Volume 2, The Spinning Top in Dreams Chapter 9, The Price of Face
Xu Jian was taken out of the cell, and a cool breeze blew, and he woke up.
What did I just say?
Xu Jian was taken out of the cell, and a cool breeze blew, and he woke up.
What did I just say?
He had no memory left.
The two policemen handling the case walked in front, and he followed behind, walking and walking, when he suddenly rushed over, snatched the briefcase of the policeman handling the case, and wanted to take out the piece of paper that he had just signed and look at it carefully.
Unfortunately, it was too late, and the police snatched the briefcase and gave him a few slaps.
He was escorted out of the gate of the shelter by the police, and saw his two older brothers, mother and sister waiting at the gate. Suddenly, uncontrollable tears blocked his vision.
When the family saw Xu Jian, they also cried with joy. The family followed the two police officers who handled the case and got into a police van.
The car started, and the police officer handling the case sat in the front seat, Huang Chunlan sat side by side with them, and Xu Jian and his brother and sister sat in the back seat.
Everyone was silent all the way.
When the police van drove to the alley of Huang Chunlan's house, a public security officer opened the door and said to Huang Chunlan, "Get out of the car." ”
"Thank you Comrade Public Security for sending us back." Huang Chunlan began to look nervous. She got out of the car first, looked back into the car, and didn't know what to say.
The police turned around and saw the four brothers and sisters sitting there without moving. puzzled: "What's the matter, I still want to rely on it and not leave." ”
"I didn't ...... No. The eldest brother Xu Tian was the first to react, he grabbed the third brother and was about to get out of the car.
Xu Jian's body retracted vigorously, signaling his brother and sister to get out of the car quickly.
The second brother Xu Bing didn't know where he got the courage, he pushed Xu Jian hard, and pushed Xu Jian to the door of the car all the time, and the third brother jumped out of the car with the first handle.
The little sister Xu Ying was the last to get out of the car, she landed on both feet, and the whole person sat on the ground.
The police car drove away, and the family seemed to be still dreaming.
That's not true, is it?
The family helped each other back home, and Xu Jian threw himself on the kang and cried loudly.
This was the cry of the rest of his life after the catastrophe, which caused his mother to cry too.
The family sat there in silence, not knowing what to say.
In the end, it was Huang Chunlan who broke the silence and said: "Tomorrow, our whole family will go to your father's grave, thank him for appearing at a critical moment, and bless Xu Jian back." ”
The family didn't know why the police had put Xu Jian back, they could only interpret it in this way.
The next day, they bought paper and incense, and prepared offerings, and took a bus to the cemetery.
Xu Jian's father was buried in the mountains, two hours away from home.
It took nearly three hours for a family of five to climb halfway up the mountain, come to a tomb site, choose a tomb to stop, set up offerings, and start burning incense to worship.
Huang Chunlan hid to the side, making room for her three sons and daughters to kowtow to each other.
Xu Tian lit a stick of incense and knelt on the ground.
Xu Bing Xu Jian and his sister stood behind him, he first made three gestures, and then said, "Aunt Tian......"
Not to mention Xu Tian, even Huang Chunlan, who was standing on the side, was frightened by his words, and got goosebumps.
The family watched intently, and on the tombstone in front of them, it was impressively engraved: The tomb of Yufen of the Yantian family.
Huang Chunlan's two eldest sons have been in the countryside for four years and have basically integrated into the lives of the locals. It can be said that he has heard and witnessed the sophistication of the people in the countryside, especially the various supernatural events that have occurred.
When Wu Yufen was buried, Huang Chunlan didn't dare to come, it was her dead ghost husband Lao Xu, who came with her because the neighbors lived.
The family never expected that they would send a ghost to Wu Yufen's grave.
This is no accident, and there must be a reason for it.
Huang Chunlan was frightened, she separated her children and knelt in front of Wu Yufen's grave and cried loudly.
Old sister, you shouldn't, you shouldn't, our family shouldn't do anything sorry for you, it's my fault that you're wrong, if you want to be punished, come to me.
When Huang Chunlan cried for a long time, with the support of her two sons, the family hurriedly went down the mountain.
Not far from the tomb, a little black donkey stood there, it neither ate grass nor wandered, but just looked at the family from a distance, and from time to time made a sound of "chir, bumper".
When Xu Jian saw this little black donkey, he unconsciously hit a spirit.
Huang Chunlan clearly remembers that her husband was buried 50 kilometers east of her home, and Wu Yufen was buried 100 miles north of their home, which was the ancestral grave of Tian Laofu's family.
The journey home was unusually smooth, and the family returned home with a sickness.
The two sons didn't say anything, and returned to the youth point the next day, although Xu Jian was tired, he gritted his teeth and went to work.
Returning from Wu Yufen's cemetery, Xu Jian was always haunted by a strange dream.
Almost every night in his sleep, he could dream of this little black donkey. Sometimes the little black donkey turned into a little black and laughed at him, and sometimes the little black donkey turned into Wu Yufen, carrying a wooden stick with fire and smashing it at him.
That night, he dreamed of the little black donkey again.
He picked up a wooden stick and wanted to beat the little black donkey away, but he didn't expect this stick to hit his head, and when he woke up the next morning, his head was full of a big bag, and his heart hurt.
On the third day of the boss Xu Tian's return to the youth point, he came back again.
He told Huang Chunlan: "I found out Ma Xian'er and calculated a hexagram, saying that our family owes Lao Tian's family an account and must repay it as soon as possible, otherwise, Xu Jian's life will be in danger." ”
How can you pay it back?
Huang Chunlan told the truth to her eldest son.
On the day of Xiao Hei's accident, Xu Jian went out after dinner, and when he came back, he told her: "No matter who asks, just say that I sleep at home." ”
There is a culture in the railway settlements, but anyone with a flexible mind is planning to steal railway supplies.
Their main goal is to steal scrap steel transported by rail, and send it to the scrap yard to exchange pocket money to supplement the family.
Strictly speaking, this is a criminal offense.
But at that time, it was this kind of social atmosphere, the wages of workers were low, the family was large, and if they wanted to improve their living standards, they had to take the wrong path.
Fortunately, all of them are thefts that occur within the railway system, and they are petty thefts. was caught by the railway police, and inevitably suffered a meal of flesh and blood, which is the so-called persuasion and education, and then was released.
Huang Chunlan thought that Xu Jian had gone to steal iron.
She scolded Xu Jianhao and reminded him that he was an in-service employee of the railway, and once he was arrested by the railway police, he would be beaten up and sent to labor reform, and in that case, he would lose his state-run job.
When the mother scolds and scolds, she still has to plan for her son's safety.
The next day, Huang Chunlan got up early in the morning and sold all the rags in her home that could be identified as stolen materials by the railway public security and sent them to the purchase station.
When she came back, she also told Xu Jian, who was about to go to work, and said: "From now on, you are not allowed to steal iron again, do you hear it." ”
Don't look at Xu Jian is old son, he is usually more willful, he never talks back to his mother, but as a result, he stabbed a big basket.
Huang Chunlan didn't put a question mark on Xu Jian until now: Did he really poison Xiao Hei.
After inquiring, Xu Tian and Xu Bing learned that Xu Jian was a lawsuit for Xiao Hei, but the two brothers didn't dare to tell their mother and sister the news.
Hearing their mother's thoughts about Tian Laofu, they were all stunned. They really don't know what to say other than to express their resolute opposition.
When they received the telegram from their mother, they knew that it must be Tian Laofeng who was going to come desperately.
No matter how hard Xu Jian is, even if he can escape the punishment of the law, he can't escape Tian Laofu's revenge, and it will affect his mother and little sister.
Therefore, with the mentality that they would rather die themselves and protect the safety of their families, the brothers rushed home in time, and wanted to fight to the death with Tian Laofu, who died and who lived, it was all up to God.
It's really the sky with eyes, which makes Xiao Hei come alive again.
Fortunately, Xiao Hei didn't see the murderer, and his key testimony allowed Xu Jian to escape.
It is definitely not a coincidence that the grave is wrong.
Xu Tian didn't say anything, and secretly sweated in his heart. He rushed back to the countryside, found Chu Ma Xian, and truthfully explained the situation, hoping to get a good solution.
For the time being, I will not evaluate whether this horse fairy really has the ability to see things like a god.
For any ordinary person, when he hears about the strange things that happened to their family of five who went to the grave, they will think of the word debt.
The two graves are hundreds of miles apart, and their family of five can go to the grave of Xiao Hei's mother in the opposite direction, which is caused by deep guilt in the subconscious.
Moreover, none of them had been to Wu Yufen's grave before, so why did they find it.
Now that Xiaohei has recovered, the Xu family can only make some plans for medical expenses if they want to soothe the guilt in their hearts.
"Let's take the medical expenses for Xiao Hei now, that is, we don't recruit ourselves." Huang Chunlan's idea is very realistic, of course, it is not ruled out that she is distressed about money.
Even the public security didn't hold Xu Jian criminally responsible, and they took the initiative to reimburse Xiao Hei's medical expenses, wouldn't it be okay to find trouble.
When Tian Laofu came to negotiate with Huang Chunlan, he asked her to pay Xiao Hei's medical expenses.
"This shows that people have long known that it was Xu Jian who injured Xiao Hei." Xu Tian reminded his mother that he should only atone for Xu Jian's sins and reduce the psychological burden of their family, and the money should be paid, even if it is changed in another way.
Xu Jianneng was lucky enough to escape legal sanctions, and he may not be safe and sound from now on.
The advice of the horse fairy became a piece of Xu Tian's heart.
"You give me some time to think about it, see what method to use, and show it to the Lao Tian family." Huang Chunlan didn't believe her eldest son's advice, she was worried about money,
Of course, it is reasonable to find no proper reason to explain this generosity, and to worry about being bitten back by Tian Laofu.
The relationship between the Tian and Xu families did not gradually warm up due to Xiao Hei's resurrection.
Huang Chunlan saw Tian Laofeng several times and wanted to take the initiative to greet him, but Tian Laofeng twisted his face to the side early, deliberately treating Huang Chunlan as air and turning a blind eye.
The relationship between Tian Li and Xu Ying has reached the point of incompatibility.
Seeing that they were about to graduate from junior high school, the two went to their own teachers to talk about it, and they also had to move their seats apart, so as not to fight again for a look or a casual word.
No matter what the family said, what they thought, or what they did, Xu Jian ignored it. He was under great psychological pressure, worried that he would be arrested and convicted by the police at any time.
Huang Chunlan committed suicide by poisoning, was sent to the railway health center by Xu Jian, and then transferred to the steel mill general hospital.
When the examination indicators came out, the doctor asked Huang Chunlan to stay in the hospital for observation for three days.
"No, I have to be discharged immediately." Huang Chunlan was resolute and did not allow Dr. Xu Jianhe to say anything more.
The Xiaolin incident has not spread for the time being, and she was hospitalized for taking poison and committing suicide, once these two things are connected by people, they will be spread as jokes, not to mention that she has no face to see people, and her children can't raise their heads.
Xu Jian went to make a long-distance call to his eldest brother, and Huang Chunlan left the hospital alone.
Xu Jian had no choice but to sign the exemption guarantee as required by the doctor, and then chased his mother all the way, and the two walked back to the town.
The eldest brother and the second brother are back, and the brothers and sisters also know the real reason why their mother committed suicide by taking poison.
The second Xu Bing picked up a wooden stick and was about to fight hard with Tian Laofu, but was stopped by the boss Xu Tian.
He reminded Xu Bing: "Things have happened, we can't fight wolves with bare butts anymore." ”
This is an after-break sentence, bare-ass wolf, bold and not ashamed.
The word shame was too heavy at the time. For working families who have no money and no status, the most important thing is to save face.
Although the face is not hungry and cannot quench thirst, it is the key to whether this family of five can raise their heads when they walk on the street.
"If I don't beat him a few sticks, I can't swallow this bad breath." Xu Bing's face was flushed, and he was angry and went around the courtyard.
"You've wounded him, and we've got to pay for his treatment. You beat him to death, and you have to pay for his life. Xu Tian told the second brother the easy-to-understand truth, hoping that he would stop causing chaos in the family.
"Our mother can't let Tian Laofu bully in vain." Xu Jian despises his eldest brother the most, and he is cowardly at a critical moment.
He was in his early twenties, just when his blood was just beginning.
The eldest brother and the second brother cut the queue in the countryside and never came back a few times a year, and he had to face the hot eyes of his neighbors every day.
"Wait a day, let's find a place where no one is, and the fist boy will teach him a good lesson." Don't look at Xu Tianda's cruel words in front of Tian Laofu, and when it comes to action, he can only choose to calm things down.
First, he wants to protect his mother's face, and the bigger this matter is, the more damage it will do to his mother's reputation.
Besides, Mom is not the kind of frivolous person, if she is unwilling, it is impossible for her to go to the grove with Tian Laofu.
Even if Tian Laofu had ill intentions towards his mother, he couldn't forcibly take his mother to the grove.
Mom is home alone all day, Tian Laofu also comes to the house every once in a while to help his mother work, he wants to be bad, and he won't wait until today.
By all indications, this is wishful thinking.
As the eldest son in the family, Xu Tian couldn't tell his thoughts truthfully in front of his two younger brothers. He knew the temper of his two younger brothers when they got angry, and he was afraid that they would overreact.
His younger siblings, including him, are firmly opposed to his mother's remarriage.
"We'd better leave this matter alone and let my mother make up her own mind." Xu Tian announced his decision, angering Xu Jian.
"You're a." Xu Jian opened his mouth and scolded, if there was no second brother to stop him, he would have to do it with his eldest brother.
On the surface, the matter is over for the time being. The anger in Xu Jian's heart was even stronger because of the eldest brother's peace of mind.
He secretly swore that he must make Tian Laofu pay a painful price. Let everyone in the town know that the Xu family is definitely not easy to mess with.
There is no good punch in the so-called fight, and there is no good word in the scolding fight. Xu Jian's original intention was to teach Tian Laofu a lesson, he definitely didn't want to kill Xiao Hei.