Global Movie Emperor

"Creak...Creak..."

Although the weather across the country has been abnormal in recent years, the amount of snowfall in the northern mountainous areas is still more than that in the urban areas. After returning to the countryside, the snow on the road is probably in the center of the shoes, and it will emit some light when you step on it. It may be an uncomfortable sound for some people.

Back in Luhua, the wind was still quite strong, blowing the sand-like snowflakes on the upper layer of the snow. It was inevitable that the snow would blow into the shoes, melt by the feet, and wet the socks. Lu Ze was in this state now.

Because of the snow, Lu Ze could only carry his suitcase and move forward slowly. Fortunately, this road had been renovated with Lu Ze's money. Otherwise, it was still so bumpy that walking for several miles would be really tiring.

The lame man looked a little depressed because he had never been to such a cold place, and he was tired from the journey. He was hiding in Lu Ze's coat, with only his head exposed and looking outside. He seemed to be very curious about the snow. Heartfelt.

I haven’t been back to the village for more than four years and almost five years. The population here is getting smaller and smaller. It should be lunch time at noon, but the chimneys on most houses no longer smoke. I heard my mother say that they are still here. There are now less than 200 people in the village, and those left behind are either incompetent, living a miserable life, or old people who really cannot get used to the urban living environment.

Walking into the village, the road was inevitably icy and slippery. Even Lu Ze accidentally fell down and squatted down. He stood up and patted the snow on his butt, comforting the startled lame man.

"he he he he he......"

The ridicule for Lu Ze came from not far away, and the voice was childish. Lu Ze glanced in the direction of the sound. A child of only five or six years old was standing next to a red brick wall. Finally, only a small head was exposed, and the fingers scratching the wall were dirty. At first glance, he looked like a common free-range child in the village.

"Don't laugh! Which family are you from? Come here, I'll take care of you for your father."

Seeing Lu Ze training him, the kid was not afraid. To put it mildly, he was weak, but in reality he deserved a beating. He still laughed endlessly, then disappeared behind the wall, and actually shouted: "Dad! Someone wants to hit me!"

"If he's going to hit you, just hit him. You can't suffer in a war. If you kill him, let's see who hits you...Daze? When did you come back? You...carry a How come no one came to pick you up from the box?"

The figure wearing a green military coat walked across the wall and came out. When he saw Lu Ze, his expression was particularly surprised. After looking around to make sure that no one was around, he quickly walked over and picked up the box, but was politely rejected by Lu Ze.

This man's name is Lu Fangwei, two years younger than Lu Ze. He is the grandson of Lu Ze's second master, who is also Lu Ze's cousin. He graduated from junior high school. He was also the main character who followed Lu Ze at Zhaojia Bangzi Middle School and fought with the children from the neighboring village all day long. Son, he was also naughty later. His grades were good, but he chose to drop out of school. Now I heard that he is working as a migrant worker in the provincial capital city.

"Give it to me, it's okay, give it to me, give it to me, you haven't had anyone carry things for you in the past few years, can you get used to it? Give it to me, you just dropped it, they are all from the Lu family, why are you being polite to me? ?”

Lu Ze had calluses on his hands and he was quite small, but compared to Lu Fangwei, he was completely dwarfed. As soon as their hands touched, Lu Ze felt like he was touching the heels of an old man.

And with a keen eye, he discovered that Lu Fangwei's big hands were very shiny, and the fingerprints had been worn away. When they last met, his hands were not like this. It seemed that he had suffered a lot in the past few years.

"Then I won't be polite to you. Are you working at home now? Not going out? Is this your son? When I came back last time, he was only two months old and very naughty, just like you when you were a child. "

"I wasn't as naughty as him when I was a kid. I still had to go out to work. It's not winter anymore. The construction site can't start work, so I went home early."

"Did I remember you don't do home decoration?"

"I stopped working in home decoration a long time ago. I spent my days waiting for cats and dogs. Now I work in work clothes. I can earn less than home decoration, but it's stable. It's too cold to do interior wall building."

Giving birth to a child is destined to be much more tiring than before becoming a father. Only after becoming a father can you feel the pressure that is always present on your body, and you can be considered a truly mature man.

Lu Ze understood, and didn't ask who the child was living with now. Raising a child not only requires raising him, but also accompanying him to grow up. There is nothing wrong with high-income families, but for people living at the bottom of society , it is already a very great thing to be able to raise a child successfully.

"Working on work clothes is no better than working on home decoration. You need to be more careful than before. Now that there are seniors and juniors, you must pay attention to safety. Don't be so anxious to save money for your son to get a wife."

The past few years that Lu Ze has been promising have not actually brought about any earth-shaking changes to the old Lu family. They have not asked Lu Ze to find a decent job. It seems that besides having Lu Ze around, it can make their waists stronger. Besides, all that's left is bragging rights with friends.

In fact, Lu Ze didn't help them much in these years. Apart from building roads and improving the teaching facilities of the Hope Primary School built by the government, Lu Ze, the third uncle, had a cerebral hemorrhage and received 50,000 yuan.

The two of them were walking and chatting. The children around them also knew that this man was his uncle, and they became much quieter. There were many rules in the village, and those who followed the elders would be beaten from the tree.

It wasn't until the two of them walked to the fish pond that Lu Ze looked at the fish pond that was already overgrown with weeds, frowned, and then asked Lu Fangwei about the person he hadn't asked for in several years.

"Where is Lu Qiang? Didn't he contract the fish pond? Why are you not caring about it when everything is so desolate?"

Lu Fangwei also expressed considerable disgust for this cousin, but he was also a little melancholy. He took the cigarette that Lu Ze handed over and took a look. It was no longer the same level as the one he smoked back then, but for him, it still belonged to that level. Even if you are having a banquet, you may not be able to smoke famous cigarettes. I was a little reluctant to smoke, so I put it behind my ear, took out a yellow and red plum from my pocket and lit it.

"Fish pond? Lu Qiang had been raising it honestly for half a year, but then he got into trouble again, and started playing around with money. I heard that he was a con man, and he was beaten and disabled. Three of his fingers were cut off, and his legs were also lame. I got a loan shark and owed more than 200,000 yuan from a loan shark, so I was chased to the village. Later, the villagers started fighting with the debtor, and the fight was quite big. Many people from eight villages in ten miles came to help, and there was a total of one person. More than a thousand people knelt down and kowtowed after being beaten hard by the debt collector."

"and after?"

"Later, people from the police station came, and the second master asked my sister-in-law for help and settled the matter. The boss knew that my sister-in-law was the second master's daughter, so he didn't ask for the principal, so he just let it go. Daqiang was raised in the village for three months. He left after recovering from his injuries. He left for several years and never came back."

Lu Ze had no sympathy for Lu Qiang. If he hadn't been afraid of angering his fourth uncle to death, Lu Ze wouldn't have helped him at all. At that time, he just thought that if Lu Qiang could change, he would recognize this relative. After all, everyone He did something wrong, but this time he was still shameless. It had nothing to do with Lu Ze whether he was alive or dead. Even if he died, he would not help collect the body.

As for my sister-in-law, she is the only high-ranking official from their village. She works in the Provincial Public Security Department. Her husband is in the army. He is nearly twenty years older than my sister-in-law. I won’t say how powerful she is. Anyway, my uncle and the old Lu family are also Not close.

"What about Fourth Uncle? How are the old couple doing now?"

"Fourth uncle...it's not bad. After all, Daqiang has called back several times. Everyone knows that he is still alive. It's good to be alive. It's the fourth aunt. After Daqiang was beaten and disabled, My eyes are so full of tears that just last year... I couldn't see anything."

Lu Ze had no other comments about Lu Qiang other than committing evil. When his fourth uncle carried Lu Ze's father's coffin up the mountain, the mountain was extremely shaking and it was snowing heavily. After fighting against his uncle, they all lay down on the kang to rest for a long time. Months later, Lu Ze remembered this kindness. Li Yumei and Lu Weiguo didn't tell him about Lu Qiang, but now that they knew about it, he had to go and see it when he got home.

Walking all the way to Lu Ze's house and looking at this country mansion, Lu Ze was quite relieved. At least the house that his parents liked very much was left behind.

As soon as she walked to the door of the yard, she saw Li Youmei carrying a basin of steaming dirty water and preparing to pour it outside. When she felt someone at the door, she turned around and smashed the basin and the dirty water on the ground. .

"Daze..."

Li Youmei's tears fell immediately. She quickly walked down the steps and ran towards Lu Ze. She wanted to reach out and touch Lu Ze's face, but because she had just finished cutting the pork, her hands hadn't been washed yet. As soon as she stretched out her hand, she put it down again. Tears fell down.

In Li Youmei's mind, Lu Ze must have been wronged a lot, but he had never told her as a mother that she had been carrying it all by herself for so many years. How could you not make her feel distressed?

"Mom, it's okay. Why are you crying? David is still here, Dad."

Perhaps because he heard the noise, Lu Weiguo also walked out on a cane, with his hands behind his back. He looked much older than the last time he celebrated the New Year. It was obvious that he was also angry about Lu Ze's incident. He nodded, no. In response to Lu Ze's words, he slowly walked to the basin and quietly picked it up.

Lu Weiguo didn't want to mention his son's wound again, so as not to add unnecessary pressure to Lu Ze. Since the matter was over, let it go.

Lu Ze took the luggage and put it at home, and invited Lu Fangwei and his children to come in and sit down. However, Lu Fangwei and his son were out to buy seasonings, and the food at home was all cooked. It was really hard for Lu Ze to stay, so in the end he had to leave. Let him bring his wife and children to have a meal tomorrow.

Before leaving, Lu Ze took out his wallet, rummaged through the small amount of cash inside, took out two hundred and stuffed it into the child's hand. Faced with Lu Fangwei's rejection, Lu Ze's attitude was tougher this time.

"It's definitely not as good as before, but I can still use the two hundred, not for you, but to buy food for my children. Don't refuse. That's all I can do now."

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