Uncle Seven's illness is in the brain. I don't know much about the complicated medical terminology. The only thing I know is the approximate meaning: Uncle Seventh has a tumor in his brain, which is evil, and because of the location, the success rate of the operation is less than seven percent. Therefore, the possibility of surgical treatment is basically eliminated.

And this tumor, with the growth of rìyi, will kill Uncle Seven in the end! Once it grows to a certain extent and compresses some of the nerves in the brain, Uncle Seven will lose some of the basic senses of people, such as sight, hearing, and smell...... Wait a minute.

And now, Uncle Seven's eyesight has deteriorated.

In half a month, any day, Uncle Seven may suddenly be without warning...... Sudden death.

I walked behind him, and Uncle Seven didn't notice it—in fact, his hearing had deteriorated.

Softly, I heard the old man sigh, and then he stretched out his dry hand, trying to touch the tender green sprout on the branch...... But his hand was halfway out, and stopped, as if reluctantly, a few centimeters away from the shoot, and stopped.

"Seven...... Uncle Seven. I shouted softly.

He turned his head, looked at me silently, and smiled. Uncle Seven's face was very tired, but his eyes were still very bright, and he said in a low voice, "Help me up." ”

I helped him into the wheelchair and sat down, and then covered him with a blanket, I frowned and said, "Where is Xiao Zhu?" Didn't I let him take care of you? ”

Uncle Seven shook his head: "I asked him to go out and buy things for me." He looked at me, "Do you have any cigarettes?" I want to smoke a sprig. ”

I didn't hesitate and immediately pulled out a cigarette case and gave it to him.

I know. A terminally ill patient like him is definitely not suitable for smoking...... But can I refuse him? This old man is dying. Or three days. Or five days, or ...... Just in the next minute!

Just let him enjoy as much as he can before he dies.

Uncle Seven's body was already very weak, and his fingers holding the cigarette were trembling. I felt a little sour in my heart and pushed the wheelchair: "Let's go in, Uncle Seven, it's a little cold outside." ”

"No, let me stay out a little longer." He smiled.

I stood silently beside him, not knowing what to say...... Words of comfort? I don't know how to say it, for a person who already knows that his life is short. Those empty words of boring comfort mean nothing at all.

Uncle Seven quietly finished smoking a cigarette and sighed comfortably. Then he scrambled to bend over and scribbled on the ground, despite my obstructions......

On both sides of the pebble floor, there is new soil, because the plants on the planting site have just been transplanted. So the soil is still a little loose.

Uncle Seven struggled, and with his already trembling fingers, he grabbed a handful of dirt from the land. Then he sat up straight, grabbed the handful of dirt to the side of his nose, and sniffed hard......

"People are getting old." Uncle Seven sighed and looked at me, as if smiling, with a little loneliness: "In a few days, I will be one with these soils...... Well, dust to dust, dust to dust. Man. Sooner or later, there will be such a day. ”

Then, he waved his hand vigorously and pointed in front of him: "You sit down and talk to me." ”

There was only a concrete platform in front of him, but where would I care about this at this time, and when I heard this, I immediately sat down and sat opposite him.

"Little Five......" Uncle Seven nodded, he looked at me with a shining eye...... This may be the only thing that the old man still has vitality in his whole body: "You did a good job...... Really, well done. Uncle Seven said in a low voice: "Since you took over, in fact, at the beginning, I also doubted you...... After all, you are too young, but for the sake of the livelihood of the brothers in the big circle, I still decided to come out to support you. Now it seems that I made the right choice. ”

I didn't speak.

"The brothers in the big circle now are living better than in the past 20 years! I want to say something to you today......" Uncle Seven looked at me with a smile on his face, and then he was very pleased: "Two years ago, you came to me, and I took you into the big circle...... I'm probably the proudest and most successful thing I've ever done in my life. He stretched out his hand, touched my face gently, and said with a smile: "Gangzi, I still remember that day when you were carrying a bag, it looked like you had just been smuggled ashore, and you looked stunned...... Alas, but I didn't expect that it has only been two years, and you are already the fifth master of Vancouver. ”

I was a little sad and squeezed Uncle Seven's hand hard.

"In my life, I have come to the end until now." Uncle Seven sighed, and he pointed to the tree: Ming, "Do you see the shoots?" I just saw it sprout today...... Well, that's good, that's good. You're better than me, better than our old bunches. I believe that in the future, you will lead these brothers more beautifully, my old man can no longer see it...... Besides, I'm afraid it won't help you much. ”

I felt a little choked in my throat, and I wanted to say something, but I couldn't.

"People, when it comes to death, there is always some Rosso, who always feels that he can't talk enough, can't see enough, and always wants to be able to open his eyes for a few more days...... Where is it so cheap! Hey! In my old man's life, the scenery has also passed, and he has done murder and arson, drinking wine in big bowls, eating meat in large pieces, and being happy and enmity. It's worth it! Damn it. Uncle Seven laughed: "Moreover, what I am more proud of than those other old brothers is that when they died, the big circle was still in turmoil!" And when I died, I saw the prosperity of the Great Circle with my own eyes!! When I got down there, I met those old brothers, and I could show them off. ”

He smiled happily, then sniffed the handful of dirt in his hand again and sprinkled it on the ground.

"Little Wu, I beg you for something." Uncle Seven looked at me.

"Uncle Seven, say it." Without hesitation, I said, "No matter what, I'll do it for you!" ”

"I'm old." Uncle Seven looked at me quietly: "I came out of my hometown as a teenager, and that era was turbulent!" I went to the countryside to cut the queue and stayed in Yunnan for ten years! That's a whole decade! At that time, I was still a boy, and after returning from the countryside, I immediately caught up with the war with Vietnam, and I and a group of old brothers, as soon as we got out of the car, immediately rushed to sign up for the army! Hey! After that, after the fight in Vietnam, our guys also became bloody guys. It's strange now...... Well, I've been in Canada for so many years, and until now, I'm dying, but I never miss home. Not at all. There is nothing in my hometown, my mother's grave is gone, and when I left, it was a broken cowshed. I don't have much to think about...... But these days, in my dreams at night, I always think about that mountain village in Yunnan. That's where I went to the countryside to cut the queue. I've been there for 10 years. Alas, in the past two days, I have always been thinking, people are cheap when they leave their hometowns! People say that when you are old, the fallen leaves return to your roots, but where are the roots of Lao Tzu? I don't want to go back home, there's nothing there. I thought that I could go back to Yunnan with a church, to the mountain village where I had lived for ten years. Boy, you know what? I've always felt that that's where I have roots! It's my hometown. ”

My heart moved: "Uncle Seven, if you want to go back, I will arrange it immediately!" ”

"Nope." Uncle Seven shook his head: "I don't dare to go back now...... I'm not afraid of you laughing...... I, I'm afraid! I'm afraid to go back and see that everything has changed, the familiar houses are gone, the familiar people are gone...... When I went back, I ended up feeling uncomfortable. Hey, kid, do you know why I want that place? ”

"I don't know."

Uncle Seven looked into the distance, he seemed to be recalling: "Back then, there, in that mountain village, I was only eighteen years old that year, at that time, I and the eighth, as well as the third and fourth, were all there to cut in line, I was in the best health, and I practiced a few kung fu with the mountain people." Relying on his youth, he still likes to fight with people. The eighth, the third and the fourth always wipe my ass, haha! However, I fell in love with a girl...... Well, what's the girl's name, well, yes, it seems to be called Ngawang. You are not allowed to laugh, this name is not good, but that girl, beautiful, watery! Where did we see any women in those boys? They all treat her like a fairy. Hey! ”

He recalled that when he talked about this, he became more and more divine, and even asked me for a cigarette.

Uncle Seven held a cigarette and continued to recall: "Well, when did Awang become interesting to me...... Alas, Lao Tzu can't remember. I helped her carry water and chop firewood. She smiled at me, nǎinǎi, and the one who laughed was called a sweet! Later, one night, behind the ditch of the small river, Lao Tzu had a secret tryst with her, and if he couldn't hold it, he ...... her Hahaha! ”

Then Uncle Seven laughed for a while, and a hint of haze flashed in his eyes: "Alas, I want to marry her as a mother-in-law, and she is also willing." But back then, that year...... We are foreigners, we went to the countryside to cut the queue in the past, to put it mildly, we are not good! The locals also refused to marry their daughters to us. I secretly got along with Ngawang for a month, and her parents married her, married to a guy in Lincun, damn! Uncle Seven's eyes widened, and he said loudly: "Lao Tzu was young, and his brain was hot, so he took a flat pole, rushed to Ah Wang's house, split the door of her house, and quarreled with her parents, and then I took the flat pole to guard the entrance of the village, I knew that the kid who married her was going to come to the dowry today, and I was guarding it!" I saw him come with someone carrying a burden, and I didn't know where the evil fire came from at the time, so one person jumped out with a flat burden, and one person beat seven or eight of them away! That kid was hit on the shoulder by me, and when he got home, he lay in bed for three days! ”

The seventh uncle shook his head and sighed: "The result is a disaster!" The people of the village came to arrest me, and a dozen people surrounded me, tied me up with ropes, and locked me in the cowshed. I knew that this was a big disaster, but the old man was smart, and he came up with an idea to let me take a bag of dry food and hide in the mountains. I squatted in the mountains for a week. Damn, I almost didn't get eaten by a wolf. The third and eighth took turns to bring me food. A week later, the eighth said it was okay and I could go down the mountain. Later, when I came down, I learned that the people did not pursue it, because Ngawang pleaded with me, and she ran to the boy's house in the neighboring village and knelt in front of the house for a day. Two days before I went down the mountain, Ngawang was picked up by their family and married. ”

I looked at the trembling muscles in the corners of Uncle Seven's eyes, and I was speechless for a while, and I didn't know what to say.

"Lao Tzu regrets it!" Uncle Seven shook his head: "At that time, I was crazy, I copied a firewood knife and was about to run desperately, the third and fourth and eighth tried their best to stop me, I was careless, struggling, and slashed the old eight by mistake...... Hey! Now you know why the eighth hand is missing a finger! He was called Fang Bazhi because of my knife! But it was that knife, looking at the eighth child covering his hands, all covered with blood, I froze, and the person calmed down. Damn, I got into trouble, but I let my brother do my job for me, am I still a human being! ”

……… Later things. There was nothing more to say, I put up with it, stayed there for a few more years, and the policy changed. I went back to the city, then joined the army, fought the Vietnamese, and after the fight, I was discharged from the army, and my brothers and I pulled people out to break into the rivers and lakes, and finally ran to Canada...... Alas, people, I have really seen everything in my life! Back then, I was with the third and fourth. And the eighth, how good our relationship is! There were a few other brothers, although not with us who went to the countryside. But they all came together when they were soldiers fighting, and they were also brothers with good feelings! But as soon as you arrive in this world of flowers, everyone changes! Hey! Hey!! Uncle Seven suddenly sneered twice, and a tear flowed out of the corner of his eye!

……… How did the third and fourth children die, and how did the sixth child die...... I didn't ask. Didn't say either. The eighth man wants to take the throne, I won't stop him! He's the smartest of our guys! Yes, he is indeed the smartest. I'm the most useless. I don't have much ability other than trying hard when my mind is hot. The eighth is going to be on top, I won't stop him! Even if he wants my life, I'll give it to him! I am tired! There are only a few brothers in my life, and in the end, you beat me, and I will kill you. Damn, I'm annoyed! Isn't it okay if I don't do it!! When Uncle Seven said this, there was strong indignation in his tone!

Speaking of which. He glanced at me and said lightly, "Okay, I'm going wrong as I talk." Well, those fights and kills, I won't tell you. ”

I was silent and didn't speak.

But there are some feelings in my heart.

Judging from the performance of the seventh uncle, he clearly vaguely knew that the eighth master was in the position back then, and he only succeeded by killing his brother! I also know this, and Bucktooth Zhou has already revealed this to me.

So...... Take a step back...... I came to the ground after killing the eighth master! This one...... Doesn't Uncle Seven really know? He's seen this kind of thing all his life, isn't it clear in his heart?!

However, he must have seen it through a long time ago.

It doesn't make much sense to know or not to know.

"As soon as people get old, they start to talk a lot." Uncle Seven smiled and looked at me: "Little Wu, the thing I beg you for is very simple. I've been in this place enough, for decades. There are foreign devils everywhere here, and I have been fighting here for half my life, but if I am asked to bury my bones here after death, I am a little unwilling! You promise me one thing, after I die, you burn me, and send my ashes back to China, I don't ask for anything else, I just ask you, get my ashes to that small mountain village in Yunnan, and don't look for any feng shui treasures, I just need you to sprinkle my ashes under that mountain, I will be blind! Uncle Seven grabbed my hand hard: "Can you promise me?" ”

I felt a little emotion in my heart, looked at him, and said solemnly: "Uncle Seven, don't worry! I will help you achieve your wish! ”

Uncle Seven smiled, he let go of me and waved his hand: "Okay, I'm tired." You can also go back, when you come to see me tomorrow afternoon, bring me a pack of sauce elbows from the old Liu family in Chinatown! Alas, I suddenly want to eat this bite, you remember not to forget, bring it to me tomorrow. ”

I got up and took my leave.

When I left, I also saw Uncle Seven sitting under the tree, staring blankly at the buds on the branches......

The next day, at noon, I was practicing boxing in my brother's martial arts gym.

Since the battle between Senior Brother and Jin He in Toronto, the almost legendary skills displayed immediately shocked me, as well as the other brothers who were in the field at that time! After coming back, the hammer was always bitter when he practiced kung fu under the hands of the senior brother, but later he was a hundred times more divine, even if he walked every day and became a figure-eight leg when he walked, he didn't cry out bitterly. And through the spread of the hammer and the few brothers present that day, everyone knows that my senior brother has kung fu that is almost comparable to that of the heroes in martial arts novels!

And after I came back, in the past six months, the senior brother supervised me to practice, and he was also extremely strict. Especially in the first two months, he carefully adjusted me, so that my body was adjusted to the peak state by him. Then, after a rigorous training, he finally taught me a new kung fu! Real Kung Fu!

Arm punch!

It was the day when the senior brother pushed Jin He out several times at once, and then vomited blood again and again!

"Hammer! What are you doing with your legs on? Loaded with toads! The senior brother scolded, and the hammer immediately shook his body, and his legs, which were already soft and deformed, quickly squatted neatly.

I just finished a set of punches. Gently wiping a handful of sweat, Yan Di was standing on the edge of the martial arts training ground with a towel in her hand, and she had just helped the senior brother cut a bunch of Chinese medicine...... By the way. The elder brother gave me the bowl of Chinese medicine to recuperate my body, and then he didn't need to get it for me, and the senior brother taught Yan Di a series of techniques, from dispensing medicine to boiling, and later Yan Di made it for me to drink.

Xi Luo was also there, he and the eldest brother's son Lei Xiaohu lived in a ward in the hospital, but the two actually chatted about friendship, and after being discharged from the hospital, Xi Luo followed me to practice here with the senior brother. Originally, the senior brother refused to help me do the underworld things. But after all, Siro was injured by his own hands, so the senior brother also allowed Siro to practice here with him. Moreover, the senior brother personally supervised Siro to do some exercises to recover xìng, and finally couldn't help my lobbying, plus Siro is indeed a good material. He also taught Ciro both hands more or less - of course, the senior brother is a very principled person, he teaches only some gadgets, real kung fu, he can't teach.

But. The senior brother doesn't teach, but his son Lei Xiaohu may not be so old-fashioned. I'm getting more and more fond of this kid, as the name suggests. It's really like a little tiger, the tiger is angry, young and active, impulsive, and very hot-blooded, righteous, and jumps away. Soon he got along with Ciro.

After I had some discussion with him, I was helpless because I was his uncle. But if both sides are serious...... I may not really be able to take care of this nephew of mine!! In the words of the elder brother, Lei Xiaohu and I are half a pound and eight taels, if we really put it right, it depends on the state of the two of them, and I may be able to win with my rich fighting experience.

After all, Lei Xiaohu has been by the side of the senior brother for so many years, and he has practiced since he was a child, and the cultivation of the senior brother himself is no less than that of the master back then! What's more, the master didn't teach me many real tricks, but the senior brother didn't hide his own son!

Therefore, after Lei Xiaohu and Xi Luo got acquainted, he secretly taught Xi Luo a lot of tricks. The elder brother didn't care about his son's friendship with Ciro, in his opinion, Ciro was a good young man, righteous, and sincere.

However, except for that time in Toronto, the senior brother has not helped me again in the past six months.

I wiped my sweat and watched Siro and Lei Xiaohu fight again, and finally Lei Xiaohu put Siro to the ground with a punch, Siro jumped up from the ground, and the two laughed together.

I looked at the time, it's almost over, and I have to go to see Uncle Seven today. Uncle Seven said yesterday that he wanted to eat that Chinatown's Liujia sauce elbow, and this kind of small problem is naturally not difficult to solve. I sent someone to let the Liu family get up at six o'clock this morning to burn the stove, and then prepared the best elbow, and made the fattest, most tender, and highest-grade elbow alone, and kept it in the steamer to ensure the fresh and tender taste.

I wiped my sweat, drank a big bowl of Chinese medicine, and was resting when I saw Xiao Zhu and Luo Ya Zhou rushing in outside.

I saw Xiao Zhu's face sèyīn sinking, especially when I saw that there were tears in the corners of his eyes......

My heart was sudden, and suddenly my hand slipped, and with a bang, the medicine bowl in my hand fell to the ground and shattered.

"Fifth brother...... Uncle Seven, he just ...... went. Xiao Zhu whispered beside me, he was very uncomfortable, his eyes were red. All along, I have asked him to take care of Uncle Seven, and this kid has a deep relationship with Uncle Seven.

Then he said something, but I didn't listen to a word, I just took a blank breath, stepped aside, sat down in a chair, and looked blankly at the sky.

At the beginning of the chūn, the sky was still a little gray and a little chilly.

Ciro also knew what was happening, and he quickly walked over, his face a little ugly. The only thing that is a little dazed is Yan Di, all along, I have almost hidden those things in the big circle from this Nizi, because I don't want those things to fall into her pure heart.

She looked at me with an ugly face, and couldn't help but ask Luo Yazhou beside her: "Lawyer Zhou...... What's wrong? What happened? ”

Luo Ya Zhou's face was quiet, and he sighed, and his tone was very indifferent: "An era has ended." ”

Indeed, the circle of the older generation who came to Canada to work hard was ...... after the death of Uncle Seventh It's all curtain call!