homecoming

The sun is flying like a horse, and more than half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.After Feng Chenying's brief sobriety that day, she no longer had any symptoms of sobriety.Every three days, the poison of Wuxiang will occur, and every time, life is worse than death.The Mabosan given to Tang Fei by the old doctor was good for a few times, but the medicine lost its medicinal properties after a long time, and could no longer control the overbearing toxicity of Wuxiang.Tang Fei had to tie Feng Chenying up several times, even so, Feng Chenying almost bit off her tongue once.Tang Fei was at a loss what to do, and his heart was shaken several times, and he wanted to use black incense for Feng Chenying.But in the end, he gritted his teeth and persisted, and he became thinner and thinner with Feng Chenying.

Last night was another day when Feng Chenying's drug addiction broke out.Tang Fei, who had been tossing around all night, wiped Feng Chenying's body and changed clothes for Feng Chenying, who was so exhausted that he fell asleep, and went to take a bath by himself - his body was already wet with Feng Chenying's sweat.Tang Fei caught a glimpse of Yu Hei's scratch marks on his arm while putting on his clothes. When Feng Chenying couldn't bear the torment of drug addiction, he would self-mutilate. He had no choice but to let Feng Chenying hold his hand, although Feng Chenying could still maintain He was half awake and didn't want to hurt himself, but that kind of force was enough to hurt him.

Just after changing clothes and coming out, I heard someone standing outside the yard shouting.

"Brother Tang! Brother Tang! Are you there?" Zijun and Ziqingpa of the restaurant yelled as they leaned on the fence and looked anxiously into the yard.

"Here we come." Tang Fei didn't even tie his hair up, put on a black veiled hat with disheveled hair, and went out to answer the door.

"What's the matter? What happened in such a hurry?" Tang Fei asked as he opened the fence gate in the yard and let them in.

"Oh, Brother Tang! We're not going in, so hurry up and follow us! The old sixth master in the courtyard is dying, and he wants to see you!" Zi Jun couldn't help but dragged Tang Fei to run away.

"What? The sixth master is dying soon? When did it happen?! Why are you notifying me now?" After hearing this, Tang Fei asked a few times, and before he even had time to close the door, he followed Zijun and Ziqing followed.

"We don't know either. When we got up to open the shop this morning, Xiaoshao from the compound came to tell us. We had to split up. Zimo and Xiaoting went to invite the old doctor, and Uncle Hai and Uncle Wu went first. The compound will take care of it." Ziqing said while running.

Tang Fei's heart tightened. The old sixth master is already 70 years old. At this time, someone will spread the word. I'm afraid it's really going to die!The anxious Tang Fei had already ignored the weak Feng Chenying at home, so he just ran towards the compound.

When we arrived at the compound, the old sixth master's room was already crowded with people, and many of them were already crying.Seeing Tang Fei coming, they all consciously made way for him to enter.

A middle-aged man who often took care of the disabled elderly in the compound came over with a sad expression on his face.

"Boss Tang." The middle-aged man sighed at Tang Fei, then shook his head slightly.

"Really?" Tang Fei took a step forward, and there seemed to be some expectation in his words.

The middle-aged man didn't speak, but shook his head again.Tang Fei slumped his shoulders, but he calmed down at this moment.Glancing at the people in the yard, almost everyone was looking at him with anticipation and hope, as if his arrival would make the sixth master better and live for decades.

At this time, the old doctor came out from the back room. He was taken aback when he saw Tang Fei, and stepped forward and said, "Boss Tang, go in and have a look at him, the old man has been talking about you all the time."

Tang Fei nodded, and asked again: "Is he okay?"

"The old man used acupuncture and moxibustion to relieve his pain. It can be delayed for a while, but after half an hour, then..." The old doctor didn't say any more. clear.

Tang Fei reached out and patted the old doctor's shoulder, and said softly, "Thank you." Then he opened the curtain and walked in.

In the room, three five- and six-year-old children knelt beside the old sixth master's bed, crying and calling "Grandpa".These three children are not the grandsons of the old sixth master, but the abandoned babies he picked up on the street when he was begging in his early years. Even in the most difficult time of life, the old sixth master never thought of abandoning them. The children wandered and begged everywhere, living without a meal.Later, when they were almost starving to death, Tang Fei appeared, first brought them food every day, and then brought them to this compound. The grandparents and grandchildren finally had a place they could call "home". place.

Tang Fei walked in, and the cloudy and dim eyes of the Old Sixth Master finally regained some light and vitality, and tremblingly stretched out his hand to Tang Fei.

"Boss Tang..."

"Old Sixth Master." Tang Fei stepped forward and grabbed his hand, and the three crying children who were kneeling beside Old Sixth Master's bed turned to kneel at Tang Fei's feet, crying, "Boss Tang, please save our grandpa!" , please save him!"

Tang Fei's heart twitched, seeing the three thin children was very uncomfortable.A long time ago, he also knelt at a person's feet and begged him to save his mother, but that person took him away mercilessly, leaving his mother to fend for herself.After he finally escaped from the prison of hell, he only saw his mother who died with regret.However, the old sixth master is now exhausted, and there is nothing he can do to save him.

Tang Fei let go of the old sixth master's hand, knelt down and wiped the tears off the faces of the three children carefully, and said softly, "When a person is born, God arranges for him a period of time that is not too long or short. Let him go to the end. This end is not the end, nor is it death. It just returns to his original place and continues to live another life. This life is very happy, with a warm home, endless food, and Endless clothes. No more bullying, and no need to live in fear all day long. Your grandpa just got to the end of the day and lived a happy life. We can cry for him because he is leaving But we're all the more happy for him because he doesn't have to suffer anymore. Understand?"

The three children looked at Tang Fei in confusion, with tears still in their eyes.

"We don't quite understand, but I know what Boss Tang said, that grandpa doesn't have to suffer anymore, right?" One of the older boys looked at Tang Fei and said in a childish voice.

Tang Fei nodded and said, "Yes, Grandpa doesn't have to suffer anymore."

"Don't you need to be beaten by those big beggars anymore because of us?" The youngest girl asked innocently, with a teardrop hanging on her long eyelashes, which was very cute.

Tang Fei frowned, was beaten by a big beggar?Nodding again, Tang Fei touched the girl's cheek.

"Then we won't cry, grandpa doesn't need to be bullied anymore, we will be happy!" The second place was a little boy with thick head and thick head, but he was only five years old.He wiped away tears, stared at Tang Fei with bright eyes, and said, "In the future, I will protect my brother and sister instead of grandpa!"

Tang Fei patted him on the head and encouraged him: "That's right, a man, that's how it should be." After finishing speaking, Tang Fei asked them to go outside first, and he wanted to talk to the sixth master alone.

The children went out, and Tang Fei sat beside the old sixth master's bed.The old sixth master had been in tears when Tang Fei said those words to his three grandchildren, and now he was crying so much that he couldn't speak when he saw Tang Fei.

"Old Sixth Master." Tang Fei picked up the handkerchief on the side and washed the water in the basin. After wringing it dry, he wiped the old man's face and said, "Why is this? It was fine before." Although the Old Sixth Master ate After going through a lot of hardships, the old man's body is still strong. Although the old man has minor illnesses and pains, he will not say that he is critically ill all at once.Based on what the three children said just now, there must be something original in it.

"Boss Tang." The old man said tremblingly, "You are the real kind man I have ever met in my life. If it weren't for your protection, our grandparents and grandchildren would not be able to live in peace. head." After saying a few words, Old Sixth Master gasped for breath and coughed up blood, Tang Fei quickly patted his back and fed him a bowl of hot water.

Tang Fei looked at the remaining water in the bowl with a little blood, and put the bowl down calmly.

"Old Sixth Master, do you have something to say to me? I'm sure, I will help you get justice!" Tang Fei said this in a low voice, with a hint of ruthlessness that he didn't usually see.

The old sixth master panted and shook his head, firmly grasped Tang Fei's hand and said, "Boss Tang, I have to take care of this matter now, I'm afraid it will hurt you, it doesn't matter if the old man dies, I just hope that big things can be turned into small things." , don’t implicate you and the three children.”

"I haven't been to the compound for nearly half a year. Is there someone making trouble here?" Tang Fei asked in a low voice.When he bought this compound to provide a place for homeless people to stay, whoever wants to come in and talk to the restaurant can do it. He has never checked the details of the people who live here, and he does not know their status. Nature is good or bad.

The old sixth master shook his head with difficulty, panting and said: "Boss Tang, if you still want everyone in this compound to be safe, then don't ask any more. The old man just asks, I only ask you to take care of my third son at your convenience." A grandson, the old man is, yes, thank you... cough cough cough cough!" Before the old sixth master finished speaking, he coughed violently and vomited blood profusely.

"Old doctor! Hurry up! Come in!" Tang Fei yelled towards the door while supporting the old sixth master.The old doctor trotted in with the medicine box in hand. Seeing the condition of the sixth master, he quickly felt his pulse and rolled his eyelids.Before he had time to say anything, the old sixth master suddenly straightened his body, stared and died.

Tang Fei's whole body was trembling. This was the second person who died in his arms.

"Boss Tang, put Lao Liuye down, he has already left..." The old doctor shook his head mournfully.

Tang Fei put the old sixth master on the bed in a daze, looked at his dying eyes, closed his eyes with his hand, and said softly: "Don't worry, as long as I have Tang Fei by my side, I will take good care of your grandson." on."

"Grandpa! Grandpa! Don't die, don't leave us behind!" The three children finally sensed it, and ran in crying and flung themselves beside the bed, shaking the dead sixth master, hoping that he would open his eyes and see them .

Looking at the three helplessly crying children, Tang Fei slowly closed his eyes. He wanted to cry, but he didn't know how to cry.Since three years ago, he has no tears to shed.

Taking a deep breath, Tang Fei opened his eyes, looked at the old doctor and said, "Tell me honestly, what is the reason why the old sixth master died."

The old doctor paused and looked at Tang Fei.Although Tang Fei was wearing a black veil, the old doctor could still feel his cold gaze, and he was agitated. The old doctor lowered his head and said truthfully: "Lao Liuye, I suffered a serious internal injury. I hurt my spleen, so I just... ...."

"Serious internal injuries?!" Tang Fei looked at the old doctor, then turned around abruptly to check the old sixth master's body.On the arms, on the bony chest, on the back, there were layers of bruises, old and new.Even at the back of the head, there was a bruise the size of an egg!

Tang Fei looked at the three children who were almost crying, and the anger in his heart rose sharply.

"Old doctor, please take care of the three children first." After speaking, Tang Fei got up and walked out.

People outside the house heard the bleak cry of the child in the house, and knew that the old sixth master had gone.Tang Fei glanced coldly at the people in the yard under the black veil, and said, "Xiaoting, Zimo, go in and help the old doctor take care of the child."

Xiaoting and Zimo glanced at each other, nodded and walked in.

"The rest," Tang Fei's voice suddenly turned cold, "follow me."

Zijun, Ziqing, Uncle Hai and Uncle Wu all sensed something strange and followed Tang Fei tacitly.The people in the yard looked at each other and followed.

In the hall, Tang Fei sat at the head, and Zijun and others stood on both sides of him, like guardians.

"Who is the steward of the compound?" Tang Fei asked coldly.

Five people came out from the crowd, and Tang Fei found that these five were young and strong young men. Although their clothes were old, they were much better than others.Moreover, no matter how trembling they were in Tang Fei, they couldn't hide the ruffian look on their faces.Tang Fei suddenly understood a little bit.

"Who was the person who took care of the sixth master just now?" Tang Fei asked again.

Another person came out of the crowd, that middle-aged man just now.Tang Fei noticed that his leg was lame and he was limping when he walked.The middle-aged man stood next to the five young men, deliberately keeping a distance away, with a look of fear on his face.And the one closest to the middle-aged man among the five secretly gave him a fierce warning look.

"How were the stewards of the compound selected?" Tang Fei saw all those little tricks in his eyes, even though there was a layer of black veil in front of him, it didn't mean he was blind, let alone in such broad daylight!

"Uh, it's—"

"I didn't ask you." Tang Fei coldly interrupted the steward who could tell at a glance that he was the leader.

"Brother Tang, we don't know either. We only come here occasionally to take care of them, and send some winter clothes and quilts. Usually, the children in the big yard come to get food." Zi Jun was the one Tang Fei taught most carefully. Tang Fei mostly took care of the affairs of the hospital.But he is also responsible for the accounts and daily management of the restaurant, so he hardly has any free time to take care of the compound.For three years, the people in the compound have managed it by themselves, and there are many things they don't know at all.

"Uncle Qi, tell me." Zi Jun said to the middle-aged man, he could tell that Tang Fei didn't like the five young people.

The middle-aged man named "Uncle Qi" took a step forward, lowered his head, looked extremely humble and cowardly, and said in a trembling voice: "Yes, yes..." He secretly glanced at the five people again , dare not go any further.

While looking at Uncle Qi, Tang Fei was also looking at the other people in the hall, most of whom were old, weak, sick and disabled.However, there are quite a few young and strong people with complete hands and feet, as many as fifteen!Also, everyone else seemed terrified of what these young men looked like.

"How many people are raised in the compound?" Tang Fei asked coldly.

"If you go back to the boss, there are 54 people in total." Uncle Qi thought for a while before saying, "There are 53 people now."

Tang Fei frowned. Although the compound was called the compound, it was only a hundred-square-meter compound with only one front yard and four connected houses behind it, which even occupied a hall.Such a small place can accommodate more than 50 people? !

"How are the rooms allocated? Are men and women separated? I just saw a lot of beds outside the courtyard. What's going on?" Tang Fei asked again.

"Uh..." Uncle Qi began to hesitate again.

"Boss, it's like this." The head steward took a step forward, bowed his waist and said obsequiously: "Because there are not enough rooms, and men and women have to be separated. In order to make a few elderly people live better, we just A floor was laid outside the yard. Look, the old sixth master who just left, we separated him into a small room for the convenience of taking care of him."

After listening to his words, Tang Fei couldn't deny it.Immediately, he saw several children in the team.After asking for some from Ziqing, who always carried candies, Tang Fei waved to the children and said, "Come here."

The children hesitated for a while, but finally couldn't resist the temptation of Tang, and ran over.

"Now, let me ask you a question. If you answer me honestly, I will reward you with candy. If you tell lies, there will be no more candy to eat." Tang Fei's voice to them slowed down.Those children had been begging in the market early on, and they were much more mature and sophisticated than the children of the same age raised at home.One of the children rolled his black eyeballs several times and said, "Excuse me, boss, I will definitely tell the truth!"

Tang Fei nodded in satisfaction, and began to ask: "How are the stewards selected?"

"It was shot. Those people are young, strong, healthy, and pain-free. How can we beat them? We can only bow our heads!" The child who spoke first replied with a look of indifference, probably because these things have long been commonplace. .

"Very good." Tang Fei gave him a sugar ball, and the child happily took it, but instead of eating it, he carefully put it away in his arms.The other children were also jealous when they saw it, and they rushed to talk to him.

"Second question, how are the rooms here arranged?"

"Boss! Don't listen to these nonsense! They are lying!" The young man in the lead stared at the kid who told the truth with resentment, and threatened others: "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will teach you a lesson." you!"

"What's my father's! You called me!" Uncle Hai had already noticed something tricky in the incident just now, and shouted with his big belly and his thick arms, "Our boss asked, when will It's your turn to interrupt, you brat! Shut up!" Scared by the thick-waisted and round-armed Uncle Hai, the young man shrank his neck and dared not speak again.

After being interrupted like this, the child who spoke first did not move his mouth so fast this time, and the other child rushed to answer: "They are in charge of a room, and their brothers sleep in a room, and the rest is just a room." It was divided among dozens of us. There were people living here, but they knew that the boss was coming, so they cleaned up the place overnight."

"That's right! And they play hooligans on the women here! As long as anyone dares to dissatisfy, they will beat them with their hands, the kind that beat them to death!" A child continued.

Tang Fei narrowed his eyes slightly, nodded and gave each of them a candy.

"One last question." Tang Fei paused, looked up at the young men who had already paled, and said, "How did the sixth master die?"

All of a sudden, there was no sound in the house, and everyone showed fear.

Tang Fei didn't speak, just waited quietly.

"It was beaten to death by them." The voice of the child who spoke first sounded a bit more sad than a child, "They often bully us, and the food they bring back will not be our turn until they have leftovers. The clothes that were delivered were all thrown away. Occasionally we got some change, but they would snatch it away. If we resisted a little, we would have to eat a fist. We thought about looking for you, the boss, but they knew It’s a good meal. If you are afraid of beating, no one dares to tell the truth. The sixth master is the one who is bullied by them the most, because he has three grandchildren to raise. Last night, they didn’t give us any food left Now, the three grandsons of the old sixth master have not eaten for two days, so he went up to argue with them, who knows..." The child fell silent again, with tears in his eyes.

Tang Fei also thought about the following things, probably to conceal the facts, these dozen young and strong men threatened them not to speak out, and even made the so-called "single room" overnight.If it wasn't for the old sixth master who was afraid of causing trouble if he died, he would have been kept in the dark until now.He also wouldn't ask why the others didn't help the old sixth master. Apart from the young and strong, there were only the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, who couldn't protect themselves, so what would they use to fight them?

"You went to help the old sixth master?" Tang Fei suddenly said to him.

The child was taken aback, obviously not understanding why Tang Fei knew.

"You have injuries on your face, and they are all new injuries." Tang Fei said softly.

The child bit his lip and lowered his head, choked up and said: "So what, the old sixth master..." The top of the head was patted lightly, but the moment he raised his head, his mouth was sweet, and the child looked at him in astonishment. Follow Tang Fei.

"Give these to the three grandchildren of the sixth master, and keep yours for yourself." Tang Fei patted his head again and said.

Tang Fei stood in front of those young people and said coldly: "Zijun, report to the officials. Whoever beat someone to death, ghosts and evils have their own laws to punish him."

"Boss, please!" All five young people knelt down, kowtowed and cried for mercy: "Boss, we know we were wrong, please give us a chance! Boss, please forgive us!"

And the other young people had already seen that the situation was wrong and ran away!

Tang Fei glanced at them lightly, and said: "I think, the old sixth master begged you in the same way yesterday. You didn't give an old man a chance to live, so why should I give you a chance?" Ignoring them again, he went straight out and said, "Uncle Hai, Uncle Wu, watch them until the officials arrive. Zijun, all the affairs of the compound will be re-arranged. From now on, no one will be allowed to live in the compound except the old, weak, sick and disabled. Qing, go buy a coffin and properly bury the sixth master."

"I know!" The four said in unison.

With sweet candy in his mouth, the child watched Tang Fei's back getting further and further away, and smiled with tears in his eyes.