After being in a coma for several hours, Ma Lao Er finally woke up, and after Qin Yu fed him some water, he said to Uncle Ma: "You two stay for a while, I'll go out and make arrangements." ”

"Okay." The old horse nodded.

Qin Yu closed the door and left, opening his mouth and shouting: "Old cat, Guan Qi, go to this house to study how to get it." ”

……

Indoors.

The old horse sat down beside the bed, licked the cigarette roll with his chapped lips, bowed his head, and said nothing.

Ma Lao Er looked at the ceiling blankly, and asked in a hoarse voice, "How is Uncle Zi?" ”

"It's not a big deal." The old horse replied in a light tone.

Ma Lao Er closed his eyes and said in a trembling voice: "Uncle, I was wrong...... Before doing anything, Uncle Zi persuaded me...... I didn't listen...... In the end, the whole Xiaoliu was gone, and Mao Zi didn't even snatch the corpse back...... I...... I'm damned. ”

Lao Ma smoked a cigarette, sat under the dim light and lowered his head, looked at the ground, and said in a steady tone: "Second child, our generation is three brothers...... I'm the youngest, the oldest. When I was about to enter the ninth district, our family didn't have anything, so your father took my second brother to grab food from others, sell guns, and do whatever he could eat. At that time, I was young, and I couldn't afford to do anything at all, so I messed around with them every day, saving money when I was idle, and I could go to find a girl. ”

Ma Lao Er listened quietly.

"In the fourth year of Songjiang's official release of residency, my second brother fell seriously ill and had no savings at home...... Your father was in a hurry, so he asked a few brothers to rob Fengbei of the supplies for the Songjiang faction. That night, your second uncle didn't sleep all night, but I didn't feel anything, and I played cards with people on the other side of Dirt Street. The old horse paused at this point, his eyes reddened: "Early the next morning, the person who ran back told me...... Your dad was shot dead and shot more than 20 times. I was so confused that I didn't know what to do...... But the miraculous thing is that your second uncle, who is seriously ill, has been lying in bed for more than two months, and he has miraculously survived. ”

"Didn't take any medicine?"

"No, I just resisted." Lao Ma's cloudy eyes were filled with tears, and he continued in a hoarse voice: "Your second uncle has come back to life, bring together the brothers around your father, and lead the team to continue working." At that time, I helped deliver some goods to them and ran errands. ”

"Why didn't my second uncle have it?" Ma Lao Er turned his head and asked in a trembling tone, "You never told me." ”

"I was fighting with people on Dirt Street for the storefront, and I was hacked and received seven knives on my body." Lao Ma smoked a cigarette and said with a frown: "When I went to the hospital, he told me...... I didn't dare to die, just waiting for you to come. ”

Ma Lao Er was speechless.

"I'm confused again." Lao Ma wiped his tears and lowered his head to narrate: "Your second uncle grabbed my hand, his eyes were wide and he told me that when our boss went to grab materials to sell, if he didn't die, then he would definitely die of illness, but the boss was gone, he was lying on the bed, and there was a thought in his mind...... The pillar of this family is gone, so if he is gone, what will we do in our family...... So he didn't dare to die. ”

Ma Lao Er listened in a daze and didn't say a word.

"Second child, do you know what this family word means?" The old horse slowly raised his head, his old cheeks faced his nephew, and said in a calm voice: "Home is, you watch the little ones grow up, and you watch the old ones leave." It is a kind of inheritance, and it is for successors! ”

"Uncle, don't say it, I know what you mean......!"

"Second child, you have to grow up quickly." Lao Ma said in a mocking tone: "I'm this age, and every day I live will be one day less." And among the next generation of children in our Ma family, you are the biggest...... You can't afford it, I'm gone, and I can't close my eyes. ”

"Uncle, I won't let you worry about it anymore." Ma Lao Er gritted his teeth and clenched his fists in response.

The old horse got up and snuffed out the cigarette butt, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, lowered his head and said, "Don't be afraid if you break it, but after you break it, you have to know that it hurts." Maozi, Xiaoliu and those children who mix with you every day are all little mud legs that no one cares about and no one asks...... People call you big brother, hold you, do things for you, so that you can go to Yongdong with a gun to ask for face! What is this? It's a responsibility! ”

"I see, uncle!"

"Let's get some sleep." The old horse patted him on the shoulder again, bent his waist, turned around, and left the dimly lit room.

Ma Lao Er looked up at the empty room, but his eyes were full of the old horse's back.

……

Eight hundred miles of no man's land.

A dirty, bearded young man in a leather jacket walked into a tent.

"Coming?" A strong man sat by the fire, cutting half-cooked lamb with a knife, and asked softly, "Where are you going tomorrow?" ”

"No, I'm here to tell you that I can't go there." The dirty young man sat down cross-legged, reached out and picked up the knife to cut the meat, and while eating, he said, "It's a bit urgent, I have to take someone first." ”

"What about you playing?" The strong man suddenly frowned: "As soon as the thing is halfway done, you have to pick a pick!" So what do I do? ”

"What's there to do? You find someone to keep doing it. The dirty young man wiped the grease stains on his mouth: "The money is in place, who can't find it?" ”

"Fart! The work is so urgent, where can I find the right people? ”

"Well, I'll give you a contact information, you call him, and ask him to bring someone over." After thinking for a moment, the young man said unquestioningly, "But I have to go!" ”

The strong man pondered for a while: "Don't go, I'll add money to you!" ”

"It's not about money." The young man shook his head.

"Smack!"

The strong man followed and pulled out a pistol from his back waist, slapped it on the table and replied: "I can't believe outsiders, you have to finish the work." ”

The young man was stunned for a moment, turned his head and spit out the mutton in his mouth, and suddenly said with a smile: "What a gun!" ”

The strong man took a sip of wine and didn't look up.

The young man reached out and grabbed the other man's gun, and the muzzle of the gun was pulled to the left, and the trigger was suddenly pulled.

"Hyper ......!"

Several gunshots rang out, and the strong man suddenly raised his head, and asked with a gloomy face, "What do you mean?" ”

"This gun is not calibrated!" The young man put the gun on the table with a big grin, bent down and said, "Play with the gun!" It's not okay if you tie three of you together, don't keep scaring me, don't you hear! ”

As the words fell, two figures walked in outside.

The young man turned around and waved his hand, and whispered to the strong man again: "Urgent, I have to go!" I'll make up for your mistakes. I don't want any of the final payment this time. ”

The strong man was stunned for a long time: "You have a grudge against money?" ”

“…… Some people, some things, are more important than money. The young man smiled, put his hands in his sleeves, and turned to leave.

……

A day and a half later, he was stationed in the training base.

Qin Yu pushed open the door of the room and said succinctly: "Prepare to prepare, I'm going to send a text message to the other side!" ”

……

Within the city.

Yongdong's cell phone rang, and he glanced down at the message, only to see a line of small print written on it.

"I'm already on my way."