What he remembered most was the poolside in the southwest corner of the village.

At that time, Xia Suxing was alone catching some small fish on the edge of the pool, planning to take them home and barbecue them.

"Xia Suxing, it's really pitiful, a child without a father. ”

Not far away, there was a mocking voice.

Hearing this, a thought flashed in Xia Suxing's mind in an instant, that is, run!

Even if he didn't look up, he knew that it was Cheng Zheng and Hu Fei who came.

He barely thought about it, kept his head down, and before he could even lift the fish in the barrel, he ran in the other direction.

"Bang-"

He didn't know what he had bumped into, and it was limp and bounced him back a few steps.

When I looked up, it was Hu Fei.

Hu Fei, who was only eight years old at the time, was already about 1.4 meters tall, and he was like a little giant to other children of the same age in the village.

"Xia Suxing, where are you going?" Hu Fei pushed him to the ground with one hand.

At this time, Cheng Zheng also walked over slowly, smiling contemptuously, "Xia Suxing, as long as you call grandpa, I will let you go!"

"Phew!"

He refused, and spat in Cheng Zheng's face.

Cheng Zheng wiped his face, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he said sharply: "Hu Fei, beat me to death!"

Hu Fei was very obedient to Cheng Zheng, kicked Xia Suxing in the abdomen, and then stepped on his head with his right foot.

The strength of the foot was not small, Xia Suxing's face turned to the side, his hands on the ground, trying to struggle.

His originally immature and white face was red and abstract, his mouth teeth were open, his brows were furrowed, and his eyes hated Hu Fei.

Cheng Zheng didn't just watch the play, he punched and kicked Xia Suxing, and beat him to death.

He laughed, "Do you still want to run? Why, you don't even want to catch fish?"

"Let go of me!"

"Let go of you? I said that the fish in this pond are getting fewer and fewer day by day, so you are stealing!"

"The fish in the pond are shared by everyone in the village, I am not stealing!"

"An uneducated person is an uneducated person, how did your father and mother teach you? Oh! Forget it, you don't have a father and mother at all. ”

Xia Suxing wanted to refute, but somehow, he was silent.

He is the youngest of his peers in the village, and when he meets Cheng Zheng and Hu Fei, if he can't run away, he will only be beaten.

Hu Fei squatted down and pinched his chin with his hand, "What's the matter?"

"If my eldest brother comes, he will break your hands and feet!"

Cheng Zheng was taken aback, "This.. .. Anyway, my grandfather is the village head, and if you move me, I guess you won't be able to stay in this village. ”

"Bastard, if it weren't for my eldest brother, you would have killed the bandits in the mountains a long time ago!"

Hu Fei squeezed his eyebrows, "It's your eldest brother, why don't you mention your father?"

"My mom and dad just weren't with me. ”

Cheng Zheng said: "I'm sorry, your father won't die, right?"

"Your father and mother are dead! Your whole family is dead!" Xia Suxing scolded viciously.

Cheng Zheng also squatted down and leaned close to his ear, "You're a dog, right?"

Xia Suxing slapped him directly, his eyes were sharp, and he said, "You are the dog!"

"Grandma's!" Cheng Zheng cursed, pressing Xia Suxing to the ground and beating him wildly.

Punching and kicking, Cheng Zheng didn't care about the severity of his actions, and completely regarded Xia Suxing as the target of his anger.

"Grandma's! Dare to scold Lao Tzu for being a dog! See that Lao Tzu doesn't beat you to death, even if your eldest brother comes today, you won't dare to do anything!"

Even if it was for the sake of being beaten, Xia Suxing was still unconvinced, "You are a dog... ..”

Punch after punch, kick after kick, causing his body to tremble slightly, curl up, and the blood from the corners of his mouth slid to the ground.

In the end, every kick Cheng Zheng, even if the force was very light, was enough to make Xia Suxing's body tremble violently, and he was paralyzed on the ground, and even his breathing became rapid.

"Hu Fei, doesn't he like to steal fish? ”

"But... Hu Fei hesitated for a while and said, "What does his eldest brother say is also the only master in our village, if something really goes wrong with him, we will die." ”

"Look at the way he is going to die now, he is going back, do you think his eldest brother will not trouble us? ”

It's hard to imagine that these words came out of the mouth of a child who was only eight or nine years old, but the family was a mountain barbarian, and the subtle influence on the mind was particularly important.

Hu Fei hesitated, but finally did so.

"Peng—"

In the center of the pond there was a splash of water, splashing and reddish.

On the surface of the water, the only thing that could be seen were some small floating blisters, and a small amount of blood stained the clear water red.

Xia Suxing's water nature was okay, but he couldn't climb ashore because he was unconscious from the pain.

He sank in, he struggled, but he was powerless.

"No, I'm going to live...

"I'm going to live...

"But for whom do I live?"

.. .. ..

"No, I can't die!"

"My eldest brother will be sad if he doesn't see me, I can't die!"

He shouted strongly in his heart, and his eyes, which had been slightly closed, suddenly opened.

He struggled again, kicking the water with all his feet, his hands swirling until he finally surfaced, greedily gulping in the air.

He climbed ashore with difficulty, took off his wet coat and laid it on a boulder beside him to dry in the sun, and he lay on the edge of the pond, using the water as a mirror to clean his wounds.

For some reason, there was a warmth in his body, as if he was conditioning something.

His spirit was much better.

It wasn't until night that he returned home.

Due to the weak light at night and the faint light of the candles, as long as he avoided it a little, his eldest brother could not see the red and swollen scars around his body.

Pushing open the door, Xia Suxing lowered his head as much as he could, and said happily: "Big brother, I'm back!" The meal I ate at Aunt Zhang's house tonight was full, and my stomach was really unbearable, so I went to bed and lay down for a while!"

He didn't dare to look at Zhao Tianyou, so he ran straight to his room, got on the bed, and covered his head with the quilt.

Zhao Tianyou seemed to be sewing Xia Suxing's clothes, and he said: "Su Xing, don't you always go to Aunt Zhang and Uncle Wang's house to eat, don't you dislike the eldest brother's cooking skills? ”

"Tomorrow I'll go to the market and buy some meat to eat, look at your little body, you must eat more, now is the time to grow up. ”

"Braised duck, braised chicken, and fresh mashed potatoes, do you drool when you hear the name of the dish?"

"Tomorrow, I'll ask Aunt Zhang for advice on how to get these dishes, and when I come back from my studies, I'll call Chef Zhao a few times. ”

“.. .. ..”

Zhao Tianyou kept rambling, and some words of concern made Xia Suxing cry.

Xia Suxing covered his mouth with his hand, trying not to make a sobbing sound.

He did this just because he didn't want his eldest brother to worry, so that he could stay in Cabbage Village.

Since he was sensible, he had never cried in front of Zhao Tianyou once, he was always very sensible, perhaps because he was afraid that his unreasonable troubles would one day make his eldest brother leave him.

.. .. ..

Two years later, the last place Xia Suxing saw Cheng Zheng and Hu Fei was at the entrance of the village.

Cheng Zheng's grandfather is no longer the village chief of Cabbage Village, and Aunt Zhang has replaced the post of village chief.

The two families pulled several carriages, which were full of large and small luggage, and seemed to be going out of the house.

I heard Aunt Zhang say that due to some things, they will move to other villages.

Since then, Xia Suxing has not seen them again.

It was as if those memories had happened yesterday.

And today, after so many years, he has faded away from his former childishness and is a little more mature.

Cheng Zheng and Hu Fei didn't look much different from when they were children, their faces didn't look malicious, and their eyes didn't dare to look directly at Xia Suxing.

Cheng Zheng was a little nervous and said, "Su Xing, I'm sorry for what happened when I was a child!"

As soon as the words fell, he lowered his head and bowed to Xia Suxing, and Hu Fei also bowed deeply.

Xia Suxing was stunned, but he never expected that the bastard ruffian who had grown up since he was a child would apologize in such a sincere form.

The long-cherished ball that had been quietly condensed in his hand behind his back gradually dissipated, but he didn't know whether he should choose to forgive.

He stood still and pondered for a long time.

In the end, he smiled with relief and said, "There is no point in pursuing the past. ”

Cheng Zheng and Hu Fei raised their heads, looked surprised, and asked, "Su Xing, have you forgiven us?"

"It is more valuable to be able to recognize one's own mistakes, to have the courage to face one's mistakes and try to correct them, to pursue the past, and to lose not only the past, but even faith in the future. Xia Suxing smiled lightly.

Cheng Zheng and Hu Fei looked at each other, bowed again, and said in unison: "Thank you!"

“.. .. ..”

"Su Xing, I heard that you are now a long-cherished master. ”

"It's just getting started. ”

"Modest, really modest, with you and Brother Zhao in Cabbage Village, do those bandits dare to come?"

"To be honest, Chengdian visited a few days ago. ”

"I know, yesterday Aunt Zhang happened to come to our blacksmith shop to get some ironware, and she chatted with us about gossip for a day. ”

"Really, you're blacksmiths now?"

"Learn the art of the blacksmith Lee in the town. ”

"Su Xing, then what are your plans next?"

"Just stay here and live a leisurely life. ”

"That's really overkill, after all, he is a master, and he can eat casually in the town. ”

"There are fields and crops, and you can't die of hunger. ”

"The words are reasonable, but it would be a pity for a long-cherished teacher to stay in Cabbage Village. ”

"Don't worry about it. ”

"Harm, too, everyone has their own aspirations, right?"

"And what are your plans?"

"Now, I just want to learn a craft, and it's enough to find a beautiful daughter-in-law. ”

"It's that simple?"

"Well, Su Xing, I'll tell you the truth, Hu Fei and I almost died in the underground casino a few days ago, and we did too many evils, God probably wants to take revenge on us. ”

"Sin has indeed done so much...

"Anyway, we have already been good, and God will not let us go, and we will accept our fate. ”

"It is most appropriate to do good and accumulate virtue. ”

"It's nature. ”

“.. .. ..”

After the two left, Xia Suxing sat in the field, looking in the direction of the southwest corner, and didn't feel a little sigh in his heart.

It was late autumn, under the long sky with a beautiful wind and sunshine, only the dead roots of the wheat ears in the fields were left, and from a distance, the evergreen trees were mixed with a faint reddish, and the green mist lingering in the mountains was only a corner.

In another field, Zhu Xiaoxue, Zhu Xiaoyang and Guangling were playing and playing.

"Xiaoxue, Xiaoyang, don't hurt the light. Xia Suxing also gave a special advice.

"Got it, Brother Su Xing. ”

Zhu Xiaoxue and Zhu Xiaoyang responded one after another.

The promise was readily yes, but they weren't friendly to the Lights.

Xia Suxing is also helpless, Zhu Xiaoxue and Zhu Xiaoyang, the two children have suffered similar to themselves, since the light spirit can keep them in a happy mood, it is natural for the light spirit to sacrifice a short period of freedom.

He sat like this, until the afterglow was approaching, until the white clouds were dyed red, and until the stars were engraved in the sky.

Zhu Xiaoxue and Zhu Xiaoyang were tired of playing, so they went home.

Xia Suxing walked on the secluded path, and his heart was particularly calm.

The Light Spirit followed his ass, pacing and staggering, his eyes glancing at the grass from time to time.

Occasionally, a cool breeze blew, and it hurriedly caught up with Xia Suxing, for fear that some fierce beast would raid it.