Jiang Bo returned to his hometown, relatives and friends came to visit, and everyone had a lively scene, and it was only in the evening that they dispersed.

After dinner, Mr. Jiang said to Jiang Bo: "Let's go to the river, move our muscles and bones, digest and digest food." ”

Jiang Bo got up to get the old man's coat, he knew that the old man was going to talk to him about business.

Two people out of the village along the landscape avenue to the river, along the riverbank there is an artificial plank road, this is the new village committee to run the project of the people, every morning and evening, young people run here, the old people here to bend, this is the new rural construction of the political achievement project, but also a groundbreaking scenery.

Old man Jiang is a well-known figure in the village, and people constantly greet him, and the old man also responds to them enthusiastically. After a while, I asked how the old man in the family recovered after being discharged from the hospital? I will ask that one later, can you find the lost sheep? After a while, I talked to people about the cooperative, so I walked and talked, and before I knew it, I came to the end of the plank road.

At the end of the plank road is a sheep intestine path stepped out by human feet, the old man beckoned, and the two of them continued to walk along the path one after the other.

The old man wanted to find a clean place to talk, Jiang Bo took two steps to follow, the old man first chatted with Jiang Bo about family life, and asked the child to study and live abroad; asked about Jiang Bo's unhappy marriage, which was a hidden pain in Jiang Bo's heart, and it was also the wordless sorrow of his elders.

The old man is a wise elder, he is limited to asking and caring, and does not make any evaluation and opinions, which is the respectability of the old man.

Everyone has their own life, and if you don't get into their lives, don't dictate their lives. Especially successful people like Jiang Bo, who are young and ambitious, have their own ideas in everything, and what can change them is not advice, let alone preaching, it must be the south wall, that is, the so-called do not hit the south wall and do not look back. It's the price of growth and the setbacks that must be experienced.

The old man sat down on a lying cow stone and said to Jiang Bo: "Rest, how cool the breeze is here, you see how good the scenery is here." ”

On one side of the Woniu Stone is the endless Liao River, which reflects the sunset in the sky; On the other side is the verdant meadow, with all kinds of flowers blooming on the grass, and there are birds singing in a few low trees.

Jiang Bo deliberately sat on the low place of the Lying Niu Stone, so that he could look up at the old man.

The old man looked at Jiang Bo kindly and said, "Your father and I have grown up drinking this river water. This is the Mother River. ”

Jiang Bo said: "When I was a child, I didn't come, and my father didn't let me." ”

The old man smiled and said: "Everything has two sides, how many people have been raised by this river, and how many people have drowned, everything has a degree, and if it is excessive, something will happen." ”

The old man was reasoning, and Jiang Bo couldn't figure out the old man's intentions for a while, so he quietly listened to the old man.

The old man wiped the fine sweat from his forehead and asked, "Do you know how our Lao Jiang family settled here?" ”

Jiang Bo shook his head, his father had never said anything about this before his death.

The old man frowned and said: "The ancestral home of our Lao Jiang family is on the edge of the Yellow River in Hebei, and the family is neither poor nor rich, and there is no shortage of food or clothing. That year, a neighbor bought a piece of land adjacent to our house, and the trouble began that year. That neighbor was a big family in the village, rich and powerful, and he bullied others, and pressed two ridges when he was farming. The ancestor reasoned with him, but people were quite unreasonable, and the ancestor knew that he couldn't afford to provoke others, so he endured it; Unexpectedly, in the second year, the neighbor pressed the land over two more ridges, so a little bit of encroachment, when will it be a head? The ancestor made peace with the village chief, and made peace with the leading figures in the village, as long as he no longer had to make inches, the previous ones would not care. But no one can say peace. At that time, I couldn't afford to fight a lawsuit, and if I won the battle, I would go bankrupt, and if I lost, my family would be ruined, and my ancestors could only endure it. ”

Jiang Bo asked, "Aren't there boundary stones on the earth?" ”

The old man said: "The boundary stone guards against gentlemen, not villains." If you can bury it, others can move it. ”

Jiang Bo said: "I have a little impression of this, not to tell me, but my father and my mother chatting, I listened, a little impression." ”

The old man looked at the sunset in the sky and said: "If the neighbors can stop in moderation, this matter will be forgotten, I can't imagine that they will have to make an inch, and in the fourth year, they will press two more ridges." At that time, the ancestors were two brothers, and the elder brother was a fierce man. That Chinese New Year's Eve night, at dawn, my brother broke into the house, killed five members of his family with the old and the young, and destroyed his family. After dawn, he carried a bloody knife to the government and turned himself in. ”

Jiang Bo shuddered, it turned out that his ancestors still had such heroic deeds.

The old man paused for a while and said: "The elder brother used his life to save the dignity of the whole family and the right to live, and he was beheaded, and then the younger brother could not live in the village, sold the family property, and the family drove a big car into Kanto. ”

Jiang Bo asked, "It's my wife and grandfather." ”

The old man said: "Yes, it is the one buried in the easternmost part of the ancestral tomb in Beishan, it is a well-dressed mound, and the bones are still on the edge of the Yellow River in my hometown, and I can't find it anymore." ”

Jiang Bo said: "I know, when I used to go to the grave, my father always ordered the pile of paper money first. ”

The old man said: "Our Lao Jiang family has always been kind to people and friendly neighbors, but if it is really bullied, it will also be bloody." ”

Jiang Bo said: "It's really forced to that step, and there is no way, desperately." ”

The old man nodded and said, "People, it's not easy to live, and it's even harder to be rich." How many people are worried about it? ”

Jiang Bo said: "Doesn't the old saying say, if you don't peddle and steal, you are afraid that thieves will worry, is that what it means?" ”

The old man continued: "When I opened a small inn with your father, there was a landlier, and he came to eat and drink for nothing twice in three days, and he had to take it when he left. One day your dad reasoned with him a few words, and the kid was still angry, and reached out to beat your dad, if he let him bully him, our store would not be able to open. I also let it go, and when I cut it with a kitchen knife, the boy's head was hidden, and when it was cut on the shoulder, a large piece of flesh drooped down; I slashed at his arm again, and it felt like it was to the bone. That kid didn't expect me to be so fierce, so he was so frightened that he ran away. There is no cutting in vain, I reported to the official, squatted for half a month, lost some money, the kid never dared to cause trouble again, and the rest of the land also stopped. Our family has always advocated being kind to others, but people are good at being bullied, horses are good at being ridden, and they have to do it when it's time to make a move. ”

Jiang Bo nodded and said, "Uncle, I understand what you mean, the reason why a wicked person is evil is that he will not spare you because you are kind, but will gain an inch." ”

Jiang Bo originally wanted to ask for advice on how to deal with Sun Dapaw this time, but after the old man finished telling these two stories, Jiang Bo felt that there was no need to ask again.

The old man saw Jiang Bo's thoughts, and said softly: "I already have arrangements for your affairs, you don't need to ask, go back and do things well, and you don't know anything at any time." ”

Jiang Bo's heart was hot, nodded and said, "Uncle, I know, what can I help you with?" ”

The old man sighed and said, "You don't need anything, you, Xiaoyue, Xiaofeng, you must pay attention to your own safety, I don't worry about anything else, that's all." ”

Jiang Bo's eyes were red, and he nodded: "Don't worry, I have all these arrangements." ”

The old man glared at him and said, "I will go out and bring a driver in the future." ”

The old man meant to bring a bodyguard.

Jiang Bo replied: "Uncle, there was originally one, but I have recently recuperated." ”

The old man smiled and said, "You think I don't know, it's for people to beat, don't you?" ”

Jiang Bo smiled and said, "Uncle, do you have an undercover agent?" ”

The old man smiled and said, "I have a web, and I am an old spider." ”

Jiang Bo said: "I didn't expect it at all. ”

After speaking, the old man stood up, patted his buttocks and said, "It's dark, let's go back." Tomorrow I will accompany you to the grave. ”