Chapter 16 is hard to tell the good from the bad
"I met the aunt next door at the door of the house, she definitely didn't know what happened to me, but I wondered why I didn't go home for so long, I suddenly went home, but I still told me very enthusiastically, I wanted to go to her house for dinner at noon, and said to make me a table I like to eat, I didn't dare to answer, for fear of dragging them down, these neighbors who have taken care of me for several years just rushed home. I opened the door and returned to this dusty home, I took the bed blanket and wrapped myself in the corner, shivering in the corner, speaking of the three years of being outside, looking infinitely beautiful, not afraid of the sky, but after all, I was still a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy. At that moment, I really didn't know what to do, the six brothers who said that they would bow together, and they had tattooed together and said that they would walk hand in hand for a lifetime, but suddenly four of them were hacked to death, and the eldest ran away alone, and my mind was very empty at that time, and I had no ideas at all. I hid until the night and did not move, and the neighbor's uncle and aunt knocked on the door for a while, and when they saw that I did not answer, they pushed open the door and walked in, lighting the oil lamp and holding the lunch box. When I was asked if something had happened in front of the hill, I told them everything that had happened. I remember very well what Uncle Na told me. ”
"Xiaoshanqian, a long time ago, when you mixed with that group of people, we all persuaded you, people still have to take the right path, this kind of crooked way may start faster than living a down-to-earth life, but after all, it will not go long, and I am afraid that something will happen. But you don't listen to what we say, and even if you don't come back if you talk too much, we are very worried about what happens to you, and sure enough, you will meet a ghost sooner or later after walking too much at night, this time you hit the iron plate, and it is a good thing to know that you are afraid, at least you know that you are wrong, and you know that you will not be so careless when you are afraid. This time the matter is very serious, but to be honest, the fault is not you, it has nothing to do with you, the thing is done by them, you just look at it on the side, at most it is a joint and several responsibility, but the nephew of the king of Youzhou must be big, the first time he came to Youzhou to play, he was thrown out of the casino by you, and where to put the face of the king of Youzhou, it turns out that there are officers and soldiers everywhere in the city today because of your affairs. Those of us neighbors who watched you grow up say that we must not have the ability to keep you from talking to Youwang, and all we can do is try to keep you from being discovered. Okay, you can stay here in peace, we will tell you about the changes in the matter as soon as possible, you stay honest first, think about how to go in the future, men can make mistakes, but they can't always be wrong. ”
The old man looked at me with confused eyes, "Do you want to ask me, how did I escape this catastrophe in the end, and I survived the city's search?"
I said directly: "Yes, it stands to reason that it is not very simple for the King of You to arrest someone under his rule, is it not possible for the King of You to arrest you if he wants to." ”
The old man smiled: "This is actually quite complicated, if you want to say that the king wants to arrest me, he must have wanted to arrest me at first, but when he came to search for me, I was already hiding at home, the casino is half a city away from my house, and several people who first knew about me in the casino were beheaded, and the rest of the gamblers were also arrested, and I haven't been home for several years, and they really don't know where my home is." On the second day, another thing happened, and the king of Youwang definitely didn't want to arrest me anymore, and it slowly became thunderous and rainy, and then after a while, it was hastily done. Moreover, the neighbor's uncle was really protective of me, on the first day I was hiding at home, the next day before dawn, my uncle was afraid that someone would know my address and deliberately hid me in his cellar, it was really a dark month, I stayed in the cellar for at least a month, eating, drinking, and sleeping in that cellar, it was like being in prison, and I relied on my uncle and aunt to send me food. If they hadn't raised me, I would have died by then. ”
"Did something happen the next day?"
"That night, after interrogating the gamblers who were present, we learned that two more people had escaped, and later the painter drew a portrait of the two of us. Early the next morning, we posted our wanted portraits, the boss was set at five hundred taels, and I was set at three hundred taels, as long as I could provide clues, the achievement was eight hundred taels of silver, do you know how much astronomical eight hundred taels is for a flat-headed commoner? At that time, everyone in the city moved, just to catch the two of us, of course, I didn't know this, I only listened to my uncle and aunt after a long time. As a result, the place where the boss was hiding was reported that day, and it is also not a strange thing for a person who calculates his brother to be betrayed, it can be regarded as a report and a report. He was dragged all the way to the government office on the street, and when he heard that he had gone to the mansion for half his life, when he arrived at the government office, he began to kneel and beg for mercy, saying that everything had nothing to do with him, he was just a casino boy, and he pushed everything on me and my dead brothers. But no matter what he said, he was not a person without the truth, and in the end, the nephew of the King of Darkness still let the guards drag him out and cut him down in a fit of anger. After cutting him, the king of Youwang came forward and said that it was not good to say this, and it was almost too angry to come out, and I had a chance to live. After I had been in the cellar for a month, my uncle saw that things had almost subsided, and when he arranged for his own son's caravan to deliver for insurance, he crushed me under the crate, and the eldest brother who went out of the city told me that my portrait was still on the gate of the city at that time, and that I was really grateful to the family for taking such a big risk for me. Later, I was a soldier in Axe Prefecture for ten years, until I finally got a few dozen taels of silver when I was discharged from the army, I thought about going back to Youzhou to repay their family, but when I returned to Youzhou, it was already a thing, it turned out that the place where I lived became a rich area in Youzhou, and the neighbors had moved away, and I couldn't find their news at all, I was originally from Youzhou, and I didn't want to wander around anymore, so I simply settled down in Youzhou, and I have who I am today. ”
I stared at the old man of the mountain, thinking to myself, what kind of yard do you live in, is it much more uncomfortable for your wife and children to heat the kang head. "That's not right, Master Shan, why do you live in the freight yard if you have a home, isn't it good to live at home. ”
Shan Ye smiled bitterly, "Haha, of course I also know that it is better to have a home to go home, but my home is long gone, my wife is disgusted with me, and my temper is too irritable and always quarrels, and when I come home from the freight yard one day, she has already left a note saying that she left with the child, and wants me not to go to her, to find her? And then it came all the way to the me you see now, the me who has nothing. ”
"Master Shan, how can you say that you have nothing, you have such a precious memory, at least you worked hard when you were young, although the final result was not good, but at least you worked hard. ”
"Young people are young people in the end, give me another chance, I will never choose to go this way, I will definitely listen to everyone's persuasion, that is, people are too small and their hearts are higher than the sky, if I can listen to the elders at that time, honest and down-to-earth, I will definitely live much better than now." People have dreams when they are young, but how many can really make their dreams come true. Okay, I'm almost drunk today, and I'm a little tired after telling the story for so long, let's leave, boy, you have to rest early and work tomorrow. ”
At this time, there were only me and the old man in the dining hall, and before I knew it, an hour had passed, and the time was not early. "That's it, Master Shan, let's go wash and get ready to sleep, Master Shan's story is really exciting. ”
"Hehe, who doesn't have a story, it's a pity if you don't have two stories to tell people in your life. ”
I lay in bed after washing up this night, and my mood has changed a lot from last night. The reality is very different from what I imagined, not everything is what I want, and even the simplest of moving goods is not easy. I don't have any other ideas, let's do it steadily, I should exercise and exercise, I should work and work, anyway, there is no better way out, take a step at a time, this moving goods is tired, and it has not yet reached the point where I can't accept it, why can't I do it, if I can't bear this bit of hardship, what kind of dreams do I have, thinking about it, I fell asleep after a day of physical work, and slept more heavily than usual.
It's a new day when I open my eyes, compared to the first day, I have to adapt a lot, and I stood in front of the big strong team with Shan Ye, and the work has become easier and more convenient, so it is different from Shan Ye's earliest imagination, and it didn't make Wei Tan's wishful thinking come true, although the freight yard didn't lose anything, but I did persevere. It's a repetitive toil, day after day.
The daily life can be regarded as monotonous, in addition to moving goods is to practice martial arts, after more than two months of life in the freight yard, I have completely adapted to it, and the cultivation of the fifth layer also tends to be perfect, and the body muscles are becoming more and more condensed. Regardless of whether Wei Tan was trying to cheat me out of money or sincerely pointed me out, but the freight yard is indeed quite suitable for me at present, and I gradually understand that what I need to do now is to polish my sharpness, so that I can calm down and no longer seem too impetuous.
It's also good to mix with Shan Ye every day, although Shan Ye doesn't have great skills, he knows a lot about how to behave in the world. You don't have to deliberately teach, you can learn from ordinary life, whether it's working or dealing with people, I will learn very carefully, the mountain master has joked that I have been many times, you don't have to learn from him, he has no interest in learning from him and can't learn anything famous. But I don't think so, I think that if you have the opportunity to have time, you should learn more, whether you can use it in the future or not, and it is always good to master some small skills that are better for surviving in this society.
In this way, day by day, because I am young but very down-to-earth, can work hard, and never cheat, I have become friends with many people, including a few young people who take the lead, and they will warmly invite me to work together in their groups.