I was shocked at that time. Master was not the only one? Is it still like that the sect is prosperous? Why haven’t I seen anyone else besides Master
When Master saw me like that, he knew that I had another question. He said, "Don't ask, I will explain it to you slowly. Why don't you go make two cups of tea?"
I nodded quickly, worked for a while, and brought 2 cups of tea.
In the steam rising from the hot tea, Master unfolded to me a mysterious picture of the past of our lineage.
Master was born in 1912, a native of Hunan. Master himself didn’t know exactly where he was from, because in those troubled times, the country was still in dire straits, the people were in dire straits, and there were many orphans without fathers and mothers, and Master was one of them. .
He had no parents, and didn’t even know who his relatives were. Master was abandoned in a small village since he was born. This situation was very common at that time. Fortunately, Master was picked up by an old man who was herding cattle in the village. Went home.
The old man was a loner, one of the people who had enough to eat and the whole family was not hungry, so it was appropriate for him to choose his master and adopt him as his adopted son.
Life was very hard, because the old man was very poor, and the only thing he could feed the master was rice soup, but the master still survived tenaciously, and the two depended on each other. Although they were poor, they lived peacefully.
But something unexpected happened. When Master was eight years old, the old cowherd died, and he died miserably. He was beaten to death because the cow he was herding accidentally ate a bite of vegetables from the field. .
Originally it was just a small matter, and the old man drove the cow away quickly, but it was destined that the old man would have this disaster. Because of this, he was beaten to death, and even his only old scalper was robbed. .
The reason is simply because that land belongs to Liu San, the 'overlord' of the village, and this scene happened to be seen by Liu San.
Liu San was a ruffian, lazy and bad. He lived by eating, drinking, and sneaking around all day long. Later, he couldn't survive in this small village because he was too lazy, so he simply went out to "enter the world."
People in the village don't know what happened to Liu San outside. They only know that he became a disabled person when he came back. Originally, being disabled was nothing. Most of the villagers still sympathized with such people, but Liu San doesn't need sympathy, he is "returning to his hometown in fine clothes".
Because he was escorted back by a group of troops. At that time, there were many bandits and warlords. The common people couldn't tell which army was which. Anyway, the common people were afraid of them.
So being escorted back by a team of troops, Liu San returned home in glory.
I heard that he became disabled because of an important mission to save an army, and they wanted to repay him.
After coming back, the people in the army greeted the whole village. Liu San was one of theirs, so anyone in the village who dared to disrespect Liu San would be shot. Then they took over a lot of people in the village. land, and robbed the house of a small landlord in the village to Liu San.
He also forcibly ordered those who had been robbed of their land to work and cultivate the land for Liu San's family. Liu San relied on this and transformed from a little brat to a tyrant in the village. He gained a reputation as a country squire, and was said to have contacts with important people in the town.
No one in the village would dare to offend such a person. Faced with Liu San's overbearing behavior, everyone dared to be angry but dared not speak out and endured it.
The old cowherd man is just a lonely old man, and he is honest. Do you dare to challenge Liu San
After eating the vegetables from Liu San's field, it was inevitable to nod and bow down, and apologize without self-respect. It was also inevitable to ask for compensation. Liu San loved money, and even if someone took a straw from him, he would still have to get a load of firewood back. That kind of thing.
Faced with the old man's obedience, Liu San didn't appreciate it. He had no sympathy, let alone the idea of respecting the elderly. He fell in love with the old man's reputation! The old man must compensate him with cows.
This kind of person has no reason to say, and he even has some excuses. The old cowherd man originally made a living by herding cows for the villagers. His own cow is his only property, so how can he give it up
Moreover, the old cow and he had been dependent on each other for seven years, and they had developed a relationship for a long time. During the busy farming season, when the cows were brought out to help out, the old cowherders would shed tears of distress when they saw the cows tired.
This Liu San wanted to snatch his cow, and he was simply trying to snatch his life. It was useless to beg for mercy, and it was useless to kneel down. The clay man was also very angry. The old cowherd man was angry and said: "You are so If you have money, why do you want to rob me of my only cow?"
This was the old man's only resistance, and for this sentence, the old man lost his life.
Liu San was used to dominating the village. When would anyone dare to speak to him like that? Besides, he is an old man with only two people in his family, including him? So, Liu San's gang of minions took action and gave the old man a good beating. In the end, Liu San couldn't get enough of it, so he stomped on the old man's heart a few times. Those few kicks knocked the old man alive. Trampled to death.
Seeing that someone had been killed, Liu San's men were still a little scared, but Liu San yelled like a normal person: "What are you afraid of? I have seen many dead people during the war. If you leave him there, someone will naturally collect the body." , take the cow back to me."
Of course someone would collect the body, and the person who collected the body was my master. When the villagers came to tell my master about this, my master couldn't believe that my father was so honest that he would be beaten to death by Liu San. That was He is the only relative in this world.
The people in the village sympathized with my master, and they all helped, so that the old man could be buried in a thin coffin. They also gave my master the job of herding cattle, so that the young man could have a living.
But a seed of hatred was inevitably buried in my master's heart.
What is worth mentioning here is another thing that happened, that is, the cow that Liu San took back, on the day it was taken back, knocked over the cowshed and injured three people alive. He also trampled someone to death.
What's amazing is that those people were all the ones who beat the old man that day.
The end of the matter was that Liu San ordered the cattle to be slaughtered. If they ate the beef and couldn't finish it, they took it to the town and sold it.
After finishing the funeral of the old man, my master quietly ran to the back door of Liu San's yard, cried for the cow, and burned some paper money. They all said that animals, animals, but animals still have feelings, some Humans are worse than animals. Liu San is such a person!
Two more years have passed, and Master's life is still poor and hard-working. The only thing that has changed is that his hatred for Liu San is getting deeper and deeper.
The master vowed to take revenge when he grew up, but in the past two years, Liu San's life has become more and more prosperous, and his influence has become more and more powerful, even causing harm to neighboring villages.
Is it really true that good people don’t live long and disasters stay for thousands of years? The master had doubts about this world. What he thought was that when he grew up to 18 years old and had more strength, he would seize the opportunity to die together with Liu San.
The old man was as kind as a mountain to his master, how could he not repay his kindness? Master only planned his life until he was 18 years old.
If we follow the normal trajectory of history, the best ending for Master is to die together with Liu San. However, the reason why history is fascinating often lies in its unexpectedness. One day a year later, several people came to the village, which was an important turning point in Master's life. Also arrived.
To be precise, three people came to the village that day, two teenagers and an old man. They were invited by another respectable family in the village. That family had been a minister, so they were considered well-known in the village.
Different from Liu San, other people's families are more or less scholarly. They have some power and wealth, but they are not ostentatious, and they will not bully the villagers. Instead, they will help from time to time. Even the old man's burial is paid for by the village. The most people.
But for such a good family, strange things happened one after another at home, causing chaos and chaos. On the other hand, Liu San lived a free life. This was also the reason why the master was cynical at that time.
Without further ado, I heard that the three people invited back were to 'look after things' for that family. How could these three people be related to the master