Chapter 5: A Painful Parting
The streamlined military dagger is dark and non-reflective, the blood groove is very deep, the blade is cold, and there is no sign of rust buried in the ground, Yang's father stroked the military dagger with remembrance, handed it to Yang Zheng and said: "Twenty years ago, at that time, your father was in his early twenties, and he couldn't get a good dowry for your grandmother's house, so he went deep into the mountains to get ivory, and the wild elephant didn't meet, but he met a wounded soldier." ”
"Soldier, what soldier?" Yang Zheng asked in surprise.
"I don't know, he didn't want to reveal it, I got him some herbs, accompanied him for two days, he left after his injury, and gave me this as a gift before leaving, it can be seen that he attaches great importance to this knife, I see that he went east, saying domestic words, it should be a domestic soldier, you take it, maybe you can use it." Father Yang solemnly admonished.
Yang Zheng took the saber and looked at it, the handle felt very good, the fingers were just stuck on the slightly concave handle, the power of each finger could be fully exerted, there was a pattern at the end of the handle, Yang Zheng took a closer look, it was an abstract beast head, which looked like a tiger head.
"It's getting late, go and get ready, lest they suspect it." Father Yang urged.
"What about you?" Yang Zheng said worriedly.
"Don't say it, kid, protect my sister and live well, understand?" Father Yang said earnestly.
Yang Zheng knows very well that leaving will bring endless trouble to his parents, but the words have been released, and if he doesn't leave, the drug dealer will definitely suspect that the family will definitely die, this parting, the road ahead is dangerous, life and death are unpredictable, and seeing each other again is far away, Yang Zheng is in a heavy mood and looks at Yang's father with no worries.
Father Yang understood his child's filial piety, hugged Yang Zheng in his arms, patted his shoulder and said in a deep voice: "Child, you can calculate drug dealers, which means that you have courage and knowledge, and you have grown up, Abba can rest assured, remember, you are not allowed to mess around outside, let alone do things that insult your ancestors, and don't forget that you are a descendant of the dragon at any time." ”
"Abba, I made a note of it." Yang Zheng said with a heavy heart, and a line of tears rolled down.
"That's good, remember why I named you, right? Be upright. Father Yang admonished.
"Well, I made a note of it." Yang Zheng hurriedly agreed.
"Okay, go ahead, there's Abba at home, don't worry." Father Yang pushed Yang away and said.
Yang Zheng turned his face away, let the tears slide down, didn't dare to look at Father Yang, for fear that he would not be able to control his emotions and stay, hurriedly entered the kitchen, put some salt in a small bag and put it away closely, picked up a lighter that was exchanged for two rabbit skins a year ago, and then wrapped the saber in strips of cloth, tied it to the calf, put down the trouser legs to cover it, picked up the mountain knife next to him, put the bow and arrow on his back, and hurried to Ah Mei's room with the arrow basket.
Father Yang saw that Yang was packing up the necessities in an orderly manner, and there was no impulse, so he breathed a sigh of relief and lowered his head and entered the back room.
"Sister?" Yang Zheng shouted in a deep voice, not knowing how to speak.
"Brother, I heard the conversation between you and Abba, are you going to leave now? But I can't bear our Abba, Grandma. Ah Mei whispered sadly, and a line of hot tears slipped down.
"I can't bear it, but I have to go, you know?" Yang Zheng said in a deep voice in pain.
"Well, Ah Mei doesn't understand much, but Ah Mei listens to Ah Ge." Ah Mei hurriedly said.
"Well, wipe away your tears, don't let people see it, let's go." Yang Zheng reminded painfully.
Ah Mei nodded, quickly got up, Yang Zheng checked the back injury, the bleeding had stopped, the wound was covered with herbs, bandaged with cloth, and there were some blood stains on the clothes, Yang Zheng whispered: "Ah Mei, change clothes." ”
"Can I go and see Grandma and Abba for a look?" Ah Mei hurriedly changed her clothes and asked.
"I can't." Yang Zheng said with a hard heart, worried that he would be reluctant to leave after seeing it.
"Brother, will we come back?" Ah Mei asked as she got dressed.
"Yes, I will definitely come back to kill these beasts and rescue Abba, Grandma and the villagers, I promise." Yang Zheng said solemnly, wiping away his tears, and his expression became firm.
"Brother, I must come back with you to save Abba, Grandma." Ah Mei said solemnly, wiped her tears, and continued: "Brother, let's go." ”
The brother and sister didn't say anything more, they walked outside together, and when they went out, they couldn't help but look at the inner room, inside the room, Yang's father desperately covered his mouth, for fear of crying, tears flowed down his face, and he was full of grief.
No one knows if they will be able to see each other in the future, but for this only chance to survive, Yang's father and Yang's mother desperately buried the pain deeply and endured it silently, even if they were reluctant and worried, they still didn't dare to cry, for fear of dragging the children's footsteps.
Yang Zheng took Ah Mei and walked outside, two humble lives like fragile grass in the cracks of the stone mountain struggling desperately, eager to stick the shoots out to absorb some sunlight, let themselves grow thicker and live.
On the way to the ancestral hall, Yang Zheng looked at Ah Mei worriedly, but found that Ah Mei had already cleaned up her mood and was more calm than before, her heart hurt, and she said worriedly: "Ah Mei, are you okay?" ”
"Brother, don't worry, I will be very obedient and won't trouble you." Ah Mei hurriedly replied.
A thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl who should have lived a carefree life, but she was burdened with the heaviness of life too early, Yang Zheng said guiltily: "It's Brother who is not good and failed to take care of you." ”
"No, it's those bad guys, when I grow up, I must learn a lot of skills and kill all these bad guys." Ah Mei swore and said, her eyes became more and more determined, and she found her goal to live.
Yang Zheng felt a pain in his heart and advised: "Don't talk nonsense for a while, so as not to be exposed." ”
"I see." Ah Mei sensibly agreed.
The two came to the ancestral hall unconsciously, and their painful feelings eased a little, at least they couldn't see it on their faces, the drug dealer Ah Fu who robbed Yang Zheng's hare came over with a gun on his back, waved his hand and said, "Let's go, don't delay time." ”
Yang Zheng was startled, and immediately reacted, the drug dealers were really the same as he expected, seeing that there was another person coming over, two drug dealers one after the other, worried, one person might be able to find a chance to run away, two people were detained before and after, the intention was obvious, there was no chance to run at all, what should I do?
Ah Mei looked at Yang Zheng with a nervous face, Yang Zheng hurriedly made a look, worried that he would be seen through by the drug dealers, and said to Ah Fu with a smile: "Uncle don't worry, now I can reach the destination at almost dinner time, the wild boar is just coming out to forage, and we are just right to start, so we can't delay." ”
"What so much nonsense, hurry up." The drug dealer named Ah Fu scolded dissatisfiedly, and didn't take the two of them to heart at all, if it weren't for the leader's explanation, he wouldn't want to go to the forest to suffer.