"You are a bastard!"
From the day Zhao Tiezhu became sensible, this sentence seemed to have become his identity. He had never seen his mother, but his father always used this sentence to humiliate him, which made him feel inferior since he was a child. He even dared not to play with the children in the village easily. Perhaps subconsciously, he had already regarded himself as a "bastard".
As Zhao Tiezhu grew up, he gradually understood what "bastard" meant. He couldn't understand why his father had always spoken ill of him since he was a child. He asked his father several times, but his father never gave Zhao Tiezhu a good look. Until one day, Zhao Tiezhu took advantage of his father being drunk and got the secret out of his father's heart that had been buried for many years.
Zhao Tiezhu's father has lived in Heishan Village since he was a child. When he reached a certain age, it was time for him to get married, but his family was very poor and no girl had ever been interested in him. Finally, when Zhao Tiezhu's father was almost 30 years old, a girl from a neighboring village finally fell in love with Zhao Tiezhu's father and he was an honest man. The two of them fell in love and soon held a wedding.
Weddings in rural areas are actually just worshipping heaven and earth and drinking wedding wine, which is generally quite simple. Of course, in addition to these, there is another uncivilized custom in rural areas that has been preserved to this day, and that is making noise.
In rural areas, everyone thinks that if there is no quarrel, it is not considered a marriage, and that there will definitely be no happiness after marriage, so there are more and more kinds of quarrels and the behavior is getting worse and worse.
Zhao Tiezhu's father got married that day. Although the family was poor, they still pooled money to make the wedding very lively. Zhao Tiezhu's father was so happy that he kept toasting everyone at each table and soon became drunk and unconscious.
After the banquet, the people who came to congratulate left one after another, leaving only Zhao Tiezhu's father's friends who were ready to make trouble. There were four friends in total, who had grown up with Zhao Tiezhu's father. They were the village chief, Liu Datou (Liu Zhenren), Li Jianmin and Zhang Guozhong.
Since Zhao Tiezhu's father was already drunk and unconscious,
It was late at night and no matter how Zhao Tiezhu's mother cried for help, no one showed up. After Li Jianmin and his three companions finished their business, they did not even think of apologizing for their actions and left Zhao Tiezhu's house in a swagger. It was not until the next morning when Zhao Tiezhu's father sobered up that he knew what had happened the night before.
Although they had had sex in the past two months, Zhao Tiezhu's father refused to believe that this was his child. He used threats and inducements to force him to abort the child, but Zhao Tiezhu's mother refused to do so. The two quarreled about this matter every day, but Zhao Tiezhu's strong mother persisted in this harsh environment and finally lived until Zhao Tiezhu was born.
Perhaps because he saw that the child was still young, Zhao Tiezhu's father, who had become violent at first, finally accepted the child. However, the psychological grudge did not disappear. He treated Zhao Tiezhu not like a father at all, but more like a pet owner.
More than a year of mental torture had already pushed Zhao Tiezhu's mother to the brink of mental collapse. Finally, when Zhao Tiezhu was half a year old, his mother chose to commit suicide to end her miserable life.
After Zhao Tiezhu's mother committed suicide, the village chief Li Jianmin and four others guessed why she committed suicide, but they remained silent and never mentioned what happened. The cowardly Zhao Tiezhu's father chose to remain silent. However, from then on, Zhao Tiezhu's father almost cut off contact with the four friends, and his personality became more and more silent. He never showed his emotions in front of the villagers, but he was able to take out the anger he had accumulated on his son Zhao Tiezhu, causing Zhao Tiezhu's character to become more and more cowardly like his father.
After learning about his life story, although Zhao Tiezhu was often influenced by his father, who said that his mother was a shameless woman, Zhao Tiezhu felt from the bottom of his heart that his mother was actually a pitiful and strong woman, otherwise she would not have chosen to commit suicide after giving birth to him. At the same time, he also longed for maternal love, as he had never felt paternal love.
Soon, Zhao Tiezhu grew up. Like other rural children in other places, he dropped out of school early and went home to help with farming. He often went out of Heishan Village with his friends to play in the city. Gradually, Zhao Tiezhu felt that he could not stay in Heishan Village all his life and he wanted to go to a big city to try his luck.
The hot-blooded Zhao Tiezhu told his father about his idea. As expected, his father scolded him in person. Zhao Tiezhu was so scared that he never dared to mention this matter again.
Two years later, Zhao Tiezhu and his childhood sweetheart Pan Jinlian confirmed their relationship. Their relationship developed rapidly and they were soon going to get married. According to Zhao Tiezhu's idea, he would first hold a banquet in the village and then take his girlfriend out to work to earn more money. But who knew that even at this point, his father still refused to let him go.
"You can get married, and you can live here after marriage, but I tell you, don't ever think of leaving me in this life! I worked so hard to raise a bastard like you, and now I'm seriously ill, do you want to leave so easily? Let me tell you, if you dare to leave secretly, I will tell everyone about your life story, and make you a bastard who can't hold your head up for the rest of your life!"
From childhood to adulthood, no matter how his father insulted and abused him, Zhao Tiezhu would not care too much, thinking that his father was just angry about what happened in the past, which was understandable. But now he heard such words from his father, which undoubtedly made Zhao Tiezhu heartbroken, and he gradually began to hate his father.
The hatred accumulated in his heart over the years gradually erupted, causing the relationship between Zhao Tiezhu and his father to become increasingly worse. In the end, Zhao Tiezhu rarely went home to sleep and spent most of his time outside, thinking about how to convince his father. After all, Zhao Tiezhu had inherited his father's emphasis on reputation. In his worldview, if the news that he was a "bastard" were to be known by outsiders, he would definitely be looked down upon by everyone, including his girlfriend.
Perhaps because of his old age, Zhao Tiezhu's father's health condition is getting worse and worse. He has to rely on drugs every day to prevent his heart disease from recurring. Zhao Tiezhu has to return home and take care of his father's diet and daily life every day. However, deep in Zhao Tiezhu's heart, he actually hopes that his father can die early, so that the shackles on him can be completely removed.
When Zhao Tiezhu said this, a relieved smile appeared on his face, and all the villagers present were silent. Perhaps they were all very surprised that Zhao Tiezhu, who had lived in Heishan Village since childhood, had such an experience as a child. They also did not expect that Zhao Tiezhu's father was such a person.
Several police officers had already separated Zhao Tiezhu from the crowd, but Zhao Tiezhu didn't care and continued to tell his story.
The opportunity that triggered all this happened was about a month ago, when Zhao Tiezhu was once again asked by his girlfriend whether it was suitable to get married. Zhao Tiezhu, who was in a bad mood, got angry at his girlfriend for the first time and went to an Internet cafe in the city to play games and relax.
Due to his bad mood, Zhao Tiezhu felt bored after playing for a while and was about to watch a movie to kill time, but he found that the person sitting next to him was a weirdo wearing a black windbreaker and covering himself tightly with a mask, hat and sunglasses.
Although the man was dressed strangely, Zhao Tiezhu only took a glance at him and continued watching the movie. But who would have thought that the weirdo would actually approach Zhao Tiezhu and say, "You seem to be distracted from playing games. You must be worried about something. If there is something you can't solve, why don't you tell me and let me enlighten you. I promise to give you a satisfactory answer."
For some reason, Zhao Tiezhu was completely unguarded at the time and told the stranger in front of him all the troubles he had encountered since childhood without reservation.
After hearing this, the strange man pondered for a moment, then asked, "I roughly understand your experience, but do you know who is the culprit who caused you to become like this?"
Since he chose to tell his secrets to this person, Zhao Tiezhu just regarded him as a friend. After thinking for a while, he said, "It's the four people who caused the trouble back then!"
The weirdo nodded in satisfaction and said, "To be exact, there are five people, and the other one is your father! If you feel that the flame of anger has already taken root in your heart, then you can play a game with me. I will let you experience revenge for yourself with your own hands!"