Thinking of his mother, Mao Dong's face appeared guilty and regretful.

"My mother married my father before she was twenty years old, and she only studied for a few years, and more often than not, she only knew how to cook for our family, sew clothes, and do rough work."

Mao Dong's mother Wang Cuixiu is an authentic rural woman, she doesn't know what to do if something happens at home, and she doesn't know how to go to the city to report the crime.

When Mao Dong was in the third year of junior high school, Mao Bei had already gone to the city to work, and the township said that he would demolish the house and build a building, and several of Mao Dong's uncles saw that Wang Cuiqin was a widow and uneducated, and bullied her to swallow the money of a few broken houses. The house was left by Mao Dong's grandfather, and at that time he said that he was going to leave it to Mao Fushan, but he didn't leave a note, and Mao Dong's uncles felt that the house belonged to the old man, and several children had the right to inherit, so you and I divided the money for demolishing the house.

Wang Cuiqin took Mao Bei to the township to look for it, but unfortunately the name written on the real estate certificate was the old man's, at that time Mao Dong's grandfather had not passed away, paralyzed in bed and unable to take care of himself, several children took turns to serve, and in the end, Wang Cuiqin only symbolically got a few thousand yuan.

Wang Cuixiu had no choice but to accept her fate.

In the final exam of the first semester of the third year of junior high school, Mao Dong ran home from the school a few kilometers away from home with his report card, in order to tell his mother good news, but unexpectedly, when he got home, he saw his mother's body that was salvaged from the river. Wang Cuixiu couldn't bear the hard life, she blamed herself for not keeping the house left by her deceased husband, and finally committed suicide by throwing herself into the river.

"These people are just bad!" Liang Ju was angry, but he clenched tightly and was scolded a few words by the horn.

She looked at him with pity, at the frowning wrinkles between his brows, and wanted to reach out to smooth him.

"Later, I worked with my brother to handle my mother's funeral."

Mao Dong took out a cigarette from his clothes, lit it, and the cigarette butt had a red spark, and began to burn slowly.

Mao Dong and Mao Bei stayed at home for three days and three nights until they watched their mother's body come alive and fall into the ground. In those three days, except for crying when he first came home and saw his mother's body, Mao Dong hardly shed a single tear. After finishing his mother's funeral, Mao Bei wanted to go back to the city to work, so he discussed with Mao Dong and wanted to take him to the city to study.

Mao Dong ran to a small hill in front of his house and sat for a whole night, and the next morning, he told Mao Bei that he didn't want to study anymore and wanted to go to the city to work together like his brother, but before he finished speaking, he was slapped by Mao Bei in a loud face.

Mao Bei said: "My parents' biggest wish in the world is to hope that our brothers can have a future career, I am not a student and it is a waste of money to study, but you are different, you have been smart since you were a child, as long as you work hard, you must be in the top few." Now that our mom is gone, you come to me and tell me you don't want to study! Mao Bei asked Mao Dong to kneel in front of his parents' graves for a whole day, and within a few days, he took all his savings and took Mao Dong to the city.

At that time, Mao Bei worked as a carpenter and saved a little money, so that Mao Dong did not have to make a few hours of buses every day to go back and forth between the school and the dormitory at his work site, Mao Bei used his savings to rent a small bungalow near No. 32 Middle School. Mao Dong doesn't have to get up early to go to school at night, but Mao Bei has to get up at four o'clock every morning to cook the day's meals, and then he has to catch the earliest bus to work on the construction site on the outskirts of the city. Mao Bei was only four years older than Mao Dong, and Mao Bei, who was less than 20 years old at the time, had already become a mother and a father for his younger brother.

Mao Bei wanted to pin his hopes on Mao Dong, but since his mother died, Mao Dong had no motivation to study at all, and in the first mock exam of the second semester of the third year of junior high school, he ranked third from the bottom of the class. Mao Bei took the scroll and didn't say a word, Mao Dong felt that it didn't matter, but he still didn't dare to look at his brother.

Mao Bei just sighed, returned the roll to him, opened the door and walked out of the house by himself.

That was the first time Mao Dong, the first time he saw Mao Bei squatting on his back in front of the door full of red bricks to smoke, he was lying on his back, and his whole back looked skinny, that scene made Mao Dong even if he was lying on the bed with his eyes closed many years later, he could still recall.

Mao Dong didn't want to live up to his brother's wishes, he didn't want to see Mao Bei's disappointed appearance, but there was a big gap between urban and rural education, no matter what the result was, Mao Dong still persuaded himself to make the last effort.

The reason why Mao Dong didn't want to study was because he didn't feel that reading was enough for him to completely change his fate, he wanted to work part-time, and he wanted to enter the society as soon as possible and see the outside world. His father and mother had lived in a poor village all their lives, they had no education or knowledge, and it was the □□ environment that made them like frogs at the bottom of a well, so he didn't want to repeat their lives, he wanted to go out as soon as possible.

In the entrance examination of the third year of junior high school, Mao Dong was successfully admitted to the fifth high school in Qihai City and became a high school student.

The life of high school was even more boring than Mao Dong imagined, and he began to be impatient to read and endorse all day long, but followed a few classmates in the school to occasionally do bad things together, bullying and bullying honest people, and flirting with which good-looking little girl in the school.

When recalling this, Mao Dong actually smiled.

"What's wrong?" Liang Ju asked him.

Mao Dong smiled warmly and looked out the dark window, "Back then, my brother really wiped my buttocks, and every time he caused trouble, he was the one who was affected in the end." ”

"Then your brother won't scold you?"

"Yes, it's just that I don't care if I scold too much."

Once Mao Dong followed a few gangsters in the school to beat an honest classmate, but when he finally ran away, he found out in his conscience that he actually went back to give people a handkerchief to wipe his face, of course, the honest classmate dragged him and kept calling the teacher to stop. Mao Bei was called to school, probably from the construction site Mao Bei didn't even change his clothes, seeing the parents of the students pointing at Mao Dong at the door and scolding non-stop, Mao Bei not only nodded and apologized, but also continued to apologize with a smile.

In the end, Mao Bei compensated the family for medical expenses. On the way back, Mao Bei walked forward without saying a word, Mao Dong followed him with his schoolbag behind him, and he didn't feel guilty at all.

"And what about later? Did Brother Mao Bei go back and beat you? ”

Mao Dong glanced back at Liang Ju, what she said about Brother Mao Bei made him feel that his brother was still alive by his side.

He shook his head slowly, extinguishing the cigarette in his hand and putting it in the bag on the table.

Even if he played so well, Mao Dong's grades were no longer ranked at the bottom of the class. He promised Mao Bei to study hard, but on the condition that Mao Bei would not interfere too much in his own life. If a ten□□-year-old boy is in a rebellious period of strict zhòng, then Mao Dong has an even stricter wildness that is being stimulated. He followed a few senior seniors to resell pirated tapes and secretly sold them in the night market near the school, although the money earned was only 30%, but this could not destroy Mao Dong's desire to do business.

It is illegal to resell pirated tapes, and Mao Dong was almost caught by the police several times, but he reacted quickly and ran quickly. Mao Dong is undoubtedly smart, he has already surveyed the surrounding roads, which path is the most complicated and easiest to get rid of the police, and where is the safest place to hide the goods when he runs, he has planned, and gradually, the other classmates in the partnership saw that he arranged so precisely, and they liked to do something to take him with them.

Mao Dong's studies are average, but he is good-looking, tall and strong, and a little ruffian, in the eyes of a group of high school girls who are still in the embryonic stage of hormones and emotions in their hearts, Mao Dong has enough attraction and mystery. Mao Dong usually doesn't talk much at school, only plays with a few good classmates, and usually meets other male classmates to greet him, and he also looks like he loves to answer, and over time, some classmates think he is very arrogant, among them, there is Ayuan.

Ah Yuan and Mao Dong belong to each other without fighting, and they can't become friends if they don't fight, and after the two beat each other several times, the two have begun to call each other brothers.

is different from Mao Dong's character, Mao Bei is a bit like his parents, timid, and likes to turn big things into small things, Mao Dong is not worried that he is an honest man who stays in Qihai City by himself, and when he was in college, he was also admitted to a local university. Later, Mao Dong went to college and started working part-time, Mao Bei also earned a little money by working as a carpenter, he always wanted to open a restaurant or bar, so after discussing with Mao Dong, he quit his job and opened a small restaurant near Maodong University.

became a brother with Sha Pei because Sha Pei provoked Zhang Tianliang and was beaten in the alley, and happened to be seen by Mao Bei who was passing by, and he called someone to scare away those bad guys and save Sha Pei. Shapi wanted to repay the favor, and after dropping out of school, he went to Maobei's restaurant to do chores, and over time, the relationship with Mao Dong improved.

A peaceful and smooth life always passes in a hurry, Mao Dong has never had too much worry about his brother's future under the care of Mao Bei, he plans to do something after graduating from college, what to do to earn a little more money, for his brother, he thinks that he has time to repay his kindness.

In this way, until 2005, until a few days before the '1221' murder that caused a sensation across the country

Mao Dong avoided the death of Mao Bei in the back and sat there alone. Liang Ju wanted to know about Mao Bei's accident later, but she didn't ask much.

Mao Dong re-lit a cigarette and held it between his fingers without taking a puff.

His back was restored to his original loneliness, his appearance was lonely mixed with sadness, his eyes were lowered, and he quietly looked at the cigarette in his hand.

I don't know how long she sat there, Liang Ju's eyes never took her eyes off Mao Dong's face for a moment, she knew that he had recalled that incident several times in his heart.

That scar will be forever engraved on his heart.

Shapi once sued Liang Ju Maobei for his death.

Mao Dong broke one of Bai Si's legs, and the Bai family naturally would not give up. They found a group of young men from other places to come to take revenge, but Mao Dong had already gone to the field by train with Sha Pei that day, and Mao Dong could not be found, Mao Bei was hard-mouthed, so the group began to cut with knives, and several guys in the restaurant were seriously injured.

Mao Bei took advantage of the tiger's inattention to grab the door and went out, the tiger was afraid that he would run to the police, so he chased out with a few brothers with a kitchen knife.

In the end, on an open snow field on the outskirts of the city, Mao Bei was caught by a tiger and killed by several knives in his body, and blood flowed all over the ground.

Even if you haven't seen it with your own eyes, just hearing about it makes you shudder.

The frown between Mao Dong's eyebrows never disappeared, and the cigarette in his hand was tightly clenched in the palm of his hand.

His brother was hacked to death to protect him.

Liang Ju heard Sha Pei say that although the murderer was arrested in the end, the person who gave the order behind the scenes was still at large.

The bitterness and hatred in his heart, how could she not know.

Reaching out to gently comfort his shoulder, how could he let go of these hatreds when he was alone with a huge guilt and took care of his sister-in-law who lost her husband because of him.

The cigarette in Mao Dong's hand was snuffed off, the tobacco was scattered everywhere, and the cigarette ash fell into piles.

spread out his palms, and it was not only Mao Bei's life that was lost, along with Zhong Ling, and himself.

They were all buried together because of that impulse.

"Cry, it's more comfortable to cry." Liang Ju hugged his shoulder, and he was already in tears.

Mao Dong's back is always straight, but no matter how strong a person is, he also has a fragile side, she doesn't want him to disguise himself in front of him, he can put down the mask, he can vent the feelings in his heart.

He really loved his brother and loved him so much that he lost everything for him.

Finally, Mao Dong leaned down and buried his face in his palms.

Time has passed, and four years have passed since that accident, but in his heart, he will not forget jì for a minute or a second.

His back was shaking, and she could feel his heartache as she hugged him.

Mao Dong fell on his knees and cried bitterly, he always pretended to be strong, he couldn't show his vulnerability, in order to take care of his relatives around him for Mao Bei.

The darkness filled the sky, the train continued to move forward, the rumbling continued, and Liang Ju seemed to see the past in Mao Dong's account.

The young and frivolous Mao Dong, and the timid and honest Mao Bei, who can sacrifice to protect his younger brother in a dangerous moment.

***

When he returned to Qihai City, Mao Dong directly sent Liang Ju to the hospital, and the diagnosis was that he had a viral flu, and he was prescribed a few pairs of medicines and a fever reduction injection, and Mao Dong helped Liang Ju out of the hospital.

"I'm sending you back to school?" Mao Dong put on a down jacket hat for Liang Ju and tightened the scarf around her neck.

Liang Ju's whole body was wilted, she shook her head, and looked at Mao Dong pitifully, "I don't want to go back to school." ”

"Where are you going?"

"Can I go to your house? I haven't been there once you moved. ”

Mao Dong hesitated and didn't speak, Liang Ju sneezed loudly, he reached out and buttoned all the buttons on her collar, "You are not feeling well and need to rest now, don't toss back and forth." ”

"But even if I go back to school now, no one will take care of me."

Although the temperature in Qihai City is much warmer than that of her hometown, Liang Ju has a severe cold after all, and the fever has not completely subsided, so it is indeed a little uneasy for her to go back to the dormitory by herself.

Liang Ju muttered in a voice: "And our bedroom is not very warm. ”

"Do you need to ask for leave from school?" Mao Dong didn't even return home and took Liang Ju directly to the hospital, and at this time he was still carrying two people's luggage.

Liang Ju said: "I have asked the school for a week off, and there are still a few days left. ”

Mao Dong nodded, turned his head and was about to stop the taxi, "Then let's go, don't stand here and get frozen." ”

Liang Ju was pulled away by Mao Dong, she hesitated and asked suspiciously, "Where are we going?" ”

Mao Dong looked back at her and replied, "Go to my house." ”

***

The new place where Mao Dong lives, that is, the house that Liang Ju quietly rented for him, has excellent transparency and lighting from north to south, and when he opens the door, the floor of the living room is sprinkled with a piece of golden sunshine, which is very warm.

The heating at home is very sufficient, as soon as Liang Ju enters the house, he sees some of Mao Dong's own commonly used items in the living room, and when he thinks of living in the house she rents, he suddenly feels that the sun warms around her, and his heart is warm.

Mao Dong put down his luggage and went to the kitchen to boil a pot of hot water, and when he came out, he saw Liang Ju looking at the living room and fiddling with the book he put on the coffee table in the living room, and said, "You go to the bedroom to lie down for a while, and then the water will boil and take medicine and sleep." ”

"I'm not in confinement, so I don't have to sleep so much, I've slept enough on the train just now." Liang Ju opened Mao Dong's book and asked him, "Do you like to read books when you're fine?" ”

"Just pass the time and learn more by the way."

The whole room was cleaned and the items were neatly arranged, and Liang Ju noticed that there was a desk by the window in the living room, which she remembered when she came before. "You moved the table?"

Mao Dong was originally bending down to sort out his luggage, but when he heard this, he raised his head, "I like to work next to the window, so I put the desk there." ”

"Do you like this house?"

"It's much better than the previous hut, thanks to Sharpei."

"Shar Pei?" Liang Ju smiled and thought about it, too, it was in the name of Sha Pei that Mao Dong was persuaded to move in.

The kitchen kettle beeped, Mao Dong went to pour a cup of hot water for Liang Ju, and urged Liang Ju to go to the bedroom to sleep obediently, "I'll get you some ginger soup, and you sweat well after drinking it." ”

"But I don't want to sleep right now."

Liang Ju followed behind Mao Dong in the living room, Mao Dong was still wearing the set of clothes that came back, and the whole person looked dusty, "If you don't obey, I'll send you back to school." ”

"Then why are you sleeping with me?"

Mao Dong pointed to the dirty clothes on his body, "I also have to go change my clothes and take a shower, you didn't notice, I'm about to stink." ”

As soon as she heard about taking a bath, Liang Ju also felt that she had a smell all over her body, she twisted a few times uncomfortably, and said, "I also want to take a bath, and I stink too." ”

The bathroom at home has never been used by outsiders, let alone a girl, Mao Dong's face was unnatural, don't open his face and pretend to pack his luggage, "You will be stricter when you take a bath with a cold." ”

Liang Ju liked to see his awkward appearance, and snickered, "It's okay, shouldn't taking a hot bath be more conducive to recuperation?" ”

"What do you wear after taking a shower?"

"Wear your clothes."

Liang Ju was stunned when he saw Mao Dong.