Until...... Xiao Wu thought of that year, when he was five or eight years younger, and his half-brother was eleven years old. One day, when Xiao Wu was teasing the dog in the yard outside the house, someone knocked on the door, and the sound of knocking on the door was very urgent, which frightened Xiao Wu's dog, and the dog whimpered and hid behind Xiao Wu.

There is no one in the family, and the parents go out to worship and farm, Xiao Wu was too timid to open the door, but then he thought about it, his father is the patriarch, who dares to do anything, in the eyes of children, his father is simply the most amazing person in the world.

After making up his mind, Xiao Wu opened the door and poked his head out, and there was a half-grown teenager standing outside the door, ragged but neat, his whole face was a little yellow, and he was different from none of his peers around him. But he is really different, because Xiao Wu remembers him, he is his half-brother, the child who was led and led away by that woman back then.

Xiao Wu didn't like him, because he still remembered the panic when his mother saw them coming, so Xiao Wu instinctively hated this brother, and when he saw his brother standing outside the door, he instinctively didn't want to open the door and let him in.

A child's malice is always the simplest and most hurtful, but fortunately, there is no one at home today, and Xiao Wu thinks that no one should say that he does not know how to be polite. Xiao Wu opened a small opening in the door, poked his head out, and pretended not to know him, "Who are you, why are you knocking on my door?" Xiao Wu saw his half-brother and said coldly, "I'm looking for the patriarch." The half-grown teenager used his position to call his blood relatives, which was a symbol of giving up on recognizing a relationship, but at that time, Xiao Wu didn't think much about it at all, he only thought that his annoying brother actually wanted to rob his father, no, he couldn't give his father to him.

So Xiao Wu pretended not to understand, and wanted to tease him with a grin, and said, "You are looking for the patriarch, I am the patriarch, what are you looking for me for." Speaking of the last two sentences, the childish voice deliberately pretended to be an adult.

Xiao Wu originally wanted to play tricks on the person who wanted to rob his father. Later, I thought it was so interesting to learn this that I couldn't help but giggle.

Seeing his half-brother's face getting colder and colder, Xiao Wu finally felt a little scared, but he still endured it and didn't run away.

His brother stared into his eyes and said only one sentence: "My mother is dying, you let the patriarch come and see her." After speaking, he turned around and left, took two steps, turned around, looked at Xiao Wu, and added, "Please tell him." ”

Xiao Wu didn't expect that he hadn't run away first, and his half-brother had left first. I suddenly felt that it was not funny, thinking of his cold and scary face just now, and the scared puppy by knocking on his door, I didn't want to help him tell his father what he was going to say.

But think about it. What his half-brother said just now, it seems that his mother is about to die. This matter seems to be very serious, so should I help him tell his father? Finally, Xiao Wu still felt that it was too pitiful to have no mother, so she should tell her father.

After thinking it through, Xiao Wu immediately put this matter in his mind, thinking that he would tell his father after the sacrifice.

In the evening, the sacrificial farming activities were completed, Xiao Wu waited for a long time, only to see his mother come back, but his father did not come back, Xiao Wu asked his mother where his father had gone, and he had something to tell him. Mother was cooking in the kitchen, and when she heard Xiao Wu's question, she only replied casually that her father was having a banquet with a few uncles from the same clan at Uncle Ji's house, and she would not be able to come back until later. Then he chatted and teased himself, is there any secret, why only to his father, but not to her.

Xiao Wu subconsciously felt that his mother should not want to hear it, but he still felt that it was good to tell his mother, so he told his mother what happened when they were not at home in the afternoon, and the brother also told his mother what he wanted to convey himself.

Xiao Wu saw that his mother's face was very wrong, but he didn't know why. After speaking, Xiao Wu thought about running out to set the dishes and chopsticks, but before he ran out of the kitchen door, he heard his mother behind him as if he was very tired, so he stopped himself and said, "Xiao Wu, promise my mother, don't tell your father about this matter first, okay?" ”

The young Xiao Wu didn't know why his mother made such a request, but his mother didn't seem to be very happy, so it shouldn't be in the way for him to tell his father a few days later about this matter. After thinking about it, Xiao Wu nodded to his mother and agreed. Mother came over and touched his head, but didn't say anything, Xiao Wu only felt that his mother's palms were very cold today, making him very uncomfortable.

In the evening, my father came back, Xiao Wu secretly looked over, my father seemed to have drunk too much, and he couldn't walk steadily, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and he felt a little guilty when he promised his mother in the evening, and the things that my brother wanted to say seemed to be very important, but now that my father was drunk, I couldn't say anything to him at all, so I shouldn't blame myself. Thinking of this, Xiao Wu happily went to his room and teased his puppy. Before going to bed that night, Xiao Wu was still thinking about tomorrow, and when his father woke up tomorrow, he would tell his father, but his mother said that he would say it later, so he must tell his father before going to bed tomorrow night.

However, the next day, Xiao Wu went out and had a crazy day with his peers, and forgot about it before going to bed.

By the time Xiao Wu remembered this again, it was already three days later. found that he had forgotten such an important thing, and Xiao Wu felt so guilty that he couldn't do it. At home, I was in a hurry to find my father. When his mother knew why he was in a hurry, she hugged him and asked, "Why do you have to tell your father?" Xiao Wu replied: "Because my mother is very important, I am pitiful without my mother, although that brother is very fierce, but he seems to be in a hurry." After listening to Xiao Wu's words, the mother didn't say anything, just lightly hooked the corners of her mouth, put him down, and said, "Then you go to your father." ”

Xiao Wuyi was put down, so he quickly ran out of the door to find his father, but he didn't see his father when he ran back and forth in the whole town. It was still an aunt who saw him running around and knew that he was looking for his father, so she told him that his father had finished his work not long ago and was probably coming home from another way.

Xiao Wu hurriedly ran home, and when he arrived at the door, he found that the door was different from the quiet of the past, and it was quite noisy. Xiao Wu broke through the crowd and got in, and saw the two old men pulling his father to say something, his father's face was pale like he had never seen before, and the tall body in his impression seemed to be trembling slightly unconsciously. What Xiao Wu wanted to say to his father suddenly became a little afraid to say.

Xiao Wu saw that his mother's face was also pale on the side, Xiao Wu hurriedly threw himself into his mother's arms, raised his head and asked his mother: "What's wrong with my father, I haven't told my father what that brother said, can I say it now?" ”

As soon as he finished saying this, Xiao Wu was immediately pulled out of his mother's arms, and when he turned around, he found that it was his father, and his arm was held by his father, but he didn't dare to say a word, because his father suddenly became very strange. His father looked at him and asked word by word, "What did your brother say to you, when?" ”

Xiao Wu repeated to his father what he wanted to convey that day. I saw that my father's eyes became particularly dead. After a long time, my father's hoarse voice sounded: "When?" Xiao Wu was a little scared when he saw such a father, and hid behind his mother, but he still poked his head out and replied, "Five days ago." ”

"You know that, too?" Xiao Wu was stunned for a moment, and found that his father was not asking about himself this time, but his mother. Xiao Wu found that his mother's hanging hand was trembling, and after his mother answered yes, his father watched his mother say three good words in a row, turned around and walked out of the door.

Then the people who stayed outside the door gradually left, and only Xiao Wu and his mother were left at home. The mother looked at the eight-year-old Xiao Wu's uneasy expression, smiled at Xiao Wu, squatted down, touched Xiao Wu's head and said, "It's okay, you didn't mean to." Father won't blame you, don't worry. Xiao Wu just nodded stunned, not knowing whether to believe his mother's words.

Xiao Wu remembered that his father did not come back that night, and his father did not come back the next day......

When I saw my father again, it was a few days later, and my father pushed open the door of the house in plain clothes, very solemnly, and said to my mother: "Today's first seven, I will send her" and went out of the house, and my mother didn't even have time to respond.

After this day, my father came back and brought back a boy, who was the brother of Xiao Wu in my father's mouth. The half-grown boy was still dressed in ragged and washed white clothes, covered with patches and with shorter trouser legs. A large red stain in the middle of his forehead should have been kowtowed, because, his mother...... Xiao Wu didn't know why, he felt very weak when he saw that brother, and he didn't even dare to look at his face, but only dared to hide behind his mother silently.

When she saw the child that her father had brought back, her mother didn't say anything. only silently took out Xiao Wu's clothes, and handed them to the elder brother first. Since that day, it has been difficult for Xiao Wu to see his father and mother talking, and he only speaks a few words, obviously there is one more person in the family, but it is ten times more deserted.

One day, my father went out, my mother went to an aunt's house to get cloth, there were only two people in the house, Xiao Wu and his brother, Xiao Wu was playing with the dog in the courtyard, and suddenly heard the brother's voice behind him: "That day, did you say it?" When Xiao Wuyi heard this, he didn't dare to look back, lowered his head, and said, "I'm sorry, I forgot." Then there was a long silence, and only one sentence was heard, "Oh, forget." ”

After that day, the elder brother never said anything to Xiao Wu again, and three days later, that brother disappeared into the town, and Xiao Wu never saw him again.