Chapter 124: Indifference
"Uh, village chief, I still have something to do at home, let's go first!"
"Village chief, my mother is still waiting for me on the bed, and I will leave first."
Some people saw Ah Gan slipping away, and with the first one, there was a second, and many people also found excuses to leave.
In the face of death, no matter how kind and simple people are, they will be afraid, not to mention that human nature has a selfish side, and not many people are willing to die generously for the sake of people who are not close relatives!
Soon, there were a few people left on the edge of the cliff, and among them was Ge Youmei. She wanted to go down to save Ge Chengyou, but she was just a woman, how could she have the ability to save him! I'm also worried about Ge Chengyou under the cliff, and if I can, I'm willing to go down to save people. It's just that I'm a bystander now, and I can only watch the situation unfold.
This also made me understand that this incident should be the fuse of the incident. I thought about it, was it because Ge Chengyou was not rescued later that the old village chief hated the whole village? It seems that it is likely to be related to this matter, so you might as well read on.
Although I know that this should have happened, I am still worried about Ge Chengyou, no one went down to pull him up, is it just watching him die? He is still so young, he still has so much youth, he still has his old father and mother, and he still has a good time, is this all going to be discarded?
At this time, the village elders and their husbands looked helplessly at the rest of the people like deflated balls. Doesn't anyone want to go down and save their own children? The village chief's daughter-in-law suddenly knelt on the ground and began to keep raising her head: "Please, go down and save my family!" ”
Her mother's love made her, a simple old woman, give up her dignity and pride, and all that was left was a poor old woman who begged for her son's life. If possible, she is probably willing to exchange her life for her son's survival, even if it is a little chance to save the child, she must grasp it.
But the people around him are even more silent, yes, everyone is selfish, and they don't want to die themselves. It's even more difficult to ask others to go down, because everyone is out of a subtle and complex position, and it is difficult to speak. After all, they are all villagers and know each other, and if they rashly ask others to save them, no one wants to.
People's minds are sometimes so complicated, because of complexity, it will be difficult to judge the right and wrong of a thing, which is the sadness of human nature!
No one was going to pull the old woman, her crying, her cries and pleadings seemed so ethereal and helpless on the cliff.
I can feel my own feelings at the moment, I can't stop others, but I can't change the selfishness of human nature, I sympathize with the old village chief's family, but I can't do anything. I can't change anything as a woman, and I suddenly realized that Ge Chengyou's life seemed to be about to be given up at this moment.
It's just that what can this be, that little life is destined to be abandoned!
The cliff was silent for a while, and those big men who could usually go up the mountain to hunt, and who could pick and carry their shoulders hung their heads wordlessly. Maybe they still have a trace of guilt in their hearts, but no one has one life, and no one can generously exchange it.
The old village chief turned his pleading gaze to the crowd one by one, and the people turned their heads under his gaze, not daring to look him in the eye.
I saw the fourth uncle in the crowd, and I saw the fifth uncle, and the fifth uncle wanted to step forward, but was pulled by the fifth aunt, and whispered beside him, "Old thing, you don't want to die, you don't want to think about us yourself!" ”
Her voice was not loud, but the wind from the cliff blew into my ears, and a kind of contempt rose in my heart, the fifth uncle's family also has children, and they are also the children who are held by the fifth aunt and hurt in the palm of their hands. If it was replaced by their children below at this time, the fifth aunt would be afraid that she would cry and beg the whole village to go down and save her. But if it's someone else's, it's a big deal.
When the village chief's gaze fell on the fifth uncle, he took a step back to avoid the village chief's gaze. I remember when I was a child, my cousin, the child of the fifth uncle's family, fell into the mountain stream, and it was the village chief who desperately jumped into the freezing stream in the cold winter to save my cousin, and after going ashore, my cousin did nothing, but the village chief was sick for three days.
There is also the fourth uncle, there is the fourth aunt standing next to him, although the fourth uncle is looking down the cliff, but the fourth aunt is tugging at the corner of his clothes. I thought that the fourth uncle was not in good health, and when the old man was there, he often asked the village chief to go to the city to buy some precious tonic medicine for the fourth uncle. After the old man went, the village chief still took good care of the fourth uncle's family.
I followed the village chief's gaze and swept the people on the cliff one by one, and saw the villagers who had been taken care of by the village chief to a greater or lesser extent. Our village is located in a remote area, and there is very little communication with the outside world, but the village chief is bent on leading the village to get rich, but the mountain road is difficult to travel and has not been able to really get rich. But the village chief has served the village for most of his life, and he has taken the lead in everything in the village, and no one in the village has been taken care of by him.
It's just that when it comes to the matter, they seem to have forgotten the past. The village chief's gaze became more and more mournful, his eyes changed from longing to pleading to disappointment, and hope was losing little by little. My heart also cooled down a little bit, and it turned out that no matter how simple the mountain people were, they also had an indifferent side.
At this time, when they repaid the village chief, they all flinched, maybe they all had their own reasons, but before life, how precious were those reasons?
The mountain wind was blowing, and Ge Chengyou's faint voice came from under the cliff, perhaps he had slowly lost hope in the long wait for no movement. The village chief's mother-in-law also stopped pleading and sat feebly, perhaps sensing that the people were indifferent to their pleas.
Finally, someone couldn't help the coldness of the scene, and laughed twice, "Second uncle, I suddenly remembered that there was something else at home, so I left first!" It was Ge Chenglin who spoke, and he pushed his brother Ge Chengshu and retreated the way he came.
With them at the beginning, a few more people left, and the village chief stopped looking at them, and hung his hands weakly, and even threw his cane aside.
There were only a few people left on the cliff, and I saw Brother Xiaoyi at this time, and the sister-in-law was standing next to him, and the sister-in-law was holding Brother Xiaoyi's arm, with a faint look of reluctance on her face, but her hand was firmly grasping Brother Xiaoyi. Brother Xiaoyi struggled to break free from his sister-in-law's pull, but he was pulled back by her every time.
I know what Brother Xiaoyi wants to do, and I have a faint thought in my heart, if someone really wants to stand up, I hope that person is better not Brother Xiaoyi.
I suddenly realized that I was also selfish, I really didn't have a backache when I stood and talked, and I was still despising others just now. However, I vaguely hope that Brother Xiaoyi can stand up.
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