Black Bear's Curse

"Xiong'er, your father...is about to die, you go home and see him one last time!" Mom called.

"Hmm..." I responded to the phone.

"You child, are you still silent? It's been a long time? Alas! ... how can there be any overnight feud between the two fathers and sons? After so long, your father's anger has long been let down, and now he will take out your elementary school from time to time. Looking at my graduation photo, I seem to regret what I said to you!"

"Well..." I still answered on the phone.

"I know the sound...Xiong'er, I'll take it as your agreement and come back to see mom, okay?"

"Well, I see!" Hearing my mother's anxious voice, I replied.

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Since there are several orders in the workshop of the production department that need to be delivered urgently, it is estimated that it will be completed in three days; I waited until the goods were driven out, and I handed over the follow-up work to my colleagues to help follow up, and then I applied for a week's leave from my boss , After returning to the residence to sort out some light clothes and daily necessities, I drove alone to the home that I have not returned to since I left ten years ago. . . . .

The journey is about 8 hours long. While driving along the way, I think about what kind of situation I will face when I go back?

"Is he... still the same as before, always thinking that he is always right and others are always wrong? Does he still lose his temper and curse people before he has said a few words? Or use his fierce eyes, silently Staring at people?" When I thought of this, I couldn't control my emotions and became angry. I stepped on the accelerator heavily, and the car immediately started to run wildly.

"Cheng Daxiong, you lost your temper again, you know? Didn't you say that you have learned to control your emotions, so you won't lose your temper like your father? You see, your car is on 160 speed now, you want to be Catch or scare your mother to death?" The voice that accompanied me for a long time sounded in my mind.

The emotions that harassed my thoughts were finally buffered by the voice of the heart; I slowed down the speed of the car, looked at the watch in my hand, and estimated that I would be home in more than an hour. . .After thinking for a while, I stopped the car on the side of the road, walked out of the road and looked at the wooden houses and stone brick houses on the side of the road. Where the farmer is farming, there are pictures of my parents busy inside, and a few children following behind to help.

At this time, a crow suddenly flew over and stood on the roof of the car and stared at me.I'm not afraid of it, but I have a sense of familiarity with "The Return of the Crow".It stood quietly on top of the car, not in the least afraid of me or passing cars or whatever. . .We stared at each other for a while, and it yelled "Yahah" to me a few times, turned its head and looked forward, and flew away.

Seeing the crow disappear in front of my eyes, I couldn't help but feel a little surprised, and asked myself: "Welcome me back? Or tell me, what happened?"

"What are you thinking about? Besides that crow, do you also think of the past...the happy time before that incident happened? During those childhood years, you guys don't know the lofty childhood time, the harmonious and close family relationship Is it? Alas..." The voice reminded himself repeatedly without bothering.

For a period of time, I really seemed to have lost my memory of the past, although I knew that this did not mean that I had no memory, it was just that after I kept it in a corner of my heart, I did not want to recall that period of time. It also makes me no longer feel "home".

I got in the car, opened the window, and drove the car to continue on the road ahead, breathing the smell of the countryside for a long time, or the smell of my hometown. . .

I don't know if the car took me into the village, or I drove the car slowly towards that "home".Although many houses, village entrances, and alleys have changed and become wider, I still have a feeling of familiarity with that "home", but at the moment the door is covered by a large white cloth and a cloth shed is set up. Many people are busy at the door where people enter and exit.

I was so frightened by this scene that I quickly parked the car near the front of my house, opened the door and ran towards the gate.

"You...you are the second brother, yes it is the second brother...it is the second brother who is back, mom..." The eldest sister happened to walk out of the gate, and she was stunned when she saw me before remembering that it was her second brother Daxiong, She yelled into the room in a panic, and then walked up to me excitedly and held my hand, "Second brother, you are finally back, okay, you are finally back... It's just that Dad left last night Yes, woo woo..."

I felt a sharp pain in my heart when I heard it, as if a knife had stabbed my heart fiercely, and tears flowed from my eyes in an instant. . .

At this time, I was still thinking, I usually hate the other party half my life, why did I shed tears for him today?And why is there a feeling of piercing pain? . . .I don't want to keep thinking and guessing. I know who I am at the moment, I just want to go in and see Dad for the last time. . .

"Big Bear, you can't walk into the house, you have to kneel down and crawl through the door until you reach Dad's grave..." The eldest sister looked at me who was about to walk into the house, and she immediately held my arm tightly and said.

I knelt down suddenly, and walked into the house step by step while weeping, and climbed to the coffin in the middle of the living room. . .