Ferocious Dog of Old - Chapter 66

[Chapter 66]

They came back to their hometown that afternoon, Tao Xiaodong went to the store and said something, then drove the two of them directly and left. Brother Tang can’t leave. He will have a consultation and surgery tomorrow, so only the three of them will go back.

Autumn is the season when the leaves begin to fall, and the half-yellow leaves are fluttering down and covering the ground.

In the past, when they took this road, they didn’t even have a high-speed road, so they could only take the provincial road. Now it’s a newly built expressway, and even the white lines on the road are still new.

Grandma Chi Cheng is gone.

Tao Xiaodong’s uncle made the call, and Chi Cheng answered the call from Chi Zhide.

Chi Zhide didn’t know when he came back. He has been in the south all these years, and Chi Cheng has no connection with him. Chi Zhide has a new home and a new child. I don’t know if he will beat people after being drunk. Fortunately, the south is warm. No matter how much the child runs outside in winter, he will not freeze like a dead dog. .

Chi Cheng never came back after breaking up with Chi Zhide that year. At the beginning, she would call her grandma a few times a year, but her grandma really resented the family. She was always stubborn when she got old, and she was always on the phone. It’s hard to hide the boredom, and after that, he didn’t even answer the phone.

Tao Xiaodong has been entrusting his uncle from his hometown to help take care of him, and he has no shortage of money and things. The old man has always been in good health, but this time he suddenly died, which was really unexpected.

Tao Huainan held Chi Cheng’s hand in the car, and slowly fell down, resting on his leg.

Chi Cheng patted his hair unconsciously.

He didn’t say anything until the car drove across the river and into the country road, and the low houses and old walls that evoked memories gradually came into view. Chi Cheng patted Tao Huainan’s face and said to him, “It’s almost there, don’t sleep.”

“I didn’t sleep.” Tao Huainan sat up, his voice not sleepy at all.

Tao Xiaodong also hadn’t come back for a long time, the small village has not changed much, and the small brick road at the entrance of the village is still as difficult as before.

He and Chi Cheng were both children born here, but Chi Cheng didn’t feel as much about this place as Tao Xiaodong.

Chi Cheng has no feelings for this place at all. There are no good memories left for him here, only pain and cold.

“You’re back?” Chi Zhide was standing at the door smoking, when he saw the three of them walk in, he exhaled and said hello calmly.

Chi Cheng didn’t speak, Tao Xiaodong asked, “How’s it going?”

“Wait for your breath, I’m unconscious.” Chi Zhide has changed a lot over the years. Wearing a beige jacket and old jeans.

People may change, and he looks a little different now than before.

Chi Cheng went in to see the old man, and Tao Huainan followed him. Tao Xiaodong also went in and took a look. The old man was lying on the bed, his aging face was stiff and lethargic, his mouth was open, and his old appearance was fully revealed.

When Tao Xiaodong came out again, Chi Zhide was still smoking and handed one to Tao Xiaodong.

Tao Xiaodong took it and lit it with Chi Zhide’s lighter.

They stood in the doorway and smoked a cigarette in silence. Completely different people live different lives, even if they grew up together on this land, but standing here together now, they can’t say a word.

There was an old and rotten smell in the house. Tao Huainan stood behind Chi Cheng and stood silently.

This is where Chi Cheng lived as a child and where he was beaten. Tao Huainan couldn’t see it and didn’t want to touch it. He wasn’t at all curious about this place, Chi Cheng didn’t belong here.

When Chi Zhide walked in, Tao Huainan got closer to Chi Cheng. Even though he knew that Chi Zhide wouldn’t do anything, he still wanted to protect Chi Cheng subconsciously.

“Is it high school?” Chi Zhide asked Chi Cheng casually. It seems that there is nothing to talk to, and it seems that I feel a little trance looking at them.

Chi Cheng didn’t answer him, as if he didn’t hear him.

Chi Zhide didn’t really want to ask. Chi Cheng didn’t answer him, so he sat at the table by himself and played online mahjong on his mobile phone. The human voice came out from the mobile phone, “three bars”, “five tubes”, “listening cards” and “self-drawing”. Chi Cheng frowned slightly and glanced back at him, Chi Zhide felt his sight, raised his eyes and the two looked at each other, Chi Cheng turned back impatiently. Chi Zhide didn’t turn off the phone’s voice, and continued to “chicken”.

Chi Cheng’s grandmother fell like this, and she fell into a cerebral hemorrhage. I don’t know if the blood vessel ruptured before falling into a coma, or if it was a coma caused by falling first. When Chi Zhide found out, it was already a few hours later, and it was too late.

I went to the county hospital and had a brain CT, and the doctor asked me to come back to prepare for the funeral.

Chi Zhide directly pulled the old lady back, it was better at home than in the hospital. This hut is where the old lady has lived most of her life, and tears have flowed here for half her life. Even so, it is still a home, and it is more popular than a gray hospital ward.

Neighbors came to see her one after another, and her uncle from her hometown also came. Over the years, Tao Xiaodong’s land and house have been used by his uncle from his hometown. Tao Xiaodong has never asked for the money he pays for the land every year.

“It’s gone a long time ago, I’m confused.” The uncle from my hometown whispered to Tao Xiaodong, “Seeing whoever scolds someone, I’m feeling a little bad.”

Tao Xiaodong asked, “Why did Chi Zhide come back?” “Just

say Come back and have a look,” my uncle sighed, “it’s the mother and son who are connected, so he came back and caught up.”

Tao Xiaodong didn’t say anything else, he took off his jacket and put it on Chi Cheng. Chi Cheng was only wearing a T-shirt, and when the wind blew, the clothes stuck to him, making him look thin and thin.

The old lady lost her consciousness at all, only breathing slowly. She didn’t open her eyes, and the clothes on her body were changed by a bold aunt in the neighbor’s house, and Chi Cheng gave her a hand.

In Chi Cheng’s impression, she should be taller than she is now. Putting on a wide and large shroud, the old man was lying there with only a short section left, with a shriveled figure like a dead branch.

In the evening, everyone dispersed, and the old man’s tone was still maintained, and he never swallowed.

Standing in the room again were the three Tao brothers and Chi Zhide. Chi Zhide was a heavy smoker and stained the room with the smell of smoke. Chi Cheng looked up at him and said, “Go out and smoke.”

Chi Zhide didn’t even get angry or scolded anyone, but the cigarette he was smoking hadn’t been extinguished and he didn’t respond.

Tao Huainan couldn’t take it anymore, he was very sensitive to smells. Chi Zhide took a puff of smoke, Tao Huainan couldn’t help coughing twice, Chi Cheng looked back at him and said, “Brother, take him to sleep.”

Tao Huainan immediately took his hand and said, “I have to accompany him. You.”

“I don’t need you to accompany me,” Chi Cheng scratched the back of his hand and said, “Go to bed with your brother.”

“I don’t,” Tao Huainan shook his head, “you don’t need to worry about me.”

Tao Huainan is rarely stubborn, and this He hadn’t spoken to Chi Cheng for many years. Tao Huainan didn’t go anywhere that day and stayed with Chi Cheng all the time. There was an old man who was dying in the room, and Tao Huainan might be afraid of it elsewhere. But Chi Cheng is here, except for Chi Zhide, who is hardly human, this is Chi Cheng’s last relative in the world.

After sending her away, Chi Cheng was completely left with Tao Huainan and his brother.

Tao Xiaodong didn’t leave either. He went out to get Chi Cheng something to eat, and Chi Cheng took a few bites.

In fact, Chi Cheng’s face didn’t have much grief, he was more numb. He really doesn’t have a lot of feelings for here and the people here. Grandma hated Chi’s family and hated him in recent years, but when he was young, grandma used to protect him and stopped Chi Zhide when he was about to beat him to death. In the hospital, grandma knelt down and entrusted Chi Cheng to Tao Xiaodong. Whether it was to save the child’s life or to save her life, she changed Chi Cheng’s life.

Chi Cheng looked at the sleepy old man with his eyes closed and remembered a lot of things from his childhood.

Chi Zhide was lying on the kang in the back room and snoring at night, and told the old man Chi Cheng to call him when he died.

Chi Cheng didn’t say a word to him, just pulled the plastic stool over and sat in front of the bed, sitting silently.

Tao Xiaodong sat outside in the yard, and it was always dark at night in the village. He asked his uncle from his hometown to find a local Mr. Yin and Yang. He brought everything he needed in the future. There was a funeral supplies store that he often cooperated with, and he sent a car over. yard.

Tao Huainan’s chair sat next to Chi Cheng, he leaned on Chi Cheng’s body, wrapped his arms around his waist, and put his whole body on Chi Cheng’s back. Chi Cheng was surrounded by warm body and breath, and the two of them leaned on each other. Later, Tao Huainan fell asleep with his face pressed against Chi Cheng’s shoulder.

The old lady left when it was almost dawn. She breathed hard for a while, and finally swallowed.

When she was breathing more and more hard, Chi Cheng had already carried Tao Huainan out regardless of his wishes. Mr. Yin Yang had said in advance that the old man should not let the blind child be in front of him when he was leaving, for fear of attacking him.

In fact, they didn’t believe it, but Chi Cheng got Tao Huainan out ahead of time. Tao Huainan hugged him and didn’t let go, Chi Cheng coaxed him softly and said, “Be nice.”

Tao Huainan touched his face and shook his head: “I’m not afraid of that, I’ll accompany you.”

“I don’t need to accompany you, don’t go in,” Chi said Cheng put his face to him, “You are obedient.” The

temperature dropped at night, and both of their faces were cold. Tao Huainan frowned and said, “Don’t push me away.”

“Don’t push you away, you are here with me, I know you are there.” Chi Cheng kissed his mouth, “You are the most obedient, yes No. ”

He said in a low voice, Tao Huainan couldn’t resist.

His eyes were red and he wanted to say something, but he didn’t want to distract Chi Cheng anymore. He nodded, hugged Chi Cheng’s neck, kissed his face, and said, “I listen to you the most.”

With Mr. Yin Yang around, everything was done step by step. Chi Cheng was instructed to do this and that, to kowtow, to do whatever.

He mechanically listened to Mr. Yin Yang’s instructions and followed Chi Zhide to complete many steps.

Tao Huainan was locked in the car by Chi Cheng and prevented him from going out, and his brother did not open the door for him. He sat upright, listening to the noise outside, imagining the demeanor of Chi Cheng over there.

Tao Huainan went back to his hometown twice, once when his parents were buried, and once when his grandmother Chi Cheng died.

Back then, when the ashes of his parents were placed in the coffin in the yard, Chi Cheng was chased by his father in a panic and fled into their house naked. At that time, he was still called Chi Ku, and he couldn’t say a word.

Now he is Tao Huainan’s Chi Cheng, and he is very tall. I heard that he is handsome now, not ugly.

Tao Huainan wanted to hug him and hug the little boy who froze and grabbed his milk, but he was locked in the car and could not get out. The boy in the house lost his last family member, and he has only one home since then.

[End of This Chapter]