Double ten

After dinner, Mu Feng, who was packing up the tableware, was not in a hurry when he heard the knock on the door. He tidied up the tableware in a leisurely manner, wiped the old dining table slowly, washed his hands, and then slowly opened the door.

"Xiaofeng, why don't you go to my house for dinner?" A fellow who came here yesterday said first.

"I just ate." This is not an excuse, he did eat just now, even if he didn't eat, he wouldn't go.

"Xiaofeng Xiaofeng, this is the glutinous rice cake made by my family. It's still hot. Try it." Another villager said with a smile while holding the bowl in his hand.

"I'm sorry, I don't want to eat this." Mu Feng glanced at the things in other people's hands again, and added, "I don't want this stuff. If you have anything to do, just tell me."

"Then...then I'll just say it straight, Xiaofeng, where do you work now? What do you do? But, looking at the car you drove back, you should be very rich. My family is going to build a house this winter. A little less money, I wonder if I can ask you to borrow some."

"Do you still remember my dog ​​left, he is at home now, I wonder if you can take him out to be a 'thug'."

"My child still needs to study. That little bastard doesn't know what major he is studying. The tuition fee plus living expenses for a year is 3 yuan. How can I have so much money? My brother, lend me some money, I will soon I can't pay my tuition."

"My house..."

"..."

Mu Feng didn't invite them to come in and sit down. He leaned on his mouth lazily and looked at them like a clown, and waited patiently for them to finish speaking before saying calmly:

"It's fine to borrow money, but my interest rate is very high, and I need to make a written statement, which must be paid back within one year."

"This..., they are all from the village, so let's avoid it!"

"Yes, yes, it's free, are you afraid that we won't pay you back?" The villagers agreed.

"It can't be avoided. If you can do it, I can borrow it. If you can't, I'm sorry." Mu Feng lazily said, how can it be avoided, and he has other plans.

Hearing what he said, some people were unconvinced and yelled: "I still need to charge interest, make a written statement, and pay it off within a year, Xiaofeng, do you do this? Everyone is from the same village. person?"

With a cold snort, Mu Feng glanced at him: "Aren't you very clear about whether I am human?"

This sentence stunned everyone. The person who scolded him at the beginning turned red and white, and his ears were slightly red, and he couldn't refute it.

"Besides, banks charge interest, why can't I charge it? No matter how rich I am, I don't have as much money as a bank! I lent you the money, which saves a lot of expenses in a short period of time. What's wrong with charging some interest?" Mu Seeing that they didn't respond, Feng still said casually: "Besides, I can't help you."

"How come... You are so rich, and you are all from the village. What's wrong with helping us? Are you unwilling to help us?"

"Yes, yes, if you are rich, you have to attract everyone. If you want to be rich, let's get rich together!"

"Yep……"

Looking at some villagers who were filled with righteous indignation and shared the same hatred, Mu Feng said lightly: "Yes, I don't want to help you, so what's the matter?

Why should I help you?

Just because you are fellow villagers?

Those of you eight years ago, did you do what fellow villagers should do? "He didn't intend to help.

In a word, everyone choked. Eight years ago, no one was willing to speak for him, no one was willing to help him.

"Sorry, I can't help everyone, please go back!" He really has no obligation to help these people.

"Wait, who said we didn't help, of course we did. 20 years ago, when you were in jail, everyone in the village helped. You can't be ungrateful." An angry voice came from the crowd, interrupting Mu Mu. The wind is preparing to close the door.

Mu Feng narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at him. It was Liu Dahan who was a few houses away, a man ten years older than him. Because he often did farm work, he looked older than the people in the city.He still remembers that when he was very young, he was greedy for the braised pork cooked by his family, and he watched eagerly outside the door until they finished eating, and he didn't share a piece with him. During the period, he also showed off the 'Wang Cai' ( dog) ate half of it, and didn't even let him get a little bit of oily foam.

Blinking his eyes quickly, Mu Feng came back to his senses, continued to lean against the threshold, lowered his eyes slightly, making it difficult for people to see the emotion in his eyes, "Speak clearly, what's going on?" He really wanted to know, when his father , How much suffering and tiredness have you suffered to be so thin and old so fast.

Looking at him so leisurely and casual, everyone looks at me, I look at you, you push me, I push you, but no one speaks first.

"Hey, let me tell the story!" A white-haired old man came out of the crowd tremblingly with a cane, and sighed helplessly, "I was the village chief 20 years ago, do you remember?"

Seeing that he didn't answer, knowing that he still recognized him, the old man leaned on his crutches and sank into memories, "20 years ago, your father came to see me."

["Village Chief, please change Xiaofeng's date of birth quickly. You filled in 1995 at the beginning, but he was born in 96. Please change it quickly!" Papa Mu, who had just rushed back to his hometown from the county seat, went straight After rushing to the village chief's house and explaining the whole story, he revealed his purpose for coming.

The village chief, who was still in his 50s, waved his hand at him: "Who knew this kind of thing would happen, but how can it be changed now? It has been filled in the ID card and household registration book for so many years, how can it be changed? Besides, everyone After entering, the verdict has come down, what’s the use of changing it? You’d better go back, I can’t help you.”

"It's useful, it's useful, of course it's useful, I can't let Xiaofeng sit in prison for the rest of my life, please, I've consulted a lawyer, and he said that I can ask everyone in the village to sign a letter, please, I, the Mu family, can't end my life Ah..." Papa Mu kept begging hard, seeing that he didn't agree, he knelt down and kowtowed to him, "Please, help me, and you are also responsible for this matter. Besides, Xiaofeng is also you Looking at him growing up, you know his character. After he had a high fever, he was like a little girl who didn’t like to talk. He didn’t kill someone on purpose. Let me save Xiaofeng, I only have one son..."]

"Your father has been knocking for a long time. After that, I really couldn't bear it. I agreed to your father's request and took him to every house in the village to ask for a signature. At that time, the village heard that you had killed someone, and they all avoided it. , for fear of causing trouble to the upper body, it is not so easy to agree, and he knelt and begged one by one." The old man paused for a while, and continued to talk about the follow-up. ["Uncle, do you still remember that I returned to my hometown with Xiaofeng, who was just a few months old, at the end of 96? Do you still remember, please sign with me!"

"His aunt, do you still remember that I went to your house to pay New Year's greetings with Xiaofeng on the first day of the new year in 97. You said he was very cute at that time, please sign it!"

"Uncle, do you still remember that your second boy is the same age as my Xiaofeng? My boy is only a day younger than your second boy. At that time, he joked that he wanted them to be his masters, do you remember?"

"..."]

"Your father, he really begged on his knees one by one. When the last person in the village finished signing, his forehead was smashed and his face was covered with blood, but he smiled." Tears, "I was also at fault for this matter. When you were born, family planning was very strict. For a greedy word, I reported an imaginary number privately. I am guilty. I am sorry for your father..."

Following his narration, all the elders who experienced this incident all lowered their heads, while the young people stared at everyone curiously. They had never experienced it before, so of course they did not understand what happened back then.

Mu Feng was still leaning against the threshold with his eyes downcast, making it difficult for people to see the emotion in his eyes. No one noticed that the veins in his arms were bursting, and the muscles in his arms were deeply sunken.

"Why is it an extra year? It's good to have an extra year. In the future, my son will be a civil servant or a teacher, and he will be able to retire early after eating the national food. How wonderful..."

My heart was like an upsurge, like a volcano erupting, like the sky falling apart, like the end of the world, recalling my mother who always thought of the best in everything, and thinking of my father who had done everything for him, Mu Feng felt that he was about to be unable to breathe.

He thought that the pain in his heart would fade after eight years, but he still overestimated himself. In front of reality and his parents, he was still a child who couldn't grow up, and he was still a person who hated himself for being incompetent.

How much is love?Who else can give up everything for you?