It was late at night, and the villagers of Peach Blossom Village had already fallen asleep after a busy day.
I saw a black shadow walking slowly on the village road, attracting a few dog barks from time to time.
He scolded Shiba Dog, and the dog heard the sound, so they went back to their nests and went back to sleep, ignoring him.
His name is Li Shanyi, and he is the only son of the old Li Tou family in the west of the village.
This man was rebellious when he was a child, and his family couldn't say a word about him, no, just because he quarreled with his father for a few words, he didn't come back for almost a month.
If I didn't have nowhere to go tonight, I wouldn't have pulled down my face and came back voluntarily.
It was Li who came out to open the door, and when she saw her son coming back, she couldn't help crying, but Li Shanyi looked very cold, and didn't call her, so he burped and prepared to go back to the room to sleep.
Take a trip, dumb?”
It was Li Shanyi's father who spoke, nicknamed Lao Li Tou, who, like most fathers, was a restrained and serious person.
Li Shanyi glanced at him, but still ignored people, so angry that the old Li Tou coughed violently a few times, and was about to pick up the deadbolt to hit him.
His father, the child has just come back, you dissipate your anger, and tell him well, don't do it!Li hurriedly came over to stop him, snatched the deadbolt from her husband's hand, and motioned for her son to enter the house.
Li Shanyi snorted coldly, and went into the house without looking back.
Li forcibly dragged her husband into the house and calmed his breath for him, and the two looked at each other without saying a word, and soon hugged their heads and cried bitterly.
In the early morning of the next day, Li got up early to cook on the fire, took out the bacon that he was usually reluctant to eat, and fried it with garlic sprouts.
But until the third pole of the day, Li Shanyi didn't get up, the two of them heated the meal and hot, and the last time it was just hot out of the pot, but they heard a knock on the door, Li Shanyi directly bypassed Lao Li's head, and walked towards the door without saying a word.
Stop!Lao Li Tou finally couldn't help it and stopped him.
He looked at his son's tall back, sighed slightly, and softened his tone: "Accompany me to have a meal before leaving, this is the last time, and I will ...... in the future."No more insistence!”
Li Shanyi secretly clenched his fists and did not compromise because of this, and even shook off the Li family who came to pull him, and left the house without looking back.
The couple sat at the table for a long time, no one moved the chopsticks, Lao Li was silent for a long time, went back to the house to rest, leaving Li alone, and the tears could not be wiped away.
Excuse me, is there anyone at home?”
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door, and Li hurriedly wiped away his tears, got up and walked out.
Someone, someone, are you?”
Li Shi looked at the man through the crack in the door, so he didn't dare to open the door rashly.
The man bowed down very politely and said: "Hello auntie, my name is Bai Jun, I am a painter, I have traveled here today, I accidentally lost my baggage, and I am too hungry in my stomach, so I have to take the liberty to come here and disturb you." ”
Yo!Come on in!”
Li has always been kind-hearted, and it seems that it is almost over, this child looks about the same age as his son, and he is hungry until this hour, which is also pitiful.
When they entered the house, Li told her husband about what had happened, and the hospitable old Li immediately got up to entertain her, and asked Li to warm up the food, and the three of them ate it.
There were guests there, and Lao Li Tou gradually let go of his appetite, but while chatting with Bai Jun, he suddenly couldn't help choking.
Listening to Bai Jun's description, their family lived in a very harmonious manner, which was a feeling that Lao Li Tou had never felt in the past ten years.
Bai Jun thought that he had said the wrong thing, so he hurriedly got up and apologized, Lao Li Tou hurriedly shook his head, wiped away his tears, and said with a smile: "Child, this has nothing to do with you, I am reminded of our family, and my son and I ......."Ten years ago, because ......of an incident, the father and son have been estranged since then”
Because the uncle and nephew chatted well, Bai Jun stayed at Li's house, went to the mountains during the day, and moved the beautiful scenery of Peach Blossom Village to the drawing paper by the way.
Everyone in the village came to see the excitement and said that Bai Jun painted very well.
An old man asked Bai Jun curiously, asking him if he could paint portraits, he was old and wanted to paint a portrait of himself and his wife, so that he could leave a memory for the children a hundred years later.
Bai Jun readily agreed, and as soon as the portrait came out, it immediately attracted everyone's exclamations.
In this way, everyone spontaneously handed over the remuneration and asked Bai Jun to paint a portrait.
For a while, Peach Blossom Village became very lively, and even people from the surrounding villages came.
After dinner that day, Lao Li wanted to speak and stopped, Bai Jun saw it in his eyes, so early the next morning, he said goodbye and left, and Lao Li saw him over the mountain pass, feeling more and more lost.
Li Shi did not speak, and was busy with the housework in hand, but early in the morning of the third day, she went to the town to buy two catties of pork belly, and caught a big carp in her own fish pond, and began to go into the kitchen to get busy.
it, Xiaojun said he would come back again, you said he wouldn't lie to me, right?”
Old Li Tou entered the kitchen, the cough began to intensify, and he was blasted out by Li, and he could only lean against the door to talk to her.
Yes. Li turned over the carp in the pot, and said without raising his head: "That kid won't lie to you, he said that he would find you a surprise, and he would definitely come back." ”
You guys, you still sell it to me, and you don't say it, cough cough, and you don't say what kind of surprise it is, old man, I, hehe, I'm quite looking forward to it. ”
Okay, let's go to my room and rest, I'm too busy to talk to you. ”
Although Li said this, he was afraid that tears would fall and let her husband see it.
Lao Li Tou naturally knew it, and deliberately joked a few words, and then turned around and left.
Before eating, there was a knock on the door, and Li's eyes darkened visibly the moment the door opened.
But after a while, she smiled and welcomed Bai Jun, who had returned again, in.
Before the meal, Bai Jun proposed: "Uncle Li, the little nephew wants to draw a portrait of you and Aunt Li before eating, can you see it?"”
Lao Litou's face was a little pale at the moment, but he still nodded seriously, sat down at the dinner table next to his wife, straightened his clothes, and made a gesture of eating according to Bai Jun's request.
Half an hour passed, Bai Juncai put down the brush with satisfaction, and after the ink was dry, he showed the painting to Lao Li Tou and his wife.
The second elder immediately burst into tears, and watched it over and over again, and Lao Li Tou even said several good words in a row, saying that his wish had finally been fulfilled and finally fulfilled.
Bai Jun cleaned his hands and took the initiative to heat up the meal.
This meal was the saddest meal he had ever eaten in his life, some of the food was tasteless, and more of it was the regret in his heart.
Three days later, Lao Li Tou passed away with the painting in his arms, and even when he died, his son Li Shanyi did not come back.
When his uncle found him, he was getting drunk with the group of fox friends in the tavern, and was punched by his uncle.
The uncle had no choice but to pay and wanted to tie up his nephew to go home for the funeral, but was injured by Li Shanyi.
When he was found again, it was ten days later, and he was drunk in the streets, stared at by men, ready to be dragged into a wagon and taken far away to sell.
It took a lot of effort for his uncle to save him, and forcibly tied him back and threw him in front of Lao Litou's grave.
Where is this?What are you bringing me here for?”
Li Shanyi also woke up a lot at this time, looked at the heart grave in front of him, and suddenly felt inexplicably sad in his heart.
You kneel for me, it's your dad buried in it, your own dad!You unfilial son, I really want to slap you to death!”
The uncle squatted on the ground and cried as he spoke, he was thirteen years younger than Lao Li Tou, he was almost brought up by this brother, and he had deep feelings.
In fact, he also hated himself, because he went out to do business, and he didn't even have time to catch up with his brother for the last time, especially when he saw that Li Shanyi was not there, he found out that the feud between father and son ten years ago had not yet been resolved.
And in the past ten years, Li Shanyi has never had a meal at the same table with his father. Even at home, they take food out to eat, and people in the village talk about it every time.
Li Shanyi's uncle was a quick temper, and after helping to send his brother to the mourning hall, he went to the city alone to find his nephew, trying to persuade him to go back to the funeral, but he didn't want to, so he was beaten by the stinky boy and let him run away.
Now that his brother is in the ground, he really wants to kill this nephew and let him go down to apologize to his father.
I don't believe it!You lie to me, even if I die, the old man must still be alive, because, after all, the scourge is a thousand years away, how can he die?”
Although Li Shanyi said this, he was sad in his heart, Li rushed to hear the news, Bai Jun supported her, and after seeing Li Shanyi, both of them were stunned.
Seeing the old lady who was crying and almost fainted, Li Shanyi was willing to believe that the person lying here was his own father, Old Man Li.
He first laughed, then cried loudly, as if he wanted to cry out all these years of grievances and unwillingness, and no one persuaded him, just watched him go from sadness to collapse, and then slowly healed himself.
It wasn't until it slowly got dark that the few returned home.
Looking at the deserted room, Li Shanyi cried again.
Now that all the hatred has been dissipated with the wind, he even began to regret why he refused to believe Bai Jun's words that day and came back to have a meal with his father;Why was he so resolute when he kept him on his father's day, and even said that he would have his last reunion dinner?And why, when his uncle tied him up and went back to see his father for the last time, he still thought that it was just a trick for them to act together.
Why ......Why ......
Now it's too late, and he can't make it back!
Li staggered into the room, Li Shanyi looked at her back, and suddenly found that her mother's back was much bent compared to that day, her hair became whiter, and even the wrinkles on her face were many more.
He is so unfilial, and now that I think about it, where did the hatred between children and parents come from?What he has always been obsessed with is just that apology, but he has paid a painful price for it!
Bai Jun patted him on the shoulder, and stopped talking, but in the end he didn't say anything, went to the courtyard alone, and sat on the stone steps in a daze.
Li Shi came out quickly, Li Shanyi immediately went over to help her, Li Shi smiled bitterly, and then handed him the scroll in his hand and asked him to open it.
Your father was holding it until he died, so look at it, it's good to fulfill his thoughts. ”
After Li finished speaking, he went back to the room, leaving Li Shanyi standing alone in the hall, he slowly opened the picture scroll, and tears immediately welled up.
I saw a pair of old men in the twilight painting on the picture scroll, they were smiling and eating their meals.
And the old man was sandwiching a piece of braised pork into the bowl of the man sitting on the right-hand side, and the family was happy and happy.
The person on the portrait is very recognizable, because the painting is very expressive, Li Shanyi can see at a glance that what is painted on it is himself and his parents, the original simple meal, but it has become the luxury of his father's life, and as the "strangler" He knows that he will regret it for the rest of his life.
He couldn't forgive himself, and sat stupidly in the hall all night, with incense and candles burning in front of the spiritual seat under the shrine, as if he saw his father sitting there, nodding and smiling at him.
At dawn, he found Bai Jun, who was packing his luggage and preparing to leave, and invited him to walk around the neighborhood.
He was finally willing to tell outsiders the secret that made their father and son turn against each other.
It turned out that more than ten years ago, when Li Shanyi was eighteen years old, he went to work in the city and met a beautiful woman, her name was Wen Niang, she was a gentle and virtuous woman, the two gradually attracted each other, and finally Wen Niang followed Li Shanyi home.
I thought that my parents would make decisions for them and hold a marriage, but in fact, they got along very well a few days ago, but five days later, just after Li Shanyi went back to work, one day, Wen Niang sent a letter, saying that he was not worthy of him, and he could not embarrass the elders in the family because of his love.
She said in the letter that Li Shanyi's father had actually been dissatisfied with her, thinking that she was an orphan girl, helpless, and could not give Li Shanyi any help, and she did not want her elders to be embarrassed, so she had left, hoping that she would never see her again.
Li Shanyi hurriedly quit his job and returned home after reading the letter, and sure enough, he didn't see Wen Niang again, he questioned his father, Wen Niang went to **, but his father told him that Wen Niang was not a good woman, and he would not agree to them being together.
Li Shanyi has long been in love with Wen Niang, and in the past few years, he has been looking for it everywhere, but there has been no news.
He even wondered if his father had already killed someone and deliberately forged a letter for him to read, but when he said his thoughts, Lao Li Tou slapped him hard for the first time, and the father and son never spoke again, and he rarely went home.
Isn't it ridiculous?For the sake of a woman, I actually hated my father for more than ten years. ”
Li Shanyi laughed at himself.
Bai Jun shook his head and said, "I can't judge this matter, maybe, you are all right, or maybe, you are all wrong, it's just ......."”
Bai Jun told him that there might be something hidden in this, because as far as he knew, Lao Li Tou was not such a person who hated the poor and loved the rich, let alone a ruthless person.
You mean, Wen Niang lied to me?”
It's hard to say, everything will have to wait for you to find her again before the truth can be revealed. In this way, tell me what she looks like, and I will draw it and ask someone to find her. ”
Thanks a lot. Li Shanyi naturally agreed, no matter what the result was, he still wanted to see her again, because that was the person he had been obsessed with for more than ten years, how could he forget it!
Unexpectedly, the portrait was sent out, and in less than half a month, there was news.
The person who came was a grocery store owner in Linxian County, saying that more than ten years ago, he was just a small merchant, and one day he came to this peach blossom village, and saw a beautiful woman washing clothes by the river, and he was shocked and had the heart to talk to her.
The woman told him that she had been deceived into coming here, and wanted him to take her away, and that the family treated her badly, disgusted that she could not have children, and wanted to sell her to the old man in the city as a concubine.
The merchant was already interested in her, so he readily agreed, and the two agreed to meet at the entrance of the village at night, and the merchant fled to Linxian with her and lived in his own home.
But gradually, he found that this woman was not as honest as she seemed on the surface.
She said that the family treated her harshly, but she had a lot of silver hidden in her baggage, so one day he deliberately tried to tell her that his neighbor was a very rich businessman, and sure enough, within a few days, the woman ran away with the businessman.
When the businessman came back, he was already destitute, and he was still very remorseful at that time, so he took out the capital he had secretly hidden a long time ago and gave it all to him.
The man was also lucky, and soon made a fortune again, and finally gave him a grocery store, and the two became good friends.
Li Shanyi was simply shattered, only to know that the person he had never found had already thrown himself into his arms and hugged others, and changed his name, no wonder he couldn't find it.
He went back and asked the Li family, and the Li family was willing to tell the truth, and what he said was similar to the merchant, that is, Wen Niang stole the family's silver and was discovered by Lao Li Tou, and they knew that this woman was not as simple as it seemed.
They also wanted to tell Li Shanyi the truth, but he couldn't listen to anything at that time, so he never got along with his parents well because of that letter.
Not long after, the merchant handed over the news again, Wen Niang was imprisoned for cheating, and Li Shanyi went to see her, which can be regarded as a complete break from the past.
Since then, he has been by Li's mother's side, but Li's mother passed away in less than a year.
Li Shanyi often sat in front of his parents' graves all day with that "dining picture", and did not talk to others.
It didn't take long for him to become stupid and stupid, wandering around the village all day, if it weren't for his own uncle to take care of him, I was afraid that he would have starved to death in some corner.
Fortunately, when Bai Jun heard about this later, he took him to his side and patiently enlightened and took care of him, and then he slowly got better.
Even though Li Shanyi later got married and had children, he always had regrets in his heart.
The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop, and the child wants to raise but does not wait. "How can there be an overnight feud between parents and children?It's good to say everything, otherwise you won't regret it until you lose it.