I was brought up by the old man.

When I was three years old, my parents died in a car accident, and since then, my husband and I have been living together in this Chinese medicine shop.

In my memory, the old man has always been a warm person, although sometimes a little domineering, and a little stubborn, but by no means the kind of person who leaves no room for it, but now.......

When the man in front of him heard the old man say this, he was about to kneel.

But what he didn't expect was that the old man's movements were faster, and as soon as the man's knee was halfway bent, the old man kicked over a wooden chair, which happened to hold the man's knee against him and didn't let him kneel down.

"You can't stand it, and I can't stand it." The old man looked at the newspaper and said without raising his head: "I don't want your life, just your hand." ”

When he heard the old man say this, he could only turn his head to look at me, hoping that I would help him say a few kind words.

"Master...... Or...... Forget it......" I said curtly, a little unbearable.

The old man didn't look at me, he still looked at the newspaper calmly, and asked me, "Boss, do you remember how I taught you?" ”

"You've taught me so much..... You're talking about ......"

"You can't bully people, but you can't be bullied either." The old man said, glanced sideways at me, and asked, "Did you bully him before?" ”

"No ......"

"So you're going to forget it?"

According to the usual situation, I will definitely persuade him a few words, after all, he has been used to me since I was a child, and it is not too much to describe my childhood as pampered.

But the old man at this time made me feel a little strange, and his eyes and tone had never been so stern.

"This person's heart is too poisonous, it is estimated that he did not harm people less, this time it is a lesson for him, otherwise, someone will suffer his loss." The old man took out a cigarette and lit one for himself, looked at the man and said.

Hearing the old man's words, the man's tears were about to come out, and he hurriedly explained: "I can't give him a bad fall!" Can't kill him! At most......"

Before he could finish speaking, the old man shook his head and interrupted him.

"Just because you didn't intend to kill him, I'm going to spare you your life." The old man smiled: "You want my grandson to have an arm, I just want it back, and I don't waste your ability, what are you afraid of?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the old man stood up, walked behind the counter, and found a knife with chopsticks.

"Mi'er, come over here and help that man." The old man said, put the knife on the counter, and beckoned to us: "It's a matter of a knife, and it's gone in the blink of an eye." ”

"Grandpa....."

"Give him a sword, and his surrender will be relieved." The old man looked at me with a somewhat complicated expression: "You won't dare, right?" ”

I didn't squeak, but my expression spoke for itself, and I really didn't dare.

Although I am usually a person who will repay my eyes and never like to suffer, it is really the first time to use a knife for someone, and I really can't do it.

"Let's spend it like that." The old man said, with a hint of disappointment in his tone, shook his head and walked back, continuing to look through the newspaper without saying anything more to us.

Just when I was stunned, the man suddenly opened his mouth and asked the old man: "If I don't understand this drop, what will happen in the end?" ”

"After an hour, the descent of the right hand will spread to the left hand, and the worms inside will gnaw at your bones." Grandpa looked at the newspaper with a blank face and said, "By tonight at the latest, you will be gnawed by these insects to the point that there is no scum left." ”

The man clenched his teeth and stared at the old man for a long time without speaking.

"Okay."

Suddenly, he opened his mouth again, and said with a trembling voice, as if he had made up his mind.

"I've taken this lesson."

After saying that, he walked directly to the edge of the counter with his feet and put his hand full of wormholes.

"Little brother, this time I can't help you, just order a knife, these insects have already begun to gnaw at my bones......."

I frowned, didn't move, and muttered in my heart, this knife is said lightly, if it really pierces, what if he retaliates against me afterwards?

At that moment, as if he couldn't bear the pain in his body, the man rushed over and dragged me over, and then forced the knife into my hand.

"Come!" He gritted his teeth and looked at me almost pleadingly: "Count me in begging you!" ”

Before I could speak, the old man came over and took out a round piece of black paper, which was interspersed with a knife.

"I'll be a witness."

The old man smiled and looked at me deeply: "Let's go under the knife." ”

By this time, the man had placed his arm on the counter and stared at me intently, as if begging me to help him get free.

"Master...... Do you really want to pierce it? I asked, my voice trembling a little.

"Let me ask you, besides Ma Laosan, who else have you harmed?" The old man asked coldly: "The kind of person who does things according to his temper without taking money, how many people have you harmed?" ”

"Seven...... No!! Eight!!! The man's tears were already running down his face, and God knows how much pain he had in his body, and he was trembling incessantly.

"Look at it." The old man said, looking at me: "Is it necessary to let him go with such a person?" ”

I held the knife and didn't speak, my heart was beating to the extreme, and I looked at the old man at a loss.

"Something that doesn't make a living."

The old man sighed, took my hand without warning, lifted it up sharply, and stabbed the tip of his knife into the man's palm.

There was a muffled thud, and the tip of the knife pierced through his palm and slammed it directly into the wooden counter.

"When you come out to walk the rivers and lakes, you don't rely on your heart, nor do you rely on your strength."

The old man stared at the man coldly, and as soon as he raised his hand, he pulled out the knife.

"It's by the rules."

When the tip of the knife left the back of his hand, the foul-smelling blood, mixed with some unknown black slime, instantly gushed out of the wound.

I didn't think about anything at the time, almost subconsciously bandaged the man and asked him to go to the hospital quickly.

"Rules?" The man was in tears, not like he was provoking, but like he was laughing at himself: "Do you know how chaotic the rivers and lakes have been these years? The rules have long been eaten by this world! ”

"A bunch of crumbs." The old man scolded: "Hurry up, don't get in my way here!" ”

"Which school did you study from...... he clenched his teeth and stared at the old man: "Please leave a name and ...... in the future"

"Do you want to come back and find a venue in the future?" The old man asked.

The man didn't speak, but the look in his eyes clearly meant that.

Seeing this scene, the old man sighed and said, get out, don't come to Sichuan in the future.

"The green mountains do not change the green water, I ......"

"Get out!"

was yelled at by the old man, the man lost his voice, as if fleeing for his life, he opened the door of the store and ran outside, not even daring to turn his head.

To be honest, the old man's expression at that time was very complicated, not like simple anger, but more like an inexplicable loss.

"Master, don't be angry." I didn't dare to ask more, I just wanted the old man to return to normal quickly, his demeanor was quite scary: "Aren't I okay?" That man had been taught a lesson, too! ”

"I'm not angry."

The old man shook his head, his tone becoming more and more low.

"I just think it's the afterlife...... What a fucking generation is not as good as a generation! The old man scolded: "Dog day turtle son! I have forgotten the rules of my ancestors! ”

Just as I was thinking about how to comfort him, I heard a sudden commotion outside the store, and more and more footsteps began to move towards the street, and it seemed that many people were rushing there.

When I opened the door, many residents of the old street showed curiosity on their faces, and ran towards the entrance of the street one after another.

"What's going on?" I was stunned: "What's going on over there?" ”

"Just check it out." As he spoke, the old man walked out of the pharmacy with me.

At the crossroads of the street, a man with a nose and mouth bleeding from his nose and mouth was lying straight in the middle of the road, while a small car was parked beside him.

The driver of the car had already come down and stood beside the injured man, explaining to the crowd of onlookers that the man had hit him by himself and had nothing to do with him!

When I could see the wounded man's face, I chuckled in my heart.

How could it be him?!