When they returned to the village with few people, it was already past 10 o'clock at night. However, the summer in the Guanzhong region was too hot and humid, let alone in the countryside, so there were still many people enjoying the cool outside. Li Sansheng and Hei Zi stumbled as they supported Old Meng and Erlong back to the dilapidated old house under the old locust tree. However, they could still see the glory of the old house from the huge structure and the ancient bricks and tiles, the glory that belonged to the Li family…
At this time, there was still someone enjoying the shade under the old locust tree in front of the old house. An old man was sleeping on a recliner, holding a wooden fan made of bamboo, drinking old wine and humming Qin opera. He was immersed in his spiritual world, and his artistic conception was distant and indifferent.
After Li Sansheng saw the old man, he stood five meters away from the old man with mixed feelings. He was deep in thought and did not speak. However, the determination in his eyes made people's hearts ache. Hei Zi was also drunk and did not know what Li Sansheng was doing. He only narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Sansheng and the old locust tree.
" Grandpa!" Li Sansheng called him respectfully. This old man was Old Man Li who was called by everyone in the village. He was also Li Sansheng's grandpa. Li Sansheng didn't think that he had any great ambition in this life. As long as he could celebrate this old man's 90th birthday in a grand way, he would even celebrate his birthday in an earth-shaking way when he could live to 100 years old. After the old man left quietly, he would have a grand celebration. To be able to build a grave for the old man under the old city wall in the south of the village that would make everyone in the village envious.
After Old Man Li heard this, the wrinkles and marks left behind by time on his face suddenly smoothed out. He opened his eyes, which had been tightly shut all this while. The moment he opened his eyes, a bright glint flashed like a blade, but no one noticed it.
Old Man Li put down his gourd and tried to get up from the recliner with some difficulty. However, his body, which had long been eroded by history and time, was not so strong. When Li Sansheng saw that his grandfather wanted to get up, he handed Old Meng to Hei Zi and quickly walked forward to help his grandfather up. Old Man Li stood up with a smile.
"You're back." Old Man Li smiled kindly at Li Sansheng and the drunk Erlong and Old Meng. However, this sentence, which was obviously meaningless, made Li Sansheng instantly feel like crying. However, no one could understand the feeling in Li Sansheng's heart at this time. Perhaps, only those who had experienced it with Li Sansheng could understand this feeling.
" Grandpa has packed all your things in the west room." Old Man Li only revealed a genuine smile from the bottom of his heart when he saw his grandson. Other times, he was more used to the kind of professional perfunctory smile. He had seen through all kinds of life and had a sudden attitude that transcended the outside world.
" Mm." Li Sansheng still didn't know what to say. He just nodded.
"Let Erlong and the others sleep first." Old Man Li looked at Hei Zi, who could no longer withstand the pressure of the two drunkards, Old Meng and Erlong, and ordered kindly. Then, he continued to lie on the recliner, drinking Dukang wine and humming Qin opera.
Li Sansheng knew that his grandfather had many things to say to him, so he nodded. Carrying Erlong and Hei Zi on his back, he entered the old house. The old house was very dark, and the lights weren't turned on, but it didn't hinder Li Sansheng's vision. Li Sansheng groped around in the dark and settled Erlong, Old Meng, and Hei Zi in the west room. He casually turned on the electric fan, looked at the few people who were already asleep, and gently closed the door before exiting.
Li Sansheng slowly walked out with a stool in his hand and endless thoughts in his mind. He saw his grandfather still sleeping on the recliner as he had just seen him. Li Sansheng placed the stool in front of the old locust tree and sat down with his back against it. He was leaving tomorrow. At this moment, Li Sansheng's emotions were extremely complicated.
"Sansheng, what do you want to ask grandpa? What do you want to say to grandpa? Just say it today," Old Man Li didn't open his eyes and just took a sip of Du Kang.
"I want to know about my father and mother." Li Sansheng's eyes were extremely cold at this moment because he had never known anything about his father and mother since he was young. He remembered the first time a child called him a bastard when he was young. Li Sansheng cried and ran to his grandfather to ask him, but his grandfather, who saw him crying, slapped him in anger. His grandfather said that the Li family's children could bleed, but they could not cry. However, his grandfather did not say anything about his parents.
From then on, this became Li Sansheng's mystery. When he secretly asked the people in the village, everyone in the village shook their heads and told him that the only thing they knew was that when they saw him, it was only his grandfather.
" Sansheng, you can let anyone down in this life, including Grandpa, but you can't let down your parents and the woman who will give birth to your child in the future. So don't hate your parents." Old Li took a big sip of wine this time. The spicy Du Kang made Old Li's throat burn. Old Li was already an alcoholic, so he didn't feel much.
" Remember, Sansheng, your parents are people who can make you stand tall and proud. You will know one day," Old Man Li opened his eyes and glared at Li Sansheng. He said word by word, his voice seemed to be suppressed from his throat. Perhaps this was the pain in Old Man Li's heart. What was more heartbreaking than losing a son in old age?
Li Sansheng didn't say anything. However, when his grandfather said this, many things instantly disappeared from Li Sansheng's heart, and there was also a lot less confusion.
The wind slowly picked up. The old locust tree rustled in the wind, and the air was less stuffy. Li Sansheng leaned against the old locust tree and looked at his grandfather's cloudy eyes and hunched body in a daze.
" The path of the world is as boundless as a bird's path. Human feelings are more floating than fish barbarians. It's so good to be alive," Old Man Li muttered, not caring if Li Sansheng heard him or not.
"Do you hate Grandfather?" Old Man Li asked in a self-deprecating manner.
" In the past, I was silly, naive, and ignorant. I hated him. Now that I've grown up, I don't hate him anymore," Li Sansheng said truthfully. The person Li Sansheng hated the most was his grandfather who had suppressed him for 20 years.
Old Man Li wanted Li Sansheng to surprise everyone one day. Over the years, he had taught Li Sansheng everything he knew and understood. He never cared if Li Sansheng knew anything. He taught him Chinese chess, Go, Feng Shui, Chinese medicine, Chinese culture, and everything he could do to survive.
Li Sansheng had been self-reliant ever since he was sensible. He could imagine what a child who was only a fart would know. At that time, Li Sansheng could only pick up trash in the small town. He looked like a homeless child. His entire body was dirty and there was not a single clean place. He was like a smelly beggar. At that time, he was also looked down upon by others and was even ridiculed by children his age. Li Sansheng did not understand and ran to ask his grandfather, At that time, Grandpa said that if Grandpa died one day and couldn't take care of you anymore, what would you do?
Perhaps it was because of Old Man Li's genetic influence, Li Sansheng seemed to understand the reason and continued to pick up trash. However, he hated his grandfather's cruelty in his heart. Until one day when Li Sansheng was about to enter junior high school, he saw his grandfather kneel to the richest nouveau riche in the village for tuition fees. At that time, Li Sansheng finally understood a lot.
Li Sansheng had never been to primary school, let alone kindergarten. At that time, Li Sansheng envied the children in the village the most when they went to school in the small town. At that time, Li Sansheng used his small body to try his best to put the ideas that Old Man Li instilled into his mind under the pressure of Old Man Li every day. Old Man Li said that whether he understood or not was a matter of the future, but whether he remembered or not was a matter of today. He memorized Tang poetry and Song poetry every day, wrote music every day, and read the twenty-four histories every day. It was shocking that a child who was only a few years old saw these things every day.
However, this was not the end. Li Sansheng still had to learn the basics, which were the things that the children in the village had to learn in school. He could only squeeze out some time to learn Chinese and mathematics. As long as he dared to slack off, as long as he didn't remember what he should remember within a certain time, he would be punished by his grandfather ruthlessly. However, Li Sansheng later learned that every time he was punished by his grandfather and beaten by his grandfather, his grandfather would get drunk.
Li Sansheng's ability to treat books as his life was also suppressed by Old Li at that time. Therefore, if Li Sansheng didn't read a book for a few days, his heart would itch. This also indirectly created Li Sansheng's extensive reading and omniscience.
After Li Sansheng grew up and experienced the things in society, he finally understood why his grandfather had nurtured him like this. It was because everyone who wanted to stand at the top would get what they put in. There was no such thing as success or mediocrity.
" Sansheng, take care of yourself outside." Old Man Li suddenly felt sad. The reason was only understandable to him. Maybe it was because Li Sansheng was going to university tomorrow and was going to the big city that everyone was talking about. He felt more and more disappointed.
"Grandpa!" Li Sansheng couldn't help but call out.
"If one day, you really encounter something that touches your life, you should go and look for your Uncle Long?”Old Man Li's blurry and turbid eyes became even more blurry and turbid as he held Li Sansheng's hand and instructed.
" Okay." Li Sansheng nodded, indicating that he would.
" Alright, it's getting late. Go to sleep." Old Man Li was afraid that he really couldn't suppress his emotions, so he waved his hand to signal Li Sansheng to go to sleep.
Seeing Li Sansheng enter the old mansion, Old Man Li's eyes were so clear that it made people tremble. Old Man Li looked at the old locust tree that had no growth rings and muttered to himself. Sansheng, Grandpa will get back what the world owes you. When you really walk out of the old mansion one day, you will find that the world is waiting for you to rule the world.
The next day, it was still in front of the old mansion. Under the old locust tree with unknown growth rings, Li Sansheng, Hei Zi, Old Meng, and Erlong looked at Old Man Li, who was leaning on his walking stick, hunched over, and bent over. They were all reluctant to part. Li Sansheng really didn't want to see this scene, so he hardened his heart and got into the Audi Erlong had someone drive over. He held back his tears and didn't speak. Li Sansheng didn't speak, and the rest didn't speak either. Those who knew most of Li Sansheng's life experiences understood the role Old Man Li played in Li Sansheng's world.
The car started slowly, and Old Man Li's figure slowly blurred. At this moment, Old Man Li looked at Li Sansheng's back and said calmly in his heart.
Grandpa suppressed you for 20 years so that you could achieve 100 years of glory.
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