Finally, the day has arrived.

The old man who gave Song Yaze firewood and sweet potatoes that day was the village chief, Uncle Huang. He walked in a hurry, his expression was also in a hurry, and his eyes were full of shock and heavyness.Hearing the news that Wang Xiujuan was crushed to death, he was shocked at first, and then worried about the two children.

Restlessly, he entered the two children's residence, pushed open the door, and looked worriedly at the two brothers squatting in front of the stove to make a fire and cook.

He coughed unnaturally, attracting the eyes of the two brothers. He was silent for a while, then took a puff of his pipe, and said slowly: "That... tell you two things..."

Song Yaze understood immediately, but still remained calm, staring at the silent Uncle Huang, waiting for the good news.

"Your mother... I was crushed when I was carrying sandbags for someone today..."

Uncle Huang was concerned that there were still two children in front of him, so he didn't say too much.

"do you died?"

Lin Yuguo added a fire to the stove very calmly, as if the person being crushed was a stranger he had never met.

Village head Huang took the pipe from his mouth, opened his eyes wide, and was surprised that the two seemed to be okay. After a while, he opened his mouth and said:

"……died."

The two followed Village Chief Huang all the way to the place where Wang Xiujuan was carrying sandbags. It was the edge of a town, but it was much more lively than the village. Wearing a woolen turban, he came out with his hands folded to watch the excitement.

There was a circle of people around the truck, all pointing, some laughing, making a lot of noise.Village head Huang pushed through the crowd and led the two of them into the circle.Only then did Song Yaze see Wang Xiujuan's death.

She was almost invisible under the weight of a thousand tons of sandbags, and only the white and red brains that flowed out proved that she was indeed utterly dead.There was a large pool of blood on the ground, and the area was still slowly expanding, which looked extremely dazzling.

Suddenly, Song Yaze's heart felt like a claw was scratching, itching.Before he had time to think about what was going on, he saw a thickly dressed, short and fat middle-aged man walking towards him, with a cigarette in his mouth, his nose and cheeks were red from the cold, and he was rubbing his hands vigorously.

"Are you her son?" The man looked at Song Yaze and asked with his chin raised, looking very arrogant.

Song Yaze nodded: "Yes."

"This matter is private! How about [-]?"

The man cast a disdainful glance at Song Yaze, took out a check and a pen, and prepared to write the amount.

"20, if you don't want to go to court, there are public interest lawyers now, and you will definitely lose."

Song Yaze stared at the man steadily, and spoke slowly.

In the original text of the novel, the two children only got [-] because they didn’t know how much they should pay for an accident, and because they were immersed in the news of Wang Xiujuan’s death and the excitement brought about by the money, they didn’t pursue it. Let go of the responsible party.

The man was stunned. He really didn't expect that this kid would dare to ask for so much money, so he took the cigarette from his mouth and yelled at him loudly, spitting and staring, trying to break Song Yaze's determination:

"Hey! You kid! You want a lion to open your mouth! Be careful, I will find someone to beat you!"

Song Yaze glanced at him impatiently, his voice remained calm:

"Do you think I don't know how much I should pay for a dead person now? If you don't pay, then I will expose it to the media and ruin your construction company. You should know the skills of those reporters."

The man opened his eyes. At this moment, he was extremely angry and surprised. He wanted to yell, but he was wronged, so he forced the anger back into his throat and wrote 20 yuan on the check. Reluctantly handing it to Song Yaze.

Afterwards, he dropped the half-smoked cigarette on the ground, stomped on it angrily, and cursed: "It's so fucking unlucky!" Then he turned and got into the truck, ignoring the sandbags that fell, and the smoke was gone in a flash. drove away.

Song Yaze carefully put the check away. This is their life money, and he cherishes it very much.Only then did he notice that the crowd around him hadn't dissipated, but more people gathered around and pointed at them.

His heart tightened, he pulled Lin Yuguo out of the crowd, and walked quickly back home.

"Brother..." Lin Yuguo was short, and he almost trotted to keep up with Song Yaze on the road.When he finally arrived home, he was a little out of breath, "Brother...why are you walking so fast..."

Song Yaze began to rummage through boxes and cabinets to find things, while saying hurriedly: "We have to leave today, this village can't stay here anymore."

"Why?" Lin Yuguo scratched his head and asked curiously.

"Because you have to go to school."

This was indeed one of the reasons for leaving the village, but not the main one.

The news that the two brothers got 20 yuan today probably spread throughout the village. The people here are too poor. Seeing that the two children have no independent opinions, they may be able to do things that seek money and kill them when they are forced by poverty.

Song Yaze was about to turn the house upside down, and finally found the household registration booklet and his ID card under the quilt of Wang Xiujuan's bed.

To his surprise, the 1 yuan hidden by Wang Xiujuan was still sewn into the pillowcase, which made him very happy. At that moment, he even thanked Wang Xiujuan a little.

Song Yaze packed the few quilts and thick clothes into two bags, and each of them carried one bag with Lin Yuguo, then went to a bank in a nearby town to apply for a card with his ID card, and transferred the money on the check to the card inside.I walked to the train station again and bought two train tickets to Chongqing.

The reason why Song Yaze chose Chongqing was after careful consideration.

Chongqing is a large modern city with great prospects for development. He spent his happiest four-year college years in this city. He knows Chongqing very well. The warmth of youth filled him, making him reminisce over and over again in the middle of the night.There, Lin Yuguo can receive a good education, have bright employment prospects, and find a beautiful and hot Chongqing wife.

Song Yaze looked at the dead trees and stones flying past the train window, and never felt that these scenes were so cute. He seemed to see the originally endless dark road of life, which was suddenly illuminated by countless lanterns. This hope and dream It ignited again, which made him relax and happy.

Lin Yuguo was still in a daze.Although he is very smart, but he is only a 12-year-old child, how can he be asked to think about education, development, and marriage.

He is very good at observing words and expressions, he only thinks that his brother is very happy now, maybe it is because he has won 20 yuan.Living in a poor rural area since he was a child, he also realized that he was going to a better place, where the faucets would not freeze in winter, the bungalows could be painted with white paint, and he could eat white rice for every meal. There are delicious pork belly to eat.

20 and [-] are very vague in his concept at a young age, but he knows that money is very important, and he can see it from his brother's happy eyes.

The two took the train for a day and a night.At noon the next day, in the car full of the smell of cigarettes and instant noodles, they were awakened by the flight attendant after sleeping in the sleeper. They walked out of the car with their bags in their hands and boarded the light rail amidst the crowd. main city.

Song Yaze rented a small house of [-] square meters in the main city, surrounded by neighbors who are the symbol of Chongqing - the Mountain City Stick Army.They have no culture and can only sell their labor. The burden of astonishing size and weight seems to be their savior. They don't feel tired, but are grateful that the burden gives them money to support their wives and children.

The burden of life is like a stick on these shoulders, and their backs are slightly bent due to long-term burdens.But the short body did not fall down because of the heavy burden. They supported a home and unknowingly put their own labels on this bustling city.

The house the brothers live in is very cheap and the location is good, but there is only one bedroom, one bathroom and one kitchen. When you open the door, you can see a bed that is not too wide. It was like an old man in his dying years struggling to lift a heavy object; beside the bed was a desk with one leg missing and an old chair with peeling paint, the missing table leg was still supported by yellowed waste newspapers; The leather sofa, which is only big enough for one person, is placed there dejectedly; the toilet is called a bathroom, but in fact there is only a squat pit and a rusty shower head; It was all strenuous, but at least there was a square gas stove and simple kitchen utensils, which made Song Yaze feel relieved.

Although the whole house, including the facilities inside, is dilapidated and outdated, there is no shortage of necessary supplies. The toilet and kitchen are still independent. The landlord is still humane and did not bully the two children.

"Have you ever been to school?"

After the dust settled, Song Yaze lay on the bed with his limbs wide open and asked Lin Yuguo who was sitting on the sofa. He was very tired from the dust and dust along the way.

"I went to elementary school, but I didn't go to it after graduation."

Lin Yuguo answered truthfully.He had just graduated from elementary school when his parents died, and he passed into the hands of Qin Jianjun and his wife.He was supposed to enroll in September this year, but he delayed enrolling in this way.

At the age of 12, he has not yet realized the importance of learning. He only knows that he does not have to face boring textbooks and strict teachers every day, let alone thinking about the next step.

"Yeah." Song Yaze nodded with his eyes closed, and the answer was expected, "You will go to school in September next year, and I will teach you first for the first half of the year."

"Okay." Lin Yuguo agreed, except for some principled issues, he was still very obedient.Now that he has decided to rely on his elder brother, he will always implement this principle, and his stubbornness is transformed into obedience at this time; at the age of 12, he only has a vague concept of the world, even so, his extraordinary experience has created It revealed his slightly mature temperament, but it still didn't cover up his immaturity.

When he got off the train and walked on the light rail, he was a little scared, because he had never seen such a thing like a big iron snake; when he got off the light rail, he had to turn his head to ninety degrees to see the tall buildings on the top , his small eyes were full of disbelief and admiration, he held on to Song Yaze's clothes tightly, not daring to let go.

The prosperity of this modern city was implanted into Lin Yuguo's brain like a chip, which brought him incomparable shock and excitement. He may never forget the glimpse of this city in his life.At that moment, he strengthened his determination to live here and never return to the village full of unbearable memories.

Song Yaze was thankful for Lin Yuguo's obedience, so he relaxed and turned sideways, leaving a place for Lin Yuguo to rest. After closing his eyes, he fell asleep within a few seconds.He is really exhausted.

……

Song Yaze borrowed some books for sixth grade and junior high school preparatory courses from neighbors.He was awakened at six o'clock in the morning by the sound of the stickman going out to make a living, and he never stayed up in bed. The same was true for Lin Yuguo. His schedule was the same as that of his elder brother; after breakfast, they studied books with the sun outside the window.

Like all children, Lin Yuguo doesn't like to study. The reason why he insists on waking up and studying every day is all thanks to Song Yaze's supervision; Opening the book, the usual gentle face automatically changed into a strict mode; Lin Yuguo was like a mirror in his heart, and he had to pay attention to his studies.

Saving money is not a long-term solution. Song Yaze wanted to find a job. He wanted to find a job that could work from 16 to [-], but he was rejected because he was only [-] years old and only had a junior high school diploma. outside the door.After several twists and turns, he finally found a job as a food passer with a low age limit in a large hotel near the river. It was a part-time job, and he only came to work in the afternoon and evening.The salary is not much, only two thousand, but it is enough for him to pay the rent, water and electricity.

He figured that when Lin Yuguo was stable, he would try to go to a technical secondary school and get a diploma.There are two reasons: first, with a child, he really has no time to take another college entrance examination, so he can only give up high school; second, he needs to improve himself and earn more money to create better conditions for Lin Yuguo, so that Now this ignorant child will soon reach the pinnacle of life.

In this way, Song Yaze's life is very regular, he is a teacher in the morning, and a food passer in a greasy uniform in the afternoon and evening.He goes home every day under the tired and cold moonlight, but Lin Yuguo always waits stubbornly for him to come back and lights up the desk lamp in the window for him.Every time he came home, standing downstairs and seeing the warm light, he always felt that his fatigue was gradually dispelled, and the drooping corners of his mouth were raised at the same time.

He was serving dishes in the hotel, and at a young age, it was inevitable that he would be insulted by some unreasonable customers.Some customers even jumped up and pointed at his nose and cursed with obscenities, as if they wanted to dump all their unsatisfactory life on this young man.At the beginning, he was still resentful, so angry that he wanted to confront; but gradually, this temper also disappeared.

A good temper is tempered. Song Yaze's biggest change in the past six months is that his temper has become much better; although his good upbringing has made his temper very gentle, but the work of passing vegetables every day has made him He smoothed out every corner of his temper.

In the primary school graduation season in June of the second year, he tried his best and spent some money to win Lin Yuguo a chance to enter the exam; Lin Yuguo was also not satisfactory and passed the exam smoothly. It's fixed.

Song Yaze was very happy on the day when the admission notice was sent out.He specially asked for a day off and took Lin Yuguo to the buffet.Lin Yuguo is also very happy. He is already 13 years old, and Song Yaze instills in him the importance of studying every day, so he is also concerned about going to school.

He was happy for himself, but seeing his brother so happy, he felt even more elated, as if he had never been so happy.

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