The streets were deserted and there were not many pedestrians. Lu Xiaobei looked at the bare poplar trunks on the roadside and felt sad. Although he was released from prison now, where should he go?
Going to find your brother? I still don’t know if the grudges from the knife attack three years ago have been resolved in my brother’s heart. Going home? How can I have the face to face my parents, my father and my mother when I go home? Hey, if I had known that I would face such a face when I came out.
This situation is worse than being a local bully in a juvenile detention center.
Lu Xiaobei was confused when he suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from not far away, "Xiaobei, is this Lu Xiaobei?"
Lu Xiaobei heard the sound and looked around. Not far away, there was a person, a woman, standing next to a poplar tree. This woman was none other than his sister-in-law, Gu Wanyu!
"Sister-in-law...sister-in-law? You...why are you here?" Lu Xiaobei was a little surprised, and his surprise was accompanied by a touch of emotion.
"Sister-in-law knows that you are due to be released from prison today, and is here to take you home..." Gu Wanyu's eyes were red when she said this.
"Take me home? Which home?" Lu Xiaobei suffered so much in prison without shedding a tear. However, now, facing his sister-in-law, he was choked up when he spoke...
"Of course it's our house, our billiards hall."
"Billiard hall? Then brother...will brother still hold grudges against me?" When Lu Xiaobei thought of stabbing his brother, he felt deeply guilty. After all, they are biological brothers. No matter how much his brother did, he couldn't.
Be cruel.
"Your brother...your brother passed away two years ago..." Gu Wanyu's eyes were dim when she said this, but in the dimness, she could not see the slightest memory of the deceased.
"Gone? Where did he go?" Lu Xiaobei had an ominous premonition.
"You stabbed your brother until the lower half of his body was paralyzed. Later, some gangsters that your brother had offended before came to the door and hacked your brother to death. I was not at home at the time. When I got home, I only saw
Your brother has... been chopped beyond recognition..." Although Gu Wanyu didn't feel the slightest pity for the deceased, she still felt horrified when she recalled the scene that day.
When Lu Xiaobei heard that his brother died tragically at someone else's knife, he couldn't help but burst into tears. After all, he and his brother had a brotherly relationship that was thicker than water. Lu Xiaobei covered his face with his hands, and suddenly fell to his knees on the ground, crying bitterly.
He said with tears: "If I hadn't stabbed my brother to death, he wouldn't have been found at home, and he wouldn't have been hacked to death. It's all my fault...my fault..."
Gu Wanyu walked up to Lu Xiaobei, knelt down, put a dark green military coat she had brought on Lu Xiaobei, then picked up Lu Xiaobei's face and wiped it with the fifteen-year-old boy.
Wiping his tears, he comforted: "Don't cry anymore. Xiaobei doesn't cry anymore. It's not your fault, nor your brother's fault. It's because the world is too chaotic. This may be our fate. Just come out and it will be fine."
With you here, sister-in-law doesn’t have to be afraid anymore…”
Lu Xiaobei staggered up from the ground, hugged his sister-in-law, and said: "Sister-in-law, you and I will depend on each other from now on. Together, we will run my brother's billiard hall and pass on his business..."
It was already afternoon when we returned to the billiards hall. The three old billiard tables in the billiards hall were covered with dust, and there were traces of insect bites on the billiard cues. At a glance, it was clear that there had not been a game here for a long time. Lu Xiao
Bei looked at the dilapidated state of his house and began to feel bad again.
"There haven't been guests in the billiard hall for a long time. Let's go upstairs first." Gu Wanyu showed no expression when she spoke. It was impossible to tell whether she was feeling regretful or helpless when she said this.
The situation on the second floor is no better than that on the first floor. There is a small living room upstairs, two bedrooms that are not spacious, plus the bathroom and kitchen, the total area is more than 60 square meters. Although it is a lot cleaner.
, but the few pieces of furniture inside were also broken.
"Xiao Bei, my sister-in-law has tidied up your room a few days ago. She also made you a cotton-padded jacket and cotton trousers. The size should be suitable. You take a bath first and then go try on the clothes. My sister-in-law will go and give them to you first.
Go ahead and cook, I see you are so thin that you don’t even look like you..."
Lu Xiaobei nodded, and then said: "Sister-in-law, stop working so hard. Just keep the food simple. I'm used to eating leftovers in there."
The toilet is not big, just two square meters. In addition to being convenient and washing, you can also take a shower. The old-fashioned solar water heater cannot completely heat the water in winter. Although the water temperature is not high, Lu Xiaobei still washed and rubbed in it for a long time.
He removed the dirt on his body and rubbed away the bad luck on his body. He applied a lot of soap and used a lot of shampoo. He wanted to wash himself clean in this way and wash away all the bad luck on his body. He didn't
Think about your past. From today on, live a good life, take care of your sister-in-law, work hard to make money, and be a truly good man.
After taking a shower and putting on new clothes, she felt comfortable and energetic. Seeing Lu Xiaobei's new and radiant look, Gu Wanyu smiled from the bottom of her heart.
I cooked a few specialty dishes and put them on the dining table in the small living room, including Lu Xiaobei's favorite braised pork, stir-fried cabbage with soy sauce, shredded potatoes and cumin mutton. Of course, there was also a big pot of rice and a big pot of bones.
Soup.
Lu Xiaobei hadn't seen such sumptuous dishes for a long time, and just smelling the taste made him salivate.
"Silly boy, why are you still standing there? Hurry up and eat. Let's see if my sister-in-law's cooking skills have improved."
"Yeah!" After saying that, Lu Xiaobei started to eat like a storm.
"Xiao Bei, eat slowly. These are all yours. No one is snatching them from you. Don't choke." Gu Wanyu was very happy when she saw Lu Xiaobei eating and drinking.
After a gluttonous meal, Lu Xiaobei wiped his lips, burped, then touched his belly, and said sheepishly: "Sister-in-law, I've eaten all the food, but you...you haven't moved your chopsticks yet.
Woolen cloth……"
"My sister-in-law is just cooking it for you. If she is not hungry, she will cook it herself."
This is what Lu Xiaobei seemed to have thought of, and asked: "Sister-in-law, there has been no business in the billiard hall, so how did you get the money, and how did you spend the past three years?"
"It's a long story. After you entered the juvenile detention center, your brother has been paralyzed at home. He even became incontinent. Just treating him cost all the family's savings, including the gold ring and gold ring I brought as a dowry.
All the bracelets were pawned. None of his friends came to see him, and no one offered him a helping hand. There were quite a few revenge-seeking hooligans who came to cause trouble, but they didn't dare to break in openly when I was at home.
, I called the police several times. They didn't dare to do anything in broad daylight. But my family was getting poorer and poorer, and I couldn't just sit around and find a job, so I went out to look for a job. After a lot of trouble, I finally found one who was recruiting workers.
Textile factory. Fortunately, I learned some textile skills in the countryside. Their textile factory happened to be short of workers like me who could sew and print by hand. I embroidered a sample and showed it to them. After they saw it, they hired me at the right time.
The work in the textile factory is very busy. I work during the day and sometimes work overtime at night. Your brother has to be taken care of, but I can't take care of both sides, so most of the time I prepare meals in advance and put them in front of your brother.
, and then go to work. And who knows, your brother was raped by a group of gangsters when I was not at home..." Gu Wanyu said without going on.
"Okay, I know everything. Sister-in-law, you have suffered a lot in the past three years. This time I can work with you and make money when I come back..."
"You are just fifteen years old now, and you are not old enough to make money yet. My current job in the textile factory is enough to support the two of us. Do you know that you will go back to school after a few days of rest at home? I don't have any cultural knowledge, and you can't live without it.
In the future, knowledge will be very important."
"But sister-in-law, I don't want to..."
"Listen to my sister-in-law, I have already contacted your previous school. You will take the exam when you enter. If you can pass the exam, the school will ask you to study in the third grade of junior high school as a transfer student again. You should also read the textbooks these days.
If you have any questions, just ask me, I am also a junior high school graduate."
His sister-in-law's words could not be dismissed. For the sake of his sister-in-law's happiness, Lu Xiaobei agreed to the suggestion of rejoining the school and was determined to make a difference in the school. However, things went against his wishes. In 1995, who would accept a person who came out of prison...