"Xiaoyu, look! This is your brother!"

"My brother?"

"That's right! Your brother buried your father. ”

"You fart!"

"I didn't lie to you, your brother buried your father, and my father told me ....... personally"

"If you talk nonsense again, be careful that I beat you!"

.....

In front of the entrance of Zhuwang Village, next to the huge archway stele, 10-year-old Zhu Xiaoyu and his playmate Goudan quarreled because of a relief mural on the stele. Xiaoyu grabbed the collar of the dog's coat and raised her fist to beat him, so frightened that the dogan was covered in chaff, and the rhubarb snot kept bubbling.

"Xiaoyu, I didn't lie, I'm a good boy who doesn't lie!"

"Fuck you!"

.....

Zhu Xiaoyu punched the dog's face, and the two children immediately fought, rolling on the ground, wah-wow, and the adults next to them hurriedly pulled them away.

To say, it is normal for children in the village to fight, but this thing is ...... has also become a lingering shadow in Zhu Xiaoyu's life.

The mural on the stone tablet at the entrance of Zhuwang Village depicts nothing else, but the "Twenty-four Filial Piety Pictures" that promote traditional virtues, in the form of reliefs, illustrated and illustrated on the stone tablet, which is regarded as a ..... A landmark building in Zhuwang Village.

In the twenty-four filial pieties, it is all about how the ancient filial sons and grandchildren were filial to their elders, which has a long history and can be said to be the essence of traditional culture, but it is ...... There are also some unbelievable and even unpleasant places. The wall that the dog egg refers to depicts the story of "Guo Ju'er".

Guo Ju buries that during the Jin Dynasty, there was a man named Guo Ju, who was from a poor family, gave birth to a child with his wife, and raised him until he was three years old. The child's grandmother loves her grandson very much, and if she has anything to eat, she will eat it tightly for her grandson first.

This Guo Ju saw it in his eyes, discussed it with his wife, and said that it was ...... Originally, the family had little to eat, and the mother couldn't eat enough at all, so she had to give her own food to the child, so how could she live for a long time? The child could be reborn, and there was only one mother, so it was better to ...... buried the child, and then dedicated himself to supporting the mother.

His wife did not dare to disobey her husband's wishes, so she ..... The couple was about to bury their three-year-old child alive in the yard, but as soon as they dug the soil, they saw a huge piece of gold in the soil, and a line of small characters was engraved on it, saying that it was ...... God was moved by you Guo Ju, and specially gave you a piece of gold to tide over the difficulties. In this way, the child does not have to be buried alive, and the mother can also take care of it.

To say..... The greatest affection in the world is the love of a son, and even his own son can be buried alive, how mad should this man be.....? But such an ignorant and barbaric and outrageous animal behavior has actually been included in the "Twenty-four Filial Pieties" and has been passed down to this day! The Song people once commented that Guo Ju's heart is worse than that of snakes and scorpions, saying that it is impossible to dig up gold, but that unlucky child ..... Must have been buried alive.

......

Of course..... Zhu Xiaoyu, who was only seven years old, didn't understand this, he ran home and asked his father and mother, did he really have an elder brother and let them be buried alive?

In response to him, of course, there was only a violent beating and an angry scolding. How angry was my father..... It's almost crazy! like in a cartoon..... Like a wolf who wants to eat people! Xiaoyu was so scared that he almost turned his back on him, he had never seen his father so angry!

Of course, the answer he got from his parents was no, but although Xiaoyu was young, it didn't mean that he didn't have his own thoughts, and he still noticed some intriguing clues from his parents' performance.

Father's behavior was too abnormal, he was not such a violent person before, and the more angry he was, it seemed that ..... The more you want to hide something......

And the mother, when she heard her question, she was shocked, and the sadness revealed in the corners of her eyes was more like a soldering iron, which left a deep imprint on Xiaoyu's young heart!

In particular, Aunt Wang, the mother of the dog, ran to the door of the house and scolded like a shrew, some of them were not, dirty and evil, and scolded a lot of them in a mess, which was nothing more than "the past of the year", and what she said was conclusive and vibrant......

Could it be ...... Did my father and mother really bury their brother alive in order to support their grandfather? Is this true? Why did my father just go out and confront others face to face? Although he said..... It's true that my family is quite poor, but it's not so ...... Bury the child alive?

Besides, will Grandpa agree to do that?

It's been three or four years since my grandfather died, so I can't ask? Or ..... There was indeed an elder brother who came before, because he had a physical problem, so he ..... all kinds of terrible conjectures, in Zhu Xiaoyu's young heart, there was no bottom line fermentation.

He remembered..... Parents will never let him go to the backyard alone, saying that there are monsters living on the big locust tree in the backyard, and they will take them away.....! Could it be buried under the big locust tree......? In fact, I have been living with my family?

After this incident, Zhu Xiaoyu no longer dared to ask his parents..... About the "brother", in a suspicious and sad, scared but curious state of mind, growing up day by day. He even sometimes buried himself alive because he was afraid that one day, his parents would be unhappy!

In the years that followed, Zhu Xiaoyu ..... I also tried to go under the big locust tree to find out, but my parents were very strict and couldn't get it at all. Even if they are not at home, Xiaoyu goes to the backyard to check alone, and his parents seem to have clairvoyance, they can catch him every time, and then beat him up fiercely!

After a few times, Xiaoyu didn't dare anymore, he was very afraid of his father's "man-eating wolf" eyes, which made his soul freeze!

......

Fifteen years have passed, Xiaoyu has graduated from college and joined the work, after her mother died the year before last, her father was also seriously ill, and her body was not as good as day by day, and she was about to die, and the hospital had issued a critical illness notice, it is estimated that ..... That's two or three months.

To say..... For parents, Xiaoyu must be love, but ..... He couldn't figure out why his parents refused to tell him the truth about his "brother"? Why did they refuse to say what was hidden under the big locust tree? What kind of excuse did they use to perfunctory themselves as so-called monsters, it was really ridiculous!

When I was a kid..... Scare and scare, Xiaoyu didn't dare to ask anymore, but now that he has grown up, his father is still tight-lipped, which is a little too much!

Even..... When his father entrusted his last words on his deathbed, he didn't tell Xiaoyu anything about the big locust tree. In the end, Xiaoyu couldn't help it, and tapped on the side, and his father only responded with a slight sideways sneer, and then ..... Closed my eyes forever.

After sending his father away and taking care of the aftermath, no one was finally able to stop Xiaoyu from investigating the big locust tree.

In fact, so many years have passed, and the curiosity and fear of the year have become "light and light", even if my parents really did the kind of lack of virtue that Guo Ju buried in the early years, Xiaoyu didn't blame them. After all..... It's all gone.

In fact, during the period when his father was hospitalized, Xiaoyu could have gone to investigate, but he felt that there was no need, what could not be said between father and son? Wouldn't it be better to let his father say it himself? He didn't want to do that kind of sneaky thing behind his back.

However..... His father is really wonderful, and at the last moment, he refused to tell himself the truth, which made Xiaoyu feel speechless!

The family is gone, and they are left with themselves, and it seems that they are ..... Their Zhu family is relatively short-lived, and they can't live too long, grandma left early, and grandpa is considered to be long-lived, at least he can see his grandson. My parents are more pitiful, and they died one after another before they got married.

The old house in the village is empty, and the family is all in the cemetery, what Zhu Xiaoyu is thinking about now is..... If you say, under the big locust tree in the backyard, it's really your brother who is buried, don't be there all the time, it's too pitiful!

Besides, since he works in the city, he doesn't plan to go back to the village in the future, so he can't leave his "brother" there all the time.

So..... After Zhu Xiaoyu cleaned up everything in the old house, he came to the backyard with a shovel at noon one day, wanting to see if there were any bones of his "elder brother" under the locust tree..... and they were to be moved.

Although it is said that over the years, everything has been suspicion and speculation, but the abnormal behavior of my father and mother wants to cover up, Xiaoyu believes it...... There's definitely something down there!

He dug with a shovel and a shovel, and there was nothing around the roots! I even think it's a little boring and funny!..... Are you really over-interpreting your parents?

Was my father's look before he died a contempt for his own crankiness?

Just when Xiaoyu was about to give up, he suddenly ..... In the afterglow, I caught a glimpse of a black wooden box under the dense soil layer of tree roots, revealing the tip of the iceberg!

Seeing this scene, Xiaoyu's heart sighed! Could it be that he ..... This is the coffin of the "elder brother"?

He desperately dug the soil, and the outline of the target gradually became clear, the wooden box was about to grow with the roots, it can be seen that the buried years are not short, and the light rain spent a long time to finally dig it out......

This is a 60 x 40 x 30 cm wooden box, a little larger than the urn, the exterior of the wood is as black as ink, but it is extremely hard, although it is wooden, but the touch is as hard as metal!

Seeing this, Xiaoyu gasped! This wood is an extraordinary product, and it must be worth a lot of money! Could it be that it is the legendary "gloomy wood"? It is worth more than gold!

If you say..... In the early years, because the family was poor and couldn't afford to raise children, if my brother was buried alive, he wouldn't have used such precious wood to decorate the funeral?

Don't..... It's not my brother buried in it, but the treasure that my father left for me?

In Xiaoyu's mind, the bleak and disdainful smile of his father when he was dying appeared again...... Perhaps, he meant to say, you kid go and see for yourself, won't you understand!

The wooden box has no lock, in fact, it is like a shoebox with a lid fastened on it, unlike a coffin or something like that, which Xiaoyu can't wait to open......

More than a dozen years of doubts were about to be revealed! When he finally saw what was inside..... The whole person was stunned all of a sudden, and his brain went blank in an instant!

But when he saw that inside the wooden box, he was ..... There's a cat with a pure black coat on its stomach!

The moment the lid was opened, the guy was raising his head, his eyes narrowing slightly, and the corners of his mouth showed a wicked smile.....! Just like my father's strange and contemptuous sneer when he was dying!