Chapter VII
7 The third brother sat at the bow of the boat, looking at the fields on the shore blankly, and the fifth sister sat in the middle of the boat to look around for a while, and then looked at the third brother on the bow of the boat, her eyes were full of excitement, but she tried not to show it.
This time the third brother took her out, although her father was very unhappy and said that it was better to go and collect some firewood and grass if he had the time. The eldest brother didn't say anything, the third brother said that he would pick up the firewood and grass when he came back, and the firewood at home was enough, and his father was not allowed to say nothing, but the third brother still took her out.
Their father's name is Wu Na, and their ancestors and grandparents were Han people from the Northland, who fled to this place, and until their generation, they were all tenants in Shijing Town. Her father is tall, five big and three thick have brute force, so brave and ruthless! The three or two neighbors in the township are generally not opponents, they are righteous and bold and easy to make friends, and they are a little brave, and they are also good at farming.
When her father was eighteen years old, he married the fourteen-year-old Wang of the village, that is, her mother. Wang's mother's family is also a tenant, Wang's family was born small, a little dark but also good-looking, can work in the field and do housework well, and life is still smooth. In addition to his daily work, Wu Na likes to drink two sips of village brew, and also likes to go to the town to play dice for a while, or fight cocks and geese to promote weaving, in short, there are a lot of things to play and enjoy them. Wu Na can bring back some food from time to time, and even hand over the whole piece of pig's trotters to the Wang family to make wine and food, or invite three or five friends to eat and drink together. But it's very boring to lose money and go home, and it's not the one who often looks for Wang's.
Maybe it's because the Wang family is younger, and they haven't had children for five years after they got married, which has attracted a lot of gossip from the neighbors. Wu Na felt that he had lost face, and he often scolded and scolded Wang. At that time, Wang's in-laws were still there, and they didn't have a good face for Wang, and Wang's heart was miserable and had to endure it. Fortunately, in the sixth year, Wang finally became pregnant with the eldest and gave birth to a boy, named Wu Disease, and the situation improved slightly. In the following years, it was out of control, and there were second and third children one after another. The second child is a boy, he was born big, and he is full of his father, and the family likes it very much, especially his father Wu Na. The second child died of fever only three months after he was born, and he didn't even take his name, so he rolled up a small section with a bamboo sweep and buried it in the mountains and forests in the east of the village. A year later, the third child was born and named Wu Disaster. Later, there were four and five old ones one after another, named Wu Neng Wu Yong, which means that the prince of Yama is not looked down upon, and only the fifth sister Wu Yong is a daughter. The third Wu disaster was born thin and weak, and the eyebrows and eyes and the fifth child were all with his mother with some light shows, and his father was very disliked, and often scolded him for losing money and goods.
In the following years, this big family had a lot of mouths, and because of Wu Na's addiction to gambling, he gradually lost his family. Wu Na is the only son of the Wu family, and he is quite strong, and he has been doted on by the second elder since he was a child. Nowadays, the family is in decline, and it is difficult to even eat, so they often have to dig up some wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger. The two elders had no other way but to lament and curse, and died of poverty and illness in less than fifty years.
In the memory of the third Wu disaster, they lived under Wu Na's fists and feet. When he was about four or five years old, he went up the mountain alone to collect firewood, or take care of his younger siblings. The boss and the fourth are both strong, especially the fourth, but the boss Mu Na and the fourth are full of power. Wu Na likes the fourth child, and thinks that the fourth child is like his son, and he rarely beats and scolds the fourth child when he uses his fists against his family.
Later, the third child grew up, but his temperament was silent, and he was often bullied by country children because of poverty and thinness. The third brother and sister are still young, and the eldest never helps the family to do the fields, because the third child is often beaten, and he does not cry when he comes home with a blue nose and swollen face. He knew that it was useless, but instead recruited Wu Na to beat and scold. And he despised doing so, but his mother, Wang, knew it, and often helped him scrub his wounds with tears.
When the naughty children around him saw that he didn't sue, the more they bullied his brothers and sisters, and the third Wu disaster's response was to "beat!" "If you can't beat it, you can fight it, and if you catch a hard beating, the key is to let the other party know that it hurts! was knocked down again and again to see blood, and he also tried his best to make the other party see blood, was beaten, and the next time he saw him, he will continue to fight. In view of the tenacity of the third child, the other party began to be frightened, and often two or three beat him together, even if he won, it will be quite costly, after all, there are not many people who dare to kill when they fight. For the third Wu disaster, you can't beat me to death, so let's continue, because for these little bastards, bullying the third child has become more and more boring and burdensome.
As time passed, the fourth joined the warband, he was extremely brave, and he loved to fight, although he was often injured, but they began to win. From there, the two brothers took the initiative to find someone to fight, find more people than them and older than them, and take revenge one by one! Until the half-big bastards of Siye no longer dared to provoke them, and even began to have a few followers.
The third child is fair, never bullying the weak, he can't see others being bullied. When the harvest was scarce, he often took a few boys to venture out to nearby cottages or fields further afield to steal food. Once ambushed by the villagers, he blocked the pursuing villagers and let the fourth child run away with the people, but he was caught and beaten to death several times.
After his injuries healed, he continued to take people to steal, changing places from time to time, and the mouth of the family was still waiting for food, and he couldn't help it.
No matter how old he is, his two brothers can also share some fields and do some odd jobs from time to time, and the family is only slightly better. Their wages were handed over to their mother Wang, and his father Wu took the money from Wang when he lost money a few times.
The brothers once went home and ran into Wu Na and beat their mother bitterly, and Wu Disaster stepped forward and grabbed Wu Na in the chest and punched him. Wu Na's face was covered with nosebleeds, let go of the Wang family and grabbed the third child and tore it up, Wu Na was in the prime of life, and the brawl was a good hand, after all, the third child was young and not an opponent, and he was knocked to the ground. Wu Na was furious and grabbed the chair and smashed it at the third child, Wang stepped forward to hug Wu Na and was kicked away, Wu Na continued to smash with the chair, and the third child's head was full of blood!
The son is disobedient and unfilial, and dares to beat his father! Wu Na went crazy! The chair was broken, he raised the stool again, and suddenly felt a loud noise in his ears, and Mu Ran turned his head in a dizziness, only to see the fourth child staring at him with blood-red eyes! The fourth threw the leg of the stool that was scattered in his hand, and punched him in the chest! The fourth child was strong, Wu took a few steps back, and the fourth child pounced on him again. The third child also staggered up with a bloody face, glared at Wu Na viciously, and rushed up to give the old fist. Xu was tired, and Wu Na, who was one against two, couldn't resist and was paralyzed to the ground.
The son beat Lao Tzu, it is a felony of disobedience, the third child said to Wu Na that he would never recognize him as a father again, even if Wu Na sued the official or asked the clan elders to deal with him, even if he died, he would pull him back! If he starts beating his mother again, he will never stand by! Wang covered the deep blood on the third child's head, cried and said to Wu Na, if Wu Na dared to harm the child, then she would stick a knife in Wu Na's chest in the middle of the night!
The fourth child is quite bored, among several children, his father is the only one who is good to him, rarely beats and scolds, has food when he is young, and is reluctant to give it to several other children, especially the third and fifth, but will give it to him, let him eat enough. But as he grew older, he felt more and more that his father was doing something wrong, especially because he often beat and scolded his mother for no reason when he lost money, he felt that his mother was very bitter, but he would not express it. The third brother usually talks very little, and he doesn't like to laugh, but I don't know when he feels that the third brother is very harmful, not because he can fight, the third brother is not tall and thin, compared to his fourth brother, he is more able to fight. But the third brother is jealous and hateful, and he is still very calm. He is not greedy for food and drink, but he likes to think about things, he is fair and kind-hearted, brave and stoic. These descriptions of the third child are not understood by the fourth Wu Neng, but he can feel it. In short, the third brother is very different, they are not like the third brother is not a family under the same roof, the third brother is the person he admires the most since he is sensible. So when Dad and the third brother fight together, and the third brother is covered in blood, he will take action and shoot for the third brother!
Wu Na was indignant, and they fought a few more times in the years that followed, and Wu Na became more and more of a match. He saw the situation clearly, so he basically stopped doing anything to them, including the two mothers and daughters, but mainly scolded.
For all this that happened at home, the eldest Wu was detached, and he cared about farming and saving money and marrying a daughter-in-law as soon as possible.
(Note: The description of the family background of the third child in this plot is partly inspired by the novel "Landscape".) )