Konoha Feige

Through the speakers, Shang Wenrong's singing echoed through every corner of the singing venue and echoed among the ancient trees for a long time, making every audience present mesmerized.The branches and leaves of the ancient trees and the birds above seemed to be affected by the singing, and there was no sound at all.Time seemed to have stopped, the world seemed to have returned to its original state of chaos, and the world was silent.

Suddenly, someone in the crowd cheered loudly.Immediately afterwards, the audience burst into thunderous applause.

Shang Wenrong on the stage was very proud and bowed frequently to the audience.The host went up and greeted Shang Wenrong politely, saying that since everyone's enthusiasm was so high, he would ask the singer to sing another song for everyone.Shang Wenrong pondered for a moment.

"Well, let me perform a piece of "Konoha Flying Song" for everyone, okay?!" Shang Wenrong said excitedly.

"Okay-" The crowd cheered.

Shang Wenrong then took out a piece of wood leaf, half held it in his mouth, mobilized his inner energy, and started to blow it.

Suddenly, a gentle and sad melody slowly flowed out from the tip of the Konoha leaves, refreshing the heart and moving people to tears.Soon, many people's eyes were filled with crystal tears.Zhao Shuqin and Meng Xiaolu were also moved to tears and quietly wiped their eyes from time to time.

I don’t know how much time passed.Everyone suddenly noticed that there was no more singing in Konoha, and the entire singing venue was quiet. They quickly looked on the stage and found that no one was in the pavilion.The singer has disappeared.After a brief moment of astonishment, the crowd immediately erupted into a long burst of thunderous applause.

Zhao Shuqin walked to the judges' table and saw that Shang Wenrong had returned to his seat and was whispering to his father, Zhao Deyin.Zhao Deyin gave Shang Wenrong a thumbs up, his face full of admiration.

The woman standing behind her father also stared at Shang Wenrong with great admiration. She took the opportunity to take out a book from her bag and begged the singer to sign it for him.The singer was quite happy, took the book and put it away with a wave of his hand.

Zhao Shuqin felt unhappy when he saw this woman.He looked away and looked around aimlessly.Suddenly, he discovered that He Shuyi and his cousin Yang Yuanyuan were also at the scene.The two stood in the crowd on the right side of the stage.He Shuyi's eyes kept staring at where he was.Zhao Shuqin quickly avoided her gaze, pretended not to see her, and continued to glance elsewhere.After finishing the sweep, he pulled Meng Xiaolu, quietly squeezed out of the crowd, and quickly escaped from the singing venue along a secluded path.

However, whatever you fear will come true.Before the two of them had run far, He Shuyi and Yang Yuanyuan came out of the woods on the side and blocked them in the middle of the path.

Zhao Shuqin quickly loosened his grip on Meng Xiaolu's hand.

"Shuyi and Yuanyuan are also coming to watch the singing competition?" Zhao Shuqin said sarcastically, his face flushed with embarrassment.

He Shuyi smiled bitterly and pulled Yang Yuanyuan away in tears without saying a word.

Zhao Shuqin stared at their figures blankly, his mind in confusion.

"Who?" Meng Xiaolu asked with a faint smile.

"No one, just a distant cousin." Zhao Shuqin said in an understatement.

The two returned to Meng Xiaolu's house.

Meng Zhenggang was already drunk, lying on the sofa and fast asleep.Zhao Shuqin originally wanted to buy two pig trotters from him, but no matter how he shouted, Meng Zhenggang would not wake up.Meng Xiaolu asked Zhao Shuqin to go into battle in person.But Zhao Shuqin was afraid of directly engaging in bloody cutting operations and was unwilling to operate the knife.Meng Xiaolu had no choice but to take action on her own.

After a while of cutting the mess with a sharp knife, two intact pig's trotters were handed into Zhao Shuqin's hands.Zhao Shuqin was dumbfounded and quickly gave Meng Xiaolu a thumbs up, praising her as a man among women.

Zhao Shuqin paid Meng Xiaolu.Meng Xiaolu was reluctant to accept it at first.But Zhao Shuqin insisted on paying.Meng Xiaolu stopped refusing and accepted the money.

Zhao Shuqin picked up two pig trotters and prepared to visit his uncle.

Meng Xiaolu sent him to the gate of the courtyard.The two lingered for a while before parting reluctantly.

Zhao Shuqin came to his uncle's house carrying the pig's trotters.His uncle is Wang Dayi. He is over 40 years old and is still single and lonely.

My uncle lives in a two-story old wooden building.The wooden building has been weathered for a long time and is dilapidated. It is considered a dangerous building.In order to prevent the house from collapsing, long logs were used to support the wooden building.

The wooden building was in a mess, with pots and pans strewn all over the floor.A large swill bucket stood beside the wall.It was filled with red and green food scraps.A strong rancid smell mixed with a musty smell hit my nostrils.Two roosters stood by the bucket, pecking at the leftovers in the bucket, and occasionally pooped out a pool of chicken excrement.

Uncle Wang Dayi was sitting by the wall, watching TV and smoking a dry cigarette.He was unshaven and unkempt, and his clothes were dirty and stained with oil.Seeing Zhao Shuqin come in, Wang was very happy. He quickly stood up, cleaned up the messy decorations in his house, and then asked Zhao Shuqin to sit down.When Zhao Shuqin approached him, he could clearly smell a strong smell of smoke and dirt on him.The rancid and musty smell of leftover food, the smell of chicken feces, the smell of smoke and dirt from his uncle's body, all kinds of unpleasant smells rushed into his nose. Zhao Shuqin felt nauseous and wanted to vomit.However, he still endured it.

"How are you doing, uncle?" Zhao Shuqin asked with a smile on his face.

"Okay! Okay! You can also have three bowls of rice and two or two meters of wine for each meal." Wang Dayi grinned.A mouth full of rotten teeth that are black and yellowish.

Zhao Shuqin put the pig's trotters on the desk. "Uncle stewed one of the pig's trotters, and I gave the other to my second aunt and the others. I'll drink two cups with you." Zhao Shuqin ordered.

"Okay! Okay!" Wang Dayi said cheerfully.He cleaned the pig's trotters, then took out the pine chopping board from the wall, which had large and small mold spots on the edges and was stained with vegetable leaves and pepper fragments in the center, and started chopping it hard.

Zhao Shuqin stared at his uncle quietly, feeling extremely uncomfortable when faced with the poverty and misery of his family.

I think back then, my uncle Wang Dayi was also an aggressive and promising young man.At that time, although he was very poor, he was willing to work hard.He once worked in a coal mine thousands of miles away for several years and saved some money.Later, an accident occurred in the coal mine and it was closed down. He lost his job, so he returned to Zaixi and used his savings to buy this old house, preparing to marry a wife and live there.

The mother-in-law married him, but they thought he was poor and ran away soon.The uncle was hit hard and became disheartened and gradually lost confidence in life.At first, his brother-in-law Zhao Deyin also took him to work in the gold mines, and then took him to do odd jobs at construction sites.Helpless, the uncle had no fighting spirit and no desire to make progress. He just muddle along like a monk and passed the day, thus completely losing the chance to make a comeback.

Later, due to working in a coal mine for many years in a harsh environment, my uncle unfortunately contracted silicosis and was unable to do heavy physical work, and even lost his basic ability to earn money.He can only stay at home every day and rely on his sister Wang Huizhong to support him.Once a person has no goal in life and no support for survival, he will soon become a useless person.This is how my uncle's current state of being neither a human nor a ghost came about.

Even so, Zhao Shuqin did not dislike this uncle.He felt that the fundamental reason why his uncle had fallen into his current situation was poverty.If the family situation was a little better and the mother-in-law didn't run away, the uncle might be in a different situation now.He told his mother more than once that he must never abandon his uncle.Otherwise, his situation will be even more miserable.Zhao Shuqin visits his uncle once or twice every year, has a meal and chats with him, for no reason, just to let him feel that there is still warmth in the world.

Zhao Shuqin was heartbroken when he thought of his father Zhao Deyin's lavish spending on a meal in Lujiang two days ago.He thought it would be great if he could use the money from this meal to improve his uncle's current situation.