157. Life and death
When Lu Rong arrived in the village, he found his home according to the address. What a big house, there are no design concepts everywhere in the countryside, and the houses are only about reality and not about feeling. There is a coffin in the courtyard, full of people. Four old women were chanting sutras with Amitabha closed eyes at the table, the men sat in a row smoking and chatting happily, and the ground was full of dark children. Two children laughed and ran past Lu Rong, vying for a toy, but Lu Rong couldn't tell which one was his cheap brother even if he looked carefully. The earth dog barked at him while wagging its tail.
A man walked up to him with a cigarette in his mouth: "Who are you?"
Lu Rong said, "My surname is Lu, and I'm from City S."
The man's expression froze all of a sudden, he looked at him twice, and said to him: "Your mother is dying, she's inside." He pointed with his hand.
Surprised, Lu Rong quickly regained his composure and silently walked in the direction of his finger.
Walking to the eaves, he turned his head and found that the man was also looking back at him.
Lu Rong heard some family news from Fang Qing intermittently. It is said that there was an accident in the coal mine two years ago, people died, and a lot of money was lost. Later, it was sold for policy reasons, and instead of digging coal, it was changed to other businesses, with ups and downs. The family is not peaceful, the man has a mistress, he is noisy every day, and he is getting older.
Lu Rong saw that the man was a little familiar, but he was not sure. Looking back, he was sure that it should be the one who gave birth to him.
He did look a lot older, and he didn't have the high-spirited rich man in his memory. He was very ordinary, very ordinary. Lu Rong doesn't know if it's because he has grown taller, or because he is really old. Even the tall stature and broad shoulders of his youth are sluggish, and he has gradually become like this big house, and he has become a person everywhere. . The courtyard was full of such people, and Lu Rong, who looked young, clean, tall and full of hope, was out of place.
The father and son looked at each other like this, and then they both moved away numbly without saying a word. They both understand that they don't belong to each other. The man sat down among a large group of men, continued to smoke, and Lu Rong entered the door.
It was a big room with three floors, and there were countless rooms. The other person who gave birth to him was lying in a room behind the kitchen, wrapped in a big red flower quilt, with a shroud and a pair of embroidered shoes on the head of the bed. The exposed face was thin and gray, and he couldn't even breathe. A piece of salt water tube was hung in his hand, unlike the powerful woman who wrapped up a big mink and stuffed him with dollars a few years ago. That woman, like Fang Qing, is so powerful that she is fearless, and she has a strong vitality from the beginning to the end.
There was a woman who was knitting and watching over the patient. When she saw him coming, she hurriedly gave him a stool to sit on, while she smiled shyly and ran out to have some snacks. Lu Rong held the strap of his schoolbag and sat down beside the woman. She raised her eyelids as if feeling something, her dry eyes rounded: "You are here."
Lu Rong imagined countless times what he would say when he met his parents. When I first learned from Fang Qing that I was not my own, I thought the most. In the dead of night, I drafted my stomach over and over again, so that I could make up a book if I wanted to say it. In recent years, I have gradually thought less about it. As of now, there is nothing to say.
Just like when Ji Wenfeng discovered that he was a school bully, he immediately exposed his scars to Ji Wenfeng; as soon as he returned to this resentful family, they showed him a death.
Death is the most powerful means.
a full stop.
There is no next round for him.
Lu Rong replied: "Yes."
At this time, there was a commotion outside, and Lu Rong heard the footsteps of a large group of people approaching the room. Soon, the door was pushed open, and the man pushed an eleven or twelve-year-old child into the room.
From his widened eyebrows and eyes, Lu Rong recognized that he was the bastard he beat up back then.
The child always grows unexpectedly fast. The last time we met, the bear boy had only reached his waist. At this time, he was like a green pole with tassels, long and thin, wearing a red scarf and carrying a A big schoolbag, looking like he just finished school, with a pair of new ajs on his feet.
He was pushed into the room. The life and emotion of the dying woman quickly recovered, and she wept mournfully, and stretched out her hand to call him over. The bear cuddled up to his mother, and wept together. The woman pointed to Lu Rong and said, "This is your brother, your own brother. Mom is gone, you need to find him, you know?"
The little bear cried, "I don't want you to go."
The two cried together, which was very touching. Lu Rong sat on the small stool beside them and put his legs away. The small room was so crowded that there was nowhere to put his legs.
The bear child cried more and more quietly, and then the tears flowed away, thinking about things in the woman's arms, watching the woman cry with Lu Rong. Finally, he said, Mom, I'm going to do my homework. The woman hurriedly told him to go quickly. He got up and left. Children of this age can concentrate for up to 20 minutes. And the woman has been sick for about a few months. When he stepped over Lu Rong's legs, Lu Rong saw the vivid anticipation on his face.
After Xiongzi left, the woman complained to Lu Rong that her life was not long and her younger brother was still young. The stinky man has a woman outside, and the family business he has worked hard together will be used to support the woman. The younger brother is so young, what should the younger brother do? Lu Rong is almost an adult, Lu Rong is a good boy, she decided to give him the money, and he kept it for his younger brother until he was eighteen. Of course, he will also be paid...
Lu Rong silently watched her cry and talk about her brother and brother, and then counted the money. The reason why I called myself here was to say these things.
The woman finally asked: "I know we are all sorry for you, but can you agree to the last request of your mother because your mother is about to die?"
Lu Rong choked up and became angry.
At this time, the door opened, and the woman who had been taking care of the patients came in with a bowl of red bean rice cakes, and all the voices outside the door flooded into the small room. Lu Rong heard the old women knocking on the wooden fish and chanting scriptures peacefully, the men smoking cigarettes and chatting boredly, the dark children playing and playing everywhere, he saw his younger brother sitting on the wicker chair with his back bent and preoccupied Hitting the king, the aj on his feet is shining.
The woman said to Lu Rong friendly: "Are you hungry? Eat quickly." Because of the aroma of red bean rice cakes, her eyes shone with happiness.
Lu Rong took the bowl of dim sum, turned his head and smiled gently at the dying woman, "Okay."
It turns out that you are also very poor.
He understood now why the woman had to call him back.
Because she seems to be in her own home, but on the other side of the door, everyone gathers together, happily, waiting for her to die...
As soon as Ji Wenfeng arrived in the village, he asked someone to find a family surnamed Lu.
The villagers asked, "Are you also here for the funeral?"
Ji Wenfeng: "A funeral? Who died?"
Villager: "The woman who heads the house."
Ji Wenfeng's heart twitched, and he said vaguely: "...I came to find my brother, he is the eldest son of this family."
Villager: "Oh! He came from that S city, and was sent away when he was a child!" After saying that, he leaned closer to him, and said mysteriously, "The woman said that she would go back to get it, but the man always suspected that it was not his own son." , I fought a lot because of this matter, and I haven’t gone back to collect it until now. This time I came back, I think he looks pretty good, and he is also very quiet, better than the younger one.”
Ji Wenfeng was silent for a while, and decided not to go to Lu's house: "Then where is the eldest son now?"
Villager: "I think he stood on the edge of the river for quite a long time just now, and I wonder if he was thinking about jumping into the river."
"Can't think about it?!" Ji Wenfeng was taken aback.
Villager: "Hey, it's very pitiful. I was sent away at a young age, and I came back to catch up with the funeral..."
Ji Wenfeng's expression changed with fright, and he ran away.
Yes, she was abandoned since she was a child; she managed to have a family, but was ruthlessly abandoned by her brother because of the school bully's exposure; she was desperate and returned home, only to find that her mother had passed away... who would jump into the river if they were not tolerant? !
Just as Ji Wenfeng ran to the river, he saw someone jumping into the river with a plop. Ji Wenfeng threw away his schoolbag, his shoes, and shouted "Rongrong", without saying a word, he immediately jumped into the water!
After Lu Rong accepted the will, he went out for a walk on the river beach to breathe. As I was walking, I suddenly heard a commotion in front of me, as well as Ji Wenfeng's voice, as if shouting "Rongrong", "Rongrong". He frowned, stepped forward quickly, and squeezed into the crowd of onlookers with a puzzled expression.
I saw Ji Wenfeng was drenched all over, dragging and hugging a person from the river. His body was dripping with water, his hair was soaked, and he rolled to the bank of the river with that person in his arms. Even though he had no strength at all, he still exerted all his energy, turned the person over with his shoulders, and squeezed the drowning man's chest with both hands, babbling "Don't die!", "Who will allow you to die?" Dead!", "Get your eyes out of the way!", with a strong cry in the fierce voice.
Ji Wenfeng was doing CPR in that room like crazy, when suddenly a middle-aged woman squeezed out from the crowd, knelt down on the ground, lay on the drowning man and cried loudly: "Old man!!! !!! Why can't you think about it!!!!!!" Beating his chest.
Ji Wenfeng: "Rong Rong woo woo woo..."
Woman: "Old man!"
Ji Wenfeng: "Rong Rong woo woo woo..."
Woman: "Old man!"
Ji Wenfeng finally felt that something was wrong, and took a closer look: "..."
The old man spat twice, woke up and turned around, the woman grabbed Ji Wenfeng's sleeve: "Thank you, benefactor!!!"
Ji Wenfeng scratched his head: "...?"
His first reaction was to look up and look around, looking for Lu Rong's figure. Lu Rong quickly hid behind the wall.
He covered his mouth and thought with red eyes, if Ji Wenfeng knew that he watched the whole scene, Ji Wenfeng would probably jump into the river on the spot.
After waiting for a few minutes, the story of Ji Wenfeng's brave actions had spread to all the villagers in the village. Then Lu Rong turned around from behind the wall, pretending to have just received the news, squeezed into the crowd, knelt down on the ground, and threw himself into Ji Wenfeng's mouth. In Feng's arms: "Brother Xiaofeng!!!!!!"
Ji Wenfeng: "...?"
Lu Rong cried loudly and beat his chest: "Why did you jump into the river so impulsively? What should I do if you are going to die!!!"
Ji Wenfeng's face turned red, he pretended to be tall and tall, and cleared his throat: "What nonsense are you talking about, someone jumped into the river, of course you have to do what is right."
Lu Rong circled his neck and looked at him weepingly: "Then I'm worried about you."
Ji Wenfeng: "Why didn't you worry about me when you cheated me of money?"
Lu Rong: "Woo—" she buried herself in his arms and cried.
Satisfied, Ji Wenfeng captured him on the spot: "Okay, okay, go home and cry."
Today's Lu Rong and Ji Wenfeng both pass the test with cuteness, and let each other pass the test with cuteness.
Probably as long as I have seen life and death, just seeing your face, I feel sweet.