Chapter 55: Pay attention to ignorance and you will be fearless
Xu Heye nodded: "This is what I saw."
"Because of such a ridiculous reason?" Dong Fuyun and Lu Jun were both a little bit unbelievable.
"Yes, for such a ridiculous reason." Xu Heye couldn't believe it, but it was true. "Uncle, the evil of children is sometimes unimaginable to adults."
Xu Heye had personally seen a little boy of five or six years old stringing up live grasshoppers using foxtail grass stems.
A real live skewer, the grass stem goes into the grasshopper's tail and then pokes out from its mouth. The skewered grasshopper is still alive and will struggle to escape.
But they can never escape.
Because every time it escaped, just when it was about to break free from the grass stem that imprisoned it, it would be pushed back by a big hand.
But the grasshopper will still run away. Its instinct for survival makes it eager to stay away from the grass stem that causes it pain, even though every time it struggles to escape, it only makes its injured abdomen more scarred.
Such repeated torture is no less than lingchi for the grasshopper.
Xu Heye asked the boy why he tortured the grasshopper like this?
The child only smiled back at her because it was fun. He was doing cruel things, but his eyes were still childish and innocent.
Perhaps only when he grows up, receives education, develops empathy, and learns to be respectful, will he understand how cruel what he did to the grasshopper in his childhood was.
What the "murderers" did to Lian Jiashu was actually no different from what the little boy did to the grasshopper.
They all take pleasure in the suffering of others.
Xu Heye didn't know whether they were pure evil or simply ignorant. Xu Heye had always been a person of relatively high moral standards and soft-hearted in her past and present lives. She really didn't know what to do with people like this who were inherently evil.
Dong Fuyun didn't think it was a big deal.
"Don't worry, leave this matter to my uncle." Although Dong Fuyun is not a real member of society, he has been in the society for so many years, so dealing with a few boys of eleven or twelve years old is not a big problem.
"Uncle, what are you going to do?"
Dong Fuyun bent his knuckles, and the friction between his knuckles made a crackling sound.
"These brats just need to be educated. Once they feel pain, they will naturally know what they can and cannot do."
Since Xu Heye is not going back for the time being, he still has to set up a stall.
Dong Fuyun waved his hand, asking Xu Heye to relax.
"Okay, don't worry, your uncle will keep an eye on this matter for you, and I guarantee that nothing will happen in the end."
Dong Fuyun and Lu Jun came in a hurry and left in a hurry.
Just in case, Xu Heye hesitated for a moment, but decided to package the matter and tell it to the Lian family as a story.
Mrs. Lian didn't think much about it. "How could those children, who were so young, be so bad?"
Lian Yushu glanced at Xu Heye, then at his silly brother. After Xu Heye left, he made a decision, "Mom, I won't work during the summer vacation. I'll be a senior in high school in the second half of the year, and I want to put all my energy into studying."
Lian Yushu had originally planned to work at the toy factory where his uncle worked during the summer vacation. But after hearing Xu Heye's story, he felt a strange sense of unease. It felt as if something bad would happen if he wasn't home. This inexplicable premonition was so strong that it overwhelmed his desire to make money.
"Okay, it's right that you don't go. Why are you in such a hurry to make money? Just focus on your studies now. Your mom and grandpa will help you make money!" Lian's mother had originally disagreed with Lian Yushu working during the summer vacation, but when she saw that he had given up the idea of working, she immediately agreed.
Lian Jiashu is a big brother's boy. Even when Lian Yushu is at home, he never leaves the house. He loves to follow his brother every day. When his brother studies, he writes and draws beside him. When his brother washes clothes, he helps pump the water. When his brother cooks, he helps stir the coal stove. When his brother goes out to buy soy sauce, he helps carry the empty bottles...
After observing for two days, Xu Heye felt a little relieved.
Lian Jiashu loves his brother and will never leave Lian Yushu. The two brothers are inseparable every day. With Lian Yushu around, those bad guys dare not think of harming Lian Jiashu.
To prevent them from spreading their bad intentions to other children, Xu Heye remained vigilant. In addition to studying every day, she also kept an eye on the movements of these little brats.
Half a month passed, and Xu Heye found that there was nothing unusual about this group of "murderers" except that they acted mischievously, broke branches for war, peed and played in the mud, and occasionally played some high-end games such as cockfighting, marbles, and paper bag slapping.
He looks like an ordinary, slightly naughty child.
In the blink of an eye, another half month passed and it was August.
The weather grew hotter, but Zhangshu Lane remained bustling and peaceful. Just when Xu Heye thought the tragedy was over, something unexpected happened quietly.
On the second day of August, in the afternoon, the sunny day suddenly turned cloudy.
Dark clouds gathered, the wind blew fiercely, and a heavy rain seemed imminent. When Xu Heye woke from her nap, it was already pouring outside. The other neighbors in the compound were also awakened by the sound of the rain, and some sat at their doorsteps or under the eaves, enjoying the coolness brought by the rain.
The rain was falling so fast that water soon began to accumulate on the ground.
The soil was wet and the earthworms underground were short of oxygen, so they crawled out of the ground and crawled to drier and higher ground.
On the porch, or in the room.
The soft, squishy annelids leave behind a white slime wherever they move. If one gets inside your house, it's not only dirty but also disgusting. The distinctive muddy smell is difficult to remove unless you expose it to strong sunlight.
So everyone picked up brooms and prepared to sweep the earthworms back into the water.
The earthworms, having finally climbed ashore, were swept back into the water and began to struggle for survival. Xu Heye felt her scalp tingle as she watched these mollusks stretching and wriggling in the muddy water.
She felt an inexplicable discomfort and a bad premonition in her heart.
Xu Heye turned her gaze towards the Lian family. The Lian family's door was closed, and the sheets were hung under the eaves. Although the eaves protected them from the rain, with such a strong wind, some raindrops would still drift onto the sheets and wet them.
Logically speaking, if the Lian brothers were at home, it would be impossible for them not to hear any noise in such heavy rain, and they would definitely bring the sheets back into the house.
But after such a long time, no one came out...
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