At this point, there seemed to be no room for negotiation. As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake. Moreover, I am only a worm now.
"Alright, I'll go."
Upon hearing this, Liu Dazhuang's face revealed a smile again, as if saying," Brat, you're still too inexperienced to fight me!"
I ignored Liu Dazhuang and slowly walked towards the crowd. I wanted to remember every single one of them.
Seeing me walk over, the villagers retreated one after another. Every step I took, they took a step back, as if I had really become a demon. These familiar faces that had accompanied me for sixteen years now looked so unfamiliar under the light of the torch.
"My fellow villagers, don't worry. Since I said I'm leaving, I'll definitely do it. But before that, I have one condition.”
Then, I slowly walked to my father's side. At this time, my mother had already come out of the house and was comforting my father.
"This matter has nothing to do with my parents. I hope that after I leave, you won't make things difficult for them. If I find out that any of you dare to lay a finger on them, I will definitely not let him off.”
After I finished speaking, I walked towards the bamboo house with my parents, leaving behind the stunned villagers.
"Alright, since the matter has been resolved, everyone can disperse. Considering that it's already late, we'll give Shi Tou another night to prepare. Tomorrow morning, everyone will get up and send him off.”
Behind me, Liu Dazhuang's voice sounded. He seemed to be kind, but he didn't trust me. He only felt at ease when he saw me leave with his own eyes.
After everyone heard this, they all expressed their agreement. They carried the injured villagers and began to walk back. After more than ten minutes, the bamboo forest returned to peace.
In the small bamboo house, the three of us sat quietly. No one spoke. Mother was quietly packing things by the bed, and father was smoking on the bamboo chair.
"Dad, Mom, don't be sad anymore. It's not easy for me to come back.”
Mother heard my words and stopped what she was doing." Shi Tou, you're leaving. How can we be happy? It's all our fault for not being able to protect you.”
"Mom, don't say that. This has nothing to do with you. If you want to blame someone, blame Liu Dazhuang for being too good at instigating people. Good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil.”
"That's true, but we…"
"Aiya, look at you guys. Our son has already grown up and can take care of himself. Besides, I'm just moving to a new place to live. Isn't he still fine? If you miss me, you can go over and see me!”
Under my comfort, my mother's expression finally began to slowly improve. However, my father remained silent. I knew that for someone like my father, once there was a knot in his heart, it would be very difficult to untie it.
"Dad, I know that it's useless to say anything now, but I still have to promise you that not only will their actions not defeat me, but they will also make me stronger. In the future, not only will I come back, but I will also come back in glory!”
The next morning, I got out of bed before dawn to avoid the villagers.
When I passed by the bridge, I looked back at the village. Under the gray sky, Liuzhai Village seemed quiet and lonely. From today onwards, I will leave this village that I have lived in for 16 years and welcome my new life.
At this moment, I suddenly thought of someone, my grandfather.
Grandpa has been wandering all his life. Although he has a home in the village, he rarely comes back. I'm going to follow his path now.
"Stone!"
Just as I stepped onto the bridge, a voice sounded not far away. I immediately recognized it as Goudan.
"Brother Goudan, why are you here?”
As I spoke, Goudan came to me, panting heavily. He looked at me and said,""Brat, I knew you would come out early. Fortunately, I woke up early.”
" Brother Goudan, you don't have to send me off. I'm not going far, I'm just in the county…"
"Kid, you make it sound so easy. You can't even go home now, but you can still smile.”
As Gou Dan spoke, he took out a plastic bag from his pocket." This is your sister-in-law's salted duck egg. Take it."”
Hearing Goudan's words, I quickly declined," Brother Goudan, you usually do hard labor. You should keep it for yourself. Besides, it won't be good if sister-in-law finds out…"
"Nonsense. You don't know your sister-in-law well. She specially asked me to get this for you. Don't look at how she was in front of others yesterday. After we got home, she kept telling me that you were very pitiful and asked me to bring you something.”
Eggface had a blissful expression on his face as he spoke.
Seeing Eggface like this, the scene in the cornfield that day appeared in my mind again. I felt very uncomfortable.
"Shi Tou, don't be sad. When I'm free, I'll visit you in the city. Don't be embarrassed and pretend you don't know me.”
I knew that Brother Goudan said that to make me happy, but he didn't know that I wasn't sad because of myself, but because of him.
After much hesitation, I decided to reveal it to Goudan." Brother Goudan, I have a question. Can you answer me truthfully?”
"Say it, there's no need for us brothers to be so polite.”
" I'll say this first. You must answer truthfully, and you can't be angry…"
"F * ck, why are you becoming more and more like a girl? Why are you so shy?"
Eggface raised his hand to hit me as he spoke, but he was smiling.
"Brother Goudan, do you think Sister-in-law loves you?”
Eggface was stunned when he heard my question. He obviously didn't expect me to ask this. After a few seconds, he sized me up again, making me feel a little uncomfortable. He quickly said,"Brother Goudan, answer my question, don't just look at me.”
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. You've only been in the city for a month and you've already learned to be bad. You dare to say whether you love her or not at such a young age.”
I didn't care about Goudan's teasing. I continued to ask," Brother Goudan, don't change the topic. You have to answer truthfully."”
"Is there a need to say that? She's my wife. If she doesn't love me, why would she love someone else? Why did you suddenly think of asking this? Do you like a girl from some family and are too embarrassed to ask? Do you want to learn from her…"
I don't remember what Eggface said after that. In the end, I didn't tell Eggface about the cornfield. I only told him to be more careful in the future.
As for his wife, he would leave it to the heavens.#
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