Bystander

Feng Wei took a closer look, the ground smelled of blood, and there were two people lying on the ground, one of them was dressed like his father, Feng Wei threw down the lantern in his hand, slowly approached and squatted down, and tentatively turned the man over Seeing the man's appearance clearly, Feng Wei sat down on the ground, "Father!" Feng Wei picked up Feng Qingming, "Father, wake up! Father!" Feng Wei cried loudly, "Father, mother and sister are waiting You go home to eat, father! Come, help! "But it's curfew at this time, the whole street is empty, Feng Wei put down his father, "Father, wait for me, I will go to the doctor, father wait for me, You have to hold on!" Feng Wei turned around and shouted at Feng Qingming as he walked.

Feng Wei staggered and ran for two streets, and found a well-known doctor who knocked on the door frantically, "Uncle Zhang, open the door, Uncle Zhang, I'm Feng Wei, please save my father, Uncle Zhang!" The sound of the door finally called out the people inside, "Who is it? Hey, Feng Wei, what's wrong with you, are you crying like this?" Zhang Langzhong asked sleepily in his long gown.

"Uncle Zhang, please save my father. My father is dying. Come with me." At this time, Feng Wei was frightened and sad, and could not fully express it. Zhang Langzhong only listened to the general idea, only knowing that the situation was urgent. , and didn't ask Feng Wei again, "Well, I'll get dressed, take the medicine box and go with you right away, don't cry."

"Uncle Zhang, hurry up, father, father can't wait."

"Okay, okay." Langzhong Zhang dressed, picked up the medicine box and trotted all the way to the bank with Feng Wei. The moment Langzhong entered the door, Zhang Langzhong was dumbfounded. It was the first time he had seen this scene. Zhang Langzhong hurried forward to check the injuries of the two. Both of them were dead, Zhang Langzhong shook his head at Feng Wei, "Go and report to the officials."

Feng Wei grabbed Zhang Langzhong's hand, "Uncle Zhang, look again, father won't just leave like this, and my mother is still waiting for him to come home! Uncle Zhang, take a good look again." Feng Wei broke down in tears, Zhang Langzhong is Feng Wei's last hope, and Zhang Langzhong cannot be allowed to conclude so easily, "Uncle Zhang, my father is kind, and God will not just take away my father's forehead like this. Just look again, Uncle Zhang."

Langzhong Zhang pulled out his right hand that was pinched and hurt by Feng Wei, hugged Feng Wei's shoulder and said, "Feng Wei, the truth is, your father, really, is dead, and there is no way to recover, even if the Da Luo Immortal comes."

"No, father won't leave us behind!" Feng Wei shook off Zhang Langzhong, desperately shaking Feng Qingming's body, "Father, wake up, father, don't scare me, father..." Feng Wei hoarse.

Zhang Langzhong hugged Feng Wei in his arms, and said comfortingly, "Feng Wei, take heart, your father is gone, he is dead, he will not wake up again, you have to be strong, you still have mother and sister. Take care, your father is gone, you have to shoulder his responsibility, Feng Wei."

Feng Wei tried hard to please Zhang Langzhong, but he had no strength, but he kept crying, calling Feng Qingming, begging for a response.

The next day, Wei's mother and daughter, who hadn't slept all night, waited for the government's yamen to inform Feng Qingming of his death. He fell to the ground in a faint, and Feng Wei, who was on the side, quickly grabbed his mother's arms so that Wei wouldn't fall to the ground. When Wei woke up, Feng Qingming's body had already been carried into the yamen.The Wei family didn't cry like their sons and daughters, they just sat at home without saying a word, without water or rice, and in just three days they were all withered.Seeing that Wei's mother and son were pitiful, the owner of the bank was willing to spend 30 taels of silver to bury Feng Qingming. Since then, the Wei family has been like a dilapidated house without beams and pillars, precarious.

The Wei family can also be considered strong. Since Feng Qingming's burial, the Wei family has not lost his mind as before. For the livelihood of the family of three, the Wei family begged the boss of the embroidery workshop to increase their wages. In addition to driving out more embroidery day and night, he is also responsible for the cleaning of the embroidery workshop.After all, people are not ironed, and Wei's eyes are not as good as before. Embroidery often makes mistakes, either the wrong color or the pattern is messed up. The loss caused by Wei's family will not continue to employ Wei's family, and the family of three also lost their source of income.

"Mother, I don't want to go to a private school anymore. I want to be an apprentice. Mother, you know I'm a fast learner, and soon our family will be the same as before." Feng Wei wanted to take care of the family for his father.

"Mother, I also want to work in an embroidery workshop. You can see that my embroidery is not bad at ordinary times." said sister Feng Lian'er.

"No, you must study hard. In the future, you will be admitted to the number one scholar, become the magistrate of the county, avenge your father, and pay those beasts. And you, take it with you at home and do your homework well. Girls who are not married are less likely to show their faces." Wei refused.

"But……"

"It's nothing to worry about. You don't have to worry about money. Our family has money." Wei Shi didn't want to entangle Feng Wei on this topic, "Let's eat quickly."

Brother and sister Feng Wei looked at each other, then bowed their heads to eat and stopped talking.

In the blink of an eye, Feng Qingming has passed away for three years. In these three years, Wei Shi had to move rice noodles in the grain and oil store like a man for the family's livelihood. Wei Shi, who was only in his thirties, now looks quite old At the age of ten, Feng Lianer made some small embroidery at home in order to reduce the burden on her mother and sold it in the embroidery workshop. Feng Wei also studied hard, hoping to serve the court as soon as possible to avenge her father. Also happy.

But the house leaked and it rained all night. Wei was injured during a transport and could not lie down on the bed ever since. Feng Wei brothers and sisters sold the house in order to treat their mother and rented a shabby room in the west of the city, but things backfired. In recent years, the Wei family has been strong on the outside, and his body is not as good as before. This injury is nothing more than the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

"Wei Er, after leaving for mother, you have to take good care of your younger sister. Mother is most worried about Lian Er. She is still so young and has no father or mother." Wei called Feng Wei and Feng Lian Er to the bed, " Since your father left, mother has not allowed you to live a good life, it is mother who has no ability, it is mother who is sorry for you." Wei Shi was so angry that it seemed that he would break his breath at any time.

"Mother, don't talk nonsense, you will be fine, don't think about it, okay?" Feng Wei knelt in front of the bed, trying his best to control his emotions, making his voice sound as stable as possible.

Wei slowly raised her hand to caress Feng Wei's cheek, "Wei'er, mother knows her own body, she can't hold it, but mother doesn't want to die, mother can't let you go, mother still wants to watch Lian'er get married. "Thinking of this, Wei's voice became higher, causing a cough.

"Mother!" Feng Wei immediately sat on the edge of the bed and helped Wei Shi to lean on him. Feng Lian'er also hurriedly poured a bowl of water to Wei Shi's mouth, crying, "Mother, drink some water, you will definitely see it." I marry a good family, you have to embroider a wedding dress for me, your female celebrity is the best."

Mrs. Wei shook her head and held Feng Lian'er's hand, "Mother can't do this. Mother can't embroider my wedding dress for Lian'er. Lian'er, you have to listen to your brother in the future." The hands of the people are clasped together, "In the future, there will only be you brother and sister in our family. You must take care of each other and support each other. The elder brother must protect the younger sister from being bullied, and the younger sister must also take care of the older brother's daily life. The mother is also at ease." some."

"Mother," Feng Lian'er was already crying, "Mother, you can't abandon me. You know, my brother always bullies me, and I don't want to wash his clothes."

Wei patted Feng Lian'er's hand, "No, he won't, and he won't in the future, right, Wei Er."

Feng Wei pressed his lips and nodded.

"Brother!" Feng Lian'er blamed in a tone of voice, "tell your mother quickly, you will bully me again in the future, so mother should not abandon us."

"Lian'er, stop making trouble." Feng Wei whispered, "Don't make mother worry." Feng Wei knew in his heart that the Wei family was really exhausted, and he didn't want his mother to be so worried when she left.

"Mother." Feng Lian'er cried while lying in Wei's arms.

Wei Shi patted Feng Lian'er's back again and again, like coaxing a baby, gently and rhythmically, "Master, I tried my best, I'm here to find you, don't blame me." Wei Shi's hand straightened out He came down, and slowly closed his eyes, tears slid down his cheeks and onto the back of Feng Wei's hands.

Feng Wei and Feng Lian'er buried her mother with all the few belongings left in her hands. The weather on the day of Wei's burial was particularly sunny, as if nothing worthy of sadness happened. That's right, the sorrow of this family is nothing in this world, but The ants have collapsed their nests, no big deal.

In the second year after Wei's death, Feng Wei was going to take part in the provincial examination. He had to leave Feng Lian'er, who was only ten years old, at home alone. Pay attention to your own safety, don’t go out casually, you must ask Aunt Liu next door for help when buying vegetables, try not to go out, let alone open the door casually, remember?”

Feng Lianer said while preparing clothes for Feng Wei, "Don't worry, I'm fine, it's only a few days, nothing will happen."

"Don't listen, someday you will be kidnapped by traffickers, I will not go to you." Feng Wei joked.

"I see, you are so nagging, you already look like an old man at a young age."

"An elder brother is like a father. I'm not just an old man."

Early the next morning, Feng Wei went to the township examination with his bags on his back. Unexpectedly, this farewell was the last time the siblings would meet. Cold corpse.The matter has to start with Feng Wei preparing to go home after taking the township examination.On that day, Feng Lianer planned to prepare a table of Feng Wei's favorite meals to celebrate Feng Wei's smooth reference, and went to the street to buy vegetables with Aunt Liu next door, but on the way home, she ran into Chu Ziming, also known as the town's bully.