Chapter 26: A Sentence That Made Waves
26 words that made waves
At this time, the sky gradually darkened, and the surrounding houses were hidden in a gray color, Wei Gospel strode forward, walked out of the corner, and gasped when he saw the scene in front of him.
Dozens of people gathered in the dark at the door of her house.
These black oppressive figures Wei Gospel is very familiar, they are residents living here, from all over the country, from all directions, most of them do not have serious jobs, let alone what they rely on to make a living, men and women wander around in Da'an all day long, nothing to do, because of this, they have no money in their hands and suddenly one day they will quietly leave to go somewhere else to beg for a living, coming and going wave after wave, there are always new faces.
Seeing the uninvited guests surrounding the gate of their house tightly, their heads shaking, talking loudly, making a fly-like chirping, turning their heads and ears in the dim light, and talking about the demons dancing wildly, Wei Gospel resisted them from the heart.
Li Yuehua did not allow Wei Fuhai to contact most of them, although they lived in the same place, they did not have too much contact, these people did not make a living, most of the time they were idle, this is exactly what Li Yuehua was worried about, she said to Wei Fuhai worriedly: "Listen, stay away from these people, they don't work all day long, they don't know the roots, you lend them money, in case they run away one day, who do you ask for money." Wei Fuhai is a warm-hearted person, he knows him well, he can talk to anyone, and he doesn't take Li Yuehua's words to heart.
Wei Gospel has always been wary of people, whether it is a neighbor or a fellow countryman, it has nothing to do with her, she doesn't like it, even if it is the king of heaven, it is useless, through their evil eyes, Wei Gospel clenched his teeth.
Bowing her head and saying nothing, carrying her schoolbag through the crowded crowd to drill in, she doesn't like to be lively, she never goes to crowded places, the crowd of onlookers was shocked when she came in, and then consciously took a step back and made a way, Wei Gospel bowed his head and was silent, his heart was terrified, these people standing at the door of her house with bad intentions would never be a good thing.
There was a boy of the same age as her at the bottom of the crowd, named Guo Hainan, who was her elementary school classmate, and the reason why she remembered him was because once the head teacher called them to the office to reprimand them, and only the two of them in the class did not pay the tuition on time, Wei Gospel was relieved at the time, and thought: "Fortunately, someone is with me." She won't be disgraced alone.
It's a pity that Guo Hainan dropped out of school in the third grade of primary school, and Wei Gospel is still the last one to pay tuition every time, and he has nothing to do with him, only that he also lives in Da'an, although they are of the same age, but Wei Gospel does not have many playmates around him, except for his younger brothers and sisters, he knows Yang Longfei and his brothers in general, and she rejects people who are not speculative from the bottom of her heart. One day, Wei Fuhai happily said that the boy surnamed Guo in your class is also from Henan, and he is a fellow countryman with us.
Wei Gospel disagreed, I heard that he dropped out of school and learned to raise pigs with his family, Wei Fuhai was particularly enthusiastic about the villagers from Henan, being in a foreign country, in this place that brings together people from all over the country, mixed fish and dragons, and indifferent people to see their fellow villagers can really be said to be as cordial as seeing relatives.
Guo Hainan stood in the crowd and looked at Wei Gospel timidly, and whispered, "Your father let the police arrest him."
Wei Gospel gave him a vicious look back, she hated watching people the most.
Everyone sighed when they saw her stiff eyes, and they gloated: This girl really doesn't know what to do.
"You don't know that something is wrong with your family." A woman's shrill voice floated from above her head.
Wei Gospel looked up at her, only to realize that the men and women were casting meaningful glances at her, which was also the reason why Li Yuehua usually told them not to associate with these indiscreet people, many of whom appeared out of nowhere, and suddenly disappeared one day, and then another wave of people appeared to occupy their original houses.
Wei Gospel felt that this was her home, and it was obvious that it did not belong to any of them.
Hearing her slightly sarcastic words, Wei Gospel was stunned.
The woman wore heavy makeup and glamorous makeup, dressed in colorful colors, the fat powder on her face was rubbed very thickly, and she couldn't hide the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, and the powder fell down with a slight smile, and the inferior false eyelashes flickered on her eyelids, and she was dressed gorgeously, and she couldn't hide her real age, seeing Wei Gospel's stubborn face, she giggled, as if she didn't care about the young girl's unreasonable attitude towards herself, her eyes quickly glanced in the crowd, and then looked at Wei Gospel, raised her voice, and said, "Didn't you see the police car, Your dad broke the law and called the police to arrest him. ”
Wei Gospel pursed his lips and was silent, pushed open the closed big iron door, walked into the courtyard, closed it with a "bang", and saw the people outside the door from the crack in the door, although he hated these neighbors who loved to chew their tongues, Wei Gospel faintly felt that what they said was true, and latched the door from the inside.
Different from the noisy atmosphere outside, from the moment she entered the door, Wei Gospel felt the oppressive atmosphere at home, as if she was deprived of oxygen, she didn't dare to breathe, obviously when it was time to eat, there was no smoke in the kitchen, the table was empty, and the people in the room obviously had no appetite.
Li Yuehua sat on the edge of the bed, bowed her head and didn't say a word, Wei Gospel returned to her room lightly, she didn't dare to ask what happened at home, why was her father arrested by the police, with Wei Fuhai's temper, he didn't dare to do anything illegal, Li Yuehua often said that Wei Fuhai would only be in the nest, and he would be honest like a sheep outside.
Wei Gospel was lying on the table and doing his homework, without a clue, his father was arrested by the police, what crime did he commit, will he go to jail?
After a while, Wei Siguo walked in through the outer door, he didn't seem to notice the lifeless atmosphere at home, put down his schoolbag, walked straight to Li Yuehua, and said, "Mom, I'm hungry, Mom, I'm hungry."
Before the words fell, a loud slap slapped on his face, Wei Siguo shouted "wow", Wei Gospel dropped the pen in his hand when he heard the sound, and ran over as if flying.
I saw Wei Siguo standing in front of Li Yuehua, his right hand covering his right cheek, his eyes wide open, I don't know why, Li Yuehua held one hand in the air trembling slightly, his eyes were wide open, and his chest rose and fell.
After a while, Wei Siguo finally recovered from the fright, felt that something salty and greasy was flowing down, touched the corner of his mouth, raised his hand to look, the blood in one hand, was too frightened, and he cried out loudly: "Mom, you beat my mouth and bleed!" Mom, you bleed from my mouth......"
Li Yuehua was stunned for a moment, saw the blood stains on the corner of Wei Siguo's mouth, stretched out his hands and hugged him tightly into his arms like a madman, cried bitterly, and shouted heartbreakingly: "My son, I'm sorry for you!" My son, I'm sorry for you! ”
Li Yuehua's grief-stricken voice pierced Wei Gospel's heart, tears came out of his eyes, and he stood at the door and watched the two people inside hugging their heads and crying.
A touch of bright red blood flowed down the corners of Wei Siguo's mouth, seeing Li Yuehua crying, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to make a sound, since he can remember, Li Yuehua has never beaten them, Wei Fuhai and Li Yuehua are not the kind of strict parents.
Sometimes Li Yuehua was choked by a few of them, and only threatened seriously: "You better not provoke me, I usually don't beat you, but as long as I make a move, you will see blood."
Wei Gospel has never been slapped by Li Yuehua, and she is sure that the taste is not good, she often asks Li Yuehua to help her tickle, Li Yuehua's big hands are like men's hands, the knuckles are thick and prominent, her hands have been doing rough work like a man all year round, covered with calluses, and the palms are densely intertwined with hundreds of fine lines, like a knife cut, and the edges burst out like barbs.
After crying for an unknown amount of time, Wei Siguo wiped the corners of his mouth and comforted him in a low voice: "Mom, don't cry, it doesn't hurt at all."
Li Yuehua weakly let go of the arm holding Wei Siguo, slowly hung down, supported her knees with her hands, and staggered into the dark kitchen.
Wei Siguo stood stupidly in place, his face covered with tears, and he didn't know what to do.
When the meal was ready and served on the table, several people bowed their heads around the table and were silent, and when the food was cold, Li Yuehua slowly breathed a sigh of relief, her heart was depressed, and she sighed: "Your father let the police arrest him."
Wei Si thought, Wei Fuling looked dazed.
"Mom, what crime did my dad commit?" Wei Gospel asked.
Li Yuehua bent her waist, her arms hung down lifelessly, this seemed to be not a person from the past, in Wei Gospel's impression, Li Yuehua was omnipotent, in her words: "I cast the wrong baby, if I am a man, I will definitely be able to achieve a career, and the four of you will not have to endure hardship."
Wei Gospel did not doubt her words at all, she believed that if Li Yuehua was a man, she would definitely do something vigorously, she seemed to be like a machine, from the beginning of opening her eyes, her hands and feet refused to stop for a moment, busy before and after, until she went to bed at night.
Li Yuehua said expressionlessly: "Your father is as timid as a mouse, he doesn't even dare to steal a needle, how dare he break the law."
Wei Gospel, Wei Fuling, and Wei Siguo looked up at her.
After a while, Li Yuehua sorted out her thoughts, the hatred in her heart was monstrous, and she said loudly: "It was your third uncle Wei Fulin who broke the law, your father's good brother, he stole something and ran away by himself, he was alone, patted his ass and ran away, the police couldn't catch him, so naturally they came to arrest your father!"
Li Yuehua's tired eyes were bloodshot, and she suddenly jumped off the bed, pointed at the non-existent person in front of her and yelled: "You pat your ass and leave alone, how can our family live, you are used to petty theft, you dare to steal anything!"
Li Yuehua's chest was suffocated, and she had to vent it to be happy, she looked back at Wei Gospel and asked loudly: "Can the derrick in the oil field be stolen!"
Wei Gospel didn't know how to answer her, and his heart sank.
With Ben not answering with her, Li Yuehua seemed to have been hollowed out of all her strength, and said to herself: "Your third uncle, sneaked to the iron rack stacked in the transportation and stealing factory in the middle of the night, can that thing be stolen, what is not good to steal, not to steal things from the state, to steal things from the country is to be shot, he is also stupid, before the thing was stolen, he was discovered by the factory gatekeeper, he hurriedly ran over the wall and escaped...... He ran away, but where are we going...... The people who watched the gate in the factory recognized him and said that he was the younger brother of the big boss who raised fish, what kind of big boss is your father! ”
Li Yuehua's voice trembled slightly, and she said self-deprecatingly: "If your father is a big boss, you don't have to suffer with it, what do those people know, the people in my hometown think that your father made a lot of money by raising fish in Tianjin...... Whether our family has money or not, you guys don't know. ”
Silent for a moment, Li Yuehua covered her face with her hands, staggered to the edge of the bed, and cried bitterly: "What kind of sin have I created, who understands the sins I have suffered over the years, the fortune teller said that I couldn't marry to Hedong, and your grandmother also said that I married too far, when I married your father, his family was poor, and three of the four brothers didn't marry a wife, I didn't think your father was poor, I think as long as the person is good, your father is really capable, he followed his uncle out to raise fish at the age of seventeen, and the money your father earned in the first few years was sent to his family."
"Are we poor?" Li Yuehua suddenly threw out a fatal question, looking straight at Wei Gospel, Wei Gospel's mouth was dry and frightened, she had never seen Li Yuehua in such a crazy state, as if she answered wrong, what was waiting for her was a slap in the face.
"Our family is not poor!" Li Yuehua laughed wildly, laughing inhibitively, "Our family is poor, your father has a lot of ability, he can support our family of six by himself, our family should have lived very well, your father is too filial, he secretly sent money to his hometown behind my back, and even your father's grandmother died, they asked your father to send money back for burial." ”
"I've never seen such a ruthless person as your father, he doesn't care about the life or death of his children, he is closer to his brothers than to the four of you, how can you say there is such a person!"
Wei Gospel sat silently on the sofa, for as long as he could remember, his parents were constantly arguing about the affairs between their uncles and uncles, each saying their own reason, and the four of them were caught in the middle.
As she spoke, Li Yuehua was also tired, she sat quietly for a while, her heart was depressed, and her chest fell together.
Wei Siguo's right cheek was a little swollen, he didn't feel any pain at the moment, the ins and outs of the matter were already very clear, he didn't seem to realize the seriousness of the situation, and asked in a low voice: "Mom, when will my dad come back."
Li Yuehua just lost his mind, and after he asked this, he came to his senses, snorted coldly, and said sarcastically: "It's not certain whether your father can come back, I think this time it will be three or five years old, maybe he will be pulled out and shot."
The air around him froze instantly, and Li Yuehua sneered to herself, as if she was laughing at herself for being extremely stupid.
After a while, she choked up and said: "Your dad is the least courageous, he is most afraid of squatting in prison, he doesn't know who to listen to, when he arrives at the prison, the police will first take an electric baton to electrocute people half to death without saying a word, he said that the policeman's electric baton does not kill people, but the taste is not good, and I don't know how your father is now."
"He is such a timid and afraid person, when he sees the police, his legs are weak, he is afraid that the police will beat him, and he doesn't know if he has beaten him......"
"I also heard that the police asked the prisoner to hold his head in his hands and squat in the corner, your father is so fat, he usually shouts tired even when he stands, where does he squat......"
They also said that the police no longer beat prisoners, but would tie up their hands and feet and hang them up to prevent them from sleeping, and if they were sleepy, they would splash a basin of cold water on them, so that they could not sleep until they confessed...... I don't know how your dad is now, he is such a fat person, how can he stand it. ”
Wei Gospel gritted her teeth, tears swirled in her eyes, Li Yuehua graduated from junior high school, her culture was not high, she didn't even know the parallelogram, she seriously suspected that Li Yuehua was even mixed with water in the first Chinese.
She spoke straightforwardly, and the description was not vivid at all, but Wei Gospel couldn't help it, tears welled up in her eyes, and she whispered: "Mom, will my dad really be pulled out and shot?"