In the most prominent part of the hut, a photograph hangs.

In the gray-and-white photo, there is an old man in good spirits.

The long braids are coiled twice, the eyebrows are erect like swords, and the eyes below them contain a little bit of deep and sharp brilliance.

This is by no means an ordinary old man, and the high raised temples on both sides of his eyebrows and eyes mean that he is an extremely high cultivation master of the inner family.

The deceased old man was smiling kindly, smiling at a baby.

The baby is lying in the arms of a middle-aged woman on the bed below the photo.

The middle-aged woman didn't laugh, she couldn't laugh, she looked at her fifth child with some melancholy and some irritation.

From time to time, I would look up at the door and listen for movements.

Not long after, a man walked in through the door.

After a busy day, he had just returned home from work, his white temples were dripping with sweat, his face was full of exhaustion, and his rough hands stained with dirt were still trembling slightly.

But the man tried his best to show a gentle smile.

"I'm back. ”

The woman smiled reluctantly, and gently put the baby in her arms aside, and she struggled to get out of bed, trying several times without success.

"Don't move. The man hurriedly stepped forward to hold the woman.

"My body is really worse day by day, I am tired and panicked all day long, and I can't even move for a while, and when you come back after a busy day, I haven't even prepared dinner. The woman sighed and rebuked herself.

"Just after giving birth, rest more. The man comforted, "As for dinner, I'll cook some food later, and I'll just make do with it." ”

"Well, here you go, I found two more odd jobs with cash today, and I specially bought them to supplement your body and your children. The man laughed, and as if by magic, he took out two small jars of milk and handed them to the woman.

The woman held the milk, and after a long hesitation, she finally mustered up the courage to say what she had hidden in her heart:

"Brother Liang, let's not raise this child, okay, we have raised four, this fifth, when it was just born, it will look empty, I know that it is difficult to feed at a glance, I don't want you to work too hard, it's better to ......"

"The flesh that crawled out of your belly is flowing with our blood and bones, how can you not raise it!" The man's face was grim and he said, "It is natural for a man to support his family, for you and the child, I don't work hard." ”

"Hmm......" The woman grabbed the corners of her clothes with both hands and lowered her head.

The two stopped talking and snuggled up to each other.

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......

I don't know how long it took, but I don't know who spoke first: "Feng Zai, you're fifteen years old." ”

In Beiping, there is an old rule that children from poor families must go out of the house and earn a living on their own when they reach the age of 15.

"Rules are dead, people are alive. It's still up to him to see what he means, if he wants to go, let's not stay, if he doesn't want to go, follow me in the future, do some odd jobs, and eat together. ”

"Fifteen-year-old children, they have to learn skills in the first two years, but they can't earn money, and besides, our family is like this......"

Before the woman could finish speaking, she saw a little girl barefoot, hurrying in, and without saying a word, she knelt down directly, first kowtowed three times to the gray statue of the old man, and then kowtowed to the man and the woman.

"Bao'er, what's wrong with you, what are you doing?" the man was startled, stood up, grabbed the little girl, and asked with a frown.

"Big brother asked me to kowtow for him. Dad, mother, big brother is gone!" Bao'er finished speaking, and she cried loudly with a "wow".

"The second brother just stopped him, you go and persuade the eldest brother to let him come back!"

However, after the man and the woman looked at each other, they did not move.

It's just that on both sides of the woman's eyes, she can't help shedding two lines of tears, and the man's trembling hands are clenched into fists.

......

......

Gu Fengyang and Gu Qinghe stood at the mouth of the alley.

The wind blew, whipped up the water in the riverside by the road, and went all the way.

"Daddy won't come. Gu Fengyang turned around, looked at the empty alley in front of him, and said.

Gu Qinghe was silent for a while.

"I know. He said, not moving.

Gu Fengyang looked at his younger brother, and on that young and immature face, he only saw calmness.

And Gu Qinghe was not such a person, but half a month ago, he fell from a certain stone step, and he fell directly and did not wake up, and after being in a coma for two days and three nights, he woke up again, as if he was replaced by another person.

But Gu Qinghe is still Gu Qinghe, because he has a Gu Qinghe's face.

"It turns out that among the brothers and sisters, you are the most uneasy, following the martial arts disciples day and night, and only want to learn kung fu secretly......"

Gu Feng babbled some words, and Gu Qinghe listened quietly.

"It's so reassuring that you're suddenly like this. After I leave, take care of my younger siblings, and don't let my parents worry too much, they are not easy to ......."

"Give!" Gu Fengyang took out a knife and handed it to Gu Qinghe.

It is a thin, narrow but very sharp knife, which Gu Fengyang has polished himself and has been with him for a long time.

"In the future, whoever dares to bully you will show his sword. ”

Gu Qinghe didn't take the knife.

"You need it more than I do. ”

"No, in the rivers and lakes at the bottom of Beiping, there is no knife to see. Gu Fengyang's smile was slightly bitter, "At least I can't see it, this is the rule." ”

"Rules ......"

Gu Qinghe muttered these two words.

The knife, already in his hands.

He gently stroked the slender and long knife, and on the calm face of the original Gu Jing Wubo, a little struggle suddenly appeared, he took a deep breath, and said: "Brother, in fact, you don't have to go, give me a little more time, as long as I give me a little more time, I can ......"

"I'm your brother. His words were interrupted by Gu Fengyang.

"Besides, leaving home at the age of fifteen is also the rule. ”

Without any more words, Gu Fengyang waved his hand and strode away, heading towards the unknown future in the distance.

Gu Qinghe looked at the back that was gradually moving away, he was stunned in place, for a while, put away the knife, and wanted to turn around and go home.

But the next moment, he touched the eyebrow on his right eye and stopped again.

His eyebrows were broken, and there was a thick brown scab on them.

He stretched out his fingers, clasped them on the blood scab, and without the slightest hesitation, tore them fiercely!

"Shhh

Blood splattered out, instantly staining the entire right eye red.

Red eyes, like the moon.

Gu Qinghe's eyes widened, his face became ancient again, he put the blood scab in his mouth and chewed it slowly.

"Rules?" he repeated.

"In this world, one day, there will be my rules!"

The wind stopped, the river slowly calmed down, and the waning moon rose.

This year, Gu Fengyang was fifteen years old.

His younger brother, Gu Qinghe, was only twelve years old......