The policeman whom I called "Uncle Zhang" immediately frowned, first glanced at my dad, and then looked me up and down.

After standing there and pondering for a few seconds, he closed the interrogation record in his hand, said nothing, nodded his head, waved to the other policemen behind him, and said, "Close the team!"

The group of people huffed and left. After a while, Uncle Zhang stood at the door and waved to me and shouted: "Wang Lang, come here, I want to ask you something."

My dad was lying on the bed and squeezed out a sentence through his teeth: "Don't be blind about what you shouldn't say."

I walked out of the main room. The neighbors watching at the gate had been dispersed. Only Qian Long and his brother were left standing not far away, chatting quietly.

Uncle Zhang is the leader of our police station. I have known him since I was a child because of my father. He called me into the yard. Uncle Zhang took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed me one.

I quickly waved my hand and said obediently, I don’t know how to smoke.

Uncle Zhang slapped me on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, don't pretend to be like me. I often see you wandering around on the street with a small cigarette in your mouth. Smoking and drinking are social activities for boys. You can't take it seriously, but you can't either.

No, just smoke it."

As he spoke, he put the cigarette into my mouth and lit it for me.

After a few seconds of silence, Uncle Zhang asked me in a low voice: "Wang Lang, tell me the truth, has your dad provoked anyone recently? Through the camera in your alley, I saw the gang that broke into your house.

They should be the kids raised by Hou Laizi who owns a mahjong parlor on Qian Street, but if your dad doesn't cooperate, I can't file a case or arrest them."

I was slightly startled, shook my head and said: Uncle, I really don’t know.

After Uncle Zhang took a few puffs from his cigarette holder, he took out a photo from his pocket, stretched it in front of my face and said, "By the way, there is a kid you may not know. His name is Li Junfeng, and he is nicknamed Madman. He is always there.

Do you know this person who blackmails students around your school?"

When I saw the face in the photo, my eyes widened suddenly. I grabbed Uncle Zhang's wrist and asked, "Uncle, did you say that Li Junfeng led someone to kill my dad that night?"

Uncle Zhang shook his head and said: "He is just one of the participants, but a few days ago he robbed a student near the school and perforated his eardrum. The other party called the police. Our police station is looking for him. Do you have any clues about him?

"

At this time, my dad screamed from inside the house: "Wang Lang, come in and die!"

I bit my lip and nodded towards Uncle Zhang and said, "I understand, Uncle. If I see this person, I will definitely call you."

After saying that, I was about to turn around and go back to the house. Uncle Zhang grabbed me and said in a moderate voice: "You are a good boy. Don't follow your father's old path."

My dad in the room obviously heard what Zhang Qing said, and shouted again angrily: "Wang Lang, do you want me to die of thirst? Hurry up and get me a glass of water!"

Back in the main room, my dad was leaning on the bedside, holding half a cigarette in his right hand still wrapped in gauze, squinting his cloudy eyes and looking at me. I also looked at him without blinking.

His forehead was wrapped with several layers of gauze, with faint blood seeping through it. His arms and palms were also wrapped with white gauze. The whole person was not much different from a newly dug out mummy.

After we looked at each other for a few seconds, he threw the cigarette butt to the ground and asked in a hoarse voice: "Did you beat Lao Liu's nephew?"

I licked my lips and remained silent, which was a silent answer.

The two of us fell into silence again. After more than ten seconds, my dad sighed and said, "I'll apologize to you tomorrow. I already apologized for you when I invited Lao Liu for a drink in the evening. Lao Liu and I have been friends for many years."

Dude."

I poured a glass of water, handed it to him and asked, "Have you gone to Hou Laizi's place to gamble again? Have you ever calculated how many times our family has been blocked by bill collectors throughout the year? I earned a couple of bucks by working hard to repair shoes, but I threw them all away."

Are you feeling guilty when you go to the mahjong parlor? If Lao Liu were really friends with you, would he always ask you to play cards?"

He suddenly became furious and threw away the water glass in my hand. The water glass fell to the ground with a "pop", smashing into pieces and splashing into pieces of transparent shards.

He got up from the bed in a fit of excitement, pointed at my nose and shouted with spittle: "You don't need to take care of my affairs. If I don't take care of my affairs, you will have to spend a penny! What about you? You are idle all day long and can't study well.

If you don't do your job well, you don't have to look down on me. You will be worse than me in the future! If I didn't support you, you would have died of starvation long ago like a bear. Do you deserve to be reasonable with me?"

My chest heaved violently, my nostrils gasped and I shouted: "I just look down on you. If it weren't for you messing around and getting into trouble, would my mother have left this family and left? Do you know what the neighbors call us? I

You bastard, you are the goddamn reason why I am what I am today!"

"Who the hell are you talking to?" My dad raised his arm and slapped me hard on the face. I staggered, and my nose immediately started to bleed.

I roared at him hysterically: "If you can, beat me to death today!"

At this time, Qian Long and his brother hurriedly ran into the house and separated my father and me. Qian Long hurriedly said with a smile: "What's going on? How can we talk so well and still have a quarrel?"

Brother Lang, please keep your voice down, and uncle, please turn off the engine. It’s so funny when father and son quarrel in the middle of the night.”

My dad was panting heavily, shook off Qian Long's pull, pointed at my nose and shouted: "Little beast, let me ask you, will you apologize to Lao Liu's nephew tomorrow?"

I bit my lip and said decisively: "I won't go!"

"Okay, you're not going, are you?" My dad was so angry that he was trembling all over. He turned his head back and forth twice, trying to find something to hit me with. Finally, he took off his shoes and hit me in the face with a slap with his other hand.

He grabbed me by the collar and banged me against the wall.

I had stars in my eyes the moment I was knocked down, but I still stubbornly yelled, "Even if you beat me to death, I won't go!"

Qian Long's brother hurriedly opened my father's hand and said breathlessly: "Uncle, you don't teach children like this, and you don't treat class enemies like this. You can calm down. Wang Lang is not a child anymore. I'll talk to him."

.”

While we were talking, Qian Long and his brother dragged me out of the main room, while Qian Long kept comforting my dad.

Qian Long’s brother is Qian Tao, who is five or six years older than us. Although he and Qian Long are brothers, they are completely opposite in appearance and personality. Qian Tao is fair and clean, and wears glasses.

Just study. If it weren't for the lack of adults at home, I would have gone to college long ago.

Pulling me out of the house, Qian Tao gently patted my back and said: Lang Lang, I have watched you since I was a child. You are smarter than Qian Long. You can tell everything at once, what is right and what is wrong, you are like Ming Jing in your heart.

Like, I won’t say anything unnecessary, but I’ll just tell you, you thought your dad was a bastard when he was young, but what’s the difference between your current life and his? If you don’t want to be looked down upon like your dad in the future,

Then just go back to the factory and learn skills honestly. What is the most ridiculous thing in this society? Having no money is the most ridiculous thing. You can figure out the rest by yourself.

After speaking to me, Qian Tao handed me a cigarette and turned back to the main room to continue comforting my dad. I leaned under the banyan tree in the courtyard and fell into deep thought. Many years later, when I recalled this scene, I

We are all very grateful to Qian Tao for these words.

The struggle lasted until daybreak before Brother Qian Long left. My father was still furious in the house, calling me a beast and a bastard.

I went back to the small bed in my room, resting my head on my arms and couldn't fall asleep. What Qian Tao said kept echoing in my mind. Suddenly, I heard the sound of crying in the main room. I got up in confusion and tiptoed.

He came to the door of the house and watched.

The sound of my dad crying loudly could be heard from inside the house. While he was crying, he seemed to be muttering to himself, saying that he was useless and could not teach children, and that he wanted to die.

I felt as if something had stabbed me in my heart. I knew clearly that he must have been drinking again, and that he had drunk too much, but I was still very congested and panicked.

After walking in front of the main room for a few minutes, the crying in the room gradually died down. I washed my face under the faucet in the yard and made up my mind to go back to work in the auto repair shop, just as Qian Tao said.

, if I don’t want to be looked down upon by others anymore, I have to be myself.

On the way to the auto repair shop, I kept thinking in my mind how I should respond if Liu Qi picked on me.

This time I was really determined and planned to live a good life. For myself and for the sake of this broken family, I wanted to get rid of the name of a useless person.
Chapter completed!