The day I was hugged by a goblin

After the dust settled in Gaoyang, Gu Shu took Jia Xiaojie's ashes back. Before Jia Xiaojie left, Gu Shu promised him that he would send his ashes back to his father, regardless of whether his father smashed or threw them. send him back.

Recently, because of Jia Xiaojie's matter, Gu Shu has been depressed, and since Zhu Xi saw Jia Xiaojie's soul restrained that day, he has been listless.There was no chattering Zhu Meili in his ears, and Gu Shu was a little unaccustomed to it for a while, so he simply led him together, and just happened to go out to get some air.

Gu Shu doesn't have a car, so it's not that he can't afford it. He likes to go around, and he also goes to various places for various things. He always takes the most common means of transportation. For example, this time, he went to Jia Xiaojie's remote place. In their hometown, they took a bus for a day, then a van for two or three hours in the countryside, and finally walked for an hour on the mountain road to Jia Xiaojie's house.

This is a relatively remote village. There are only [-] to [-] households in the village. The houses are all brick and tile houses, and Jia Xiaojie's house is the same.Gu Shu and the others arrived at the wrong time, it was the busy farming time in the afternoon, the door of the house was closed tightly, and in the fence made of wooden sticks, a group of chickens could be clearly seen pecking at the ground in the yard, and a big yellow dog by the door, Gu Shu Before she even opened her mouth, she couldn't stop barking, so frightened that Zhu Meili hurriedly hid behind Gu Shu.

Gu Shu pulled him to him in a funny way, and jokingly said, "Go in and ask if anyone is there?"

"Don't go." Zhu Meili looked resolute. Some races are natural enemies. For example, this dog always barks like crazy when it sees cats and pigs. Further.

Gu Shu smiled again, "Are you afraid of dogs?" He already clearly disliked it.

Zhu Nai puffed out her chest, "How can it be?"

"Then go," Gu Shu raised his chin towards him, "You can't let me, the master, do it yourself?" Gu Shu said with a look of "what's the use of raising you".

"That's not impossible." Zhu Xi said with a cheeky smile, he found that his master was always making up what happened to him along the way, so he couldn't blame him for being so delicious, right?

Just as Gu Shu was about to continue teasing him, he caught sight of an uncle walking up a small road not far away. He saw that the man was wearing mud-stained rubber shoes, his trousers were rolled up high, and he was carrying a hoe on his shoulder. When they came back from doing farm work in the field, the uncle just happened to look at them with scrutiny.

Just as Gu Shu was about to speak, the uncle was the first to ask in confusion, "Which one are you looking for?" He said and walked straight towards them.

Gu Shu saw that this uncle was about 50 to [-] years old, but his messy short hair was already gray, especially on his sweaty face, which made people unconsciously think of his hard work over the past few decades.

Gu Shu smiled politely, "Hello, is Jia Jie's home here?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as Gu Shu uttered the word "Jia Jie", the uncle's face darkened in an instant, as if they were ghosts who came to ask for debts. Hard and full of rejection.

"I said a long time ago, I don't have this son, why are you here? I don't know what you are asking."

Obviously, this uncle was Jia Xiaojie's father, and he thought that Gu Shu and the policemen who came last time were in the same group.But such an indifferent tone immediately made Zhu Xi frowned, and thinking of Xiaojie's pity and his expression when he talked about his father before he left, Zhu Xi immediately became angry, but because of Gu He dare not scold others.

Gu Shu frowned slightly. Sure enough, his father's knot still couldn't be untied.In fact, according to the legal procedures, the police are obliged and necessary to inform his parents about Xiaojie’s incident, but Xiaojie asked Gu Shu to help him before leaving. Proud, and later because of his stubbornness and impulsiveness, he broke up with his father. He has been regretting it, but he dare not go back. He only wants to go back to plead guilty one day, but he doesn't want to end his life in such a disgraceful way. He doesn't want his father to know The state of his death, and he didn't want his father to know the cause of his death, so he asked Gu Shu to help communicate with Gao Yang, and finally Gu Shu personally delivered his ashes to his father.

So, that is to say, Jia Xiaojie's father didn't know what happened to him yet.Gu Shu hesitated and did not say it directly, but politely said, "Hello, I am Xiaojie's boss."

Hearing the words "Boss", the uncle paused slightly, but still frowned and said, "What's the matter with you?" The uncle put down the hoe and stood at the door, not even intending to invite them in.

Gu Shu opened his mouth, "It's Xiaojie's business." Gu Shu was hesitating what to say, but he didn't want to mention Xiaojie, his uncle's face immediately turned cold.

"How many times do you want me to say it? I don't have this son, I don't know about him, and I don't want to know, please leave my house!" The uncle was firm, especially when he just came back from the field, his face was stained with dust and sweat , so pulling his face and carrying a hoe, he has an inexplicably fierce look, giving people a feeling that he is going to beat someone every minute.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Meili, who had always been timid, suddenly stood up. Gu Shu saw him grabbing his arm with one hand, and pointing angrily at Jia Xiaojie's father with the other hand.

"Why are you like this? Why don't you let someone finish the sentence? Are you human? What do you want when Xiaojie is dead? Fortunately, Xiaojie still misses you so much!"

Zhu Meili shrank unconsciously behind Gu Shu after shouting. Obviously, Zhu Meili was pretending to be a tiger again, but she shrank back, her chest was very tall, and her momentum could not be weak.

Gu Shu only noticed that when Zhu Meimei said "Xiaojie is dead", the uncle's seemingly tough body shook obviously, probably because he didn't understand the meaning of the sentence, or he couldn't believe it at all. Scroll, "What did you just say?"

Maybe it was because he stared at Zhu Xi too frighteningly, Zhu Meili shrank behind Gu Shu unconsciously, did not answer, and only looked at Gu Shu for help.

Gu Shu sighed, and said, "Xiaojie had an accident not long ago, I sent him back specially."

"Accident?" The coldness on the uncle's face has been replaced by panic, and there is still anxiety that cannot be concealed. "What accident? Where is he? Where is the rebellious son?" The uncle turned his head and looked around in a panic, especially The corner or the direction blocked by the tree, "Did he come back shamelessly and ask you to come and check on me?" When he said this, the uncle's voice was visibly trembling.

Gu Shu didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only look at the uncle silently, and when he gradually calmed down, Gu Shu said, "Can we go in?"

At this time, the uncle's face was already gray, and his bloodless face was stained with cooling sweat. He looked extremely old and greasy, as if he had aged a lot in an instant.Perhaps it was an illusion, Zhu Xi only felt that the old man had a lot more white hair at once, and he couldn't bear to turn his head to look at Gu Shu, but he didn't know what to say, he didn't mean it just now.

Gu Shu was speechless, but he saw the uncle turned around and walked towards the gate, but just as he turned around, his body suddenly swayed and fell down. Gu Shu hurried up to support him.Gu Shu is a stupid man, especially for him who is used to seeing life and death, he doesn't know what to say at this time, so he can only support him silently.

It wasn't until the uncle opened the door with shaking hands that he signaled Gu Shu to let him go, and then he saw the uncle stumbling into the yard.Looking at his slightly staggering back, Gu Shu only felt uncomfortable in his heart. He seemed to be bent a lot in an instant, as if the pillar had suddenly broken.

Following the uncle all the way into the room, the uncle was silent all the way until Gu Shu and the two of them sat down, and then he whispered, "Xiaojie, why..." He tried the word "death" a few times, Gu Shu saw his chapped lips tremble a few times, but he couldn't speak in the end.

"Car accident." At this moment, Gu Shu rarely lied, and it was a white lie.

Zhu Xi looked at Gu Shu in surprise, but finally said nothing silently.

The uncle's eyes were red, but he kept holding back. Gu Shu only waited for him to hold back his tears before opening his backpack and taking out Jia Xiaojie's urn.

At that moment, Gu Shu saw the uncle sitting at the table clenched his hands for a moment, and the tears that had been suppressed came back to his eyes again. His eyes were wide open, and his whole body was on the verge of falling.

Gu Shu held it in front of him with both hands, "Xiaojie asked me to bring him back and hand him over to you before he died."

The uncle's body trembled violently, staring at the urn in Gu Shu's hand, tears streaming down his face, but he didn't make a sound.

Gu Shu continued, "He also asked me to tell the elders on his behalf that he is an unfilial son in this life, and he hopes to be your son and your pride in the next life."

Finally, tears welled up in his eyes, and Gu Shu saw that the tears seemed to contain blood, along the lines of wrinkles, and quickly covered most of his face.

The uncle didn't pick up Xiaojie, but squatted on the ground and cried loudly. A rural old man, a rough man covered in sweat, squatted on the ground and cried heartbreakingly.

Zhu Xi's eyes turned red in an instant, and she unconsciously leaned on Gu Shu's shoulder, secretly wiping her tears on Gu Shu's clothes.

Gu Shu just stared at Jia Xiaojie in his hand, and thought to himself, "You can rest in peace." At this moment, Gu Shu thought, his father had forgiven him.

It took a long while for the uncle to stop crying. Gu Shu saw that he stood up and wiped the unstoppable tears and looked at Gu Shu, without reaching out to pick him up, "Sir, please wait for me, I'll go wash my hands." .”

About 10 minutes later, Gu Shu saw his uncle walking in. At this time, he changed into clean clothes, washed off the sweat and tears on his face, and washed his calloused hands clean. Gu Shu could even smell the soap. He even briefly combed his hair with wet hands, and the messy gray hair became docile.

Gu Shu felt a little pain in his heart. This is a great father, and he wanted to welcome Xiaojie home with the best attitude.

The depth of love and the depth of responsibility.Gu Shu is not in a position to criticize his determination to Xiaojie before, there is no right or wrong between them, but now, no matter how sad this father is, he must bear the greater grief brought by Xiaojie at this time, Others can't replace it, this is their fate and they have to bear it.

Gu Shu then handed Jia Xiaojie's bank card to him, which contained the 5 yuan Jia Xiaojie had saved over the past three years, and the password was the birthdays of their family of three.This was also what Jia Xiaojie asked him to do before he left, but Gu Shu lied again, and he transferred 5 yuan to it, so the total is [-] yuan.

Before leaving, Gu Shu said to his father, "Xiaojie is an excellent employee. He has saved 10 yuan in just three years. He works very hard and his colleagues like him very much. He has always been your pride. .”

When leaving, walking on the dirt road in the countryside, Zhu Xi was surprisingly quiet. It wasn't until he was about to walk out of the village that Zhu Xi took a few steps to catch up with Gu Shu, staring at him with burning eyes.

"Uncle, I have decided, I will follow you for the rest of my life."

Gu Shu laughed, "How long is your lifetime? How long is mine?" The sum of my lifetimes can't match your lifetime.