Iron Bull Legend

"Tie Niu, I'm done eating. Have you eaten?" This is the colloquialism used by people in the north and small mountain villages to greet each other to avoid embarrassment. It is also a plain and leisurely way of chatting. No one will poke holes in each other's words. It has become commonplace.

"Just finished eating. How is your health, old man?" In order to find out about his Tie family, Tie Niu took the trouble to prepare for the communication. At this time, the neighbors saw Tie Niu and came up to him, and they started chatting with each other.

"Good, very good. Life is better now, unlike the previous years, when I often woke up hungry at night with my stomach growling. It was really uncomfortable and not a human life," said old man Sun with emotion.

"Yes, it's really like what old Sun said. I dare not do anything after eating, for fear that I will digest the food too quickly. I will wake up from hunger at eleven or twelve o'clock at night, and have to stay up until dawn. It is difficult to fall asleep. My stomach has no fat or water and it is directly resisting." Widow Ma continued what old man Sun said.

"Yes, it was really hard at that time. I couldn't bear to throw away the potatoes that were frozen and had gone bad. They tasted really bad. But what could I do? If I didn't eat, I would starve. If I didn't eat, my stomach would protest against me. There was no other way. Whoever had surplus food at home, we all suffered." Wang Erlangzi smiled bitterly with infinite emotion.

Tie Niu was also helpless. His words were shattered by these people's punches. Why was it so difficult to find out about his second grandfather? Moreover, these people were talking at the same time and didn't know how to talk about this hard life for seven days and seven nights.

It turns out that this is how the idea of ​​recalling the bitter past and sweet present came about. It uses this way to explain why people should recall the bitter past and sweet present, why they should talk about things in the old society, and to make people remember that today's land and today's good days are hard-won. Isn't this a naked form of brainwashing?

If you say it once, people may not remember it. However, if a leader guides people to say it over and over again, repeating almost the same thing over and over again, and doing it once or twice a day, it is difficult for them to remember it even if they don’t want to. This is really “remembering the bitterness and thinking of the sweetness.”

Tie Niu also understood why Mr. Guo and Grandpa Huazi loved to nag so much. They had been through hard times, and they felt uncomfortable seeing their children waste food when eating. They wanted to scold them, thinking about the experience of hunger they had experienced back then.

He also understood why Aunt Jin would hit someone with chopsticks if someone wasted a little porridge and there were still rice grains at the bottom of the bowl, because he had grown up hearing such nagging and brainwashing from the older generation, and he himself had also endured days of hunger.

That's why I hate the practice of wasting food so much and I'm so angry about children's picky eating. I want to hit Jinlan and Jinzhu with a chopstick so that they will always remember the shame of waste.

Tie Niu couldn't help but smile bitterly, because he found that everyone was still talking about this matter. The topic of recalling the past had already spread outside the mountains and drifted to the more distant big cities, so that the children there would also remember that waste is shameful and wrong.

The sunshine in April is scorching. When it shines on people's faces and bodies, everyone feels the enthusiasm of the sun, the humanity of the old man, and how bored the people in the small mountain village are.

"Grandpa Sun, why didn't I see Second Grandpa when I came back?" Tie Niu finally didn't want to waste too much time, so he asked the topic he wanted to extend during the gap between people talking, because Tie Niu knew that he had to turn the topic to the one he wanted, and then have a discussion.

"Oh... you don't know, your second grandfather passed away just after the New Year. He left quietly, without confessing any crime. He just left with his eyes closed and his legs wide open," Old Man Sun sighed.

"Yes, you see, Second Grandpa was blessed. He passed away so peacefully. This was his blessing. He passed away peacefully without any illness or disaster." Widow Ma immediately continued the topic of Grandpa Sun.

"Of course, who says it isn't? When Second Grandpa passed away, there was no one around him. He just put on his old clothes and lay there and passed away. He didn't suffer any pain at all." Aunt Liu also talked about what happened when Second Grandpa passed away.

"You know what, it's true that my second grandfather passed away..."

Tie Niu knew the result as soon as he heard it. When his second grandfather passed away, he didn’t even leave a last word. He knew he was going to die, so he dressed neatly and set off on his own. He could be considered to have died of old age, but... why didn’t he say a few words about his family’s affairs?

"Oh..." Tie Niu also let out a long sigh, his eyes looking at the small hill not far away, which was the direction of the cemetery in the village in the west. Although it was far away, Tie Niu could still clearly see the new grave of his second grandfather, which was still so conspicuous.

"Tie Niu, you miss your second grandpa too, right? It's too late, we can't see him anymore." Grandpa Sun said with a long sigh, his eyes full of memories, as if he was sitting with his second grandpa yesterday, and the two old brothers were chatting about family matters.

"Yes, I came back this time just to see Second Grandpa, but Second Grandpa wouldn't give me this chance. Forget it, it's a matter of fate." Tie Niushi's mouth was full of bitterness. This time he had completely given up. Based on Second Grandpa's temperament, he would not tell other people about the Tie family's affairs.

Tie Niu was now too embarrassed to leave immediately after hearing the news of his second grandfather's death. He could only sit in the crowd and listen to the villagers continuing to talk about his second grandfather. They were all meaningless things and trivial family matters.

Second Grandpa did so many good things for this small mountain village. Anyone who was disobedient was taught a lesson by Second Grandpa, and anyone who did something wrong was criticized by Second Grandpa. In short, they all tell about some trivial things in Second Grandpa's life.

Rust is really helpless and miserable. He just sits among the crowd and listens attentively, being a loyal listener. Life in the mountains is like this, repeating the same old things over and over again: eating, working in the fields, eating, working in the fields again, and then sleeping at night.

Everyone is accustomed to such days, and everyone lives such a life with great enjoyment. They beat their children on rainy days, work on sunny days, sleep at night, and when they have nothing to do, they tinker with the long-lasting task of human reproduction of the next generation. This is the daily life of people in the mountains.

Tie Niu was also a little envious of the life in the mountains. After all, he could sleep until noon, farm in the fields leisurely, catch a few small fish in the river when he was bored and take them home for a snack, or he could go to the mountains to ask for some gifts from nature during the slack season. This was a life like a god.

At the invitation of their family members, people went to work in the fields. Gradually, the crowd dispersed. Tie Niu stood up, brushed the dust off his butt, said goodbye to Grandpa Sun, walked back to his own yard in a depressed mood, and sat down on the recliner where Grandpa Huazi often lay.

"Alas, don't try to find answers to some things deliberately. Sometimes you will find them inadvertently, just like you and your aunt Miaomiao recognizing each other. This is God's will." The old beggar poked the toothy boy.

"I understand, Grandpa Huazi. I also want to know as much as possible about what happened back then. My grandfather was injured by the devils, so I want to know who injured him and avenge him."

"Silly boy, why not just kill all the Japanese devils who are good at martial arts? Why bother with that? None of the Japanese devils can be beaten by humans. They all deserve to die." The old man's eyes shot out a fierce murderous look, as if he also had a deep hatred for the Japanese devils.

"Hehe, old man, you are still smart. Why didn't I think of these? Why don't you just sink this small island of Japan? Have I suddenly become smart?" Tie Niu showed a naughty smile like a child and looked at the flock of sheep grazing not far away with a sunny face.

"You are such a naughty boy. If you have what it takes, just kill those bastards. I hate them so much when I hear about them. Now, they just follow the master of the beautiful country and bark at him. I don't know what kind of shit they can pick up by following those bastards."

"Haha, Grandpa, you are so mean. No matter what kind of shit you pick up, you can't eat it."

"I just said that, but you took it seriously. The Japanese are not good people either. They are birds of a feather, definitely a father and son duo with similar tastes. Tell me, will the people of our beautiful country die out in this virus epidemic?" The old man stared at Tie Niu with an unfathomable look in his eyes.

"How would I know? To be honest, I also want to see what the outcome will be. However, based on my understanding of them, they will not allow all their citizens to be destroyed, because it is not in their interest. If their ultimate goal this time is to remove some of the burden on society, I think it won't be long before they ask the world for help, because now the foundation of their country has been shaken. This is also a double-edged sword that hurts others as well as themselves."

"What do you mean? Could it be that the beautiful country has gone to such great lengths to kill old guys like us and ordinary people with poor health?" The old beggar was angry.

"I think so. This is just my most basic analysis of this matter. Although the United States has only been established for a short time, if they want to dominate the world, they have to get rid of the burdens on their shoulders. Aging is also something they don't want to see. It is also something that many Western countries don't want to see. Therefore, such rumors have been recognized by many Western countries and are also circulating among the people."

"This is truly a beastly act. Could it be that they really don't want to be better?"

"Hey, Grandpa, why do you worry about that? That's their own family affair. Internal fighting and mutual oppression are also their common methods. The death of some people is just a trivial matter for those capitalist politicians. Otherwise, why are those viruses and biological weapons they researched for? Why would they leak in their own country? Isn't this the best way to cover up their crimes?"