Looking back on the years of the gate

Uncle

, why are you fighting? The police of the police station asked.

I coughed twice and said, "Don't worry about the old man's business."

the police said sadly: but you broke the trash can on the street.

I said: that's right.

the police said: what's right?

I said: you should ask us why we beat the trash can.

the police said: then why did you beat such a lovely trash can?

I said: my eyes are not good. Looking at the steady pace of his horse, he thought he was a master.

the police said: Sir, we don't want to take care of the fight between you two, but you can't fight at the door of the police station every day.

I said: when I shoot him, it will be easy for you.

the police said: when you shoot him, it will be a big deal.

the policeman waved with a headache, told us to make less trouble, and let us go.

two

We walked out of the police station one after another. The one walking in front of me is my enemy Zhang Aimin.

he is my brother.

I should have killed him in 1947 when I was soft.

unfortunately, today, it is already a society under the rule of law, and I cannot kill him on the street. Otherwise, I will appear in "Today's statement" and be titled "Why on earth did your uncle hack your uncle to death?" is this a distortion of human nature or moral decay?

the important thing is that I have a granddaughter to take care of.

so I can only go from time to time to see if Zhang Aimin is dead. The old son of a bitch, 80 years old, is still out of breath, guarding his shabby breakfast restaurant.

it is said that people don't dream when they are old. As soon as I fell asleep now, I dreamt that I was at his house, tied him to the bed, and I counted his gas canisters in the corner. He asked me what I wanted to do. I looked up to the sky and smiled: I fucking blew you up.

the sun is shining outside, and the demon sits on the park bench, shaking the small white shoes on his feet.

she saw us and ran over happily.

she said: Grandpa Ye and Grandpa Zhang.

I hurried up to pick her up.

miss Grandpa? I touched her head.

she said: fight again, bad grandpa.

I am embarrassed to say: that I share health care knowledge with Aimin.

Zhang Aimin got on the Phoenix bike and rode away.

he looked back and shouted: Ye Xiaobai, remember to compensate me for the Youtiao you knocked over.

I said loudly: if you are killed by a car today, I will burn it to you tomorrow.

three

when the weather turns cool, I watch the gate in a neighborhood.

the last thing I regret when I spend most of my life in the army is forgetting to pay social security.

fortunately, I still have martial arts and show people the gate in the community. I can earn a little income every month to support myself and my demons.

I was sitting in the security booth that day when I received a phone call. That's the hospital.

I said: how is the disease of the demon?

the other end says bone cancer.

I was silent for a while and said, how much does it cost to be cured?

the other end said: Sir, you know, we can't guarantee that we will recover.

I said: I know.

the other end says about 300000.

I hung up the phone and lit a cigarette. The demon crouched by the side of the road, touching the heads of the two cats. She said, be good and don't fight. Or I'll crush your balls.

I coughed loudly on a puff of a cigarette.

three

I practiced martial arts in the autumn for ten years old. That year, my father took me and Zhang Aimin to the mountain. My father hit a set of fists, chopped, hammered, shit, and ran like clouds and flowing water.

Father asked us, do you want to learn?

We said in unison: yes.

Zhang Aimin excitedly said to me: when you learn it, you will be able to avenge Wang Erxiao at the mouth of the village.

his father patted him on the head and said, "when you learn, you can't get revenge."

We ask: why?

Father didn't tell us why.

I thought about it and asked him, Dad, won't my sister learn?

my sister stood by, holding a basket of food, looking at us quietly.

Father shook his head and said, "Boxing, pass on men but not girls."

it was only after many years that I learned that the set of boxing that my father taught us was called Baji.

Wen has Taiji to calm the world, and Wu has Baji to determine the universe.

it was also a troubled time of infighting among warlords. Wen must be called the West, armed with foreign guns and cannons. The Chinese Martial Arts Club founded by Sun Yat-sen is like a joke under the guns of the great powers.

after my father died, Zhang Aimin and I inherited his inheritance-three mu of land. The Bajiquan that our father taught us is not very useful, but the speed of plowing the fields is faster. When we plowed the field, my sister sat on the edge of the ridge, holding our water and dry food, wearing a straw hat, waiting for us in the sun.

I walked over and said: thirsty.

she handed me water and wiped the sweat off my face.

she said: thank you, Di.

I smiled foolishly and said, Sister, you are not well, don't always come out to accompany us.

she said: I'm sorry, I'm always dragging you down.

I said: brother will take care of you for the rest of his life.

Zhang Aimin shouted deafening at that end: Ye, don't flirt with your sister, come back and farm!

my sister pushed me, and I answered, waving a hoe and running back.

I like my sister, which is nothing to avoid. Zhang Aimin also likes my sister. But his last name is Zhang, and my last name is Zhang. Ye. I'm not like him. I'm a child picked up by my father.

my father told someone about my fate, saying that I was wandering all my life. My surname was Ye, and when I was old, I could return to my roots.

when I was a child, my sister treated me very well. every time I couldn't beat Zhang Aimin, she ran over, supported me, and blamed him: just give way to your brother. If your brother doesn't cry, your sister will buy you Tomatoes on sticks.

I was eating Tomatoes on sticks and lying in the sky on my sister's knee. Zhang Aimin did not have Tomatoes on sticks to eat, very aggrieved, I grinned.

my sister leaned over and asked me: is it sweet?

I said: sister, it's so sweet.

four

in the winter of'47, I went to town to sell rice. On the way home, I saw a lot of smoke coming from the village from a distance. The fire set the house on fire, and some of the villagers died or sat on the ground, wailing with the bodies of their loved ones.

I rushed home, several bandits had not left, and my sister's blood was dripping on the knife.

A bandit tied his trouser waist for the first time.

I went crazy. I ran a few steps forward. As soon as I leaned against the mountain, his chest suddenly collapsed and went unabated. I raised my hand and hit him on the chin, and he spits blood far away.

the knife around his waist was left in my hand.

the bandits came up with strange cries.

I said: sister.

the blade cut open the trachea, sent out a gurgle of blood, and a man fell to the ground covering his throat. Another man came, turned sideways, and let the knife he stabbed through his chest. Who else? There is a blade in the pupil of fear, and my numb face.

I killed all the bandits. When I stumbled up from their bodies, the leader was still breathing.

I grabbed his head and asked him: why did you ruin my sister?

he said on and off: Zhang Aimin, Zhang Aimin hurt my brother.

at sunset, Zhang Aimin came back. He saw corpses all over the floor, and his brother held his sister in his arms, silent.

he knelt.

he said: sister.

I said: sister is dead.

he crawled towards his sister. I pointed a knife at him and he stopped.

I said: dad taught you martial arts and never told you not to hurt others. Why provoke bandits?

I said: if it hadn't been for you, my sister wouldn't have died.

I said: Zhang Aimin, I have already killed people.

I stood up, chopped it off, and cut off his hair. Aimin stood there, trembling all over.

he said: Ye, why do you keep your hands?

I said: Zhang Aimin, you killed my sister. One day, I will kill you. Now, I'm going to bury her. You're not qualified.

five

if it hadn't been for Zhang Aimin, my sister would not have died.

with my hatred for him, I have been living, even living with him. Famine, and unrest, didn't kill me. As long as I haven't killed him myself, no one will kill me. I am such a super old man who can't be killed.

in 2008, we picked up garbage on the road. At that time, the economy was bad and a mineral water bottle could only be sold for two cents. I opened the trash can and saw a baby with a slapping finger.

the police station can't find her parents.

the police looked at us and said: you have no one to provide for the aged or adopt.

I looked back and the baby was held in Zhang Aimin's arms. The old son of a bitch was so happy that he made faces and handed over the milk bottle.

We adopted her. Gave her a name, called the demon.

only first name, no last name.

when we find her parents, she can get her last name back.

six

I called Zhang Aimin, and I said, I need 300000.

Zhang Aimin was silent for a moment and said, "I have 50,000."

I said: remember, you are her grandfather, too.

Zhang Aimin said: it's all. With the breakfast shop, it can reach 60,000 at the most. How many do you have?

I said: about ten thousand, I can't afford it anymore.

Zhang Aimin said: Ye, do you deserve to be a grandfather?

the demon is doing her homework in the security kiosk. She raises her head and asks me, Grandpa Ye, what 300000?

I touched her hair and said, "it's all right. I'm playing mahjong with Lao Wang Ba." You do your homework well.

I walked out of the security kiosk, lit a cigarette, and sat on the steps of the flower bed with my head down.

I need 300000. Where do you get $300000? At my age, no one buys it even if I go out to sell it. It is said that selling kidneys can sell a lot, but the problem is that Zhang Aimin and I have four kidneys together, which is still far from 300000. Plus the heart, liver, spleen, and lungs?

my brain is a mess. Robbing a bank, fuck, I scolded, can change the life of a demon, because I was shot for robbing a bank, I also admitted it.

Seven

I went to find Zhang Aimin, who was wearing an apron and kneading dough in that shabby breakfast shop.

he said: are you crazy?

I said: apart from robbing a bank, where can I get 300000 yuan?

he said: buy lottery tickets.

I sneered and said: you can win 300000, and I will give you my head.

he said: Ye, that's what you said.

I said: take the pen, Laozi and you set up the paper.

he got bored, waved his hand covered with flour, and said, "come on, don't be such a shrew." The money I will find a way, the demon is my granddaughter, I am more anxious than you.

I moved a chair and sat down.

I grabbed my head and said, "the demon is only eight years old." Oh, shit.

I suddenly remembered something and asked him: you old Wang gamble every day, have you ever bought a black fist?

he said: yes.

I said: give me the phone.

he said: what do you want?

I ignored him and put down a sentence: today you went to pick up the demon from school and left in a hurry.

eight

poles.

first practice clumsy strength, second practice continuous strength.

exercise inch strength three times and loose shape four times.

five drills gun hammer, sweep Liuhe.

I always remember this formula. I still remember when I asked my father, "how come you only teach me six exercises?"

Father said: six exercises, your kung fu will be finished. The latter second practice is not taught by the master, but by yourself.

this second practice, Zhang Aimin and I pondered it for most of our lives, but there was no result. However, six exercises are enough. Although I am dying, I am more than enough to fight a few undergraduates who practice black boxing.

my contact took me to a basement with a lot of space and the smell of dry blood.

I said: I won a game, how much?

he glanced at me and said, "Sir, if you don't take you like this, you said you wanted to bet that I brought you here."

Did I say: how much?

he said: forget it, I'm afraid you'll die here.

I reached out and patted him on the shoulder. With a push, he simply fell to the ground.

he froze for a few seconds and said, "what is this?"

I said: tell me the price.

he said: do you have insurance?

I took a step forward. He retreated again and again and stammered, "No, sir, the price varies, junior five thousand, middle and senior up, life and death game 500000."

I said: I play the game of life and death.

he said: then you have to wait, too. We won't stop you if you want to die. The Bureau of Life and death is at the end of the month. Please fill out a suicide statement and wait for us to inform you when you go back.

Nine

I filled out the form and left the number. The man told me that the game of life and death cannot be played as long as you want to fight. After a game, the winner gets 500000 yuan, and the dead person gets 100, 000 burial expenses.

so, many people are waiting in line to play.

he put me in midfield, and at that time, there will be midfield entertainment, and they especially invite junior players to come on stage to play for two life-and-death players.

if I survive, give me 200000.

this is a joke. I can beat them to shit.

I leaned against the gate of the community, lit a cigarette, and looked at the community leisurely. There are two or three pedestrians in the community, some young people are walking their dogs, and further away, there are lovers walking hand in hand. I have lived for eighty years and have seen the change of two dynasties. Now is a good time, happiness is such a thing, the swallows under the eaves of powerful families have now flown into the homes of ordinary people, if only I were still young?

but I still have a demon, as long as I can keep her alive. I didn't live for anything this time.

later, I heard the hustle and bustle behind me. I looked back and saw a young man running hurriedly towards the community, chasing a group of strong men and shouting: kill him.

the young man slapped on my door and said help.

I opened the door to let him in and he fell to the ground. I closed the door, and the strong men immediately crowded around the door, scolding me to open the door.

I said: if you have something to say, it scares the flowers and plants in the community.

the leader said loudly: get out of here, you old immortal.

I said: can't you respect the old and love the young? The old man is just a baby.

the other party slapped me. I thought about it, didn't avoid it, and let the slap hit me in the face.

I leaned down to pick up my hat and asked the young man who fell to the ground, are you from this neighborhood?

he said: me, I live in Building 302.

I said: what about them?

he said: I don't know them. They don't live here.

I put a hat on myself.

first practice clumsy strength, second practice continuous strength.

I pulled the hand that hit me, pulled my shoulder around my waist, pushed it under his armpit, and fell out with a strange cry.

fucking shoot him. He shouted.

the young man behind me shouted: I have called the police.

the big man looked at me viciously: I remember you, you wait for me.

I said: then you'd better hurry up, maybe I'll be buried.

those people left angrily. The young man thanked me.

he shook my hand and said, "Sir, you are really good."

I said: who are these people?

he said: if you don't know him, you just have a few words of quarrel.

I said: no more bickering.

he said: yes, later, I will tease.

I said: teasing is a craft.

he said: Ah, pay attention to talking and singing.

I said: all right, hurry back and give yourself some medicine.

I noticed the calluses on his hands and said: have you practiced?

he said: I have practiced some firearms, but I am just practicing for fun.

I nodded and he left with thanks.

ten

I don't have many old friends in this city.

Wang Erxiao at the entrance of the village is still alive. Now he shows people machines in the amusement park. Instead of learning martial arts, he is still strong. According to him, every day he looked at the facilities that were flying around, and he looked up from below, and the young people rose into the air one by one and were dumped by modern machines. At this point, he remembered how he was supposed to die-when the road could not walk, he climbed the roller coaster, unfastened his seat belt in mid-air, and flew to the United States in a parabola from hundreds of feet.

Zhang Aimin and I led demons and walked in the amusement park. Wang Erxiao is wearing big flower underpants and a pair. Sunglasses, walking in front with two legs swinging.

he looked back and asked, "how about a roller coaster?"

the demon said: yes, yes.

I said: I'll send you to America right now. Why don't you find someone suitable for young and old?

he nagged us to the merry-go-round, where four men rode four horses, the machine started, and we spun slowly.

the demon is right in front of me, and she said happily: ride a horse.

I looked at him with a smile and said: slow down, don't fall.

Zhang Aimin was behind me. He said, "Mr. Ye."

I looked back: what are you doing?

he said: do you want to fight?

I said: I have filled out the form.

he said: you are already eighty.

I said: that's why I want to play. Otherwise, if we leave, what about the demon?

he said: have you thought about it?

I say: talk. If I die, the money will go to your card.

he said: aren't you afraid I'll take the money?

so I smiled and I said: you won't. You're her grandfather.

that afternoon, we had enough fun and stopped the Trojan horse.

Zhang Aimin and I, as well as Wang Erxiao, the three of them trembled down, supported each other, found a corner, and vomited hard. The demon stood on the side, looking at us from afar, taking a marshmallow and licking it without a bite.

Damn it, the merry-go-round is so exciting that a few old people almost lost their lives there.

Eleven

at the end of May, it was drizzling.

it's time for life and death.

Zhang Aimin picked up the demon and told me to meet in Gulou District after the fight. I still have a little time, just stand in the community, and look at the life of those young people in the community. At a time like this, my heart is very quiet.

there was the sound of a car horn behind me. I hurried to open the door. The car drove to the gate and rolled down the window to reveal a familiar face.

it was the young man who was chased and beaten that day, and there were several people on the bus. He's got some new wounds on his neck. Say hello to me.

I said: where are we going?

he said with a smile: go on an outing with friends.

I said: it's raining today.

he said: go camping, cool off with a little rain, and have a barbecue later.

I nodded and said: take care.

he didn't seem to expect me to say so heavily, stupefied, the car drove forward, after a while, he poked out his head and shouted, "take care, sir."

I waved.

Twelve

five practice gun hammers and sweep Liuhe.

Seven changes in muscles and bones, eight poles …... What was it about the light poles? What on earth was the last-second practice?

I'm standing in the underground ring.

the lights are bright, the stands are full of people, the suit and ties are pulled open, and the camouflage is taken off elegantly and quietly. Everyone stared at the ring, showing the bloodthirsty expression of a hunter.

the two boxers confronted each other and were stopped by the referee. After negotiation, they agreed to open more casinos. They are not wearing gloves, but just put bandages on their fists. They have just played an inextricable game, and the two newborns are gaining momentum.

I went to the stage and put out the fight, dressed as an old man.

the referee signaled to me to stop in time if I didn't feel good.

I looked back and wondered how the demon was doing today. Did you do your homework well?

the two boxers already knew it was me and were eager to come toward me.

I think of the full medical record sheet, bone cancer, expert consultation, and diazepam, too many words that I can't understand. I was just thinking, if only I were the one with bone cancer.

then I said to her: demon, your grandfather made 300000 yuan.

she will hold me happily and say, Grandpa, you are amazing.

there was a punch. I dodged, pushed up, and hit his armpit.

octupole.

first practice clumsy strength, second practice continuous strength.

the progress of the palm did not have time to hit his chin, the back suddenly numb, as another person kicked me.

perception is out of order. Zhang Aimin, Lao Wang Ba, will laugh at me when he sees it. Don't laugh, you son of a bitch. I'll kill you one day.

I took two steps, exerting my toes, stabilizing my body, turning, and relieving myself.

exercise inch strength three times and loose shape four times.

the two attacked together, with a straight fist on the left to take my face and a hook on the right to take my lower abdomen.

instead of retreating, I press the hook with one hand and hold the straight punch with the other. It's safe.

withdraw your hand, push two punches forward and explode on the bridge of their nose.

five drills gun hammer, sweep Liuhe.

I suddenly feel stuffy in my chest and wheezing. I am old. There are still several types of gun hammers to hit, which can be stopped. The two newborns did not fall and hit me in the lower abdomen with two punches in a row. My abdomen sank and spurted a mouthful of blood.

shit, why is the light so dark?

Seven changes in muscles and bones, eight poles …... Dad, you haven't told me what the last-second practice is. I realized the seven exercises, but I couldn't see through the light poles.

Seven changes in muscles and bones, eight poles …...

the eight poles have no regrets.

Thirteen

it's drizzling.

Zhang Aimin and the demon are at the door of a bank. He bought a cup of milk tea for the demon and sat under a tea booth waiting for someone. A car came along, jumped off several young people with duffel bags, and walked into the bank.

later, a figure appeared far on the horizon, and the old man stumbledBumping away, holding a schoolbag in his hand.

he said: Ye, how come you're not dead yet?

I walked up to him slowly and put the bag in his hand.

I said: as long as I don't kill you with my own hands, no one will kill me.

the demon ran up with tears all over her face. She beat me and said, "Bad Grandpa Ye, let's fight again."

I squatted down and touched her head.

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she wiped the blood on my face and asked me: does it hurt?

I said: if it doesn't hurt, it won't hurt if you study hard.

I picked up the demon and said to Zhang Aimin, "Let's go home."

one-shot.

behind us, several masked young people rushed out. They looked around hurriedly, carrying duffel bags.

A head popped out of the car and said, "what's the matter?"

one said: nothing, two old men.

the head in the car was also covered, and he looked back at me and froze. I froze, too. I recognized the car and the wound on his neck.

I gave the demon into Zhang Aimin's arms and said to him: run with the demon.

he said: what?

I said: run!

he knows me. Kill him, now! The young man shouted.

gunshot. I pushed Zhang Aimin away and fell to the ground. I didn't get shot. Zhang Aimin, holding the demon, leaned down and ran quickly around the corner and disappeared.

they came to me with guns. I knelt on the ground and slowly raised my hands.

the gun put to my head.

the young man said: why are you hurt all over?

I said: learn from you, quarrel with others.

he said: don't always be angry when you are old. Drink more chrysanthemum tea.

I said: I have been taught.

he said: did you follow me here?

I said: I happened to be passing by.

he sighed and said: this is fate. It's a pity, sir, I hit it off with you.

I said: what a pity, undergraduates, you are a good tease.

he said: goodbye, sir.

I close my eyes.

I suddenly heard a roar from Zhang Aimin. He trotted up and leaned close to the mountain, and the young man fell far away. Unabated, he stretched out two punches, and two hammers exploded in the faces of the two masked men.

I quickly jumped on the last man and grabbed him by the shoulder. Zhang Ai turned back and leaned against the mountain. I immediately pulled out my hand and hit one against the mountain. The man was caught on both sides and fell softly.

all around was calm, except for the shrill sirens of the bank, and we stood in the street.

I said: old bastard, what are you doing back here?

he said: I won't come back, will I wait for you to die?

I said: if I don't die, I will kill you.

he said: come on, you've been saying that for 60 years. Watch out!

another gunshot, he gave me a hand, and I fell to the ground.

he knelt slowly and covered the open wound on his stomach.

the young man held up a pistol and the muzzle of the gun was smoking. He wanted to shoot again, and the policeman running behind held him down.

I said: Lao Wang Ba.

Lao Wang vomited several mouthfuls of blood and fell to the ground. he turned blue, tried to speak, but could not make a sound.

I said: old bastard, don't talk. The wound of speaking is even bigger, and this is how my father was beaten to death by foreigners.

I climbed up and covered his stomach.

I said: old son of a bitch, you are going to die. Why I didn't kill you?

so he smiled, and now he finally has more blood than I do. He opened his mouth in a soft voice: the breakfast shop is yours to cure the demon.

I said: who wants your shabby shop?

he said: I have to die, Ye, you know, I have to die.

he clasped my hand, the muscles of the wound exerted strength, and more and more blood was shed.

he said: it costs too much to be taken to the hospital by the police. Leave the money to the demon.

I said: don't fucking move. I have plenty of money.

he just clasped my hand.

I finally trembled and said: I will cure the disease of demons.

I felt the strength in my hand loosened, and he gradually softened. I dared not shake him, so I pressed my hand on his stomach. The old son of a bitch, you finally died in front of me, but why am I so unreconciled?

later, I heard the demon coming. She choked up and asked me: what happened to Grandpa Zhang?

I said: Grandpa Zhang is homesick.

Zhang Aimin struggled to raise his arm, and the demon's little handheld her.

she said: Grandpa Ye, Grandpa Zhang, let's go home.

I looked back and her body was wrapped in the sun. The face was obscured by the backlight.

she looked at us quietly.

all of a sudden, I was in a trance, and time seemed to go back to my youth. Zhang Aimin and I ran in the direction of the ridge of the field. Who is the man sitting on the ridge of the field? Wearing a straw hat, she looked up at the white clouds in the sky.

Zhang Aimin runs in front of me, Lao Wang Ba, always runs faster than me. I can't keep up. I'm wheezing.

she heard my voice, looked back, and looked at me with a smile.

I stretched out my hand and said: sister.