On September 13 of the 16th year of the Republic of China, Lao Huang Lishu's large and eye-catching black font read: The fierce god is in the way, and it is not suitable to travel.

"Get out, you get out of me, my Li family will not have you from now on." Old lady Li of Lijiazhuang scolded angrily, his white beards swayed with the angry twist on his face, and his hands on crutches barely supported his trembling body.

Kneeling in front of Old Lady Li was a thin young man with a slightly immature face, who was indifferent to the many tablets in the ancestral hall and his father's fingers, just looked coldly at the hundreds of people standing on both sides. These people are all members of the Li family, and today Mrs. Li opened the ancestral hall to severely punish this unfilial son.

"Hey, I knew that this kid didn't learn anything, he was idle, and he was in the company of a bunch of ruffians all day long, and now he is in trouble."

"It's really self-inflicted, I can't study well in school, and I offended some Oriental people, and now I have beaten people to serious injuries, and even our entire family has suffered."

"Now the Japanese are forcing the county magistrate to ask for someone, the county magistrate is helpless, and our Li family can only hand over people, otherwise it will affect all of us."

"Yes, yes, one person does things and one person is responsible, just turn yourself in, and then trouble us all to do it, and we won't be able to take care of it."

“……”

The clansmen on both sides talked a lot, looking at Li Ling kneeling in the middle with pity or disdain, as if they were judging a lamb to the slaughter. They all knew that the Oriental Japanese had a strong sense of revenge, and they were afraid of affecting themselves, so after Li Ling committed a crime and hid, they persuaded Mrs. Li to deceive Li Ling home on the grounds that he was seriously ill, hoping that he would be brought to justice.

A few days ago, Li Ling severely injured a Japanese ronin who was molesting a Chinese woman in Jinan City, causing an uproar.

It is an indisputable fact that Chinese people are afraid of foreigners. Diplomacy is no trivial matter, and the aggressive posture of the Japanese embassy in Jinan has cast a shadow over the city of Jinan. In the past few days, the city has been full of wind and rain, the streets are full of police searching for fugitives, and the walls are plastered with bounty notices.

Later, someone revealed that the murderer was Li Ling of Lijiazhuang, Zhangqiu County, and finally brought a ray of life to the case. Wang Delin, the county magistrate, brought people to investigate several times, but there was no one to see, which put pressure on Lijiazhuang, if the murderer was not handed over, everyone in Lijiazhuang should be punished for the crime of concealment. Because of this situation, everyone unanimously deceived Li Ling to return.

The ancestral hall, which has always been ancient and quiet, is like the New Year today, and everyone follows one after another, as if watching a play. Some women could not set foot in the ancestral hall and could only stand guard outside the door, for fear of missing the first news.

The eldest son Li Yantang was admitted to the Jinan Military Academy a few years ago, and now he defected to the Southern Revolutionary Army, all the way to the Northern Expedition, like a broken bamboo, and it is not far from returning to his hometown; The second son, Li Yanze, went to study in the Soviet Union after graduating from Beijing Normal University, and the glory of his ancestors is just around the corner; Only his son Li Ling was undisciplined, and he was finally admitted to Jinan Qilu University, but he did not follow the rules and studied with peace of mind, and he was idle all day long, gathering with a group of lonely friends and dogs to make trouble, causing trouble. Now he is not able to do his best, he has seriously injured the Japanese, and caused such a catastrophe, no one can cover it up, if it is handed over to the Japanese, I am afraid that there will be no way to live.

Li Ling looked at the surrounding discussions coldly, and finally couldn't help sneering: "You all put your hearts in your stomachs, you can draw a knife in your hand, a good man does things well, and he will definitely not affect any of you, why bother chirping here, don't say anything about losing face, and pass it on to laugh and be generous." ”

On both sides were people from Li Ling's uncle's ranks, and their old faces couldn't help but turn red when they heard his words, and the scene was quiet.

But when Mrs. Li heard this, she was angry, and her face, which was already unrestrained, became even more cold, and she gritted her teeth and said: "What a bachelor, what a hero, a hero when he dies, have you ever thought that I have raised you for more than ten years, and I have raised you, a shameless hooligan." Today, I will beat you, an unfilial son, to death in front of my ancestors. With that, he raised the cane in his hand and hit Li Ling on the back fiercely.

Li Ling was not afraid of the extremely flexible jujube wood crutches, and let it slap on him without moving.

"Bang, bang, bang......".

For example, the arm-thick crutches hit the bony body of this young man, and the sound made was not the slapping sound of a wooden stick and **, but a wooden stick hitting the ribs.

Everyone in the ancestral hall held their breath and watched coldly, and no one spoke out to persuade them. Everyone knows in their hearts that today's events are self-inflicted and cannot be lived, and it is useless to talk more.

Li Ling was born because his mother died in childbirth, and his father was angry with him because of this. Because of the lack of love since childhood, the desire for friendship, and the enthusiasm for friends, he actually stepped into the society like an eagle fighting in the sky, and he was at ease, leading a group of brothers to do wrong, and leaving the evil in the township, and the old lady Li, who had already been angry with him, was even more disappointed.

Inside the ancestral hall.

Old Mrs. Li seemed to be venting the resentment in her heart for many years, holding a dragon head and crutches, without any intention of stopping

Li Ling seemed to be hiding another grievance as usual. Raising his head, holding his neck high, his bones are stubborn, and he has no heart to forgive.

One time, two times,...... Ten times...... Twenty .......

The back of the weak wind was finally unbearable, and the pieces of his clothes were torn apart, revealing a piece of red, bright and dazzling. Li Ling was drenched in cold sweat with pain, his muscles were exposed, and he gritted his teeth firmly.

……。

Finally, Old Lady Li stopped panting and said, "You have done a lot of evil, do you still have the heart to regret it?" ”

Li Ling disdainfully: "My life was born by you, you raised it, you can take it if you want, why bother pretending to be full of righteousness." ”

Mrs. Li was angry, and was silent for a moment before she said slowly: "I won't beat you today, and I won't scold you anymore, in front of the ancestral tablet and my fathers and fellow villagers, I announce that I will sever the father-son relationship with you, from now on you have nothing to do with my Li family, you, let's go." ”

As soon as these words came out, the silent ancestral hall burst into an uproar.

"Actually expelled from the family. Before death, you can't pay homage to your ancestors, you are not allowed to step into the ancestral hall for half a step, and even if you throw your body into the lonely field after death, you can't enter the ancestral grave. ”

"This kind of punishment is too heavy, severing the relationship between father and son, which is a great shame in China, where filial piety is the inheritance."

"Yes, in this chaotic world, how can a half-grown child live, it's not that he needs to die"

“……”。

Regarding Mrs. Li's decision, everyone felt incredible. And Li Ling suddenly raised his head and looked at his elderly father in disbelief: "You want to cut off the father-son relationship with me?" You want to expel me from the family? ”

Old Lady Li didn't answer, he looked up at the roof with a cold face, and also fell into deep thought, he didn't know if this decision was correct.

"You want to expel me from the family and sever the relationship between father and son." Li Ling still didn't believe it, muttered to himself, and repeated it. Finally reacted, determined the seriousness of the matter, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he suddenly changed his stubbornness, and his tone trembled: "Don't, if you see that I don't like me, beat me to death, just beg you not to kick me out of the house, Dad-." ”

A "daddy" is as sad as a night owl. How many years? Five years or eight years? didn't call Daddy anymore, at this moment finally touched the heartstrings of Old Lady Li, he endured the ripples that slowly rippled in his heart, and said coldly: "I have made up my mind, you can do it yourself in the future, let's go." ”

"Why? Why is all this? Li Ling seemed to have fallen into the abyss, and then roared with exhaustion: "Did I hurt the Japanese for fear of affecting you, or have I always been a thorn in your side?" Why are you doing this to me? I've always done this to me! ”

Looking at his father's indifferent expression, knowing that he had always been stubborn, there was no room for him to turn around, Li Ling was stunned. Recalling what happened over the years, my mother, who often appeared in my dreams, my father, who had always been cold to me, my fierce and vicious father, my brothers who were all loved, and the endless sarcasm, digging holes, ridiculing, and ridiculing.

He's had enough.

Slowly twisted his head and yelled at his father: "I have never been treated by you since I was a child, I remember being oppressed by you everywhere since I was sensible, I was beaten and scolded by you every day, and I never gave me a good face, the two brothers are your treasures, am I not your own?" You tell me why? You tell me, huh? ”

"I was bullied that year, you prevented my brother from being angry with me, but let me fight back alone, and when I came back with a bloody head, it was your so-called family law that greeted me."

"That year, during the Chinese New Year, both brothers were able to wear brand new clothes, and I asked you to ask for it, but you insulted me, saying that I was cheap and could not be new, so I could only pick up some old clothes."

"That year, because I accidentally broke a teapot, I was locked out of the door by you for three days in the cold winter moon, and the hunger and cold made me miserable and desperate."

"That year, the eldest brother graduated from the Wubei Academy, and the second brother was admitted to Beijing Normal University, but I was beaten and scolded by you for no reason, saying that I ruined the style and embarrassed you."

"That year, I was admitted to Qilu University through my own efforts, but I was ridiculed by you for admiring foreign countries, and once wanted to prevent me from studying."

"That year,......

Li Ling, who was once provoked to break his muscles and bones and died in pain, never cried, but now he burst into tears, he expressed his grievances and dissatisfaction bit by bit, sentence by sentence, pointing directly to the hearts of the people.

"I was weak and sickly, my body was thin, I was not as burly as my two brothers, I was bullied since I was a child, and I was often beaten and bruised by children in and out of the village. I knew that I had no home to rely on, and I could only rely on my own meager strength to resist. Started to resist from the private school.,Fighting.,Fighting.。 Hit the primary school, hit the middle school, hit the county, hit the Jinan City. It's not that I want to be a hooligan, it's that I have to be a hooligan. ”

"It's not that I want to be a hooligan, it's that I have to be a hooligan", the huge ancestral hall quietly heard the needle falling, and everyone was chewing on this sentence carefully.

"They all say that I am not evil, and I do a lot of evil, and I do harm to the village. But who can tell me what I did that was too perverse? How many hurtful things have I done? Let you hate the pain so much, and gloat so much to see that I was taken away by the Japanese. Who knows why I'm going to hit that Japanese ronin? Because he molested and insulted Chinese women, that woman looked like the mother of my dreams! ”

Old Lady Li's calm face was finally moved, even if he was hard-hearted, he also turned into soft fingers. glanced at his son deeply, he thought that the stick was a filial son, and the requirements for this son were extremely strict, and he was unconsciously biased, but now it seems that he really owes him too much, and he doesn't know that there is such a big gap between father and son.

Li Ling was extremely miserable in his heart, and said to himself: "I work hard to learn English, Japanese, military, and martial arts, and I just want to be your pride like my two elder brothers, just to get a compliment or affirmation from you." But did you give me a smile? I was in the company of hooligans, so that how many times did Lijiazhuang avoid bandit harassment, and the big and small bandits in Qilu did not dare to step into the village half a step. Today you drove me out of the family, good, good. ”

Li Ling looked like a madman, and shouted: "Bring a pen and paper, and I'll write down the voucher for you." Regardless of whether anyone agreed, he stood up and walked straight to the shrine of worship, picked up the brush that had been placed, and splashed ink on the banner, and the form was crazy, and the farewell book of several crosses was formed in an instant.

With a "snap" sound, he pressed the brush on the desk together, and his gaze like a spewing fire came straight to Mrs. Li, and he said hoarsely: "No matter what your reason, I will never forgive you in my life." ”

Li Ling burst into tears, turned his head, turned around, and strode into a meteor. walked so resolutely, resolutely, without a trace of attachment and concern. All that was taken away was a broken heart.

Old lady Li, who has always been stubborn and strong, suddenly burst into tears, her internal organs rolled like stormy waves, and all kinds of sourness were held in her heart and choked in her throat. Is this young man's temperament a natural rebellion? Or are you forced by your environment? Maybe he was wrong, maybe he really went too far, but this is the only way to save his life or the safety of Li Jiazhuang.