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"A Zhi, is he okay?" The old man made him a cup of tea.

"A Zhi?" Zhuang Mo didn't understand who he was talking about.Isn't it Ren Mingqing who I inquired about?

The old man dipped the brush in the pen holder into the tea, and wrote the character "Zhi" on the table.

"Ren Zhi. His name is Ren Zhi." The old gentleman pursed his toothless mouth and spoke with a strong local accent.He told Zhuang Mo that Zhi is a fragrant flower and herb that grows by the water in Li Sao, and it is a symbol of a gentleman.The old man gave him this name in the hope that he would be a gentleman of high moral character.And Mingqing is his surname, which means the same as Zhi.

Zhuang Mo became a very humble student.He realized that it was this place, this place was Ren Mingqing's spiritual home, with the elegance, sentiment and idealism of an old-fashioned intellectual.He told the old man that his Ah Zhi is doing well now, has become a writer and will soon become very famous, the old man was moved to tears.He kept wiping his eyes with a cotton kerchief: "That's good, that's good—he suffered a lot when he was a child."

"Mother Jiang treats him badly?"

It is inconvenient for the old man to explain clearly.He never gossips behind his back or makes unreasonable comments on others.He only said what he knew.

After Jiang Baihan left, Ren Mingqing didn't come to him for a long time.Because the Jiang family was poor, Ren Mingqing had to help the family with work.He went to work in the fields, cooked at home, and had no time to read "idle books".

"His leg is broken." The old man complained to Zhuang Mo, "How did he go to the field? He is only seven years old! It is not yet dawn, and he has to carry the valley and walk more than ten miles to the town, and then hug two little ones." The pig is back. How do you think this will work?"

About a year later, one day, the old man saw Ren Mingqing sneaking around the grassy slope at the back of the village.He was dressed in rags and his little face was dirty. When he saw him, he walked up hesitantly and asked him, "Yeah, do you...do you have any extra rice?"

"He's starving to death!" The old man grabbed Zhuang Mo's hand in grief, "The baby hasn't eaten for three days! I don't know if Jiang's family has no food, or Jiang Yong's mother doesn't give him food. I want him to come in He refused, so he begged for some rice, and built an earthen stove for cooking somewhere. I told the baby, if you are hungry in the future, come to Yeye. How can a baby with a long body be hungry? abdomen."

Later, Ren Mingqing knew that he had food here, so he wandered over to his place from time to time. Between filling his stomach and being polite, he violated his code of conduct of "don't bother others", and even relied on him to watch book.However, this matter was discovered by Jiang's mother.Mother Jiang rushed into his room, grabbed Ren Mingqing by the ear and dragged him back.

"The ears are bleeding." The old man pointed to his left ear. "I said, you can't pull the baby's ears like this. Talk to me when you have something to say. She said it's okay. Ah Zhi didn't cry at all. He was very obedient and sensible since he was a child. I asked him to take the book away and come back to me after reading it." Borrow it here. She said no. She snatched it from the baby’s arms. Ah Zhi refused to let go, so she beat him hard, picked a wooden stick from the ground and hit him on the shoulder.”

Ren Mingqing refused to let go at first.He straightened his back, protecting his book, and forcibly bearing Jiang's mother's beating and scolding.But then Mother Jiang beat her harder each time, and he lost strength in his hand, so he let go.Jiang's mother took the opportunity to snatch the book, and stomped on the ground, cursing as she stomped, at that moment he burst into tears.In the memory of the old man, that was the first time he saw Ren Mingqing cry, he had never cried before, Jiang Baihan didn't even cry when he went to the funeral.He looked soft and weak, but he was stubborn, but that time, the strong part of his body was completely broken by Mother Jiang.

As soon as he burst into tears, Jiang's mother became frightened, and slapped his mouth with the back of her hand even more viciously, not allowing him to make a sound, and took him back with force.

Zhuang Mo remembered that Ren Mingqing had this habit until now, no matter how hard he cried, he dared not speak or make a sound.

The old man thought about it, and after a week or so, he went to visit Ren Mingqing in a neighboring village with grain and noodles.There was no one at home, and Ren Mingqing was locked in the yard.The old man called his name against the earthen wall, but he didn't answer and couldn't stand up.

"He looks good on your face," said the old man angrily, "but she hit him inside. I guess she hit him a lot, but it didn't show on his face, and other people didn't know."

The old man once thought about asking Ren Mingqing to raise him, but he was not rich and had no heirs, and he didn't know that he would kick his legs one day.If he died, what should I do if the doll is so small?He thought of a way to live frugally, save food and travel three or four miles to deliver food and books to Ren Mingqing.Mother Jiang received his favor and was watched by him, so she didn't do anything more outrageous.

"They also rumored that I fell in love with the widow of the Jiang family!" The old man couldn't laugh or cry.

Ren Mingqing has obviously changed in those years.He has become very timid. He used to be introverted, but now he is morbidly afraid of strangers. He only dares to walk against the base of the wall. When he walks, he bends over and hangs his head low.More obviously, he no longer speaks.He completely lost his ability to speak, as if he had become a mute.

The children in the village often bullied him, because their parents cursed him behind his back as a bastard, and killed Jiang Yong's father. He was a sinner, and no one would speak for sinners.He has no parents, and his body is still weak, so he doesn't need to pay any price for bullying him. He is a dog in the water and a doormat who can be caught by anyone.

Zhuang Mo thought of the twinkling eyes behind the dark house he had visited, and suspected that each of them had once made trouble.Because of this, no one in that village would tell the truth, or rather, they all chose to believe the truth provided by Mother Jiang.They said he was heinous.This is the ignorance of the crowd and the genius of the crowd.They have done unrighteous things, they have harmed someone, and they must speak out righteously and accuse the victim of being a wicked person with one voice.The more unified the villagers were, the more sad and hopeless he felt.

"Later, Teacher An came, and the baby's life became easier." The old man said.

"Teacher An? Is that Teacher An from Fenghe Middle School?"

"There was no such thing as Fenghe Middle School in the past! It was taught in the row of abandoned lumberyards at the entrance of the village."

Zhuang Mo remembered the building that he had seen occasionally when the dean showed him around the school. It was small and dilapidated, but it was standing behind the playground as it was. It turned out that it was the place where Ren Mingqing studied.

"Teacher An is a good man. He is from a big city. He is gentle and well-educated. I heard that he has stayed abroad. He graduated from university and came here to teach. He originally only planned to stay for three months, but he couldn't leave as soon as he arrived. Yes. He and Ah Zhi are very close. After he came, Ah Zhi would not come to my place very often! He taught him to write, and Ah Zhi is very good at Chinese." The old man was lovingly jealous, and sincerely supported them feel happy.

"Then do you know why Ah Zhi dropped out of school?"

"They said he broke Jiang Yong's arm. I don't believe it." The old man shook his head and sat down on the bed. "Jiang Yong is tall and strong. He is the bully of the village. The only thing a baby can be beaten is. He was often bullied at school, and his classmates would not play with him, so Teacher An called him to his room and asked him to read."

"So he never fought before?" This didn't match what the dean said, but it was more in line with Zhuang Mo's guess.

"How can being beaten be called a fight? They are talking nonsense!" The old man was filled with righteous indignation. "A week before the accident, he asked me for liquor. He picked wood sorrel on the mountain and made it into medicinal wine for traumatic injury. He was beaten, his waist There's a big bruise on it. He can't fight, he was killed!"

Zhuang Mo nodded.If Gao Yuan had appeared earlier, Ren Mingqing would not have been injured so badly.He guessed that Ren Mingqing's complete personality split was stimulated by Jiang Yong, that is, what they did in that conflict was beyond Ren Mingqing's tolerance, so a second personality was born to resist.Ren Mingqing has suffered physical abuse and mental torture for a long time, and the extreme depression has produced a very extreme protection mechanism.

"After such a big incident, the mother of the Jiang family refused to let go. She almost beat Ah Zhi to death in the town health center, and reported to the police to arrest him. The village chief also wanted him to drop out of school. Ah Zhi was sent to the city, and told the village head and Jiang’s mother that he would be sent away so that he would not have to come back. Everyone thought it was good, so Teacher An moved his household registration away.” The old man sighed In a calm tone, "It doesn't matter if he's gone, if he stays here, sooner or later something will happen."

"His account was opened by Mr. An?"

"Yes. I did it with him."

"Then did he say where he's going to move?"

"He said he was going to move to the capital." The farthest place the old man has ever been to in his life was the provincial capital. When he talked about the capital, he couldn't help grinning with toothless mouth.In the eyes of this generation, the capital is the capital and the heart of the whole of China.If he went to the capital, he would be a great success, and he always believed that Ah Zhi would soar into the sky.

"Go to the capital..." Zhuang Mo felt that he might have made a big detour after he smacked like this. This teacher An from the backcountry has a lot of background.Ren Mingqing's noble person is none other than right in front of his eyes.