After Lu Tao heard Guan Lei's words, he was obviously startled: "Guan Shuai is dead? Didn't the news I heard say that he went to the south?"
"After your accident, my brother did take me to Guangxi. He said he wanted to make a quick buck and come back to do business. He said you were the best brother in his life. If you went to jail for him, he couldn't do anything. If you do, he said he will make a lot of money and pick you up from prison in a glorious way."
Guan Lei's eyes were red, and he held back tears and said: "But we were tricked that time. There was an accident while working, and my brother lost his life! Before leaving, he told me repeatedly that he owed you , let me make it up to you!
After I returned to the Northeast, I went to the prison several times, but because I didn't receive a witness, I couldn't see you at all, and I couldn't even save money for you. I wrote to you during this period, thinking that you knew all these things. I didn't reply just because I was angry! "
Guan Lei's words were like a heavy hammer hitting Lu Tao's heart.
During the three years he served in prison, no one visited him, and no one saved him a penny.
Because he offended the prison bully in prison, he never received a letter from the outside.
He originally thought that he was betrayed by Guan Shuai.
Unexpectedly, what he finally got was the news of the other party's death.
The biting cold wind passed by him, making Lu Tao feel like he was falling into an ice cave: "Where is your brother's grave?"
Guan Lei wiped the corners of his eyes, his voice choked with sobs: "It was a big deal at the time. I couldn't bring my brother back, so I buried him on the mountain over there. But when I went back, I couldn't find him. Got to that place.”
The wind blows and the snowflakes sway.
Two figures stood in the back alley, silent for a long time.
After a long while, Guan Lei spoke again: "Brother Tao, I opened a chess and card room in the Soviet District. Although I am not rich, I can eat and drink well. Come with me. From today on, you I'm the boss there, I..."
"No."
Lu Tao had not yet recovered from the news of Guan Shuai's death and shook his head: "Three years of labor reform made me understand a lot of things. I don't want to go back to prison."
Guan Lei continued: "Brother Tao, if you don't want to mix up, we can just do business down-to-earth without mixing up. I swore to my brother that I will make it up to you!"
"I said, no need!"
Lu Tao interrupted Guan Lei and shook his head seriously: "I don't want to live the same life anymore. I have been hanging out for a few years. My eldest brother is dead. Now my best brother is also dead. Even my family doesn't recognize me. ! I just want to live a normal life now. If you are really good for me, then don’t bother me anymore and let’s just pretend we don’t know each other, okay?”
Seeing Lu Tao's serious expression, Guan Lei took out a box from his pocket and placed it on the roof of the tricycle: "Brother Tao, there is a mobile phone inside. The phone card is in my name, and my phone number is stored in it. If If you need anything, you can call me anytime.”
Lu Tao saw Guan Lei's action and was about to refuse, but the other party jumped in and said, "Even if you want to draw a clear line between me, we won't separate so completely, right? Three years ago, I bought my first mobile phone. You bought it for me, and I will return this to you. Although you want to stay away from the world, there is no reason to disown my younger brother... Brother Tao, since my brother passed away, I have no relatives. You are not here. I really miss you for a few years.”
After saying this, Guan Lei turned around and got into the freeship car behind him, driving in the opposite direction.
Lu Tao looked at the Geely car disappearing in the wind and snow, with a lot of thoughts, and it took him a while to calm down.
Picking up the box on the roof of the car, inside was a Nokia 5200 slider phone.
In addition, there were five bundles of red hundred-dollar bills.
…
In the Liberty Ship, Guan Lei's little brother Binbin looked at him sideways: "Brother Lei, it's snowing heavily, and you asked me to drive for more than two hours just to meet a three-wheeler? "
"He's my brother!"
Guan Lei took out the Great Hall of the People from his pocket and lit one: "Lu Tao from the Soviet Area, have you heard of it?"
"Lu Tao? Is he the same Lu Tao who killed Zhou Laizi with your brother and scared him so much that he still dares not return to Shencheng?"
Binbin looked surprised: "He is so famous in the Soviet area, but he is a legend! Why is he here riding on the donkey?"
"Back then, my brother and the others were all hanging out with Zhang Bing. Three years ago, Zhang Bing and others robbed a coal mine in Tiaobing Mountain. My brother and the others went there, but they were ambushed. In order to save my brother, Brother Tao asked the police to He was caught and sentenced to three years. Not long after he entered, Zhang Bing was shot dead on Sheshan Road."
Guan Lei also had a painful look on his face when he recalled what happened at the time: "When Zhang Bing died, the trees fell and the hozens scattered. My brother took me to Fangcheng Port in Guangxi and buried him there. Lu Tao was a very righteous man. He used to follow me The relationship with him was very good, but now, he seems to be a different person, and I almost don’t recognize him.”
"That……"
Binbin was about to continue asking questions when he suddenly saw a van coming out of the crossroads ahead. He quickly stepped on the brakes and honked the horn as a reminder.
The road was extremely slippery after the snow. Even though Binbin stepped on the brakes to the end, the vehicle slipped out and hit the van.
Binbin's head was hit by the windshield, and he opened the car door with a curse: "I'm going to fuck you! How can you drive so fast in this weather? Are you using the road as a speed skating track? Are you in a hurry? Is your mother burning paper?"
Seeing this, Guan Lei also stood under the car from the other side: "Binbin, don't stir up trouble during the festival! It's easy to scratch in rainy and snowy weather. If it's not a big deal, just pull it down."
"Wow!"
While the two were talking, the side door of the van was suddenly pushed open, and seven or eight young men wearing cotton gloves rushed forward with sticks in hand.
Guan Lei recognized the leader of the other party and shouted angrily at Binbin: "Something is wrong, run away!"
"Fuck your mother, we've already come to your door. Where else do you want to run?"
The young man who led the team in a leather jacket shouted loudly and kicked Guan Lei onto the street full of mud and sewage.
The unprepared Guan Lei and the two were quickly knocked down, and swords and sticks fell like raindrops.
Ten seconds later, Guan Lei, whose face was covered in blood, was held down by four people.
Leather Jacket took the baseball bat from the young man next to him and aimed it at Guan Lei's knee: "Little B, you went to Hongling Fort to lure gamblers up the mountain, don't you know that you stepped on the line?"
Guan Lei's face was covered with blood, and he replied in dissatisfaction: "Fuck you! I started the game. It's my ability to have people willing to play. Whose line have I stepped on?"
"If you're guilty of pretending, I'll change your mouth today!"
Leather Jacket moved his arm holding the baseball bat: "My eldest brother said that the money I earned before can be used to treat your legs! From now on, if you dare to go up the mountain again, I will let you live in an urn !”
After saying this, the young man raised his bat high.
At the same moment, the person opposite saw the scene behind the leather jacket and reminded loudly: "Brother Qiang, be careful behind you!"
Before Leather Jacket could react, he felt a huge force hit him and fell to the ground on his back.
A person nearby saw Lu Tao's tricycle knocking down his companion and cursed angrily: "Fuck you, are you fucking blind?"
"Bang!"
Lu Tao didn't say anything nonsense. He swung the U-shaped lock in his hand and hit the young man on the head roughly.
The blood splashed out in an arc, instantly dyeing the snowdrifts on the roadside red.
