Detective Files II

Chapter 440 Fanwai Sanlu Xiangdong [2]

That day, Lu Xiangdong was squatting in the yard, listening to his mother arguing loudly with his grandparents in the house with anxiety in his heart. He couldn't hear what the adults were talking about, but he felt scared out of instinct and felt It seems to be vaguely related to him.

After a long time, the mother came out of the house and walked outside without looking back, without even glancing at her son who was waiting aside.

Grandpa was supported by grandma and stood at the door of the house without saying a word.

"Mom!" Lu Xiangdong took two steps forward and grabbed his mother's skirt, "Where are you going?"

The mother's footsteps stopped for a moment, she looked back at the child who was pulling her skirt, looked at her silently, raised her hand and pulled Lu Xiangdong's little hand from her skirt.

"Don't worry about it." She said this and left without looking back.

Lu Xiangdong turned his head and looked at his grandparents helplessly, but his grandparents just shook their heads at him with ugly expressions and said nothing.

That night, his grandfather let Lu Xiangdong sleep on the warm kang head. Without the company of the old cotton padded jacket left by his father, Lu Xiangdong felt a little empty in his heart, but the warm quilt made him feel very relaxed.In my impression, grandpa sat next to him that night, smoking silently all night. He huddled under the blanket, almost breathless from the smoke, opened his eyes several times, and wanted to tell grandpa that the smell of smoke It's really too big, but when he opened his eyes, he saw Grandpa's frowning brows and melancholy eyes under the faint moonlight. Buried in the bed, did not say a word.

Early the next morning, Grandpa called Lu Xiangdong to his side and told him that his mother would go out for a while, and he might only be able to live here temporarily. nodded.

Grandpa asked Lu Xiangdong: "You live at Grandpa's house. Your original school is far away. Do you want to transfer to a school closer to here?"

Lu Xiangdong shook his head: "No need, otherwise my mother will pick me up in a few days and I will go back again."

Grandpa was taken aback, looked at him for a long time, sighed, nodded, and didn't say anything more.

Afterwards, Lu Xiangdong began to get up before dawn every day, carry his schoolbag and take the earliest commuter bus to school, and after school, he would take the bus back to his grandfather's house in the starlight.The condition of my grandfather's family is not rich, but my grandmother would pack a rich lunch box for Lu Xiangdong every morning, and put a dollar in his small pocket. At that time, a dollar was already very rich for a child Pocket money, for the grandparents from a mediocre family, this one yuan per day is what they have saved from their daily life. Lu Xiangdong is reluctant to spend it, so he always folds the money into small pieces and puts it in his school bag.

Such days last for two or three months. Lu Xiangdong can pass by his small house on his way to school every day. He knocks on the door there almost every day after school to see if his mother is too busy to forget that he is still there. I was left at my grandparents' house.

Grandpa is loving. Every day when Lu Xiangdong comes home from school, he has already prepared a delicious and hot meal. At night, when Lu Xiangdong is sitting at the table doing homework, he just silently watches from the side, reaching out to touch his grandson from time to time. head, and sighed softly.

Lu Xiangdong never asked his grandfather where his mother was, because he saw that once his grandmother accidentally mentioned his mother's name, and his grandfather's expression became very ugly. He didn't understand why his grandfather was upset, but he wisely didn't mess with his grandfather. bother.

The sudden death of his father allowed this young child to learn how to watch words and expressions, to understand the elders in the family, and not to touch the same scar in everyone's heart.

During the short few months that Lu Xiangdong lived with his grandparents, his grandfather's physical condition almost deteriorated and he became thinner day by day. My grandmother always looked at my grandfather with a worried face, and let out a long sigh from time to time.

About half a year later, when Lu Xiangdong could hardly think of counting the days when his mother would be away, and guessing the day when his mother would come back to pick him up, his grandfather finally fell ill, and he left after a short while, leaving behind his grandmother. with him.

According to his grandfather's dying instructions, grandma was picked up by his uncle, and Lu Xiangdong was taken to his uncle's house logically.

Although my uncle's house is in the urban area, it is only in a remote area. I live in a small house with my aunt and a pair of young siblings. The life is tight, even if it is not tight, it is not much better.

Grandma was picked up, it was a matter of duty, but Lu Xiangdong was brought here by grandma like a little tail, which made aunt very dissatisfied, she called her uncle into the room with a cold face, even the door was closed Without turning it off, he yelled loudly.

Grandma put her arms around Lu Xiangdong, and sat in the living room tremblingly, covering Lu Xiangdong's ears with her cold hands.After a long time, my uncle came out of the house with a sullen face, walked up to Lu Xiangdong, pulled away grandma's hand, pulled him by the sleeve and pulled him out of the room.

Lu Xiangdong didn't know where his uncle was going to take him, he only knew that when he went out, he looked back at his grandma, her eyes were red, her hands stretched forward slightly, but she didn't move a step.

At this moment, Lu Xiangdong understood that his uncle's house was not his place to stay, it was too small, too small to accommodate a little him.

Pulled by his uncle, he staggered and walked all the way, Lu Xiangdong's legs were sore, he looked up at his uncle, but the uncle didn't look at him, just walked quickly with a gloomy face, and he didn't say anything, Hurry up and follow along.

Uncle sent him to his uncle's house.

Like the previous few times, Lu Xiangdong was left in the living room, his uncle's older cousin looked at him curiously.

This is Lu Xiangdong's first visit to his uncle's house. In his memory, when he was a child, he could only see his uncle when he went to his grandma's house during the holidays. Uncle and aunt always looked high above him and treated him and others His parents are indifferent and indifferent, while his mother is very warm to his uncle and his wife, but rarely can they get the same attitude.

Uncle and uncle talked for a long time, and then left alone. Uncle and aunt did not come out to see off, nor did they come out of the house. The two continued to whisper in the room.

The volume of "whispering" gradually increased. My uncle's cousin was very curious and ran to the door to eavesdrop. Lu Xiangdong followed his example and slowly leaned timidly to the door.

"It's not like you don't know how incompetent my brother-in-law is. Now that he's dead, it's okay for my sister to pursue her own happiness!" When he heard his uncle's voice, he sounded short of breath, not enough. firm.

The aunt's voice immediately yelled: "Don't say it so nicely, you think I don't know! That sister of yours has already hooked up with someone before her husband died! This thing doesn't happen twice a year. Is it a year?! Well, I don’t want to be a moral model to gossip, she eloped with her lover, why should she leave the oil bottle to us?!”

"She was originally sent to the child's grandparents, but the old man passed away suddenly, and the uncle's family was too poor to support her, so she was sent to our house!" the uncle explained humbly.

My aunt is still reluctant: "Our family is a relief center? Others can't afford it, so you can afford it? I don't care, or you can find your sister now and ask her to give an explanation, or else, this child will be sent to the hospital. Welfare home!"

"Okay, okay! I think of a way!" Uncle responded angrily, opened the door and walked out first.

When he saw Lu Xiangdong standing blankly at the door, a slight embarrassment appeared on his face, and then he left without looking back.

Uncle went out for a long time, about a few hours, during this period, aunt did not say a word to Lu Xiangdong, and let him stand by the wall alone, watching TV with his son.

In the evening, my uncle came back alone. After returning, he handed my aunt a bank card and whispered something in her ear. Then my aunt's face softened a little, but she still complained After saying a few words, he ruthlessly rolled his eyes at Lu Xiangdong.

That night, Lu Xiangdong was arranged in his cousin's room. The cousin slept on a single bed, and he slept on the floor next to the bed. At night, Lu Xiangdong couldn't sleep for a long time, replaying the scene of uncle and aunt in the room repeatedly in his mind. Conversation, until the daylight.

From then on, Lu Xiangdong lived in his uncle's house.The uncle's family is not good to him, but it can't be called bad, because basically he is transparent at home, unless forced to, uncle and aunt rarely talk to him, only his cousin, who is two years older than him, Instead, she often pestered him, asking about the cause of his father's death, and about his mother and lover running away.

In this way, another few years passed.

Lu Xiangdong gradually grew taller. When he was tall enough to climb over the wall of his one-story house, he sneaked back, only to find that the house had already been sold by his mother and replaced by another family.

Without his father's old cotton padded jacket, the original family of three gradually left only a vague shadow in Lu Xiangdong's heart. Around him, the only remaining warm childhood memories are those few pictures. Neatly folded one-dollar bills.

One day, when Lu Xiangdong came home from school, he found that his old schoolbag had been turned upside down, and the change that he had collected so well had long since disappeared. Impatiently sent back, he did not give up and went to ask his cousin again.

Cousin said: "I took the game currency to the game machine hall to exchange the game currency, and used the game currency to play the game machine, and I lost it all!"

On that day, it was Lu Xiangdong's first fight in his life. If his uncle didn't force him to pull him away, he would even have wanted to beat his cousin who usually didn't want to talk too much. His eyes were red and red, Gritting his teeth, trembling all over, like an angry beast.

In the evening, he was scolded severely by his uncle, saying that he was an ungrateful white-eyed wolf, but Lu Xiangdong just turned his face away without saying a word, and clenched his fists tightly.

The next day, his uncle took him to school and went through the boarding procedures for him.

Lu Xiangdong took a few clothes and lived in the school dormitory.

Within a few days, he discovered that the students in the school began to point and whisper around him, and the people around him also began to alienate him slowly. He didn't know why, and he was too lazy to find the answer. class, get out of class.

Later, he finally heard those more and more unscrupulous discussions. Other children spread word of mouth. The very thin boy named Lu Xiangdong in the school died of his father and mother when he was young. He, he stole money from his uncle's house, and beat his cousin who treated him like his own brother.

Hearing these rumors, Lu Xiangdong only showed a mocking smile on his youthful face, he clenched and loosened his fists, and finally turned around suddenly, and punched the student who was beaming with joy and spreading gossip.

Because of this incident, the school recorded Lu Xiangdong's major demerit, but because of his excellent academic performance, it did not pursue too much.

It's just that since then, there have been fewer gossips, and fewer people are willing to talk to Lu Xiangdong.

After being alone for a while, Lu Xiangdong suddenly found that he didn't care about these people's indifference and alienation.

He had begun to get used to himself, and only himself.

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