I was shocked at that time. Master was not the only one. Could it be that the school was still prosperous? Why had I never seen anyone else besides Master?

When Master looked at me like that, he knew that I had another question. He said, "Don't ask, I will explain it to you slowly. Why don't you go and make two cups of tea?"

I nodded quickly, worked for a while, and brought 2 cups of tea.

In the steam rising from the hot tea, Master unfolded to me a mysterious picture of the past of our lineage.

Master was born in 1912, a native of Hunan. Master himself didn’t know exactly where he was from, because in those troubled times, the country was still in dire straits, the people were in dire straits, and there were many orphans without fathers and mothers, and Master was one of them.

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He had no parents, and didn’t even know who his relatives were. Master was abandoned in a small village since he was born. This situation was very common at that time. Fortunately, Master was picked up by an old man who was herding cattle in the village.

Returned home.

The old man was a loner, the kind who had enough to eat but the whole family was not hungry, so it was appropriate for him to choose his master and adopt him as his adopted son.

Life was very hard, because the old man was very poor, and the only thing he could feed his master was rice soup, but his master still survived tenaciously, and the two of them depended on each other. Although they were poor, they lived peacefully.

But something unexpected happened. When Master was eight years old, the old cowherd died, and he died miserably. He was beaten to death because the cow he was herding accidentally ate a bite of vegetables from the field.

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Originally it was just a small matter, and the old man drove the cow away quickly, but the old man was destined to have this disaster. Because of this, he was beaten to death, and even his only old scalper was robbed.

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The reason is simply because that land belongs to Liu San, the ‘overlord’ of the village, and this scene happened to be seen by Liu San.

Liu San was a ruffian, lazy and bad, and lived by eating, drinking, and stealing. Later, because he was too lazy to survive in this small village, he simply went out to "enter the world."

People in the village don't know what happened to Liu San outside. They only know that he became a disabled person when he came back. Originally, being disabled was nothing. Most of the villagers still sympathized with such people, but

Liu San doesn't need sympathy, he is "returning to his hometown in fine clothes".

Because he was escorted back by a group of troops. At that time, there were many bandits and warlords. The common people couldn't tell which army was which. Anyway, the common people were afraid of them.

So being escorted back by a team of troops, Liu San returned home in glory.

I heard that he was disabled because he saved an important army soldier, and they wanted to repay him.

After coming back, the people in the army greeted the whole village. Liu San was one of theirs, so anyone in the village who dared to disrespect Liu San would be shot. And then they took over a lot of people in the village.

land, and robbed the house of a small landowner in the village to Liu San.

He also forcibly ordered those who had been robbed of their land to work and cultivate the land for Liu San's family. Liu San relied on this and transformed from a little brat to a tyrant in the village. Not to mention being a tyrant, others still

He gained a reputation as a country squire and was said to have contacts with important people in the town.

No one in the village would dare to provoke such a person. Faced with Liu San's overbearing behavior, everyone dared to be angry but dared not speak out and endured it.

The old cowherd man is just a lonely old man, and he is honest. Do you dare to challenge Liu San?

After eating the vegetables from Liu San's field, it was inevitable to nod and bow, and apologize without self-respect. It was also inevitable to ask for compensation. Liu San loved money, and even if someone took a straw from him, he would still have to get a load of firewood back.

That kind of.

Faced with the old man's obedience, Liu San didn't appreciate it. He had no sympathy, let alone the idea of ​​respecting the old man. He fell in love with the old man's cow! He must use the cow to compensate him.

There is no reason for such a person, and besides, he has some excuses. The old cowherd man originally made a living by herding cows for the villagers. His cow is his only property, so how can he give it up?

Moreover, the old cow and he had been dependent on each other for seven years, and they had developed feelings for a long time. During the busy farming season, when the cows were taken out to help out, the old cowherders would shed tears of distress when they saw the cows were tired.

This Liu San wanted to snatch his cow, which was basically trying to snatch his life. It was useless to beg for mercy, and it was useless to kneel down. The clay man was also very angry. The old cowherd man was angry and said: "You are so

If you have money, why do you want to rob me of my only cow?"

This was the old man's only resistance, and for this sentence, the old man lost his life.

Liu San was used to dominating the village, how could anyone dare to speak to him like that? Besides, he was an old man with only two people in his family, including him? So, Liu San's gang of minions took action and gave the old man a good meal.

The beating was not enough in the end, so Liu San stomped on the old man's heart a few times, and with those few kicks, the old man was trampled to death.

Seeing that someone had been killed, Liu San's men were still a little scared, but Liu San yelled like a normal person: "What are you afraid of? I have seen many dead people during the war. If you leave him there, someone will naturally collect the body."

, take the cow back to me."

Of course someone would collect the body, and the person who collected the body was my master. When the villagers came to tell my master about this, my master couldn't believe that my father was so honest that he would be beaten to death by Liu San. That was

He is the only relative he has in this world.

The people in the village sympathized with my master, and they all helped, so that the old man could be buried in a thin coffin, and they also gave the matter of herding cattle to my master, so that the young man could have a livelihood.

But a seed of hatred was inevitably buried in my master's heart.

What is worth mentioning here is another thing that happened, that is, the cow that Liu San took back, on the day it was taken back, knocked over the cowshed and injured three people alive.

He even trampled someone to death.

What's amazing is that those people were all the ones who beat the old man that day.

The end of the matter was that Liu San ordered the cows to be slaughtered and the beef was eaten. If there was not enough to eat, the cattle were sold in the town.

After finishing the old man's funeral, my master quietly ran to the back door of Liu San's yard, cried for the cow, and burned some paper money. They all said "beasts, beasts," but animals still have feelings, and some

Humans are worse than animals. Liu San is such a person!

Two more years have passed, and Master is still living in poverty and hard work. The only thing that has changed is that his hatred for Liu San is getting deeper and deeper.

The master vowed to take revenge when he grew up, but in the past two years, Liu San's life has become more and more prosperous, and his influence has become more and more powerful, even causing harm to neighboring villages.

Is it really true that good people don’t live long and disasters stay for thousands of years? Master has doubts about this world. What he wants is that when he grows up to 18 years old and has more strength, he will seize the opportunity to die with Liu San.

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The old man showed great kindness to Master. How could he not repay this kindness? Master only planned his life until he was 18 years old.

If we follow the normal trajectory of history, the best outcome for Master is to die together with Liu San. However, the reason why history is fascinating often lies in its unexpectedness. One day a year later, several people came to the village, which was an important turning point in Master's life.

Also arrived.

To be precise, three people came to the village that day, two teenagers and an old man. They were invited by another respectable family in the village. That family had been a minister, so they were considered well-known in the village.

The difference from Liu San is that other people's families are more or less scholarly. They have some power and wealth, but they don't show off, let alone bully the villagers. Instead, they will help from time to time. Even the old man's burial is paid for by the village.

The most people.

However, for such a good family, strange things happened one after another at home, causing chaos and chaos. On the other hand, Liu San lived a free life. This was also the reason why Master was cynical at that time.
Chapter completed!