wild boy

It was the summer ten years ago, Xiao Renzhou and his father were sitting on a rattan chair under the shade of the trees in the yard, the air was filled with the smell of gardenia and rosemary, the chirping of cicadas mixed with the rustling of palm leaves The sound, the silence walks under the bright sunlight like a light silk.

Suddenly there was a sound of brakes outside the courtyard.Across the low bushes, a few uniformed workers can be seen walking back and forth, their voices are especially clear in the quiet summer afternoon.

"...It's the most expensive furniture I picked, I guess it's very rich..."

"Ham, this is not a typical nouveau riche style."

"You look sour, why don't you explode?"

Xiao Renzhou sat up straight on his father's lap curiously, and looked around hard.The house next door has been vacant for a long time, with a pointed attic, he feels like a castle, and he is particularly envious.

Ren Chengnian held him in his arms with a smile, walked to the fence connecting the two courtyards, and asked, "Did someone move here?"

The man unloading the furniture wiped his sweat, squinted his eyes and replied, "Yes, the owner went in first."

Xiao Renzhou looked at the open door, and suddenly found someone standing by the window on the second floor.

The lake-green curtains were gently blown up by the wind, and the boy standing behind the window looked out expressionlessly, with his hands on the window lattice, like a bird about to spread its wings and fly high.He had no interest in the luxurious furniture moving in and out downstairs, and just looked lazily at the end of the sky.

Ren Zhou opened his small mouth and looked up at him blankly.

Gu Zinan lowered her eyelids and saw a dough-like child sitting on the man's arm, with her head raised, as if drooling.

He frowned, turned and disappeared into the boxy window frame.

All of Gu Zinan's luggage was a backpack, and he never went downstairs after carrying it on his back.

At that time, he only brought so few things, as if he was going to leave at any time.

Gu Zinan stopped breastfeeding when she was born and was not even one year old.A half fairy in the village said, this child is not lucky, let's keep a little braid for good luck.

When he was less than one year old, Gu Yucheng and Liu Lanyu went south to do business and left him in his hometown.

At first he lay on the bed and cried endlessly, but then he stopped crying and just lay there quietly.He knew that there was no one to hold him when he cried, and he had no milk to drink.

Gu Zinan survived in a mess.Because he had no playmates since he was a child, he rarely spoke. People in the village secretly said that the Gu family had become a little dumb. The children also despised him as unwanted by their parents, and often laughed at him in front of Gu Zinan.

Gu Zinan has never been angry.Carrying a basket on his back, which contained firewood for cooking at night, he walked away from them coldly and went home.

He never caused trouble, he knew that his grandparents had no money.The parents who left and never came back, in his heart, were no different from being dead.

One afternoon, when Grandma Gu was feeding the chickens, Aunt Wang next door suddenly ran in panting and yelled that Gu Zinan had sent Lao Hu and his son to the hospital.Grandma Gu let go of her hand, and the millet in the basket scattered all over the floor.Chickens chirped and pecked at her feet.

On the way to the county seat, Grandma Gu's palms and back were covered in cold sweat.Lao Hu is a member of the village committee, and he usually catches chicken feathers as his boss, but this time I don't know what kind of trouble it will cause!

After a while, he saw that Lao Hu's son had indeed been beaten badly, his face was almost swollen into a pig's head, and the corners of his mouth were still drooling uncontrollably.The old Hu's family was all mobilized, surrounding their own precious lump.And Gu Zinan was wearing patched clothes, her back was straight, and she sat on the side with her head slightly lowered.

"My dear grandson!" Grandma Gu saw the many injuries on Gu Zinan's face, and her heart ached terribly.

Only then did Gu Zinan raise her head, clutching her grandma's callused hand with her fingers, and whispered, "I'm sorry."

Just now Hu Yan's mother said that she would ask their family for compensation, which is a lot of money, and grandparents have to weave a lot of bamboo baskets to earn it.As soon as he heard this, his upturned head slowly lowered, he gritted his teeth, and resented himself bitterly, why couldn't he bear it any longer.

Hu Yan is usually a grandson spoiled by his father, and he has learned a lot of dirty words from his mother, and he doesn't know how to restrain himself when he goes out.This afternoon when Gu Zinan went to the market, he happened to meet Hu Yan who was after school. Hu Yan arrogantly laughed at him as a bastard with no father or mother.

Gu Zinan's ears grew calluses from hearing these words since she was a child, so she was naturally unmoved, and she packed up her things and left.

Seeing his expressionless face, Hu Yan was furious, chased after two steps, spat on the ground and said loudly: "Your grandpa is blind, why don't you sell your eyeballs and let you go to school, your family can still have some money?" Count on!"

Gu Zinan suddenly stopped and said hoarsely, "Say it again."

The red sunset hung in the west, stretching Gu Zinan's shadow very long.He has done a lot of work since he was a child, and he is strong and strong, and his stature is also inherited from Gu Yucheng, so he can jump fast.

Hu Yan was a little scared suddenly, but still stuck his neck and said: "Your grandpa..."

Gu Zinan bent down when he uttered the first word, and put down the basket of eggs.

Then he turned around and poured all his strength into his right fist, so fast that Hu Yan saw a phantom—a punch hit Hu Yan in the face!

Gu Zinan ignored the pain like an explosion in the phalanx, and rode on Hu Yan with red eyes and punched wildly.His eyes were red, and there was a faint hiss from his throat, like a little beast that had been cornered, trying to vent all the anger of these years.

Until the adults pulled him away, his whole body was still shaking violently, and there was a roaring sound in his ears, the sound of blood rushing and beating the eardrum.

As long as he can remember, Grandpa's eyes have been bad.Many people in the village looked down on them and bullied grandpa openly and secretly. It was normal for them to pay more work and less money when dividing wages.Grandma Gu took the young Gu Zinan to ask for it. Those people were still smiling and said they must pay attention next time.

Gu Zinan can bear it, can bear their wanton jokes that he is a bastard, and he even thinks what they say is quite right.

But when he thought of his grandfather staying up all night to make money, his eyesight was deteriorating day by day, he wished he could tear Hu Yan's mouth to pieces.

He was right.

He is not afraid.

He doesn't bow his head and apologize.

But hearing Hu Yan's mother yelling at her for compensation, Gu Zinan panicked.

Although he was still very naive at that time, he already knew that 'money' is a thing with infinite magic power, a knife that kills without blood.

Now, he put this invisible knife on the necks of his grandparents.

Old Hu was very shrewd, he didn't embarrass Grandma Gu in the hospital.After returning to the village, he silently copied Hu Yan's medical certificate, and then went to Gu's house aggressively with a group of villagers from the village committee that afternoon.

A group of men crowded the small courtyard of Gu's family until it was full of water, and the two old men had to spend the thousands of dollars today before they would leave.

In the chaos, there was a harsh sound of car horns outside the gate.

Immediately afterwards, the crowd automatically parted a gap.

Before people arrive, smell the incense first.It was Liu Lanyu who had been separated for six years and who walked in Niao Tingting.She was wearing a gold silk crocheted cheongsam and a velvet yellow shawl, with silver flowers rolling in and Koudan dyed on her nails. She looked as if she came from another world with jewels and jewels.

Everyone stayed.

"Mom," she opened her red lips slightly, her snow-white teeth clicked together behind the red lips, "we're done."

From that moment on, Gu Zinan's life was turned upside down.

Gu Yucheng was quick-witted, worked with his boss for two years, took advantage of the financial upsurge and resigned to open his own business, and it didn't take long for the business to flourish, and the original company was annexed.

He took out a bunch of red tickets from his wallet, and lightly dismissed Lao Hu and his gang.

Gu Yucheng commanded them to pack their luggage and move like a general returning from a battle, while Liu Lanyu hugged Gu Zinan affectionately and took care of each of his sons.Gu Zinan smelled her scent and felt very strange, so he broke free from her and wanted to put the basket that he had carried for many years into the car.This basket was woven by my grandfather, and it is very strong. He can still use it when he cuts firewood over there.

"Ah," Liu Lanyu saw him and hurriedly stopped him, for fear of scratching the leather seat of the car, "What do you want this dirty thing for!" She kicked it with her slender high-heeled foot, and the basket rolled away.

Gu Yucheng turned his head to urge them to get in the car, but Gu Zinan looked at Liu Lanyu coldly and remained motionless.

After a while, Liu Lanyu was about to say something, but Gu Zinan turned her face away and got into the car silently.

It takes more than ten hours to drive from this remote village to S City.Gu Zinan had never been in a car with a roof like this before, and felt nauseous on the road, and heard Liu Lanyu whispering in a daze: "The child... like a wolf, creepy... ·”

He turned his head and put his ear on grandma's shoulder, unwilling to listen any more.

On the day of her eighth birthday, Gu Zinan followed her parents all the way south and moved to Shangjingyuan in S City.

They live in the biggest houses, with the most expensive furniture, and buy the most luxurious items.However, Gu Zinan felt that she was hovering outside this crazy feast, watching them spend their days and nights, and even viciously and retaliatingly buying things that they once expected.Gu Yucheng and his wife only wanted to use money to make up for the loopholes of these years. They didn't even know that their son had passed the school age. They shuttled between the company and banquets every day, drinking and drinking, and rarely went home.

Gu Zinan's life has not changed much, but a lot of time has been created out of thin air.He doesn't like this big empty house, but he is willing to stand by the window and look at the distant mountains and cloud birds.The wind blows on the face, which is very comfortable.

He also knew that there was a kid who looked like white dough living next door, and that kid liked to play in the courtyard after school in the afternoon, sometimes building blocks, sometimes doing puzzles, sometimes reading picture books, quietly.Gu Zinan looked at him from the window on the second floor, a gust of wind knocked down the building blocks he had put up with great difficulty, and the little dough jumped on those building blocks, crying out for Dad.

Being so stupid, Gu Zinan curled his lips into a smile.When he saw the dough being carefully picked up by his father, the slight curvature immediately returned to its original state.

One day, Xiao Renzhou was sitting in the yard playing a puzzle, when the sound of plates being thrown suddenly came from the room.He was startled, and stood up from the lawn a little scared, and suddenly found the bushes rustling.

A dark figure slowly moved out of the bushes.

Ren Zhou forgot about the plate for a while, and took two steps forward curiously, only then did he see the big dog as high as his belly.

Shangjingyuan has the best property management in S City, and pets are never allowed to move outside without chains.So this dog of unknown origin - a stray dog, it is drooling with its mouth open, panting slightly, and its black fur is rough and dirty.

It looked at Ren Zhou faintly, as if it would pounce on him in the next second.

The six-year-old Ren Zhou was so frightened that he lost his voice, trembling all over his body, and broke out in a cold sweat unknowingly.

Just as the dog moved its front paws slightly to paw the ground, a thick and long branch slammed violently from the side, accompanied by a vicious voice: "Get out!".The branch hit the ground violently, kicking up a cloud of dust. After all, the stray dog ​​was afraid of humans, so it whimpered, turned and ran away.

Ren Zhou seemed to die once, choked dryly twice, and then broke out into violent crying.

Ren Chengnian, who was crying and arguing, ran out of the house to watch.

He leaned over and held his son in his arms, comforting him in a low voice, and looked around in the yard.

Gu Zinan had already left without saying a word. He lost the branch and walked back to his home. Grandma was calling him.

"Here we come!" He promised while thinking about the child's snot-bubbling appearance, which is ugly enough.

Gu Zinan originally thought that this kind of calm and cold life like stagnant water would continue.Until that day, Gu Yucheng walked into the house with his arm around a young man's waist, smiling kindly and treacherously.

He said to Gu Zinan: "Brother, Brother Jia Yu."

The author says:

Let me recall the first seven chapters: P