of making the wrong choice for the first time in his life. When he was eight years old, he was tricked into the storage room by a sick abductor because he couldn't resist the temptation of a piece of candy, and what happened after that almost ruined his entire life.

It was the first time Gu Tianyou saw someone bleed, and he would never forget the scene at that time, when that person tore his clothes, and when he pounced like a wolf, he raised his sharpened toothbrush to cut open the person's aorta, and the burning blood spurted out at once, so much blood, everywhere••••••

Gu Tianyou retracted his thoughts, and Gu Yufei still looked at himself with anticipation.

"I know you've had a hard time all these years. Gu Yufei's voice trembled a little, "But I want you to think about it seriously, is it really better to live in society than to stay?" He continued earnestly: "Wolongtang is my life's work, and you can't bear to watch this family business fall into the hands of the enemy?"

"You're serious. Gu Tianyou sighed and said, "I'm just a sixteen-year-old boy, I have no power, no power and no foundation, what can I do if I stay?"

"If you're just an ordinary sixteen-year-old, I wouldn't expect anything from you. Gu Yufei persevered: "But you're not, your maturity and cultivation are far beyond my imagination, I have already decided that there is no successor to the Gu family, but at this time you appeared, isn't this providence?"

"The person you should be most grateful for this should be her. ”

"Yes, of course I will not forget your mother, and I will soon go below to thank her in person. Gu Yufei continued: "But child, when I am leaving, I still want to ask you to believe me, even if I leave, the situation in Wolongtang will not be more sinister than what you are right in Qinzhou Prison, I will not just leave you alone to face everything in the future, I promise you, no matter what happens in Wolongtang, at least you will live a much better life than being exiled." ”

After saying this, Gu Yufei was already running out of oil, and only a little unwilling gaze was left burning like fire, scorching Gu Tianyou's heart.

Gu Tianyou's heart had been fighting for a long time, and finally nodded. When he made this decision, Tianyou said to himself in his heart, even if it was to make him die.

Gu Yufei was full of reluctance, and finally slowly closed his eyes, this once powerful man left with regret and unwillingness.

In the next few days, the whole village of Wolongtang hung up, and there was a wail. The original wife Su Xiazhu took her three daughters to wear linen and filial piety, and buried him at the foot of the hill at the entrance of the village. Gu Tianyou was completely excluded and could only watch from the sidelines like an outsider.

Everyone in the village said that this wild species deserved to have grown up in prison, and it was indeed a vicious wolf that could not be fed, Gu Dalong was so good to him, he didn't want to shed a tear for his father. Gu Tianyou didn't bother to pay attention to their criticism, he had already done what he had to do, and accompanied Gu Yufei to the last journey of his life, and it seemed that there was no need to stay here in the future. Anyway, I don't want to compete with these people for anything, as long as I leave silently like this, these voices will naturally disappear.

The world is unpredictable, and Gu Tianyou, who has seen a lot of the dark side of human nature, underestimated the complex side of human nature after all. He wanted to leave, but they wouldn't let him go. After Gu Yufei's funeral, his original wife Su Xiazhu led her three daughters and son-in-law to forcibly imprison Gu Tianyou in the Gu family's old house.

The reason is Gu Yufei's will.

There are 48 village-run enterprises in Wolongtang Village, almost all of which were founded by Gu Yufei, who holds most of the equity of these enterprises. Over the years, thanks to these companies, each of the villages has accumulated a lot of wealth. And the Gu family is the richest man in the village.

According to Su Xiazhu, Gu Yufei's will left all the bank deposits in his name, including several properties in the provincial capital and Qinzhou, to Su Xiazhu and his three daughters. Sixty percent of the shares of the 48 enterprises in Wolongtang Village that he owned, together with the Gu family's old house, were all inherited by his only son, Gu Tianyou.

Of course, Gu Tianyou knew that this tigress didn't have any good intentions, and he planned to come and go chicly, but he didn't expect a big black pot to cover it. To pick up or not to answer? Gu Tianyou recalled Gu Yufei's last words, and suddenly became interested, and he didn't know what to do when he left and right, so it was better to stay and see what would happen.