After living together for more than ten years, Yang Xiao once looked down on his neighbor. He always felt that his quality was not good, his moral character was poor, and he was an average person.
Another point that must be mentioned is that Li Xiaoqiang is not very good at educating children. He always only knows how to educate his own son with sticks.
Every time his son made a mistake, he was beaten violently. Even if the door was closed, the neighbors could hear it clearly. Especially after the exam, there were all kinds of howlings.
This incident left a big shadow on Yang Xiao's childhood.
But he was such an unwelcome neighbor. Later, something happened that completely changed Yang Xiao's outlook.
When Yang Xiao was in high school, his father became seriously ill. After being diagnosed as incurable by the hospital, his condition worsened rapidly.
In order to satisfy his father's wishes, Yang Xiao took his father home from the hospital. He wanted to spend the last period of time at home.
In just a few days, his father passed away and left forever. Yang Xiao was only sixteen or seventeen years old. Faced with such a life change, he didn't know how to deal with it.
At this time, neighbor Li Xiaoqiang stood up.
Running up and down, busy in front of and behind, while helping, he explained to Yang Xiao some rules and traditions left by the elders.
Yang Xiao recalled that at that time, his father's death had a huge impact on him, and his brain was left blank for a long time.
He was never ready to face the death of a loved one. Or, he simply did not have enough experience and understanding of death.
He has not yet been exposed to society, and his mind is more fragile than he imagined. Yang Xiao doesn't even know how to comfort his mother who is also in great grief.
It was at this moment that made him extremely sad that Li Xiaoqiang came to his family's aid and was of great help.
Not only did he help contact and handle the funeral affairs, but he also helped Yang Xiao stay awake for several nights in a row, just because he was worried that he would be scared if he was a baby and couldn't handle it.
Yang Xiao didn't know how many times he said thank you to him. Every time, he answered readily: "It's okay, we are all fellow villagers. This kind of thing will happen to everyone, so we should help."
The kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring of water. Yang Xiao always remembered it in his heart with tears. At the same time, he also discovered how narrow-minded he once was.
Later, as he got older, Yang Xiaobian experienced it more deeply. In the adult world, it is often difficult to define a person by simple good or bad.
More often than not, everyone has shining points that cannot be ignored. Of course, there is also a dark side that cannot be told to others.
Human beings are inherently complex.
In any case, since they met here, Yang Xiao couldn't ignore it. Yang Xiao noticed that even though they hadn't seen each other for only three years, Li Xiaoqiang's energy and energy were no longer as glorious as before.
The old man in front of him was wearing a cheap gray coat. Not only was his back stooped, but his complexion was also very dim. There was no energy in his eyes, as if he was only deeply tired.
Calmly, Yang Xiao followed him and looked at the old man quietly.
Li Xiaoqiang came to the venue alone. Yang Xiao found that after he walked inside for a long time, no one noticed this bad old man.
Obviously, he doesn't understand real fighting, and he can't tell which contestant is better.
Looking at the hot scene at the betting site, he held one hand tightly in his arms. After a long time, he mustered up the courage to take out a crumpled envelope.
Yang Xiao looked at the thickness, and there should be about 20,000 yuan in it.
It can be seen that Li Xiaoqiang is struggling. Obviously, this amount of money is definitely a huge sum of money for him.
I just don’t know why he came here to gamble. Yang Xiao already had some vague guesses in his mind.
"On the third stage, I buy player No. 65 to win!"
On the screen, it is displayed that the odds of No. 65 are currently 5.5 to 1. In other words, as long as Li Xiaoqiang wins, plus the principal, he can get back 100,000 yuan.
"Okay, dear guest, this is your voucher, please keep it properly." The young lady in charge of handling the business helped him handle it within a few seconds and handed over a slightly transparent card.
Li Xiaoqiang carefully put away the card, and then hurriedly went to the third arena.
He knew that the game would start in ten minutes.
Praying in his heart, Li Xiaoqiang knew that he had no way out. The 20,000 yuan was already the family's last savings.
However, for the sake of his children, he had to take it out.
Twenty thousand yuan is not enough at all. If he wants to save his son, he needs at least one hundred thousand yuan! But where does he have so much money?
Over the years, the unfilial son he gave birth to has ruined his family's fortune. Even the house where Li Xiaoqiang lived was mortgaged to pay off his son's debts.
At an early age, he did not really retire, but lived in a slum and worked odd jobs every day to make a living.
Every time he thinks about his happy life in the past, compared with the extremely miserable life now, Li Xiaoqiang always bursts into tears.
He had never been able to figure out why he had reached this stage before, but now, he understood that he did not blame anyone else for everything, but he could only blame himself. He did not educate his children to be talented, and allowed their children to go astray.
Li Zheng is now uneducated and has become an old gangster. As his father, he should bear the main responsibility.
Li Xiaoqiang understood that this should be the last time he helped Li Zheng pay back the money. Twenty thousand yuan was the inheritance left by his wife.
Even if he was so poor that he had to sleep under a bridge or dig through trash cans, Li Xiaoqiang was not willing to touch 20,000 yuan.
Because this is the last thought his wife left for him and his children.
But now, Li Zheng has been caught. The other party said that it is natural to pay back debts. If they do not repay the 100,000 yuan owed by Li Zheng tonight, they will follow the rules of the road and give Li Zheng a
"Three swords and six holes"!
He stabbed him three times in the stomach, each stab piercing his stomach. If he was lucky and didn't damage his important organs and internal organs, he could survive.
However, if you are not careful, your internal organs will bleed and your life will be in danger.
At the beginning, Li Xiaoqiang directly stated that he would let Li Zheng die and he would never care about this unfilial son again.
However, he finally relented.
On the way here, he knelt in front of his wife's portrait and cried like a child.
His world had collapsed. After his spirit was completely crushed, he had completely given up on treating Li Zheng.
In the rented house, he took a shower and cleaned himself up. He took the money and went to the venue introduced by those people.
"Give it a try and your bicycle will turn into a motorcycle. What if you win?"
This group of gamblers, like this, pulled their children into the whirlpool and couldn't extricate themselves.
Li Xiaoqiang hated gambling so much that he wanted to send all these scumbags to prison.
However, he knew that he had hated gambling all his life, but now he needed this only way to save his child's life.
I can't say it, it's really ironic.
Li Xiaoqiang knows very well that nine times out of ten he bets, he will lose. However, if he does not grasp this last straw, then Li Zheng will really be dead.
Those crazy people would probably not let him go even if Li Zheng died. His organs are also a huge fortune.
After watching for a long time in the venue, he finally made up his mind and bet on number 65.
When the 20,000 yuan turned into a voucher, Li Xiaoqiang's heart was completely empty.
He doesn't even care whether he can win or not.
Winning is good, as it can help Li Zheng pay back the money and the child can survive. But what about next time? He has no money anymore. If Li Zheng continues to gamble, then it will only delay his path to the abyss.
If you lose, it's over.
His father can't save him, so let's go to hell with him.
A deep wry smile appeared on his face. Li Xiaoqiang touched his face and realized that he was already in tears.