Chapter 1: The Last Straw That Broke the Camel's Back

Ten years of catastrophe, from the occurrence to the end I have changed from a hairy young man to a young man in his thirties, maybe I am too obsessed, from the beginning to the end I have been resentful of my mother, why not to help my grandfather redress his grievances, why when the family is changed, I have to say goodbye, and I want to dissociate myself from the Mao family. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoThis kind of thinking has always been with me growing up, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is ingrained in the bone marrow.

And what I don't know is that my grandfather went up the mountain to learn art, the old Taoist priest brought out eighteen apprentices, and the grandfather was lower, ranked sixteenth, although he did not learn no skill, under the painstaking teaching of the old Taoist, whether he studied literature or practiced martial arts, the talent was the best of the eighteen brothers, and finally was taught the most exquisite "Qimen Ancient Seal" under his disciples, the senior brother was greedy for this book, and went down the mountain with their own things, but always remembered this book, that Guan Jian joined the army, joined the Kuomintang, and hoped to seize this book with the help of the strength of the army.

Since my grandfather became a soldier, he has been fighting with the army in the south and the north, and after the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the whole country was liberated, and he did not follow the Kuomintang army to Taiwan, but fled to the countryside and hid.

At this time, I also heard the news of my grandfather, but my grandfather was serving as a division-level cadre in the army at this time, and it was no longer easy to get a book, and when I was about to give up, an unprecedented catastrophe suddenly broke out in the whole country, and the streets were full of students and young people in the Red Guards.

At this time, in order to protect his family from harm, his grandfather accepted criticism while trying to make sure that this wave of disasters did not affect his family, and tried to control things within a small range. But in those years, the more you wanted to control things, the more uncontrollable they became, and for a while, everyone's weapons were aimed at grandfather, and grandfather became the target of public criticism. When he really realized the seriousness of the problem, it was too late, and my father died strangely in the office at this time, and in desperation, my grandfather made a decision that affected most of my life, in order to prevent me from continuing to be persecuted, let Zou Yanchang take me away, and my grandfather and mother publicly issued a statement to disassociate themselves from the Mao family.

The reason for my grandfather's decision was the strange death of my father, who secretly sent an autopsy report, which said that he had been suffocated by a rope and then hanged at the scene. After getting this report, my grandfather knew that someone was coming for something in his hand, and what it was, and the answer was naturally coming out.

As for handing over the book to Zou Yanchang for safekeeping, first, because Zou Yanchang is the commander of the guard company who has followed his grandfather for the longest time, he is upright and does what he says. The second is that no one would have thought that things would be handed over to me. Even if I knew, I would have already left with Zou Yanchang.

Having said this, I also understand the origin of the name Zou Yi, my grandfather didn't want me to get into this troubled water, and hoped that I could live a simple and easy life like an ordinary person, and not be affected by those rights and wrongs.

If you count according to time, even if you are still alive, you should be an old man of seventy or eighty years old. Since my mother was able to come to me through Old Man Duan's granddaughter, it must not be a whim. In the decades since the Revolution, my mother has had the time and opportunity to come and recognize me, and since she didn't come during this period, she must have encountered some trouble, and now that she has come, she must have solved the trouble.

Seeing that I didn't speak the whole time, Emma said, "I have one more thing to do today, afternoon, old place, old time, I hope you can come and listen to Aunt Kong talk to you in person." ā€

After a long time, I nodded, but didn't say anything, just told her to go back first.

I thought a lot about it after Emma left, and she told me so many things that I had never heard of before, and it was a little hard to digest for a while.

"Hey... I just said, after all, blood is thicker than water, your mother is still your mother, maybe there is something wrong, why don't you talk about it? The fat man asked me tentatively, and when he saw that I didn't react, he said, "It's okay if you don't go, when you figure it out, buddy will accompany you." ā€

I turned my head to look at him and smiled, "Did you kid take any benefits from foreign girls?" I didn't see you so concerned about something, or you just know something she hasn't said yet? ā€

The fat man waved his hand again and again: "Hey.... Don't think so, I don't know anything, I want that girl to give me some benefits, and people will be happy. Originally, I didn't want to, but she said that if I didn't help her, if you knew what might happen, I reluctantly agreed. Ay... What do you mean by asking so much? Decided to go? ā€

I smiled and nodded: "Go, I still have a lot of things I want to figure out, and I can't change my mind for so many years just by the words of an outsider." ā€

Now that I have decided to face it, my consistent purpose is to face, not escape, so many times in the Vietnam battlefield to survive, I have come over, will I still be afraid to face my biological mother? In the afternoon, the fat man and I went out early, the fat man said that he was afraid that I would not be able to open, and it would be better to stop it when the time came, and I said that meeting with my mother was not to see the enemy, how could I not think about it.

The old dumpling restaurant, the plaque at the door has five big characters written on it, the second time I came to the mood seemed a little heavy, the fat man saw that it was a dumpling restaurant, and the harazi was about to flow to the ground, thinking of today's things, he just pressed the gluttonous worms in his stomach back.

Just as he was about to go up to the second floor, Emma walked up to him, and the three of them walked up to the front and back. Emma called the fat man aside, and I sat down in front of my last seat. From here, you can just see out of the gate, and I guess she saw us walk in and went down to meet us.

After a lot of attention to the surrounding environment, it was also not a meal, there was only my table and the fat man's table on the entire second floor, and there was a little girl sitting next to Emma, who was the girl who sent me a letter last time. The three of them are talking and laughing with the fat man.

At this time, his eyes fell on the face of the mother opposite, the wrinkled face was full of vicissitudes, compared to the last time I saw her, she looked even older, the dress was still so clean and tidy, and two white hairs were inadvertently exposed between the short hairs, and the hatred in my heart couldn't help but be a little less.

Maybe it was because I didn't have a good attitude last time, but my mother sat across from me, and although she didn't speak, I could feel her hesitation. I took a sip of the tea at hand: "Who's that girl?" ā€

Perhaps I didn't expect this question, but my mother was stunned at first: "Ah... Oh... She is Xiaoxuan's younger sister, the first time she came to Beijing, Xiaoxuan took her everywhere. ā€

"Oh, it looks cute..."

Then there was a long silence between them, they had already ordered a bunch of food, the fat man was enjoying his meal, and my stomach was growling. Mother called the waitress and we ordered some dumplings.

I didn't wait long, a large plate of dumplings was on the table, I took chopsticks and devoured it, I was in a coma for two days, the rice did not enter, I was already so hungry that I could vomit bile, my mother sat opposite me and never spoke, looking at me, I didn't know what I was thinking.

Soon the things on the table were swept away by me like a cloud of wind and wind. My mother asked me if it was delicious. To be honest, people are going to be very hungry and eat Ma Ma Xiang, but they just can't taste it, so they just nod their heads, which is considered a response.

The mother asked again, "Have you eaten enough?" Would you like to have some of it? ā€

I shook my head and said, "Why don't you eat some?" ā€

The mother smiled and smiled happily: "No need, I've eaten." ā€

I asked, "Why are you in Beijing?" Where's my grandfather? Didn't come with you? ā€

Seeing me ask my grandfather, the tears in her eyes kept rolling, but she forcibly held back and didn't let it flow out: "Your grandfather is sick, I came to Beijing this time to treat him, almost eighty people, I have always had a wish to meet you." We haven't heard from you since you left the army, and this time Xiaoxuan came to see your grandfather and said that you are also in Beijing, and I am here..."

"Risking your time to meet me, didn't you?" Although I was not sure, I had to be suspicious, and my mother's surprised expression said it all: "What kind of risk is it that you don't have the courage to come to see me?" For more than ten years, since you know where I am, why are you avoiding me? ā€

Mother pondered for a moment: "It's not that we can't go to see you, your grandfather made me and your grandfather swear a poisonous oath, and we must not recognize you unless we have to, otherwise it will bring you death." ā€

My grandfather was my idol since I was a child, and I never doubted anything he said, but this time I hesitated: "Why the hell?" ā€

Although Mother Energizing didn't mention the old things and talked about some things similar to Emma, she still didn't get to the point. Under my repeated questioning, she finally told the truth of the matter.

I have heard my grandfather mention that he has a total of seventeen brothers, and my grandfather is one of them, in the war years, the remaining sixteen brothers have lost contact, but the elder brother Na Guan Ji has always refused to accept the book "Qimen Ancient Seal" that his grandfather got, because the old Taoist priest flaunted this book too highly, and Na Guan Ji has always thought that there are some unknown secrets in this book, and he wants to seize it with all his heart.

Among the sixteen senior brothers, the senior brother has the highest ability to penetrate the disease, and he has followed the old Taoist priest for the longest time, no matter what he learns, his understanding is very high, but he is ruthless, likes to play conspiracy and tricks, and has no integrity at all. And if "Qimen Ancient Seal" wants to be inherited, someone must continue to write, and the person who writes it must record it truthfully.

Mother said: "You only know one but you don't know the other, your grandfather got the "Qimen Ancient Seal", your grandfather got the skill of listening to the wind, and the sixteen brothers also have their own unique skills, and it is not easy to kill them." Your grandfather got the true inheritance of his master, and he didn't know his details, so he didn't dare to make a rash move, so he hit the idea of a dozen other senior brothers. Do you think that your grandfather said that in the end, there were only five brothers left, and he really died on the battlefield? These five 'surviving' people are only said to have survived because they are intact, the dozen or so diseases did not die, and the line of life and death was saved by your grandfather, who was jealous of your grandfather, designed to murder your father first, forced your grandfather to hand over the book, in order to protect you, your grandfather let us all leave you, and secretly sent you away, except for me and your grandfather, only Old Man Duan knows. ā€

It dawned on me and asked, "Is that Guan still alive?" ā€

Mother shook her head and nodded again: "I don't know, the last time I saw him was five years ago, because your grandfather and grandfather are in-laws, he doesn't know the details of your grandfather, that time he came to explore the bottom, but looking at his appearance, he is almost exactly the same as twenty years ago, and there is no trace of aging." I'm not sure if I'm still alive. ā€

My grandfather is almost eighty years old this year, and his age is more than ten years older than his grandfather, and he is ninety years old this year, and he was eighty years old five years ago. As the old saying goes, "The fist is afraid of the young and the strong, and the stick is afraid of the old man", this word seems to have no effect on him at all.

I wondered, "Didn't this old guy practice some demon techniques?" Even if you can save your face, you can't keep your physical strength. ā€

The mother said, "I don't know, you should ask your grandfather." ā€

Left a bunch of questions, I have to say, that Guan Ji successfully transferred my hatred for my mother for more than ten years to him, although the Party Central Committee has been advocating and calling for a rule of law society, but for such a bastard who is full of evil and ruined my family, if I have the opportunity to see it, I don't know if I can do it without killing him.

Out of the dumpling restaurant, Emma went to drive her car, originally I and the fat man came by taxi, I already thought it was convenient enough, luxurious enough, but I didn't expect that we were still far away from the evil capitalism.

In the car, my mother and I didn't talk anymore, the Army General Hospital, on the fifth floor, I met my grandfather in a separate ward, and I heard my mother say that my grandfather had left the army for many years, and it was not his turn to be treated like this, but through the relationship of the Duan family, there could be such a separate ward.

After seeing her grandfather, Emma pulled the fat man and consciously retreated, and her mother couldn't hold back any longer, and her grandfather lying on the bed was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, and tears rolled out of his eyes.

For a while, I was a little overwhelmed, my grandfather, who was once as strong as an ox, and my grandfather, who was sixty years old and singled out three soldiers of the guard squad, was now lying on the snow-white hospital bed in this room full of disinfectants, dying, with several tubes inserted into his body, and oxygen on his nose. Someone came in and there was no response. (To be continued.) )