Liu Feng helped Xia He repair the house, and he didn't stay to eat, so he hurried home to eat with his mother.

Looking at his small courtyard, Xia He felt very down-to-earth, after all, leaving the Liu family was his warm home.

After starting to tidy up the land before and after the house, Xia He wants to sell a batch of spinach before winter, and I believe that it will be sold at a good price.

When Xia He himself was in full swing of loosening the soil, he heard someone shouting Xia He's name, Xia He looked up and looked around, but he didn't see anyone coming, thinking about whether he had heard it wrong, so he lowered his head and did it again.

At this time, he heard shouting himself, this time Xia He heard it really, he was calling his name, he looked up and followed the call, and saw a beggar-like man walking down the mountain, Xia He was so frightened that he quickly grabbed the shovel handle and asked tremblingly, "Who are you?" ”

Seeing the man approaching, Xia He took a few steps back, looked closely, and searched for the memory of the original owner at the same time, ah! Isn't this the gambler's father of the original owner? How did he become like this, seeing that my father was scraped by tree branches all over his body, with a wooden stick in his hand, a pair of broken shoes on his feet, and a stubbled beard on his face, as if he hadn't washed his face for a long time.

Seeing Xia He, he cried and said, "Child, Dad is going to starve to death, hurry up and give Dad something to eat!" After saying that, he sat on the ground and gasped.

The big yellow dog saw this Hanako and barked wildly.

Xia He hurriedly shouted at the dog, came to his father's side, and asked his father: "How did you end up in such a field, and where did you go to gamble!" Xia He knew that his father was addicted to gambling and had lost all the family's money, and he spent most of the year hiding debts outside, and his mother was also lazy at home, and a younger brother was still young, so it was sad to think about it.

"Even if Daddy has a life to live, even if he picks it up, I'm starving to death, hurry up and get something to eat." Daddy said weakly.

Pull Daddy into the house, let him go to the kang, and hurry up to cook by himself.

I made a full pot of porridge and brought it to the kang. didn't wait for Xia He to serve food to his father, and his father took a spoon and snorted and ate it. Xia He sat next to him and watched his father's embarrassed face when he was eating, and couldn't help but secretly reproach in his heart, if he didn't learn well, he would know gambling!

Thinking of this, Xia He said to his father: "Daddy, where have you been, how did you get like this, stop gambling, our family has nothing for you to use to pay off gambling debts, my brother is still young, you can farm at home." You see you're not very old, you're only in your early forties and look like an old man in your seventies and eighties, so put down your gambling! ”

Bowing his head and snoring and drinking porridge, Xia He's words didn't seem to have heard a word, Xia He asked again: "Daddy, how do you know that I live here?" ”

Hearing Xia He ask himself like this, he hurriedly swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "I heard others say that you sold medicinal herbs, and now you have money, daughter!" Give your dad some money, your brother is starving to death? After speaking, a big man actually cried bitterly, and stretched out a hand, palms facing upwards to ask Xia He for money!

At this time, Xia He knew the purpose of his father's visit, and it turned out that he heard that he had now sold medicinal herbs and came to ask for money for himself, and he couldn't help but feel a resentment in his heart.

At the beginning, when he was a cow and a horse in the Liu family, his mother asked for money from time to time, squeezing out the little money she had, until she didn't have any money in her hand and ignored herself. Junko died, and her mother still fought against herself, and she didn't miss the mother-daughter relationship at all. Today, I heard that I sold medicinal herbs and came to ask for money, can I say that I Xia He owes you nothing?

Thinking of this, Xia He said helplessly: "Daddy, thank you for giving me life, but Xia He can't even take care of himself now, how can I give you any money, you better eat and go home quickly!" ”

Hearing Xia He say this, he withdrew his hand and said with a sad face: "I don't want to gamble anymore, but the creditor is chasing me for money, I don't dare to go home, if you give me some money, I will never gamble anymore if I go to gambling debts, go home and farm well." ”

Xia He heard his father say this, and couldn't help but feel sad for a while, after all, this old man is his own reborn father, father and daughter are connected, Xia He is guilty in his heart: if he is given money, he can really repent and reform himself, it is not bad, his younger brother is still young, and his mother doesn't care much at home, and his father will be better when he comes home.

Thinking of this, Xia He asked, "Dad, how much silver taels do you owe to others?" ”

The old man's heart moved when he heard Xia He ask like this, and thought: It seems that today is the right time, there is a door!

"It's not much, just fifty taels of silver!" Dad looked at Xia He's face and said.

"Ahh What the? So much? Why do you owe so much to people? I don't have that much money for you! Xia He was surprised that his father would owe so much gambling debts, and he didn't have so much money in his pocket!

"How many are there?" Dad didn't eat anymore, put down the bowl and asked Xia He.

When Xia He heard this, his father didn't seem to be here to ask for money to pay off gambling debts, as if he wanted to cheat all the money he had from selling medicinal herbs.

"Just a little, you have too many gambling debts, and your daughter really doesn't have so much, I'll get you some silver taels, go home quickly!" After speaking, Xia He took out half of the silver money from the yellow cloth pocket and handed it to his father.

Looking at the money in Xia He's hand, his eyes flashed, like a fly seeing blood, he greedily reached out and grabbed the silver money in Xia He's hand, and kept muttering: "That's good!" That's it! ”

Xia He looked at his unproductive father angrily and pitifully, and didn't know what to say.

Daddy hid the money in his cuffs, picked up the bowl and drank the porridge with a sigh.

Xia He ignored him, and sorted out the pot and stove by himself, thinking about how to make this old man completely get rid of the vice of gambling while cleaning up.

At this time, Daddy said, "I'm full, don't be busy." After eating, he had more confidence to speak, shouted Xia He, went to the ground by himself, and walked out with his broken shoes.

Looking at such a father, Xia He both pity him and hate him, why does he have no face, he has to gamble, and he is now a big living person who looks like a ghost. If you have the heart to keep it, wash your clothes and mend your pants, and then think about it, forget it, why can't you get a good one for him, just let him go.

Thinking of this, Xia He said: "Daddy hurry home, pay off the gambling debts, stop hiding in Tibet, farm at home, and take care of my brother and my mother!" ”

Daddy agreed, and left the back mountain in a hurry.

Looking at the back of his father's departure, Xia He felt bad in his heart, and he was sad for a while, and tears flowed out unconsciously.

There is no one in the world closer to their parents than their parents, they have given themselves the right to come to this world, given themselves life, and should have repaid them wholeheartedly.

However, looking at what kind of life his parents gave him and what he taught himself, there is only endless pain and helplessness!