Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

It is indeed a bit inappropriate for a teenager to talk about fate with a fifty-year-old.

But under Yu Qiutang's insistence, Yu Dejin finally agreed to let his son help him bear the pain.

So, one person's dragging turned into two people taking turns.

This makes it a lot easier.

Especially Yu Qiutang, he was energetic and strong, and he worked very fast every time. Yu Dejin had to call him several times before he was willing to change.

The two did not stop at noon and continued to struggle with the wood.

It was not until around four o'clock in the afternoon that the heavy wood was finally pulled down the mountain.

Yu Qiutang originally wanted to place the wood on his side as there was more space and it would be convenient to process it.

But my father insisted that placing the coffin in the yard of the new house was not auspicious for the new family, so in the end they moved it back to the old troglodyte yard.

But when he was pulling it back from this position, it happened to be the time when people had finished their afternoon meals and were out for a stroll. Everyone was shocked to see his condition and came forward to help.

But they were all rejected.

And he didn't let Yu Qiutang help.

You just have to do it yourself.

Yu Qiutang had no choice but to follow his father's steps forward with everyone. Seeing that they didn't want help, everyone asked Yu Qiutang to move the things, but Yu Qiyuan was also helpless, as he had said before.

When they reached the entrance of the alley, my father could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground.

Yu Qiutang and everyone else rushed to help him, but Yu Dejin waved them away.

After everyone made way, he was still waving his hands wildly. Suddenly, he buried his face against a tree and sobbed softly.

Everyone didn't know what to do.

Yu Qiutang didn't know what to do for a moment.

Everyone in their family is like this.

From his father to him, no one knew how to express emotions. His father did not show much concern for his younger brother, his fourth uncle, on a daily basis.

However, when his fourth uncle passed away, he was the saddest and most heartbroken one.

It was difficult for Yu Qiutang to evaluate the pros and cons at the moment, so he could only help his father get up.

But my father's body was so weak that he couldn't even stand steadily.

He had no choice but to carry his father on his back and walk down the alley.

Seeing Yu Qiushi and Chen Meidi just coming out of the door, they hurried over. Chen Meidi held Yu Dejin's hand and asked, "What's going on? What happened?"

"It's okay, I'm just tired, just take a rest."

Yu Qiutang carried his father to the kang where they slept, asked Chen Meidi to keep an eye on him, and went back to pull the wood down.

"Brother, what happened to Dad?"

Yu Qiushi followed behind.

Yu Qiutang looked at his younger brother Yu Qiushi and sighed softly, "It's about Fourth Uncle."

"What does Fourth Uncle's affairs have to do with Dad?" Yu Qiushi was puzzled.

Yu Qiutang was about to leave, but after hearing this, he turned back and looked into Yu Qiushi's eyes, "What would you do if I died suddenly?"

Yu Qiushi was stunned. "You won't die."

Yu Qiutang said nothing more. He returned to his room, threw himself on the kang and began to catch up on his sleep.

so tired.
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The next day, early in the morning, Yu Qiutang heard some noise in the yard. He got up and opened the door, only to see his father walking around the yard in circles.

He wasn't walking very fast, but the way he hung his head was still a bit scary.

Chen Meidi was wearing her clothes and standing at the door looking at him.

Yu Qiutang went back to his room, put on his clothes, and went up to his father and said, "Dad, go wash up. After that, we still have to go to town."

When Yu Dejin heard the word "town", he finally reacted and turned into the house.

Chen Meidi glanced at Yu Qiutang and also lowered the door curtain.

A few minutes later, Yu Dejin had already dressed and washed up and came out, "Let's go."

Yu Qiutang started the motorcycle and let his father sit on the back.

I tried to climb up the nearby mountain three times but failed. My legs felt like they were crippled and were too heavy to move.

It was only with the help of Chen Meidi that he was barely able to get up.

"Drive slowly on the road, don't let your father fall off."

Yu Qiutang nodded.

When I arrived at the hospital, I happened to see Yu Qiushan talking to someone. The man was wearing a green shirt and bell-bottom pants, looking very fashionable. It must be Wang Ruixiang or someone else.

But it looked like the two were arguing about something.

The dispute came to a temporary end when Yu Qiutang and his companions arrived.

Yu Qiushan looked unhappy, which was rare, while Wang Ruixiang stood beside him with a look of disapproval on his face. He was holding a cowhide envelope in his hand, which seemed to contain money.

"Uncle."

Yu Qiushan called out "Uncle" and walked forward.

Wang Ruixiang just glanced at him, raised his eyes to the sky, and looked indifferent.

"What are you arguing about?"

When Yu Dejin saw Wang Ruixiang like this, his expression became even darker.

"Yes..." Yu Qiushan wanted to explain, but he only said one word and pulled Wang Ruixiang over, "You should say it."

Wang Ruixiang disagreed, "I'll just say what I say."

He showed the envelope in his hand and said, "Uncle, people from our side said that my father was a live-in son-in-law and he couldn't let go of his worries, so he can't be buried in our ancestral tomb. This is 100 yuan, which is the funeral expenses from our side. You guys can handle it."

After Wang Ruixiang finished speaking, Yu Dejin stared at him, seemingly not reacting to what he said.

"What did you say?"

Wang Ruixiang was frightened by Yu Dejin's eyes, but he still repeated what he had just said with trembling hands.

This time Yu Dejin heard it clearly.

But he still didn't react, "You mean to say that your mother doesn't care about her man, so you don't care about your father either?"

Wang Ruixiang shook his head and said, "I didn't say I don't care. I'm just giving you money, but we really can't do anything about it. My mother is just a woman, and I'm a junior. I can't decide the affairs of the clan.

Besides, rules are rules, and they are not just for our family. It's my father's fault for being so impulsive and not considering the aftermath at all.

We are now in a very passive position. You don’t know what the people in the clan have been saying about our family these past two days. My mother is still willing to send money here, which is already the most she can do.”

Yu Qiutang and Yu Qiushan looked at each other, and they could see the lack of understanding in each other's eyes.

How can someone be so cold-blooded?

The person lying there was his biological father.

Even if he is a son-in-law who marries into the wife's family, he has worked hard for half his life to support her. How can he not have any feelings for her?

Even if a passerby hears about death, he would not behave like this.

Especially looking at him like that. His father is lying on a cold bed just across the door, but he is wearing colorful clothes and talking nonsense outside. Is this how a human being should behave?
Yu Qiutang has always been keeping an eye on his father.

He was worried that his father would suddenly get angry and beat Wang Ruixiang up on the spot.

But the father just repeated again to confirm: "So you guys don't care about your father's body anymore?"

Wang Ruixiang: "It's not that I don't care..."

"Okay, forget it, you can go back."

Yu Dejin interrupted Wang Ruixiang, turned around and tremblingly took out a stack of money, I don't know how many hundreds it was, and said to Yu Qiutang, "Second brother, go to the street and buy a cart." "Are you going to transport people?"

"Well, let's take your fourth uncle home."

"Okay, I'll go."

Yu Qiutang turned around, and Yu Qiushan followed closely, "I'll go with you."

The two left the hospital together.

"I didn't expect Wang Ruixiang to be such a person. I didn't see it before!" Yu Qiushan didn't say anything to his face, but he became very angry as soon as he saw him.

It can be seen that he was suppressing his unhappiness just now.

Yu Qiutang smiled bitterly, "I don't know what to say. This is so outrageous that I can't figure it out. I don't want to think about it anymore."

Yu Qiushan nodded, "It's really outrageous. If a person treats his own father like this, who can we expect him to be good to?"

Yu Qiutang thought for a moment and said, "Maybe some people don't have any gratitude in their minds. They might think that since their parents gave birth to them, they should raise them. Otherwise, why did they give birth to them?"

"This doesn't make sense. If his parents gave birth to him, shouldn't they have given him a heads-up? If they didn't give birth to him, wouldn't he have no chance to be a human being?"

Yu Qiutang shook his head helplessly, "It would be nice if you could really think that way, but many people are like this. They only think about themselves and not others. When they are extremely selfish, even their parents are just others in their eyes."

"I can't figure it out."

Yu Qiushan is a person with a kind personality. Although he cannot be said to be a gentleman, he has indeed inherited many of his second uncle's characteristics. He treats people with enthusiasm and sincerity. Naturally, he cannot understand this kind of logic.

Yu Qiutang could figure it out.

He has experienced all sides of human nature.

But understanding and accepting are two different concepts.

No matter how clearly he thought about it, no matter how much he could put himself in the child's shoes, he could not understand why there would be a child who would be so indifferent to a father like his fourth uncle.

Is it just because of Fourth Uncle’s cowardice?

If a man is not strong enough, even his own children will discriminate against him and will not regard him as a real father.

Of course he would also think of himself.

What kind of relationship does he have with his father Yu Dejin?

It's a mixture of love and hate.

The two of them went to the market and bought a cart. Yu Qiutang didn't want to use his father's money, but when it came to paying, he still gave it all and only added a small part.

Yu Qiushan was thinking about paying, but was stopped by Yu Qiutang. "There are still many things that need to be spent for Fourth Uncle's funeral. In my estimation, we uncles will definitely not let Fourth Uncle suffer any more injustices. We will talk about it later."

Yu Qiushan did not insist and said, "I sent a telegram to my father, and he said he would come back as soon as possible."

"He's very busy, won't it delay things if he comes back like this?"

Yu Qiushan smiled bitterly, "Nothing can be more serious than this. To us, he is just an uncle, but to my uncle and my father, he is a brother. Look at my uncle's condition, he has become like that. My father seems to be open-minded about everything, but he values ​​feelings the most. I don't know what will happen to him now."

Yu Qiutang nodded.

He suddenly understood one thing.

Why is there always this indecisive side to his character? Even though he clearly wants to do something cruelly, he is always reluctant to go too far at the critical moment.

The reason may be the special family atmosphere.

Inheritance from genes.

Most people in this family are like this. Although they have diverse personalities, they all attach great importance to feelings.

The two men pulled the cart to the hospital entrance, briefly spoke to the doorman, and then went to the backyard.

Wang Ruixiang was squatting at the door smoking, and Yu Dejin was inside.

Yu Qiutang and the other man came to the door, and Yu Qiutang said, "Brother Shan, you hold the shaft of the cart, and I'll go in and carry Fourth Uncle."

"it is good."

Yu Qiushan leveled the shaft of the cart.

Yu Qiutang walked in and saw his father helping his fourth uncle to fix his hair. Like an old father, he gently smoothed his fourth uncle's messy hair with tenderness in his eyes.

"It's really hard for you, Old Four."

Yu Qiutang walked over and whispered, "Dad, the car has been bought back."

"Oh, okay, help daddy to support your fourth uncle."

Yu Dejin bent down beside the bed, pretending to be carrying someone on his back.

"Let me do it, Dad."

Yu Qiutang thought that his father had a bad back and legs, so it might be difficult for him to carry someone.

"Let me do it, just help me."

Yu Dejin insisted on carrying him on his back, and Yu Qiutang couldn't persuade him, so he had to help his uncle up and gently put him on his father's back.

"Can you do that?"

Yu Dejin used his hands and waist to lift Yu Dehuo up on his back, then he stood up tremblingly and said softly, "Fourth Brother, come on, I'll take you home."

Yu Qiutang was dejected.

Following behind my father, I watched him slowly carry the person out and even more slowly put him in the car.

He took off his clothes and covered the people in the car with them.

It was the coldest time of the year, and Yu Qiutang was worried that his father would get frostbite, so he had no choice but to take off his clothes and give them to his father.

Yu Dejin did not refuse.

He just mechanically waited for Yu Qiutang to put his clothes on him before he got on the carriage and tried to pull the cart.

Yu Qiushan and Yu Qiutang naturally couldn't let him come, so they hurried to grab him.

But he was rejected by Yu Dejin again.

He said softly, "If I hadn't been so confused, I wouldn't have let him go. Even if life was hard, at least he would still be alive."

Yu Qiutang subconsciously thought, your confusion is not here, this is your style, inherited from your mother, otherwise, why is your youngest brother like that too.

There were five brothers, and two of them committed suicide.

I really don’t know what to say.

But this was just what he was thinking about. He wouldn't be so bored as to rub salt water into his father's wound.

"Let's go, we'll take your fourth uncle home."

Yu Dejin pulled the cart and staggered forward.

"Hey, take this money with you. This is our..."

Wang Ruixiang stood up behind him and shouted.

Yu Qiutang turned around and kicked Wang Ruixiang into the morgue, with the word "get out" popping out of his mouth.

An old man and two children pulled the cart slowly towards the village.

When pedestrians on the road see people in the car covering their faces, they will subconsciously avoid them.

Yu Qiutang discovered that when people are extremely sad, they are actually not in the mood to care about other people's opinions. At this moment, no matter how others see them, they feel very calm.

It was not until the car pulled into the village that familiar people began to show concern. Everyone knew that this was Yu Dehuo's body, and their expressions varied.

Some people sympathize and understand, while others mock. Each one has their own reasons.

But no matter what others said, Yu Dejin remained silent and pulled the cart. Yu Qiushan didn't know these people, so in the end Yu Qiutang had no choice but to answer.

Tired of answering, he simply nodded, not wanting to say another word.

When the cart returned to the entrance of the pit courtyard, Yu Dejin wanted to pull it down, but Yu Qiutang held the shaft and said, "Dad, the pit courtyard can't be moved. You don't want my fourth uncle to finish his last journey in such a narrow place, right?" (End of this chapter)