after death strike

Liang Kaiyuan is well aware of his son's stubbornness, but he also knows that it is not worth spending a lot of money for him who has lived for half a century.He didn't bring up the matter, and he didn't choose to persuade his son, but after he went to the park with his grandson and took a rare family photo with his family of four, he quietly packed his luggage and left a He wrote a short letter and left there in the middle of the night.

He returned home to pack up some savings and luggage, and left the Jianju where he had lived all his life without looking back.If he stayed there all the time, then his son would definitely find him and bring him back.

He was very close to death.

Rather than wasting money in the hospital and spending a short period of time, he wanted his son to live a good life.

Then, Liang Kaiyuan became a homeless man in this city who had no more of him, and no less of him.

He took out a piece of crumpled photo paper from his pocket, and old man Liang handed the family portrait photo that he had printed out to Li Zhizhi to show off.He pointed his finger on it, "This is my grandson, isn't he cute? He is very smart, I heard that he is always in the top of the exam."

Li Zhizhi took it carefully.The four people in the photo all have similar happy smiles on their faces. The similar but different faces of the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren reveal their blood relationship and also evoke Li Zhizhi's deeper memory.

He recalled that when his grandma was seriously ill, she was lying on the hospital bed with a family portrait in her hand. Even though her eyes could not see his appearance clearly, she still coaxed him patiently and gently.

"Zhizhi, don't be afraid. My Zhizhi is so powerful, so smart... Even if grandma is gone, I will be able to grow up smoothly and healthily."

But he is not as smart as grandma boasted at all, he has not done anything.Not only did he not grow up healthily, but in the end, he even lost the courage to live.

Li Zhizhi was silent for a while.Until he raised his head and looked at Old Man Liang who was still missing his family, he suddenly asked softly:

"Isn't leaving your family the saddest thing in the world?" Why can you sit down so easily?

If he were old man Liang, he would rather die beside his family than leave at all.Dying alone is terrible, the feeling of being abandoned by the whole world is enough to break anyone.

Old man Liang saw his loss of soul completely in his eyes, and his doubts and sadness were completely written on his face.

Something must have happened to this young man, old man Liang thought to himself, and at the same time he opened his mouth to answer:

"It's hard to say goodbye. If I could, I wouldn't want to leave my children and my house. But—"

He stretched out his hand and gently touched Li Zhizhi's head, "Silly boy, no one can stay in this world forever, there is always a time to say goodbye. We have to learn to say goodbye and get used to saying goodbye."

"But I don't want to learn at all... and I don't want to get used to it..." Li Zhizhi covered his face helplessly, without a single tear in his dry eyes.

When his parents passed away, he was still too young to even have the concept of death. He only knew that he would never see his parents again.Not long after being adopted by his grandparents, his grandfather's death made him understand that there is such a terrible thing as death in the world.

Perhaps because of losing her son and husband in succession, grandma's body also collapsed soon after.He was anxious and restless every day, guarding his grandmother on the sick bed, but he could do nothing, he could only watch her slowly weakening and gradually approaching death day by day.

That was also before Li Zhizhi committed suicide, the closest moment in his life to death.

He tried many childish methods that only a child could think of, trying to keep his only relative.But that was of no use, of no use at all.Grandma told him not to be sad about this parting, but to live a good life.But he didn't listen to a word.

He couldn't accept such a parting.Before he was ten years old at that time, he had sent off four of his closest relatives in succession.

At this moment, Li Zhizhi finally realized that he might be resenting his grandma and those relatives who abandoned him.That resentment even surpassed his self-loathing, but it was buried deep in his heart.

He was immersed in his memories, and old man Liang didn't interrupt him, but just stroked his back comfortingly like an old man who loves his juniors.It wasn't until Li Zhizhi regained his composure and put down his hand that he silently withdrew his hand.

The setting sun had completely set, and there was no light at all in the yard, it was extremely dark.But the two sitting people seemed to be enjoying the silent darkness, and neither of them proposed to turn on the light.

"Son should be very angry," Old Man Liang suddenly said after a long while, "Actually, I have seen the missing persons notice posted by him twice, but I don't want to go back."

"...Compared to being angry," Li Zhizhi said softly, "I think he must be very sad." Just like him, the one who is left behind is always the sadder one.

"This is the last thing I can do for him." Old man Liang shook his head, "I'm old, and I will die one day. No matter how sad he is, I can't help him live—that's him He has to take responsibility for his own life."

Just as Li Zhizhi was thinking carefully about the meaning of this sentence, suddenly there were a few ear-piercing screams from the room where the pets were kept.It sounded like iron cages falling to the ground or colliding with each other.

Before he realized what was going on, old man Liang had already stood up and hurried over there.One of the functions of the shelter to take in old man Liang is also reflected here. With old man Liang in charge of the night watch, there is no need for them to stay and take care of them.

His pace was so fast that he didn't look like an old man, Li Zhizhi quickly followed.

When I walked in, I found that a stray dog ​​had somehow knocked open the cage, and immediately ran around the house, accidentally bumping into several empty cages.All the animals in the room were making sounds of fear or warning, and the noise in their ears seemed to be directly attached to the stereo, and Li Zhizhi's head was so big.

It seems that this kind of thing has happened many times. The experienced old man Liang left Li Zhizhi who was at a loss and found the stray dog ​​still running away in the room. Back in the cage.

Immediately afterwards, he walked to each cage, and squatted down to look at or talk to the animals in the cage as if to appease them.Li Zhizhi didn't know how he did it at all, as if he had the magical ability to communicate with animals. After a while, the frightened animals quieted down obediently.

Old man Liang once again approached the cage that Li Zhizhi saw that day, containing the out-of-control dog.He turned around and gave Li Zhizhi a "shh" gesture, and then he unlocked the cage, and carried the recovered dog out.

"Don't talk about it—" he laughed, with a childlike naughtiness, "I'll take it out for a walk."

The dog was very familiar with old man Liang, and he didn't struggle at all when he was being held, but just stayed in his arms attached.Even after old man Liang carried it to the yard and put it down, it didn't immediately run around like having fun, but wagged its tail and stuck to old man Liang's calf, following him almost every step of the way.

"Oh," Old Man Liang stroked its head affectionately, "I dare not give you food anymore."

He raised his head and explained to Li Zhizhi, "It's very similar to the one I raised at home, even the movements are similar." He repeated it again as if he didn't remember that he had told Li Zhizhi at all.

"But my original one accidentally ate rat poison and was poisoned to death." He smiled slightly, "I didn't dare to keep a dog after that." Rats and ants are frequent in the village, almost every household They were all sprinkled with rat poison.

He was about to continue to say something, when the earth dog that was next to his leg suddenly ran away, circled a few times, and ran back again. I don't know if it was too excited or for some other reason, it rushed straight Old man Liang, who was about to sit down, wanted to jump on him, but old man Liang was old after all, and his legs and feet were not very stable. He almost fell down when he was thrown by it.

Li Zhizhi hurried forward to support the old man, and in his haste, his hand directly pressed on the old man's chest.

It was as quiet as the yard ten minutes ago, with no agitation and a dead silence.

"You..." Li Zhizhi opened his eyes wide in shock, looking up and down at the old man who was still in shock.how come?

"Ah, I was discovered by you." Old man Liang managed to stand still. He picked up the dirt dog on the ground, and patted its head lightly as a punishment, but understated it, as if it was not a big deal. Yes, face Li Zhizhi. "Did it scare you?"

"No..." Li Zhizhi was still in shock.

No wonder, when the old man couldn't help himself, he didn't see the tears he shed - it turned out that it wasn't because he was holding back, but because he, like himself, couldn't shed tears.

He suddenly grabbed the old man's hand and placed it on his chest. "I...me too, Grandpa."

First he was confused, and then he suddenly realized something. The old man's expression became as shocked as he was, and even showed some imperceptible pity.

"This... how could this happen?" He murmured, "I have cancer, and I am close to death. But you are still so young, only a little older than my grandson—"

After talking openly for so long, no one realized that the person in front of him, who was half a century behind his age, was like himself, a dead body that should not have existed in this world .

Old man Liang was speechless.He thought of what he had said to comfort the young man before, but he didn't know where to start.

"Where's your family?" Old man Liang couldn't help asking.The sudden disappearance of such a young man must be more difficult for his family than him.

"...they are no longer alive." Li Zhizhi smiled wryly.

The author has something to say: Ah Wang: (reading) 'The one who is left behind is always the sadder one'

Li Zhizhi: Okay, okay, I understand, don't hint any more!face stretched out

Wang: (obedient)

Li Zhizhi: Give you a kiss, it's okay! (sigh)

Ah Wang: (points his lips) I want to kiss here too

Li Zhizhi: Reject!Greed is not——(kissed)