Chapter 10 Because he is a mortal

Li Heng sighed and stopped talking. In any case, this was Uncle Lu's own family matter, and it was not good for him to talk too much.

After thinking about it, he could only say goodbye now, otherwise the atmosphere would only become more awkward.

"Okay, I'll leave first, Uncle Lu. If you need anything, just call me."

"Okay~"

After Li Heng left, Lu Chengfei's crooked face slowly returned to normal, and then he returned to the pot with the bowl. Although he was reluctant, he still filled the bowl of taro porridge and started drinking it.

Ever since he was a child, he had never had a good time following this unrelated younger brother.

On the one hand, their personalities are incompatible, and they are not the same kind of people, so naturally they can't talk to each other.

On the other hand, he felt that in the eyes of his father, he was not as good as this unrelated guy. Although Li Heng was not that outstanding, everything was relative.

Li Heng has always had a relatively upright character since he was a child, and he studies very quickly. It is not easy to be admitted to university in such a small mountain village.

Uncle Lu is the most standard and traditional model of an ordinary working peasant man. All he wants in his life is the most simple ideal from ancient times to the present - to marry a wife, have children, and live a happy life.

From the perspective of consequentialism, Uncle Lu's life was a complete failure.

More than 20 years ago, a heavy rainstorm suddenly occurred at the turn of summer and autumn. The water level of the Leishan Reservoir behind was in critical condition, which may cause flash floods. Uncle Lu's family took the initiative to take on the job of going up the mountain to guard Lin Kanhong.

But it has no meaning anymore. The company that has already gone bankrupt has no ability to pay compensation. The main person who should be responsible has long been missing, or it may have been committed due to other economic crimes.

"Big, have you thought about what I told you last time? The boss is still very sincere, you..."

Uncle Lu was lucky enough not to be on duty at the time, but tied a stabilizing rope to a nearby high rock. Only ten steps away, and in just three breaths, he watched helplessly as the person next to him disappeared into the flood.

And there is no way.

The root cause of this kind of pain is the difference in cognition and ability. All good things can be illusory in the imagination of wisdom, but the reality is so far away, powerless, and exhausted.

But this jealousy did not change his nature. He did not think that this difference was caused by personal behavior. Instead, he became even more unmotivated and misbehaved. He dropped out of junior high school before finishing junior high school and went to mess around. After that, he did not make a name for himself.

Later he became addicted to gambling.

Uncle Lu replied angrily: "Xiao Heng resigned and is at home now."

I have pastured cows and led sheep, planted rice, planted rice, cut rice and weeded, worked as a carpenter, and worked as a bricklayer. I have been diligent and honest throughout my life. I have been working hard for as long as I can remember. I have worked hard for almost twenty years.

In exchange for a few acres of farmland and house land, I had a place to live.

The fat on Lu Chengfei's face shook violently, and a burst of pride and joy burst out from the bottom of his heart, and then he burst out laughing.

But Lu Chengfei was already used to being scolded. He didn't care at all that his father would fall out. Instead, he came closer and whispered mysteriously:

Helplessness, pain, sadness, dissatisfaction... always lingering around, separation of love, resentment and hatred, and all the suffering of not getting what you want.

Li Heng clenched his fists, but now God gave him a chance to get out of this vicious circle!

"Um?"

Later, he met his aunt through someone's introduction, and they got married in the brick house he built with his own hands. Later, he had Da Fei, and Uncle Lu became even busier and worked harder to earn money to support his family.

Therefore, compared to himself, Li Heng is a proper "other people's child".

None of this meant anything to Uncle Lu. From then on, he only had his half-year-old son, his only relative.

Just as Li Heng was deep in thought, someone suddenly interrupted him.

The cracks in the dam afterwards involved construction issues. It was a project of a well-known local road and bridge construction contractor. Perhaps it was well managed from top to bottom, so the truth was blocked until many years later when the company was not operating well.

It was about to go bankrupt and entered the stage of bankruptcy review. Only then did I find this old incident from the pile of past documents, and understood that the cause of the accident was that in order to save costs, the dam materials were replaced with lower-priced road and bridge materials.

He never slacked off when working for others, never lacked when buying and selling grain, and would help others when they were in trouble. However, this honest and hard-working farmer who has been doing good deeds all his life did not have any problems throughout his life.

What a good fate.

All regrets and all pain can be reversed.

Seeing his father taking such good care of this boy and constantly saying that he was good and promising, he became extremely angry, and his jealousy continued to grow into resentment.

As long as he is... strong enough!

He remembered that his father had told him about Uncle Lu's life before, saying that he was also a miserable man in the past, even worse than Li Heng. He had no parents when he was young and grew up living in other people's homes.

However, he worked hard and farmed, and the only bloodline he had raised through hard work did not bring him any happiness. Instead, it only brought him anger, annoyance, and disappointment again and again...

Although he did nothing wrong, life or fate did not favor him.

"Young man!"

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Before he could finish speaking, Lu Boteng stood up and waved his arm: "Are you still thinking about that place? You little beast, you want to sell me my roots?!"

When Li Heng raised his head, he saw a villager standing on the field ridge not far away. He looked at him and shouted in surprise: "Why are you still so casual? Don't you choke on such heavy smoke?"

Uncle Lu cursed with an old face: "Do you still want to show off?!"

"Ha! Look, what did I say? What's the use of going to college and studying?? You still come back in a shabby state. How can you be better than me?"

However, the reservoir station staff concealed the cracks in the side embankment of the dam. When the heavy rain reached its peak that night, the water level caused a small-scale collapse below the critical point. The water flow directly washed away the duty point in the mountain forest. Uncle Lu's wife

Right there.

After finishing the porridge, he seemed to suddenly remember something and asked: "Huh? Why is he coming back at this time? And what did he mean when he said that you can find him at any time?"

As an ordinary human being, or an ordinary life, it is so helpless. He was born into this world without warning and was born with spiritual intelligence, but he cannot really control the destiny of his life.

Precisely because everyone is mortal!

On the way back, Li Heng silently thought about something.

Playing cards all day and night, fried chicken, mahjong, Pai Gow... I haven't learned any skills in the past few years, but I have learned a lot about gambling.

If he is strong enough, he will not need to be bossed around by others. If he is strong enough, he will not give up the love in his heart. If he is strong enough, the tragedy of his parents can be undone. If he is strong enough, he can...

"Oh, by the way, did he give you money? A lot?"

Li Heng looked up in confusion and realized that the smoke and fog around him were the thick smoke produced by burning straw in the fields not far away.

After reacting, he felt a little choked, but it was not as strong as he imagined. His nose and throat were just itchy, but he quickly covered his nose and ran away.

After running out of the smoke range, he released his palms and felt an itch on his nose, and heard a "bang" sound.

A small stream of black smoke came out of his mouth and nose.
Chapter completed!