I don't know what it was or what game it was about (which must have hurt the skinny man deeply) but the skinny no longer looked up to me like everyone else, but tried to establish his prestige for the purpose of suppressing my arrogance, trying to separate a "detachment" from my "team".

Sometimes the thin man's purpose was really achieved, and a few companions would approach him and stay away from me, but soon his purpose was shattered by me, and the "detachment" that had been stripped out returned to my "ranks".

When I recall it now, I still deeply admire the thin man. The thin man is a person who dares to resist the "evil forces", does not see the wind and rudder, does not flatter, has principles, and ambitions, or rather, has his own personality.

Those friends who fell to my side for a ballpoint pen or because my parents were their teachers turned to my side, such as Yongri, Sicub, and Ah San, are actually despicable. If it was during the War of Resistance Against Japan, these people would definitely be traitors or traitors, and the thin man was likely to be a hero who pulled up a team to resist the Japanese.

The humiliation of that night undoubtedly deepened the thin man's hatred for me, so much so that he hated me every time we met, and although I warned him many times, he remained the same. What made him miserable was that he never found a suitable opportunity to take revenge on me, but no matter how weak a person is, as long as he has the heart to retaliate against his opponent, there will always be a chance, so Hao Junqi and I had an extremely terrifying experience.

In the last summer of my stay in the mountain village, one day, for some reason, Hao Junqi and I were late to herd the cattle, and all the cows had already left, but ours were still in the cowpen.

The cow whirled in the pen, its body rubbing against the wooden rungs of the pen and making a creaking sound, and when they saw us, they were so happy that their tails wagged. I went up and opened the bull bolt and let it out, and then we rode on the back of the ox and headed towards the river.

Sitting on the back of the cow, Hao Junqi and I talked and laughed. Before we knew it, we had crossed the pavilion, and then we had crossed the path between two hills, and we were about to reach the river, when a bull suddenly galloped towards us.

I could see that it was the lean free-range bull who was fighting with our bulls!

Our cow noticed it, too, and somehow it made a sharp turn and galloped back.

We are jumping on the back of a cow. I felt like we were being bounced in the air and falling heavily on the back of a cow like a pair of ping-pong balls bouncing on the ground.

Hao Junqi was already crying in fright. I hugged Hao Junqi tightly with one hand and held the cow rope with the other. I tried to tighten the leash, but the cow didn't listen. It only knows how to run wild.

A few times we almost fell, and the cows were still running wild. We're back on the bluestone pavement, and it's still running wild. The sound of running resounded over the field. The wind is blowing in our ears.

When the adults who were working in the fields saw it, they all ran to us quickly.

At that moment, I guess the cow slid on the bluestone slab, and its back suddenly rose high and threw us out.

We flew straight to the paddy fields on the side of the road. Hao Junqi's crying was even louder, and I couldn't help crying.

Strange to say, when they saw us falling, the cow stopped running. It stood there panting roughly, occasionally sticking out its tongue and licking its dark red nose, its eyes looking at us guiltily.

The adults who came to the rescue helped us up from the paddy fields. Fortunately, we fell in the paddy field, and our hands and feet were fine, but our clothes were dirty.

That night, Zhu Jinshan told me that this was a conspiracy of the thin man!

"What?" I don't believe Zhu Jinshan's words.

"The thin man knew that you had not come with the men to graze the oxen, so he led his oxen to graze in the bend of the road, and when he saw you coming, he put the rope around the horns and let the oxen go."

"He predicted that our cattle would be frightened at the sight of his cattle." I say.

"Yes. Your cattle will run wild when they are frightened. ”

"We're going to be thrown off the back of the cow." Hao Junqi said.

"Yes."

"What a scumbag. He'll regret it! I gritted my teeth.

"Brother, what are you going to do? Don't be impulsive, or Uncle Zheng will criticize you again. He will definitely sue Uncle Zheng. Hao Junqi reminded me.

"Let him go. Even if I am beaten by my father, I will find him to settle this account. ”

"Forget it, set sail." Zhu Jinshan said.

"He was clearly challenging me. If you are afraid, watch from the sidelines. I can't stand it. ”

"I'm a good one." Hao Junqi said.

"Isn't it angry, when did I, Zhu Jinshan, become this kind of person?" Zhu Jinshan said.

In the afternoon of the next day, of course, it was still time to herd the cattle, and the cattle were free, some happily grazing, and some happily bathing in the water. The cows' tails wagged incessantly, driving away the flies that were always pestering.

The thin man picks up stones alone on the river beach. The sun danced on the river in front of him.

Let's walk over.

The thin man saw us, but he didn't, and still picked up his stone with all his attention. The sun is spicy, but because it's by the river, it doesn't feel hot.

I kicked the skinny man's ass out.

The thin man threw himself forward, and then fell to the ground. He didn't expect me to do it to him.

The thin man got up and turned around, his face flushed. He grabbed a rock and threw it at me. I didn't watch out for the stone on my arm, but fortunately it was only partial, otherwise I don't know what the consequences would have been.

I can't tell you how angry it is, and it's another kick to the thin man's stomach. Now the kick was right, and the thin man sat on the beach. I rushed up and grabbed the skinny man and beat him violently.

Zhu Jinshan came to drag me. The cowherds also came around. The thin man has no power to fight back.

"Damn, I see you make it bad again. That's what happens to people! I said.

The thin man struggled to his feet. He had blood on his face (presumably a nosebleed). The cheeks were swollen and the eyes were swollen. It's embarrassing.

"Fuck, woo woo, I'm going to sue Teacher Zheng, fuck you," he wiped the still dripping nosebleed with his arm, "You're deceiving people too much, woo woo, mommy—woo, woo, woo-"

The thin man crouched on the ground and began to cry.

Here I beckoned everyone to go and play. I brought the long, long jump rope from my parents' office. Jumping rope on the lawn is a pleasant thing.

Everybody follows me. A few of them looked at the thin man with sympathetic eyes, but kept up with me, for they knew very well what it meant to speak for the thin man at this time.

When they arrived on the lawn, everyone cheered, some somersaulted, some sat on the grass, and some rushed to divide the sides (the so-called splitting is to divide the rope skipping personnel into two teams). The sunlight was blocked out by a few large trees, and that lawn was a great place to play.

The thin man was squatting alone on the beach, still crying, so lonely, so helpless.

I think what was more difficult for him to bear was the feeling of helplessness.

……

In the evening, Hao Junqi and I were busy taking back the millet from the hemp mat (a bamboo mat woven from thin slivers that farmers often used to dry their millet) at the door. I put the millet into the basket with a bucket, and Hao Junqi cooperated to sweep the millet together. Grandpa Hao was responsible for picking the millet into the door.

The captain (the father of the thin man) came with the thin man. The thin man's cheeks were still swollen, and his eyes were purple and seemed to be deformed.

"Uncle Hao, what about Teacher Zheng? Hasn't Mr. Zheng come back yet? "The captain has a big voice.

The thin man looked at me with hatred.

"What's wrong? What happened? Yo, who beat the thin man like this? Grandpa Hao said. He put the pole down in his hand.

The appearance of the thin man is really frightening.

"Who? Who else do you say? How can you educate your children like this? Or is it the teacher's child? The captain said.

I tried to flash into the room, but the captain grabbed me by the collar.

"You still want to run? Do you want to run after hitting someone? What do you see you have done to my son? Will you fight or not? "The captain pushed me up so hard that I felt a little hard to breathe.

"Hey, I said nephew Wu, I have something to say."

"Uncle Hao, do you still think I'm here to make trouble? It's infuriating. You see my youngest son was beaten by him. I came to Mr. Zheng for a theory. ”

"What is Captain Wu asking me to theorize?" The father walked up from under the camphor tree with a hoe on his shoulder.

It's really pitiful. Now I'm going to shed my skin if I don't die. Fortunately, the mother followed the father. Their trousers were rolled up high, and they must have just returned from working in the fields.

There was another burst of nagging and theories, and my father's anger became bigger and bigger, and he gave me a slap as he spoke, but that's it, Captain Wu was still angry.

I don't know why, my father and the captain also quarreled while talking. Maybe it's because Captain Wu's words are hurtful, and my father is not a person who can make people talk. Fortunately, Grandpa Hao did the "turn" (the meaning of mediation), and his mother's strong apology, which lowered the captain's anger.

The captain walked away with the thin man.

……

Summer ended in a hurry with a little regret. Hao Junqi's eyes looked forward to Ai Ai again.

"What's wrong, Kiki?" I asked.

"Brother, are you really not leaving?" Hao Junqi asked.

"Let's go? Where to go? ”

"Go back to the city. Are you really not going back to the city? ”

"No, I don't go back. Who said I was back in town? I said.

"A lot of people say you're going back to town soon."

"No, nothing. Didn't we pull the hook hook? You forgot? ”

"I haven't forgotten. But they say that the retractor hook doesn't count, the retractor hook is a child's thing. They said you have to go back to the city anyway. You don't want to go back to the city, okay? Hao Junqi said.

"I'm not going back to the city. Kiki, believe brother, brother will not return to the city. ”

"Really?"

"Really." I nodded solemnly.

"What if your mom and dad go back?" Hao Junqi asked again.

"Ah...... "I didn't think about it.

"If your uncle and aunt go back to the city, won't you go back to the city?"

"I told them not to go back to the city."

"What if they have to go back to the city? What to do? ”

"I'm not going back to the city anyway. They're going back to the city, let them go back to the city, really. I said.

"That's great."

However, Hao Junqi's tightly knit brows did not stretch at all.