Chapter 15 has nothing to do with right or wrong, and there is no going back
Human growth is painful, what is the pain?
There are people who have lost their conscience, morality, family affection, and loss in the process of growing up...
Lost the innocence, integrity, pursuit, love that should have been a person... The heart of a child, blah blah blah.
It's not terrible to lose any of that.
Because you choose to throw away the precious things, there will always be a chance for you to pick them up again in the years to come.
Some people pick it up and call it to make amends, and some people see what they have lost on the ground, and they want to throw it again, and throw it more! This is called obsession.
When you choose to turn back on the way to the abyss, you can grab the hands of the people on the shore in the depths, and you choose to continue running towards the abyss, and you will also be engulfed by the abyss.
Zhou Changling is afraid that he will slowly lose these valuable and unique qualities and feelings, but no one cares about these in this place where he lives now!
When the people around you are like this, will you also become this ignorant, indifferent, vexatious, hateful, and violent person over time?
No matter how sad or happy you are, the days will not be ignored and will roll forward.
In the next few days, Zhou Changling still went out early and returned late every day, exhausting himself from exhaustion, as if he could save himself from self-blame and feel better.
At noon that day, Zhou Changling was stunned, and thought of the second girl who was taken away, and at this moment an eager shout interrupted his thinking, "Brother Changling, Brother Changling, you come with me, something happened to our family!" Something is wrong! ”
Zhou Changling came back to his senses, immediately put on his shoes and clothes and went out, and was taken to the clinic by Zhou Quanyin! When I arrived at the clinic, I saw that it was broken! Can't stay! Going to the county hospital! Fast!
"Quanyin, Yuzhong, you two hurry up and prepare the cart and get a rope! Let's go to the county seat! Fast! It's too late! Quan Qiang will die even if he bleeds! Zhou Changling made arrangements, but Quan Qiang cried and struggled, and hurriedly hugged Quan Qiang and started running.
Jeon Yin followed, holding something wrapped in gauze in his hand! His eldest brother Yuzhong went to prepare the board car!
As if he didn't know he was tired, Zhou Changling ran forward desperately.
Why so desperate?
Because Aunt Zhang is very good to her and kind to him!
Kindness and affection are remembered! When you learn, you have to teach! If you get it, you have to give it to you!
Because Yuzhong, Quanyin, and Quanqiang are more like brothers!
said that when he was sick for more than a year, Lao Zhang's aunt sent the most food, Yuzhong Quanyin helped the most, and he couldn't do the work in the field, so they took Wang Shuangyin to do it!
The grace of dripping water is reciprocated by a spring!
How far can two people run?
Three miles away, I was so tired that I couldn't straighten my waist, and Zhou Changling still ran forward! It's the result of his regular workouts!
All India has been pulled away by him! And there are still more than a dozen miles to go in the county! No help?!
Suddenly, a screeching brake sound sounded next to it!
"Dr. Xu?! Why are you going? Zhou Changling turned his head and saw that it was none other than Dr. Xu from the commune health center who saved his life, sitting in the passenger seat of the car.
"My brother is back in the area. He works there and picks me up to play with him for a few days! What's wrong with you?! As Dr. Xu was talking, Quan Yin saw the car parked next to Zhou Changling, and hurriedly refueled and ran over!
Zhou Changling gasped and replied, "Doctor Xu, can we take your car?" My brother was been... Sick, very serious! Can you trick us into going to the county hospital? ”
Dr. Xu turned to look at the man in the driver's seat who looked about the same as him, and the man nodded: "Doctor's parents' hearts!" Get in the car! Fast! ”
The shabby little bread ran to the county seat suddenly, and finally, it arrived! Lu Lu thanked Dr. Xu's younger brother last week, which has two meanings, one is to let them take the car, and the other is that he asked someone to help him get medicine for meningitis in the province! Dr. Xu's younger brother smiled and said it's okay, it should be, that's how it is to treat people!
Zhou Changling still expressed his gratitude, and then told Dr. Xu about Quan Qiang's situation, Dr. Xu felt funny and incredible, and at the same time he was very angry!
How do these adults take care of children?! Will you take care of the children?
Don't be verbose, go straight to the surgery! Because Dr. Xu's younger brother's classmate works in the county hospital, he asked someone to perform emergency surgery when he arrived at the hospital!
Originally, the county hospital couldn't carry out this operation, but it was a coincidence, a surgical expert in the province was here, and he could do suture surgery, but he still needed a joint operation of doctors from the male urology department, and no one could be found!
Can't put it off any longer! Quan Qiang, who was already dizzy on the road, was only a six-year-old child, bleeding too much, and it was cold in this month! It's easy to die! No way, in the end, Dr. Xu was on top!
Because Dr. Xu did study male urology before! So catch the ducks on the shelves! Started surgery on Jeon Qiang!
"Don't cry! What's going on! Say! Zhou Changling looked at Quan Yin, who was only wearing a thin layer of clothing, and asked, and then asked him to put on his padded jacket.
Zhou Quanyin suppressed his collapse and made a general statement.
But it turned out that seeing that it had entered the wax moon, Aunt Zhang wanted to buy some meat, so she handed over the youngest Quan Qiang to the boss Yuzhong to watch, and Quan Yin followed to play.
There is a dog at home, Quan Qiang likes it very much, and when Yuzhong goes to the toilet, he hugs the quilt, Quan Qiang has nothing to wear in the quilt, maybe the dog is hungry, or he is held and strangled, and then he is anxious, the dog suddenly goes crazy, and bites Quan Qiang's lifeline...
Zhou Changling took a puff of cigarette and sighed! "If it can't be cured! You two owe him a lifetime! ”
Jeon Yin sobbed.
The operation was going on until it was almost dark in the afternoon, when Aunt Zhang and Yuzhong came to the county hospital crying, and saw Zhou Changling and Quanyin waiting there, crying and waiting.
It was a long time before the operation stopped! Dr. Xu walked out behind the provincial experts.
Dr. Chen in the province looked at Aunt Zhang and said, "There is basically no problem, you don't have to worry." That is, I happened to be here, otherwise none of you would really dare to do this operation" said and turned to look at Doctor Xu, "Xiao Xu, very good!" ”
After saying that Dr. Chen left, Zhou Changling took these people to thank him, and Dr. Xu was furious and blamed Aunt Zhang: What do you think of the child? If it can't be cured, how guilty will you be in the future? How to let the child cope...
Seeing that the old Aunt Zhang was crying silently, Dr. Xu stopped talking.
Then I arranged the precautions, how to take care of it, etc., and then asked Yuzhong to pay the bill...
Another big owe! The root of my life is saved!
When a few people got home, it was already late at night, and a few people who were tired and overly nervous got something casually.
After Zhou Changling finished eating, he looked at the old Aunt Zhang who was still crying and comforted her, "Auntie, don't cry, isn't it okay?" Hurry up and eat something, this family still expects you, if you eat something, what will he do?
After listening to Zhou Changling's words, Old Aunt Zhang wiped her tears, and after a while, picked up the bowl, ate something, and then spoke to Zhou Changling. "Changling, my life is not good, if such a thing really happens to Quan Qiang, I will not have the face to live, thanks to you today, otherwise..."
Zhou Changling comforted a few more words, and then went out to go home.
Suddenly, I saw a fire in the east! Broken! It's on fire! Zhou Changling hurriedly shouted, "Fight the fire, put out the fire!" There's a fire in the school! ”
As he was shouting and turning his head, he suddenly saw a figure jumping out of the corner of the school courtyard wall and fleeing straight north.
The man paused!
Zhou Changling wanted to chase people, but he wanted to put out the fire, so he shouted and entered Yuzhong's house again, "Yuzhong, come out quickly!" Take the bucket, the school is on fire! ”
Yuzhong Quanyin hurriedly got up, and the three of them rushed to the school from this poured opening, and behind them was the advice of the old Aunt Zhang, pay attention to safety.
Zhou Changling carried two buckets of water in his hand, walked to the courtyard of the gap, and obviously stopped.
Because the children in the village are all in school, everyone is very active in fighting the fire, one is called one, and the village is almost the same!
Only three of the school's eight or nine houses were burned down! People also handed water and poured it on the burning house! To no avail!
The men worked together to rescue the tables and stools in the classroom, Zhou Changling and Yuzhong went back and forth, their faces were already gray, only their eyes were exposed, and the clothes on their bodies were also burned out of a few holes, and there were injuries from falling from above and hitting their bodies!
The two of them don't care, this school is in the village, it is convenient for the village, and their children will also go to school in the future! If the school burns down, the children will have to go to school somewhere else! Summer and winter, children are sinned, and parents are also sinned! So you have to work hard to put out the fire!
"Here! Over here! Perimeter Ridge! Over here! There are also a lot of tables and chairs! ”
In the panic, I heard a voice, and watched the fire burn bigger and bigger.
Zhou Changling rushed in again, and if he could save a table, the school would have less effort to sell or do, and the children would be able to study with more peace of mind! Only in the village can talents be produced!
Yuzhong followed, but as soon as he entered, suddenly a burned beam fell down!
Zhou Changling heard the voice, turned around, kicked away Yuzhong, Yuzhong sat on the ground, his body was on fire, ran out, rolled on the spot, and the fire was extinguished!
Zhou Changling was not so lucky! Feet are smashed! The pain hit instantly, Zhou Changling shouted, and then suddenly it didn't feel right! What about tables and chairs? This...
Yuzhong, who ran out, wanted to go in again, but was pulled! "Brother Changling, come out quickly! Come out! Come out..."
After using all my strength, I couldn't pull my feet away, and the fire on my body burned, and it hurt my heart!
The other foot kicked over the beam and moved a little! After a few hits in a row, the feet came out, but a large area of fire burned on the body!
Zhou Changling smells his own meat! Unpleasant!
The two hands that were about to burn up, before they moved out of the table and chairs, they had to limp, laboriously jumped out of the sea of fire, and rolled on the spot, Yuzhong had already brought water and waited!
Finally, five or six houses burned down to the gray walls and the scum inside!
Everyone gathered around and watched!
Then the principal of the next village finally rushed over, the old man was quite old, looking at the burned classroom, his eyes were full of helplessness and anger!
But he didn't speak, and arranged for someone to count the rescued tables and stools, about 300 tables and chairs, and now less than half of them are left, and this school is where the children of five villages are studying...
What should I do? I'm a derelict principal!
Winter break at school! Why is it on fire?! Alarm!
The next morning, Zhou Changling, as the first person to witness the fire, was called to the school as soon as he returned from the county, and the three houses that had not been burned down became the inquiry room.
The leader of the team is none other than Section Chief Wang, who has already dealt with Zhou Changling! Zhou Changling was very cooperative, and told him what he saw from beginning to end, and then no matter how Section Chief Wang asked, he was determined, and what he saw was what he saw.
asked repeatedly all morning, which made Zhou Changling, who was already overworked, burned by firefighting, and cracked and swollen calf bones, collapsed, and the master stopped waiting, and then he was about to stand up and jump away, and was stopped by the people brought by the two section chiefs Wang. Section Chief Wang nodded, and the two of them got out of the way.
I asked and asked, and after investigating for a long time, I still don't have a clue! In the end, for some unknown reason, the old headmaster suggested that it might be that the kerosene lamp had fallen and flowed on the table and the newspaper, and then the sunlight was refracted through the glass and shone on it, and slowly sparks rose, and it was only at night that it was lit.
Everyone is very skeptical, this explanation is well known, it can't be that simple! But who dares to ask? What can be asked? I don't want you to know, it's not good if you know.
In the end, the matter was settled, and finally the case was closed in the commune a few years ago, and then the principal managed to get a batch of tables and chairs in the spring of the next year.
It's the fifteenth day of the first month, the Lantern Festival has passed, and the year has gone away again. On the lunar New Year of 1977, Zhou Changling spent all his time in bed.
Because of that firefighting, the commune of the people in his hand took him to the county to see that his right leg was fractured, and the doctor asked him to recuperate for a while.
Lying down for a while, no one played, just heard someone knocking on the door, Zhou Changling couldn't wait to open the door, it was really suffocating!
As soon as he opened the door, Zhou Changzhi and Zhou Changling looked at him, wanting to speak but not speaking. Then he was called home by Zhou Changzhi.
The third uncle was sitting in the shadow of the flickering red candles, wearing reading glasses, holding a book, and reading.
Zhou Changming sat opposite the third uncle, smoking a cigarette, and when he saw Zhou Changling coming in, he glanced at him obliquely and did not speak.
Zhou Changling entered the hall and handed a cigarette to the third uncle, and when he saw that there was only one cigarette left in the box, he handed it to Zhou Changming and didn't take it.
Roll your own cigarettes, smoke your own! Who is used to you! Then sat down more than a meter to the right of Zhou Changming.
Zhou Changzhi sat to the left of Zhou Changming.
The third uncle put down his things, looked at Zhou Changming, and then looked at Zhou Changling, and spoke.
"You two... Actually, there is nothing wrong with this, but he is a brother, he has not done a good job, unlike a brother, Changling, you... Be more tolerant..."
Zhou Changling didn't speak, listening to the third uncle's next words.
"My Zhou Laosan is the smartest and the best among the four of us elder brothers, but I didn't educate Changming well! It's okay when I was a child, but I've been a teacher for a few years, and you're still..."
Saying that, he stood up and kicked Zhou Changming, Zhou Changzhi was startled, Zhou Changming looked at his father in surprise, this was the first time he hit himself!
For the first time in such a big day!
Zhou Changling sat still, smoking a cigarette, like an old monk in a steady place!
The third uncle didn't care about the two of them, and sighed, "He not only harmed himself, but also caused you a lot of trouble!" Last time, the third uncle was afraid that you would have a bad heart, and he was afraid that you would think too much, so that's why..."
Zhou Changling snorted, "I know." ”
After a pause, he spoke again: "I thought you would let him go to my place and take the things away by himself, but no, you should have arranged it... I don't blame anyone, it's just that it's our little brothers, and I can't blame you, the elder, for this. ”
Zhou Laosan listened to Zhou Changling's words, and felt guilty!
Old eyes are red! The second brother has a good son.
"That's... This... I think you've got the idea. "After hesitating for a long time, let's say it.
Zhou Laosan also felt relieved.
Zhou Changling said without any pause: "If you think it's over, it's over, I don't know anything." But do it yourself. You can't protect him for the rest of your life! He's thirty! I'm only seventeen, and I know what I can and can't do! As he spoke, he pulled out the sole of a shoe from his pocket, and there was blood on it!
Zhou Changming glared at Zhou Changling: "I need you to teach me?" How old are you? Say you're fat and you're still panting, give you some color, you open a dye room? ”
Zhou Changling didn't even look at him.
Some people are bastards and bastards don't know who's good for him and who's bad for him!
And bastards are ageless!
Seeing that the third uncle still didn't believe what he said, Zhou Changling stood up and added: "I didn't say it before, and now no one will say it, and I will hand over what he lost to you." But if you don't want people to know, you can't do it unless you do. If anyone else knows what he's doing..."
"What are you talking nonsense? What did I do? Did you see that? Zhou Changming excitedly pushed this Zhou Changling.
"Third uncle, I'm leaving." Perimeter Ridge is out!
Zhou Laosan felt that he and the child of his second brother's family were getting farther and farther away, watching him figure get farther and farther away... Alas...
Looking at the eldest son who seems to be still smart, Zhou Laosan wanted to scold, but he couldn't help it! He's thirty years old after all!
On the way home, Zhou Changling was a little uncomfortable.
The third uncle should love his son, and he is still very envious of Zhou Changming, but the third uncle did it wrong both times!
Love, not cover-up and connivance!
I respect the third uncle very much, his way of dealing with the world is worth learning and scrutinizing, but he is old...
When I was a child, I was very close to my third uncle, and when my father died, my third uncle has always helped me.
Uncle and uncle, he already regarded him as a father.
Now that I'm older, it's the same as the third uncle.
Perceptions and ideas are different! But didn't he deal with this matter with the same set of principles he learned from him, his father, and his uncle?
However, he was refuted by the third uncle.
Moreover... In the way the third uncle deals with it now, it seems that he is the one who should be killed...
But he doesn't seem to have any room to fight back, he's for his flesh and blood!
It turns out that when people grow up, they can understand that many truths are true!
For example, some loss that is not lost, such as some right and wrong that is not right or wrong, such as his self-contradiction one day and my amazement.
When he got home, lying in bed, Zhou Changling had trouble sleeping.
Alas... If I came out of Aunt Zhang's house a little later that night, if I didn't call someone, I would go home silently... Is there a way to get the best of both worlds?
Apparently not! After discovering the fire, he shouted a few times, and then jumped out of the school alone, at first Zhou Changling wanted to chase, but he didn't chase, and he wasn't sure who the person who jumped out was.
Everyone went to fight the fire, and it was impossible to make exclusions.
But there are still loopholes, and the process of being shouted so quickly to put out the fire is worth reasoning!
First of all, Zhou Changling went to school as soon as he put out the fire, but the teacher on duty who lived in the school was not there! Later, the firefighting began for a while, and I saw the figure directing and walking in the crowd! This person... It's Zhou Changming!
And! Zhou Changling carefully scrutinized, and the last time he rushed into the classroom with Yuzhong, he heard someone shouting in a hurry, saying that there were many tables and chairs, but as soon as he entered, the beams collapsed! And most importantly... There wasn't a single desk or chair in that classroom!
When he was limping and rolling on the spot, a group of people gathered around, and one of them put on new shoes... This person is Zhou Changming.
The evidence collected by Zhou Changling all points to Zhou Changming, and it is very simple to look back.
When Zhou Changming was asked where he went when the school caught fire, his answer was that he was in a bad mood for the past two days, so he asked his younger brother to accompany him to walk around the school! Of course, Zhou Changzhi has to give an affirmative answer!
In fact, the truth is that it is true that he is in a bad mood, because Dou Quanzhong once again threatened him to give him some money to buy alcohol, and this is the fourth time.
Just because he was seen taking things from school, and he didn't help him send Zhou Changling to prison, this person threatened himself again and again, but he... I had to give in! Depressed!
So he was depressed and didn't want to stay at home, for fear of affecting his children and daughter-in-law!
So I came to school by myself and smoked in the duty room... When he threw the cigarette butts that he hadn't stepped on for the last time and wanted to wait for the toilet to come back and clean them, the paralysis caused the fire.
The temperature of the cigarette butts is very high, and there are many tobacco leaves used for self-rolling cigarettes, and the sparks thrown on the ground are scattered...
When Zhou Changming came back from the toilet, the duty room had already burned.
In a panic, I tried to put out the fire, but... The fire burned more and more.
So Zhou Changming had to run away! It's good to shirk responsibility in the future! But at this time, Zhou Changling happened to see it, and Zhou Changming, who was in a panic, thought that he couldn't run in the direction of his house, so he wanted to run north.
When he wanted to step over the gap in the courtyard wall, he suddenly tripped over his foot, but at this time, Zhou Changming didn't know the pain and didn't even take it seriously, just skipped and ran.
So much so that Zhou Changming, who went around after running out and went home after going around, felt that his feet hurt before he realized that something was wrong.
So hurry up and find Daddy! Ginger is still old and spicy!
A decision was made in a short time! Find the soles first, then let everyone know that he is fighting the fire at the scene, and then... At last...
Zhou Changming calmed down and was scared!
Did Zhou Changling see himself? He has a ghost in his heart, he must be biased towards Zhou Changling to see him, so he is evil and courageous, while doing things according to his father's side, and at the same time temporarily changing the details to kill people.
So when he changed his shoes and came to the scene, he sneaked around the gap in the courtyard wall, but there was nothing! Maybe it's been lost somewhere else! Serious matters!
Then there was a wave of presence in the crowd, and it happened that Zhou Changming found that the girder of a classroom was crumbling and making a crackling sound, so he screamed loudly at Zhou Changling, hoping that the beam would fall and smash Zhou Changling to death! Even if you are seen, you will be fine!
However, Zhou Changling's life was big, and he had unknowingly locked Zhou Changming as an arsonist. I feel cold... So the idea of letting me go to this collapsed classroom just now was Zhou Changming or... After thinking about it comprehensively, Zhou Changling decided to give the third uncle one last face!
Not just to thank him, but also a... Partition! Two clear! That's why I hid it.
Later, Zhou Laosan found the principal, that is, Zhou Laosan's distant cousin! Then he said that as long as he didn't let his son go to jail... It's all negotiable! That's why they hid from the commune and the public security and reached a settlement.
Zhou Changling felt that the third uncle could come up with the idea of letting Zhou Changming call him to the burning classroom that was about to collapse, which was a bit too ruthless! Why? And then call yourself to talk to him again tonight?! Let yourself forgive Zhou Changming...
Zhou Changling thought about it, a tingling pain in his brain, and the light in his eyes began to dissipate and become sluggish.
Forget it, it doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, there's no going back.
So be it.