Chapter 16: Dumb
For more than 30 years, Ling Jun has deliberately buried the three words "Chen Erwa" in his heart every minute and every second. But no matter how much he tried to forget, it was like a mark engraved in the bone marrow, and he couldn't erase it.
Now it was suddenly mentioned by a strange old man, as if the wounds in his heart had been revealed, and he was bloodily announcing to the world that he was not Ling Jun from a prominent family, he was Chen Erwa, the lowly Chen Erwa who struggled to survive in humiliation at the bottom of society.
For a moment, Ling Jun's eyes had a helplessness of despair and madness.
"Who are you? Who are you? Why do you want to hurt me? Why? Ling Jun looked at the old man viciously, gritted his teeth and asked, "I'm not Chen Erwa, I'm Ling Jun, I'm Ling Jun." My father is Ling Jianguo and my mother is Tang Meifang, they are both intellectuals and PhDs studying abroad. ”
"Oh? Is it? Are you really Ling Jun? Is it the son of Ling Jianguo and Tang Meifang? If yes, then you tell me, how could they suddenly die? The old man didn't pay attention to Ling Jun's repeated inquiries, but instead started a new topic. Since you mentioned Ling Jianguo and Tang Meifang first, let's talk about the two of them first. ”
Ling Jianguo and Tang Meifang, both born in 1944, gave birth to their only son Ling Jun in 1969, but because of the impact of the Cultural Revolution, they had to be raised by relatives, that is, Chenjia Village, Luanshan Town, Dongtai City, that was Ling Jianguo's cousin, the old couple had no children, so they raised Ling Jun as their own grandson. At the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, the couple were rehabilitated, because they had a high university degree, Ling Jianguo and Tang Meifang were selected by the state to study in the United Kingdom. Before leaving, they went to Chenjia Village to meet their 7-year-old son Ling Jun for the last time. Since you said that you are Ling Jun, then let me ask you, what did they say to you before their husband and wife left? ”
"What did you say?" Ling Jun's face was still pale, and when he heard the old man ask him, he couldn't help but snort coldly, "It's been so long, who still remembers?" ”
The old man glanced at him expressionlessly, and continued: "Okay, since you don't remember, let's not mention this matter for the time being, then we will continue with the topic just now." ”
Ling Jianguo and Tang Meifang returned to China after studying for five years, that is, on July 8, 1981, the day after they returned, because they were going to the National Capital Research Institute to take office, but they were anxious, so they sent someone to Chenjia Village to pick up Ling Jun. However, unexpectedly, the driver took Ling Jun and the old couple in a car accident on the mountain road out of Luanshan Town. Soon after the car crashed into the mountain, there was an explosion. But the strange thing is that Ling Jun miraculously survived, while the other three survived. You say, how did a 12-year-old survive this catastrophe? ”
Speaking of this, the old man's cold eyes turned to Ling Jun again.
Ling Jun was trembling, but he was trying his best to control it, "What's so strange about this, my grandparents desperately pushed me out in order to protect me." ”
"Oh? Is it? ”
Hearing this ironic remark, Ling Jun's eyes suddenly became extremely ruthless at this time, he glared at the old man opposite, and really wanted to jump up and tear him to pieces, "What do you want to say?" ”
The old man stroked the white beard on his chin and squinted his eyes slightly, "Now let's talk about the name I mentioned just now that you don't like, Chen Erwa." ”
"Chen Erwa, a native of Chenjia Village, is not only the same age as Ling Jun, but also has a three-point similarity in appearance. But the family situation is very different. Chen Erwa's father, Chen Daniu, is not only lazy and lazy, not doing his job, but also lustful. And his mother was a mute, because she was beautiful, she was Chen Da Niu Qiangjian at the age of sixteen. Although the rural people are not educated, they are very good-looking. Chen Erwa's grandfather was afraid of making some rumors, so he gave his daughter to Chen Daniu in a fit of anger. In this way, this beautiful mute girl became Chen Daniu's wife. ”
"The mute girl doesn't have a name, everyone calls her dumb. Although she is mute, she is very kind and capable. But unfortunately, the person she married was Chen Daniu. At the beginning, because Dumb Ni was willing to endure hardships and was capable, in addition to cleaning up the house every day, he also did a good job in the field, so Chen Daniu was quite satisfied with Dumb Ni. However, as time went on, Chen Daniu got bored, and every day he looked at a woman who couldn't speak, no matter how beautiful he looked, there were times when he got tired of looking at it. Then he had the idea that his fox friends would glance at the beautiful and slender dumb Ni Se every time they came to his house. He thought that if he could sleep with his friends, he would have to plan how much he would have to pay for them each time. ”
As soon as this evil idea came out, Chen Daniu immediately felt that he had found a way out of the money. That night, he called his two fox friends to his home, and after receiving ten yuan each, he went out happily, completely ignoring the dumb girl who was struggling desperately with tears on her face......
"Enough, enough, don't say it, don't say it anymore." Ling Jun, who was originally sitting on the ground, suddenly jumped up when he heard these words, and pounced on the old man, and then, only to hear a "bang", his body smashed on the coffee table next to him when he didn't touch the old man's clothes, and with a bang, the coffee table and the things on it all fell to the ground.
"Chen Erwa, you actually love your mother, right? Even though she's mute and everyone laughs at her for being a slut, you still love her. Otherwise, you wouldn't have killed Chen Daniu for her. Is it? Seeing Ling Jun rushing over, the old man was still sitting upright on the sofa, not moving.
"She's not a slut, no, no, it's all that brute, that damn brute......" At this time, Ling Jun fell to the ground in embarrassment, his eyes were red, and his face was bruised, and he was completely brought into the past by the old man.
"For as long as I can remember, the brute has either beaten or scolded me, saying that I am a wild seed, not his son. Even the children of the same age in the village said that I was a wild seed, and none of them wanted to play with me. Hehehehe...... I'm a wild seed, I'm a wild seed, but who is responsible for all this? Who is it? It's true that my mother is mute, but she is very gentle, so gentle that she doesn't know how to resist when she is sold by Chen Daniu. You say I love her? Hehe...... no, I hate her, I hate her cowardice, I hate her incompetence, and I hate her for giving birth to me. Why did you say she gave birth to me? Just to be ridiculed with her? Revile? Or is it to watch her get by one man after another? Since I was seven years old, I found out that Chen Daniu has a perverted and disgusting hobby, every time he brings a man to the house, he has to watch from the side, many times, and he pulls me along, if I refuse, he will be beaten. At that time, when she saw me beside me, my mother, who was already looking like a dead man, would turn her head away with tears streaming down her face, and then she would not dare to look me in the eye for several days. I know, she really doesn't want me around. But so what? She was too cowardly, she didn't dare to resist Chen Daniu at all. Several times, in the middle of the night, I saw her standing at the head of Chen Daniu's bed with a knife, and at that time I shouted in my heart: Cut, cut, cut and you will be free. But in the end, she still didn't dare to do it. ”
"She didn't dare to do it, but you did." The old man's cold voice sounded again.