The content of the letter is not very long, it is a suicide note written by Zhen Daqing to Zhen Dali, at the beginning of which he recalled the past of brotherhood when he was young, and then asked him to help him find someone, that is, the woman he loves the most - Shi Xiaowan, if he finds it, say sorry to her on his behalf, because he can't fulfill his promise, by the way, he also explained that he once went to look for her, but he didn't find it.
Although Zhen Jian was not mentioned in the letter, Zhen Jian felt that it was impossible for Zhen Dali to take out the uncle's letter to show him for no reason, and Zhen Daqing said in the letter that Shi Xiaowan was his woman, so Zhen Jian guessed whether his father would be Zhen Daqing, but he didn't expect Zhen Dali to nod.
"This ......
What the hell is going on?
Zhen Jian felt that his brain was very messy at the moment, staring at Zhen Dali with wide eyes, eager to know the answer, when he encountered a question about his life experience, anyone would not be able to help it.
Zhen Dali sighed lightly and said slowly: "Actually, big brother ......
I didn't know there was such a son as you. ” Zhen Jian looked at him blankly, didn't interject, he waited for Zhen Dali to continue.
Zhen Dali continued: "When I was a child, my family was poor, my eldest brother and I went to the county town at the age of fourteen to beg for a living, we went to a restaurant together to be a buddy, that is, the Tongfu restaurant, I was stupid, once neglected the guest, was beaten and scolded by the guest, the guest also sued the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper also saw that I was not a servant, gave me a little money, sent me away, the eldest brother was originally going to leave the restaurant with me, I didn't agree, it is not easy to beg for life, under my hard persuasion, The eldest brother continued to stay in the restaurant, while I went to the dock to carry bags.
Speaking of this, Zhen Dali grinned, but Zhen Jian saw bitterness in his smile.
I only heard Zhen Dali continue: "Big brother, he is not like me, he is very shrewd, his mouth is also sharp, he learns everything quickly, when he was a buddy, he also secretly learned words, more than a year, he will be able to read and keep accounts, and later he found that the account room of the restaurant and the cook colluded to make fake accounts, he told the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper has always been very optimistic about him, so that he is more important, so he let him do the bookkeeper, and then transferred to do their general bookkeeper, the shopkeeper business is not small, there are many shops in the county, The general ledger room is the account of all the shops, the eldest brother did the general ledger room, and found out some black accounts, the shopkeeper paid more and more attention to him, and occasionally took him to sit at home, and intended to marry the eldest daughter to him.
The eldest brother knew what was going on in the shopkeeper's house, and he didn't like the shopkeeper's eldest daughter, because the eldest brother was only sixteen years old at that time, and the shopkeeper's eldest daughter was already twenty-one years old......
He met the shopkeeper's youngest daughter, that is, your mother-Shi Xiaowan. ” Zhen Jian couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this: "In this way, the shopkeeper is my grandfather, it turns out that my grandfather is actually a big businessman." ” "Yes, at that time, your grandfather was indeed one of the top businessmen in Pyeongchang City, and his name was Shi Youqian."
Zhen Dali said, "The eldest brother and your mother are also love at first sight, your mother's sister Shi Xiaohui is also a kind person, he knows that the eldest brother and her sister like each other, so he is willing to be an adult, and he has helped them tryst many times, but later, the two failed to hold it and made a ......
That kind of thing. ” Zhen Jian naturally knows what that kind of thing is, in this conservative era, everyone is beautiful and does not leave the house, even being looked at by a strange man is considered a transgression, and touching a hand is considered incivility, let alone ......
The thing that made man.
"Alas-" Zhen Dali continued, "The eldest brother and Shi Xiaowan have the fact that they are husband and wife, so they decided to formally hire Shi Youqian to propose marriage, after all, Shi Youqian is one of the top businessmen in the county, and his vision is naturally high, how can an ordinary dowry dowry work, so the eldest brother decided to take out all his savings to be hired, but my eldest brother and I will send our money home every year to my mother, and my mother also said that she would keep the money for us and give it to our daughter-in-law in the future, but when the eldest brother went back to ask his mother for money, his mother told him that there was not much money, It's almost spent, and all the eldest brother's savings add up to thirty-seven times, and only seven times are spent. ” Zhen Jian was speechless for a while when he heard this, needless to say, he knew that where the money went, it must have been spent on the third and fourth children.
Sure enough, I only heard Zhen Dali say: "The money is spent on the third and fourth children, because the third child was taking the children's test at that time, and he wanted money, although the fourth child was still young, he was weak, and he was sick at both ends in three days......
There are also their difficulties ......"
Zhen Jian smacked his lips, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, he doesn't want to judge anything, anyway, the old lady is eccentric, there is no doubt about this.
Zhen Dali sighed slowly: "If it was in normal times, it would be fine, but the eldest brother has already promised Shi Xiaowan to go home and get money to hire her father, but if he can't get the money, how can he propose, he was angry, quarreled with his father, and quarreled with his father, this is a big unfilial behavior, my father was also furious, and he beat the eldest brother, and the shot was very heavy, and the eldest brother was injured, although the father was distressed after the beating, but he was unwilling to lose his low, and asked the eldest brother to admit his mistakes, although the eldest brother is usually very talkative, but he is actually a very stubborn person, How could he admit his mistake and choose to leave the house in a fit of anger, his father was even more angry, and scolded him when he left, saying that if he left today, he would no longer be a member of this family, as if he had never given birth to this son, and the eldest brother also replied, saying that he would never come back in his life, and he would no longer have a father and mother. ” Zhen Jian sighed secretly when he heard it, it turned out that Zhen Daqing left home because of a simple quarrel, but this quarrel was not simple, Zhen Jian could understand Zhen Daqing's mood at that time, on the one hand, his beloved woman had already made a promise to her, and she was still waiting for him at home with great anticris; On the other hand, there are their parents, who privately embezzled the money that their son was preparing to marry, causing his son to be unable to fulfill his promise to his beloved woman.
Zhen Jian suddenly thought of a question, and asked, "What happened then?"
Uncle didn't go to my mother?
In his opinion, it is easy to give birth to a child, but raising a child is the most difficult, the grace of parenting is far greater than the grace of childbirth, and women still have the pain of pregnancy and childbirth in October, as if a catastrophe, and what about men, men's contributions to giving birth to children, that is, that trembling thing, and it is very cool.
Although he knew that the uncle didn't mean to be irresponsible, he still didn't want to change his words so quickly, especially in front of Zhen Dali.
"Didn't go to her."
Zhen Dali said, "He felt that he didn't have the face to see her, he went to find me in the county town, and told me that he decided to go out to work hard, and when he made money, he would come back to marry your mother, and he also wrote a letter to me and asked me to pass it on to your mother, he explained the truth of the matter in the letter, and asked Shi Xiaowan to wait for him for three years, and after three years, he would come back to marry Shi Xiaowan, after all, Shi Xiaowan was only fourteen years old that year, and she could still afford to wait for three years." ” "Oh my God, my mother conceived me at the age of fourteen?"
Zhen Jian exclaimed when he heard this, and then remembered that this was not the point, the point was that Zhen Daqing did not fulfill the three-year contract, so he asked, "Then why didn't the uncle come back to my mother after three years?"
” "He's back."
Zhen Dali said, "Didn't you say in the letter, he came back to find your mother, but at that time, Shi Youqian had already sold all his family property and left Pingchang County, so he naturally took your mother away." ” Zhen Jian asked again: "Then how did I get to your father?"
Shouldn't I be with my mother?
” "There's a story to tell."
Zhen Dali said, "A few months after the eldest brother left, your mother found out that she was pregnant, although she tried her best to hide it, but her belly grew bigger day by day, Shi Youqian will naturally find out, Shi Youqian is so angry that he wants to die, he is a person who pays great attention to etiquette, thinks that your mother has shamed their family, and said that after the child is born, the child will be strangled to death." ” When Zhen Jian heard this, his two eyebrows were about to fly into the sky, and he sighed in surprise: "Wow, my grandfather is so ruthless, he wants to strangle Lao Tzu." ” I only heard Zhen Dali say: "Your mother naturally didn't want such a thing to happen, so she asked her sister to help her escape from the house, when she went to the dock to take a boat, she happened to meet me, and asked me for help, I knew that she was pregnant with the flesh and blood of the eldest brother, how could I sit idly by, so I took her to escape from the county, and fled to a deep mountain in the north, there happened to be a few broken thatched huts in the mountains, I repaired the thatched huts, and lived there." ” Zhen Jian frowned when he heard this: "Let pregnant women live in such a remote place?
” "It's the middle of nowhere, so no one can find it."
Zhen Dali said, "Shi Youqian has some power in Pingchang County, in order to find your mother, he spent a lot of money and invited hundreds of people, no matter which village he hid into, he could find it." ” Zhen Jian nodded helplessly, this is also right, and asked, "And then you have been there to take care of my mother?"
” "Yes."
Zhen Dali said, "I took care of her there for more than four months, until you were born, blamed me for being stupid, I didn't go to find Wen Po in advance, and waited until your mother had a stomachache, so I hurriedly went to find Wen Po, the nearest village from there is also ten miles, and the town is farther, more than thirty miles, alas, I am so stupid, I couldn't find Wen Po, and I also leaked my whereabouts, it just so happened that Shi Youqian's people were staring at various villages and towns at that time, once they found out that someone wanted to find Wen Po, they stared at me. ” Zhen Jianyan's expression became a little complicated when he heard this: "You successfully lured people to your hiding place?"
” "I didn't mean to."
Zhen Dali said dejectedly, and said, "How do I know that they are so calculating, they have been for several months, and they are still looking for it, when I came back, your mother was about to give birth, and there was no stable mother, so I personally helped her deliver the baby, although your mother almost fainted several times, but fortunately, in the end, you were still born, when I was about to go out to fetch water, I saw someone coming this way, knowing that it was Shi Youqian's person, I hurried back to the room to tell your mother, your mother was frightened, saying that her father was going to kill you, she couldn't help it, so let me hold you and run away quickly, Her father won't hurt her, but if you get caught, you'll definitely die. ” When Zhen Jian heard this, he suddenly asked curiously, "Dad, you said......
If I had been arrested, my grandfather would have ......
It's Shi Youqian, will he really strangle me?
” "How is it possible, Shi Youqian is not such a ruthless person."
Zhen Dali said, "I worked as a buddy in his shop, and I can see that although he is very strict, he is actually not bad-hearted, when I offended the guest, he could have driven me away, but he still gave me a whole month's salary, let me leave, and didn't say anything cruel, and told me to be careful in the future."
Others are really not bad, your mother is too nervous about you, and I didn't think much about it at the time, so I believed your mother's words, now that I think about it, it was just Shi Youqian's angry words, of course, it was also to scare and scare your mother. ”