Chapter 41: Wandering
After returning from Mayor Xiao, Xue Er returned to their class room. But after waiting in the house for a long time, no one came back.
Xue Er looked at the empty room, and anxiously tapped his fingers on the tabletop, and the sound of "dong dong" made the listener even more restless.
When the last knocking sound stopped, Xue Er shouted towards the figure hiding at the door: "What are you stupid people standing there doing, why don't you come in quickly?"
Seeing this, the sunspots also knew that they couldn't hide, so they walked into the door slowly.
Xue Er saw that they were slowly swallowing, so he was angry, and said angrily: "What the hell is going on with you, what time has it been, and you are still grinding, have you found out what you were asked to investigate?" ”
Hearing Xue Er ask like this, Heizi, they are even more You look at me and I look at you, but no one stood up to speak.
Seeing their spitting appearance, Xue Er was really anxious this time, and slapped the table and yelled: "What's the matter, you guys came out to talk personally."
Seeing that Xue Er was really angry, they also knew that Lu Dao could no longer continue to hide it, so everyone exchanged glances, and the last one was Heizi who walked out of several people uneasily, and then took out a few pieces of paper from behind him and handed them to Xue Erdao: "These two pictures were drawn by the painter according to the appearance of the deceased."
Xue Er frowned and took the drawing paper, and said while flipping through it: "Have you pasted these painting papers?" Have the people come to recognize them? But when he turned to the second portrait, his voice suddenly stopped.
Heizi looked at Xue Er, who was silent, and said cautiously: "This person's name is Song Qiming, nicknamed Seventh Brother, once"
"I once broke his leg with a few other gangsters because I was collecting protection money from a scholar, and because the stupid scholar was unwilling to give it. Then things got bigger, and they fled. Recently, I heard that there have been appearances in our area," Xue Shuang squeezed the portrait tightly, and continued with Kuroko's words in a calm tone.
Da Lin in the back looked at Xue Er worriedly, and said timidly for a while: "Xue Tou, what should we do now?" ”
"In addition to Song Qiming, isn't there another person, of course I continued to investigate" Heizi heard Da Lin's question, and secretly scolded him for being useless, and he was afraid that he would accidentally anger Xue Er at this time, so he had to glare at Da Lin Dao with an expression of 'you are stupid'.
"I want to put the portrait first. Also, you're all out of the way, I want to calm down."
Since Xue Er said so, although the sunspots were still very worried about him, they had no choice but to walk out.
In the silent room, only Xue Er sat there and stared blankly at the portrait in his hand. He didn't know what emotions he should face the news he had been waiting for for many years. Wrath? Regretful? Or happy? He even kept thinking in his mind, if he was in the woods in the morning, he was not stopped by Madman Chen, but squatted down to check the body, if he found out that the dead person was Song Qiming at that time, would he step forward to make up for a few more knives.
He didn't know what to do, because now was not the time. But the only thing he was sure of was that when he saw Song Qiming's portrait presented in front of him, he could clearly feel a trace of joy in his heart, in addition to disbelief.
Yes, rejoice, the enemy he had been looking for for three years had been dead in front of him a few hours ago. Even if he didn't kill him, he could still feel a voice in his heart keep saying to him: "It's this person, this person who ruined his brother's life, actually died, it's really innocent." And fortunately, fortunately, my hands were dirty, so that I could take revenge and live my life as I deserved."
The thought had just emerged, like a breeding ground for germs to grow in the shadows, slowly eroding his mind and eating away at his intellect until it drowned him in endless madness.
Xue Er remembered what the people said when he came back in the morning - 'eliminate harm for the people', it turned out that not only their 'people' benefited, but even he, a 'petty official', also benefited.
Suddenly, another memory came to his mind, on that sunny morning, he and Wen Qing'an were sitting in Boss Tang's tavern, and he couldn't remember what the Wen family was, and how they met.
The only thing that impressed him was what Wen Qing'an said, even now he can clearly remember every subtle movement and tone of Wen Qing'an's speech, he said: "Just because you wear this dress, you have to be worthy of your clothes when you do things."
That's right, but ......
"Second brother, why are you standing at the door, why don't you enter the house?" Just as Xue Er was still thinking about that sentence, a slightly surprised voice interrupted his thoughts.
Following the direction of the sound, Xue Er turned his head and saw a woman with a big belly standing behind him, looking up at the sunset, it turned out that he had unknowingly returned to his eldest brother's house.
Seeing that the little brother-in-law didn't answer, Xue just stood at the door in a daze, so he leaned on his waist and pushed him forward and said, "Second brother, what's wrong with you, don't scare your sister-in-law"
Being pushed by the Xue family like this, Xue Er was a lot more sober, raised his hand to take the basket in his sister-in-law's hand, and reluctantly pulled out a smile: "Where do I have something, sister-in-law, don't think about it, it's just that there have been a lot of things recently, and I was a little absorbed in thinking just now."
Xue also knew about the recent uproar in the town, but he was really thinking about things as he said, so he didn't continue to investigate. Then while walking home, he said happily: "It's because of this case, you haven't seen anyone for a long time, and I've been tired lately, hurry up and enter the house, and I'll get you some delicious supplements later."
Xue Er looked down at the handkerchief thread in the basket, and said to the front with a little reproach: "Sister-in-law, you are doing these tasks again, how many times have I said it, you are now a double-body person, you have to pay attention." As for the money, didn't I take some money every month?"
Hearing the blame of the little uncle, Xue turned his head and smiled disappreliantly: "This little work is not enough to tire your sister-in-law and me, anyway, I am idle at home, it is better to make some gadgets to earn some money." Besides, all of your money is going to be kept for your daughter-in-law in the future, and it will be used to subsidize us."
Xue Er wanted to open his mouth to say something, but a childish 'little uncle' interrupted his words, and then a round body rushed over him, Xue Er saw that the one was delaying, and immediately squatted down to catch her, and then took her around in the air a few times, only to hear the little girl's giggling and laughing before he was willing to give up.
When she heard the laughter of children, a short and thin old lady walked out of the house, and when she saw the situation in the yard, she immediately waved her hand and shouted at Xue Er: "Hurry up and put it down, put it down, and then drop the child later, so big and a person comes, there is no light or heavy."
After being reprimanded, Xue Er had no choice but to put the little girl down, pretending to be a pity and saying to the little girl, "Niuniu, grandma won't let me, next time the uncle takes advantage of grandma's inattention, let's play again"
The old lady walked up to Xue Er, patted him and scolded with a smile: "It's not in shape, hurry back to the house and wash up, and when your brother comes back later, we'll have dinner." You haven't been here lately, and you don't know what Lu Dao is doing so busy, even your mother forgot about it......"
Listening to his mother's broken thoughts, Xue Er felt that his originally flustered heart had calmed down at this moment.
When Xue Da came back, the whole family sat around and had dinner. After the meal, Xue and his mother-in-law went to the kitchen to wash the dishes, while Xue Er sat in the house with his brother and chatted.
Xue Da felt that his younger brother looked a little strange today, and in normal times, as long as he was in the house, the sound of talking in the house never stopped. But tonight, except after he came, this brother chatted with him a few words, and almost never saw him say anything.
Looking at Xue Er, who was staring at the teacup silently, Xue Da touched his arm and said worriedly: "What's wrong today, is something wrong?"
Xue Er took his gaze off the teacup and looked at this face that was seven or eight points similar to him. Now he has a lot of things to ask this big brother he has always admired.
When it rains on a cloudy day recently, does your leg still hurt? How did you survive your injuries when you were recuperating at that time? What does it feel like to have someone break your leg?
Is he dissatisfied with his current life? Don't regret it, because of this leg, you have to give up your studies for decades, and just be a small businessman in a grocery store in such a small town?
Heartache? Sorry? Regret it? Hate?
But obviously there are so many questions, but what I said last turned into a bland retelling: "Brother, your life shouldn't be like this"
Where did Xue Da think that his younger brother, who had been silent for a long time, would say such a sentence in the end. Looking at the pain in his younger brother's eyes, Xue Da himself smiled lightly: "It's all over, what's the use of talking about this"
He knew that because of this leg, this younger brother always had a pimple in his heart. So Xue Dalu smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "It's me and it's not you, I really don't know what Lu Dao is for, you care more than me." Brother, I'm doing well now, with my mother, your sister-in-law, Niuniu and you, the family can be together plainly, I think ......"
"What would you do if you saw those people again?" Xue Er interrupted the eldest brother's seemingly relaxed comfort, and asked a topic that he had not dared to ask for many years.
This time, the answer to him was indeed a never-ending silence.
Walking in the night, Xue Er walked on the empty street, listening to the sound of his boots running over the stones on the side of the road.
I care, the eldest brother who always comforts himself cares. Suddenly, he thought of Wen Qingan's words again, "Just because you wear this clothes, you have to be worthy of your clothes when you do things."
What is the right place to start? How do you think I'm sorry?
All along, he thought that as long as they violated the law, as long as they killed people and oversold goods, they were evil, and they should be brought to the law, which is justice.
But today's events completely turned his perception upside down. Listen to what the people say, 'God opens his eyes', 'eliminate harm for the people'. What he didn't dare, what he couldn't do, someone did it for him today, and it was very happy.
If he catches this prisoner in the future, how many hooligans will escape because of this, and how many innocent people like his eldest brother will be harmed?
Therefore, this time, if you don't catch it, you are really worthy of the people and his clothes.
Looking up at the hazy moonlight, the bright silver light seemed to wash away the heaviness in his heart and make Xue Er's whole person relaxed. As if to strengthen his belief, Xue Er whispered to the moon: "This time, I, just stand aside and watch quietly." ”
However, Xue Er never thought that this decision that he thought was the right crime in the first half of his life made him regret and feel guilty for a lifetime, and even used the second half of his life to make up for this mistake.
Author: It's a little late to post today.,It's almost the New Year.,Tu Tu doesn't know.,I have to eat some fireworks in the world.,So I went out to buy some New Year's goods.,Hehe.,So it's even later.,Please forgive me.。