Chapter 7 Lao Zhang's Philosophy (7)

"Uncle! We decided to go to the city to find a job together." Wang De spoke first: "I want to see what the world looks like. Li should have a need to find a job. The two of us will go together, and we will take care of each other." "Good!" Li Ying's uncle smiled. "What worries me is that Lao Zhang won't let Li Ying go." "I'm afraid that after I leave, Lao Zhang will mess around with you, Uncle." "You all sit down, you still don't understand the content of this question. Lao Zhang has to tell Li Ying to leave, and he can't come and make trouble with me. Now it's not just about money, it's about people!"

"Of course we are all human." Wang De said with a smile. "What I call a person is a woman!" "Naturally Mrs. Zhang is a woman!" "Wang De! I don't want you to interrupt at the moment. You can talk about it after I finish." Li Ying's uncle was afraid that Wang De would be unhappy, so he smiled at Wang De.Then he lit the paper twist and took a few puffs of cigarettes.Putting down the cigarette pouch, he asked Li Ying for a bowl of cold water to rinse his mouth.He stood up and spit water into a broken bowl, and straightened the creases of his shirt.

"Wang De, Li Ying," Li Ying's uncle looked at the two teenagers, as if helping him express his feelings that could not be expressed in words. "The problem now is a woman. Li Ying! It's your sister!" Li Ying stood up involuntarily, was guided by his uncle's gaze, and sat down without saying a word. "Don't be irritable, listen to me slowly!" The old man continued: "Ms. Zhang was sold to Lao Zhang by her brother. This happened more than ten years ago. He owed Lao Zhang a debt, so she It was a debt-debt thing. She is a bit old and ugly now, so Lao Zhang wanted to concoct according to the law to buy your sister, because I also owe him money. He had signaled several times, but I ignored him...I am not a beast...Li Yes! Bring a bowl of cold water!"

He lowered his head as much as possible, drank a bowl of cold water, passed the bowl to Li Ying, and never raised his head. "But now this is your chance. Because before I do not allow his marriage, he will never be so vicious that the marriage will fail. Then, Li Ying, you go to the city, and I will guarantee that Lao Zhang will not let you go. As for your teacher's wife, when Lao Zhang comes to propose marriage again, I ask him to release her first, and then we can discuss marriage. I think he must ask for some ransom, and if he makes such a tone, then we will take your teacher's wife back A chance for freedom. That multicolored bottle," he didn't look up, but pointed to the table roughly with his hand. "It's a valuable thing that I would rather go hungry than sell. Li Ying, your father gave it to me. You take that bottle to the city tomorrow and ask your uncle to sell it, probably at least for a while." One hundred yuan. You use twenty yuan to find work in the city, and the rest is stored with your uncle. When Lao Zhang really wants to return your teacher and mother to freedom, we can have dozens of yuan to redeem her. After she, she will buy it by herself. She died of freezing and starvation, we have no power to take care of her anymore, so naturally we want to take care of her. But when we let her die, we let her know that she is a free body, not Lao Zhang’s slave. If your wife restores her freedom, Lao Zhang will definitely Forcing me to write a note to sell my niece."

Li Ying's uncle stopped talking and picked up the hookah. He didn't smoke, but he was holding the pipe in his eyes. "Death is inevitable; I'm afraid of Lao Zhang's laughter, but I'm not afraid of death!" "Uncle!" Li Ying interrupted his uncle's words, "Don't you need to say 'death'?" The old man didn't answer. "Old Zhang! You..." Wang De couldn't bear it anymore, stood up and shook his fist to the east, as if Lao Zhang was standing outside the east wall. "Wang De! Sit down!" Old Man Li stared blankly at the colorful bottle on the table.Wang De sat down and bumped the edge of the Kang with his fist.

"I'm sorry for people, I'm sorry for Lao Zhang, I don't pay back my debts, I'm not a hero, I'm not bright, I'm not a hero!" The old man's voice became softer, like the drizzle on an autumn night, cooling the mood of the two teenagers drop by drop . "You, Wang De, Li Ying, remember: a good man is the captive of the wicked. If a good man does not uphold justice and fight against the wicked. A good man is the arsenic for suicide. If a good heart is only weak, conformist, and cowardly. I am hopeless , I hope that you will cut off the head of the wicked in the future, and I don’t want you to dig out your heart and show it to the wicked. As for money, you must remember: Be careful when you get money and spend it carefully. When I was young, I had a good heart, The money comes from the left hand, and the right hand spends it, so I have to die today. I am not afraid of death, but I am sorry for others, at least Lao Zhang. I used to advocate "repaying grievances with virtue", but now, "repay grievances with straightness". In the past, I advocated that money should be spent indiscriminately and not allowed to be obtained. Now, money should not be obtained or spent indiscriminately...Wang De, you don’t need to go to the city. After Li Ying left, Lao Zhang was in need of help. Treat you poorly because you fought with him. If you see Lao Zhang every day, you can at least inquire about his manipulation of me for me. However, I dare not object to your wish. It is up to you to decide whether to go to the city or not. In fact Look, it seems that there is no need to go to the city. This is all I have to say, and I dare not say it. You go! Don't miss my death, I deserve to die!"

Old man Li stretched out his big shirt, lay down slowly, picked up a book at random, and covered his face; his whole body remained motionless, only his lapel rose and fell slightly, reflecting his short breathing. "If you can repay Lao Zhang's money, would you still seek death, uncle?" Wang De asked. "How can I pay him back?" "I went home and told my father that he lent you the money, and Li Ying will slowly repay it to my father in the future." "Silly boy! Your father is a rich man!" "He has! There are dozens of yuan once the grain is harvested!"

"Dozens of dollars? That's your yearly expenses! Silly boy, thank you!" "Ouch!" Wang De was puzzled. "It turns out that a few dozen yuan is not considered rich, so how much can be considered rich?" How embarrassing the silence of a summer noon!The red apricots on the trees, the late wheat in the fields, I can't bear the heat!Gusts of hot wind brought the noise of the city, those who were sleepy fell asleep, and those who didn't sleep listened and cried.At this time, Wang De and Li Ying were sitting on the broken millstone again. Wang De looked at the ugly old crow with its feathers and feathers, looking around and shaking his bald head, trying to steal the red apricots from the tree.Li Ying lowered his head and watched the ants on the ground besiege a green young locust tree insect.The old crow nodded briskly, picked up a round red apricot, flapped its broken wings and flew away against the fence.Wang De followed the old crow and turned his eyes to the tree in the east. The ugly and sweet old crow handed apricots into the nest.

Unknowingly, Li Ying used his hands to brush away the little yellow ants that were biting the green worm.He forgot that his hand was tightly held by Wang De.As soon as he pulled his hand, Wang De turned around and said, "Li Ying!" "Ah! Wang De!" The two people's eyes met, touching the bitterness of their tear ducts.They cried without shame, without hypocrisy. Crying to each other—crying to a confidant friend—and laughing to each other are the only two happy things for human beings. "Have you finished crying? I'm finished!" Wang De wiped his red eyes.

"Do not cry!" "Okay! It's time to laugh! Today's crying and laughing, on this broken millstone, is the beginning of our career! Li Ying! Look ahead, the shadows are behind us, and the light is ahead of us! Laugh!" Wang Dezhen laughed, and Li Ying was inexplicably happy too, which squeezed the tears from his eyes. "Wang De, I still don't agree with you entering the city!" "I must go! I have my wish!" Wang De paused for a while: "Li Ying, how is your sister?" His face turned red. "My uncle and aunt are taking care of her."

"Really?" Wang De didn't say anything else. "You should go home for dinner. If the old man doesn't allow you to enter the city, don't be stubborn." "Father can't control it, I have my own wish!" Wang De said, looking around. "Li Ying, where is my schoolbag?" "Put it in the house? Come in and have a look." The two walked in gently, and the old man Li seemed to have fallen asleep.Li Ying climbed onto the kang to get Wang De's schoolbag.The old man opened his eyes slightly. "Where's Wang De?" "it's here." "Wang De! Don't tell anyone about us. Come here!" Wang De walked over, the old man held his hand and sighed.Wang De didn't know what to say, he just twisted his neck and looked at Li Ying. "Wang De! It's time for teenagers! I, I'm done! Go! Tell your father, come and talk when you're free." Wang De agreed, picked up his schoolbag and went out.The old man looked out at Wang De through the small glass on the window, and said to himself, "Cute! Cute boy!"