Chapter X
Wang Qiu didn't come back after leaving, I heated the food on the table twice, but my father still didn't come back. When his brother Zhang Lei returned home, he was already sweating profusely, and his skin seemed to have been tanned again. He didn't say anything to me, sat down to eat without even looking at me, hurriedly ate and washed and went to sleep.
I washed the dishes numbly, feeling very lost, I thought that my injury and hospitalization would be exchanged for my father's love and greetings, but I didn't expect that this indifference has not changed because of this.
Zhang Lei's room was always lit up, and cigarette butts were bounced to the ground one after another. My father's money was not spent in vain, and he was busy with hippie smiles these days, and finally got this precious place.
It stands to reason that according to his physical fitness and all aspects of the conditions, he is completely one of the best candidates in the village, but he didn't expect that the village doesn't look at the ability to value oil and water, and if you don't give him some benefits, you will definitely not get what you deserve. These days of busyness and exposure are all for other people's families, I can't have a little complaint, and let my father run before and after, it's really a belly of guilt. People have to bow their heads under the eaves, if they can't even bend down and can't get something, then he will definitely double the amount of anger he has held these days.
Since childhood, Zhang Lei's grades are not as good as Zhang Lone, this may be the talent problem that people often say, some people are not suitable for studying, why should they force it? As long as there is an ideal, there is no way out. Thinking of this, Zhang Lei himself smiled. I can't remember that it was the noble intellectual in the village who told me that as long as you find your ideals, you will find that the so-called difficulties, dangers, difficulties, and obstacles will be farther and farther away from you or even disappear, because your heart already has a belonging, and your steps have a direction. Now, if Zhang Lei is allowed to listen to him say these big truths now, Zhang Lei will definitely leave without looking back, and may even beat him, which is just nonsense. I have found my ideal since I was a child, but the irony is that when you want to walk on the road of ideals, you find that when you find the most important ideal, the road you want to take the most, all difficulties come, they swarm, do not give you a chance to breathe, crush you to death and can't move at all.
It's long been a long time since he stopped talking about any ideals, and the only thing Zhang Lei thought about was to be able to successfully enlist in the army, which was his only clear way, from the idle young people in the village, and the vicious hunters. It was as if he had seen the shadow of his future. In a few years, Zhang Lin may be admitted to a good school and walk out of the village. When he came back, he would face the applause of the villagers and enjoy that kind of honor, and become the focus of those people after dinner, and he would only appear when people inadvertently remembered that it was used to compare and educate the next generation of the gap between the two brothers. This is a blow to Zhang Lei's nakedness, and it is also like a reality that is about to happen. Zhang Lei will not let such a thing happen, so he has his own unique principles and ways of doing things over the years, and the reason for the great contrast between the two brothers' personalities is that this is the reason why the relationship between the two is so indifferent. Since you have chosen this way, you must go on.
Many times, Zhang Lei always has a hunch that his enlistment in the army is a wrong decision, and this decision will inevitably affect himself and even his family. Leaving the family, can the father still carry it alone? Can Zhang Lin become the pillar of the family? Zhang Lei is still pondering. When the last cigarette butt fell to the ground, there was some movement outside the window. He knew who was coming, took a coat and quietly turned off the light.
The moonlight was a little bleak, and the shimmer of light was just beside the man, and the scar on his forehead was unobstructed. Zhang Lei walked over and sat on the ground.
"Here, put it on, it's windy at night." After saying that, he handed the clothes to the man next to him
The man glanced at Zhang Lei with contempt, and said unhurriedly: "What? Treat me as your brother? As weak as a kitten? ”
"It's rare to care about you once, so you can be kind enough to treat it as a donkey's liver and lungs," Zhang Lei shook his hand after speaking, and threw his clothes aside.
"The results are out, right? When to go? The man got straight to the point
Zhang Lei took the cigarette from the man's hand, took a deep breath, and looked up at the moon with a long exhalation of smoke: "The news is well-informed enough, and the result is that the quota in the village is mine, and the specific time is not clear, it may take a while." ”
"You're finally leaving, you don't have to stay in this hellish place anymore" Relieved for Zhang Lei, the man walked to the side and picked up his clothes.
"Come to me so late and say something"
"What? Can you talk about it? Am I so annoying in your eyes, thieves and scum also have their own feelings, okay?"
"Fart, who treats you as a thief, you just define yourself." Zhang Lei didn't want to hear him mock himself like this, his tone was slightly majestic, and after speaking, he put the cigarette butt on the sole of his foot and stepped on it
"Slow down, no one will rob you," the man said and handed the remaining half of the pack directly to Zhang Lei
"You are my only friend in the village except for those animals, who do I care about if I don't care about you?" The man joked.
"Don't you think it's strange that my father died?" As soon as the cold wind hit Zhang Lei's face, the man asked the first question of the night.
Zhang Lei thought about it carefully, and felt that Yulu's father's death was a little strange, but he couldn't say what was the blame for a while.
"I understand his body, it can't be so fragile, it must not be as simple as it seems, how can such a healthy person inexplicably say and go, without warning......"
"Tell me, then, what do you think is a problem there?"
The man lit another cigarette and said, "Do you know what the people in the village say?" They say that my father's death was due to the revenge of the weasel, just like the original relative of your family, who was cursed by the mountain snake and the weasel. ”
"! Where do you have this ability, you and I are a three-year-old? Zhang Lei was disdainful of the man's statement.
"All this will not be so simple, you think of this village too simply, I am far more knowledgeable than you, there are always some people in this village who have no good intentions, wait, one day I find evidence, I will definitely make them pay back" After calmly speaking, the man put on Zhang Lei's clothes,
"What? If you find out, you have to use your own method to solve it? What's the difference between those animals of yours? Knowing that this matter was very important to him, Zhang Lei asked cautiously
"What's the matter, no? What haven't I done in all these years? You know the difference between me and you, and besides, you're much more ruthless than me when it comes to killing."
Zhang Lei's face turned blue when he heard the word murder, and the deep scar in his heart was once again taken out and slashed. He was silent.
The man continued: "If it weren't for your original knife, no matter how great my ability is, I may not have lived until now, don't worry, today is different from the beginning, after you leave, Zhang Lin is my own brother, I will take care of him for you." ”
"Shut up!" Zhang Lei was a little angry.
"Let him go if that incident is over, it's not good for anyone to talk too much," Zhang Lin roared.
"Huh...... I think your brother is more kind than you, and he dares to go to Wushan alone. If this spreads in the village, no one will dare to bully him."
"Don't talk about these useless things, to be honest, what do you want to check like this, I can help you like this" Don't want to listen to the man's nonsense anymore, Zhang Lei directly made it clear.
"Don't think about it, they're all people who are leaving, think about how to be a good recruit." With a pat on the ass and a yawn, he was ready to leave.
Zhang Lei didn't finish some words, and then stood up.
"Huzi, wait a minute"
"What are mothers-in-law doing? I'll see you off when you're gone," he reluctantly stopped, and without looking back, he stepped forward again.
"After I'm gone...... Help me take care of my brother, but don't get too close to him" No longer as firm as the words just now, Zhang Lei begged a little more when he said Zhang Lonely.
”。 Don't worry, after you leave, I will have my own measure, not only take care of your brother, but also take care of your home" I don't want to drag the mud and water anymore, I turned around and waved my hand at Zhang Lei, and the tiger disappeared into the darkness.
Looking at the disappearing back, Zhang Lei sighed in his heart, what did he go through to make him so kind and honest become so cold and decisive as he is now, is this the consequence of time precipitation?
The murderous scene was once again presented in front of Zhang Lei, it was a nightmare that he would linger for the rest of his life, and this nightmare would disappear with his departure and enlistment in the army.