Riding my father's car home, waiting for everyone to disperse, my father and his youngest cousin, that is, my youngest uncle Li Rui, also went up the mountain with a flashlight overnight, to clean up the mess of the grass hut, no one else was present, the two old men sat and each took out their pipes, wrapped in tobacco leaves and smoked a few puffs, the old man who had almost not said a word all the way, suddenly took the pipe out of his mouth, looked up at the direction of the ancestral tomb of the Pan family and said: "Old man, there is something I want to think about, or I think I should tell you and the boss, But there are some worries about how to say it. ”

Although my grandfather was often confused because of the sequelae, he was accompanied by the old man day and night for most of the year, and after walking with food and clothing, he was almost never confused again, and he became more and more sober, and gradually returned to the time before the stroke. Hearing the old guy say "how to talk about some worries", instead of "I don't know how to speak", I immediately knew that the focus of the old guy's words was worry, not how to speak, so his expression tended to be serious, not as casual as before.

"Old man, you used to be Xiao Nian's benefactor, my family's benefactor, but now, you are no longer a benefactor, but we are a family, so you don't have any worries, you don't want to hold it in your heart, just say what you want to say, I just listen. If you really have any concerns, just think of it as if we were two of us chatting and not telling the little ones. After holding the pipe and thinking for a while, Grandpa said that the words of the orderly proved that he was now in a very conscious state and was not confused at all.

"Alas~ old man, I really want to say it, in fact, I didn't think about telling you at the beginning, but after thinking about it, I was worried that once I said it, the two of us wouldn't be able to sit and smoke together like we are now." The old man shook his head slightly, frowned slightly and sighed: "As a monk, I shouldn't be too greedy for pleasure, but this old bone is really a little unbearable, and I want to live like this until the day I close my eyes, and it is best to have an apprentice and grandson to hug me before I die. ”

"Is it because of Xiao Nian's incident last night?" My grandfather paused slightly, and accurately judged what the old man was worried about, but he didn't focus on it completely, looked at the old man and said with relief: "Life in the world is actually a lifetime of suffering." Since you have said that you have reached this age, you can't afford to toss it, then listen to my old man, don't think so much, enjoy a few days of happiness, you have worked hard all your life, and it is time to put the burden on the little one. “

"Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, the small ones should have a big look, how can they hide under the wings of the eagle all their lives, and we are also old, the wings are not so hard, and they can't be protected, so it's better to just let the little ones go out and get out, anyway, this day has never collapsed, and after the completion of personnel, wait for the destiny of heaven. Take a good time, when the time comes, you will hold your apprentice grandson, I will hold my great-grandson, and we will be happy together for a few days. ”

"It's really because of the kid, he made it like this last night, and it has a lot to do with me." The old man nodded, and then said, "Old man, I don't want to stop and have a good birthday for a few days like you said, but I am always a monk......

"If you are a monk, you will enter a home. Since it's been out, why don't you come in again now, what's the big deal, anyway, it's already this age now, and the king of heaven can't help us. Without waiting for him to continue, Grandpa hung up Erlang's leg and said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, if you are a monk, you will enter the house, the old man is right, I haven't seen it clearly yet." The old man also smiled lightly, and also hung up Erlang's leg and said: "But there are some things, it should be the mission of my old bones, if I don't finish it for a day, even if I enter the house one day, my mind is still outside, if I really leave it alone, I'm sorry for the ancestors of the past generations, and I'm sorry for the kid." ”

didn't let my grandfather interject again, the old man sighed slightly, and then continued: "Old man, I can't hide it, the reason why this happened to the kid is that I deliberately did it in order to temper him, I am already old, and I don't have much time to teach him in accordance with the rules, so I can only use this radical method." And those wounds on his body...... Except for the ones that bleed, the rest were all made by me last night, and I will explain to you for a while, in short, old man, as long as you know, everything last night was caused by me, I hope you listen, old man, you won't be too angry, don't scold me for having no conscience, after all, your family treats me like a guest, but I beat your grandson like this. ”

"No, it won't." What is quite surprising is that my grandfather was not too surprised by the old man's words, and said with a smile: "The jade is not a weapon, the old man, you naturally have your reasons for doing this, in the final analysis, it is also for his future good, even if I am confused, I can't be confused to the point of not cleaning up, because this matter is wolf-hearted and dog-lung to blame you." My grandson himself knows that my little Nian is not high enough, not smart enough, not suitable for monks, and the soul is not complete enough, these ten years are enough to make the old man bother, in order to make him go a little longer, it is natural for him to suffer a little, so don't worry too much about this old man, as long as the person is not broken, it can be raised. ”

"So, old man, you already know that the kid was beaten like this by me?" The old man nodded and asked. Rao has been getting along day and night for more than half a year, and he has helped his grandfather do some things that will help him recover, but the old man didn't expect that he was already so sober.

My grandfather's already cloudy eyes flashed with a hint of cunning after a long time, and after biting his pipe and taking two puffs, he said, "Old man, I didn't actually have any dreams last night. Although I will never look at those things of yours behind your back, you will never shy away from me, so I generally know what to do, including the ring ruler that Luo Wenxin brought over last time. Yesterday evening, I saw you take out the ring ruler, I knew that you were going to give Xiao Nian a lesson, and the reason why I lied to them that I had a bad dream was that I thought that at that time, your class should have been finished, and I made up a reason for them to take Xiao Nian home. Of course, on the other hand, I am also a little worried that Xiao Nian is not sensible and can't understand your good intentions, make you angry, and educate him too hard. Speaking of which, I still feel a little sorry for my grandson, but fortunately, I went at that time, and it didn't affect your master and apprentice. ”

Looking at my grandfather with a slight daz, after being silent for more than ten seconds, the old man showed a slightly bitter smile and laughed at himself: "Old man, when you say this, it really makes me a little ashamed." I didn't expect you to not only see clearly, but also have such a mind, in comparison, it's my little belly chicken intestines mediocre people who disturb themselves. ”

"Don't you dare to say that, after all, old man, you are also a soft-hearted person, and you regard my family as a layman very important, so you will have these thoughts, so it's not a big deal." After a pause, Grandpa said with a smile: "The past is over, let's just talk about these words, there is no need to let the young ones know." It's not that if they know about it, there will be any trouble, but there is no need to make them feel sorry for the doll again, after all, it is their own meat. ”

"Okay. Since the old man thinks so clearly, then listen to your arrangement. After thinking for a moment, the old man nodded and smiled.

And seeing that the old man finally lifted the knot in his heart, the grandfather didn't say anything anymore, just like most of the past half a year, smoking together, visiting the mountains and rivers together, and didn't need to say too much.

"Old man, in fact, your grandson is not as unbearable as you said, at least I am very satisfied with this heir, thank you for raising such a kid in your family." After being silent for a while, the old man felt that it was still very necessary to tell the family something, at least let the family know a definite result, so he could rest assured, so he said: "So don't worry, old man, the boy's test passed very smoothly this time, which makes me very satisfied, and I will trouble you to convey it to the boss and the lady when you go back, so that they can rest assured." ”

"Oh? In this way, Xiao Nian has already ...... "Hearing the old man finally talk about it head-on, grandpa hurriedly turned his head to look at him.

"Yes, the kid can be a teacher now, and I don't need to worry about it everywhere." The old man nodded seriously, "I won't tell you the specifics, and I hope you don't tell the kid the news for the time being, because I still have a lot of things to explain to him, and it's not good to let him know in advance." ”

Grandpa looked at him in a daze, and after a full minute, he came back to his senses from the news that his grandson had been able to leave the school smoothly, and quickly got up from the chair, and asked a little excitedly: "Old man, what you said is true?" ”

The old man replied with a smile: "Naturally, it's true, how could I use it to joke with you, old man, for such a big thing." So I'm really grateful that the Lao Li family can cultivate such a descendant, so that my old bones have no regrets, and I am really satisfied with this heir. ”

Grandpa didn't speak, he was so excited that his hands and feet trembled a little and looked at the old man for a while, patted his clothes and tidied them up, arched his hands solemnly, and bent down to bow to the old man.

"Ouch, old man, this can't be done, it can't be done." The old man didn't expect my grandfather to come to such a hand, so he quickly got up and held him up.

"How can you not do it? Old man, if it weren't for you, this doll would have been dead when he was thirteen years old, and now he can still live well, seeing that he is about to start a family, and now he is more or less a material, all thanks to you, old man, without you, there will never be a doll this day, so why can't it? A thousand makes, ten thousand makes, so no matter what, you have to accept this gift from my doll today. "But at this time, where was grandpa willing to let him stop, no matter how to say it, I also had to thank the old man for lying in the hospital at this time, but in the end I couldn't get through, and the old man had to sit down on the chair again, and accepted grandpa's worship.

After it was over, grandpa was so excited that his hands trembled and took out the old man's machine, to call my father, urging him to come back quickly and tell him something big, but he usually doesn't know how to use a mobile phone, only answers, and nine times out of ten when he calls, someone has to help him to call out.

The old man had already packed up my things that my dad didn't care about me early this morning, so my dad and Li Rui went up the mountain overnight, the main purpose was to bring back the big cat corpse that was a little scary to deal with, when Pan Laohai called, the two had already used a stick, tied up by the dogs and bitten a lot, but did not eat the cat's corpse, carrying just came to the bottom of the mountain, had not crossed the bridge, thought that something urgent had happened, and hurriedly rushed home. When I came home sweating profusely and learned the news that I was already a teacher, I was also a little excited, and the haze that rose in my heart about what happened to me last night was also gone at once, and I could no longer care about the corpse of the fierce cat that was still outside the courtyard wall, and after bowing and thanking the old man, I hurriedly went to invite someone to come to the house, and helped prepare a drink to thank the old man for his cultivation on my behalf overnight.

Of course, this important news couldn't be more important, from head to toe wrapped in gauze, I don't know if I was going to be punished, even if my mother Zhang Xiaowei, who took care of me in the hospital later, everyone knew about it, and I didn't know anything about it. Looking at these, the brows that were somewhat gloomy were loosened, and I thought that I had done a good job after waking up, which had a comforting effect on them.

And the corpse of the fierce cat, which was bitten to pieces by Huanhuan and other dogs, was set up by my father and a few people who came to help that night, under the guidance of the old man, to set up a pile of firewood on the opposite bank of the river, poured oil on it and burned it to ashes.

Because when the old man beat me, he was very measured, and after knocking me unconscious, I don't know if anything was done to me, so on the surface, although my injury was not light, but the speed of recovery was staggering, even the doctors and nurses who were used to seeing all kinds of patients couldn't help but sigh and admire, shouting magic, only three days later to get out of bed and walk around, except for the back of the head, and the wound on the arm pierced by the fangs of the fierce cat, the other wounds have scabbed and begun to fall off, no need to wrap gauze.

In comparison, Boss Feng, who was admitted to the hospital on the same morning as me, did not have this kind of recovery power that can be called immortal.