Yesterday, when a friend came to visit and chatted, I talked about an old acquaintance: Xiang Zhi passed away a few years ago.
After listening, everyone sighed!
Some people say that he died young, which is a pity, after all, he was only 47 years old.
Some people say that it is also a relief that he is gone, because he has lived a life of no human and no ghost over the years, and he is not as good as a homeless man.
Some people said that he is now very mentally abnormal, and has been in and out of the detention center and prison more than 10 times.
Even the detention center was reluctant to accept him, and when they saw that he had committed a crime, they tried every means to send him to prison as soon as possible.
For him as a person, it is difficult to ponder him with normal thinking.
When it comes to his upbringing and family environment, it's hard to understand why he became the way he is today.
He grew up in a well-off family, his father was a civil servant, and his mother was a people's teacher.
When I was in the nineties, going to and from school was a car pick-up and drop-off.
You must know that at that time, if you can have an old "28 big span", you will be envied by many students.
His "family" has always been a "ceiling" level existence in our county.
His siblings of the same generation are all in the system and are developing very well.
Either the director of this bureau, or the president of that hospital, or the deputy head of this county.
When everyone mentions Lao Xiangjia, everyone knows and everyone knows.
The well-known official house in the county town has deep roots and lush leaves.
And the reason why he became what he is today may have to start from 96.
It was also after that incident that his entire personality and life trajectory changed dramatically!
At a dinner, he got drunk and drove a red three-box Xiali (the Xiali was comparable to the current Mercedes-Benz E-Class and BMW 5 Series in 96).
Hit people continuously, ran away, ran and crashed, and finally the car couldn't run at all, he abandoned the car and ran.
In total, two people were killed and seven were injured in the accident.
He was sentenced to five years in prison.
Since then, there has been no news of him.
It wasn't until the winter of 2019, when I was in Xilinhot Prison, that I saw him from afar.
I asked my fellow inmate, "That buddy's name is Xiang Zhi, right?" ”
The cellmate looked very surprised and said, "Third brother, do you still recognize him?"
He's a legend here, and it's like entering a vegetable garden, and I've heard that this is the eleventh time! ”
Then the cellmate told me something he knew, that Xiang Zhi's family had long since severed ties with him, and that his life outside was just petty theft or picking up garbage to sell.
When it's warm, I go to the station waiting room, the hospital, and the bridge to stay.
When it's cold, you steal.
After spending the stolen money, he turned himself in, and always kept his sentence between one and a half years and a half.
No one knows what he is thinking, he does not accept handouts from anyone, he does not associate with anyone, and he does not commit crimes with his accomplices.
He doesn't make a fuss in prison either.
Prisoners who are familiar with him know that the purpose of his imprisonment is that it is too cold outside, and the "cat winter" who came to the prison is coming.
Every winter during the three years I served my sentence, I heard that he was back in prison.
Because his "reputation" is too great, there will always be prisoners who will pay attention to his news.
Xiang Zhi let go, guess when you'll come back? ”
Xiang Zhi is here again, this time will it be a few months away? ”
I went to their cell to see him in prison through connections.
Looking at this "child king" when we were children, wearing a pair of white-framed myopic glasses, there is no longer the bright light in his eyes, but full of sloppiness and confusion.
I was very excited to see him, but he seemed very calm, so calm that I was a little at a loss.
Unexpectedly, he still knew me: "San'er, why are you also in prison?" ”
I said, "Brother, I was in an accident with the company and was sentenced to three years."
Before I could finish speaking, he continued, "If someone bullies you, say it's my brother." ”
He doesn't seem to like to like talking to people who know his past, but one thing I'm sure of is that his memory and brain are definitely normal.
Otherwise, how could I still recognize me at a glance after not seeing each other for more than 20 years?
He must have given up on himself, closing himself in a small world, not wanting anyone to come into his world.
No one expected that that meeting with him would be the last meeting in his life.
In any case, I hope that Brother Xiang will have a new life in another world!
Life is really ever-changing, and you can't **.
In this life, how can there be no mistakes, the important thing is to "know that mistakes can be changed", and have the courage to start a new life again!
Whatever the reason for the past crimes, but you have been punished and reformed, don't dwell on the memories of the past, but look forward!
We have been in prison, and we have survived such a hard life.
Does it matter what others think of us? It doesn't matter at all.
We live for ourselves, for those who gave birth to us, who raised us.
It is for the people we give birth to, and the people we want to raise live!
Xiang Zhi's story is to tell us.
Don't give up on yourself, as long as you don't admit defeat, no one can defeat us!
And if you admit defeat and give up on yourself, the gods will not be able to save you.