Chapter 23 What Color Is Your Heart?
Ergouzi, that is, my boss Zhang Peng, was born in a rural area in Zhongwei City, and people in the countryside used to like to call their children Ergouzi, Goudan, etc., according to them, children with such names will grow up healthily.
When Zhang Peng was seventeen years old, his father owed a huge amount of money because of crowd gambling, and forcibly took out the money that his mother had saved for Zhang Peng to go to college and secretly took it out to prepare to turn it over, but in the end he lost all his money, and Zhang Peng's father, who was desperate, was chased and beaten by creditors every day, and finally overwhelmed and committed suicide by jumping into the Yellow River.
In the end, Zhang Peng's mother sold the family's land and house, so that Zhang Peng's father could pay off the debts owed by his father, Zhang Peng was very resentful of his father at that time, and it was clear that he had created his own sin, but he wanted to use death to escape, and threw all the responsibility on their orphans and widows, and Zhang Peng did not feel sad because of his father's death, and a strange idea appeared in his heart at that time, that is, death turned out to be such an easy thing.
Zhang Peng's mother and son, who lost everything, chose to drop out of school in desperation, and the mother and son also moved to Jiadao Village, which is far away from the village where they once lived, wanting to find a place where no one knows them and start their lives again.
Zhang Peng, a mother and son, who had just arrived, were lucky to find an uninhabited broken house, so they settled down temporarily, and Zhang Peng went out to do odd jobs every day to make money, while his mother stayed at home to cook and laundry for Zhang Peng.
Soon three years passed, and Zhang Peng's efforts in the past three years have also alleviated the poor family a little, and even bought an acre of land, which his mother planted to worry about, and did not expect the grain to be sold for money, enough for his family to eat.
One day, one of Zhang Peng's former classmates introduced Zhang Peng to work in a mine on the border of Inner Mongolia, mainly digging coal, and the salary was surprisingly high.
Because the danger of this job is too great, although there was no TV at home at that time, my mother often heard the news from the radio in the village that a mine collapsed in a certain place and how many people died.
At first, Zhang Peng also listened to his mother's words and refused the job, but one day a few months later, when he saw that the classmate who recommended him to work had already driven a motorcycle, he was immediately extremely envious, you must know that Zhang Peng couldn't even afford a bicycle at that time, and the classmate whose family situation was not much better than his own bought a motorcycle in just a few months, which made Zhang Peng even more eager for that job.
Zhang Peng didn't want his mother to worry about him, and he couldn't rest assured that he couldn't get that job, so in the end Zhang Peng had to lie that he and his friends went out to work, doing house renovation work, and the salary was also very high. Although Zhang Peng's mother was very reluctant to her son, she did not refuse when she saw her son so happy, and before leaving, she told Zhang Peng to be careful, and Zhang Peng, who said goodbye to his mother for the first time in his life, also shed tears at the moment he turned away, and secretly swore in his heart that he must work hard to earn money and make his mother happy!
So, Zhang Peng followed his classmates to meet the mine boss, the mine boss had a fat head and big ears, and when he saw Zhang Peng coming to work, he immediately asked for warmth, and arranged room and board for Zhang Peng, which made Zhang Peng more confident in his future, and began to work hard in the following days.
Zhang Peng and his classmates do the same job, that is, go down to the ground to dig coal, at that time there is not as convenient as now, digging coal is completely dependent on manpower, every day after work back to the dormitory Zhang Peng is in the dark, can only see two white eyes, from time to time will be a little injured, but these are nothing to Zhang Peng, when he thinks of his mother at home, Zhang Peng has endless strength.
The rules of the mine are that there are two days off every month, and each time Zhang Peng takes a vacation, he will go home to visit his mother, bringing his mother's favorite red dates, and his mother also waits for her son to come back every month to make him the best meal.
The days passed day by day, and soon, Zhang Peng stayed in the mine for six or seven years, but in these six or seven years, he did not make a fortune as Zhang Peng imagined.
For the first three months, the mine owner paid his wages on time every month, but later, the mine owner was in arrears almost every month on the grounds that he could not turn around, and in the end, he even did not pay his wages for a year.
All the workers in the mine, including Zhang Peng, everyone was complaining, but no one dared to resign on the spot, because if he resigned, then he didn't want his salary, Zhang Peng didn't expect this boss to be such a person, but he could only swallow his anger and continue to work for him.
Zhang Peng in the six or seven years of work, probably only got more than two years of salary, the rest of the money has been dragged by the boss has not been sent, this day, Zhang Peng finally got another month's salary, bought red dates and returned home to visit his mother, but found that his mother was pale and purple, there was still a trace of blood at the corner of the mouth, lying on the bed no matter how to wake up, frightened Zhang Peng hurriedly sent his mother to the hospital, after the hospital examination he knew that his mother's disease was blood cancer, and it was already in the advanced stage.
At that time, Zhang Peng only felt that the sky was falling, and begged the doctor to cure his mother, even if he was willing to sell blood, the doctor said that it was too late, and at most chemotherapy could only prolong his mother's life, but this was also a way to treat the symptoms but not the root cause.
Zhang Peng managed so much that he decided to give his mother chemotherapy at all costs, but when he learned about the cost of chemotherapy, the huge amount of money instantly overwhelmed Zhang Peng.
In those days, Zhang Peng was borrowing money everywhere, but he was not familiar with the people in Jiadao Village, who would be willing to lend him? After her mother learned of her condition, she said that she would not let Zhang Peng pay for chemotherapy, if Zhang Peng did this, I am afraid that Zhang Peng would not want to turn over in this life.
Where is Zhang Peng willing, forcing his mother to die dispelled this idea, and suddenly he remembered that the mine owner still owed him a large amount of wages, and with that money, chemotherapy must not be a big problem.
So Zhang Peng immediately came to the home of the mine boss Zhongwei City, and begged him to settle his salary with himself first, so that his mother could be treated, but the boss changed his previous pleasant face and sternly drove Zhang Peng out of the house, Zhang Peng was extremely angry in his heart, but for the sake of his mother's condition, he had to swallow his anger and beg the boss every day, and finally the boss couldn't stand Zhang Peng's toss and moved away directly.
After losing the news of his boss, Zhang Peng's mouth grew a large number of blisters, and he returned to the hospital gloomily, planning to discuss with the hospital first, whether he could treat his mother for chemotherapy first, and pay the money in a few days.
However, when Zhang Peng arrived at the hospital ward, he got the extremely shocking bad news, his mother pulled out the infusion tube and oxygen mask by herself, and when she was found early this morning, the body was already cold.
Looking at his mother's cold corpse, Zhang Peng cried and fainted several times, especially the note left for him in his mother's hand, which made Zhang Peng collapse.
Live well, your dad has become a burden to us, mom doesn't want to be a burden for you for the rest of your life, the only regret is that mom couldn't hold her grandson...
The anger in Zhang Peng's heart, which once vowed to let his mother live a happy life, has reached an unprecedented level, on the one hand, he is very incompetent, and he has no ability to let his mother heal, on the other hand, he hates the mine owner, if the mine boss can settle his salary at that time, then his mother will never have such a thing!
Back home, Zhang Peng buried his mother's body in the middle of his own acre of land, and planted a jujube tree next to it, hoping that his mother, who loves to eat red dates, can often eat it underground.
After burying his mother, Zhang Peng had the idea of revenge, did not leave his name on the tombstone, took all the valuable things in the family with him, and embarked on the road back to the mine.
After coming to the mine, Zhang Peng did not show his emotions and continued to work as usual, and the mine owner continued to exploit his migrant workers like a person who had nothing to do.
Three days later, Zhang Peng went to work in the mine, and the mine boss made a routine inspection, Zhang Peng found an excuse to lead the mine owner to a remote place, and picked up the hammer in his hand on the spot and smashed it at the head of the mine boss!
After a muffled sound, blood suddenly spurted out of the mine boss's head, and the mine boss was also frightened on the spot, forgetting to even call for help, falling to the ground and constantly retreating, asking Zhang Peng what he wanted to do, as long as he didn't kill him, he was willing to give him as much as he wanted.
Zhang Peng's face was hideous, and he approached the mine boss step by step, suddenly pulled out a dagger from his waist, his eyes were about to erupt angrily, he reached out to block the mine boss's mouth, and said softly in his ear.
"I just want to see what color your heart is! Is it black or red! ”
Then, Zhang Peng used the dagger to cut open the belly of the mine owner, without blinking his eyes, he reached out and took out the heart that was still beating, the mine owner's eyes widened, and finally ended his life in fear.
After taking out his heart, Zhang Peng still didn't understand his hatred, picked up the hammer in his hand and smashed the fat body of the mine owner into a pulp of flesh and let the flesh and blood splash on him. Subsequently, Zhang Peng, who killed the red eye, found the bomber* from the tunnel, walked out of the mine himself, set fire to blow up the entrance of the coal mine, and none of the workers working inside came out alive.
Because the coal kiln of the mine owner is an unlicensed black coal kiln, and the workers are not registered, no one finds out whether Zhang Peng is alive or dead.