chasing the dark

Chapter 190 Back to the Origin
Jin Yuyang didn't break his promise. When he met Lao Yang again, before he could speak, he said, "Don't you want to hear a story? I'll tell you a story today. But don't be annoyed."

"Not annoying, not annoying." Lao Yang said with a smile, "I don't have any good qualities, but I am patient. Take your time."

Jin Yuyang twisted his body and changed into a relatively comfortable position.

"In a poor county town, there is a family like this. The man is burning bricks in a brick kiln, and the woman has no job. She is in a daze most of the time, and occasionally...maybe she is awake, and she will cry and laugh. They have There were two sons, and another one was born later. The third child was treated as superborn and fined a sum of money. The family was already poor, and life is even more difficult now."

"The man blamed this on the third child, and the two elder brothers also hated the younger brother from the bottom of their hearts, thinking that it was because of his birth that the family life became more difficult. Therefore, this child was born to be a nuisance."

You don't need to ask to know that this is about himself.Lao Yang didn't interrupt, but looked at him seriously, and listened to him continue talking.

Yangtun was originally a poor place, and Jin Yuyang's father, a brick kiln worker, didn't earn much a month's salary, barely able to eat and drink for a family of four.The daughter-in-law's brain is not working well, and she found out that when she was pregnant with her third child, she was already a month old.There is no way but to be born.

The family was already tight, but now that there are more mouths, life is even more stretched.

The third child was born thin and small, and the aunts who gave birth all said that this child may not be able to support him.

Such a child cannot be given away even if he wants to give it away.Father Jin's idea at the time was - live as long as you can, and if you can't live, the family will lose a burden.In short, it is a sentence, resign to fate, fend for yourself.

Maybe it's God's pity, maybe it's the nature of mother's love. During that time, Mother Jin always held this little one in her arms. When the baby cried, she couldn't coax him, so she just nursed him.

Neighbors saw that the mother and child were pitiful, and from time to time someone would bring some food to Jin's mother.In this way, the third child survived.

Since you are alive, let's keep it.

Jin's father went to work every day to earn a meager salary, and Jin's mother spent more and more time in a daze, and sometimes even did not move for a whole day.Both elder brothers are able to attend school because of compulsory education.Even after school, he didn't pay much attention to his younger brother.

Because of his small size and ragged clothes, none of the children around him wanted to play with Jin Yuyang.

It can be said that he grew up to the age of five in solitude.

That year, Father Jin's cousin, also known as Jin Yuyang's aunt, came to his house and picked him up.

My aunt was nearly 50 years old at that time, and she had never been married in her life, let alone a child.

When I was young, I didn't feel much, but as I got older, sometimes I began to worry about what I would do when I was old.

Knowing that her cousin's family has many children, she came up with the idea of ​​adopting a child from her cousin's family.

Jin's father is naturally willing. Sending one away will make the family's burden lighter, not to mention that the cousin promised to give a sum of money.

In this way, Jin Yuyang followed his aunt to another city.

At his aunt's house, he put on new clothes and shoes for the first time, ate hearty meals for the first time, went to kindergarten for the first time, and had friends for the first time...

A child is very adaptable, and he quickly integrates into a new life.

It can be said that it was the happiest time in Jin Yuyang's life, so happy that he selectively forgot his father, mother, brother, and that poor family.

Recalling the days of living with his aunt, Jin Yuyang's eyes were obviously bright.

But this gleam didn't last long, he suddenly laughed at himself: "I used to think that I was favored by fate. But I was wrong, fate just played a joke on me."

Lao Yang stood up and poured a glass of water to his lips: "Drink the water first to moisten your throat."

Jin Yuyang drank most of the glass in one go, shook his head and said he didn't want it anymore.

He tilted his head on his shoulder to wipe off the water stains from the corner of his mouth, thanked him, and continued: "When I was about to graduate from primary school, my aunt fell ill. The doctor said it was malignant lymphoma. I don't know malignant lymphoma. What is it, I only know that it is a serious disease that can kill people. Within a few months, my aunt became so thin that she couldn't even speak. At that time, I was terrified and stayed in her hospital bed every day Before, I dare not sleep, for fear that if I wake up after falling asleep, I won’t be able to see her again.”

His aunt persisted for half a year, and when she was dying, the man Jin Yuyang once called father appeared in front of him again.

Seven years are like a beautiful bubble, after it bursts, everything returns to its original point.

After finishing his aunt's funeral, he was brought back by this man to his long-forgotten home.

After returning home, Jin Yuyang found out that the brick kiln where his father worked had long since ceased production, and he found a job as a laborer.

Both older brothers are studying in technical schools, and the elder brother has less than a year to graduate.

My mother became more seriously ill, she didn't know anyone, and she had to be fed.

Everyone has changed in these seven years, the only thing that remains the same is the indifferent father, the stupid mother, and the elder brother who treats his younger brother as nothing. This family still has no warmth for Jin Yuyang.

Fortunately, Jin's father did not deprive Jin Yuyang of the right to go to school because of his cousin's dying entrustment.

After returning, he contacted the only middle school in the county, but because he had missed the entrance exam long ago, they refused to accept him, so Jin Yuyang had to retake the sixth grade.

"Sometimes I wonder if the seven years I lived with my aunt was just a dream I had. When I wake up from the dream, everything returns to its original appearance."

Jin Yu let out a long breath and asked, "Is there any smoke?"

During interrogations, it is common for suspects to ask for a cigarette.Lao Yang doesn't smoke much at ordinary times, but every time he enters the interrogation room, he always prepares a pack.

He lit a cigarette and stuffed it into Jin Yuyang's mouth: "This is a good cigarette, I am reluctant to smoke it myself."

Jin Yuyang glanced at the LOGO on the cigarette holder, and the corner of his lips curved into an arc: "It's really a good cigarette, thank you."

"I found that you are quite polite." Lao Yang flicked the cigarette ash and stuffed it in his mouth again.

Jin Yuyang took a deep puff and exhaled a stream of smoke: "At your age, you still have to serve me, and you should say thank you."

After finishing a cigarette, Lao Yang gave him another drink of water.

Sitting back again, he said, "There is no smooth sailing in this life, and your family members also have their own difficulties. Anyway, it's not bad that your dad can continue to support you in studying."

Jin Yuyang was noncommittal about this: "It's all my aunt's money. If he really cared about me a little bit, nothing would happen later."

(End of this chapter)