"Beat, hit me hard" At the intersection of the village at the foot of the mountain in the early morning, six or seven eleven or twelve-year-old boys beat a black-clothed boy on the ground, a little fat man stood next to him and shouted, listening to the shouting of the village chief's son Wang Xiaopang, six or seven teenagers worked harder on their fists and feet.

The sound kept sounding, a cloud of dust was raised on the ground, but the young man lying on the ground tightly protected the cloth bag in his arms, but his eyes were calm, and there was no other emotion because of the beating.

"Hehe, Jiuge, I said why I haven't seen you in the past two days, it turned out that I ran into the mountains, why didn't I beat you for two days, I don't know the rules, didn't I say that I told you to see me walking around, otherwise I will beat you once I see you" Wang Xiaopang's face shook as he spoke, and saliva continued to splash out.

Hearing this, the young man on the ground raised his head, and the washed white black cloth clothes were full of footprints, but he couldn't hide his sturdy figure under the clothes, and the dust on his face couldn't hide the young man's delicate appearance, just because he had been in the mountain for two days, his slightly immature little face was a little haggard, and he first began to calm his eyes because of the loss of time at this time, he seemed a little anxious and impatient.

Thinking of the old man at home, Jiu Ge calmed down the anger in his heart a little, "Xiao Fat, I'll beat you too, I've almost had enough of it today, my grandfather is a little sick this time, I went into the mountains to hunt some game to replenish my grandfather's body, I'm in a hurry to go home, what's there tomorrow Let's talk about it" Thinking that the old man at home who picked himself up and raised him was seriously ill, Jiu Ge's tone became more and more anxious.

"Yo he, there is still game, leave the things in the bag in your arms, you go back, or you will know the consequences" Wang Xiaopang's face trembled with fat, and after speaking, several teenagers around him surrounded him again.

Jiu Ge looked at this face and became angry, usually relying on himself to be the son of the village chief and bullying himself with the children who were almost the same age in the village, in order not to disappoint and worry about the old man at home, he had always endured and kept silent, and if he had any forbearance, he would pass, thinking about all the things he used to have.

Jiu Ge became completely impatient, "I said, these two hares are for my grandfather's body, I want to eat and hunt for you another day, but now I have to go back in a hurry" frowned and stared at Wang Xiaopang, and pursed his mouth.

"Bah, grandpa, you wild seed with no father and no mother, that old immortal thing is going to die if you eat anything, I have to eat today, hum, if you don't give it to you today, don't think about going back, if you don't beat you, I will have your surname" Wang Xiaopang put one hand on his waist and pointed at Jiuge with the other, and roared domineeringly.

Jiu Ge suddenly stood up when he heard this, his pupils shrank and a little bloodshot appeared, no matter how he scolded himself and beat himself, he couldn't care, but if someone didn't respect the old man, he couldn't do it, listening to those words that were disrespectful to the old man, and the long-suppressed anger couldn't help it.

"Bang bang bang..." Jiu Ge struggled to push away the two teenagers who were approaching him, and punched Wang Xiaopang who was standing on the side with a few fists, and his shouts were a little hoarse. "Ahhhh Hit him for me" The pig-like scream sounded, and the pain on his face also made Wang Xiaopang hysterical, and the surrounding teenagers rushed towards Jiu Ge desperately when they heard the shout.

The dust flew up, Jiu Ge mixed with six or seven teenagers, his fists and thighs were constantly squandering hard, and from time to time there were screams and the sound of fists hitting **.

Wang Xiaopang's father is the village chief of Wangjia Village, and he is also a big family in the village, these six or seven teenagers have an average family background, and they follow Wang Xiaopang to run errands every day, where is Jiu Ge has been an opponent who has been hunting and collecting medicine in the mountains since he was a child, and after a while, six or seven teenagers with blue noses and swollen faces and covered with dust ran back to their homes one after another,

Jiu Ge turned around and walked towards Wang Xiaopang with an angry face, "Don't come here, what are you going to do, rabbit, I don't want you to go back, I won't take anyone to bully you anymore" Wang Xiaopang slowly retreated, and shouted loudly in horror, his eyes were full of fear, because of fear, the fat on his face didn't shake.

Jiu Ge didn't care about Wang Xiaopang's roar, kicked Wang Xiaopang to the ground with an indifferent look, rode on his body and hit the face that had been disgusting for a long time, and after the fight, he lost his breath and picked up the cloth bag on the ground and patted the dust, pointed at Wang Xiaopang with his right hand and shouted, "If you don't make a noise before, it doesn't mean that you're afraid of you, and your mouth will be cleaner in the future, otherwise you will see who cleans up whom." Wang Xiaopang's whole face on the ground had been swollen, the tears and dust on his face were mixed together, looking at Jiu Ge's indifferent eyes, Wang Xiaopang's lips trembled slightly, he didn't say anything, he slowly got up and ran home with two panda eyes.

The fat butt twisted and pinched while running and looked back at Jiu Ge with a little fear, and after running for a short time to make sure that Jiu Ge couldn't catch up, he shouted vaguely with a crying voice, "Jiu Ge, you wait to go back and tell my father, this matter is not over" After speaking, regardless of Jiu Ge's reaction, he ran quickly, Jiu Ge smiled disdainfully, patted his own dust, and walked towards his house, the old man at home was still waiting for him.

Although he was angry, but thinking about beating Wang Xiaopang, his father would definitely not give up, Wang Xiaopang's father was the same as a Tuhuang Emperor in the village, arrogant and domineering, relying on a little money at home, and some family members and subordinates. Jiu Ge's heart was a little heavy, and the good mood of going into the mountains to hunt two hares was gone, so he walked to his door with his heart.

A small courtyard, a brick house, next to the adobe house with a fence made of wood for a few pigs, although the house is relatively shabby compared to the other houses in the village, but this is his own home, a place where he has lived for twelve years and brings warmth. Smelling the familiar smell of grass and soil in the yard at home, and the smell of pig dung wafting out of the fence, Zhao Jiuge's mood improved inexplicably, putting aside the unpleasantness just now, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and his face was filled with a faint smile.

"Grandpa, I'm back, see what I bring you back" Before entering the door, Jiu Ge couldn't wait to shout loudly, "Crunch" pushed open the door that was not closed tightly, the door was made of wooden planks by itself, because it had been used for a long time, the wooden door and the sliding base below made a friction sound, as if witnessing the old man's sad life all his life, and now the old man ran out of oil and the lamp dried up, as if it was also telling sorrow.

Pushing open the door, the scene in the room gradually came into view, because the house was a adobe house, for a long time after the rain, there was a faint damp musty smell in the house, smelling the smell, Zhao Jiuge's face was slightly complicated, and the musty smell that could not be dispersed shrouded a trace of haze in the heart of the young and sensible Jiuge.

The room was very empty around the room, there were no valuable items, there were some sundries scattered on the ground, and there was a wooden horse in the corner, which was his playmate throughout his childhood, and a large wooden bed was placed in the middle, looking at the old man still lying on the bed Zhao Jiuge breathed a sigh of relief. Years of life have long been dependent on this old man, where there are old people is home, and where there are old people, it is warm.

But when I thought of being seriously ill and just falling, my heart hung up again, and the old man on the bed was full of white hair, his face was full of kind smiles, and the wrinkles witnessed the growth and aging of the old man, and he couldn't hide the twilight coming from his body. Looking at the seriously ill old man, Zhao Jiuge clenched his fists with his five fingers, his mouth was tightly pursed, and a sense of powerlessness came to his heart.

"Jiu Ge is back, grandpa is still worried about you, he didn't come back all night, come and sit with grandpa, explain some things to you, I'm afraid that I won't wake up when I fall asleep one day, and I won't see you again." Listening to Grandpa's words, Jiu Ge felt a little flustered in his heart, no matter how calm and strong his heart was, he was still a child. Thinking that the old man was left one day, he was left alone, and suddenly his nose felt blocked, and his eyes were a little moist.

"Grandpa, you'll be fine, I'll go to the city tomorrow, I'll go into the mountains to hunt and change the medicine and ask the doctor to come, I don't want grandpa to leave me" The voice was choked, and there was more of a sense of helplessness. "Silly child, the common situation of old age, sickness and death, grandpa just can't rest assured of you, I remember that year when I went to the city and saw you still in swaddling clothes on the official road, I didn't expect that more than ten years have passed. The old man's eyes flowed with brilliance, and he recalled all the previous embarrassments.

"Grandpa has nothing for you, except for an ancestral jade pendant and this dilapidated house, your usual treatment in the village Grandpa also knows a little, if I leave one day, you will go out in the future, the outside world is very exciting, ordinary people can't finish it in their lives" Jiu Ge listened to his grandfather's instructions and couldn't calm down for a long time, grandpa's panic and helplessness in case he passed away one day, and his desire for the outside world were all impacting Jiu Ge's heart. His lips opened slightly, trembled a few times and then closed, and his dark eyes were confused.

After speaking, the old man took out the jade pendant from under the pillow, the jade pendant presented a cuboid, and the whole body was dark and black, and I didn't know what animal pattern was carved in the middle, the dragon head and the cow body and the deer tail. After putting it on Jiu Ge, Jiu Ge gently touched the jade pendant, and the jade pendant didn't know what material it was made of. Entering the cold, Zhao Jiuge's eyes widened and he was a little surprised, the temperature of this jade pendant.

The grandfather and grandson in the house seem to have endless words, and the old man and the young man may know in their hearts that there are not many such warm days, so they cherish every moment of every day.

It's just that no one noticed the grandfather and grandson in the exchange, and the originally dark jade pendant suddenly flashed with a dark light, and then returned to calm and became its original appearance.

The soft whispering in the room continued, the sound of wafting out of the house through the wooden window, the sun in the sky outside the house bathed the entire house courtyard in a layer of golden yellow, the warm time continued, maybe Zhao Jiuge's heart was as warm as the sun outside the window at this moment.

At noon, smoke rose over the mountain village. In the courtyard, Jiu Ge skillfully dissected the hare with a knife, pulled out the skin, and bleed step by step to complete it in an orderly manner, and cut the meat with a knife after finishing it, the whole action was completely subconscious, and the eyes were a little sluggish, although the grandfather's condition was serious, the condition was not very good, and he felt inexplicably uncomfortable, but he still wanted the old man not to worry about himself in the time. Let the old man see his strong and independent side.

The smell of the hare's blood stimulated Zhao Jiuge's nerves, as if he tasted the smell of death, thinking of the old man who ran out of oil and the lamp was dry, looking at the hare in pain and struggling, Zhao Jiuge suddenly felt a little unbearable.

Suddenly, a noisy sound gradually came from far to near from outside the courtyard, breaking the tranquility of the village under the mountain, the sound was close Jiu Ge heard the footsteps and scolding of a group of people, his face changed, he forgot what happened in the morning because of the sadness of his grandfather's serious illness, and remembered again, Wang Xiaopang's father, Wang Dazhuang, brought someone to find it.

Wang Dazhuang led Wang Xiaopang and rushed into the courtyard with his subordinates, Wang Xiaopang's face was already covered with potion, and he looked a little funny, Wang Dazhuang's eyes were sunken, his body was straight, but his stomach was fat, because his frowns were furrowed, giving people a gloomy feeling.

"Zhao Jiuge, you are a wild seed, there are things that are not taught by your mother, you beat my baby son like this, if you don't give an explanation today, I won't demolish your house, and I, the village chief, will be in vain" Wang Dazhuang, who is nearly fifty years old, is very painful, and he is reluctant to fight, reluctant to scold, this morning, when he saw his son come back with a bruised face, he was anxious and angry, and asked the doctor to rub the medicine, so he brought his son to seek justice now. As soon as they met, they scolded wildly regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one.

Zhao Jiuge sighed, pursed his mouth lightly, and his face was a little nervous, "It was your little fat who did it first, and I only fought back when he scolded my grandfather, I didn't fight back when he did it before, if it wasn't for my grandfather who was seriously ill and was in a hurry to come back today, I wouldn't have cleaned him up" Looking at the group of people in the courtyard in front of the house, they just wanted to send away early, and they didn't want to alarm the grandfather in the room. Patiently explained softly.

"Hmph, I only saw my son being beaten like this, Lao Tzu has to teach you a lesson today," Wang Dazhuang shouted viciously.

"Ahem, what's wrong with Jiu Ge" The old man heard the noise outside and got out of bed with a cane and came out of the room, Jiu Ge saw that he immediately stepped forward to help the old man and told the old man what happened in the morning, and he was secretly anxious, the more he didn't want the old man to worry, the more he caused an accident, the old man was seriously ill, and he couldn't help but regret his recklessness in the morning.

After listening to what happened, the old man's face was full of apologies, and he endured his physical discomfort and panted weakly, "Village Chief Wang, this matter is wrong with my family's Jiuge, I asked him to apologize to your little fatty, children are not sensible, you adults have a lot of this matter."

The corners of Wang Dazhuang's mouth twitched lightly, and he sneered, "If you don't die, forget it, either lose money or drive your grandfather and grandson out of the village with broken legs" did not sympathize with the old man's serious illness at all, but became even more angry.

"Hmph, if there is a father, there must be a son, and the mouth is the same smelly" Jiu Ge looked at Wang Dazhuang coldly, originally looking at the old man who was already weak and forced to smile in front of Wang Dazhuang, Zhao Jiu Ge felt uncomfortable in his heart, a burst of sourness, hearing the disrespect of Wang Dazhuang's words, his stubborn temper came up again.

After speaking, he raised his head slightly, leaned down, and frowned tightly, "I beat the person, you can beat me and scold me, I admit it, but this matter has nothing to do with my grandfather," looking at Zhao Jiuge proudly like a little lion Wang Da Zhuang, he couldn't control the anger in his heart, "You are a little wild seed with a mother and no mother's education," Wang Dazhuang said, his face was full of fierce light, and he hit Jiu Ge with a stick.

Jiu Ge looked at the stick that came to his face, with a sharp stabbing sound in the air, his face changed slightly, his pupils dilated, and he wanted to dodge with his young and vigorous posture, but the old man standing next to him was anxious to protect his grandson, watching Wang Dazhuang hit his grandson with a stick, and hurriedly blocked his whole body in front of Jiu Ge without hesitation.

A muffled "bang" hit the old man's body, and his already fragile body suddenly fell to the ground, blood splashed in his mouth, and his eyes were slightly closed, seeing that there was qi in and out.

Wang Dazhuang was dumbfounded, a little flustered in his heart, after all, killing people is not a trivial matter, although the old man originally ran out of oil and dried up, "This... This... This matter is compensated in this way, you beat my little fat, I beat your grandfather with a stick, this matter is not owed to each other, Zhao Jiuge, you hurry up and take a look at your grandfather, let's go" After speaking, his face turned pale, and his limbs stiffly took Wang Xiaopang and the family members away in a panic.

"Grandpa..."Zhao Jiuge watched his grandfather hold his breath and shouted loudly and angrily, kneeling helplessly beside the old man while pulling and crying Grandpa, but no matter how he called, the old man on the ground was motionless. As the sun set, the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the courtyard, and Zhao Jiuge cried softly beside the old man's corpse. The voice grew hoarse and finally disappeared.

I don't know how long I knelt beside the old man like this, Zhao Jiuge gradually stopped his tears, his eyes were full of hatred, because his crying voice was hoarse, his hands slowly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and let the breeze blow on his face. calmed his mood, and suddenly a calmness and coldness that did not fit his age appeared on Zhao Jiuge's face, full of hideousness. Turned around and went back to the room, packed up his things, carried his back on his back, picked up the hunting knife, hugged his grandfather's corpse, and walked slowly and hard up the mountain step by step.